The Vaporeon
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon…
A/N: I have a new computer, sorry it took so long to get this up ^^; enjoy the final chapter of The Vaporeon
Vari blinked her eyes a few times as the sun shone through the trees. It's dappled full light welcomed the changes that were to come. All of the pokemon from the tree were spread around one area of the Ilex Forest, exploring freedom for the first time.
Vari sat up and stretched, then walked over to where Elli and Embress were. She found Elli atop a low tree limb, apparently sound asleep.
Elli opened one eye and smiled. The darkness and red glow were gone from her eyes. They were now a nice shade of light blue that shone of excitement. Though Elli had wanted to be a vaporeon, she excepted that she was an espeon with ease.
Elli slid gracefully off the tree limb and next to Vari. Elli had a strange grace to her movements. They all flowed together in a strange way.
Elli looked around at everyone for a moment as she walked alongside Vari. "What's going to happen to everyone? We have no more home." Elli looked away for a moment, feeling like this was somewhat her fault.
"No one is sure." Vari sighed, "They want me to decide for them, but I dunno. I've never been a leader of anyone."
Elli trailed off to find Emyla and Eruli so they could teach her more psychic techniques. Eruli and Emyla had become a bit shy around Vari, too ashamed that they had outcasted her before.
Vari walked past Embress, who was sound asleep on an old log, and went on to a familiar clearing. She leapt onto a moss covered log and walked silently to the other end where Vaporeon and his trainer were asleep.
Vari was careful not to disturb the trainer. Everyone had decided to keep this from him in case he would bring more trainers. As an extra precaution, Elli had erased his memory of being knocked out from her attack.
Vari tapped Vaporeon's arm several times until he stirred. After a moment, Vaporeon looked up drowsily at Vari and smiled weakly. It had only been two days since Jarun had been defeated, and he had been resting for quite some time.
"What's up?" Vaporeon said in a half awake voice. He was obviously not a morning pokemon today.
Vari looked around and signaled for him to follow her as she walked into the dense forest. Vaporeon blinked a few times, ready to collapse rather than follow Vari.
Being a good friend, Vaporeon trudged along until he reached Vari's side, then slowed his pace a bit. "Where are we going?" He asked after a moment of thought.
"I need advice. We're going back to the tree. Well, what used to be the tree." Vari said, not taking her focus off of the path in front of her.
After a few more minutes of walking, the two reached a spot in the forest that was nothing but ashes. Ashes that had been the only home several pokemon had known. Ashes that had marked so many pokemon's lives. It was suddenly all gone, and there was no way anyone would get it back.
Vari sat on a charred tree stump that had somehow managed not to be burnt to the ground and sighed, looking downward at her feet. "Everyone has no home now, and they need someone to lead them. They say I should, but I promised I would come with you, and was looking forward to it. What would I tell everyone if I chose one of the other?" Vari stopped, trying her best to hold back her tears of confusion.
Vaporeon took a step forward and thought this over for a moment, "You have to lead them. We'd be able to make it to the league, but they need you more. You know more about this forest than any of them currently do.We can come back and visit you sometime, but you have to stay with them. You know that."
Vari nodded slowly, but still had her doubts. "What if I don't know what to do?"
"Ask Embress of Elli" Vaporeon replied simply.
Vari sighed, "I guess I'm just used to this. I keep thinking that I'll turn out like Jarun, seeing as I'm his sister. I would never forgive myself if something happened to everyone…"
Vaporeon smiled, and walked over next to Vari. He put his arm around her in hopes of comforting her a bit more. She was destined to be overly worried about this, and a worried leader was not a good first impression.
The two sat there for a while, before Vari finally regained some confidence. By that time, everyone was awaker and gathering in the largest clearing of the forest.
Vari wiped at her eyes and slid off the charred tree stump. Vaporeon followed her, and together, they walked to where everyone else was.
Elli and Embress bounded up to them before they could reach the clearing, both a bit worried.
"Everyone is getting anxious." Embress said, "They want to know what's going to happen."
Elli turned to Vaporeon, "You're trainer is about to wake up. You should get going."
Vaporeon nodded and turned to Vari. "I'll be around a little bit longer. Good ye, and Good luck. I'll come back sometime." With that, he bounded off toward his trainer and his companions (who were in their poke balls).
"Good bye" Vari called as she followed Elli to the clearing. She was trying not to think of the fact that one of her best and only friends was just leaving like that. She had to concentrate, everyone was counting on her.
Vari walked out of the trees, and was face to face with about 200 pokemon, all from the tree. Elli pointed to a fallen log, and Vari leapt onto it to begin talking to everyone.
"Hello," Vari began, a bit shyly, "I know you're all wondering what we're going to do without our old home. First, I would like to say that I will be glad to lead you, if you will follow. I may not be the strongest, but I know a lot about where we are, and about other pokemon and trainers. From my thoughts, I can see us living in different clearings while avoiding trainers. In the morning, we could go off and gather food, and at night, meet back in the largest clearing here. We could do away with all of the laws of gender and species. I know I may sound absurd right now, but this is how I see it. You can follow me, or go off on your own, maybe find a nice trainer somewhere. Think this over though, this may be the most important decision of your life. Is you are with me, rise, but if you are not, you may leave."
Vari held her breath as everyone thought this over. Would they really leave because she was a vaporeon? Or maybe her speech was wrong? Just when she was about to give up, her family stood up. Everyone else rose immediately after. There was hope.
That day, everyone looked around for the perfect meeting spot where they would claim their land.
They made that area their home. A few were caught, but they were happy with their trainers. The years to come brought happiness and sadness for them, but they all remained under the rule of that one vaporeon. They lived.
The End
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon…
A/N: I have a new computer, sorry it took so long to get this up ^^; enjoy the final chapter of The Vaporeon
Vari blinked her eyes a few times as the sun shone through the trees. It's dappled full light welcomed the changes that were to come. All of the pokemon from the tree were spread around one area of the Ilex Forest, exploring freedom for the first time.
Vari sat up and stretched, then walked over to where Elli and Embress were. She found Elli atop a low tree limb, apparently sound asleep.
Elli opened one eye and smiled. The darkness and red glow were gone from her eyes. They were now a nice shade of light blue that shone of excitement. Though Elli had wanted to be a vaporeon, she excepted that she was an espeon with ease.
Elli slid gracefully off the tree limb and next to Vari. Elli had a strange grace to her movements. They all flowed together in a strange way.
Elli looked around at everyone for a moment as she walked alongside Vari. "What's going to happen to everyone? We have no more home." Elli looked away for a moment, feeling like this was somewhat her fault.
"No one is sure." Vari sighed, "They want me to decide for them, but I dunno. I've never been a leader of anyone."
Elli trailed off to find Emyla and Eruli so they could teach her more psychic techniques. Eruli and Emyla had become a bit shy around Vari, too ashamed that they had outcasted her before.
Vari walked past Embress, who was sound asleep on an old log, and went on to a familiar clearing. She leapt onto a moss covered log and walked silently to the other end where Vaporeon and his trainer were asleep.
Vari was careful not to disturb the trainer. Everyone had decided to keep this from him in case he would bring more trainers. As an extra precaution, Elli had erased his memory of being knocked out from her attack.
Vari tapped Vaporeon's arm several times until he stirred. After a moment, Vaporeon looked up drowsily at Vari and smiled weakly. It had only been two days since Jarun had been defeated, and he had been resting for quite some time.
"What's up?" Vaporeon said in a half awake voice. He was obviously not a morning pokemon today.
Vari looked around and signaled for him to follow her as she walked into the dense forest. Vaporeon blinked a few times, ready to collapse rather than follow Vari.
Being a good friend, Vaporeon trudged along until he reached Vari's side, then slowed his pace a bit. "Where are we going?" He asked after a moment of thought.
"I need advice. We're going back to the tree. Well, what used to be the tree." Vari said, not taking her focus off of the path in front of her.
After a few more minutes of walking, the two reached a spot in the forest that was nothing but ashes. Ashes that had been the only home several pokemon had known. Ashes that had marked so many pokemon's lives. It was suddenly all gone, and there was no way anyone would get it back.
Vari sat on a charred tree stump that had somehow managed not to be burnt to the ground and sighed, looking downward at her feet. "Everyone has no home now, and they need someone to lead them. They say I should, but I promised I would come with you, and was looking forward to it. What would I tell everyone if I chose one of the other?" Vari stopped, trying her best to hold back her tears of confusion.
Vaporeon took a step forward and thought this over for a moment, "You have to lead them. We'd be able to make it to the league, but they need you more. You know more about this forest than any of them currently do.We can come back and visit you sometime, but you have to stay with them. You know that."
Vari nodded slowly, but still had her doubts. "What if I don't know what to do?"
"Ask Embress of Elli" Vaporeon replied simply.
Vari sighed, "I guess I'm just used to this. I keep thinking that I'll turn out like Jarun, seeing as I'm his sister. I would never forgive myself if something happened to everyone…"
Vaporeon smiled, and walked over next to Vari. He put his arm around her in hopes of comforting her a bit more. She was destined to be overly worried about this, and a worried leader was not a good first impression.
The two sat there for a while, before Vari finally regained some confidence. By that time, everyone was awaker and gathering in the largest clearing of the forest.
Vari wiped at her eyes and slid off the charred tree stump. Vaporeon followed her, and together, they walked to where everyone else was.
Elli and Embress bounded up to them before they could reach the clearing, both a bit worried.
"Everyone is getting anxious." Embress said, "They want to know what's going to happen."
Elli turned to Vaporeon, "You're trainer is about to wake up. You should get going."
Vaporeon nodded and turned to Vari. "I'll be around a little bit longer. Good ye, and Good luck. I'll come back sometime." With that, he bounded off toward his trainer and his companions (who were in their poke balls).
"Good bye" Vari called as she followed Elli to the clearing. She was trying not to think of the fact that one of her best and only friends was just leaving like that. She had to concentrate, everyone was counting on her.
Vari walked out of the trees, and was face to face with about 200 pokemon, all from the tree. Elli pointed to a fallen log, and Vari leapt onto it to begin talking to everyone.
"Hello," Vari began, a bit shyly, "I know you're all wondering what we're going to do without our old home. First, I would like to say that I will be glad to lead you, if you will follow. I may not be the strongest, but I know a lot about where we are, and about other pokemon and trainers. From my thoughts, I can see us living in different clearings while avoiding trainers. In the morning, we could go off and gather food, and at night, meet back in the largest clearing here. We could do away with all of the laws of gender and species. I know I may sound absurd right now, but this is how I see it. You can follow me, or go off on your own, maybe find a nice trainer somewhere. Think this over though, this may be the most important decision of your life. Is you are with me, rise, but if you are not, you may leave."
Vari held her breath as everyone thought this over. Would they really leave because she was a vaporeon? Or maybe her speech was wrong? Just when she was about to give up, her family stood up. Everyone else rose immediately after. There was hope.
That day, everyone looked around for the perfect meeting spot where they would claim their land.
They made that area their home. A few were caught, but they were happy with their trainers. The years to come brought happiness and sadness for them, but they all remained under the rule of that one vaporeon. They lived.
The End