After spending the whole day lazily watching tv, the clock hit eleven before anyone even realized it. Brennan really just wanted the day to be over, so he decided to go and try and get some sleep. He was still beat after his previous sleepless night, so sleep was something he was desperate for at that point. He stood up and stretched, before looking back at his Pokémon.
"I'm going to get some sleep. You guys are welcome to stay up, just behave." He said.
"Champ." Machamp replied, realizing that Blaziken wasn't going to. Brennan nodded, before looking over at Gardevoir.
"Just come on back whenever. You, too, buddy." He said, as he gave Mightyena a quick pat on the head. Mightyena's tail started wagging as he did. Brennan let out a little chuckle, before turning and making his way towards his bedroom. "Goodnight, guys." He called, as he disappeared down the hallway.
Gardevoir sat and watched him as he did. She wanted to go back there and go to sleep, too. But, at the same time, she felt like she wanted to wait a little while and make sure he was asleep before she went in there. She figured maybe that way, she'd feel a little less dirty when she got in bed with him.
She sat debating it for several minutes, until Mightyena got up and started making his way to the bedroom. He was obviously going to bed. She figured, since Mightyena was in there now, her and Brennan wouldn't be alone, regardless of whether he was awake still or not.
Gardevoir got up and exited the living room, not saying a word to the others as she did. As she floated down the hallway, she saw that the bedroom light was already off. She took that as a good sign.
She floated into the room and over to her pajamas. She left them in the same place every morning so she always knew where they were. She grabbed them and headed back out of the room and into the bathroom to change. She took several minutes in there, wanting to waste as much time as possible before she went back into the bedroom. Again, she was hoping by the time she actually went to crawl into bed, Brennan would be asleep.
But, once she was finally dressed, she slowly opened the bathroom door and headed back for the bedroom. Once again she entered the dark room. She could hear the creaking of the bed which meant someone must have moved. She hoped it was Mightyena. She gently laid her dress down on the dresser, before making her way over to the bed.
She stared at it for several seconds, before carefully crawling onto it. She took it as slow as possible crawling up to her pillow. She froze several times; the squeakiness of the springs in the mattress almost blowing her cover. But she finally made it to her pillow. She mentally sighed in relief, before pulling the cover up and sliding underneath it.
Once she was settled, she closed her eyes ready to try and get some sleep.
"Goodnight, Gardevoir." Brennan said quietly. Gardevoir tensed up when she heard him. He sounded like he was half asleep, so she was hoping she didn't wake him up.
"G-Gardevoir." She replied, slightly flushed by the fact that even half asleep, he still bothered to tell her goodnight.
She once again went back to trying to fall asleep, hoping that she would be able to. It took several minutes of uncomfortably rolling around and trying to keep inappropriate thoughts about Brennan out of her head. But, eventually, she was finally able to doze off.
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Gardevoir slowly opened her eyes. She saw that she was in the middle of the forest. But she didn't know why. She sat up and started looking around, that's when she recognized the area. She shook her head, as she quickly climbed to her feet. Once she was standing up again, only then did she realize she wasn't as tall as she had been before. In fact, she was tiny.
She looked down at herself. Her long flowing white dress had been replaced by an oversized white nightgown. She felt the top of her head and quickly realized that she wasn't her fully evolved Gardevoir self anymore, she was a Ralts again.
She was confused; scared even. She didn't know what happened or what to do. She spun around, hoping to see anything that could help her. And then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw something quickly disappearing further into the forest. It had been watching her.
She quickly followed it, to the best of her ability of course. She popped through a bush and saw another clearing, and what was standing in that clearing was a Gardevoir. But it wasn't just any Gardevoir, it was Ralts mom. She knew it was. She could feel it deep down inside of her.
The Gardevoir looked at her as she slowly approached it; tears escaping from her eyes as she did.
"Momma...?" Ralts whimpered quietly. She didn't even notice that she just spoke English. The Gardevoir smiled down at the young, crying Ralts.
"You're going to be okay, my daughter. I know you are." She spoke. Her voice was so angelic- so calming.
Ralts slowly started making her way towards the large Gardevoir, but, it seemed like she never got any closer, no matter how far she went. The Gardevoir smiled down at the small Ralts, as she backed away into a large bush.
"Momma! Wait!" Ralts cried out, as she picked up her speed, running through the bush the Gardevoir had disappeared in.
She ran through it expecting to see the Gardevoir on the other side. But, what she saw instead, was... nothing. Trees and bushes were the only things there, the Gardevoir- her mother... had vanished. Ralts shook her head, as more tears ran down her pale cheeks.
She refused to believe that her mom had vanished. In a fit of sadness and frustration, she began quickly running again. She was moving straight, not having any sort of real destination besides to find her mom. She ran and ran and ran, until she realized something was changing. She was somehow growing taller. She didn't know why.
She looked down at herself and saw that the oversized white gown she had been wearing, was now replaced by a white tutu; her long, skinny green legs now visible. She didn't bother stopping to see if she could confirm her assumptions. It was easy to tell that she had somehow turned into Kirlia. Her long, green ponytails brushed against her shoulders as she continued to move forward.
She continued running straight, hoping that she was going to be able to find her mom again. But, what she found instead made her freeze. She had popped through another bush, and what was on the other side of it made her tears once again pick back up. Gothitelle stood with her back turned to Kirlia.
Kirlia slowly stepped out of the bush and inched closer to the Pokémon that raised her. Gothitelle turned around to face her, causing Kirlia to once again freeze in her tracks.
"Kirlia, there you are. I've already told you, you shouldn't run off like that." Gothitelle spoke telepathically. Kirlia ran forward, colliding with Gothitelle; more tears pouring out of her eyes. Gothitelle stared down at the crying Pokémon, gently rubbing the back of her head. "Calm down, child. There's nothing to cry about." She said, trying to cease Kirlia's crying.
Kirlia looked up at the older Pokémon, her eyes were red and her cheeks were wet from all the crying she had done. Gothitelle wiped her cheeks off, giving her a slight smile as she did.
"All better?" She asked. Kirlia didn't reply, she just went back to hugging her. She stood there, embracing the Pokémon, until a loud growl was heard, a loud growl that Kirlia knew very well.
Gothitelle looked around as three large Ursaring appeared in three different areas of the clearing they were standing in. Kirlia let out a loud cry as she grasped onto Gothitelle. Gothitelle pushed the younger, smaller Pokémon behind her, as she looked around at the three large Ursaring.
Gothitelle could tell that the Ursaring didn't plan on leaving without doing what they came to do. And there was no way she was going to risk Kirlia getting hurt.
"Run, Kirlia." Gothitelle said. Kirlia looked up at her and shook her head. She wasn't leaving her, not again. "RUN!" She yelled, startling the smaller Pokémon. Kirlia looked around as the Ursaring approached them. Gothitelle pulled Kirlia away from her and looked her dead in the eyes. "YOU need to run, Kirlia." She said. Kirlia couldn't do anything but let out little whimpers as she stared back at her.
Gothitelle turned back towards the Ursaring, as she got ready to fight back. Kirlia backed up a few feet, but froze. She didn't know why. She just... froze. She tried her best to move, but it was an action that seemed impossible. She let out a loud cry as one of the Ursaring swung as Gothitelle. Gothitelle somehow managed to dodge it. She then used telekinesis to push them backwards.
She turned her attention to the closest one to her and threw it back even further. But, she wasn't able to dodge another swing from behind. She let out a loud cry in pain, as one of the other Ursaring clawed the back of her head. Kirlia let out another loud cry as she watched. Gothitelle was slowly trying to push herself back up, when the Ursaring she had thrown charged at her and used slash, slashing her right across the face and down her chest. She let out another loud cry of pain, as she dropped back down to the ground.
Kirlia kicked, and cried, and struggled, doing everything she could possibly think of to do to be able to move, but she couldn't. Some kind of invisible, unseeable force was preventing her from doing so.
While the other two Ursaring were busy mauling the still loudly crying Gothitelle, the third one turned its attention to Kirlia. It snarled at her as it approached. Kirlia closed her eyes tight and looked away, as she cried in fear. The Ursaring reared its claws back and prepared to strike. Kirlia was waiting for it. Waiting to feel the large, sharp claws rip through his skin. But, it never happened.
She let out frightened whimpers, as she slowly opened one of her eyes. She was now taller than she had been previously. She looked down and saw that the tutu was now replaced by her usual white dress. She looked back up and saw Brennan standing in front of her. His arms wide out, as he shielded her from the Ursaring.
The relieved feeling she felt quickly turned to one of fear once she saw the blood dripping off of the Ursaring's claws.
"Voir!" She cried, not even noticing that her ability to speak English was gone again. Brennan dropped down to his knees, before landing in a puddle of his own blood. She stared down at his unmoving body, once again trying to break free from her invisible shackles. She looked up again when she heard the Ursaring growl once again.
He slowly stepped over Brennan, making the gap between them smaller. He let out a loud roar, before lifting his claws, seconds away from slashing Gardevoir. She cried loudly and closed her eyes tight.
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"V-Voir... Voir. G-Gardevoir. GARDEVOIR! GARDE-VOIR!" Gardevoir cried out, as she woke from her dream turned nightmare. She quickly sat up, tears pouring from her eyes as she did.
In the midst of her panic, Brennan woke up, quickly sitting up and looking around the dark room.
"H-huh?!" Brennan exclaimed, confused as to what was going on. Once he heard Gardevoir crying, he turned the lamp on that rested on his nightstand. As the light lit up the room, he turned towards the weeping Pokémon. She sat with her back against the headboard, hugging her knees to her chest, as she continued to cry.
Mightyena had jumped up ready to attack. He grew just as confused as Brennan when he saw Gardevoir crying.
"Gardevoir, hey, what's wrong?" Brennan asked, very worried at this point. Gardevoir sat with her eyes closed as she continued to cry. "Gardevoir?" He said curiously, as he slowly reached a hand over to her.
A soft whimper escaped her, as she let out out a frightened jolt. Brennan quickly reclined his hand, as Gardevoir tearfully opened one of her eyes. "Gardevoir, it's okay. There's nothing to be afraid of. I'm not going to hurt you." He said softly.
Gardevoir stared at him, as tears continued to run down her cheeks. She stared into his eyes and saw nothing but worry; the worry he was feeling for her. That just made her cry harder.
Brennan got on his knees and maneuvered his way over to her. He stared at her for several seconds, before slowly wrapping his arms around her.
"Shh. It's okay, I got you." He said softly, as he gently held her in his arms. Gardevoir buried her face into his chest and clutched on his shirt as her tears continued. He slowly rubbed her back, letting her get out whatever she needed to.
He didn't know what had happened. He assumed it was a bad dream, but now wasn't the time to ask. The only thing he cared about at that moment was comforting Gardevoir. It broke his heart seeing her upset the way she was.
Mightyena had sat there watching the two. His first response was to go and comfort. That's what he usually did when Brennan was upset. But this time, he didn't know what to do.
Gardevoir held onto Brennan's shirt tightly. After seeing what she did in her dream, she didn't want to let him go. She was scared. Scared that she would lose him. Her dream... it felt so real. More real than she would have liked.
Brennan continued rubbing Gardevoir's back until her sobs finally slowed into sniffles, before she was finally silenced. Even though she had stopped crying, she still didn't budge though, and Brennan didn't mind.
She felt safe in his arms; like nothing could hurt her. Like nothing bad could happen to her. She wanted to stay that way.
Brennan looked down at her, before resting his lips softly on the top of her head. He held them there for several seconds, before removing them. Gardevoir finally looked up at him. The two of them locked eyes.
"Its okay. You don't have to be scared. I won't let anything happen to you." Brennan said in a soft, comforting voice. Gardevoir could feel that he was telling her the truth. He wouldn't let anything happen to her, and she wouldn't let anything happen to him.
Brennan gently placed his hands on Gardevoir's cheeks and wiped the remaining wetness off of her face. Her eyes were red from all the crying she had done, but she was more calmed down now, which Brennan was really happy about. He held his hands on her cheeks, as they refused to break their eye contact. Feeling his warm hands caressing her face like he was doing made a shiver run through Gardevoir.
As they stared into each others eyes, they could both feel something that was new to them. A feeling that... neither one of them were used to.
Brennan felt a strong urge to lean in and kiss her. He wanted to... but he couldn't. He finally broke eye contact with her, before clearing his throat.
"So... we may as well try and go back to sleep. It's only three." He said. Gardevoir looked down, disappointed by this. Unbeknownst to Brennan, she had also felt a strong urge to lean in and kiss him. But she couldn't bring herself to do it.
Brennan made his way back over to his side of the bed and slid back under the covers. He was getting ready to turn the lamp back off, when he realized Mightyena was already fast asleep once again. He couldn't help but let out an almost inaudible chuckle. He figured that he probably checked out once he saw Brennan had everything under control.
He went back to getting ready to turn the lamp off, when he saw Gardevoir was just sitting there, staring down at the blanket.
"Hey, are you alright?" He asked. Gardevoir nodded, finally making her way back to her spot. She pulled the covers over herself, but she still didn't lye down. "Gardevoir, are you thirsty or something? Because I can go get you a glass of water." He offered. Gardevoir shook her head.
"Voir. G-Gardevoir. Garde..." She started, slightly blushing as she trailed off. She did her best to avoid all eye contact with Brennan, as she tried to force out the question she wanted to ask.
"What is it, Gardevoir?" Brennan asked. He knew she was wanting to ask a question, he just didn't know what that question was.
"G-Gardevoir. Garde...?" She finally asked, her face turning even more of a red color as she did. She made a slight hugging motion with her arms. Brennan quickly realized she had asked if she could cuddle him.
"W-well, I mean, I-I suppose t-that would be okay." He replied, a little embarrassed himself. He scratched the back of his head, as somewhat of a small flush ran over his face. Gardevoir finally looked back at him as he replied. They stared at each other again for several seconds, before Brennan finally turned back to the light. He turned it off, before lying back down.
There was a silence for several seconds, until Brennan finally heard the creaking of the bed, as Gardevoir made her way over to him. He felt her slowly down next to him, before cuddling into his side. She finally rested her head on his shoulder, before relaxing.
"Are you comfortable?" Brennan asked.
"V-Voir." Gardevoir replied in a very embarrassed tone.
"That's good." Brennan replied.
Again, several more seconds of silence passed, before Brennan gently wrapped his left arm around her. A small smile crossed Gardevoir's face as he did. She started feeling a little more daring after that, so she snuggled more into him and draped her left arm over his chest. Even though it was too dark to really see her, Brennan slowly rested his lips against the top of her head again. He held them there for several seconds, before finally removing them.
"Goodnight, Gardevoir." He said. Gardevoir's smile remained on her face as she closed her eyes in hopes of getting back to sleep. She was at peace right now. She wanted it to stay like that.
"Gardevoir." She replied in a whisper. After, silence once again filled the room for several more minutes, until Brennan finally spoke once again figuring Gardevoir was asleep.
"Gardevoir, what are you doing to me?" Brennan asked almost inaudibly, as he stared down at the Pokémon in his arms. He was unaware that she was indeed awake, and she heard him. He wrapped his other arm around her, holding her tight, and rested his cheek against the top of her head, holding it there as he once again closed his eyes, ready to drift back to sleep.
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When the morning finally came, Gardevoir awoke still in Brennan's arms. She immediately smiled as she snuggled into him.
Brennan slowly opened his eyes when he felt her movement. He had been awake for almost an hour already, but tried going to back to sleep because he didn't want to wake Gardevoir.
"You awake, Gardevoir?" Brennan asked, getting her to open her eyes and look up at him. Once the most beautiful eyes in the world met his, he smiled. "Good morning." He said.
"Gardevoir." She replied.
"So... there's something that I want to show you." Brennan said.
"Voir?" Gardevoir asked. Even though he didn't want to, Brennan sat up, forcing Gardevoir to do the same. She was disappointed by this.
"Get dressed. We have to walk there." Brennan replied, as he pushed the covers off of him and stood up. Gardevoir watched him as he walked over to the dresser, opened it, and grabbed a shirt from one drawer, and a pair of jeans from another. Once he walked out of the room to change, Gardevoir crawled to his side of the bed, threw her legs off, and stood up.
She floated over to the dresser and grabbed her dress. She looked over at Mightyena and saw that he was still sound asleep. She turned towards the door and looked down the hallway, seeing that both Machamp and Blaziken were still knocked out too. After, she decided it was safe enough to quickly change in the bedroom. She pushed the door closed and stripped out of her pajamas, before putting her dress back on.
She tossed her pajamas back on the dresser, before heading out of the room. As she floated down the hallway, Brennan walked out of the bathroom. They almost ran into each other, but Brennan stopped.
"Just let me toss these in the room and I'll be ready." Brennan said. Gardevoir nodded, before continuing her way down the hallway.
As she waited for Brennan, she couldn't help but think back to last night. When they were staring into each others eyes, she was starting to regret the fact that she didn't kiss him. Something deep down inside of her told her to, but she just couldn't.
The feelings she felt, and the feelings Brennan felt... they were... special.
Gardevoir was broke from her thoughts when Brennan appeared in the room. He walked past her, not saying a word, and motioned for her to follow him.
He led her out of the apartment and down the stairs to the back of the building. As they walked, he could sense Gardevoir's confusion and curiosity, so he figured he would explain.
"There's this trail back here. It's leads to one of my places to think about things. It helps me clear my head, ya know?" He said curiously. Gardevoir looked at him and nodded.
Brennan had made the walk down the trail more times than he could count since he lived there. It was just something that relaxed him.
The trail was surrounded by trees, so it was nice and shady. And when the wind was blowing, it made it even better.
But, something Brennan liked about the trail even more than that was the pond that rested at the end of it. The pond was surrounded by trees just like the trail leading to it was. But there was a clearing above it so when the sun shone through, the water sparkled a beautiful blue color.
Brennan liked sitting in the grass, watching all the small fish Pokémon swim around. His Pokémon rather enjoyed it too.
He had thought about the trail a lot as he and Gardevoir laid in bed last night. He and his Pokémon enjoyed it, so he figured she would too.
As they walked, Brennan looked over at Gardevoir. A small smile crept onto his face as he did. She wasn't like other Gardevoir', not in the slightest. Sure, Gardevoir' are well known for their beauty. But, this Gardevoir, she had to be the most beautiful. There is no way a Gardevoir more beautiful than the one that was gliding along side him existed. It was impossible. And if someone tried to tell him otherwise, he wouldn't believe it.
It took several seconds of Brennan staring, before Gardevoir finally looked over at him. She blushed, before quickly looking away. Brennan could feel the nervousness building up inside of her.
"Hey, you don't have to be nervous around me." Brennan said, still not taking his eyes off of her. Gardevoir bit her bottom lip, still not able to look back at him. She couldn't. Every time she even thought about him, they were doing some kind of forbidden act of love that human and Pokémon shouldn't be doing. "Gardevoir, I- GAH!" He exclaimed, as a sharp, electric charge was sent coursing through his body.
Brennan fell to the ground, unmoving. Gardevoir's eyes grew wider than they already were, as she got down next to his motionless body. She put her hands on his back and tried shaking him awake. It didn't work.
"V-Voir?!" She exclaimed, as she kept shaking him. As she did, she looked back to where the attack came from. Standing in the middle of the trail was Simon and a very angry looking Raichu with spiky fur on the top of his head.
Simon stood with a scowl on his face, until he made eye contact with Gardevoir.
"Hey, Gardevoir. Remember me?" Simon asked as a mocking smirk formed on his face. That scar... Gardevoir remembered the scar. It was the guy from the mall; the one that tried to convince Brennan to sell her to him.
As he finished, Gardevoir heard rustling in the bushes behind her. She turned around as two Ursaring stepped out onto the trail. She shook her head, as her heartbeat picked up. She heard the same rustling sound on the opposite side of the trail, getting her attention. She looked over as another Ursaring appeared from behind the tree line. All three of them were wearing matching black armbands.
"Now, you should remember these guys. Apparently, they don't like you too much." Simon said, getting Gardevoir to look at him. She felt threatened, and she knew if she was going to protect Brennan, she was going to have to fight.
She stood up, a determined, yet angry expression forming on her face. Simon chuckled.
"That's not a good idea." He said. Gardevoir ignored him as she charged a shadow ball.
"Gard-e-Voir!" She yelled, as she sent it flying towards Simon. Raichu jumped up and used lightning bolt, blocking it from hitting him.
Gardevoir narrowed her eyes at the mouse Pokémon. She was charging up another, when one of the Ursaring charged at her. She caught it with her telekinesis, and launched it backwards towards the Ursaring it had entered the scene next to. Gardevoir turned her attention to the third Ursaring, but before she could do anything, she was hit hard from behind. She let out a surprised, yet loud cry in pain as she fell to the ground.
Nelson and his Zoroark had appeared on the trail opposite of Simon and Raichu. Zoroark took advantage of the distracted Gardevoir and used Punishment. He hit Gardevoir so hard, he downed her in one blow.
Gardevoir dizzily and weakly looked up towards her attacker. She saw the spiky furred Zoroark standing before her. She weakly tried to push herself to her back up, but collapsed back to the ground.
"G-Garde... V-Voir." She whimpered, as she tried crawling towards Brennan. Simon watched with a smirk on his face, as he pulled out a Poké ball. He threw the ball towards Gardevoir. It bounced off of her before opening up. A bright flash was seen as Gardevoir was sucked inside. The ball dropped to the ground...
One shake... Two shakes... Three shakes... Stop.
A click noise was heard as the ball came to a stop. Simon's smirk remained on his face as he stared at the still ball.
Nelson walked over to the ball and snatched it off of the ground. He stared at it for several seconds, before looking down at Brennan's still unmoving body. Simon walked over and grabbed the ball out of Nelson's hands, before clicking it onto his belt.
"You're fucking lucky that this stupid plan of yours worked." Nelson said, as he stared at Simon. Simon huffed as he began walking.
"Lets go, Raichu." Simon said, as he motioned for his Pokémon to follow. Nelson stood there watching him walk off, before motioning for the three Ursaring to follow.
"Cocky prick." Nelson muttered to himself, as he shook his head.
They walked off with Gardevoir, leaving Brennan lying unconscious on the dirt trail.