It was silent inside the garage, everyone was gathered around at the middle. Draco was on his knees, his hand on top of the smooth white and green body that laid on the ground. Scarlet was just on the other side, trying her best to try and patch up the hole that had been made when Saphia had came towards Mary and Draco, who were standing to the left of the front door. Saphia had lost control of the bike and nicked her, hurting herself in the process. Scarlet let out a sigh as she leaned back, keeping herself up with her two arms.
"Can't you do anything for her?" Draco asked as he continued to stroke the white and green surface of her body.
"Sorry, but I can't do anything right now. I need to go buy some more supplies, there aren't any new ones I can use", Scarlet said as she hung a stained rag on the hook on the work table behind her.
"It'll be okay", Mary said, placing her hand on his shoulder.
"Come on, it'll be okay", Robert said as he walked towards the door that led back to the house.
"I'm not leaving her!" Draco cried as he threw himself over the white and green body on the floor of the cold garage.
"I'm sorry... I didn't mean to do it", Saphia said as she held onto her arm that was slightly bleeding from the crash.
"It's okay... *Sniff* It's my fault that I pushed you to ride her", he said.
"Come on, let me clean that wound up for you", Robert said as he opened the door.
The others followed Robert out of the garage, leaving Draco with his bike. It was his bike that had got damaged in the crash.
(A/N: I wonder if I made anyone believe that someone was dead on the floor :P)
*P.O.V. Change: Robert*
I told Saphia to sit on the couch and wait for me to bring down a First Aid kit from the upstairs bathroom. I could have just made some Oran or a Sitrus berry medicine I used to make, but Scarlet had eaten all the berries... again, without me noticing. Reaching the bathroom, I opened the closet in front of the sink and began to move things around for the First Aid kit. I made sure to check if there were bandages inside of the kit before bringing it down for Mary and Saphia. Closing the bathroom door behind me, I went down the stairs to find that Junior was sitting on Mary's lap as Mary was playing with the Riolu's ears.
"Saphia, show me your arm please", I said as I opened the First Aid kit and took out a roll of bandages and a Hyper Potion.
Kneeling down in front of her, I placed the roll of bandages on my knee. Holding her paw with my hand, I used my other hand to spray the Hyper Potion on the wound. Her paw felt firm, but also soft and warm at the same time. With one last spray, I placed the little bottle by my foot and then reached for the bandages. Pressing the end of the bandages on her arm, I began to firmly wrap the bandage around her arm, she didn't even flinch or complain.
'That's a Steel type for you', I thought as I tore the bandage and then tucked the end into the fold of the bandage.
"I'm never going to ride that thing ever again..", Saphia said as she flexed her arm.
Something clicked inside of me. A faint yet painful memory came back to me.
'Robert! Stop this thing!' A voice screamed inside of my head as I saw a blur zoom straight past me and crashed into the same spot of the house that Saphia had.
The faint echo of the motorcycle crashing against the side of the house faded from my mind as I remained kneeled in from of Saphia. Blinking my eyes once, I took the bottle and the rest of the bandages and moved over to Mary.
"You won't need the bandages, I'll just use a band-aid", I said to her as I placed the bandages back into the little box and took out a band-aid from another smaller box from inside the kit.
Spraying her cut once, I pealed off the tiny wax paper off and stuck the band-aid over her cut. Carelessly dumping the scraps into the box, I closed it.
"Thank you, Robert", Mary smiled at me as she touched the now covered cut on her arm.
"Your welcome", I said as I got up.
Saphia was already gone from the couch and was now sitting on the windowsill. Mary went into the garage, most likely to check up on Draco. Scarlet was talking on the phone, placing a pick-up order for new parts for Draco's motorcycle. Draco loved his bike, but knew nothing on fixing it. He was the gizmo type person, while as Scarlet did the maintenance for his bike. It was strange as to how Draco wasn't able to tell why she was really doing all of this for him in the first place, it was already clear for everyone here but Saphia, Junior, and even Mary. All we needed to do was wait for him to find out on his own. I sat down on the couch with the First Aid kit resting on my lap. I turned to look at the Lucario, who was staring out into the raging blizzard outside.
'Why did she bring back those memories? …. Saphia...', I thought as I stared at the Lucario.
~Time Skip: Dinner Time~
*P.O.V. Change: 3rd person*
The smell of stewed vegetables and various other tasty aromas filled the kitchen as Robert and Scarlet moved up and down the kitchen area. Robert and Scarlet were in the midst of cooking dinner for everyone. Though Mary was invited to stay, she said that she would go home and have dinner with Lily and her grandmother. The Lucario was still sitting at the same spot, her son resting on her lap. Her son was busy toying around with a small doll that Robert had allowed him to play with when he brought it out of the room Junior and his mother were sleeping in. Junior let out a yawn. Crawling off of his mothers lap, he dragged the doll with him as he walked towards the tv, just as Draco came out of the kitchen.
"Hey, how did you know how to turn it on?" He asked as the tv clicked on.
"... I don't know", he smiled as he climbed onto the couch and sat down.
"Heh, clever kid, ain'tcha?" Draco chuckled as he laid his crossed arms over the top of the couch.
A light hiss sound came from the door as a little motor inside the wall opened the door. In came Susan, with two twin brown bags strapped to her waist. Draco let out an annoyed groan when the door shook a little when closing.
"Great, the stupid door is jamming again", Draco said as he slammed the door all the way with his Psychic.
"I wouldn't be surprised, the motor hasn't been on for a while with Susan visiting her family for a little while", Draco said as he walked out of the kitchen, wearing a light blue apron, "the ice must have frozen over some of the gears. You're going to have to tear the floorboards out to fix it", he said as he went back into the kitchen.
"Yeah, this is gonna be a pain. Ah screw it, I'll do it when the snow clears up", Draco said as he turned around and walked back towards the couch.
Using his Psychic, he changed the channel on the tv again. Loud rock music began to play as he stopped at a music concert that was being filmed near Undella Bay. The annoyed Gallade noticed the Riolu's eyes become filled with interest as he listened to the musicians as they played.
"Yo, Draco. You still got that old electric guitar, right?" Scarlet asked as she leaned against the kitchen doorway, continuously mixing a bowl of batter.
"Yeah, why?" He asked as he looked over to the side.
"What's a guitar?" Junior asked, not looking away from the screen.
"It's what they're playing... wanna check it out?" He asked as he sat upright.
"Yes!" Junior cheered excitedly.
"Can you even play it anymore?" Scarlet rolled her eyes as she walked back into the kitchen.
"You bet your ass I still can. Come on you little runt, let's go check out Ol' Bessy", Draco said as he got up from the couch and ran towards the stairs, the little Riolu hot on his tail.
"Robert, where would you like me to put these?" Susan asked as she came into the kitchen.
"Put them by the fridge, I'll put them in when I finish with this", Robert said.
"Yo', Bubby, why are you suddenly making all of these big ass dishes? It's not like we're hostin' a fucking party or something", Scarlet said as she placed the bowl on the counter top and reached for a bottle of oil spray.
"Language", Susan and Robert said at once.
"The kid isn't in the living room, can't I let loose for a moment?" Scarlet whined as she puffed out her cheeks.
"You let 'loose' plenty of times", Robert said as he wiped the kitchen knife that he had in his hand.
"Especially the times when you walk around the house in nothing but your undergarments", Susan said as she let out her throaty giggle.
"Well that's all for Bubby", Scarlet giggled as she leaned over and kissed Robert on the cheek.
Suddenly, loud music came from above them. The Lucario came into the kitchen and looked up at the ceiling with everyone, except for Robert who was busy peeling potatoes. The music continued to play for a while before it suddenly stopped as it started. A second later, Draco came walking down the stairs and into the kitchen with a guitar strap slung around his shoulder, an amplifier in his hand, and his other arm extended with Junior in his hand. Junior was smiling as he was dangling his limbs as Draco held onto him by the nape of his neck.
"What are you doing with my s-", the Lucario was cut off by the Gallade raising his hand with the amplifier still in his hold.
Robert finally turned around and joined the others in silence a Draco placed both the smiling Riolu, who was wagging his tail happily, and the amplifier down on the ground. Using his Psychic, he plugged the guitar into the amplifier and the amplifiers cord into an outlet.
"Kid, here", Draco said as he took the guitar off of himself and handed it to the Riolu.
Taking out a guitar pick, he gave it to the Riolu, who spent a few seconds tying to hold it in his paw. Finally managing to hold onto the tiny piece of plastic. The Riolu looked around the room and then up at the Gallade, who made a little motion with his hands to tell the Riolu to start. All of a sudden, the Riolu began to play the guitar.
"... Oh damn", Scarlet said after a short while of listening to Junior play.
"And I didn't even tell him how to play the guitar", Draco said as his eye twitched, "and he freakin' plays better than I do...", Draco said as the Riolu stopped playing the guitar and sat down on the floor.
He scratched the back of his head with his hind leg and then stared at the others.
"Clever kid", Robert said as he turned back to cooking.
~Time Skip: Whenever the hell they manage to finish cooking~
"So you really didn't teach the kid how to play like that?" Scarlet asked in the middle of her feeding frenzy.
"Nope, I showed him nothing. I just pointed at my guitar and he just went over to it while I was looking for another cord", Draco asked as he stabbed into a potato wedge.
"He knew how to turn on the bath on his own too", Robert said as he spooned some roasted berries onto the Riolu's plate, which he immediately ate and waited for more.
"Well that's easy to figure out, but playing something like a guitar on the first try is pretty neat", Scarlet said.
"I have a question, if I may ask you all", the Lucario said, who was sitting to the right of her son.
"Go right on ahead deary", Susan said as she licked her muzzle.
"Which one of you is the strongest?" She asked.
Draco and Scarlet immediately pointed at Robert, while as Susan just looked over at Robert.
"Robert's obviously the strongest here. Then comes Susan, Scarlet, …. the brat, me, and then you?" Draco said as he pointed to each one of them as he called out to each one of them.
"... Is there anyone who can best Robert in a contest of strength?" She asked.
"Hmm... yeah, one person. She could kic-", Draco stopped suddenly.
Robert looked up at Draco, causing the Gallade to stop entirely and drop his happy expression. The room remained silent of all noises, all but the sound of the Riolu eating more of the food that Robert and served him. Being a child and all, the Riolu knew nothing of what was going on, or how to tell if something bad was happening. The Lucario just looked on in confusion as the others slowly resumed eating. The clinking of eating utensils could be heard as everyone slowly began to eat again. Susan was already done, but was too disturbed to move from the seat. The Lucario continued to sit in silence, leaving her food on her plate as she tried to figure out why they acted like they did. Once the Riolu finished eating, he got up from the stack of books and hopped down onto the tile floor and ran into the living room.
After diner was done, Robert gathered the dirty dishes and began to clean them, alone. Scarlet, Draco, Susan, and the Lucario and her child were at the furthest part of the living room that was away from the kitchen doorway. Draco was leaning against the wall while sitting on the floor, Scarlet and Susan were sitting on the windowsill.
"Why do you all keep acting like this?" Saphia asked.
"What do you mean... do you mean... this?" Draco motioned to everyone in the living room.
"Yes, why do you all act like this?" She asked again.
"Well... let's just say our family... nearly all of us have some bad pasts that we want to leave behind. But our pasts don't seem to want to leave our conversations, our thoughts... our lives. They just come back one way or the other. It's either it fucking comes back because of what someone says, or because that someones does...", Draco said as he got up.
"How so?" Saphia asked.
"*Sigh* See that vase? That thing holds some pretty dark memories for Robert", Draco said as he pointed at the colorful vase.
"If such a thing carries such dark pasts, why does he wish to keep it?" She asked.
"It's... special to him. Even though it hurts him whenever he sees it, he wants to keep it... someday you'll find out why... but we don't want to force him to tell you... he has to do it on his own", Scarlet said as she stroked the little Riolu's tail as he batted a little plush ball back and forth with his paws that Susan had given to him.
"Yeah, he'll tell you one day... Tomorrow we gotta deal with some damage. Robert's gonna do something again", Draco said as he pressed his hand onto his forehead.
"What do you mean?" Saphia asked.
"I could feel how everyone in here feels. And I felt that Robert's remembering more of the things from the past... he managed to block out all of them nearly a year ago, but what the hell's bring them back?" Draco let out a huff of annoyance.
Robert suddenly came out of the kitchen and made a turn for the hall to the side. Draco sighed. Everyone seemed to know what was going to happen, everyone but the Lucario and the Riolu who wasn't even paying any attention to all of this.
~Time Skip: 11 pm~
I sat in the dark as I continued to think about this place. The humans and pokemon in this house nearly all have dark pasts that they don't wish to bring back. What kind of lives did they live before all of this?
'We're not anymore different than they are... I guess this is the perfect place for us', I thought as I stroked my sons head as he laid sleeping on my lap.
Yawning, he opened his eyes slowly.
"Momma, I'm thirsty", he whispered in a sleepy filled voice.
"I'll go get you some water", I said as I gently scooped my son into my arms and placed him onto the pillow of the bed.
Walking out the door, I closed it to keep anyone from going into the room. Making my way through the dark hallway, I kept my paw on the wall to keep myself from straying off. Reaching the stairs, I made my way down the stairs to reach the kitchen and get some water for my son. As I reached the bottom of the stairs, I heard some light grunting and pounding from the hallway that Robert had gone down.
'The human must be doing something... no matter', I thought as I walked into the kitchen and looked around for something I could get water with.
The thing they called a sink was still broken and dripping water from it's winding neck above it. Ignoring the damaged object, I looked around for something to get water from, other than the broken sink. Spotting a box with some transparent coverings at the bottom of a table, I looked down and spotted that it was water in some sort of container. Pulling one of the odd objects out, I sniffed at it and smelled nothing but the hands of those who touched it before. Twisting the white disc above the object, I heard a crack come from it. Continuing with my twisting, I pulled the strange covering off and smelled the water inside.
'I smell nothing wrong with this... good', I thought as I covered it back up and walked out of the kitchen.
Exiting the kitchen, I heard a loud bang come from the hallway. Readying my Metal Claw, I faced the hallway and waited for anything to come out, but nothing did, all that came was more sounds of the clanging, but it was lighter now. Just as I was about to walk away and deliver the water to my son, another pound came and a light shined from the end of the hall, a door creaked open.
'What is that?' I thought as I walked down the hall, but took caution.
As I came closer to the light, I saw that it was the room where I had seen the humans and Draco 'workout' in. Peering into the room, I saw that it was Robert, he was punching a large tube like object. His face was plain, but his clothes were drenched with sweat.
"Why... why? Why?!" He kept saying at each punch he threw at the object.
"Why are they coming back... why...", he said as something other than sweat came down his face.
My eyes opened wider as I noticed that the human that I've known for little time to be a strong and expressionless man... was crying.
"WHY!?" He shouted as he threw one last punch at the bag before the metal chain link that was holding onto the bag snapped and the object was sent flying into the wall, shattering the reflecting object that lined the entire upper level of the wall.
I flinched as the rest of the reflecting wall around the area where the object had struck the wall, begin to shatter and fall off of the wall. Robert walked over the to the object and sat down on the object, his breathing was hard and shaky. Tears and sweat continued to come down his face as he sat on top of the object. Though his face remained hard and solid as ever, I could see the hurt in his eyes. Stepping away from the door, I slowly closed the door.
'Exactly what does he bear that causes him such pain?' I thought as my heart pounded hard.
Placing my paw just underneath my chest spike, I felt my heart beat harder than ever. His behavior actually made me... worry. Never have I worried about anyone else other than my son... and my mate. Suddenly, a memory came back to me.
'My mate... why do you resemble so much of this human?' I thought.
I remained standing in the hall, my paw on my chest, the memories and worries remained as I thought more and more of my past, and what Robert's past may have been to cause him such pains. And... why was I even worrying about him?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the story's comin' along nicely :D Well, not for them that is o_o Draco, you're gonna have to fix that giant mirror and the door later on :P
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