Hello readers! J and L here, and for those of you in America, HAPPY LATE FOURTH OF JULY. We are finally done with chapter 29, but we have good news and bad news. Good news is that we will finally be revealing Lilly's mother's name, thanks to all of you who answered our poll question on that, and we will be adding a little bit of a backstory for her. Bad news thou, is that this chapter will be kinda short. Hopefully thou, you all enjoy it, no matter the length.
Also, we wanted to thank our friends, murloc rampage and Ninjaman727, for their reviews on chapter 28. We have a quick message to both of you.
To murloc rampage: Thanks for reading up to chapter 28, even thou you didn't like some parts of the story. We are glad that you will be continuing to read our story, and any ideas you can think of are welcome.
To Ninjaman727: We are glad you enjoyed the speech in the last chapter. It took us a while to get out a good speech for Joey to say, but in the end we liked the way it ended up.
(Person's name POV) how the person who is talking sees things.
"Person talking"
[Telepathic speech]
'When a pokémon is talking in poké-speech'
{Anything written on paper, such as notes}
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Chapter 29
Nightmares and Night Cares
(Lilly's POV)
After Joey and I talked with my mom and Rose, it was dark so we went to bed. Joey allowed me to sleep with him from now on, since I felt more comfortable knowing that I was right next to Joey, and he didn't mind, but soon after I fell asleep I found myself in a nightmare.
Rangers where pulling at Joey and me in opposite directions, trying to separate us. I tried to reach out and grab Joey's hand, but every time I got close a Ranger would grab my arm and pull it back.
'Help!' I cried, looking around to see if my family or my friends would help Joey and me, but the only people around us were Rangers and Joey's parents.
"No one will help you," said Joey's mom as she reached over and grabbed me by my throat, "you are a disease. Something that must be cast out."
"So now we will cast you out," added Robert as Joey's stepdad also grabbed my throat, and the two started to choke me!
'Help!' I cried as I became unable to breath, but no one came to rescue me.
My vision started to get blurry, and my body started to scream at me for air, but there was nothing I could do. I was about to die, and there was nothing I could do about it.
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"Lilly, wake up."
I suddenly woke up to find myself in bed with Joey, his hand on my shoulder as I shook violently from fright.
"Are you ok?" Joey asked as he crested my face, "you were screaming in your sleep."
[I'm fine,] I lied, still shaking.
"No your not," said Joey, shaking his head, "tell me. What is it that has you so scared?"
[I had a dream,] I said as sat up, my pajamas moving up slightly as I did.
"What happened in the dream?"
[You and I were being pulled apart from each other by lots of Rangers,] I explained, [I called for help, but the only people there were you, me, all the Rangers, and your parents. Your parents then grabbed me by the throat and started to choke me. And I don't want to say the rest.]
"It's alright," said Joey as I started to cry and he embraced me, "it was just a dream. No one will hurt you, not while I am here."
[But what about when the Rangers arrive?] I asked, crying even more, [what is to stop them from splitting us up?]
"No one will even split us up," said Joey as he tried to calm me down, "not the Rangers, not my parents, not even Arceus will be able to do that."
[You can't be sure of that,] I said.
"Yes I can," Joey said as he suddenly kissed me on the top of my head, shocking me, "I won't let it happen."
Joey just kissed me! I was so shocked that I immediately stopped crying and looked up at Joey to find a look of happiness crossing his face as I stopped crying.
"Better now?" asked Joey as I looked into his face.
[You kissed me,] I stammered, barely able to use telepathy, [you just kissed me.]
"I don't like to see you cry," said Joey, "and I though kissing you on the head would help."
[Oh,] I replied as the rush from Joey kissing me subsided. He only kissed me to calm me down, not because he loved me. Maybe now I should tell Joey how I felt, [Joey, I need to tell you something, and I want you to listen to everything before you respond.]
"Sure," said Joey as he released me and I could finally look straight at him, "is there something wrong?"
Not for much longer.
[Joey, for a while now, I have felt something. Something that I need to say,] I started, [Joey, I.]
Before I could finish saying I loved Joey, his phone started to go off from the nightstand next to us.
"Sorry about that, I forgot it was on," said Joey as he turned off the phone and turned back to face me, "what were you about to say?"
[Nothing,] I said as the moment passed. I could tell Joey later, [I'll tell you later.]
"Are you sure?" Joey asked, confused by me changing my mind, "it sounded like you had something important to say."
[It can wait,] I replied as I laid back down on my side of the bed, [I'm gonna go back to sleep now. Good night Joey.]
"Good night little one," said Joey as I felt him run his hand down my head and down to my side, "I'll see you in the morning."
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(Joey's POV)
I don't fall back asleep immediately after Lilly, but instead I stayed late and watched the little Kirlia sleep. She was so cute when she slept, her chest rising and falling slightly, and how she hugged the pillow slightly, kinda like a toddler with a teddy bear. I didn't know for certain what Lilly had wanted to say before my phone went off, but I know that whatever it was she thought it was important.
After what felt like hours of watching Lilly, I got up and went to the bathroom. When I returned I found that Lilly and I weren't alone in our small room.
"Hello Gardevoir," I said as Lilly's mom stood up from the chair she was sitting in, "is there something I can help you with?"
[Hello Joey,] said Gardevoir as she walked over, [I felt an emotional explosion coming from this room, so I came to see if the two of you are alright.]
"We're ok," I replied , "Lilly had a slight nightmare, but after I calmed her down everything was fine."
[Lilly hasn't had a nightmare, to my knowledge anyway, since she was five,] Gardevoir muttered, [what was the nightmare?]
"She dreamt of the two of us being pulled apart from each other by lots of Rangers, and then my parents appeared and started chocking her."
[She saw that?]
"That's what she told me, but after I calmed her down she was about to say something else. Only my phone went off and she changed her mind."
[I know what she wanted to tell you,] said Gardevoir as she walked over and stood by the window, her back to me, [but first I need to know something. Those feeling you have for my daughter, what will you do with them?]
"What? What are you talking about?" I asked, quickly trying to hide my shock. Could Gardevoir see how I felt for Lilly, even thou I had hidden those feelings deep so Lilly wouldn't know, "what feelings?"
[You may be able to hide them from my daughter, but not from me,] said Gardevoir, [you are attracted to her, and I would appreciate it if you didn't lie about it.]
"Ok, so I feel something for Lilly," I admitted as I went and stood next to Gardevoir. No point in hiding my emotions from someone who could read them from across a room, literally, "I'm not sure what it is thou. I am still a human, and she is a Kirlia, and even thou we don't have that much of an age difference, there is a definite size difference. I'm almost three times her size."
[If you care for her, size, age, and even race doesn't matter,] said Gardevoir as she handed me a small gray stone, [I was once with a trainer, long before I met Lilly's father. We were together for years, and for a time we were like you and Lilly, unsure about each other's feelings.]
"What happened?" I asked, afraid to know the answer.
[Eventually, my trainer found a girl who stole him away from me,] said Gardevoir as a tear fell down her face, [so I know the risks that may affect my daughter. And I will do anything to keep her from the heartbreak that I got.]
"I may not be sure about what I feel, but I do know one thing," I said as I wiped the tear off Gardevoir's face, "I will never hurt your daughter. I swore that when she first came into my care, and I will always keep my word."
[Perhaps I chose well when I chose you to become a trainer,] said Gardevoir as a small smile crossed her face.
"You now know what I will do with my feelings," I said, "now please tell me two things. What did Lilly want to tell me? And what is this stone for?"
[The stone is one of things I have left from my trainer,] said Gardevoir, [it has no value, and it doesn't do anything, but I was told by my own mother that a stone from your first love will always help you find love, no matter the situation. I think you and Lilly could use it more then me.]
"Ok," I said, pocketing the stone, "what about what Lilly was going to say?"
[Yes, well,] started Gardevoir as we heard a muffled groan come from Lilly, who then turned over in the covers, still asleep, [Perhaps she should tell you herself. Yes, it would be better that way.]
"Great, more confusion and no straight answers," I said, shaking my head, "no disrespect to you Gardevoir, but I am sick of all the answering questions with either questions or with answers that sometimes aren't even relevant."
[Yes, you have a point,] agreed Gardevoir with a small laugh, [but is it not the way of life? Nothing is straight forward, but instead it is full of curves, loops, dead ends, and back tracking.]
"True," I said as Gardevoir and I watched Lilly as she peacefully slept, "what was his name? The trainer, I mean."
[His name was Ash Ketchum,] replied Gardevoir, shocking me, [Lilly told me you met him.]
"Yes, he helped me rescue Lilly," I said, still shocked. Ash Ketchum was the most famous trainer, thanks to him being all over TV shows and movies, and yet nowhere did it say that he had a relationship with a pokémon, "I didn't know he was with anyone."
[No, we were together for a time, until a girl stole him away from me,] explained Gardevoir, [after we broke up, I left and never looked back. The only thing I took was my old poké-ball, some food, and that rock I gave you.]
"What ever happened to the poké-ball?" I asked, "you didn't need it once you left, so why take it at all? "
[Because it was mine,] said Gardevoir as she took out a small necklace, and in the center was a old collapsed Great ball, [and so that I could never be captured in another poké-ball. So long as this ball is intact, I can never be captured in another.]
"That's smart," I agreed, but then something popped into my head, something I had read about the Gardevoir race, "but I thought your race has a strong instinct to stay with your trainer, even if the trainer is abusive or doesn't treat you like a equal."
[We are usually, but when we experience something as big as heartbreak, then we are freed. We can't take things that strong.]
"Really?" I said, surprised by that, "I didn't know that. Is there any other emotions that can free a Gardevoir from their trainer?"
[The only other one I have heard of a Gardevoir being freed by is rejection,] said Gardevoir, [when a Gardevoir tells their trainer how they feel and gets turned away.]
"Interesting," I said as the two of us stood there, until one final thought came to mind, "Gardevoir, what is your name? I know that Gardevoir is the name of your evolution form, but I doubt that your parents named you that."
[Your right, they didn't,] agreed Gardevoir, [but I discarded my old name long ago. Not even Lilly's father knew it.]
"Because Ash knew it," I said, understanding completely, "you wanted to move on, and to do that you got rid of your name."
[Yes, but perhaps it is time I went by it again,] said Gardevoir, turning to face me, [long ago I was known by the name of a flower, which is why I chose the names of my daughters the way I did. My name is Lilac.]
"Another flower," I said, shaking Gardevoir, now Lilac's hand, "it is nice to properly meet you Lilac, and thank you for the greatest gift anyone could ever give me."
[Hello Joey,] replied Lilac, [and thank you for everything you have done for me, my daughter, and the entire city of Phoenix.]
So, we finally gave Lilly's mother a name, and we gave you a little bit of her past. Hopefully you all enjoyed it, even if it wasn't the one you had voted for. As for Lilly's nightmare, we are going to spoil something about that. It has absolutely nothing to do with the story, and no we aren't trying to throw you off track. All Lilly had was a nightmare, nothing more.
Speaking of more, we have now reached over eight thousand views on "Life with a Pokémon" and we thank all of you who made that possible.
So, until the next chapter, this is J and L, saying good night. And again for those of you in America, happy late fourth of July!
