Hey guys! Thought I might have been a little vague on the back stories of the characters of Midnights Sky. And with it coming to an end, I felt like I needed to give a little backstory on all of them. Starting with Soul. As he is the protagonist and Spirit is the Co-Protagonist of the story, they will respectively be first. Then following characters will be in order of appearance.
Jenny, David, Luke, Cinnamon, and last but not least, Angi. Only one chapter for each character, so I'm gonna try to make them at least 3-5K. By the time I release this Chapter, I'll be connecting this to Chapter 15. That way you can see a connection.
Chapter 1: Soul
I had everything planned for my life, that was until I evolved into an Umbreon. My plan was to become a Jolteon but I guess that wasn't what life had planned for me. Now that I'm a dark type, everyone turns on me. My family didn't recognize me, all my friends didn't recognize me, nobody did. I don't understand, how could they not truly recognize me? Asking myself a lot these days. But I'm not gonna give up hope just yet. Maybe I can find another place to live…. I tell myself. For every time I ask myself a question, just more questions pop up. I don't know why, but I've always found it annoying and funny at the same time. I chuckle at it every time. I'll probably never find an answer to any of those questions, well that's life in a nutshell I guess. And that's fine by me if I never find an answer to any of them.
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6 Months Later
Every life has its purpose. But I could never find out what my purpose was. Just a wandering pest to society. A dark type with no place in life. What was the point of even living. I asked myself that question everyday. Cause a life that has no purpose is a waste of space. Why me, was was I made?
"There's nothing for me here." I told myself that every time. But I could never bring myself to end it all. I stood over the cliff, ready to fall off. Plummiting torwards the bottom.
"It's now or never…. I just hope this doesn't hurt to much." One paw after another, I fell torwards the ground. I'll be one with the dirt soon, I thought to myself, "Never again will a problem be caused because of me. No one else will be hurt. I'll end it before it even begins…."
And then it happens. The snap of a twig as my body collided with the ground.
"Finally…. I'll never hurt anyone again." Tears dropped from my cheek, but no more pain. I won't cause anymore. Not again.
"It's okay….. it will all be okay." Voices surrounded my absence of mind. Wondering where exactly the voice was coming, I opened my eyes to find a vixen ninetails standing above me.
"What are you doing…" My raspy voice managed to say. The white vixen above me was surprised I had even muttered a word in amy condition. Hey eyes…. they were beautiful. I'd never seen such caring and reassuring eyes in my life. Why they were fixated on me, arecus only knows why.
"You know, not many people survive a great fall of the mountain like that. Your lucky to have survived." She sounded…. almost happy that a dark type like me had survived a fall like that.
"You should've just let me die…. that's what I wanted. That's why you found me at the bottom of a cliff." She turned to me with a sour look. Not only did those caring and reassuring eyes fade quickly, they turned into flames. Burning my soul alive with her fiery stare.
"No. Why just waste your life? Every life is precious you know? Even if the person thinks they have nothing to contribute to society, they can find something if they really tried." She sounded sad. Sad about a dark type like me, I don't know why.
"Not every life is as precious as you think. Sometimes a person just can't do anything for society. And that's me. Can't do anything for people or myself. That's reason enough to die in my book." Shadows covered my face, hiding the rain pouring down from my eyes.
"How can you say something like that?!" She screamed at me. "Look I don't know who you are, but I will help you see the better side of things. I'll make it my mission to help you…. what's your name."
"My names Soul…." smiling at the fact the for the first time in our whole conversation I wasn't dark and bruting. And trust me, it's rare these days for when I'm not dark and gloom. Tick tocks from the clock were the only thing that filled the otherwise vacant room at the time. "Great. Nice to meet you Soul. My names Jenny." For once, I had actually smiled in that whole conversation. Still think she should have left me to die in a pool of my own blood, but I'm at least happy I met Jenny before I do kill myself.
After getting acquainted with one another, she started asking me about my past.
"Well….. you see, I was never liked that much. Everybody that ever saw me just turned there back on me just because I'm a dark type. People just assumed I was evil, so I wouldn't stay in a place for too long. I've been moving from place to place for about 6 months now. I finally decided it's no way to live…. no friends…. no family…. what's the point even? So, I decided to kill myself. I never had the guts to do it, so I made myself fall of a cliff. Something I couldn't stop once I started. But apperantly even that didn't work out….." Jenny sat there and said nothing. It was like she took a vow of silence.
"I'm…. so sorry to hear that…" ehh… scratch the vow of silence. "I will do my best to help you Soul." She moved over and snugged up to me. It felt good. For the first time in 6 months, I haven't been rejected. "You know, not everybody will treat a dark type poorly. I don't care what type you are, you have a purpose." Jenny…. even though she's a fire type, she's really warm. Even though she's not changing my mind about this, it was really nice she attempted.
3 Months Later
It's been 3 months now since I meet Jenny, and I'm still here at her place. David seems nice enough for an arcanine, and he seems to have a positive and stern additude most of the time. Luke is pretty chill and talkative for a lucario. We hang out sometimes at his place of work. He apperantly likes to cook, I've never seen a lucario that likes to cook. Cinnamon is the mayor of the village, and a good one at that. She's always asking the villagers their opinion on how she can improve the village. Upbeat and positive as always, it's always fun to have her around. I think I've finally found a place to settle in I…..
"Soul?" Luke put his paw on my shoulder. "You alright? You look like your in deep thought."
"Yeah, I'm just thinking about the past 3 months. About how you guys have changed me…." my eyes dropped down to look at the floor, worrying Luke, he continued to ask questions about what I felt.
"Well, I just wanted to make sure you weren't gonna do anything stupid."
"Hey guys! What's going on?!" Both turned their heads turned to find the steely voice belonged to David.
"Nothing much….. Just asking about Soul's thought process." Luke responded with.
"Why….. what's he thinking about?"
"Well that's what I was hoping he'd tell me." I could see they were both worried about me now. Jenny had gone off and told them to keep an eye on me. Every time I went out, one of them was always watching from a distance. Whatever though, I deserved it. Every other time I was out to "find an answer" they were out to stop me from doing anything. There is nothing but graditude I have for them. They stopped me from doing something I would completely regret, and I respect them for that.
"Look guys, I'm not gonna do anything stupid!" Laughing. Didn't really laugh that much in the past 9 months. Overwhelmed with emotions like anger and sadness.
"Soul! Just the person I've been looking for!" Time after time when I turn around, it's always the white vixen herself, Jenny.
"Why've you been looking for me Jen?" When ever she comes looking for me, it's usually for a check up on me. "Need me for another check up Jen?"
"Maybe." Never like it when she drags out a maybe. It's always gotta lead to something. "Why don't you come with me to find out?" She never tells me anything. If I want an answer from her, I have to do exactly what she says.
"Alrighty then Jenny. I'll do whatever." My voice had a happy but sad ring to it, happy to see Jenny, but sad to say goodbye to David and Luke. "Bye David, bye Luke."
"Bye Soul, we'll see you later. See you later Jenny. Oh how bout….." those two have been in love with Jenny before I even got here.
"Sorry guys, can't tonight. Maybe some other time?" But no matter, cause at almost any attempt they make, it's usually shot down. I don't really know why they keep on trying if they keep on getting shot down.
"Alright Jenny, lets go wherever you wanna take me. Can you please tell me where that is? I'd really like to know!"
"Well, Soul ,if you really wanna know….. you'll really find out when we get there! Stop trying to pry it out of me or I'll lead you all over the village!" She was playfully laughing. Jenny…. she's just so hard to describe. She's always happy, no matter the situation. She could be attacked by a stampede of dodrios and still come out with a smile on her face. It's a miracle that I even met her.
"Okay! Okay! Just please don't lead me around the village again! You remember what happened last time?!"
"Oh yeah! That 3 hour long conversation with Cinnamon about how you got here!" Cinnamon….. where do I even begin with her….. she's so nice, talkative, a great listener…. and she cares what you think. All great qualities of an amazing mayor.
"Please…. have mercy Jenny." There I am, laughing again. I find myself doing that a lot these days, and let me say it's a good feeling. So about 3 stores later, Jenny finally tells me where she's taking me. It still shocks me that she would do something like this for me.
"Here we are Soul!" The next words come out of her mouth in the most joyful sense ever thought possible. "Your new home." It was ironically placed by where I tried to kill myself that faithful day, tears drop down from my chin. After all I've been through in the past 9 months, Jenny makes it all up and gives me a new house. Well it's not even really a house. Its a den at this point, but no matter.
"You see Soul, you've been so happy here with us that I never wanted to break that happiness. So me, David, Luke, And Cinnamon all pitched in money to get you this place so you could live among us. That way your never lonely again…." Now I see Jenny crying, I can't tell if they're tears of joy or sorrow.
"Jenny. I can't thank you enough for what you've done for me these past 3 months. I don't think I'll ever be able to repay you for it…. but I will try." For the first time in my life, I feel like I'm truly appreciated for who I was. All of them recognize me for who I am. I've found home. "Soul… you can repay us by staying here with us. We all love you, and we'll always be here for you. You can count on that!" Those tears quickly fade away as they were brung in.
"And I've also brought you a house warming gift! Hope you like it!" This must've been what she went shopping for.
"How to make the best breakfast…. thanks Jenny!" My smile caught her off guard. It's not something seen too often compared to her smile. "So, what do you think I should do first to decorate my house?"
2 ½ Years Later
It's almost been 3 years since I've first moved here in the Viridian PokeVillage. I never regret my decision, it's nice to feel like people care about you. But I still feel like it's missing something. Jenny's still working at the infirmary, she loves taking care of people and making new friends. Her most defining trait if you ask me. And she's still caught in the love triangle, I pity her for that. David's working for the town enforcement even though all they do is help the Village set up festivals and stuff like that. I don't think he understands that not a single Pokémon has been detained since I've been here. I'll blow up his ego and tell him he's doing a good job if that's what he needs to hear though…. Luke still working for the restaurant, has been training for the upcoming tournament we host. He's won so many of them I lost count how many he's even won.
"Hey Soul! What's up?" Cinnamon asked me. Her words were muffled with the big bags in her mouth so I couldn't understand her that well.
"Here Cinnamon, let me carry that for you." Taking the bags from her, I give her no choice but to let me. "Soul, your such a gentleman. I don't understand how you haven't found someone yet. It puzzles me." Cocking her head to the side, I shrugged off the question and tried to move to a new subject. "So, where we headed today Cinnamon? Your house, the office?" After I dropped Cinnamon and her stuff off at her house, I decided to head home myself. It wasn't to far a trip. Maybe about 15 to 20 minutes to walk here and back. Midnight was soon be coming, but it didn't matter, I am an….. what was that? Twigs snapped, I heard screaming, two and two don't go thogther in this village. I walk over to the mountain, forcing my body to look down at the pink Espeon that was unconscious in a pool of her own blood.
"Arecus, what the hell happened here?" I asked myself. She would die if she were to stay. And besides the fact that her leg was broken, I didn't know the whole story of what had just happened just now, I decided to take her back to my place. What harm could that be?
"It'll be alright…." I said to her as I carried her back into my house. I layed her down on my bed and started looking for medical supplies. Jenny wouldn't be up at this hour, and two things.
She would kill me for waking her up at this hour, even if there was a perfectly good explanation as to why I did it in the first place.
She would kill me for being out this late.
So I think I'll decide to keep this one to myself. I'm just wondering how I'm gonna tell her that she may not be able to walk again in my opinion. Whatever. That can wait till tomorrow. I need something to eat. Opening up my cabinets, I find nothing but blueberries and pancake mix.
"Really? That's all I have after going to Luke's place 5 days in a row? I thought I'd at least have chicken in my fridge." Welp, I guess not is what I thought to myself.
8 hours later
"Damn!" I shout in my mind, trying not to wake the poor Espeon up. Sleeping on a bed of pure rock is a no no. Never again. If it weren't for the fact that she was a girl and her leg might be broken I would've slept beside her. I figure I might make her some breakfast to at least get rid of hunger pains. Firing up the stove, I grab the already dirty pan covered in pancake batter and use it again. It's the same thing as what was cooked inside this pan earlier, so it should be good.
I hear moaning in the background, like someone's trying to get up. I turn around and find the Espeon trying to get out of bed.
"Morning. That was quite the fall you had last night. You okay?" I asked the bright eyed and bushy tailed Espeon.
"Who are you?" She realized that I had been the one to help her, as she saw the bandages around her leg.
"My names Soul, and yours is?"
"My Name is Spirit…"
Okay… this took way too long to write. I tried to recreate the scene's with Spirit first arriving out of pure memory. So sorry if I was a little off on the story. I don't really remember the story's details all that well. (Chuckles) even though it's my own damn story. I've been to busy practicing SSB4, Reading, and watching anime to even catch up with my stories. You probably think I'm even too lazy to finish what I started. Especially since Midnights Sky started last year on the first.
Believe me, I intend to complete every story on my account. Except for the thieves guild…. cause that's just bad writing. Apocalypse might be moved to fictionpress. I don't know what I'm gonna do at this point, but I promise I'll finish this story if it's the last thing I do on this account. (For awhile at least).
I'll see you guys soon
SiLVeR The Espeon
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