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The nightmares were five times as worse tonight than they were the night before.

They went from haunting ghost girl, getting tossed out of the house with only Zillian and the clothes on my back while my parents screamed at me to never even think about returning. To the cops coming back to get Zillian while I was being held down to watch by my parents who had axes in their backs and blood gushing from their wounds and cold dead fish eyes, watching Bleu slowly torturing my parents before my eyes while having a scary and dark expression on her own face while she laughed at the suffering and blood curling screams she caused. Those are the only ones I dare mention; the others I can't remember or just don't even want to put on paper cause they terrified me so bad. All had one thing in common :The outline of dark shadow-like figure that was always on the edge of my vision in each one.

That's not even the worse part. I was terrified so bad that I naturally wanted to wake up screaming like a little kid no matter how much shit everyone would give me for it. As long as I escaped this hell: I didn't care! but my body. wouldn't. move! Funny thing is the small part of me was aware of reality felt that my body was so soaked in cold sweat that even my boxers and sheets were soaked all the way through. I also felt the thrashing and twitching the body goes through during a nightmares/dreams but I couldn't control myself. My state was so bad that I had awoken Zillian and he did what his instinct told him to do: tried to wake me. First Zil did his best to shake me awake until he saw that didn't work. Then he changed tactics and started slapping me with his tail. Hell he even bit me as hard as he could at least twice! Even though I felt it all of his actions I still couldn't wake. Zil must of sensed the danger and panicked because I felt him leave: presumably to get my folks.

Meanwhile the nightmares continued to play while getting more twisted and realistic, not to mention and gorier and gorier. Suddenly I noticed the shadowy-figure disappear from the corner of my dreams and then the nightmares suddenly stopped altogether. I was still asleep and bound by massive sleep paralysis that seemed to be mixed with a bit of Stun Spore. But I was finally out of that personal pocket of hell! So I was happy for a moment before I experienced a moment of vertigo as my conciseness was forced to watch my body in third person. After a moment of recovery I looked down at the body I was somehow floating in. Somehow I was now astral like a ghost from a movie/ Ghost type Pokémon. Suddenly the hairs at the back of my neck lifted up when I felt a type of pressure that I instinctively knew was a another presence of something powerful...something terrifying!

and it was coming from my closet.

An overwhelming urge to run had hit me like a wrecking ball as I saw a black, claw-like hand phase through my closet door, meaning there was indeed something in the closet. Still immobile I was forced to watch the outline that I saw in my nightmares slowly take form.

On top of its small head sat a white fog-like ghostly plume that covered one of its (I assume) other bright blue eye, along with the portion on its face resembling hair; both were billowing from a non-existent breeze. It also had a red spiky growth around its neck that could have been anything from a shirt collar or a spiky scarf (not that I gave a damn what exactly what it actually was). It had long skinny arms and long black tatters hanging from its shoulders. It appeared to be wearing an old, ripped cloak that hugged its hourglass frame. It didn't have any legs...Scratch that as soon as I noticed that it had sprouted slit-like appendages from its lower half.

That it was using to come closer until it was within arm's length in front of me.

I felt a nagging sensation of déjà vu that I saw and felt this creature's presence before: but still had absolutely no idea whatever the fuck this thing was. Despite this or maybe even because this weird sensation the desire to scream and beg until my voice gave out was strong; this thing terrified me that bad and all that it was doing so far was staring! I felt something warm twinkle down my leg and when I took a moment down I realized that my body had wet itself.

I quickly looked up when I heard the thing sigh and in its deep, gravely, masculine and bone chilling voice said in perfect English inside my head "Why must you despicable humans no matter the age always do that when I reveal myself to you for the first time." He shook his head "Don't answer that. You will just say a smart aleck response and that would just waste time. Something I have little of thanks to that vile creature chasing me... besides I already know what my presence does to humans making that discussion moot. All I was doing was musing aloud. Now than... before anything else-"

The thing shifted his gaze to the empty shell that was my body lying on the bed and suddenly his pupil was surrounded with a purple/pinkish-ish outline. Expecting pain I closed my eyes to prepare the inevitable. Only to open them in surprise when I felt the warm feeling coating my groin going away; I saw my piss beginning to gather into a roundish blob before being tossed out of the once closed window before it slammed shut once again. Now dry I was now looking at the thing in surprise and confusion that he saw, understood, and even answered my unasked question "I didn't do it for you . It's just that the smell of bodily fluids offends me." I became extremely amused by this despite my situation because of the silliness of something so powerful making a statement that ludicrous was just laughable. The thing must have somehow sensed my amusement since his eye widened (raised its eyebrow? ) in surprise and curiosity but said nothing about it.

Instead the thing cleared it's throat and then said "The title that my Father has called me since the day of my making is Darkrai. Which of course is the same name I told the humans that I allowed to awaken and spread my name and appearance; since those things produce power and more importantly fear when revealed correctly" He paused "Also just because I was bored and got tired of introducing myself to my victims over and over again." On the word 'victims' my heart started to hammer in my chest as my fear and panic quickly started to return.

Darkrai shook his head, looked away from me towards the window, and sighed "Calm down I'm not going to hurt you unless you do something that annoys me or something worse like disobeying me. The victims bit was just me referring to the humans that I send nightmares in order to test them/to get stronger by eating their fear. Anyhow -" he turned his eye towards me "-you, my little rat will call me Master and nothing else. Got it?" By now I had found that I could make simple body movements as long as they weren't related moving away. I used that discovery to nod since I wasn't a colossal idiot.

"Aright good. Now back to the matter at hand... you've been selected, as well as many others in both past and present" He paused to aim a fiery glare "So don't you dare think of yourself special! Or your wind up like the many others that had the misfortune of making that same mistake" this was followed by a threatening though unneeded growl and flash of claws.

Noted . I nodded to show that I caught his drift and was following so he continued" As I was saying: you have been chosen to fulfill my Father's wish and his other various commands and bidding"

There was a pause "Any questions so far?" I nodded and then suddenly found myself being able to speak.

So I screamed and screamed and screamed. Darkrai sighed just before bitch slapping me into next week. After that he bound my mouth shut again leaving me only the freedom to tear up, and rub my cheek in pain. While he calmly said "Don't do that. No one can hear or see anything besides the empty shell of you that's on your bed. So all screaming and yelling does is annoy me! Trust me: you don't want me annoyed...unless of course you like the thought of getting tortured or having your miserable existence wiped out" Death threats were common from this guy I could already tell.

I heard a roar from somewhere that was both close and very far away that made my stomach sink, caused my heart to stop for a brief moment, and my mind went blank as I felt the very definition of the word fear and terror. Whatever it was frightened me WAY more than Darkrai did believe it or not.

Darkrai sighed "Okay so I can't kill you because you actually do play a very large part in the Father's wish but I CAN torture you-"He used all of his fingers on one hand and one finger the other to count off "-emotionally, physically, mentally, and even spiritually" the thing apparently listening in grumbled in agreement making me want to piss myself again and I would have if I hadn't already emptied my bladder minutes before. Still Darkrai continued "But if you decide to become uncooperative, just know that Father and I have lived and waited a long time for a being like you to turn up. So that means we have the patience needed to wait for another cooperative being even if it takes another century or two. Got it?"

I nodded in reply "Good now any questions thus far? and don't you dare scream" my mouth was free again so I found myself immediately saying before I could stop myself "Can you teach me how to eat fear so I could have a body like that and give me a cloak as epic looking as that!?" I felt the nagging of déjà vu after I said that. Both things appeared so out of the blue and so random that only insanity could have made me say that. I immediately prepared for the worst but Darkrai didn't say or do anything at first; only widen his eye and part of (what I assume was) his mouth opened up just a smidgen in extreme surprise.

Spontaneously Darkrai and the thing apparently listening in on our conversation began laughing so hard that a powerful gust of wind in the form of a tornado suddenly spawned in the middle of the room; blowing so hard that it broke the windows and nearly ripped the doors off their hinges, flung my body off my bed, and knocked everything that wasn't anchored or already packed up for the move into the floor or in the air. But all it did to my current form was lightly push me away from Darkrai so I was about 2-3 arm's lengths away instead of just one.

My family chose this moment to burst in my room: all groggy, baffled, and extremely worried looking. Not a surprise considering something strange was happening when it was almost 2:00 A.M according to the clock. The reason it took them like 15-ish minutes running to get here was probably because poor Zillian's short little legs on the before trip makes the 4 minutes it takes to travel to my parents room into 9 . The only reason Zil made it here with the family at all was because Mom had picked him up and was holding him like a child would hold a teddy when they are terrified/extremely worried.

Over the gust of wind I heard my father yell "HELP ME PUSH THE WARDROBE IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW! NEED TO BLOCK THIS DAMN WIND" and my whole family tried fruitlessly to shut the window. It wasn't until the laughter slowly stopped that things calmed down enough for them to be able to block the window. This action surprisingly seemed to stop the tornado as if a unknown being was outside the window looking in was the source. Seeing as how the laughter of the being with Darkrai was muffled this seemed to be exactly the case . Once that mission was accomplished Mom then immediately rushed to my side, pulled me into her lap, and before I could think 'What the hell?' had pulled back her hand and smacked me as hard she could in an obvious attempt to wake me. Which of course failed. All it did was make me tear up, and cry out in pain even knowing I couldn't be heard. Thus leaving me with the only option available: pout as I rubbed my cheek while taking the hit without a word other than a whimper and a prayer that she wouldn't slap me again.

I was still stinging from when Darkrai hit me damn it!

My mom began to sob and hug my empty shell (that was still thrashing from the overwhelming fear my mind strangely wasn't feeling at the moment. I guess my body was instinctively trying to fight Darkrai's power?) to her chest. "It's no use! This is exactly what happened twelve years ago!"

...What in the literal hell was she talking about?

Darkrai chuckled forcing my attention back to him "As I was about to say: that is the exact same thing you first said to me when I came to you when you were but five years old. We were still scouting potential candidates than but still in all of our years we had never heard a child say THAT to us; hence the amusement."

Darkrai chuckled again and had a dazed look like he was trying to picture something in the past as he said "Unlike now: you were braver than. Sure you were scared but you weren't pissing yourself and constantly yelling to mommy like all brats and some men do when I visit them. In fact you were climbing and hanging on me like some Mankey or Chimchar when they were curious or feeling playful. I was nothing but a curiosity to you apparently. Probably because being the spoiled rotten mouse that you are, you were still stupid of the ways of the world and didn't even know the meaning of the word danger, death, or even 'mind your tongue'. Nonetheless I had figured that part of yourself was gone when you pissed yourself when you saw me again. But it looks like the curious,playful, immature monkey is still buried in there somewhere. "

I don't get it... Was I just complemented or insulted?

"I must admit. I was so amused during that little experience: after the business part of the meeting was over I stuck around to play with you until that demon came to chase me away. I was this-" he place his middle finger close to his thumb "-close to spiriting you away for a pet. But luckily for the both of us, I realized how much of a hassle you would be and then decided it was best to let you stay. Instead I allowed you to keep a small portion of the memory of our interaction and turned it into the form of a dream. So I could pretend to be your imaginary friend for entertainment on those nights that the game of tag I play day in and day out makes me so bored sometimes I want to cease to exist!"

Darkrai chuckled "The things you said and we did amused me to no end. I still hate humans with a passion as hot as the sun but...for the first time in a millennium: I actually had fun. Simply playing with you was worth every second. Also little rat I'm happy to say your fear -the pureness of it-was so very delectable. The best I'd ever tasted in all my years. Still is in fact even though its been a tiny bit tainted with knowledge."

He turned to me with a smirk "So you see I was using you as one would use a toy or tool. Our friendship: if you call it that, was nothing more and nothing less than that."

What a confidence booster he was...Still those brief bouts of night terrors and being comatose I had at that age finally had a reason attached to them; which by the way my mom and doctors are still paranoid about even though they found nothing physically or mentually wrong with me. Who knew the actual boogeyman was the cause of them?! How many kids can say that?

Darkrai rolled his eye and sighed "Shame that wench noticed the pattern of my visits just before you turned seven and then kept ambushing every time I tried to visit. If it wasn't for that I would probably have kept doing it until you were at least eight or nine...Still can't believe a part of you still remembers the time we spent together" For a brief second Darkrai gave me a genuine smile. That lasted about a second before that expression became twisted in a expression that still looked a bit gentle but had a lot of hunger mixed in with it: giving me a mental picture of a baker looking at cake he recently made just before eating it.

Did not make me feel good at all.

"For that moment of amusement and surprise I won't hit you ....especially since your mother has done that already so I don't want to waste the energy"

Gee thanks mom

"Now that we're up to speed. Back to the business at hand"

I was still whirling and trying to recover from learning about a event that happened in my past that took place without my knowledge. So I don't think its surprising whatsoever to learn that I yelped like a small puppy when I realized that I was being pulled by some unseen force against my will toward Darkrai. Once we were within arm's reach of each other again Darkrai then placed a hand against my chest over my heart. Thanks to this I was able to experience Darkrai's touch in a non-violent way. Is it weird that I was curious on what the thing felt like? Anyway kind of felt like someone was touching me with a hand covered in one of those silky cloaks people would wear on Halloween. I watched him as he concentrated on his task that at any moment would probably send me into a extremely painful fit and into death's grip.

"You are very melodramatic and a idiot"

My eyes widened in surprise "You heard that?"

"Yes. While I'm doing this I can view your every surface thought both past and present. If I wish I can view any memory you have. So please stop thinking while I make it past this phase...It's very distracting and annoying"

"Sorry" Easier said than done.

Darkrai sighed "I know but try anyway"

So I stood there (despite my tension, nervousness and fear screaming to do the opposite) and waited. Moments later after I calmed down a bit: I began to notice something that was so slow and unnoticeable that I didn't catch on that it was happening until my head was clear.

Darkrai hand was slowly moving in my chest. That's when I began to panic again.

"Relax this is normal. Your fear and stress though normally beneficial are just making this harder and slower"

How were my emotions getting in the way?

"Well imagine if someone waved a very tasty and delectable morsel of your favorite food around you and your nose while you're trying to concentrate heavily on something like a difficult written test you are taking in classroom setting. Then you would experiencing what I'm feeling at the moment"

That sucks

"Exactly...now hold still"

Slowly his arm sunk more and more within me until almost his whole arm up to his elbow was in my chest. I risked a glance behind me that told me that he didn't phase through me like he did with the closet door; right about now my curiosity overcoming my fear. What was he exactly doing in there?

A few moments later I felt something cold touch what I can only describe as the very core of my being. Very similar to someone dropping an ice cube or a cold hand molesting your private bits. Exactly that feeling of violation and wrongness but ten times as worse.

"Okay I'm in...Phew that took longer than expected. SO much easier when the creature trusts you unconditionally like you did when you were younger"

That was very hard to believe

"How do you think I felt. I nearly fell in! Which believe me THAT would have been NOT been pleasant because we would have both been horrifically and very very very painfully fused together because our souls would have merged as a result of such an accident.

Ouch.

"I swore that I would never use a certain human term since it's so idiotic, but you just had to force my hand: Duh! It's because of that very reason and other things that messing around in a creature's soul is very dangerous and a delicate business"

Ass... Wait what was the last part again?

"I'll ignore that only because I'm busy...Okay the hole looks and feels stable enough"

With that Darkrai withdrew his hand and immediately pushed his head through the hole he made before I could react.

I froze not moving a muscle so I wouldn't fuck us both, but that was a pointless exercise considering that sleep paralysis mixed with stun spore was apparently in effect again as a precaution.

"Ah the seed of darkness is growing nicely. Thanks to the dark secret you've recently taken upon yourself to carry: its growing by leaps and bounds. All it needs now is one more push before it has enough energy to push out the light in one fell swoop! HA HA! than the plan can

commence!" Darkrai paused as if in thought and then mumbled "hmm may have to do something drastic give it that push it needs... it's so close now that just looking at it makes sick and tired of waiting...and now for the little one" Darkrai pulled out his head and snapped his fingers thus causing the hole to immediately collapse.

I also collapsed suddenly utterly exhausted from the experience like I had just ran two marathons. I couldn't move even as I felt Darkrai release me from my paralysis. I could do nothing but watch as he walked up to Zillian (who was sobbing in my bare chest) and lightly poked a finger on the very top of Zil's head which instantly caused Zil's attention to be focused in that direction. His immediate reaction was to gasp, puff up in fear, hiss, and move defensively over my shell all simultaneously. Only to look towards my current direction in extreme confusion. The very same expression shown up on everyone else's face as they watched Zil's freak out.

Zillian could see Darkrai (even me) now just from a single touch? Seriously is there even a limit to how much and what kinds of power does Darkrai held?

Darkrai cleared his throat and ordered in a harsh whisper "Peace, Sleep, Forget!" Zil suddenly passed out to which further confused my family, especially when they tried everything they could to wake him up to no avail. I know that I'm right when I assume that Darkrai used some kind of powerful hypnotic suggestion. I guess the strength that Darkrai put behind his voice was so strong that Zil's willpower didn't have a snowball in a inferno of a chance in fighting the command.

"Unlike humans: Pokémon require a different but easier approach. Humans have to be awake, be as you are now, and bodies and will have to weakened with nightmares and dreams in order to view their souls. With Pokémon all it takes is a command to knock them out because they and their minds are utterly defenseless when something stronger knocks them out. This is a counter measure so that they can't put up barriers that even Legendaries such as myself can't break without breaking the Pokémon piece by piece until it dies while taking its soul with it... which would eliminate the purpose of this whole ordeal now wouldn't it? After that step it's just takes a quick poke of a finger for a peep hole since their soul is so close to the surface"

Darkrai went quiet for a few moments while he did his work "Hmm...it's growing very well, not quite like yours since he's relatively innocent and naive; but the seed still also looks almost ready to burst...all that seems to be left is something dramatic and soul shaking. Something that is almost child's play to produce" Not if I have anything to say about it "...in-fact I could probably solve this one and yours at the same time and I just so happen to know just the event that will do it!"

Darkrai shook his head "I really wish I would stop blabbering to myself like a mad villain on a children's cartoon show. Bah you probably can't understand anyway...Still I blame the fact you are a oddity and I've endured way too much time on the road with only myself, Father, and the demon for company. This is only the logical reason that explains this blabbering" Darkrai snapped his fingers that I think was safe to guess was an action that closed Zil's portal. During that small action he was leaving Zillian's side to go to mine with a small friendly smile etched on his face "Our time together for now is at a end. So now it's bedtime my dark little rodent"

Suddenly there was an angelic/demon sounding screech as something decent sized smashed through my bedroom ceiling like it was made out of tissue paper. The sound of my ceilings destruction was quickly followed by another screech and the sound of a Moonblast being primed and fired: which was immediately followed by an insane burst of light that even my family seemed to see as they were all blown so forcefully against the wall outside my bedroom that all of them immediately and simultaneously went unconscious. I was safe from that fate because my current body didn't seem to be effected all that much by the wind. I still became somewhat blind from the light though and even seemed to burn a bit from it. Darkrai being the target and epicenter of the blast hissed and screamed in agony! To my surprise I found myself yelling asking to see if he was okay which again I immediately assumed was just from insanity.

"OF COURSE I'M FINE YOU DESPICABLE HUMAN SCUM! YOU THINK THIS LITTLE ATTACK WOULD SO MUCH AS INJURE ME!? HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME!" Darkrai seemed to be using a MASSIVE Shadow Ball to block the worst of the attack the "UGH YOU VILE WENCH! HOW DARE YOU HIT ME FROM BEHIND!"

Darkrai's foe seemed to be a bad art project in the shape of a bird with a crescent moon hat, 3 wings (1 in back and one on each side). That was all I could really get from just a quick glimpse of what was mostly a outline before a dark portal opened behind it and a Shadow Ball consumed the thing from behind that it somehow barely manage to block it with Protect "Serves you right wench! Thanks for the assist my liege..." Darkrai bowed in the direction of the portal that had closed as quickly as it appeared "...still I thought that bitch was still on Mars on that wild goose chase I sen-"

Another Moonblast more powerful than the last was fired at Darkrai during his monologue and he had to shout at the top of his lungs in order to be heard "UGH NEVERMIND. DOESN'T MATTER! *grunt* ELLIOT JUST LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF MY VOICE!

"PEACE" this shout followed by a scream of agony from Darkrai ;he appeared to be losing to the attack this time. Instant bliss overwhelmed me like I just had a orgasm however.

"RETURN!" *scream of agony* but with that command was instantly returned to my now exhausted, sore, somehow still feeling blissful but more importantly awake and in full control. All plan of movement was foiled however because I was covered by my unconscious Mom's body weight since she somehow managed to find a way to drape herself over me protectively against all odds.

"SLEEP!" *scream of agony* I immediately dropped to the very edge of unconscious but still somehow managed to fight the urge to sleep so I could hear what I sensed was going to be the last word.

"AND FORGET!" *scream of agony* that was cut off by the sudden disappearance of a shadow into the a hole leading to a void of darkness . I noticed tears rushing down my face. It took only a moment to realize I wasn't crying for myself or from the overwhelming fear that still consumed me that was made worse by not knowing what the fuck was going on.

No what I felt was sadness for the shadow that I wanted to call 'Master'. Despite all the pain that I knew it caused me before but couldn't for the life of me remember a sliver of the details that would help explain these feelings of all-consuming fear, blood boiling hate, and fierce loyalty. I only knew for sure that it would be back to inflict more pain soon in the future. I also knew that the amount of pain that it wished to inflict would only increase if it ever found out I that I felt the need to label it 'friend' instead of labeling it 'ally' or 'Master'.

But like old movie film reel being slowly burned: these little snippets and all traces of the memory of the shadow were being erased rapidly one by one until only it's image remained. Even that was disappearing rather fast. With the very last moment of clarity I aimed all my hate at the light that brought me a lot more pain than the shadow ever brought me when the thing came near (to I guess investigate me). Than I stopped fighting sleep and was immediately swallowed up by oblivion.

Floating in that void I heard a whisper of a tiny voice in my head say "I'm too late... the damage is already done. Arceus have mercy on us all..."