Yeah, so I've decided to rewrite these one-shots, making them longer and hopefully better, and also to write new ones too. I hope you enjoy this new (hopefully improved) one shot.
Ever since Temporal tower had been saved from collapse, things at the Wigglytuff guild hadn't quite been the same. They were missing one of their members, one everyone had grown to love, and another who seemed as though he may as well be gone too.
Ever since she had quite literally ceased to exist, Lydia was mourned by all those at the guild, but by none more so than Pikachu. He had withdrawn himself almost entirely from any sort of social interaction, saying barely anything to anyone, no matter how hard anyone tried. The most anyone ever saw him speak was when he told the story about what had happened in the hidden land, Lydia's last wish.
That didn't stop them from trying however. Today, Sunflora was attempting to get him to join in an expedition with her.
"Hey Pikachu, why don't we go on exploration together!" Sunflora asked him with a cheerful voice, hopeful that this time the answer would be a yes. "I heard a rumor about this-"
"No thanks Sunflora." He interrupted her, shaking his head. "But why not, you always go alone." She questioned, no longer wearing her cheerful expression.
"I just prefer to go alone." He replied, a distant, melancholy expression on his face as he walked away. From the look in his eyes, Sunflora could tell that he was far away, and if she had to guess, she would say he was somewhere happier, when his beloved partner was still by his side.
The rest of the day passed as normal, or as normal as things there could be now, and soon night fell over treasure town. Pikachu entered his room, which now seemed lonely due to the fact that he occupied it alone, and the memories it held that were once happy were now painful to recall.
He lay down in his bed and closed his eyes, memories of her still filling his head as he drifted off to sleep, as it was like nearly every night.
When he opened his eyes, he was instantly aware that he was no longer in the guild, but instead he was in a place that he didn't recognize, yet seemed oddly familiar to him in some strange way, though he couldn't quite place it. His eyes searched this foreign landscape, taking in the features of the bright, green meadow he seemed to be in. As he was doing so, he suddenly became aware that he was not alone in what had seemed like an empty field.
Not too far from him stood a human girl. Pikachu wondered how it was possible for him to not have noticed her right away. He approached her hesitantly, having never seen a human before. As he went towards her, Pikachu studied her features curiously. She wasn't much bigger than a pokémon like a gardevoir or a medicham, he observed. Her hair was long and blond, but the thing that had really captured his attention was her eyes. The soft brown of her irises seemed so familiar, and almost comfortingly so for reasons he couldn't describe.
"Pikachu." The young girl said, smiling softly at him, and suddenly it hit him like giant wave. "It….it's you, but….but how?" He asked, staring at her in disbelief. Tears formed in the corners of his eyes. "Are you really here, where are we, does this mean-!"
Lydia held up her hand to stop him as he started firing questions at her. "You're dreaming, Pikachu." She explained gently. "This was the only way I could see you again. But this place, this," she said, gesturing all around her, "is the future I gave myself up for. And even though it meant leaving you, and everyone else, behind, I'm glad for this, all of it. This was why I came in the first place." Her smile turned sad. "But even so, I had to see you one last time. There's something I needed to ask of you before…before I leave again."
"What is it?" Pikachu asked, almost eagerly. "Pikachu, I want you to be happy again." She stated simply. "But I can't. I can't be happy if you're gone. Without you..." He stopped short, tears rolling down his cheeks.
"Please try, for me. So many people have reached out to you, and all you do is push them away. Please, just promise me that you'll try." Pikachu swallowed the growing lump in his throat. "I promise." He replied, wincing as his voice broke. "I promise." He said again, steadying his voice.
She smiled at him again, her brown eyes smiling too, and he suddenly knew, that despite her fate, she was happy, so long as he continued to live. As long as he lived for the both of them. "Thank you Pikachu. For everything." She spoke again, her voice seeming distant now. The world around them seemed to fade.
"Goodbye, Pikachu." He heard faintly, and them he realized that it wasn't just the dream world that was fading, but his friend as well. "Wait! Don't go, please! You can't leave me again!" He screamed, but to no avail. She was gone once again.
He opened his eyes and shot up from his bed, nearly hitting Loudred, who had been standing over him with a concerned expression, trying in vain to wake him. "I thought you would NEVER wake up!" Loudred said, acting as if he hadn't heard Pikachu screaming in his sleep, or that he didn't see the tear stains on his face.
"Sorry Loudred." He said, distractedly. He was still trying to wrap his head around the dream he'd had. Had it been real? Did it even matter? He realized that it didn't. She wouldn't want him to be sad and alone for the rest of his life, that much he was sure of.
A short time later, Pikachu approached Sunflora, who was scanning the board for a job. "Hey, Sunflora?" He asked her hesitantly.
"What is it Pikachu?" He paused for a moment before answering her. "I was wondering if…well if that offer from before to go on an expedition with you was still good."
A look of shock formed on Sunflora's face, along with everyone else within earshot. Had they all heard right? "You really want to? Oh my gosh, of course!" She exclaimed happily.
And for the first time since she'd left, a genuine smile formed on Pikachu's face, because he was going to be happy, for her.