I was running as fast as I could, away from something, that I didn't even know what it was. All I knew was that they were a bung of people with D's on their shirts yelling something about Team Draco ruling the world.

I was too busy trying to make sense of this mess to look where I was going, and ran right off a cliff, just like in cartoons, but the difference was I was going to die. 'I'm sorry everyone, one more of us disappearing without a trace, I wish I could somehow tell you guys wha-' My thoughts were suddenly cut off by a flash of orange and two massive paws around my waist. I felt my body being jerked up into a vertical climb, and something enter my mind, trying to make me lose consciousness, which I resisted to the best of my ability, but to no avail. The last thing I saw before blacking out was two blue spheres, a bolt of lightning, and a column of fire heading straight for the grunts.

As my eyes fluttered open, I felt a soft bed of grass underneath me, and saw trees all around and three figures standing over me and another by a fire a few feet away. As my vision came in to focus, I recognized the three over me as a man who looked to be in his early twenties, a Pikachu, and a Lucario, and the one by the fire was a Charizard. All three Pokemon were unusually large, but she shrugged off the thought and turned to the man. He was a little over 6 ft tall, had messy raven hair underneath a navy blue hat with a lighter blue stripe with a yellow symbol. He wore a blue vest with yellow laces over a grayish brown onesie, blue boots with yellow laces folded over at the top revealing brown insides, and blue gloves with half a crystal like sphere that had a faint glow. The strangest thing about him other than the black mask covering most of his face was the scepter with a wooden handle, and a metal case forming a hemisphere around a crystal that was the same color as the ones on his hands, and the same glow. On either side of the cage was a dangling weight shaped like a tear.

Once he noticed I was awake, he snapped out of his thoughts and spoke, "Grace, can I trust you?" The man's voice was powerful and rough, but gentle and soft.

I was taken aback that he knew my name, but answered him nonetheless, "I believe so, but how did you know my name?"

He chucked, and removed his mask. I gasped at the sight, his face was littered with scars, but he was still recognizable. He spoke again, his voice softer than last time, "I know that you are mad, but please let me explain, after you get your anger out."

"Damn straight I'm pissed, five years, five fucking years that your mother cried! Every fucking night, me too, not just for Serena, but you as well, you were like the son I never had! First our husbands and next you two, both Delia and I went through the same thing, and you come back five years later! Seriously, couldn't you at least call to let us know you were okay?" I yelled at him, but then broke down and wrapped him in a hug, sobbing into his shoulder.

I heard him trying to comfort me, but the only four words I heard were, "She is still alive."

"B-but, h-how do y-you know?" I stuttered.

He sighed, " I honestly don't know how I do, I just do." I could feel a smile forming on my face, but it soon turned into a frown when he spoke once more, "I know you want to, but you can't tell anyone about this. I want to be the one to tell then, but I do not know when, for the same reason I left, I care too much about y'all to put you in danger, which you knowing I was alive would do."

I was utterly and completely confused, "I don't understand what you mean, how could us knowing you are alive put us in danger, we could still call you Aaron, and-"

He cut me off, "As much as I would like that, what do you think would happen if a kid just showed up and started acting really close to everyone as if he knew them for years? You know how closely the paparazzi documents their lives, and I have a feeling those people know Serena and I are alive, so they are attacking those close to us to bring us out."

"So what am I supposed to do? Act as if you are a stranger that rescues me?"

"Pretty much." Was the reply I got. "Now let's get going."

After putting out the fire, Ash, Pikachu, Lucario, and I got in Charizard's back, and flew to Prism Tower, which took only a few minutes and an effortless flight for Charizard, despite having so much weight on its back.

Charizard flew inside to the battlefield where everyone was, and landed, sending up a cloud of dust.

Everyone ran over to us, and were about to bombard us with questions before Ash raised his hand to stop them.

I raised my hand to stop the barrage of questions, "Hunter and Alain, we need to talk. Riley too. Grace, sorry, but I'm leaving you to answer the questions."

Surprise was etched on everyone's faces, but I shrugged it off, and led the three to mine and Riley's room. Hunter was in his usual outfit of worn blue jeans, trainers, camo sweatshirt, and backwards camo hat. Alain's outfit hadn't changed since the last time I saw him.

I decided to get to the point immediately, so I started out with grabbing my necklace, and started to pull it out saying, "Before I show y'all anything, you must promise that you will not talk about what you are about to see."

Alain and Hunter nodded, so I took out the necklace that signified I was a champion. The two recognized it immediately, and less than a second later, made the connection. Hunter dropped to one knee, while Alain sprinted over and embraced me in a bro hug. "It has been a while, hasn't it?"

"Too long." He agreed.

I then turned to Hunter, "Get off your knee and stand up you pansy. I ain't a God, dumb ass." He reluctantly got up, still in shock.

Alain chuckled, "He thinks you are, ever since you became the youngest person to be crowned champion."

I decided to get straight to the point, "Now, I know y'all are confused why I called you here, it is because I found out something saving Grace. Now, y'all are familiar with the group that attacked you. Well, their name is Team Draco, and they are a combination Team Rocket, Aqua, Magma, Galactic, and Flare. They kinda wanna take over the world and the tournament, and Riley and I are trying to stop them before anything serious happens."