"Relax, don't your servants usually bring you food whether you eat or not?" Phantom ask.
"Servants...?" Destiny whispered, confused.
Flame's ears perk up while he smiles up. "That's right! The Indeedees would have brought the food! You're a genius! We still got time!" He explained while rushing toward the door, letting it open. "I'll be back!"
Destiny gives a curious look while looking at Flame leave, then looks back to Phantom."Wait...So bunnies...Have servants?" She ask in English. Meanwhile lil' Dude tilts his head at her, jumping down the bed to take a closer look at her.
"Yeah, it's complicated." Phantom shrugged. "Basically you can ask them to do anything you want and they'll feed from your positive energy. It's surprisingly effective."
"Huh...?" Destiny looks back outside. The ice type then walks backward toward Phantom before facing him, frowning. "Flame is talking with a evil looking pokemon...?"
"Hm?" Phantom peeks in and out for a moment, spotting a male Indeedee talking to Flame while a Raboot is giving a piggyback ride to a Scorbunny. "What's so evil about this one?"
Destiny goes toward the door to peek at the duo while whispering back to Phantom."The horns, that sort of aggressive look to him...And he looks like he's gonna meddles up some plans...!"
"Pffft..." Phantom let out. "Nah, nah, nothing ev-"
"GUYS! WE ONLY HAVE TWO HOURS BEFORE OUR MEETING!" Flame shouts while rushing inside the room, picking up his backpack.
"That's plenty of time, Flame!" Phantom says with a smile, patting the back of Flame.
"Noooooo!" Flames turns back toward Phantom. "That's like...TWO HOURS! We have to rush right now to the lake and wait there! We'll be late!"
Destiny gives a confused look toward Flame. "How long does it take to go to the lake?"
Phantom explains."It's actually not long, especially if we fly. Lake's like barely thirty minutes of walking so we got ample of time before we get there. We'll get a meal and head out."
"Wait, flying?" Destiny ask.
Meanwhile Flame whines while picking up lil' dude. "No way! We'll all head out to the lake! What if pokemons heads there before us? We gotta be there before they do! Else it's not gonna look good for us!"
Phantom respond back. "Flame, I can guarantee you that you'll be able to eat and then head there yourself, why would you even panic when you got all the time in the world to do that?"
"I just don't want to be late! Come on, let's go!" Flame rush outside the room, however Phantom quickly phase through the wall and gets inside of him.
"Sorry man, but it's time you learn a little lesson about time." Phantom says while stretching himself, rising lil' Dude in the air with one paw. Destiny joins the possessed scorbunny's side.
(WHAT? NONONO!) Flame whines.
"Wait...Where did Phantom go?" Destiny looks around.
With a smile, Flame points at himself. "I'm actually Phantom! Flame's way too panicky at the moment so we'll have to make a short stop down stair and get some food for him. Wouldn't want him to eat some nice steak, wouldn't we?" He finishes while patting his stomach with one paw.
Destiny blinks back, eyes shaking."WAIT! ...YOU CAN POSSESS PEOPLE?" She then let a scream fill the hallway before running away.
Phantom facepalms, then shouts. "YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! RUN AWAY FROM ME!" However Destiny doesn't stop and keep running in the hallway. Phantom goes off from Flame and joins her, putting a collar around her neck and pulls it.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? RELEASE ME!" Destiny screams out, trying to pull herself away.
"Calm down, I'm not gonna hurt you! Hell..." Phantom gets inside of the ice type vulpix, and start jumping in place feeling her four legs and wagging about her six tails. "Man, this feels weird!" She then chuckles.
(WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!) Destiny then let a long scream out as Phantom walks back to Flame.
"Can we go now...? We really need to go there..." Flame whines, pouting.
"God damn, Flame! You're too cute when you worry! I could just eat you up!~" Phantom says in a teasing voice, giving a peck to the side of the Scorbunny's cheek, however Flame quickly backs up while getting the Natu's in the air.
(STOP! STOP!) Whined Destiny.
"PHANTOM! ...Your breathes too cold!" Flame whines out while pressing his back to the wall and rubbing his cheek with one hand, Lil' dude nods toward Phantom.
"Anyway, I need to pick up Destiny's backpack and we'll be going." Phantom says while getting back into the room and setting back Destiny's backpack on her. Flame peeks into the room in the meanwhile.
"Ready?" Flame ask.
"Yeah, should I bring my backpack?" Phantom ask while looking at his. Meanwhile Destiny keep trying to ask Phantom to stop using her body.
"Hmmmm...Yeah!" Flame respond back.
"Ehhh...It's gonna be a bit cumbersome but alright." Phantom allows his backpack to float along at his side. "Not like we can fly since we're three. First stop, kitchen!"
Flame lets out a groan. "It's gonna take HOURS!"
Phantom let out a sight and rolls his eyes. "Relax, Flame. I told you, it's only gonna take five minutes or so. You really need to learn how to handle time."
"But five minutes can become HOURS! I don't wanna make Pokemons wait! I'm not like that!" He then whines again.
Meanwhile Destiny calms down her tone. (Phantom...Please get out of me! I swear I won't run away!)
(You swear?) Phantom ask.
(YES!)
Phantom pops out of Destiny, who shakes herself and suddenly shudder. He places back his backpack on his back while talking back to Flame. "Yeah, but I think your time perspective got fucked when you were in that Shedinja."
"The shedinja got nothing to do with it!" Flames whines. "...I swear we're gonna be late if we don't get there before the time!"
"Don't worry, Buddy. First you and Natu can eat, then we head to a nice place for Destiny!" Phantom pats Flame's shoulder.
Meanwhile Destiny takes a moment to watch the duo talk, but then snaps toward Phantom with a angry tone."I just don't understand! How can you do something like that to someone! I can't even control myself! Why did you do that?!"
Phantom looks back to Destiny. "Sorry girl, but I really don't like it when people run away from me. Beside, we've already established you're best with us, right?" Phantom ask.
Destiny let out a little groan. "...Right...But you shouldn't do that, it's really creepy, and what kind of things you could be doing? Do you have any idea?!"
"Yeah- But what about you? You just ran away without looking back! That's even worse!" Phantom respond back.
"Yeah! But at least I had a reason to!" Destiny says angrily.
"GUYS! GUYS! ENOUGH!" Flame says while putting himself between them. "If you two got something, keep it for the lake! I don't wanna deal with that!"
"Flame's right, let's go forcefeed him downstairs." Phantom says while forwarding himself toward the stairs.
"WHAT? NO! I SAID LET'S GO TO THE LAKE!" Flame shouts while heading next to Phantom.
Destiny blinks back at the two and head toward them. "Ugh..."
Phantom looks back to the Natu. "Say, lil' dude! What do you usually eat?"
Natu looks back to him from Flame's paw. "Seeds. Mostly seeds."
"Anything else you eat?" Flame ask while starting to get down the stairs. "OH! WE HAVE TO GET YOU CAKE!"
"FLAME!" Destiny shouts. "...That's a bird! They can't eat cake! It's not healthy for them!" Destiny explain. She takes a moment to look at the stairs before starting to get down of them. "It's not healthy for you too either!"
"What is...Cake?" The bird tilts his head toward Flame.
"Cake is the best thing ever!" Flame joyfully says with a bright smile. He then shows off his tongue toward Destiny. "Bleeeh! I've ate plenty of yummies already!"
"No-I'm fairly certain it's really unhealthy for you two, it could even kill you! Back where I am from...Birds has to eat seeds, and bunnies veggies! ...And neither of them could talk!" Destiny explains with a worrisome tone.
"Actually...Birds could talk, Destiny. You never saw one online?" Phantom ask while looking back to her.
"What's onli-ACK." Flame gets cut as Destiny missteps, screams and wobbles down the stairs onto him, the two stumbling onto the stairs while Phantom tried to grip them and lil' dude flying off to safety nearby. Shards of ice appeared around destiny as cold air seeped from her while Flame and Phantom had to shield themselves from the incoming hail. Around "DESTINY, STOP!"
Phantom picks her up by telekinesis and forward her to the exit downstairs while a group of scorbunnies had to take cover with a female Indeedee forward them to another room. "My bad."
"PHANTOM! PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN!" Destiny yells while struggling, eyes shut tight. The hail continued as Phantom places her onto the ground as a little ice ring formed around her and Destiny stood there completely immobile and her face facing downward. A minute passed before the hail stopped, and she finally opened her eyes, looking around.
"Better...?" Phantom ask.
"...Better..." Destiny says, but keep her eyes closed.
"My bad, I didn't mean to send out that video out of the blue." Phantom rubbed his neck through telekinesis.
"Well you shouldn't!" Destiny says angrily. "I could have broke something! I even fell into flame-" She suddenly take a worrisome look, looking around and then back toward the mansion. A trail of hail and ice made way all the way around the duo from the entrance while a male indeedee swept away the ice to outside. "Where's flame and the bird?"
"They're still inside. I had to watch you and take you out with all that hail. You've hit a lot of kids in there." Phantom explains.
"WHAT!" Destiny yells. "I-I HAVE TO GO APOLOGIZE!" She start running toward the entry door while Phantom followed. However, the male Indeedee gets between the door way as ice get swept toward the exit beneath his feet through telekinesis.
"Excuse me. Is everything alright?" The butler-type ask her as she stop in front of the door. Destiny, unsure, backed up from him.
"Um...Sorry...TELL EVERYONE I'M SORRY!" Destiny shouts while turning around and then jump on spot at the sight of Phantom. "AHHH!"
"Calm down, Destiny. Everything- You'll be fine." Phantom says.
"Would you like something to drink? Perhaps something that may satiate your appetite?" The Indeedee ask.
Destiny looks back and forth to the Indeedee and Phantom. "...I think I'm gonna faint..." She leans back onto the floor and puts her paws onto her snout.
The male Indeedee looks back toward Phantom. "I suppose it is a hard day?"
"You got it, Indice." Phantom replies. "Where's Flame?"
"Healed up and w-"
"OKAY LET'S GO LET'S GO LET'S GO!" Flame shouts while rushing past Indice with a bowl of salad with seeds...And lil' Dude inside eating the seeds. He then slid onto some of the leftover ice before spinning on himself and face back the other. "Is she better?"
"Nah, she's having a meltdown." Phantom somewhat teases while looking back at Flame. The scorbunny skates onto the ice and joins the trio.
"I'm not having a meltdown!" Angrily says Destiny toward Phantom. "I'm just...I don't know.- Hangry. That's it. That must be it...Can we please get some food?"
"Sure, that's exactly what we'll be doing. Come on, let's go." Phantom says while floating away.
"I already got food! Would you like some?" Flame ask while showing off his bowl to her.
For a moment Destiny looks back to lil' dude with a very enviable look before shaking her head and shouting. "NO! NO! NO!" She quickly rushes back to Phantom's side. "NEVER AGAIN!"
"Huh? What's wrong with her?" Flame ask toward Indice while eating some of the salad.
"While she is a omnivore, it appears she has a strong desire of savoring a live pokemon. Showing off that Natu while saying the word food has triggered her inner will of eating your friend." Indice then lowers himself toward Flame while bowing. "Please, do be careful not to say something like this again, it could make it worse for her."
Flame's left eye rose up for a moment before he let a nervous laugh. "Y-You're kidding, right? This isn't a thing...! She doesn't think I'm food too, right?"
"Keep her satiate and she won't think otherwise. You should also give her to eat some of that salad and ask her if she wants to eat some eggs at the kitchen, it should settle her down."
"Are you sure? Wouldn't that make any change?" Flame ask while looking down into the bowl, lil' dude looks back up to him.
The Indeedee nods. "I can feel this is what she wants. You should go ask her what she ate recently, perhaps this should help you understand the situation a little more...I hope."
"Why?" Flame tilts his head.
"Because her confusion toward what she wants to eat is rather odd. I cannot quite understand it myself, however it should help her settle down some boundaries between you and your bird friend." Indice then points at Phantom and Destiny talking. "Before you leave, try to calm yourself and take a breather. This should help you while talking to her."
"...Thanks Indice." Flame smiles up to him. The Indeedee bows down while Flame inhale some air before going back to the duo.
Meanwhile Phantom looks back to Destiny with a confused look. "What the hell do you mean?"
"NOTHING! ...Nothing! ...I swear it's nothing!" Destiny says while forwarding in front of Phantom, and looking left and right of the street. "So where it is? Where do we go next?"
"Destiny, you should speak up if you got something to say- Beside looks like Flame's talking to Indice at the moment." Phantom looks back to his bud.
"Ugh...it's just that...This is just so strange...I have no idea why but my body desires to eat meat...The...-" Destiny furtively look at Flame before shutting her eyes and looking down the ground. "...Alive kind..."
"Cheer up! I know it's shit-" Phantom stops to look at Destiny, who kept looking down. "...But you shouldn't feel too bad about it. It's just your new body adjusting to everything-And while you might be a carnivore now, this town's already all suited up with restaurants and the likes to keep you satiate without eating something live!"
"...I used to be a vegan, Phantom..." She looks back up to him with a worrisome, pouting look. "A vegan! I'm not meant to eat anything from animal products." She then looks back at the ice. "I'm...Not meant to harm people just because I feel I'm in danger...!" She then looks down. "...I'm not even sure what I am anymore..."
Phantom takes a moment to look back to her. "...Listen, we've changed...But we're still human deep inside, right? Else you wouldn't care and just gobble up whoever you see. Hell, even back where we came from there were some terrible people who'd do that without a second thought because this is what they've learned. Don't feel bad about it, feel glad you can stop yourself from doing something you'd regret."
Destiny keep looking down. Meanwhile Flame takes out lil' dude from the bowl of salad and forward him onto his head. The little bird kneads the fur and makes himself comfortable while puffing his feathers. The scorbunny then places the bowl in front of the ice type vulpix, smiling up to her. "Here! Eat!"
Destiny looks back to him. "But Flame...I can't eat that...My body refuses..." She pouts at him.
Flame shoos off Destiny toward the bowl with one paw. "Come on! Eat! Indice said you were an omnivore so don't give me that! Just try, okay?"
Destiny takes a moment to look back toward Flame, who kept pointing toward the bowl. "Are you sure...? I'm not gonna be sick...? I can digest this...Right...?"
Flame takes a pleading look. "Just please try!"
Destiny looks back to the bowl and lower her head toward it...But then looks back to Flame. "...Are you sure you want me to eat this...? It's yours after all..."
Flame kept shooing her to the bowl. "Don't worry about it, we'll go back inside and get you a proper meal! Eat it up or I'll run away!"
Some fume formed beneath Flame's feet. Destiny looks back to them. "...Are you okay?"
"Just...Eat, okay?" Flame tried to widen his smile into a grin, however his face takes a more nervous look.
Destiny looks back to the bowl and lower her head to the food, opening her maw but stopping herself for a moment as thin lines of cold ice shaped itself onto the bowl and the salad began to freeze. She then start gobbling up the pieces.
"Better?" Phantom ask while she finishes up eating.
"...Better!" Destiny smiles up. "I just don't understand...Why is my brain reacting this way...? I just can't understand it..."
"I actually said it earlier. I think whatever got us to this world, it's changed some of your mind to be fine in eating other pokemons for survival...Well, if you can eat whatever, that'd be great news, right?" Phantom explains with a smile.
"Let's go back inside! Instead of meat, let's get you some eggs!" Flame happily skipped toward the entry door while lil' dude tried his best to stay put on his head, flapping his wings along.
"Yeah, let's go back inside." Phantom says while heading back.
Destiny looks back toward the bowl then back at the leaving trio. She picks up the bowl with her jaws, freezing it a little more under her breathe. The trio made way toward a hallway inside as a little group of scorbunny began to follow them, some giving pats and tugs at Destiny's tails. "Hmph!" She shook herself and continued her path, trying to keep going while ignoring her cute followers.
They reach down the dinning hall, several dinning tables with large wooden seats are there with some scorbunnies, Raboots and Cinderace eating and chatting it up. Flame sits up first and places his backpack on top of the table, Destiny sits up while receiving a thousand questions from the bunnies following her while she let down the icy bowl onto the table. "STOP!" She shouts, however the others climb up next to her and keep patting her.
Phantom chuckled. "Aww come on, Destiny! They're too cute to shoo away!"
"Ugh..." Destiny stood there getting pat up and questioned.
"Where do you came from?" "You're so pretty!" "You're weird!" "WOOOOOOOOOOOAH, IT'S LIKE MY FRIEND BUT ICY!" "You're so cold!" "Are you a fairy type?" "WANNA GO PLAY UPSTAIRS?" "Can I touch your tail?" "What's your name?" "Are you friends with the little ghost?" "THAT WAS SO COOL. DO MORE ICE!" The voices jumbled up together.
Destiny then jumps away onto the table. "PLEASE! STOP PETTING ME! I'M NOT A DOG!"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwww...!" The voices mix together.
One of them climbs up onto the table on four legs and look up to her."But you're so cute!"
Destiny lift one paw up, looking at the bunny with scared eyes. "...Creepy..." She whispered. The other bunny looking at her immediately takes a offended look.
"Okay, everyone! You're making the guest uncomfortable! Please sit back and only touch her if she allows you!" A female Indeedee chimes, smiling up to the little group. Another Awww arise in the room in chorus while some leave the room, others sits up and the bunny on the table goes to sit on the other side. The Indeedee looks back to Destiny. "What would you like to eat?" She tilts her head with a warmth smile.
"Um..." Destiny let out while looking back at the table. "...Ah! Sorry!" She quickly sits up next to the trio. "Um...What could I eat?-" She looks around. "I feel bad...I shouldn't be here..."
"Why not? Would you like scrambled eggs with cheese?" The Indeedee ask. "...And don't worry! You are Flame's friend! All friends of Flame are welcome!"
"Yeah, don't worry about it, Destiny. Just ask what you want and you'll get it." Phantom explains with a smile.
"Yeah!" Flame chimes in.
"Um...I don't know...Salad? I...I don't wanna eat eggs..." Destiny whines while pouting at the Indeedee.
"Get her some eggs anyway, she need that." Phantom says to the Indeedee, who nods back.
"Yeah! She's being weird since she was a human, but she can eat up that!" Flame affirms.
"NO! I mean...No! I must eat anything but that! ...And meat!" Destiny whines, however the female Indeedee smiles and leave in the meanwhile, heading toward two door leading into the kitchen. Destiny looks back at the others. "Did...Did she even listen to me...?"
"Yeah, it's just that Indeedees got psychic abilities soooo they usually know what's best for you. Better sit back and enjoy the eggs!" Phantom say with a tease.
"But why don't you want to eat that, miss? Don't you want to be healthy?" A Scorbunny ask while pressing himself onto her.
"Er...Could you get off me? Please?" Destiny ask while looking back to him.
"But you're so cold and soooooft!" The scorbunny whines while pressing his head on her, rubbing his cheek along her fur.
Phantom have a laugh. "I think they really like you, girl!"
Destiny let her chin rest on the table while letting out a long sigh. "How do you two live with all those bunnies...?"
"Technically, I'm dead!" Phantom chuckled. Destiny looks back to Phantom with a very depressed, yet a look that just ask...'Really?'. Meanwhile Flame laughs. "Awww, come on! It's just a joke! Anyway, I need to see someone, you guys get something to eat, I'll be back in a few minutes, okay?" Phantom set his backpack on the table and start leaving.
...However Flame grabs him. "WAIT! ...We agreed to eat! We don't have much time left, so stay with us!"
"Flame, I already explained it to you." Phantom says while patting his buddy's shoulder. "You got plenty of time, and I won't take too long. Just eat with her and we'll meet back, alright?" Flame pouts, giving puppy eyes to Phantom.
"Who are you gonna see?" Destiny ask while lifting her head toward the little ghost.
"Just someone...Guess what? You two can join me after eating, alright? Flame will bring you to me afterward. Alright, buddy?" Phantom ask to Flame. (I'll be seeing Alice, you know where to find me, alright?)
Flame kept looking at Phantom with a pout, but then sigh. "...Alright." He then smiles up. "Promise me that's what you're doing and nothing else?"
"Pfft...Yeah, I promise." Phantom pats Flame's shoulder. "See you two later." He then fly away.
Destiny look back at the little ghost, then back at Flame. "What was that all about?"
"Phantom's just gonna see Alice. I hope he's not doing anything else, or taking more time than what we said. Once we eat, we'll get back to him, alright?" Flame explained. Meanwhile, another scorbunny got over the table, set himself as a Indian and start looking through the stuff and gets teleported with the backpack.
Both destiny and Flame looks back at what just happened, and looks at each others. "What just...Happened...?" Destiny ask. Flame groans and teleport himself, pressing his own badge. "Uuuuummm..."
"Miss! Miss! Are you gonna press your own badge...?" A scorbunny ask in anticipation, gripping the girl's fur while showing her a bright smile.
"Um..." She takes a moment to look at the other. However, the Scorbunny just slams his paw on the badge, teleporting the two of them into the guild. Back there the first sight is...Flame pulling on Phantom's backpack against the other scorbunny while lil' dude tries his best to pull Flame fur while flapping his wings.
"HAND IT OVER!" Flame screams at the other.
"NO! IT'S MINE!" The other shouts.
Suddenly, the two of them gets separated through telekinesis force while the backpack falls down on the floor. A female Meowstic appear next to the two. "What is the problem?" She crosses her arms at the two.
"SEND HIM TO RAWST STREET, HOUSE FOUR!" Flame shouts while pointing at the other.
"Nuh-huh! The little ghost left his backpack, so it's mine now!" Whined the others.
"When will you Scorbunnies learn...?" The girl facepalm while the other bunny disappeared. "Done. Please try to keep family matters way from the guild...Again." She then disappeared.
Destiny walks next to Flame with the other Scorbunny. "What was that all about?"
"My cousin tried to steal Phantom's backpack and that was one of the psychic guards, they appear when trouble arise in the guild." Flame explains while picking up Phantom's backpack.
"Do you know her...?" The ice type vulpix ask.
Flame shakes his head and shrugs. "Not that much, but my family tend to get into trouble a little too much..." He goes behind the other scorbunny and push him toward the reception. "...Which means you have to go too!"
"HEY! HEY! I'VE HELPED!" The other whines.
Flame keep pushing him. "NO WAY! ...Go back home and eat!"
"...Fine! I will! But what about you two? Don't you have food waiting for you there?" The scorbunny ask while still being pushed.
"I've decided to bring Destiny eat somewhere else. She needs a proper meal!" Flame explained.
"I do...?" Destiny tilts her head in confusion.
"Can I come?" The scorbunny ask with a smile.
"NO!"
"Awww..." The whining bunny suddenly give Flame a sucker punch to the face and start rushing to the exit of the door.
"OW!" Flame drops the second backpack to the floor and cover his face.
"FLAME!" Destiny shouts, going at his side. "...Are you okay?" She then looks back at the Scorbunny who rose up into the air. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?"
Meanwhile, a Audino at another desk saw what happened and got to Flame side and heals him up. "Are you okay?" Destiny looks back to her.
"Yeah..." Flame gets his paw off his face, and smiles up. "Yeah! Much better!" He picks up Phantom's backpack.
"Thank you!" Destiny chimes to the Audino.
"What happened? Who did that to you...?" The audino ask, unsure.
Meanwhile the Scorbunny gets flown over the little group. "LET ME GO! LET ME GO!"
The same Meowstic appeared. "I SAID! NO TROUBLE!" She shouts angrily at the group.
"Just send him home!" Flame whine while pointing at the Scorbunny.
The Meowstic let out a "ugh..." Then snap her finger, making Flame's cousin disappear into thin air. "Before I go, anything else I need to know?"
"No, everything is fine!" Flame smiles up to her.
"WAIT! Send us back there as well!- That's your home, right?" Destiny ask.
"WAIT WAIT! ...I wanna bring you elsewhere, close to the lake! What time is it?" Flame ask to the Meowstic.
"It's eleven forty, why?" Meowstic ask.
"Send us to Yago street!" Flame ask with a smile.
"Yago street...?" Whispered Destiny, confused.
The Meowstic then let out a sigh. "Then so be it." She snaps her fingers. Suddenly, both Flame, Destiny and lil' dude appeared in the middle of a busy streets. Destiny screams for a moment looking around.
"Welcome to Yago street! Home to many little shops, and restaurants!" Flame says while forwarding a paw around with a smile. "-And stop screaming! You look like you saw a corpse!"
Destiny looks around. Several different types of family walks about like Clefairies, Nidorans, a hitmontop doing a little show in the middle of the street with a Mime JR and some Rapidash passing by wearing saddles with pouches. From where she stand she could see some shops like Ruin's treasure, Magical scarf and orbalicious. "Wait...Those horses are on fire!" She acclaims while widening her eyes toward them.
"Those are Rapidash! They provide a way to get around town for those with money!" He then frowns while crossing his paws. "...Except we're waaaaaaay too small for them, I have to wait and evolve twice before I can get on them."
"Huh? Evolve?" Destiny ask, looking back to him.
However, Flame began to walk left while beckoning her to come. "Come on! Let's hit that awful place I've been craving to talk to you about!"
With a groan and her curious look changing to a angry one, she runs back to his side. "Awful place?"
"Hmhm! Yago streets has several restaurants, however there's one that features meat from a farm beyond the forest! There's more around, but it's one of the safer one so pokemons like me can get a meal too!"
"Ugh...Can we go back to your home? I'd much prefer munching on whatever your family prepared..." Destiny whines.
"No no!" Flame raise a paw toward Destiny while looking back at her. "Trust me, I'd much prefer if you at least give that a try. If you are a omnivore and can eat more than just meat, that'd be nice! But I want you to at least have what they have so instead of trying to take a bite out of a living being, you'd have something...Well-Dead!"
Destiny let out a long groan. "...But Flame. I can't eat meat..."
"Look, I don't want to admit it, but you're scaring me." Flame explain while pointing back at himself. Lil' Dude on top of him nods back to her. "If that gets your mind off me, then that's fine! ...But don't try to eat me, or I'll blaze you good with my feet!" Flame says while frowning, and jumping on one leg showcasing one foot which began to fume.
"Flame! Stop!" Destiny whine while stopping herself. However, Flame start walking back normally instead.
"Come on! We're almost there!" Flame says while beckoning her.
Destiny kept looking at Flame with a frown...Then joins his side. "What am I gonna do...What about Phantom?"
"He'll be fine! ...And he's right. We got some time so why not eat a little something?" Flame says with a smile. "...Beside, you'll need it! I and Phantom prepared a little test for the new arrivals, and we'd like you to the test too!"
"HUH?" Destiny let out, surprised. "...What sort of test?"
"It's a secret!" He looks back to her and let out his tongue. He then raise a paw. "My mouth is shut!"
"Awww...Tell me! Tell me! I swear I won't say a thing!" Destiny ask, curious.
"Nope!"
"Pleeeeeeeeeeease?"
"Tell you what? You eat at the place I'm bringing you at, and I'll tell you!"
Destiny takes a moment to look at Flame. She frowns, but then nods, lifting a paw. "Deal!"
Flame looks back at the paw, and smiles back. "Okay! Come on! The restaurant's just there!" Flame points in front of him toward one labeled Chomper. Flame and Destiny enters it...And at the entrance a Gible looks toward the duo, quickly approaching the bunny.
Destiny jumps back and let out a shriek, getting outside while Flame looks back to her. "WAIT!"
Meanwhile, the Gabite sniffs the Scorbunny."What are you doing there? This place's not for your kind!"
"It's not for me, I'll be back." Flame says while heading back outside, spotting Destiny taking back her breathe. "Destiny! Don't run away like that!" He ask, however she turns back to him with her eyes filled with fear. "...Are you okay?"
She shakes herself toward the bunny, speechless.
"...It's just a Gabite! Chomper's owned by a family of Garchomps sooo...That was actually a Gible, they're okay!" Flame explains, however Destiny shuts back her eyes and looks down.
Flame rubs his neck, looking back at the restaurant, then back at Destiny. "You know...I'm a herbivore but I'm still heading in there!" No response.
"...Fine, I know another place nearby. It's should be more your taste." Flame crossed his arms, tapping his foot. No response either.
"...Do you want me to get you something from Chomp-"
"No..." Destiny cuts Flame's word with a shaky voice. "I don't want that...I don't want any of this!" She angrily looks back at him.
"Gee Destiny, no need to make it hard...I'm trying to help here! Let's go somewhere else, come on, follow me." Flame start walking away from Destiny, however she stood on her spot. He then let out a sigh.
Flame goes back in front of Destiny. "Okay...Talk to me...What do you want me to do to make you feel better...?" However, he only get some response in the form of sobs.
Flame let out a long groan. "Wait for me here..." He forward himself back to the restaurant, then looks back at Destiny tuckered to herself on her spot. He goes back inside and look back to the Gible. "Hey, you guys can make take out, right?"
"Yeah. Gonna cost extra but can do. Know what you want?"
"A steak and a salad to go!"
"A steak? What sort? We got a special on Mareep."
"Your finest!" Flame smiles up.
"Ohhh, so not cheap, huh? You know those are a gold coin?"
"Look, I just want a steak for that girl outside." Flame says while forwarding to the window, pointing back down at...Nothing as Destiny is underneath the sight of the window.
"You mean that strange vulpix? Yeah. Can do. Go get her a seat if you can, I'll prepare the meal." The Gible says while heading toward a door.
Meanwhile Flame gets outside and spots Destiny and get next to her. "Listen...I know it's scary and everything is weird for you but...You should at least give yourself a pat on the shoulder and head back with me. It's not as bad as you think!
"Go away..." Destiny respond back with her trembling voice.
Flame takes a moment to look at her, and instead went back into the restaurant, taking a seat and crossing his arms while letting his head rest on them. Lil' dude jumps back down from him and looks back to him.
"Are you okay...?" The little Natu tilts his head.
"Hm...I am, just not Destiny. Why would she act this way...?"
"I...Don't know."
"You and me both." Flame leans his cheek onto his arms and look around the restaurant, barely anyone at the moment except for a Charmeleon and a Houndoom.
After a few minutes a Garchomp comes out bringing two Baskets to the table of Flame and set them in front of him while Gible followed. He separates the two, one holding a steak, and the other a sort of fruit salad with some sauce on it. Lil' dude eagerly goes into the salad one and start eating some of the fruits. "My boy wasn't kidding when he said a Scorbunny. You know this place's isn't really for your kind?"
"Yeah, but it's actually for a friend. She's kind of weird when it comes to meat so she's outside waiting." Flames say while going through Phantom's backpack, taking out a pouch. "How much?"
"For all of that? Twenty five."
Flame takes out two gold coins and three copper, forwarding it to him. "Here you go."
The Garchomp lift a eyebrow, but then start to laugh while his son takes the money. "What is that? Did I make the finest steak or what?"
Flame smiles up to him. "It's a tip! My friend loves giving them!"
The Garchomp's face suddenly takes a more serious one. "Is your friend the mayor or something? Anyway, bring him here to eat here will ya?"
Flame nods. "So I can take these baskets with me?"
"Yep, do whatever you want with them. They're for taking out. Have a good day."
"You too!" Flame respond back with a smile, He stacks up the basket with the salad on top as lil' dude keep eating. He then goes outside and spot destiny still in the same spot. He let down the basket, take up the steak and dandle it in front of her.
It didn't take long for the ice type vulpix to take a chomp out of the steak, placing her paws on top of it and gobble it up while Flame sat down nearby, eating some of the salad with lil' Dude.
"What have I done..." She whispered as she finishes it up. For a moment her shut down her eyes, then start shaking...Before suddenly getting up and looking back to Flame. "FINE! YOU WON! I LOVE STEAK! I LOVE MEAT!" She yells while looking all around her. However, no passerby seems to stop or care.
"Great for you! I knew you'd break!" Flame says while still eating, lifting some lettuce toward her.
Destiny walks back toward the duo and leans back. "...Fine. I'm sorry. I knew you meant well...It's just that...I'm-I used to only eat vegan stuff, much like you do..."
"Look, I'd eat that steak if I had nothing else to eat." Flame explains while chewing his food. "You know we're gonna do a lot of missions outside of this town, right? So we need to be prepared for the worst!"
Destiny let out a groan.
"Plus I think it's time we hit up a library! I never was taught much about what's good to eat or not outside...I'm more about adventure and super hero books!" He smiles up to her.
"Wait, you guys have LIBRARIES?!" Destiny shouts.
"You don't?" Flame gives her a confused look. "That's weird, I recall Phantom saying how you guys got cartoons and better looking books!"
"We do...! But I thought there-Um...That you didn't have books-Like the kind that comes in copies!"
"Silly! What's a good book if you can't read it? There's places that makes books all the times! And there's many of them! Sure, Happy town isn't exactly the best place for it buuuuuuut we sure have a lot of stuff from other places!"
"I just don't get it..." Destiny looks around. "Trees, shops, restaurants...This place looks like some sort of normal old town...it's like I'm back as a human, except I'm stuck walking four legs...As a sort of little kid!"
"But that's not bad, right?" Flame ask.
"Hm...Not..." Destiny looks back to Flame. "I'm not sure...There must be a reason why I became...This form?"
"Phantom became a Phantump so I think he got it on the easier side! ...But for you? Maybe you were meant to be somewhere else?" Flame tilts his head.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean...Your breathe is cold, your fur is white, you're...A sort of ice type vulpix! Your kind isn't from here at all!"
"...That's what I've been told. I should be from a cold mountain far away, but here I am..."
"Vulpix's a omnivore! So in theory, you should be too! However when you said you wanted a piece of me I thought it was...No! It's over! You're a carnivore for real and true!"
"...But you're right...I just ate meat..." Destiny whines while looking back at the ground.
"Nope! You ate salad, so you're fine! I just wanted to make a statement by giving you that! Eating what's already dead is fine, right? ...And between you and I-Well...Any pokemons you find in the wil is fair game! I hate to say, but this is how it goes in happy town!"
"WHAT?" Destiny shouts, getting up.
"That's right! Elsewhere there are rules against hunting pokemons in the wild, however happy town has no regulations sooooo...I won't say a word!"
"Flame."
"Yeah?"
"You just told me that if I want to eat you outside of happy town, it's fair game."
Flame suddenly shook himself, his face turning to a nervous one. "ER! ...Forget what I just said! Hahaha..."
Destiny leans back onto the ground. "It's okay...I don't want- No. I don't EVER want to live a life where I take other's lives to live my life. Is that clear?"
Flame takes a moment to look back to her. "Do you swear?"
She nods back. "I swear it on my own life."
Flame keep looking at her, taking a moment to observe her serious look. He then smiles up to her. "Great! But you get to still eat meat at restaurants, okay...?"
Destiny looks back onto the ground and let out a sigh. "...Okay..."
Flame's smile widen. "...Then it's a deal!- And reminds me to try out a steak when Phantom's gonna be in my dream!"
"What? You seriously want to try that out?" Destiny look back to Flame, somewhat sickened.
"There's no shame in trying out something in a dream, right?" Flame ask.
Destiny then let out a sigh. "That's so weird...Phantom can really do that? Dream with you?"
Flame nods. "Yep! You should try and ask him for that! His dreams are SUPER COOL!- DOYOUKNOWWHATATRAINIS?" Flame ask with a big wide smile, eyes shining and mouth agape.