I woke the next day, although it felt very early. I looked at the clock, to see the time.
"4:30am... Ugh." I groaned to myself.
I turned back over in the bed and now faced my financé hoping to see her peaceful sleeping face. Although what I saw was a face that looked very scared and pained. I moved over more and placed my hand on her forehead then her sleeping figure moved its hand to my forehead as well as I saw the world around my change and I was moved to what appeared to be her dream world.
I saw what looked to be a city that was in slight ruin. It looked similar to Ecruteak City in Johto, at least based off of the pictures I had seen of it before. There was little to no life in the ruined city. I saw what looked like five figures in the heart of the city.
One figure appeared to be my fiancé while one appeared to be our adoptive daughter. Two of the others appeared to be other Gardevoirs one male and one female. The looked to be the same ones from last time I saw into her dreams; the ones that claimed to be her parents. The last figure looked like myself. I stayed back enough to attempt to stay hidden but close enough to try to listen.
"Why did you have to kill him?" Gardevoir asked.
"Because you wouldn't listen to us." The mother said.
"I did what had to be done." The father said.
"You didn't have to do that!" Gardevoir yelled back.
"Yes, you wouldn't leave the creature behind you." The father said.
"Yes, and don't worry sweetheart, we aren't done yet." the mother said as her and the father looked to Jigglypuff.
"No." Gardevoir stammered holding our child tighter.
"Not only was our first warning dismissed, but you also share a child with it." The father said.
"The last of few links to that trainer." The mother said.
At that point, Gardevoir got up and ran; still tightly holding our child. This is where I had to step in. Dream or not, I had to help my family.
"Stop running and this will be easier." The mother said as she launched a Shadow Ball.
I jumped in front of it, shielding the other two.
"Tony? Your alive?" Gardevoir asked.
"In a sense. I can't leave you two yet, not like this." I said.
"How are you okay, that was a Shadow Ball?" She asked again.
"Stop being scared. This is your dream, you have control over it." I said.
"But they..." She started.
"Aren't real." I cut her off.
"We'll show you not real." The father said as he launched three of his own Shadow Balls at me.
"Tony, move!" Gardevoir yelled as she started towards me.
"No, stop!" I yelled back as she stopped in her tracks and watched in horror as they flew at me. All three hit me and exploded into the usual smoke cloud from impact. But in the end, when the smoke cleared, I was still standing there perfectly fine.
"How did you know?" She asked.
"I didn't." I said.
"What do you mean you didn't know?" She screamed.
"I just wanted to look strong." I said.
"For real?" She asked.
"Yep." I said.
Then we heard a hissing and scream-like noise. So we looked to the other Gardevoir. They were disappearing. As they disappeared, the sky started to lighten up, and the ruined city started to rebuild itself. It was magical almost. Then everything faded to white as I returned to reality.
"Morning lovely." I said to Gardevoir as she woke up.
"Morning honey." She replied.
"How'd you sleep?" I asked.
"Not too good until you..." She trailed off almost thinking a moment.
"Until when?" I asked.
"You didn't? Did you?" She asked.
"Did I what? I asked back smiling.
"You did, thank you Tony." She said hugging me.
"Come on no thanks, I saw my financé in pain, so I did what I could to help." I said.
"How did you know though? That they were fake i mean." She asked.
"Well you've been having those dreams for a while. And seemed like it was always the same two figures that you never met. So I figured something was wrong so I took a gamble." I explained.
"You scared me so much." She said.
"I know, but I just wanted to help like that time back when you were a Ralts." I said.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"When there were two me's? One mean and one nice? I assume your fear of confessing to me originally." I told her.
"Wait, you knew about that? How?" She asked blushing immensely.
"You were thrashing around. So I got close. When I did, your hand hit my forehead and I got transfered into your dream. I saw myself being mean, so after he dropped you, I came over and comforted you." I explained more.
"That was you too?" She asked holding me more.
"Yes it was." I said letting her hold me until her stomach said otherwise.
After eating our breakfast, I deposited Vibrava, Cacnea, and Fletchinder. Then, I released Jigglypuff and we stepped out side hand in hand ready to start the day.
"Tony, why did you release her?" Gardevoir asked.
"So, I have room to get the other four back." I stated.
"But now she can be captured." Gardevoir said.
"Yes, and I know that since you were here for her now, that she will be ready when that day comes." I said as Gardevoir blushed.
I saw a battle going on out front. One side was using a Blaziken while the other was using a Sylveon. The Blaziken's trainer was a female with long brown hair. The Sylveon's trainer was also a female but this one had blonde hair. I had to stop for a minute. My stop got Gardevoir's attention.
"Tony, what's wrong?" She asked.
"I feel like I know these two." I said.
"Well I know you know May, but whose the other girl?" Gardevoir asked.
"Oh yeah, May, the Lyra of Hoenn." I said face palming.
"Haha, I can't believe you described her so accurately." Gardevoir said laughing out loud.
Her laughter caught their attention.
"Hey you!" May called over.
At this point Gardevoir was on the ground in tears laughing at my reaction.
"Hey Tony! I'm glad you're coming through this way. I need to talk to you." She said coming over to me.
"Oh, what could you want?" I asked.
"I guess I deserve that kind of treatment. But, you really deserve an apology." She said slightly bowing to me.
"To you too Gardevoir. I was even more of a jerk towards you. I was just jealous and racist, and you deserve so much apology." She said to my finacé who was standing and had composed herself by now.
"I know you probably don't believe me, but I want to start over as friends." May continued.
"I guess we can try." I said.
"Why are you such a nice person?" Gardevoir asked.
"I don't know, I just am." I replied.
"Wait you can understand her?" May asked.
"Yep." I said.
"How?" She asked.
"Want me to tell you or show you?" I asked.
"Ehh, I'll play it safe, tell me." She said.
"Okay, I kissed her." I said.
"How does that work?" She asked.
"I have her DNA in me know so I can understand her whole evolutionary line now." I explained.
"Oh okay." May said. "Oh yeah, this is my new friend, she moved here recently."
"You!" I said as the gears finally clicked.
"You?" May asked.
"You're the girl who ditched me in the middle of Kalos." I said.
"I didn't mean too." Serena said.
"But you did Serena, you just left me there, lost. It took me a while to get to the airport then." I complained.
"But I was worried. I made an advance towards you but you said you had a girlfriend already, and I was scared of what she or you might do to me." She said.
"Well then, Gardevoir come over here. Gardevoir this is Serena, she helped me halfway through Kalos to get back to you. Serena this is Gardevoir, at the time my girlfriend, but now my fiancé. Now Gardevoir are you bother her for making that advance?" I went on a rant.
"Did anything happen?" She asked.
"No." I said.
"Then no." Gardevoir said.
"See?" I asked very smugly.
"How was I supposed to know?" Serena asked.
"Maybe asked about her instead of ditching me." I said.
Then Gardevoir handed me a Pokeball and pushed me away. "Here go take care of our daughter. I'll talk to them. Don't come over until you've calmed down." She said with a calm smile that I couldn't get angry at.
-Gardevoir's PoV-
"I'm sorry, he's being like that, I rarely see him get like that." I told Serena through telepathy.
"It's okay, but he said you two are engaged?" She asked.
"Yeah, we're going to be life mates." I said.
"Life mates?" Serena asked.
"I assume she meant married." May said.
"Yeah, I keep forgetting to change the way I talk." I said.
"That's fine i guess, but doesn't that bother you?" Serena asked May.
"What?" May asked.
"Pokephilia?" Serena said.
"Why would it?" May asked.
"It's illegal in Kanto, Sinnoh and Kalos." I said.
"Oh." May said.
There was a slight awkward silence here but May broke it.
"Why should it bother me?" May asked.
"Cause they are different." Serena said.
"They aren't that different honestly. Besides they are happy with each other and aren't bothering anybody. So, why bother them over it. They teach us against it in school, but the rumors say that they are false." May explained.
"They are lies. The school's teachings." I said.
"Jiggly." Jigglypuff said walking to Gardevoir who picked her up.
"Sorry, she really wanted her mother." Tony said.
"Aww, was daddy not good enough?" Gardevoir asked looking at me.
"Wait, daddy, you mean you two...?" May started.
"She is our adoptive daughter, I found her crawling in my bag one night. She was only a couple days old." Tony said.
"That's cute." Serena said.
"See, Serena, they workout perfectly fine." May said.
"I see." Serena answered.
"I only realized after being mean for so long, I do honestly feel bad too." May said again.
"Fine. I'll accept your apology." Tony said with a sigh.
"Me too." Gardevoir agreed.
"Thanks." May said. "So what brings you guys back to Rustboro?" She asked.
"I'm here to get my Pokemon back." Tony said.
"What do you mean?" May asked.
"Stuff happened, and they got taken away." Tony said.
"But, how do you still have Gardevoir?" May asked agian.
"He already came back for me, but then they drove him off." I spoke up.
"Oh okay." May replied.
"Come on Tony. They've been waiting long enough." I urged as I pulled him along.
"Okay, okay I'm coming.' Tony replied.
"Good luck you guys." May called over as we left.
-Pokemon School- -Mawile PoV-
"Aww did you guys hear those small explosions? I asked Breloom.
"Yeah I did." He replied.
"It sucks, I really want a real battle. Not the heavily controlled crap around here." I complained.
"Yeah, I want to be able to go all out." He agreed.
"Guys!" Delphox ran over calling for us.
"What wrong?" I asked.
"Nothing's wrong, but I think something's right?" She got out between breaths.
"What do you mean?" Breloom asked.
"She thinks that she feels Kirlia's energy close by." Luxray said walking up.
"You feel her?" I asked getting very excited.
"I think. It feels like her, but also feels different." Delphox said.
"Oh, that's it." I said now upset.
After that I just slumped back down and hung my head there. Breloom moved closer and out an arm around me.
"All we can do is hope that whoever it is comes by so I can know for sure." Delphox said.
"Breloom?" I asked his name.
"Yes?" He answered.
"Can we have a battle? Me and you?" I asked him.
"Sure." He answered.
"Delphox if they try breaking us up, can you tell them what's going on for us?" I asked.
"Sure." She replied.
"Ready?" I asked after we got into position.
"Yeah." He replied so we could start.
I saw him jump at me using Mach Punch, so I countered with Sucker Punch. As he swung at me, I swung back and hit him as well.
"Ouch." he said with a smile.
"Hehe." I chuckled.
"I jumped forward, facing him with my rear jaw, getting a crunch ready, but he countered with Mega Drain. A few green vine-like things came up and wraped my torso, sapping my energy. When done, they dropped me.
I landed on my feet and turned around again and used a Flash Cannon. Breloom tried to hot me first with a Sky Uppercut, but my cannon launched and sent me back a few feet.
He got up and ran up to me with a hand out. He placed it on my forehead which confused me. Then a shock-wave sent me back. I struggled to get up but managed. So I used Play rough on him. I got close, got a white cloud up, and started swinging my jaw at him. I jumped back, and watched the smoke clear.
At this point, the staff noticed our battle. They rushed over to try to break it up, but Delphox explained what was going on. This next attack could finish it. HE ran forward with his hand back. When he got close I got him with Sucker Punch as his Sky Uppercut grazed me. So I spun and hit him with another Flash Cannon before he could regain his footing.
A small dust cloud formed from the impact, so I jumped back again. I waited for the cloud to disperse. When it did, Breloom was laying down, knocked-out. I had won.
"Yeah, I won." I cheered jumping up and down.
Then went to run over to help him up. But something felt weird, then painful.
"Ahh." I said recoiling to the ground.
"What's wrong?" Delphox asked.
"I got his Effect Spore activated. I got Paralysis." I said.
"Okay, here's a Lum Berry." Delphox offered.
"Thanks." I said as I looked over to Breloom. Luxray was already helping him.
"No problem." Delphox said as she helped me up.
Breloom and i shook hand and then hugged each other before going back to sit down.
"Thanks babe." I said leaning my head on his arm.
"Anything for my mate." He said.
"Guys, there's commotion inside." Luxray said.
"What kind of commotion?" Delphox asked.
"Just an argument, but the voice sounds familiar." He said.
"Wait that familiar energy is here, it's closer." Delphox said.
Delphox kept a sharp eye on the door way. Then a tall green and white figure passed by.
"False alarm, it's just a Gardevoir." Delphox said.
"That's probably why it felt familiar, Kirlia's evolved from." Luxray said.
I kept thinking as she slowly passed again, I looked to her face. I thought for a few more minutes then something hit me.
"Guys come here!" I called.
"What's wrong?" Luxray asked.
"What if, just hear me out, but what if that Gardevoir is our Kirlia?" I asked.
"What do you mean?" Breloom asked.
"What if she is alive and that's her?" I asked.
"But do you really think she'd evolve for someone else?" Delphox asked.
"Oh good question." I said.
"Master I found the room." The Gardevoir said.
"His Pokemon should be in here somewhere." She also said.
"His Pokemon?" I asked out loud.
"Master, what are they?" The Gardevoir asked.
"A Breloom and Luxray. Also, a Braixen, and a Mawile with an attitude problem." The trainer said.
"That's us, or at least was us." I said.
"Why do they want us?" Breloom asked.
"I don't know." Delphox said.
"I can only sense one Breloom, Luxray, and Mawile here." The Gardevoir said.
"That's a good start." The trainer said.
"No Braixen though." The Gardevoir said.
"Maybe we should say something?" Delphox asked.
"I guess." I said as her and I went over.
"Trainer sir." Delphox said into his head.
"Yes?" He replied.
"You were looking for my friends and I?"
"I believe so." He said.
"And why is that?" I asked.
"EH, Pokemon explain." HE said to hos Gardevoir.
"Apparently, your most recent trainer is coming to try to get you back. SO we were sent to take the four of you into our care to prevent that." The Gardevoir said.
"Why would he be coming for us?" Delphox asked.
"OH my gosh, Kirlia was right." I gasped.
"What do you mean?" Delphox directed her attention to me now.
"She said that we weren't abandoned. She said that Tony was coming for us. And I yelled at her." I said as the realization hit me.
"You're right, Delphox said as she now hung her head. "When are we leaving?" She asked.
"Now." The trainer said.
"I'll gather the others then." Delphox said as she turned around.
-Tony's PoV-
"Are you sure it's okay to act like this?" Gardevoir said to me through telepathy.
"Yes, don't tell them, if they act too happy, then the staff will be suspicious." I explained.
"Guys... we were pretty much sold to this guy." Delphox said.
"What do you mean?" Breloom asked.
"Master is trying to come back for us, so we are being given to this trainer." Delphox said.
"Wow." Breloom replied.
"When are we leaving?" Luxray asked.
"Now." Delphox replied.
"Ugh, okay, let's go. Worst case scenario, we run away from him." Mawile said.
"Is that even possible?" Breloom asked.
"Yeah, someone on my old trainer's team was a run away." Mawile stated.
"Wow, I didn't know that." Breloom said as the group walked over.
"Not a lot of people do. There are special conditions that need to be met." Mawile said.
"You need to first get away, that red beam is the worst enemy. After that, you need to get about 50 miles away from your Pokeball. You then need to stay that distance or more for about 5 days. That will deactivate your link to the Pokeball." I replied.
"How did you find this out." Luxray asked.
"When my old trainer found out that he had a run away, he called a professor. That man explained to him how to do that. While he explained, I sat there and listened too." Mawile explained more.
"Okay makes sense. We can talk about it more when the time comes though. It might not happen." Delphox said.
"I don't know you heard how he treated his Gardevoir just now. It's a miracle she's still happy, unless it's just a front for that baby she's holding." Breloom said.
"Just looking at her makes me realize just how bad of a mother I was." Mawile said starting to cry."
"What's wrong little one, don't cry." Gardevoir said hugging Mawile.
"I'm not little, I'm 32." Mawile said hugging back.
"I'm sorry, I was unaware. But, what happens to be wrong?" Gardevoir said.
"Seeing you with that Jigglypuff just now, it shows me just how bad of a mother I was." Mawile cried."
"I'm sure you weren't that bad." Gardevoir said.
"No I was, I was terrible, the worst mother ever. I made her cry when I was angry, I left her when she asked for support. I kept telling myself that it's because of my past, but that was just a stupid excuse." Mawile cried.
"I believe you're exaggerating." Gardevoir said.
"I'm not though. And the worst part is, after I go with you guys, I'll never get the chance to apologize." Mawile cried more as she fell to the ground crying more.
"I'm sorry Kirlia! I'm sorry!" Mawile cried out more laying on the ground.
Breloom ran over to pick her up and comfort her. "Calm down, take a deep breath. Everything will be alright."
About that time is when the staff came over with the Pokeballs. Each one was labeled, that would make it easier to arrange them back on my belt. I recalled Delphox and Luxray first. Once Mawile had calmed down, that's when her and Breloom got recalled. After that we went on our way. Once out of sight, we teleported to just north of the desert area.
"Gardevoir, are you okay? You've been acting different since we got them back." I asked.
"It's Mawile." Gardevoir said.
"What about her?" I asked.
"You didn't notice?" She asked.
"I didn't notice anything, I was focusing on the child you put in my arms." I said.
"Oh, yeah, I forgot. But she's different. Like her personality did like a complete 180." Gardevoir said."
"Really?" I asked.
"Yeah, that whole time when I hugged her she never once pushed me away." Gardevoir told me.
"Maybe they just treated her like they did you." I suggested.
"Maybe, but she had her friends with her, it's different." Gardevoir said.
"Oh okay, but I guess it's about time to let them out." I said as I handed Jigglypuff over.
I got some bowls set up just as I used to with one extra for Jigglypuff. Then I let everyone out.
"Okay Jigglypuff, go say hi to Grandma." Gardevoir said as she set Jigglypuff down.
The four looked in shock at what was said. They were all confused
Then when Jigglypuff walked up to Mawile, Mawile picked her up, looked at the food setup. Then, she looked at Gardevoir, and ran too her still holding Jigglypuff who was then handed to me. She then jumped at Gardevoir crying more. It was such a sweet reunion. Both had tear soaked faces.
"I missed you so much mom." Gardevoir cried.
"I missed you too Gardevoir." Mawile cried.
Luxray, Delphox and Breloom all ran over and joined in on the hug too. It made me so happy to things back how they used to be. Just, how they should be.
"This is it guys, I'm back." I said as I looked to the group.
Alright guys, I'm back again. I'm really happy cause I found out how to type è. hold "alt" and press 0232 while holding it. Also this felt like a good stopping point. Don't worry the story isn't over, so don't worry about that last line. But I do think I'm gonna start wrapping it up soon. Anyway, apologies again for the long wait leading to the last update and the short size of the chapter. But, enough of my ramblings. Any questions, feel free to PM me. Thanks for reading, and hope you enjoyed.