Meanwhile Misty had taken her mind off Ash by starting a pokemon journey of
her own, Pikachu by her side and Tracey as her companion. Dhelia Letchum,
Ash's mother was currently using psychiatric help to get over the shocking
notice of Ash's death. She couldnt admit her only son was death, she had
lost her husband, dissappeared without leaving any trace, and now with Ash
gone her lif had been destroyed completely. Even Gary, Ash's biggest rival,
had mourned his death, "he was my rival but my friend after all, i was
jeallows since i knew his connection with pokemon was that of a true
master, something i would never manage" were his words mixed with the
obvious sadness that drowned him. Ash's death had become news and trainers
from all over the world remembered him, people from every town and village
cried his disappearance and creatures from all the continents he had
stepped on remembered his noble heart and great doings. Although that wasnt
the only thing happening at the moment since the bank of fog that had
encountered Ash's path and lead his fate was quickly expanding across the
continent, and the world itself. It was slowly killing all life within the
forest, valleys and even the poisonous volcanos, and without the Mistress
that controls all life and purifies water and air, the cloud of
contamination was expanding as quickly as Jolteon's paws.
But Ash and Elly were currently oblivious to all happenings as they walked across a small, evergreen forest with glittering leaves, the wind whispering into their ears as it tenderly caressed their fur. They had been walking for a few days now and although they were tired Ash's will was greater than all exhaustion and he kept walking, waiting for Elly's unacustomed body to reach him from time to time. Ash sat down one more time as he waited for the young female eevee to reach him. He observed her, her tiny black nose pointing down, her long ears brushing against the sandy floor, covering themselves with dust, and her long slender legs moving in slow, efforted steps. He smiled softly at her as her tired but still beautiful body moved in calm paces torwards him, her eyes not moving up to stare at him, "she is doing all this for me...and im forcing her too much, i should do something for her" the young, male eevee thought to himself standing up. His ears perked up trying to catch the sound of something to eat, as an eevee he knew he'd have to hunt and although he had no idea how to he had to try. With a proud smile the sound of water not too far away reached him, the melody of life hissed across the forest like a slythering snake built out of transparent fluid. He trotted happily torwards the young eevee and placed his muzzle under her chin to lif her head up, "come on Elly, i've found water, we can rest and fish something to eat!" he said excitedly managing to get a look from the female teen eevee. Her icy blue eyes stared at the male eevee with a look of surprise, a glitter of hope shinning in them like the silent spark of a star in the night, "really Ash? that's fantastic" she said in a weak but kind voice.
They emerged into the stony shore of a rather small river, but large enough as not to be called a stream any longer. The water shone like diamond as it rushed quickly in front of them, it's crystaline surface reflecting the green ceiling that covered it and emmiting golden sparks as the sun rays sneaked past silently to catch an envious glance into the river. Whitish round stones were situated in the shore forming a beach of enormous pearls of a pale, moon colour, as if the moon herself had decided to drop small copies of her silvery face. Pale green willows, as if covered by ice, were situated all along the river and they stood proudly over it as the river entered a small cannon of straight, hard walls built out of polished stones with a slippery surface, probably as a consequence of floods. Elly let her tired body collapse against the hard stones, a silent gasp escaping her lips as her pained ribs made ontact with a rather large one. Ash, who had paced a few steps front, rushed to her side, a worried expression running across his canine face, "Elly! you all right?" he inquired in a concerned voice. The female eevee looked up, a surprise but at the same time pleased smile drawn in her lips, "im fine Ash, just took my time to rest, i think i deserve it" she said in a stronger voice but still weak and tired. Ash smiled, she was all right and that was all that matered for him at the moment since the young eevee was quickly becoming his friend, and more than that, his best friend, an understanding and caring creature that was risking her life to help him.
Ash raised his head up, his ears erect and his fluffy brown tail as high as it could reach in a proud pose, "well, then i'll go fish you something" he mentioned giving himself airs of superiority. He had done many things before so he didnt think fishing would be that hard, not with his new and more agile body at least, and with the young reflexes, much more acute, that characterized his specie. Elly laughed softly, her lips shut and her eyes closed in a funny look, "oh Ash, you dont know how to hunt!" she mentioned although her voice cracked a bit with her amusement. Ash payed no atention to her words as he turned around and walked torwards the water taking secure steps, his ego up although his stomach flip flopped with excitement and nerves. He lowered his head a bit at his padded paws touched the cold surface of the clear water, his image difracting with the waves released by his penetration in the fluid. His senses were alert, his eyes paying close atention to the movement below his body, his nose completely alert as he attempted to smell the distance between him and the aliment. A silvery glitter and a silent shadow moving right in front of his fangs alerted him of the pressence of a fish and automatically his whole body paralized and seemed to be built out of stone as his chestnut eyes followed the delicate swaying of the fish. It was an automatic reaction, the pulling of a trigger, and the teen's body had entered the water with the quick of a flashing lightning and with the same speed the water broke and the eevee emerged from it. His fur was flattened against his skin and his tounge was lolling out, a paw ran across his face desperately to get rid of the itchy feeling, he had bitten no fish but a patch of muddy sand at the bottom. The little grains of sand got between his teeth and fangs cutting the soft flesh of his lips and tounge itching him, the unpleasant feeling spreading across his mouth in the form of a sour taste. Elly laughed loudly this time giving away that her recovery was being quick, "oh Ash, you deffinitely dont know how to fish" she commented gasping for air and feeling a pressure feeling as the already hard muscles in ehr stomach moved spasmotically with each laugh. Ahs glared at her, his cheeks flushing in an embarrased reddish colour although invisible through the thick, brownish fur that covered his body and face. He had ridiculized himself in front of this eevee and that was something he hated, he had always hated embarrasing himself in front of Misty and just because this was an eevee wouldnt change it.
Elly stood up and suddenly Ash's anger vanished as he stared at the creature in disbeliefe, his face severe and horror striken, "no Elly, dont stand up, you are still tired" he nearly yelled at her taking a silent and hesitant step. Elly shook her head and bared her fangs a bit in a smile, "dont worry Ashy, im all right now" she told the pokemon sweetly taking secure steps torwards him. Ash smiled softly, he underestimated the girl and overly protected her as it had happened with Misty before, but he knew well that both were much alike, strong, feeble looking but still hard like stone and very brave. Although they were also very different, Elly was very extroverted and slightly jumpy and unpredictable, and she had that icy look in her eyes that spoke of a hard past and a hardenned heart. He knew Elly never exteriorized her feeling keeping them locked inside her large box of secrets, surprising him every second. However deep inside Ash knew she was kind, caring, and sensible, she had feelings, she loved and suffered, and had a larger heart than anyone imagined hidden under her tough appereance of bad girl. The young eevee, oblivious to the male's thoughts, entered the water with careful, silent steps, her eyes focused in the clear surface of the water, her acute hearing catching the silent rippling of the underwater area as the fish finned gently the water in their slythering movement. A proud and superious grin appeared in the youngster's lips and they bared slightly preparing her fangs for a strike, her nose just barely touching the unsteady surface of the rare liquid. Without a warning she plunged forward in a dive, fangs ready to penetrate the soft, white flesh of a sneaky fish, claws finrly grasped on the sandy bottom, the use of every single muscle was neccesary in this manoeuvre.
But it was matter of a fraction of second, the fraction Elly was underwater. Ash's ears perked up as a roaring sound reached him, the sound booming against the walls of the nearby cannon as the invisible waves spread across the area covered by the two canines. Ash looked torwards the source of the sound, his eyes widdening at the vision of a large wall of water aproaching them in the form of a wave, speeding torwards them at a dazzling speed. The great wave destroyed everything at it's path, pulling ancient trees with deep roots out of their place, the area they had been at for the past two hundred years, it grabbed stones and smashed them into silky powder inside it's fluid stomach. Ash gasped and rushed out of the river with a graceful leap as the feeling of instinctive fear overtook his common sense. He stopped, however, right when his hard paws touched the hard surface built out of lunar stones and turned his head quickly, "Elly! Flood! Get out of the water!" he yelled loudly, a harsh and nearly hyteric bark that echoed within the forest. He rushed away from the water's reach expecting Elly to be trotting right behind him but he had never been futher from the truth. Elly had just heard his frightened and rushing bark when a strong current had smashed against her tiny body, the sensation of something inside her breaking and the sudden and intense pain that suddenly jolted across her body and toracic box told her of one or two broken ribs. Her lungs hurted and pressed strongly against her body as her blood was slowly being poisoned with carbon dioxide, her heart beated at a frantic speed as a sudden fear reached her. But she remained cool, she couldnt let the terror of a near death frighten her or she would never make it. She never questioned herself how but she had managed to reach the surface and she gasped loudly as her lungs filled with air and her rips yelled at her for the simple action of breathing.
Ash had turned around quickly but his body froze totally as a great mass of water moved like a herd of rampaging tauros in front of him, devouring everything in it's path and racing away leaving only destruction behind. A sudden current of frozen wind rushed past his body, covering his veins and organs with ice and pressing his stomach strongly as a suden angst reached him, Elly was nowhere to be seen, the waters had dragged her away against will. But he calmed down a bit as her voice reached him, her voice calling for help, she was on the surface of a now wild river, a river that slythered past the narrow cannon. She was alive but not for long, and it was then when Ash did the bravest thing he had ever done in his life, "ELOISE!" he yelled at her feeling a ragong heat of vravery overflow within him, heating his body and defrosting the ice. He started off in a sprint, his new legs carrying him at a speed unable to reach in normal conditions, he was powered by a single idea, saving his best friend's life. His paws carried him agily, like a mountain goat, over the rocks that climbed steadily up a small hill, the hill that had been broken by erosion and had formed the cannon. And as he reached the top Ash did the most unexpected action, a move that would surprise him when remembered later on, a move he would only do to save the life of someone important to him, and Elly was. He risked his life by jumping torwards the other wall of the narrow cannon and using his strong, spring like tendons, he crouched a bit and bounced rapidly torwards the other wall. Using this strategy he managed to move quickly across the cannon, bouncing against strong walls of firm rocks, and he soon passed an agonizing eevee, a female creature that made a great effort to mantain her head out of the killing liquid. Elly stared at Ash leaping over her like a stantler, her mind surprised although her paws paddled constantly to keep her body in float, she was confused, she had known he cared but not as much as to risk his life for her.
Ash leapt on top of a fallen tree trunk that layed across the cannon like a bridge, his mind working quickly to form a rescuing plan, and before his eyes, and without loosing a single second, all the necessary items appeared before him. He leapt gracefully torwards the thin, falling branch of a tall, ancient willow that leaned wearily over the cannon. He grabbed the branch and slipped down quickly although his fangs were gripped firmly over the branch, feather like, pale leaves were pulled out of the branch as he fell. Ash penetrated the water strongly, a sudden pain striked him, as if he had been slapped by an overly large hand, but he ignored this and pulled himself out of the water. He swam quickly torwards the path he had calculated Elly would float through and wated making a great effort with all his body to mantain his position. And he didnt fail, as he had calculated, the young eevee passed right through that path, smashing against him. Ash placed his paws around the girl and swam with his hind legs torwards the rocks, the weight of the eevee's exhausted and nearly limp form dragging him underwater. He managed to reach a small platform built out of rock and pull the body on it, the water spraying him as it furiously smashed against the firm rock, threatening to tear it down. Ash observed her body, her lungs efforting to breathe as she was chocking with water filling them. The teen's courage had vanished to reveal a sudden terror, cold and freezing, hidden beneath the mask of valiancy that had formed around himself. He knew what he had to do, and as embarrasing as it could be there was no other way of saving the suffocating eevee's life. He lowered his face torwards Elly's, his mind racing with thoughts, memoies that stopped all the time in one single image, the image of the kiss he had given the only woman he had ever truly loved, a good bye kiss. His lips met the female eevee's lips, parted slightly in an automatic and failing attempt to breathe, and with all the strength he could gather, he breathe into her mouth, filling her lungs with air and pressure that pushed the water torwards the outside. He parted away quickly as Elly spit the water with a sound erupt, and a serie of coughs preceded it, the water flowing out and dripping down her black lips. She didnt open her eyes to know she was alive, and her usual sense of humour seemed to return back to her, "Ash...dont you ever...dare...call me Eloise again...or i'll burst your mouth,...next time" she managed to threaten between coughs, her voice feeble and nearly unaudible but a weak smile appeared in her dark lips.
Ash smiled softly, at least she seemed fine, although weak she would be all right, and he was grateful to the Gods about this, as well as proud with himself, but an involuntary shudder shook his wet body as images from the rescue he had carried through came to his mind. However he was snapped out of his thoughts abruptly as Elly started trembling furiously, her wet and weak body freezing with a gentle gust of cold wind that had approached them silently. Ash layed next to her and snuzzled against her body tightly trying to keep her warm, although his logical mind screamed at him and we wondered wether she would be warmer of colder having his cold body next to her. But she stopped shaking as her mind drifted off to a deep, dreamless sleep. Ash stared at her without moving his gaze from her wet form, a large, pale moon shinning brightly and staring at the both from the dark sky splashed with millions of glittering stars, the tender rays caressing the female's form and making her wet fur shine like pure silver. Ash smiled softly, his eyes staring into Elly's closed ones as if he could see through her eyelids, "i dont know why you are doing this Elly, but thank you" he sighed deeply, his voice not raising over a silent whisper. His gaze moved back torwards the silent sky, his eyes piercing the moon in conffusion and a strange and inunderstandable simpathy, although his fair features had returned to a serious and worried shape, "Silver, where are you? did you save yourself? or did you die in the oceans?" he told himself in a soft voice.
His heart ached in his chest as a realization dawned him and his gaze moved down now strangely interested in the smooth, greyis stone, but he couldnt see it, "even if i managed to find Misty and Tracey, how will i tell them who i am? i'll never return to my body, it's lost in the oceans...i doubt they ever found it" he thought feeling as if someone had punched him in the stomach and the fist kept pressing in it. His ears perked up and his eyes returned to their alert form as the sense of being observed flowed within his new and much more acute senses, "you can still return to your body, but will you want to do so?" a gentle, femaleish voice said in his mind, it wasnt a voice like anything he had ever heard, it was so melodic and gentle it seemed to belong to an angel. Ash raised his head high to get a wider area of view and stared in every direction in worry, a silent growl thundering within his chest and throat, "who said that?" he inquired but seemed to think twice, he wasnt too sure he wanted to know, "of course i want to return to my body!" he snapped with an angry and reassuring bark. The owner of the voice didnt seem affected by the pokemon's angry voice and went on, "you really think so? think harder, think about what you will win,...and loose" the voice explained becoming fainter. And Ash though, his mind examined the events, "if i returned i would be with Misty" he said hinting a slight joy but not the eufory of leaping up the sky as he had imagined. The creature was still there but Ash didnt know where it was since it was speaking throgh psychical powers, "are you sure you want to be with her...or that she wants to be with you?" the sacred voice spoke again, a firm tone in her sweet melody. Ash looked back at the stone, his mind thoughtful buthis head shook wildly, he wasnt doubting, was he? his eyes gazed at the sky again thi time flashing with anger, "OF COURSE WANT TO, i LOVE her!" he yelled, his voice barking angrily. A silent chuckle echoed in the depths of the river, "i dont think so...but think again, what will you loose?" she inquired again, the intense questionary starting to annoy the pokemon. Ash started thinking, his mind moving torwards obvious things like the perfectly clear night look, the keen hearing sense and the fascinating agility. His eyes widdened in sudden realization, he understood now, "Elly" he whispered softly lacking air, this impact had nocked all the air out of his lungs. His gaze moved torwards the sleeping form next to him, today he had risked his life in a perilous way to save her, he cared for her but he cared for Misty too, and now he had to choose between his two best friends, being human again or remaining pokemon. He felt a stray and silent tear slowly move down his cheek, he didnt want to loose Elly, she had done for him more than anyone ever did, but he loved Misty, didnt he? or did he simply care for her like a friend? he was too confused now. His heart started beating rapidly inside his fury chest as his gaze kept observing the young eevee as if she was an angel. He leaned down and place a frienly and sneaky kiss on her cheek as a gentle smile appeared in his lips, a smile like none he had ever had, "i just want you to know i dont wanna loose you, Elly" he whispered softly before lowering his head and falling asleep as well.
To Be Continued...
AN: ok this was long and perhaps a bit confusing but things will get clearer as the story goes on, and deffinitely that's not the end, you know these two are on a quest to find Misty and Tracey. I just hope you guys are enjoying this, i think it looks a lot better than the other one, at least it look like it, and, as i said, i made mayor changes. Now as i said again i think you guys should read The Neverending Love once this one is finished, personally. Another thing, i'd like to comment on a few good looking stories i write, it's been quiet some time since i stopped writting pokemon (following the anime i mean) stories, but i have an original pokemon one, The Journey of Chaos, it's quiet good, personally. I have other non pokemonish ones, Hidden Wonders and Pathcross (they kinda go together) and one based on a true story, You Loved Me The Most and In My Heart (the sequel), so there, perhaps you'd like taking a peek at my long list, but i advice some are quiet crappy, however thank you for reading this.
But Ash and Elly were currently oblivious to all happenings as they walked across a small, evergreen forest with glittering leaves, the wind whispering into their ears as it tenderly caressed their fur. They had been walking for a few days now and although they were tired Ash's will was greater than all exhaustion and he kept walking, waiting for Elly's unacustomed body to reach him from time to time. Ash sat down one more time as he waited for the young female eevee to reach him. He observed her, her tiny black nose pointing down, her long ears brushing against the sandy floor, covering themselves with dust, and her long slender legs moving in slow, efforted steps. He smiled softly at her as her tired but still beautiful body moved in calm paces torwards him, her eyes not moving up to stare at him, "she is doing all this for me...and im forcing her too much, i should do something for her" the young, male eevee thought to himself standing up. His ears perked up trying to catch the sound of something to eat, as an eevee he knew he'd have to hunt and although he had no idea how to he had to try. With a proud smile the sound of water not too far away reached him, the melody of life hissed across the forest like a slythering snake built out of transparent fluid. He trotted happily torwards the young eevee and placed his muzzle under her chin to lif her head up, "come on Elly, i've found water, we can rest and fish something to eat!" he said excitedly managing to get a look from the female teen eevee. Her icy blue eyes stared at the male eevee with a look of surprise, a glitter of hope shinning in them like the silent spark of a star in the night, "really Ash? that's fantastic" she said in a weak but kind voice.
They emerged into the stony shore of a rather small river, but large enough as not to be called a stream any longer. The water shone like diamond as it rushed quickly in front of them, it's crystaline surface reflecting the green ceiling that covered it and emmiting golden sparks as the sun rays sneaked past silently to catch an envious glance into the river. Whitish round stones were situated in the shore forming a beach of enormous pearls of a pale, moon colour, as if the moon herself had decided to drop small copies of her silvery face. Pale green willows, as if covered by ice, were situated all along the river and they stood proudly over it as the river entered a small cannon of straight, hard walls built out of polished stones with a slippery surface, probably as a consequence of floods. Elly let her tired body collapse against the hard stones, a silent gasp escaping her lips as her pained ribs made ontact with a rather large one. Ash, who had paced a few steps front, rushed to her side, a worried expression running across his canine face, "Elly! you all right?" he inquired in a concerned voice. The female eevee looked up, a surprise but at the same time pleased smile drawn in her lips, "im fine Ash, just took my time to rest, i think i deserve it" she said in a stronger voice but still weak and tired. Ash smiled, she was all right and that was all that matered for him at the moment since the young eevee was quickly becoming his friend, and more than that, his best friend, an understanding and caring creature that was risking her life to help him.
Ash raised his head up, his ears erect and his fluffy brown tail as high as it could reach in a proud pose, "well, then i'll go fish you something" he mentioned giving himself airs of superiority. He had done many things before so he didnt think fishing would be that hard, not with his new and more agile body at least, and with the young reflexes, much more acute, that characterized his specie. Elly laughed softly, her lips shut and her eyes closed in a funny look, "oh Ash, you dont know how to hunt!" she mentioned although her voice cracked a bit with her amusement. Ash payed no atention to her words as he turned around and walked torwards the water taking secure steps, his ego up although his stomach flip flopped with excitement and nerves. He lowered his head a bit at his padded paws touched the cold surface of the clear water, his image difracting with the waves released by his penetration in the fluid. His senses were alert, his eyes paying close atention to the movement below his body, his nose completely alert as he attempted to smell the distance between him and the aliment. A silvery glitter and a silent shadow moving right in front of his fangs alerted him of the pressence of a fish and automatically his whole body paralized and seemed to be built out of stone as his chestnut eyes followed the delicate swaying of the fish. It was an automatic reaction, the pulling of a trigger, and the teen's body had entered the water with the quick of a flashing lightning and with the same speed the water broke and the eevee emerged from it. His fur was flattened against his skin and his tounge was lolling out, a paw ran across his face desperately to get rid of the itchy feeling, he had bitten no fish but a patch of muddy sand at the bottom. The little grains of sand got between his teeth and fangs cutting the soft flesh of his lips and tounge itching him, the unpleasant feeling spreading across his mouth in the form of a sour taste. Elly laughed loudly this time giving away that her recovery was being quick, "oh Ash, you deffinitely dont know how to fish" she commented gasping for air and feeling a pressure feeling as the already hard muscles in ehr stomach moved spasmotically with each laugh. Ahs glared at her, his cheeks flushing in an embarrased reddish colour although invisible through the thick, brownish fur that covered his body and face. He had ridiculized himself in front of this eevee and that was something he hated, he had always hated embarrasing himself in front of Misty and just because this was an eevee wouldnt change it.
Elly stood up and suddenly Ash's anger vanished as he stared at the creature in disbeliefe, his face severe and horror striken, "no Elly, dont stand up, you are still tired" he nearly yelled at her taking a silent and hesitant step. Elly shook her head and bared her fangs a bit in a smile, "dont worry Ashy, im all right now" she told the pokemon sweetly taking secure steps torwards him. Ash smiled softly, he underestimated the girl and overly protected her as it had happened with Misty before, but he knew well that both were much alike, strong, feeble looking but still hard like stone and very brave. Although they were also very different, Elly was very extroverted and slightly jumpy and unpredictable, and she had that icy look in her eyes that spoke of a hard past and a hardenned heart. He knew Elly never exteriorized her feeling keeping them locked inside her large box of secrets, surprising him every second. However deep inside Ash knew she was kind, caring, and sensible, she had feelings, she loved and suffered, and had a larger heart than anyone imagined hidden under her tough appereance of bad girl. The young eevee, oblivious to the male's thoughts, entered the water with careful, silent steps, her eyes focused in the clear surface of the water, her acute hearing catching the silent rippling of the underwater area as the fish finned gently the water in their slythering movement. A proud and superious grin appeared in the youngster's lips and they bared slightly preparing her fangs for a strike, her nose just barely touching the unsteady surface of the rare liquid. Without a warning she plunged forward in a dive, fangs ready to penetrate the soft, white flesh of a sneaky fish, claws finrly grasped on the sandy bottom, the use of every single muscle was neccesary in this manoeuvre.
But it was matter of a fraction of second, the fraction Elly was underwater. Ash's ears perked up as a roaring sound reached him, the sound booming against the walls of the nearby cannon as the invisible waves spread across the area covered by the two canines. Ash looked torwards the source of the sound, his eyes widdening at the vision of a large wall of water aproaching them in the form of a wave, speeding torwards them at a dazzling speed. The great wave destroyed everything at it's path, pulling ancient trees with deep roots out of their place, the area they had been at for the past two hundred years, it grabbed stones and smashed them into silky powder inside it's fluid stomach. Ash gasped and rushed out of the river with a graceful leap as the feeling of instinctive fear overtook his common sense. He stopped, however, right when his hard paws touched the hard surface built out of lunar stones and turned his head quickly, "Elly! Flood! Get out of the water!" he yelled loudly, a harsh and nearly hyteric bark that echoed within the forest. He rushed away from the water's reach expecting Elly to be trotting right behind him but he had never been futher from the truth. Elly had just heard his frightened and rushing bark when a strong current had smashed against her tiny body, the sensation of something inside her breaking and the sudden and intense pain that suddenly jolted across her body and toracic box told her of one or two broken ribs. Her lungs hurted and pressed strongly against her body as her blood was slowly being poisoned with carbon dioxide, her heart beated at a frantic speed as a sudden fear reached her. But she remained cool, she couldnt let the terror of a near death frighten her or she would never make it. She never questioned herself how but she had managed to reach the surface and she gasped loudly as her lungs filled with air and her rips yelled at her for the simple action of breathing.
Ash had turned around quickly but his body froze totally as a great mass of water moved like a herd of rampaging tauros in front of him, devouring everything in it's path and racing away leaving only destruction behind. A sudden current of frozen wind rushed past his body, covering his veins and organs with ice and pressing his stomach strongly as a suden angst reached him, Elly was nowhere to be seen, the waters had dragged her away against will. But he calmed down a bit as her voice reached him, her voice calling for help, she was on the surface of a now wild river, a river that slythered past the narrow cannon. She was alive but not for long, and it was then when Ash did the bravest thing he had ever done in his life, "ELOISE!" he yelled at her feeling a ragong heat of vravery overflow within him, heating his body and defrosting the ice. He started off in a sprint, his new legs carrying him at a speed unable to reach in normal conditions, he was powered by a single idea, saving his best friend's life. His paws carried him agily, like a mountain goat, over the rocks that climbed steadily up a small hill, the hill that had been broken by erosion and had formed the cannon. And as he reached the top Ash did the most unexpected action, a move that would surprise him when remembered later on, a move he would only do to save the life of someone important to him, and Elly was. He risked his life by jumping torwards the other wall of the narrow cannon and using his strong, spring like tendons, he crouched a bit and bounced rapidly torwards the other wall. Using this strategy he managed to move quickly across the cannon, bouncing against strong walls of firm rocks, and he soon passed an agonizing eevee, a female creature that made a great effort to mantain her head out of the killing liquid. Elly stared at Ash leaping over her like a stantler, her mind surprised although her paws paddled constantly to keep her body in float, she was confused, she had known he cared but not as much as to risk his life for her.
Ash leapt on top of a fallen tree trunk that layed across the cannon like a bridge, his mind working quickly to form a rescuing plan, and before his eyes, and without loosing a single second, all the necessary items appeared before him. He leapt gracefully torwards the thin, falling branch of a tall, ancient willow that leaned wearily over the cannon. He grabbed the branch and slipped down quickly although his fangs were gripped firmly over the branch, feather like, pale leaves were pulled out of the branch as he fell. Ash penetrated the water strongly, a sudden pain striked him, as if he had been slapped by an overly large hand, but he ignored this and pulled himself out of the water. He swam quickly torwards the path he had calculated Elly would float through and wated making a great effort with all his body to mantain his position. And he didnt fail, as he had calculated, the young eevee passed right through that path, smashing against him. Ash placed his paws around the girl and swam with his hind legs torwards the rocks, the weight of the eevee's exhausted and nearly limp form dragging him underwater. He managed to reach a small platform built out of rock and pull the body on it, the water spraying him as it furiously smashed against the firm rock, threatening to tear it down. Ash observed her body, her lungs efforting to breathe as she was chocking with water filling them. The teen's courage had vanished to reveal a sudden terror, cold and freezing, hidden beneath the mask of valiancy that had formed around himself. He knew what he had to do, and as embarrasing as it could be there was no other way of saving the suffocating eevee's life. He lowered his face torwards Elly's, his mind racing with thoughts, memoies that stopped all the time in one single image, the image of the kiss he had given the only woman he had ever truly loved, a good bye kiss. His lips met the female eevee's lips, parted slightly in an automatic and failing attempt to breathe, and with all the strength he could gather, he breathe into her mouth, filling her lungs with air and pressure that pushed the water torwards the outside. He parted away quickly as Elly spit the water with a sound erupt, and a serie of coughs preceded it, the water flowing out and dripping down her black lips. She didnt open her eyes to know she was alive, and her usual sense of humour seemed to return back to her, "Ash...dont you ever...dare...call me Eloise again...or i'll burst your mouth,...next time" she managed to threaten between coughs, her voice feeble and nearly unaudible but a weak smile appeared in her dark lips.
Ash smiled softly, at least she seemed fine, although weak she would be all right, and he was grateful to the Gods about this, as well as proud with himself, but an involuntary shudder shook his wet body as images from the rescue he had carried through came to his mind. However he was snapped out of his thoughts abruptly as Elly started trembling furiously, her wet and weak body freezing with a gentle gust of cold wind that had approached them silently. Ash layed next to her and snuzzled against her body tightly trying to keep her warm, although his logical mind screamed at him and we wondered wether she would be warmer of colder having his cold body next to her. But she stopped shaking as her mind drifted off to a deep, dreamless sleep. Ash stared at her without moving his gaze from her wet form, a large, pale moon shinning brightly and staring at the both from the dark sky splashed with millions of glittering stars, the tender rays caressing the female's form and making her wet fur shine like pure silver. Ash smiled softly, his eyes staring into Elly's closed ones as if he could see through her eyelids, "i dont know why you are doing this Elly, but thank you" he sighed deeply, his voice not raising over a silent whisper. His gaze moved back torwards the silent sky, his eyes piercing the moon in conffusion and a strange and inunderstandable simpathy, although his fair features had returned to a serious and worried shape, "Silver, where are you? did you save yourself? or did you die in the oceans?" he told himself in a soft voice.
His heart ached in his chest as a realization dawned him and his gaze moved down now strangely interested in the smooth, greyis stone, but he couldnt see it, "even if i managed to find Misty and Tracey, how will i tell them who i am? i'll never return to my body, it's lost in the oceans...i doubt they ever found it" he thought feeling as if someone had punched him in the stomach and the fist kept pressing in it. His ears perked up and his eyes returned to their alert form as the sense of being observed flowed within his new and much more acute senses, "you can still return to your body, but will you want to do so?" a gentle, femaleish voice said in his mind, it wasnt a voice like anything he had ever heard, it was so melodic and gentle it seemed to belong to an angel. Ash raised his head high to get a wider area of view and stared in every direction in worry, a silent growl thundering within his chest and throat, "who said that?" he inquired but seemed to think twice, he wasnt too sure he wanted to know, "of course i want to return to my body!" he snapped with an angry and reassuring bark. The owner of the voice didnt seem affected by the pokemon's angry voice and went on, "you really think so? think harder, think about what you will win,...and loose" the voice explained becoming fainter. And Ash though, his mind examined the events, "if i returned i would be with Misty" he said hinting a slight joy but not the eufory of leaping up the sky as he had imagined. The creature was still there but Ash didnt know where it was since it was speaking throgh psychical powers, "are you sure you want to be with her...or that she wants to be with you?" the sacred voice spoke again, a firm tone in her sweet melody. Ash looked back at the stone, his mind thoughtful buthis head shook wildly, he wasnt doubting, was he? his eyes gazed at the sky again thi time flashing with anger, "OF COURSE WANT TO, i LOVE her!" he yelled, his voice barking angrily. A silent chuckle echoed in the depths of the river, "i dont think so...but think again, what will you loose?" she inquired again, the intense questionary starting to annoy the pokemon. Ash started thinking, his mind moving torwards obvious things like the perfectly clear night look, the keen hearing sense and the fascinating agility. His eyes widdened in sudden realization, he understood now, "Elly" he whispered softly lacking air, this impact had nocked all the air out of his lungs. His gaze moved torwards the sleeping form next to him, today he had risked his life in a perilous way to save her, he cared for her but he cared for Misty too, and now he had to choose between his two best friends, being human again or remaining pokemon. He felt a stray and silent tear slowly move down his cheek, he didnt want to loose Elly, she had done for him more than anyone ever did, but he loved Misty, didnt he? or did he simply care for her like a friend? he was too confused now. His heart started beating rapidly inside his fury chest as his gaze kept observing the young eevee as if she was an angel. He leaned down and place a frienly and sneaky kiss on her cheek as a gentle smile appeared in his lips, a smile like none he had ever had, "i just want you to know i dont wanna loose you, Elly" he whispered softly before lowering his head and falling asleep as well.
To Be Continued...
AN: ok this was long and perhaps a bit confusing but things will get clearer as the story goes on, and deffinitely that's not the end, you know these two are on a quest to find Misty and Tracey. I just hope you guys are enjoying this, i think it looks a lot better than the other one, at least it look like it, and, as i said, i made mayor changes. Now as i said again i think you guys should read The Neverending Love once this one is finished, personally. Another thing, i'd like to comment on a few good looking stories i write, it's been quiet some time since i stopped writting pokemon (following the anime i mean) stories, but i have an original pokemon one, The Journey of Chaos, it's quiet good, personally. I have other non pokemonish ones, Hidden Wonders and Pathcross (they kinda go together) and one based on a true story, You Loved Me The Most and In My Heart (the sequel), so there, perhaps you'd like taking a peek at my long list, but i advice some are quiet crappy, however thank you for reading this.