Disclaimer: Billabong: *Huggles* Jack: Glad to hear it! Tri: Alright, thank you ^^; Puppy: Yayy~ Morty: Aw, poor Morty ; w ; so forgotten. Deltra: Haha, me and one of my friends are also pro procrastinators ; ) Procrastinate like a BOSS. Shiny: Lol, it's okay- I'm artistically challenged, too. I can't even draw a stick figure right ORZ.
Contest: For all you artists out there, this is for you!
Because of the new Image Manager feature, I need pictures to use as covers for Love Remains the Same, Violet Hill: A Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 3 Story, Last Train Home: A Platinum Nuzlocke, and Pictures of You: A Black Nuzlocke. The winners will receive an insanely long one shot of their choice, recognition for their cover art, and the use of their artwork on this site. Winners will be announced on the first of August.
You may enter more than once.
My ideas:
LAST TRAIN HOME: Odile in center, facing front, with mesprit (legendary pokemon of emotion) floating above her head; Damion to her right, facing the edge of the paper, with azelf (legendary pokemon of willpower) floating above his head; and Asher to her left, facing the edge of the paper, with uxie (legendary pokemon of knowledge) floating above his head.
PICTURES OF YOU: A close up of Lydia's eye, whichever colour you'd like, with the phrase 'Everything happens for a reason' written across the bottom.
VIOLET HILL: Against the background of a clock; Cooper in the center, holding her necklace; Gavin looking off into the distance. The words 'Respice Finem' should be written at the top with their translation, 'Look Back At The End', written at the bottom.
LOVE REMAINS THE SAME: … I have no ideas for this one, haha.
If you have alternate ideas for a cover, please PM me. Ideas would be positively loved!
REFERENCES:
For Gavin:
browse. /?qh=§ion=&q=meowth+gijinka#/d41sfx4
or
Type, 'meowth gijinka fancy deviantart' into Google and click on the result by *onisuu.
For Cooper:
browse. /?order=9&q=vulpix+gijinka&offset=72#/d1ny13t
or
Type, 'vulpix gijinka tagami-crown' into Google and click on the result by *Tagami-Crown.
For Odile:
?order=9&q=anime+girl&offset=24#/d1vdyyt
or
Type, 'cute anime girl altiz-studio' into Google and click on the result by ~altiz-studio.
For Asher:
Type 'Kaoru Hitachiin' into Google Images and some references will show up.
For Damion:
browse. /?qh=§ion=&q=peeta+# /d2k8cey
or
Type, 'Peeta Mellark graysee' into Google, and click on the DeviantART result by ~graysee.
-And that's it! Good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favour ; )
Question:
My Answer:
Characters: Leaf-centric.
Summary: Excerpts taken from the short story, 'The Little Train That Could'.
The Girl Who Couldn't
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A little train had a long train of cars to pull.
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A little girl had big shoes to fill.
Her mother was sobbing, sobbing- turning her face into the pillow to try and muffle the sound, but sobbing nonetheless. Her father had gone, gone someplace far away, and no one would ever hear from him again.
Her brother was gone, too.
At his funeral (because he must be dead, he must be, he had written them a suicide note and no one could find him anywhere) everyone talked about his strength, his talent, and his pokemon. They talked about his accomplishments.
"You have big shoes to fill, Leaf," they would tell her.
Leaf clutched at her pokedoll, and watched as the memory of her mother's favourite child was buried.
"Red was such a wonderful trainer, such a legend-"
Yes. Leaf had big shoes to fill, indeed.
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At last she left the train, and started up the track alone.
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When she left town, she set out to make everyone forget about her brother. She set out to set herself apart from him.
It didn't work.
"Oh, you call out commands just like your brother-"
She gave a wooden, "Thanks."
"What a loss, what a tragedy-"
"Yes." The word was spoken from between gritted teeth. "It was."
"Red-"
Is dead, she wanted to scream. And I am alive.
No one noticed.
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"I think I can- I think I can- I think I can- I think I can-"
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There was nothing for her to accomplish.
Team Rocket had been defeated (by Red). She challenged the gyms (but Red did that first). She beat the League, but couldn't become the champion (because how can you defeat the champion when he isn't there?)
Green didn't recognize her as a rival, or anything else. No one even remembered her name.
See me, she wanted to say. Please, please just see me.
Near tears, she phoned home.
"Mom, I- Mom? Are you crying?"
"It's just… I miss him so much. I miss him, Leaf. He's irreplaceable-"
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"I thought I could- I thought I could- I thought I could- I thought I could-"
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She couldn't.