I stared blankly ahead, floating next to my Mistress in a darker version of my old clothes, it all being… darker, for lack of a better term.
"Ready?" She asked me.
I nodded stiffly, floating next to her.
"Good." She said, nodding. I snapped my fingers, using Teleport on me, her, and all the shadow Pokemon, bringing us directly into the middle of the city.
Soon, tons of trainers and gym leaders, including Ruby and the others, showed up, ready to fight.
The shadow pokemon charged the trainers and the gym leaders, leaving me, Ruby, and Cinder in a area closed off to ourselves.
"Shifter?" She asked. "Is that you?"
I seemed to not hear her, staring at her blankly, eyes lifeless.
"Why are you doing this, Shifter?" She asked me. I didn't answer, though I seemed to hear, a tiny amount of recognition coming into my eyes.
"Show her what you're capable of.' my Mistress said, nodding to me.
I charged a Shadow Ball between my hands, it looking… darker than usual.
"Shifter, what are you doing?!" Ruby exclaimed.
I fired it at her, it turning into a large beam and zooming towards her.
She dodged just barely, looking at me with shock and hurt. I cried at her look, but didn't seem to outwardly notice it.
"Shifter…" She said. "What happened to you?"
My clothes seemed to move slightly, revealing scars lining my arms and seeming to lead further before my clothes settled back into place, me charging a Ice Beam.
"Shifter…" Ruby said, noticing them.
I sensed the sadness in her voice, causing me to hesitate.
"What happened?" She asked.
I seemed to start shaking, memories of Cinder torturing me running through my mind… though I was still a shadow pokemon at the moment, making me turn and blast her with the ice attack full force, freezing her solid with a wide eyed expression on her face.
"Are you okay?" Cinder asked, putting a hand on my shoulder comfortingly, rubbing me.
I winced at the movement, sensing the malice hidden in her voice.
"Don't worry." She said, stroking my face. "We'll help the hurt go away."
I shivered, knowing that she meant another torture session, me freeing Ruby with a Flame Blast, turning to Cinder and freezing her solid instead.
"Th-thanks." Ruby said, shivering.
I shook, tears in my eyes as I collapsed onto my knees, catching myself with my hands and sobbing.
"Shifter.' Ruby said, holding me. "It's alright."
"Not quite." Cinder said, having been freed by one of Emerald's pokemon. She held up a small device, pushing a button on it.
My eyes widened in fear… before I felt… something connect to me, making me narrow my eyes. I used Psychic, crushing the device, making Cinders eyes widened as my own glowed with power, me making all the shadow Pokemon in the area drop, also making Cinders team pass out as well… before I myself passed out, falling limply to the floor.
Ruby picked me up, carrying me back home.
I hugged her as she carried my back, whimpering against her as I changed back into my original colors, trembling against her as more memories of Cinders torture assaulted me.
"It's okay." Ruby said, stroking me. "You'll be alright."
I hugged her tighter, whispering a word that she didn't quite catch.
"What was that?" She asked, looking at me.
I clutched onto her more, whisper, voice hoarse and barely understandable. "Mommy." I said.
She caught it, smiling and holding me close, stroking me. I smiled a tiny bit at her acceptance, leaning into her strokes and calming down some, wrapping my legs around her waist and my arms around her neck, yawning.
"Tired?" She asked. I nodded, tail falling limply, it dragging on the ground, making me wince, but I was too sleepy to move it back up.
She picked it up, holding it as well as me, carrying me to the bed, tucking me in.
I reached out for her sleepily as she started to leave, whimpering.
She turned, coming back in and holding me in the bed, climbing in with me.
Weiss came in, climbing into bed with Ruby, not noticing I was there. I smiled a little, yawning adorably and cuddling into the blankets, falling asleep.
Weiss noticed, wrapping her arms around Ruby, falling asleep.
When I woke up, I looked around, the room being dark and I was alone, making me start to get flashbacks, shaking and whimpering, starting to cry a little.
"You okay in here?" Blake asked, peeking in.
I shook my head no, whimpering and shaking more.
"Well, come here.' Blake said, coming over, putting a hand on my head.
I leaned into the hand, but I was still whimpering and shaking.
She picked me up a little, holding me. I calmed down a little, smiling slightly.
Blake held me for a minute until I was calm, tucking me back in and leaving the room.
I snuggled into the covers, waiting for someone to come get me, since I didn't really have anything to do.
"I'm back!" Ruby called, entering the room. I sat up, smiling at her and reaching out for her adorably.
She came over, holding me close. I smiled, hugging her back, a 'mommy' escaping my lips.
She pulled me onto her lap, holding me still. I hugged her tighter, tail wrapping around us a couple of times.
"Where'd you go?" I asked curiously.
"To get some cool stuff." She said.
"What?" I asked, an excited look on my face as I looked up at her, resisting the urge to read her mind.
"Toys. 'She said, grinning as she pulled out a bag, dumping its contents onto the bed.
I immediately starting playing with them, smiling as I did, unconsciously making my form a little younger.
"Having fun?" Ruby asked, not noticing. I nodded, beaming at her before going back to playing, making adorable noises as I made a couple play fight.
She laughed, hugging me. I eeped in surprise, squirming in the hug.
"What?" She asked. I turned in the hug, dropping the toys, tickling her sides.
She laughed, tickling me back. I eeped, giggling and squirming, stopping my own tickles, unable to while she was tickling me.
She grinned, upping her intensity. I eeped again, giggling and squirming more, laughing a little.
She kept it up, not letting up. I giggled and squirmed the whole time, trying to get free and failing.
At this point, Weiss came in, aiding Ruby in tickling me. I let out a adorable squeak, squirming and laughing more, eyes watering from all my laughter.
After they stopped, Ruby touched my nose. I giggled, scrunching my face up and looked at my nose, cross eyed. "Why'd you do that?" I asked Ruby.
"No reason." She said, shrugging.
I pouted childishly, crossing my arms and huffing adorably.
1: Well, this world wasn't that entertaining… Rindie interfered too much.
2: yeah. I was actually looking forward to seeing the characters solve a problem for themselves for once.
1:We need to hide the next world we go to from them.
2: god, that guy's a pain.
1: They only are doing what they think is best… let's go to one of the worlds that I've had an eye one while we were here, I think you'll like the concept around them.
2: what's this one?
!:Well, you'll see, want me to send you the link?
2: yeah. But, I need a little break. All this bullshit is giving me a headache.
1:K
A/N Ran outta ideas, that's all folks!
