GCEA Cameo Short Story Contest

[[Desolate Divine]]

I am aware of the errors littered through this, as I wrote most of it late at night, but will deal with them when it isn't stupid o'clock

Spoiler:

“You really shouldn’t make it look so easy.” Phoebe said with a grin as she had a look at the badge I had just won, “You might get a reputation here.”

She passed me back the appropriately named Plain Badge that I had just won from Whitney a half hour earlier.

“I am glad it looked easy, because that Miltank was a pain in the a**.” I laughed, as I added it to my collection. Now alongside my eight Hoenn badges, I had three Johto.

It had been a few weeks since Phoebe and I arrived in Johto. We had bought a house here that needed a lot of work, however put off that for a little while in favor of travelling. The plan was for me to participate in tournaments like I have done back in Hoenn the last six months, however to participate in those that have the biggest prizes, gym badges are a prerequisite.

That being said, we were excited to see the house we had bought. It was on the edge of Azalea Town, with part of the backyard being the edge of Ilex Forest. We were there a week ago, and saw it for the first time. There was a lot to be desired from it, but it wasn’t too hard to believe it will be finished this time next year, if all goes to plan.

“Well you had me fooled.” Phoebe replied as she sipped her coffee. We sat out the front of a cafe in Goldenrod City. The plan was to stay here tonight, before we head depart for Ecruteak City.

In all honesty, it was hard to believe how much everything changed. Nine months ago, I was fighting to end a Shadow Pokemon infestation, and stop a Legendary Pokemon from causing carnage in a completely different world. Now I am here, travelling with my girlfriend, having just bought a house together, and living the life I only dreamt of having.

That being said, it wasn’t all lollipops and rainbows. Back there I was dead. And even if I am living and breathing in this world, my friends and family back home don’t know that. Mum and Noah would have buried Laura and myself now. And I don’t even know how the Phoebe in that world is feeling. One of the last times I saw her, she begged me to let it all go, and to let someone else end this. I didn’t, and look what happened.

Phoebe who sat opposite me noticed my silence, before speaking up.

“You’re thinking about home again, aren’t you?” she asked.

“This is my home.” I replied, “Here with you.”

“You know what I mean.” Phoebe said, “Your old home.”

I remained silent, as Phoebe reached out and grabbed my hand.

“There is nothing wrong with that.” Phoebe explained, “I would be surprised if anyone else has gone through what you’ve gone through. Having to leave everything behind in the way that you did. I don’t expect you to forget about it all. I would be a monster if I did.”

As Phoebe said this, the same question I had asked myself the last nine seven or so months began to repeat itself in my head. Did the others succeed? Did they survive, or end up like me? Was Hoenn safe?

I felt myself start to panic. Containing myself, I let go of Phoebe’s hand before grabbing my wallet.

“I’m gonna get the bill.” I said quickly, before standing up and making my way to the counter.

As I walked away from the table, I took some deep breaths, and psyched myself into being able to talk to the cashier and not seem like a mental case. I grabbed some cash from my wallet as I stood a few feet behind the person paying their bill.

“Thanks.”

My attention was piqued by the voice of the man in front of me. There was a familiarity to it, and the more I looked at the silver haired man in front of me, the more I thought I knew him from somewhere. One of my old teachers? It wasn’t until he turned around that I recognized him.

Lewis. Lugia.

My expression must have shifted, because when he turned around, and I didn’t move, his expression changed to one of concern, before he composed himself, before walking past.

“Excuse me.”

Whilst I said nothing, I had a hunch about what was coming.

“Brick wall. Red bricks. As far as I can see and taller than I can look over. Break a brick, and there is another behind it. Nothing but silence. Just the brick wall.”

I focused on this, much to the confusion of the cashier, who was speaking to me, whilst I blocked everything out. No distractions. Just focus.

Then I felt it. It was soft, but after having Gwaine poke through my head enough, if I knew to expect it, it wasn’t too hard for me to tell when someone was trying to see my thoughts.

I cringed as I felt a sharp pain, gasping, however not letting go of my focus. The only thing that mattered was the brick wall, which must have been working if Lewis was trying this hard to look inside my head.

The pain disappeared, and for a moment I thought it was over. Just as I was about to turn around and see if he was gone, I swore, as it felt like a knife was shoved into my skull. I tried to focus on the brick wall, however the pain was too much. I felt something warm drip down my face, before everything went black. The last thing I saw was a memory. Myself dodging Lewis’ blade, before elbowing him in the face, and kicking his legs out from underneath him, before holding my own blade to his chest.

“Jacob. Wake up.” came a muffled voice, as I felt myself being shaken. After a few moments, I woke up, and found Phoebe kneeling on the ground next to me, tears in her eyes, before she hugged me.

“The ambulance is on its way.” Phoebe explained, as I tried to sit up.

“I don’t need an ambulance.” I explained, as I grabbed my wallet, and stood up, using the nearby counter to support myself, “We need to get out of here, now.”

“Jacob, you just passed out! You should at least let them check you out.” Phoebe explained, as I put some cash on the counter.

“I know why I passed out, which is why we need to get out of here.” I explained, “Trust me.”

It was a half hour later when we sat down on the edge of Goldenrod City, and I finally caught my breath.

“So are you gonna tell me what happened back there?” Phoebe asked, sitting down next to me.

“I ran into someone I used to know.” I explained, “Someone I knew before I came here. Did you see that silver haired p****?”

“The one who walked out just before you passed out?” Phoebe asked, “Did you have some sort of PTSD attack or something?”

“No not that. He attacked me. In here.” I explained, pointing to my head. “His name is Lewis, but you’d know him more as Lugia.”

“Lugia? Like, the legendary Pokemon?”

“Not like. The Legendary Pokemon.” I explained, “When I recognized him, it took me by surprised, and he noticed. So he tried to look inside my head to figure out how I knew him. And when I put up a fight, the bastard pushed harder. Saw a memory of me beating him in a sword fight.”

“S***.” Phoebe muttered, before looking at me concerned, “Are we in danger?”

I had a think about it. That was the question that had haunted me for the last half hour.

“I don’t think so.” I explained, “Lewis doesn’t like conflict for the sake of conflict, and is pretty controlled. I think that if he were to find us again, he would try and get answers without necessarily hurting us.”

“You aren’t wrong.” said a familiar voice.

When I saw Lewis walking towards me, I stood up, standing in front of Phoebe, and reaching for my belt to grab a Pokeball.

“That won’t be necessary.” Lewis explained, holding up his hands, “You’re right, I want answers, and I don’t want to hurt you.”

“I’d believe that a little easier if I hadn’t passed out half an hour ago.” I muttered.

“If you didn’t make it so hard, you wouldn’t have passed out.” Lewis explained, “That brick wall was a nice little trick, but it will only stop some weaker psychics. You did well to hold me off that long.”

“Cut the bulls**t.” I said, “What do you want?”

“You know what I want.” Lewis explained, “You know who I am. Not many humans do, and not many know without me knowing.”

“Trust me, I have no intention of seeing you or any of the others again.” I said, before realizing my mistake. Before I could focus on the brick wall, I felt a sharp pain in my head as memories of Kya, Donny, L, Bianca, Skye and Chime flooded my mind.

“Can you f***ing not?!” I hissed as I grabbed my head.

“You have met a few of us…” Lewis muttered, “So who are you?”

“Someone who just wants to get on with his life, and hopefully never see another one of you guys.” I explained.

“You’re not leaving until I get some answers. And I can get them if I want, from either of you, in a less pleasant way.”

“Leave her out of this.” I explained, “She knows nothing.”

“Then tell me how you know me.”

I sighed before speaking up.

“I’m not from this world.” I explained, “My old world became infested with Shadow Pokemon and somebody created Shadow Deoxys. I died stopping it and Arceus took pity on me, and sent me here.”

“You knew me back there?” Lewis asked, “Skye as well.”

“We were friends. You showed me how to fight.” I explained.

Lewis looked at me for a moment, before seeming content.

“You won’t tell anyone who I am?” Lewis asked.

“As I said, I would literally be happy if I never saw you or the others again.” I muttered.

“Jacob…” Phoebe said, seemingly hurt for the silver haired man.

“You said we were friends once upon a time. So why now does it seem like you hate me? Was I the one who killed you or something?” Lewis asked.

“Because anybody who gets involved with Legendary Pokemon gets dragged into their war without even realizing it.” I replied, “I died fighting your war. My family and friends back in my world buried myself and my sister because instead of you protecting the world, we had to. I’m not putting my family through that again.”

I put the Pokeball on my belt, before grabbing Phoebe’s hand.

“I’d say it was nice to see you again Lewis, but it really wasn’t.” I explained, “There aren’t many people who could take you down, but I think I could, so next time you see me, look the other way. Are we clear?”

Lewis’ expression turned to a scowl.

“Crystal…”


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“So what’s next?” Clair asked as she handed me the Rising Badge, “Will you take on the Elite Four in the Indigo Plateau? Or take the Kanto challenge?’

“Neither.” I replied, “The competitions with the best prize pools require eight Johto badges to participate. Now, I have eight badges…”

Clair looked at me seemingly annoyed. It was generally frowned upon to have money be a primary motivation, and whilst other people weren’t usually so open about it, they tended to be not much better.

“So all this battle was to you was a step to making some cash…” Clair replied, almost condescendingly.

“Look, the way I see it there are two reasons people challenge the Elite Four. To test themselves and see how far they can go, and to stroke their ego.” I explained, “Fact is, I don’t need to find that out how far I could go. I already know. And my ego isn’t that fragile that I gotta hinge my self worth on the best person I have beaten. As for the Kanto challenge, I already have eight badges from Hoenn and now Johto. I want to settle down, and that isn’t funded by hopes and dreams.”

Clair’s expression didn’t change, however she must have understood that there wasn’t anything wrong with what I was saying. I had beaten her with little effort, and chances are the Elite Four weren’t going to pose much of a challenge. The only reason people struggle is because of their stupid house rule of battling them back to back. The only way to heal is with items, so the challenge is essentially pay-to-win anyway.

As I made my way out of the gym, I was surprised to see someone waiting for me. Phoebe usually watches my battles, however wasn’t feeling to well, so had stayed back at the Pokemon Center. This was our last stop before making our way to Azalea Town where we would, if all goes to plan, stay.

“After what happened in Hoenn, I have to say, I am shocked to see you here.”

Chime hadn’t changed at all. Whilst I wasn’t expecting anything massively different in the nine months or so since I had seen him, he literally looked identical to when we first met.

I sighed at the sight of the man, before walking past him, saying nothing.

“Come on. That’s no way to greet an old friend?”

“Well last time I saw you, you sent me on a mission that almost got me killed.” I replied, not turning around.

“It was something needed to save your own existence.”

“It was something that one of your people could have done, instead of a 19 year old kid.”

Chime sighed.

“I’m not here to try and recruit you for anything.” Chime explained, “I am here because I just had Lewis contact me about, and I quote, some a**hole from another world who knows who half of us are...”

“I ran into Lewis over a month ago.” I explained, “Why is he all of a sudden having a b**** fit about it?”

“I usually exist outside of time. He came straight to me.” Chime explained, “This was the best time for us to talk, so I approached you here.”

“Best time why?” I asked, “Because I’m alone? What, are you going to take care of me?”

“Arceus no!” Chime muttered, “I just want to talk.”

“Well I’m listening, and that’s more than I am willing to give most people who bring up my past…”

“Lewis told me what you said to him. That you want nothing to do with him or the others, and that all they do is drag people into their conflicts and get them killed in the crossfire…”

“Look what happened to me, Chime…” I replied irritably.

“Let me finish.” Chime explained, “I am doing you a favor by telling you this…”

“I understand you want to go off the radar and retire. Anyone would. But that might not be possible for you.”

“And why the f*** not?” I asked, angrily, “Have I not done enough? Put my friends and family through enough? Do I need to hurt two worlds worth of these people?”

“It might not be possible for you because you are marked.” Chime explained.

“Marked?”

“When Arceus gave you and the others another chance, his intervention left marks on all of you.” Chime explained, “Part of Arceus lives in all of you, and Legendary Pokemon like Lewis can sense this. Even if they have never met you, they will know you are marked by Arceus. You will have their attention.”

I listened to what he said however there was something else that stood out to me.

“The others?” I asked, “Like Lucian and Joseph? What happened to them?”

“The same thing as you. They sacrificed themselves to save Hoenn and Arceus gave them another chance.” Chime explained, “But I am unsure where they are. You’re the first of the trainers that Arceus sent to a new world that I have found.”

“And this mark we have. What, am I expected to magically be buddies with the Legendary Pokemon because of this?”

“By all means, no.” Chime replied, “But you’re already on their radar, and antagonizing them, or threatening them, is going to be detrimental more than anything. Just keep to yourself, and they should do the same. Lewis is the exception to that because of the memories you have of him.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.” I said, as I continued to walk away.

“Come on Jacob, at least talk to me.” Chime replied irritably, “I thought you had died. Arceus tells me nothing unless I ask specifically. It wasn’t until Lewis contacted me that I realized you were alive. What is so important you can’t talk for five minutes.”

“I got a house to fix, and once that is done, a girlfriend to propose to once that is done.” I explained, “I accepted that my past and everyone in it was behind me. Now all I have is what’s here and what’s yet to come. Goodbye Chime.”

With that, I left, as Chime went silent. I couldn’t tell how long he stood there. I didn’t look back.



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For the next eighteen months, it almost seemed like things had become normal again. After beating Clair, Phoebe and I made our way to Azalea Town, where we spent six months fixing up the house we had bought to the state where it was liveable. Whilst it was by all means, not perfect, we were happy with it, and were in absolutely no debt. Any improvements we wanted to make, I could fund with a lap of Johto, competing in tournaments. After that, I proposed, and six months later Phoebe and I were married.

“So what are you looking forward to most about being a dad?” Phoebe asked, as we sat on the lounged on the couch at home. It was less than four months until Phoebe’s due date, and in all honesty, we were still getting our heads around it.

“I’m not sure to be honest.” I laughed, “I always thought, if I had kids, I would love to teach them to play piano like I do.”

“So you’re gonna live out your dreams through them?” Phoebe retorted sarcastically.

“Well I’m 21, married and expecting a kid, so it’s safe to say my dreams are dead. I gotta live them out through someone.”

Phoebe jokingly punched me on the arm, laughing to herself, before adjusting her position on the couch.

“It is going to be weird though.” I continued, “Having a kid, I mean. Like, we’ve been in Johto, away from our families, for what, two years, and we still haven’t figured out how to do this adult thing. And now we got a kid coming…”

“We’ll be fine.” Phoebe explained, “You’ve been taking care of Pokemon for years. And they can breathe fire and read your mind.”

“Yeah but I can put them in a Pokeball when they give me the s***s.” I laughed.

Before anything else could be said, the doorbell rang. My watch read 8:40pm, so the sudden visitor had me slightly surprised.

“I’ll get it.”

I made my way to the door, flicking on the light out the front, before opening it. In front of me was a man who looked about ten years older than myself. He had shaggy brown hair, wearing a tee-shirt with a red and yellow emblem on it. He looked at me intently, however there was one thing I could tell about him. The way he looked at me, he knew me. He didn’t just know of me, but knew me, and that meant one thing. He was a Legendary Pokemon.

“Jacob?” the man asked.

“That’s me.” I replied. He knew my name which means he had spoken to Chime or Lewis. Most likely Lewis. But which one is he? I already knew Lewis and Skye were Lugia and Celebi. Lewis mentioned Henry, which I assumed was Ho-oh, but I could be wrong. This leaves Raikou, Entei and Suicune.

“My name’s Ezra. I was wondering if we could talk?”

Entei. A Legendary Pokemon who I had never met, has found me, and I could guess why.

“I know who you are. Not here.” I explained, “My wife is pregnant and I don’t want her hearing this.”

“Do you have somewhere else where we can talk privately?” Ezra asked.

“Meet me on Route 33 in an hour and we can talk there.”

I made my way back inside, entering the study, and booting up the PC, depositing my entire team except Gwaine and Skipper, withdrawing Crush, Magnitude, Spinner and Chaos. All Pokemon that can take on a Fire Type.

“You going out?” came Phoebe’s voice behind me.

“Yeah one of the trainers called in sick at the gym and they asked me to cover until 11.” I explained, feeling guilty for lying but knowing she would get worried knowing what I was about to do.

The lie itself was believable. I have gotten casual work as one of the trainers at the Azalea Town Gym, who want more of a challenge, and it wasn’t uncommon for me to work nights.

“Well hurry home when you’re done. I’ll try and wait up.” Phoebe said, giving me a hug, before making her way back to the lounge, as I walked out the front door…

“I wasn’t sure you were going to come.” Ezra said as I approached him. It had been a bit over an hour.

“I had to talk to my wife.” I explained, “Now what is it that makes me leave her at 9pm and make my way out here, Entei?”

Ezra looked at me slightly surprised, however

“I need your help.” Ezra explained, “Lewis told me there was someone from another world in Johto who was capable of stopping Legendary Pokemon.”

“No.”

Ezra stopped in his tracks.

“No?” he asked, “You won’t even hear me out?”

“No.”

“As far as you know, the world could be about to collapse on itself and you would refuse before even knowing?” Ezra asked irritably.

“I refuse because it’s not my problem.” I explained, “You’re the Legendary Pokemon, and you obviously know Lewis. You deal with it.”

‘We can’t. The circumstances of the situation don’t-”

“I don’t care.” I replied, “Until whatever this is knocks on my door, you are on your own.”

“I knocked on your door, and you told me to come out here, only to not hear me out?” Ezra asked, “Why?”

“To send a message…”

There was a draconic roar, as Ezra realized what was happening, and started to change. Within seconds, the man had shifted into a two meter tall, two hundred kilogram beast, staring me down.

There was another roar and a flash of light as a purple light shot down from the sky, hitting the Entei, causing it to cry in pain, as a Hydregion dropped down from above, knocking it to the ground, I quickly hit the buttons on the remaining five Pokeballs, letting out a Swampert, who soon Mega Evolved, Gallade, Blastoise, Flygon and Donphan.

Skipper the Mega Swampert, soaked the ground around us, as Chaos continued to maul Entei.

“Hold it!” I shouted, as Skipper attempted to grapple the Legendary Pokemon, who tried to struggle out before Gwaine stepped forward. His eyes lit up as the struggling Entei roared in pain, before being held still by the Gallade’s telekinesis and Skipper’s grapple.

“Crush, Hydro Cannon! Magnitude and Spinner, use Earth Power!”

Entei roared in pain as the Pokemon launched attack after attack whilst it was held in place. Finally it stopped struggling before eventually collapsing.

“Stop attacking it.” I said, “Keep holding it, but don’t attack it any more.”

I walked over to the Entei who lay collapsed on the ground, barely conscious, kneeling in front of it, before speaking quietly.

“The only reason you will walk out of here with your life is by my good graces and because you have one single use to me being alive.” I muttered, looking the Legendary Pokemon dead in the eyes.

“Pass this on to the others. Lewis, Skye, Henry, and the two of you I haven’t met yet.” I explained, “Me and my family are off limits. If you approach us, or even look twice at us, I will find you, and I will kill you like I could have very easily done right now. Do you understand?”

Entei growled quietly, as it was still held in place.

“Do you f***ing understand?!” I shouted. Entei roared in response.

“Good.” I muttered, before turning to Gwaine, “Now knock him out...”

When Entei was unconscious, I called my Pokemon back to their Pokeballs, making my way back into town. It was just after 10pm and I had told Phoebe I would be at the gym until 11, so made my way to a bar not too far from home. I bought a whiskey and thought about what I had just done.

I had almost killed a being who was equated to a god, to send a message to a half dozen or so other identically powerful beings. This could go one of two ways. It could either backfire and there be a bigger fight, in which case we would have to leave Johto, or they will take the hint and leave us alone.

That being said, if we had to leave, where would we go? According to Chime I was marked, and could not hide from these Pokemon. In four months, Phoebe and I will have a baby, but what if I had to leave them, because no matter where I go, these mythical a**holes keep finding me…


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“So who is your favorite Sophie?” I asked, teasing the toddler, “Mum or Dad?”

“Gwaine!” she replied enthusiastically. She had only just turned 3 years old, and already she seemed to enjoy my Pokemon’s company more than my own.

“S***, I didn’t expect that.” I muttered to myself.

“S***!” She cried out happily.

“No, no, don’t say that!” I replied, “You don’t want to say that.”

“But you said it?”

‘’If Mum knew I said it, I would be in trouble.”

“So I can say it when Mum’s gone!”

“That’s not what I was saying.” I began to explain before Sophie chimed in again.

“Dad, I’m thirsty.”

We sat on a blanket in the backyard. It was a warm autumn day, and Phoebe was at work. I didn’t really have a day job. A couple of times a year I would spend two or three weeks travelling Johto, competing in tournaments. They happened every weekend and had a prize pool. The winner could take $1000, or add $1500 to the pot, which gets added to each week, and can be claimed by a weeks winner.

Instead of competing at the one place, I would travel a set route around Johto, competing in all eight of the tournaments one after the other, and taking whatever was in the pot. Some towns I was lucky and there had been a reigning champ for a month or two, and others the pot would only have one weeks worth in it. Either way, last time I travelled I earnt $40,000.

Because of this, I was the stay at home dad for the most part, whilst Phoebe worked part time.

“Do you want some water?” I asked the inquisitive toddler.

“Juice please!” She responded.

“Well Mum doesn’t like how much sugar is in juice.”

“Please!”

I couldn’t help but smile at her persistence.

“Well because you said please, sure.” I explained, “But don’t tell Mum.”

“You say that a lot…” Sophie remarked.

“Don’t tell her that either.” I replied, “Wait here okay? Don’t move.”

I went inside and found a clean glass, filling it with some juice from the fridge, before topping it up with water so Phoebe wouldn’t realize I had given Sophie some. As I walked out the door and froze when I saw Sophie.

She sat on the blanket, looking up inquisitively at the Pokemon who hovered next to her, seemingly playing with her. Celebi.

I dropped the glass, before reacting to what I had just seen.

”Get away from her!” I shouted, as I let Mushu out of his Pokeball.

“Dad, what’s wrong?” Sophie asked.

The Pokemon looked at me cautiously before floating a few meters away from Sophie, however from there it didn’t move.

“Flamethrower.” I shouted to Mushu, who flew at the Legendary Pokemon, launching a jet of flame at it. Celebi blocked it with a psychic barrier, before fleeing.

I rushed over to Sophie who was now hysterical, picking her up and bringing her inside.

“Why did Mushu hurt it?” she asked.

“It’s a very bad Pokemon that will hurt you.” I explained, “I want you to promise me you will never go near it. If you ever see it, I want you to find me and tell me.”

“I promise.”

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“Garage at midnight.”

Those were the words that I heard in my head when I got home from my last tournament. Since that day Celebi showed up six years ago, I had left Gwaine behind at home to keep an eye on Sophie. Whilst we had spotted Celebi watching from afar, she had never made another attempt to interact with Sophie. Had it been Lewis or Ezra getting that close, I would have made good on my threat, but it was my own fault for moving us on the border of Ilex Forest. Myths said that Celebi lived there, but I didn’t believe them, after I had met her in Hoenn. She had a little bit of my grace for being there first, but anything that made me think she would contact Sophie would take her out of those good graces.

I grabbed a beer and made my way to the garage where Gwaine was waiting for me.

“I gotta, say I miss Phoebe and Sophie more than anything when I’m on the road.” I said, “But I gotta say, this stuff comes a close second. I really gotta find you some Pokemon beer or something so you can try it Gwaine.”

“I’ll pass.” The Gallade replied, seeming on edge

“So what’s going on?” I asked, “Why are we in the garage at midnight?”

“There was an incident while you were away.” Gwaine replied, “Celebi.”

“F***!” I shouted, before realizing Sophie and Phoebe were asleep, and continuing quietly “What happened?”

“We were playing in the backyard and she was in the trees. Sophie saw her, but I sent her inside to get something, and scared Celebi off.” Gwaine explained, “A little while later, Sophie wanted to play with the frisbee, but said you left it on the fridge, so I went to get it. But when I was inside, Celebi must have come back, because Sophie was gone. I found her in the forest, about to be attacked by a Beedrill, so I went mega and knocked it out. But I caught Celebi watching us as we left.”

“That pain in the f***ing a**.” I muttered, before noticing something Gwaine had said, “Wait, how did you go mega? Sophie?”

“The moment she touched the stone, I mega evolved.”

So Sophie was close enough to Gwaine that she could trigger a Mega Evolution. This was usually unheard of for trainers to be able to trigger that on someone else’s Pokemon, as it requires a really deep bond both ways. That being said, I shouldn’t have been surprised. Sophie loves Gwaine, and has grown up with him around, and Gwaine is the most loyal partner I could have asked for. No wonder they’re close enough that she can draw that out of him.

“That’s comforting to know.” I replied, “But for now, we need to send a message. That my daughter is off limits.”

We made our way into my study, swapping out my team for two fire types and three water types, before heading into the forest, eventually finding the shrine to Celebi. I had the water types douse the trees nearby, soaking them and making them unable to ignite, before addressing the fire types.

“Flamethrower…” I muttered as Pyro and Mushu unleashed their flaming breath upon the shrine. I called them back to their Pokeballs, before shouting into the forest.

“My daughter is off limits Celebi! So stay the f*** away, if you know what’s good for you…”

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There wasn’t another incident involving the Legendary Pokemon. At least, not until today. Six years later and Sophie has disappeared. And the only person I know who can help me find her is here…

I rushed through the forest, clicking the torch on and off every few seconds. If I left it on, the light would be drained from it before I got to my destination. After half an hour, I finally arrived. The Burnt Shrine.

“Celebi!” I shouted, “I need to speak to you!”

There was silence, with the only sound being the wind through the trees.

“Celebi! Please!”

The silence continued, however I knew she was here.

“My daughter has disappeared!” I shouted desperately, “I need your help!”

The only noise was the wind. Finally I snapped, and used the name I knew I shouldn’t. Not in this world.

“For f***’s sake Skye! I know you care about her, so help me!”

There was silence for a second, before a flash of green light behind me, before I was lifted into the air, and thrown against a nearby tree. The torch dropped to the ground, revealing a young girl, who looked to be Sophie’s age, maybe a year or two older, with bright green hair, and eyes glowing green, with her hand outstretched....