Hey folks! Just want to let you know that this is a rewrite of a story of the same title by blink182lives (now CrucifyTheWolf) on DeviantArt. If you want to see the original, go ahead and look it up there.
The cold wind whistled over the museum's roof as Jen Halaway climbed up onto it. Making her way to the skylight, she peered inside, and was quickly followed by her pokemon colleague, Silver the sableye. Finding the glint she sought, she began to mumble to herself, "I was the one that found it, I should have been the one to show it...Not Dave…"
Dave had been her rival since college, always seeking to outdo her every step of the way. She resented him in response, but she never knew how far he would go until three weeks ago. With the two of them becoming archaeologists, their competition naturally carried over, but then Jen struck gold. The Eyeblas diamond was the treasure, an artifact that had been missing since 33 A.D., and known in legends to grant wishes. Only a month ago had she found it, and she promptly hid it to reveal it upon her return. What she didn't expect was for Dave to steal it from her and claim to the world that he found it. Since then, the diamond had been presented in the museum, Dave had become famous, and Jen had fallen into near-obscurity. She cursed under her breath, "Lying, cheating, son of a…"
While Jen stewed in her grudge, Silver watched her with worry in his crystal eyes. To an extent, she was right in doing this. He understood Jen hated Dave for this, and so did he, but wasn't this a bit excessive? Stealing the diamond, planting it in his apartment, and then reporting him as the thief… wasn't it just a little too extreme? Silver sighed to himself, "Maybe if I just think about this, I can keep my mind off of… Jen."
For a long time now, Silver had loved her, and not how most pokemon love their trainers-he was in love. He had reminded himself how he could never express his feelings to her. He had beaten himself with the fact that she was a human, and he was just a pokemon. He had told himself that he had to let go of this love. And now he was trying to distract himself from it with this.
*beep-beep-beepbeepbeep*
The two were kicked back to reality from a gadget of Jen's. She checked the remote and whispered to Silver, "Okay so, no guards, no lights, and now no power for a few minutes. So that leaves us enough time for you to cut the glass, and I'll switch them. Okay?"
He silently nodded and she secured the rope firmly to the skylight. Slowly opening it, they descended to the display, with only moonlight and Silver's eyes to guide them. She held him above the case as he carefully cut into the top pane. Removing it, she produced from her pack a glass jewel identical to the diamond. "Alright," she whispered "channel Jones." With adept hands, she quickly switched the two. Putting the top pane back, it looked as if nothing had happened. The two immediately climbed back up as quickly as they had entered. As Jen was removing the rope and closing the window, Silver got a good look at the diamond, and saw how succulent it looked. She noticed him licking his lips at it and said, "Silver, it's for revenge, not dinner," bringing him back down to earth with a melancholy expression. She briefly paused, then sighed kneeling to him and gingerly scratching his head, "I know you don't like this, and I want to thank you for sticking with me in this," they smiled a bit, "and I promise I'll make it up to you. Now, let's go!" Perked up, Silver followed her as they disappeared into the night.
Arriving at Dave's apartment, Jen carefully picked the lock and they entered the lair of her enemy. It was… surprisingly nice. Plenty of fancy odds and ends fitting with how decadent he was, but nothing was really cluttered. She quietly locked the door behind them and opened a nearby window linked to the fire escape, "We'll exit through here once I've taken care of this. I don't think I can re-lock the door with my pin." She then searched for a place to put it while Silver wandered around, looking at the paintings and pictures. One that particularly caught his eye was a small frame of Dave carrying some woman, both dressed in white. Silver figured she must be his wife before he saw a pair of rings by the picture-his ex-wife. He turned himself away from it while breathing a heavy sigh as the thought went through his mind.
("I just wish Jen would be my love..")
Without looking where he was going he bumped into a decorative column that held a flower vase. The warbling sound as balance was about to be lost instantly caught the attention and panic of Jen, "Oh crap!" Without thinking, the diamond slipped out of her hand as she dove to catch it. "ACK!" She winced in shock as she found this sharp pain enter her side as she caught the vase. She only had to turn over to find the diamond, thrown from her movement, now embedded into her, covered in blood. She writhed in agony clenching her teeth, "Ah… the diamond…"
Jen looked to her disoriented sableye, reached out to him. Then she gasped at something unexpected she saw-the back of her hand was growing purple hairs. "W-what?" She looked at her other hand to find it covered in purple fibers. "What is this!?" They looked to her side to find the diamond was out, the wound was gone, and it was covered in a violet coat of fur, even as far back as her legs. She shrieked in horror, "What's happening to me!?" She reached back to find her whole arm covered in fur, and now her nails had become pointed claws, stranger still, her clothes seemed to have gotten bigger.
Meanwhile Silver, who had now regained sense, watched petrified with horror as she was changing… but into what? He saw that the fur had now replaced the hair on her head, and she moaned with this strange pain that felt like every part of her was being ripped apart and twisted around. Her now pointed ears stretched high, above the top of her now reshaping skull, her mouth became too sensitive to close and she bared her teeth as they became triangular points. She now was dragging herself toward Silver, tears seeping from her glassy eyes. He ran to her aid and they held each other tightly. She didn't notice that she had shrunk to the point that she had slipped out of her shoes, revealing clawed feet. Still shrinking, she pulled her arms back through her shirt and out the neck, while he pulled her out, revealing her entire body to be covered in fur.
Silver looked over her and now he began to understand, ("She's...turning into a sableye!"). He held her up as she was paralyzed from a new pain. It was like a dozen diamonds were stabbing her from the inside. Silver tried to console her, comfort her, assure her she was going to be alright, but she couldn't hear him over her tears. One by one, crystals emerged from her back, rippling with pain. He supported her back while the worst pain of all welled in her stomach, like something was bursting out. She shut her eyes and Silver watched as the purple was parted to give way for a singular ovular red gemstone in a singular painful motion.
After that, Jen wasn't crying anymore, she wasn't even moving, her head was just reared back. He looked to her face to find her still breathing-she was asleep, she must have collapsed due to exhaustion. There was now silence, and Silver looked at what had once been his owner, now a sableye like him, sleeping in his arms. He could only whisper to himself in awe, "She's beautiful…"
The silence was invaded by a click of the lock, followed by a creak of the door. Out from it poked a man in a suit with mussed hair-Dave. He seemed blissfully unaware as he stepped in and hung up his coat. Only when he turned to see the two pokemon in his home did he swear out in surprise and alarm, "GHAAH! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOI-!?" before Dave could finish, or begin to chase them, Silver blinded him with Flash. With a surge of adrenaline, he picked Jen up and ran for the window, jumping through and sliding down the fire escape to the ground with her on his shoulder.
Through twisted streets and tall grass he ran unknowingly carrying Jen the same way he saw in the picture. He could barely think straight, but all he could think of was to run, run far away through the rain to find a safe place. Eventually he found himself before the mountains that marked the end of the route. He entered with her and decided this would be suitable shelter. He carefully propped Jen against the wall near the entrance and collapsed to the ground, struggling to catch his breath.
Silver had stopped now, and his mind slowed down shortly thereafter. Eventually picking himself up off of the stone floor, he looked at Jen. She was still sound asleep after all of this. He looked to her face, in spite of all of the changes, he could still see her in it. "She's so beautiful…," he whispered, "unlike anything I've ever seen." He held her arm and rubbed her hand, her fur felt so soft. Drowsiness spreading to him, he sat down by her and she seemed to lean over. Her head nestled on his shoulder as he fell asleep.
Hours had passed, and Silver was woken up by the encroaching sun. He looked to find Jen still asleep. He briefly started to worry again, but was distracted from it by a sudden growl in his stomach. So he carefully removed himself, and lay her on the ground while he searched for something to eat.
Eventually returning with a reasonably sized geode for them to share, he wondered how Jen would take all of this. Would she like it? Would she hate it? What would she think of him? Silver's train of thought was broken when he notice she was beginning to stir awake. She yawned and groaned as slowly groped around her to get herself up. He watched as her eyes-now glittering diamonds-slowly opened to see him. She faintly spoke as she recognized the sableye before her, "Silver…"
Without much thought, he replied, "Jen, It's me. I'm here."
Her eyes instantly went wide, revealing every facet in shock, "Y-you talked! You can talk? H...How!?"
Worried he had frightened her, he responded as gently as he could, "Because… you're a sableye... The diamond… changed you when you got hurt."
She shook her head in disbelief. But she looked at her hand to find it in a different shape. She put her hands to her face, feeling every detail that told of a sableye. From her hexagonal eyes, to her pointed ears and teeth. She could barely form a sentence, "I… I'm a…"
He put his hand over her lips as he assured her, "It's okay, Jen. I'm here for you."
"Silver…" was the only word she could say as she slowly got to her feet with his help. She looked deep into his crystal eyes and lightly brushed his cheek. He looked into her eyes, trying to decipher her expression. Fear? Worry? Hope? Suddenly she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him closely. The geode fell to the ground from his hand as he hugged her back. She spoke, "I can't tell you...how long I've wanted to be ."
Silver couldn't believe what he was hearing. she had feelings for him, just as he did for her. From that, he found the courage to say, "Jen… I love you... I always loved you."
She leaned back and they looked into each other's eyes again, this time with bright wide smiles as she replied, "And I love you, Silver." Little more than a second after he heard that from her lips did he kiss them. The two felt amazing, wrapped in one another's arms, lips locked, and bathed in the warm morning sun. They could have kissed forever, only breaking off to catch breath.
He looked at her and playfully inquired, "So Jen. You're sure you're willing to live life as a sableye?"
"What would I have as a human?" she giggled in her answer, "As a sableye…" she stopped for a split second to kiss his cheek, "I have you. I'm sure." Silver blushed, and could only smile.
Weeks later, Dave was being dragged from his apartment by the police. Shouting out in protest, "I didn't steal the Eyeblas Diamond! And I didn't kill Jen Halloway! There were these sableyes-!"
He was interrupted by an officer as he was crammed into the police car, "Hey! Both had been missing for a month! The diamond was in your safe, your fingerprints were all over it WITH traces of her blood, which was also in your carpet. So, you can explain all that to the judge!"
News of the crime spread far and wide, even reaching Jen and Silver. She could only smile in all of this, and she didn't even care about her revenge anymore. She had the simple life she wanted, with the pokemon she loved. She couldn't be any happier.
