With New Darkness Comes New Light

     Ella sat in the train car, drifting between the waking and sleeping world. She was tired, and the past three days had really caught up with her. But the constant rocking and moving of the train was forcing her to stay awake. She grumbled angrily, whipping her tail back and forth. Eventually she was so mad that she let out a loud, frustrated growl. The other passengers looked at her warily, most knowing by now that even the smallest pokemon could cause massive damage, but calmed down when they saw she wasn't a threat.

     Eventually Ella managed to fall asleep, though she would have perfered not to when she saw where her dreams were taking her. She was in a large underground sewer system, though it only had one path. At the end of the path was an opening from which loud voices could be heard. Ella shook her head, knowing where this dream was going, but her dream self was unable to stop walking towords the opeining.

     Ella walked in through the door and saw that the voices were comming from a group of people who were gathered around something. As Ella got closer, she saw that the thing they were gathered around happend to be a large pit, which had blood stains and a few bones in it. Ella grimiced, but looked to the other side of the pit. Inside of it were two pokemon, a Flygon with blue stripes instead of yellow, and a Gabite with a notch in its arm fin and its back fin, both not being natural. The two pokemon were circling each other, growling angrily. Eventually, the shiny Flygon launched itself at the Gabite. Before they reached each other, however, a loud voice called out from the doorway.

     "Attention! This is Top Ranger Tolana Cordon speaking! You are all under arrest for running an illegal Pokemon fighting rig!"

     Ella turned and saw her mother, Tolana, at the doorway. Behind her were about ten other rangers. All of them had two pokemon with them each.

     "Surrender now, and there will be no harm to anyone. Come quietly and we will let the judges decide your fate." Tolana said.

     The group of people scowled and threw out pokeballs, revealing more pokemon than the rangers had. The rangers, however, stood there, unfased. Tolana whispered a few orders to the other rangers, who nodded and each whistled. Instantly, there were four more pokemon by each rangers side. The fight was now about even, but the rangers had a slight advantage.

     They knew how to work together.

     Using perfect teamwork and skill, the rangers easily took out the fighters pokemon. The fighters then went at the rangers, throwing punches and kicks, but the pokemon stoped them easily.

     One of the rangers, Ella saw, had sneaked away. This was new, as each time Ella had this dream, something slightly new happened.

     Ella watched the ranger as he pulled out a button. He yelled for silence and was granted it when everyone stopped fighting.

     "Think fast." He laughed. He then pressed the button. An explosion was heard above them as the roof started to cave in.

     "Abby! Get over here and help me save the two pokemon!" Yelled Tolana. A young girl and her Arcinine rushed over and,with the help of Tolanas Luxray using protect, managed to get to the Gabite and Flygon. The arcinine got the two on its back before runing off with an Extreamspeed.

     Tolana rode on top of her Luxray while it was still using protect. However, she saw that the Protect was breaking. Soon, it would shatter, and she would be caught in the rockfall.

     Ella yelled as the green shield shattered in to fragments, leaving behing a pile of rock where Tolana and her Luxray used to be.

     Once the rocks had stopped falling, a few of the rangers ran out and began digging through the rocks. Ella tried to help, but then remembered that this was all a dream. She wasn't even actually there in the rangers eyes. Her hands simply passed through the rock as if it was thin air.

     Eventually, the rangers managed to pull out a hevily injured Luxray and Tolana, both of which had more than a few limbs going in the wrong direction. Ella screamed in despair. She hated when these dreams hit. When she was struck with the nightmare of how her mother died. But she had never been told the full story. Thats why Tolana died differently every time.

     Ella wailed in anger. It wasn't fair! Her mother shouldn't have died! She was trying to save pokemon, and she was repaid by getting killed?! It wasn't fair at all!

     Suddenly, the dream vanished like mist in the morning. Ella looked around and saw that she was in an open, grassy field. A soft breeze was blowing throuugh the air, causing the grass to sway in the wind. Ella looked up and saw stars covered the sky, and the moon was shining brightly. Too brightly.

     All at once, an explosion of light came from the moon and a large, blue pony came out of the light. She was, Ella guessed, one of the alicorn pricessess that Flare had told her about, as it had wings and a horn. Guessing by the fact that she came out of the moon, she predected she was Princess Luna.

     "Don't worry, young one. That nightmare is gone." Said the night princess, smiling down at Ella. Ella smiled back up and nodded.

     "Thank you, princess. That dream has been haunting me ever since... well... since that event happened." She said, her eyes welling up with tears. "I haven't been able to make them stop, and its been driving me crazy."

     Luna smiled and gave Ella a quick hug with one wing. "Do not worry. The dream will never haunt you again. It is gone for good."

     Ella hugged the princess back, tears now streaming down her face. "Thank you. Thank you so much, Luna. You have no idea how much that means to me." She said happily, sniffing and wiping away her tears.

     Luna nodded and stepped back. "I must leave now. Take care, Ella. Maybe we will meet again soon."

     And with that, a flash of light covered the princess of the night and she faded away.

     And Ella awoke.

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     "Ella! Wake up! Wake up!"

     Ella opened her eyes and looked at the silver fox standing over her. She shook her head, blinking away the sleep, and sat up. She saw that several ponies were looking at her oddly, and her friends were all crowded around her.

     "W-What happened?" Ella asked, standing. "Why is everyone looking at me funny?"

     "You were screaming in your sleep, Ella. Screaming Tolanas name again. Was it the dream?" Asked Velvet, taking a step back to allow Ella more room.

     "Y-Yeah... But this time a pony came in and stopped it. It was Princess Luna, I think. She said that... I would never have the dream again..." Ella trailed off, her eyes welling up again.

     "Its okay, Ella." Velvet said, giving Ella a hug. "The dreams went away. They are gone now. Those nightmares won't haunt you any more."

     Ella nodded, wiping away the tears. She shook her head again and looked at the ponies who were staring at her. "What are you all looking at?" She said loudly. "Nothing to see here!"

     The ponies instantly looked away, but the few pokemon on the train kept staring at her. Ella figured that was the best she was going to get, and sat back down, sighing.

     "I glad they are gone." She sighed. "I didn't think I could take much more of them..."

     "I'm kind of lost here..." Said Storm.

     "Yeah, whats going on?" Asked Flare.

     "Well..." Velvet started, looking at Ella. The Eevee nodded, and Velvet continued.

     "Ellas mother, Tolana, was part of the Pokemon Rangers, basicly the police on Earth. She was on a mission to stop an underground fighting rig. However, though the exact reasons are unclear, Tolana was somehow KIA. One of the pokemon they saved, a Gabite who is now Dragonflame the Garchomp, was given to Ella, as it was Tolanas last wish." Velvet finished.

     The three ponies and the few pokemon who decided to listen were entirely silent, shocked that such a thing could happen. Eventually, Storm, Cloud, Flare, and Velvet all leaned in and gave Ella a hug. Ella relaxed, knowing that the dreams were gone, and she could sleep safely.

    And, slowly, Ella drifted off in to sleep once more.

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     Ella awoke to the sound of many voices and hooves hitting the floor. Sitting up, she saw the ponies and a few pokemon were getting off of the train. She looked out the window and saw a large city, seemingly built in to a mountain.

     They had arrived in Canterlot.

     Ella stood up and tried to look over the heads of ponies to find Velvet and the others. Suddenly, she was lifted in to the air by a dark blue aura. The aura carried her to the front of the train, where she saw Flare using her magic to lift her and bring her over. As soon as Flare had Ella on her back, the trotted out of the train. Ella saw the others were waiting right at the exiting platform, including Talonstrike, who had just arrived.

     Ella lept off of Flare Moon's back and, with a little less clumsiness than last time, bounded over to her friends. After her nap, she was feeling refreshed and ready to go.

     "Well there you two are! I was about to go ahead and leave you." Talon said jokingly.

     "Well, I'm sorry you were faster than the train and had to wait for it to get here, mister impatient." Ella laughed back.

     "Alright, time to go." Said Storm, hovering above the ground. "Who are we looking for, here?"

     "Sparx and Starflare." Ella said. "Sparx looks like me, kinda, but is a little bigger and has no tail. She also is yellow and has needles around her neck instead of soft fur like me. Stareflare also looks kinda like me, but skinner. He is black with yellow rings on his ears, face, tail, and legs." she described. "Oh how i wish i had my pokedex..."

     "Pokedex?" Asked Cloud.

     "A little box that shows pokemon on it and gives data about them." Ella explained. Then she shook her head. "But we are getting off topic. We need to find them. Talon, you search from the sky. Cloud and Storm, can you go with him? Me, Flare, and Velvet will look from the ground."

     The ponies and pokemon nodded, the ones with wings taking off while the ones without them ran the other way.

     And so, the search began.

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     Ella stod in front of the shop stall. Inside were a large assortment of colored gems and stones, most expencive. However, she saw a box of crystals that were only 25 bits for the whole thing.

     "I MUST have those crystals!" Ella said to Flare Moon. Flare laughed and nodded.

     "I have an idea for them anyways." She said, handing the stall-mare 25 bits and then some, winking at him. "Keep the change." She smiled, picking up the box with her magic.

     The group sat down at a picnic table to rest. Flare pulled out the box of crystals and dumped them out. One-by-one, she lifted them and blasted them with a small beam of magic.

     "What are you doing?" Asked Ella.

     "Enchanting the crystals. They will have Translation Spells engraved in them."

     Ella smiled and nodded in understanding. After the crystals had been enchanted, Flare took out two of them, a light blue one for Ella and a red one for Velvet. The two felt the spell wash over their bodies, the tingling on their throats returning for a second before fading away.

     "Now we can always understand each other." Flare said.

     "Thanks!" Ella said, grabbing the box. She closed it and put it in her tail, which was just big enough to hold it securly.

      "Now," Ella said, standing. "Lets go find my mate."

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          Ella scanned the windows of the buildings as she went by them, her enhanced eyesight helping her get a better view. She sat atop Velvet, the shiny Ninetails jogging through the streets calling the two eeveeloutions names.

     Flare sighed and looked at the two pokemon. "This is getting us nowhere..." She said. "Maybe I cound use a tracking spell, but im not sure if i have enough info on them."

     "Maybe you could go through our minds to get info? It would be more detailed that way." Velvet suggested.

     Ella instantly blushed and shook her head. "Ummm... not mine please. We have some rather... personal moments."

     Flare nodded as Ella lept off of her mount. "Alright, fire away."

     Flare's horn light up a deep blue, like the color of the deep sea. The aura shot from her horn to Velvets head, brighting considerably. Squinting so that she could see, Ella watched as a pulse of magic shot out of Flare and Velvets bodies. Flares horn went out and she gasped for air.

     "That spell is... hard when... linking two minds." She panted. Suddenly, she brightened up, leaping in the air. "Found them! The spell is signaling that they are," She turned. "That way!"

     Ella nodded and lept back on to Velvet before taking off, following the unicorn down several allys until they came out at a warehouse.

     "Velvet, call the others." Ella said, leaping off of the fox. "Use Mind Flame!"

     Velvet smiled and lept in to the air. She released a ball of fire from her mouth, then used Will-o-wisp to send dark spheres glowing around it. Finally, she used physic to explode the fire out like a firework.

     Within moments, several ponies were on the scene. They saw Flare there along with the two pokemon and looked at them.

     "What was that?" One pony asked.

     "The signal for my friends." Ella said, surprising everyone by the fact that she could speak. "Im looking for my friends, and that signal shows them where I am."

     The ponies walked away, most grumbling angrily about pokemon. Not long after they cleared out, Talonstrike swooped from the sky with Cloud Ace and Rainstorm Cloud right behind him.

     "This the place?" Asked Talon, looking at the warehouse.

     "Thats what my spell says." Flare replied. She quickly teleported a dark red crystal necklace in front of her and put it on Talonflame. Then, she turned around, walked through the doors of the warehouse, and gasped.

     "Guys... Come quick." She whispered.

     The group walked over to the door and gasped as well, and in the ponies case, tried to hold down their lunch.

     Inside, the walls were covered in blood. Bodies of pokemon were lying all over the floor, and tourture contraptions littered the room.

     "Who would do this?!" Yelled Ella angrily. "Kill pokemon for no reason! This is an outrage! Storm, go get whatever police force is here in Canterlot. We need them here."

     Ella watched as Storm flew off, headed towords the castle. Then, the Eevee turned around and walked inside.

     "What are you doing?!" Yelled Flare. "Thats dangerous!"

     "My friends are in here. Your spell can't find dead things, can it?"

     "Well... no, your right. That means they are alive in here... somewhere..." Flare nodded. "Okay, lets go."

     Ella, Velvet, Cloud, Flare, and Talonstrike all walked in to the warehouse, careful to avoide stepping in any blood puddles.

     "Velvet, use Will-o-wisp to light the place up a little bit." Ella said.

     The shiny pokemon nodded and released about 20 of the flaming balls of fire out of her mouth, letting them float aroud the room and lighting it up a bit. With this added light, the team saw that there were several pokemon in cages along the back wall. Ella ran forward and looked through the cages, looking for her friends.

     "Sparx? Stareflare? Are you in here?" She called.

     "Ella? Is that you? We're over here!" called a voice from one of the cages at the end.

     Ella sprinted to the cage and saw a Jolteon and an Umbreon. Both were very skinny, their ribs showing through their skin, and their eyes were dull. However, as soon as the Eevee appeared, they light up.

     "Ella? Are you... an Eevee?" Asked Stareflare.

     "Yes, I am. Now back up. Im gonna get you guys out of there." Ella said, taking a few steps back. She was about to run at the cage door, but a voice stopped them.

     "What are you doing here?"