Chapter 2: Can we be friends?
A/N Thank you November Red Angel and Warrior of Hope for reviewing! I do hope you're enjoying this fic! I don't own Pokemon! Review please!
"If you have good friends, no matter how much life is sucking, they can make you laugh."
- P.C. Cast
Several days later
"Come on Flarey! Let's go get Eve!" Solis called out to his brother
"I told you, don't call me Flarey! I'm Solarflare!" His brother answered
"But your name is long!"
"Then just call me Flare, not Flarey. Now come on, let's go get Eve" He started walking out of the cave. Solis dragged a large leaf with lots of berries on it with them, Jack had told him to give it to Thunder. They walked together through the forest to Eve and her parent's cave while munching on some berries. They chatted until they reached their destination
"Ah! Solis, Solarflare! Here for Eve?" Thunder was just coming out of the cave when he saw the duo
"Hello uncle Thunder! Yes, we're looking for Eve"
"She's inside. Now, I'm just gonna go gather some berries to add to the pile, we're running a little low" Thunder was about to walk away when Solis stopped him
"Oh, no need uncle! Daddy said to give these to you" He gave the pile to Thunder
"Thank you, sweetie! Now, let's go inside and find Eve" Thunder led them inside his den. The den was similar to Jack and Lily's, but was a little smaller. Once they were inside, Eve bounded towards them quickly
"Hi!"
"Hi Eve" They both replied
"Hello boys" Nova came out from the deepest part of the den
"Hello auntie Nova"
"What should we do today?" Eve excitedly asked them
"Um… I don't know" Solarflare answered
"Why don't you kids go practice your attacks?" A voice came from the entrance of the den
"Daddy! Why're you here?" Solis asked
"I came in to check on you guys, and to talk to Thunder" Jack chuckled as he patted his sons' heads
"Yeah! Let's go practice our attacks!" Eve exclaimed
"Do you know your attacks yet?" Nova asked the Sol brothers
"Uh…no" Solarflare answered
"Well… Solis, your attacks are Quick attack, Bullet punch, Aura Sphere and Endure. And you, Solarflare, I'm guessing is Tackle, Leer, Smokescreen and Ember" Jack said, thinking
"Wow! Solis, why do you have so many attacks? I only have Growl, Tackle, Tail whip and Sand attack!" Eve was shocked
"It's a gift from Arceus and Mew" Jack chuckled
"I envy you, brother" Solarflare grumbled. They all laughed at this
POV: Solis
We arrived at a clearing between my family's den and Eve's den, there was also a small pond there too. We all walked into the middle
"I think this is a good place as any" I proposed. They agreed
"Can you show the Aura Sphere?" Eve asked me, tail wagging in excitement
"I'll try" I looked around and picked a tree on the edge of the clearing. I put my hands together, both of them facing the tree, and concentrated. Nothing happened
"Um... I don't know how" I told them sheepishly
"Try concentrating" Solarflare said
"I did"
"Try harder. Like… you know, imagine a ball of aura forming in front of your hands" Solarflare said. And so I did what he said, I put my hands together like last time and concentrated, imagining the ball of aura forming in front of my hands. And a small ball formed! Flare then fired a small ember at the tiny ball, setting it off, the ball ended up exploding in my face
"Ow… SOLARFLAAAARE!" I screamed while Eve and Flare was laughing. Flare was laughing so hard, he accidentally launched a small fireball, another ember, and the fireball hit my tail, setting it alight
"Aaaaahh! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hoooooot!" I ran towards the pond and dove into the water. The water extinguished my golden tail, to which I sighed happily at. I gave a friendly glare at Flare, he had his paws over his mouth, trying to stifle more laughter while Eve was rolling on the ground, giggling like crazy. I sighed and dragged myself onto the bank and lay there, face-down, on the muddy ground.
"Come on, Solis… get up" Eve's soft voice spoke. I slowly rolled over onto my back and saw her standing over me. I groaned and picked myself off the ground
"Here!" She held out a two different berries
"What's this?" I asked
"Berries! One will cure the burn and the other will heal you"
"Thanks Lindsey" I replied as I took the berries
"Lindsey? Who's that?"
"Um… I don't know… I mean, thanks Eve"
"Oh… no problem!" She cheerfully replied. Why did I just say Lindsey? Who's she? It kinda just slipped out of my mouth, I don't even know who this 'Lindsey' is! I decided to forget it and went back to Flare and Eve
"Can you show the Aura Sphere again?" Eve asked me
"No way" I grumbled, glaring at Flare, who snickered
"I won't do anything this time, promise!" He said
"Promise?"
"Yep"
"Fine…" I put both my hands together and picked another tree, focusing and imagining a ball of aura. The ball started to form, albeit slowly, until it reached the size of about my fist. I imagined the ball getting launched from my hands, and the ball did just that. It barrelled towards the tree, exploding on impact with the bark. The whole tree shook
"Wow… that's not even a full size Aura Sphere" I muttered, I had seen mom do it before, it was much bigger. When the tree stopped shaking though, a pokemon fell out of it, a Torchic. A Torchic with a blue scarf around her neck. The Torchic fell to the ground and groaned. I quickly went over and asked if it was okay. Apparently the Torchic was not pleased, as it began using Peck on me over and over again. I screamed again and ran over to the pond again, all the while the Torchic kept using Ember on me, burning me and my poor tail. I dove into the pond, stayed there for a bit, and then came up onto the shore. But only when I stood up that I realize the Torchic could still be here. And with great timing, the Torchic launched another flurry of Pecks on me. It went on for about 5 minutes, at which by the time Torchic got off me, I was down on the ground, bruised and battered, with some blood. I groaned
"That's for almost killing me with an Aura Sphere!" Torchic's voice told everyone that she was female
"I see it didn't hinder your ability to fight" I managed to choke out. Looking around me, I saw Eve and Flare running towards me. Eve gave me another one of that berry that heals me, I think it's called an Oran berry. Once I felt better, I got up and walked to the Torchic
"Hey… Uh… Sorry for that attack earlier, I didn't know you were in that tree. Can we be friends? Pleeeease?" I apologised to her
"Hm!" She huffed and looked away. But then she glanced at me
"Alright… my name is Taki" All of us sat down and chatted together, getting to know each other. We learned that Taki's mom is a Blaziken and her dad is a Gallade. She has one brother, a shiny Ralts. She was older than them, older by 8 years, in fact.
"So… how did you use Aura Sphere? I've heard that only Lucario can use them" Taki asked
"You see… I was-"
"Blessed by Arceus" A voice interrupted my answer. We turned around and saw Lily and a Blaziken, who I assume was Taki's mother.
"Mama!" Taki exclaimed
"Hello Taki" The Blaziken replied
"Mom? You know Taki's mother?" Flare asked
"Very well, in fact. We are good friends!" Mom smiled
"Mom! I can use Aura Sphere now!" I exclaimed excitedly. She looked at me with a shocked expression, before smiling widely and proudly.
"Really?" She asked
"Yes, and it nearly killed me" Taki deadpanned
"Let me guess, you were playing in the tree when Solis fired it at that tree" Taki's mother chortled
"Yeah"
"I don't understand what's so fun about playing in the tree" Solarflare asked. No one answered him though.
"Come, let's go home" Taki's mother steered her daughter away, waving back at Lily. Lily also waved back and smiled
"Let's us go too"
"We'll talk later!" Taki yelled at us while we were walking away
A/N Sorry if it sounds a bit rush. I am a little busy writing a light novel with my friends. Sorry, please don't hate me. Reviews are much appreciated! OC Taki from Aurawarrior13