*Chapter 42: Daydream

                                    

                                          
"It's not possible..." I lifted my hands up to look at how heavy I felt "I'm... alive..?" I looked up and saw the dream catcher above my bed with Banette swinging on the hoop "Banette..?" Banette jumped off the hoop and landed on my chest to hug my face. 
"Ban!" I shakily raised my hands and sobbed. 
"You... You saved me..." I shakily turned to see all my Pokémon on my bedside "Everyone..." Frillish offered her arms to help me sit up. I found it too difficult to hold myself up and ended up falling on the floor "My body..." I looked at my shaking hands "I'm so weak... How long was I asleep..?" Rotom came to my view while inside my Xtransceiver. I looked at the date confused "This is a few days ago..." I stared at the screen as best as I could with my blurry vision before I froze in shock "Of next year..?" I cupped my mouth "I've been asleep for a whole year..?" My Pokemon nodded. I shook my head and crawled out my room "No... No..." 
I couldn't feel my body, neither my arms, but I needed them to carry me through this house to find something that can help me regain my energy. 
"Be careful. I don't want you to fall down the stairs" I looked up to see Melanie smiling down at me. 
"Melanie...chan" I looked at my hands "I feel awful..."
"You have not ate in a whole year. What did you expect?" She kneeled down to me "Finally... You're able to see me. Darkrai removed your ability to see me, but now that it's gone... I'm here" she pet my head "You're going to be just fine"
"I didn't expect myself to be alive... I waited for the moment to give away my body. The sacrifice was lifted just like that..?"
"I told you... only the moon determines fate" she giggled "Also... You know some Pokémon aren't the brightest. It took awhile for that Banette to take out the dream catcher and get help hanging it over your body. I needed some time to find it in your dream and bring it to you so you can wake up"
"Melanie..." I laid on the floor, wanting to throw up, but there's nothing in my stomach "I really don't know what to say... What will everyone think-" I paused "No... Everyone has forgotten me. What do I do now?" She held my cheek. 
"That shouldn't be a problem. You are a new person now. Meet those you came to love and hold them... I'm sure they will remember"
"Through physical touch?" I looked at my shaking hands and passed out from exhaustion. 
I dreamed of something... It wasn't nightmares this time. I was walking in a forest for awhile, staring at how alive the place was. It's so strange... I'm use to the dark and being chased, but now everything is bright and beautiful. 
"I don't remember the last time I've had a dream where I wasn't crying" I climbed up a hill to get a better view of where I was. I got to the top and witnessed the Swords of legends facing each other before turning to me. A ball of fear popped in me and caused me to fall and accidentally tumble down the hill towards them. I shut my eyes in fear that I would be attacked, but instead a small bump moved my head. I looked up surprised to see Virizion smelling me before licking my face. I held my face at where it licked and saw it smiling at me. 
"Right... That darkness, Darkrai, isn't in my body anymore. I can be normal again" I pet it's face and looked at the others coming up to me "You all really wanted to kill me, but it wasn't because of me, but of what made me different" I sighed in relief "I think that moment with Nate was the first time I felt fear in a long time" I hugged myself, remembering how he was holding me "Nate..." I stood up and sighed "What do I do now..? With my body like this, I can't do anything for myself" I chuckled "I'm surprised I'm not dead... right?" Cobalion leaned down to pat my head a little too hard "Ow!" I laughed "I guess I'm not dead" I looked at my hands "This is a dream.. Right?"