Oww my head... my side... my dignity. It's all been hurt one way or another.

I tried to move but I was immobilised, stuck in a deep dark space. I couldn't move, blink or even breathe the only thing I could do was think.

Did the fight with Dust really happen or was it just a dangerous nightmare? Are our parents even alive? What would happen to the others if I didn't make it? Would they miss me? Would Indigo miss me?

As I was thinking I seemed to dwell more into the restricted part of my mind. The part that held all my worst fears. Luckily I heard my name being called which pulled me out of my deepest thoughts.

"Flaaaaame!"

Huh? Who is that...

I tried to open my eyes but it felt like there was an imaginary force stopping me from opening them.

"FLAAAAAAME!!!"

I suddenly felt like I was being shaken roughly by the shoulders. It seemed to fill me up with some sort of energy.

"Flicker that's not going to do anything.... HEY DON'T SHAKE HIM!"

I slowly opened my eyes. I had now recovered my senses and saw Flicker, Ember, Bell, Indigo and even Bruce looking at me with anxious and concerned looks. I was lying down on a pile of fresh silky green leaves. There was wooden walls surrounding us, covered in dark emerald green vines. So we were obviously inside something

"HE'S AWAKE!!! IT'S A MIRICALE!!!" Screamed Flicker in a hysterical high pitched voice.

"So... what happened to me?" I asked, getting to my feet.

"Well um you and... and-" Began Bell but, she couldn't say Dust's name for some odd reason.

"Dust." Blurted out Ember bluntly.

"Yeah um so when you collided you both seemed to have badly hurt yourselves. We came to look if you were ok and luckily you seemed to be breathing lightly but-"

"Oh get to the point Bell!" Snapped Ember furiously.

"Hey don't shout at Bell like that! We all don't have cold hearts like you do!" Snarled Flicker defensively.

"How dare you, you little-"

"QUIET ALL OF YOU!" Boomed Bruce suddenly.

Silence fell upon us immediately. Ember was glaring at one of the walls like it had just offended her. Flicker was staring the other way but, was stood in front of Bell like a shield. Bruce was on a wooden type perch looking irritated, then finally Bell and Indigo were blinking at each other with an awkward expression on both of their faces.

"Grow up all of yah. Yah should be closer then ever but all yah do is argue and bicker like little squirts. Be there for each other, give each other support not ah headache." Sighed Bruce looking disappointed by the outburt.

Ember twitched realising she had done wrong but acted like she wasn't affected by what Bruce had just said. It seemed like she felt she wanted to prove herself not soft but, not icily cold either.

"Ember, lassie you're better then this. Apologise. I know you don't mean any of this. So prove it." Bruce called affectionately trying to persuade Ember that she didn't mean anything.

"I-I'm s-sorry." Whispered Ember shakily. "I d-d-don't know w-what's gotten into me lately."

She looked down at the ground, her head drooped miserably with one single tear emerging from her left eye, that ran slowly down her warm cheek.

"Oh come on sis, I know you didn't mean it either and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said what I said. Bruce is right, we've got to stick together, especially now." Flicker reasoned gently, bowing his head so he could look directly into Ember's soft calming eyes.

What are they on about? What's happened?

Walking slowly towards them I felt they were keeping a serious dark secret from me. I didn't know how I felt it but, I just knew something was definitely wrong.

"So, um what happened after you found me?" I asked trying to act casual.

At that point everyone avoided eye contact with me. Bell, Indigo and Bruce were all looking out a small square window that was covered by a massive dotted leaf. Every time the wind sang the leaf would float into the air as if it was in a trance.

*Whoosh*

The wind was shaking the leaves outside so it sounded like crashing waves on heavy solid boulders. Yet nobody looked up to answer my question.

Should I ask again? Nah, I'm sure they heard me.Well why haven't they replied then? I don't know...

It felt like my brain had split into two completely different sides. One side was trying to justify why the other's weren't speaking and, the other was just telling me the truth. After more minutes of pure silence I had to ask again but, this time louder and more definite.

"Guy's, what happened?"

Indigo looked up sadly although her jaw was clenched in a tense way. Her body language was very hard to read but, what I could tell from her was that she was shaken by something. After gazing deep into my eyes she whispered.

"He's dead."

Her whisper was hardly spoken but I could hear it ringing loudly in my ears. I had killed my own brother. My own brother.

"WHAT?" I blurted standing up in protest.

No, they must be mistaken. I-I would never do anything like that. Especially not to my own family. No I couldn't. I haven't.

Then numbing realisation slapped me round my face. I had only just realised that I hurt Dust a lot more then he would have ever done to me. Or was that my conscious kicking in? He did badly hurt me after all.

Still that didn't explain why I went that far. Every pokémon know's that if you kill another it's dangerous for the other to live because, it's wrong to kill for no reason. Did I have a reason?

Kill or be killed that's what my father told me. But not kill my own brother.

I could get killed myself for what I have done. That's why everyone's been so tense I've ruined this family. Only warped and evil pokémon kill. But I didn't mean it, I really didn't.

No I couldn't have killed him. I'm good... aren't I?