Sorry this has taken so long to update, but was busy working on S-Rank Soleil and Emily's story.
And getting ready for my trip to Florida.
This chapter Mary and Michael will finally meet each other. So, time for a giant time skip to when Mary is all grown up.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
(Adolph's POV)
16 years later….
"Come on Papa other people my age go on journeys! Why can't I go on one?" Mary complains to me. We were back home in our den, Eyolf and Sheela were watching Mary and I argue. I love my Mary and would do almost anything to make her happy but what she was asking for…. I cannot agree with this request. It was much too dangerous.
"Mary if I have told you once, I have told you a thousand time. You are not like other people your age." Told her and Mary just pouted. Sixteen years, Mary has been with us for sixteen years. They have been the best sixteen years of my life mind you. Mary was beautiful in human standards. She was over five feet tall with a golden tan, long wavy black hair that was as dark as the night sky.
"Your father is right Mary." Eyolf told our human daughter. "Letting you go to that human school was one thing, but a trainer's journey? Mary going on a journey would require you to be around more humans than you are used to."
"But I can learn to handle that Mama, I swear I could." Mary insisted. The last time she begged us like this was when she wanted to go to that human school. Eyolf and I knew we could not deny her contact with humans forever. She had the right to learn from her own kind like she had learned from us. But we could not stand to see her get harmed by humans again.
"Mary you do remember what humans did to you, don't you?" I then ask her.
"Yes Papa I know I was abandoned by humans." Mary states. "But I still want to go on a journey."
I was about to argue more with her and talk her out of this idea when my brother Reginald came running into our den.
"Brother! The Vigoroth are trying to invade our territory again!" Reginald told me and looking at him now, he was most likely there. There was blood matted in his fur and he was limping slightly.
"Mary tend to your uncle at once!" I ordered her and she rushed over to my brother. Mary put her hands on my brother's wounds and they began to glow. We had discovered Mary was able to heal pokemon just by simply touching them when she was five years old, after Sheela had twisted her paw while playing tag. When she does this though she's also able to see the memories of that pokemon.
"You see?!" Mary exclaimed in anger. "This is why I want to become a trainer! So, I can protect my family! That new leader is a complete jerk!"
By new leader she meant Victor. Victor had recently become the leader of the Vigoroth in our woods when their old leader Vincent had evolved into a Slaking. Ever since the change in leadership, the Vigoroth have been invading our territory more frequently. They were not just invading though they were also harming members of my pack. I believe it is mostly due to not agreeing to Victor's marriage request to my eldest daughter. But there was no way I would force Mary into marrying that brute.
"Sister that's enough." Sheela, our youngest then told her sister. In truth Mary and Sheela were only a week apart in age. "Papa has enough stress."
"Papa please let me go on a journey so I can become strong enough to beat that jerk." Mary then pleads with me ignoring her sister's advice. I sigh and look at Reginald, she had a point. Diplomacy does not seem to work with Victor. I had to go deal with him and only way I could do that was to compromise with Mary.
"Okay Mary I'll make a deal with you." I tell her with a sigh and Eyolf looks at me curiously. More than likely wondering what I am up to. "I will allow you to go on a journey, if and only IF you can find a trainer willing to take you with them on their journey."
"What?!" Eyolf, Mary, Sheela and Reginald all exclaim in surprise. Though Mary was more excited. She then leapt up and hugged me.
"Oh, thank you Papa!" Mary said while hugging me. "You'll see I'll find a trainer to help me out in no time and then I will be one step closer to helping the pack."
"I'm sure you will sweetie." I tell her as I slip out of her hug. "Now please continue treating your uncle. I shall be back soon after I deal with those Vigoroth."
As I leave the den and I hear my wife trotting after me.
"Adolph you can't be serious." Eyolf then calls after me in worry. "We can't let Mary be with another human!"
"Relax darling, no one is taking our baby anywhere." I tell her calmly.
"But you just said…"
"I said what Mary wanted to hear." I explain while interrupting my wife. "We shall scare away any trainer that Mary encounters. Once she realizes that the humans will not accept her, she'll forget about this journey and becoming a trainer nonsense."
"That's clever but what about the Vigoroth? Mary has a point we are not strong enough to defeat those brutes." Eyolf says in concern.
"We'll find a way dear." I tell her before kissing her snout. "A way that does not involve endangering our children."
With that I gather up other members of the pack to chase off the intruders. I do hope there is a way to help my pack without my beloved child endangering herself.
(Michael's POV)
One month later…
Finally, I made it to Petalburg Woods. Though helping that Wally kid catch a pokemon had slowed me down. I am still salty that he managed to run into and catch a shiny Ralts. How much dumb luck can one person have? Then again I shouldn't complain too much, the kid wasn't exactly healthy. He deserved a companion. I hope that Ralts will be as good a companion to him as Dorothy is one to me.
After I had dealt with that, the locals told me to be careful in the woods. Rumors of a Mightyena child were all over that city. Though there is no way this rumor or legend, myth whatever it was were true. The rumors had started sixteen years ago according to everyone I had spoken to. One person had apparently heard what sounded like a baby crying not too far away from a Mightyena den. Another person had caught a glimpse of a wild child living in the woods.
I honestly think the first instance was probably just an abandoned baby. I was born in Hoenn and if I remember correctly these woods were a popular place to find abandoned babies. As cruel as that is. The second instance was probably just some kid playing. So, case in point I don't believe the rumors.
These so-called rumors though have gotten worse now though. For the past month trainers, have entered these woods and then vow never to return. The locals blame the Mightyena child for this. Logical answer? They were more than likely scared away by territorial Mightyena or the Vigoroth herd that I heard lived in these woods as well.
I find it strange that the rumors of this Mightyena Child started around the same time I had moved to Johto. I was only five when it happened, one night my mother comes home from surgery and next thing I know we're getting ready to move. Instead of mother though I should call her the woman whom gave birth to me. I don't consider those two my parents. The only one I truly consider family is Dorothy. Somedays I wish I had a sibling, but then I think about how my parents treated me and how I wouldn't wish what I went through on another kid.
Dorothy is my sister, always has been and she always will be. Even if I couldn't understand pokespeak. I met Dorothy before I ran away from home. I should probably mention that Dorothy is a Misdreavus. She was hurt when I found her just outside my house in Ecruteak City. Now I should explain that my parents abused me and I had never asked for anything before. So, when I had asked to keep Dorothy and they refused… I had, had enough. I snuck out that night and found Dorothy again and never looked back. It's now been ten whole years since I last saw my parents.
I have now returned to my home region so I could compete in Contests. I am what is known as a Coordinator. I chose this path after one day watching a man named Wallace compete in a contest on television. Everything about his performance was astounding, and his Milotic was the most beautiful pokemon I had ever seen. I am now a fan of his niece Lisia, she and her uncle are Contest superstars. My dream is to be like them someday.
Though for now I had to focus on getting through this forest before nightfall. I may not believe these Mightyena child rumors but I was wary of territorial Mightyena and aggressive Vigoroth.
"Okay Dorothy let's get through these woods as fast as we can." I tell Dorothy whom was floating by my shoulder.
"Misdreavus!" Dorothy nodded and I took it as a yes let us go bro. I may not be able to understand pokespeak but I could interpret what Dorothy was trying to tell me. We have been together for ten years after all. How I wish that I could understand Pokespeak instead of being legally blind though. Perhaps my parents wouldn't have beat me up then. Not likely but I could always wonder.
As we trek farther into the woods, I almost feel as if someone is watching me. I look around but I see nothing. Dorothy also looks around in concern. Either we're both paranoid or something is watching us.
"I'm sure it's just the wind Doroth let's not worry about it." I tell Dorothy just as we hear a rustle in the bushes. I visibly gulp and take a hesitant step back just as a Mightyena jumps out of the bushes growling. From what I could tell the Mightyena was a female. I was relieved by this; she must have been the one watching us. We must have accidently entered her territory, that or she had pups nearby and just wanted to scare us away.
"Uh sorry if we invaded your turf Mightyena we were just passing through honest" I tell the wolf like pokemon calmly. I did not feel like being mauled hopefully she would understand and leave us alone. It wouldn't feel right to hurt her when she was just doing what came natural to her, defend her home or her family. "We'll be out of your fur soon please let us through."
Suddenly I hear another rustling noise but this time it was from the tree tops. What now? Was there also a Vigoroth here? Don't tell me Dorothy and I are about to be trapped in a turf war. I then hear a loud snap from above followed by a… was that a female shriek?
"Oww… Okay that hurt." Said a definitely human and very much female voice from behind me. I slowly turn around knowing Dorothy has my back in case that Mightyena decides to attack.
What I see slightly shocks me. On the ground under the tree was sixteen-year-old girl is hiking clothes and boots. Her skin was a golden tan colour, she had long ebony black hair and as she opened her eyes I could see they were a rich chocolate brown. She looked familiar somehow almost if I had seen her before somewhere. But that wasn't possible, right?
"Uh hey you okay?" I ask her as I offer her my hand. She then looked up at me somewhat shocked and rejected my offer as she got up and dusted herself off.
"I-I'm fine" She told me. Okay she was more than shocked, she feared something. Also, what had she been doing up in that tree? Before I could ponder it further the Mightyena from before went in front of the girl and growled at me again. Was this her Mightyena?
"Mis, Mis, Dreavus!" Dorothy then goes in front of me talking to the dog. The Mightyena barks something back at her still growling. Oh, how I wish I knew what they were saying.
"Sheela! Stop! That's enough. We have no reason to fight." The girl then says to her Mightyena. Funny almost sounded like she understood what they were saying.
"Also Banshee don't ever threaten Sheela again." My jaw just dropped, as did Dorothy's. She…she… does she understand pokespeak?!
"Excuse me but um… did you understand what they were arguing about?" I then ask the hiker girl.
"Well, um yes, I can." She says. So, not fair.
"What?! How did you learn how?!" I ask her, if this could be learned then perhaps I could communicate with Dorothy even better. Now that would be a dream come true.
"I didn't really learn how to do it." The girl then says. "I think I was born with the ability."
Of course, this girl was born with the ability to understand pokespeak while I was born blind. The universe was truly unfair to me.
"Whoa what happened to your eyes?!" The girl then exclaims. Crap my contacts must have changed colour again. Being that I am legally blind, child and family services forced my parents into getting me contacts. Since this was likely the only gift I would get from them, I made them get me colour changing ones. They change colour depending on my mood like a mood ring.
"What do you mean?" I ask her. I don't want her to know I'm wearing contacts so I act like I don't know what she is talking about.
"They just turned green!" The girl exclaims and her Mightyena barks in confirmation. Green meant Envy yeah that sounds about right. I was envious this girl could understand pokespeak and I couldn't.
"No they didn't must be the light." I tell her. I should change the subject. "But where are my manners. I don't even know your name. I'm Michael, and this is Dorothy"
"Oh, um Mary." She tells me and I notice she shifts uncomfortably. Was something wrong? "And this is Sheela."
"Well, it's nice to meet you Mary." I tell her. "So um may I ask why you were in that tree and spying on me?"
"I-I wasn't spying" Mary stammered. "W-well um maybe a little. But I didn't mean to spy. I was just making sure you would get out safely. There have been attacks lately after all."
"You mean with the Mightyena?" I ask her with a raised eyebrow. Now why would a hiker be in the trees just to make sure one trainer would make it out of the woods okay? Something doesn't add up.
"Not just them…the Vigoroth have been more wild lately as well" Mary adds. "Please let me guide you out."
Sheela barks something at Mary and then Dorothy joins in. I'm not sure what's going on now, and hopefully Mary can fill me in.
"Mary?" I look up at her. "Translation?"
"Um later right now we should go." Mary tells me before grabbing my wrist. "If you want to make out of here before nightfall then we should leave now."
"Um okay" I say before she starts dragging me down a path. Sheela barks after us before following. Dorothy catches up with us as well.
I'm not sure what Mary's big hurry was or what her story is but I feel like I can trust her. She just does not seem like the type to try and hurt anyone on purpose. As Mary guides the way she keeps looking in the treetops and checking the bushes. She must be worried that we'll be attacked but she was acting paranoid. Or maybe she wasn't cause not long after a Mightyena jumped right into our path. Growling and barking at us. Though I could swear they were mostly directed at me.
Mary then jumps in front of me and protectively puts her arms out.
"No! Please leave him alone!" She pleads with the wild wolf. "Please Papa I was just leading him out. Honest."
"Papa?!" I exclaim. Did I just hear this girl, right? Did she just call that wolf Papa?!
(Mary's POV)
"Papa?!" I hear Michael shout behind me followed by the banshee muttering. Sheela had mentioned Papa earlier when I offered to guide Michael out, so the ghost of course asked what she meant. Which is why I did not want to translate to Michael just yet. Now I had no choice. Papa knows the Vigoroth herd are more wild lately because of it being mating season. Can't he let me make sure this poor guy gets out safely? And if he offers to let me travel with him, well it's a win-win.
"Mary did you just call him Papa?!" Michael shouts at me again. I then hear more growling behind us. Great now the whole pack is here.
"Can we discuss this later?" I ask him and turn my attention back to Papa. "Papa I am begging you to stop this. He needs to be led out of this forest. Victor's herd is too dangerous."
"I am not letting you go with this trainer Mary!" Papa barks at me and Mama soon joins him up front. "Sheela how could you let it get this far!"
"Papa, Mary is right. I see that now." Sheela tells him guarding Michael from behind. "Victor needs to be put in his place. The only way to do that is with the help of a trainer."
"You two don't understand the human world" Mama then argues.
"Then let this human take me with him on a journey!" I shout at the two of them in frustration. I know my parents were just trying to protect me from the humans that are like my birth parents, but I am not a baby anymore. The Vigoroth herd was out of control and if I was going to help my pack I had to get stronger and becoming a trainer was the only way to make that happen.
"Hold up!" Michael then shouts and forces me to face him and Dorothy. "What the heck is going on!"
"Yeah you have serious explaining to do!" Dorothy then glares at me. I know I had to tell them what was going on, but couldn't they wait until I was done negotiating?
"Get your hands off my daughter!" Papa then attempts to pounce and bite Michael.
"Papa no!" I shout just as Dorothy goes in front of the both of us.
"LEAVE MICHAEL ALONEEEEEE!" Dorothy then lets out a high pitched, loud screech. The screech caused Papa and Mama to scrunch on the ground covering their ears. Me and Michael do the same, as does Sheela.
"Dorothy stop!" Michael then shouts. The screeching then stops, thankfully.
"Papa, Mama please give him a chance." I plead with them again. Both growl and glare at Dorothy.
"Fine one chance he gets one chance to prove that he will be able to protect you." Papa then says. "He will stay here for the night. You will stay with him."
"But the Vigoroth!" I protest.
"If he is worthy of taking you on a journey then he should have no problem fending them off." Mama says "This will be his test."
"Then after all this if he agrees to you travelling with him… We will let you go on a journey." Papa tells me and Michael looks very confused.
"Mary? What are they saying?" He then asks me.
"We don't agree to this!" Dorothy says to me. "You tell them to let us leave right now!"
"They want to test you by spending the night here" I tell Michael, ignoring the banshee. I then explain the rest of the situation. "If you succeed they'll respect you and approve of you. If you fail…"
"What?! And I should agree to this why?!" Michael basically shouts at me.
"You have no reason to" I tell him. "But please you're my only hope out of here."
"What do you mean?" Michael asks me sounding slightly irritated.
"I can't go on a journey without a human companion to help me out." I tell Michael. "Mama and Papa will only agree to this if you pass the test. So, will you, do it?"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Cliff hanger for the first official chapter? Man, I am evil. Also, sorry if the dialogue is all over the place especially for Michael. A little tougher to write for someone whom cannot understand Pokespeak.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter. I won't be posting anymore for a while because of my trip. So see you all when I get back.