Hello again everyone. Recent events, both in my life and nationally, have necessitated that I spend more time than usual on distracting myself. This means you guys get this chapter earlier than expected. Also, my ideas for this story also have been flowing better than before, so maybe expect closer to a chapter a week.
Myself: So one has. As far as her nature, we'll see…
Shieldliger001: We'll be seeing more from Ramiro in the near future. I don't believe I've read Minor Miscalculation, I'll give it a look. I'm glad you like her character. Thanks for catching that run-on, I wasn't fully awake when I wrote that section I think. "In all that happened" is actually correct, just not a common phrase.
Rocker on: I think you may have forgot that the Mew said he can't go back, but he doesn't know that yet. It's dramatic irony. His mom might not be as surprised as you would think, if that were to happen. I won't say any more than that.
On with the story!
I followed her through the woods, the sun's descent staining the sky orange. We had been walking for almost an hour before she broke our silence."What did he mean, that I am more human than him, I can't make sense of it. I was born a pokemon, how could I be more human?" She glanced back at me, and I could tell that she was not sad, but contemplative.
"I don't get it either." I admitted.
"Anyways, I like myself the way I am, why would I want to change? I want to meet humans, not be one." She said. "Why do you want to go back, anyways?"
I was starting to get irritated. "I had a life before this, you know? My mom's out there, waiting for me to come back home to her, and I can't do that like this."
Alejandra stopped in her tracks, turning around to face me. "I- I'm sorry, I didn't realize. Don't worry, we'll get you turned back into a human in no time, you'll see." She turned back, walking with redoubled pace.
I wasn't sure what I thought of her, on one hand she seemed to be rather concerned for me for having only met me an hour ago, but she also seemed careless in some ways. Either way, I was counting on her to show me the way to my only lead.
"How far away is this place?" I asked.
She kept her gaze forward as she spoke, not deviating from the path. "Almost two days walk, we'll be traveling for a while. "
I sighed, softly. No rest for the weary, I guess. I had spent so much of the past week constantly on the move, and that didn't seem like it would be changing any time soon. In all honesty that might be a good thing. Ramiro had said that if I stopped looking I would lose what made me human, and as I could not afford for that outcome to come to pass.
We walked on, until almost two hours had past since the sun set. "Can we stop for the night?" I asked. "I'm part plant, I can't keep my energy up with the sun down."
"Alright." She said, turning back towards me. I sat down near the base of a nearby tree, Alejandra taking a spot a few feet away. "Can you tell me about what humans are like?"
I thought for a minute. "That's… a difficult question to answer. We aren't that much different than pokemon, really, but we're more complicated in some ways. The biggest difference I can think of is societal structure."
"Is it better?" Alejandra asked. "Human society?"
"I don't know. There's far more structure, but the structure is often exploited for personal gain. We humans can be terrible, commit greater acts of cruelty than any pokemon. It's all too easy to forget that we're all animals, in the end."
"You're making humans sound awful, but I'm not dumb enough to accept that at face value." She said.
"You're right," I admitted. " there's more to it. We are capable of great acts and works, from literature to architecture to countless others. It's almost absurd how much people differ."
"So then they're just like pokemon. We can be good or bad as well, it varies from individual to individual." Alejandra said.
"I don't know what to tell you, we are different from you, just…" I trailed off, searching for the best word. "I need to get some rest." I curled up, resting my head on the ground, and closed my eyes. Sleep came to me quickly.
I arose with the sun, finding Alejandra already awake. "Are you ready to get going?" She asked. "If we hurry we might be able to get there tonight."
I yawned. "Just a minute. Not all the way awake yet."
"Come on, don't you want to get back to normal as soon as possible?" She said.
I frowned. "Of course I do, but-"
"Then let's go!" She set off, not waiting for a response. I had to run to catch up, still sluggish and tired. She looked back at me as she walked, glancing forward occasionally so as to not run into trees. "I still don't really understand the appeal of being human, but I'll help you, not because my dad told me to, but because I want to. We'll get you back to your mom in no time."
"Thanks." I said. "I really appreciate the help." She turned her gaze back forward, almost too quickly.
We trudged in in silence for a while, the ground becoming more and more rocky, and the land began to curve uphill. "If your mom was a non-issue, would you choose to be human or pokemon?" She asked.
"Human." I said, almost too quickly. In truth I didn't know, but that frightened me. I felt as if I voiced that I would be somehow failing my mom and myself.
"Hmm." Was her only reply.
In the sky above the forest, battle raged between beings of immense power. "You must allow me to help them!" The being said aloud, the words preceding a psychic blast.
"Like you 'helped' the last one? I won't let you kill another!" The other replied, twin tails swishing as it blocked the psychic attack. "They are under my protection, Mew!"
"You should never have left Sinnoh, lake spirit!" The entity, Mew yelled. How long since it had used its mouth instead of telepathy? Three hundred years, 108 days, 3 hours, 51 minutes, 2, 3, 4 seconds by its own count.
"It's too late. They crossed the barrier, you can't touch them." The other, Mesprit, said.
Mew hissed. "You interfered beyond your normal range, nothing else could have blocked my messages."
"You don't even care about their lives, do you? Only your own entertainment." Mesprit said, shimmering as it disappeared. "Now farewell, torturer of innocents. Why can't you leave them alone?"
"This is it." Alejandra said. The sun had set, the moon beginning its ascent to the heavens. We stood before the mouth of a cave, carved into the side of a hill. It was eerily similar to the one I had sought shelter from the rain in, smooth walls, not natural in the slightest.
"Should we enter?" I asked.
"I'm not sure." She responded, staring down into the darkness.
"There is no need." The voice echoed through my head, not dissimilar from when the Alakazam had spoken to my mind. There was a shimmer in the air around us, and a pokemon appeared. The being had a grey-blue body and a pink structure reminiscent of hair atop its head. Twin tails swished through the air, the being floating in place. "I am Mesprit, bringer of emotion, and I have heard your plea. Come, children, let us talk."