The entire group soon came across a mysterious building.

"It's inside. I'm sure of it." Shadow Rob said.

"We're ready for it." Rachet said.

"Don't be so sure. Remember, this is living weapon capable of making your greatest fears come to life." Shadow Rob said.

"Tch. It's not that bad I'm sure." Rachet said.

"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Aaron asked. The group entered the building.

They were in some sort of massive arena, with a strange crystal planted up on a large pillar in the center.

"There it is, the Dark Core." Shadow Rob said. Suddenly, a pair of eyes opened up on the core. "And it's awakening." SR added before suddenly the group found themselves staring down the artificial Groudon.

"What the..." Aaron said.

"Gah! Not that thing again!" One of Aaron's men suddenly said before the artificial groudon started to chase after him.

"It's not real soldier." Aaron said.

"Sir, what's that?!" Another member of the squad said, and pointed. Suddenly there was also now a bunch of rabbits.

"Rabbits! A whole lot of them. But it's just an illusion." Aaron said before all the rabbits suddenly smothered him. "...NEVER MIND THAT, THESE THINGS ARE REAL, THESE THINGS ARE REALLY REAL!" He said before panicking.

"The commander is scared of rabbits of all things?" One of Aaron's men asked.

"I warned you this would happen." Shadow Rob said.

"Wait...but...then that means..." Throsten gulped before he was suddenly confronted with a pair of Umbreons that started to belittle him.

And before anyone could react, more and more things started to be unleashed, ranging from a huge thunderstorm to a giant robot.

"This thing...this thing can read minds...that's the only explination." Scootaloo said as she was confronted by an evil version of Rainbow Dash. It had always been her greatest fear that Rainbow Dash would suddenly turn evil. And this was not helping.

"There's got be some way to beat this thing." Aaron said.

"Fools. You cannot beat me. I command your fears. And I will feed of your fears." A mechinical voice said.

"The dark core talks?!" One of the soldiers said. "BAD DAY BAD DAY BAD DAY!" He yelled out.

"Throsten, we could use a little help!" Another soldier shouted.

"Forget it, that guy is cowering in fear at the images of two Umbreon. I'm guessing that's his parents." Shadow Rob said.

"This thing is attacking our biggest weaknesses without so much as batting an eye." One of the soldiers said.

"That's the whole point of my existance: Causing your greatest fears to haunt you. Nothing can defeat me." The Dark Core said.

"Throsten, you need to be brave; I know you can!" Aaron shouted.

"I said forget it!" Shadow Rob snapped again.

Scootaloo could suddenly hear Throsten's thoughts. Wh-what's the point anyways? I'm not brave enough for this...I'm a failure...I'm nothing but a worthless failure...I can't do anything right... Throsten thought to himself. This...this the worst thing possible...I've encountered a raging waterfall, countless legendaries, and fought a giant artificial groudon that could've killed countless of Pokemon... Throsten's thoughts continued. Suddenly, Scootaloo felt Throsten's thoughts chance. W-wait a second... Throsten's thoughts said. My parents...they're nothing compared to anything like that... Throsten thought to himself. Compared to what I've been through, dealing with issues back home will be nothing. It's nothing. I'm braver then this...brave enough to deal with it. I'm not physically strong enough for my end goal, but I'm brave enough to take that pludge. So you know what? No more. No more running away. It's time I tackled things head on. Throsten's thoughts ended.

The rest of the group was still battling the fear copies, when suddenly they were all hit by countless shadowballs. "What the--" The Dark Core was saying before it was forced to cry out in pain as Throsten striked it before anyone could notice he had even moved close enough to the the thing. "What is this?! You should be cowering in fear. How dare you strike me! I will make your greatest fears even stronger now." The Dark Core said.

"Go ahead. I'm waiting." Throsten said, getting into a fighting stance.

"Don't agitate the thing." Shadow Rob said.

"Wait." Aaron said. Shadow Rob was about to snap again, when he and everyone noticed something...perculiar.

"Well Dark Core? Where's my fears? I'm still waiting." Throsten said.

"What's going on? Why isn't anything appearing anymore?" Rachet asked.

"Because the Dark Core no longer can draw anything from Throsten." Aaron said.

"...Well...I'll be dipped." Shadow Rob said.

The Dark Core was visabbly swearing. "Wh-what the hell...what happened to you? What's going on here?" The Dark core asked.

"You can't come up with anything, can you? That's because I've chosen to stop running away. I'm brave enough to do anything I set my mind to. Including getting even stronger physically before I head back home. I know back home will be tough for me, but compared to what I've already been through and could still go through? It's nothing. It's less then nothing. And I no longer fear for what I have yet to face. I know I can handle it now. I'm brave enough for it. Your a weapon made to be feared. But I think your greatest fear is someone who is no longer able to feel fear." Throsten said. "You can't extract my fears because I have none. I've conquered the demons in my mind. Now you face the prince of Starview Vally!" He added. A splash screen suddenly showed up.

Starview Vally Royal
Prince Throsten

"No! No this can't be possible!" The Dark core said. "Fear exists in all...fear rules all! You should be afraid. You should be very afraid!" It added.

"No matter what comes my way from here, I'm done running from it. I'll get stronger. And I'm sure to encounter things no one has ever witnessed before on my adventure. But you know what? I'm ready for it. Nothing's going to stand in my way. Not you, not the Dark Master, not anyone! Nothing can make me scared anymore. I'm not scared of you. I'm not going to be scared of the future. And I'm most certainly not scared about home either." Throsten said.

"Wh-who are you?! WHAT ARE YOU?!" The Dark Core was in a state of absolute fear. How ironic.

"I AM THROSTEN, PRINCE OF STARVIEW VALLY; AND I AM YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE!" Throsten said before he unleased a giant Shadow Ball that destroyed the Dark Core once and for all.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The Dark Core yelled out as it blew up.

"Everyone out of here!" Shadow Rob said.

The place they escaped from exploded.

"We made it." Scootaloo said.

"Of course we did. I knew we would make it." Throsten said.

"It's almost like I'm witnessing a different person all of a sudden." Shadow Rob said.

"Who cares about Throsten's sudden character turn? We just got rid of the Dark Master's greatest weapon." Zapper said. "I'll call Expert so he can tell Rob." He added. He tried the device, but all it showed was a blank holographic screen. "...Huh...that's never happened before." Zapper said, before shaking the device and trying again; only to get the same result. "Expert said this thing was hack proof." Zapper said.

"Our comlinks are also useless." Aaron said.

"You!" A soldier said, grabbing Shadow Rob. "Was this some kind of trick?!" He exclaimed.

"Excuse me?" Shadow Rob asked.

"You weren't rotting for Throsten. The only one who wasn't. So you must be trying to play us huh?!" The soldier exclaimed.

"Excuse me?! What could I have to gain from that?" Shadow Rob asked.

"Money, Power, fame...take your pick." The soldier said.

"EXCUSE ME?! Do you think I'm that petty?" Shadow Rob was obviously getting angry.

"Let's just calm down." Scootaloo said.

"I'll calm down when this jerk confesses." The soldier said.

"Now wait just a second..." A suddenly unidentified masculine voice said.

"Um..." The soldier question Shadow Rob suddenly said.

"Did you guys here something?" Zapper asked.

"I said now wait just a second..." The male voice spoke again.

"We've got to be hearing things!" One of the other soldiers said.

Suddenly, the display of the holographic was ripped off, only to display an image of a strange human. "That's him! That's the guy I saw!" Throsten said.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, but now that I"m here, let's get this party really started!" The human said.

"Condescending Consequence..." Shadow Rob growled.

"THAT'S Condescending Consequence?!" Aaron exclaimed. He knew a book could never be judged by it's cover but this guy obviously did scream evil.

"You should know right up front, I created that Dark Core specifically with one purpose in mind: To weed out the traitor I knew was in my mist. I had a feeling it had to be Shadow Rob." Condescending Consequence said.

"Why you..." Shadow Rob said.

"But that's old news, and old news bores me. We must look to the future, and future is me, for I am the Dark Master that the Dark Tribe worships! Next to me, every other villain you've faced is going to look like sweet cuddly bunnies." Condescending Consequence said.

"No, this can't be happening!" Shadow Rob said.

"I must bid you, adiu!" Condescending Consequence said.

To be continued...

Author's Note

I do not apologize for the Jackie Chan adventures reference in this chapter. Have a nice day.