Bboyz:
Wow… thanx for the reviews guys! I'm loved!! Hehehe (bboyz runs around the room then hugs Eevee)
Ray:
Hey hey hey… let go off Eevee, you're suffocating it! (goes and snatches Eevee away from bboyz) That's what you get when writers are high on sugar… or caffeine… sigh… Anyway, who's doing the disclaimer?
Espeon:
Bboyz does not own pokemon, even though he wishes he does… He also does not own any of its character etc. He only owns his original character (however original that may be… P) Ray! Hahaha…
Ray:
I'm owned?!
Bboyz:
I caught Ray (shows a peace sign with his fingers and sticks out his tongue)
-- Palace Entrance, Kingdom of Pallet --
"Who goes there?!" asked a very scary looking palace guard with his Growlithe by his side. Ray flinched as Growlithe barked at him and his Eevee. He held Eevee tight in his arms.
'Hey Mew… anytime soon would be good' Ray thought as an image of a chuckling pink feline floating in the air runs into his mind. He sighed.
"It's ok guards… Let him in… He's a newbie acolyte here to train". Ray looked up at a figure on top of the palace gate where a few archers were ready with bows and arrows. The man was dressed in a white robe with red at the wrist and the chest upwards. He looked at Ray and smiled. His hair was also red.
'You know a high priest, MEW? And you've assigned me to become an acolyte? I'm more into adventures…' Ray thought and hoped that Mew would respond.
'Hey… I'm legendary… I have my influences! And as for the job specification and acolyte will suit you good with your healing powers… You already know how to combat! Acolytes also remain in the palace a lot'
'Great… and you mean to tell me that I'll be stuck in here till my job is done?'
'Yap, afraid so my friend. Well, I've got to go… just think of my if you need anything'
Ray smiled at the guard and growlithe who still observed him suspiciously. Who wouldn't if a stranger dressed in a white robe appeared demanding entrance? Ray walked into the palace compound and looked for the high priest that had saved his butt. He then noticed a few eyes observing him from a window.
-- One of the rooms of the Palace of Pallet --
"You know… he looks… cool…" said a figure with black messy hair.
"Owh no you don't! don't go crushing on another guy!" a figure with orange hair replied.
"Yeah… what about Richie and Snap?" a figure with spiky brown hair added.
"Honestly, do you two think that I'm only capable of falling heads over heels with a cute guy that walks into our premise?" the first figure asked. The other two nodded. The first figure sighed.
"But you know, that guy looks so cute now with that Eevee… forget that I said he was cool!"
-- Eastern Tower, Palace of Pallet --
The red haired high priest observed Ray. Ray felt quite embarrassed. Eevee looked up and Ray and licked his cheeks to calm him down.
"Thank mate" Ray said as he scratched under Eevee's neck. The brown pokemon purred like a Persian. The high priest smiled.
"Well, you seem to have a way with pokemons. No wonder Mew thought you'd be great with being an acolyte. By the way, my name is Lance. Formally, in front of everyone, call me Sir but hey, just call me by my first name any other time. I hate formalities!" Lance said as he sat down on his chair and put his legs on top of his table.
Ray looked dumb struck. 'Aren't priests supposed to be… hurm… let's say… a little well-mannered?' he thought.
'Don't worry Ray… He's outgoing!"
"I'm outgoing? What was that all about?" Lance asked. Ray looked surprised. Lance shrugged. "How else do you think you gained entrance into the palace? Mew contacted me before and briefed me on a few things"
"You mean you actually know that pink fluff ball?" Ray asked. He knew Mew didn't like to be called that but hey, he wasn't told of anything that he was supposed to be told about this place. With frustration, I let Eevee down since I'm quite destructive when I'm mad.
"Hey, don't blow your ponitas! Well… Let me give you the lowdown… Mew told me that you're here on a mission, that you should be blended in with the rest of the people here at the palace. So, that's not too hard and can be considered done already", explained Lance. Ray raised an eyebrow giving him one of those 'how the heck will that happen?' looks.
"Oh, don't push yourself so much. Everyone's friendly here in the palace except maybe for those guards. They used to give me the creeps. And anyway, with your personality; which I am told was quite charming and friendly, you'll fit in. Plus they love people that can bond with pokemons well, which is another one of your specialties".
'Well… he got me' Ray thought.
"And so, you also need to be close to the prince right? Well, he has this band of friends around him, which none of them is an acolyte. I have my ways of getting you in, so don't worry… And you should know something about the prince too…" Lance paused but then shook his head. He looked at Ray and then smirked;"Actually, I'll let you find that out on your own". Ray could swear he heard a certain pink fluff chuckling at that comment. Ray rolled his eyes…
'This is gonna be one heck of a mission…'
-- The Prince's Room, Palace of Pallet --
The prince looked in the mirror. He loved his messy hair; it was one of his trademarks so he made sure he rarely combs them. He adjusted his silver crown and straitens out his shirt and vest. He then turned around to get approvals from his friend.
"Ash, you look like you always do…" said an orange haired girl Ash sighed. She never really had much enthusiasm with helping him out with his looks.
"Say misty, where's Brock?" Ash asked. Misty shrugged. "But he's supposed to be here by now, with Snap and Richie. The high priest wanted us to meet his new student! That cute guy we saw…"
The door slams open. "Sorry we're late Ash!" Brock came in, rattling his swordsman suit. Behind him came two other figures; one with golden blond hair and the other with red hair.
"Sorry is the only thing you could master? You should be ashamed of yourself Brock!" Ash pouted as he crossed his arms in front of his chest. Misty sweat dropped and sighed.
'He's doing that thing again… And then Brock's gonna say something really stupid and I'll have to do damage control… This routine is getting tiring…' Misty thought.
"What do you expect? Richie in his birthday suit?" Brock teased. Ash turned beet red at the comment. Richie sighed and slapped Brock behind the head while Snap giggled. Misty then gives Brock one of her punches and dragged him out of the room closely followed by Snap.
"Well, we better go Ash. The high Priest is expecting us…" Richie said. Ash was still beet red.
"Richie… I'm sorry he said that…" Ash blurted out. Richie laughed.
"It's ok Ash… It's just a comment… Hahaha… Do you really want me in my birthday suit?" Richie joked as he put his arms around Ash back and walked out of the room with him.
'Oh I wish…' Ash thought and he was growing purple. Richie laughed at the colour change Ash's face was experiencing.
"You must really do eh…" he laughed.
"Not funny…" Ash replied and looked the other way. Richie thought that his jokes had gone too far and pulled Ash's face around by his chin and they accidentally looked into each others eyes. Richie stumbled backward, awkward with the situation.
"Ash… you know it'll never work… And I'm not… We've talked about this before…" Richie said and sighed. Ash was cute but he wasn't really into guys. It was… well, unnatural.
"I know…"
"But hey, don't worry… I love having a fan! One of these days, you might actually get to see me in my birthday suit!" Richie joked to ease the tension. Ash smacked him on his back and they walked on towards Lance's office.
-- Eastern Tower, Palace of Pallet --
Upon entering, Ash and Richie halted when they saw that all the others have been waiting for them and also had annoyed faces except for Lance and Ray who where talking to each other.
"You two didn't lose your way did you? Or did something happen along the way? Lost something? Maybe a few clothes…" Brock asked which gained him another punch in the head from Misty. Snap laughed and looked at the two boys at the door.
"Well, come on in guys. We've been waiting", Snap said as he led the two boys in and closed the door behind them. The five friends stood in front of Lance's desk and waited quietly for the two in front of them to finish their conversation. Ray glanced towards them and then he stopped talking and signaled for Lance to stop too. Lance turned around and greeted the gang.
"Well Prince Ash. How nice of you to drop by…" Lance said.
"You did order them here…"
"Shut up" Lance said to Ray. Ray rolled his eyes. The five youngsters laughed as Ray humoured them. Lance sighed. 'He'd fit in just fine…'
"Well now, everyone. This is Ray Chong. He's a newly trained acolyte and well, will be a personal acolyte for the prince from now on…" Ray looked at the group of youngsters in front of him. Well, they couldn't really be called youngsters by him since they were mostly his age anyway.
"Hey guys. Urm… Nice to meet you all"
"The pleasure is all ours…" Snap replied with a smile.
'Bishonen!' cried a very excited Ash in his thoughts. Misty and Snap also thought of the same idea. Richie and
Brock just returned his smile.
"Owh yeah, I forgot…" Everyone looked at Ray. And Eevee hoped onto Ray's right shoulder," This is my Eevee".
"Cute! Bishonen and his Eevee!" Ash thought again and started to turn quite red. Brock saw thins and laughed mentally in his head. Misty sighed as she knew what Ash was thinking. Snap and Richie shrugged at the three that's acting quite weirdly.
"Well now, let me introduce them to you Ray. This is the prince; Prince Ash Ketchum of Pallet. Next to him is his personal maid, Misty. On the other side of the prince is Brock, his loyal and personal swordsman and well, soldier I supposed. The youngster with the golden blond hair is Snap, the prince's personal magician and last but not least, Richie, his personal archer", Lance explained.
'Hurm… I wonder why he needs all these personal guard and helpers?' Ray thought. Ray smiled at each and every one of them when they were introduced.
"And you'll be sharing your room with Richie and Snap", Lance added. Ray mentally kicked the old guy. Couldn't he get his personal space? Richie smiled and Snap lightened up.
'Aww… He could always sleep with me…' thought Ash and mentally kicked the high priest as well. Eevee jumped down from Ray's shoulder and snuggled against Snap's leg. Snap picked Eevee up and gave it a hug. Ray smiled.
"Looks like Eevee's made a new friend already" Ray said and he smiled at Snap. Snap blushed a little but knew very well how to cover it.
'Hope Eevee's not the only one wanting one of my hugs…' but he then mentally slapped his thoughts back to its senses as it was not helping him with the situation.
"Hey Ray, since you're new here, let us give you a tour of the Palace premises" Snap suggested and looked at his friends.
"No can do, have to go training…" Brock said while Richie nodded.
"It's best I'll leave it to the boys to give you the tour Ray" Misty said and smiled. Ray returned her smile and nodded at their suggestion.
"Alright, I'm in! I don't have much to do anyway… Let's go!" Ash said as he marched out of the room.
'Well he's full of energy' Ray thought as he followed Ash out of the room with Snap just behind him. Brock went up to Richie and whispered into his ears.
"Keep and eye on that magician. I think he has tricks up his sleeves for our new friend". Richie nodded and knew what Brock meant. Brock was one of those guys that have hunches that usually come true. Since they'll be sharing rooms, he'd be the best to keep an eye on Snap. Then, both the guys exit the room. Misty went up to Lance.
"High Priest… Is it really necessary for the prince to have his own acolyte?" Misty asked. Lance shrugged.
"Truthfully, he doesn't really need an acolyte. I'm just placing Ray with you guys so that he'd settle in easier with people his age and all and maybe he'd prove himself useful one of these days…" Misty nodded and saw that Lance had given her the answer she was looking for. Misty then made her way out of the room and closed the door behind her.
'I'm afraid the prince is in for more than he's expecting if Mew had sent someone to be close by…' Lance thought as he looked out of the window to see the Western Tower of the palace where the sages were at work.
-- Somewhere in the forest --
Gary woke up but felt tired and numb everywhere. He couldn't even keep his eyes opened for much too long and closed it back down again. The other pokemons just kept watch of the newly transformed Eevee from afar. After a while of more sleep, Gary gained the strength to move as his stomach was rumbling in search of food. He felt his head still hurting.
"What's wrong with my head? It hurts like hell!" Gary thought. He tried to reach his head with his hand but somehow knew that he couldn't. He looked confused and knew that something must be wrong. As he failed
in rubbing his head with his own head, he gave up and let it go back to his side. Then, he felt something strange at his sides. It felt soft an furry… He looked down at his body and saw brown fur covering it. He screamed.
"What the heck happened? Why is my body like this?! Why are my hands short? OMG! I have paws!" He then thought of something and looked behind him. "I even have a tail to go with the whole thing! ARGH!" He then tried to stand up but failed miserably. The other pokemons laughed at the sight from behind the bushes. Gary then tried walking on all fours which felt very weird but he was able to maintain his balance. He walked up to a pond and looked at his reflection.
"I'm an Eevee? What is wrong with me? Is this a dream? More like a nightmare! What the heck happened here?" Gary asked aloud. His questions caught the ears of a Poliwag who was trying to catch a nap. This enraged the little critter. It swam towards Gary with an angry face.
"Oh no… Don't tell me that tadpole's out to get me!" With that said, Poliwag shot a water gun attack which blew Gary a few meters back. Gary didn't know what to do. He knew pokemons can attack, but didn't know how to do it himself… Poliwag then waggled its way towards Gary and shot a bubble attack. Gary screamed as the bubbles hit him everywhere on his body.
"Aren't bubbles supposed to be softer?" he asked himself as his pain grew. He fell down and breathes heavily. Suddenly, out of nowhere, another pokemon came in front of him. He wishes that the pokemon would defend him from this little critter. He felt weak and his sight was blurred. All he could see was a dark coloured pokemon with yellow rings here and there on its body.
"An Umbreon?" Gary mentioned with his last strength and fainted. Umbreon smiled at the little weak Eevee and gave Poliwag a tackle which blew it back into the pond. Umbreon then went up to Gary and licked it's face. Umbreon gave a signal to the other to come out.
Espeon used its psychic attack to lift Gary up onto Umbreon's back while Vaporeon used water gun to wash Gary from all the dirt he picked up in the fight. They also saw that he had bruises. Glaceon produced ice to be placed on Gary's bruises. Then the pokemons followed Umbreon who was carrying Gary. They were in search of somewhere to spend the night as dust was setting. They then found a cave and settled in.
Leafeon produced a soft bed for Gary to sleep in and then it went out with Jolteon to gather up some fire wood. Upon their return, Flareon started the fire. The pokemons gathered around the fire and was chattering with each other. Glaceon slept next to Gary as it couldn't stand the heat produced by the bonfire. Then the pokemon all went to sleep.
-- Ray's new Room, Palace of Pallet --
Snap pushed Ray onto his bed and looked at him in the eyes. "Hey Ray… here's a welcoming kiss…" Snap kissed Ray on the lips who took it in hesitantly.
'Owh damn… No attachments, no regret…' Ray taught to himself and tried to push Snap off but it didn't work. His arms and legs were numb as though he couldn't feel them at all. Snap released Ray from his kiss and examined his jet black hair, his tanned skin, his hazel-brown eyes and his body. Damn, Snap hasn't seen anyone so perfect… for him.
"Snap… Please don't so this…" Ray asked. Snap took no notice and started to kiss Ray's cheeks and went down to his neck and shoulders. Ray moaned and tried to struggle.
"It's no use Ray…" Snap said and got up. Ray looked at Snap.
"Don't tell me…"
"Yes, I drugged you… Didn't have any other choice did I? I saw you giving me glances but I knew you were holding back Ray… So I had to give Richie and your Eevee sleeping potions. I just gave you something to make you numb all over and immobile"
"Snap…" Snap then sat back on Ray and kissed him on the lips. Ray pulled back.
"Don't tell me you're not enjoying this?"
"I won' lie to you… You're one heck of a cute guy but… I just can't, Snap… I don't know you too well yet and well, I just can't…"
"Don't worry; we have all night to get to know each other…" He started to take off Ray's acolyte robe.
"Snap… please…" Ray pleaded. He was enjoying it non-the-less but he knew he shouldn't. It'll just make it harder for him, and Snap later on. 'Mew… help me…' He thought.
"No can do my friend… Direct orders from above to let you have fun for a while…" Ray could swear he heard the little pink fluff giggle.
'Selebi… please…' he prayed. Then, right on queue, Brock came into the room to check on him.
"Am I interrupting something?" he asked. Ray's face was flushed and he didn't have much strength left to do much resulting for them potion Snap had given him. Brock went up to Richie and nudged him, who just continued to sleep.
"Snap…"
"Alright… Alright… He wasn't into it much anyway…"
"Looks like I have to spend the night here…"
"Thanks Brock…"
"My pleasure…" Snap looked crossed. Ray told Brock to call Snap to him. Ray whispered something into Snap's ears which made him brighten up. Snap kissed Ray on the cheek and went to his bed. "What did you say to him? It's quite hard to please that guy when he's crossed".
"Owh… I have my method of persuasion… Thanks for helping me back then…"
-- Cave, Somewhere in a forest --
Gary woke up from his very peaceful and relaxing nap. He then remembered something.
"Aww… I'm still an Eevee…" He then looked around him. He saw what remained of a bonfire and he saw that he was sleeping in a very comfy pile of leaves. He then smelled something too. In front of him, he saw three fried fishes and water in a nicely carved… Ice? 'Whoever that was responsible for these, I owe them big time' he thought as he munched down on the fishes.
Gary then made his way out of the cave and ventured forward. He then came to a fork in the path.
"Why do I have a feeling that I should turn right?" He shrugged it off and turned right. Espeon who was hiding in the bushes smiled. Her work was done. Now it was up to Gary to find its way towards Ray.
Gary then encountered a few Oddishes along the way. As he didn't know how to use attackes, he just tackled them and to his luck, it worked even if it did wear him out just a little. Battles were something new to him, heck, being a pokemon isn't something that happened everyday, does it?
He carried on walking forward, ignoring his tired little paw and his growling stomach.
-- Pond of Dragonair, Kingdom of Pallet --
"Don't you think we should have brought at least Brock along… just in case we get ambushed or something?" Ray asked. Ash chuckled. Ray was not used to the land of Pallet.
"Pallet is a peaceful place Ray. It's a really rare probability for us to get ambushed, kidnapped and so on so relax…"
"It's quite a nice and serene place, isn't it?" Ash nodded. "Why is it called the pond of Dragonair?"
"Well, legend has it that a Dragonair used to live here and well… create the calmness around this pond. But then it just needed to move around and left. Some people say that it appears once in a while in front of people that it would grant wish to, but they are just rumours…"
Eevee played around with Ray's robe and Ray picked it up and tickled its tummy. Ash smiled at the scene.
"You two seem very close" Ash noted. Ray nodded and smiled. He let go of Eevee who knew that she should go up to Ash. Ash picked her up and she snuggled into his warm embrace. Ash chuckled. "It's so very cute Ray… I wish I had a pokemon that would stay close to me and be my best friend…" Ray smiled. Everything was going as planned…
'Mew… want to play?'
"Sure Ray, what do you have in mind?"
'Play pretend you're a Dragonair and grant Ash here a wish…'
"Sounds interesting… I'll be there…"
Ray looked at Eevee and Ash playing around on the ground. 'They look so playful… What would befall this guy? He looks so innocent and fragile. I hope what's in store for him will not harm him…' Ray thought. Suddenly, Ray heard a chime of bells. Eevee heard it too and hoped away from Ash and climbed onto Ray. Ray looked into the pond and smiled. 'Mew's right on time…'
Ash looked kind of sad that Eevee ran away all of a sudden and portrayed his feelings to Ray. Ray just smiled. "Hey Ash, you know about that rumour you were telling me?" Ray asked. Ash raised an eyebrow. Ray then pointed behind Ash who couldn't believe what he could see now in front of him.
"D…D…Dragonair?" Ash asked. The pokemon nodded. Ash was too shocked to do anything. Dragonairs were very rare and seeing one with his own eyes would be considered a very lucky sight.
"Hello Prince Ash… I've seen you come here often and enjoyed the beauty of this pond I guard… occasionally". Ash nodded and still didn't know what to do. "Well then Ash… I know you've heard rumours about me, and I'm glad to say that I'm here to grant you one wish… That is if it has to do with pokemons… I cannot help with human matters…"
Ash couldn't believe his luck. Just when he wanted a pokemon companion, puff a Dragonair appeared out of nowhere to grant him his wish. This type of coincidence only existed in fairytale! Ray looked on with a bright smile when he was tapped on his shoulders. He looked back and saw a floating pink pokemon smiling at him. He smiled back and looked at Ash and Mew. Mew?
"Aren't you supposed to be over there?" Ray asked as he turned around once more to face mew. Mew just smiled and said nothing. It used its tail to tickle Eevee here and there.
"Well Ray, it seems as though I'm not needed here… Better be off on my way then". With that said, she teleported away. Ray looked dumbstruck and turned back around to face Ash and Dragonair.
"Well Dragonair… I was thinking that it would be great if I had a pokemon that would be my companion… You know… Someone I can be with most of the time" Dragonair smiled.
"Don't worry Ash… I think I won't really need to grant you that wish…" Dragonair then disappeared into the mist that appeared out of nowhere. Ash looked confused. Ray too was confused. He tried to reach Espeon thought his telepathy.
'When will you guys get here?'
Right on queue, Ray, Eevee and Ash saw a brown pokemon being blown away by a hydro pump attack into the pond they were at. The pokemon was starting to drown as it had just fainted and was unaware of its situation.
"OMG! Ray, there's a pokemon drowning!" Ash shouted and without hesitation, he plunged into the pond to its rescue. Ash then remembered that he couldn't swim but his determination to save the pokemon pushed him so that he'd reached it.
Upon reaching the pokemon, Ash saw that it was an Eevee but then he realised that he was nearly out of air and struggled to get back out of the water for some air. Ash struggled as his air supply ran out and he nearly passed out but he felt someone dragging him up. He looked around and saw another pokemon at his aid; a Vaporeon.
Ray quickly grabbed Ash and Gary up onto land. Ash was out of breath and tried regaining his inhaling and exhaling. Ray put his palm onto Ash's forehead and a green light glowed in tune with his shout.
"Heal" The, a pillar of green light swallowed Ash and he felt much better. Ash looked at Ray and thanked him. Then he remembered about the little Eevee he tried to save and examined it.
"Do you think it's alright?" Ash asked Ray. Ray nodded and took Gary away from Ash and healed it with his powers. "Now I see why having an acolyte around is handy! And thanks to that Vaporeon, we're still alive".
"Urm Ash, there's something I need to tell you…" Ash didn't like the tone of Ray's voice but looked up anyway. Ray handed Gary to Ash and then smiled. "Well you see, that Vaporeon was… mine… And so are these pokemons". One by one the pokemons came out of the bush. Ash examined each one. Jolteon. Vaporeon. Flareon. Espeon. Embreon. Leafeon. Glaseon and not forgetting Eevee. Ash looked in awe.
"Wow Ray!"
"Well, I need a favour to ask. Can they stay at the palace as well?"
"Sure they can!" Ray smiled. Ash was very cheerful. He held in his embrace a pokemon that would be his own, if it would cooperate once it got up. Ash kissed it on its forehead. The little pokemon smiled in its slumber.
Bboyz:
That's it for this lil' chappie… I think I typed more that I intended to… Especially the part with Ray and Snap, never actually planned that but it just happened… LoL…
Ray:
You are so… so… very cruel to not inform me of it beforehand! I was taken aback! Damn that Snap is good…
Bboyz:
Well, someone enjoyed it, at least… hahaha… anyway, reviews please… and thanx for all the reviews for the 1st chappie. It was great reading them all! Till next time… (haven't planned much but you know where that has gotten me in this chappie P)
