Tiny Dancer
Chapter 7: Tiny Dancer
The smell of salt in the air aroused Meil to a sense of calm as he sat in the sand, the cool breeze felt pleasant against his face. Tony walked up to Meil from behind. "Hey, Meil. Enjoying your little vacation?" Meil felt the smooth sand between his fingers. "Yes, definitely. Where is this anyway?" Tony shrugged.
"Hoenn probably. That region is know for it's nice beaches." Meil looked around. To his right was the sea, to his left were dunes which stretched to the shadows of mountains in the distance. "I don't think anyone even lives here.", Meil remarked, watching Dorin feed his Tropius yellow fruits from a nearby tree.
"Yah, this place is pretty remote i'd say. I figured we all needed a break from all the action now that we've got Rotom." Meil nodded, watching the sun as it began to fall slowly behind the horizon. "Where's Kyra? She needs to see this sunset.", Meil said, mesmerized as the sky ignited with streaks of pink and orange.
Tony shielded his eyes, looking left and right. "Hm, I'm not sure... Oh, she's over there, doing something in the dunes." He pointed toward a sitting figure in the tall grass, and Meil stood up to get a better look. "What is she doing?", Meil muttered to himself. He walked up to Kyra, who was absently plucking petals off a flower, a dreamy expression on her face.
She seemed to be muttering to herself with every pluck. When the last petal was pulled off, she smiled and whispered something Meil could not make out. "Hey, Kyra!", he waved, and she quickly dropped the bare stem, as if caught doing something private.
"Oh, Meil! Hi! I didn't see you there." Meil smiled as he helped her off the ground. "What were you doing out here? There's an incredible sunset." Kyra blushed. "N-Nothing. Just bored. Plucking flowers, that's all." Meil guided her to the sand, where he took his place beside her.
"It's beautiful.", she sighed, watching the water sparkle with golden light. "Not as beautiful as you." It was out of Meil's mouth before he could stop it, as if he'd said it subconsciously. Kyra turned on him in a split second, staring into his face. Meil looked horrified at what he'd just done. He laughed as convincingly as possible and said, "Wow, um... Where did that come from? Sorry about that. It just kind of slipped out and... um... yah."
But to his surprise, Kyra smiled, her face a delicate shade of pink under her fur. "Thank you, Meil. You don't have to apologize. It was a very sweet thing to say." Relief rushed into Meil, drowning his sudden worries. "Oh, well... It's just that it's true.", he said, not able to help the tiny laugh of relief that escaped his lips.
Her face changed at these words; an intent, yet gorgeous stare that Meil had never seen before. "You really think I'm beautiful?", she asked in a quietly tender voice. Meil took a moment to look into her crimson eyes. "Yes, I do.", he said finally. Kyra seemed to be filled with emotion by this.
She stood up and grabbed his hands in her paws, hauling him to his feet in the sand. Meil laughed as Kyra let go of him, dancing in the sand like a graceful ballerina. "What are you doing?" She grabbed his hands yet again, this time dancing with him, as if they were in a ballroom. "I'm dancing!", she replied merrily.
"But why?"
"Because I'm happy!"
"Why are you happy?"
"I just am!", she laughed, her voice full of joy.
"What is with them?", Tony muttered, watching the dancing couple's silhouette against the sunset. Alice grinned, plopping down in the sand, a dreamy expression on her face. "Oh, Tony. You're so thick. They're in love, can't you tell?" Tony raised an eyebrow, still wearing the same bemused expression.
Then he laughed suddenly as Alice's words came back to him.
"A trainer and his Pokemon? In love? Well, that's the damnest thing I'v ever heard."
"It is kind of strange, but it's still sort of romantic, don't you think?"
Tony scratched his head, looking down at his shoes. "Sure, I suppose. Still, I never would of guessed that the same Riolu we left him would end up more than just his guardian." "Mm, hm. That's nice...", Alice sighed, clearly not listening to him anymore.
Meil and Kyra toppled over in the sand, Kyra landing on top of Meil, both of them laughing, ignoring any pain they received from their fall. "That was wonderful!", Kyra exclaimed, holding Meil in her arms as they lay in the cool sand, the sound of the breaking sea replacing their voices.
Meil closed his eyes. If he could've lived any moment forever, it would've been this one. He'd never felt happier in his entire life, even in this time of crisis.
Meil suddenly found himself on the same beach now, except it was night, and the members of the order were not there. Instead, glowing in the moonlight, was Kyra, her fur strangely luminescent in the light of a full moon. She was dancing though. Beautiful, graceful movements that filled Meil with a feeling of amazement unlike anything he'd ever felt.
She dancing just for him. Only him. And Meil got up from the sand. He wanted to dance with her. He wanted to be with her forever. He ran to her, and as he reached out a hand to touch her, she suddenly disappeared, then the beach disappeared, and there was an echoing voice in his head. "Meil! Hey, Meil! Meil, wake up!" Meil opened his eyes to see Tony looking down at him, his face framed by an evening sky sprinkled with faint stars. "You fell asleep. Come on, it's time to head back."
Kyra was still in her unusually good mood as they were about leave the beach, and she danced all the way to Tony's waiting Salamence.
Meil grinned to himself as he watched Kyra, his tiny dancer.
:Authors Notes:
For those who are wondering, I do listen to Elton John. I love that song.
The smell of salt in the air aroused Meil to a sense of calm as he sat in the sand, the cool breeze felt pleasant against his face. Tony walked up to Meil from behind. "Hey, Meil. Enjoying your little vacation?" Meil felt the smooth sand between his fingers. "Yes, definitely. Where is this anyway?" Tony shrugged.
"Hoenn probably. That region is know for it's nice beaches." Meil looked around. To his right was the sea, to his left were dunes which stretched to the shadows of mountains in the distance. "I don't think anyone even lives here.", Meil remarked, watching Dorin feed his Tropius yellow fruits from a nearby tree.
"Yah, this place is pretty remote i'd say. I figured we all needed a break from all the action now that we've got Rotom." Meil nodded, watching the sun as it began to fall slowly behind the horizon. "Where's Kyra? She needs to see this sunset.", Meil said, mesmerized as the sky ignited with streaks of pink and orange.
Tony shielded his eyes, looking left and right. "Hm, I'm not sure... Oh, she's over there, doing something in the dunes." He pointed toward a sitting figure in the tall grass, and Meil stood up to get a better look. "What is she doing?", Meil muttered to himself. He walked up to Kyra, who was absently plucking petals off a flower, a dreamy expression on her face.
She seemed to be muttering to herself with every pluck. When the last petal was pulled off, she smiled and whispered something Meil could not make out. "Hey, Kyra!", he waved, and she quickly dropped the bare stem, as if caught doing something private.
"Oh, Meil! Hi! I didn't see you there." Meil smiled as he helped her off the ground. "What were you doing out here? There's an incredible sunset." Kyra blushed. "N-Nothing. Just bored. Plucking flowers, that's all." Meil guided her to the sand, where he took his place beside her.
"It's beautiful.", she sighed, watching the water sparkle with golden light. "Not as beautiful as you." It was out of Meil's mouth before he could stop it, as if he'd said it subconsciously. Kyra turned on him in a split second, staring into his face. Meil looked horrified at what he'd just done. He laughed as convincingly as possible and said, "Wow, um... Where did that come from? Sorry about that. It just kind of slipped out and... um... yah."
But to his surprise, Kyra smiled, her face a delicate shade of pink under her fur. "Thank you, Meil. You don't have to apologize. It was a very sweet thing to say." Relief rushed into Meil, drowning his sudden worries. "Oh, well... It's just that it's true.", he said, not able to help the tiny laugh of relief that escaped his lips.
Her face changed at these words; an intent, yet gorgeous stare that Meil had never seen before. "You really think I'm beautiful?", she asked in a quietly tender voice. Meil took a moment to look into her crimson eyes. "Yes, I do.", he said finally. Kyra seemed to be filled with emotion by this.
She stood up and grabbed his hands in her paws, hauling him to his feet in the sand. Meil laughed as Kyra let go of him, dancing in the sand like a graceful ballerina. "What are you doing?" She grabbed his hands yet again, this time dancing with him, as if they were in a ballroom. "I'm dancing!", she replied merrily.
"But why?"
"Because I'm happy!"
"Why are you happy?"
"I just am!", she laughed, her voice full of joy.
"What is with them?", Tony muttered, watching the dancing couple's silhouette against the sunset. Alice grinned, plopping down in the sand, a dreamy expression on her face. "Oh, Tony. You're so thick. They're in love, can't you tell?" Tony raised an eyebrow, still wearing the same bemused expression.
Then he laughed suddenly as Alice's words came back to him.
"A trainer and his Pokemon? In love? Well, that's the damnest thing I'v ever heard."
"It is kind of strange, but it's still sort of romantic, don't you think?"
Tony scratched his head, looking down at his shoes. "Sure, I suppose. Still, I never would of guessed that the same Riolu we left him would end up more than just his guardian." "Mm, hm. That's nice...", Alice sighed, clearly not listening to him anymore.
Meil and Kyra toppled over in the sand, Kyra landing on top of Meil, both of them laughing, ignoring any pain they received from their fall. "That was wonderful!", Kyra exclaimed, holding Meil in her arms as they lay in the cool sand, the sound of the breaking sea replacing their voices.
Meil closed his eyes. If he could've lived any moment forever, it would've been this one. He'd never felt happier in his entire life, even in this time of crisis.
Meil suddenly found himself on the same beach now, except it was night, and the members of the order were not there. Instead, glowing in the moonlight, was Kyra, her fur strangely luminescent in the light of a full moon. She was dancing though. Beautiful, graceful movements that filled Meil with a feeling of amazement unlike anything he'd ever felt.
She dancing just for him. Only him. And Meil got up from the sand. He wanted to dance with her. He wanted to be with her forever. He ran to her, and as he reached out a hand to touch her, she suddenly disappeared, then the beach disappeared, and there was an echoing voice in his head. "Meil! Hey, Meil! Meil, wake up!" Meil opened his eyes to see Tony looking down at him, his face framed by an evening sky sprinkled with faint stars. "You fell asleep. Come on, it's time to head back."
Kyra was still in her unusually good mood as they were about leave the beach, and she danced all the way to Tony's waiting Salamence.
Meil grinned to himself as he watched Kyra, his tiny dancer.
:Authors Notes:
For those who are wondering, I do listen to Elton John. I love that song.