Pokemon World Online Login 14 (Special 1): The God's Glitch Disclaimer: I don't own any of the things I've been disclaiming for the past 13 parts and I don't own Drix or his Salamance. I also don't won the Alice in Wonderland allusions in this part. Well, here it is, the special (Movie if you will) part that'll change everything you know. Read on dear readers, read on. A note though, if some parts appear vague and confusing, that's because the information is missing on purpose and will be resolved/answered at a later time. Not much humor in this part, but that doesn't mean this fic is going to be serious form now on, I just needed to move the plot forward ^^; ooo "Fuwaru Town is just beyond the Cordon Field. If we go straight through it, then we should be able to get there before the end of the day, provided that we don't run into trouble, which we always seem to do," Ontaro proclaimed as he checked his map. "Alright then, you heard the big man, let's go!" Twilmer pointed forward and the crew began their way through the grassland of wild flowers. Cordon Field was renowned in PWO for having the most abundant species of flora; one for each species there was known of field flowers. Thousands of different breeds spanned the area, however since the coding was so complicated for this area and was nigh impossible to restore, herbalists were forbidden to pick them. Twilmer had made sure to tell Helium this before they entered the field. "Look at all the different kinds here! There's a tulip, and there's a buttercup. Buttercups are one of my favorite flowers, besides honeysuckle, that is." Helium was on cloud nine as he walked from flower to flower, stooping to observe it. Ontaro grumbled as Helium's flower enthusiasm was costing them precious time. He didn't dare voice his opinions on this aloud as Twilmer had gotten pretty close to Helium. Ontaro had just gained some respect from Twilmer and he couldn't risk losing that now. "Yes, they are very pretty. I'd love to have a garden full of beautiful flowers," Emily23 sighed, clasping her hands in front of her; Bunneary mimicking her. "Though Mother would never allow it. She hates flowers," Emily23 frowned. "How could anyone hate flowers?" Helium asked, shocked. He abruptly stood up, making Twilmer fall off of his shoulder. "That is no way to treat an admin! Why if I hadn't a better mind, your warning level would so be going to heck in a hand basket right now!" Twilmer ranted, though her rants fell on closed ears as Helium began obsessing over more flowers. Twilmer just shook her head and decided it would be faster if she walked. She also needed to start getting used to her Pichu legs as at this rate it looked like she would have them for quite some time. Aura walked to the left of the group, holding one of her arms in the other. She had been in this area many times before searching for items. In fact, this had been the area where she had found the flower of Shaymin that she prized. It had been one of the random events that she had encountered back when she first started the game. Back then, when there weren't so many members as there were now (only a million or so) rare events were easier to come by then they are now. The Shaymin event had been her first rare event. She could remember in detail as she and her Piplup encountered the legendary hedgehog Pokemon. Shaymin had needed their help to restore the flowers in the garden from a deathly black color to their lively rainbow of colors. Once they had succeeded, Shaymin had rewarded them by giving them the flower that she grew on her own back. Ever since, her lust for rare items in game matched that of her lust for rare items in the real world and she had became an item hunter. Aura's eyes fell down to the ground as the flowers brought a wave of nostalgia over her. Back then the game was still new to her. Back then, Madeleine had still been alive. Aura stopped and looked down at a Marigold; her short black tresses obscuring her features. Twilmer stopped and turned to look at Aura. "What's the matter?" Twilmer asked. Aura shook her head and looked up, running a hand through her raven colored hair. "It's nothing," Aura said, waving the comment away. Twilmer raised an eyebrow skeptically, but did not press the matter any. Aura walked along a few steps when she heard something crunch under her black leather heeled boots. "What the-?" Aura lifted her foot and saw that she had stepped on what appeared to be a green-hued crystal. "What is that?" Twilmer asked; her Pichu ears able to hear acute sounds such as the out of place crunch. Aura pointed with her toe to the crystal like structure under it. "That's not supposed to be in this area," Twilmer mused, looking at the structure. "I sense a hacker." Twilmer furrowed her eyebrows and looked over at Ontaro. "It's not me! I don't know anything about coding and things like that. For all I know, it could be flower boy over there," Ontaro scowled, pointing an accusing finger at Helium, who had heard none of this as he was examining a rare species of flower. "Doubtful. That boy would never do anything that could potentially harm a flower." Twilmer sighed and began to pace back and forth. "I suppose that it couldn't have been you as only an admin or some other experienced player could make a hack this detailed. I let you go this time," Twilmer narrowed her eyes at Ontaro and went back to examining the crystal. "Do you think it could be a glitch like the one on you, Miss Pichu?" Emily23 asked, flipping her long dirty blonde hair over her shoulder as it had fallen into her hazel-blue eyes. "I'm not sure," Twilmer said as she lifted her head and discovered more of the crystals, "but it seems there are more over that way!" Twilmer and the rest of the party began to follow the path, except Helium. Twilmer shocked him to get his attention. He stood up and rubbed the back of his head with embarrassment. Twilmer shook her head and jumped on his shoulder as they followed the path. The path twisted and turned through the field and as they followed it, the crystal path got wider. Eventually, the path led them to a hole, which seemed to be the source of the crystals. "I wonder if I should PWO mail PWO corp. and ask them about this," Twilmer pondered, putting a paw to her chin. "They probably don't know anything about it and would tell you to go investigate it; am I right?" Aura asked matter-of-factly. Twilmer opened her mouth and closed it again, glaring at the double-blader. "So I am right," Aura deciphered form Twilmer's expression with a smirk. Victoria snickered at Twilmer. Twilmer glared at her, cheeks sparking. Victoria held up the peace sign with her claws placatingly. Max yawned and walked over to the hole, sniffing it. Max inquired with a "Slowpoke?" to Helium's Gloom as the two of them had become odd friends. Gloom drooled slightly and looked down the hole. Gloom nodded and the two sat down, looking over at Helium. "What did they say?" Helium asked, a little unnerved by the Pokemon staring at him. "I don't know. Slowpoke never says much, and what he does say, he says so slowly that I have just ignored him." Twilmer looked over at the Pokemon, who stared back at her. It was a little unnerving to see one set of blank eyes and one set of closed eyes looking at her. Twilmer shook off that feeling and walked over to the hole, looking down. It was dark inside, save for the glowing crystals. "Should we go down this rabbit's hole?" Twilmer asked the group. At the mention of a rabbit hole, Bunneary's ears perked up and she walked over to the hole. Looking down it, she found herself feeling as if she were drawn in. She stood on the edge of the hole, leaning over, peering into it's mesmerizing depths. "Bunneary, get away from there, you might fall, teh oh noes!" Emily23 ran over to her partner, however Bunneary jumped down before she could stop her. "Bunneary!" Emily23 shouted and jumped down after her partner without another thought. "One idiot down," Twilmer muttered. "Well, we may as well all go now, though maybe we should have someone stay up here just in case," Twilmer looked around at her party. She didn't want to leave Helium behind and Aura was too good of a gamer to leave behind. "Ontaro stay here unless you see that things get rough or if we don't return in an hour." Twilmer ordered. Much as Ontaro hated to be ordered around by the small admin, he didn't want to enter the hole. He nodded and watched as the three and their Pokemon jumped down the hole, save for Max. "Aren't you going?" Ontaro asked. Max turned his head to look at Ontaro and yawned. He then curled up and began to snooze. "I'll take that as a no," Ontaro sighed and sat down next to the Slowpoke. "So much for getting through this field today," Ontaro grumbled, wishing he could sign out. He opened up his PWO mail and began to type out a mail to Dream. ooo "AHHH!" Twilmer screamed as she fell, rushing past towers of glowing, green crystals. Twilmer was surprised at the vast underground system she was falling into, but that feeling was over ridden as she though about the unpleasant landing that they were in for if they survived the impact. Twilmer did a quick run through of her inventory and couldn't find anything to help her. "Anyone got anything to break our fall?" she called over to the other three, wishing that one of them had a flying Pokemon. "I have a powder that can heal us after we fall," Helium suggested. "If we survive," Twilmer muttered. "What about you, Miss item hunter?" Aura glanced over at Twilmer and checked her inventory. She had a decent enough number of Drfitloon balloons, though whether or not they would work she was unsure of. She pulled five out and sent them through PWO mail to each player. Twilmer was tired of falling by now and grabbed the balloon that was sent to her. The balloon greatly resembled a Driftloon. Victoria grabbed the string of the balloon in one claw and Helium's Gloom in the other. The three of them hung on for dear life. Aura handed one to her partner Sparia, who took the balloon gratefully, but she had to be handed another because of her weight as she was part steel type. Helium held one, thanking Victoria for catching his Gloom. Twilmer found herself envious of the Pokemon, though she was unsure as to why. Below them, Twilmer could see another balloon, which must've been EMily23 and Bunneary. Aura held one for herself and the group steered towards one of the crystal tower spikes that were beside them. Emily23, however, was on the tower opposite them and lower than they were. "Em, are you okay?" Twilmer called over to the tamer, clutching the glowing green spike that she, Victoria, and Gloom had landed on. "Yeah, me and Bunneary are teh ubers! Where are we?" Emily23 called back. "I'm not sure!" Twilmer called over, looking around at the numerous tall towers of glowing green spikes. They were all different shapes and sizes so they were easily distinguishable form the others, but the bleak atmosphere blended into one to view them all as equally intimidating. Twilmer tried hard not to look down into the bottomless abyss of the cavern they were in. The floor wasn't visible. Twilmer took out an apple form her inventory and threw it down the hole, however it never made a sound. "I guess this place is bottomless, so it's a good thing we stopped when we did." Twilmer shuddered to think about what would've happened to them if they had kept falling. "I suggest we climb up to the top and consider a course of action when we aren't gripping onto these spikes for dear life," Aura suggested and the others readily agreed. Victoria jumped up the spikes with the agility she had been trained with and was up at the top first, yawning as if the danger had been nothing to her. Sparia rolled her eyes as she continued to climb. Her bulk and size made climbing difficult to her, but she wouldn't let it show because she knew that Victoria would probably make fun of her if she showed weakness. Emily23 and Bunneary used the pole to help steer them up the tower. Their tower was situated a bit lower than the tower the rest of the party was on, so they arrived at the top shortly after Victoria. Twilmer didn't like climbing in her short pudgy body, so she tried to imitate Victoria until she almost fell. "Here, ride in my hood," Helium offered. Twilmer jumped into his hood without protesting. Her little body shook with fear at the thought of falling into the endless abyss below. Soon everyone had reached the top and Aura put the two Driftloons that had not floated away back into her inventory. "Now what?" Aura asked, crossing her arms. "This place isn't part of Pokemon World Online, that's for sure, however I've never seen a glitch that can create an entirely new area like this, so it must be a hacker, but what kind of hacker would be able to do such a grand job? It has to be someone with a lot of experience and a vast knowledge of coding, but what gamer with that knowledge would want to do something like this?" Twilmer pondered. "That would be me," a voice with a hint of a Russian accent that was sweeter than honey drifted to meet their ears. ooo "You know, I'm sick of this entire thing," Ontaro ranted to Max, who yawned and looked up at the defender. Max had been unable to get to sleep because Ontaro was ranting to him, but he didn't really mind either. Machop looked over at Ontaro from her perch on top of a nearby tree as the hole was right outside the forest area where Fuwaru Town was located. She had been watching Tailow and Starly flit through the clouds above her. She climbed down and walked over to Ontaro. "Machop Ma," she said, trying to get her condolences through to Ontaro, but he merely shrugged them off. He laid back, using Max's soft, squishy body as a pillow. He looked up at the sky and sighed. "Twilmer doesn't respect me because she doesn't like me and she doesn't like me because I suppose I interrupted her alone time with that homosexual, Helium. Aura automatically accuses me of hacking because my level went up, which I suppose she had the right to do what she did. Helium has never really talked to me. Emily23 hasn't really said much to me either, but that's because she's too busy twirling that stupid pole of hers. I swear if it weren't for Dream I would've abandoned this freak show a long time ago. It's not like this rag-tag party could even do the things that they hope to accomplish. With the exception of Aura and Twilmer, this party's basically your average low-level party." Ontaro sighed. "Chop," Machop said, trying to show her compassion, but Ontaro ignored her. "I would do anything to have Dream and be off of this party. That's my dream," he sighed as he watched the clouds above him. He imagined that each cloud took the form of a football player he liked or Dream and smiled. He stood up, knocking his Machop aside who had walked over to him, and began to pace back and forth. ooo "Who are you?" Twilmer asked. The woman was clad and black and seemed to disappear into the darkness of the area, except her emerald eyes which seemed to have an ethereal glow to them. Dream was standing atop a tower far from the one that Twilmer was standing on. "I am the one who can make your dreams come true. I am the one who can cause your greatest nightmare to swallow you. I am Dream and this," she motioned to a Misdreavous who floated beside her, "is Nightmare." She laughed manically and seemed to have trouble stopping. "You're the hacker, aren't you?" Aura put her hands on her hips as she glared at the beautiful woman. "I do not hack, I simply alternate reality so that it makes the dreams of mine and others come true." Dream held her arms up and looked towards the light that was filtering form the hole that led to the surface. "You can't alternate a reality that doesn't exist. In case you didn't realize, this is an online game and not the real world, thus making you a hacker," Twilmer reasoned out. "This is my reality," Dream laughed cruelly, "as it is yours, Twilmer." Twilmer knew the words to be true, but that didn't stop her from protesting. "This is not my reality! I don't even know where gamers get such ideas. Anyways, the point is that you are hacking and in a major way, judging by this place. I am going to report you to PWO corp. and they'll-" "They'll what?" Dream interrupted, glaring at Twilmer, her eyes becoming more dangerous as she spoke. "If they could ban me, then don't you think they already would have done so?" "What do you mean?" Twilmer asked, confused. "What indeed," Dream laughed, arms still spread wide. She turned her dangerous glare from the party to the base they stood on. "This is my world and you are intruding, however I am a grateful hostess. I will allow you to stay in my company if you do me a favor." "I don't do favors for hackers...or anyone else for that matter," Twilmer admitted. "Very well, then you are intruding and I don't like intruders." Dream disappeared into the darkness and the crystal under them began to rumble and several bits of crystal jutted out. The tower Emily23 was standing was, however, not rumbling or doing much of anything. Perhaps Dream hadn't noticed her, she thought as she watched the others. Unlike them, she had no items other than the few Bunneary items she had purchased. "If only there was something I could do," she sighed, feeling hopeless. Bunneary sighed as well, her ears flopping over into her face. Meanwhile Twilmer was knocked off the tower, but she managed to grab a protruding spike. "That's it!" Twilmer shouted and used all the agility she could muster to jump to the crystal spikes of the tower next to her. She made it as the towers were numerous and close together. "Jump, everyone!" she called over. Aura jumped and landed on the tower right next to Twilmer's, though a little further down. She gripped the spikes and used them to pull herself towards the top. Sparia followed suit and climbed up to be with her partner. Not to be outdone, Victoria also jumped over to Aura's tower to show Sparia that she could climb up more easily, which disappointed Twilmer as she had hoped that Victoria would've jumped over to be with her. Helium and Gloom were still on the original tower, but it had stopped rumbling now that only Helium stood on it. "That's odd," Helium commented, but he was grateful that the tower was no longer rumbling. "That b* tried to kill us," Aura growled, putting her hands on her katanas. She looked around trying to locate Dream as she knew that Dream was still around somewhere. "She's toying with us, I'll bet." No sooner had Aura spoke Dream reappeared and laughed at them. "You amuse me, so I believe I'll let you stay." She grinned at them and lifted her hand. As it moved upward, the crystals moved to produce a throne chair, which she sat upon. She held out her hand and conjured a glass of red wine, sipping it delicately. "I must say that I never expected to see the mighty Twilmer reduced to a Pichu, but the new look suits you well." She rested her chin in her hands and sneered down at the group, who were standing on different towers in front of her. She liked it this way as it made it easy to track their moves. "I'll make you eat those words!" Twilmer growled, jumping over to the tower Dream was resting on, however her throne disappeared and reappeared on a tower on the complete opposite side from Twilmer. Twilmer's ear dropped as she held onto the spike she was clutching. She was afraid to climb up as the spikes on this tower were smaller and she didn't want to fall. "Your reflexes are as slow as ever, though." Dream sipped her wine and licked her red lips seductively. "How do you know me, or has my reputation as the best administrator at PWO preceded me?" Twilmer asked, grinning arrogantly. Dream hissed and gripped her wine glass so hard that it broke. She calmed down after that and conjured another full glass of wine, grinning like the Cheshire cat. "I'm surprised that you don't remember me," she said as she rose the wine glass to her lips, though she did not drink. "I think I would remember meeting a freak like you," Twilmer retorted. "Well, we didn't meet face to face, but you were a rival of mine for something that would've made my dreams come true as I had made others dreams come true, but no. You had to turn my world into a living nightmare." Dream threw the wine glass to the crystals below her, staining them red. "What is she talking about?" Twilmer asked Aura, who shrugged and gave Twilmer a 'why are you asking me' face. "Back then, I was a dream come true to many, so I figured that I would be a dream come true for PWO corp., but no. They turned my world into a nightmare and it's all because of you!" Dream stood from her throne and the crystal towers seemed to vibrate in anger, then everything ceased and Dream sat down calmly, humming to herself. "This woman's mad," Twilmer whispered to Aura. Aura nodded and glared over at the woman. Twilmer jumped from the tower she was on over to the one Aura was clinging to. "We have to get out of here or that mad woman might lead us to a game over screen, which I can proudly say I've never gotten. I also don't want one anytime soon." Aura leaped from the tower she was on to another one and made her way over to Dream, who ignored her approach and simply teleported to another tower when Aura got uncomfortably close. "What are you trying to do, hurt me?" Dream grinned. "I have other things to do, so until I return, you can play with my little friend here." Dream motioned to Nightmare, who snickered at them as Dream disappeared. "Oh yeah, a Misdreavous is so threatening." Twilmer rolled her eyes as she hopped over to the same tower as Helium. Victoria hopped over to be near her and looked up at the tiny ghost Pokemon with a smirk. She motioned forward with her claws, telling the Misdreavous to bring it. Nightmare growled and shot a shadow ball at Victoria, who dodged it with ease. Nightmare's eyes glowed red and she disappeared into the shadows. "Is she running away?" Helium asked. "Doubtful," Twilmer answered, looking around the area, "but we need a plan. Anyone got one?" Twilmer asked, rubbing the back of her head; however Twilmer never received an answer as the towers began to rumble once more. Twilmer and Victoria jumped to another tower and the rumblings ceased. "It seems that the towers don't like for more than one party member to be on them at a time." Twilmer pondered aloud. "Not the towers, the b* who created the towers," Aura said crossly as she looked around her. "Now where did that d* Misdreavous go?" She pulled her katanas out just as she heard a familiar laugh. Turning around, she saw a woman whom she never thought she would see again. "You," Aura gasped, taking a step back and nearly falling off the tower she was standing on. "Eskarine," she whispered, stepping forward. Aura's eyes widened as she hard the woman say her real name and she took another step back, her foot on the edge of the tower. "No, you can't be here," Aura whimpered, taking another step back and lost her balance. The image of the woman before her disappeared as Aura fell. "D* IT I can't believe I fell for that!" Aura cursed herself. If Dream made dreams come true, then Nightmare must make nightmares come true. As Aura fell, she stabbed her katanas into the tower of crystals. They sparked, but managed to slow Aura's fall enough that she was able to get a foot hold on the protruding crystals. She took her katanas out of the tower and looked over at the others, who seemed to be facing their own nightmares. "Nightmare must want us to fall to our deaths in this endless abyss," she gritted her teeth as she climbed the tower and rushed over to help the others, but stopped as she saw Sparia was badly injured. "Sparia!" she shouted, running over to the Empoleon's side. ooo "Twila, it's been awhile," a dashing young man with blonde tresses, tanned skin, and a toned body strode over to Twilmer, who didn't notice that he was walking on air. Twilmer shrank back, falling over. "How I have missed you," the man walked over to her. His voice was soft and gentle and he was wearing a dapper suit. He held a rose in his hands and sniffed it before tossing it over his shoulder. "You can't say that you're not happy to see me." "I'm not! I-you left me about eight months ago and I never wanted to see you again," Twilmer's voice broke as she picked herself up and back up. "It was the biggest mistake of my life. I humbly apologize and hope you forgive me," he looked down at her; his blue eyes becoming a dangerous shade of red. ooo Helium was surrounded by bees. He began to whimper and fell down, curling up into the fetal position, as they circled him. He could hear the thunderous roar of their wings as they flew around him and feel their fuzzy bodies as they landed on him. He screamed and batted at them, but they landed on him and walked along his arms. He could feel their prickly feet as they walked along his bare hands and his face. He was paralyzed with fear as he stood up and tried to shout out to his gloom for help. He felt tears come to his eyes as he spun around. His eyes fell on Twilmer and the dangerous looking man in front of her. "Twilmer!" he shouted, shaking off the bees as he watched the woman he cared about being approached by the man. The bees disappeared as a frowning Nightmare flashed behind Helium. She hadn't counted on his feelings for Twilmer to overcome his nightmare. Twilmer jumped when she heard her name and shook her head. Looking up, she noticed that the man above her had changed shape and looked as if he wanted nothing more than to kill her. "Derek, you betrayed me by cheating on me with my best friend and spread false rumors about me all over Tampa. You and Alana chased me from Florida to my new home and you come back acting as if nothing has happened." Twilmer jumped forward and let loose a spark attack. The attack hit Derek and he disappeared. Twilmer smirked proudly to herself, unwilling to admit how scared the nightmare had made her, and jumped over to the tower Helium was on. "Nightmare is trying to knock us into the endless abyss," she gasped as she felt suddenly out of breath. "I know, but where are the others?" Helium asked, looking around and notching Aura kneeling next to Sparia. Victoria was standing on the tower Twilmer had just been on, looking at her partner with a head cocked to the side. Gloom was looking up at Helium and he couldn't see Emily23. "You go check on Aura. Since me and Victoria are better at navigating, being grace masters, we'll be able to find Emily23 more easily." Twilmer ordered. Helium nodded and began to make his way over to Aura with the help of his Gloom. Twilmer jumped to the next tower, Victoria following silently behind her. ooo Emily23 stared up at the face of her father. Not the father she currently had at home, but her real father. His mangled body hovered near her and she felt tears fall down her face. "Why?" the body asked. "It's not my fault," she whispered as if trying to convince herself, "and you're not really dead." "But I may as well be," his voice came from the mangled mouth with several teeth missing. "You're my life, Emily, and you'd rather live with your mother than me." "No, the court just decided that Mother would be better. I still get to see you, and I love you!" Emily23 was shouting, her voice becoming strained as tears stained her cheeks. She had always felt guilty that she didn't live with her father as her father had no one. Her mother had her new husband and a new baby to take care of while her father was all alone. Emily was his only child, but the court decided that her mother, with a stable job and two incomes, would make the better parent for her to live with after the divorce. The look on his face-that crushed look of hopelessness- had never left her mind. "You could've made the judge see differently!" he accused. Emily23's face fell as her long, dirty blonde hair obscured her face. It was a thought that always haunted her mind. If she had spoken out, could she have lived with her father? This was perhaps why she didn't get along well with her mother as she felt hatred towards her mother for not saying anything to the judge when she knew full well that Emily would rather be with her father. She let the tears fall freely and sniffled as she wept. Her father's mangled body moved closer to her and Emily23 backed away, not even stopping herself as she fell off of the tower. She merely let a cry of despair escape her lips. ooo Twilmer saw Emily23 fall. "Em! EM!" she cried, but it was no use. She fell as her nightmare disappeared with a satisfied laugh. Bunneary cried after her as she watched her partner fall. "Someone help!" Twilmer shouted as she jumped from tower to tower to try and reach Emily23, but it was to no avail as she knew there was no way her little Pichu body or even her Weavile could stop Emily23's fall. ooo "What is wrong with me?" Dream wondered as she walked through the vast and barren dead lands at the base of Firewall Mountain. Her head felt fuzzy, though she knew she wasn't drunk as she had only had two glasses of wine and she held her alcohol quite well. Images of the past and present flashed through her head. She walked through the mountain and looked up, laying eyes on the glitch that had transformed Twilmer. "So that's the legendary glitch," she smirked as she walked over to it. The land had been frozen as the coding had been. She dipped her mind into the coding stream and gasped. "It can't be," she looked up at the glitch and clenched her fist. The glitch contained sequences of order, which meant it wasn't a glitch at all, but something that had been placed there by someone. The coding was too perfect to be done by an amateur and since she was the only person she knew who wanted to be rid of Twilmer, she could only think of one conclusion. "PWO Corp," she hissed, backing away from the glitch. "After they denied me the position of admin because of my supposed coding alterations and hacking, they create a glitch with the intention of riding a character of their account. Hypocrites," she raised her fist and stared up at the brilliantly coded glitch. "But why would they want to rid themselves of the person who beat me out for the administrator position?" she wondered as she examined the glitch. "No matter. I will show them to deprive me of a position for doing exactly what they do!" Dream suddenly felt her thoughts grow clouded and skewed. She couldn't make sense of anything anymore and she fell to her knees. All rational thought seemed to leave her as she cried out...then grew silent. She stood and smirked. "I suppose I should carry out with my original plan before Twilmer came along." Dream produced a small orb and strutted away from the glitch, grinning madly for she had gone insane. ooo They've been gone too long. Like it or not, I'll have to go after them," Ontaro sighed as he set one foot on the rim of the hole. He heard Emily23's cry of despair and blanched. Emily23 was the only party member who had not done him wrong and it sounded as if she were in trouble. Ontaro grabbed his shield and made sure he jumped in quietly so as not to disturb Max, who had fallen asleep again. His Machop tried to follow him, but he ordered her to stay put. Ontaro fell into the darkness and saw many crystal towers that seemed to glow green, but his eyes were only on the falling figure of Emily23. "Emily!" he shouted as he used his shield to steer his fall towards the tower. He then turned it over and stood in it, touching the bottom to the tower so that he surfed down if. He crouched low so that he went faster. He sped down and finally caught up with Emily23. He grabbed her and held her in his arms as he turned his shield with his feet so that he flew off the tower. His shield stuck in the side of another tower and stopped him, but his inertia caused his body to slam into the tower. He had his back to the tower, so luckily Emily23 wasn't harmed. She opened her eyes and looked up at Ontaro. "Thank you," she mumbled before fainting. He sighed and positioned her so that he was carrying her piggy back as he climbed up the tower, leaving his shield stuck in the side. "I didn't know you could do that," Twilmer said, sounding impressed as she jumped over to him.. Ontaro grinned, "Shield surfing is just one of the many perks of being a defender that attracted me to this job." ooo "Sparia," Aura felt tears come to her eyes, but she blinked them away as she kneeled over her Empoleon. Sparia smiled up at her, but she wasn't in good shape. She bore the unmistakable marks of a curse attack and shadow ball burns. "You took on Nightmare while we were distracted, didn't you? You're the reason why the nightmares we faced weren't as strong as they could've been." Aura's voice cracked as she hugged her brave Empoleon. Sparia smiled and closed her eyes. "No," Aura gasped as she quickly did a run through of the items in her inventory. "Here, let me give her a revive powder," Helium suggested as he fell into the tower Aura was on. The tower he was on was higher then hers, but he still fell. Aura grabbed his wrist and helped pull him up. Helium thanked her as he got the powders out of his inventory and mixed them together. He then administered them to Sparia, who healed almost instantly. She looked up at him tiredly and nodded her thanks before closing her eyes once again. "Rest, Sparia. You deserve it," Aura smiled, glad her partner was safe. "Thanks," she said to Helium, who blushed at the compliment and nodded. The two of them stood up and looked over at the other three members of their party. "Let's get out of here. It's not worth exploring this area anymore." Twilmer sounded desperate as she jumped near them, leaving Ontaro to watch over Emily23. "How?" Aura asked, looking around them at the towers which reached no where near the only exit. They had no flying Pokemon and no items that could give them a boost. Twilmer shook her head sadly as she looked around the area desperately. There was nothing that they could do. "It seems all of you are a bit worse for the wear, but have survived. I would expect nothing less from the party of the great Twilmer," Dream appeared next to Twilmer, scaring her. Twilmer jumped. "I'll make you pay for this. How dare you hack to such extremes!" Twilmer shouted, preparing to up her warning level until she realized that Dream's status screen was nonexistent. "How can this be?" Twilmer asked; her ears drooping. "I am not a gamer anymore. I was reborn into this game and as such, I can not be deleted, nor can I have my warning level upped by a lowly mod." Dream smirked as she jumped gracefully from tower to tower until she was at the peak of the tallest one. "Now be glad you are here to witness this, the ultimate Dream coming true! This will make all real and will make their dreams come true!" Dream produced an orb and squatted down, letting it float from her hands into the ground. "What the heck is that?" Twilmer asked, though after the past events, nothing really surprised her about the woman. "It will make them real. This world is based off of another world as no world this complete can simply be a work of the imagination. Satoshi Tajiri wasn't that creative nor was his group of seven creators. His first attempt at creating a Pokemon was to duplicate the god of all Pokemon, Arceus, but that attempt failed and Arceus was lost to the infinite amount of coding that goes into this world. Through Arceus and that glitch, I found a way to make them all real, to merge the two worlds!" Dream laughed manically. "This woman is insane," Twilmer shook her head. Nothing that Dream said made any sense. While she talked, Ontaro and Emily23 had made their way over to the rest of the party as Emily23 had woke up. Bunneary leaped over to her partner's side with the ease of the rabbit she was and hugged Emily23's leg, happy to see her. Suddenly the towers began to rumble and jerk more violently then they had before. Zeros and ones could be seen playing across the bleak, black background. Below them, crystal began to shoot up from the abyss. "Yes, this place is reacting! Soon all of PWO will react and it will become real!" Dream laughed. A sudden earthquake threw Helium off balance and he began to fall. Ontaro was able to catch his arm before he had fallen too far and grunted with the strain of holding him up. "Ontaro, drop him." Dream commanded, looking down at the defender. "What!" Twilmer looked from the two of them incredulously. "Why would he obey you?" "Because I have made his dreams come true. Ontaro, if you want your ultimate dream to come true, then you will drop the boy." Dream watched him as he looked from Helium and Twilmer to Dream. His dignity, he found, was more important to him then some party member that would be able to revive at the next log in anyways. He released Helium's wrist and watched as the surprised pink-robed teen fell, looking surprised as the crystal shooting up speared his body. Before their eyes, Helium disappeared. "NO!" Twilmer shouted and glared at Ontaro. "How could you?" "I'm sorry, but I'm football captain and as such, I have a reputation to keep," Ontaro answered simply, though his voice shook as he couldn't believe that he had done such a thing just to finally lose something everyone else on his football team had already lost. He felt extremely guilty, but his reputation was what was most important...right? "You B*, you are going to pay for this!" Aura drew her katanas, but a sudden earthquake that almost knocked her off balance gave her no choice but to put them up again so she could balance. She glared at Ontaro, but had to shield her eyes as a bright light blinded the party. From the shadowy depths came a shining beacon of light. As the light dematerialized, Arceus was hovering at the point where it had been brightest. He roared as he looked around and gazed down at Dream. He flew down beside her and allowed her to climb onto his back. He then glided over to Ontaro and picked the both of them up and took them out of the area. "Great, so the god of all Pokemon is on her side," Twilmer was angry beyond all reason. Emily23 was standing beside her, looking crushed. "How are we supposed to get out of here?" Emily23 asked quietly. "I don't think we can," Aura said. Sparia had managed to stand up and was looking around dejectedly. "This is a new sight; the great Aura giving up," a cocky male voice called down to them. Aura's eyes snapped open as she looked up to see Drix riding on his Salamance. She nearly kicked him for his stupid heroic appearance. "How the f* did you find us?" Aura asked, climbing aboard the Salamance; the others filing in behind her. "Well, I was supposed to be scouting for the top ten and it was near the area you were in, so I used my map to locate you, however I noticed that you suddenly disappeared, so I came to this area and found that hole and though I'd drop in. Sure enough, there you were." Drix explained as his Salamance flew them out of the hole and landed quite a ways away from it. Twilmer slid off and looked down at her feet. "When someone usually dies in game, their Pokemon disappears with them. Gloom is still here," Twilmer looked up at Aura, Emily23, and Drix. Drix looked away, but Emily23 came over and kneeled beside Twilmer, taking her in her arms and hugging her. Twilmer didn't knock her off this time as she collapsed into Emily23's arms. ooo "Where am I?" Helium asked as he seemed to be floating downward. A light seemed to guide him downward as he fell, though he fell so slowly he felt as if he were floating. "Is this what happens when someone dies in game?" Even though his eyes were closed, he could see what was happening around him. A Pokemon that seemed to be made of darkness drifted near him. "Darkrai?" Helium called out, but the Pokemon had already left. Helium floated down further when a light appeared and Arceus was next to him. Arceus roared and Helium felt his falling reverse directions. He was being raised up and guided by the god of all Pokemon. ooo Helium felt soft grass under his body and heard several gasps near him. He opened his eyes to see a very enthusiastic Pichu jumping on him. "HELIUM!" Twilmer was jumping up and down. Helium smiled and patted her head, causing Twilmer to purr. "How?" Twilmer found herself asking that question a lot lately. "Arceus guided me," Helium said, standing up and brushing himself off. Twilmer jumped onto his shoulder excitedly. Everyone seemed happy to meet him, including a gamer he had never seen before. "But Arceus took Dream and Ontaro away," Twilmer frowned. "That doesn't make him evil. Arceus can't help but to associate with the darkness as it is his complete opposite," Aura tried to offer an explanation. "That made no frigging sense," Twilmer grumped. "Well, maybe I can't put it into exact words, but I didn't hear you trying to come up with anything," Aura challenged, placing a hand on the hilt of her katana. "You know, maybe I'll stick around a little while longer. This party certainly seems more fun then what I was doing for the top ten," Drix suggested. Twilmer's ears perked up. First the legendary swordswoman, Aura, had joined her party. Now Drix was tagging along for a bit and he was a top ten member. Yes, this just kept getting better and better. "Yes! Welcome to the group!" Twilmer exclaimed. It was a bitter sweet victory though as Ontaro and Machop were no longer with them, but they would learn to move on. Twilmer was extremely ticked to discover that he had betrayed them, but he would get his just desserts soon enough. The group turned their heads as Max wondered over to the group and yawned. "Oh," Emily23 said, blushing. Their group had completely forgotten about the pink little Pokemon. ooo This is the Lonepichu signing out