Forbidden

Chapter 2

"Yes, can I help you?"

Dylan had finally reached the Pokemon Center, just as the sun began to set. He was now thinking of a way to tell the story short and simple, so that the nurses could quickly check his Pokemon before the Center closed.

"Well I have this Electrike," He held up Rakurai, motioning that he meant her. "…and my friend thinks she's blind. Could you check to see if she is, please?"

"Well of course, that won't be a problem," Smiled the Nurse. "Please come with me, you can sit wait through here whilst we take your Pokemon through for a quick check." The nurse had led him through to a long corridor, there were doors on each side and where there wasn't a door there were stairs. As the nurse took Rakurai through into another room, Dylan searched for a place to sit among the rows of seats. Almost immediately, he noticed that there was a girl around his age, sitting alone with her head in her hands. She looked as if she had been sitting there for a long time and there was a look plastered on her face which suggested the world was about to end.

Dylan hesitated for a second, before walking over and sitting next to her.

"A-are you okay…?" He asked, feeling slightly stupid, the girl was obviously not okay.

"Yes…but…" The girl rose up slightly from her hunched position; there were marks on her hands which confirmed Dylan's theory that she had been sitting like that for a long time, as correct. Her voice quivered slightly to suggest she had been crying, but her reddish-brown hair was covering her eyes. "M-my Magby…" As she turned to face Dylan, he could see that her eyes were bloodshot, but she didn't look as if she had been crying.

"He got attacked…" Her voice lowered to a mere whisper. "He could die…"

Dylan leaned away in surprise and suddenly felt slightly guilty. He was incredibly worried about Rakurai, but she wasn't on the verge of death, she hadn't even been badly injured since he had found her with a twisted paw.

The girl returned to leaning on her hands and staring at the floor. She sighed and spoke again.

"So, what are you here for…?" Dylan was slightly confused by the question, he had assumed she wouldn't have wanted to talk anymore, but he answered the question anyway.

"Well I have this Electrike, and I think she may be blind. So I brought her here so they could check."

"I used to have an Electrike," The girl sighed, fiddling with her hair. "But I set her free after she evolved. She wasn't really much of a battler; I guess she just wanted my help to evolve." Dylan nodded, glad that she at least looked a little happier.

"So um…what's your name?" He asked.

"Siân. What about you?"

"Dylan." He grinned, and Siân smiled. Suddenly, the nurse walked through the door, carrying Rakurai, who looked a little bit tense since someone other than her trainer was carrying her.

"Hi," The nurse said, calmly, handing over the Electrike to Dylan. "I'm afraid I have some bad news." Dylan sighed inwardly, half knowing what she was about to say.

"I'm sorry, but it appears that your Pokemon is fully blind in both eyes."

"But-" He was about to point out that his little Pokemon had just beaten an extremely powerful Pidgeot, but he decided against it. If the Pokemon Center found out that he had a blind Pokemon that can battle, they might take her away for research, so instead he decided to put his acting skills to the test.

"Oh…" He said sadly, pretending to wipe a tear from his eye. "Does this mean she won't be able to battle ever again?"

"I'm afraid so," Sighed the nurse, not seeing through the little act. "I'm sorry. You can sit here for a little while if you wish."

"Thank you…" Dylan sniffed, as the nurse walked out of the room.

"Okay, what on earth was that?" Said Siân after a second of silence.

"What?"

"I know you were faking that."

Dylan laughed, finding it funny that he had fooled the nurse but not his new friend.

"Are you going to explain or what?" Siân sat with her arms folded, leaning away from him slightly with a look that said 'you're an idiot, do you know that?'.

Dylan glanced around the room quickly, noticing that there wasn't anyone else sitting in the long corridor. Deciding to trust the girl, he began to tell the story.

"Well about six months ago, I was walking in the forest looking for Pokemon when I spotted Rakurai lying on her side in the middle of a clearing. I could see that her forepaw was twisted sideways and she didn't look like she was able to move. Back then I had just started out as a new trainer, so I was expecting to catch something like a Sentret or Pidgey as my starter but I couldn't leave her there, so I used my only Pokeball to capture Rakurai and take her to safety, but after a while I let her out and carried her because I was worried. It turns out she doesn't like Pokeballs that much anyway."

"When I got home, I took care off Rakurai myself and eventually she was able to walk on her paw again. However I didn't think she would be able to battle because she still hobbled a bit on her bad paw, but then one day she proved me wrong when she took down a Pidgeotto that was attacking me with ease. Ever since then I allowed her to battle, and she has never been beaten once."

"Just recently, I fought a friend of mine, who had a very powerful Pidgeot, which he had been training since he was very young, much longer than I had been training Rakurai. After the battle, my friend noticed that my Pokemon seemed to be blind. I didn't believe it at first, Rakurai had moved around a lot in that battle, and none of her attacks missed, but now the nurse just told me she IS blind, which is very strange."

"That is strange…" Siân said, looking up in thought.

"I didn't tell the nurse that Rakurai could fight like that, in case she took her away for research…"

"I would have done the same thing. But it IS impossible to believe that a blind Electrike could be so powerful."

Dylan stood up, nodding.

"I know, it's really strange," He repeated. "Well thanks for talking to me anyway; I hope things go well with your Magby." He flinched at the mention of her Magby, hoping she wouldn't get upset again but to his surprise, she smiled.

"I'm sure they will. Thank you."

.o.o.o.o.o.

As Dylan walked home, still carrying Rakurai, the Electrike was deep in thought.

Why does he keep worrying? I'm a fine battler, not as good as I used to be but I'm still good. Though…it's not like I'll ever be able to get my eyesight back, not after what they did to me… She pawed at the gem around her neck thoughtfully. It was a yellow topaz stone, and from the odd shape it seemed to be very old. This seems so familiar… I wish I could see it.

The Electrike was jolted out of her thoughts when her trainer spoke his out loud.

"I wonder what you were like before you were blind," He muttered. "And how you got blind, could you have been born blind?" He looked down at the little green puppy, as if looking for some sort of answer. She shook her head and lay it back down again, sighing. She wished she could talk to him too, but she was mute as well, though, Dylan would never know since he was a human and wouldn't understand her anyway. He just thought she was quiet.

Rakurai let her claws slide in and out in frustration. There was so much she couldn't do anymore. Dylan felt her clawing at his arm, and held her closer.

"It's all right, we're almost home."

As she was carried through the city streets, Rakurai couldn't help but wish she could go back…back to what she was before.

MYSTERIOUS ENDING DUN DUN DUUUUUUH.

Wow this is longer than Chapter 1. It dosn't SEEM longer. It seems shorter.

This chappie was kinda fun to write, I like writing in Rakurai's POV.

I didn't go into much detail describing Siân because I don't like to write details about things like that, it makes a story boring, you know? All you know from this is that she has reddish-brown hair. You don't even know her age. I couldn't find anywhere to put it, but it's not really that important. If you MUST know, she's 13 and Dylan is 14.

Siân isn't a pointless character, she or her Pokémon (I'm not sure which, might be both) will come into the story later.

The nurse is pretty pointless though, but you can probably guess that.

I need to get Rakurai's story in some chapter soon, i'm still planning on how to do that. Her story will help you understand what she's on about in this Chapter, so you wont be all like "Whut?"

Next chapter will either be tommorow or the day after that. I both draw and write in my spare time but I find if I start to draw something I lose the will to write and vise versa. So I can't really do both in one day, it's kinda weird. So i'm focusing on doing each every two days so its like this -

Monday - Drawing, Tuesday - Writing, Wednesday - Drawing, Thursday - Writing, Friday - Drawing, etc.

This way i'll be able to do both, yay :D

Well I hope you're enjoying this story so far, I know I am. Thanks for the reviews, I appreciate them!