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In Maggie's head, there was suddenly a split second of an image of Giratina roaring. That was odd, she wasn't expecting any more from Giratina from a while, but something was important. He seemed... She couldn't put her finger quite on it. Kind of like he was mad, but not at her. Like there was something else here he didn't like. It made her uncomfortable, to say the least. Awkwardly, she drifted down to floor level again.

"Ah, thanks Aurora and Tsuki!" she smiled at their compliments. Noticing Tsuki looked a bit in pain for a second, she flew close to the Espeon. "Is Tsuki okay? Too much dust?" she inquired frantically. Maybe she'd whipped it up too much! Did she hurt her friend by accident?! Totally frantic, she couldn't sit still, floating back and forth restlessly.

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Runrunrunrunrun was the only thing flying through Rinny's head as he bolted through the city. The shouts of angry humans echoed behind him. All he wanted was some food, plain and simple. Like heck would he let himself just starve. Yet somehow he ended up with Pokemon Control on him. The humans even threw out the darn stuff! What was the issue with snooping around a dumpster next to a restaurant?!

Another hoverboard zoomed straight at him, and he leaned backwards and skidded along the ground, watching it fly over him, then quickly pushed himself back up and kept going. Suddenly, a Pokemon Control vehicle appeared in front of him, blocking the path. Putting one forepaw on the ground, he turned on that instead of his feet, narrowly avoiding a pokeball, and took off down the ally next to him. The walls were close enough, he jumped between the two, using small gaps and ledges to push himself up and onto the roof on one building. It was hardly one second after he stopped to catch his breath that the first human appeared on a flying device, pokeball at the ready. Jumping hard to the left, he landed on the next roof over as the ball bounced uselessly.

The chase was on again, but the flying machines were slow. Pokeballs of all types flew past him, and once he jumped over a large AC unit, he dropped off the roof, catching himself on a metal pole on the way down to slow his decent, and landed on all fours to distribute the impact. Knowing he had but a few precious seconds before the machines flew overhead and realized he was on ground again, he looked around for cover. Trash cans, boxes... Finally he laid eyes on an inconspicuous whole in the ground. Not thinking twice, he jumped down, just in time to hear the humans fly overhead.

"Phew...", he sighed loudly, wiping his forehead with his paw. Only then did he realize he wasn't alone. Spinning around to see who was there, he took a defensive stance in case they tried to attack. Really, he hadn't seen a full minute of peace in a long time...

(Uh, just in case that wasn't clear, Rin accidently found the hidey hole with Yoru, Paige and Nebula. .3.)

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(Don't worry, it was perfectly clear. ;))

Paige turned around quickly when she heard a loud thump behind her. A Riolu, looking like he'd just ran quite a bit. Judging from his defensive stance, he looked like he was more afraid of them attacking than Paige was of him. It might have been the dim lighting, but the Riolu appeared to have black fur. On closer inspection, Paige and Nebula realized that it was indeed black. Casually, the Furret walked over. Obviously this Pokemon wasn't going to start a fight, especially with a Psychic type in the room. Nebula sighed in the background.

"Alright," said Paige. "Who are you, and how did you find this place? Start talking before we decide we don't want you here." Nebula wanted to facepalm. Why does Paige always have to act tough?

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He really shouldn't have been afraid of a normal type, but Rin, still took a step away when the Furret approach, growling softly, and trying to look back through the hole to try to see if the humans were still after him. At her questions, he stumbled, looking between the Gardevoir and the Zorua. Actually, the one he was most afraid of was that Zorua. Fighting and Dark types didn't mix well.

"I-I..." he started, still catching his breath, but trying not to make himself look tired to them. "I was running... Pokemon Control was after me. I just, saw this hole, thought they'd fly over." The words came flying out once they started. "I don't mean to make trouble! I'll leave! I just-" he glanced back out the hole, hearing a few shouts and flinching back into the darkness, "I need a few minutes. Please!" he begged.

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The image of the Dialga became more clear and now it wasn't shuddering anymore, it's eyes formed and they look angry. Aurora felt like the great beast was trying to jump right out her head. It felt like he wanted to fight something...

Dialga , why are you doing this? Is there something wrong? Is there somebody watching us? Please stop, though, you're hurting my head. All of the sudden, he disappeared from her mind completely. She rubbed the sweat off her head, with her tail. Thank goodness that's over, but what was that? Why is Dialga so agitated? She quickly smiled so that nobody would suspect that she just went through something.

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(Is everyone together yet?)

Emiko was running away from mad scientists. Well, crazy, furious scientists were better adjectives. She had run away right after they tried to catch her. Using her forehead jewel, she took various berries from the lab and other places she could find and stashed them here and there in sewers and tunnels she dug under unoccupied-by-humans houses that she would hide under dirt and such. These places were connected with her major underground one.


When Emiko thought she lost them, she slowed down a little. Not too soon later, she heard voices. One seemed to be threatening and the other sounded scared. When she began to leave the area, humans appeared. She ran while looking around for somewhere to hide. The hole was a no. The voices were louder there, so it would be a bad idea. Then, a human found her. "Well, aren't you a pretty little pokemon. You should be able to fetch a decent price," it said. Pokeballs began to be thrown everywhere. Using her telekinesis, she picked up the balls and threw them back like projectiles. "Someone, please help me!" she yelled.

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(Paige, Nebula, Yoru, and Rinny are in Paige and Nebula's little secret base, and Aurora, Tsuki, and Maggie are at Maggie's abandoned house.)

Paige sighed. "It's fine, really. All of us here are on the run, pretty much. You can stay a bit. Besides, it's not like we'd have anything to gain if we threw you out. We were just about to-" she got cut off by a call for help from the outside.

Paige hopped onto the raised platform, and jumped just high enough she could get her paws outside. In one quick, fluid motion, she had grabbed one of the Eevee's hind legs and pulled her inside the hole. Before the Eevee could say anything, she put a hand over its mouth, to avoid any shouting that could reveal their location.

"Yoru, think you could cover up the entrance with an illusion? Not like anyone could get in here, but I don't want any humans discovering this place."

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Yoru ran up to the raised platform, hoping on top of it. "Yeah, I'll just need to do it from the outside, so I can see what I'm doing. I can put one up until the humans leave, but it's gonna be a pretty bad one, and if one of them are smart enough they might see through it." he said. He was quiet for a minute before brightening. "You got a back entrance and exit? If so, I can slip through there are hide in the shadows and make the illusion." he said.

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Tsuki smiled. "I'm fine Maggie. It wasn't the dust." she said, trying to ease her mind. "I just got a sudden headache, I think something happened with my aura." she tried to explain. It's really complicated, what she was trying to say. Things like auras are pretty quickly understood by psychic types. And Riolus and Lucarios.

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Rinny took a breath when the Furret reassured him. Now that he was calm, he could sense that all the auras here were friendly. Exhausted, he plopped himself down right where he was, crossing his legs and breathing deeply. He listened to the conversation around him, and opened his eyes again. "Maybe it isn't my place, but since you helped me, I would like to help if I can. If the Zorua needs time, I can make a distraction," he offered. Besides, it was in his interest, too. If the humans found him here, he'd be in just as much trouble as the rest.

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"Aura?" Maggie tilted her head to the side. It sounded a lot like Aurora, maybe Aurora had something to do with it? She was smiling, though. So Maggie floated up to the dragonair's face. "Does Aurora have something to do with aura?" she asked, quite confused. This close to the other pokemon, she could feel Giratina's rage, even if it was weak from all the energy he had exerted today already. Maybe Giratina didn't like Aurora? Maybe Aurora was bad for Paige! No, that wasn't right... Confused, she drifted back towards the ground, thinking with one ragged, arm like part of her body raised to her chin.

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Tsuki chuckled. "No, Aurora has nothing to do with aura. Aurora's name has the same name as certain types of lights in the sky in certain far off areas. When I say aura, I meant my energy, I guess. Auras are what psychic types are able to see. I can use it to tell what type of pokemon you are." she explained. "Maggie your aura is a dark purple, telling me that you're a ghost type." she said. "Does that make any sense?" she asked.

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Yoru grinned. "Distraction? Yeah that'll work too." he said before thinking again. If Rinny went up first and made a distraction then he could slip out and start casting an illusion....Yeah, that could work. He nodded. "Yeah, we can do that." he looked over at Rinny. "You ready?" he asked, a gleam in his eyes.

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Nebula noticed the Zorua change color to a bright orange. The Riolu appeared to be a turquoise sort of color. He could remember orange well. Paige turned that color every time they found a new target area, and right before a mission. Although sometimes different colors stood for the same emotion, and other times different emotions were all the same color. Mesprit, tell me.

'I have given you sight, that is enough.'

Stupid, good-for-nothing legendary.

Paige thought for a moment. "We don't have a back door, but a distraction...that could work. If worse comes to worse, Nebula can use Teleport on you, right?" she turned to Nebula, who nodded. He usually just went along with anything anyone else said, anyways.

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Nodding, Rin stood up again. "Sorry for not introducing myself. Call me Rin," he gave a short, curt bow, before looking at the Zorua, who was obviously excited. "I'm ready to go whenever you are. Please, be quick though. I believe the humans out there are just normal humans, but if the Control comes back, I don't want to think about what will likely happen." His warning given, Rin jumped back onto the platform lightly and easily, closing his eyes and listening carefully to where the humans were.

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"Oh!" Maggie smiled again. "Purple! Pretty, pretty! I like purple! What is Aurora? What is Tsuki?" she rapid fired excitedly, completely transfixed by this idea that there was colors for different types of Pokemon. "Does Tsuki see color for humans? What color are humans?" Too excited to sit still, she floated back and forth, then started zooming around both of her guests. "Colors! Colors!"

((Maggie is like kid hyped up on a diet of candy and caffein. O_o))

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Yoru nodded. "Yeah I'll be quick. I need maybe two or three minutes. See if you can get them out of the alley. It should be easy to loose them then." he said, before looking over to Nebula. "Everyone ready?" he asked, looking between Nebula and Rin.

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Tsuki smiled. "Aurora is a nice pretty blue color, with some hints of reddish orange. Indicating that she has a nice personality, and is a dragon type." she explained. She was quiet for a moment. "Yes I can see the aura's of humans, but I don't understand them. They each have a color with a blackness to it. I'm guessing the black is from the darkness in their hearts, for how they treat us, but I'm not sure."

"Hmmm though my aura? It's sometimes hard for psychic types to read their own aura's. Though I'm pretty sure I've seen mine before. I believe it's a mixture between a light pink and soft lavender color." she said. "I don't know why my aura has some purple I it. The pinkish tint indicates I'm a psychic type though."

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"You can see auras, huh? That's very interesting! Even a lot of Psychic type I know can't do that very well." Aurora said while taking a tour throughout the house and its rooms. A few Spinirak appeared nearby from a crack in the wall.

"Other inhabitants, I see." Aurora said, "So it's not just ghost types that live here. Speaking of ghost types, do they show themselves usually? I haven't seen a single one, yet." She looked around to see if she could spot any ghost types but with no luck.

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Maggie floated over to the spinarak and studied them disdainfully. "I let Spinarak stay because they make pretty webs. Ghosts I don't let stay. Ghost's live in other rooms of house. Ghosts don't like other ghosts, and try to kick me out and take my room. I kick out Ghosts though. I'm strong!" she declared happily. She'd only had trouble once with a Sableye. Luckily she was gone when it first struck the house, and it wiped out basically the entire place's inhabitants. Luckily, it was tired by the time she returned, and Giratina helped her use Shadow Force and make it leave.

"Where do Tsuki and Aurora usually stay? Do they have homes?" she asked curiously.

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Tsuki yawned before stretching. "Depends on where I am when night hits. Most of the time I'd end up sleeping on a roof if I fell asleep there in the afternoon letting the sun warm my fur." she said. She shook her head to clear her head. "I don't really spend too much time in one place I guess. The humans in town know me very well because there aren't many Espeons out there with a heart necklace around her neck, and plus, I have white patches of fur all over."

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"Oh, I see. Ironic how it would be nighttime, huh? I mean, you being an Espeon and all." Aurora said. She thought a bit about that, and then turned to Maggie to answer her question.

"I live in a secret part of the lake nearby, but I'm mostly a traveler. I try to stay away from my family..." She didn't say it, but she began staying away from her family after the Gyarados event. A lot of Dratini, Dragonair, and Dragonite witnessed the event and never looked at her the same way, since. "My family won't accept me for the way I am, so I have to constantly move so they won't find me." She also didn't want to hurt her family members. Ever since her encounter with Dialga, she had become much stronger and didn't want to hurt those she loved.

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Tsuki smiled at Aurora. "Well I guess you could consider us a family. A little bit. We can all be sisters." she said with a teasing tone. She thought it'd be fun. They could all look out for one another, and they wouldn't have to be lonely.

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"Sisters? That would be awesome, especially since we all have different abilities, and powers. I love the idea of us keeping an eye on one another. We'd become unstoppable!" Aurora thought about it for a while.

She imagined fighting legendaries and pictured battling an Articuno on an icy mountain, with Tsuki using her psychic powers, Maggie using her spiritual powers and her using her Dragon powers against the mighty legendary. "Together, we might win a battle against something really powerful! What do you think Maggie?" She looked at Maggie.

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Tsuki giggled at her. "Yeah, we would! The Powerful Three! Or something like that." she laughed, looking at Maggie. "What do you think?" she asked her. "Want to be sisters?" Heck they probably could be unstoppable. At least against the humans. They wouldn't be ganged up on anymore. They'd be a team, that would protect each other.

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"Sisters!" Maggie repeated happily. She didn't know her family very well. Ghost pokemon weren't really the family type. They were all loners, and eggs were usually just left around. She'd heard a few ghosts whispering that it was lucky she was born free: most eggs were found before they hatched. "I have a family now!" Bouncing a little, her hat would float up with her, then drift back down slower than she moved. A passing thought occurred to her that she was a ghost pokemon, and this wasn't normal to be happy about a family, or being around other pokemon. She didn't mind being different though, because her new family was different from their species, too.

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Rin nodded shortly. He picked out about four different humans. The issue would be making sure all eyes would be on him. Of course, he usually got that when he didn't want it. As long as they all noticed him, they wouldn't notice the Zorua slip out.

"Let me go first. Give me a little bit to lead them away, then come out and make the illusion. I'll keep them going for a few minutes, then I'll be back." Silently, though he added I hope. He was strong, but messing around with humans when he was on the wanted list of easily recognized pokemon was not a smart idea. If he prayed to... whatever legendary... Cobalion came to mind first. So he prayed to Cobalion that the Pokemon Control had given up the hunt on him.

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