Giratina appeared through the grass, smiling. "Ivy. I found you. Are you enjoying it here?"
"Yes. Thank you." Biggest. Lie. Ever.
"Come. I will show you to your room." He glared at Ninfia, who receded into the Lavender. He turned and left, expecting me to follow.
I did. And what ashamed me was that I did not think of Frostbite almost all day.
-Frostbite stood in wonder even a day after Ivy left. What was he? She couldn't "love" him, whatever that meant. After all, he always thought he was dumb and strange. She could have been talking to anyone, right? He had misheard her for sure.
"Frostbite..." Cu was there, silently trying to help. "Ivy-"
"Stop." Frostbite sounded distant to himself, like he was simply watching. "Don't ever-"
"People. Don't fight." Haruhi stepped in. Chi nodded from behind her.
Frostbite spun around, facing the group. "Ivy might be dead by now." Haruhi's eyes widened. "Suicune said she could never tell who she 'loved' at the cost of her life, dammit." Tears began to blur Frostbite's vision. "She could be dead..." He trailed off.
"Well, there's only one way to find out" Chi seemed older than the child she was. "We go after her."
"I agree." Frostbite stood up taller. A light wind ruffled everyone's fur as the sun rose over the treetops, casting golden light onto the dark hopes of the Pokemon.
