A Pokémon Story: A Forbidden Love's Journey

Chapter 1: How We Met

I guess that if you read this you'll see what love is like. Well I'll tell you what I think it is. It's difficult, pathetic, and it can make you do incredibly stupid, life threatening things. But I guess it's also the kind of sweet and sour that makes your jaw tickle, the worth is probably greater than everything you could ever want, it can also make your heart swell with a special warmth, and there's nothing you can trade for it in the entire world. So I'm told. I've been through all of it and back. It was too long and treacherous for me. I do not ever want to go through it again. But I say it was worth it. You're probably wondering what could have possibly been so good and so bad that it changed the course of my life forever. Well I guess you've been here long enough and are not getting any more bored than me actually. It wasn't that long ago either.

It started when I was running away from the pound. You're probably thinking that the pound isn't bad. In fact the pound is a great place for strays and lost Pokémon right? So why run from one? It's because this was no ordinary pound. They were poacher pounds for only poachers to receive Pokémon that they would train to hunt and destroy other Pokémon with no sense of direction to act on their own. This would usually happen after they would kill other unbreakable Pokémon from horrifying and constant beatings. These facilities are only found in the Deqoh region which is surrounded by the five other regions: Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova. So Pokémon from all these regions are transported to our region because we're the center of trade for not only Pokémon but for supplies and fuel. Not to mention that the Deqoh region is famous for its abundance in Eevees and Eevee evolutions. That is why they are on the Deqoh region flag and are also the most hunted Pokémon by poachers from other regions since they are very rare in every other region. Anyways, I somehow escaped and was on the run.

I was being chased through the thick and harsh trees of the Nightshadow Forest which was so blinding and cold you couldn't see anything that was a mere inch away unless you have night vision or a light source and you would need to be engulfed in feathers or fur to keep warm. Luckily for me, I had night vision, light, and fur on my side to help me out. But I didn't use my light because they would be able to spot me out like that human who follows those Growlithes in a fast, electric vehicle. I broke into a sprint trying to evade my evil pound pursuers, who were soon catching up. It's all thanks to the pound owner's nasty Gengar, hard-headed Steelix, vicious Vigoroth, and even the poisonous Drapion.

I was starting to run low on steam since I escaped a little detected and have been running for an entire hour, I think. I was going to get cornered sooner or later. I had to find cover. I couldn't see very well even with my night vision. But slowly, I heard a small roar grow in volume as I ran but not a Pokémon. I could soon depict quite a large river. I thought it over as a well-hidden place for me but I also knew how icy it would have been this late at night. But I really didn't have any choice as I heard their faint hollers slowly increase as they approached at an alarming rate. So I decided to hide in the river. When I reached the banks of the river, I slowly but carefully entered the bone-chilling, ice water. That way they wouldn't hear the splash I would've created.

Hearing the growls and hisses from the approaching villainous creatures I would once call "one of my kind", I plunged under the depth of the currents. I was propelled way down the river before I spotted and grabbed a large boulder. I held my breath for as long as my body would let me. I looked up and I could barely make out the image of a shadowy man hovering above me with those light sticks they always have. He was scanning the waters for me. I was beginning to panic but after a few seconds he left, believing I was somewhere else. I felt myself sigh with relief but not that wasn't the only thing I was feeling.

I was so cold and the river's underwater current was so powerful. I tried to hold on but I was going numb with each passing second. Soon my body grew tired, gave up fighting the current, and the rock slipped out from my grasp. I was sent hurtling through the raging water completely unable to get myself back to the surface for air. I fought the current with what little energy I had left but it was hopeless. I could also see the light from the rings on my body glow as if that would help in any way. I was slowly running out of air. 'I finally escaped from the most wretched place in Deqoh and how it ends is with my own end?' I thought.

I figured all I could do now is just let the current carry my corpse to the ocean. I figured I was done for. That is until I felt a force pushing me up away from the river floor. That took me by surprise. Who could have been saving me? I looked up to see who was doing this and how but I didn't see a thing. I could see the waves above my face and eventually I reached the surface. Feeling the wind smack my face as soon as I broke through the river was wondrous. I greedily breathed in as much air as I could.

I then had a fight with the current on the river's roof. When I finally reached the earth that rested on the side, I was able to pull myself out. Only to have the river try swallowing me whole again. The river's banks were so muddy and soggy that it would have pulled me back in. Before it had the chance, I saw a tree and its naked root extending to me. With no hesitations, I bit on it and heaved myself out once more.

I figured I escaped the poacher's clutches. For now. And I also tried to figure out who or what could have possibly been able to pull me out when I was moving so fast and out of control to be saved. Not to mention I couldn't see it so how could it have known I was even in the river in the first place, but I was too tired to care. Out of exhaustion, I saw a bed of grass that was growing larger than the surrounding area, and collapsed onto it. It was so soft and warm that I fell asleep almost instantly.

When the morning light woke me up, the sleepiness that lingered in me caused me to stretch out my front paws, hind rising in the air, while yawning in the process. I then noticed a stack of Oran and Pecha berries next to me. 'Ok now I know someone has got to be here,' I thought. 'It might to be the same person who saved me from the river last night. Maybe. 'So I started to look around for my rescuer, but before I did my gut grumbled like a crazed Gulpin since I was starving from lack of food thanks to the horrible creatures called pound managers. So after devouring a good amount of berries I started my search. I saw that I wasn't dragged off anywhere. I still remained in the Nightshadow Forest. Even though it was daylight, the forest was still hard to see in but enough to see most of your surroundings.

As I walked for a while, all of a sudden, I heard a branch snap right behind me. I quickly jerked around but didn't see anything. I couldn't tell what snapped that twig. I didn't know if it was the pound, my rescuer, or some stupid wild Pokémon about to protect its territory from the intruder. I heard it behind me again, stepping on another piece of driftwood again, and I turned again, to see nothing again. Then I saw something duck behind some Pecha berry bushes. I knew it was the thing that was lurking around like a really dumb Duskull, trying to pull an annoying prank on anyone it comes across. I crept up slowly and got ready to pounce on whoever or whatever was messing with me. Right before I could jump, a head pops out from behind the bushes. Startled, I jump back. Then I got ready to fight it off. But I look closer to see that it wasn't going to fight. In fact, this Pokémon was laughing a quiet yet audible giggle. This also proved it was a girl too.

"What's so funny?!" I screamed at her.

"You are," she giggled jumping out from behind the bushes, "I'm guessing you recovered well from last night?" She was a very interesting Pokémon to look at or in my case stare at. Considering she had such a shimmering coat of a pinkish-purple fur that wrapped around her so perfectly that I bet would feel like heaven to touch. So smooth and silky soft. She had big, sparkling, purple eyes like two beautiful, purple jewels were placed right there, on her face. Attached on her forehead was a small, spherical, red gem that showed more glamorously in the sun's basking glory as well as a long, forked-tail that waved in summer's coolest of breezes. Not to mention four gorgeous, skinny legs that moved ever so gently and slowly as if she was walking on her own little cloud. Then I shook my head, hard, to get me out of this trance I somehow fell in.

So to cover up what she might have thought was me trying make out her body's most precious features, I asked, "So was it you that rescued me last night?"

"Yep, I sure did," she responded back. It looked like she didn't even notice. I was relieved to see that. I honestly don't know why I was hypnotized by her earlier.

"Thanks and I feel great with the help of those Oran and Pecha berries."

"You're welcome," she said happily, "You want some more?" She then she picked another Pecha berry and placed it in front of me.

"No thanks," I said. I tried not to sound rude but I think it came out louder than expected. I soon blushed and she seemed to blush too but I honestly don't know why. "By the way before I forget, what's your name," I asked curiously.

"My name is Katrina but everyone calls me Kat, I'm an Espeon," she said with great pride. "And yours is?"

"Kai, I'm an Umbreon," I said, trying my best not to sound like I was about to throw up. I think I failed at that to. What was making me act so weird? I've never acted like this before. Not once in my life. But I wasn't really worried about that at the moment.

Then she looked at me curiously. I kind of tilted my head trying to figure out what she was doing. She noticed that and blushed so much she was starting to look a little sun burnt, even though she really wasn't. "Sorry," she said shyly, "It's just you have an amazing set of red eyes and I really like the golden rings on your legs, ears, and forehead. They really illuminate both metaphorically and realistically."

"Uh, thanks," I said. I didn't quite know how to respond to that comment. Then I remembered what it was I wanted to ask her in the first place. "Hey Kat, do you know anywhere I can go where I'll be safe," I asked. "I need to hide from a bunch of idiotic goons."

As soon as I said that her face lit up. Seriously, neither of us knows what she's doing, right? "I sure do but I'll have to take you there myself," she quickly responded.

"Why?"

"I have to, because I know my way around Deqoh. It's very easy to get lost in this forest and the paths along the way to where I'm taking you." Then Kat started to walk away from the rising sun, I think, and away from me.

"Where are you taking me exactly and how long will it take to get there," I yelled.

"You're gonna have to follow me to find out!"

I sighed, not from pleasure but from being annoyed really. 'Something tells me it will take a long time to get where ever we're going,' I thought. Then I look up to see her now sprinting away from me. "Hey, wait up," I screamed chasing after her. That's how our journey began. But things were going to change in both our lives. In more ways than anyone could ever think of. Ever.