Here's the next part! Enjoy! I awoke. It was a peaceful night and I slept well. The nightmares have left me and I was in control. Things have gotten better over the past months here at the temple. I am to be appointed Knight soon, I am a teacher, I travel whenever I want, but nothing compares to the greatest thing of all: I have been reunited with the love of my life. Misty and I have been spending quite a bit of time together the past few months. She and everyone else have taken up residence at the temple. They have become quite involved. Gary and Tracey spend most of their time in the library, Brock and Todd are on the grounds alot, May, Max and Misty are in the gardens with the pokemon, and Richie and I are usually in the training halls. When the sun sets, Misty and I tend to walk along the lakeside in the gardens. We talk and laugh. Things are great. For the first time in a long time, I feel whole. As we sit there, by the shore, I feel like nothing on this earth matters more than just being with her. But things are not as clear as they seem. The council is worried. Giovannie Has been quiet for quite some time now, and there is no sign of him. Completely vanished without a trace. The council has been investigating that night at the fortress. I often meditate on this matter, but the closer I get to the answer, it slips away! The council thinks that Giovannie is now protecting his mind from mine. There seems to be a connection between the two, thats why I was having that dream, but it appears that he has realized the dangers of this. But what I ponder often is how I got away. I blacked out, and don't remember anything after that. Not but the voice inside my head. Who rescued me? Why am I not dead? How did I get back home? Then it came to me like a bullet out of a gun. The night I woke up I overheard people talking. "But he could'nt touch Ash?" Is what one of them said. That's why! He could'nt touch me! But Why? How? I went to the best people for answers; the council. The next morning I went to Master Gennin. "Come,"I heard him say before I even knocked on the door. I entered and saw him meditating at the shrine in his room. "Good morning, Ash." "Master,"I replied. "I need to talk to you...about my father." Gennin took a deep breath in and leaned back. "Yes, I know,"he said. "What you heard is true." I sat down. "But Why?"I asked. "Because there is a connection between you,"he replied, turning and facing me. "The Red Dragon and the Black Dragon have always had a bond between them, but nothing as serious as this. I believe that it is like this because of your father. Even though the will of the Black Dragon has twisted his, it seems that the spirit of your father is not completely dormant. In the some of things, your father is fighting back." "So there's a chance that he can be saved?"I asked, hardly daring to believe it. Gennin thought for a moment. "I'm afraid I don't know, Ash,"he said finally. "But there is always hope." I pondered on his words. After all that's happened, my father is there, protecting me. Maybe, just maybe, he can be saved. ---------------- I sat on my bed in my quarters, after coming back from John's quarters. He's recovered, but is still not the same since that night at the fortress. He's become one of my closest freinds, after helping me like he did. I'm just glad that he didn't end up like he did in my vision. I sat down on my bed and started working with my Pokedex. It's been so long I had almost forgotten how to use it. Funny really, I was never without it back when I was training. It still seemed so distant, so vague. There is a deep feeling of unease inside of me; I feel like I may never meet my goal of becoming a Pokemon Master, but I feel that somehow, in someway, it will all work out. I tend not to question myself, after all that's transpired.