A Fairy's Heart Chapter 9: A House To Call Our Own
Hey guys it's William Sloan here, and here's to another chapter of A Fairy's Heart. I've got nothing else to say, so let's get into the story, shall we?
To Recap: After returning from the job in Sliverstraw, Rick introduced Sorano to the guild, which in turn revealed Sorano's ruined eye. Rick met the S-Class wizards Mystogan and Laxus, the latter fighting Sorano until Rick and Makarov stopped both. After that, Sorano took her leave and in turn stopped some robbers. After a day around town, Muku, who was flung to Sorano's location, gave her A Mega Pendant, and were treated to a meal at the café that the robbers that Sorano returned the stolen money to. After returning to the guild, Rick revealed to Sorano that he made the Mega Pendant for the Disaster Pokémon so that she would have somewhere to keep the Absolite. Rick also told Sorano that he and Laxus had a small confrontation, telling the S-Class Mage not to call his Pokémon pets.
It was another day in the Fairy Tail Guild hall, which was up to its normal habits, which was a morning brawl, the ones in the middle of the fight were easy to identify.
"Bring it, Snow Cone!" Natsu yelled, unleashing a Fire Dragon Talon on the opposing Fullbuster.
"Oh I will, Salmon Hair." Gray retorted, who in turn, unleashed an Ice-Make: Battle Axe, which melted due to the obvious weakness Ice had over Fire.
Cana, Lucy, Erza, and Alexander were had the bar, each doing their own thing. Cana had her booze, Erza had her cheesecake, and Lucy had…well, Lucy.
Alexander just kept to himself.
"They're childish, aren't they?" The Synthetic Pokémon asked.
The question went unanswered as their fight raged on. Natsu decked Gray in the face and Gray did the exact same thing.
All in all? It was a typical day.
The door opened, revealing Rick, with Swampy perched on his shoulder, walking into the guild hall with a small catalog and a small paper bag.
"Rick, you're back." Alexander said.
The bag Rick had put on the table caught the most attention. The girls (plus Alexander) looked at the bag and back at Rick, who looked confused as to why.
"Uh, everything okay?" the Multitype Mage asked.
"What in the bag?" Lucy asked.
"Well, I did some sightseeing around town and I picked up a town catalog and one other piece of use." He opened the bag, revealing it to be…a violin.
It was needless to say that the girls were looking like they were hit with Confuse Ray.
"You spend your job reward on a violin?" Cana asked.
"Is there something special about it?" Erza asked.
"No, it's not concealing a sword." Rick replied. "If you want to know, I would advise to pay close attention." Rick started to get the violin ready. "I'm gonna try something."
"I don't like to the sound of that." Lucy grimaced.
"Oh, it's not deadly." Rick said. He started to play a certain song on the violin, and it sounded amazing. Every note was in perfect harmony with the other, but what got their attention was the fact that the fighting was actually starting to stop. Every participant looked way too mellow from looking at the carnage that was the usual Fairy Tail fighting. Even Alexander and Swampy were looking serene. Once the music stopped, Rick looked onward to see if it worked.
"Woah, that was actually good." Lucy said. "And it calmed the fighting."
"What was that?" Erza asked.
"It's a song that I picked up when I was in the Sinnoh region." Rick explained. "It's called Oracion."
"Oracion?" Cana asked.
Rick looked at the Card Mage and smiled a little, "Right. It's been said that Oracion could stop even the fiercest of fighting. The song actually translates to 'Prayer'."
"So that's why you bought the violin." Cana said.
"Kinda." Rick said, "I never learned any real skills outside of Pokémon battling back home, so I thought of expanding my field here."
The Plate Wielder sat down next to Cana at the bar area and sat his head down on the wood. "God, I need a drink."
"What will you have?" Mira asked.
"Got anything carbonated?" Rick asked. His answer came in the form of a cup slid over to him. He looked into the mug and noticed the carbonation causing little droplets to come up. He took a reluctant slip, only to realize that it wasn't ale, but rather a form of soda. Its taste was similar to that of a cherry cola.
"You like it?" Mira asked.
"I'll admit, it's not anything from back home," Rick said, "but it's not bad. Thanks, Mira."
"No problem." Mira said, a smile being present on her face.
Rick spend the next two hours coming through the catalog and, with the help of Swampy, they managed to find three places that were up for rent. One was for 50,000 Jewel a month, one was for 100,000 Jewel a month, and the other was 60,000 Jewel a month.
"I don't think the 100,000 place is gonna work out for us." Swampy said, mulling over the options that they picked.
"I know." Rick said, looking through the descriptions of the buildings. Rick's eyes was caught on the 60,000 Jewel place, as it had a wide open prairie for any training purposes and he could use some of the lands to plant Berry crops. "I like the farmland, but it's kinda far from the Guild Hall. The 100,000 Jewel place seems nice, but we would have to do high paying jobs just to get by, not including food bills. The 50,000 Jewel is striking me as off. Granted it's cheaper than the rest, but still." Rick was scratching his head at the problem in front of him. He wasn't good at making these big decisions, even though it was his first. "Ugh, I hate making these decisions." He groaned.
"You never had to make this kind of decision before." Swampy noted.
"I know, and I hate it." Rick said, letting his head hit the bar counter. He was pulled out of his thought process when a finger tapped him on the shoulder, which earned the mystery person a hard elbow to the gut. (You wanna take a guess who it was?)
"OW!" Rick turned around to see that it was Natsu that he elbowed. "What the hell, man?!"
"Sorry." Rick said, "I thought I told you that I don't handle jumpscares so easily."
"No, you didn't." Natsu said with one arm covering the area.
"Oops." Was Rick's reply. If he was being honest with himself, his memory isn't one of the greatest, but his Pokémon knowledge wasn't one to scoff at.
Natsu noticed the catalog that was on the counter. "Hey, what's going on?"
"I'm planning to rent a place here in town." Rick replied. "I was about to head out to check them out. Wanna came along?"
"Nah." Natsu said. "You do what you need to do."
"Alright then." Rick said. He began walking to the door and he turned around. "I'll be back later on today." He was actually surprised at the amount of maturity that Natsu was showing. Normally the Salamander wouldn't stop until Erza stopped him herself. He wasn't certain that Natsu was feeling well, but he just left it at that and went on his merry way.
He got to a corner in town and stopped. The 50,000 Jewel place was nearby, so he decided to make it the first place he'd check out. When he made it to the address, the building looked nothing to what he thought it would be. The building had blue walls and looked like it was a two-story apartment area. If what Rick thought was what it was gonna be, there could be a multitude of rooms here.
"Yeah, I don't think this would be suitable for me." Rick said to himself and he continued walking, presumably towards the 60,000 Jewel place. Unknown to Rick, he wasn't very far form it, as it only took him maybe 10, 15 minutes tops just to get there by walking.
This House was bigger than the last one, even with the fact that the last building was an apartment. It was red and brown in color, with the roof being a dark blue mixed with purple. It may not have been the prettiest building Rick had even seen, but he didn't care for the color. He knocked on the door and a woman answered the door. She was old enough to pass as someone's mother, perhaps somewhere in the 35 to 40-age range. She had brown hair that reached her shoulders and she wore a simple red shirt and shorts, what with the farm and all.
"May I help you?" the lady asked.
"Yeah, my name's Richard." Rick stated, bowing a little to show common courtesy. "I'm here about the rent in a catalog I picked up." He even pulled the catalog out of his bag to show it to her."
"Oh, yeah." The lady said, looking at the page that it was on, "It's been that long, huh?" she said to herself, "I almost forgot about the house being up for rent." She motioned Rick to come in with her available hand. Rick didn't want to be rude, so he accepted her invitation inside and they say in the living room area. The landlord took one chair while Rick took a seat on the couch. "My name's Paige. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"If anything, the pleasure should be mine." Rick said. "So, about the rent?"
"Right." Paige said, trying to get her mind back on track, "As it states in the catalog, the rent is 60,000 Jewel a month, with a one week grace period. I would expect that you would replace anything that would be lost or damaged. Feel free to reorganize to your pleasure."
"Right." Rick said, taking notes on a sheet of notebook paper. He almost wanted to punch himself at the thought of his next question, but he had to keep in mind his Pokémon. "What is the rule on pets here?" he asked.
"I don't mind any pets here." Paige answered, which made Rick sigh in relief. He knew that this house could be the right place for him and the Pokémon, but not being allowed to have them with him wasn't in the deck of cards.
"Is there anything else that I would need to be aware of?" Rick asked.
"Besides the fact of the land behind the house, nothing really." Paige said. She scribbled a phone number on a piece of scrap paper and handed it to Rick. "If you lose the key, call me at this number and I'll have a replacement key over to you. You should keep the back area clean and if you want to, I have farming tools in the storage shed on the far end of the field you can use. You'll have to come up with the seed, though."
"That won't be a problem." Rick said. "Thank you for renting the house. I'll have the payment to you by the end of the month."
After Paige moved her stuff out, Rick and the other Pokémon spend the day reorganizing the house and getting it cleaned. Muku took care of the living room, Swampy took care of the kitchen, and Sorano and took care of the Master and Guest Bedrooms. Rick had Flashfire take care of any weeds that were in the farmland with her Psychic. Rick had taken the farming tools out and Alexander got the land prepped for planting. Rick took some Berry seed and sprinkled some into the patch of land and shifted into the Splash Plate. But right after doing so, he felt the Plates going off. It felt the same, just like when he found the Dread Plate, yet the Plates weren't as crazy. If anything, they were mellow.
'There's a Plate here too? Oh, my luck's getting better.' Rick thought to himself. He started running towards to where they were. He slowed down, and he surveyed the landscape.
"Hey Rick!" Swampy yelled out. Rick turned around to see the other Pokémon catching up, with Muku riding on Swampy. "What happened?" he asked.
"Did you sense another Plate?" Sorano asked.
"I think so." Rick replied. "But it's not like when Swampy and I found the Dread Plate. The Plates weren't bouncing around like then. If anything, they were more like vibrating."
Muku was thinking what kind of Plate it would be when he noticed something was amiss. "Guys?" he asked, "You feel that?"
"Yeah." Sorano said, her eyes narrowing, "Something's coming."
"I'm not liking the sound of that." Flashfire said.
"And whatever it is, the Plate signature is getting stronger too." Rick said, "You don't think that the Oración Seis broke out, do you?"
"Unlikely." Alexander replyed, "If they were, I don't think that they would bring the plate to you."
Their answer came in the form of a giant monkey. Its fur was green and it had pink hearts marks on its arms, five of them on each arm. Its arms were the size of small trees and were just as thick. The face, hands, and ears were a shade of purple, along with a majority of its body. The lower part of it was a darker shade of green compared to the top part.
"What is that?!" Muku yelled, cowering behind Rick.
"Not sure, but something's not right." Rick said, getting into a battle stance, as did the rest of his Pokémon. He didn't know, but he felt that the Plate in question was right in front of him. He took a closer look and noticed something in its left hand. It was hexagonal in shape and it was an emerald green. "Oh, COME ON!" Rick yelled, knowing fully well what it had in its hand.
"The Meadow Plate?!" Alexander said, his voice showing how shocked he was.
"Looks like we'll have to beat the Gorian." Swampy said.
"Gorian?" Muku said, still deathly afraid.
"They're also called Forest Vulcans." The Mud Fish explained, "From what I've read, Vulcans specialize in something called Take-Over Magic, which is how they survive. Their favorite foods are eggs, so I don't think that it'll eat seafood."
"I'm not seafood!" Muku exclaimed.
"Well whatever it is, we need to get that Meadow Plate." Rick said, shifting into the Sky Plate. "Alexander, Crush Claw! Flashfire, Shadow Ball! Swampy, Hydro Pump! Sorano, Psycho Cut! Muku, use Helping Hand!" Rick's wings started to glow white. "Wing Attack!"
The group fired off their respective attacks, while Muku ejected his hand and made Rick glow yellowish-gold, signaling an attack boost to his Wing Attack. The Gorian was slashed, doused, and struck by the multiple attacks. It countered by swinging an arm at Rick and Muku, which sent Muku into the ground and Rick into the air. It jumped into the air, delivering a downward fist to Rick, which caused the ground to be broken apart upon his impact.
"This guy's tougher than I thought." Rick grunted, trying to dislodge himself from the dirt. He pulled Muku out too. "I think we may need some extra help."
Muku's eyes widened at the simple thought, "You don't mean him, right?"
Sorano overheard Rick and asked Swampy, "What does Muku mean by 'him'?"
Swampy turned to face Sorano, "One of Rick's strongest Pokémon. He one of the sweetest Pokémon you could ever meet, but when he get angry, he's scarier than Erza, an anrgy Natsu, and Aquarius combined."
Rick pulled out a Poké Ball and enlarged it, 'Please, we need your help.' "Emerald, battle time!" he yelled, throwing the Poké Ball in the air. The Poké Ball opened up, revealing golden sparkles revolving a green dragon. Its wings, which have a purple-blue colored membrane, are small for its size, and its face had a rounded snout with tiny nostrils. A pair of thin antennae is on the top of its head, with a small horn in between them, its color being the same as its body. Its arms and legs are thick and it has three, small white claws on both. Its eyes are a black color.
"What happened here?" the Pokémon asked, its voice showing love and care.
Sorano's face showed a shocked expression. 'A Dragonite?! But I thought Dragonite are orange, not green?! Is Dragonite one of those special Pokémon I've heard of? I thought it was just a myth.'
"Emerald, we need your help." Rick said, "I need you to help us fight this Gorian. It has something that I need."
Emerald looked at the Gorian and then it looked at its friends. Alexander tried to use Crush Claw, but the Gorian grabbed Alexander by the head, slamming him down to the ground. Swampy used Ice Beam in an attempt to stop him, but the Gorian tossed Alexander at Swampy, who then flew into Flashfire. Sorano managed to jump out of the way. Emerald's eyes showed that it was terrified that someone was hurting his friends.
"Time to end this!" The Gorian said. It jumped into the air to attack Rick's other Pokémon, but was stopped by a dragon made of pure blue energy. The Gorian was also slashed in the shoulder area. "Who's the wise guy?"
"Can it, you miserable flea bag." Emerald muttered. "You dare hurt my friends. You hurt my family!" Emerald's face showed a scary one that would put Erza's to shame. "I'LL MAKE YOU PAY!" he bellowed. The Dragon Pokémon spread his wings and flew into the air, fire starting to leak out of its mouth. "FLAMETHROWER!" The torrent of fire raged on as the Gorian jumped back, avoiding the Flamethrower.
"ICE BEAM!" A ball of light blue energy formed in front of Emerald's mouth, which he launched at the Gorian, freezing both it and stopping the raging fires caused by the Flamethrower from reaching the house and the berry field.
Sorano paused in fear as its senses are going crazy. She didn't know whether or nor to stop Emerald or help him. Sorano made a break for the Gorian, just before Emerald cloaked himself in a dragon made of pure energy. The Disaster Pokémon managed summoned energy in her horn and together with Emerald, launched the Gorian into the sky.
"Night Slash!"
"DRAGON RUSH!"
The two attacks shattered the ice and sent Gorian flying into the air, leaving only the Meadow Plate in its place. Emerald let out a deafening roar, one that could be heard from the Guild Hall clear as day. Rick walked over to the Meadow Plate and picked it up. The Plate glowed a few times before entering Rick's body. It didn't hurt like the Dread Plate did. Instead, it felt like he became one with nature.
"Well, the Gorian's out of the picture." Rick said with a bit of relief. He turned around to see Emerald growling. Rick just sighed and walked over to a nearby tree and plucked a leaf from it, and he began to play Oracion. The tune washed over the injured group of Pokémon, calming them down and soothing Emerald. Once Rick ended, he and the other Pokémon surveyed the damage caused by the battle.
"The farmland." Emerald said, looking at the damage he was responsible for, "It's destroyed. And I was the one who destroyed it."
"It's not your fault, Emerald." Rick said, trying to ease the pseudo-legendary's pain. "You were trying to protect us from the Gorian. You were trying to protect us and above anything else, you helped a Pokémon you barely even knew."
"I guess I should thank you." Sorano said.
"It's no problem." Emerald said. He held out his hand, "My name's Emerald."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Emerald." Sorano said, shaking his hand, "I'm Sorano. I guess you can say I'm the newest member of this family."
While Sorano and Emerald were introducing themselves, Rick had shifted into his new Meadow Plate form. His coat and pants were a jungle green and he was barefoot. The amethyst around his neck was a shining emerald. "I guess we should get the land fixed up." He knelt down to the ground and put a hand on the ground. " Grassy Terrain." A ring of green energy swept through the entire area.
Swampy opened his mouth and charged up a blue ball of energy, which he launched into the air. "Rain Dance." Dark clouds soon covered their entire property. While the Grassy Terrain nourished the grass and the ground around them, The Rain Dance helped the grass grow. It really hurt the 'family' on the inside, knowing very well that the work they put into making their training area look clean and well-nourished, only to have it destroyed in a fight with a creature that could pass off for an Earthland counterpart of a Pansage. The moral to the story? Rick managed to get the Meadow Plate, and Emerald met Sorano and vice versa.
"Well, now that that's all settled, let's…" Rick turned to the berry field. Unbeknownst to them, the field was fully bloomed. Every single berry crop had full grown berries, yet Rick only planted them a good half-hour prior to fighting the Gorian.
"The field." Muku said.
"It's done?" Sorano finished, "But how?"
"I would have to guess Grassy Terrain and Rain Dance did the trick." Rick said, just as astonished as the rest of them. "I know that Grassy Terrain has been known to help make damaged earth create beautiful landscapes of grass when coupled with Rain Dance, but I had no clue that it also sped up berry growth." He walked over a plucked a Tamato Berry from its tree to inspect it. It was the picture of health. It had no blemishes, no holes. It wasn't squishy or anything.
"Hey, Rick!" Rick was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a voice out of nowhere. He and the other Pokémon were looking around only to notice Natsu and Happy coming down to land. "I heard an explosion, so I thought I would come by. Everything okay?"
"You mean 'we?'" Happy corrected, making Natsu look away.
"Yeah, we're fine." Rick said. "And the explosion was probably Emerald."
"Emerald?" Happy asked. Rick pointed a thumb towards the Dragon Pokémon, which earned a scream from both Natsu and Happy.
"A DRAGON?!" Happy screamed.
"Not quite, you two." Rick said, getting both of their attentions, "While Emerald does look like a Dragon, he's actually a Pokémon."
"So he wouldn't know where Igneel is." Natsu said, his head down, but his attention quickly bounced back to the fact just told to him, "Wait, he's a Pokémon?!"
"Yeah." Rick reached into his pocket and pulled out his Pokédex, to which he pointed to Emerald. "Check it out."
While the Pokédex in fact pull in a picture of a Dragonite, it was different compared to Emerald. The biggest difference was that the green was replaced with orange and that the purple-blue membrane was bluer than purple. "Dragonite, the Dragon Pokémon, and the evolved form of Dragonair. Even with its bulky size, its tiny wings allow it to reach the speed of sound. While Dragonite are normally peaceful Pokémon, a Dragonite's wrath is to be avoided at all cost, as it will destroy everything around it before it's satisfied." The Pokédex analyzed.
"It's wrath?" Happy asked. "But he looks calm."
"Yeah." Rick said, "Like the Pokédex said, Dragonite are normally peaceful. But Emerald's wrath could easily make Erza's wrath look like mercy compared to what he could do." That last tidbit made Natsu and Happy pale.
"Why is it green?" Natsu asked.
"Well, Emerald's a Shiny Dragonite." Rick said, "That's kinda where I got the idea to name him Emerald."
"So, why isn't he sparkling?" Happy asked.
"Well, it's not that kind of shiny." Rick said. "Every Pokémon is said to have an alternate coloration. That's what a Shiny Pokémon basically is. They're very rare to come by in the wild, even more so for Dratini."
"Dratini?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah. Dratini evolve into Dragonite." Rick replied, which left Natsu confused.
"Hold on, I though the Pokédex said that Dragonair evolve into Dragonite?"
"Well, you're not wrong." Rick replied. "Dratini evolve into Dragonair, which in turn evolves into Dragonite."
"What's that in your hand?" Happy asked, trying to change the topic as that was making his head hurt.
"A Tamato Berry." Rick said, "It's said to be one of the spiciest berries back home. I only planted them for Flashfire." He held the berry in front of Happy's face, practically dangling it in front of him. "You want it?"
"No thank you." Happy said, not wanting to eat the spicy Berry.
"Oh, please. It can't be that bad." Natsu said. He took the Berry from Rick and ate the entire thing in one bite. "Ya see. It's not too bad."
"Well that's because you're a Fire wizard." Rick stated, "The Tamato Berry probably wouldn't even hurt much, if at all."
Natsu's little victory was short-lived, as he felt like his body was heating up, and his normally peach looking colored skin was changing to more of a deep shade of red and fire was coming out of his mouth.
The bad part? He wasn't using his Magic at all.
"MY MOUTH! IT'S ON FIRE!" Natsu was running back and forth, trying to put out the fire in his mouth.
"Why isn't he eating it?" Rick asked.
"It's probably because it's coming from inside his body." Happy replied, earning him a questioned look on Rick's face, to which Happy had to answer again, "Natsu is be able to eat fire, but he can't eat his own."
"Oh." Rick said. He noticed that Natsu was still running around, his mouth still in searing agony, which Rick was still questioning. Rick went over to his Berry Field and pulled a blue-green berry off of one of the trees. "Emerald, use Ice Beam to keep Natsu still."
Emerald did as instructed, freezing Natsu and putting out the fire in his mouth. The ice quickly defrosted, as Natsu's Magic ran its course "You okay?" The Dragon asked.
"Yeah. I think so." Natsu said, albeit it was garbled a little. When Rick, Flashfire, and Happy got to him, they saw his face, which earn stifled laughs from Flashfire, Rick, and Happy. Mostly Flashfire and Happy. "What's so funny?"
"Take a look." Rick said. Natsu looked into a puddle that was there from the Rain Dance, and the look on Natsu's face was priceless.
"WHAT THE HELL'S WRONG WITH MY LIPS!" The Dragon Slayer exclaimed, through his still garbled speech. When he said that, Flashfire and Happy were on the ground, laughing so hard, that tears were coming out of their eyes.
"That's what happens when you eat a Tamato Berry." Rick causally said. He walked over to Natsu and rubbed the berry he'd been holding over his lips, with the juices from the berry making Natsu's lips sting a little. Natsu pushed away, which made him fall face first into a puddle, which made Flashfire and Happy laugh even more, the latter's sides were hurting and the former was about to die of laughter, which was weird since she was a Ghost-type
Natsu pulled his face out of the puddle and noticed that his lips were normal. "Hey, my lips are back to normal." Natsu came to the dumbest conclusion you could ever come up. "Rick. The puddle's magic."
Rick was left speechless while Flashfire and Happy were still crying from the laughter, which died down to small giggles. "Two things, Natsu. One: That has got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard, and Two, and this is the biggest thing: I'm not sure if you were even thinking, and that concerns me."
"Shut up, Rick. Like you know anything." Natsu retorted.
"Well, I know that it was the Rawst Berry that sped up the healing time on your lips, so can it." Rick said back. A thought entered his mind, and he had a hunch that Natsu, of all people, would have the answer. "Hey, Natsu?"
"Yeah?"
"Something's bugging me. Swampy said that Gorians like to eat eggs." Rick said, recalling what his partner had read. "If that's the case, then why was a Gorian here of all places?"
"Well, the East Forest isn't far from here." Natsu said, "There's a lot of them living their."
"But that didn't answer my question." Rick said.
"Uh, Guys?" Emerald said, getting all their attention, "I think I know why." The Dragon Pokémon came over to them holding something that caught their eyes. He was holding an egg in his arms, the egg in question being a dark peach color with green coloration around the middle, which gave the egg the appearance that it was wearing a bowtie.
"An egg." Natsu said.
"It's not just any egg." Rick said, looking the egg up and down. "It's a Pokémon Egg."
"A Pokémon Egg?" Natsu said, a tad shocked. "So what Pokémon is it?"
"Well, a normal person can't tell what Pokémon's gonna come out." Rick said, looking at the egg from every possible angle, "But if I were to guess…" His though was stopped cold when the egg started to move and faintly glow.
"What's happening?" Happy asked.
"The egg's gonna hatch." Rick said.
Emerald slightly loosened his grip on the egg, which started to glow more until a crack appeared. "It's about to hatch." His eyes were sparkling with wonder, "We're about to see a Pokémon be born."
A tear started to form in Rick's eye, to which he wiped away. "It's beautiful." He whispered.
The egg started to crack more until a bright light appeared from the egg. Rick, Natsu, and Happy all looked away for a moment until the light faded. When they looked back, they saw a small Pokémon in Emerald's arms. It was a small Pokémon resembling a baby owl. Its plumage was a light brown and its undercarriage was white. Its feet were more orange-brown and two green leaves sprouted from its chest, resembling the bowtie that was on the egg. Its eyes were closed.
"No way." Muku muttered.
"It hatched." Sorano said.
"But what is it?" Happy asked.
"It's a Rowlet." Rick said, pulling out his Pokédex.
"Rowlet, the Grass Quill Pokémon. They fly silently in the night sky, using photosynthesis during the day to store energy." The Pokédex inquired.
The Rowlet slowly opened its eyes, with the first thing it saw was Emerald. The baby Pokémon looked around at its new surrounding, and Emerald set it down on the ground to which it immediately ran back behind Emerald's foot. Emerald nudged the little Pokemon towards Rick and the other Pokémon, whom embraced it with warm hands and warmer smiles.
So much happened that day. Sorano met another Pokémon; Rick found a place to call home, and a new Plate. But the biggest thing? A life was brought into the world in Rowlet. What will the Grass Quill Pokémon do, and what will become of it? Find out more, as the story continues.
Well that a wrap on this chapter. I might get some flack for having a Shiny Pokémon, and a powerful one like Dragonite, not to mention bringing in a baby Pokémon. I felt like the story wouldn't make any sense if Sorano were to be the only Pokémon to be sent to Fiore, so I thought to do that with the other 12 types. I'm not including any of the five plates that Rick had started with or the Normal type.
Thanks for reading and I'll have the next chapter up soon.
