Chapter 7
Somewhere nearby Gyarados Lake...
"Woah, this is a strange world, if I do say so myself. Let me do some exploring, there's no better
choice!"
Meanwhile...
"Wow, these berries that Gyarados is growing are great! Espeon's berries are very exotic as well,
we are getting a huge variety of berries all of a sudden!"
"I have to agree. This community has been more ecstatic than it's ever been, and I can see the
tree benefitting a lot from all these unique voices. Things are perfect now! I couldn't be
happier. Let's head to Gyarados to deliver the latest berries, we can test the sour ones for
flavor."
Arceus started heading to Gyarados Lake as Celebi followed. He smiled at everyone who passed by,
and saw the fruits of his hard work and dedication. Not to ignore everyone else's work, he
reminisced the work he put into building a community of friends all the way at Lake Muziek.
With the help of Celebi and everyone else who became a server of the tree, not only had he
fashioned a new community, but he rebuilt an old one. Watching his friends get along with
Celebi's, he was very blissful. He could have never asked for more. As he faded in and out of
a daydream, he was alert enough to notice Gyarados acting strange. Gyarados was looking off into
the distance, as if he was looking for something. Celebi dropped the berries by the lakeside, and
started pondering what Gyarados could be looking out for.
"Gyarados, is something wrong?"
"Well, I thought I saw a pokemon wobbling around in the distance. I couldn't tell if it was
injured or still learning to walk, but it was having trouble. As soon as I saw it though, it
quickly disappeared into the woods. This was only moments ago, you should check it out."
"Hm, I see. Hey Arceus, can you stay here? I'll check it out for you, we need these berries
tested, and I'm sure Gyarados is more than eager to see the newest sour berries."
"Sure, no problem. Come back though if you see anything dangerous, ok?"
With that said, Celebi flew over to the other side of the lake. He searched around a bit,
looking through the familiar forest paths. He finally found some footprints, and started to
follow them. As he walked the steps, he noticed the strange trail. It was very curvy and
spontaneous, and he couldn't imagine walking in such a manner. He continued to follow the steps
until he realized something very odd. He swore he had seen that plant five minutes back. He
stopped, looked back, and realized that he had been walking circles.
"WHO WALKS IN CIRCLES?"
After shouting this, Celebi started to hear a voice behind him, far off in the distance. He
hid behind a nearby bush, and waited to see if the pokemon would walk by. As he predicted,
the voice drew closer, and he saw a pokemon stumbling in the distance. It was a very strange
looking pokemon, and as it neared, Celebi could hear it mumbling to itself.
"Okay, so I was at home, I saw a portal next to the lake, and now I'm here. The portal is gone,
so I can't use that. I can't reverse time, but maybe I can convince time to go back like five
minutes. Wait...oh yeah, time isn't a pokemon I can just talk to! Darn! Think , think!"
Celebi watched the pokemon hobble along, and pitied it. It was another victim, like Gyarados
and Arceus. He popped out from behind the bush, and called after it.
"Hey! Uh, what was it...Mime! Come back!"
turned around so quickly he tripped over his foot and fell. He got up as fast as he
could, pretending that it went unnoticed, and yelled back.
"That's to you! And who are you? Where am I?"
Celebi walked over to and introduced himself.
"I'm Celebi. This is another world. You must have found a portal and came here."
"Wait, how do you know all this? You seem so calm about it. WHERE'S MY HOUSE?"
"Relax, you aren't the first one to encounter this. Apparently there is a problem going on and
portals have been appearing in our world, bringing along pokemon this world has never seen. I
don't know why it's happening, but once a pokemon comes, the portal is gone. I'm sorry about
your house, I'm afraid there's nothing we can do. I can bring you back to the forest center,
where a community of pokemon live in peace. Would you like to come? There isn't much out here."
"Oh man. So I can't go back to my house? This is bad. I think I left the fire going..."
Celebi found this pokemon very strange. He got the idea that the was a pokemon that
lived in the moment, but never actually knew what was going on. He led to the lake
though, and found that Arceus had just finished testing the berries with Gyarados. Espeon was
there too, smiling and trying to help out. Arceus saw Celebi arrive with yet another newcomer,
and proceeded to introduce himself.
"Hey, I'm Arceus. I hear you got yourself in a portal like I did. I hope you don't get too
depressed, I'm sure Celebi told you what has been happening. We can't seem to figure out the
mystery to these portals, but we know that once they transport pokemon, they instantly disappear.
So, to put it in a nutshell, you're stuck here."
"Sorry to hear that stumbled upon a portal as well. I'm Gyarados. I was the most recent visitor
until you came along. I know how it feels, and I hope you can get accustomed to the pokemon here
like I did."
"Um...I am Espeon! You are confused, I think so. Portals everywhere, is bad, very bad. I know
pokemon here, but I am sad for you, do not worry. You will make friends, I have friends here too!"
Everyone tried not to look at Espeon in an attempt to make him feel at home. They were all trying
to figure out what he had said anyway. But 's face immediately lit up, and he turned to
Espeon, avoiding another fall.
"Oh, I know that accent! Uh, let me try..., I am here. Yes, portal took me to this place,
very different it is. You are Espeon, glad to meet you too. It is a long time, then I hear this
accent. I practice sometimes, I never hear pokemon who speak like you, always different in my home
though."
Everyone looked at with their own expressions. Arceus had a blank stare, Gyarados started
drooling, and Espeon had a grin from ear to ear. Celebi was impressed, and applauded .
"Wow, I didn't know other pokemon could speak with such a rare accent. I do admit, mine isn't
too well polished, but that was pretty good! I'm sure you and Espeon will make good friends!"
"Oh wait. So you're saying I can't go back home?"
"Uh, yea, I thought I said that about an hour ago ..."
"Oh, I see. No worries Celebi, my house was going to be given to my friend anyway, it wasn't too
important. Thanks for accepting me into your group though! I do appreciate it, lots!"
Celebi smiled, and scooted over to Arceus. He spoke out the side of his mouth, as if performing
ventriloquism, and whispered to Arceus.
"Very strange guy, but I'm interested in what kind of berries he could make. His personality is
very unique, and it would be great for Espeon to be able to talk to someone else. I think you
should make him a Sacred Musician."
"Are you sure Celebi? If that's what you really believe, I can do it for you."
"Oh believe me, it would be a VERY interesting outcome to see the berries grown by him."
On that note, Arceus sang his song to . felt an aure inside him, and they brought
him to the Eternal Tree. They explained to him how it lived off sound and music, and asked him
to sing to it. sang one of his popular songs from back home, and the tree began to shine.
Soon enough, a berry popped out of the ground, and they circled the berry. Of course, Gyarados
was pouting over not being able to see. They could hear his loud voice in the distance. Celebi
looked at the berry and picked it to reveal a berry with a curved stem. It was a peculiar berry
and he asked to eat it. started dancing out of happiness, having eaten such a
delicious berry.
"Wow! That was very spicy! Just how I like it. I feel a bit stronger as well! Thank you for
giving me this opportunity, I always loved growing a garden of berries at home, but I would have
never imagined growing them like this!"
"Oh, you're very welcome . As long as you live by our code, you are welcome to help us
grow berries whenever you want!"
danced around with joy, and Arceus couldn't help but laugh at it. Once again. he made
another pokemon's day, and added even more variety to his ever growing team, watching the tree
grow even bigger. The portals instilled no fear in any of them, and they had started to welcome
these new pokemon rather than be suspicious. Celebi turned to Arceus.
"In a weird way, I think he's cool. I don't know how to explain it, but there is more to him
than just lack of memory and clumsiness."
"I agree, Celebi. Let's hope the other pokemon think so as well."
End of Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Analysis
-Gyarados Lake is now the name of a significant place
-Espeon's Exotic Berries=Slight reference OD's anime songs
Quote:
server of the tree
It may seem like a pun, but it's more of a foreshadow of the mini trilogy.
=MrStepmaniac
's accent=MrStepmaniac Speaks spanish as well
-Curved Stem Berry=Cheri Berry from pokemon, known to be spicy. Also using the spicy
flavor to represent index files, as sour represents very hard files.
Quote:
"Are you sure Celebi? If that's what you really believe, I can do it for you."
This is very true, it represents how MrStepmaniac became a moderator. It was a request on
my half, and Dutch_com chose to make him moderator upon my request.
Quote:
I always loved growing a garden of berries at home, but I would have
never imagined growing them like this!
"
This symbolizes that MrStepmaniac is already experienced in simfiles, and that he has been
making them for a quite a while.
Overall, I had the most fun writing this chapter. I think I represented MrStepmaniac very
well. :P Oh yea, one more thing.
"I couldn't tell if it was injured or still learning to walk..." - Slayed
Bonus Fun Flashback
Quote:
"But in this new universe, he had tasted over 30 kinds of berries,
some that were spicy yet dry, some that were bitter yet sweet, and his favorite
ones, the sour berries." - Chapter 2
Arceus, the legendary pokemon, liking sour berries. Cool connection huh?
