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HELLO EVERYBODY! How's it going?

I apologize -as many times as I did, I will again- for me being away for so long: things have been kinda hectic in my life and I've been unable to continue the saga (yes, a saga) of Lucas. I assure you though I do not plan on stopping it....but, I might not post every often....so just keep watch for them every now and then.

(Watching me would also help since it'll tell you when I post a new chapter....just saying)

Now then, on with the story.

CAUTION: I/Aquos do not hold or own any rights to the characters and/or Pokémon listed, only my main character. Also, this story may contain yaoi, male-male relationships, and sex scenes. If you're old enough (physically and mentally) to be mature about it, read to your heart's content; if not, DON'T.

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(Unknown POV)

"It seems his bonds with others are steadily growing......" spoke someone.

"Yes, both he and the others." Spoke another.

"But will it give them enough strength for their trial?" asked a third.

The three were talking, and Lucas could tell they were the same as the three voices he heard previously. They continued on, as if not knowing Lucas could hear them.

"It must be, or the world is doomed to darkness." The second said.

"Then they must steel themselves for the hardship, before it is too late." The first spoke.

Lucas could barely make out who they were, a little more than what he saw before in previous dreams: the figures were all similar in size and shape, the only difference being the color of their head and their voices...he couldn't tell who they were though, but he knew he should. Like it was on the tip of his tongue, yet it was just out of reach.

"What of their bonds?" asked the third again. They were talking about multiple people.

"We leave them be: it is their choice to make them......" the first said, the second one continuing on.

"It will only make their final decision that much more difficult."

"Decision? What decision?" Lucas unconsciously asked, blowing his cover......yet the figures did not seem upset or surprised to find him.

"You will soon know.......Lucas...." Spoke the blue-headed figure. Lucas could almost make out what he thought was a smile on its face, gentle and serene.

With that, everything faded......including Lucas's ephemeral consciousness.

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(Normal POV)

"Lucas.....Lucas, wake up...." Lucario muttered, gently shaking Lucas; he was tossing and turning a bit. Everyone woke up early because of Lucas's fidgeting which, according to Lexi, he didn't do unless he was having a strong dream (nightmare, good dream, anything along those lines).

Everyone was concerned.

"Lucas, please...wake up!" Lucario pleaded, shaking Lucas a little more vigorously but still trying his best to be gentle and not hurt his mate.

"Ngh!.....Ngh......" Lucas moaned in his dream, shaking his head suddenly and opening his eyes; he leaned up suddenly, breathing heavily.

"Azelf....." he whispered to himself, shaking his head again and looking around.....everyone was watching him.

"W-what? What's wrong?" he asked, as if the memory of what just happened has disappeared.

"Lucas!" Lucario exclaimed, hugging him tightly "You're alright!"

"Y-yeah, I'm fine....why wouldn't I be?" Lucas asked, Lucario hugging him close "I was only asleep."

"Exactly: you were tossing around....it woke everyone else up." Lexi explained; the memory of what just happened came back to Lucas in a flash, in his mind he thought 'how could I forget THAT?! Seriously?!'

"Oh.......I-I'm sorry I made you worry about me, guys." Lucas said sheepishly, chuckling a little nervously; Lexi sighed, turning around and walking to her bag and saying "He's fine..."

Lucario wasn't convinced that...he could tell.

"Are you okay, Lucas? You said something about Azelf....did you dream about him?" he asked, standing up and offering his paw. Lucas took it without a second thought.

"I don't know......I THINK I might've....it was the same dream from before, remember? The three figures?" Lucas explained as he packed up his own stuff "The name just popped out when I woke up, like I knew it yet never thought of it.......why would I think, or dream for the matter, about Azelf? And who were those other two? Uxie and Mesprit?"

"I don't know, Lucas......I don't have all the answers......maybe when we reach town you can find a library and research Azelf." Lucario thought, not sure on how to help the human: he didn't know much about the Three Lake Pokémon, only that they are legendaries and that they, supposedly, hatched from the same egg.

"Well, I already know a lot about Azelf: it's the "Being of Willpower", capable of either making someone stop what they're doing or make them do it repeatedly. Azelf is also capable of draining someone's will within 3 days, rendering them immobile for eternity......at least, that's what I found on Azelf back in my world." Lucas explained, Lucario shuddering a bit from the remembrance that Lucas isn't originally from here. Lucas, however didn't notice since the Aura Pokémon waited until Lucas turned his back.

"Hey! You two coming or what?" Lexi called out, seeing as everyone was already heading towards Mount Coronet and towards the next city: Hearthome.

Lucas and Lucario scrambled to get all of their stuff together and raced to get back to the group.

.......................

For the most part, everyone just talked about what would happen when they reached town....but Lucas and Lucario kept discussing the dream.

"So, you're saying there are definitely others that the three were talking about.....any idea on who they are?" Lucario asked; both were POSITIVE this wasn't some dream since it happened so many times.

"No clue......but, I have a feeling one of them is me," Lucas replied, making Lucario look at him a little surprised "I can tell that much because the blue figure said my name...."

"Alright then, well what about the others? Did you happen to catch a certain number from them?" Lucario asked. Lucas shook his head, thinking hard to see if his memory was lying to him.....then, for some reason, he had an answer.

".....2......3 in total, 2 other than me." Lucas muttered.

"How do you know?"

"I don't know.....I just.....do." Lucas explained, unable to grasp the full concept: from everything that happened, he's guessing that he and two others have to try and stop Dialga and Palkia from fighting and destroying their world and, most likely, their world....if Darkrai and/or Giratina have to get involved, things would go bad.

All of this information was from his dreams. Lucas thought intensely on how he'd be able to do that.

'I mean, they're frickin' LEGENDARY Pokémon....how can I quell a fight between legendaries that has been, probably, going on for ages?' he thought, shaking his head.

"Dammit....there's still not enough that I know for me to make any sense of it: how can I stop two Pokémon with that much strength with two other people that I don't have any idea on who they were?" Lucas cursed to himself, sighing and hanging his head back to look at the sky: the view was clear, yet slowly becoming obstructed from the approach on Mount Coronet.

"Well, we DO have an idea on one of the people, remember back in Eterna?" Lucario said "David could very much be one of them....you know, if he had any of the dreams.....or maybe that's just you."

"Well, Azelf if the Willpower Pokémon...maybe that's its way of communicating: maybe when I meditate or in a state similar to that I can connect to Azelf." Lucas proposed: even to himself it sounded half-crazy....in fact, ALL of this sounded too insane to be real.

He shook his head, putting a hand to his temple: all this concentration was giving him a headache....

Lucario saw this and pulled him into a hug, one arm wrapped around his shoulder and pulled close to the Pokémon.

"Let's think about this when we're in town: no use in trying to figure it all out now......pieces will fall soon enough." Lucario said gently, keeping the human gently nestled in his grasp.

Lucas, though his head hurt, smiled and cuddled closer to the Pokémon. He cherished his warmth, his fingers automatically running through Lucario's warm fur.

Lucario could feel it, smiling and pulling him even closer as they walked. The others were ahead of them, talking about who-knows-what.

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(Lucas's POV)

Lucario was always able to help me clear my mind, but something was still nagging at me....something I couldn't help but wonder: I had one of my dreams right before I got here....and they stopped for a while, then started back up the night before last night......meaning there was a week's distance of no dreams...why?

That thought stumped me most of all....mainly because before, back in my own world, I had the dream at regular intervals: I had it every other day.

Now thinking about it, I didn't have that dream the night I was here the first time. What is going on?

'Maybe.....it's a message....' I thought, still pondering it as we approached Mount Coronet.

As I thought we slowly approached the entrance. Everyone stopped in front and stared at me, as if I was supposed to say something.

"What?" I asked, apparently having a dumb look on my face.

"How're we gonna get through Mount Coronet if we can't see anything.....the last cave we went through was smaller than this one....by a long shot." Monferno said soon looking at his tail and having an "enlightened" face "I got it! I can guide us! My tail can help light the way!"

Everyone couldn't help but chuckle at Monferno's little revelation, including me.

"Okay then, we'll be counting on you." I said giving him a thumbs up. Monferno smiled and nodded. Everyone seemed to agree with the plan....except for Flygon. In fact, I don't think he said a word at all since last night.

I looked at him, and he looked away from my gaze: he seemed a little troubled.

"Flygon, is something up?" I asked him, walking out of Lucario's grip and gently touching his neck. He looked and smiled a little.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine....I just.....wanted to talk to you. Can we, before we go inside the cave?" he asked, motioning to a little crevasse: apparently he wanted it to be in private.

I nodded and soon we were both walking over to the little area.

Shortly after we arrived I began talking.

"So what's on your mind?" I asked leaning against the wall, relaxed. Flygon fidgeted with his claws, circling them around each other: people do that when they're nervous...so I could tell he was trying to think of what he wanted to say.

"W-well....it's about me being Lexi's Pokémon....." he started. I nodded, letting him know I understand...and with my nod, he continued "I...I asked her if she'd want me as a permanent Pokémon.....and she said it was okay with her...."

I listened intently to the words he said, understanding them fully: Flygon wanted to be my sister's Pokémon, not mine.....why, though?

"I see....and you're worried about what I would think....I am curious why you want her as your trainer now instead of me, not that I'm upset." I said calmly; to be honest, though, I was a little sad: I got accustomed to Flygon's little quirks.

"Well, I saw that Lexi was having trouble sleeping last night. I asked her why and she said she was homesick."

'Homesick?' I thought, the feeling of being away from home for so long finally catching up with me: it's been a week since I was away from home......does Mom and Dad know we're gone?

'Wait, wait.....Lexi appeared a week after I got here...and she came downstairs about a minute after I was sucked into my DS.....so, how long HAS it been since I was away from home....in my world's time?' I reassured myself, not wanting to panic in front of Flygon. Time, though, was definitely something I have to think through on. Maybe I should talk to Sis.

Flygon, as I thought about all that, continued....his words barely reached my ears "And I felt really bad for her since you have Lucario to keep you company and she doesn't have a Pokémon of her very own."

I shook my head, bringing me back to Earth and I could focus on what Flygon said to me: she wasn't just homesick....she felt left out, lonely.

"Well...I don't think that you being Lex's Pokémon is any problem. I'll miss having you as my Pokémon....but it's not like we're leaving each other, right?" I smiled, hugging the Dragon-type. He smiled and hugged back; the hug was probably the most comfortable hug I got from him so far.

"Thank you, Lucas...." Flygon said happily.

"You're welcome....just promise me you're good to her." I said, teasing him. He blushed and nodded, his head nuzzling into my neck....like what he did before the whole "Flygon-kissing-me" incident. To be honest, I missed it.

I scratched the top of his head, earning me a gently moan of pleasure from him.

"C'mon, the others are waiting," I said, taking his Pokéball and giving it to him "INCLUDING you're new trainer."

He smiled and took the ball, the two of us moving back to the group.

Flygon, at once, flew over to Lexi and gave her the Pokéball. She smiled wide and mouthed the words "thank you" to me. She pocketed the ball, soon looking to everyone else.

"Well then, shall we?" I asked. I got a nod from everyone, and we soon entered the cave.

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(Lucario's POV, same time as Lucas and Flygon's conversation)

"Flygon, is something up?" Lucas asked. He walked out of my grip and went to Flygon, patting his neck gently. I couldn't help but feel my face heat up from jealousy.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine....I just.....wanted to talk to you. Can we, before we go inside the cave?" he asked, motioning to a little crevasse: apparently he wanted to talk to Lucas privately.

My mate nodded and soon both left for the area.

I felt inclined to join him, my paw raised as I was about to take a step....but I lowered it: he had to do it alone.

That irritated me, a lot: I felt that Lucas should only belong to me, as selfish as that sounded. Of course, before that, I didn't always think that way.....my view changed back in Jubilife: when me and Lucas were separated, I vowed to myself that I'd never leave his side....that I'd always be there for him....'cause, when we talked about it, he told me he cried that he couldn't find me.....I never want that to happen again....ever.

I sighed and looked around the group, everyone basically just trying to relax for the moment. Lexi, though, seemed a little....tense: she watched Lucas and Flygon meet and talk.

"You okay?" I asked her, walking over and putting my paw on her shoulder; she jumped and "meeped!" out loudly, looking towards me and sighing in relief....then she hit my arm.

"You scared me!" she cried, laughing and smacking me again.

"Ouch!" I cry playfully, rubbing my arm "Easy....I just wanted to know what's up: you looked tense."

Her expression went from happy to nervous again in a flash.

"I am.....Flygon wanted to ask if he could be MY Pokémon instead of Lucas's....we were talking last night and he asked me it since he wanted to help me out..." she explained. I could see that happening, to be frank, and I smiled.

"I think Lucas'll let him be your Pokémon: he's understanding. Besides, he actually talks about you quite a bit when you're not around...." I lied, wanting her to feel better.....she looked at me funny.

"I know the first part isn't a lie....but thank you for trying to cheer me up." She said slyly and smiling.

"Glad I could help." I smile, making it goofy to make her laugh....nothing.

"Sorry, Lucario....but I should warn you: I don't laugh a lot." She said frankly.

'Damn...' I thought, shrugging and smiling.

After that little moment Lucas and Flygon came back, Flygon holding his ball and giving it to Lexi. She smiled and pocketed it: Flygon was her Pokémon now.

(Normal POV, present time)

Once everyone was ready, they all went inside Mount Coronet's cave. Everyone tried to stay with a partner: Gallade with Monferno at the front, Flygon and Lexi in the middle, and Lucas and Lucario in the back. Each one was nervous about their way.....especially Monferno: he was lighting their way.

Lucas pulled out his PokéDex and tried to get pinpoint where they were exactly in the cave....even thought they were just a few steps in; a map would be helpful in this kind of place.

"NO SIGNAL DETECTED." Said the automated voice on his PD.

"Shit....guess we'll just have to find a path...." Lucas cursed, putting it back into his back pocket. For once, Lexi didn't give him a glare....at least, one that he couldn't see.

"I think I remember a path..." Lexi said, moving up to the front to replace Gallade: everyone shifted closer together, into a group, once she moved....since it'd be harder for everyone to get lost if they stayed together.

She began talking to Monferno, taking the group around an inside lake....but Lucas's mind was, once again, elsewhere.

(Lucas's POV)

I kept thinking about the other two.....the ones that I had to team up with to stop Dialga and Palkia from fighting....from destroying their own realm.

I thought about everything the three said, trying to see what pieces fell into place with the people I met so far.

David Cheng, the first friend I made since coming here. He and Latios, from my first impression, were as close as two people could get....only then realizing that they're mates. His bonds with his other Pokémon are at least that strong, if not any stronger than a breeder would be. His aura of kindness and compassion could be felt form a mile away, to me at least. He came to the Pokémon world like I did, though his means different than mine.

Shane, my Pokémon-world friend. His bonds with Salamance, Ditto, and Staravia express his true nature: kind and thoughtful. Though a little short-tempered sometimes, as seen from his bitch-y attitude when I first met him, he always puts his friends first. With his strength to that of Gym Leaders, he's both a formidable friend and rival.

Lexi, my sister. Though never taking it as seriously as I did, her love rivals my own. She seems to have a strong friendship with Flygon, the growing relationship prominent only till now. She has always wanted to be a coordinator, even pretending she was one back at home.....but she only mentions being one once at Eterna...and not again.

From gathering up the data, Lexi and David seem to most-likely candidates....of course, that's only my hypothesis.

As I think, I can't help but hear voices in my head...maybe it was just my imagination......only did I realize it was my mate, trying to get my attention.

"Hell-lo....Lucas? Earth to trainer!" he said, shaking me a bit; I was simply just dazing out, thing about everything......

"Huh? What, are we outside yet?" I asked incoherently. Lucario rolled his eyes.

"What's up with you? You've never been this dazed before.....are you still thinking about that dream?" he asked, now sounding genuinely concerned.

"Yeah...." I said, a little ashamed.

"Then don't: we'll figure it out together....but right now we need to focus on getting to the next town." He said.

"Yeah, Hearthome. I'm sorry, I won't think about it again until we're there. Promise." I swore, nodding my head. Lucario looked at me funny, but hugged me nonetheless.

His warm fur tickled my skin, sending shivers down my spine from the chilly wind that blew through the cave. I could feel his warm, sweet breath float blow over my neck. His paws were wrapped around my waist tightly, his black, almost invisible, claws gently scratching my back......oh, it was incredible.

'It's like every hug, every kiss, every action we do together.......just makes me fall in love with him more.....' I thought, smiling as our foreheads rested against one another; I could hear him chuckle.

"I know what you mean.....I feel the same way...." I couldn't help but blush, forgetting how, since we have the same aura, he could read my thoughts....if strong enough.

If the setting was right, the moment would be perfect.....but, since we were inside a dank, dark cave full of nocturnal Pokémon, we had to cut it short.

"Remind me to get all lovey when we're alone, 'kay?" I teased him, taking his paw in my hand gently. He only nodded; I rested my head on his shoulder, feeling his head rest against mine, as we walked along inside the cave.

As long as I had Lucario, there was nothing I couldn't do........

(Normal POV)

The group, after a while, decided to rest for a while: they've been walking for who-know-how long. Quickly they gathered firewood and Monferno lit it.

After everyone was relaxed, Lucas started up a conversation.

"So, what's everyone thinking about doing when we get to Hearthome City?" he was actually curious: he was gonna let everyone roam for a bit since they usually don't get a chance to visit big places.

"Well," Lexi started "I was going to see the Contest Hall....see what it's like to be a coordinator." Flygon nuzzled to her a bit.

"I'm sticking by Lexi." For a moment, he thought Flygon liked her....but, after thinking about it, banished that gross thought from his mind.....there's no way Lex would let that happened.

"I was going to visit the Gym and see if Fantina is there...maybe I can learn new Psychic moves!" Gallade said hopefully "....but, then again....she's a Ghost-type user....I'll just wait and see."

"Well I'm gonna find some food!" Monferno complained "I'm starving!"

"You're always hungry, though," Gallade muttered, chuckling. Monferno quickly punched the Blade Pokémon, as if using Mach Punch.

"Ouch...." He muttered, rubbing his arm.

"Quit it, you two...." Lucas said, sighing as he leaned against his lover. Lucario didn't speak a word about not liking it....which was a good sign to Lucas. The Aura Pokémon pulled the human closer, kissing his head gently and resting his head on Lucas's.

Lexi snorted a bit.

"You two are WAY to show-y with your relationship.....you're not gonna do this in town...are ya?" she asked.

"No, of course not....we only cuddle or whatever when we KNOW no one else is around.....plus we only do it around people that know." Lucario said dignified, making Lucas smiling to himself "Besides, if you're just jealous...."

"Oh, I am NOT jealous!" Lexi said, huffing and crossing her arms. Both Lucario and Lucas snickered to themselves, gaining a "shut up!" from her which made them laugh more.

All-and-all, everyone was just glad to wind down for a bit.

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After a while the gang decided to get going again: they wanted to get close to the city as soon as possible....mostly because Lucas had to restock on food; everyone was hungry.

Luckily only one person complained about it, obviously.

"When will we get there? I'm starving....." Monferno whined, making everyone chuckle: it's not in his nature as the Playful Pokémon.

"I don't know: I don't have a signal in here, can't connect to my map." Lucas explained, wishing he had a regular map...at least they'd have an idea on where they were then.

"Do you sense anything, Lucario?" Lexi asked: he was trying to pinpoint on any Pokémon outside.

"No....nothing.....I can't sense anyone outside.....I can feel it, but I can't tell how far away we are...." Lucario muttered, opening his eyes and looking disappointed.

"It's okay, we can wait....besides, it's not all that bad....I mean, by now some-" Lucas started, Lexi soon going over and covering his mouth.

"If you say it, then something bad will happen!" she said sharply; Lucas nodded, seeing how close he was to jinxing their good luck.

The others thought it was weird...but shrugged it off as soon as they thought it was nothing.

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After about, maybe, a half hour, everyone stopped and rested....though, since it was light enough (thought they aren't at the exit yet) they didn't need to build a fire.

"How big is Mount Coronet! It only took a little over a minute to walk through it in the video game!" Lucas complained, laying on the rocky ground in defeat.

Lexi scoffed, "For once, I agree with ya, Bub."

"We should be close to the exit by now.....so it's not much farther." Flygon said. Everyone looked at him.

"How do you know?" Lucario asked. Flygon blushed sheepishly.

"I flew over Mount Coronet a couple times....and one time I was a trainer's Pokémon.....we traveled through and the trainer told me how long it took before we parted ways.......we've been through most of the dark part....so we should have about ten minutes left."

"Really?!" Lucas exclaimed, jumping up to his feet "Then what are we doing just sitting around? Let's get out of here!" Everyone nodded, including Flygon.

They all got up and made a mad-dash towards the way Flygon and Monferno were (Monferno ON Flygon so both could see). Only after ten minutes did everyone see light and were at the end of it.

"God, that too forever...." Lucas said, sighing in relief as he looked over the cliff outside of the cave.

"But it was worth it, look," Lucario said, pointing out to a huge city "There's Hearthome."

He was right: the huge city of Hearthome could be seen past the forest from the cliff they were at. Dark red roofs could be seen, as well as a huge colorful arch and a dome-like building.

"Finally.....I finally get to see Hearthome City with my own eyes.....for real, this time." Lucas muttered, holding his head down a little and smiling to himself. Lucario looked over, looking a little worried for the human.

"Lucas?" he asked. Lucas just looked to him and smiled wide.

"I'm just......excited....about seeing such a huge city like Hearthome. Jubilife.....that's nothing compared to Hearthome." Lucas said, breathing deeply to take it all in.

Lexi, on the other hand, was just surprised to see such a big city. She had nothing to say but "Wow."

For a while, there was only silence.

"Alright then, everyone," Lucas finally said "Let's get down this cliff and make camp. We should continue on tomorrow." Everyone nodded, agreeing with me.

(Lucario's POV)

I could tell Lucas wanted to go into Hearthome as soon as possible....yet I could also tell he wanted to take it slow: last time we were in a big city, me and Lucas got separated. I won't let that happen again, I swore to it.

As we got down the side of the cliff we found a little stream with a small waterfall coming down from inside Mount Coronet: I guessed it came from melted snow on the peak that leaked inside and eroded through to here.

"This will be a good spot." Lucas said, walking over and then turning around "we'll set up here." Everyone agreed and we all got to work.

.........(20 minutes later).........

After we got everything set up we made a fire and settled down to relax. I sat in front of the fire, waiting for Lucas to return: he and his sister left to gather berries for us to eat.

Lexi and Lucas came back after a little bit with an armful of berries, and I couldn't help but have my mouth water; he brought Leppa berries.

"W-where did you get those?" I asked, getting up and starting at the pile of berries. Lucas smirked.

"Berry Master: he's stationed out near Hearthome. We asked if we could pick some and he said we could...as long as we come back and plant some of the berry seeds." Lucas smiled, setting the berries down. Everyone took a berry and began munching on it. Lucas, as usual, sat next to me and rested his head on my shoulder.

I could hear him murmur from the berry.

"Mmm....I probably haven't said this before," he started, making me look to him as I ate "But these berries taste just a sweet as chocolate!" he seemed happy....yet I couldn't relate to his statement.

"Chocolate?" I asked, a little confused.

"Yeah, chocolate....wait, you've never tried it before?" Lucas asked, leaning up: it seemed to stump him. I shook my head.

"Never.....I've heard of it....just never tried it."

"Why are you making a big deal out of it, Bub?" Emily questioned.

"Well, I always saw fan art that had Lucarios eating chocolate....and, to be honest, I want to know if it's true that Lucarios like chocolate."

"Well, I wouldn't know....I've never had chocolate before....but I've always wanted to try it." I say truthfully, now thinking about chocolate now....which is weird because I've never given it a second thought the one day I hear about it.

Lucas giggled and leaned up to kiss my cheek; my face went red-hot with embarrassment.

"Don't worry," he reassured me "when we're in Hearthome, I'll get us a bar to share so you can try it yourself. It'll be just us to share it, no one else."

"Really?" I asked.

"Promise." Lucas nodded, hugging me. I wrapped my arms around him, pulling him onto my lap; I felt his head rest on my shoulder: oh, Arceus....he can be SO cute like this!

I could hear Lexi scoff, making me chuckle a bit: never gets old.

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DONE! Whew! All done with this one; now then, let me say something: I decided to just cut off my chapter here, mainly because the last part isn't relevant to the main focus (here's a hint: it's something EVERYONE likes ;D).

What's gonna happen next? What will happen in Hearthome? Will I EVER tell you? If you wanna know, keep an eye out for "Chapter 33: Thoughts and Emotions"! Till then, see ya later!