The door swung open hard, with an adult mother figure throwing insults at the boy like daggers. "FUCKING FREAK! DON'T EVER COME BACK!" The woman screamed as she slammed the door shut. Tears streamed down his face in the rain as he had no time to pack anything, simply running for his life. Limping into the woods, he takes cover underneath a tree using his rain-soaked hands to wipe the blood from his face as it streamed down from his nose and mouth. His swollen eye wasn't helping any. Shaking, shivering and scared all he could do was hope to survive the night.
His sniffling attracted a small, purple slug-like pokemon, a goomy. A little drop of purple is what it looked like to him as it crawled onto his shoulders. The boy still shivered and cried, hesitating to touch it. The goomy let out a bubbly squeak sort of sound. It settled down into his lap and sat there comfortably as he hugged it close. He soon began drifting off to sleep, hugging the small pokemon. What felt like the best sleep he's ever had felt relieving. He felt something pick him up into his arms but paralyzed by fear, he could only lay limp and fall back asleep as he hoped for death to come swiftly.
What feels like an eternity of sleep he finally wakes up on a pile of warm leaves, a small makeshift nest of sorts. Quickly getting a glimpse of his surroundings, he was unfamiliar with his surroundings. The damp cave dripped loudly in the silence before he noticed a Goodra in the corner. Shaking again he knew he would stand no chance. The Goodra walked towards him, gently pushing the boy's black hair out of his face, slicking it back. It spoke and just like the others he could understand it. {Are you okay? You have bruises all over your body… you seemed to be in danger and without a home at such a young age… Here, eat this.} The dragon type pulled out a sitrus berry and began to feed the boy. Unable to speak as he was mute, he only accepted the berry and hastily ate it. {Young one, do you have a name?} The Goodra asked, watching the small child before her lower his head to look at the dirt.
{Well then, i will name you… Kyle. That's a decent human name, I think. Do you like it?} The boy gave a small smile and agreed with a thumbs up. {You haven't spoken yet… Can you talk?} She asked, afraid of the worst. Kyle shook his head no. {A mute, that's unfortunate. Do you have a home to go back to?} She asked him, sitting down in front of him. Kyle quickly said no, disagreeing with the fact she may return him home. {Well, you're awfully talkative for a mute. My name is Sapphyr but you are calling me mom now.} Kyle hugged and accepted his new mother figure, seemingly without hesitation. The goomy squeaked lightly as it slithered towards him and up onto his shoulder again.
~~TRANSITION: 12 Years later, Kyle is 18~~
Kyle pulled his long hair back, adjusting his animal skin clothing, walking towards the entrance of the cave. Sapphyr stamped her foot lightly. {Kyle, you know you're not allowed out in the rain! Get back here boy… besides, your brother should be back any moment with dinner.} She scolded him. Not even minutes later, he slithered into the cave with a big deer, carrying it in his hands. Kyle drooled as he watched him pass the deer to Sapphyr. {Here mom, i decided to go a bit fancy today since today we're headed on our journey just like we talked about! I'm so excited, aren't you Kyle?} Before Kyle could respond Sapphyr spoke up. {Now now, boys… you know what we went over? Kyle, stay safe and unify as one to become good battlers… Milan, take good care of your brother. He's strong but he'll never be able to defend himself against someone like you, he's only human… use your strength well and wisely. Now, I'm going to cook and prepare this for dinner, you boys be good.} Sapphyr drags the deer around the corner and begins cutting and gutting the deer, effectively cutting it up into bits and using a low flamethrower to cook it for Kyle.
A little while goes by with small talk between the two kids. {Kyle, this is really happening. We're going on a journey to see the world and all it may hold for us… are you scared too?} Kyle shook his head in agreement, as he tapped his thumb to his chest and showed the number two with his fingers. Milan exhaled hard before a piece of meat was brought to the boys. Kyle thanked Sapphyr with a smile before digging into the meat. Milan melted the meat with his slime as he had no teeth and slurped it up. Sapphyr spoke up again, telling the boys where to go. {Kyle, Milan, listen to me… you're gonna head straight out from here until you see the road and your gonna hit west until you see town. Kyle, you're going to need to do a bit of human jobs so you can get money to afford a hotel to take a shower with human soap and not that soap you conjured up from fat, wood ash and water. It may work but you wanna use what they have to offer you.} Kyle leaned his head back as if to groan at her. {Don't you back-sass me boy, i'm trying to help you.} Sapphyr said as she lightly smacked his arm with her antennas leaving a light red mark.
Kyle rubbed the red mark, not mouthing back again. {Now… Milan, make sure your brother follows human rules and doesn't go off doing something dumb. He's very strong in terms of other humans. Not every male is roughly six feet tall and two hundred pounds.} Sapphyr said to Milan, making sure he could keep track of Kyle. Milan smiled at sapphyr before responding. {I will mom, i'll make sure he doesn't go too far out of line.} Sapphyr smiled as she saw Kyle in the background devouring his last meal before venturing off into civilization. Kyle stood up and patted off his deer-hide pants, knocking the dirt off them. He grabbed his bow, quiver and arrows alongside his stone knife and slid it in the sheath. He nodded to Sapphyr before exhaling and giving her a hug. Sapphyr shed a few tears as she watched her children leave on their own. She pushed Kyle off lightly and hugged Milan as well.
After a moment she pushed Milan away lightly and patted them, dusting them off with small pats.{Okay… you boys better get going. Grab the world by the throat and take what's yours! Your fate is yours to decide and nobody else's! Now go, get going, I don't wanna hold you boys back any longer…} she pushed them both to the entrance and shooed them away. Milan and Kyle looked back to wave before heading off. Sapphyr wiped a tear away quickly, hiding her bittersweet emotions. The duo quickly Disappeared into the trees, well on their way to see what had awaited them on their journey.
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Hey guys! This is my first actual story so pointers, criticism and whatnot will be highly appreciated. my grammar isn't the best but it'll do until a later date. i'll see ya'll next chapter, bye!