Chapter 2: Spirit

(Blank)= Mystery Character name

I don't like to think about my past, not that much anyways. And anything I can remember, is probably distorted. From what I can remember though, I was always happy. There never was a time where I didn't have a smile on my face, and people always looked for my smile to brighten their day. My tail was always wagging, along with my ears always perked up. Looking forward to when my family came home. After that, it gets a little fuzzy. The next part of my life I remember was being lost in the forest. At that point, I was all alone, no smile on my face. Until…. I don't know who my friend was back then. All I know is he was a fire type. He would walk and travel with me through the forest, we would always find out new things that made eachother laugh. I never would've guessed he could bring my smile back to me. Thinking I had finally found a place in life, I got comfortable around him.

"Woah, you alright there Spirit? I can tell lost deep in thought there…hopefully nothing bad?" (Blank) asked. His eyes were a stern red, and beautiful hair that rolled down his back and was a brilliant silver. for the love of arceus….no matter how hard I try, I can't remember his name. We continued to walk through the forest looking for someplace to settle for the night. Stars sparkled across the sky, and blended in with the navy blue atmosphere surrounding them. "No. I don't even remember what I was thinking about." I giggled at myself. Even though Espeon's were supposed to remember everything, I would always forget about what i'd be thinking. As helpful as coal without fire. "Don't strain yourself thinking about it Spirit. If you were meant to remember it, you would remember it. I learned that from a book." (blank) comforted me with those words. He spent a lot of time at the library. Every so often they would leave books out in the dumpster, and he would pick up and try to read them. That was until the librarian took him in and kept him there. He would help rearrange the books and stuff. (Blank) then would find a book and try studying the language. Over time, he eventually learned the human language english and understood it, but like most pokemon couldn't speak it. "To think, I wasted all that time trying to learn to speak the language, and I could've put it into other stuff." huffing, he then continued to speak. "And I never got to say goodbye to the old lady. She just, passed away one day at the desk. A new owner came in and kicked me out. But at least I met you Spirit! I don't think i'd be where I am right now without you and that beautiful smile."

Hiding his face away from me, I could tell he had been blushing, so I took full advantage of the situation. "So….. My smile; its beautiful you say?" Pushing it even further, I raised my tone a little and started confronting him on all sides.

"Yea-a-h? Why ask?" I had struck gold in this situation. He was having a nervous breakdown.

"Just curious. Don't get your tails all in a bunch." I pushed him into the bush beside us and continued walking. Leaves rustled as he popped out and looked at his matted fur. "Look at what you did Spirit! Now I have to spend hours pulling twigs out of my fur! You know how knotted my fur is!" playfully screaming at me, he was already tugging twigs and leaves out of his matted fur. Giggling at that, he decided to use tackle to knock me into the bush. "No way you're getting away with that one! Now you get to have to clean your fur! Payback!" Ewww…. I tasted leaves that were in my mouth, and immediately spat them out. "Now why'd you have to go and do that to me?! Aww….Now i got the taste of leaves in my mouth."

While I whined, (blank) was laughing himself silly watching me scrape my tongue with my paws.

"Maybe next time you won't push me into the bush!" (blank) said as he stuck his bright red tongue out at me. After that point, we found a place in the forest to camp out at for the night. The lake reflected the moon, and sitting by the lake was a strong great oak, which was great for us to place the fire.

"Spirit." (blank) asked with a serious tone. His flaming red eyes were staring at the lake in front of us.

"Do you ever think about life before you left wherever you were? Here…. Let me put it like this. What was your life like before we met? I don't think I ever asked you…" no one answered each other for a little while.

"You see, I don't really remember what my life was like before I left. One day, I remember waking up, and my family wasn't there. All of the people I knew, were just gone. Assuming they just went on a trip, I stayed there for a few days. But they never did…." Hey. I actually remembered something. Tears dripped from my face. Remembering the past and all the flooded thoughts in my mind were making me cry.

"Hey. Spirit, it's alright if you don't wanna talk about it. I was just asking about it out of curiosity." (Blank) moved closer to me and comforted me.

"No. It's alright." I insisted as I wiped away my newly shedded tear. "After that, I went on a journey to find them and got lost in the forest. Why and how I thought I could navigate the forest I don't know."

"You ever think about trying to find out where you lived? Did you ever try to go home?" he was looking up at the fireflies above us, dangling their lights. "No. I never tried to go back to my home. Just kept on moving ahead and never stopping. What about you?" I asked as I popped a chesto berry in my mouth. "I started out in a little pet shop. No one wanted me, so I was kicked out and put into a forest far away. After that, I tried tracing my steps back to the town. It took me a year; but I eventually made it to the library. And that was 2 years ago. Can't believe it's been 2 years since she passed." (blank) said with remorse. "I really wish I could've said goodbye to her." that was it. He would be too sad to go on. I shouldn't have even bothered to have asked. "I'm going to sleep. I'll see you in the morning." I could tell he was faking the yawn so he could go to sleep. Whatever. If he wants to fake it, he can be my guest. "Look. If you really didn't want to talk about it; That's one thing, but faking falling asleep? That's not going to avoid the inevitable." (Blank) knew I was right. But he let it slide of his back anyway. And nothing more was said to the matter at hand.

One Year Later

He was gone now. Moved onto to the last village I encountered. I'm all alone again. So go figures. The grass tickled my feet as I slowly faded into the tall grass in front of me. My next destination was unknown, but I knew I was coming up on a town. The nearest town was Pewter city; which was what I was told by the sandshrew a few days back. Hopefully there, I could find someplace to live. Maybe then, I can finally be happy with my life….

2 Days Later

The Going was tough, but I got through it. Sunshine shone on my face and reflected off my jewel as I overlooked Pewter City at its finest. Birds chirped off in chirped off in the distance as I gawked at the beauty of the city. Walking down the mountain, white vans came up from behind the pet store of the city. Curiosity got the best of me, and made me check out the situation. Guns were held in the owner's face at point blank distance, and the holders threatening to shoot if he did not comply.

"Give us all the pokemon you have right now." Rage filled the robbers voice. "Or do you want me to put a bullet in your head?" Complying with his order, he handed over the key for the locks on the door. I hid behind an old kennel that was outside on the street. Snarls were heard as my back slowly turned to see a Houndoom baring his teeth at me.

"Why hello there; how did you manage to get out?" following the Houndooms words, the big man with an R on his shirt came out.

"Wayne. Get that Espeon, will you? God must have been so careless to let a lowly Espeon get past me…" the man trailed on as he unlocked the vans doors. "Now why don't you come over here and and make it easy ma'am?" My muscles strained as I ran back into the forest I had just come out of. "Now where do you think your going?! We are not done yet!" He was bolting after me, I felt like a pidgeot in the air with the wind resistance blowing in my face. "Come on! Where's your sense of discovery and adventure?!" he screamed as he rushed towards me. Dirt rose up to my nose as my feet created a mini sand storm beneath my feet. He was getting closer, my only option was to lose him in the Viridian forest. No more sun came into view, just the light shining from the cracks between the leaves.

"Leave me alone!" I screamed to the houndoom in the distance. He played along with this and started playing all sweet. "Stop ma'am! I'm only trying to help you!" he was just toying with me. Vines caught my leg and shredded the fur off and tore on my skin. God, what am I supposed to do? Tugging away, cuts broke my skin but I did not care. "Wait ma'am! Where are you going?! There's nothing that way!" but it was too late, I had fallen off the cliff and to the bottom. Maybe it won't hurt to much…. Who am I kidding? Im good as dead when I hit the ground.

Waking Up The Next Day

"Ughhhh…..where am I?" I was careful not to be too loud as I did not know where I was, or what the dangers were. But then blueberry pancake aroma fluttered to my nose and peaked my curiosity.

"Oh, morning! Didn't know you would be awake so soon! Im Soul, what's your name?" the unfamiliar voice said. I choked on my own words, and he realized this. "Don't worry, you can tell me."

I felt….warm around him. He was comforting to me.

"My name is Spirit."

So apparently Spirit had a rough life before hand. And that falk did some damage to her head, hence why she can't remember some stuff, also why I call this Fragmented Memories. Also (blank) was a character that was first put in chapter one as Soul's stand in. But eventually, I decided to give him a backstory with no name. I may or may not reveal it in this story or another. Merry Christmas guys. P.S, I typed this crap on my phone for you guys, so be easy on pointing out all the misspelled errors. On google docs mobile, I erase one word, part of another word gets either combined with the erased word, or becomes the word I just erased sometimes. Annoying as all hell. Anyways, there will be a new years special for Midnight Sky.

Toodles!

SiLVeR