The forest was calm and serene, no creature disturbed the night.
All was silent as the wind blew, holding sleeping Hoppip and Jumpluff.
As the forest dawned, a figure walked through the forest. The figure was tall and sleek, adorning a beautiful gown. As the figure walked, silhouetted by the light, other pokemon began to awaken. Slowly the forest was filling with life, birds chirping, pokemon calling. As the sun rose the figure became more noticeable. T'was a gardevoir, holding a mew in her arms.
The mew was wounded, multiple cuts covering her body. As the gardevoir walked, the mew began to awaken.
'Where am I?' the mew inquired, rubbing her eyes.
'Don't worry,' the gardevoir reassured mew, 'You will be fine.' Her voice was elegant, sounding like as graceful as a violin.
The mew looked up at the gardevoir's face, 'Who are you?' she asked.
A loud crack of thunder broke the serenity as it started to rain. The gardevoir quickly ran to shelter under a tree. 'My name is Gaze.' she replied still cradling mew in her arms.
'I'm Miauler...' Miauler was fading back into sleep.
'Rest.' Gaze took hold of Miauler's head and tucked her body into a ball. The mew slept quietly.
Hours had passed and the rain had stopped. Gaze continued on, taking Miauler to a place of healing. The walk spanned beyond the forest, eventually bringing the two to a vast plane. The grass spread far beyond the horizon, dotted around were pokemon of all kinds. As Gaze made her way through, she encountered no conflict.
This was a time of peace.
She walked for leagues before finding her destination, a small stone cottage. As they entered they were greeted by an elderly Shiftry and shown into a room. In side this room was a Celebi.
'You need healing?' the Celebi asked, flying over to Gaze.
'Ma-mae-' Gaze began, however the Celebi quickly took Miauler and placed her on a table. Gaze watched as Ma-mae started preparing some herbs and medicinal flowers.
'Wait outside with Po-pa dear.' Ma-mae said to Gaze. Gaze knew better than to question Ma-mae and quickly departed. As she exited, the elderly Shiftry gestured to a chair in the corner of the room. Gaze sat in it and waited. Hours went by until Ma-mae exited the small room.
'Your friend will be fine, all she needs is some sleep.' she said 'But she will have to stay here for some time.' Gaze's heart rested in relief. 'Where did you find the poor girl?' the celebi was preparing some tea as she asked this.
'She was being attacked by a band of Scyther,' Gaze looked back into her memories, 'I had just gotten there in time to stop them.' Ma-mae was already pouring out tea as she spoke.
'You should not be wandering the forest dearie.' Ma-mae's concern was mother-like. Po-pa simply grunted in agreement.
'If I had not then that mew may not have lasted the night.' Gaze explained.
Ma-mae looked at Gaze, reminiscing of her own childhood. She took a sip of tea and responded, 'I guess that is true.'
Gaze stared into her cup. She had never been one for divination, so she took a sip and gazed out the window. The plains were spread far and wide. Leagues of grass accompanied by pokemon dotted the beautiful sight. In the sky, bird pokemon of all shapes and sizes flew and sung. Gaze looked over the forest and saw what looked like a forest spirit flying in the distance. She had never seen anything like it, but as quickly as it came, it vanished. She pondered on the creature she had seen above the forest.
Finishing her tea, Gaze left the cottage to take a walk. Ma-mae continued to attend to her other patients while Po-pa read a book about magic.
Gaze had never really thought about anything much, she just let the wind take her to were ever it wanted. As she walked, she met many a pokemon in the field. All the pokemon around here were friendly, they cared not for the outside world. As she wandered, the wind blew along with her.
Tonight, she goes where she want.
Eventually she found a nice spot and sat down. The sun began to set above the forest. As Gaze watched, another glimpse of the pokemon she saw before appeared. Maybe later she could go look for it, maybe speak with it. As the sun set the world seemed to take on a new persona. Silence began to set in. The lights from Ma-mae's cottage flickered on, and Gaze got up to return to it. The sound of the wind was sweet, bringing an essence of peace to the silence. Gaze began her walk back, but took her time. The peace was one in a million, pure and untouched by corrupted hands.
Gaze sat in a chair, tea in hand and a bowl of soup before her. She always enjoyed Ma-mae's cooking; the hearty stews and soups she made could take all your troubles away. Gaze slept the night at Ma-mae's, daring not to leave the poor mew by her lonesome. Days went by. After many days, a visitor came. He bore news for Gaze.
'Your parents send their regards, milady' the gallade bowed upon entering the cottage.
'Sir Guvar!' Gaze's shock at the sudden appearance of a knight confused Guvar.
'You parents wish to know when you plan on returning.' the knight explained.
Gaze looked at the knight and thought on the question, she turned her head towards the knight.
'I shall return when I have finished my research.' she replied.
'Of course milady, I shall tell your parents immediately.' and with that the knight left.
Gaze sighed in relief, if her parents had known she was harbouring a mew...
There was a commotion in the back. Gaze quickly entered to find Miauler had awakened. She was screaming in a corner as Ma-mae tried to comfort her.
'Get them away!' the small pokemon screamed. There was a flash of light and Miauler had returned to sleep. The celebi was calling forth spores to put the mew to sleep. Gaze sighed and went back out into the front room. Gaze passed by Po-pa, but was stopped by his massive leaf.
'Worry not child.' the elderly pokemon simply said. Gaze gasped, this was the first time Po-pa had ever spoken to her. 'The mew is a pokemon born to survive, just as Arceus had meant it.' He looked back down at his book, 'She will pull through.' Gaze could not help but trust the elder. His knowledge spaned hundreds of years, or at least that's the rumour. Ma-mae and Po-pa have been living in this little cottage since before even Gazes parents were born. Gaze couldn't fathom all the adventures they could of had in all their life time. The two were always here in the cottage, tending to the sick and needy. Hundreds of questions flew from Gazes mouth most times she visited. Gaze sat upon a small bedroll made for her and tried to sleep. But she couldn't shed the thought of Miauler. If she hadn't found the mew, then the mew would have surely died. Gazed shuddered at the thought of one sentient pokemon harming another. How could anyone, even a group of unruly scyther, harm something so innocent and defenceless? Gaze's dreams were littered with sights of blood and tears. The hearts of innocent pokemon, crushed as savages torture their families. Gaze awoke many times that night, not knowing whether she was still dreaming or truly awake.
As the day had dawned, Gaze went in to check on Miauler. As she walked into the main room she was treated to the smiles of Ma-mae and Miauler, as well as a grunt from Po-pa. The elderly shiftry seemed to still be reading his book, while the two legendries shared tea. Gaze sat and took up a cup for herself.
'Thank you,' Miauler said after a long silence, 'I might not have made it here by myself'.'
'I did what was right.' Gaze accidentally slipped into her noble piece of mind as she spoke, but quickly corrected herself 'Leaving you to suffer would be truly evil.'
They all remained silent until before long it was time for departure. Gaze and Miauler bid Ma-mae and Po-pa farewell and started towards the forest. Gaze look up, and she spotted the flying spirit once again.
'Miauler,' she gestured to the gracefully flying silhouette on the horizon, 'What is that?' The smaller pokemon look out to see the graceful creature just before it disappeared into the forest canopy.
'That is our guardian,' Miauler's eyes lit up as she spoke, 'I had thought it abandoned us.' They continued walking until they reached the forest. They bade each other farewell and Miauler disappeared into the forest. Gaze looked to the west; she could make out her palace on the horizon. As she made her walk there she encountered no trouble, from none, neither civilised nor beastly. Gaze caught glimpses of pokemon looking at her from all parts of the forest. She did not mind, but after a while she became nervous. Eventually she found her way into a small town. She took the road from their after refilling supplies.
The palace may have looked beautiful to some, but Gaze loathed it. Bland white walls and pompous noble wandering the halls, servants tripping up over upturned carpets and being flogged for breaking something. Gaze hated every part of it, she wanted to always be away from it.
'Darling!' a pompous voice alerted Gaze that her mother had found her. She looked up to find an elderly Gallade and Gardevoir running down a staircase. Gaze's mother embraced her as if she would never let go. 'Never do that again!' Gaze was annoyed by her mother's constant attempts to stay inside the palace.
'Guvar!' the knight quickly came to Gaze's side, 'Take my daughter to her quarters!' The knight obeyed and before long Gaze sat on her bed in the palace, staring at a mirror. This was the only part of the palace she liked. When she looked at the mirror, it wasn't Gaze who looked back. Instead, this mirror was a direct route to the Torn Realm. As Gaze stared she felt the realm's guardian beckoning. It was true that Gaze couldn't stand another minute in this place. So she walked through the mirror and into the Torn Realm. She was greeted by Giratina and she set of to explore.
Her own personal place, in her own personal forest.
Gaze wandered and found a good tree to sit on. The realm was vast and she was happy. It was then she recounted a saying told to her by Ma-mae:
Peace is the herald of life,
without it we are broken.
This place may be torn, but peace still persists.
This is a story told from the perspective of two pokemon in differing files. This one will detail the experience of Soul the Shedinja, the other will detail the experience of Gaze the Gardevoir.