Latias: I know I should be working on my other fics, but I got an idea…and it sometimes helps to take a break…it's a what-if situation…if May was like Tarzan/or that boy in The Kangaskhan Kid episode
Dark Latias: it hurts writing when you just stare at the screen…so just get out of the slump, start typing!
Torch: sometimes I don't quite get them…
Crystal: I never get D, but that's besides the point…I'll do it this time…
Disclaimer: Latias Eevee does not own Pokémon though we all wish there would be more spin-offs and variety
Nekko-chan: now let's get started!
Separation: May Meets An Unusual Friend
It was a bright sunny day at the Hoenn Safari Zone in the camping area as a young two year old girl was running towards a tent, laughing happily.
"May!" her mother, Caroline shouted, "Where in the world have you been! You had us worried!" Her father, Norman, looked over and nodded his agreement, starting to become preoccupied with the fire.
The little girl looked remorseful for a second, "I'm sorwy," then she perked up, taking a purple flower out of her bag, "Look at the flower I fownd!"
"It's a nice flower, but you really shouldn't run – May!" Caroline panicked as May took off after a Dustox that had suddenly swooped down and had taken her flower. Norman looked up at his wife's shout and when he saw her chasing after May, who was far ahead, he sent out his Vigoroth to watch the fire and tried to catch up. They tried to tell May to stop, but she was too focused on getting the flower back to listen.
Soon they came to a cliff, which the Dustox flew down to try to shake off it's pursuers. May stopped at the edge, looking down.
"My flower…" she looked forlornly at the Dustox flying around.
"May," her father said, "Hurry back over here, that cliff doesn't look very stable…"
"Okay…" May said as she turn around. As she took a step towards them, the cliff crumbled and she fell with a scream.
"May!" her parents shouted in dismay.
Luckily for May, just at the time she fell, a Pidgeot decided to dive for the Dustox and she landed on its back. The Pidgeot was surprised by the sudden weight and tried to knock May off. May, on the other hand, forgot all fears when she landed and was quite enjoying herself as the Pidgeot flew further and further away from her parents. Norman and Caroline tried to keep up but failed.
The Pidgeot soon flew far off into the preserve area of the Safari Zone and it finally managed to get May off as it flew low over some trees. May screamed fearfully as she fell but her fall was cushioned by a pile of leaves. Unfortunately, in doing so she startled the Eevee that apparently lived there. This Eevee was a bit unusual, its main body fur was a darker shade of brown than that of a normal Eevee, it had white fur where it would have had tan, and the tips of its ears, paws, and tail were blue. For a moment the two stared blankly at each other.
"An Eevee?"
The sound of May's voice snapped the Eevee out of its stupor. Immediately it took a defensive position and started growling.
"I'm sorwy, I didn't mean to scare you," May took a step forward, which the Eevee responded by taking a step back, stepping on an injured leg, it winced.
"Oh, you're hurt!" May started to go through her bag, retrieving some bandages and a potion that she swiped from her father while he wasn't looking. But the Eevee didn't look like it wanted to cooperate. May took a chocolate bar out of her bag and tried to offer it to the Eevee. When it refused, May took a small bite.
"See? It's good."
Hesitantly, it leaned forward and took the chocolate. The Eevee soon finished the chocolate and it looked like it had enjoyed it. May started to pet it's head, and after feeling startled for a moment, the Eevee calmed down and found that it liked being petted.
"Will you let me help you nouw?" She asked.
The Eevee slowly nodded its head and let the little girl get close.
"It miwght sting a little, okay?" May said as she applied the medicine and bandages. When she was done, the Eevee sat up happily, already feeling a little better.
"Eevee eve!"
Then it looked up at her worryingly. The Eevee walked up to her and put its paw on her leg, looking like it was concentrating quite a bit, and May heard a male voice.
'What is a human like you doing in a place like this?'
At first, May was quite surprised that the Eevee was talking to her in her mind. But being a young child that didn't know much about the world, she shrugged it off and accepted it.
"I was camping with my Mommy an Daddy wwhen a meawn Dustock took my flower…I tried to get it bawck, but I fell owff a cliff an landed on a Pidgeot. It flew here…" May looked quite sad, "Do you know where I miwght find Mommy an Daddy?"
The Eevee shook his head.
'In the time that I've been here, I haven't seen any humans, other than yourself. Nor have most of the other Pokémon here.'
At this, May started crying. She cried for quite some time and the Eevee tried to pacify her after a while, but nothing seemed to work. After trying several different things the Eevee sighed and laid down at May's feet, and started to sing a song.
'Calm down now, it's alright,
I'm not going nowhere far,
Hush now, see clear,
I'll be here for you,
Sleep, dream, wake, play,
It will be alright little one…'
May hugged him suddenly, startling him into stopping.
"That was a pretty song……thank you…" she said, tears still flowing down her face.
The Eevee blushed a bit, then seemed a little sad.
'My…my parents used to sing it to me…'
May looked at him with understanding in her eyes.
"You miss youwr Mommy an Daddy, too…do you want to tawlk about it? It's okay if you don't…"
'We lived far from here, on an island. We didn't have a name for our home…it was just our home. We knew that we were different from other Pokémon that lived further out and on the mainlands, but we never really cared. Each of us had our own unique markings…My father was a Jolteon with sharp black and gold marks and my mother a Vaporeon with curved silver and red marks…to keep the explanation simple for now…We had never seen humans before, but we had heard of them from traveling Pokémon passing by.
'One day, a group of humans came to our island. They attacked us immediately…many of us were captured and taken from our home. Other humans we saw later called them 'poachers' or 'Pokémon Hunters', humans that the poachers were selling us to…we were scared…After a few weeks of moving around, I saw my father being sold. All of us from the island started making chaos of the area at the sight and were joined by the other captured Pokémon. My father was very well respected amongst all of the different Pokémon of the island, so of coarse, even after what the humans had done to our spirits, we had to do something…
'In the confusion, several of us escaped, but it and some explosions separated us. I unfortunate to end up alone…I wandered alone for a few months, trying to find my friend and family…soon I ended up in this area. I fell into a river not far from this place and was swept down the waterfall. This place is surrounded by steep cliffs, a Pokémon like myself can't climb them, and none of the ones who can get out are willing to help me…'
May patted the Eevee on the head, "What mean bullies! If I had been there I would have knocked their teeth out!"
'Thanks for the thought…wait, what happen to your accent?!'
It was true, in her excitement May completely dropped the young child accent that most children had at her age. May looked slightly embarrassed at this and decided to explain.
"I used the little kid accent, even though I can speak very well, because my parents started acting weird…" May trailed off a little, "Hey, um, if it's alright with you, can I stay with you? I mean, uh –"
'It's okay. It is lonely being by myself all the time…Besides, a young human your age would have hard time surviving in this place. Not all of the Pokémon here are very friendly, and many would just as soon attack you as see you.'
May laughed ruffling the fur on his head, "Thanks. My name is May, do you have a name?"
'My name is Shadow.'
---Meanwhile with Caroline and Norman.---
They went as far as they could after the Pidgeot, but to no avail. They went to the management of the Safari Zone and had many search parties sent out. For several days and weeks they searched, but found nothing. But even after several years had passed, Norman and Caroline still had hope, because even though their daughter hadn't been found, it meant there was still a chance that she was still alive…
To Be Continued…
Latias[stares blankly at the screen wow…I wrote this in record time…very…this is the most I've written in such a short amount of time ever in my life…I doubt this will be repeated…
Dark Latias: the Hoenn arc storyline will start being replaced (with a few twists) in either the second or third chapter…this is going to be interesting, mwahahaha!
Crystal: I really don't like it when she laughs like that…
From 8/27/07 to 8/30/07