Vespiquen

Once upon a time, there were no Vespiquen. There were only the Combees, keeping a hive in a tree. With great diligence, they worked day and night for the survival of their kind. They built their homes out of little hexagonal spaces called combs. In these, they raised their young grubs and mixed pollen in their special process to make honey. This honey supplies the whole hive with food all year round, even in winter when no flowers were to be found.

But Combee honey was believed to be the best kind of honey in the whole world. Other Pokémon, and some insects, also made honey, but Combee honey was perfect: a golden hue, sweet and strong without being too much so, just the right consistency, almost no extra bits to clarify out. Just perfect honey.

And so other Pokémon and humans hunted down Combee hives to harvest for the honey. The Combees tried to attack the thieves, but they were small and not very strong. The humans in particular were deviously clever, using smoke to stun the Combees so they could not fight back.

The Combees tried, though. They built their combs around themselves and banded together, but that wasn't strong enough. The worst was when some Pokémon took the honey and the Combee grubs, eating them all by sticky pawfuls.

One day, a female named Vespa decided that she'd had enough of this. 'If they keep stealing the honey, then we shall starve,' she thought. 'And if they take our children too, then there will be no Combees left.' So she thought and planned, coming up with ways to save them all.

After six days of thinking, she came up with the solution. She asked her hive fellows to build new combs to keep the grubs and the honey in. "But you will build them onto my body," she said. "I will carry the grubs and protect them. If anyone gives me trouble, I'll just fly away with them."

"But won't the extra combs make you too heavy too fly?" one asked.

"I'll fly if I want to," Vespa insisted. "It will work and then we won't all die out."

Then the other Combees agreed and began building onto Vespa's body. She got six long combs attached below her body, with an extra bulk on her back to make sure that it all stayed. Many grubs, including those with their first wings, huddled into the combs on Vespa, but they were too young to really know what was going on. They just saw it as new safe combs to be in.

Once it was complete, Vespa was happy. Now she could protect the children. She beat her wings to take off… and couldn't even get her own body off the ground.

"We can still remove it," another Combee said, worried for her.

She shook herself (for Combees don't really have heads to shake 'no' with). "No, I'll do it. I will protect us all."

Vespa beat her wings even harder, but the combs were so heavy. They weren't even full yet, just with the grubs and some honey for them. But she wouldn't give up. She kept trying and trying until her wings were beaten into dust.

Then she cried. "I should be able to fly! I tried with all my might to help everyone. But now I can't even protect myself."

Mysteriously, a soft glow absorbed her body, combs and all. Vespa's friends all cried out in shock, but then a gentle voice calmed them. "You gave your all in order to protect the innocent ones. You gave so much that you can give no more. Dear Vespa, do not despair. In honor of your selfless love, you will be granted your wish."

And so Vespa became the first Vespiquen.

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Vespiquen Diamond entry: Its abdomen is a honeycomb for grubs. It raises its grubs on honey collected by Combee.

I wrote this out by hand just a few hours ago when I was supposed to be paying attention to something else, haha! Didn't get caught, thankfully. It's simple, yes, but I kind of like it for that now.