Love's Fire
The crisp blue sky shines with a hint of providence as the sun blazes a path of warmth and feeling; while green waves of grass roll across the prairies as the winds blow the fine grains of dust from the nearby hills. Walk a couple of miles from here and you can find the mountains, where the sun's light reflects with the utmost beauty, yet the mountains are stone cold and unfeeling.
This is the place that seems like paradise, for the Miltank and Tauros roam, where the multiple families of Ratatta and Sentret can interact without fear of being preyed upon from above, and the Diglett can pop in and out to bask in the sun, and then retreat to the underground caverns of their domain.
The mountains themselves show an attitude of cold-heartedness and rugged peril, but the Pokemon there manage to carve a life for themselves. The Geodude and Graveler roll down the slopes; the bumpier the road, the better. The Sandshrew dig through the iron-hard terrain to hide from the Spearow or bask in the sun, while the Aron and Lairon feed on the iron deposits on the dark side of the peaks.
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Suddenly, a Rapidash runs across the grasslands, a blazing blur on the flat grounds. It jumps as if it was trying to reach the sun and the heavens, only to land with the utmost grace of a supermodel. The jump cleared a 10 ft. wooden fence, which was built to protect the beautiful firey horse.
"Sunny!" a feminine voice called. Sunny galloped across its enclosed pasture towards the voice, whose form was revealed: a tall, thin, curvaceous figure with flowing blue hair. The figure was wearing a pink nightgown and blue fuzzy slippers.
The figure was none other than Dawn, now 27 years old. After travelling around in her youth with Ash Ketchum and miscellaneous company, she decided to settle down in the wide open spaces, where she could live a simple and comfortable life with her Rapidash. In her right hand was an apple.
"Here you go Sunny," she cooed as Sunny walked over and happily took the apple from her hand and took a bite. "Good girl," she praised as Sunny chewed happily and swallowed with haste before taking the rest of the fruit back to her stall to feed her two Ponyta fawns.
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"Dawn!" another female voice yelled as Sunny galloped away. Dawn turned her head to find another feminine figure behind the stall. What a surprise she had when she realized it was her old friend Zoey.
Zoey was a close friend of hers; it was something about positive disposition and steely determination that made Dawn admire her, but it wasn't good enough. Besides, Zoey was married.
"Yo, what up girl?" Zoey asked in her cheery self. Her wagon carried supplies and food, mostly for Sunny. As she unpacked the supplies for Dawn to carry back, the Tauros pulling Zoey's cart jumped in fright.
"What's wrong with them?" Dawn asked, seeing that nothing's there.
"Oh, they're just jumpy" Zoey answered. "Ever since Officer Jenny told us that there was a robber/murderer somewhere, they've been freaking out." She looked around, then whispered, "The guy broke in yesterday and stole a bunch of my jewelry. He also fired a couple shots, put a hole through my bedroom floor. He also tried to shoot my Tauros, but they scared him away. Watch your stuff, okay?"
"Yeah, okay" Dawn said, feeling a little worried.
"Look, don't think about it much" Zoey reassured her. "I doubt he would even come here. Your barn is so plain; he probably won't notice the gold you've hidden in the basement."
"Yeah, I guess" Dawn said, feeling a lot better. "Well, I guess I'll see you later."
"Yeah, okay" Zoey said. Before her wagon disappeared, she yelled out, "No need to worry, right!?"
"Yeah, no need to worry" Dawn said to herself as she watched the wagon ride off into the horizon.
"Who was that, honey?" another voice called out.
Dawn turned to see no one else but May, her recently-wedded wife.
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May, also 27, had defied the odds and has become one of the world's best Contest tag-team battlers (the other one being Dawn). However, since marrying her May has taken a job in the city to pay for just about everything. As such, Dawn barely sees her in anything else than a blue-collared blouse blue jeans, and her hair in a bun (assuming her workplace forbids long hair unless it's tied down).
"Who was that?" May called out again, as she got off her Pidgeot. Since cars don't exist, and bikes wouldn't be able to go that far in 10 seconds flat, she caught herself a Pidgeotto and raised it herself until it could evolve. Now she could travel pretty much anywhere, much to the disappointment of Dawn. That is why she caught herself a Ponyta and raised into a Rapidash.
"Oh, its just Zoey bringing supplies for me" replied Dawn. Since May is almost always gone, Dawn's bet getting lonely as May starts to notice by the tone of her voice.
"Hey Dawn, you okay?" May asked, trying to comfort her.
"No, I'm fine" Dawn answered in a tone that doesn't sound reassuring.
"Dawn…" May said her name; she always does that whenever she could tell that something was troubling her partner.
"Well, it-,it's just that you've been working for so long, I don't get to see you anymore" Dawn finally answered, showing her true feelings.
"Hey, come on. That's not true" May answered her, kissing her cheek. "I'm here, aren't I?"
"Oh don't do that…" Dawn muttered, pushing May away.
"Uh, you're right. My boss is telling me to work double shifts and stuff" May finally admitted. "Man, I hate this job!"
"Then why don't you quit?" Dawn precariously asks, knowing what the answer's going to be.
"Because we won't be able to pay for anything!" May yelled. She stopped when she noticed that Dawn was cowering, expecting to get hit.
"No, no, Dawn?" May whispered. "Dawn, oh I'm sorry. Baby?"
But she realized that Dawn was crying, not shielding herself.
"Oh Dawn, don't cry" May cooed as she kneeled down to embrace her. "Look, tomorrow I'll quit that crummy job and I'll find some other way."
"No, I understand" Dawn wept.
"No, listen to m-, Dawn" May tried to talk to her. Dawn pulled her head out and just stared at her.
"Dawn, listen" May began, "We'll make this work, I promise. You all right, Dawn?"
"Yeah" she finally answered in her cheery voice. She gave Dawn a small peck on May's lips. "You know I'll always love you."
"I love you too, Dawn" May answered before a long embrace.
"Don't let me go," Dawn said, tears beginning to form.
"I'll hold on as long as you need to" May replied, their long embrace seemingly taking an eternity.
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This is only the first chapter, so don't cry. I am still working on my Code Geass story so it may take some time to update. But no worries, I know that those who have oodles of patience are my true fans because they are willing to wait for a new generation of writers to come forth and defy the world.