Chapter 4: The Kirlia

Legend:

The Author

Thoughts

Pokémon-to-Pokémon speech

Telepathy

(Alex's POV)

I wake up from a nightmare. In my dream there was a battle between Good and Evil, and I was killed. Oh, well. I look over at the other bed and see Pyro, sleeping peacefully. She's so cute, I think. I quietly sneak past her to go out the door. As I open the door I see a strange, green and white human-like Pokémon, asleep on my doorstep. I hold up my Pokedex, and it is identified as a Kirlia, a female one.

(Kirlia's POV, a few hours earlier)

I walk through a dense forest in the dark. I am very thirsty, and I know about a pond around here. I know it's a bad idea to wander around at night, especially because of the Dark-types that roam the forest at night. I find the pond and start to scoop water into my mouth using my hands. After about three or four handfuls, I hear a dark voice behind me.

"Hey, YOU!" calls a voice from behind me. I turn around and then recoil with fear, as I see a group of about five Espeons come from a darker part of the forest. Maybe if I bluffed, I would make it out of this alive.

"Hello? I'm sorry, is this your pond?" I say to the Espeon who spoke, who is obviously the leader.

"YOU BETCHA IT IS!" the leader says with a snarl. "You are going to have to pay for that water!" Another Espeon comes from the general direction of the human town. It whispers a few things to its leader. "Well I have got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that this Kirlia here is going to be handed over to a trainer, and I heard he is cruel to his Pokémon! Well, that's good news for us" I cringe in fear as my life as a slave stretches out before me. "The good news is, we get to see you suffer! Now I think that is a sufficient payment, am I right?" The other Pokémon roar their approval. "Oh, and that's bad news for you, Kirlia, Hehe." The leader and the others use a weak dark attack, enough to knock me out. The last things I remember hearing are, "Are you sure this is the right address?"

(Alex's POV, current time)

I slowly walk up to the Kirlia, with many questions such as "Who is this?" "Does she have a trainer?" "Who put her here?" "Is she even alive?" I step back a little, then bump into a furry thing. I turn my head and see that Pyro woke up and is now standing behind me. "Sorry," I say. It's fine. I am asking the same questions. "Wait a minute, didn't I have a 'psychic shield' in my mind?" Yes, but it's now only guarding what I assume to be bad thoughts and memories. I hear a groaning sound coming from the Kirlia, and I focus my attention on her. She rubs her eyes a bit, then quickly stands up, staring at me. She concentrates on me, and I can feel a foreign presence in my mind. Well, then, let's fix that. I concentrate, willing the psychic shield to the front of my mind. The effect is instant. The Kirlia is pushed out of my mind, and back into her own. She looks at me in fear, probably thinking I was a dark type. It seems that she was about to break into a run when Pyro steps from behind me, and starts talking to the Kirlia.

(Pyro's POV)

I quietly withdraw my mind from Alex's as he moves the shield forward. I was trying to penetrate the shield, to no avail. I refocus my attention on the Kirlia, who is charging power for her Teleport move.

"Hello, Kirlia!" I say, hoping to calm her down. She looks at me appraisingly, as if expecting me to be scarred all over. "What? You are looking at me funny." She stares for a few seconds longer then speaks in a pretty, but tired voice.

"I heard that this trainer is cruel" she stares at Alex, who is looking at both of us in confusion.

"What is she saying?" he asks.

She heard that you were cruel, however why she is here is a mystery. I send to him. A look of fear and regret quickly flashes across his face when I say the word, "cruel" I almost missed it, but it was there.

"Let me tell you my story. Do not tell it to… him." She proceeds to tell me about that she was captured by Espeons, and dragged over here by them.

"That's odd. I never noticed him being mean to anyone. Maybe they were mistaken?" I suggest.

"That is probably it… wait… where did he go?" the Kirlia asks. I turn to where Alex was a minute ago, but he is not there.

-End of Chapter-