Well, here's Chapter 5. FINALLY! Well, enjoy!
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Chapter 5 - Rainflight's Story
written by She Who Walks the Night
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The butterfree looked troubled as she began. "Unlike most pokemon, who are caught when they are young, I was fully evolved when Hailey caught me. I remember everything about my days as a youngster.
"I lived in Veridian Forest, as the humans call it. I was a little caterpie, frightened by humans, believing they were something great and mighty, a higher lifeform. I thought only the pokegods were above them. Humans came through the forest, capturing many caterpie and other pokemon that lived there. I was almost caught many times, but each time one of the butterfree flock would save me in the nick of time.
"In time, I evolved into a metapod. That was a difficult time. I understood more about the world. It is difficult for a metapod to move, and I was no exception. I fended pokemon trainers with only String Shot and Harden, and the butterfree flock continued to protect me along with the other metapod and caterpie."
I interrupted here. "Only String Shot and Harden?" I repeated. I didn't know much about caterpie and its evolutions, despite the fact that some lived in my valley.
The butterfree nodded. "Caterpie only know Tackle and String Shot. When they evolve to metapod, they learn Harden," she explained.
"Oh."
"After a particularly tough battle against a potential captor, I evolved to butterfree. I had already made his only pokemon faint, and when he saw me evolve, he became more determined than ever to catch me. I was tired, but I got angry at how he threw pokeball after pokeball at me. I wrapped him so tight in String Shot that he could barely move, then left him for some other pokemon to finish. I did this because I now understood that humans were just as mortal as anything else, even more vulnerable than pokemon are.
"However, I did take his unconsious pokemon to the Pokemon Center in Viridian City. I just dropped it at the door, knocked, then flew away. I went back to Viridian Forest to join the butterfree flock, to help protect the forest and its inhabitants the way I had been protected."
"But, I thought that butterfree are pacifists," I said. It was one of the few things I knew about butterfree.
"We are, but we'll fight if it comes down to it. But, I hate fighting. By Lugia, do I hate fighting!" the butterfree said. She shook her head.
"How did Hailey catch you?" I asked.
"Autumnwind proved stronger than I was. She was only a pidgeotto at the time, but she was already very strong. She knew moves that few pidgeotto know," the butterfree explained.
Autumnwind nodded. "TM's," she added, almost apologetically.
I was trying to think of what on earth a TM was when the butterfree continued. "I tried my best to fight back, to defend myself, but Autumnwind used my Sleep Powder against me with Mirror Move."
"Sleep Powder..." I repeated. "That's what you used on me, isn't it?"
"Yes, and you have my sincerest apologies on that," she answered.
"I'm just glad you didn't actually hurt me or catch anyone else from my herd," I said.
"I would never hurt anyone on purpose. You should know that already, Firestorm," she said.
"I know," I said. I then asked, "What is your name? You haven't told me that yet," I said.
"I haven't, have I? My apologies," said the butterfree. "Well, butterfree are able to fly in rainstorms without problems. Our wings repel the water. I loved flying in the rain so much that I was called Rainflight. It is my wild name, and it is the name I want to be called by." She began to laugh. "Hailey calls me..." She stopped to laugh some more.
I was puzzled. What was so funny about the nickname Hailey had given to Rainflight?
The butterfly finally brought her laughter under control. "Hailey calls me Liberty."
"Why?" The word escaped my mouth before I could stop it.
"I'm a butterFREE." She put emphasis on 'free'. "So, Hailey got the bright idea to call me Liberty because of that. Rather ironic, isn't it? Considering how we are captives of a human and are expected to obey her every whim and desire?"
I nodded. I saw the irony. I wondered if Hailey had thought about it the way Rainflight did, and I decided that she probably hadn't. Humans didn't understand things like that.
"So, you can see that I am one of those lucky few who can still remember everything. I miss my freedom, but at least I've met friends here. Friends help you to get through anything," Rainflight said.
I nodded. How true that was! I thanked Rainflight for telling me her story, then looked at the remaining three. The gloom volunteered to tell her story next.
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So, what did you think of Rainflight's story? Please tell me in your reviews!
Oh, and please read my other pokemon fic, "Starlight, Moonlight", if you haven't already, okay?
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Chapter 5 - Rainflight's Story
written by She Who Walks the Night
*~*~*~*
The butterfree looked troubled as she began. "Unlike most pokemon, who are caught when they are young, I was fully evolved when Hailey caught me. I remember everything about my days as a youngster.
"I lived in Veridian Forest, as the humans call it. I was a little caterpie, frightened by humans, believing they were something great and mighty, a higher lifeform. I thought only the pokegods were above them. Humans came through the forest, capturing many caterpie and other pokemon that lived there. I was almost caught many times, but each time one of the butterfree flock would save me in the nick of time.
"In time, I evolved into a metapod. That was a difficult time. I understood more about the world. It is difficult for a metapod to move, and I was no exception. I fended pokemon trainers with only String Shot and Harden, and the butterfree flock continued to protect me along with the other metapod and caterpie."
I interrupted here. "Only String Shot and Harden?" I repeated. I didn't know much about caterpie and its evolutions, despite the fact that some lived in my valley.
The butterfree nodded. "Caterpie only know Tackle and String Shot. When they evolve to metapod, they learn Harden," she explained.
"Oh."
"After a particularly tough battle against a potential captor, I evolved to butterfree. I had already made his only pokemon faint, and when he saw me evolve, he became more determined than ever to catch me. I was tired, but I got angry at how he threw pokeball after pokeball at me. I wrapped him so tight in String Shot that he could barely move, then left him for some other pokemon to finish. I did this because I now understood that humans were just as mortal as anything else, even more vulnerable than pokemon are.
"However, I did take his unconsious pokemon to the Pokemon Center in Viridian City. I just dropped it at the door, knocked, then flew away. I went back to Viridian Forest to join the butterfree flock, to help protect the forest and its inhabitants the way I had been protected."
"But, I thought that butterfree are pacifists," I said. It was one of the few things I knew about butterfree.
"We are, but we'll fight if it comes down to it. But, I hate fighting. By Lugia, do I hate fighting!" the butterfree said. She shook her head.
"How did Hailey catch you?" I asked.
"Autumnwind proved stronger than I was. She was only a pidgeotto at the time, but she was already very strong. She knew moves that few pidgeotto know," the butterfree explained.
Autumnwind nodded. "TM's," she added, almost apologetically.
I was trying to think of what on earth a TM was when the butterfree continued. "I tried my best to fight back, to defend myself, but Autumnwind used my Sleep Powder against me with Mirror Move."
"Sleep Powder..." I repeated. "That's what you used on me, isn't it?"
"Yes, and you have my sincerest apologies on that," she answered.
"I'm just glad you didn't actually hurt me or catch anyone else from my herd," I said.
"I would never hurt anyone on purpose. You should know that already, Firestorm," she said.
"I know," I said. I then asked, "What is your name? You haven't told me that yet," I said.
"I haven't, have I? My apologies," said the butterfree. "Well, butterfree are able to fly in rainstorms without problems. Our wings repel the water. I loved flying in the rain so much that I was called Rainflight. It is my wild name, and it is the name I want to be called by." She began to laugh. "Hailey calls me..." She stopped to laugh some more.
I was puzzled. What was so funny about the nickname Hailey had given to Rainflight?
The butterfly finally brought her laughter under control. "Hailey calls me Liberty."
"Why?" The word escaped my mouth before I could stop it.
"I'm a butterFREE." She put emphasis on 'free'. "So, Hailey got the bright idea to call me Liberty because of that. Rather ironic, isn't it? Considering how we are captives of a human and are expected to obey her every whim and desire?"
I nodded. I saw the irony. I wondered if Hailey had thought about it the way Rainflight did, and I decided that she probably hadn't. Humans didn't understand things like that.
"So, you can see that I am one of those lucky few who can still remember everything. I miss my freedom, but at least I've met friends here. Friends help you to get through anything," Rainflight said.
I nodded. How true that was! I thanked Rainflight for telling me her story, then looked at the remaining three. The gloom volunteered to tell her story next.
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So, what did you think of Rainflight's story? Please tell me in your reviews!
Oh, and please read my other pokemon fic, "Starlight, Moonlight", if you haven't already, okay?