My first fanfic so please no flames.
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon.
"text"- speech
'text'- thought
Money isn't Happiness
CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION
"Arceus! Arceus!" cried a frantic buneary, hopping around Arceus's palace. "What is it child?" Arceus responded. The concerned look in the buneary's eyes told Arceus that there was a problem before the rabbit pokemon even spoke. "There is a human that plans on committing suicide. He is hiding out in a cave outside a small city. What will be done?" the buneary said, on the brink of tears. 'Bless her heart. She has a very attuned heart. She feels depressed on anything of these matters.' Arceus thought. "I will look into this matter little one." With that the buneary calmed down, a look of gratitude on her face. She quickly embraced Arceus in a hug, thanking her fiercely. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" cried the little buneary. "Why don't you go on to your room and calm down. I'll help him so that he doesn't have any problems again." Arceus said, calming the buneary even more. She nodded and started up the stairs of the grand hall. When she was about half way up she turned, "Thank you mommy."
At the sound of the buneary calling her mommy, Arceus remembered the day she took in the buneary when she was still an egg.
FLASHBACK
In a clearing sat two lopunny with an egg cradled in between them. The tan puffs on their wrists and ears glistening in the sunlight. It was a peaceful moments, seeming to never be able to disappear. Then a twig snapped in the brush separating the forest from the clearing. The lopunny snapped to attention as they stared into the brush. There was silence for a while. The male slowly started to stand up. The Two are distinguishable by the different shapes to their bodies. The male was larger in build and stood straighter while the female had a more leaning shape to her form. The female was thinner and was more nervous than the male. Just then three dog pokemon burst from the brush and charged for them. The lopunny turned and ran. The two running for their lives, carrying their light brown egg with them, ran through the forest, avoiding low branches and roots
During the chase they could hear the barks of the ones chasing them. The chase wouldn't last much longer. The two rabbits were quickly becoming fatigued. They didn't notice that the forest was thinning out and more wild flowers appearing and getting thicker. The lopunny didn't realize were they were going until they ran right into a "v" shaped cutout of the nearby cliffs. When they saw the Cliffside they turned and saw the pokemon chasing them. Just emerging from the forest was three dog pokemon. There was a Houndoom, Arcanine, and a Mightyena. They quickly closed the distance and trapped the lopunny in the cutout. The lopunny couple ran to the edge of the cliff, seeing there was no way up they started to tear up. The male turned to his mate, depression in his eyes, and embraced her for the last time. "We could try to save the egg." the male said with a melancholy tone. "What do you mean?" asked the female. "We could try to hide it in the rocks. They are similar color." The male stated. The female looked back to the dogs chasing them. Knowing they had caught their prey, they were slowly walking their way to them. The female then turned back to the male. "Do it. Hide the egg and pray to Arceus to protect it." She then gave the male the egg to take to the pile of rocks. He partially buried the egg in the rocks. With a tear escaping his eyes, he placed a silver necklace on top of the egg and prayed. "Arceus, please hear my prayer. I ask, no, beg you to protect our egg for we will be victims of a hunting party."
With the prayer sent he covered the egg in stones, completely hiding it. He then walked back to his mate, who was on the ground crying, and joined her. He tried to comfort her without breaking down himself. The dogs were then upon them and smiling with triumph and amusement. "Giving up now?" the houndoom asked mockingly. "With no escape, what else could they do?" retorted the mightyena. "Nothing, that's what." stated the arcanine, "Now let's enjoy our feast." They all started laughing evilly and approached the couple cowering in the wildflowers. Blood curdling screams could be heard throughout the forest. Within the cutout the flowers would be stained red and two silver necklaces will be buried under the flowers with two sets of pink tinted bones.
END FLASHBACK
Arceus shook off the chill she received upon the recollection of her buneary's parent's deaths. It was after the dogs left did she go and receive the egg. She still has the silver necklace in her room, waiting for the right moment to reveal the truth to her child. Arceus then went to her observation room and proceeded to find the human in trouble. After a few minutes, she found the cave he was in. It was a few miles outside of a small city. She then focused on the human. She thought she had the wrong cave at first. The darkness of the rainstorm caused the figure to be nothing but a silhouette. The figure looked to be a machoke with its size and build. When the lightning struck, emanating light, she saw that it was a human with brown hair. After a second bolt, she saw he was wearing a blue t-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and holding a black bag. She then saw the knife in his hand and the tears in his eyes. She could see his lips moving in the picture so she listened carefully.
"What an ending to my camping trip." The depression in his voice was strong enough to start effecting Arceus, giving her a feeling of sadness and pity for him. "I'm lonely and there's no way to fix it. I shouldn't even continue anymore." With Arceus finally understanding the issues bothering him, she knew what she will do. 'She will provide him with a new friend. The real question is what pokemon to send him. He needed a friend so it has to be loyal. After the lopunny incident she will no longer work with dog pokemon. The only other pokemon she could send is a blaziken and a gardevior or gallade. She then looked throughout the forest near the human. The closest of them was a blaziken clan near a small mountain about ten minutes away.' Now that she knew the pokemon to send, she teleported to the camp of blaziken for a torchic to send to the human. The blaziken clan were surprised when she appeared in the middle of their camp and immediately bowed in respect to the goddess. The elder was the first to rise. "To what honor do we receive this visit?" asked the elder. "I have come for aid in saving a life." Arceus stated in the tone that was expected from a deity. "What is it you require from us?" asked the elder. Arceus didn't really want to take a torchic from the clan. That would mean taking a child from its parents. She then decided that she would help keep the parents in touch with their torchic periodically. "I require a young torchic to prevent a suffering soul to take its own life." The clan started murmuring nervously. Arceus then continued, "I will aid the parents with visiting their child. They will be directed to its new home when that is known." There was a pair of blaziken that walked forward. They were holding a sleeping torchic. The male of the couple was the first to speak.
"Please keep her safe. She was hatched two weeks ago." He then held the little bird to the goddess. She took the bird and watched as the female cried into her mates shoulder. "I will direct you to the little one's new home when it is learned." The male nodded and Arceus bid them farewell. Everybody bowed in respect again as Arceus teleported.
When she rematerialized in the forest, she set the bird down and teleported away. She was still able to watch and direct the chick to the human. When the torchic awoke, it looked around expecting to see its parents. When it didn't it jumped up and looked in the brush. The rustling it made in the brush woke a houndoom resting in a small clearing with two other dogs. The torchic started running away as she saw the houndoom start to run toward her. She ran through the forest dodging roots jutting up through the ground. When she rushed through some brush, she found herself on a dirt road. She then started running toward the mountainside on the other side of the road when she tripped. The angle at which she fell caused her to twist her small ankle and she couldn't get up. That's when she felt something push down on her. She looked up and saw a smirking houndoom looming over her. The torchic then started screaming and calling for help. "Mommy, Daddy, Elder, somebody help!" The houndoom simply laughed. He enjoyed it when his prey cried for help when none was available.
"There's nobody here to help you. You're in the middle of nowhere. There are no camps of anything nearby." The houndoom said with a teasing tone. He then started lowering his head slowly, opening his mouth as he got closer. He loved torturing the small pokemon he caught like this.
As the houndoom's head got closer, the torchic could smell his breath. He smelled like the fresh food pile at the camp. She opened her eyes to a large maw right above her. She could see there was some blood staining of his teeth. She then noticed some flesh stuck between his teeth with brown fur. She didn't care what he had before but she didn't want to join it. She cried one more time hoping something was nearby.
FIVE MINUTES EARLIER
As the human stood near the mouth of the cave, he thought of all the problems he is facing. His parents died three years ago, leaving him there farm and all their money. His siblings, one brother and one sister, moved away after they turned 18. His brother moved away to some large city and became the head of the pokemon research department. He was always level headed and snobby. He wasn't as snobby as his sister and was more "down to earth" about his life and how to get things. His sister moved of to a city on the other side of the continent. She was quite a snobby brat. She was always caught up with fashion and expected everything to be given to her how she wants it. They were the reasons he liked to head on camping trips all the time. He didn't know when but a song crept its way into his head to which he started singing.
Lonely I'm Mr Lonely,
I have nobody,
For my own
I'm so lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
I have nobody,
For my own
I'm so lonely,
Yo this one here goes out to all my players out there ya know got that one good girl who's always been there like ya
Know took all the bullshit then one day she can't take it no more and decides to leave
I woke up in the middle of the night and I noticed my girl wasn't by my side, coulda sworn I was dreaming, for her I was
Feenin, so I had to take a little ride, back tracking over these few years, tryna figure out what I do to make it go bad, cause
Ever since my girl left me, my whole life came crashing
I'm so lonely (so lonely),
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own) girl
I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own) girl
Can't believe I had a girl like you and I just let you walk right outta my life, after all I put you through you still stuck
Around and stayed by my side, what really hurt me is I broke your heart, baby you were a good girl and I had no right, I
Really wanna make things right, cause without you in my life girl
I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own) girl
I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own) girl
Been all about the world ain't never met a girl that can take the things that you been through
Never thought the day would come where you would get up and run and I would be out chasing you
Cause ain't nowhere in the globe I'd rather be, ain't no-one in the globe I'd rather see then the girl of my dreams that made me
Be so happy but now so lonely
So lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own)
I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own) girl
Never thought that I'd be alone, I didn't think you'd be gone this long, I just want you to call my phone, so stop playing girl and
Come on home (come on home), baby girl I didn't mean to shout, I want me and you to work it out, I never wished I'd ever
Hurt my baby, and it's driving me crazy cuz...
I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own)
I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own) girl
Lonely, so lonely
So lonely, (so lonely),
Mr. Lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, (so lonely), Mr. Lonely
After the song, he took the knife and raised it through his throat. Muttering a final goodbye he slowly pressed the knife to his neck and was ready to slit his throat.