October 21st (Galin Kingdom, Kanto)

(May's POV)

"But I don't want you and Daddy to go!" Charlotte cried as she clung to Adeline's waist.

Adeline hugged her close before kneeling down to look at Charlotte, "It's only for a few days sweetie. Your father and I have to go visit a few places to make sure everything is ready for the festival next week."

"B...but I still don't want you too," Charlotte sniffed as she began to cry.

I took a step forward, "Don't worry Lottie, they'll be back before you know it," I said gently.

She looked at me and wiped her eyes nodding before hugging her mom again.

"While we're gone, I expect you to be on your best behavior," Stephen said as he knelt down to hug Charlotte. "If you're good, there may be a present when we come back."

Charlotte eyes widened in wonder before she smiled and looked determined, "I'll be a good girl daddy, I promise."

Stephen gave a small chuckle before kissing her forehead, "Good girl."

Stephen and Adeline then got into the car and departed.

"Well Lottie, let's work on your lessons for a little bit and then after lunch, you can ride Starlight," I told her as we walked back into the castle.

"Okay Angel," Lottie chirped as she ran up the stairs for the nursery.

I made my way up the stairs and passed Katie carrying a mop and bucket, "Ow's her highness?" she asked.

I sighed, "She put up a little fuss in not wanting their majesties to go, but she calmed down when his lordship promised her a gift on their return if she behaved."

Katie nodded, "Katie, you not getting paid to chat!" Mrs. Wemble snapped as she appeared in the hallway.

I gave Katie a sympathetic look as I went up another flight of stairs and walked into the nursery.

"I finished my sums," Charlotte announced as I walked to her little desk.

I took the notepad she gave me and checked her work. I then put it down and smiled, "Good work, you're getting better."

Charlotte beamed at me as I grabbed her penmanship book, "Just practice this page and we'll call it done."

"Okay," Charlotte called as she started to write.

I then walked over to my room and grabbed a book I found in the library last night about the structure of the castle. I returned to sit in a chair near Charlotte's desk and continued to the study the recorded secret passages in the castle.

Before I knew it, Charlotte was finished and I checked to see that her writing was decent. I had her practice her s's a little bit before I gave her permission to play with her dolls.

I went back to reading my book when I read about a secret passage that went from the nursery where Charlotte was to a hidden room that had a passage going outside.

I frowned, that would explain as to how all those men kept showing up in Charlotte's room. They must have known about this secret passage.

I continued to look at the blueprints of the castle to locate more secret passages til a knock was heard at the door. I opened it up to see Dan carrying the lunch tray.

"Dan!" Charlotte called excitedly as she ran up to him.

I took the tray from Dan so he could give his full attention to her, "Do you have a flower for me?" Charlotte asked in hope.

Dan put a thinking look on his face before the expression changed to equaling "Ah-ha" as put his hand behind him and had a yellow rose appear before Charlotte.

Her face lit up as she took the rose and smelled it, "Thank you!"

Drew gave a soft smile and bowed.

"Do you have a rose for Angel?" she asked.

Dan gave me a look of amusement as he reached behind him and pulled a pink rose.

"If it pleases me lady," Dan teased.

I took the rose and smelled it, "Why thank you kind sir," I said playfully.

Charlotte giggled causing me to give her my attention, "What's so funny?"

"You and Dan are funny," she said still giggling. "Are you together?"

"No we are not," I said as I went to put my rose in a vase with the two Drew gave me and Charlotte yesterday.

Charlotte pouted, "But you look good together."

"How would you know?" I asked chuckling slightly.

Charlotte still pouted, "I just do," she said stubbornly as she stomped a foot in emphasis.

I shook my head in amusement, "Alright Lottie, go wash your hands and then you can eat."

"Okay," she chirped as she went to the small sink in the room and washed her hands.

I then turned my attention to Drew, "Any luck finding your girl?"

His smile turned to a slight frown as he looked out the window, "No, but it doesn't surprise me," he said quietly.

I raised an eyebrow, "Why doesn't it surprise you?"

He flinched slightly and opened his mouth to speak, but closed it when Charlotte came back.

"I hope you ladies enjoy your lunch," he said as he gave a small bow before heading to the door.

I watched him leave and frowned slightly, he let himself slip. What he said hurt slightly, but he did have a point. If I blend in, I won't be found. At least..........not easily.

"Angel, aren't you going to eat?" Charlotte asked while tilting her head slightly.

I put a small smile on my face, "Of course I am, I just was lost in thought for a second."

I took a seat at the small table in the room and took off the coverings of the food causing Charlotte to gasp in delight.

"Yea, all of my favorites!" she said excitedly as she tried to start shoveling food into her mouth.

I gave a tap on her hand making her stop and to glare at me, "Eat it like a lady," I reprimanded.

She pouted, "Fine," she muttered as she started to eat slower.

I gave a small smile and began to eat as well.

After we finished, we changed our clothes for something more suitable to ride in and walked down the stables where the Ponyta and Rapidash were.

"Starlight!" Charlotte shouted happily as she ran for her Ponyta.

I smiled as she hugged Starlight. To say Starlight was beautiful was an understatement. The flaming horse was a unique shiny color of dark silver with light blue flames, matching her given name perfectly.

"Come on Starlight, we're gonna ride like the wind," Charlotte said excitedly as she got up onto Starlight.

"Wait for me," I said sternly as I got up onto a Rapidash named Lady.

We then made our way to an open pasture past the palace gardens where Charlotte kicked Starlight to race forward. I sighed as a small smile appeared on my face while I signaled Lady to give chase, but not quite as fast. After a few minutes, I finally had Charlotte in sight as she was waiting on a nearby hill.

"Hey Angel, come up here and see this!" she shouted.

I gestured for Lady to go up the hill and I felt my breath slip away in surprise. I was looking a tranquil scene of blooming wildflowers across the roaming hills with mountains in the background.

"Beautiful," I murmured.

Charlotte grinned, "It is really pretty, I always love riding out here with mommy and daddy. No matter what season it is, this place always looks beautiful."

"I can imagine," I agreed.

"Come on, let's keep going," she said excitedly as she nudged Starlight forward to run.

"Don't tire her out!" I shouted as I watched Charlotte race away once again.

I sighed tiredly, "She's as bad as me," I muttered to Lady who snorted in response.

"Well, we better go after her," I said as I kicked Lady gently to go forward.

After chasing Charlotte around for the next half hour, I noticed that she was looking paler and paler every time I caught up to her.

"Charlotte, are you feeling okay?" I asked worriedly as I saw her shaking.

Charlotte shook her head, "I'm fine Angel. Come on, I'll race you back!"

"Charlotte!" I shouted as I watched race back to the castle.

"Come on Lady, we have to catch her," I said quickly as I kicked Lady to run after her.

A few minutes later, Charlotte was in my sight and she was hunched forward as if she was sick. Suddenly she felt off the side of Starlight and tumbled on the ground.

"Charlotte!" I screamed as I had Lady race forward to where Charlotte fell.

I jumped down and quickly knelt over Charlotte to see that she was shaking and that her pupils were dilated.

"Angel, I don't feel good," she whimpered as she hunched over and puked to the side.

"Hang in there sweetheart," I murmured as I rubbed her back.

Suddenly I felt her convulse as she suddenly came down with a seizure. My pupils shrank as I quickly tried to help her lie down to prevent her from hurting herself.

"Thank Mew that seizures were on that med test," I said shakily as I mentally counted the seconds of how long the seizure was occurring. After twenty-five seconds, the seizure subsided and I quickly helped Charlotte lay on her side while using my aura to check for any physical injuries from both the fall and the seizure.

I spotted a slight cut on her head and some other scraps, but thankfully nothing else serious. I then concentrated on the area of pain which was Charlotte's stomach. I growled as I couldn't determine what the problem was. There were too many different possibilities as to what the problem could be. After a few minutes, Charlotte blinked and began to cry.

"Angel, it hurts," she sobbed as she gripped her stomach.

"It'll be okay sweetie," I soothed as I swept her bangs to the side feeling heat as I moved my hand.

I frowned as I felt her forehead, it was hot and suddenly Charlotte fell forward and I caught her.

"Crap," I hissed in worry as I cradled Charlotte and went over to Lady.

I then paused, trying to ride on Lady while holding Charlotte was too dangerous especially if Charlotte had another seizure. I also couldn't teleport her to a hospital, it would raise a lot of suspicion from the people trying to kill Charlotte as well as blow my cover.

I looked to the castle that was still at least a fifteen minute run away. I sighed at my only option. I quickly teleported the three of us close to the stable with no one in sight.

"Michael!" I shouted as I started to run to the castle.

Michael appeared out of the stables and looked in surprise at me carrying Charlotte, "Get the doctor!" I ordered.

"But he's in town right now," he answered.

"Then go find him, Princess Charlotte is very ill!" I shouted as I continued to run. "GO!"

Michael scrambled for the stable as I entered the castle from the side almost running into Katie.

"Amy, what's going on?" she asked as she ran to catch up to me.

"Lady Charlotte is sick, really sick," I said in between breaths. "Is his majesty here?"

"No, he left twenty minutes ago to visit some of the nobility nearby. He won't be back til before the festival," Katie said tiredly.

Crap, "Katie, I need you to bring up bowls and clean rags. Also have another set of bed sets ready," I said quickly.

"Why?" she asked.

"Don't ask, GO!" I shouted.

Katie looked at me in fear, but stopped and ran for the kitchen.

After finally reaching the nursery, Charlotte still hadn't woken up so I had to quickly change her clothes to a loose sleeveless nightgown.

I laid her on her bed just as the doctor came in as well as Katie and Lucia carrying bowls, rags, and the spare set of sheets.

"What happened?" the doctor asked as he started to check Charlotte over.

"We were out riding til I noticed that her ladyship was pale. When racing back here, I saw her hunch over and fall off Starlight," I started to explain.

I then turned to Lucia and Charlotte, "Have someone look out for Starlight, I'm not sure where she went once her ladyship fell."

"Katie, go tell Trenton," Lucia ordered.

Katie nodded and hurried out.

"After she fell, I noticed she was shaking and her eyes were big. She then puked before going into a seizure. Afterward, she was conscious of the pain in her stomach and then blacked out," I finished reporting.

"Hmm.....," the doctor hummed as he took Charlotte's temperature.

"Amy, go change your clothes while the doctor looks over her ladyship," Lucia suggested.

I looked down at my clothes to see that I was covered with dirt and grass stains, sweat, as well as a little of Charlotte's vomit.

I nodded and quickly went to my room nearby to change into one of my given governess dresses. I went back into the nursery to see the doctor closing his bag.

"I've given her highness some pain killer to bring down her fever. In the meantime, watch her closely," he instructed.

"What's your diagnosis?" I asked.

"My guess is food poisoning," he answered.

I frowned, "Is that all?" I asked.

"It's too early to tell, I'll be back in a few hours to check on her. I am confident she'll be fine once nature takes its course," he said.

"But what about the seizure?" I asked.

"Her shock of throwing up may have caused her to go into a panic bringing on the seizure," the doctor answered slightly annoyed. "Don't worry, just watch her closely as her body fights the bad food."

Shock my ass, what bs is this idiot saying? That made no sense at all. He shouldn't be doctoring people for the lazed up checkup he just gave.

After the doctor left as well as Lucia, Charlotte had another spout of throwing up as well as going into another epileptic episode that lasted longer than the first.

I was worried and frustrated at this point. I had very few options in what I could do. I couldn't argue against the doctor, it would raise suspicion from Drew as well as tipping the bad guys that their plan was discovered, whatever it was. I couldn't heal Charlotte because I no idea what was making her sick and I had no resources at my disposal to find out what was hurting Charlotte.

I gripped my hair in frustration, I needed to teleport out and grab some things to help me, but I also ran the risk of running out of power that I might need to heal Charlotte. Argh....screw it, I have to teleport otherwise I'm doing nothing.

A minute later, I had a game plan to put into action. I rang the bell that alerted the servants in the servant's quarters and soon Lucia came up.

"Can you watch her highness for a few minutes, I have to use the bathroom," I said quickly.

"Of course," Lucia nodded as she walked to Charlotte's side and started to put a wet cloth on her forehead.

I quickly went to the bathroom that was connected to the nursery and created a hovering ball of aura while making my own invisible to make sure Drew didn't get suspicious if he scanned for my aura.

I then teleported to the Petalburg Pokemon Center. I found it quiet giving me a chance to sneak inside and snag Skitty's pokeball before teleporting to a public payphone nearby.

I punched in a number to hear, "Wally's Wacky Pizzeria, how can I help you?" an automated woman's voice said.

"The quick brown Eevee jumped over the lazy Growlithe," I said calmly.

"One moment please," the automated voice said before I heard more dialing.

"What does one bug type say to the other?" a guys' voice asked as the dialing stopped.

"What's the buzz," I said quickly.

I heard laughing on the other end, "It's so punny," he laughed.

I took a deep breath trying to control my annoyance, "As much as I would love to chat, I need you a portable lab-in-a-brief case stat."

"And a hello to you too," he sniffed. "What' the rush?"

"I don't have time to explain, it's a matter of life and death," I explained quickly.

"Alright, but it'll cost you," he warned.

"If you give it now, I'll give triple the honeybuns," I huffed annoyed.

"Done," he said before hanging up.

I hung up the phone as well before teleporting to the shop where I always get the honeybuns and quickly teleported to the tree.

I put the buns on the ground and they soon disappeared to be replaced with the small brief case. I grabbed it and teleported to the Petalburg Pokemon Center where I decided to snitch some Benzodiazepines in case of Charlotte's seizures getting worse.

I then teleported back to the castle feeling ready to pass out. I reabsorbed the ball of aura and hid the brief case til Lucia left.

I walked out to see Lucia still sitting by Charlotte's side, "I can take over," I said tiredly.

Lucia looked at me and frowned, "Are you sure you can handle it, you look pale."

I gave a smile, "I'm fine, no need to worry. Actually, could you bring up some ginger and blueberry tea?"

Lucia gave me a weird look, "Why?"

"The ginger tea will help Charlotte's fever," I explained.

"So why do you need blueberry?" she asked.

"For me, I'd like some tea now and I'm not a fan of ginger tea," I lied.

Lucia still gave me a weird look but said nothing as she left. After she left, I gripped the side of the bed to steady myself. I knew I would be tired, but I didn't think I would be this tired from teleporting.

I sat by Charlotte as I checked her forehead, pulse, and eyes. She still had a fever, her pulse was faster than normal, and her eyes were still dilated. This was looking more to being more toward poisoning than just food poisoning.

A minute later, Katie brought up a tea tray, "Here you go milady," she said teasingly.

I gave her a tired smile, "Thank you Katie."

She then frowned as she walked over to me and looked at Charlotte, "Are you okay, you look as pale as she is."

"I'm fine, just worried," I said as Katie looked at the small table where Charlotte and I had lunch almost an hour ago.

"Good grief, Ella hasn't taken the tray done yet," Katie muttered as she walked over to take it.

"Wait!" I called on impulse to stop her.

She stopped and looked at me, "Why?"

"Uh".............think May! "Because Ella should come up here and get it. It was her task after all, you shouldn't be covering all her slip ups," I said quickly.

I could see the cogs turning in Katie's head, "You know what, you're right. I'll send her up to get it," she agreed.

Once she left, I let out the air I was holding. Thank Mew she fell for that.

I quickly opened the brief case in the bathroom that expanded a little to be the tiny lab I needed it to be. I quickly grabbed a few petri dishes and took samples of the food from lunch. I set them down on the bathroom counter when the door opened.

I left the bathroom to see a peeved Ella cleaning up the lunch trays.

"Stupid Katie, she was up here, she could have just taken the dumb tray instead of having me come up all those stairs and get it," she muttered.

"It is your job to clean up our lunch," I pointed out as I continued to dab Charlotte's forehead with a damp cloth.

"Well I was busy," she snapped.

"Oh really? With what?" I asked flatly.

Ella got a dreamy look on her face, "I was talking with Dan until he and some other footmen had to go into town."

I rolled my eyes before I felt Charlotte begin to spaz.

"Oh no," I murmured as I began counting the seconds of duration while Ella screamed and ran from the room.

"Oh great," I muttered as I quickly gave Charlotte a dose of Benzodiazepine.

After checking to make sure Charlotte was relaxed, I took the tray and placed it outside the door to prevent anymore interruptions.

I then went into the bathroom and began running tests on food from mine and Charlotte's lunch.

The test showed that the food on my plate was not tampered with, but Charlotte's was laced with some sort of drug.

I ran some more tests to discover that the drug in Charlotte's food was Cicuta, a poison found in water hemlock. My eyes widened at the results. This was bad, really bad.

I quickly started digging up everything I could find on Cicuta from the small computer that came with the small lab. I read that activated charcoal was used to help rid the drug from the system, but they were possible side effects.

Even so, where the hell could I find it? I face palmed at my stupidity. The Cerulean Pokemon Center should have some since water hemlock grows around that area. I took a deep breath as I went to check on Charlotte and read her aura. She was stable enough for now, but I had to give that charcoal and fast.

I teleported to the Pokemon Center to see no one around. After finding the medicine room, I snuck in and found what I needed and teleported back to the castle. After giving Charlotte the charcoal, I kept a close eye on her to make sure she didn't suffer any side effects as I was drinking the blueberry tea to regain my energy. Whoever was behind this is stopping at nothing in getting rid of Charlotte.

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October 26th (Galin Kingdom, Kanto)

I looked out the window of the nursery to see Charlotte riding away from the castle on Starlight with her parents riding after her.

It's been five days since Charlotte was poisoned. Everyone thought she had a bad stomach virus along with a bad migraine and I made sure that was what everyone thought. Thankfully the charcoal had no serious side effects as it cured Charlotte's poisoning and she grew stronger every day thanks to that as well as the herbal remedies that I was able to secretly create.

When their majesties returned from their trips two days ago, they were extremely worried at Charlotte's condition. I explained to them that it was nothing serious and they eventually calmed down. They visited Charlotte constantly helping boost Charlotte's morale as well as giving me a break to rest. Since all the teleporting I did, I have been unable to use the slightest bit of my power making me slightly frustrated. It should not be taking this long for me to regenerate a good amount of power.

I frowned as I rubbed the bandage on my forearm to help the swelling in my wrist. Since their majesties return, some "accidents" have been happening to me. Things almost falling on me, darts trying to hit me, and yesterday I was pushed from behind to fall down the stairs. Thankfully Dan was there when it happened and helped catch me after two tumbles down. All I got out of that was a sprained wrist.

As if that wasn't a problem, it was getting harder to keep Dan from finding out. He didn't necessarily make the connection that I was Amy, but he was suspicious of Charlotte being ill and all of those "accidents" happening to me. The worst was the dart that was shot at me this morning. When I pulled it from the wall it stuck to, Dan appeared around the corner and almost saw it.

On top of that, I was finding out more of the villains behind the attempts on Charlotte's life. So far, I can count that there are three because so far I have detected three different auras when they tried to kill me. As to who they were, I had no idea. I tried researching everything I could on the knights during the breaks that I was given, but so far no luck.

I turned away from the window and grabbed the book I got from the library yesterday in researching the knights. I better put this back and keep looking.

I walked to the library and began searching the area of shelves I looked at yesterday. Suddenly, I heard the sound of a pokemon escaping their pokeball.

I turned and gasped to see that Skitty let herself out.

"Nya," she meowed as she started scampering through the library.

"Skitty get back here!" I hissed as I ran after her.

She then jumped up and knocked a statue over that opened up a bookshelf like a door.

I gasped because this room wasn't mentioned in that book I read earlier about the castle.

Skitty then scampered inside and I ran after her, "Skitty, please stop," I begged.

Skitty then jumped onto a table containing rocks. Suddenly, she started glowing causing me to gasp again.

What she jumped on was a table displaying evolution stones and she touched a Moon Stone.

The light then faded to reveal Delcatty, "Of course you come across a Moon Stone," I said with a sigh before smiling. "But I'm still happy you evolved."

Delcatty purred and rubbed her head against me causing me to hug her, "Remind me to buy a replacement," I murmured as I looked around the darkly lit room. "Alright Delcatty, let's see what you're scampering around has led me to."

"Mew," she agreed as she looked around the room.

The room in a nutshell was a small, darkly lit library. I quickly started to browse the shelves and suddenly came across a lineage book.

"I wonder if this has the answers I need," I said to Delcatty as I sat on an overstuffed chair.

Delcatty walked over and sat at my feet. I quickly started looking through the book, but it only showed the lineage of the royal family and upper class members of the kingdom.

"Come on," I groaned in frustration. "There has to be something."

Suddenly Delcatty started to create a small ball in front of her mouth causing me to gasp for the umpteenth time, "Is that.....Water Pulse?!"

She then let it go and I quickly teleported the attack out the room so that it went outside. I then fell over from the use of power as it was everything I had.

"Mreow!" Delcatty cried as she rushed over to me and gently nudged me with her head.

"I'll be fine Delcatty. Just don't use any attacks in here," I said tiredly as I tried to push myself up.

After being able to climb into the overstuffed chair, I heaved tiredly as I tried to regain some energy.

"Mreow," Delcatty mewed sadly as she started to use Heal Bell.

I gave her a tired grin at her effect in trying to help me. After five minutes, I noticed she was starting to tire out.

"Enough Delcatty," I said gently as I pet her head to stop her. "I feel a lot better. Thank you."

Delcatty beamed at me as I picked up the book from before to see that a few drops of water were on it, "Wait a minute," I murmured as I picked up the book.

Seeing the water drops on the page reminded me that what I could be looking for was hidden. All I needed was a small flame.

I quickly looked for a candle and lit it. I then started to bring the pages to the light and before I knew it, the symbol of the knights appeared on four family names. I quickly traced the family tree to the current members and gasped at what I found.

"Mrs. Wemble is a descendent of the knights?!" I whispered in shock.

I looked at the other names of the families, two were unfamiliar and I saddened when I looked at the last name. It was Katie's love, Lewis.

"Girls, quit your gossiping and get to work. There is still a ton of work to be done!" I heard Mrs. Wemble shout.

My eyes shrank as I heard footsteps come closer to the room, "Delcatty return," I whispered as I returned her as well as put the book away.

I then hid in the shadows as I heard the door open. Mrs. Wemble then appeared and walked to a shelf near the table with the evolution stones. I heard her open a drawer on the table and go through it before shutting it. I then heard her "hmph" in annoyance and suspicion before leaving.

Crap, she must have noticed the missing Moon Stone. I really need to replace that.

I got out from my hiding spot and continued to search the room. As I was looking in the drawers of a nearby desk, I accidentally knocked off a small vase that rolled under the desk.

"Great, I'm getting clumsier," I muttered as I knelt down to grab the vase.

The vase had rolled against the wall and when I grabbed it, it pushed a small panel in the wall.

"More hidden rooms, seriously?" I said annoyed as I heard something open.

I then searched the room to find what the small panel opened. After a few minutes, I noticed a small cubby hidden on the other side of the room behind a huge, fake plant. I looked inside to see an ancient book covered in dust. I carefully picked it up causing the door to the cubby to shut. I looked at the book closely to see that it was way older than the books I've look at, it's as almost if this book was the same age as the castle itself.

I looked inside to find that it was contained the plans of the castle.

"Maybe this is the original blueprints for the castle," I murmured.

I then heard voices again causing me to pause; I need to get out of here. Against my better judgement, I grabbed the two books and teleported myself to a hidden corner of the library as Mrs. Wemble and someone else walked into the hidden room. When the door of the secret room shut, I quickly made my way back to the nursery.

Now that I knew who was involved, it would be easier to keep an eye on them when the ball would happen tomorrow night. In the meantime, I have to come up with a plan to cover all bases. But before I do any of that, I have to get Drew out of here.