(Hey! New chapter, and another in like... five minutes, since this one's so short. Yay kittens!
Vita: Psycho here doesn't own pokemon.)
Somehow, everyone fell asleep. All except for Cybela. She stood over Luna. She was presently snuggled in her hoodie, with a pair of headphones peeking out. Cybela sighed, and pressed down close to her. Luna's face was erased of all worries that seemed to rage at her in the day. Nighttime made her free. Cybela sat and stared.
This girl-woman was strange. She was, by her own admission, a fatass, and a loud-mouthed brat, (Cybela didn't exactly doubt the latter), but she truly cared for her pokemon
. Cybela didn't speak because she was a young kit when the people from the village came, she was just a child. They didn't care. She saw her mother and father slaughtered without mercy. She and Nyeros were spared through pure luck.
They had been out playing in a hollow. She began to cry. Instantly, Luna awoke. "Cybela? You okay?" Without needing to ask, Luna lifted her into her lap.
"Okay, babe. Tell me." Without any coaxing, Cybela poured out the entire thing.
"...I miss my mom and dad." She said weakly. Luna held her. "It hurts, I know. But I also want you to know that we're your family too, Cybela. And we want to be here to help you." Cybela's feelings hit her in a rush.
Apart from her brother, no one had ever been kind to her. "I...I... Luna?" She looked at her. "Yeah?" Cybela curled up in her lap. "You said you loved me. I just wanted to say... I love you too." Luna smiled.
"I know, Cybela." They finally both fell asleep, and somewhere in the stars, an Espeon and an Umbreon were smiling. The next morning, Luna awoke to her stomach rumbling.
"Mhmmm..." She woke up, and prepared to make breakfast. She'd packed a bit of food in her bag, and it was this she began to make. The pokemon woke up first, then the Trainers. "No... Kita, go AWAY. No want kittens."
Salem muttered. "Wake up, goddamn you!" Kita slapped him with her nose. "Ow! Okay, I'm up. Jee-suh-ssss." He drawled. Salem got up, and was about to feed Kita pokechow, until Luna screeched, "No! That stuff's disgusting!"
Salem looked surprised. "You know?" Luna nodded. "Yeah, trust me. I never feed my pokemon that stuff. Don't worry, my mom gave me a lot of food. They're eating whatever we're eating." She prepared breakfast as the others woke up.
"You know, Salem," Luna said while everyone was eating, "I think you need to train with me after we get out of the forest. Nyeros said you were in need of experience. You okay with it?" He nodded. "But I'm gonna be a Coordinator..." Luna nodded. "But you still need to fight." He agreed. "I guess." After breakfast, they started off.
Without Luna noticing, Salem, glaring, put Kita in her pokeball. This forest was nothing like the foreboding Cursed Forests. Gaiha Forest spoke of peace and mystery. The leaves seemed to shimmer. "Whoa..." Luna was overjoyed. "Squee!" She chased a few falling leaves. A few Butterfree were flitting around on the ground.
"Excuse me? Do you know how to get to the Tree of Beginning?" One of the Butterfree flitted up. "You are Luna?" She nodded. "Yes." The Butterfree sighed. "Thank goodness. Yes, come with me. My name is Skipeia; I will take you there."
She beckoned for the others to follow, and off they went. Ariados spun their webs nearby, and Mightyena playfought in the clearings. The Butterfree stopped. "This is as far as I go. Good luck, Luna!" She walked up to the tree. It seemed to radiate life. "Oh..." She pressed a knot in the bark, and was sucked in. "Sweet baby Jeebus!"
Luna screamed. "Luna? LUNA?!" Salem saw her fall in. "MOM!" Azrael roared. "MOM!" Salem slammed his palm against the knot, and they were sucked in.
Luna had already hit the floor. "Ow!" She looked at her surroundings. The walls were surprisingly a soft green, resembling the flesh of a sapling tree.
It throbbed and pulsed where she touched it. "Wow..." She heard a thud, and then Nyeros' distinct voice. "Well, goddamnit, would you be more careful where you land?!"
She smiled. Merope leaped up. "Luna, where the hell'd you go?! Scaring the spirit outta me like that, it's not funny!" Luna laughed.
"I'm fine, Merope. Just confused as to where we are, but..." She looked around. Salem pointed towards the throbbing opal-colored crystal at the heart of the tree. "Think that's what we're looking for?" Luna nodded. She walked over, and put a hand on it.
Instantly, the orb convulsed. Luna wanted to draw her hand back, but couldn't. "Leggo a my hand!" she screamed. "NOW!" It simply glowed fiercer. Suddenly, it thrust out, as if something was trying to escape. Actually, infact, something was.
The edges of the orb split, and colored goo burst out. Something else clambered out too. A pink, fuzzy... "Kitten!" Luna squealed.
