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Special Mommy May
By Diana Moon Glampers
Chapter 1
Family
Bunny was alone.
He had no friends. He had no family. He lived by himself, out in the wild as a little Buneary. His parents were gone. They were both eaten by predators. Bunny knew that he had to grow up. He had to live in the world on his own. He had to…
"Are you lonely?"
A voice called out to Bunny. He looked around and saw a girl, a human girl. She looked friendly.
"Are you lonely?" The girl repeated.
"I am, yeah." Bunny said.
The girl smiled.
"My name's May. I'm lonely too. Maybe we can be lonely together. How does that sound?"
"Okay." Bunny said.
May sat down next to Bunny and patted his soft fur.
"What's your name?" She said.
"Bunny."
"Oh. Cute." May said.
They were both out in the forest. No one was around for miles. May stroked Bunny's fur some more.
"You're so soft." May said.
"Moomy used to say that to me." Bunny said.
"Moomy?"
"Sorry, Mommy. I say it wrong sometimes." Bunny said.
May laughed a little.
"I think it's cute. Where is your Moomy, anyway?" May said.
Bunny lowered his head.
"Moomy and Dad-Dad… They're in heaven now."
"Oh. I'm sorry to hear that." May said.
She put on a smile.
"I can be your new Moomy, though. Would you want that?"
Bunny wasn't sure what to make of this. Moments ago, he was ready to live on his own. Now something new came along, an opportunity to be a child again.
"You'll be my Moomy? Really?" Bunny said.
"Really. I promise I'll be the best Moomy I can be." May said.
She scooped Bunny up and cradled him in her arms. She hugged him up against her chest, as though he were a plush toy.
"You're wonderful, Bunny. I promise that I'll love you, no matter what. I promise that I'll protect you from anything. I promise that I'll always be with you, to the end."
Bunny felt something warm inside of him when May said this. He hadn't felt this way in a long time, not since he was a baby.
"Maybe May really is a good Moomy." Bunny thought.
May carried Bunny back to a house near the edge of the woods.
"This is where I've been staying lately. The landlady doesn't ask for much, and she said that I could have as many Pokémon in the house as I want."
Bunny tilted his head.
"So, you're a trainer? Don't Pokémon trainers travel the world?"
"Not a trainer, a coordinator. I'll feed you the bestest food, teach you fun tricks, and make you into the most wonderful Buneary you can possibly be."
"Food?" Bunny said.
His stomach growled, almost as if it were on cue.
May got out a frying pan.
"I'll get cooking right away! You'll see, Bunny, I'm the best cook you'll ever know!"
Bunny watched and May started making some pancakes.
"Extra sugar! You like 'em sweet, right, Bunny?" She said.
Bunny didn't answer. Before this, he had only eaten grass, dirt, roots, the kind of food Bunearys ate in the wild. He wasn't used to the idea of cooked food. The scent of it all was unreal to him.
"Eat up! I made enough for both of us." May said.
She began eating almost immediately. Bunny tried some. It was delicious.
"Wow! Thanks, Moomy! This is great!" He said.
"No problem, Bunny!" May said.
She leaned in to kiss her Bunneary. There was still some syrup on her lips. Bunny laughed.
"Moomy, you're sticky."
May giggled. They both enjoyed their meal.
After dinner, May led Bunny to her basement. It was comfy, with good lighting, a stage, and some stage equipment. There were props, costumes, backdrops, and even a computer in the corner. Bunny had never seen a computer before.
"What's that, Moomy?"
"It's my computer, Bunny. I use it to talk to other people from around the world. Isn't that amazing?"
Bunny shrugged.
"Moomy makes her living with that computer. It's really important to her, so don't touch it, okay?" May said.
"Okay." Bunny replied.
He turned to the stage.
"Am I going to be up there?" He said.
"Yes, you will, Bunny. You'll have a partner too. Would you like to meet her?" May said.
"I have a partner?" Bunny said.
"A costar! You'll both be the bestest team in any pokemon contest!" She replied.
May reached into her pocket and pulled out a pokeball. It wasn't a standard one, the kind that you'd see at the store. It looked homemade, like May could have modified it in some way.
"Go, Blaziken!"
Blaziken popped out of her pokeball. It made cute clucking noises.
"Can she talk?" Bunny asked.
"Sometimes. I tried to teach her. Some pokemon are just better at talking than others, you know?" May said.
Blaziken gave May an annoyed look. She crossed her arms and tapped her feet.
"Oh, I'm just joshing around, Blaziken. You know I love you!" May said.
She hugged her chicken pokemon. Blaziken chirped with joy. Bunny could tell that they shared a loving bond. Seeing them made him feel good inside, like he might be able to have a bond like theirs one day.
May let go of Blaziken and showed her to Bunny.
"Blaziken, this is Bunny. Bunny, this is Blaziken. Say hi!"
Blaziken extended her hand for Bunny to shake.
"Nice to… Cheep! …meet you." Blaziken said. Her words were slurred. Speaking wasn't something natural to her. Bunny shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you, too." He said.
May cut in.
"Tomorrow, I'm going to teach you some fun tricks! Everyone who sees you will love you. You'll be the most adorable Buneary the world has ever seen!"
May dug into her pocket and pulled out another pokeball. Like Blaziken's, it didn't look like a normal ball. The pokeball looked cobbled together, May might have made it herself. Bunny was nervous.
"What's it like in there?" He said.
Blaziken tried to say something, but only clucked.
"It's fine in there. I modified my pokeballs to be extra nice for my pokemon. I wouldn't have it any other way." May said.
She opened the pokeball.
"Go on… Cheep! It's nice." Blaziken said.
Bunny nodded. He walked toward May's pokeball. He was sucked in. Inside the pokeball, he was in a small room, with a bed. There were plenty of blankets, a shelf filled with books, toys in a toybox, and a window. When Bunny looked out the window, he could see what was outside of the pokeball.
"Is it comfy?" May asked.
"I think so." Bunny said.
Pokeballs usually made a natural habitat for a pokemon to live in. For a Buneary, it would be a meadow or a forest. This was more like a small child's room. Bunny felt tired. He moved toward his bed and yawned.
"This is comfortable." He said.
He went to sleep that night, no longer a wild pokemon.
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Happy happy Bunny
One day gone
