=From the Author=
=I wrote this one because I am a diehard Popplio fan, and with all the hate, dislike, and obvious backlash that the starter line has received, I simply had to write this to show what I feel, this Pokemon would feel if it 'felt' for that trainer, that it would truly open its heart to…=
No matter how numerous the dark storm clouds may become, crashing you with bolts of lightning and oceans of rain, remember that there will always be a single ray of sun, that will always shelter you through it all~
= The Siren's Song of the Heart =
= Human (T.K.) / Primarina (Serena)=
*Narrator*
[The Alolan Region… a collection of beautiful islands in a tropical environment, situated on the globe in the most ideal location to allow nearly every possible temperate environment possible. And among these various islands, rest a particular island where we find our hero for this journey into a small corner of the Pokemon World. Not every hero is seen as one though, because our hero today is not what you would picture a hero doing!]
[In the Alolan Region, trainers are chosen at the age of eleven, and each year three are picked to begin their journey of discovery! What that journey entails though, is completely up to them, some will take the various island challenges. Others however, will choose their own path, carve out their own future.]
[Not every adventure is the same, not every journey is heroic, and not every trainer encounters the great legends of the world, the myths of the past, or even insurmountable odds that one would expect from a journey! In fact, our hero in this journey, will find himself doing none of these things, but nevertheless, he will become a hero to someone…]
[Assuming he gets to his local school in time!]
(T.K's PoV)
"Oh man, I'm sooooo going to be late!" T.K. yelled as he raced from his home as fast as his legs could, down the dirt path to town. "Of all the stupid dreams I could have had, I had to have one in which I threw a Pokeball of all things!"
It was true, today was the most important day of his life so far, and he had gone to sleep right on time so he could wake up properly, one time. Unfortunately, his dreams decided to give him something else to do in his sleep, and in his excitement to finally have received a congratulations letter, saying he was qualified to get a Pokemon, he had had a dream about meeting said Pokemon.
And in that dream, he had thrown his Pokeball to release his new partner, what that was he didn't remember now, maybe a Geodude or a Vulpix, but all he knew was that he woke up weary eyed, and to the sight of his destroyed alarm clock. He seriously regretted getting a Pokeball themed alarm clock now, as he barely had five minutes from when he woke up before he was late.
"Of all the days I tell mom to let me wake up by myself, it had to be the day I break my alarm clock in my sleep, on the most important day of my life!" He yelled as he pounded down the road, past many houses, running as fast as he could.
He stood at roughly four foot seven inches, shorter than the average in his class, and his hair was a dark brown, so dark it was almost black. His green eye color he got from his mother, and he owed his father a thanks for how much his hair grew. He's had to cut his hair three times a year just to keep it under control. But overall, he was a pretty decent looking kid from what his mom said, but that's his mom's opinion. All the other girls in his class said he was a bit of a dope.
He was also not the most physically fit kid in his class of ten, and his being very exhausted from not properly exercising was proof of it.
"I swear; I'm jogging more often now!" He gasped as he ran faster.
He went to a school that really was a local scientist's home, some woman from another region called Professor Papaya. She had been teaching there for several years now, educating everyone about the local Pokemon species primarily, but also everything else one expects from school, math, science, art, and everything in between. She only taught at most ten students at a time. With them going to her home for classes twice a week, and giving them a mountain of homework to compensate for the lack of daily classes while she taught other students the other days of the week.
But the one thing she did, and she was licensed to do, was distribute Pokemon starters to legal aged students under her, assuming they qualified. She had given them all a whole week to prepare for the test, and while he had studied his butt off for it, the test had been more about 'opinions', and 'thoughts' about Pokemon. It had asked questions like, "Do you think this Pokemon is 'cute', 'ugly', 'funny', 'weird', 'awesome' and a lot of other things.
It even asked what he thought Pokemon 'thought' about people under various conditions, from trainers calling them rude names based on its appearance, or even giving them massive praise for 'minor' things, like waving hi to them.
He didn't know how one could 'fail' the test, but apparently seven of his classmates did, because only three were allowed at any point in the year to qualify for a Pokedex, and a Pokemon.
"And here I am going to be late!" He yelled as he turned a corner and rushed down the side path leading to where he went for classes. "Oh please oh please let me still be able to get a Pokemon!"
As he ran he felt his legs burning up, but he still pushed onward when the Professor's 'slightly' larger home came into view. No sooner did he reach the door, without slowing down, that it opened and an arm reached out and grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt and swing him into the building, and brought him to a sudden stop.
"Your fifteen minutes late T.K., but your right on time in my books boy!" Papaya said with a grin, smiling proudly at him with her flaming orange hair, and very stained lab coat. "So now that your finally here, how about you three finally prepare to meet your future Pokemon partners so the rest of your classmates can finally have class?"
"Sorry Professor, I broke my alarm clock in my sleep…" He said, his voice growing quiet as he explained why he was late.
"It's alright, I've had nights like that myself!" She said with a smile.
Unfortunately, his classmates all giggled and laughed at him, saying he was such an 'idiot'.
"It's always the dopey one that's late isn't it?" One of his classmates said in one of the seats.
"He never knows when to not be dopey!" Someone else said.
That got a chuckle from everyone as he walked red faced to the front of the rows of seats where the other two receiving Pokemon were waiting impatiently.
"Alright now everyone, settle down!" Papaya said cheerfully, apparently ignoring the rude comments of his classmates. "Now you three, I've chosen you out of your classmates to receive a Pokemon partner. This is the biggest responsibility you three will ever receive in your young lives right now, and I've chosen you because I feel you are the most responsible of all your classmates."
"And yet one of us was fifteen minutes late." William whispered behind Papaya's back as she turned around to pick up her bag.
His face turned even redder from embarrassment at that, as everyone began giggling at him again.
"Alright everyone, settle down, and you three take a look at these three Pokeballs I've got here with me!" Papaya declared as she placed the three Pokeballs on her desk, which was really her living room table. "In these three Pokeballs, are three different types of Pokemon, they're types are 'Water', 'Fire', and 'Flass'!"
"Flass?" Rem asked curiously. "What type is that; I've never heard of it?"
"It's my word for Grass and Flying type, I just wanted to hear how it sounded out loud!" She said with a laugh. "Now then, the Pokemon species are called, Litten, Rowlet, and Popplio! Litten is the fire type, Rowlet is the grass and flying type, and Popplio is the water type. Based on what I've just told you, which of these will you three choose for your partner?"
"I don't need to think about it, I already know who I want!" William said. "I want Litten, he's so cool! He's like a fire breathing cat!"
"Yea, I know what Rowlet looks like too, my brother got one for his partner, and it was so cute, I want Rowlet as my partner too!" Rem said happily.
As Rem and William were each given a Pokeball, he T.K. looked down at the solitary Pokeball left, and smiled happily as he said he wanted Popplio. The only problem, he didn't know what Popplio looked like, as he wanted to be surprised on what Pokemon were given to qualified, handpicked trainers.
"There you go T.K." Papaya said as she handed him Popplio's Pokeball. "If you want to meet your partner, you'll have to wait until 'after' class… which reminds me of two things, one, here are your Pokedex's, I just finished setting them up for you three, so take care of them, I can't fix them if they get damaged and if they're stolen or lost I won't replace them!"
With that he and the other two were handed three Pokedex's.
"And as for the second thing, let's get back to our lesson from last week, now take out your fifteen-page paper I asked for a week ago, chop chop!" She said in her usual serious manner as he and the other two took their seats.
As he sat down he realized that, with a huge sudden jump, that he wasn't carrying his backpack.
"Uh… Professor Papaya…" He whispered as everyone began taking out their papers.
"Let me guess, you were in such a rush to get here because you were late, that you forgot to bring your homework?" She said with a grin, which caused everyone to chuckle at him. "Alright, since you were honest about why you were late, and your reasons for being late, I'll let you come back later with your paper and won't outright kill you because of it!"
With that he simply sat there and stared at the new Pokeball he had on his desk, with his new partner waiting to meet him. He ignored all of his classmates making fun of him, because for him, he was just happy to have been given a Pokemon partner.
(Hours later)
"Alright show us your Pokemon!" Everyone was saying as they all clustered around them outside of Papaya's house.
"Yea show us!"
"Alright then, come on out Litten!" William said.
"You too Rowlet!" Rem also said.
"Come on out Popplio!" T.K. said happily.
As one, all three released their Pokemon, and in three flashes of light, a peach colored owl with a green leaf-like bow tie appeared in front of Rem. Then a black and red fur colored cat appeared in front of William. Finally, a blue sea lion Pokemon with a pink nose and light blue frill appeared in front of T.K.
Instantly both of them got 'awws' and 'cools' from the many students.
But while William and Rem were holding theirs and showing off their Pokemon, the adorable comments ended when they looked at T.K. and Popplio, who were both eyeing each other with, apparently, the same smiling expression that they both had for each other.
"So where's the your Pokemon?" Someone asked as T.K. picked up his water starter.
"Pop!" Popplio barked happily, waving at them with one fin.
"Uh, right here?" He said nervously.
"You sure, because I don't see any difference between you two!" Someone else said, which got everyone laughing.
(Popplio's PoV)
Popplio looked around at all of the children around its trainer, many of them laughing, some of them pointing at him, and kept on smiling proudly, showing off just how impressive it was to everyone.
*Yea, surely everyone thinks my trainer is awesome!* It thought happily.
Unfortunately, the next words that came out, weren't nearly what was expected.
"I can't understand how someone who's late, forgets his homework, and barely exercises gets a Pokemon!" Someone said as they gasped for breath. "But now that I see the options, you can 'keep' your 'partner'!"
"Such a silly Pokemon, what about it is 'cute' or 'cool'?" Someone else asked.
"Look at that nose, it's about as 'cute' as a Garbodor!" Another kid yelled, and that was when the laughing intensified.
(T.K.'s PoV)
"Hey, leave my Pokemon alone!" T.K. said.
He could take them making fun of him, but his Pokemon didn't deserve to be made fun of. The poor little guy hadn't even said two words and they were already making fun of him? Just because he 'looked' funny to them?
However, before he could say more or anyone else could counter, the Professor stepped out and told them all to head home and let her get to work. "Don't forget T.K., I want you to come back with your report!" She said as everyone went home.
So with that, everyone began heading home, and he walked home alone, holding his Popplio in his arms.
"Pop…" Popplio said with a sigh, and he looked down to see his pokemon looking a little down.
"Hey now, don't look so bad, those guys have no idea what they're talking about!" He said, making his partner look up at him. "I get made fun of all the time, but just you wait, when they see how awesome you are, they'll be the ones laughing!"
"Pop!" Popplio cried out happily as they made their way home.
(Thirty minutes Later)
"So let me get this straight, when you and Popplio were fetching your homework, you left your Pokedex on the table, and because you forgot to tell your mom that it was there, when she went to put a heavy box on the table, she cracked and smashed it?" Papaya asked with an exasperated expression even as she was reading his homework. "Why T.K., why do you always act like a dope some days? I know you have potential boy, but you need to be more mindful of your surroundings!"
"I'm sorry ma'am…" He said sadly as Popplio sat in his lap.
"Well, I suppose I shouldn't be saying anything bad, I did some stupid stuff in my younger days." She said with a laugh. "Did I ever tell you about the time I tried to arm wrestle a Machamp? Didn't go well for me, didn't go well for my Ego either, couldn't show my arm or my face in public for three weeks." After she finished joking she looked at him more seriously. "Well I can't help you fix it sadly, nor can I replace it, like I warned you. I'm afraid you can't do the Island challenges if that was what you were planning to do in the future."
"But what can I do then?" He asked as Popplio looked up at them.
"You'll figure it out T.K." She said. "In any case, what did you decide to name Popplio? Or are you not going to name your partner?"
He looked at his starter and instantly came up with a dozen names, but the one that stuck out most to him was what he told her. "I think I was going to name him Rudolf." He said.
"Rudolf, why are you naming her Rudolf, that's a boy's name?" Papaya asked in confusion.
"Wait, my Popplio's a girl, but I thought all starter Pokemon you gave were boys?" He asked suddenly.
"Sometimes I give girl Pokemon." She said with a shrug. "So same question kid, name?"
At that he looked down at the 'girl' in his lap, and said girl smiled and wagged its tail fin at him. "Well, now that I know better, I guess I can call 'her'… Serena?" He asked. "Do you like the name Serena?"
"Popplio!" Serena said happily, clapping its fins together to show its approval.
"Awesome, nice to meet you Serena, now T.K. I have a little favor I'd like to ask of you." Papaya said. "Do me a favor, and don't tell anyone I gave you a 'female' Popplio. Keep it a secret between 'us' okay?"
"Uh, alright, but why?" He asked her.
"Well, you can be my test subject!" She said cheerfully. "You see, I've always wanted to study Pokemon and Human interactions under weird circumstances, it's a hobby of mine that I can't do because I'm teaching! So I'd like to use you as a test subject for my research! Would you be alright with that T.K.?"
~It's our first true day, to be one and the same, my courage told me…~
~That I will meet, the one you see, who'll understand me…~
~Despite the waves of hurt and pain, I'll wade through them…~
~Together we will find our way, through any sea…~
*Narrator*
[At that time, both he and Serena were more confused about what Professor Papaya was saying when she said they would be her 'test subjects', but every week they reported to her about what they did together during their time, and soon all was forgotten. But one thing that never changed about their weekly routine, was the name calling and jabs T.K. received from his fellow classmates.]
[Not only did he become a klutz and a dope, he also became known as the 'dopey idiot' of their class, because he always had 'Serena' his Popplio partner beside him. While his treatment was always the same, as was expected because he was used to it, Serena began receiving her fair share of names. She became a 'clown' Pokemon to everyone, despite how hard she could be seen practicing her various bubble attacks and water gun shots. No matter what she did, it seemed nobody thought her 'training' was serious training.]
[But three years later, everything began changing for Serena and T.K.]
(Serena's Pov)
"Serena, how did we get in this mess?" T.K. asked her as they stared down a group of seven Geodudes, with a Graveler to boot.
"I don't know T.K., but stay behind me!" She barked back to him, but of course he was a human, and all he heard was, "Popplio pop, pop popplio!"
They had been on a field trip with the rest of their class, and both she and T.K. had separated from the group to go and search for some new plant specimens to research for his art project. Since he couldn't take on the challenges of the islands, he and she had to find something else to aim for, so he was trying to become an artist in the Alolan islands.
Unfortunately, they had made the mistake of straying too near Geodude and Graveler territory, and now they were surrounded by the many rock type Pokemon.
It had been three years since he and she became partners, and in that time they had not really 'battled' as the other two who had received Pokemon partners had with their partners. Instead, she had spent her time 'training', waiting for the day when she got her chance to battle.
Well, this was her time, her chance, her big moment to prove everyone wrong, at long last, that she was not just a 'stupid clown' Pokemon. This was when she would demonstrate her true power!
"Well, if we have to fight our way out, then at least we have the advantage, you're a water and their all ground types!" T.K. told her, and she was in agreement, these were by far her best chances she'd ever have with no real battle experience.
"Alright then!" She barked cheerfully, and without any direction, began to go into her attack.
First she sprayed a blast of water gun at one of the Geodudes, then she created a strong bubble of water, and slapped it with her tail at an entire group of them. Upon contact it exploded and doused them all in water, instantly causing them all pain.
Then as their opponents began to retaliate, she sprayed yet another with a water gun, and formed a second powerful bubble filled with water, before slapping 'it' into the Graveler and remaining Geodude.
Seconds later it exploded on contact, just like the first one, and badly hurt all of the rock Pokemon on contact, driving them back. As they realized their mistake, all of the Geodudes and Graveler began retreating, without any of them launching a single attack.
"Way to go Serena, they didn't even get a chance to make a move!" T.K. yelled proudly, and she beamed back at him with gratitude.
She had been working on her fighting style for over two years, and no matter how many times people told her that she was wasting her time, or that her 'training' was pointless, she knew it would be worth the effort.
The simple fact that her trainer just complimented her, and that she had protected him, was all the reward she needed.
But then her body began to glow!
(T.K.'s PoV)
As Serena's body began glowing, he watched as his small Popplio partner began to grow in size, no longer was she a mere one-foot-tall, now she had doubled in height. After her evolution ended, his happy, hardworking partner had changed very little on the outside. Though she was still mostly blue, her dark blue skin was now light blue, and her small happy snout was slightly smaller, but still had that pink nose on it. She also had gained little hair-like ears, and her little frill was now a three layered frill along the middle of her body, resembling a tutu dress.
"Brionne!" Serena cheered happily, jumping up to him and making him catch her in his arms.
"Whoa… your… a little heavier there Serena!" He said as she nuzzled him happily.
"Brionne brionne!" She said happily.
"I guess that fight with those Geodudes and Graveler must have been what you needed to evolve!" He said with a laugh, now feeling happy simply because his partner was smiling so much. "Want to go show off to everyone now?"
"Brionne!" She said with a happy nod.
Minutes later they rejoined with the rest of his class as he found some plants to look at, no longer really thinking about his art project, only thinking about showing off to everyone how his Pokemon had protected him.
Unfortunately, when he showed everyone how his starter had evolved protecting him from some Geodudes and a Graveler, all everyone could say was…
"I think your Pokemon looked better when it didn't evolve!" One of his classmates said with a giggle. "I didn't know you liked 'girly' Pokemon!"
"If that's the Pokemon that fought a bunch of Geodudes and a Graveler alone, they must have been pretty weak to lose to such a 'girly' Pokemon!" Another classmate said.
As everyone giggled all he could do was silently take it all.
This was how it had been, they made fun of him, taunted him for being such a dork, and called him out for having such a dorky looking Pokemon. Now it seemed they were all going to make fun of him for having a 'girly' looking Pokemon.
"Brionne Brionne, Brionne Brionne~!" Serena began saying happily, dancing around in a circle as if it didn't have a care in the world.
"It doesn't even care that we're making fun of it, what kind of Pokemon did you pick T.K.?" A girl asked, barely able to contain her laughter. "Even William's Pokemon became upset with me when I said it was too 'edgy'!"
"Can't you all leave my Pokemon alone…?" He asked quietly, trying to save some face.
Fortunately, at that moment, Papaya walked over with her hair full of seaweed and carrying fresh examples of underwater plant life, before anyone could say anything else. Soon they were all given their assignments and were allowed to leave.
Both he and Serena remained behind to ask her, yet again, why she allowed them all to make fun of him and Serena.
"T.K. when you get older, the one thing you're going to learn is that people are idiots." Professor Papaya said with an apologetic sigh. "I know you hate it, but this is a part of growing up. I could punish them all for making fun of you, but all that will do it get them to do it behind your back or when you're out of ear shot."
"Brionne!" Serena said happily as she sidled up next to him, giving him a happy nuzzle.
"Besides, if you really want them to stop, you have to show them that you 'aren't' what they say you are." She told him now more seriously. "They call you a dork because you tend to show up barely a few minutes before class starts. They call you silly because you never stand up for yourself. T.K. if you aren't going to make them stop, then they'll continue acting like this to you and Serena. As for calling Serena a girly Pokemon, well Brionne is called the Pop Star Pokemon, and her species is very feminine, so there's nothing to be done about that."
He sighed, and looked down at Serena, who smiled and waved at him happily, and he got a little warm inside and pet her head in gratitude.
"Yea, I suppose so…" He relented.
"There you go little dude, so prove everyone wrong and stop being such a kid!" Papaya said happily, slapping him on the back. "If you two want to show off what you really are, then show us all what you really are! Then everyone will start respecting you better, and they'll learn to stop making fun of you."
"Brionne!" Serena said with a nod.
~They laugh at us, throw taunts and worse, and they say what we are not…~
~They don't see our hearts, their words just hurt us, and they claim what we won't be…~
~But they cannot create what we will be… and you'll see…~
~Yet I will show them all, the truth that is… our beautiful souls…~
(Three Years Later)
*Narrator*
[Three years after Serena evolved, both Serena and T.K. had changed from what they were when he was fourteen years old. After all of that time T.K. had shaped up and changed his habits, his studying changed, and he soon became the top of the class, rapidly rising to become the star student in Papaya's seventh generation class since moving to the Alolan Region.]
[However, during those three years, Brionne still continued to be a thorn in T.K.'s social life, as everyone made fun of him for having a 'girly' Pokemon. Not just her feminine figure, but her attitude, as nothing anyone said ever made her be anything less than cheerful. Further adding fuel to the image, she was constantly seen dancing, practicing her dance routines, and even dancing alongside her trainer even when all he did was practice his artwork and now his music interests.]
[Once more, it all began to change though, one again… one dark calm night.]
(T.K.'s PoV)
It was late and he was finishing studying for an important display that he was planning for graduation next year. It was going to be a big performance that he and Serena would put on, combining all of his art work, his new musical works, and finally his Pokemon's dance moves.
But it was still incredibly difficult when, as he wrote his piece, he kept on accidentally writing in phrases like, 'Too Happy' and 'Too Girly' into the lyrics.
"Wish I could go one week without them making fun of Serena." He muttered bitterly.
For the last six years he has kept Serena's name, and gender, a secret, as Professor Papaya asked him to do as a kid. When he asked why she still wanted him to do that even now, she just wanted to keep on learning as much about Human and Pokemon interaction as she could, as she can't study it properly while being a teacher, despite also being a professor.
And out of respect, he kept his promise, but not a week went by when he wished he could just tell 'everyone' to leave her alone. The only reason they kept making fun of her was because they all thought she was a boy, and after research, he learned that her species was indeed male dominant.
But that alone should not have been enough to condemn her to such treatment.
In fact, he wondered why she kept on acting so happy despite all the rudeness she got constantly, until he read up on her species.
Brionne will never show its sadness or despair, it will always have a positive attitude he'd read.
"I hope she doesn't just bottle it up…" He said out loud, now actually worried that perhaps his Serena was indeed bottling it up.
Straining is eyes he looked at his lyrics and put down his paper, unable to focus anymore and deciding to go to bed.
As he went to his room he thought for a moment he heard the faintest of a whimper inside of his room, and listened intently to see what it was.
"Br… onnie…" Came the faint cry of his starter.
Thinking that perhaps she was crying, he turned the knob to try and talk to his Pokemon. But just as he opened his door he saw his starter sitting on his bed with her usual happy grin, waving at him with a fin.
"Brionne!" She yipped happily, clearly expecting him to join her.
"Serena, were you crying just now before I entered?" He asked.
(Serena's PoV)
Serena shook her head and pretended that she hadn't been crying. But the truth was that she had been, and she didn't want her trainer to think she was.
Yet no matter how much she smiled, no matter how many times she giggled or laughed, or pretended otherwise, the words of the other 'idiots' her trainer called classmates would not leave her head. For so many years she's had to endure it, and all she could do was take the insults, the verbal jabs, the taunts, everything.
All for the sake of not making her T.K.'s image even worse.
"I'm fine!" She yipped in assurance, smiling and nodding.
For a moment she had expected him to just nod and throw off her moment of sadness off as some grunt or something. But by now, she knew that he was too smart to be fooled by that act, he had caught her at her most vulnerable for only a fraction. She had kept her sadness in for all this time, but there were moments where she let her sadness out just so she could 'cry'.
It wasn't her fault that her Trainer had picked 'her' for a partner, and not her cooler, more 'awesome' grass and fire starter brethren when he first had the chance. Instead, he had chosen 'her', and his reward for all this time was taunts, jeers, insults, and names.
Despite all their hard work to change their minds, one issue remained the same, 'her'. As long as she was still the same, they would make fun of her. Which is what she was most sad about, if only she weren't there, then he would be better off.
She had often debated just running away, leaving her trainer so that he wouldn't be made fun of, but each time she saw him paint images of her, write stories about her, and now writing a song with her as the centerpiece, she couldn't bring herself to do it. She was too important to him, both as a friend and his partner.
"Serena… we've been together for almost seven years now; you know you can tell me if something's wrong." He said as he walked over and sat down next to her.
She smiled and continued to pretend nothing was wrong, but already she felt the cracks appearing. She knew that he knew, she couldn't hide her frown for much longer. But she didn't want to show it, she did not want her trainer to think she was sad.
If there was one, single soul, that she didn't want to disappoint, it was him.
He had so much faith in her, cared so much for her, and above all treasured more than anything else, it was 'her'. She could not, would not, and refused to, show her sadness to him. She was his smiling beacon in the day, whenever he was sad, she made him smile, and that was all she wanted to see of him.
Smiles.
"Brionne brionne!" She said with a smile, shaking her head and trying to pretend nothing was wrong again.
Still, he didn't buy it, and she knew it. "Serena… I know you are always happy, it's in your species' nature to be happy. But even I know that you feel sadness, pain, just like everyone else." He said gently, picking her up and holding her. "Please… tell me, if anything is making you feel sad. You can tell me anything Serena. If there's anyone you can trust it's me…"
At that, the cracks began to grow, her barrier of smiles and laughter, of cheers and joy, began to crumble bit by bit. Remembering all the names he's been called because of her, remembering all of the insults and jeers he's endured, and everything else all because he was such an 'idiot' for picking her as his partner.
Yes, he was an idiot before, but him picking her made his situation even worse, because he had been chosen to get a Pokemon, and was made fun of because he was such a 'dork' as a kid. Now he was more responsible, he wasn't a dork, but still because he has her, he was made fun of.
If only she weren't there... then…
She sniffed, once, then twice.
Then she finally let down her barrier of smiles, laughter, and joy, and began to cry into her trainer's lap.
"I'm sorry you have 'me' for a Pokemon!" She moaned sadly, feeling him petting her and scratching her back. "If only I weren't here… you would be a normal human! Nobody would be making fun of you…"
"It's alright to feel sad Serena, there's nothing wrong with being sad." He said softly as she continued to cry, hiccupping with each wave of tears.
"It's just… why do they make fun of me?" She asked him quietly.
As she wept and cried in his arms, he continued to hold her close, and even though she knew he couldn't understand a word she was saying to him, the message still got through to him somehow.
"It isn't your fault Serena, nothing is always your fault, and you shouldn't ever blame yourself for anything bad happening." He said gently. "And you shouldn't be ashamed or afraid to cry, no matter what you may be sad about. We're all sad now and then, and if your sad about anything, go ahead and cry, that just shows everyone that you have feelings to. Even the best of people, Pokemon, anyone or anything can 'feel' sad sometimes."
With that she felt the last of her walls crumble, she knew she could trust him, she always knew, but she just wanted to not show him her sadness. But as she looked up at him, and continued to cry, she felt something else spark inside of her.
What that something was she didn't know, but as she looked at her human, and saw his warm comforting smile, his soft and gentle eyes that made her feel happy, and finally feeling his hands soothing her shaking trembles from her crying. She felt her hiccups from crying stop, and another strange feeling taking place.
It wasn't joy, it wasn't happiness exactly, and it was most definitely not sadness.
But all of that was washed away, at least for a tiny moment, as her body began to glow.
~I'll be his gentle breeze, and his warm flame, and I'll be all he deserves in life…~
~Now it is time to show them all, I will be the greatest star of all…~
~They will all see, that I'm worthy, of all the praise they should have said…~
~We will be we, and only 'we', and they'll see, just what we're meant to be!~
(One Year Later)
*Narrator*
[One year later, when graduation arrived, all of the students gathered outside of Papaya's house near the ocean for the graduation festival with all of the graduee's friends and family. During that year, one particular Pokemon had been missing, Serena, T.K.'s 'girly' partner.]
[But as everyone sat down and T.K. was the last one to show off his Graduation Project, everyone soon would learn of what had become of his 'girly' partner.]
(T.K.'s PoV)
As William finished his project, T.K. felt his throat clench up, hoping that all of his presentations were ready. Soon Papaya declared that it was his turn to give his project, and the crowd of people began clapping and cheering for him as he took the sandy stage next to the ocean.
*I hope your ready Serena…* He thought as his pictures were all pulled out with him.
He gave a nod to Papaya, and she hit the button for his music player, and instantly his song that he had been working on all year began playing.
"It's my final day, to shy away from all the names…" His music voice sang as he began going to his paintings to lift them up. "Troubled years, they lay behind, the taunts and jeers… but they are not what shaped who I've become…"
"You laughed at us, you taunted us… and you told us what we were not… but only 'we' can decide what we will soon become…"
He began lifting pictures, one at a time… the first one showing him and Popplio, happy and smiling, waving to the world. Then the next one was revealed, a picture of Popplio bravely standing her ground, protecting him from Geodudes, all of which had names like 'Silly', 'Dopey', 'Ugly', and others painted all over them. The third showed a similar image, with notes from his classmates with words like, 'idiot', 'stupid', 'wimpy', and so on.
"We'll reach for the sky, and we'll burn hotter than fire… and we will prove we're brighter! We'll stand up to the thunder storms and surf on through the tides you made… no matter how hard…" His voice sang out, with the music playing every second. "We will face the trials, get through the fires, for our souls are tireless. We once took the blames, endured the shame, let them shape what we were. Yet they should not have made what we once were."
His next few pictures showed Brionne, as she happily smiled from his lap, waving hi as he scratched her head. The next one showed Brionne dancing and giggling, despite being in the rain next to him with words like 'girly', 'silly', and a host of other words raining around them.
"We are not the same, we're proud of who we are, we will show all that we are and not let this rain deter us any longer! We will soar higher and burn much brighter then all those who came before… now it is time to turn the tide…"
He came to his final picture and revealed it to be a beautiful Pokemon, with flowing light blue hair, white upper torso with matching colored fins and a dark blue tail, with a pearl like crown and star shaped pins. It was smiling gently at them, alongside its trainer, and written above the pair were their names, with every one of his classmates gasping as they saw the name of his Pokemon.
Serena.
As if on cue, Serena emerged from the sea behind him, gently crawled next to him and stared out at the crowed with him.
"We are not idiots, we aren't fools to be mocked… and you will see, that we're worthy, to be who we want to be!"
As the song began to slow down Serena opened her voice and began to 'sing', a sad but proud melody, going in tune with his own music. Her voice made everyone, especially those who made fun of her and him, feel guilty inside, down to their very core. For all the years they endured because of her looks and his foolishness, she let out through her song how 'they' felt inside, and let the audience feel that inner pain.
It was a song that touched everyone, and as the song finally concluded, and Serena stopped singing, she and him took a bow to the applause that followed.
~He had faith in me, my trainer sees, I am truly what he needs…~
~So I will fly toward the sky, and burn brighter than the azure sea…~
~I will shine on in the brightest night, and prove he was right…~
~He believed in me, now you will see, that I am worthy, to be his everything! ~
(Serena's PoV)
Several minutes later found her and T.K. heading on down to the beach, late at night as the starry night sky shone up above. She herself was following directly behind him, using her paws to walk alongside him while her lower body dragged behind. His parents were taking home his artwork and music while he and she went for a relaxing celebratory visit to the beach, where they had gone many times in the past to just get away from everyone and be alone.
"Typical, only after we graduate does anyone really apologize to us." T.K. said to her as they reached the beach. "Oh well, at least we don't have to be with any of them now." Minutes later they had reached their favorite spot. "Man, it's a good thing nobody else comes here… I remember throwing a lot of tempers here when it was just us over the years…"
However, while 'he' was busy talking and looking around at their special spot, she had not once taken her eyes off of him. Not even when they were walking, she had kept her eyes solely on him, gently smiling as she eyed her human.
She never said anything all this time, even after a year of feeling this warm, bubbling feeling in her heart, but even now she could not deny her feelings any longer.
She was in love with him.
When she was a Popplio and he a child, they had both been who they were, a klutzy kid and a hard working starter. They were made fun of, poked fun at, and been the laughing stock of his class. Instead of changing who they were, they simply stayed their course in life and continued to do what they wanted to do.
As a teenager and a Brionne, they had been laughed at, taunted, and cruelly misjudged for who they were. In response to this he had silently took all of the verbal abuse, ignoring everyone and working instead to prove everyone wrong. She on the other hand, hid behind a barrier of smiles, laughs, and dances.
Yet, only a year ago, when she finally let her defenses down, she had felt a strange spark appear in her heart, and its source had been as obvious as her evolution had been unexpected. Her trainer had touched her heart, sparked her love, and even now she felt such warmth simply sitting next to him as he sat down by the water's edge.
Only one 'small' issue was marring her warmth that she was feeling though, and that was that she did not know what her trainer 'felt', if anything.
But today, she decided she had waited long enough, she would find out just how he felt about her, even if she had to ask the only way she knew how.
(T.K. and Serena's PoV)
"You know Serena, I never realized how quiet it was here." He whispered to her as he sat down near the water's edge, taking his shoes and socks off to let his feet sit in the cool water. "Probably a good thing too…"
"Yes… it is quiet here…" She whispered softly to him. "Pri… Primarina pri…"
As he heard Serena whisper to him, he felt her lay her head on his shoulder and turned to see that she had laid her large body down next to him, and let her tail slip into the water as well. He would not have been surprised by this, as she had often sat next to him like this before, but it was the fact that she was staring right at him.
And the look in her eyes was not the usual look she used to give him.
"Uh… Serena?" He asked her quietly.
She merely smiled gently, before slowly blinking and batting her eyes at him.
"Yes?" She asked him. "Pri?"
"Why are you staring at me like that?" He asked her.
In response she winked even more slowly, before smiling even more widely.
"Uh… Serena?" He asked again, before she leaned closer to him, and planted her lips directly on his.
The instant she felt her human's lips, she knew deep down that they had been 'made' for each other. His mouth was a perfect fit for her own, and while his skin was soft, it only made her want even 'more', but she restrained herself because this move was her only option to find out how he felt.
As an artist, she knew that he'd get the message, and sure enough, as she pulled away, still smiling lovingly at him, she could see it in his eyes.
The message had been delivered.
"Serena?"
"Yes?" She replied softly. "Si?"
"Are you saying, I mean, how long have you…?" He asked quietly, nodding at her to finish what he was saying.
"For a lot longer than I realized." She replied. "Primarina pri prima rina pri."
They couldn't understand each other completely, but they both still had that same bond that all trainers and Pokemon have, in that they could 'somewhat' understand what the other said. She of course knew human words even if she couldn't speak them, and he could 'somewhat' understand what she said even if it sounded the same to him.
"And you're alright with this… I mean, feeling this way about me?" He asked her calmly. "Wouldn't you prefer to be with… one of your own kind? What I'm saying is… are you 'sure' you want 'me'?"
He knew that Pokemon weren't stupid, and when it came to issues of 'mating' or even choosing 'mates', they did not simply take one lightly. For her to choose 'him' as her mate meant that she had to be serious. While he knew he liked his Serena, and deep down would do anything to make her happy, he was unsure if he was truly the one she should be picking for something like 'this'.
Which is why he had to ask, if he was really the one she wanted.
She smiled even more gently and shook her head. "I've already made my choice T.K." She said sweetly. "You are all I want in my life now… if you'll have me, then take me as yours… my beloved."
And then she reaffirmed her answer by once more pressing her lips to his, closing her eyes to enjoy the moment even more, and seconds later she felt him respond in kind and put pressure on her own lips with his.
After a few minutes in which they simply continued to kiss, she felt him pull her body closer to him, putting one hand behind her neck and one on her back, and she in kind placed her two paws on either side of him, trying to get as close to her human as she could.
Her skin was extremely soft, similar to treated leather, but it still had some wetness to it that reminded him of sea shells that he'd find on the beach. As she pushed him onto his back, deepening the kiss, only separating from him to let him breathe before assaulting his mouth once again in pleasure, he began to rub his fingers through her blue hair. It felt to him like silk, very wet silk that easily parted for his fingers.
They stopped kissing after a few minutes, both of them blushing with how quickly they had gone into the act, but they both smiled and simply went back to kissing each other. They didn't need a heart filled confession from each other, they both knew what the other wanted. They had gone through enough troubles together, to know that they were meant to be together, and they wanted to be together.
*He makes me feel so warm…* Serene thought as her tail flapped on the ground, feeling herself starting to get aroused from the simple act of kissing.
While the kiss was sensational to her, she wanted to feel even more, and she got her wish as they simultaneously opened their mouths, and pushed their tongues into the other's. They shared their wetness with each other, and soon began to dance, caress, and share so much more intimacy with their desired lover.
"Mhmm…" She moaned blissfully, not realizing how wonderful he had tasted until now.
"Hmmhmm…" He moaned as well, loving how her tongue continued to dance and taste his, sharing space without hesitation.
It wasn't long though before she found herself unable to resist an instinct of her species, and she separated her mouth from his to sing.
"Aoouuu, oooh aoouuu…" She sang happily for all the world to hear.
For a Primarina, singing was more than a way to express feelings, it was a declaration for all to hear. But this song that she sang right now, was a special one, one she had been preparing for this moment.
It was a song that she would sing only for 'one' individual, only one would ever hear it, and it was one meant only for T.K.
It was a song only for her love to hear.
"Oooaaouu, oooahoo… ahhhoooou~!" She kept singing, letting her beloved human continue kissing her along her neck and body.
For several minutes she let him kiss her body, letting him kiss whatever and wherever he wanted, all the while singing her song that she had been preparing just for him.
But then she felt herself getting very hot in her lower body, and not just hot, but also very 'wet'.
T.K. too felt that hot and wet spot, he had been so busy kissing Serena that he hadn't noticed it first, but after feeling a wetness along his waist, he glanced down to see that she had been 'leaking' from her lower body onto his.
The source was coming from a slit on her lower body where her stomach met her tail, this slit had grown puffy and red, and the tiniest trail of juices were leaking from it. As he stared at it and she noticed him staring at it, she stopped singing entirely, becoming thoroughly embarrassed that she had revealed herself to him in such a way.
*I never realized it was there…* He thought to himself as he recalled all the numerous times he's held her over the years.
He's held her so many times, and not once did he ever suspect that her 'privates' were right there, this was honestly his first time ever seeing that special place.
"T.K." She whispered softly, making him look up at her, and seeing her blushing deeply. "I want you now… so much now~."
She wanted to mate with him, but she wanted to do it properly, in the water, where he could have free movement alongside her. So after a very quick nod from her head, indicating she wanted to do it in the water, he got the message and began to strip. As he did, she began to admire him again, paying close attention to how much he'd grown since his childhood years.
Where once he was barely taller than four feet, he now was close to six feet tall, and while he still didn't have nearly as much muscle as those who exercised a lot, all of his painting and music skills had given him flexible hands. Which she was eager to experience as they climbed into the cold water, making sure to stay close to the little ledge where he had left his clothes.
As they held each other close, she felt his hardened member, almost six inches in length from their lengthy and passionate kissing session, grace her entrance with its touch.
"Are you ready Serena?" He asked her, wanting her permission before proceeding.
"I'm more than ready…" She said happily, trying to restrain from shoving him in by use of her tail, which quivered in anticipation of their first time together. "Claim me… I'm ready to be yours."
With her consent given, he began to push into her sacred treasure, and felt warm and wet walls surround his dick.
"Ahh~!" She groaned, the feeling of something in her passage foreign to her, yet the pleasure she was feeling easily outstripped it.
He slid easily into her, the water and her own juices making her entrance very slippery, and giving him easy access to her womb. With each centimeter he slid into her she felt her walls stretch to accommodate him perfectly, and any part that was loose easily tightened to make her feel even more pleasure. Soon he hilted inside of her, and instead of waiting for her to adjust, she initiated the act of pushing him in and out by using her tail to expertly move him back and forth.
"Ah… oh… forgive me…T.K.… I just can't help… myself~!" She moaned to him, using her fins and tail to hold him closer, even as he held onto her lower body using his legs.
"Serene… your so… tight!" He cried out, loving how her passage seemed to bind him into a tight vice.
He began to push in and out of her Serena's sex, before pulling his Primarina into a passionate kiss, silencing both of their moans of pleasure.
Each time they pushed and pulled, Serena had to use her tail to keep them floating in the water. Meanwhile her flowing hair simply floated and frayed in whichever direction the water around them washed, and each time they rubbed against the ledge water sprayed everywhere. But still she could not believe how good it felt.
She had not had 'any' sexual experience, nothing, not even the slightest heat. Only in recent weeks had she found any inkling or desire to mate. Now that she was, she was acting like a sex starved female, pulling T.K. as close to her as she could with her paws, using her lower body and even her tail at times to wrap around him as much as possible.
At one point they went underwater for a brief moment, but in their lust filled state, the freedom of movement the water provided them meant he pushed even 'further' into her sex, going as far into her womb as her body could permit.
When they surfaced again for air, she pulled him back under so they could repeat it, and she contorted her body as much as she could to shove every 'inch' of his dick in her as physically possible.
It went on like this for several minutes, with them locking lips, taking a deep breath, and then going under water to ravage each other like feral creatures in some, lust filled mating ritual. Nothing else mattered to the two of them besides pleasing one another, and please each other they did.
Yet as they shoved at one another as rapidly as they could, both of them felt themselves suddenly stop moving, and felt his dick convulsing slightly in her, releasing streams of thick cum into her passage. Her walls, sensing the release of his orgasm, replied with their own, and began pulsing alongside his dick, shifting his seed further into her womb so it would pool.
They held each other still as they gasped and 'tried' recovering from their orgasmic love making.
*Oh… sweet… Arceus…* She thought, staring up at the sky as she kept a hold of him. *I… want… 'more'…*
She looked down at T.K. and saw that he too was exhausted, but when they both stared into each other's eyes and pulled each other into a kiss, she felt something else besides love and warmth in her heart.
She felt his dick still inside of her, and noticed it was still 'hard'.
Without further encouragement needed on her part, because she was still so tight and still felt so good to him, they both began yet another session, no less wild and no less intense then the first.
(Half an Hour Later)
They both pulled themselves, tiredly onto the small ledge and out of the water, and caught their breath while T.K. put his clothes on.
Once that was done he simply laid down on his back, and felt Serena pull herself over to lie down next to him.
"Serena… that was… the most… wonderful time… of my life." He whispered to her, looking into her blue azure eyes.
"Yes it… was T.K." She whispered back with a smile. "It most… certainly was… my love."
He nodded back and smiled as well. "I love you too Serena… my 'Primarina'…"
"And I love you… my 'trainer'…" She replied.
They both simply stared at each other, before they heard a rustling sound nearby, and turned suddenly to see a person with bright orange hair standing up and stretching.
"Yaaaaawn… Oh my aching back…" Professor Papaya groaned as she pulled sticks and leaves out of her hair. "That is what I get for sleeping on the ground with only three hours of rest."
"P… Professor Papaya?" T.K. asked incredulously, wondering if she had seen them.
"Huh… oh hi T.K., sorry if I startled you, I took a nap here like two hours ago and only just woke up…" She said as she scratched her eyes. "Ow… man… what was I 'lying' on?"
She reached down and pulled a scrunched box from the ground, and examined it with weary eyes.
"Huh, whatever, hey T.K. do me a favor and toss this out or something." She said as she tossed him the box while stretching. "I've got to head home; I need to sleep on a proper bed before my back breaks."
"But… why me?" He asked as he watched his Professor walk away from them, almost completely oblivious to them.
"Cause I asked nicely, and I'm too beat to care about that box." She moaned tiredly. "I'll be waiting for your report on how Serena inspired you for your project tomorrow for my research kid, thanks a bunch!"
With that they both stared at the Professor as she left them behind.
Then they both examined the box she had 'left' them with.
"Pokemon Pregnancy Assistant and Checker?" He read out loud to her. "Why would she be sleeping on this?"
Serena on the other hand, got his attention by touching him with one of her paws, and it was then he noticed that she was 'grinning' at him.
"Well T.K…. you heard what the Professor said… let's do 'something' with it…" She whispered sensually, leaning closer to him with a twinkle in her eyes, but now there was a prominent blush on her cheeks. "Let's make an egg."
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Curse you Nintendo for releasing official names 'after' i upload, now i had to change names!