A/N: Freedom continued! Lets get rolling!
Disclaimers: You know the drill by now. I don't own Pokèmon, I wish I did though. Ah well, c'est la vie!
Feeding time
We'll get out onnne day. Don't worry. I know we will, even ifff weeeee dieeee trying, at leassst we will beeee free frommm all thissss. Hope issssss all weee need to sssurvive. Never give up. Never ssstop trying. – reflection by Venom.
Sitting in the canteen, Jale tried to show Ember and Venom how to eat, and what each food was called. It was proving to be very difficult.
"This is an orange" he said holding up a large round orange fruit. "It has a skin that we don't often eat, but if you peel the skin off it leaves a soft center"
He peeled the orange demonstrating, to them which was the orange peel and which was the center. Ember was eating a red apple. Her large, long fanged teeth bit into the crunchy fruit. Venom was looking at a bunch of purple grapes with interest. The purple colour seemed very similar to the purple of his long tail. His forked tong flickered.
"What's that?" asked Ember pointing to Venom's mouth.
"What'ssss what?" asked Venom.
"Oh, that's Venom's tongue. All Arbok's have them. You've got a tongue too Ember, but yours isn't forked like Venom's. We all have tongues. It what we use to taste things. It tells us how sweet, sour or bitter foods are" said Jale.
"Mine doesn't flicker like that" said Ember, going cross-eyed as she tried to look at her tongue.
Jale laughed at her, and stuck his tongue out demonstrating to Ember what his tongue looked like.
"Try doing what I did. Just push your tongue out" he said, smiling.
Ember did as she was told. Her tongue was pink and covered with apple bits. (A/N: Urgh! Why am I describing tongues???) She put her tongue back into her mouth and smiled, taking another bite from her bright, shiny red apple.
"So I use my tongue to taste this apple?" she asked.
Jale nodded, popping an orange piece into his mouth.
"What are thesssse purple thingssss?" asked Venom, pointing to the grapes.
"Oh, those. They're called grapes. You can eat those too, but be careful you don't choke on the seeds." Said Jake after swallowing his orange piece.
"Grapes?" said Ember reaching out for one.
"Yea, grapes. You just take one from the stem like so…"
He pulled off one of the grapes and shoed it to the pair, then put it in to his mouth. He started chewing the coughing.
"Jale? Whats the matter?" asked Ember, very concerned.
"Nothing" Cough. "Just…" More coughing. "Choking on…" He coughed again. "A seed."
Venom stood up and started hitting Jale on his back. Jale coughed and spluttered, then swallowed hard.
"Thanks Venom" he said, a slight cough still in his voice. "But how did you know how to do that?"
"I don't know" replied Venom, slightly confused. "It ssseeemeed the right thing to do."
"Well maybe they did give you some useful information and not get rid of it all" said Jale, just recovering from hi coughing fit.
"What do you mean Jale?" asked Ember, while stealing a piece of his orange and putting it into her mouth.
"Hay that was mine!" He said. "Oh, you remember in the room, when I asked Professor why he didn't give you the knowledge of what you were. He did give you knowledge on some things."
"What are weee Jale?"
"Pokèmon" said Ember. "But I don't know what Pokèmon are."
"Pokèmon?"
"Yea Venom. Pokèmon are creatures that exist in this world. Humans and Pokèmon have lived, worked and played together in harmony for ages. Nevertheless, there are still numerous mysteries surrounding them. In order about these strange and marvellous creatures, many scientists, including myself, have dedicated their lives to Pokèmon research. (A/N: Guess where I got that bit from) There is still so much we don't understand about Pokèmon, so that's why its very difficult for me to explain. There are some many, some yet to even be discovered and some are just considered a myth. At one time, a Pokèmon researcher called Professor Oak said that there were a total of 150 Pokèmon, but since then he has now been proved wrong as more than I think 100 hundred more have been found" explained Jale.
"So there's so much even you don't know about Pokèmon then Jale?" queried Ember.
Jale nodded, eating another piece of orange.
"I study Pokèmon behaviour. Their emotions, thoughts, feeling and their actions. The way Pokèmon behave reflects their personality. I sometimes try to capture that sense of individuality in my drawings. Like the one you saw Ember. You know, the Eevee."
"Eevee?" asked Venom.
"Yea, another kind of Pokèmon. I'll show you the picture if you like."
Venom nodded. Jale searched his pockets for his sketch book. He pulled it out and placed it on the table. Flicking through the pages of many Pokèmon, Ember placed her hand on one of the drawings, stopping Jale from looking any further.
"That one looks familiar, like it reminds me of something" she said, examining the picture, that she viewed upside-down from where she was sitting.
Jale looked at the picture.
"Err, that's a Charizard Ember. It's a fire type like you" he said.
"I've seen it before, not long ago either. The bright, bright, burning flame. It was so beautiful."
Jale looked at her confused.
"What do you mean Ember?" he asked, putting the last piece of orange into his mouth.
"Its was next to me before you came. It was roaring loudly. He looked like he wanted out. Somewhere inside of me I sympathized with him. The fire at the tip of his tail burned vigorously. It was so beautiful. It made me feel a little safe" she replied, staring at the Charizard drawing.
It was only a simple pencil sketch, no colours. The Charizard was preparing to use a Dragon Rage attack and Jale had captured his feelings perfectly in the drawing. It was like the flame was going to burst of the page and scorch everything. Ember looked at it in amazement. It was so powerful.
A/N: Ok, ok so I used a little extract from the Pokèmon, Crystal Version Trainer's guide. [shrugs] I didn't know what else to put. Does it occur in any other Trainer Guides? Please review [stares at you] You will obey me and review my story!!!