Two in one day! Woo!

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Chapter 2: A New Beginning

Ember's POV

"Ugh, my head...Bronze? Bronze?!" I looked around frantically, searching for Bronze. But all that I had found was a lone Eevee on the beach, unconscious. I bound over to it. "Hey, are you alright?"

"Huh? Wha..." She opened her eyes slowly. They were a leafy green, which is unusual for an Eevee, as their eyes are pretty dull-coloured. She stared at me with no emotion, until she realized I was in front of her.

She blinked her leafy green eyes once, twice. In an attempt to break the awkward silence, I said,

"H-hi?" I chuckled with uncertainty. It was beginning to creep me out. The silence, the way she stared at me. Everything about was starting to creep me ou-

"AAHHHHH! WHO ARE YOU?! HOW CAN YOU TALK?! YOU'RE A POKEMON! WHERE AM I! WHY DO I FEEL FLUFF- fluffy?" My fur was sticking out on end. It was so unexpected, and, and, scary, to say the least.

The mysterious Eevee looked at her paws with curiosity, then examined her body. She's sure is strange fellow. As soon as she was done examining her body, she kept quiet this time, which is a relief, but I could tell she's quietly panicking on the inside.

I couldn't just stand there and watch her panic, so I tried to help. "I-Is there something wrong, Miss?"

Wrong move. "AGH, YOU CAN TALK! THIS ISN'T A DREAM AFTER ALL!" I could see tears threatening to leak out of her eyes. I felt bad for her, so I told her,

"Please calm down, and maybe I can help you." The Eevee nodded, "Alright, maybe we can start off with a proper introduction. My name's Ember, how are you?"

"Are you a Vulpix?" That question shocked me. What did it look like to her?

"Of course I am." I responded calmly. "Well, what's your name?"

?'s POV

'My...name?' I pondered, 'my...name.'

"Leaf! Where are you going?"

'Leaf...' My eyes widened when my head played something I did not want to see.

It was as if the heavens above were upset, threatening to split the Earth apart.

It was hard enough to stay on the raft, with the waves pushing us even further.

With heavy hearts, already losing a valuable friend, who could be so cheerful in this time?

"She was the only one who could keep our heads high, and now...she-she's GONE! She's GONE, and there's nothing we can do about it...and, it's all because of me. If only I had paid more attention..."

The ocean started to become even more unstable, and the raft shook so suddenly there was no time to catch yourself, and I was pushed off of the raft by the treacherous winds.

"Help! Help! Aksel, help!" I could only flail about in the ocean currents, in which I am powerless against.

"Emerald! Leaf!" I could only hear him cry in despair.

'Stay strong, Aksel. Don't let us distort you from our goal. Don't let us bring you down, like she did to me.'

And with those thoughts, everything went black.

"Hello? Are you okay? You look like as though you saw a Haunter." I snapped out of it.

"Huh? Oh, of course I'm okay?" I faked my best smile, "Oh, right- my name. My name's Leaf."

Ember started to grin. "Leaf, huh? Nice name! So, uh, do you know where we are?"

I shook my head. "Sorry, but no. I was hoping you would've known something."

"Well, judging where we are, it must be Merganser Beach. The forest behind us is Fowl Woods, I believe." Ember scented the air around us, "Never been around these parts before, so I can't say for sure."

"And the island behind us?" I asked out of curiosity.

"If we were to swim there, but I do not suggest doing that, we would find ourselves in Treasure Beach." I heard her mutter, "And that's where Bronze is..."