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Leaving Safety
Leo
I stumbled into Terra's home dead tired. Raina was teaching him focus of his powers. God, it was draining. The creation of the water had drained a huge amount of energy, but after that Raina had him keep working. Creating everything from baseballs to buildings, people to pokemon. He just wanted to climb up to his room, collapse on his bed, and fall so deep into sleep he wouldn't have any horrible nightmares.
To bad life decided that was too much to give him.
Terra ran in with Ember in her arms. She stopped for a second looking worried, then she dropped Ember and gave him a hug. Ember complained but I was too shocked to acknowledge her. Not knowing what to do I just stood dumbstruck in Terra's embrace. When she pulled back she still looked worried. I must have looked a wreck, like I hadn't slept in weeks. At least that was how I felt.
"What happened?" Terra asked, "Where did go and why do you look... dead." Her eyes were filled with concern. I couldn't fathom why. I had known her, what, a week? And in that time I had apparently angered her, taken her guest room, and broken her window. By the way I did not intend to pay for that.
"I'm fine. Why do you care? I just want to get some sleep." I said. I wasn't in a particularly good mood.
"Come on, I made dinner. I hope you like spaghetti and meatballs." Now I was in a good mood.
I followed her into the kitchen and found to steaming plates of food. My god they looked good. And when your like me, super powered, all your senses are increased. It looked better then usual, it smelled amazing, and even from five feet away I could taste it. I dove into my chair and was about to dig in when I noticed Terra still standing in the doorway, watching me. Sighing, I put down my fork and turned toward her.
"Whats wrong Terra? You made this awesome dinner, sit down and eat. After all it is your house." I smiled. She hesitantly walked over and sat down across from me. She looked nervous, like something was haunting her and she could feel it. I waited patiently until she started eating before digging in myself. When the tension in the room neared an unbearable level I had to breach the silence.
"Terra, whats wrong with you. Your aren't being yourself. Granted I've only known a few days, but in those days you have always been open, energetic, fun, and in all honestly, annoying. This isn't you, what is wrong?" I was honestly worried. She looked up shocked, like maybe I was threatening her. Her lip quivered a little before she spoke.
"I'm scared, Leo. When you came crashing through my window, with wings, I didn't know what to think. And the display of power you gave that first day I brought you home. It scares me. It is just now hitting me that your vastly more powerful then I will probably ever realize. So, I'm scared you will get angry when I ask you what I'm about to ask you." She was apprehensive. I didn't know what she was getting at, but I assumed it had something to do with getting out of her house and never seeing her again. Well, surprise!
"Will you come with me on a pokemon training journey?" She was now glowing with anticipation. My jaw hit the floor, I just didn't know how to respond to that. "Not now of course, I need a few weeks to prepare. And in case you haven't realized, though I think you have, when I captured you in a pokeball in the Pokemon Center, I never released you. I own you." Confidence. I swear she was bi-polar. My jaw dropped again. I had felt the minute connection, but hadn't thought much of it.
I turned back to my spaghetti, it was getting cold. I stuffed my face, buying time to think. My encounter with experiment 02235 had me think about how I wasn't safe in this one place. But if I started moving I might not get anywhere near Silph again. At the same time though I would undoubtedly get stronger if I traveled. Then I thought of Raina. How could she train me?
I finished my food and stood to excuse myself. Terra stood with me. I looked into her eyes with one thought on my mind.
"Why?" I asked. She smiled ate me.
"It was always my dream to be a trainer-" She started.
"Just like every other teen ever." I mocked
"but when I got Ember, she wasn't one who liked to battle. I had to respect that, I couldn't force her to do what she didn't want to. But I was thinking that if you were my pokemon, I would be unstoppable." Now she was grinning like a loon. Definitely bi-polar. I didn't know what to do. Time to stall for more time.
"Not that I'm agreeing to go with this, but when would we leave?" I asked. Oh god, her face lit up.
"In two weeks. That would give me enough time to prepare and you enough time to do whatever. What do you say?" Expectant now. Is she taking pills? I sighed.
"I'm going to bed. I have to think about this." I said. Now she pouted. Maybe she was horribly sick and mood swings were a symptom. Oh well. I headed toward the stairs. I heard her ask Ember a question.
"Do you think this is a good idea?" She sounded depressed. Ember gave no response. I was too tired to dwell on it longer, time for sleep.
Empty space. All around me was empty space. This has got to be the best dream I have ever had. At least it was until a bubbly, blue, little sprite appeared in front of me. I would have jumped back from the spinning pink creature if I could, but I was held in space. When the creature finally stopped I was able to identify it.
"Mew. Who would have thought I would meet Mew. Even if this is only a dream. I expected you to be pink." I was still tired in the dream for some reason. Mew did another flip and spoke.
"What? I like blue, it's calming. And this is no dream Leo, welcome to Eternity. This is where the spirits of the dead go before a destination is decided for them." I gasped. "And no your not dead. I just needed to talk to you. You need to go on this journey with Terra. I know it seems like I'm deciding your fate for you, but you do not want the alternative." I couldn't figure out if it was a guy or a girl. Its voice gave no indication. Not the point.
"What is the alternative?" I asked. Mew frowned, did a flip and I suddenly found myself floating above the city. Except it wasn't the city. The city I knew wasn't a burning wasteland with soldiers running around in it.
"They would find you." Mew said, "They would destroy the city in a search for you. After they couldn't find you because you were hiding with Raina, they would use DNA scanners to find you. They would kill you, kill Raina, and use your DNA to build a half-breed army. Silph would take over the world. Just don't do it." She/he smiled again as the image faded. I didn't know what to say. My path was set for me. "Just remember that the path is never set for you. This is still your choice to make." Damn psychic bitch/basterd.
"Well," I said, "since your reading my mind, you know that I have already decided to join her to save Terra, the people of the city, and myself. So... what is your gender?" Mew hit me across the face with her/his tail.
I would have probably dismissed that as a realistic dream, but my head hurt. I got dressed and walked out into the living room. Terra wasn't awake yet. I could hear her snoring in the next room. My god, she sounded like a asthmatic truck driver. Ember was sitting on the floor watching TV. It sounded like cartoons. How old was she again? She looked up as I walked in.
"Hey Ember, can you tell Terra I went out?" I asked. She was giving me a strange look. Suddenly she jumped at me and clung to my face. I staggered around, blinded obviously, knocking over several objects. All unidentifiable. After a small struggle, I managed pry Ember off my body. She wiggled trying to reach me. I held her at arms length just to be safe. Finally she stopped struggling.
"Sorry," she sighed, "I'm in my heat cycle and couldn't restrain myself when I saw you. I just don't get much male contact you know? All I wanted was a little action. And come on, lets admit it. You've got the hardware to get the job done. I meen-" I set her down facing the TV and she immediately silenced herself. She stared blankly at the screen, a little bit of drool hanging from her mouth. Aww the wonders of television.
I left the house quietly, taking a house key I found next to the door. I still don't know how I got lucky enough to avoid people of the city every time I left the house, but fate, or Mew, decided my luck wouldn't hold. As I turned the last corner heading out of the city I smacked into someone. He ended up on the ground while I laughed my as off. I stopped laughing when he looked up and I realized what just happened. I held eye contact with the boy for nearly a minute.
He was a simple person. Dark brown hair, brown eyes, and a round face. Strikingly though there was a long, pink scar that went from his right temple across his jaw that ended in a swirl on his left cheek. It would have looked artistic, except, you know, it was hideous. The boy showed no fear as he stood up and brushed himself off. I was still open mouthed at the scar. I mean, you just don't see something like that often. When he finally looked up from brushing himself off he was angry.
"Thats right, you asshole, just gawk at the scar. Don't offer to help me up or anything. I don't need the sympathy of some freak in a pikachu suit." He fumed. I couldn't help it, I laughed. I had never been confronted with disbelief before. I've come across fear, anger, surprise, joy, lust, and even hope, but never once disbelief. I laughed long and hard. Then he grabbed my face and started pulling.
"Come on, take off the mask. I want to see the face of the rude freak." He said. I stood patiently as he pulled at every angle of my cheeks. I now knew what it felt like to have relatives home for the holidays. Thanks random stranger!
I was fed up with him at the point at which he had climbed on my shoulders and was pulling at my chin. And yes, it was very painful, thank you for being concerned. Suddenly he gave an exasperated gasp and climbed off me.
"I give up." Finally, now maybe he realized that- "You used some quality glue for that mask." ... dumb ass.
"Its not a mask." Gasp, "Whats your name kid?"
"Ironically, Scar." He said. Whatever you do Leo, don't laugh. "My mother had no idea I would have a horrible accident and end up getting this. And what do you mean it isn't a mask? What else could it be?" He asked
"Well, I'm Leo and I'm a mutant." Gasp, "No real connection there, but I'm part pikachu and proud of it." With that I decided I had spent to much time talking to this walking irony. I turned to leave. He followed. I looked back and he tried to hide behind a mailbox. Dumb ass. I kept walking hoping he would go away. No such luck. I looked back again and Scar dove behind a tree. Sighing I kept walking. If he kept this up I wouldn't be able to go to Raina. He looked back a third time and found Scar no where in sight. Smiling, he turned back towards the city limtis.
He screamed in the face of Scar.
"How did you get in front of me?" I yelled.
"I... I don't know. So where are you going Leo?" He asked. How do I come to meet idiots?
"You don't need to know." I sighed, "And if you don't go away I will use thunder wave on you."
"Wow! You can use attacks? Hey, I wonder, could you-" Zap. Well I did warn him. Time to get to Raina's. And I dashed away from the paralyzed boy. He'll be fine.
Raina was outside again, tending her garden. She looked up as I neared. I don't know why, she cant see after all. I smiled anyway and greeted her.
"So, I never really got to see what you could with transformation yet, so we are going to work with that today." She said. She seemed distant today, distracted. She gave me a list of transformations to perform. Everything from ekans to skarmorys. Ate one point she made me turn into a human just to see if I could do it. I could.
So now I could blend in with almost any, scratch that, any, society I wanted to. Then she gave me a task that would supposedly challenge my abilities and, if things didn't go right, ruin the natural balance of life. Awesome.
"I want you to change into each of the legendaries. Every single one. The reason this could upset the natural balance is that there is only supposed to be one of each. But, why not try." She sounded confident. I wasn't so much. Thoughts such as an angry rayquaza roaring down from the skies in anger actually frightened me. I did as I was told never the less. It was more difficult because after my first failed flight I had been extra to include every detail I could into my transformations and creations. Each one of my legendary transformations had every power I could think of that they should have. I changed back from Latios and stopped.
"What is wrong Leo?" she asked, concerned. I only had Arceus, Rayquaza, Mewtwo, Mew, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Lugia, and Ho-oH left. But these were THE legendaries, the top of the top. I feared what would happen when I tried to become them. "Are you tired? Do you need to stop?"
"No, I was just wondering what would happen. I after all only have the best of the best left. I don't think we could handle them if they got angry. I'm scared, Raina, these are powerful creatures I'm dealing with." I felt it had been a proud, noble speech. She started laughing. She continued laughing. Some more laughing. Still laughing. I actually had to kick her to make her stop. She stood, gasping huge breaths between giggles. "May I ask what is so funny?" I sighed.
"The legendaries are pompous assholes who build themselves up way more then they should. Most of them are harmless. In fact the majority of them are wimps. Your only worries are probably Giratina and Arceus because their egos are slightly more bloated then the rest of them." She laughed.
"Should I ask how you know so much about the legendaries?" I asked.
"I told you already, I'm ancient, older then most of the dirt on this planet. I knew Rayquaza when was a wimpy little snake." Thunder crackled in the sky. "Yeah, its kind of a touchy subject with him. Anyway, finish." She said, still laughing I might add. I sighed and went through the rest of the transformations without incident. Mew was fun. In his/her body you were weightless, and giddy. I almost didn't want to change back. Mewtwo made me feel powerful, though he was Mew's equal. In Arceus I felt like I should dominate everything I saw. Or mount it. I guess thats why they call him the Alpha Pokemon. "That was good Leo, just Mew is pink, not blue." I shrugged.
"He was blue when I met her. He said she liked blue, it's calming." I smiled.
"When did you meet Mew? And why do you keep switching his gender?" Raina asked.
"So she is a guy?" I countered, avoiding the subject.
"I don't know if she is a guy, or if he is a girl. Where did you meet Mew?" She was persistent.
"In a dream. She spoke to me and he told me what would come if I made some wrong decisions." I said. Raina was staring slack jawed.
"She isn't supposed to reveal peoples futures. Why would he-? Crap, now I'm doing it. I really need to find out what it is." I nodded, eager to change subjects. Now though, I felt it was time to tell Raina what was on my mind.
"Raina, what would you do if I wanted to leave?" I asked.
"What do you mean leave?" She asked back.
"I mean, leave the city. Travel. What would you do? I couldn't continue my training if I wasn't with you." I said.
"Why? Where would you go? Who would you go with? You cant leave Terra, your destinies are intertwined. The separation of you two could do something drastic." She said matter-o-factedly.
"Because," I sighed, "she wants to go on a pokemon journey and wants me to come. I thought about it and this would probably be best. Silph will try to corner me and force me back to their rat hole. If I'm constantly on the move, they might not be able to get to me. Also, just me being here puts everyone in the city in danger. I'm not selfish, I don't innocent people to die because I wouldn't stop hiding. And further more-. Wait you never said what you would do." Raina stood and faced me.
"Well you need to finish your training, thats not an option. How long before you leave?" She asked.
"Two weeks." I said.
"Thats nearly enough time. I guess I'm coming with you." She smiled. I just stared, then smiled and hugged her.
"Thank you, Raina. I will feel a lot better knowing you will be close by." I said.
She returned the hug with warmth. In that moment I felt a rightness I hadn't felt in a long time. I regretfully broke the hug and smiled at Raina.
"I need to go tell Terra what I have decided. Will you come back with me? To greet her and tell her your coming, and maybe explain what I have been leaving to do everyday for the last week?" I asked hopefully. I knew they would meet eventually, why not sooner then later. Raina smiled again and changed into a normal Ninetails.
"Of course. I never formally met Terra. This should be... fun?" I laughed and we ran back to Terra's home. It felt different, better, to run the now familiar track with a friend.
The next two weeks passed in a blur. A mix of preparing and training kept me busy during all parts of the day and some parts of the night. I hadn't dreamed at all, which I was grateful of, but the worst was to come. But for now life was on the fast track to being better. We stood at the exit of the city. Raina and I in pokemon forms (I had long ago explained transformation to Terra), with Terra standing behind us.
"Everyone ready?" Terra asked. Raina and I gave our respective pokespeak responses, for show of course. "All right, let's go!" With that motivational shout Terra started running into the grasses of the surrounding city. We would be back. Oh, unfortunately, we would be back.Chapter End Notes:I'll try to be more reliable, but sometimes laugh just slaps me in the face. Remember to leave your comments, it reminds me to post when I should
I stumbled into Terra's home dead tired. Raina was teaching him focus of his powers. God, it was draining. The creation of the water had drained a huge amount of energy, but after that Raina had him keep working. Creating everything from baseballs to buildings, people to pokemon. He just wanted to climb up to his room, collapse on his bed, and fall so deep into sleep he wouldn't have any horrible nightmares.
To bad life decided that was too much to give him.
Terra ran in with Ember in her arms. She stopped for a second looking worried, then she dropped Ember and gave him a hug. Ember complained but I was too shocked to acknowledge her. Not knowing what to do I just stood dumbstruck in Terra's embrace. When she pulled back she still looked worried. I must have looked a wreck, like I hadn't slept in weeks. At least that was how I felt.
"What happened?" Terra asked, "Where did go and why do you look... dead." Her eyes were filled with concern. I couldn't fathom why. I had known her, what, a week? And in that time I had apparently angered her, taken her guest room, and broken her window. By the way I did not intend to pay for that.
"I'm fine. Why do you care? I just want to get some sleep." I said. I wasn't in a particularly good mood.
"Come on, I made dinner. I hope you like spaghetti and meatballs." Now I was in a good mood.
I followed her into the kitchen and found to steaming plates of food. My god they looked good. And when your like me, super powered, all your senses are increased. It looked better then usual, it smelled amazing, and even from five feet away I could taste it. I dove into my chair and was about to dig in when I noticed Terra still standing in the doorway, watching me. Sighing, I put down my fork and turned toward her.
"Whats wrong Terra? You made this awesome dinner, sit down and eat. After all it is your house." I smiled. She hesitantly walked over and sat down across from me. She looked nervous, like something was haunting her and she could feel it. I waited patiently until she started eating before digging in myself. When the tension in the room neared an unbearable level I had to breach the silence.
"Terra, whats wrong with you. Your aren't being yourself. Granted I've only known a few days, but in those days you have always been open, energetic, fun, and in all honestly, annoying. This isn't you, what is wrong?" I was honestly worried. She looked up shocked, like maybe I was threatening her. Her lip quivered a little before she spoke.
"I'm scared, Leo. When you came crashing through my window, with wings, I didn't know what to think. And the display of power you gave that first day I brought you home. It scares me. It is just now hitting me that your vastly more powerful then I will probably ever realize. So, I'm scared you will get angry when I ask you what I'm about to ask you." She was apprehensive. I didn't know what she was getting at, but I assumed it had something to do with getting out of her house and never seeing her again. Well, surprise!
"Will you come with me on a pokemon training journey?" She was now glowing with anticipation. My jaw hit the floor, I just didn't know how to respond to that. "Not now of course, I need a few weeks to prepare. And in case you haven't realized, though I think you have, when I captured you in a pokeball in the Pokemon Center, I never released you. I own you." Confidence. I swear she was bi-polar. My jaw dropped again. I had felt the minute connection, but hadn't thought much of it.
I turned back to my spaghetti, it was getting cold. I stuffed my face, buying time to think. My encounter with experiment 02235 had me think about how I wasn't safe in this one place. But if I started moving I might not get anywhere near Silph again. At the same time though I would undoubtedly get stronger if I traveled. Then I thought of Raina. How could she train me?
I finished my food and stood to excuse myself. Terra stood with me. I looked into her eyes with one thought on my mind.
"Why?" I asked. She smiled ate me.
"It was always my dream to be a trainer-" She started.
"Just like every other teen ever." I mocked
"but when I got Ember, she wasn't one who liked to battle. I had to respect that, I couldn't force her to do what she didn't want to. But I was thinking that if you were my pokemon, I would be unstoppable." Now she was grinning like a loon. Definitely bi-polar. I didn't know what to do. Time to stall for more time.
"Not that I'm agreeing to go with this, but when would we leave?" I asked. Oh god, her face lit up.
"In two weeks. That would give me enough time to prepare and you enough time to do whatever. What do you say?" Expectant now. Is she taking pills? I sighed.
"I'm going to bed. I have to think about this." I said. Now she pouted. Maybe she was horribly sick and mood swings were a symptom. Oh well. I headed toward the stairs. I heard her ask Ember a question.
"Do you think this is a good idea?" She sounded depressed. Ember gave no response. I was too tired to dwell on it longer, time for sleep.
Empty space. All around me was empty space. This has got to be the best dream I have ever had. At least it was until a bubbly, blue, little sprite appeared in front of me. I would have jumped back from the spinning pink creature if I could, but I was held in space. When the creature finally stopped I was able to identify it.
"Mew. Who would have thought I would meet Mew. Even if this is only a dream. I expected you to be pink." I was still tired in the dream for some reason. Mew did another flip and spoke.
"What? I like blue, it's calming. And this is no dream Leo, welcome to Eternity. This is where the spirits of the dead go before a destination is decided for them." I gasped. "And no your not dead. I just needed to talk to you. You need to go on this journey with Terra. I know it seems like I'm deciding your fate for you, but you do not want the alternative." I couldn't figure out if it was a guy or a girl. Its voice gave no indication. Not the point.
"What is the alternative?" I asked. Mew frowned, did a flip and I suddenly found myself floating above the city. Except it wasn't the city. The city I knew wasn't a burning wasteland with soldiers running around in it.
"They would find you." Mew said, "They would destroy the city in a search for you. After they couldn't find you because you were hiding with Raina, they would use DNA scanners to find you. They would kill you, kill Raina, and use your DNA to build a half-breed army. Silph would take over the world. Just don't do it." She/he smiled again as the image faded. I didn't know what to say. My path was set for me. "Just remember that the path is never set for you. This is still your choice to make." Damn psychic bitch/basterd.
"Well," I said, "since your reading my mind, you know that I have already decided to join her to save Terra, the people of the city, and myself. So... what is your gender?" Mew hit me across the face with her/his tail.
I would have probably dismissed that as a realistic dream, but my head hurt. I got dressed and walked out into the living room. Terra wasn't awake yet. I could hear her snoring in the next room. My god, she sounded like a asthmatic truck driver. Ember was sitting on the floor watching TV. It sounded like cartoons. How old was she again? She looked up as I walked in.
"Hey Ember, can you tell Terra I went out?" I asked. She was giving me a strange look. Suddenly she jumped at me and clung to my face. I staggered around, blinded obviously, knocking over several objects. All unidentifiable. After a small struggle, I managed pry Ember off my body. She wiggled trying to reach me. I held her at arms length just to be safe. Finally she stopped struggling.
"Sorry," she sighed, "I'm in my heat cycle and couldn't restrain myself when I saw you. I just don't get much male contact you know? All I wanted was a little action. And come on, lets admit it. You've got the hardware to get the job done. I meen-" I set her down facing the TV and she immediately silenced herself. She stared blankly at the screen, a little bit of drool hanging from her mouth. Aww the wonders of television.
I left the house quietly, taking a house key I found next to the door. I still don't know how I got lucky enough to avoid people of the city every time I left the house, but fate, or Mew, decided my luck wouldn't hold. As I turned the last corner heading out of the city I smacked into someone. He ended up on the ground while I laughed my as off. I stopped laughing when he looked up and I realized what just happened. I held eye contact with the boy for nearly a minute.
He was a simple person. Dark brown hair, brown eyes, and a round face. Strikingly though there was a long, pink scar that went from his right temple across his jaw that ended in a swirl on his left cheek. It would have looked artistic, except, you know, it was hideous. The boy showed no fear as he stood up and brushed himself off. I was still open mouthed at the scar. I mean, you just don't see something like that often. When he finally looked up from brushing himself off he was angry.
"Thats right, you asshole, just gawk at the scar. Don't offer to help me up or anything. I don't need the sympathy of some freak in a pikachu suit." He fumed. I couldn't help it, I laughed. I had never been confronted with disbelief before. I've come across fear, anger, surprise, joy, lust, and even hope, but never once disbelief. I laughed long and hard. Then he grabbed my face and started pulling.
"Come on, take off the mask. I want to see the face of the rude freak." He said. I stood patiently as he pulled at every angle of my cheeks. I now knew what it felt like to have relatives home for the holidays. Thanks random stranger!
I was fed up with him at the point at which he had climbed on my shoulders and was pulling at my chin. And yes, it was very painful, thank you for being concerned. Suddenly he gave an exasperated gasp and climbed off me.
"I give up." Finally, now maybe he realized that- "You used some quality glue for that mask." ... dumb ass.
"Its not a mask." Gasp, "Whats your name kid?"
"Ironically, Scar." He said. Whatever you do Leo, don't laugh. "My mother had no idea I would have a horrible accident and end up getting this. And what do you mean it isn't a mask? What else could it be?" He asked
"Well, I'm Leo and I'm a mutant." Gasp, "No real connection there, but I'm part pikachu and proud of it." With that I decided I had spent to much time talking to this walking irony. I turned to leave. He followed. I looked back and he tried to hide behind a mailbox. Dumb ass. I kept walking hoping he would go away. No such luck. I looked back again and Scar dove behind a tree. Sighing I kept walking. If he kept this up I wouldn't be able to go to Raina. He looked back a third time and found Scar no where in sight. Smiling, he turned back towards the city limtis.
He screamed in the face of Scar.
"How did you get in front of me?" I yelled.
"I... I don't know. So where are you going Leo?" He asked. How do I come to meet idiots?
"You don't need to know." I sighed, "And if you don't go away I will use thunder wave on you."
"Wow! You can use attacks? Hey, I wonder, could you-" Zap. Well I did warn him. Time to get to Raina's. And I dashed away from the paralyzed boy. He'll be fine.
Raina was outside again, tending her garden. She looked up as I neared. I don't know why, she cant see after all. I smiled anyway and greeted her.
"So, I never really got to see what you could with transformation yet, so we are going to work with that today." She said. She seemed distant today, distracted. She gave me a list of transformations to perform. Everything from ekans to skarmorys. Ate one point she made me turn into a human just to see if I could do it. I could.
So now I could blend in with almost any, scratch that, any, society I wanted to. Then she gave me a task that would supposedly challenge my abilities and, if things didn't go right, ruin the natural balance of life. Awesome.
"I want you to change into each of the legendaries. Every single one. The reason this could upset the natural balance is that there is only supposed to be one of each. But, why not try." She sounded confident. I wasn't so much. Thoughts such as an angry rayquaza roaring down from the skies in anger actually frightened me. I did as I was told never the less. It was more difficult because after my first failed flight I had been extra to include every detail I could into my transformations and creations. Each one of my legendary transformations had every power I could think of that they should have. I changed back from Latios and stopped.
"What is wrong Leo?" she asked, concerned. I only had Arceus, Rayquaza, Mewtwo, Mew, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Lugia, and Ho-oH left. But these were THE legendaries, the top of the top. I feared what would happen when I tried to become them. "Are you tired? Do you need to stop?"
"No, I was just wondering what would happen. I after all only have the best of the best left. I don't think we could handle them if they got angry. I'm scared, Raina, these are powerful creatures I'm dealing with." I felt it had been a proud, noble speech. She started laughing. She continued laughing. Some more laughing. Still laughing. I actually had to kick her to make her stop. She stood, gasping huge breaths between giggles. "May I ask what is so funny?" I sighed.
"The legendaries are pompous assholes who build themselves up way more then they should. Most of them are harmless. In fact the majority of them are wimps. Your only worries are probably Giratina and Arceus because their egos are slightly more bloated then the rest of them." She laughed.
"Should I ask how you know so much about the legendaries?" I asked.
"I told you already, I'm ancient, older then most of the dirt on this planet. I knew Rayquaza when was a wimpy little snake." Thunder crackled in the sky. "Yeah, its kind of a touchy subject with him. Anyway, finish." She said, still laughing I might add. I sighed and went through the rest of the transformations without incident. Mew was fun. In his/her body you were weightless, and giddy. I almost didn't want to change back. Mewtwo made me feel powerful, though he was Mew's equal. In Arceus I felt like I should dominate everything I saw. Or mount it. I guess thats why they call him the Alpha Pokemon. "That was good Leo, just Mew is pink, not blue." I shrugged.
"He was blue when I met her. He said she liked blue, it's calming." I smiled.
"When did you meet Mew? And why do you keep switching his gender?" Raina asked.
"So she is a guy?" I countered, avoiding the subject.
"I don't know if she is a guy, or if he is a girl. Where did you meet Mew?" She was persistent.
"In a dream. She spoke to me and he told me what would come if I made some wrong decisions." I said. Raina was staring slack jawed.
"She isn't supposed to reveal peoples futures. Why would he-? Crap, now I'm doing it. I really need to find out what it is." I nodded, eager to change subjects. Now though, I felt it was time to tell Raina what was on my mind.
"Raina, what would you do if I wanted to leave?" I asked.
"What do you mean leave?" She asked back.
"I mean, leave the city. Travel. What would you do? I couldn't continue my training if I wasn't with you." I said.
"Why? Where would you go? Who would you go with? You cant leave Terra, your destinies are intertwined. The separation of you two could do something drastic." She said matter-o-factedly.
"Because," I sighed, "she wants to go on a pokemon journey and wants me to come. I thought about it and this would probably be best. Silph will try to corner me and force me back to their rat hole. If I'm constantly on the move, they might not be able to get to me. Also, just me being here puts everyone in the city in danger. I'm not selfish, I don't innocent people to die because I wouldn't stop hiding. And further more-. Wait you never said what you would do." Raina stood and faced me.
"Well you need to finish your training, thats not an option. How long before you leave?" She asked.
"Two weeks." I said.
"Thats nearly enough time. I guess I'm coming with you." She smiled. I just stared, then smiled and hugged her.
"Thank you, Raina. I will feel a lot better knowing you will be close by." I said.
She returned the hug with warmth. In that moment I felt a rightness I hadn't felt in a long time. I regretfully broke the hug and smiled at Raina.
"I need to go tell Terra what I have decided. Will you come back with me? To greet her and tell her your coming, and maybe explain what I have been leaving to do everyday for the last week?" I asked hopefully. I knew they would meet eventually, why not sooner then later. Raina smiled again and changed into a normal Ninetails.
"Of course. I never formally met Terra. This should be... fun?" I laughed and we ran back to Terra's home. It felt different, better, to run the now familiar track with a friend.
The next two weeks passed in a blur. A mix of preparing and training kept me busy during all parts of the day and some parts of the night. I hadn't dreamed at all, which I was grateful of, but the worst was to come. But for now life was on the fast track to being better. We stood at the exit of the city. Raina and I in pokemon forms (I had long ago explained transformation to Terra), with Terra standing behind us.
"Everyone ready?" Terra asked. Raina and I gave our respective pokespeak responses, for show of course. "All right, let's go!" With that motivational shout Terra started running into the grasses of the surrounding city. We would be back. Oh, unfortunately, we would be back.Chapter End Notes:I'll try to be more reliable, but sometimes laugh just slaps me in the face. Remember to leave your comments, it reminds me to post when I should