Ch. 1 Meeting

(This is more of an experiment. A while back a reader requested this but I never got around to writing it. Now, I think it's the perfect time to write it. I wanted to make a tragedy with short chapters but captures a sad/happy feeling in my readers. I hope this experiment goes well. As always, I love reviews, follows and favorites. Also, I wonder if anyone will figure out what this story is a pokemon interpretation of. I reveal it at the end of the story.)

"Michael's Point Of View}

...I remember that day... It was warm and I was out searching for food... Instead, I was found by a pack of Houndoom and chased off a cliff. I didn't mean to travel into pokemon territory but I just happened to. Below the cliff was a forest leading farther into pokemon territory. The trees helped stop my fall from being certain death. However, it wasn't a soft landing. When I woke up, I was met with a room at peace. Taillow were chirping as the wind gently made the leaves and branches move.

"...Ugh... Ugh!" I woke up to the pain as I wiggled my legs.

A beautiful voice rang in my ears, "You're awake at last?"

"Ugh..." I tried moving my legs more, wiggling it harder.

A Gardevoir stood over, trying to get me to lay still, "Hey, Hey! You shouldn't try to move yet."

I looked at the Gardevoir in confusion, "Where... am I? Is this a pokemon home? Ugh..."

The Gardevoir stroked my head, "This is my home. I found you at the base of the cliff. Your legs were broken but I did what I could."

I looked at her, "Why did you help me? I'm a human. Don't I... repulse you? My kind has killed hundreds of pokemon."

She smiled again, her smile was as sweet as an Angel's, "Why would that matter? No one with a heart could possible ignore someone in need."

Her home was a small hut made of sticks and hardened mud, "If they had a small heart, they would. You... have a big heart."

She went over to a bucket of water and soaked a piece of cloth, "Thank you. What's your name?"

She walked over to me and began wiping some on my wounds on my forehead, "Michael. Yours?"

She smiled again as she continued cleaning me up, "Angel."

"Angel? What a pretty name. Not very original though. hah ha."

She frowned, making me instantly sad as well, "Don't say something so mean. I did save you."

"Yes... you did. Thank you Angel. I'm indebted to you."

Angel placed the cloth on the floor, "You're not indebted. I did it out of the kindness in my heart."

"How will I get home?"

She smiled again, making me feel happier, "Easy, I'll take you there."

"You'd do that for me? A complete stranger..?"

A feeling of safety rose up in my chest, "Of course. You were attacked before I found you. Unless you find jumping off cliffs to be a thrill."

I couldn't help but chuckle from her joke, "Not unless they all end with me waking up in a kind stranger's house."

She smiled sincerely at me but couldn't say anything before a Male Gardevoir barged into the hut, "Angel! I heard you found a dirty human!"

Angel stood in front of her father, almost like she was keeping him from me, "I did father. I'm nursing him back to health! He'll be ready to leave tomorrow!"

"He'll be ready to leave TONIGHT! Worthless garbage like him will only continue to bring us down. He's lucky I'm in such a cheery mood or I'd kill him myself!"

"I'll do my best father." Angel, bowed respectfully as her father turned to leave.

After he left, she hung her head as she came back to wipe my wounds, "Angel... I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble."

She scratched an eye, "It's okay. I'll just speed up the healing process. You'll be able to walk by sunset."

"I'll walk back on my own. I don't wa-"

"No. I promised myself that I'll take you back home. I never go back on my promises."

"..." I turned my head to hide my face.

"Michael? Are you okay?"

"..." I stayed silent the entire time... This Gardevoir... she's a wonderful person...

When the sun began to set, I was finally able to stand. I began to leave with Angel but her father grabbed her hand. She looked at him and stopped instantly. I glanced back at her and the rest of her kind. I didn't want to cause her any more trouble... so I ran. I ran into the forest and didn't stop until I finally found my village 7 hours later. When I did... I was punished for my absence and lies. Lies that I told to hide the truth.

(Each chapter will most likely be less than 1000 words. That makes it easier to edit... in theory but I'm not a perfectionist. It's not in my nature.)