Charizard Morph
has doomed us all.
This is a story i'm writing, to connect Pokemon Mystery dungeon one and two. I don't know why i felt the need to do this, but the idea poped into my head and i needed to get it out. I hope you enjoy reading it, and if you find any mistakes please tell me.
“Celebi, you know it needs to be done.”
“I can’t do that to you, not again! You know what will happen!”
“You have to. You know that we are the only ones, if you do not do this then far far worse things will happen.
“I can change it though! There are others I can call on, you don’t have to…”
“YES I DO. Celebi, you cannot deny that the events that have occurred aren’t able to be stopped. Even if you don’t do this it will still happen other ways, you said so your self.”
“But…”
“No. GO NOW. You will send me to that time, where I will search for the time gears, and you will make sure that can happen. It doesn’t matter what happened before, what matters is what’s happening now, we have a mission, I will complete it with or without her, but it must be done.”
“Fine, I will send you to the time she landed in, be careful Blade.”
“From now on just call me Grovyle, I cannot have our trackers knowing my real name.”
“Fine then, Grovyle. Be careful, remember, she may not be the same, what happened in the dimensional hole, something like that has never happened before.”
“I do not care. Just as long as she is safe, as long as Lilly is safe, I can keep living…”
I walked through Pokemon square beside Blade, my partner. “Come on Lilly, you should at least try.” He said as the two of us made out way past the Gulpin link shop. We were just returning from the Dojo.
“How many times do I have to tell you! Skitty can’t evolve without a moon stone! Besides, I don’t want to evolve until I learn Captivate, you know I only have two levels to go! Tomorrow at the Dojo we‘ll spend all day leveling up if you like, but we can’t ignore a direct request!” I said, looking pointedly at the letter in his hand.
Blade rolled his eyes, he had just recently evolved into a Grovyle, and had been insisting that it was the best thing that had happened to him since meeting me. And he insisted that meeting me still topped the list. I looked around me, the square was rather busy today, everyone was out purchasing supplies and linking moves. I suddenly noticed Alakazam, standing under the tree that was just at the bottom of the square. He waved us over.
“Come on, lets see what he wants.” I said, tapping Blade and pointing towards the yellow and brown bipedal Pokemon. “I’ll be that there’s a new dungeon to explore.”
Blade walked over while I was fallowing, the end his tail was swinging a little. I had to focus really hard not to pounce on it, and failed.
“Ouch! Darn it, that hurt!” He said as I let the end of it fall out of my mouth.
“Sorry.” I mumbled as I hung my head. Another reason he was intent on my evolution, so that I would stop attacking his tail, like I had been for the last two years.
We heard a chuckle as Alakazam closed the rest of the distance between us. “Still haven’t broken that old habit I see.” He smiled at us.
Blade rolled his eyes then looked down and grinned at me. “Don’t worry, I’m used to it, she’s been doing that more and more since I evolved.”
“Right, well, I have something to tell you, and it is urgent. Lets go up to your base and I’ll tell you there, there’s too many ears here.” Said Alakazam, with an extremely serious, and one might even say worried look on his face.
We just nodded, and began to lead the way to the base. “HEY!” A voice called, they turned. “Hey, hey, aren’t you guys the famous team DarkLight?” They could see a small Pokemon, an Igglybuff, running towards them, her face lighting up.
“I told you you would get to meet them, you rambunctious little girl. Hello team DarkLight, this is my niece, she came all the way here from the other side of the world just to see you. Even though she says that it was to see me.” Wigglytuff laughed.
Blade laughed and crouched down so that he could see her face better. “Hello, I’m not surprised that our fame has traveled that far, you know that my name is Blade and my partners is Lilly, I’m sure. What can we do for you?”
“Tell me the story!”
I stepped up to her, I felt terrible, but Alakazam seemed urgent. “I’m sorry, but we can’t right now, Alakazam has something extremely he needs to tell us. I’m very sorry.”
She frowned, then looked down. “Okay.” she mumbled.
“Lilly, I know who can tell her the story, remember Absol, he came back yesterday from his mission. I bet he’d be happy to tell her, he came with and got to see it all first hand after all, and then there‘s Whiscash in the pond too.”
“But it’s not the same, please…? With pecha berries on top?” said the little Igglybuff.
“How about this, right now we need to go, but if you’re still here tomorrow we’ll sit down and tell you the whole thing, beginning from where I met Lilly, and ending when Lilly came back.” Said Blade.
The Igglybuff seemed content with this and nodded. “Okay, promise?”
“Promise!” We both said at the same time.
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Alakazam, Blade, and I were sitting at the wooden table inside of the base, the small bowl of apples in the center was in desperate need of a refill.
“I have discovered a new dungeon. It lies on a small island in the ocean, far away from here. There I met someone who said they needed to meet you, a Pokemon named Celebi, she is pink and small, but powerful for her size, I have heard her called the time travel Pokemon. She said that time itself depended on her finding you. She is coming here, and will arrive in the morning, she said that all will be explained then.” He paused, and looked as if something deeply troubled him.
“Is something wrong?” I asked, staring at him. Was it possible that the world would have to depend on us twice?
“Yes, but I’m not sure if I want to tell you this part.”
“Tell away.” Said Blade, looking straight into his eyes. “You know that we can take most anything you tell us, easily. After what happened to us in sky pillar anything else would probably be as easy as walking through tiny woods.”
“I’m afraid that it is not that simple, and it is far far worse than sky pillar.”
“Tell us.” I said. “You’re just making it worse by not saying anything.”
“Yes, I suppose you’re correct. See, Lilly is going to have to go under a transformation.”
“You mean she has to evolve?” Asked Blade.
“No.”
“What then!” we asked. My heart began to beat faster, something was very wrong here.
“She has to become human again.”
“NO! SHE CAN”T LEAVE AGAIN!” Yelled Blade, looking nervously at me, we needed each other in a way that not even I fully understood.
“I’m not leaving again, I couldn’t do that, it would kill both me and Blade, and you know that pretty damn well, you were there last time.” I hissed.
“Relax, she doesn’t have to leave, just look different. She has to become a human, not leave this world. Celebi didn’t explain why, but I’m sure she will when she comes. The reason she isn’t here now is because she said something about finding a Pokemon called Jirachi.”
Blade looked at me worriedly. “But she won’t be able to protect herself, humans can’t use moves.” He was looking into my eyes.
“Blade, don’t worry, I won’t be leaving, and you’re stronger than I am, you can protect me.” I said. He didn’t look convinced.
“Are you sure? What if you’re attacked while I’m not there, or if we’re attacked by fire types, what do we do then? It would be impossible for us to get anywhere where there were Pokemon who had an advantage over my type.” He was nervous, he looked desperate to keep me the same, to keep me.
“Blade, relax. I trust you, I’ve trusted you with my life on several occasions, and this is no different. Nothing but my appearance will change. I trust you. Trust me.”
“You know I’ve always put my trust and faith in you, but what if..”
“What if what?”
“You can’t change back?” he whispered. His question shocked me, and I turned towards Alakazam.
“I can’t tell you what would happen, I don’t even know if there’s a way to change you into a human.” He sighed, then stood up.
“Thanks for the warning Alakazam.” I said, truthfully I was very worried, but I couldn’t let Blade know that, he was already so worried about loosing me. “Blade, I think that we should go through a couple of dungeons and make sure we have enough reviver seeds and supplies.”
“You know that we have enough supplies.” He said flatly.
“I’m going to go now, I have to make sure Tyranitar and Charizard haven’t made a mess of our base. Tyranitars kid just learned how to use moves and is being a nightmare.”
We said goodbye to him as he walked out the door.
“Come on, relax.” I said, unleashing a full force pout on him.
“I can’t. I’m trying, but this whole thing has my mind really screwed up, it feels like you’re going to disappear on me again, and I can’t take it, not again……..”
I sighed and trotted over to where he was sitting, and climbed into his lap. “I promise you that I am not going anywhere without you. They would have to tear me away.” I curled up into a ball, and rested my head against his chest. He ran his clawed hand over my back, petting me. I purred.
“Did I ever tell you……” he started, but then trailed off.
“Tell me what?” I mumbled, my eyes half closed.
“Nothing.”
“Come on, what haven’t you ever told me? You can tell me anything.”
He stared off into space for a few minutes. “Can I tell you that I love you?” He whispered, looking down at my face, watching my eyes.
“Yes you can.” I said, surprising myself. Suddenly I understood our bond much better, and several things became very very clear in that precise moment.
“Can I ask you if you love me too?” He whispered again.
I stood up on all fours, put my paws up against his chest and pressed my nose to his, he wrapped his arms around me. I leaned my head on his shoulder, surprised by this sudden change. I felt like I was looking at him for the first time. And I liked it, I wanted to keep him forever, I never wanted his arms to let me go. “You could, or I could just say yes,” I murmured into his ear, “I love you too.” I curled back up in his lap, placing my head against his chest again. “Is that why you’re so worried?” I asked.
“Yes.”
“What exactly worries you?”
“That I will loose you again, that you won’t be the same.”
“How long?”
“Since the day we defeated Articuno.”
“I love you.” I said. Everything was quiet for a long time, then he began to stroke me and I fell asleep.
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I woke with a start, I was laying on my bed that was on the small platform just a few feet off the ground. I sat up “Blade?” I whispered. I blinked a few times to get my eyes used to the dark then looked around. I could see a little light coming though the windows, the sun was just beginning to rise. Blade was laying on the other bed on the floor, I jumped down and walked over to him and curled up in a ball against his stomach. Something in the air didn’t feel right, but curled against him I could sleep again.
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I woke up again, and Blade was curled around me, his arm over me in an almost protective fashion, I opened my eyes and yawned, curling myself closer to him.
“About time one of you woke up!” A feminine voice practically yelled. There was a sound like snickering as I jumped about a foot in the air and away from Blade.
“It’s about time they figured out they loved each other, the stupid friendship thing was irritating me.” Said a Voice I recognized. I blinked and focused my eyes. Charizard, Alakazam, some strange pink pixie onion thing, and a sleeping thing with yellow and blue streamers hanging off of it had all situated themselves around the table in our base. I hissed at Charizard, who had been the speaker.
“What’s going on?” Murmured Blade as he sat up and rubbed his eyes. He looked around the room, then got to his feet. “How long have you been here?”
“About two hours.” Huffed the pink onion.
“And no one thought it would be a good idea to wake us up?” He growled.
“You were too cute together, and Tyranitar owes me fifty Poke.” Said Charizard, laughing.
I growled now, a deep feral sound coming from deep inside me, reaching its way up my chest and through my teeth. I didn’t care who the hell could melt mountains, I’d slash that stupid grin right off of Charizards face.
“Charizard, shut up. We have business to discuss, would you two care to joins us, it is your place after all.” Alakazam said.
I walked over slowly, remembering what he had said earlier about Celebi and Jirachi. I looked up at the pink onion. “You must be Celebi.” I said, still irritated about no one waking us up.
“I am, and you sleep late, but I take it that you’re Lilly. You aren’t exactly what I expected, you don’t look like a great hero, he does though.” she said pointing at Blade.
“Yeah, well you don’t exactly look like some great time traveler, who supposedly knows the secrets of changing Pokemon into humans. So I suppose the thing here is that one shouldn’t judge by anothers appearance.” I spat, glaring at her.
“Touché.” She said. “I’m sorry for my rudeness, but the longer I have to stay here the more things change, and the more my plans have to change. Please forgive me for my rudeness.”
Blade nodded, then went over to the table, I fallowed him, making sure to look at anything but his tail……
He rolled his eyes as I batted at it, the leaves springing under my paws, I pounced on them and began playing with them, completely forgetting that we had visitors. I began to giggle as I rolled onto my back and kept batting at them.
“Lilly?” said a voice, but I wasn’t paying attention.
“Lilly, what are you doing?” It said again. I just kept giggling as I watched the leaves springing above my paws. Another voice joined mine, then I suddenly realized what was going on. I jumped up and looked up, embarrassed. Celebi was looking skeptically at Alakazam, he just shrugged. I looked up at Blade, he was laughing quietly.
“Sorry.” I said, hanging my head. Why couldn’t I control myself around him!? This wasn’t something one did when there was company! I realized that lately I’d been finding it harder and harder to control myself, like now. I’d made a huge attempt to avoid looking at his tail, and ended up playing with it anyway.
He just laughed, he looked into my eyes, his were shining. “I love you.” he said, laughing again.
It felt like a shock had suddenly gone through my body, not a bad one, but a good one, like someone had just brought me back to life. My heart was thumping so loud in my chest I thought it would explode out of me. I rubbed against him, purring.
“Lilly.” Said Alakazam sternly.
I opened my eyes and stepped about a foot away from him, then sat firmly in front of the table. “Why can’t I control myself!” I thought angrily. It was like I was in a different world.
“She doesn’t act like a professional rescuer and explorer.” said Celebi.
I just ignored the comment, it was true though, I wasn’t acting at all like one should when visited by time traveling Pokemon, strange yellow and white blobs, and old friends.
“She is though.” Said Blade, smiling. “She’s the best. When we were battling Groudon….” he just shook his head. “Not to mention her endurance, in the frosty forest she didn’t even say she was cold once, while I was complaining about my arms falling off.”
“That forest, ugh. How can you guys stand to go there on missions?” Asked Charizard.
“Let’s stop getting off topic and complaining about Lilly and woods and such. We have far more important things to deal with right now. Like the worlds demise, again.” Said Alakazam, looking sternly into each face, he paused longest at mine. “Let’s start with the most important thing. Celebi, could you now please tell us what on this planet is going on?”
Celebi took a deep breath. “Okay, here goes.
See, from where I was in the future the world has completely stopped, no time flows. It is because Dialga, the master of time, has turned feral, because a place called temporal tower began collapsing, his mind was poisoned, and he allowed it to collapse. This world is dark and deadly, many of the Pokemon who reside there are wild and vicious.
This is where you two come in, we need you two to figure out how to stop this from happening. I believe that it has something to do with things called time gears, but I have only heard of them in legend. Lilly is especially important to this. You know that there are two worlds that include our kind, there is this world and the one that she came from. I have spoken to a Mew from Lillys world, he is the Pokemon who arranged for you to be sent here, Lilly. He says that you had, as a human, the ability to see things in the future and past, that must have been lost when you were changed into a Pokemon. We believe, this Mew and I, that if you are changed back into a human you will be able to use this ability again to help figure out how to stop the world from stopping, being paralyzed.”
I just stood there with my mouth hanging open. In the short amount of time that I had been awake this strange pink onion had fired off more information about my life than I had learned in months.
Blade said what I was thinking. “What the hell?”
Celebi shook her head. “I don’t have the time to explain how I know so much, we need to get you two to that time before it’s too late, with Lilly as a human. There is another Pokemon, he comes from the future, that is chasing me. It wouldn’t take him long to figure out where I went after finding Jirachi. His ultimate goal is to capture and kill us so that we can’t stop the planets paralyses.”
Celebi then looked at Jirachi. “That is why I have brought her. Jirachi can grant wishes to any who defeat her. I need Lilly to wish that she could be human again, but remain here, with her memories of being a Pokemon.”
“If this Pokemon can do that, then why don’t we just wish that the world would never be paralyzed?” Asked Blade, crouching to examine the sleeping star shaped lump.
“Unfortunately even legendary Pokemon have limited powers, and that would be far too great a task. She will have trouble enough with this one. And Jirachi can only be woken up once every thousand years, we’re extremely lucky that I was able to locate her.”
“So we have to defeat her in a battle, then I wish to be human, but remain in this world? That’s it?”
“Yes, that’s it, but we don’t have time for a battle. Jirachi knows of me and I believe that she will grant the wish without the battle in this urgent situation.” Said Celebi, answering my question.
“I have to get you two to the time where this takes place as soon as possible, and just you two. I’m sorry but you can’t bring Absol or any of your other partners.”
“I figured it was like that,” Said Blade, “so how do we wake her up?”
“Chesto berry.” Said Celebi simply, dropping one on the table.
“Should we wake her now?” Asked Alakazam, looking at the sleeping form.
“As soon as possible, yes.” Said Celebi, staring at me. “Are you sure you want to do this? There are other rescuers in time I could find, because you must be aware, once you have gone to the future and changed things you will never be able to return here, you will…… you will disappear, as if you never existed before the time I have sent you to. And once you change the future, you may disappear, cease to exist. I do not know exactly what will happen.”
“No.” I said, this was something that needed to be done, I was the only one with that ability. “This is something that has to be done, like stopping the falling star, we’re the only ones who can do this if what you said about me being a human is true.”
Blade took a deep breath. “We have been resigned to such things before, if this is what must be done, then we will do it. We will do our duty as a rescue team without complaints or doubt. Lilly is the only one able to use this ability, and I will not leave her.”
“We aren’t entirely sure it will work, it may only work in certain situations.” Said Celebi. “But if you are sure, resigned to your fate, then it’s time to wake Jirachi.”
Connection
Prologue
“Celebi, you know it needs to be done.”
“I can’t do that to you, not again! You know what will happen!”
“You have to. You know that we are the only ones, if you do not do this then far far worse things will happen.
“I can change it though! There are others I can call on, you don’t have to…”
“YES I DO. Celebi, you cannot deny that the events that have occurred aren’t able to be stopped. Even if you don’t do this it will still happen other ways, you said so your self.”
“But…”
“No. GO NOW. You will send me to that time, where I will search for the time gears, and you will make sure that can happen. It doesn’t matter what happened before, what matters is what’s happening now, we have a mission, I will complete it with or without her, but it must be done.”
“Fine, I will send you to the time she landed in, be careful Blade.”
“From now on just call me Grovyle, I cannot have our trackers knowing my real name.”
“Fine then, Grovyle. Be careful, remember, she may not be the same, what happened in the dimensional hole, something like that has never happened before.”
“I do not care. Just as long as she is safe, as long as Lilly is safe, I can keep living…”
Chapter One
Meeting
Lilly
Meeting
Lilly
I walked through Pokemon square beside Blade, my partner. “Come on Lilly, you should at least try.” He said as the two of us made out way past the Gulpin link shop. We were just returning from the Dojo.
“How many times do I have to tell you! Skitty can’t evolve without a moon stone! Besides, I don’t want to evolve until I learn Captivate, you know I only have two levels to go! Tomorrow at the Dojo we‘ll spend all day leveling up if you like, but we can’t ignore a direct request!” I said, looking pointedly at the letter in his hand.
Blade rolled his eyes, he had just recently evolved into a Grovyle, and had been insisting that it was the best thing that had happened to him since meeting me. And he insisted that meeting me still topped the list. I looked around me, the square was rather busy today, everyone was out purchasing supplies and linking moves. I suddenly noticed Alakazam, standing under the tree that was just at the bottom of the square. He waved us over.
“Come on, lets see what he wants.” I said, tapping Blade and pointing towards the yellow and brown bipedal Pokemon. “I’ll be that there’s a new dungeon to explore.”
Blade walked over while I was fallowing, the end his tail was swinging a little. I had to focus really hard not to pounce on it, and failed.
“Ouch! Darn it, that hurt!” He said as I let the end of it fall out of my mouth.
“Sorry.” I mumbled as I hung my head. Another reason he was intent on my evolution, so that I would stop attacking his tail, like I had been for the last two years.
We heard a chuckle as Alakazam closed the rest of the distance between us. “Still haven’t broken that old habit I see.” He smiled at us.
Blade rolled his eyes then looked down and grinned at me. “Don’t worry, I’m used to it, she’s been doing that more and more since I evolved.”
“Right, well, I have something to tell you, and it is urgent. Lets go up to your base and I’ll tell you there, there’s too many ears here.” Said Alakazam, with an extremely serious, and one might even say worried look on his face.
We just nodded, and began to lead the way to the base. “HEY!” A voice called, they turned. “Hey, hey, aren’t you guys the famous team DarkLight?” They could see a small Pokemon, an Igglybuff, running towards them, her face lighting up.
“I told you you would get to meet them, you rambunctious little girl. Hello team DarkLight, this is my niece, she came all the way here from the other side of the world just to see you. Even though she says that it was to see me.” Wigglytuff laughed.
Blade laughed and crouched down so that he could see her face better. “Hello, I’m not surprised that our fame has traveled that far, you know that my name is Blade and my partners is Lilly, I’m sure. What can we do for you?”
“Tell me the story!”
I stepped up to her, I felt terrible, but Alakazam seemed urgent. “I’m sorry, but we can’t right now, Alakazam has something extremely he needs to tell us. I’m very sorry.”
She frowned, then looked down. “Okay.” she mumbled.
“Lilly, I know who can tell her the story, remember Absol, he came back yesterday from his mission. I bet he’d be happy to tell her, he came with and got to see it all first hand after all, and then there‘s Whiscash in the pond too.”
“But it’s not the same, please…? With pecha berries on top?” said the little Igglybuff.
“How about this, right now we need to go, but if you’re still here tomorrow we’ll sit down and tell you the whole thing, beginning from where I met Lilly, and ending when Lilly came back.” Said Blade.
The Igglybuff seemed content with this and nodded. “Okay, promise?”
“Promise!” We both said at the same time.
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Alakazam, Blade, and I were sitting at the wooden table inside of the base, the small bowl of apples in the center was in desperate need of a refill.
“I have discovered a new dungeon. It lies on a small island in the ocean, far away from here. There I met someone who said they needed to meet you, a Pokemon named Celebi, she is pink and small, but powerful for her size, I have heard her called the time travel Pokemon. She said that time itself depended on her finding you. She is coming here, and will arrive in the morning, she said that all will be explained then.” He paused, and looked as if something deeply troubled him.
“Is something wrong?” I asked, staring at him. Was it possible that the world would have to depend on us twice?
“Yes, but I’m not sure if I want to tell you this part.”
“Tell away.” Said Blade, looking straight into his eyes. “You know that we can take most anything you tell us, easily. After what happened to us in sky pillar anything else would probably be as easy as walking through tiny woods.”
“I’m afraid that it is not that simple, and it is far far worse than sky pillar.”
“Tell us.” I said. “You’re just making it worse by not saying anything.”
“Yes, I suppose you’re correct. See, Lilly is going to have to go under a transformation.”
“You mean she has to evolve?” Asked Blade.
“No.”
“What then!” we asked. My heart began to beat faster, something was very wrong here.
“She has to become human again.”
“NO! SHE CAN”T LEAVE AGAIN!” Yelled Blade, looking nervously at me, we needed each other in a way that not even I fully understood.
“I’m not leaving again, I couldn’t do that, it would kill both me and Blade, and you know that pretty damn well, you were there last time.” I hissed.
“Relax, she doesn’t have to leave, just look different. She has to become a human, not leave this world. Celebi didn’t explain why, but I’m sure she will when she comes. The reason she isn’t here now is because she said something about finding a Pokemon called Jirachi.”
Blade looked at me worriedly. “But she won’t be able to protect herself, humans can’t use moves.” He was looking into my eyes.
“Blade, don’t worry, I won’t be leaving, and you’re stronger than I am, you can protect me.” I said. He didn’t look convinced.
“Are you sure? What if you’re attacked while I’m not there, or if we’re attacked by fire types, what do we do then? It would be impossible for us to get anywhere where there were Pokemon who had an advantage over my type.” He was nervous, he looked desperate to keep me the same, to keep me.
“Blade, relax. I trust you, I’ve trusted you with my life on several occasions, and this is no different. Nothing but my appearance will change. I trust you. Trust me.”
“You know I’ve always put my trust and faith in you, but what if..”
“What if what?”
“You can’t change back?” he whispered. His question shocked me, and I turned towards Alakazam.
“I can’t tell you what would happen, I don’t even know if there’s a way to change you into a human.” He sighed, then stood up.
“Thanks for the warning Alakazam.” I said, truthfully I was very worried, but I couldn’t let Blade know that, he was already so worried about loosing me. “Blade, I think that we should go through a couple of dungeons and make sure we have enough reviver seeds and supplies.”
“You know that we have enough supplies.” He said flatly.
“I’m going to go now, I have to make sure Tyranitar and Charizard haven’t made a mess of our base. Tyranitars kid just learned how to use moves and is being a nightmare.”
We said goodbye to him as he walked out the door.
“Come on, relax.” I said, unleashing a full force pout on him.
“I can’t. I’m trying, but this whole thing has my mind really screwed up, it feels like you’re going to disappear on me again, and I can’t take it, not again……..”
I sighed and trotted over to where he was sitting, and climbed into his lap. “I promise you that I am not going anywhere without you. They would have to tear me away.” I curled up into a ball, and rested my head against his chest. He ran his clawed hand over my back, petting me. I purred.
“Did I ever tell you……” he started, but then trailed off.
“Tell me what?” I mumbled, my eyes half closed.
“Nothing.”
“Come on, what haven’t you ever told me? You can tell me anything.”
He stared off into space for a few minutes. “Can I tell you that I love you?” He whispered, looking down at my face, watching my eyes.
“Yes you can.” I said, surprising myself. Suddenly I understood our bond much better, and several things became very very clear in that precise moment.
“Can I ask you if you love me too?” He whispered again.
I stood up on all fours, put my paws up against his chest and pressed my nose to his, he wrapped his arms around me. I leaned my head on his shoulder, surprised by this sudden change. I felt like I was looking at him for the first time. And I liked it, I wanted to keep him forever, I never wanted his arms to let me go. “You could, or I could just say yes,” I murmured into his ear, “I love you too.” I curled back up in his lap, placing my head against his chest again. “Is that why you’re so worried?” I asked.
“Yes.”
“What exactly worries you?”
“That I will loose you again, that you won’t be the same.”
“How long?”
“Since the day we defeated Articuno.”
“I love you.” I said. Everything was quiet for a long time, then he began to stroke me and I fell asleep.
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I woke with a start, I was laying on my bed that was on the small platform just a few feet off the ground. I sat up “Blade?” I whispered. I blinked a few times to get my eyes used to the dark then looked around. I could see a little light coming though the windows, the sun was just beginning to rise. Blade was laying on the other bed on the floor, I jumped down and walked over to him and curled up in a ball against his stomach. Something in the air didn’t feel right, but curled against him I could sleep again.
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I woke up again, and Blade was curled around me, his arm over me in an almost protective fashion, I opened my eyes and yawned, curling myself closer to him.
“About time one of you woke up!” A feminine voice practically yelled. There was a sound like snickering as I jumped about a foot in the air and away from Blade.
“It’s about time they figured out they loved each other, the stupid friendship thing was irritating me.” Said a Voice I recognized. I blinked and focused my eyes. Charizard, Alakazam, some strange pink pixie onion thing, and a sleeping thing with yellow and blue streamers hanging off of it had all situated themselves around the table in our base. I hissed at Charizard, who had been the speaker.
“What’s going on?” Murmured Blade as he sat up and rubbed his eyes. He looked around the room, then got to his feet. “How long have you been here?”
“About two hours.” Huffed the pink onion.
“And no one thought it would be a good idea to wake us up?” He growled.
“You were too cute together, and Tyranitar owes me fifty Poke.” Said Charizard, laughing.
I growled now, a deep feral sound coming from deep inside me, reaching its way up my chest and through my teeth. I didn’t care who the hell could melt mountains, I’d slash that stupid grin right off of Charizards face.
“Charizard, shut up. We have business to discuss, would you two care to joins us, it is your place after all.” Alakazam said.
I walked over slowly, remembering what he had said earlier about Celebi and Jirachi. I looked up at the pink onion. “You must be Celebi.” I said, still irritated about no one waking us up.
“I am, and you sleep late, but I take it that you’re Lilly. You aren’t exactly what I expected, you don’t look like a great hero, he does though.” she said pointing at Blade.
“Yeah, well you don’t exactly look like some great time traveler, who supposedly knows the secrets of changing Pokemon into humans. So I suppose the thing here is that one shouldn’t judge by anothers appearance.” I spat, glaring at her.
“Touché.” She said. “I’m sorry for my rudeness, but the longer I have to stay here the more things change, and the more my plans have to change. Please forgive me for my rudeness.”
Blade nodded, then went over to the table, I fallowed him, making sure to look at anything but his tail……
He rolled his eyes as I batted at it, the leaves springing under my paws, I pounced on them and began playing with them, completely forgetting that we had visitors. I began to giggle as I rolled onto my back and kept batting at them.
“Lilly?” said a voice, but I wasn’t paying attention.
“Lilly, what are you doing?” It said again. I just kept giggling as I watched the leaves springing above my paws. Another voice joined mine, then I suddenly realized what was going on. I jumped up and looked up, embarrassed. Celebi was looking skeptically at Alakazam, he just shrugged. I looked up at Blade, he was laughing quietly.
“Sorry.” I said, hanging my head. Why couldn’t I control myself around him!? This wasn’t something one did when there was company! I realized that lately I’d been finding it harder and harder to control myself, like now. I’d made a huge attempt to avoid looking at his tail, and ended up playing with it anyway.
He just laughed, he looked into my eyes, his were shining. “I love you.” he said, laughing again.
It felt like a shock had suddenly gone through my body, not a bad one, but a good one, like someone had just brought me back to life. My heart was thumping so loud in my chest I thought it would explode out of me. I rubbed against him, purring.
“Lilly.” Said Alakazam sternly.
I opened my eyes and stepped about a foot away from him, then sat firmly in front of the table. “Why can’t I control myself!” I thought angrily. It was like I was in a different world.
“She doesn’t act like a professional rescuer and explorer.” said Celebi.
I just ignored the comment, it was true though, I wasn’t acting at all like one should when visited by time traveling Pokemon, strange yellow and white blobs, and old friends.
“She is though.” Said Blade, smiling. “She’s the best. When we were battling Groudon….” he just shook his head. “Not to mention her endurance, in the frosty forest she didn’t even say she was cold once, while I was complaining about my arms falling off.”
“That forest, ugh. How can you guys stand to go there on missions?” Asked Charizard.
“Let’s stop getting off topic and complaining about Lilly and woods and such. We have far more important things to deal with right now. Like the worlds demise, again.” Said Alakazam, looking sternly into each face, he paused longest at mine. “Let’s start with the most important thing. Celebi, could you now please tell us what on this planet is going on?”
Celebi took a deep breath. “Okay, here goes.
See, from where I was in the future the world has completely stopped, no time flows. It is because Dialga, the master of time, has turned feral, because a place called temporal tower began collapsing, his mind was poisoned, and he allowed it to collapse. This world is dark and deadly, many of the Pokemon who reside there are wild and vicious.
This is where you two come in, we need you two to figure out how to stop this from happening. I believe that it has something to do with things called time gears, but I have only heard of them in legend. Lilly is especially important to this. You know that there are two worlds that include our kind, there is this world and the one that she came from. I have spoken to a Mew from Lillys world, he is the Pokemon who arranged for you to be sent here, Lilly. He says that you had, as a human, the ability to see things in the future and past, that must have been lost when you were changed into a Pokemon. We believe, this Mew and I, that if you are changed back into a human you will be able to use this ability again to help figure out how to stop the world from stopping, being paralyzed.”
I just stood there with my mouth hanging open. In the short amount of time that I had been awake this strange pink onion had fired off more information about my life than I had learned in months.
Blade said what I was thinking. “What the hell?”
Celebi shook her head. “I don’t have the time to explain how I know so much, we need to get you two to that time before it’s too late, with Lilly as a human. There is another Pokemon, he comes from the future, that is chasing me. It wouldn’t take him long to figure out where I went after finding Jirachi. His ultimate goal is to capture and kill us so that we can’t stop the planets paralyses.”
Celebi then looked at Jirachi. “That is why I have brought her. Jirachi can grant wishes to any who defeat her. I need Lilly to wish that she could be human again, but remain here, with her memories of being a Pokemon.”
“If this Pokemon can do that, then why don’t we just wish that the world would never be paralyzed?” Asked Blade, crouching to examine the sleeping star shaped lump.
“Unfortunately even legendary Pokemon have limited powers, and that would be far too great a task. She will have trouble enough with this one. And Jirachi can only be woken up once every thousand years, we’re extremely lucky that I was able to locate her.”
“So we have to defeat her in a battle, then I wish to be human, but remain in this world? That’s it?”
“Yes, that’s it, but we don’t have time for a battle. Jirachi knows of me and I believe that she will grant the wish without the battle in this urgent situation.” Said Celebi, answering my question.
“I have to get you two to the time where this takes place as soon as possible, and just you two. I’m sorry but you can’t bring Absol or any of your other partners.”
“I figured it was like that,” Said Blade, “so how do we wake her up?”
“Chesto berry.” Said Celebi simply, dropping one on the table.
“Should we wake her now?” Asked Alakazam, looking at the sleeping form.
“As soon as possible, yes.” Said Celebi, staring at me. “Are you sure you want to do this? There are other rescuers in time I could find, because you must be aware, once you have gone to the future and changed things you will never be able to return here, you will…… you will disappear, as if you never existed before the time I have sent you to. And once you change the future, you may disappear, cease to exist. I do not know exactly what will happen.”
“No.” I said, this was something that needed to be done, I was the only one with that ability. “This is something that has to be done, like stopping the falling star, we’re the only ones who can do this if what you said about me being a human is true.”
Blade took a deep breath. “We have been resigned to such things before, if this is what must be done, then we will do it. We will do our duty as a rescue team without complaints or doubt. Lilly is the only one able to use this ability, and I will not leave her.”
“We aren’t entirely sure it will work, it may only work in certain situations.” Said Celebi. “But if you are sure, resigned to your fate, then it’s time to wake Jirachi.”
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