Chapter 8- My, What a Web We Weave

By: SorrowRain

Editor: Thorned Rose

Ack! This chappy has to be the sappiest one yet! Ugh...

As to the characters being OOC...I know and I'm sorry, but hey it is in a way an

AU fic. And tis *my* fic, I can do whatever I want *cackels* WoO!

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"James, Jaa-mes, wake up." James eyes fluttered, what happened? Wasn't he just sitting in the couch in the living room? Why was he in bed? He didn't remember walking up to his room.



"W-What? What am I doing here?" James finally spoke out.



"Well James, it seems that you have fainted." James jumped, startled at the voice that appeared out of nowhere. He turned to face his newly discovered uncle. John Morgan smiled slightly and patted Growlie on the head.



"Well, pffft, that's what my character always seems to do when there is to much for me to take in." James muttered and swept the blanket off of him. He got up and stretched and scratched his back. After that, John and James Morgan stared at each other in an awkward silence. Finally, James cleared his throat.



"So, where's my dad? Why did he leave me with you?" He was trying to be calm about this, didn't want his parents to think him insane.



"Your dad is where he has always been, at Sea Foam Beach." John replied, and then he started to scratch Growlie much harder than before. Growlie whined and tried to pull away but John prevented that.



"Huh, I think I've been there before. Yea that place with all of those surfers...that was the time we got stuck up on that huge cliff thing with all of those Gyarados surrounding us." James said with his eyes starting to glaze over. John noticed this and panicked he quickly slapped his nephew across the face. James hardly noticed until after 10 seconds later, when he finally held his hand across the spot on his face and remarked with a "Yee-ouch!"



"Sorry so-James, but you seemed to be how you say...losing it." John said with an apologetic smile on his face.



"Eh, that's ok happens all the time." James replied with a small wave of his hand and started to ask more questions of his past.



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John couldn't answer all of his son's questions, but he did his best. Finally, James came around the subject of his mother. John gulped and started to run his finger across the collar of his shirt. He really didn't know Victor's wife, and James did have a suspicion that she was dead thanks to that-good-for-nothing-do-nothing nymph. So he gently told James the truth, and it seemed this plus all of the past events, hit him...it was as awaking from a dream. James started up his tears, and with each new tear came a heart filled sob. His body racked with gut-wrenching sobs and the only thing he had to console him was his uncle and his Growlie. 'No Jessie.' James thought and his sobs became stronger and more forceful.



'Jessie' James mind repeated over and over. He could hear her words of encouragement followed by her anger-filled screams that told him of his failure. He could hear the Team Rocket motto...playing in his head in the background. He was going insane! Finally, he could hear Jessie's laugh, not her evil laugh...no, the one she saved for him and Meowth. Soon after the laugh, images came up...so many images: his cross-dressing with Jessie, him and Jess digging up holes for the twerps to fall in, and in last came the look of disappointment in Jessie's eyes as he told her of his daughter. Unable to bear the images and the motto any longer he bolted out of the room clutching his head in agony.



Uncle and pet watched as he did so with worried glances upon their faces. John motioned to Growlie to go and follow and Growlie replied with a small 'lie' and set off to do what Pokémon friends did best: console.



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The scene was beautiful, the sky had a tint of red and the water was pure blue...odd. James sighed, happy to get away from reality for a second and he let his hair flow with the wind, letting it carry his hair and making them dance along. He closed his eyes in content and walked closer to the small beach his family had in front of their mansion. He could make out the tiny shapes of sailboats that were headed off to the docks, which weren't to far from the estate.



James let his newfound fear of water to subside and let himself enjoy the calmness of the sea. His mind wandered to past events, and on how he should handle them. He felt another presence and he turned quickly in battle pose, he was still suffering from his paranoia, but who wouldn't after what he has been through? He let his shoulders fall as he saw that it was only Growlie, and he smiled a sad smile towards his life-long friend. Growlie trotted over to his master and started to cuddle against him. And in doing so, he started up a conversation.



"Growlie...I-I'm so confused, I don't really even know who *I* am anymore. My whole life was a sham! Everything was a lie!"



"Groowl"



"Well, I know your friendship wasn't a lie Growlie, I know that."



"Lie...liie...the!"



James laughed his tears were no longer showing, "Thank you Growlie. Thank you."



Growlie smiled in that dog way and the duo both stayed silent for a moment, enjoying the view and the weather.



"Growlie?"



"Ithe?"



"I-I know what I have to do...and that requires me to leave here... Growlie...again, leave you." Growlie whined but nodded, he gave a low moan that only James could catch. "When? I'll stay a week...to get my self prepared...supplies, food, and of course mucho dinero."



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A week came and went. James made sure to make his time with his aunt and uncle worthwhile...there were many farewell hugs of course, and in the case of Aqua Marie: much crying.



"James, I just want to say I'm very proud of you...and I want to give you two going away presents." John Morgan smiled and walked over to their small garage, James watched with a confused look on his face and exchanged glances with Pori. Pori shrugged and followed John, Victoria ushered him on still holding onto Aqua Marie.



" Say hi to your new car!" James mouth dropped open and just stared shocked at his new car. "Consider it an act of apology for our past deeds." James just turned to look back at his uncle with his mouth still open. Victoria cleared her throat and shoved John; John put on a forced smile and pulled out a big suitcase from the car. "...And 2 million dollars."



"John!" Victoria cried, and John sighed and pulled out another suitcase from behind him.



"4 million." he muttered, and handed both suitcases to a gaping James. "Well don't just stand there acting like a Magikarp, get going!" John smiled and pulled James into a hug, and Victoria handed Aqua Marie back to him...giving a kiss to them both.



"I-I don't know what to say...wait I do...THANK YOU!!!" James started to jump up and down and threw both suitcases in the back of his new blue convertible. He jumped up and squeezed his uncle and aunt as hard as he could, waterfalls coming from his eyes. "THANK YOU!!"



"Eh--eh--eh-no-no-problem." John said while being squeezed to death.



"Woo! C'mon you two! We're riding in style!" James placed Aqua Marie in the car seat that was already inside. Aqua Marie giggled happily and quickly started to whine for Pori, who jumped in right next her a few seconds later. James smiled at them and turned to his aunt, uncle and Growlie.



"Thanks for everything...the money, the car, and the ice cream sandwiches. Thank you for telling me the truth...I'll visit whenever I can, and..." James trailed off, a lump forming in his throat, but then he forced a smile and jumped into the car.



"Take care! Remember to call every Sunday!" Victoria cried, tears falling down her face and she pulled out her handkerchief and started to wave as James started up the engine.



"Of course mother!" Victoria looked confused at first, but then slowly a smile crept on her face. Now, her tears were of joy.



"Bye, my boy! Remember we're always here if you need us!" John cried as the boy drove off into the sunrise. James waved his hand acknowledging that he heard his uncle.



The couple and the old dog watched as their loved ones drove off, they stayed until they were sure they couldn't see them anymore. They sighed and the couple hugged, and went inside to continue on with their life.



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The engine finally slowed after three hours and stopped at the edge of the cliff. James glanced up and saw the cabin at the top.



"Well here it is you two, my real father's place." James was nervous, after all, his dad did abandon him for no known reason what so ever. What if he didn't want James now either? Could he handle another rejection? "Pori stay here and watch Aqua Marie, I'll be right back, I'm gonna see if 'Pop' is home.



Pori nodded her affirmative and cuddled closer to the car seat. James gulped and trudged on towards the cliff. Five minutes later, he was still trudging but not with so much enthusiasm as before.



"I *gasp* wonder *wheeze* why *gasps* he lives so high up?" James moaned in relief as he saw that he finally made it to the top. He fell to the ground and crawled his way over to the door and rapped it slightly. An older version of James appeared through the doorway, he looked all around trying to find the source of the noise that came from outside. Finally, James gathered enough strength to whisper "Down here."



Victor looked down and much to his surprise saw his son lying face down on the ground. "James? Is that really you?"



"Is it that obvious?" James asked as he tried to stand up, he succeeded but barely. He staggered and walked into his father's open arms, unfortunately Victor wasn't gentle on his hug...leaving poor James breathless once again.



Victor finally released his hold on James and looked up and down at him. "John and Victoria told me the whole story, they called just half an hour ago...so I guess I got lots of explaining to do, huh?" Victor looked to his son for an answer, but James was already walking slowly down the hill. Victor saw his son about to hit a rock, but his warning came a wee bit to late. James fell with a speed that would make a Persian jealous.



Victor winced at his son's screams and looked down the cliff to see if he was all right, much to his surprise...he was. It took a lot to take out a former Team Rocket member.



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An hour later James finally got everything out of the car, and he was exhausted. Victor was to busy being a grand-father to notice, and Pori was already fast asleep next to Pookah. James hated to be a bother, but he came here for answers, and he was going to get them...no matter how tired he was.



Victor was singing 'Brahms Lullaby' to his granddaughter; Aqua Marie was slowly but steadily drooping her eyes to the song. Not soon after, she was sleeping like a...baby. James smiled and took his daughter away from his father and laid her in her car seat, it was all they had until they could buy a crib. James sighed happily as he watched her sleep, but soon snapped out of it when he saw his dad doing the same thing.



"Victor, I have some questions to ask you." Victor's eyebrow rose at his name, he was expecting James to be angry with him...but he was at least expecting a 'dad' but then again, Victor guessed he would have to earn that title.



"And I'm here to give you the answers...what do you want to know?"



"Everything." Victor paused to look at the clock: 10:45. He guessed they did have plenty of time for everything.



"Sure, but it will take time."



"Don't worry about that, I have all of the time in the world."



"...Ok we'll start from the beginning...."



***Wee! The Beginning! Of TIME***



There once was a creature, which lived in a giant void of nothing. No one knows who or what this creature exactly is...but we do know it *has* great power.



Before there was a universe, before there was time or anything of the sort...there was just the creature. The creature got lonesome and decided to create worlds for it to play with, and so he did...many of his worlds became lost or the species that lived among it died. After many attempts he finally realized what he was missing...life's essentials...he completely forgot about them. After all he didn't need them, why should others? So, with new knowledge he created Fire, Water, Earth and Air. They each had a different personality, and they each had their different views...not like the creator's past creations.

The creator was tired, and so asked them to create a world and life, the elements were honored and gladly obeyed and created the planet Earth. Now it was time for life, the elements wondered what they could make. Fire chose dragons, Water chose nymphs, Earth chose elves, and Air didn't create any life...it chose to create something that would *give* life. So it made a deal with Earth and Water, Air would be able to hold clouds. That way Water will be able to spread through the sky, and Earth would be able to drink when the clouds got heavy. The creator was impressed with the element's intelligence, and was slowly getting jealous.



After seeing the elements and their creations in action, the creator realized that he gave them to much power, and so created Mew. Mew was born with all of the elements inside of her and also with the power to give and create life; she questioned her existence to the creator. The creator explained.



"You are to keep the elements in check, I'm giving you control..." Mew nodded and went to stop the elements before they destroyed the Earth with their creations.



Mew slowly explained what the creator wanted of the elements to the elements. The elements were confused; they were only doing what they were told. Suddenly Mew saw creatures similar to the elves except that they were taller. Mew questioned the elements on what these new creatures were, the elements told her. Humans.



"Humans?" Mew questioned.



"Yes, we each created our own race of these humans, each connected with our own element. Water has her race, Earth has hers, Air has his, and I have mine." Fire proudly explained.



"We gifted them with intelligence." Air whispered, worried that they had used their power unwisely in doing so.



Mew panicked, knowing this would anger her master. She quickly created Pokémon, each one a different type for the different type of humans. She had wished that the Pokémon would destroy them, before the humans could do any damage, who knew what power they possesed...but to her surprise the Pokémon chose to become *friends* with the humans.



Far off, the creator saw this...and decided to create its own race of humans. The humans had something that was very interesting, and this made the creator even more jealous of the elements. It wanted to prove that *it* was the creator not the elements, and so our human race was created. 'Now' thought the creator 'What to do with the elements' creations?' Mew suggested leaving them, after all they couldn't cause any harm, the Pokémon seem to like them. The creator thought about this and agreed, but it wouldn't leave the element's human race...they wouldn't respect the creator, only the elements. That would be a problem.



So, the creator told the elements what it wished to do with the races of human that they created. They were crest-fallen, the elements had to kill their own children! The elements hesitantly agreed, all except Fire. He was angry with the creator, how could he just kill his children!? After he worked so hard to make them happy...Fire then decided to go against the creator's wishes and gathered a pair of humans from each race of the elements, and hid them away from the other elements' wrath. The creator, however saw this and punished Fire, by keeping him away from humans...until they could find him on their own. The creator allowed the pairs of humans to live, but they could only reproduce within themselves and the other elemental creations.



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"Nice story, confusing, but nice." James said. " But what does that have to do with my problem?"



" Oookay, to sum it up, the nymph is after you, because her time is near. She has angered Water and is suffering for it, so she wants you to make an heir. She wants your genes...our genes."



"Why?"



"Simple, we're descendents of Water's ancient race. Your mother was as well."



"I'm still confused...this is making any sense..."



"It will soon enough...it will soon enough..."



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