"Speech"
"Thought"
"Pokémon speech"
Chapter 4: PrAyers Journey
Prayer POV
"Well I've finally left white forest, and entered route 14. Lets see if i can ask any of the local pokemon if they saw anybody, that might fit Raichu's description"
"Oh wait i don't even know what to ask, much less look for..."*sniffle
"What's wrong deary?"
*sniffle "Oh its nothing ms. Altaria... i'm just trying to find someone, but i dont know what they even look like... i'm just lost..."
"Oh... its okay deary, wait... do you understand what i am saying?"
"Yes, I'm a pokemon... "*sniffle
"Oh forgive me deary, my eyes aren't what they used to be, if I didn't know any better. I'd say you really where human."
"Oh! I'm sorry I forgot to drop my disguise.."
"Disguise deary? I'm afraid I don't follow you"
Prayer drops her disguise and moves closer to altaria to allow her to see better.
"Oh... that's what you meant by disguise!"
"Yes, I can explain..."
"Oh its ok deary I understand, why don't you follow me and we'll talk over by the river over by my nest."
"Thanks..."
The two walk in silence for a short time in the nearby forest until they emerge at a beautiful riverside.
"Wow... its lovely ms Altaria! "
"Thank you deary I said the same thing when my husband and i settled here."
"Oh, and did..."
"Oh of course he did we spent many years together even after the little ones left the nest..."
"Are you ok ms. Altaria?"
"Yes deary, just remembering that wonderful smile of his..."
"Oh he passed I'm so sorry..."
"Oh its alright deary, his passing was a joyous one, so not even I felt regret when he was brought up to lord Arceus domain."
Prayer looks down in a bit more shame
"I'm sure that your friend is with him as well..."
"Well, that's where things get complicated..."
"What ever do you mean?"
"Well..."
and Prayer explains what had happened between her and virizion
"Oh dear that is unusual, i would have never thought the masters would do something like that..."
"Well you weren't the first to feel that way... that's why I've made it my duty to find him and bring back his memories."
"Good for you deary! how about some lunch then?"
"No I think..." *stomach growl "Well I guess it has been a long day, I'll take you up on that offer"
Suddenly a tree falls near by.
"What on earth was that?" The two shout at the same time.
"Mrs. Altaria I'm gonna go have a look, I'll be back in a few minutes."
"Ok dear, just be careful."
and Prayer slowly re-enters the forest in the direction in which the tree had fallen.
"I hope he hasn't followed me all the way out here... as it would be big trouble if he did..."
and before her next thought can appear, she arrives at the destination and take a look at the several pokemon resting
Near the fallen tree are an excadrill, a lilligant, a krookodile, and the one she would fear the most Zebstrika... her father...
"Oh no... he's here... I have to get away, but I hate to leave mrs. altaria...no first I need to back away slowly as to not wake..." *snap! "them..."
"Huh? What was that? Who dares disturb my nap?"
"Boss look! Someone's in the bushes!"
"Well don't just stand there you idiots after 'em!"
"Right boss!"
"Oh no... "
XXX
"Hey Jase?"
"Yeah?"
"Did we get our shipment in from Johto, for all the activities going on tonight?"
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure we did. lemme double check our logs."
After a brief few minutes, he comes back with a clipboard in hand scanning its contents.
"Well babe?"
"No, I don't see a..." *truck comes to a halt outside
"Oh, yeah... forgot they were running late due to the morning rush, they called me and I requested they wait till about 5 minutes 'til 9 when it starts to slow down."
"Good, can't have those two running over anyone compromising our plans."
"No... we can't have that now can we?"
He moves in placing the clipboard in an old antique table and he grab his glorious woman around her waist and dips her down for a much desired kiss.
"Heh... as much as I would love to continue, we have to get ready..."
"Masters?"
"Yes little Rilou?"
"Have you seen my mother?"
"Looking for your mother?"
The young rilou nods
"She should be in her room, if not there she probably outside helping to unload the truck, and get the bar set up for tonight."
The young rilou nods and heads down a nearby staircase, still looking for her mom.
"So do you think everything will go as planned for tonight?"
"Doesnt it always?"
"tTue, but one can never be too careful..."
"Excuse me!"
"Ah... Mr. Flex! Welcome back!"
"Thank you mam."
"Please call me Jase."
"Of course, anyways I thought I'd drop by and see how things were coming along."
"Oh right with your order, that old clock you sent us was still in pretty good shape, except for the broken gear that keeps it from working."
"Right."
"Well our shipment of supplies, just came in and I placed the order for that part two days ago. so if today is thursday, we should have it ready by monday."
"Perfect, thank you very much, I'll check back then."
'Certainly, thank you for your request"
"Not a problem see you monday."
XXX
"Boss! Welcome back, did you talk to..."
"Yes I did Saria, it should be ready on monday."
"Oh, good... now I'm not trying to be a bother, but since we don't have any patients..."
"Yes, who needs a session?"
"Well its vaporeon, ever since that contest in altomare and a little incident that took place, well hes in a downward slump..."
"Well alright then, it's about lunch time so how about we have some lunch and we can talk about it"
"Thanks..."
The two have lunch in his office, and vaporeon is summoned into the room.
"Yes, Saria?"
"Vaporeon I know it hurts to talk about it, but please talk to Flex about your trouble he can help you..."
"But it just hurts too much..."
"Vaporeon, talk to me about it, thats why its called a burden, besides I might have a way for you and your problem to find a solution."
"How can you find a solution when the one that hates me threatens to break every bone in my body and leave me for dead next time he sees me!"
"Well, thats a start."
"Please mr. Flex it's just..."
"Vaporeon, if you don't talk about it, it will always be your burden to bear, as we won't know or even be able to help you."
"Alright... "
"Good, now start from the beginning..."
"Well it started when we were kits, my brother, who is now an espeon, was the stronger on our litter of eevee, so the others and I grew quite jealous of him. so one day we decided to prank him, I asked him to go take a look at some noise we heard over a cliff nearby to the ranch we were on so, the lot of us snuck out and he went to check the noise out. Well I had decided to knock him off, to teach him we were just as strong as he was, but as he fell..."
"Go on..."
"He fell into an open crate, and before he could escape, it was sealed and thrown onto a nearby ship. when I had saw what had happened, I jumped off after him and tried to chase the ship. I swam and I swam, but soon I tired, and the ship vanished on the horizon. If it wasn't for a passing lapras bringing me back to shore, I would have drowned. Then just as we entered that contest in altomare recently I saw him again..."
"What happened between the two of you?"
"To say he was upset would be a lie, he was furious..."
Flashback
"Huh, another battle? I thought we lost the contest. Saria what's going on?" Her vaporeon asked, though no one could understand what he was saying, except one other.
(Start playing an extended version of Emotion from BW)
"YOU!" barked Espeon both vocally and telepathically. Vaporeon turned around, and immediately recognized the furious espeon behind him, and his eyes went wide.
"Uh, heheh, hey bro. How you doing?" said Vaporeon nervously, slowly backing away until his back was against the wall.
'Very well no thanks to you. You did quite a number on me WHEN YOU PUSHED ME OFF A CLIFF AND INTO A SHIPPING CRATE!' Vaporeon immediately tried to fire off a Hydro pump, or he would have if Espeon didn't psychically clamp his mouth shut.
'Now now, we'll be having none of that. Do you know what you did to me? Do you know what I had to go through?" Vaporeon immediately tried to bolt, but Espeon grabbed him with Psychic, and lifted the water type into the air.
'I was trapped in that dark prison for three weeks brother. I had no food, and the only water I could possibly drink was the sea water that leaked through the boards during fierce storms. Do you have any idea what that was like brother? Do you have any idea what it was like like to slowly starve, with sparse drinks of disgusting water being few and far between? I nearly died brother, and I would have too, had I not been found.
When I came to I was in a strange place with unfamiliar people, and I was terrified brother. I tried to get away and hide, but I had no strength to even twitch. The humans that found me helped me to get enough strength to move, and as soon as I could, I hid myself away. I wanted to be back home, yet I knew deep down I would never be able to go back.' Espeon then released his brother's mouth.
"Look brother, I'm sorry for what I did, I really am. I was an idiot back then, I admit it. Sure I pushed you into that crate, but I was as worried as everyone else when you got locked in it. Please, I know I don't deserve to be completely forgiven for what I did to you, but can you forgive me at least a little." Espeon glared and narrowed his hate filled eyes at his vaporeon sibling, and the bubble jet pokemon feared the worst, but was slowly let down to the ground.
'No. I can never forgive, and I can never forget what you did to me. The only reason I'm letting you go with everything intact is because if you didn't push me that day, I would never have met Ash. Know this though brother, the next time we meet, I'll break every bone in your body and leave you for dead somewhere, so that you can experience at least some of what I had to go through.' With that, Espeon went back to Ash and laid down, though his amethyst eyes were still trained on his brother. Ash grasped Espeon's shoulder, both to comfort and support the sun pokemon, and to keep him from changing his mind and ripping apart the vaporeon. Light and Saria however were shocked to say the least. Light was too shocked for words at the moment, and Saria was faring little better. Before any of them could speak of what happened, the usher came in and told Ash he was to go to the stage.
"Espeon, can I leave you here, or would you rather wait in your ball?" Ash asked his pokemon.
'It's alright Ash, I'll stay. I won't do anything rash while you're performing.' answered Espeon. Ash nodded, and left for the stage. Light watched him go, then sat down beside Espeon.
"Listen, I know what your brother did to you must have been horrifying to go through, but still. Ever since you disappeared, he became much more subdued, and much less vibrant. I don't think he ever meant for things to go that far, and has been silently beating himself up for your disappearance ever since that day. When he saw you, I could see shock and recognition in his eyes, but most of all, happiness. He was happy to see that you were alive, and I could see the burden of his actions lifting off his shoulders. But when you denied him forgiveness, when you adamantly declared your hatred to him, that burden fell back on him a hundred fold. He wants to make amends so badly, but you won't let him. I think he's been hurting just as much as you have, just with a different kind of pain. What I'm trying to say is, give him a chance. You never know if this will be the last time you ever see him." With that, Light stood back up, and went back to the other side of the waiting room. Saria scooped up her vaporeon into her arms, comforting the bubble jet pokemon as best she could. Vaporeon looked towards Espeon one more time as the two left, and was met only with the hatred smoldering in his brother's eyes.
…
After Saria had changed out of their contest clothes and back into their regular clothing, she headed out of the stadium, still holding her vaporeon in her arms.
"I'll keep this to myself Vaporeon, It's your secret to tell." she whispered into his ear. Soon the two left the building, and stepped out into the pouring rain.
"Oh shoot. It was so nice out this morning I had no idea it was going to rain. Come on, let's get back to the hotel before we're completely soaked." With that, Saria dashed off as fast as she could to the hotel they were staying at, though one mind was not occupied with trying to stay dry.
Slowly, Vaporeon looked up at dark clouds that filled the sky.
'So even the sky itself is crying from my brother's torment. Do you remember days like this brother, when we couldn't leave the shelters and were bored out of our minds. We always asked each other what we wanted to evolve into. You would always say it didn't matter, that any evolution would be awesome, and I would always say that I'd evolve after you, so that I could become something stronger than you. I never meant for this to happen brother. When I pushed you that day, it was only to scare you, but when you were locked into that crate, when you were put on that ship, I jumped down the cliff and chased after you. I swam and I swam, but soon I tired, and the ship vanished on the horizon. If it wasn't for a passing lapras bringing me back to shore, I would have drowned. When I saw her swim away, I knew. I had to become a Vaporeon, so I could swim across the ocean to find you. So I trained myself to get stronger, and hunted for a water stone. But the days turned to weeks, then months, then years. Everyday, I was reminded that it was my fault you were gone, and I was afraid I would never find you, so I gave up. Only when I belonged to Saria did I find a water stone, but by then I could no longer leave. I belonged to someone, and I couldn't leave her behind. Now I've found you, but instead of the happiness of us reuniting, there was only pain and hatred. The things you said, they hurt more than you can imagine brother. I know you can't hear me brother, but I am so very sorry, for everything.' Vaporeon then lowered his head, and wept. No one could see his tears, for they were washed away in the rain, and Saria could not feel his shudders, for the movement caused by her running masked them.
(End Emotion)
End Flashback
"Alright vaporeon, I understand..."
"You do?"
"Yes, during many sessions in the past I have dealt with literally the same type of scenario, varying in a few places. the best thing you can do let him deal with it, he chose to brood over that fact even though you attempted to reconcile, I will send word to master Ash, to at least attempt to try and see his side, although I don't doubt what you say here. I have to hear it from him, watch his body language, etc... and due to him being a psychic type it might be best for me to speak to him over the video phone to prevent him from reaching into my mind. "
"thanks..."
"Good, now lets finish up our lunch so..."
"Daddy!"
"Ah Charlotte!"
"Look, little Strike found something!"
"What? What did he find?"
Charlotte puts Strike down to pull out a note from a basket on her arm.
"These two are a shinx egg, and a snivy egg. Due to various circumstances I cannot care for them, so I shall leave them in your care."
"Ah... good boy Strike, were where they?"
"On Miss. Saria's desk in the front..."
"Good boy, Charlotte just set them here on the couch for me, so they can be comfortable until I can find a better place for them until they hatch."
"Sure!"
XXX
"Well it looks like I managed to elude them, I should get back to the river and see if ms. Altaria is alright..."
"Are you alright deary?"
!
"Oh, mrs. Altaria, you scared the living daylights outta me..."
"Oh I'm sorry deary, just who are you hiding from?"
Suddenly one of her pursuers appears from the nearby bushes.
"Him, hes one of my dads henchman, see my father is after me because i didn't want any part in his little gang and went off and fell in love with..."
"Oh come here deary..."
The two hug, and the henchman walks out of view
"Looks like he disappeared..."
"Who you talking about?"
"The henchman... oh crap..."
"Go deary!"
" blows all the shrubs in the surrounding area up in the air, with just a few power flaps of her cotton like wings."
"Quick deary, I'll hold them off... go back to the river, and get to my nest. I want you to grab the egg inside a run for it."
"But..."
"That egg is my last child, so I decided to make sure my long departed husband has a legacy to leave behind... but seeing how our situation is not in our favor, I'm entrusting it to you."
"But..."
"I'll hold them for as long as I can, just run and don't look back.."
"Thank you..."
"Good luck finding your love deary, and remember don't give up no matter how hopeless things look..."
Prayer nods, and charges through the wind storm headed towards the nest... she spots it and grab the only egg contained in it.
Meanwhile back with Altaria and the goons...
"Alright you old hag, tell us where the bosses daughter is and we may just spare your life!"
"Over my dead body!"
"That can be arranged..."
"Ahem..."
"Boss!"
"You will tell us or you will beg for your miserable life!"
"Never, for someone as horrible as you I'd rather..."
"You'd rather what?"
"Give you what's been long overdue! "
"Huh?"
"Dragon dance!"
"Alright boys that old hag wants a battle, give her a battle!"
"Right, boss!"
"Perish song!"
"oh shit! Cover..."
All surrounding pokemon are numbed by the effects of perish song.
"You will pay for that you old hag!"
"Well this young maiden has one more trick up her wing... "
And she disappears, from sight flying way above the battlefield searching for prayer.
"Good shes out of range, it's been a while but I fear this may be the last time I use this..."
"There she is!"
"Hmph..."
"Hyper beam boys!"
Two hyper beam are fired almost clipping each of her wings, but she pulls in and starts diving at the ground at insanely fast speeds.
"SKY ATTACK!"
"Oh shit... Thunder!"
The thunder strike hits her but due to the nature of her attack it just absorbs it into her trail, gather its power along behind her.
"Eat this you miserable excuse for a pokemon!"
She impacts the zebstrika with the combined power of both attacks, literally knocking him out and throwing mrs. altaria into the river nearby.
"Boss!"
The two henchman run to their bosses side to check on him only to be struck by the after effects of the perish song. causing the two of them to fall flat on top of their boss, completely unconscious.
"Thanks you mrs. altaria, I'll take good care of them..."
Prayer continues trekking and does not stop, she passes through two towns, and crosses a bridge before finally resting at a pokemon center in opelucid city
She hesitantly walks inside only to be amazed by the interior.
"Can I help you?"
Prayer tries to respond only to remember she can't speak human, so looking around frantically she tries to explain to Nurse Joy.
"Um... Lucario can you come here please?"
"Yes ms. Joy?"
"Um... well can you help me try to understand her? She looks like she can't speak, and has been making weird motions like she trying to explain through charades or something..."
"Certainly mistress..."
Lucario begins speaking to her through her aura.
"Young one, what do you require, simply think it and we can help."
Prayer briefly shocked by his actions, asks for a room and something to help her carry her egg in.
Lucario relays the message, and nurse joys complies.
Lucario follows her to her room, and she thanks him but hesitates a bit when he leaves.
"Please dont go..."
"Ah... so you can speak... wait you're a pokemon!"
"Stop!"
"Release me I must inform..".
"Please don't... Im not trying to fool everyone... its just that..."
"Then why the disguise?"
"It was a gift, from Virizion to help me find my mate who disappeared..."
"Oh so what does he look like?"
"Well I don't really know right now..."
"Then how is he your mate then?"
Prayer sits him down and explains all that had happened from day one.
"So... he has been turned into a human and you're trying to find him to restore his memories?"
Prayer nods slowly.
"Well I may be able to help, see we have a few pokemon that were left here that no one has come back for and we have been trying to get someone to take care of them, but seeing the situation you are in right now, you three may be able to help each other out..."
"Ok... but are you sure?"
"Of course, besides they can help you find your mate and get through towns."
"Can I meet them?"
"Not tonight, as they have already gone to sleep, but one is a rapidash and the other is a whimsicott."
"They sound nice..."
"Oh trust me, they can be your lifelines. Rapidash or Flare as she likes to be called was a track runner up until she lost one race, and her trainer left her for a new steed that had just won his first race. She powerful and caring, and I'm pretty sure she would love to help you carry your egg for you."
"Hmm..."
"Now for ms. Whimsicott or Fluff as per her request, she worked with a detective and helped him solve crimes, a Watson to a Sherlock Holmes if you will. And recently he was killed in an accident and she refuses to work with anyone else in the police department, but helps in around the center quite a bit.'
"What does she specialize in?"
"Well, she can be your voice"
"She can speak human?"
"That she can, now not all of the human languages but a good number of them are in her vocabulary so she might get tongue tied at times... but overall she loved helping those in need."
"Oh my... but I don't want to be a bother..."
"No its no trouble, it's just miss joy needs to know, "
"Really?"
"Yes, if u want it kept between the three of us, then so be it."
"Please, "
"Alright, please go eat something and sleep, I'll inform miss Joy in the meantime, you need not worry about anything."
Prayer gives him a peck on the cheek and heads out towards the cafeteria to grab a bite to eat. while he informs joy of the news.
Meanwhile in the shadows looms a tall dark figure.
"Soon young Lopunny, you will become mine!"
sry bout the long delay, many thanks to perfect oblivion for allowing from material to cross between our stories. anyways r & r please! thx