Pink quickly arrived at the entrance to the dream world. Her eyes flashed as she had Mom turn the portal on. She raced in and went out of the cave. Adam was waiting for her.

"I'm sorry to pull you back here." Pink smiled softly at him.

"No.... it's fine. Anything to help." The duo peered around the corner of the gym. Darkrai cultists were fighting the townsfolk. But there was something off about the cultists. Alien-like something. Her eyes widened. "No..."

"There's a door in the back here that we can use to talk in private." He led her to the door and they went in.

"There's only one person that can do this." Adam nodded.

"That person hasn't shown themselves yet. Pink, there is only one way to turn the tide." She gulped nervously.

"Darkrai..." He nodded.

"You have Mew on your side. Hopefully you can do this. I don't have anyone else to send." Pink smiled.

"I have more than Mew on my side. I have a team that can fight without me. I can do this!" She placed a pokeball in his hand. "If the person comes, and he will, throw that in his face. It'll give me time to go, find Darkrai and come back." He nodded.

"To help you out, I'll teleport you to the area that everyone normally appears." She nodded before teleporting. 

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She opened her eyes to see the place she was before. She headed the other direction from the first time. She had Mew transform her into a Darkrai cultist so that it was a somewhat passive approach. She was sadly caught by Persephone. The battle was practically missing.

... ok. She was unconscious the entire fight. She woke up to snickering.

"This is your fault, Persephone. You're the only cult leader here and Jearn's gone, so..." The snickers turned into laughs.

"Well... there goes the Cult of Darkrai from the world..."

"At least it wasn't by the hands of Malde." Persephone hissed.

"That alien..." Pink stood up and ran towards the hut.

"You can't fight him! That is my fight!" She turned and bolted to the hut. She quickly went in and saw the legendary.

Darkness entered her vision and she blacked out. 

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Pink opened her eyes to see her little delta Snorunt.

"Frosty?" It held up a pokeball. Inside was Darkrai. She smiled. "Thanks! Let's go!"

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Adam was waiting for Pink to return when two people came into the town. His blood ran cold as the pokeball that Pink gave him shuttered.

Is that... He went over and stopped them.

"Adam..."

"Malde. Leave."

"No. I have some unfinished business to do."

"You're going through me."

"That can be arranged. Forest." The young boy went forward. Pain raced through Adam. He couldn't even grab his pokeballs. Pink's pokeball had another idea in mind. It opened up and smacked Forest back, causing him to yelp and throw a pokeball of his own. Forest's delta Blastoise growled. Something landed in front of Adam. Fear entered the two's eyes. "Damn it."

"Sci!" Scissors cried out and quickly decimated Blastoise. Adam just stared. He couldn't understand how something that his daughter owned could be so aggressive. Forest gulped as the duo stepped back.

"Darn you..." Forest's eyes flashed as a pokeball popped open and Min appeared. He was desperate to defeat it. The rest of his team came out. Scissors smirked and raced through his team. They fell with no problem. Forest snarled. His pokemon instantly became healed and were getting up. Scissors hissed before getting into battle stance. 

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Pink was approaching the city when she heard a loud crash. She bolted to the city. When she arrived, she saw Scissors and Adam fighting Malde and Forest. She noticed that Scissors was tiring. Every time it took out a pokemon, it was healed and got back up. She snarled and sent out the rest of her team. Forest's team defeated them with ease. Scissors was too tired to keep going. Frosty had done the most damage to his group. Her first loss. She backed up as Min raced at her. She closed her eyes and waited for the attack.

And...

Bye Pink.

Um......

No.

It was quiet. She slowly opened her eyes. A gasp escaped from her.

Purple was clashed with Forest. The pokemon were struck down by Purple's deltas. Purple's eyes were different from his usual eyes. (He gave her the notebook with his forms and conditions.)

A soft voice filled the air as smoke circled the field.

"SMOKE SHIRLEY SILENTARYMINAE!"

The smoke entered Purple's hand and he aimed.

"BROTHERHOOD!"

The smoke multiplied and attacked the enemy lines. The infected cultists hissed at that and changed targets. Purple didn't seem stressed. It was like he had turned into something else. He glared at Malde.

"It's one thing to do passive attacks. But when you turned a cult on people, you lost your reputation. Shandowa!" The legendary appeared above him. He drew a star in the air and grabbed it. A symbol appeared on his hand.

"SMOKE SHIRLEY SILKENTILANY!"

Pink didn't recognize the name. A soft glow surrounded Purple.

"SIGNIFICANT ALLIANCE!"

The smoke wrapped around all of the infected people except for Malde and brought them into the air. Several hisses were made. Purple landed on the ground and stepped towards Malde.

"I'm going to say this once. Let them go or else." Noivila appeared from behind him. "That means Forest too." The town stared at the conversation.

No! They appreciate everything that I've done for them!

"This isn't just a little mind game. You have them under your control. You're mind controlling them! You put their minds into what seems like a great place so that they don't know what they're doing! So let them go or pay the price!"

Pink blinked. Was this really the boy who couldn't get up high, that always lost, that was broken, that didn't think he would make a comeback? Was that an illusion, a fake before this? A plan to throw her off? Where was the boy who kept collapsing when he was under pressure? Malde hissed.

FINE!

The infection left the cultists and Forest. The smoke slowly placed them down and they fainted. Malde vanished to who knows where. Purple flickered his wrist and the cultists disappeared. He went over and picked up Forest. He was shaking and murmuring something under his breath.

"Let's get him inside so that he can recover."

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Forest was laying on a bed in the gym while the others were talking.

"It's good to see you Purple."

"Yeah..."

"I'm proud of you." Pink said while nudging him lightly. He blinked.

"Huh? What for?"

"For standing up against Malde. I don't think that I've ever seen you that confident and powerful. And you look a lot better than before." Purple smiled faintly.

"Thanks.........." He sat down and leaned against the wall. "I guess that I'm getting used to feeling the pressure." Weakness filled his eyes and he closed them.

"You can't stop now. Torren could use that confidence." He opened an eye and glanced at her.

"Hmf. That's if I make it."

A small groan came from across the room. The trio glanced over as Forest sat up. He noticed them and tried to stand. His legs insanity gave way. Smoke grabbed his waist before he hit the ground. Pain raced through Pink's heart. It hurt to see the once powerful, outgoing boy who had a legendary pokemon backing him up look so weak and defeated. She went over and held her hand out. He paused before grabbing it and letting her help him up. His legs shuddered as she helped him over. He sat down next to Purple. Between the two of them, they could be twins. Forest's eyes shifted from his usual green eyes and then went back.

"So... what happened while I was....." He didn't finish as an uncomfortable feeling filled the room.

"Well... there's no cults standing." Purple growled at that. The room lost it. He frowned.

"Pink is now the 3rd augur and the champion." Pink hissed.

"Don't blow my cover."

"From what I heard from Lime-"

"No one asked her what she had to say." Purple grabbed his mouth to stop himself from laughing. Everyone else giggled at her comment. She smiled. The twins then caught him up to speed.

"Forest... it's better that you stay here and-" He shook his head.

"No... I think that if I start trying to get back up." He smiled at her. "I want to go help the region." Pink sighed.

"Alright... lets go." She then hugged Adam. "I hope that we see each other soon." He smiled.

"Expect more letters. I will be communicating." Purple stood up and went over to Adam. The two boys hugged as Pink helped Forest. The trio waved to Adam as they left. Adam smiled as he turned around and pulled a package from somewhere.

Get ready guys... the Cult of Crime, Gaea Town's gym, and the Ultara Library awaits.