Damn, I really haven't had time to update… oh well, all I can do is my best. :/

A chilling gust of wind brushed through Angel's golden coat causing her to curl up instinctively. Her eyes slowly blinked open, groggily taking in the scenery. Night had fallen upon the land, but the scene before her was unfamiliar. The grass was not as thick as she knew it to be, and there were fewer trees. It was like a barren tundra, without any water or life to be seen. However, she was not alone. Whispers could be heard nearby, causing her to lift her head. Though pain struck her the instant she raised, it quickly faded.

"Whose there?" The female asked getting up from her spot wearily. Her legs trembled as she stood, and she wavered a little. It did not take long for her to regain her balance. Before her, she could see nothing but darkness and scraggily grass. No one was there. She raised an eyebrow.

"Hello?" She asked again. However, this time a replay came.

"Behind you." It was a smooth, yet soft-spoken masculine voice. Her head jerked around and her eight remaining tails spread out in a threatening display. A low growl made its way into the air, causing the attacker to laugh. He was a Ninetales, like herself. His fur was slightly duller and scraggier, and he had a scar over one of his eyes.

"Who are you?" She questioned backing away slowly. Fighting males was not something she specialized in, especially if she where to go at it alone. As the female slowly backed away, she bumped into something solid. Her ears perked up and she glanced back at an Arcanine, a Pokemon known to be exceptionally powerful. Then, out the corner of her eye she could see various Pokemon slinking in form the shadows. Apparently, this male was not alone.

"We," the Ninetales began. "Are the SkullKarens. The one who launched an attack yesterday, remember?" He said softly causing Angel's crimson eyes to grow wide. She could faintly remember the battle and fighting along side Tina and her friends to protect The Constellation's territory. Had they lost?

"What do you want with me?" She questioned the Ninetales directly, as he appeared to be the leader of it all.

"I watched you, during the fight the other day. You where great." He said with a smile. Angel's face scrunched into a scowl, but it didn't mask the sheer terror.

"I won't." She said barley keeping herself from stuttering. The Ninetales smile broadened.

"You don't have much of a choice, my dear." A Houndoom growled dangerously. Angel trembled as the other males closed in on her, but the leader growled aloud stopping his cronies from advancing.

"What the hell is wrong with you all!?" He growled causing Angel to look up in surprise.

"We want her to be a part of our team, and that means we have to convince her, not fucking kill her! Do you have any sense?" Angel glanced around at the many faces, and then back at the Ninetales.

"What?" She asked blinking in surprise.

"Well, we want you on our team, so why would we want to hurt one of our own?" He question with a smile. It wasn't as cruel as the other males' but it was not free of danger either.

"I'm not one of yours…"

"Now you are." He said with a smile. Angel looked around at the many males, and though the leader claimed he would not harm her, she had little choice.

"Hey, pup. Hey pup, you awake?" Sirius heard a voice in his ear, but it sounded so very far away. Right now, he was running through the grass, chasing after someone. The spring breezed brushed through his soft brown fur as he jumped over a log and up towards another Pokemon, a Glaceon.

"Play with me, mom!" He chirped happily, earning a kind smile from the female. Slowly, however, darkness began to consume his home. The trees and grass faded slowly into the darkness. The Glaceon's warm smile was replaced by a cold, distant stare.

"Mom?" He questioned landing softly on the soil. The ice type mouthed something as the life slowly drained from her eyes being replaced by two empty black orbs. A strong gust of wind brushed through, chilling Sirius's body as well as transforming the Glaceon's body into dust and gusting it away. His eyes grew large as he found himself alone in the dark.

"Mom?" He whimpered. "Mom!?" He was surrounded by silence. Sirius's body trembled as tears streamed down his face.

"MOM!? MOM WHERE ARE YOU!?" He wailed collapsing in a heap on the ground.

"Sirius, hey Sirius!?" The voice came again, this time slightly closer. Sirius opened his eyes and found himself curled up on the soil. The cold, prickly grasses were stabbing his belly, and the soil beneath his head was dark with moisture. Sirius lifted his head and glanced up at Adelino, who was tapping his foot impatiently.

"Finally! Sheesh! I've been calling you for the last freakin ten minutes! I was ten seconds from leaving out here to get picked clean by Murkrow.. you're lucky the boss is making me come out here to get you.. or else I'd leave you here in the middle of nowhere!" He growled rolling his light brown eyes. Sirius wiped his face with his paw, noticing that his fur was wet. He had been crying.

"Oh…" he said aloud causing the Leafeon to tilt his head.

"What?" He questioned causing Sirius to shake his head.

"Nothing." He said looking away causing Adelino to frown.

"Alright then, since you've slept, I guess its time to go." He said getting up. Sirius's brow furrowed and a frown spread across his face. Traveling across the land during the night was something he didn't feel comfortable doing. It wouldn't be so bad if Pyro or one of his other friends had been there, but it was just Adelino. Sirius shuddered at the thought of the creeping, crawling creatures that walked through the barren fields at night. In the Constellation's territory, all was quiet, but elsewhere – there was no telling what could be found.

"Are you scared?" Adelino asked with slight amusement in his voice. Sirius frowned.

"No… I'm just – "

"Scared!" Adelino laughed. "Of a little darkness?" He jeered circling back around and staring Sirius right in the face. Sirius blushed.

"No, its not the dark that scares me… its what might be out there in the… dark…" he trembled swallowing hard. Adelino laughed again, shaking his leafy head.

"Well, what'd I tell you? I'm going to protect you, so stop freaking out. I've walked through these fields on darker nights than this. Cloudy weather, no stars. At least you have the stars to guide you, right?" Sirius frowned again. The stars were in fact bright and gleaming, brighter than usually. This was not very reassuring, however, because they did not illuminate the earth below as the did the sky. If he could have his way, he would've stayed until morning, but with Adelino as his guide there was little choice.

"Fine, whatever." He said attempting to sound as if he did not care, but he did. In fact, he was petrified. He hoped Adelino would let him rest just a bit longer, but it seemed as if the grass type had his mind set. There was nothing else to be done. Sirius watched as Adelino walked forward into the shadowy fields before them. Maybe now would be the time to try to escape. Adelino wouldn't notice if he slinked away in the dark… in the dark.

He looked behind him. They'd come such a far way, and to travel all of that way in the dark. Sirius sighed, taking a second to question his motives. He looked up, watching the sky as a dark shadow descended from the sky. His eyes grew wide as it floated erratically through the air, and suddenly sweeping down upon him. A shriek of terror cut through the air as Sirius bolted off in the direction of Adelino. The shadow clinging tightly to his face. The lilac fox crashed headlong into a large stone, and dropped to his belly as the shadow suddenly fluttered away. Sirius looked up noticing Adelino standing above him, his body was a faint shadow illuminated slightly by the stars.

"Its just a freakin leaf, Sirius!" Adelino laughed aloud causing Sirius's cheeks to grow red. He got to his feet, blushing intensely as he did.

"I know... it just... startled me…" was all he could manage. It was a lie, and a pathetic one at that. Adelino laughed again before lifting a paw and jerking his head into an eastern direction.

"Well? Lets get going, don't want the monsters to get you in the dark." He laughed again. Sirius frowned and crept close to the ground. His large ears where turned backwards, picking up any signs of danger. So far, all seemed to be calm and tranquil, but that just made it even more ominous.

"Silence for some reason is especially menacing…" He thought to himself. "Especially when its dead silent like this… I can't even hear the Noctowl anymore… its as if everything died…" He stopped walking, flicking his tail as he did so. He rarely paid attention to what his farther taught him about the wild, but one thing he did remember is when the birds stopped chirping, it was normally to conceal themselves from danger. The birds at night were no exception.

"Adelino…" He whispered, noticing that the grass type had trekked much farther a head. Sirius glanced around cautiously and tried to catch up too the Leafeon, but the adrenaline was pumping through his veins and he was having a hard time focusing.

"Adelino!" He whispered louder, still trying not to alert any predators. Adelino still didn't seem to notice, and continued plotting forward.

"Damnit, Adelino!" He growled causing Adelino to turn around, glaring slightly.

"What the hell Sirius!? You are so high maintenance! What is it now?"

"I think there's… something out here with us…" He said quietly. His ears listening quietly for the slightest noise. The wind brushed through the fur on his back causing them to stand on end, but when he noticed it was only the wind the settled again. Adelino did no look in the least bit amused.

"I think so too, and their names are idiocy and paranoia." He growled, although this time he did not seem to be joking. Sirius growled in slight frustration.

"I'm being serious! There's something out here… and… you kidnapped me and dragged me out here, and then you promised you'd protect me. I'm telling, there's something out there, damnit, and I don't want it to kill me!" Adelino glared.

"Will you shut up! Nothings going to fucking kill you! You're being stupi-" Suddenly Adelino stopped. His eyes locked on a figure out in the distance. It was dark, even for him, but it appeared to be floating.

"Do you see that?" He questioned causing Sirius's stomach to turn. The fox cat slowly, slowly turned around to face the other being. It was a tall, ghostly form with broad shoulders and some sort of long tail, but beside that there was little more he could make out. Both eeveelutions stood in shock as a ball of darkness appeared in front of it. With a swift motion, it released it, firing it at Sirius's. With a swift movement, the fox cat dodged the attack barley getting out of the way. Without much thought, he fired a Psy Wave towards it, but it seemed to go right through. He blinked.

"What is it!?" He asked in a panic. Adelino growled, knocking Sirius out of the way of another attack.

"Pay attention you idiot!" He growled before galloping towards his attacker. Though he was not as fast as an Espeon, he proved quicker than the attacker and growled whipping his leafy tail around for a Leaf Blade. The attack, however, missed by a long shot, and he was left fighting the wind. Adelino growled glancing over toawards Sirirus's. The frightened pup had already taken damage without him even seeing it. With another strong blast of dark auro, the creature flung Sirirus back. The psychic type cried out, tumbling across the earth and cutting his paw on the edge of a rock.

"Shit!" Adelino cursed flinging himself against the attacker with all of his might. His tail sliced its body with a strong Leaf Blade and blood exploded into the night air raining down to the earth as tiny red droplets. The creature screeched in pain and flung the Leafeon away from its body, sending him tumbling across the tundra like a rag doll. Adelino growled in pain as he struggled to get up, but when he looked around the creature had vanished and all that was left was Sirius's trembling form.

Adelino licked his paw tenderly before racing towards Sirius. His body shook in a mixture of adrenaline and pain.

"Are you alright?" He asked looking him over. Sirius did not seem to have sustained and serious injury, but his paw did seem hurt. The lavender fox-cat struggled to get up, but cried out in pain as agony ripped through his injured paw.

"What!? What's wrong!?" Adelino cried in more surprise than anger. Sirius whined getting back down on the ground and licking his paw.

"My paw! My fucking paw!"

"What!? Is it broken!?" Adelino examined Sirius's paw. He used his own paw to feel it, despite Sirius's various swear words and cries of defiance. It did seem a little loose, but not broken. He sighed in relief.

"Damnit you idiot! Its not even broken! Why didn't you fight back!?" Sirius licked his paw again, causing the pain to ease up a little.

"I did! But.."

"But what!?" The grass type hissed, his charming hazel eyes burning with a mixture of emotions to mixed to pick out individuals.

"But… they didn't work… they just.. faded away…" Adelino titled his head.

"Faded... away?" Sirius nodded. It did not make much sense, but there was little that could be done about the attack now.

"Adelino, you said nothing would get me out here in the dark... then what was that?" Adelino frowned.

"I don't know! Look, I've walked through these fields a thousand times on darker nights, and nothing like that has ever happened. Tonight we even have stars, millions of them!"

"But we don't have any moonlight… The stats help, but…" Adelino rolled his eyes.

"Yes, the moon does make it better, but not all that much…" For a while, the grass type sat in silence. Today's events where so overwhelming that eh could barley grasp them, let alone Sirius. However, they had taken too much time already, and couldn't possibly rest and longer.

"We have to keep going…" Sirius looked up.

"What!? We almost got killed! Are you crazy!? Are you suicidal!?" Adelino sighed before taking Sirius by the nape of his neck and swinging him over his shoulder. The psychic type yelped in surprise.

"What the?"

"Shut your mouth... you're a real pain in the ass, you know?" He growled before plotting forward. Sirius blinked in surprise. He was really going to keep moving after all of that chaos? Was he truly insane?

"He's so stupid…" Sirius thought to himself as Adelino carried him over a long hill. His eyes scanned the area for the creature, but it seemed that Adelino had frightened it off, for now at least.

"He's stupid… but he's relentless."