Hello, hello! Back again with another update. Sadly not a lot of Darkrai in this chapter...Lame right? Oh well, you'll get plenty of him in the next chapter, hehe!
*I do not on Pokemon :,( *
Chapter Nine - Denial
-Louella's POV-
I don't know why, but the way Darkrai had reacted to that whole situation made me feel as if there was more to this than he was telling me. Of course, I couldn't help but die laughing at the way he handled it! Seeing normally 'cool and collected Darkrai' freak out was rather hilarious, yet extremely terrifying.
When Darkrai said he had to go, he had really meant it this time. He rarely ever keeps me unattended...Yet, I've been without him by my side for almost two hours now. That may seem like nothing, but I feel alone, or like something is missing when he's not next to me.
After explaining the situation to the two for the past hour, Amber promised to forgive Darkrai when he came back. Which I was hoping would be soon, I was starting to miss him.
As for Charles, I felt like those two would become good friends which lifted my spirits. The two seemed to share deep knowledge, and seemed to be rather similar in personality.
I spent the past hour hour while he had left explaining questions involving Darkrai to the two. Amber seemed to be quite a chatterbox and always had millions of questions, while Charles would just listen and comment every few minutes.
Both Amber and Charles were in their beds, giving me their full attention. I didn't like the spotlight, but I enjoyed talking about Darkrai.
Luckily, I eventually started warming up to the two, they were both very approachable and seemed to enjoy talking to me. When I talked to them, I wasn't nervous at all which was extremely shocking for someone like me.
Bringing me back into reality, Amber continued asking her long list of questions.
She leaned forward on her hands with an interested expression on her face. "So, how long have you guys known each other?"
I smiled, thinking back to the night we met. "Right around four years, back when I was twelve."
Charles, smirked. "So you two must be pretty close, hm?" He leaned forward on his two hands and gave a small laugh. "Veeery close, hmm?"
"W-Well of course, he's my best friend," I said while giving him a confused look.
Amber, seemingly ignoring our conversation, continued to ask questions.
She laid down on her back, staring at the bunk above her. "Do you have any other Pokemon than him?" She suddenly got up, giving me an excited look. "I bet you have tons! After all, he's pretty strong, huh? Maybe you could battle Charles, he's really stro-"
I spoke in a very dead tone. "Amber, he's the only Pokemon I have. The only Pokemon I've ever had." Saying these words hurt, but it was the sad truth. Even with a strong Pokemon like Darkrai by my side, Pokemon still refused to become partners with me. Darkrai on the other hand, refused to train whatsoever! He was extremely stubborn, so he would never listen to my reasoning.
Amber laid back down, probably thinking she brought up something she shouldn't of. "O-oh, my bad."
I didn't want to go into detail about the reason I didn't have any Pokemon, I was afraid they would judge me for being a pathetic excuse for a trainer. Technically, I hadn't even caught Darkrai yet! He always refused to be captured in a Pokeball, but I trust he'll always be my side even without me technically being his trainer.
Besides, our relationship was anything but trainer and Pokemon. He was my best friend, and I wouldn't change anything about that.
After a rather long pause, Amber picked up one of her two Pokeballs and looked at it with a longing expression. "I only have two, sadly. But, I wouldn't trade them for a million of the strongest Pokemon, yknow?"
I smiled, suddenly cheering up. "That's exactly how I feel about Darkrai, he's the only Pokemon I need."
I meant every word I said, he was everything I wanted in a Pokemon. Although, it wouldn't hurt if he would stop being stubborn and let me capture at least one more team member...
Charles giggled from the top bunk when I finished my sentence, which started to annoy me to extreme levels. I gave Charles a very stern look, I felt like he was judging my partnership with Darkrai. When it comes to Darkrai, I'm rather defensive. I'm the only one that can insult him.
"Charles, why are you laughing when I talk about Darkrai?" He laughed again, which broke my patience. "Oh for Pete's sake will you stop it, please? It's starting to get on my nerves a little."
He hopped off the top bunk and walked over to my bed and sat next to me.
He started smirking again. "I'm sorry, but it's kinda funny how head over heels he is for you," he continued laughing. "I mean, he went full rage mode when he thought another guy would be around you all day. I doubt I count, considering I'm barely ten." He shrugged.
"Oh, please. He basically thinks of me like a little sister, Charles. So that was really uncalled fo-"
Amber squealed, clapping her hands together. "It's absolutely true! No guy, or Pokemon, would get mad over something silly like that unless they were in loove~!"
The way she pronounced love made me feel as if all the air had been sucked out of my lungs, there was no way in a million years that was possible. Darkrai had always treated me like a sister, there's no way all of a sudden he would randomly start having feelings for me.
After a few more minutes of squealing, she hopped over next to Charles and joined us two on my bed, joining in on our conversation.
She looked as if she were about to burst with joy every second she continued talking. "I thought he was going to hurt you...But now I see he was simply protective, or maybe even jealous!" She grabbed my hands, continuing to spill her excitement. "Oh I wish I had a romantic story like that to tell someday."
I pulled my hands away, crossing my arms. "It's not even true, Amber! And what do you mean by story? Even if he did like me somehow...There's nothing interesting about it," I muttered.
She slightly turned her head, with a sad smile on her face. "Well of course there is, silly! A human and a Pokemon could never be together, it's physically impossible," she sighed. "Forbidden love is extremely romantic, but tragic."
As soon as she brought up the fact that a Pokemon and a human could not be together, I felt as if I had taken a blow to the stomach. I couldn't find any words to say, for I didn't know how to react to this. I didn't expect something like that to bother me to this level, for it was fact. Human and Pokemon could not be together.
I don't know why it bothered me so, but it just felt too harsh to be true. It's not as if I felt feelings for Darkrai, I just felt that love is love, and I don't see why there should be ridicule for someone who happens to love a Pokemon...
After several moments of thinking, Charles spoke up. "Well there's one major factor we're skipping over, ladies," he looked me straight in the eyes. "How do you feel about him, Ella?"
I fell back onto my bed, pulling a pillow over my face. "O-oh please don't ask me about things like that, I've given up on feelings like that years ago," I whispered.
Amber spoke in a very strict tone. "What?! How can you not want to fall in love?!" She paused. "I'm still waiting to meet my knight in shining armor, I know he's out there...somewhere."
After several moments of silence, Amber couldn't keep quiet any longer.
"That's it, I've decided," She said, giving me two thumbs up. "My goal this year is to find you someone, Ella. I won't stop until you're heads over heels!"
I quickly sat up, when both Charles and I whispered the same response. "I don't think that's a very good idea."
She had a very let down expression. "W-why not?"
I couldn't find the answer to that question, no matter how much I contemplated over the matter. I just simply didn't want to love someone, right? That had to be it.
Charles on the other hand, quickly replied with his thought on the question.
"Because Ella is completely in love with Dar-"
Before he could finish that sentence, I quickly hit him with my pillow, which launched him off the bed and caused me and Amber to laugh uncontrollably.
I finally managed to contain my laughter. "W-whoops...Looks like Charles fell off the bed! Clumsy boy, hm?"
He popped his head back up from where he had been knocked off. "Laugh it up guys, but she is obviously in love with him! You keep avoiding the topi-"
With another final swing, he was launched backwards onto the floor. With that, Amber and I just about died from laughter.
Amber was about to fall off the bed herself from laughter. "Nice..Nice aim, E-Ella!"
Muttering several curses, and clearly not amused, he climbed up to his bed and seemingly went back to bed.
I hope we hadn't hurt his feelings, he was the one crossing the line! I obviously didn't have feelings like that for Darkrai...But I just couldn't get myself to say it out loud no matter how hard I tried.
I rubbed my eyes, yawning several times. "Maybe we...should get some sleep too, it's kind of late...after all"
Amber slowly lifted herself up off my bed and wandered towards her bottom bunk. "You're probably right, tomorrow we have to get up early for class and I need to be awake enough to do my hair…"
We all said our good nights over an hour ago, but here I was, still wide awake staring out the lone window in our small, cozy room.
The view from my room at home was so much more like a fairy tale...While all I saw from here were several buildings. I started to feel a pang of homesickness, but decided to think of other things to distract me.
It felt almost..Wrong to go to bed without Darkrai nearby. Darkrai had always slept in the same room with me, and without him here I felt lonely. I was starting to worry, what if he was hurt? What if he got lost or something?
No, Darkrai's not like me. He's strong and responsible, I know he'll be fine.
As memories of Darkrai filled my mind, the familiar feeling of instant slumber fell over me.
But I wasn't asleep...Was I?
As I opened my eyes, I was floating in pure darkness, with two beautiful eyes staring at me...Just as I had four years ago.
OoooOOo~ Kind of a cliff hanger, hmm?
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