The trail Seki had chosen led to a clearing, with a swift river going
through, but she couldn't see or get through due to the overgrowth of
bushes. Stumbling through the plant growth, she slipped, and with a yell,
fell into a tiny ditch that was so overgrown, you didn't know it was there
until you fell into it. Well, that's what happened to Seki, and she was
stuck there, trying to untangle herself from the thorns of the berry
bushes.
By the river…
A cloaked and hooded trainer was standing at the banks of the river, watching the water slide over the rocks, rippling as if in a dance, as she heard the yell. Turning, she looked back into the woods, towards the direction of the ditch in which Seki lay.
"Ebony, see if that's our little wish maker," she said out to seemingly nothing.
An umbreon came out of the bushes nearby and, nodding to his trainer, headed off in the direction of the shout he had heard. Appearing at the edge of the ditch, he instinctively stopped and poked his head into the bushes, so he could see down. Noticing Seki, he gave out a cry of his species name, "Umbreon!" to get her attention.
"Huh?" Seki jumped and looked up as she heard the call.
"An umbreon wow!" her eyes seemed to sparkle a bit as she looked up, "wonder if it's wild."
"Bree," he shook his head at her comment, indicating that he wasn't wild, hopefully she got that meaning. Then he ran off, disappearing for a moment and reappearing at another side of the ditch, right on top of a trail made especially for people to get out if they ever fall in, but since it's been overgrown, it's a wonder if anyone notices.
"Oh…didn't see that, thanks," Seki muttered, more to herself than to the pokémon. Slowly, she made her way up and reached the top again. Once she was up there, she brushed herself off.
"Thanks little guy, now where's your trainer? And did your trainer send you to look for me?" she questioned.
He nodded and headed in the direction to the river where his trainer was. Stopping, he turned back and waited for Seki to follow, like a dog would do.
Getting the message, she went after him, occasionally getting herself caught in the bushes, obviously, she wasn't used to this kind of stuff. A few minutes later, she arrived at the river after the umbreon.
Umbreon walked up to its trainer and nuzzled her leg happily, giving her a note that he had done his task. She told him something and he went off, happily, into the bushes from which he had appeared before.
"So… making wishes…a dangerous thing," the trainer said out loud, still facing the river, her hood still on. She turned around to face Seki. She pulled her hood off, letting her silvery-white hair flow out about her shoulders as her grey eyes examined the girl. As she had raised her hands to take off the hood, her midnight blue cloak was opened to reveal her green clothing underneath, along with a sword hanging on her waist, along with her pokéballs and a pouch that looked small, but can hold quite a lot of stuff.
"So, Seki, do you have any idea what happened? Your wish came true," the mysterious trainer continued.
"Excuse me, but who are you? And how did you know I made a wish?" Seki had so many questions and she had just blurted out the main ones.
"Who am I huh? My name's Akuinnen. How did I know you made a wish? I'm not of this world, so the wish wouldn't affect me, but for some reason I can sense that you made it," was Akuinnen's answer.
"Akuinnen? As in Evil Destiny?"
"… Yes…"
"If you do know about my wish, will you tell me how to undo it? And do you know what happened to my family, friends, and where's my home?"
"You ask quite a lot of questions. Well, the only way I know for you to undo this is to let it run its course."
"Let it run its course? What does that mean?"
"You have to let the wish end, by doing everything you have ever imagined in your daydreams, up to you becoming a master. Oh, and your family and friends are safe. They're here in this world, but they don't remember their true home like you do."
"Oh why me?"
"Because you made the wish."
"Rhetorical question, I didn't want an answer"
"Oh. Well, to find out where your hometown is in this world is for you to use your pokédex."
"Right!" Seki placed a hand onto her forehead, "duh! It was so obvious!"
"Yes it was, but maybe your confusion ruined your thinking. You should be hungry by now. Would you like some food?" Akuinnen had taken some bread out of the pouch, and along with the bread she brought out some fruits. (How she fit everything into that tiny bag, I don't know.) She started to cut up the fruit into thin slices and placed it between the bread slices to create fruit sandwiches. (Sound tempting to you? n.n )
"Food?" until her new "friend" had mentioned it, Seki hadn't notice how hungry she had gotten since she first came to be here. "Great thanks," was her answer as she gratefully took the fruit sandwiches held out to her.
"Ebony! Lunch! Oh where did that umbreon go to?" Akuinnen looked about the area, hoping to see her pokémon coming. Seeing no trace of the dark-type eon, she sighed and turned back to Seki, ten picked up one of the sandwiches and started to eat.
Meanwhile, the umbreon had stumbled into a grove of apple trees. Since he was hungry and saw all these delicious apples, he was tempted to go climb a tree and get at the fruit. Which he did, and that was what he was doing when his trainer called, and since he was so occupied with eating he didn't notice.
Back at the riverside…
Both Akuinnen and Seki had finished eating and started their talk again.
"So… from what you told me… I'm on my journey and so far I've gotten 2 badges from Johto and 8 from Kanto, and now I'm in Ilex Forest? I still want to know about my family and friends…"
"Always back to the family and friends thing. Well, all your friends seem to be trainers. Of your family, your mother and father are both professors. Here's something that'll get your attention," Akuinnen thought for a moment, "oh yea, your best friend, Andy, he's your biggest rival in this world."
"WHAT?!" Seki couldn't help but stare. "Andy?! But he's my best friend!"
Akuinnen shrugged, "I don't know how the minds of humans work, but it seems like you always wanted him for a rival, thought it'd be a great challenge."
Seki stayed silent at this and got herself interested at staring into the grass, "My friend…also my rival….oh the irony!"
Akuinnen smiled a mysterious smile at this, "Well, that seems to be how your human mind works."
She looked up at Akuinnen again, "Why do you keep saying humans? Aren't you a human too?"
"…Did you not realize that when I told you I wasn't of this world?"
" I thought you remembered my real home and knew this wasn't your place."
"Good enough," Akuinnen got up and brushed herself off, "I must be off. First to find my pokémon, then attend to my own business."
"Wait, I have more questions," Seki stood up and brushed herself off too, "What am supposed to do?"
"I already told you. Finish the wish you made."
"But how?"
"You'll know. It's all in your head. Just remember what you do when you daydream." Akuinnen started to walk off towards the bushes where umbreon had last been know to go, in hopes of finding him.
"Oh… will I ever see you again?" Seki watched Akuinnen walk off.
Without turning around Akuinnen answered,"…Yes… our paths of fate will cross again. And I will most likely show up when you need guidance." Then she walked into the forest and faded from sight.
"Oh… I was hoping she'd stay…" Seki turned on her pokédex and checked for a way out of the forest. "That's the way," she turned to a trail going north. Silently and with a heavy heart she followed the trail towards Goldenrod city, as the sun began to go under the mountains.
By the river…
A cloaked and hooded trainer was standing at the banks of the river, watching the water slide over the rocks, rippling as if in a dance, as she heard the yell. Turning, she looked back into the woods, towards the direction of the ditch in which Seki lay.
"Ebony, see if that's our little wish maker," she said out to seemingly nothing.
An umbreon came out of the bushes nearby and, nodding to his trainer, headed off in the direction of the shout he had heard. Appearing at the edge of the ditch, he instinctively stopped and poked his head into the bushes, so he could see down. Noticing Seki, he gave out a cry of his species name, "Umbreon!" to get her attention.
"Huh?" Seki jumped and looked up as she heard the call.
"An umbreon wow!" her eyes seemed to sparkle a bit as she looked up, "wonder if it's wild."
"Bree," he shook his head at her comment, indicating that he wasn't wild, hopefully she got that meaning. Then he ran off, disappearing for a moment and reappearing at another side of the ditch, right on top of a trail made especially for people to get out if they ever fall in, but since it's been overgrown, it's a wonder if anyone notices.
"Oh…didn't see that, thanks," Seki muttered, more to herself than to the pokémon. Slowly, she made her way up and reached the top again. Once she was up there, she brushed herself off.
"Thanks little guy, now where's your trainer? And did your trainer send you to look for me?" she questioned.
He nodded and headed in the direction to the river where his trainer was. Stopping, he turned back and waited for Seki to follow, like a dog would do.
Getting the message, she went after him, occasionally getting herself caught in the bushes, obviously, she wasn't used to this kind of stuff. A few minutes later, she arrived at the river after the umbreon.
Umbreon walked up to its trainer and nuzzled her leg happily, giving her a note that he had done his task. She told him something and he went off, happily, into the bushes from which he had appeared before.
"So… making wishes…a dangerous thing," the trainer said out loud, still facing the river, her hood still on. She turned around to face Seki. She pulled her hood off, letting her silvery-white hair flow out about her shoulders as her grey eyes examined the girl. As she had raised her hands to take off the hood, her midnight blue cloak was opened to reveal her green clothing underneath, along with a sword hanging on her waist, along with her pokéballs and a pouch that looked small, but can hold quite a lot of stuff.
"So, Seki, do you have any idea what happened? Your wish came true," the mysterious trainer continued.
"Excuse me, but who are you? And how did you know I made a wish?" Seki had so many questions and she had just blurted out the main ones.
"Who am I huh? My name's Akuinnen. How did I know you made a wish? I'm not of this world, so the wish wouldn't affect me, but for some reason I can sense that you made it," was Akuinnen's answer.
"Akuinnen? As in Evil Destiny?"
"… Yes…"
"If you do know about my wish, will you tell me how to undo it? And do you know what happened to my family, friends, and where's my home?"
"You ask quite a lot of questions. Well, the only way I know for you to undo this is to let it run its course."
"Let it run its course? What does that mean?"
"You have to let the wish end, by doing everything you have ever imagined in your daydreams, up to you becoming a master. Oh, and your family and friends are safe. They're here in this world, but they don't remember their true home like you do."
"Oh why me?"
"Because you made the wish."
"Rhetorical question, I didn't want an answer"
"Oh. Well, to find out where your hometown is in this world is for you to use your pokédex."
"Right!" Seki placed a hand onto her forehead, "duh! It was so obvious!"
"Yes it was, but maybe your confusion ruined your thinking. You should be hungry by now. Would you like some food?" Akuinnen had taken some bread out of the pouch, and along with the bread she brought out some fruits. (How she fit everything into that tiny bag, I don't know.) She started to cut up the fruit into thin slices and placed it between the bread slices to create fruit sandwiches. (Sound tempting to you? n.n )
"Food?" until her new "friend" had mentioned it, Seki hadn't notice how hungry she had gotten since she first came to be here. "Great thanks," was her answer as she gratefully took the fruit sandwiches held out to her.
"Ebony! Lunch! Oh where did that umbreon go to?" Akuinnen looked about the area, hoping to see her pokémon coming. Seeing no trace of the dark-type eon, she sighed and turned back to Seki, ten picked up one of the sandwiches and started to eat.
Meanwhile, the umbreon had stumbled into a grove of apple trees. Since he was hungry and saw all these delicious apples, he was tempted to go climb a tree and get at the fruit. Which he did, and that was what he was doing when his trainer called, and since he was so occupied with eating he didn't notice.
Back at the riverside…
Both Akuinnen and Seki had finished eating and started their talk again.
"So… from what you told me… I'm on my journey and so far I've gotten 2 badges from Johto and 8 from Kanto, and now I'm in Ilex Forest? I still want to know about my family and friends…"
"Always back to the family and friends thing. Well, all your friends seem to be trainers. Of your family, your mother and father are both professors. Here's something that'll get your attention," Akuinnen thought for a moment, "oh yea, your best friend, Andy, he's your biggest rival in this world."
"WHAT?!" Seki couldn't help but stare. "Andy?! But he's my best friend!"
Akuinnen shrugged, "I don't know how the minds of humans work, but it seems like you always wanted him for a rival, thought it'd be a great challenge."
Seki stayed silent at this and got herself interested at staring into the grass, "My friend…also my rival….oh the irony!"
Akuinnen smiled a mysterious smile at this, "Well, that seems to be how your human mind works."
She looked up at Akuinnen again, "Why do you keep saying humans? Aren't you a human too?"
"…Did you not realize that when I told you I wasn't of this world?"
" I thought you remembered my real home and knew this wasn't your place."
"Good enough," Akuinnen got up and brushed herself off, "I must be off. First to find my pokémon, then attend to my own business."
"Wait, I have more questions," Seki stood up and brushed herself off too, "What am supposed to do?"
"I already told you. Finish the wish you made."
"But how?"
"You'll know. It's all in your head. Just remember what you do when you daydream." Akuinnen started to walk off towards the bushes where umbreon had last been know to go, in hopes of finding him.
"Oh… will I ever see you again?" Seki watched Akuinnen walk off.
Without turning around Akuinnen answered,"…Yes… our paths of fate will cross again. And I will most likely show up when you need guidance." Then she walked into the forest and faded from sight.
"Oh… I was hoping she'd stay…" Seki turned on her pokédex and checked for a way out of the forest. "That's the way," she turned to a trail going north. Silently and with a heavy heart she followed the trail towards Goldenrod city, as the sun began to go under the mountains.