Twy's P.O.V 1st person
My head swam as I began to wake up. Tiredly I yawned rolling on to my side, keeping my eyes closed so as to go back to sleep.
My arms felt strangely heavy and kind of numb, almost like when you take a bath and soak up too much water… Water!
Immediately I sat bolt upright gasping in surprise as my memories washed over me.
The last thing I remember I was flailing around in that freak current, now have no idea where I am.
Isn't this familiar, I think to myself remembering my trip to the hospital.
This time however I am in a small cave on the hard floor, instead of under a roof in a soft bed, somehow this seems better.
My shirt is nowhere to be seen and my bottom half is covered up in a blanket, I am relieved to find that unlike last time I am still wearing my pants.
Suddenly I realize that I'm being watched. Looking up I find a very large canine Pokémon staring intently at me, only a few feet away.
After a moment it gets up and begins make its way towards me.
Instantly I recognize it as both a female and an Ancient, only Ancients can give off this sort of pressure and only females have… certain other things.
"Who are you," I ask as she lowers her head to my level and looks me in the eyes.
She doesn't answer me and simply continues to stare at my intently.
"What do you...?" I began to ask, only to be cut off as she licks me across the face.
"Aren't you cute," she giggles as I begin to blush intensely.
"Mmm, I could just eat you up," she says, getting so close that her muzzle brushes against me.
"Suicune leave him alone," says a voice to my right.
I look over to see Mew standing in the caves entrance looking a little red in the face.
"Aaaaw, but I was just starting to have fun with him," pouts Suicune trotting back to where she had been laying.
"Besides, if he's not yours why can't I have him?" she asks, making both me and Mew blush.
"Well he's human first of all," began Mew, trying to hide her embarrassment.
"I don't mind," she says seductively, looking over at me. I feel my face begin to heat up again and I look down in embarrassment.
Despite being so large Suicune was surprisingly graceful and elegant, on top of that she was a canine Pokémon which appealed to my other half, all in all she seemed quite beautiful to me.
"For once could you just…" began Mew only to stop mid sentence."No I suppose you couldn't" she sighs in reassignment, floating over to rest atop my head "After all that fetish of yours traces all the way back to your ancestors" says Mew slyly, trying to sound indifferent.
Suicune has the grace to blush lightly as she tries to pretend like she hadn't heard.
My ears perked up at this piece of information, I had often heard how Suicune were prone to help and even befriend humans, though I hadn't known THAT was the reason. It explained a lot and somehow managed to make me even more embarrassed.
Mew's P.O.V 3rd person
Mew didn't know why seeing Suicune so close to Twy had irritated her so much, but it had; and seeing her all over him like she had been, had irritated her even more so.
She knew she was overdoing it a bit, but she couldn't help it. Even though she had told herself that she couldn't be with Twy that didn't stop her from getting jealous whenever he was with other girls.
Right now she sat atop Twy's head, perched defensively as if she was afraid that Suicune might pounce on him at any moment.
In actuality she knew Suicune didn't mean any harm by it; and was just having fun, but the way Twy had kept staring and blushing had only served to make her more jealous, Twy never blushed like that ever, at least not around her.
"So what happened to me," asked Twy interrupting her thoughts "What the hell was up with that river".
"Ah, I'm afraid that was my fault" said Suicune looking embarrassed. Mew noticed that whenever Suicune blushed it gave her a sort of shy and bashful beauty, it didn't improve her mood.
"Here let me show you," said Suicune getting up and walking to the caves entrance. Mew braced herself grabbing hold of Twy's hair as he got up too fallow. Twy stopped suddenly halfway to the exit.
"What's the matter?" he asked, lifting her off his head.
"What do you mean?" asked Mew, as Twy held her in front of him like a toddler.
"Well you've just been really quite like something's bothering you," said Twy, looking her in the eyes.
For a moment, as she stared back into his dark brown eyes she was tempted to tell him, but instead she just shook her head.
"I was just worried about you, you scared me back there."
Twy seemed convinced by this and let her go rubbing the top of her head.
"Haha I'm fine, I'll live to see another day, thanks to Suicune anyway," said Twy, heading back towards the cave entrance.
Mew could feel her face turning red at the amount of gratefulness and awe evident in his voice when he mentioned Suicune. She felt like whipping something at the back of his head, and even began to look for something, but then he spoke up.
"Oh by the way," he said turning to face her as he reached the caves entrance. "I think you're twice as beautiful as Suicune," he said smiling at her happily then continuing out of the cave.
Mew sat there for a few minute in shock, then she followed him out a nervous smile spreading across her face.
Twy's P.O.V 1St Person
I couldn't believe my eyes as I looked around. Outside the cave was a much larger cavern filled with strange stone outcroppings and even a flowing river, but that wasn't the amazing bit.
The first thing I had noticed when I had left the cave was that there was light, not fake light real sunlight, but it had seemed oddly distorted like it shone through glass.
When I had looked up to its source my mouth had dropped open in amazement.
Above us wasn't the sky like I had been expecting, instead there was a large body of water suspended in the air. The water shifted and moved casting the light down in random and intricate patterns.
"Is that...?" I began to ask, only to be cut off by Suicune.
"The river; yes, I keep it from flowing down here, the opening is small enough for me to keep the river at bay, even in my sleep."
"What about when you're gone?" I asked, looking down from the roof.
"This place floods, it's the perfect failsafe, if I was too be attacked I would lose my concentration and whoever was here would be crushed by a thousand tons of water."
That explained the odd rock structures they were chiseled out by the pounding waters that flooded the cavern whenever Suicune left.
"Ok, but that doesn't explain the freak undertow that tried to kill me," I said looking back too Suicune.
"I was just on my way out when you two were getting into the water," began Suicune "And when I did all the water from above began to cascade down here, you got caught in the current and it began to drag you under. I ran into you by chance on my way out and that's how I found you. If I hadn't, by the time I would have realized something was amiss you would have been dead."
I shuddered at the thought of suffocating too death. To me it seemed one of the worst ways to die, the stuff of nightmares, one that had come very close to becoming a reality.
"Alright are you ready to go," asked Suicune looking over at Mew.
"Were leaving, I thought this is where we've been trying to get too", I asked exasperatedly, looking to Mew and feeling somewhat cheated out of my break.
"I told you we have to warn all the ancients, the only reason we came here first was because it was closest, and we only stayed so long because of your condition," said Mew, not showing me any sympathy.
"Aahhh fine, but I'm stopping and relaxing next time," I say, aiming for overdramatic so as not too seem awkward after our last conversation
"Go ahead, then I can leave you behind," replied Mew, floating over and perching on my head.
"You wouldn't do that, then you might have too actually work too get somewhere," I say tweaking one of her ears.
"Are you coming with us," I ask turning to Suicune, who seems to be enjoying watching us squabble.
"No, if we split up we'll be able to warn them more quickly, but you could always come with me," said Suicune looking up at me with puppy dog eyes, then giggles as my face turns red.
"No I suppose you couldn't, after all how would you keep your girlfriend company if you did," said Suicune smiling at the immediate stuttering objections from both recipients.
It felt oddly good to be heading out again. Even though I had wanted to stop and have some fun relaxing with Mew, there was something comforting about starting the next chapter of our journey.
"Are you sure you want to come into town with me. Not that I mind, but just because it's small doesn't mean you won't be bothered," I say as we pass through the city gates.
"I'll be fine, worst comes to worst I have to burn the whiskers off of some poor kids Eevee," said Mew, sounding completely serious. I could already see the crying children and the ensuing angry mob.
"Ok, but try to take it easy, the last thing I need is to be chased out of a town by angry townspeople… again," I say remembering my younger days when I used to have to steal for food.
"Excuse me ...are … are you Twy," said a small nervous voice behind me.
I turned around slowly slightly surprised that someone new my name, I had never been to free with it, in fact there were only two people besides Mew that I could even remember giving it too.
When I had turned all the way around, I was surprised to find another half kind boy around my age facing me.
His ears were drooped down, and his tail was tucked between his legs giving him the appearance of someone much younger. In fact the only reason I had realized he was around my age was because he was nearly my height, and I was tall for my age.
That didn't mean anything though some half kinds aged just as quickly as humans others, like me, aged at almost half the rate but for some reason no matter what your rate, all half kinds didn't begin to slow down until they reached the age of sixteen.
Thankfully or else I would have spent four years with the body of a kinder gardener.
"Do I know you," I asked curios as to how he had come by my name.
"N...N...No, but I'm supposed to give you a message," said the boy looking down nervously "I'm… I'm supposed to tell you that your answer is yes".
"Answer to what?" I asked not sure what he was talking about.
"The thing that's been haunting you in your dreams and when you're awake, the answer is yes," answered the boy this time looking up at Mew.
Immediately she sat erect clenching tightly at tuffs of my hair with her hands.
"Who told you to say that," asked Mew her voice barely more than a whisper.
"I…I don't…" began the boy timidly.
"Who told you to say that," shouted Mew cutting him off, "Who told you to tell me that".
"I'm …not," began the boy again only to be cut off a second time.
"I'm going to count to three, and then I'm going to make you sorry for ever speaking up," said Mew the fury evident in her voice.
"I can't," shouted out the boy grabbing his head with his hand as if it pained him.
"One…" began mew spitting out the word and beginning to lift off my head.
"Two…" she continued and I knew I would have to intervene, quickly reaching up I seized her with both hands just as she reached three.
"The voices," cried out the boy so suddenly that it made me jump "I was playing in the glade and they started talking to me, they follow me wherever I go and I can't even see them, no one else can hear them, and everyone thinks I'm just crazy. I just want them to stop, they won't stop… I'm sorry, make them stop," sobbed the boy holding his head in his hands, no longer able to hold back the tears.
Suddenly Mew seemed to deflate, calming down as quickly as she had flared up.
"I'm sorry I didn't know," said Mew genuine empathy.
I felt like asking what was going on, but I knew there would be time for that later.
It's an odd thing, but boys have trouble comforting each other. If you're a boy then you know what I'm talking about, but for those of you that aren't ill explain it the best I can. '
It's easy for a guy too comfort a girl that comes easy even naturally, and most guys tend to have a knack for it, but when it comes too comforting another guy well ,there's just not much you can do.
Girls for instance can hug on each other and get close without being awkward; I've even seen a girl run her fingers through another girl's hair talking soothingly to her to calm her down.
Now imagine two guys doing that and you can get an idea of where I'm coming from.
Generally the only real form of comfort we have is laughter, but when you don't know someone at all it's not the easiest job to get them to smile, and more often than not it just ends up making things worse.
That being said, you can understand why I was at odds and ends trying to figure how too cheer this boy up.
My only real option was to get him talking.
"What's your name," I asked feeling it was the best thing to start with.
"My names Sean," sniffled the boy, wiping his eyes and appearing embarrassed about having cried like that.
"I'm sorry if what I told you upset you," said Sean looking over at Mew, "But I thought if I did what they told me they would go away."
"It's alright I understand," said Mew, and for the second time in as many minutes I was tempted to ask what was going on, but instead I had a better idea
"Why don't you show us a good place to eat and you can tell us your story, I have a feeling it's an interesting one."
I was starting to regret my decision to ask Sean about himself. I probably would have been better off just thinking he was insane.
So far everything he had told us of his life was nothing but misfortune.
Like me his mother had been a human and his father a Pokémon, but unlike me his father had been an Eevee.
His mother had gotten pregnant in her teens and had gotten married to another man soon after.
Apparently she blamed Sean for the loss of her childhood, and his new stepfather saw him as nothing more than a mutt to be fed.
His new father had already had children from his previous marriage, but they held nothing but contempt for their new stepbrother, and spent most their days trying to think of new ways to torture him.
His mother and stepfather did nothing to help him and even seemed to take part in torturing him, Sean wasn't even allowed to eat at the table with the rest of his family. Whenever it was time to eat he would be given his food, which he was too take off into the corner of the room and eat in silence.
There were many other ways that they used to demine him, and it had gotten to the point where Sean had begun to prefer to just sleep outside,, only enforcing his stepfather's view of him as an animal.
Surprisingly despite all this Sean was a rather upbeat person, he laughed easily and smiled almost constantly, and despite being a shy person he loved to joke around.
I could tell Sean was a good person with a lot of love in him, because whenever he talked about his parents or his sibling's only sadness shown in his eyes. He never got angry or even showed a hint of resentment towards them, if anything he seemed to feel like it was somehow his fault.
"I wanna travel the world though, when I'm old enough," said Sean sucking down the last of his pop. "There just seem to be so many beautiful places out there and I wanna see them all".
"I'm sure you will, probably sooner than you think," I said getting up.
"What makes you say that?" asked Sean, as we prepared to leave for the city gates.
"I don't know I just got the feeling that your lucks about to change," I said, as he followed me out the door.
Okay that's the next chapter, the beginning and end were not as well done as I would have liked and I'll probably go back over and fix it but I was excited to get this chapter up and introduce these Two new characters so please review.