~Epilogue~

Ten years later.

It may have taken us a while, but Brendan and I finally established our life together. Just about three years after our horrible adventure, Brendan proposed to me. The ceremony was held in Littleroot, right outside of our houses. We were able to skip our honeymoon to have some extra money.

Due to all of our battling and saving every bit of money ever, we were able to buy a small house in Verdanturf. I loved it there! I was able to get a job at the Daycare center, it wasn't a lot, but it was fun. Brendan spent a lot of time in Mauville, battling and offering advice to young trainers who passed through town. Everyone in town loved Brendan, there was no way to tell he was any different from anyone.

"Mom! Dad!" Our son came running down the stairs. "The sun's going down! The sun's going down!" He ran up to me.

"I see it, you want to go get Dad's necklace?" I asked with a huge smile.

"YES!" He ran off to his bedroom, where we usually kept it.

"Don't drop it this time Ciro!" Brendan called.

Ciro was back within seconds. "I got it!" Clasped in his hand was a bright orange, sun-shaped stone. All those years ago, Birch gave us the idea to use the opposite effects of the moon stone. Just to be safe, and to entertain our five-year-old, every night before the sun went down, Brendan would put on his sun stone.

"Alright, come here," Brendan lifted Ciro onto his lap. Then, Ciro lifted up his little hands to put the necklace around Brendan's neck.

"Dad, will you tell the story again?" Brendan must have told Ciro the story of his sun necklace a million times, but it never got old. He pulled our son closer to him and retold the nightmare that shaped our lives together. Of course, to Ciro, it was just a fairytale told by his father with a prop to end it.

"Now," Brendan finished, "I think it's time for you to get to bed."

Ciro hugged his father, then ran over to embrace me. After saying goodnight, he skipped off to his bedroom. I stared after him as Brendan stood up.

"You know it's the actual full moon tonight right?" he asked.

"Of course. How could I forget?" Since the incident, we had become extremely interested in astrology.

"What if it fails?" Brendan smirked while flicking his necklace.

"Oh, please. It's been ten years, I'm pretty sure it would have failed by now. Besides, it's not like I haven't dealt with it before."

He crossed the room to stand in front of me. "May, I'm so sorry. I really am. Everything that happened was my fault. I went into the woods after that thing, I got bitten, and I didn't listen to you. Then on top of everything, I attacked you." He slowly ran his fingers down my arm where the 14 inch scar from him was still visible. "I'm sorry."

I looked into his eyes, then smiled. "It's okay, Brendan. I think you've made it up to me."