The Beta Place

Luckily I'm not in the eye of the storm, Markus thought with a chuckle while seeing the chaos outside. Being soak and wet was not his idea of "fun."

"Right now it's forty five degrees with the wind at fifty five miles per hour and rain pouring down two inches above ground. Also, the clouds are moving pretty fast so the rain should be stop in a couple of hours."

Betty saw that her husband was looking through the window, his face showing grief and concern. Not even the warm bath smell of her soup changed Markus' emotion one bit. That was the least of her worries, though.

"Markus, why are you still looking through the window? Also, if you're not watching the television anymore, why don't you turn it off? You're wasting electricity!"

"I can hear the television, can't I?" Markus answered with a chuckle.

"Markus!" Betty yelled slowly, but in a harsh tone. She gave him with a stern look.


"Just joking, Betty. Anyways, I'm worried about Aries, his Shelgon, and Damus."

Betty sighed and shook her head before continuing cooking dinner. Aries was Betty and Markus's son and Damus was a Pokémon fisherman who is friends with both Markus and Aries. During the summer Aries would always go help with Damus on catching some fish. Usually Betty doesn't approve of Aries going fishing with Damus because most of the time Damus can't catch some seafood. She believed Aries could catch more Pokemon fishes alone then being with Damus. Sometimes Betty even believed that Damus was the most unlucky person ever.

"I don't know why Aries would want to be with Damus. That man uses his Pokemon to faint the fish Pokémon he catches."

I sit on the bed beside her, cross-legged. "Well, you know that when I first… changed, I had only tasted animal-blood." I study her, predicting what her reaction will be. But she remains normal and just nods. "Yeah well, I was kind of selfish and for the past few weeks I had been having this ache inside of me. I couldn't figure it out. I tried feeding more but it didn't help." I tried to get my words right, to try and make her understand.

"But it didn't help like I said. But I spoke to Jasper. He said I was craving human blood."

"Jasper said that?" Alice said, frowning. I knew she would slap him later.

"Do not blame him for what I did. It was just a theory that he thought up but little did he know that WAS the reason."

"I knew I couldn't control it for much longer so I headed up to Alaska for a few days. I stuck to the forests, staying away from human settlements. But once I lost control the first time, it was too hard to resist." My voice is bitter as I speak.

My strength is being able to point out spelling mistakes. I have this thing for hating myself when I misspell something by accident. I try not to sugarcoat what's wrong in a fic, and I believe I know a Mary-Sue when I see one. I also like to give constructive advice.

My weakness? I'm scared to heck of ghosts. Why do you think I added "except horror" up there? I'll only do the ghost thing if it's also humorous. And I tend to be a bit...weird.

So did Blue. "Green..." he warningly yelled out. "NOT AGAIN!"



Platinum shook her head. Dia raised an eyebrow and shrugged. Pearl rolled his eyes towards the ceiling. Gold shuddered at the thought of Green being right yet again. Crystal swore words under her breath. Emerald kicked the couch so strongly that it flipped. Silver learned a few words from Crystal. Ruby and Sapphire's mouths hit the floor.

And Green? "AUUUGGGHH! IT BURNED! NOW I HAVE TO START OVER!!" He was concentrating on those Poffins.

"And how about Red? Have you seen him NOT blush when around Yellow?"

Same reactions. Different people (except for Blue, who was still cooking Poffins and was now complaining about how they spilled easily).

"Ha! I knew it. They like each other! You've seen it, you've felt it, you've known it since you first met them! So you're all gonna help me!" Green proclaimed, grinning maniacally.

It was at this point that everyone, except for Dia (who ate faster) and Platinum (whose eyes went wide), screamed. Yep, even Blue in the kitchen with the Poffins.