wow, that didn't take as long as i thought. all the sooner for you to reveiw. : ) hope u have fun reading it!
A Warning
That night Crystal dreamed. Many small flowers were lined in rows along dirt path Crystal walked on. The flowers swayed in the breeze. Something tells me I've been here before. She looked at the large oak in the center of the grassy clearing. The tall tree refreshed her memory. It's the forest.
She quivered. The air was colder than she remembered it. Her breath could be seen in a warm cloud of air. A gust of wind whipped across her face. Crystal put her face in her paws, trying to shield herself from the blistering air current.
Everything went dead silent when the wind stopped. Crystal looked up and she found her self in a dark hallow. The beautiful forest was gone. Only never ending blackness surrounded her. Crystal noticed something. There in the darkness, something glimmered. A small violet light slowly edged closer to her.
She squinted. A comforting feeling flooded over her. Crystal stopped squinting, the figure walked up to her. The purple Pokemon had a small red gem on its forehead.
It's an Espeon. She knew from experience, and past memories.
"It's so good to see you again Crystal," the Espeon smiled sweetly.
Crystal's eyes widened. As shocking as it was, she managed to choke out a few words.
"M-mother? Is it really you? I see you here but you were…"
It pained her to think or talk about it. Her mother was killed long time ago. If she was, then how could she be talking to her right now?
"I have missed you so much since I departed," her voice as sweet as flowers on a spring morning.
"So...you're a ghost?" she replied. "You're not real?"
Crystal stopped, ashamed of what she let slip from her mouth.
But she only saw happiness in her mother's eyes. "True I am no longer among the living."
"But you're right here. How…" She stared questioningly.
"Because I am a psychic type I can contact you," she replied with a smile. "But only in your dreams."
Crystal glanced around. "What about the others?"
Her eyes became misty. Dawn's joy faded into utter grief. "I can only make contact with those among the living…"
A small tear fell from her cheek and disappeared in the darkness. Crystal wished she could see the rest of her family again.
"I'm sorry mother."
"No need to apologize, Crystal," she assured her. "It's not your fault."
She sobbed. "But it is my fault! I was the one who got lost! I was the one didn't find my way home! And I was the one who wasn't there when you needed me the most…"
Crystal found herself on the ground (A/N figuratively speaking). Her mother stroked her black fur.
"You were destined to guard the forest Crystal," she whispered softly.
"If my fate is gonna lead to this then I'd rather die!" she wailed.
Crystal heaved herself up. She was slightly taller that Dawn.
"How come I don't get to choose my own fate?"
The Espeon looked up to her. "I just don't know. But Crystal…" she paused. "That's not why I came to visit you."
The colorful Pokemon felt an uneasy feeling in her stomach.
The blackness around her turned to the same forest she'd always known in her dreams. The tree was in the center of the lake; like it always had been. And the forest looked the same as it had always been. Her mother walked on the path and into the hollow tree.
"This way." Dawn urged her to follow.
Crystal found herself in the tree. The same sparkling gems engraved in the sides of wooden hallow.
The voice that she hadn't heard in a long time returned.
Thank you for bringing her Dawn.
"Since when do you know the forest mother?" she stared, shifting her glance around.
Her mother's voice sounded hurried and quick, "I'm sorry Crystal I haven't time to explain. Forest, please tell her what she needs to know."
Huh? Mother never sounds like this… she thought.
Indeed. Crystal, do you recall the storm that hit not to long ago in my forest? it asked.
"Um…yes?" she answered with a puzzled look on her face.
That storm was a mere rain cloud to what is going to happen next.
Crystal perked up. "What?"
There is a more devastating storm coming…
She could tell that the forest wasn't joking and it had her trembling.
It could wipe out the entire forest.
Crystal jerked herself awake. The fire was still warm and burning high. She felt her heart beating rapidly. "There can't be another storm," she whimpered. "There just can't."
She leapt off the log that she was surprisingly sleeping on. She dragged herself over to Shiloh. Crystal shook the Charizard. His eyes quickly opened. Obviously he hadn't been asleep.
"What is it?" he asked quietly, not wanting to wake Misty.
Then something hit her. If there was a horrible storm coming and Shiloh was a fire type then that would mean…
Crystal gasped. Oh no.