Author notes: Well, before I begin the epilogue, I'd like to thank all
those who reviewed this fic even if they didn't really continue to review
it. It was nice to know that this was enjoyed. Though, for those who
haven't seen the movie, Ladyhawke, this is basically past the point where
the movie ends. So, I don't really have a basic storyline to follow. ^_^
Anyway, here it is. The end of Ladymon!
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Jared sighed. He looked at the commercial building that he was standing just outside of. He wasn't sure of why he had been asked to come. It had been an entire year since he had last seen Jessie and James. All he knew was what he had done since then as well as Ash declaring that he didn't want to have the title of Pokemon Master anymore and that he just wanted to live quietly for a bit. Jared entered the building still wondering not only why he was asked to come here, but also how Jessie, James, and their annoying Meowth were able to get a job here.
As Jared walked to the front desk, Meowth called over to him. Jared looked for Meowth and found him by the elevator. Jared walked over to him and Meowth pressed a button on the elevator and they began ascending the building.
"So why did you want me to come here?" Jared asked, wanting to know first why he was really there.
"You'll find out," Meowth replied nonchalantly.
Jared sighed. He didn't like not knowing things, but he knew that this was a time when he couldn't really help it. He just hoped that he'd be able to know why he was there when he spoke with Jessie and James. Since there wasn't anything else Jared really wanted to Ask Meowth and since Meowth didn't seem to be interested in starting a conversation, Jared thought back to the days when he was a thief just barely able to keep alive by stealing bits of food whenever he could. Jared was surprised at how much his life had changed. He was now employed with the police, trying to get things back the way they were before Senzei was the dictator and no one had to steal just to survive every day. Jared wondered what would have happened if Senzei hadn't met Misty. Would he still have become a dictator? Jared couldn't help but think that he might have made different decisions than he had made.
The elevator stopped and when Jared stepped out, he couldn't believe his eyes. It was the top floor and he knew that this was probably where either the executives worked or where upper management worked. Jared knew that since he was going to see Jessie and James, this really made a big statement of how they had done in the past year.
"Meowth, I see you found Jared," a voice said, Jessie's voice Jared told himself, causing Jared to jump involuntarily.
"Yeah, he was headed for the front desk, but I figured that I could help save a little time by gettin' him up here before he spoke with the front desk," Meowth replied.
Jared was stunned at the difference Jessie and James looked from when he had met them. There were really different. Jared quickly recovered and asked, "What did you want to ask me about?"
"Well, come in and we'll talk about that," James answered.
Jared followed them into their office and he asked, "So, how did you two get to be up in here?"
"Well, we started this business," Jessie replied. Jared was a little surprised, but he also knew that he didn't really know too much about them to really decide if they should have been able to, or he should be wondering how they were able to pull this off.
Jared didn't say anything more until he was asked by James, "How would you like to be the head of security here?"
Jared didn't really know what to say. Out of all possibilities he never considered that it would be for this. "Um, I really don't know," Jared replied honestly. He never expected that he would be able to get to this point in his life. "I think I'll need some time to think about it," Jared says finally.
"Okay, well you know where to find us now if you change your mind," Jessie answered.
"Though, I want to know how were you three able to start such a successful business?" Jared asked, wanting to know.
"Well, when we had been trying to steal Ash's Pikachu, we one time started a business and were pretty good at it. We figured that we should try to do that again. Though, this time we were completely successful," James answered.
Jared was surprised and couldn't help but wonder why they ever were thieves in the first place. They didn't seem like the type of people who would be good at it, but he couldn't tell if they had chosen to or not.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Ash was pleased with his life. Although he'd like to have not gone through the ordeal that he and Misty had gone through. Even though a year had passed, he still dreaded the sun setting. He wasn't sure why, but he kept on feeling that his time was getting short as the sun set. Ash wondered if it was just that he was afraid of the curse suddenly coming back. Ash knew it was silly, but he couldn't help but wonder if the curse was truly gone. Ash knew Misty hadn't and wouldn't admit to feeling the same way, but at times before dawn, he could see her watching the sun rise, her eyes filled with fear. After the sun was up for a while, she would be just fine. Ash wondered if they would ever be able to feel the same they used to about when night became day and day became night. Though, if that was the only thing that was left after the curse, Ash would have been glad. As it was, both often were awakened by nightmares of the curse coming back completely, but this time with no way of ending it. Ash hoped that in time this would go away, but he wasn't so sure.
Although, most things had gone back to being normal, not all of those who had gone into hiding from Senzei had come out. Ash hoped that if everyone finally did come out of hiding, then that would end his and Misty's nightmares and fears. Though, Ash seriously doubted that they would. Ash walked to the back porch of his and Misty's house. It was so long since he and Misty had been able to live quietly. Now Ash wished that they could live without this stupid fear. Ash hated being afraid of sunset just as how he hated seeing Misty afraid of dawn. At the time when they had the curse, they didn't really fear the dawn or sunset, but rather accepted it. Now, they didn't have anything to worry about, but it seemed that they couldn't help but shake the feeling that the curse being broken was just too good to be true. Ash hoped that they were just being paranoid about it, but he couldn't be certain about it. As Ash turned to go back into the house, he stopped short. Not only did he not hear Mewtwo come up behind him, he didn't expect to see him at all.
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"I'm serious," Officer Jenny told Jared again. "If you want to go somewhere else, you can. We have enough trained people to help out with anyone who still is around who just take food to live each day out. You don't have to worry about a thing."
"But. . ." Jared started again, but was cut off by Jenny again.
"I don't want to hear it. This choice is yours and not mine," Jenny told Jared and before Jared could try to say something else, Jenny left.
Jared wasn't pleased. He wanted to accept the offer, but he wasn't sure if he could just leave without the police starting to have trouble without him. Jared sighed as he began walking to his apartment. Although he already was at a point where he never had expected to be in life, he knew that if he accepted the offer he'd be doing even better than he would have expected to ever do.
Jared just didn't know what to do. For the first time in Jared's life he truly felt alone. Even when he was on his own, he knew exactly what he needed to do, but now he wasn't even sure if anyone knew. Jared sighed as he entered the park and sat down on a bench. He was so lost in thought that he didn't even notice it when someone stopped by him until she spoke to him.
"You were with Ash, weren't you?" She said.
Jared was startled. He was completely surprised and caught off guard. Jared looked at her and asked, "What?"
"Last year when Senzei was killed, you were with Ash," she repeated. Jared looked at her out of the corner of his eye and began to slowly inch away not really certain of what she was talking about. She apparently realized this as she said, "Ash Ketchum."
Jared didn't know who she was, but he knew that at least she hadn't confused him with someone else. Jared at least hoped that. "So?" Jared asked.
"Nothing," she answered lightly. "I just hadn't met you before and I saw you here."
"You are. . ." Jared started, hoping that she'd pick up on the cue.
"Oh! Sorry, I'm May," she said. "I met Ash when I was starting my own journey in Hoenn. Mind if I sit here?" May asked, pointing to the bench.
"No, go ahead," Jared answered. "I'm Jared. I met Ash when he saved me from being taken back to Saffron fortress when I escaped the dungeons there."
"I heard about you. The only one to ever do that," May commented. "You seem like you're worrying about something."
Jared wondered how perceptive May was. She didn't even know him, but she knew that he was troubled about something. "Yeah, I am."
"Want to talk about it?"
Jared sighed. Why not? If anything he'll come to a choice on his own. So Jared explains what his dilemma was and May listened to it all. When Jared was done he asked, "So, what do you think that you'd do?"
"I think that I'd make the choice that I'd make. You should just decide what you really want to do," May replied.
Jared sighed. He figured that he'd at least try out the security job. If anything and it didn't work out, he'd at least be able to get back his old job. Jared now felt a lot better.
* * * * * * * * * * *
~So, you're having problems with that?~ Mewtwo asked.
"Yeah. Do you know anything that might be able to help?" Ash replied.
~No. If I erased your memories of that time period, you'd still have the fear. But at least with your memories, you know why. But I think that eventually you'll lose the fear. It might not happen quickly, but eventually you'll realize that you don't fear the sunset and you'll look back on it and realize that you haven't for a while. Just give it some more time. In the end you might be stronger than in the beginning because of it,~ Mewtwo replied.
Ash thought about it. Mewtwo was probably right. The curse had lasted for so long that they probably are still used to it, but with the knowledge that it's over. Just, their minds didn't think that it was really over. Ash always thought that breaking the curse seemed too simple. Now Ash couldn't help but wonder if this was the real curse. The fear of night. Ash shook his head. He didn't really want to think about it. Ash turned back to try to say something to Mewtwo, only to realize that he was already gone. Ash sighed. He at least had talked with someone, so he felt a little bit better. Ash then turned and went back in his and Misty's house.
~END~
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Author's notes: So, how was that? I had a few different endings in mind when I started this, but I figured that this would be the best one. Let me know what you think of it. Though, I want your review even if you plan to flame. I figure it's better to be burned now than incinerated later on. ^_^ Anyway, I really want to thank all those who reviewed this fic (again). It was nice to know that so many enjoyed it. Though, I won't be working on any romance fics for a while. It's just that I've gotten a little bored with it. But please keep a look out for any new fics that I'll post. ^_^
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Jared sighed. He looked at the commercial building that he was standing just outside of. He wasn't sure of why he had been asked to come. It had been an entire year since he had last seen Jessie and James. All he knew was what he had done since then as well as Ash declaring that he didn't want to have the title of Pokemon Master anymore and that he just wanted to live quietly for a bit. Jared entered the building still wondering not only why he was asked to come here, but also how Jessie, James, and their annoying Meowth were able to get a job here.
As Jared walked to the front desk, Meowth called over to him. Jared looked for Meowth and found him by the elevator. Jared walked over to him and Meowth pressed a button on the elevator and they began ascending the building.
"So why did you want me to come here?" Jared asked, wanting to know first why he was really there.
"You'll find out," Meowth replied nonchalantly.
Jared sighed. He didn't like not knowing things, but he knew that this was a time when he couldn't really help it. He just hoped that he'd be able to know why he was there when he spoke with Jessie and James. Since there wasn't anything else Jared really wanted to Ask Meowth and since Meowth didn't seem to be interested in starting a conversation, Jared thought back to the days when he was a thief just barely able to keep alive by stealing bits of food whenever he could. Jared was surprised at how much his life had changed. He was now employed with the police, trying to get things back the way they were before Senzei was the dictator and no one had to steal just to survive every day. Jared wondered what would have happened if Senzei hadn't met Misty. Would he still have become a dictator? Jared couldn't help but think that he might have made different decisions than he had made.
The elevator stopped and when Jared stepped out, he couldn't believe his eyes. It was the top floor and he knew that this was probably where either the executives worked or where upper management worked. Jared knew that since he was going to see Jessie and James, this really made a big statement of how they had done in the past year.
"Meowth, I see you found Jared," a voice said, Jessie's voice Jared told himself, causing Jared to jump involuntarily.
"Yeah, he was headed for the front desk, but I figured that I could help save a little time by gettin' him up here before he spoke with the front desk," Meowth replied.
Jared was stunned at the difference Jessie and James looked from when he had met them. There were really different. Jared quickly recovered and asked, "What did you want to ask me about?"
"Well, come in and we'll talk about that," James answered.
Jared followed them into their office and he asked, "So, how did you two get to be up in here?"
"Well, we started this business," Jessie replied. Jared was a little surprised, but he also knew that he didn't really know too much about them to really decide if they should have been able to, or he should be wondering how they were able to pull this off.
Jared didn't say anything more until he was asked by James, "How would you like to be the head of security here?"
Jared didn't really know what to say. Out of all possibilities he never considered that it would be for this. "Um, I really don't know," Jared replied honestly. He never expected that he would be able to get to this point in his life. "I think I'll need some time to think about it," Jared says finally.
"Okay, well you know where to find us now if you change your mind," Jessie answered.
"Though, I want to know how were you three able to start such a successful business?" Jared asked, wanting to know.
"Well, when we had been trying to steal Ash's Pikachu, we one time started a business and were pretty good at it. We figured that we should try to do that again. Though, this time we were completely successful," James answered.
Jared was surprised and couldn't help but wonder why they ever were thieves in the first place. They didn't seem like the type of people who would be good at it, but he couldn't tell if they had chosen to or not.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Ash was pleased with his life. Although he'd like to have not gone through the ordeal that he and Misty had gone through. Even though a year had passed, he still dreaded the sun setting. He wasn't sure why, but he kept on feeling that his time was getting short as the sun set. Ash wondered if it was just that he was afraid of the curse suddenly coming back. Ash knew it was silly, but he couldn't help but wonder if the curse was truly gone. Ash knew Misty hadn't and wouldn't admit to feeling the same way, but at times before dawn, he could see her watching the sun rise, her eyes filled with fear. After the sun was up for a while, she would be just fine. Ash wondered if they would ever be able to feel the same they used to about when night became day and day became night. Though, if that was the only thing that was left after the curse, Ash would have been glad. As it was, both often were awakened by nightmares of the curse coming back completely, but this time with no way of ending it. Ash hoped that in time this would go away, but he wasn't so sure.
Although, most things had gone back to being normal, not all of those who had gone into hiding from Senzei had come out. Ash hoped that if everyone finally did come out of hiding, then that would end his and Misty's nightmares and fears. Though, Ash seriously doubted that they would. Ash walked to the back porch of his and Misty's house. It was so long since he and Misty had been able to live quietly. Now Ash wished that they could live without this stupid fear. Ash hated being afraid of sunset just as how he hated seeing Misty afraid of dawn. At the time when they had the curse, they didn't really fear the dawn or sunset, but rather accepted it. Now, they didn't have anything to worry about, but it seemed that they couldn't help but shake the feeling that the curse being broken was just too good to be true. Ash hoped that they were just being paranoid about it, but he couldn't be certain about it. As Ash turned to go back into the house, he stopped short. Not only did he not hear Mewtwo come up behind him, he didn't expect to see him at all.
* * * * * * * * * * *
"I'm serious," Officer Jenny told Jared again. "If you want to go somewhere else, you can. We have enough trained people to help out with anyone who still is around who just take food to live each day out. You don't have to worry about a thing."
"But. . ." Jared started again, but was cut off by Jenny again.
"I don't want to hear it. This choice is yours and not mine," Jenny told Jared and before Jared could try to say something else, Jenny left.
Jared wasn't pleased. He wanted to accept the offer, but he wasn't sure if he could just leave without the police starting to have trouble without him. Jared sighed as he began walking to his apartment. Although he already was at a point where he never had expected to be in life, he knew that if he accepted the offer he'd be doing even better than he would have expected to ever do.
Jared just didn't know what to do. For the first time in Jared's life he truly felt alone. Even when he was on his own, he knew exactly what he needed to do, but now he wasn't even sure if anyone knew. Jared sighed as he entered the park and sat down on a bench. He was so lost in thought that he didn't even notice it when someone stopped by him until she spoke to him.
"You were with Ash, weren't you?" She said.
Jared was startled. He was completely surprised and caught off guard. Jared looked at her and asked, "What?"
"Last year when Senzei was killed, you were with Ash," she repeated. Jared looked at her out of the corner of his eye and began to slowly inch away not really certain of what she was talking about. She apparently realized this as she said, "Ash Ketchum."
Jared didn't know who she was, but he knew that at least she hadn't confused him with someone else. Jared at least hoped that. "So?" Jared asked.
"Nothing," she answered lightly. "I just hadn't met you before and I saw you here."
"You are. . ." Jared started, hoping that she'd pick up on the cue.
"Oh! Sorry, I'm May," she said. "I met Ash when I was starting my own journey in Hoenn. Mind if I sit here?" May asked, pointing to the bench.
"No, go ahead," Jared answered. "I'm Jared. I met Ash when he saved me from being taken back to Saffron fortress when I escaped the dungeons there."
"I heard about you. The only one to ever do that," May commented. "You seem like you're worrying about something."
Jared wondered how perceptive May was. She didn't even know him, but she knew that he was troubled about something. "Yeah, I am."
"Want to talk about it?"
Jared sighed. Why not? If anything he'll come to a choice on his own. So Jared explains what his dilemma was and May listened to it all. When Jared was done he asked, "So, what do you think that you'd do?"
"I think that I'd make the choice that I'd make. You should just decide what you really want to do," May replied.
Jared sighed. He figured that he'd at least try out the security job. If anything and it didn't work out, he'd at least be able to get back his old job. Jared now felt a lot better.
* * * * * * * * * * *
~So, you're having problems with that?~ Mewtwo asked.
"Yeah. Do you know anything that might be able to help?" Ash replied.
~No. If I erased your memories of that time period, you'd still have the fear. But at least with your memories, you know why. But I think that eventually you'll lose the fear. It might not happen quickly, but eventually you'll realize that you don't fear the sunset and you'll look back on it and realize that you haven't for a while. Just give it some more time. In the end you might be stronger than in the beginning because of it,~ Mewtwo replied.
Ash thought about it. Mewtwo was probably right. The curse had lasted for so long that they probably are still used to it, but with the knowledge that it's over. Just, their minds didn't think that it was really over. Ash always thought that breaking the curse seemed too simple. Now Ash couldn't help but wonder if this was the real curse. The fear of night. Ash shook his head. He didn't really want to think about it. Ash turned back to try to say something to Mewtwo, only to realize that he was already gone. Ash sighed. He at least had talked with someone, so he felt a little bit better. Ash then turned and went back in his and Misty's house.
~END~
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Author's notes: So, how was that? I had a few different endings in mind when I started this, but I figured that this would be the best one. Let me know what you think of it. Though, I want your review even if you plan to flame. I figure it's better to be burned now than incinerated later on. ^_^ Anyway, I really want to thank all those who reviewed this fic (again). It was nice to know that so many enjoyed it. Though, I won't be working on any romance fics for a while. It's just that I've gotten a little bored with it. But please keep a look out for any new fics that I'll post. ^_^