Moonlight Discovery

Oichi woke up rather suddenly and lay in the dark, wondering what could have woken her then she noticed Jigglypuff was awake as well and heading out into the hall so Oichi quickly followed, curious about what was going on. Soon Oichi and Jigglypuff were reaching the top of the castle it was then that she began to hear the music, it seemed to float on the breeze itself it was a pleasant song that brought a calm smile to Oichi and Jigglypuff's faces. Oichi followed Jigglypuff through the door that lead to the roof of the castle and gave a quiet gasp of surprise at what she saw; sitting at the top of the highest part of the castle was Lady Shilo her hair was down for once without the ties it reaches down to the middle of her thighs, she was wearing a white nightgown and against her lips was an ocarina and as she played Pokémon either laid near her feet or swayed with her song, the large golden moon and silvery stars completed the wonderfully beautiful scene. Oichi watched Lady Shilo play, she looked beautiful and made her heart race Oichi felt a blush creep up her face what is this feeling? What was making her feel so lightheaded and nervous?

Lady Shilo continued to play her song; she played every so often for the Pokémon of her kingdom it made them happy and helped her relax. She noticed Jigglypuff come over and settle beside Eevee she smiled at them as she finished playing "Glad you liked it" she said as the Pokémon cheered taking a playful bow "If you all want to spend the night your welcome to, just don't make a mess in the morning alright?" she said opening the door to her castle, allowing the Pokémon who wanted to stay, inside. She smiled as Eevee leaped onto her shoulder she petted his head as she spoke "You tired buddy?" she looked at his drooping eyes and chuckled "Let's get you to bed, sound good?" she went through the door and shut it silently behind her passing by Oichi's room, noticed Jigglypuff jumping on the bed which caused her to laugh and headed into her room. Her room was a simple one it had tan walls and a white bed with tan blankets, she figured why not she was the kingdom of Aurora after all she giggled looking at all the Pokémon around her room, she had always felt more comfortable with Pokémon then with people because of her lack of parents most people had thought of her as a nuisance and nothing more but now she was their warlord she had certainly proved herself no doubt, she slid into her bed beside the Pokémon and quickly fell asleep.

Oichi started toward the door of the castle as soon as she felt the coast was clear I think something's wrong with me, maybe I'm coming down with something she thought pressing a hand to her forehead, but other than feeling oddly warm she felt fine, so maybe she was developing a fever or something but then again that didn't explain why it just sprang up tonight watching Lady Shilo. She walked down the hall, though now her head didn't register her surrounds she was too busy thinking about when her sickness could have started. She had felt a little dizzy when she was being led to the castle though as she had thought before she could've just been tired. She noticed that she had passed her room and was now standing outside Lady Shilo's curious she peeked inside, Lady Shilo was fast asleep Eevee and several of the kingdom's Pokémon laying beside her on the bed and several more all around the room. Oichi smiled softly entering the room and pulling Lady Shilo light gray comforter over her and her guest shutting the door quietly shut behind her as she left.

Oichi walked down the hall to her room, laughing as she saw Jigglypuff jumping on the bed but after a moment scolding her for doing so on someone else's bed. She slid into bed after Jigglypuff stopped jumping and again let her mind wander to the previous day "It was nice of Lady Shilo to let us join her, she's really strong I think she can stop Nobunaga don't you Jigglypuff…she's pretty when she smiles" she grinned then realizing what she said her eyes widened and she shot up out of bed. It made sense the warm feelings, the odd dizziness, even the things watching Lady Shilo play moments ago was it possible that she….had feelings for Lady Shilo? "Jigglypuff what do you think?" she said turning to her partner in the darkness of the room, forgetting for a moment that Jigglypuff couldn't speak human. Jigglypuff could offer no comfort for Oichi because she could feel odd feelings coming off her human whenever the one known as Lady Shilo happened to be present but she did not know what that meant either, her being a Pokémon and all and not quite understanding humans. Oichi continued to think over the possibilities of her current situation; it could just be something else she could just be jumping to conclusions "That's probably it" she muttered settling back into her bed, she probably was just sick and tired it wasn't right for a girl to have those types of feelings for another girl, was it? But if it wasn't right then why did she even think she could have these feelings in the first place? She was developing a headache stressing over this, she just needed rest and then she'd figure things out in the morning. Oichi closed her eyes on a sigh and with Lady Shilo's performance on her mind fell asleep and fell prey to her mind's darkest desires in the predawn this would be the first of many nights that Lady Shilo would walk free in her dreams.

Lady Shilo was dreaming as well though her dreams were anything but pleasant, in her dreams the darkness of the earth surrounded her cutting off her air and burying her till she choked. An old childhood fear lives in her dreams even after the years she spent trying to rid herself of the fear in her waking hours but the mind does not forget so easily. Eevee, as well, seemed to be suffering from the same terror that visited his companion though both met doing the event that caused their fear only together do they seem to conquer the fear that visited them in dreams. No one but the two knew of their fear but little did the pair know that they would be meeting their fear once more very soon.

Author's Note~

The song i hear Lady Shilo playing in this chapter is here: watch?v=qFVhJ_lunCQ