Title: Mania
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Championshipping (Lance x Red)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #39, Mania
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Nintendo and Shogakukan Comics. This non-profit, non-copyright infringing fanfiction belongs to me under international copyright laws and taking it is plagiarism. Thank you. *Phantomness bows*

Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics if a pokemon talks. Special-verse

Warnings: AU, Het, angst

“All I want to do is protect you,” Lance whispered, as she watched Red sleep. Her pokémon watched silently, not interfering, though it had taken both Venusaur and Vee to restrain Pika. “But how can I protect you from myself?”

Red did not answer, but the Dragon Master did not expect him to. Golden eyes narrowed in a sigh before she bent down to kiss him. Blue light swirled around both of them, and Poli gasped as he realized what he was doing.

No! You can’t…!

Lance did not reply, her golden eyes wide and staring. For many moments, he barely breathed, before finally, he shuddered.

Dragon Master? Aeroy asked anxiously.

“It’s fine now.” Lance smiled. “Keep him safe for me, for when we meet again, we may no longer be friends.” She turned, but not fast enough to hide the look on her face.

Aeroy looked at her sadly as he and Ptera flew away. She was right, of course. Now that the disease was slowly destroying her, it would be safer if Master Red forgot her… but even so…

It must hurt them both so much, and as a Pokemon, he could not understand how she could just abandon her Mate like that. And what would Red think, when he woke up, and remembered nothing?

End Fic

Completed 12/11/06

Edited 4/10/09

Amnesia! Whee!

Red: *Sob*

Lance: *Hugs Red*

Phantomness: *Crying* Well, this could technically be canon… Lance has delusions of grandeur and all that, why not a few other mental disorders?