I got a review saying that they though psychic pokemon would be holy. I thought that too, but I'm not a Christian. If you read ant-pokemon Christian web sites, one of the main reasons they give for pokemon being evil is the existence of psychic pokemon. I have NO idea why, but that's what they think. This is not meant to give offence to anyone who is Christian. I am referring to a minority (I hope) who, for some reason, see it as evil for religious reasons that I completely don't understand
It is near dawn when a vaporeon comes to see me. It is my cousin, Holywater.
"Why did you do it?" she asks quietly. "Did you do it to save her? Why didn't you become a vaporeon, like me? You could have saved her that way."
"I…I evolved to save her, yes, but…" I pause, not sure how to say this, "but this is what I was to be. I am an espeon. I always was to be one."
"You threw it all away-your life, your stature, everything." Holywater says " Your mother was great and respected, you would have been honored as her child. If it wasn't for her accident-"
"Are you so blind as to believe what thy say? She killed herself. After they killed my brother, she couldn't live with herself."
"The masters would know if that really happened. They are above us, smarter then us, which is why God gave them their rights over us," she says, religious fanaticism in her voice. "Besides, she would not do something that would condemn her to Hell."
"You really believe that stuff, don't you?" I say, a touch of scorn in mine. "You really believe in their cruel god. Do you know why they worship Him? Because He is just a lie, an excuse for what they do to us. They have killed off almost all the pokemon in this area. Why? Because they know, deep down, that we are stronger then them, and we could kill them off if we so chose. So they made up this stupid god that says we are evil. They are the ones who are ev-"
Angelwater hits me. Hard. I can taste blood in my mouth. "You will burn in hell eternally for what you have said and done!" she screams. "They moved your execution. You will die at midday or sunset. The masters haven't decided yet." She walks out.
* * *
She comes now. The void, empty of emotion. Nothing new goes on in her head. She thinks what she is told to think.
"Hello," she says. It is not really a greeting. She is just saying what one says when one meets another. She says in a monotone.
I am a psi pokemon now. [Why are you here?] I ask.
She shudders at my psychic 'voice'. It is the voice of a demon to her. "I wanted to know why you did it. Why you forsook God."
[I saved your life. Doesn't that mean that either you must be evil, because a evil thing would not help a good one, or that I am not evil? I am an espeon. I choose as my brother chose. I would not go back on it.]
She ignores what I say. "A new idea has come up. It may be that those who evolve are not evil, but tricked. If they could devolve again, they would become good. We have a special everstone that was bought recently. Unlike most of them, it should undo evolution. They are taking a vote to see if they should do that."
[So, was my brother evil?] I ask. [Or did you kill an innocent?]
"I don't understand…?"
[If what you say is true, then my brother was not evil. He is dead by your father's hand never the less. So, does your god kill innocents now? I may have known it before, but I am surprised that you would admit it]
"My father does not wish to lose the last of your mothers line. Her accident was so tragic." She will not answer me. She will not go against her god.
[I think she was happy to die, after all that had happened.]
She looks at me. [They warned me a demon would be inhabiting your body. I was not to listen to you. Don't worry, soon you will be back with God.
[Your god, you mean.] I whisper. [I will not serve a murdering god. You say a demon inhabits my body? From my view, that happened long ago to you.]
She walks away. Charity. What an ironic name. Once it was fitting. Now…
* * *
I pray they do not devolve me. I would rather die. I evolved, and am not a child now. If I devolve, I may not have the will to end it.
Another chapter, more sadness. Again, I mean no offence to Christians in general, just the ones who write anti-pokemon web sites and get pokemon banned from schools and such.
