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I've been having strange dreams lately. And for no apparent reason. I heard that writing them down can help me remember them, but I'm not sure if I want to. They're really weird, and a bit gruesome. But maybe the details will be important later on, so just in case, I'm writing them down here.

Four nights ago, I dreamed of... a Pokemon. I think. It wasn't a real one or anything. It looked like someone spliced a fox and rabbit together and gave it claws, horns, and extra eyes. Its coloration is interesting too. Its markings look like it came from mine or Piney's Pokemon, for some reason. Except it had glowing eyes and flowers, and I have no idea where those came from. And it kept on crying 'arpee, arpee”, though I don't think that's what it's called.

Anyway, it came up to mean, and try to chomp on my head. I managed to yank it off, but it jumped at me again. Somehow, I had the notion that it wanted to eat my brain and if I wanted to keep it, I would have to give it something else.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a Magikarp splashed by and I caught it with a net. Immediately, the Pokemon lunged at the poor fish and devoured it.

More Magikarps came by and the rest of the dream was basically it pouncing and eating them while I was trying to count how many it consumed. It was odd, but thankfully I woke up before it got any worse.

Things didn't end there. Three nights ago, another one of those Pokemon came to visit me. This time, it was blue with a starry back, a crystal around its neck, and some flames on its paw and tail. Instead of eating Magikarps that came by, it tried stabbing me with its crystal. Luckily, a shield conveniently appeared on my arm and I managed to deflect its blow. But, unluckily, its crystal grew longer and it started using it as a sword. And since no weapon miraculously materialize in thin air, I had to fight it with my shield. Somehow.

I managed to flop on top of it, shield first. And I never knew what happened at the end of that dream, because I woke up. I also figured out what to call that thing. A Firbunnythcro. It sounds like something out of a child's book written by a demented author, and it looks like it too.

Two nights ago, yet another one of them invaded by dreams. It was purple with clothing-like markings, and it had a strange glow around its paw and gold whispy things around its tail.

Instead of trying to eat or stab me, it just sat there looking at me expectantly. I didn't know what to do. So I stared back. And amazingly, it spoke, and it didn't say 'arpee' or anything.

“Gimmie your cookies. I know you're holding them ransom.”

I had no clue how to respond, but when I reached into my pockets, I found some cookies and she immediately gobbled them up in a flash. Then, I assuming because of a sugar rush, she started bouncing off the wall. Literally. It was like I was stuck in a pinball machine, and she was the ball trying to hit me for points. I had to keep on running forward to dodge her, and it only ended when my dream did. I can still hear her cackling, when I start dozing off.

And then last night, another Firbunnythcro visited me. It was huge, and wore a hat made out of a Raichu, plus its spine and tail. It was sorta freaky in a way, especially since it also had blood all over it and it looked ready to eat me.

Well, I knew it was a Pokemon, and it could be defeated by another Pokemon. But when I sent out Millie, I got a random Raichu instead. It got eaten by the opponent and still had that ravenous look on its face. All the Pokemon I tried to send out were Raichus, and they got eaten as quickly as them came out.

I didn't have much else to do. So I threw an empty Pokeball on its head. Instead of sucking it up, since I assumed it was a wild Pokemon, it bounced off and just infuriated it further. When it jumped at me, I woke up, fortunately because I don't think that encounter would've ended well.

Today, I found one of those new Pokemon that everyone was talking about and captured him. He isn't settling down quietly though. I'm more glad than ever that Millie's with me, because she's the most useful in calming him down. I think I'll nickname him Ozai, after an evil villain of a TV show I used to watch. He's certainly powerful and vicious like him.

I don't know why, but I think my weird dreams are going to stop after today. Does it have something to do with Ozai? I don't see a connection, but that doesn't mean there isn't one.