A wild update appeared! Sorry for the lack of updates. I've just been lazy. This will probably be my last update before thanksgiving – I'm going to Michigan to celebrate Hanukah and Thanksgiving simultaneously. Hooray for turkey and latkes (potato pancakes).
Review time!
All 'bout Espeon: I think we will have a new Pokémon joining the group somewhere in the next story arc… I will accept an OC for that, or if no one has one for me that is not shiny/miscoloured, I will make up another character instead.
Oloop: Sometimes I purposefully don't use contractions because I'm trying to give the sense that the person speaking is very formal at all times, but I will try my best to change it where I can.
Latico: As for naming, I always saw legendries as calling themselves by their species name, since there is only one of them. It is stated in the anime that there is more than one Mew, but I'm just keeping it as having one Mew for this story, mainly because I would have to go out on a rather large tangent on how Mew acts to reveal something like that. For gender, I always saw Mew as being female for whatever reason.
Disclaimer: Would I be writing a fanfic about Pokémon if I owned Pokémon?
Chapter 9: The End of the Beginning
The cave was dark, and it was hard to see where we were going. As we walked down the unnaturally straight tunnel, the darkness seemed to get deeper and more oppressive. It seemed that we had been walking for an hour, when the tunnel stopped descending. The tunnel seemed to be getting wider also.
Eventually, we saw a light filtering under a door. Who puts a door in a tunnel? Disregarding this, I pushed open the door, which thankfully opened inwards, and was not locked. As my eyes tried to adjust for the sudden brightness, I heard a voice, the same one from the dream I had had, rise above the sound of trickling water.
So, you are who Mew asked for help? Pathetic. I was expecting someone a bit more legendary. The last word held so much hatred and distain that it made me shudder. I looked up, finally adjusted to the light, and gasped.
The first thing I noticed was a life sized statue of a Mew off to the side of the room. In the back of the room was a human standing before them, wearing a black cloak that seemed to absorb all light. Standing- or rather, floating next to him what seemed to be a being made entirely of the energy that was used by dark Pokémon. As I examined it, I realized what the being of darkness looked like.
A while back, news from the far of region of Kalos had reached Kanto. It spoke of something called mega evolution, which was activated by special stones. Mewtwo in particular had two mega evolutions. This reminded me of the form created by mewtonite Y. At the time I just felt bad for whoever had to deal with Mewtwo to get those photos. While I was lost in these thoughts, the figure spoke again.
"Well, are you just going to stand here? I don't have all day you know." As I looked up at him, Mew spoke in my mind. "He is weakened. If you can distract him for long enough I will be able to break free." I was still unsure as to where Mew was, but I recognized the touch of the Mew's mind.
"I tire of this. Let us fight, and I will show you what true power Is!" And with that, the shadowy Mega Mewtwo glided forward, stopping a few feet in front of us. Leah and I tensed up, waiting, ready to strike, when I felt a force invading my mind, but quite unlike the Mew's presence, this force felt evil, rotten to the core, when suddenly it withdrew.
The Mewtwo was visibly shaken, the shadows surrounding it vanished, and the mysterious human looked shocked. I was just as surprised as they were, and Leah was too by the looks of it. "Hmmm, I was not expecting that… Never the less, it makes no difference." The human Mewtwo seemed to have recovered somewhat, although the shadows had not returned.
This time, Leah got in the first strike, hitting the Mewtwo with an Ice Beam, causing the Mewtwo to falter, but not freeze. I instantly followed up with my own ice beam, this time knocking the Mewtwo into the wall.
The Mewtwo roared in frustration, causing a powerful wave of psychic energy to hit both of us. I struggled to remain conscious, this was taking a lot out of me, but it seemed that we were getting nowhere; we were just making it mad at this point.
Leah had taking the attack no better than I did. I was never a real trainer so she had never seen before besides some basic training my did had given. I cast away these thoughts and tried to focus on the battle. I felt my temperature drop, and I prepared myself to let loose the most powerful move I could, Blizzard.
When I finally exhaled the super chilled winds, they blew erratically, missing the Mewtwo – but heading straight towards the human. A powerful voice echoed in my head; "NO!", and the Mewtwo ran in front of the attack, freezing it solid, but sparing the human from harm. In this instant, the Mew statue I had seen earlier exploded in another wave of psychic energy.
I looked over to see Mew floating there, and looking very angry. The human started pleading, all the power and evil dropped out of pure fear. "No, no, please! Have mercy."
The Mew smeared, an expression I would never have imagined a Mew making if I hadn't seen it. "That one is on Arceus, not me. Don't get too hopeful. You've caused more than your fair share of headaches for us already with what you were doing to those trainers." With that, the human and the Mewtwo disappeared, but the Mew remained.
The Mew quickly used Psychic to blow open a wall, revealing the room from my dream. The charmeleon was still in the same cage, and looked even worse. The Mew pulled some berries out of nowhere and fed them to the charmeleon.
The charmeleon, now in a lot better condition, looked around. "What happened? Where did that guy go? Who are these?" He asked the Mew, who sighed.
"Now is not the time. You still have your mission to complete." With that, he teleported the charmeleon away as well. "I suppose I owe you two an apology." The Mew said, sounding rather tired. "Additionally, since it's my fault you two got involved in this mess, I am going to offer you a chance to go back to your life as a human, if that is what you want." The Mew said, directed at me this time.
All the thoughts that had been nagging at the back of my mind resurfaced, and I tried to make sense of them. You don't belong as a Pokémon, you are a human! You had no future as a human, you are better off as is! My mind was at war with itself, the side of me that was more human arguing to accept the Mew's offer, the more Pokémon half arguing to reject it.
While I tried to make sense of these thoughts, I caught Leah's eye. She looked sad, which just tore me apart even further. You can't love a Pokémon, you are human! You spent 15 years as a human, but less than a month as a Pokémon. Part of me said, while the other half replied back with equal strength. Do you really see her as just a Pokémon? Having spoken to her? Having the feelings you have for her?
I sighed. This was probably going to be the biggest choice of my life. I looked up at the Mew, still unsure of the decision I had reached. The Mew was gazing at me, expectantly. "I don't think I can accept your offer. I had no future as a human." The Mew nodded, silently.
I had a strange tugging feeling in my gut as the Mew teleported us back outside of the cave. I looked around but the Mew was nowhere in sight. The moon was starting its ascent into the night sky from over the horizon. While I was looking around, Leah spoke. "I'm glad you said no to Mew. I know it's selfish, but I did not want you to go back to being human."
"I couldn't stand the thought of not being able to talk to you ever again." I admitted, quietly. "Sure, I miss being human, but I wouldn't want you to be reduced to just being a pet." I yawned after this. "Let's find a place to rest before setting out tomorrow." I said. Leah just nodded.
After finding a small indent in the side of a mountain to lie down in. The last thing I noticed before drifting off to sleep was that the Pokémon had returned to the mountain.
