Ok I'm really really really REALLY sorry, but todays the two week checkpoint and i have to publish what I got. This chapter is very shitty and short, I really appologize for it, but hopefully chapter 3 will be better aaa aim sorry ! Also shoutout to my buddy Tyminster for letting me borrow his umbreon in this lma O
It was a usual day of cleaning. Pride was making sure the kitchen had all the dishes washed, as Kammi had been told to do before she could run off and play more with Meloni. Honestly, those two had their backs glued to each other. It made Pride smile, thinking of her and Greed themselves. In the beginning, they didn't get along at all. In fact, they fought each other every chance they got. But that changed one day. A man, from team crystal, had tried to attack Pride, even after defeating her in battle. To save her, Greed, who was weakened, was willing to sacrifice himself for her...and caused him to evolve. They had been very close ever since, as close as Kammi was to Meloni. If they weren't two completely different species, you'd be able to say that they were sisters. It made Pride smile, to see her daughter so happy. As she kept cleaning, she stumbled across an old photo. It was of her….and Rain. Seeing the picture caused her to pause, stuff it in her pocket, and let out a loud cough. Normally, it would be just a normal cough, but it sounded raspy, and it made her cough sound more like a goose call. She didn't just do it once - she coughed over and over until she couldn't breathe. She took a huge gulp of air, coughed a good couple times, and placed her hand on her head. It made her lightheaded to do that, but she figured nothing of it. After taking her few second break, the mother went right back to cleaning, her mind off in another world as it typically did. Greed happened to be out and about, doing a few errands for Pride as she had asked of him. Kammi had ran towards Petalburg woods again, and Pride was finishing up with picking up the house. With it nice and neat, she sat down, letting out a breath.
"Meloni, let's play a different game today! We always play hide and seek." She said, looking around for the ralts. She puffed out a cheek as she climbed back onto the moss rock, one that was always her favorite spot to be. She could see most of the forest from there, and it always made her smile. The path was short, but she almost wished it was bigger- more space for her to play in. Regardless, she kept her eye out for Meloni,
The ralts had a way of blending in well to her surroundings, and being as small as she was, it was difficult to pick her out from anywhere. Her green top didn't help much, either. Kammi laid sprawled across the rock, letting out a hum of boredom. She remained still, even when she could hear rustling leaves. Her eyes stayed glued to the sky, and a few moments later, Meloni's head popped into her view.
"What's the sky like?" She joked, making Kammi snort a little. She looked up at her ralts, who gave her a sweet and soft smile. Kammi rolled over, off her rock and slipping into the grass. Meloni sat down beside her.
"Have you ever left here before….?"
Meloni looked at Kammi. "Huh…?"
"Have you ever left the forest? You know...go beyond Petalburg?"
"...Not really, no…" She looked down at the ground. "I've never really left before. "
"How come?"
"I always wanted to leave with you."
Kammi smiled at that, looking at Meloni. "Yeah. Me too."
As the two had gotten along and began to talk about the future, it had allowed a certain leafeon to jump up onto the moss rock.
"Hello, you two. It's been a very long time."
Kammi jumped, before looking up at the pokemon on the rock. It was Lust, her mother's leafeon. She had helped with Kammi when she was a kid before some of them left to go on adventures. Lust was one of them. But the thing was...Lust never went alone. Beside her was a familiar umbreon, one who looked at Kammi in interest.
"Hi, Umbreon." Kammi smiled and began to pet her.
"'Bre, bre!" The pokemon cheered. Umbreon wasn't Pride's pokemon - in fact, it was Pride's friend's pokemon. But Lust and Umbreon had fallen in love a while back, and the two had been side by side since. They both smiled, as they looked up at Kammi. Lust giggled softly before sitting closer to the female umbreon.
"It's been a while. We went on a huge adventure!" Lust smiled, before lying down as Umbreon had done.
"Where did you go?"
"We explored Hoenn a little, and we almost went to Kalos, but we decided to stay here." Lust said. "We thought it might be a good idea to come back and visit Pride. "
"That sounds nice." She smiled, stroking the leafeon and rubbing her leafy seemed to love the attention, leaning her head into the girl's palm.
Kammi seemed rather happy with the pokemon, and Umbreon chuckled before looking at Lust.
"Umbri, Umbri bri bri!"
"Yeah, I guess we could." She smiled, before jumping down from the rock.
"Let's go see Pride."
Kammi nodded, before heading over and following the two.
Lust began to head back with Umbreon and Kammi back to the house, a small smile on her face as they chatted leisurely. When Kammi opened the door, her mother was on the floor - something had happened to Pride. Alarmed, all four of them ran over to her.
"Mother?!"
