Chapter 2 – Dinner and a Show

Widdershin scampered down the stairs, taking 2 at a time. He nearly collided with Glameow, Johanna's pet feline, who hissed at him, her blue fur puffing up. Normally Widdershin would've found this rather funny, but he could tell by the look of obvious dislike and the huff of her tail that Dylan was nearby. Glameow really hated Dylan; whenever he was around she would always evacuate the room, or sit in Amez's lap and hiss whenever he came near her. Glameow was a Pokemon, just like him and Dylan, and although, like most regular Pokemon, she couldn't speak, she had the same improved senses, so she knew who Dylan was straightaway. However being a Normal-type and with Dylan being a part Ghost-type, the feeling was mutual, as if they got into a fight/battle both their types don't affect the other.

'Glam-ee-owww' she muttered at him, which was her way of warning him that his accusations were correct; he could hear the sound of a door opening and 2 recognisable voices.

He nodded, and bounded into the living room, taking a seat on top of the sofa. Amez entered, kicking off her trainers, followed by Dylan, who did the same. She smiled warmly at him, and came over to scratch his head. Dylan glared at him, with a look that seemed to read 'I know'. Widdershin returned the gesture.

'We're having pork ramen!' Johanna said happily, turning from her spot by the oven where she had been turning a big pot of noodles. 'Dylan, would you like to stay for dinner?' she asked.

'Johanna, have I ever passed up on a free meal?' Dylan replied, trying to be humorous.

Johanna beamed, and motioned them to sit down, as she spooned the ramen into bowls and added the soy sauce and chopped pork. Amez sat down on the right side of their 2 by 1 seating dinning table. She patted the chair next to her for Widdershin to sit there, which he did so, before Dylan had a chance to 'accidentally knock him off…by accident' as usual. Dylan frowned, and gruffly sat across from Amez and began fiddling with his chopsticks.

Amez paid no attention to the boy across from her, and sat patiently as her mother hastily prepared their meal. A moment later she joined them, taking the seat next to Dylan. Widdershin watched Johanna and Dylan hungrily dig in, whereas Amez just stared at her food. Widdershin picked up his chopsticks (having opposable thumbs rocked!) and began to eat, in a gentlemanly manner as oppose to scarfing it down like the boy across the table. Occasionally Amez would lift something to her lips, just to keep her mother from asking questions on her apparent lack of appetite. A few minutes later both Johanna and Dylan were finished, and got up to turn on the TV to watch the evening news, Johanna telling Amez it was her turn to do the dishes.

'Hello, and welcome to Sinnoh Now! Your Guide to what's hip and happening around Sinnoh! I'm Rhonda…'

As the sounds of the TV filled the silence, Johanna sat down comfortably on the family sofa, while Dylan settled into the nearby armchair, both paying rapid attention to the brunette on the screen. Dylan was the Controller of Chaos, and liked to watch the news to check up on everything, but if there was a big problem he would know by instinct or be contacted by either one of the Lake Trio or Dialga and Palkia, his fellow Trio members.

Widdershin took this opportunity to speak to Amez. 'Hey, what's up?' he questioned, concerned.

'Nothing, just not hungry. Are you done?' she asked, standing up and collecting the bowls, letting her fringe cover her eyes.

Widdershin watched her as the dumped the bowls and cutlery and dumped them in the sink while the water ran. Something was definitely wrong. Well, knowing what time of year it was, anyone would feel uncomfortable with someone violating their personal place! He couldn't help but growl under his breath at the monster sitting in the armchair, who just sat there innocently watching the TV.

'Our latest headlines report that a small island off the coast of Canalave City has been severely damaged. We are not sure if this has been done by human or Pokemon, but scientists are out to investigate the area. That concludes this evening's news report. I'm Rhonda, and this is Sinnoh Now!'

As the news end jingle played, Johanna switched it off and got up, stretching.

'Well, time for me to hit the hay, I think' she yawned.

'Same here, I'd better be off' Dylan stated, standing and heading for the door.

'Nice to see you again, Dylan' she nodded pleasantly to him. 'Don't stay up to late, Amez' she told her, before making her way up to the stairs, passing Glameow, who was coming back down.

As soon as Johanna was out of earshot, Glameow hissed at Dylan, and hopped gracefully on top of the sofa, her fangs barred, growling. Widdershin was still sitting at on the tabletop, frowning as Dylan just stood there, staring at Amez. Feeling his eyes on her back, she finally turned around and walked towards him, head down.

'See you round' she said, opening the door for him.

'Is that a way to say good-bye?' he laughed, as he took a step past her.

As she was about to shut the door, he suddenly turned around, his face just inches from hers. Widdershin just stared, wide-eyed in shock, he was going to kiss her! It only took Amez a second to realise what he was doing, and quickly turned her head so his lips landed on her check.

Dylan just laughed again, watching her closed expression, and turned and closed the door behind him, taking the handle from the loose grasp, but not before Widdershin had seen the look of fury in his red eyes.

Glameow shrieked, and dived off the sofa and onto the kitchen table, and then onto Amez's shoulder, and began to lick her face where Dylan had kissed her. Amez remained rigid still, her eyes emotionless.

Widdershin still couldn't believe it. The nerve of him; while he had been right there in direct view of it! Dylan was definitely getting series about the mating. As this thought came back into his head, every type of emotion ran through him, just like earlier that day. He growled, jumped off the table, and walked straight to the door. Amez opened it for him, and he couldn't help but smile at her, however she remained in the same position, as if frozen, Glameow still 'cleaning' her, getting rid of any traces of Dylan, to which Widdershin was grateful.

Outside, there was no trace of him either. His best guess was he had sprouted his wings and went back to Turnback Cave. Fine with him, the further away, the better. Widdershin needed help desperately, it was fairly obvious Amez didn't return Dylan's affections, to which Widdershin knew secretly was what held his poor heart together, but when he came around to admitting it to Dylan's face, the consequences would be deadly. He needed someone who he knew would believe him and take his side, so that rolled out Johanna and Professor Rowan, humans wouldn't understand. He couldn't tell the other Dragons, they would obviously take their 'brother's' side, and congratulate him on a good catch. He needed someone to whom Amez could trust as well, she must know something strange was up with Dylan and his behaviour by now, but only Pokemon knew the real reason behind it. That's when it hit him, he knew the perfect person!

The little Chimchar stood on the rock face that looked out across Lake Verity, searching for the island that lay in the centre, but the sun was setting over the horizon, blocking his vision. He turned away from the light, to come face to face with who his was looking for. The magenta pink fairy with the golden eyes greeted him with giggle.

'Hi, Widdershin!' Mesprit said cheerily, floating in front of him at eye level.

'Hey, Mesprit' he replied, a bit dully.

The smile faded on Mesprit's face, and she stayed silent, feeling the air, testing his emotions. Widdershin too said nothing; he couldn't hide anything from Mesprit, and he thought it was best she used her own powers to discover the problem. However, Mesprit could only sense his emotions, not the reason behind them. Widdershin was glad Uxie wasn't around; he didn't need that brain giving him grief about his big mess.

'I see' she spoke after a while 'Anger, jealousy, concern and… love?' she gave a small smile at the last word.

Widdershin sighed, and sat down, leaning his back against the rock face. Mesprit hovered next to him, and placed her small, feather light hand on his shoulder.

'You love her, don't you?' she whispered softly.

Widdershin bought his knees to his chest, and wrapped his arms around himself, laying his head on them as he sighed again.

'Yes' he answered 'I do, and so does that monster' he hissed the name through his teeth.

Mesprit frowned 'What's wrong? Has something happened?' she inquired.

'Do you know what time of year it is, Mesprit?' Widdershin asked her.

Mesprit's face went blank, showing she was in thought. A moment later, she gasped, 'Oh, no!' she cried, covering her mouth with her hand.

Widdershin nodded gravely. 'He wants to take her as his mate' he growled, standing up.

'H-he can't, he wouldn't! Amez! What can we do?' Mesprit face was a mix of concern and worry for her friend.

Widdershin was staring at the flat, even piece of rock in front of him, still growling. 'He makes me so MAD!' he yelled, bringing his hand, which was curled into a fist above his head, and smashing it through the rock, leaving a very impressive dent.

His fist began to glow a sparkling white. The light began to travel down his arm, until it had enveloped his entire body. Mesprit gazed in awe.

Widdershin felt himself getting larger. He felt his back arch slightly as his arms and torso became bigger. His face felt as if it was being stretched, and his tail felt like it was being doused by water, whereas his head began to feel hot. When he stopped growing, he suddenly felt a new strength in his upper body; it made him feel strong. He let out a cry that sounded like a wild animal as the white light left his body.

Mesprit just gazed at him. 'Congratulations, Widdershin, you've evolved' she stated.

'I have?' he asked, his eyebrows rose in surprise. The poor guy was in a state of confusion and was rather dizzy, especially as his head still felt very hot.

Mesprit nodded, and hovered over the edge of the rock ledge, indicating for him to look over into the water. He followed her, stumbling about as he wasn't used to his new size, and gasped. The reflection that was apparently him was of a huge ape, over 3 the times the size of Mesprit in height. His body was no longer plain orange, now it was a reddish-brown colour. On his chest was what looked like a gold chest plate, which showed white fur underneath, and he had the same matching gold on his shoulder pads, knee pads and wrist guards. His hands and feet were a royal blue, with his calves the same white as his chest. The same royal blue was repeated inside his now big ears. His muzzle was the same reddish-brown, with a red brow that covered his eyes, which were a deep, gentle blue, soft compared to the royal blue of his hands and feet, and white fur over the rest of his face. He now had a long monkey tail as oppose to a flame. Now he had a ring of fire burning brightly on his head.

'Is, that, me?' he turned to Mesprit.

She nodded 'Now you're an Infernape' she told him.

'Infernape? But, don't we Chimchar have a secondary evolution? Monferno, isn't it?' he asked, rubbing his temple in confusion.

'Yes, you do. However, because you were in your Chimchar state for so long, and your sudden, er, outburst I should say, triggered your strength, I think you skipped your second stage. Normally Chimchar are used in battles, being a Starter Pokemon, so they are gaining a lot of experience in the battle field and physically as well. You've never been in that type of battle, so when you hit at that rock, it brought out your fighting spirit, as now you're a duel Fire and Fighting-type Pokemon' Mesprit tried to explain.

'Oh' was all Widdershin could say. He sat down, the ground shaking a bit under his weight.

'You must feel very strongly about Amez and Dylan, if just smashing a rock in spite of him would trigger your evolution' Mesprit commented.

Widdershin didn't say anything, just stared at his hands, touching the gold wrist guards. It all felt so strange.

'You know, I don't think Amez likes Dylan. Whenever she visits me, I don't have any obvious aura of love emanating from her. You need to show her your there for her, especially as you're her best friend. Show her how much you care about her, of course without admitting your feelings' Mesprit said, hand on her chin as she consoled her new plan.

'How do I do that?' Widdershin asked, looking up, a confused look on his face.

Mesprit

S face suddenly broke into a huge grin. 'You're going to throw her a Sweet 16 Party!'

A/N: If you would like to see a picture of Dylan, please click the Deviantart link on my profile :)

Rose