Dim lights (book 2 of Lightning and Dusk's adventures)

Chapter 11: Broken Heart Broken Bonds

Lightning looked around the meadow. "Where did Dusk run off too? He's been gone for a very long time now?" She thought to herself.

She sniffed around for his scent only to sniff up pollen from the flowers that caused her to sneeze. She stopped in her tracks when she suddenly heard giggling nearby.

"I wonder where that's coming from..." she thought. Lightning walked towards the source. Only to see something she never thought she would see that shattered her heart.

Dusk was playing with a female Skitty. "W-what...?" She gasped in surprise. "H-how could he do this? I thought we had an unbreakable Bond... This can't be right... it just can't be... How could he?"

Lightning's eyes began to fill up with tears and they fell to the ground.

Kate heard Lightning's cries. Unbeknownst to Lightning, she slowly approached her. Keeping low in the flowers so the female Pikachu wouldn't notice her. She slowly and cautiously crawled forward on her belly towards Lightning—who still didn't notice her. She was about to pounce on the oblivious female Pikachu.

Kate waited a few seconds, stalking her prey before she pounced. Lightning gasped in surprise and barely avoided the pink cat's attack.

Lightning went into a battle stance as her electric sacs sparked. She growled through gritted teeth.

Kate smirked at the Pikachu in front of her. "How about we play a game of cat and mouse?!"

Before Lightning had a chance to respond, the cat Pokémon pounced. Lightning used Quick Attack to avoid her sharp claws. Kate quickly ran after her.

When Lightning was a far enough distance away, Kate slowed down and stopped chasing her. "Good riddance little pest... Dusk is my mate now..." she giggled mischievously. She turned back to Dusk.

"Shall we continue our little game, Dusky Wusky?" She asked.

"As you wish..." Dusk responded, still under the love spell he was in. There seemed to be no hope of him overcoming it on his own.

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Lightning continued running, thinking that Kate was still hot on her tail but when she turned around she saw no one in sight. She stopped to catch her breath. She was still surprised to see that Dusk forgot about her and instead decided to play with the playful Skitty as if Lightning didn't exist. Did he forget about the relationship he was in with Lightning? For some reason Lightning thought that something was not right. How could Dusk change his feelings he had with her that quickly? How could he just suddenly fall in love with a Skitty when he was already in a relationship? Dusk didn't seem like the type of Pokémon who would cheat on a girl if he ever sees another.

"That Skitty must be up to something... Why would she just chase me away from Dusk? Unless..." she gasped at the thought. "She put him under a spell to make him fall in love with her!! She must have chased me away from Dusk so I wouldn't figure it out and free him from the spell!"

Lightning growled in anger. "That Skitty is going to pay!! No one forces Dusk to do anything against his will!!" She used Quick Attack in order to run as fast as she could back to where Kate and Dusk were.

When she made it back she quickly tackled the Skitty to the ground unbeknownst to her. Both of the female Pokémon rolled down the hill of flowers.

"What are you doing?! Get off of me, pest!!" Kate hissed.

"Who do you think you are?! How dare you force my mate to fall in love with you!!" Lightning shouted, her cheeks sparking in anger.

Kate turned to see Dusk standing there completely stunned. "Dusk! Help!" She yelled back at him.