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Names for a Son
Raina
The others had long gone to sleep. I continued to lye on my back watching the butterflies fly into the tops of the tree with my ultra sense. Black butterflies. So dangerously beautiful. I stood and faced the tree. I knew that these butterflies did not fly without purpose, and the message must have been aimed toward me since I was the only one who could have seen their significance. Focusing, I fashioned my hands into claws and began climbing the tree. The butterflies were guiding me, I knew that, so I had to follow obediently or else I would not know what the higher powers wanted of me. The ruff bark under powerful claws gave a satisfying crunch with each new handhold.
I kept climbing until I found the butterflies flying in circles, no longer in a specific direction. The danced aimlessly, moving here and there until dispersing suddenly in a large smoke screen. When my senses cleared I smiled at who was sitting across from on a branch. He patted by his side and I climbed over.
Beside me was another of my kind, an ancient pokemon who has attained transmutation. His energy was at a level to which I could actually pick out the details of him. This specific individual had piercing blue eyes, the kind that you got lost in for hours, though they were gentle. His thin, muscular frame was slouched to keep balance on the branch. He wore plain shorts, a white under-shirt, and a heart warming smile that I found to be infectious. His dark orange fur complimented the brown of his hands and long, curling ears. He had an ethereal green glow about him that made him ghostly. Unfortunately this was more then an effect. But this raichu was no less handsome for it.
I smiled and asked, "So what has my long dead mate come all this way to tell me? Hm, Calanon? And why such a flashy entrance, you could have just waited until the others were asleep."
He smiled, and I had to pull myself from his eyes, which even through my blind eyes were attractive, "The gods gave me four hours from hell to speak with you, so I decided to make it memorable. We need to talk about our son." He frowned. Somehow his didn't seem any less warm and inviting for it.
"What," I said, "am I not teaching him to your specifications? For your information, he has more power then anything I have ever known, even most of the legendaries. He could rightfully challenge Mewtwo."
"I know," Calanon replied, "this is what worries me. When we lost him, we hoped that he would be taken by a caring trainer. You stayed near him, wanting to be part of his life in someway, and it was you who discovered he was being experimented on. What I'm worried about is that he would already be more powerful then either of us because we are both ancient in mind and body, or were in my case, but the experimentation has pushed him well beyond that. I'm worried that his inner power will rip him to pieces from inside. And god forbid he finds out your his mother before he is ready and discovers his fire potential. This could go wrong so many ways, and only one path leads the right direction, and thats is so dangerous it could easily push him from it. Do understand?" He turned to find me asleep. "RAINA! This is serious!" I snapped awake and glared at him.
"I heard everything you jerk. I was closing my eyes to think about things. He doesn't even know his true name, Calanon. Or that he has a sister." I said, "I have tried to see into his future, and so many shadowy figures are there. There are many people who will have great influence in his life." Calanon looked worried.
"I have tried, and seen much the same." He said, "Only time will tell what is to come. All I know is that he has a great destiny. His actions will mean the outcome of this world." He sighed. "For all we know, it may come down to one of us, his parents, having to kill him for the better." This thought made me sob. I tried to lean into Calanon, to cry into his shoulder, but I fell through him and almost fell of the branch.
"You know its a damn inconvenience that you had to go and die. I told you to be careful around humans, but did you believe me? No, you thought they could be reasoned with. And you now your idiotic actions landed you as a guardian." His anger flashed.
"If I'm not mistaken, your traveling with a distrustful hume right now! So don't patronize me for thinking they could be trusted. And I still think some of them can be." I glared.
"I don't have a choice, Leo trusts her. You know what, I'm going to find a covert way to tell him his true name tomorrow. Leo is no substitute for Raunien." I said smiling.
Calanon smiled, "I never understood your devotion to the old names."
"They have purpose, power. Raina means Gracious, Calanon means light, and Raunien, which is short for Bellrauthien, means strong as a lion. All our names are fitting. And you know full well I didn't chose his, it was designed, long before he was born." We sat in though for a little while. It was a comfortable silence. Were he not glowing, I would have most likely forgotten Calanon was even beside me. I longed to hold him. It felt like a man had branded my heart with the word "need." I need a tangible man to hold. Calanon touched my shoulder, I only noticed because the glow of his aura became suddenly brighter. I looked at him and he was smiling warmly. He closed his eyes and sighed.
"My time is done here, Raina. There are infinitively more things I want to tell you. But there is only one you need to know. I love you, and always will. Even in the land of the dead, you are the only woman for me." Somehow he kissed me. His mouth became tangible and I kissed him back with all my might. We stayed like that until he faded from the living, the tree becoming solemn and dark. I sighed and opened my eyes, not realizing I had closed them, and dancing in the wake of the dead were black butterflies.
I climbed back down to the forest floor content. I looked at the sleeping Leo, though he would be Raunien soon. He looked like his father, so very much. I had to resist the urge to go snuggle up against him. Instead I lied down on the ground bringing up the memory of my ghostly discussion. There were far to many things left unsaid. I fell asleep wondering how he would take the news that he was wholly pokemon.
Leo
A raichu sat in front of me. He was smiling warmly. His blue eyes were eerily familiar to me, but I couldn't figure out what it was. Suddenly a large swarm of black butterflies flew from no where and began circling the raichu. Now he was smiling sadly, almost regretfully. As the swarm became thicker I began to panic. I had felt a strange connection to this pokemon, I began firing electricity into the cloud of butterflies. Several holes appeared in the tight fit formation. Through one I could see the now shocked, and scared, face of the raichu.
"No Leo! Stop!" And I did. Something was very familiar about the voice of this strange raichu. After the creatures reformed they turned on me, flying into me knocking me on my ass. I opened my eyes and a floating develish skull was staring me down.
"Don't try to follow your father." It opened it's mouth and moved towards me.
I screamed and sat up. Suddenly Terra, Ember, and Raina were beside me with concerned looks. The terror of the nightmare left me shaking.
"Whats wrong Leo?" It was Raina, "You were thrashing in your sleep and then you were here, screaming bloody murder. Are you ok?"
"Yeah," I said, "Just a nightmare. I was looking at a... raichu? I can't remember now. I just remember the plain terror." I pushed a side a clump of needles and looked outside of our natural tent. "It has stopped raining. Lets try to get to Sapling before it picks up again." Raina looked shaken, but nodded. We headed out after packing, hopefully we would be registering Terra today. But with our luck? Who knows?Chapter End Notes:Bark, I'm a dog today! Confused? Me too
The others had long gone to sleep. I continued to lye on my back watching the butterflies fly into the tops of the tree with my ultra sense. Black butterflies. So dangerously beautiful. I stood and faced the tree. I knew that these butterflies did not fly without purpose, and the message must have been aimed toward me since I was the only one who could have seen their significance. Focusing, I fashioned my hands into claws and began climbing the tree. The butterflies were guiding me, I knew that, so I had to follow obediently or else I would not know what the higher powers wanted of me. The ruff bark under powerful claws gave a satisfying crunch with each new handhold.
I kept climbing until I found the butterflies flying in circles, no longer in a specific direction. The danced aimlessly, moving here and there until dispersing suddenly in a large smoke screen. When my senses cleared I smiled at who was sitting across from on a branch. He patted by his side and I climbed over.
Beside me was another of my kind, an ancient pokemon who has attained transmutation. His energy was at a level to which I could actually pick out the details of him. This specific individual had piercing blue eyes, the kind that you got lost in for hours, though they were gentle. His thin, muscular frame was slouched to keep balance on the branch. He wore plain shorts, a white under-shirt, and a heart warming smile that I found to be infectious. His dark orange fur complimented the brown of his hands and long, curling ears. He had an ethereal green glow about him that made him ghostly. Unfortunately this was more then an effect. But this raichu was no less handsome for it.
I smiled and asked, "So what has my long dead mate come all this way to tell me? Hm, Calanon? And why such a flashy entrance, you could have just waited until the others were asleep."
He smiled, and I had to pull myself from his eyes, which even through my blind eyes were attractive, "The gods gave me four hours from hell to speak with you, so I decided to make it memorable. We need to talk about our son." He frowned. Somehow his didn't seem any less warm and inviting for it.
"What," I said, "am I not teaching him to your specifications? For your information, he has more power then anything I have ever known, even most of the legendaries. He could rightfully challenge Mewtwo."
"I know," Calanon replied, "this is what worries me. When we lost him, we hoped that he would be taken by a caring trainer. You stayed near him, wanting to be part of his life in someway, and it was you who discovered he was being experimented on. What I'm worried about is that he would already be more powerful then either of us because we are both ancient in mind and body, or were in my case, but the experimentation has pushed him well beyond that. I'm worried that his inner power will rip him to pieces from inside. And god forbid he finds out your his mother before he is ready and discovers his fire potential. This could go wrong so many ways, and only one path leads the right direction, and thats is so dangerous it could easily push him from it. Do understand?" He turned to find me asleep. "RAINA! This is serious!" I snapped awake and glared at him.
"I heard everything you jerk. I was closing my eyes to think about things. He doesn't even know his true name, Calanon. Or that he has a sister." I said, "I have tried to see into his future, and so many shadowy figures are there. There are many people who will have great influence in his life." Calanon looked worried.
"I have tried, and seen much the same." He said, "Only time will tell what is to come. All I know is that he has a great destiny. His actions will mean the outcome of this world." He sighed. "For all we know, it may come down to one of us, his parents, having to kill him for the better." This thought made me sob. I tried to lean into Calanon, to cry into his shoulder, but I fell through him and almost fell of the branch.
"You know its a damn inconvenience that you had to go and die. I told you to be careful around humans, but did you believe me? No, you thought they could be reasoned with. And you now your idiotic actions landed you as a guardian." His anger flashed.
"If I'm not mistaken, your traveling with a distrustful hume right now! So don't patronize me for thinking they could be trusted. And I still think some of them can be." I glared.
"I don't have a choice, Leo trusts her. You know what, I'm going to find a covert way to tell him his true name tomorrow. Leo is no substitute for Raunien." I said smiling.
Calanon smiled, "I never understood your devotion to the old names."
"They have purpose, power. Raina means Gracious, Calanon means light, and Raunien, which is short for Bellrauthien, means strong as a lion. All our names are fitting. And you know full well I didn't chose his, it was designed, long before he was born." We sat in though for a little while. It was a comfortable silence. Were he not glowing, I would have most likely forgotten Calanon was even beside me. I longed to hold him. It felt like a man had branded my heart with the word "need." I need a tangible man to hold. Calanon touched my shoulder, I only noticed because the glow of his aura became suddenly brighter. I looked at him and he was smiling warmly. He closed his eyes and sighed.
"My time is done here, Raina. There are infinitively more things I want to tell you. But there is only one you need to know. I love you, and always will. Even in the land of the dead, you are the only woman for me." Somehow he kissed me. His mouth became tangible and I kissed him back with all my might. We stayed like that until he faded from the living, the tree becoming solemn and dark. I sighed and opened my eyes, not realizing I had closed them, and dancing in the wake of the dead were black butterflies.
I climbed back down to the forest floor content. I looked at the sleeping Leo, though he would be Raunien soon. He looked like his father, so very much. I had to resist the urge to go snuggle up against him. Instead I lied down on the ground bringing up the memory of my ghostly discussion. There were far to many things left unsaid. I fell asleep wondering how he would take the news that he was wholly pokemon.
Leo
A raichu sat in front of me. He was smiling warmly. His blue eyes were eerily familiar to me, but I couldn't figure out what it was. Suddenly a large swarm of black butterflies flew from no where and began circling the raichu. Now he was smiling sadly, almost regretfully. As the swarm became thicker I began to panic. I had felt a strange connection to this pokemon, I began firing electricity into the cloud of butterflies. Several holes appeared in the tight fit formation. Through one I could see the now shocked, and scared, face of the raichu.
"No Leo! Stop!" And I did. Something was very familiar about the voice of this strange raichu. After the creatures reformed they turned on me, flying into me knocking me on my ass. I opened my eyes and a floating develish skull was staring me down.
"Don't try to follow your father." It opened it's mouth and moved towards me.
I screamed and sat up. Suddenly Terra, Ember, and Raina were beside me with concerned looks. The terror of the nightmare left me shaking.
"Whats wrong Leo?" It was Raina, "You were thrashing in your sleep and then you were here, screaming bloody murder. Are you ok?"
"Yeah," I said, "Just a nightmare. I was looking at a... raichu? I can't remember now. I just remember the plain terror." I pushed a side a clump of needles and looked outside of our natural tent. "It has stopped raining. Lets try to get to Sapling before it picks up again." Raina looked shaken, but nodded. We headed out after packing, hopefully we would be registering Terra today. But with our luck? Who knows?Chapter End Notes:Bark, I'm a dog today! Confused? Me too