Here we stand in the Morning Dew

Afterword

It took some time to put this together mostly because I got addicted to hetalia

How about I dive right in?

My original plan for this series was a story that I titled in my head "Pull me close, Hug me tight and Kiss me Gently." If you can't tell it was going to be a romance. It was going to be between Chase and Chelsea with Christina on an oath for revenge!

The original plot line started out the same with Chase getting a Makuhita, It attacking Christina and both of their Pokémon being stolen. However the major difference was that Christina would have thought that Chase had stolen them and her path of revenge of to get them back from Chase directly. Chase on the other hand would go around the region doing everything in his power to find both his Pokémon and Christina's. Along his trip he was going to find Chelsea (who in my original plan was the same age…. Not 6 years older). All the while staying either one step or behind the game play in Coloseum.

I mostly just wanted to make a sense where Christina and Chelsea would have a good heart to heart and use the line, "I will never be his most important. He's chasing a ghost and until he catches it, I will never matter more than the fleeting illusion." Or some variation thereof.

It was going to end at Agate with the two standing in the morning dew at the purification stone. The POV's were going to switch between Christina and Chase so you could see clearly where both of their conclusions had come from. My intent was to make a irony rich story.

I scrapped this plan after typing chapter two.

I realized that I had hurt Christina so badly that there was no way for her to get up and be walking around. I started doing my research and discovered that just cracking a rib could make it so you can't even pick up a gallon of liquid with the opposite arm or walk for an extended period of time.

Another part of the original plan was that Candy and Thom were exclusive lovers.

I re did my plotline very quickly to adapt to the idea of everyone having POVs. Staying with my Original Idea of Christina then Chase then Christina chapters I did the chapter about the nurse because it was in direct connection with Christina.

This is the point where I had a brain child about getting the police involved. After all something like this there are cops, right?

This gave birth to Majori and Jones.

In Jones chapter I had a sudden stroke of luck. Originally the person standing behind him was going to be Chelsea with her pretty, blond curly hair. I decided that if jones could remember her so clearly to the extent of what shampoo she had been using the last time they had ment that was a stupid idea. So on a whim I changed it to a light brown haired woman. (The same as the hotel clerk)

It was just a stroke of luck that right after I posted the chapter and I was mentally debating on what the next chapter would be that I realized the difference between "sandy brown" and "light brown" was merely a matter of perception or vocabulary.

This lead to the giant brainstorm, what if his wallet had simply fallen in a hole between his pocket and the inside of his coat? Then it fell? It happens when you least expect it! Then who would have stolen it? Well Christina spent some time talking to Candy… hehehe I was so proud of myself I could barely wait to write but I had to set something else up other then Christina simply being at the spot of the crime.

The small hints in the chapter staring Christina's dad was that she had a illness which could cause brain damage (PKU) and the staring at the wallet. (I didn't really want to make her into a bad person)

Then Candy's chapter hit and I felt like I had set a fire. I loved the feeling.

Majori's was mostly about resolving plotline B the wallet. I also wanted to give hints on the past of Christina.

Wallie's chapter I wanted to lead things up to another boiling point, potentially the final climax. Originally I wanted to give the perspective of the glasses. (No one would have thought about that right? Even though I had hinted that Christina had lost them right from the get go….) I decided that Glasses couldn't carry on the human feeling I needed in the interaction between Rick and Willie and it would also kill the mister of Candy beating Thom in the desert.

With that chapter I wanted to give the feel of a slight Romantic Triangle between the three however they each see the other as a person they could never have. Cnady felt that Rick was out of her leage due to being trash. Rick knows about who and what she is. Understands that she does most of her work right behind is traler, Wallie suggesting hiring Candy as a waitress wasn't the first tiem the thought had come in his head. Wallie then in tern felt that he couldn't be that shoulder for Candy to lean on when she wanted to cry, He's used her services on multiple occasions and felt that there was no way for him to drag her out of the darkness she lived in.

Thunder Clouds, the most figurative chapter title out of all f them, because Candy comes 'storming in' and then the explosion at the end. I wanted to explain why everyone had baby carrots (though I don't think any of you had cared) And I wanted to give Mr. Martin a different personality to stand out for the growing mess. He's an old man, at 66 we probably joined the force when around 72-74. In American History sexism was still ramphent and in places with alpha males like police forces I assume it was even higher there. He's adapted with the times. He picks the best person for the job not based on Skin color or Sex but that doesn't me he mentally degrades everyone around him for not being the 'superior race,' like himself.

Almost as soon as Candy gave the location to the Sangem hide out (thinking it was the cipher hide out), it blew up. For those that don't know. That is when the main character of Coloseum blew it up, best game start ever!

I had wanted to include the game and overlap it with the game, that's why I included Wallie and Miror B. I figured in the time that it had taken for candy to drive all that distance and start her police interview that would have been enough time for the ambulance to take Thom and Wallie to head back to the outskirts so he can give you the first battle in the game.

Chelsea who I had wanted to write almost right from the get go finally got her chance as the final chapter. Chelsea's what I like to call a switch girl. Her character was one that was supposed to be highly concerned about her appearances but the way she lived was to be like a slob. I hope I got that across.

I'm sad that apparently it came out confusing…. The person in the blue jacket is the character you play as in coliseum. Most people name him 'Wes' though his manga name is 'Leo.' He blows up the bad guys hides outs and steals Pokémon. I like to think he's not inherently bad; otherwise he would have stayed a team snagem member.

The final chapter I wanted to give the feeling of frustration, a girl that has waited for the do nothing police to finally retrieve her Pokémon. The end was in sight yet the police didn't have the balls to go out of their jurisdiction and physically chase it down. So she took it into her own hands and it ended with her getting the Makuhita back.

My ending I had planed (after Hold me tight) involved a random character that we hadn't met taking the Pokémon which Candy retrives and Thom getting away. I felt that, that felt a little closer to reality but I wanted to beat thom's face in and I felt it would be a more likeable ending with Thom in police custody.

For each character I created a history for who they view the world and those around them.

Majori: a single mom that had a divorce on the grounds that Majori had wanted children while her husband didn't. She stopped taking her pills and soon enough she got pregnant. Her husband didn't warm up to the idea even after having the kid. Then she felt that Shawn needed a sister. So again she stopped having the pills and got pregnant with Jayden. In his view she had directly lied to him, disregarded his wishes. From there the relationship turned to ice and he divorced her.

She loves her two son's more than anything else in the world and everything she does is for their benefit.

The pearl joke comes from Majori meaning Margery meaning Pearl. It's a slightly modernized version for the name however the mindset of her family was just as old as when Pearl was a popular name (think in the 1920s). They wanted Majori to find a nice husband, have a lot of children and be a stay at home mom. She wanted more of herself and defied all their expectations. When someone calls her pearl she feels as though they're telling her to be an old fashioned lady.

Candy: She has a phobia about guns. When she was 12 her step father repeatedly forced himself on her at gun point. After the final assault she sunk out through her window, went to the cops and had a rape-kit done. Orre convicted her step-father of rape and her mother of negligence for allowing it to happen. From there on candy was passed from foster home to foster home to foster home. Once she hit 18 she claimed that she was suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome (and who's to say she isn't?) so the state provides her with food, housing and health care but lucceries like heat, running water and simple clothes she was on her own for. The state informed her if she left to become a trainer and earn income in that manner they would stop providing for her. If she got a legitimate job they would cut her off. Even if she earned less money than the amount of benefits she had earned on welfare.

This left her between a rock and a hard place where not only is she scared to leave she doesn't have someone to hold her hand as she leaps. She's her own pimp.

Christina, she was named at the last minute. Towards the end I realized that almost everyone had names with c. Anywqay I mostly got her in Majori's chapter. Her mother and Father once traveled the region together.

Chase. If I have a son this is the name I would give him…. (Unless my husband absolutely refuses) He's cursed. No other way to put it. He comes from a large family and is the youngest. His brothers would dump chores on him. He got bullies at school. Wore hand me downs. His reason for going on a journey was so he no longer would have to share a bed room. The only stroke of luck he's had is that the makuhita didn't punch him. Everything he's ever gotten has been though hard work. Grades at school are good but that's because he studied until smoke came out of his earns. If he guesses on a question there's a 100% chance of guessing wrong. He's somewhat fit, not because it comes naturally but because he really watches everything he eats and does. Whenever he gets slightly carless bad things happen. And that's why I loved him.

Jones, as normal as his name. He's only been a cop for a couple of years; his training was done by Majori. He's reaching the point where he'd like a girl to settle down with and the top of his list would be Chelsea. But he doesn't know she's a slob so he only sees a cute girl 3 years younger than him. He's weak to her questions and she doesn't even realize it. He wants to give her good news in hopes of impressing her but then when the follow up comes its usually less than impressive. (There's also this conduct involving being an officer and her being a victim which makes him feel awkward about any type of advancement… let alone if it's even allowed…. I'm not sure what a policy would be in for cops regarding this sort of thing but I can't imagine it being very lax) His first name was Jason.

Nurse Danny. He's not Gay. Being a nurse is a perfectly fine and respectable job and everyone who becomes one should be respected! Though he does know the stereotypes regarding male nurses and is overly self conscious about it. His parents are gone and he currently lives with his sister. She's in school for engineering and works as a hotel clerk. (Yes….. she's the hotel clerk). About the time she gets back from work Danny's leaving.

And that's it.

Please keep your eyes peeled for my next work. Because this one kept getting comments complaining about typos that I miss in my re-reads I'm having it beta-ed by the wonderful Temp 777. Once I'm done with his corrections I will submit all three chapters exactly 24 hours apart (Yes they are all currently finished). The name to look for is: What is it you wish for? Trust me when I say you've never read a fic like it! It'll star Joey in a way you would never have thought!