Prologue

'Where am I? What was I doing? Who am I?'

"What's wrong *****? What's happening to you all!?" an androgynous voice filled with innocence called out in confusion and fear.

'Why does that voice sound so familiar?' I couldn't help but wonder. Why can't I remember anything?

"It feels like it's time to say goodbye…" Another voice made itself known through the fog of my mind. This one is distinctly feminine and... it too sounds very familiar…

'Is that my voice?'

"Goodbye?" The first voice responded with obvious grief filling its words.

"I feel...something…" I could barely make out a shadowy figure wiping something away from where its eyes might be. "What are these?" It asked with innocent curiosity. As if trying to distract itself with anything other than what was happening around it.

"They're tears, you're crying." 'I' once again responded to the sorrowful creature.

"Tears?" It seemed confused, yet still accepted the seemingly new term.

'How strange, it's almost as if it were only born recently.'

"My daddy used to tell me a bedtime story, when Pokemon are sad and they cry, their tears are filled with life." 'I' once again filled in the gaps of knowledge for the creature. But something else caught my attention amidst the confusion.

'Daddy? Pokemon?' Both terms, so very familiar, bring equal amounts of warmth and confusion to my chest.

'Chest? Do I even have a chest?' It was only now that I realized /I/ didn't feel the same as the 'me' I was currently looking at.

"I'm so...sad." More tears fell from the shadowy figure's eyes. It filled me with so much pain. I wanted to comfort it somehow, but I didn't know how.

"I have to go now." 'I' said, as 'my' voice gradually became more distant. The situation filled /me/ with anxiety. I didn't understand what was going on, but /I/ knew /I/ had to do something about it.

'But what!?'

"Why!?" the androgynous voice asked in grief, with subtle hints of anger in its childish voice.

"I don't know, but it's alright! Thank you for caring about me." 'I' said, seemingly content with the situation. "And don't cry ******. You should be happy! You're alive! And life is wonderful!" 'I' said in a cheerful tone that only made /me/ frustrated.

"NO! I won't let you go! You can't leave me! Please!"

'Why couldn't 'I' understand what ****** was feeling!? What should /I/ do? What CAN /I/ do!?'

"I just wish…" 'I' looked up at the starry field gradually darkening in the sky before gently closing 'my' eyes and slowly fading away.

Suddenly /I/ got an idea. /I/ knew what /I/ had to do.

"Vee…" Yet another familiar voice echoed through my head. It too belonged to a shadowy figure that was slowly disappearing. The difference being this one only gave off feelings of resolve and dedication.

"You? But...would you really?" Despite only giving out a vague cry, the figure could clearly understand /me/. It's hope-filled voice filled /me/ with determination!

"Vee!" /I'm/ not sure why, but /I/ knew it would all work out in the end!

"Thank you! Please, help me save her!" The shadow said before its previously featureless eyes started glowing a brilliant pink before everything slowly faded to dark.

My last sight being only a single brilliant star shining in the distance.

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