Hello there! Flare here!
I know it's been a while since I've done anything, but I have a good reason.
If you've been following my story: "Fire Free Run" and saw it's gone... That's not a coincidence, nor an error.
I erased it. It was a conscious decision.
If you're wondering why I deleted it without any warning, all you need to do is that I had a "personal conflict" with the creator of that AU.
It was wrong for me to erase it without a warning, but I did it for one thing.
The story was canceled and was not gonna be worked on again, this is again for the same reason of "Personal conflict".
It killed my mood and I didn't want to write for a good while, it was until now some new friends told me to write to pass the time where I thought "Oh yeah! I used to do that!" And decided to come up with this one-shot!
I'll accept any reviews and critiques, and I hope you enjoy this little story I cooked up in a day. Happy reading! :)
The cold breeze washes over a Delcatty, she looks around nervously as she keeps her eyes in every direction her eyes could see.
She ran away from her house, a penthouse, she just couldn't live in there anymore.
"So hungry…" She muttered as she let out a tired sigh, "I haven't eaten in all afternoon…" She frowned as she looked for something to eat.
She finds a trash can that seemed to have some food in it, swallowing her pride, the Delcatty walks over the trash and sniffs around.
She looks and reels back at the bad smell, but keeps looking and smelling something that should at least be edible…
Finding a bit of pizza, it looked clean and fresh enough, but before she could take a bite out of it, a high-pitched voice rang from above.
"You're not seriously thinking of eating that, are you?" A Rattata standing above an air duct asked as she looked down on the Delcatty with a smug smile and half-closed eyes.
The Delcatty looks up in confusion, "Well… Yeah? Why?" She wonders as she takes a few steps back, an action that made the Rattata giggle.
The Rattata swiftly gets down to the floor, climbing down some tubes and junk around the tall wall of the building.
"Look, I know you may be desperate, but you can't eat something just because it looks edible!" The Rattata stated with a confident smile.
"Huh? Why not?" The Delcatty stated in confusion. "What's your name sugar?" The Rattata stated with a smile.
The Delcatty frowns with suspicion, "Er… Belle…" She started nervously as she rubs her paws together as she looked back and thought about leaving the place already.
"Well alright, Belle!" The Rattata exclaimed with a grin, "I'm Knit! And I can tell you used to be owned!" She stated with a smile as she walked to another trash can.
"Here!" She exclaimed as she pulled out a half-eaten sandwich and threw it at Belle, "There! Dig in!" Knit exclaimed with a smile as she jumped out of the trash can.
"T-This?" Belle wondered with a disgusted expression on her face, her mouth gritting her teeth as she backs away, "Why not the pizza?" She asked desperately.
"Simple! It was a trap! It was poisoned!" Knit stated with a laugh, "They've been trying to get me with that trick for years now, but I grew wiser than that!" She exclaimed with a little dance, "If you had eaten it, it would have given you a mean stomachache! You would probably have a much harder time trying to fix that! I don't think you would have woken up if you ate it" She warned Bell boldly as she walked away, "Trust your nose, it will save you a future stomachache!" She exclaimed with a smile as she climbed another wall quickly before vanishing…
Gone into the night…
Belle turns to look at the sandwich on the ground, and with a sigh, she steels her nerves and digs in.
It wasn't the best meal she had, but she didn't have any alternatives. Looking at the pizza she was stopped from eating…
She bends her neck down and sniffs it, then immediately jumps back in disgust!
"Augh! Ack!" Belle shrieks and coughs as her eyes water and almost pukes, struggling to relax her breathing as she shakes her head, "That… That was the foulest thing I've ever smelled!" She stated between gasps as she started to walk around from the trash can.
As she walks away, she looks back at the trash can, "Knits… She stopped me from eating that… Would I have suffered from eating that? I have gotten too desperate and careless…" She scolds herself as she kept walking.
Belle thinks about the food she used to eat… Or at least whenever she could eat some…
Bello looks at her empty plate, looks up at her mistress, busy talking on the phone as her aching belly demanded food.
"No, it's alright! I can make time… What? No trust me I'm sure it'll be fine!" Belle's mistress stated with a smile as she walked around the kitchen.
Bell meows loudly to her mistress, begging for some food… But her mistress paid no attention.
"Yes, I know the directions… Yes, I'll be there… ten minutes, right?" Belle's mistress stated with a smile as she nodded, "Ok, see you there" She stated as she hanged up and picked her back.
Belle meowed loudly as she put her front legs on top of her mistress' legs, "Huh? Ugh! Belle! I have a date in a few minutes I don't have time to play!" she exclaimed as she grabbed a piece of pizza and threw it at Belle's bowl, "There, that should keep you busy until I'm out" She muttered as she walked towards the door.
Belle was left alone in the house as her dinner was a singular piece of cold pizza…
Shaking her head, Belle clears her head and looks where she found herself.
Walking in the cold breeze, Belle felt tired, she found a bench and jumped on top of it, "Maybe a break will help me…" She stated as she laid down on the bench and yawn, wanting to sleep.
The giant building around her making the odd noise and the lights around the place were annoying her as she struggled to keep her eyes closed, she was so used to sleeping in complete darkness that the lights were proving to be very annoying.
"Ugh…" She complains as she rolls around and tries to get comfortable, with no success.
"Ahem" A rough voice sounded on top of Bell as she opened her eyes in confusion.
A Murkrow with a scar on his eye stares at Belle, making her get up quickly and backs up quickly, tripping on the lack of floor from the bench as she yelps in surprise.
"Ow… What gives?" Belled asked confused, as she shakes her head, angry and annoyed at being awakened from her attempt to sleep.
"You used to have an owner or something? You can't sleep so exposed to the elements!" He stated with a rough deep voice.
"Huh? And who are you?" Belle asked with a tilt of her head as she looks at him, struggling to keep her eyes on him from the light shining on top of him.
"Call me Morris" He stated with a bow "And you were on your way on getting a ticket to the poke-shelter" He stated with a frown.
"Poke… Shelter?" Belle wonder as she looked in surprise at him, not understanding what was that. Due to her upbringing, Belle never got to see it or let alone see it.
"Yes, judging with the way you look scared out of your wits and with suspicion in your eyes… You escaped, didn't you?" Morris asked Belle, he nods as he sees her reeling back in shock.
"I thought so, listen, if you end up in the Poke-Shelter, it's likely your previous owner will find you and bring you back" He explained as he pointed a wing at her neck, "Also, that collar of yours is a dead giveaway, if anyone finds you, they'll take you straight to your previous owner, so I'd recommend taking it off and dispose of it" He continued as he looked at her in the eyes.
Belle cringes back as she realizes he wasn't wrong; she HAS been wearing this well-kept collar for years now…
She doesn't want to go back… Her ear reel back at the memories…
"You damn cat! You made my date leave!" Her mistress exclaimed as she took her belt out and whipped Belle's thighs, making her yelp in pain and fear.
"You have any idea how hard it was to find a man that fits my criteria?!" Belle's mistress exclaimed in raged as she kept whipping her.
Belle never understood what happened… She just heard her mistress' date said "allergy to cats" and left running…
Shaking her head, she looks in front of her and jumps back, Morris was standing in front of her as he stared at her, Bell looks around nervously as she breathes harshly.
"Painful memories, eh?" Morris asked her with a grin, "No worries, I can take care of that collar, and give a few pointers of places to avoid the vets" He state with a smile, "And I'll even do it free of charge…" He offered as he extended a wing and energy transformed it into a sharp wing.
Belle sighed as she exposed her neck, her eyes closed nervously as she shakes in fear, not willing to trust the Murkrow as she breathed steadily…
*SWING*
Belle shakes for a moment as she opens one eye…
Looking at the Murkrow, he already stopped the steel wing as he looked between Belle's eye and the ground, more specifically, Belle's collar.
"Done" He stated flatly as he stretched his wings, much to Bell's confusion.
"Er… Why did you… Help me?" Belle asked as she tilted her head, making the Murkrow turn his back on Belle as he looks behind him, putting his eyes on Belle's.
"I know how it feels to be hit by the one you trusted…" He stated as he extends his wing, showing that behind his wing was a long clean-cut, one he couldn't have made to himself.
With a swift flap, Morri lifts himself off the ground and starts to fly away.
Belle looks at Morris as he vanishes away in the sky, before looking down at the collar, staring at the nameplate… "Belle Bakipop."
With a sigh she turns around and keeps walking, the bench wasn't a good napping place, the lights were too bright, and even if she could get some sleep she could get caught in the morning and get sent to the Poke-Shelter.
She let out a yawn as she kept walking, might as well find a better shelter.
A few minutes later, Bell is walking around some rundown streets as she focuses on finding a place to sleep for a while.
Her body tenses up when she hears growls behind her, looking back in a panic, she sees a pack of Poochyena baring their teeth at her.
She locks up, unable to move as she looks at the pack of angry Pokemon, staring at her hungrily as they drool, they looked about to jump at her, making her scared and trembling for her life…
She could feel it, the primal fear… The desire to flee to a safe place… Fleeing away from the bloodthirsty Bite Pokemon…
She sees a resemblance… Between them and her mistress …
*Whip* *Whip* *Crack*
Belle hide behind her box bed as she flinched from that last hit, she wasn't sure what her mistress was doing, but it was too much for her mind to endure.
"RAAAAAAGH! You stupid-!" Belle's mistress could be heard on the other side from the door.
Belle was afraid… She never heard her mistress so mad before…
Suddenly a brief loud explosion rings through the house… And like that… Silence…
The silence was making Belle even more scared… What happened?
Belle's mistress opens the door as she's breathing heavily, "Serves him right… He was perfect… How dare he?!" She exclaimed as she hit a wall with her fist as she relaxed and took a deep breath.
Belle peaks out of her hiding spot and sees her mistress covered in a red substance… She smelled like she got coated in metal and there was a burning smell coming from her hand.
"No matter… I can fix this… I just have to hide everything! Can't be that hard!" Belle's mistress stated with a calm expression as she left the living room.
Belle looked around in fear she didn't know what to do, "I… I have to get out of here!" She muttered to herself as she looked at a broken window…
That window… It broke when her mistress got angry at his date and threw a vase at him but miss…
The sight of the moon… It was a sign… It was now or never…
Belle blinks as she snaps out of it, seeing that the Poochyenas were approaching her, her eyes tear up as she began to breathe harder.
"No… Not like this…" She thought with despair as her legs ached from the long walk… Her belly sending a pained sensation as the sandwich wasn't enough to feed her… And she felt like no one will recognize her, since she gave up the collar that bonded her to her cruel mistress…
She was never going to wake up for dawn…
Belle closes her eyes in fear as she shakes in fear, knowing she couldn't fight back and they were too many to flee…
Flinching as she heard a bark and a jump, she prepared for the bite.
…
But it never came…
"YIP!" The assaulting Poochyena yelped as they landed on the floor in shock.
Confused and surprised, she opens her eyes to see what happened…
An Arcanine… Bigger than herself could ever be… They stood tall and valiantly as they breathed fire from their nostrils…
The Poochyenas, suddenly dealing with someone who could fight back, back off nervously as they prepared to flee, only to yelp in pain as they were shocked by something.
Looking back, the Poochyena looked that there was an electric web behind them…
They were trapped… Arcanine blocking only the exit and strong enough to take them all on head-on… And a trap behind them…
Their defeat was swift as the Arcanine spit their flame to the wild pack…
"Good! We got them in time!" A female young voice sounded from the side as the group of Poochyena was captured in a big Pokeball with a prison cell motif.
Looking at the source of the voice in shock, she sees it's a woman wearing a dress with a relaxed smile, alongside her was a policeman wearing a confident smile.
"Thank you for letting me borrow your pokemon!" The policeman thanked the nicely dressed woman, "It would have been awful if we had to chase them around town! Derek can't exactly chase a whole pack by himself!" He stated with a laugh.
"Oh it's alright, I'm ok with that, just be careful! Oh! Should we meet for coffee at our usual time?" The woman asked the man with a smile.
He smiles as chuckles, "You bet! Now I need to fill up the paper… Sigh…" He let out a groan as he started to stretch, "Anyway… Derem! We're going back!" He yelled at the area.
"Derek?" Belled asked confused.
"Sup" A childish voice sounded behind him.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHH! Ugh…" Belle screamed as the stress got the better of her and lost consciousness…
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"Ugh…" Belle groaned as she woke up, "Where am I?" She wondered as she looked around.
She was surrounded by flowers and the place smelled very nice, even nicer than the whole penthouse she used to live in, "How did I get here?" She wondered as she rose from her bed.
The door opens, revealing the nicely dressed woman who she met after almost getting assaulted by the Poochyena, "Oh! You're awake! That's great!" She stated with a smile, "Don't move now, I'm going to get some water" She muttered softly as she put some food near her bed, "Now you just eat slowly now, will you?" She stated as she crouched down for a pat.
Belle reels back in fear as she didn't feel confident about the woman taking care of her, "Oh… It's ok, I'm not going to hurt you, see?" She assured Belle as she put the back of her hand near her nose.
Belle couldn't help but sniff it, her body relaxes as she finds the smell pleasant…
"She smells like the Arcanine…" Belle thought in surprise as she rubbed her hand with her head, "Comfy…" She purred as she enjoyed the feeling.
The woman giggles as she returns the affection, "See? I'm not going to hurt you! Now take it easy, How does such a cute Delcatty like you lack an owner?" The woman asked herself as she pats Belle, making her feel playful as she playfully hits the woman's hand with her paws.
The woman giggled, "Doesn't matter… I'll take you in…" She declared with a smile as she got up and walked to the door, "I'm going to get you water now!" She exclaimed with a smile as she leaves the room.
And like that… Belle was alone…
She looks around the room and sees the open window…
The sun… It had risen…
Dawn has come… And she can now see it…
"I could easily get out and escape…" Belle thought as she tried to decide to get up, before recalling the hard time she had in that one night in the streets…
She almost ate poisoned food… Only to be stopped by a Rattata named Knits…
She would have been put on a cell in a Poke-Shelter and brought back to her previous Owner… Only to be set free by a Murkrow who has been abused and fled, whose name was Morris…
And she almost got assaulted by a wild pack of Poochyenas… Only to be saved by an Arcanine and a Galvantula, both belonging to a woman who took her in for refuge and showed her love…
Staring at the window, Belle looks around the room once more before getting up…
…
And ate the food…
Stretching as she let out a pleased yawn, she goes back to the bed… And for the first time in a while… Went to sleep and had a pleasant smile and dream…
"I like it here…" Belle thought before drifting to sleep…
She found a new home… One worth fighting for.
