Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Rejected ❯ The Cure to a Broken Heart ( Chapter 9 )

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CHAPTER 9: THE CURE TO A BROKEN HEART
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I stood on the edge of the cliff, staring at the forest below. I had seen her...

Slowly, I edged off the edge of the cliff... and stayed aloft thanks to my psychic powers...

This will maybe sound stupid... but never before had I truly done that... sure, I had found myself floating after doing some extremely powerful Shadow moves in the past... but flying by my own free will? Never... and as such, I was a bit ashamed but... I had difficulty to keep myself in such a position...

I had tracked down the Minun, Cherlie for two days and nights... and as I tracked her down, I remembered more of my past... like my name, for exemple.

Mewlt... it is strange how similar it is to Mew's name. My parents must have had no imagination when they picked the name...

As I slowly floated down, memories returned to me...

I remembered an old Pikachu who I used to know... Derlank... I remembered him as being a jerk sometimes... but remaining a friend, always... I seen him, cold as a corpse... and just before Death squeezed all life from him, he told me my name and asked me to fulfill a promise...

... in the next flashback, the promise came back to me...

The poison... the world was poisonned by a terrible force that caused humans to become evil when the turn into Pokemon trainers... and Derlank wanted me to learn what was this poison...

This promise... was dear to me, I could remember it... and as I remembered it, I always recalled that I wanted to fulfill it for all those who suffered becease of Pokemon trainers... among which is Cherlie.

I slowly remembered how I fell for her and she fell for me... I saw us getting to know each others as months passed... and then, when Derlank died, we both suppressed our feelings... and when we could no longer take the pain, we decided to wash it away by unleashing all the passion we had been hiding in our hearts.

I also remembered the Plusle... how Minun left me for that Plusle...

Left, not dumped. I had seen the regret in her eyes... I had seen glimpses of her true love, toward me, struggling against the fake, purely physical "love" that had arose within her.

I knew it was not wise to espect anything from this regret... but any hope, no matter how foolish, was better than no hope.

Anyway... I have finally found them. Finally... Cherlie, I have found you...

My time spent as a Pokemon trainer was not completely worthless... I met with Mew, one of the Legendary Pokemon. I saw her distress... and then, as I remembered how I acted toward Cherlie, I realised how stupidly I had acted...

As for Mew... I hope that someday, Mew will find her son. It must be horrible, living with the knowledge that you have a child and yet, having never ever seen him...

Anyway! I chased all those toughts out of my mind. My memories are back and now, it is time to use this last ounce of hope... Well! Here goes nothing...

BAAAM!

OOOW!... err... I did NOT land correctly it seems... HMPH! Why? I can land safely after everytime I am in a situation of extreme stress like when I or someone else is in danger... but somehow, it seems that unless I'm under the impulsion of my instincts, I don't have much control over my psychic powers... but well, I haven't been using them much lately. I only used them to carry Cherlie and to increase my speed when running. Not much if you ask me. Oh well...

I slowly got up. I seem to be OK... and I did not fell into anything disgusting. The fact that I landed on grass unstead of mud or sharp rocks helped, I'll admit it...

The forest goes deeper... and I can see Cherlie up ahead, her blue color standing out in the green forest... and next to him, there's some red.

Yep, the Plusle.

No, no use in feeling jealousy... act like a real male and control yourself, Mewlt...

I quickly catched up with the two. The fact that they were taking small steps both due to their size and to the fact they were not in a hurry helped me catching up with them.

As I made it in close, their ears twitched and the two turned around...

"Minun... it's that cat Pokemon again..." sighed the Plusle.

I stood there... and I sensed my courage slowly fade... NO! Get ahold of yourself!

"Cherlie..." I begun...

"Cherlie is not her name, I remaind you!" stated Plusle.

Cherlie turned to the male mouse, annoyed. "Leave us for a while. I need to talk with him..." she tried to sound calm but she was obviously failing in hiding her frustration.

For some reason, I felt so light, so happy seeing her annoyed at that Plusle... no! Control yourself!

The Plusle rolled his eyes and then left. Yes, go away and never come back... anyway...

Cherlie turned to me and stared into my eyes... I stared back. "Cherlie..." I begun... or so I tried. Cherlie quickly interrupted me.

"Mewlt... I've been thinking. I have realised that taking off with Plusle was a hasty decision... and as such, I took the time to think while you were away. Since Plusle didn't always remained close to me, never leaving me out of his sight..." I felt as if the last sentance was a bit harsh and directed at me... my courage shrunk a bit... NO! Listen to her to the end, you feline jerk! "I realised that it was really true..." she finished.

I stood there... uneasy. What was really true? I hoped it would be something positive... for us...

Seeing no comment, Cherlie continued. "I just don't know but... I felt that too much of a good thing is just... well, too much. The love between us... was beautiful... but in the end, it turned into puppy love. Whenever you were upset, I was forced to back you up while I couldn't rely on you for anything. You loved me too much... you became dependant."

Yes... it's true... but... I cannot help but feel my entire body being drenched with cold, icy water as she spoke of our love in the past tense...

"Mewlt... I need a change... and as such, I'm going with Plusle." she finished.

She's going with Plusle.

Those words urged me to return into the warm embrace of insanity... to once again die and let my instincts take over...

I seen the ugly hand of insanity showing itself to my mind...

But then... was I going to betray her feelings? Was I going to break my promise? Was I going to run away from my problems? Would I be dependant, like Cherlie said I was? No...

I will take the pain like a real male. I'll let the suffering grip and squeeze my heart... try to whip me into submission, pain... I will not betray Cherlie's feelings. If she betrays my feelings... then I will at least have enough honor not to betray hers.

"Then... that's... it?" the words came out convulated and I felt my whole body tremble...

YOU DEPENDANT MORON! Wait until she's gone for the tears! Make a male out of yourself! Stop being a tiny whiny kitty who can't be happy by himself without his yellow and blue mommy!

"That's it." she stated.

She turned around and walked away... and as she did, the cold wind blew throught the trees, passing right throught the solid matter to reach my soul.

She seemed to slow down to a crawl as the colors left... the hand of insanity offered it's help again... again, I preffered to face the cold, hard reality rather than trap myself in illusions.

She is now out of the area... gone... and she didn't even gave me the time to ask the oh-so-important question about our mating... about the fact that she was maybe pregnant without even knowing it... or maybe she was conscious of it?

Stop relying on her! I remainded myself. What says that Plusle can't be a good father?... but then, him, being the father of a child born from me and Minun?... and furthermore, he had said so very clearly that his love was physical... All the signs showed he would leave Cherlie on a first notice.

Stop bothering her, I said to myself... I truly love her... and as such, I will accept to let go... I will accept... that she chose him over me...

I closed my eyes... where to go now...

Then, I remembered a very important thing I had to do...

The poison... I had promised Derlank I would learn of what the poison was.

Well, I'll do so... I'll head to the source of the poison!... and I bet Indigo Plateau, the HQ of the Pokemon League, must be the epicenter of this mystery!

All suffering must be flowing from this cursed place and infect the world...

I tried to move my right leg foward... but my leg refused to move. My leg remained paralysed... completely paralysed...

"Meeeew..." echoed Mew's voice...

Mew... is here? Where? Why? How?

I looked down... and noticed a strange crystal ball on the ground. I grabbed it and stared into it. Throught the surface, I could see a flurry of multi-colored energies spinning together...

FLASH!

"Sadly, we are not able to allow him to break out of his cruel Fate... but we can modify elements of his Fate... and if he uses his power and believe... those elements will give him the knowledge necessary to overcome his fate." stated the manly voice from my dreams...

"Will... he find the spheres?" asked a voice, identical's to Mew... exept devoid of sadness... altought a bit of worry could be detected in her voice.

"I'm sure he will..."

FLASH!

The sphere shattered into thousands pieces now that it's purpose is done...

The shards had disappeared... there was no trace of the sphere's existance exept in my mind, where the memory it gave me still echoed...

Who had placed this sphere here?... and why?

Whose fate did the two of my dreams spoke about?

I stood there and tried to think of those spheres... but then, a single tought came and kept my mind clouded.

Cherlie is gone, for good.

That single tought hammered my mind, kept the toughts from coming, acting like a thick veil of fog that made me blind and deaf...

But then, I felt observed...

I turned around, my heart racing for some reason. The whole forest... everything screamed of death. As I looked at the trees, it seemed to me as if more than half of them were dead and decaying... and it seemed the that remained were decaying, despite being still alive. The plants were turning yellow and brown, death gripping them... The cries of Pokemon around grew faint, distant... Children's voices were distorted, causing them to sound like if they were crying. The adults were sounding like Derlank, the day of his death, the life in them being forced.

I felt a threat... a threat to my life... and I felt observed... I felt as if I had always been observed...

I could never feel this before... never ever, for I always had someone next to me in the past. First Derlank... then later, Cherlie. I had never been truly alone until now and as such, had always assumed that whenever that feeling of being watched rose that it was either one of the yellow mice...

... but it was now obvious that I had been watched by something else for they were both gone.

Slowly, fog gathered near the ground... and soon, the fog was so thick I couldn't see my feet, the grass, or anything... and I couldn't feel the grass anymore either. All that I felt was an unnatural... void...

The sun was black... and shone it's dark light over the world. Altought it was the day, the forest was as dark as during midnight... and the way the sun glowed, it looked more like a burning moon than like the sun...

DIIIIIIIING...

A bell... a loud, sinister bell sound...

I turned around, my entire heart gripped with fear. I felt a presence... a presence which I never met and yet... felt as if I had always feared it. The terror caused my hair to stand up and my eyes to widen. My instincts screamed to run, they screamed to turn back toward Mt.Moon and run, run like I had never ran.

But my legs didn't move... and I trembled. I felt my knees knocking against each others as I trembled... I heard the sound... I felt like crying. That was just how scared I was. Nothing else mattered than to get out of here and yet... I couldn't move, paralysed by terror.

A Pokemon came out of the shadows and stopped in front of me...

Her body was hidden beneath a black, old, long cloak. The cloak seemed to go on forever, hiding the body of the Pokemon completely. Inside of the hood, no eyes were visible... no face was visible... the cloaked figure didn't seemed to have anything under it's cloak... maybe it's like a Gardevoir?... no... this is not a Gardevoir... Gardevoirs seem to be wearing a beautiful dress, not a black, dirty, scary cloak.

A single detail shown that the Pokemon had something under the cloak... it's hands were grasping a long, long wooden stick... the stick was so long, it was as long as I am tall... and I assumed that beneath the large cloak, a creature about the size of a Pikachu must be hiding...

It's hands were the detail that hinted me toward the fact that this Pokemon was physical... the hands were green and delicate... and yet, they were holding the stick firmly.

I then noticed something about the stick... on the right end, a large metal blade was attached to the stick and then I realised it... this is not a stick... this is a scythe...

My legs finally responded. I made a step backward... but then, my knees were again locked into place and I stood there, once again paralysed...

"Going anywhere?" asked the cloaked figure.

The voice... it is so very feminine sounding... and it is unlike anything I heard before. It wasn't filled with love or care... neither with cold and cruelty. The voice sounding commanding, like the voice of an authority... no! That was not right! Then, I got it right... her voice is full of defiance and confidence... the cloaked figure was talking to me like if she was opposing a form of authority or something... and I could hint a bit of playfulness in her voice as well.

This weirded and creeped me out. Everything in her inspire me with pure, sheer terror... her mysterious, unseen appearance... her large, threatening cloak... this sharp, deadly-looking scythe of hers... her cheerful and yet strangely fake innocent-sounding voice...

What creeped me more... was that I knew this voice. I heard it before... I heard it during one of my nightmares... one of my worst nightmares to be more exact.

Whoever this Pokemon was... it could only come out from my worst nightmares... there's no other way. It is impossible, else, that such a terrifying Pokemon could exist.

I want to run. I want to flee. I want to see the light of the day again. I do not care if the light blinds me or if my power belongs to the Darkness! Anything to see the light of the sun again... anything to get away from this cloaked figure!

I tried to move... not to avail. I attempted to use my psychic powers... my eyes didn't even glowed.

"Relax, Mewlt! I am not going to hurt you..." said the voice, before starting to cackle like some kind of evil witch.

I stood there, my eyes wide, my heart racing as the terror didn't wanted to let go of me...

"How... how did you know my name?!?" I was able to gather the courage to ask this single question... and even then, I felt as if I would faint any second from the terror.

She floats there... in front of me... there is nothing under the cloak... only darkness... and yet, I sensed eyes scanning me... eyes scanning my body inside out...

For the first time, I felt completely naked... which is weird, considering that as a Pokemon, such a feeling should never befall upon me for I do not clothes... and yet... it was true.

All of my body and soul was an open book to her. I felt her eyes... and I'm sure she has eyes despite the pitch-black darkness inside the hood of the cloak... I felt her penetrating vision see every single curve, every single skin, every single hair, every single flaw... and her penetrating gaze went throught the skin as well, seeing the blood race throught my veins, seeing the bones, the flesh, the organs, the nerves...

Her gaze pierced throught my eyes and into my soul as well. I felt like screaming in terror and despair as she completely raped my mind. She juggled with my memories, bathed into my feelings, tested the strenght of my instincts, was amazed and disappointed of my toughts... my soul was an open book to her, just like my body.

I had nothing to hide, nothing I could hide. I urged to run... to run... to run... to hide somewhere... anywhere. Under a rock, in a cave, behind a tree... anywhere. I just want to escape her gaze! I just want to escape her gaze!

I felt so tense... my heart was aching... and then, I could no longer keep it inside. I gained enough control on my body to crawl into a ball, on the ground... and then, standing in this position like a scared child, I begun to cry loudly like one.

I didn't cared if I was looking childish! I... I'm scared! I want to be somewhere... ANYWHERE where this Pokemon is not! I do not care if the Pikachus were creepy, if the Pokemon trainers are enslavers! I just want to be with anyone else but her! Please! PLEASE!

I beg of you, body! Move! Obey my commands! I want to escape! I want to get out of here! Haaa... haaaa... WAAAAAAAAH!!!

"WAAAAAAH!" there was nothing else to do but cry... but as I did, I only felt more scared. Unlike the last times when I would cry, I only felt more scared.

Oh great Ho-oh! Please have mercy on me and take me away from this terrible, terrible Pokemon! I beg of you! If you make her go away... I'll make up for all the days I didn't prayed you! But please, make her go away!

I felt a chilling contact... the Pokemon's hand... it touched my right shoulder... and as she did, I froze instantly. There was no pulse of life in her hand, no warmth... in fact, she driven all warmth away.

As she touched me, I felt the cold, like a poison, infect the blood in my shoulder and then spread slowly to the arm and then, to the heart... which pumped it throught my entire body. I felt so cold... so cold that I tought my tears would freeze and my mouth stopped moving... screams stopped coming out of my throat... I was paralysed... completely paralysed... unable to move... I couldn't even hear myself breathe and my heart... I could not hear it...

It was all so strangely silent... so calm... so quiet... everything stood, as if frozen in time... the fog was immobile, the sun too... nothing moved... exept the cloaked figure.

The cloaked figure dropped it's scythe, placing the blade in the ground so that she may grab it later. She approached me until I could feel the contact of the black, dirty cloth on my fur... Her cloak felt... unreal. It was so soft... so... strange. Her cloak was made of an unknow substance... neither fluffy cotton... neither silk... The contact could have been nice... if the cloak wasn't dirty. The whole cloak seemed completely covered with dust and the lower part had patches of sand and dirt here and there... the high part, near the chest, was covered with almost invisible patches of dried up red liquid... and of course, the whole cloak seemed totally wet and stunk of rotten corpses... it was as if this cloak had went throught a thousands rains and came into contact a thousands times with the breath and blood of the dying...

In this position, she spreaded her arms... and then placed it around me, hugging me in the same way that a mother would try to comfort a child... but despite the physical contact, no warmth came... but no cold came either... for I was already completely frozen. To be comforted by such a Pokemon... only served to creep me out even further.

"Calm down... you look soi scared..." whispered the voice, her voice echoing in my head... I was surprised and weirded out when I detected something in her voice... care?

My mouth could barely move... I couldn't make a sound... but then, my mouth, altought still moved, still moved enough for me to say a single question... I gathered my strenght and asked my question...

"Who... are... you?" those three words... I felt as if I was out of breath when I said them. It felt so hard... so tiring to speak... so painful too...

"A person which you never met... but knows you well." she awnsered.

Then, the figure floated away... I catched a glimpse of something, inside of the hood... two blue jewels were glowing in the darkness of the hood...

Such beautiful eyes shocked me. This creature... it's mere presence struck me with fear and despair... and yet, behind the cloak, the most beautiful pair of eyes I had ever seen lies under...

"You heart was shattered..." said the voice... "I have seen it... I have felt it... I do not want you to have a broken heart."

Then, slowly, I seen her hiding her hands under her cloak... and then, I had the weird feeling that she smiled... and...

FWOOOOOSH!!!

I yelped in terror and placed my hands in front of my eyes as the cloaked figure thrown it's cloak away. I didn't wanted to see what lies behind the cloak... I do not want to see how scary her true form really is! Seeing her cloaked form was already the most terrifying experience of my entire life... I can barely image how horrific and scary her true form may be...

... but then, strangely enough, the smell of rotten corpses slowly faded and the blood throught my veins restarted to course once more. My heart pumped again and I breathed once more... the cries of Pokemon could be heard... and they were normal.

I heard the wind... a gentle breeze... and the fog... I felt it... it was gone...

I opened my eyes... and I was surprised by what I saw.

The scenery was the exact opposite of what it was when the cloaked figure was there.

There were no trees... I was in the middle of an endless flower field. Rainbows of plants of countless vivid colors, many of which I didn't knew names for, like I had never seen were visible farther than the horizon. The sun's light gently filled the field with light.

The smells of the flowers mixed to the smell of the grass, forming so many smells... and yet, the smells all worked together, forming a delicate and perfect harmony...

The ground... the ground was so soft... so comfy. I slowly stood up and stared at the horizon... pink clouds could be seen ahead as well as an endless chain of azure mountains.

This place seemed like a paradise... like the total opposite of the other place...

I didn't ask myself how I got there. I was just happy that the cloaked figure was gone... I turned and yelped in surprise.

I stepped back and tripped over my own tail, falling down and...

BAM!

OUCH!... no matter how soft the ground may be... falling down is falling down! Oh well...

I stood up again. A Pokemon was hovering just in front of me.

She was small, about the size of a Pikachu... and she was so... so... beautiful...

Her little arms, which she placed behind her back, gave her such a cute appearance. I stared at the delicate traits of her face... and the face was perfect. Just the right form, the right traits... the back of her head extended into dark green hair... and I was confused whenever it truly was hair or not. On the top of her head, two antennas... two small, not too long, not too short antennas with blue tips. Her sky blue eyes glowed with stars... the most beautiful I had ever seen... and altought her eyes were surrounded by black, it didn't clashed at all.

The whole body was as gorgeous as the head. She was just the right proportions... neither skeleton-slim, neither fat. Her curves were neither too delicate, giving her the look of a beautiful but weak flower, neither too strong, which would give her the look of an effiminate rock... altought I do admit that altought her appearance lean more on the delicate side, there is so much life, so much... defiance... that flows from her, like an aura, giving her the definite feel of a strong-willed creature.

Altought she seemed to be floating, I caught a glimpse of a pair of delicare and yet, strong blue translucent wings behind her...

The female fairy Pokemon stared into my eyes and smiled sweetly...

Truly... I should have been happy from being in such a situation... but my heart... was broken. Being dumped by Cherlie had nullified my ability to feel hapiness. Altought I tried to fight this back... I couldn't just ignore it. It was a fact...

I was depressed and not even the most beautiful place in the world and the most beautiful female would ease my pain... and furthermore... where did that cloaked figure go? It thrown it's cloak away and then... POOF! It disappears...

"Mewlt... I am someone who you know well... but that you never met." said the fairy. Her voice was identical to the one the cloaked figure had... exept that unlike the figure's voice, this one didn't struck me with sheer terror... despite the fact it had the same tone, the same confidence, the same defiance... and also a bit of care.

However, what weirded me out was... how does it can be? How can she know my name if we never met?!?

"Where am I? What happened?... how did you learnt my name?" I asked.

She got closer... and then, she touched my nose with her right hand... and slowly stroked it. I stared at her, totally confused.

After a few seconds, the fairy flied backward and smiled sweetly again...

"Just as espected... She broke your heart, didn't she?" she asked.

Huh?!? Do she... knows?!? How could it be possible... who is that Pokemon?!?

"I can see the confusion in your mind... and I will help you. I will give you an explanation of why you got dumped and then, I'll cure your broken heart..." she said.

Cure my broken heart? How can someone do this?!?

"Mewlt... relax..." she said.

"OK... what's going on here? First, that cloaked Pokemon... then, you?... and both of you know my name? How is that so?!? Where am I? Why am I here?" I asked.

She flied directly in front of me... she was close... too close for comfort...

"You ask too many questions..." she whispered. "Just let the anwsers come to you..."

She slowly flied backward again and then, she begun to explain herself... "Mewlt, I am Celebi, the Legendary Pokemon of Nature and Time. As for you... you happen to be a very special Pokemon... or Defect, varrying on the situation. What you must know is that "He" knows about you... and so do I." she said.

I raised an eyebrow. "He"? Who is "He"?

"Mewlt... as for the Minun who you used to call "Cherlie"... she dumped you becease that you loved her too much. She couldn't take your puppy love and furthermore, you were so... different. Opposites does not attract each others, Mewlt... not in the real world. As such, when she met a male with a less extreme love and that was similar to her, she chose the best choice... Furthermore, she has been enough with you. Most relationships do not outlast the love season... I'm surprised you STILL espected more from her. She couldn't take it anymore. She NEEDED the change." she continued.

"What? What are you talking about?!?" I felt very, VERY insulted by this explanation! She told me that she dumped me becease that love is supposed to last, like, just a few seconds or something? COMPLETE RUBBISH!... but on another hand... maybe that means that Cherlie and I could fall in love all over again at regular intervals?

"As for your question... once a female has mated with a male once, they leave definively. It is the Law of Nature. It is important for the genetical diversity of Pokemon." she said.

Large dark flames errupted from my body. I revolted against this disgusting Law with all of my physical and mental strenght! I do not want to be part of this stupid cycle! I don't want a faceless "love" that causes me to fall in the arms of every random female I run across for no reason other than instinctive fury! I want to live a full relationship! I will not accept a substitute!

"You are naive, Mewlt... and your naiveness causes you pain." stated the green fairy, smiling.

She dropped to the ground and then stood there, staring in my eyes in a strange way...

"Mewlt... I believe it is time to cure your broken heart." she stated.

"Hmph! Yeah right! I don't need your help!" I stated.

"Really? Then try and get out of here then..." she said.

Easy! I turned around and made a step foward... I could hear Cherlie's laughter... a distant memory... a tear formed in my right eye...

I made another step, I remembered the days we passed together... all that we did together... my heart... it hurts...

I made one more step. I remembered the day Cherlie taught me how to swim... how we had so much fun together... and how, thanks to her, I was able to give hope to a doomed child...

I collapsed, on the edge of bursting in tears...

"So... do you give up?" asked the female, obviously amused.

Ne... never! I... I will make... it out of here! Even... if... if... if I have to crawl... all the way... out!

Concentrate... move your body... Cherlie dumped me... move... she left me for a random Plusle... make a step foward... she hates me... Just...

Alright, you win, you green bastard! I give up! I started sobbing.

"Well... I guess that it means that you're going to get that cure, aren't you?... besides, you won't get anywhere without it." she said.

I turned toward her, my heart bombarded with memories of Cherlie... and with the pain that I will never, ever see her again.

"What... what is that cure..." I asked.

She flied slowly toward me and then gave me a hug. "Tssk... first... calm down." she said.

I burried the memories back into my heart and slowly calmed down... I felt so miserable... so weak. I had grown so dependant on the Minun... I was ashamed of myself.

I turned to face the green fairy... the way she stared into my eyes... it had changed...

"Celebi... can you repair my broken heart?" I asked, no longer crying but my heart still shattered...

Celebi grabbed my hands and then invited me to stand up... She landed just in front of me and grinned.

"Mewlt... You are not ready... but know that I will be there, the day you will be ready. For now... you can have this." she said.

She flied directly toward my face and then gave me a kiss on the cheek. I became all tense and my heart raced... why did she do that?!? What... is happening to me?

I attempted to control myself... I had to. Celebi is a Legendary Pokemon... a being of pure power. I am nothing more than a common Defect. Must control... instincts...

"Mewlt... you're blushing..." she teased.

Don't tease me! Especially not right now! I stared at her... she was so beautiful... get ahold of yourself! She is beautiful but I just couldn't have feelings for such a creature, could I?... and anyway, Cherlie just dumped me! I must not try to compensate for her loss by imagining myself in love with the very first girl that arrives in front of me... and especially not when that girl happens to be an immortal Pokemon!

I turned around, without saying a word, and begun to walk away...

"We shall meet again, sugar. Let's get together soon!" she said as I walked away...

... then, as I walked, everything begun to fade into darkness... I saw the sky disappear, the flowers and their smell return to nothingness... I saw the mountains become one with the sky...

... and soon, I was at the entrance of the caves of Mt.Moon. It was the night and the stars seemed so beautiful...

I wonder how the stars look from the summit...

I entered the caves... but as I did, a loud sound interrupted me... and I realised that for many days, I had not eaten anything at all.

I begun to look around frantically for anything that would seem edible, not paying attention to my surroundings... and after a while, after what seemed to be an eternity, I reached a dead end...

I stood there, frustrated for not only had I hadn't found anything... but I had been running around like a moron on the impulse of my instincts... which meant that I was now lost in there.

However, suddenly, I heard a small whimper... and turned to see a small, baby Sandshrew leaning on the wall, it's right hindleg bleeding pretty badly.

I wanted to feel mercy for the small creature... but instincts which I had never suspected I had emerged... for some reason, I had the strange feeling that I would be able to sustain myself if I killed this baby Pokemon and ate it's flesh...

... what kind of twisted tought is that?!? I never ate meat before and I won't start now!

Back at the Defect Center, we ate some kind of disgusting sludge... yes... but Derlank used to say it was made of vegetables and fruits which means that I do not need to feed on meat. Heck! What says that meat won't prove to be poison for me, even?

Then... I realised something... I had never fed myself, all by myself. In the Defect Center, people fed me and I did not remained in the wild long enough to have to find food... and even then, I'm sure Cherlie would have taken care of this. Then, when I was captured again, the trainer most probably fed me. In short, it was no wonder my instincts had awakened as seeing that my conscious part would not feed the body, my instincts had arisen...

... and now, I stand in front of an innocent child, wanting to kill it? What kind of monster am I? I won't do that! I just can't! I'll find something else, anything else!

"I... will not kill you." I said to the Sandshrew. Thirst hampered the speed at which I spoke... and I realised I hadn't drank anything in a good while either.

"You... you promise?" it asked, shivering with fear.

"I promise. Can you walk on your own?" I asked.

The little Sandshrew tried to stand up... but then, he begun to tremble and collapsed, an expression of pain visible on his face.

"My... my leg hurts..." it cried.

"I'll help you. Don't worry..." I said, approaching the armored mouse.

SNIFF! SNIFF!

The smell of blood... the smell of flesh... it is inviting... so inviting to the body that starves... NO! Get ahold of yourself!

"Mister? What are you doing?" it asked, terrified.

"No... nothing." I quickly replied. Then, I changed the subject as quickly as possible. "Do you live here?"

"Yes. I live with my mommy in these caves... but I got lost and hurt my leg. Could you help me find my mommy?" it asked.

If Sandshrews can survive in these caves... then there must be food somewhere! I'll see if it knows where to find something edible... but first...

I pointed at him. "Mister?" it asked, it's fear growing.

"This won't hurt." I stated.

All I have to do is fold the air around his neck... err... no! That won't lift it! Just lift it and carry it on your shoulder!

I slowly made him hover... UGH!... why... is it so hard?... he's... heavy!... no! It's him who is heavy... it's me who is weakened...

AAAARG! Heavy... so heavy...

BLAF!

OW! That Sandshrew's landing on my shoulder did NOT feel nice... and he's still heavy! UGH! What did his mother fed him? Rocks?

"Mister? Are you alright?" it asked.

"Do you know... if there is anything eadible around?" I asked, hoping that Sandshrews were not of those species that eat rocks or things like that...

"I don't know... I was just barely allowed to eat solid food a week ago..." it said, it's terror slowly disappearing... and being replaced by sadness.

"You just started eating solid food a week ago?" I asked. Man... this Sandshrew should be really young... like, really, really young... as if I could lay a hand on such a creature... "What are you doing this far from your family then?"

"I seen something blue fly past us. I was curious and went to see what it was... and now I'm lost... I want to go home..." it cried.

And then...

"WAAAAAAAAAH!!! I WANNA GO HOME!!!" it cried loudly.

MAN! For a baby, it sure got a loud voice!... so annoying... why don't I shut him up this instant, in a permanent manner? Just a little psychic blast to the brain... or maybe the silent, furtive claw swipe to the throat...

GRAB AHOLD OF YOURSELF! I must return this child to it's mother!

RRRRRRRRR...

"Mister... what was that?" asked the little baby Pokemon as it stopped crying.

"Errr... nothing... yeah... nothing really..." I replied, uneasy...

Turn to the right... walk foward... turn to the left...

RRRRRRRRR...

Stupid stomach! Stay silent! Now go to the left... wait a minute! I saw this rock before!

RRRRRRRRR...

"Mister! I'm scared!" cried the Sandshrew.

RRRRRRRRR...

"WAAAAAAH! I WANT TO SEE MY MOMMY!" it cried again.

RRRRRRRR...

AAAAAAARG! I'm gonna go crazy! To the left... AAAARG! THIS ROCK AGAIN!

"WAAAAAAAH!!!" screamed the baby, even more loudly.

RRRRRRRR...

SHUT UP! AAAAARG! My head hurts! My stomach hurts! My whole body is about to break down and all that this stupid thing does is crying! Why can't it tells me where to go, at least?!?

"Little Sandshrew... what path did you took? I mean... just remember what turns you took when running after that blue light..." I asked.

"I DON'T KNOW! WAAAAAAH!" it screamed.

I... can't... take this... anymore...

BAM!

The Sandshrew landed painfully on it's hurt leg. It yelped in pain and turned to me, it's eyes filled with tears. "YOU MEANIE! THAT HURTS YOU..." the Sandshrew's eyes shrunk in terror as he caught a glimpse of my face.

I couldn't stand it anymore. If I didn't ate now, I would collapse from starvation and furthermore, there's no way I'll find my way back with that Sandshrew crying like this...

The Sandshrew slowly made a step backward... but fell quickly, tripping over it's hurt leg. It yelped in pain and begun to cry, silently this time.

"Just... shut up..." I said.

I heard my instincts... Kill him... kill him... kill him... kill him... the voice in my head chanted...

Kill him... kill him... kill him... kill him...

I can't. He's a child...

It's you or him... kill him... kill him...

There must be another way... I will not eat meat. I will not kill.

You will die if you don't... Kill him...

Intense pain gripped my heart...

RRRRRR...

I'm so... hungry... and thirsty... and my entire body aches... my psychic powers... they're so weak...

Just a little bite... just one...

Where is that Sandshrew? Can't see him anywhere... Ugh... my head... is spinning... so dizzy... so tired...

BAM!

Oooow... why did I tripped? I didn't even made a step foward... ugh... my stomach hurts... my head hurts... my legs hurts... I'm so tired...

I gathered my strenght and got up, despite my head spinning so much... and then, I saw a brown blur below me... must be that Sandshrew...

I sat down and stared at the blur... yes... it's eyes... it must be the Sandshrew...

"Mister... are you alright?" it asked.

"I... I... just... just..." I mumbled.

Flesh... flesh could sustain me... I need flesh... I need flesh and blood... I must have the meat...

No... I must not kill... I just won't...

But then... his leg was bleeding pretty badly... will it recover?... I don't care. Just a little bite will do... I'll rip his leg off and feast on it...

Claws came out of my right hand and I pointed it at the red swirl in the brown blur...

"Mis... MISTER?!? I'M SCARED! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?" it cried loudly.

I can't take your annoying voice anymore. I just can't... and I need to survive.

"Just... just... a little... bite..." I mumbled.

"WHAT?!?" it screamed, terrorised.

It tried to back away... but rolled on the side. Must have been it's injury... whatever.

I'll just take a little bite out of him...

crllcrll...

"WAAAAAAAH!!!" it screamed as it suffered intense pain.

The red swirl became wider. I pulled on it with all of my remaining strenght... but it didn't wanted to come off. I moved my claws near the red swirl, to widen the cut and cut the leg off...

"MOOOOMMY!!! HELP!!!" it screamed in despair.

SCRAAAAAALCH!!!

As I pulled with all of my strenght, a brown, fat stick followed. Listening to my instincts, I placed the red end of it in my mouth and slowly munched on it...

The skin is rock hard and tastes awful... but the red part... tender and juicy... I never tasted anything... like this before.

"Mo... mo... mommy..." cried the baby Pokemon, it's voice faint...

The meat... is so sweet... the blood... tastes salty... and I like it... I never tasted anything like this before... I swallow another bite off the little leg and then another... and then another... and the world slowly stops spinning...

"Why... why... why? I... I trusted you..." cried the baby Sandshrew.

I reached the bone... whatever. A bit of psychic power smashes the bone and crack it open, revealing the tender substance inside... which I liked. It's all so good... and so satisfying...

"NOOOOO!!! MY BABY!!!" screamed a feminine voice.

I finished the entire leg. I swallow the last part of it and feels so satisfied... the world has almost stopped spinning and my toughts starts to return to normal...

BAAAAASH!!!

MEEEEOOOOAAARG! My... my back... ugh...

BAM!

I... my consciousness... is fading... the cold sleep... coming... can't... last... zzzzz...

...

"That monster! That spineless monster! My son is handicapped for life! He won't be able to run! He won't be able to dig! No one will want to be his friend!" cried a familiar feminine voice.

I slowly woke up and found myself in a rather large part of the underground caverns.

I was lying on a carpet of sand... in fact, the whole ground was made of sand. As for the walls and ceiling, rock... and nothing else.

I didn't knew how it was possible... but I also seen that the whole room was well-lit despite the fact that I was deep within a cave... and then, I figured out that the rock from which Mt.Moon is made is a reflective one, hence the tunnels being so well-lit...

Anyway, the fact that I could see despite being underground with no source of light was not by most serious concern. My problem here is more about that pack of Sandshrews and Sandslashes surrounding me.

I slowly stood up and looked around me... completely surrounded I am.

"He's awake, that bastard!" said one of the Sandshrews.

I stared at them... and then noticed a familiar figure. A small baby Sandshrew lied there... and I noticed he had only three paws. His right hindleg had been totally biten off and various cuts were visible close to the place where the leg used to be, as if a clawed Pokemon had attacked him viciously...

Instinctively, my hand touched my lips... and I felt as if a liquid had dried there... another instinctive move... I licked my lips and then swallowed the dried blood. A bit salty to the taste...

I wondered... how did that blood came there?... how did I arrived here in the first place?

All that I remember is that my stomach grumbled during the last day... and then, there was a sharp pain, a smell I could not identify... and I dashed into the caves, looking for who knows what... I also remember wandering an endless maze, an annoying thing screaming on my shoulder... and then I remember...

... oh no... I did NOT do that...

I looked down in shame... "I... This... this is a nightmare..." I whispered.

"Oh no, you stupid cat Pokemon! You're going to pay for what you have done!" said one of the Sandslashes.

"Yeah! That freak was going to eat little Garlet! If it wasn't from Pebbly's intervention, he would have been eaten whole!" said another Sandslash. "Isn't it, Pebbly?"

The Sandshrew's mother, a Sandslash that wasn't quite freshly mature but not old either, stepped foward. "I'll never forgive you... no one ever will."

I turned to her... "I... I tried..." I begun... but I couldn't finish my explanation.

"You tried what? To eat him? We already know that!" she interrupted.

"NO! NO! Listen..." I was interrupted again.

"What you deserve is DEATH, nothing less! We should bring you to the top of the mountain and hurl you off the summit!" it stated.

"Or maybe we could feed this monster to the undead?" asked a young female Sandshrew.

Everyone, including me, turned to her. The Sandshrew pack looked at her with a disgusted look while I was intrigued... there's undead somewhere nearby?

"Mention the Defects' existance ever again and you'll be banished." stated Pebbly.

"Sorry... I'm so very sorry... I won't bother you, leader..." it apologised.

Great, just great... another stupid pack. What's next? Cleaning day? Throwing the child into a pit full of hungry Pokemon like the Pikachus thrown Spark into the river?

Suddenly, all the Sandshrews and Sandslashes stepped away, gasping in horror...

"Those flames..." whispered an ederly Sandslash.

"OH GREAT HO-OH! HE'S A DEFECT!" screamed a Sandshrew, terrorised.

They all remained there, staring at me... and I felt sad... sad that I would hear the term "Defect" to qualify me again... and worst of all, to hear it from a wild Pokemon...

The Sandshrews and Sandslashes quickly scampered... but the little Sandshrew that I had eaten his right leg off couldn't make it far without a fourth leg.

He soon collapsed, gasping for air as he couldn't run anymore...

I stood up and then approached the Sandshrew... it turned around and as it faced me, it's small eyes widened...

FWOOOOSH!!!

AAAAARG!!! MY EYES!!! THEY BURN! SAND IN MY EYES!!!

The sound of more scampering... and the sound of that thing still not getting away.

I used my psychic powers and shot a weak wave of energy, sending the sand out of my eyes... phew! I already feel better... but my eyes still hurts... well, I can see at least.

I approached the Sandshrew, ready this time...

FWOOOOSH!!!

FWAAAAAARP!!!

The sand struck a psychic barrier. I learnt from my mistake, little boy...

"PLEASE! Don't eat me! I'm small and..." blah blah blah, I'm sick of hearing people beg me for mercy when I want to help them... so, I interrupted him.

"Just stop." I stated.

The Sandshrew stopped and then stared at me, confused.

"Look... I was about to die, back there. I'm not asking for you to forgive... just to understand. I ate your leg becease I would die, else. I didn't wanted to kill you... I just needed that flesh..." I said.

The Sandshrew frowned... as if it was thinking... but then, he begun to cry... "Brother says I'm useless now... he said that they'll throw me into the death pit at the cleaning day."

Man, are ALL packs made using the same structure with the stupid cleaning day thing? I must bet that there's the rank thingy too in this pack since it seems to be made with the same idiotic structure!

"Look, no one is gonna kill you. I won't allow it..." I said.

The Sandshrew begun to cry again. "I... just want to see my mommy!"

It tries to run away again... and fails again. This is starting to get on my nerves...

"Look, you aren't going anywhere with one leg in less..." I stated.

"I can't walk! I'm useless! Mommy will dump me in the death pit!" it cried, in response.

Why is it always crying? Spark cried too... but he was brave. That Sandshrew is just a crybaby... but well, he's much younger than Spark was. Spark was an actual child while this Sandshrew is pretty much just a baby...

I used my powers to lift him and then placed him on my right shoulder. Strange, I remembered him to be much heavier last time... but last time, I was starving to death so... ugh... I think I'll throw up if I think of this scene... ugh...

I still can't believe I could do this... I have... I have...

Sniff! Sniff!

"WAAAAAAAH!!!" the annoying mouse begun to cry again.

OK... you know what? If all babies are like this... then I really don't want Cherlie to be pregnant! Too... annoying!... huh? What am I thinking? I don't even know if Cherlie is pregnant or not!... and considering... humm... didn't I already told myself to let her go?

Empty your mind... inhale...

"WAAAAAAH!!!"

... exhale...

"WAAAAAAAH!!!"

... INHALE!

"WAAAAAAAH!!!"

... EXHALE!"

"WAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"

OK, that's it. They can dump that thing into the death pit, I don't care. It's just TOO annoying.

BAM!

"WAAAAAH! YOU DROPPED ME, MEANIE!... huh? Errr..." it stared at me, it's eyes filled with terror as it saw my expression...

"Look, I have no time to babysit you, crybaby! I'll bring you back to your mother and then, you'll let me be, OK?" I said.

The little baby nodded. Place it back on my shoulder...

"I'm afraid of heights! WAAAAAAH!!!"

Forget it. I mean it. Just... forget it. I'm not standing this anymore. That thing screams more loudly than an Exploud and it doesn't even shown any inch of gratitude for me helping it... but well, why would it show any gratitude? I ate one of it's legs... but well... every creature has a limit to their patience and I just reached mine...

"Look... if you do not shut it... I'll make sure you do." I stated.

"WAAAAAH!!! BIG MEAN..." he could never finish his insult.

SLAP!

PLOP!

I created a sticker with my psychic powers and placed it right on the annoying mouse's mouth.

"HMPH! HMPH! HMPH!" it screamed, throught the sticker.

I grinned. Finally... peace and quiet. Now to find the annoying thing's parents...

As I made it out of the sand room, I made it to a very, very large opening... the main area of the caverns, the central place to which all tunnels led. An opening could be seen on the ceiling, rays of sunlight shining down on the strange triangular rock in the middle. So... this is why the caverns aren't dark! This rock reflect the sunlight everywhere in the cave, making the place well-lit...

As I stood there, staring at the azur walls, the triangular shiny rock, and the sheer size of the cave... I came to forgot why I had came here. This place truly seemed magical...

"HMPH! HMPH!" screamed the baby Pokemon, the sticker keeping it's annoying voice at bay.

Yeah, I know... I must find your parents, bummer.

"EEEEEEEEeeeeeeeek..." screamed a feminine voice.

bom.

A small sound and then...

"NOOOOOOO!!! GLARRRRGL!" screamed the voice again.

There were the sickening sounds of a Pokemon being ripped apart by sharp claws and fangs... and then, I located the Sandshrews and Sandslashes, staring at the bottom of a hole... and the screams came from the hole.

Slowly, the screams grew fainter... and I knew that the unfortunate victim was dead.

"Holy Milktank! That must hurt as Heck!" said a ederly Sandslash.

"Well... we gotta get rid of the useless people and since going to the summit to hurl people to their dooms would take too much time... then we'll use the death hole!" explained a female Sandshrew.

Since the place was quite big, their voices echoed on the walls, thus making it easy for me to hear them.

"OH NO! He's back!" yelled another Sandshrew, pointing at me.

"He got Garlet! He got Garlet!" yelled Pebbly, hysterical.

"Oh come on, mom!" replied a young child Sandshrew. "He's handicaped! Even if that cat Pokemon hadn't got him, we would have had to throw him in the death hole."

"NO! Never!" said Pebbly.

"Don't deny it. You said it yourself, don't you, leader?" said the child, grinning.

Man, more arrogant children and unassuming pack leaders. I get a strong sense of deja-vu here...

Pebbly lowered her head... "Alright... mister predator, keep him if you want. It's not like he's any use to us now that he's handicaped..." she mumbled.

Oh no! That Sandshrew is gonna live, I tell you! No more death! I had enough!

I dropped the Sandshrew... but this time, I made sure it would land on it's legs. Then, I watched him as he ran toward his mother... and tripped.

"He can't even move! Just end his pain already!" said a Sandslash.

"Man! That's sick! Why is that stranger humiliating brother like this? Just give him a decent death already!" said the baby Pokemon's brother.

The Sandshrew stopped and then continued to run toward his mother... and then, after tripping many times and after I have been insulted many times for not finishing the little baby off, the Sandshrew made it next to it's mother...

I used my powers and removed the sticker I placed on his mouth, allowing him to speak.

"MOMMY!" It cried, jumped into it's mother's arms!... but the mother sidestepped, causing the baby to land on the ground painfully.

"I do not know you. Begone." said Pebbly, tears filling her eyes.

"MOMMY!" it cried again... you could sense in his voice that he was begging the mother to accept him.

"That's just cruel... give him peace already." said another member of the pack.

The Sandslash raised her right hand...

... oh no... not again... not another death...

I wanted to intervene... I wanted to stop this... but I felt a familiar presence... and thus, I remained there... and turned my back to the scene.

SCRUNCHL!

Disgusting... absolutely disgusting... the sound of a skull being crushed by a powerful punch...

I heard the Sandslash sobbing...

"Pebbly... throw his body into the death hole now." ordered another Sandslash.

I turned around to face the scene... and instantly regretted it. Red and white matter were visible at the place where the fatal blow had been dealt, showing that altought it had been quick, the baby Pokemon's death was quite... messy. Indeed, a bloody mess was visible, brain fragments scattered everywhere showing that his skull was quite neatly smashed upon impact.

The mother was holding the baby's body in her arms and stood on the edge of the death hole...

"Thirty children I had... not a one survived... even my last surviving one is struck with an impossible to cure disease... even my mates all die... I am alone..." she mumbled.

Hmph! How original. Cleaning day, leader kill own child, leader kill self. Seen that somewhere... and it's still as disgusting as ever...

... and then, something horrified me. It's only disgusting... not revolting... somehow, it doesn't affect nearly as much as when Spark died...

I am distant, cold, heartless... I feel disgust but no pain, no mercy, nothing... only pure disgust.

My disgust grew when Pebbly thrown herself into the death hole with the body of her child... my disgust grew even more when I heard the sounds of hideous creatures eating her alive, giving her a very painful, long, and bloody death.

I didn't even remained there while the Sandshrew pack stood there, horrified.

I seen it all before... I no longer care.

I don't care. I don't care at all. They disgust me. They disgust me all...

In fact, I don't even know if I want to see the Clefairies anymore... or any Pokemon for that matter.

What will I see? More packs, more cleaning days, more death...

I'm sick of this. Isn't there a decent specie out there? I don't know... any specie that is sane?

I walked throught the tunnels, my heart aching... but not becease of the disgusting scene I had seen... but rather becease of the feeling of deja-vu... becease of how normal it had seemed to me... which is just wrong. This should not have seemed normal... this should have surprised me...

But then, maybe I'm just overreacting. Those are only two packs...

I went toward the summit... altought I seen no use in it. I had no one to share my memories with... I was... alone...

My heart begun to hurt even more... I regretted being so dependant, so unhelpful to Cherlie. For once, I had a being with me that would not die and would be friendly to me... in fact, Cherlie was even better for she was even my lover... but sadly, all of this is over.

Who would want to be the friend of a stupid flesh-eating giant pink Dark Pokemon? No one... that's who.

Derlank and Spark died, Cherlie left me... I am alone. Only the Pokemon trainers look to me with respect... and even then, it's my powers that they like, not me.

I'm sick of it all. Sick of this cruel, meaningless existance. Is that why I was born for? Just to suffer? Was it why all creatures were born? To suffer?

I didn't stopped on my way to the summit... I did not pay attention to anyone or anything...

I remember seeing two blurs of yellow fur... slightly blue to a side, red to the other. My heart raced and almost exploded with sorrow from this sight altought I no longer even remembered the names of those beings.

I don't care. I just want it to end. I want meaning... not suffering.

The summit... I once cared about going to this place... but all that I see are mere specks of light and more boring blackness and rocks. Whee! More useless thingies... this world disgust me. Everything disgust me. I am disgusting at my own incompetance to change anything... my own dependance on others for hapiness and on my unability to counter even my most basic instincts.

I am nothing but an animal with some psychic powers. I am no one. I am worthless... and I hate it all. I want to be someone... to have a place in this world... but no one has a place in such a world.

This is a world of emptiness and pain... and I no longer want to take any part in it.

I stood on the edge... the fall would be pretty long if I was to drop down... whatever. What use would there be in death?... not much more than there is life.

I cannot even find a good enough reason to kill myself. I am pathetic. I have nothing to live for and still can't find a reason to end it all.

I know nothing, I see nothing. I'm nothing but a speck...

I turned to the sky, frustrated.

Is there such a thing as Legendary Pokemon?!? Where are you Ho-oh?!? I know you can read my toughts, if you exist! Come out! Come out and explain yourself! What is that big joke of a world?!? Why do we suffer for absolutely no meaning?!? COME AND EXPLAIN YOURSELF, YOU BIG TURKEY FREAK!

I collapsed, my heart empty...

Emptiness... I tought that sanity was to be whole... but I feel exactely the same as when I was insane. I am lifeless, mindless, souless.

I feel nothing... absolutely nothing and this time, there is no Cherlie to infuse my heart with life.

I am nothing but a body... a body with no soul inside.

"Hi sugar..." I recognise this voice...

"Why are you so sad? Your eyes are all wet and your cheeks are covered with tears..." she continued.

I turned to face the green, fleeting beauty... Celebi, the Legendary Pokemon of Nature and Time.

Were my prayers anwsered? Did a Legendary Pokemon really came to give meaning to my worthless life?

She stared at me... her smile... was a sad one... and I felt awful becease I knew I was the source of her sadness...

"Please Mewlt... do not act rashly. Do not throw your life away and jump..." she begged.

I turned to face the long fall... no matter my powers, such a fall can only be fatal for no power will be powerful enough to slow down my descend enough...

Killing myself would be stupid. A Legendary Pokemon came. Celebi came. Let's see if Celebi has anything to fill the void of my heart...

I turned to her and stepped foward, getting away from the fall...

Her sadness disappeared and her smile turned into a sincere, happy one.

This made me happy... just a little bit happy. The void in my heart from being alone was still the dominant feeling.

"Mewlt... this is so unlike you... I've been watching you... and this is so very unlike you... You're so depressed... so empty... you were once the light in Derlank's life." said Celebi.

This was true... long ago, a Pikachu called Derlank used to say that I was an old fool that sticked to his dreams... and that for this reason, he liked me...

"Your heart is broken, Mewlt... first by that Minun... and then, by this world." stated Celebi.

It is true...

I had loved Cherlie with all of my heart... and she dumped me at the very first opportunity.

As for the world... I had been willing to give it a chance... to give humans, then Pokemon a chance... but everytime, I was let down.

My heart was broken, my dreams were gone. I had fell to the lowest level, losing the very substance that gave my soul real... for without my hopes and dreams, I was nothing.

"Celebi..." I stared into her sky-blue eyes, my heart in distress... "Ca... can a broken heart be healed?"

Celebi remained there... and then closed her eyes. "You are ready Mewlt... ready for the cure for a broken heart."

I stepped toward her. I couldn't take it. I desesperatly needed her help... "Please, give it to me..."

She opened her eyes and then looked straight into my eyes. I could see her eyes glittering with stars... "Mewlt... I know what you need... and what you need is head."

Huh? Head? What's that? I stood there, confused. "Celebi... what is "head"?"

She smiled... she stood there, looking like a naughty kid... "You mean that you don't know?"

Celebi laughed. Her laugh was so clear and beautiful...

Then, she took to the skies... well, sorta. She just hovered there, at eye level... "Mewlt... you who no longer have faith in anything... I will give you faith back into love..."

"You want to make me believe?" I asked, even more confused.

"You will believe... you will believe..." she repeated, approaching...

"But... I don't even know what you mean by "head"... and anyway, you're a Legendary Pokemon. I am not worth..." I could never finish my sentance.

She made it in close and then placed her lips on my own, putting an end to my sentance. I was startled and tried to pull out... but she grabbed me and held me still while her tongue entered my mouth and teased my own. I attempted to use my psychic powers to blast her away... but somehow, she used her own powers to nullify my own. As a last resort, I placed my hands on her chest and then pushed with all of my strenght... and altought Celebi struggled a bit, she could finish what she wanted to do... and then, she pulled out.

Since I was not especting her to pull out so suddenly, the combined strenght of my physical and psychic powers sent me rocketing backward.

BAAAM!!!

Ouch... I landed painfully on my back... well, nothing major. I stood up and then turned to Celebi, my eyes widened.

"You taste like apples, Mewlt..." she said.

She stood there, closed her eyes, and savored the moment... she blushed furiously, replaying the scene in her head...

Then, she turned to me and I was surrounded in a blue light... and then, all my wounds disappeared.

With that done, Celebi landed there and then giggled...

I replayed the scene in my head too... and remembered the kiss she gave me... hmmm... she tasted like berries I'll say... huh? What am I thinking about? It was a forced kiss! How could I have enjoyed this!

She giggled again seeing my expression. Was my face funny?

"Oh Mewlt... you're so troubled... empty your mind of your worries... forget the past and future... focus on the present." she said.

Well... seems like a good idea. No use in worrying about stupid, unimportant stuff... and as such, I decided to empty my mind.

"Better! Now... I will say that I'm surprised that you do not know what it means to give "head" to a male... actually, I'd say that very, very few males are so oblivious that they reach the age of twenty and don't even know what it means." she said, almost laughing.

I raised an eyebrow. I felt a bit ashamed for some reason...

"What is "head" anyway?" I asked again. "Is it some kind of game?"

"Oh no! It's not a game... well, not in the way you're thinking." she stated.

I crossed my arms, just as confused as ever. That Celebi... she always was ahead of me...

"It's a game... but in the way I'm thinking?... then it must be some kind of game. If that game can help me cure my broken heart and make me believe in love like you said... then I'm willing to try. So... what do I do?" I asked.

Celebi winked. "Oh! Nothing's easier! Just stand on your knees and let me do the rest!" she stated.

I placed myself on my knees and then stood there... "OK... and now, what do I do?" I asked.

Celebi slowly walked toward me... and then stopped right in front of me, smiling in a falsely innocent way... "Oh! Nothing. I do the rest, as stated earlier."

"OK... I really don't understand? I know I must stand there... but what for?... and what will you do, by the way?" I asked, seeking anwsers.

"Weeeeell..." she teased. "You are a very, very cute and sexy male, you know... and I have been so lonely... but not anymore... becease I have you."

I raised an eyebrow. Decide yourself girl. You're filtring with me or you're playing that "head" game which I don't even know what it is to begin with.

"Hihihi!" she giggled. "Oh my dear Mewlt... you're so sexy and all... and as such, I'm willing to give you a head."

I had enough! Stop playing with me and explain yourself!

... obviously, she must have psychic powers since she somehow guessed what I was thinking.

"Relax! I'll explain..." she said.

She stepped foward... getting really... really close... too close for my comfort actually... and then, she hovered just to eye level and smiled sweetly. The way she stood there... I seen perfectly all of her curves... her oh so perfect curves... huh?!? What am I thinking?

Anyway, let her explain what is that game. FINALLY, I get to know what she meant!

"Mewlt... I'm willing to take your manhound and suck on it. That's what "giving head" means." she said, as if it was as normal as, say, breathing.

I felt so very... conflicted... and shy... and... err... just plain wrong.

"I... I can't accept to do that. We just met... and I'd feel like I'm using you..." I said, all of my hesitation could be sensed in my voice.

"You WILL like it, sugar" said the green fairy. "If you don't... then I'll go back and modify the past so that we may have never discussed about doing such a thing, OK?"

She got even closer and...

Oooh... she's... touching me... I can feel her hands on my chest... her feet are placed on my legs but I feel no pressure... she's just placing her feet there. I can see her beautiful, beautiful blue eyes...

"So... will you give me some sugar, you cutty?" she asked.

I didn't quite get it what she meant by giving her sugar... but I assumed she meant about doing something sexual...

Well... her idea is crazy... really crazy... but well, she knows better than I do. She must have seen thousands of broken hearts and must know how to deal with them by now... and as such, I nodded, giving her the signal that I accepted her offer.

Slowly she landed between my legs and it became obvious why she wanted me in this position. In that position, her face is right at the right height for such an action...

What was going to happen? Would I actually like it? What if Cherlie was to come and see me in this position? What if Celebi doesn't like it?

... stupid kitty. Focus on the present...

I looked down. She stood there, staring into my eyes, smiling. I tought she was going to... well, you know what?

"What?" I asked.

"Well... DUH!" she said.

I raised an eyebrow. "Is there a problem?"

Celebi let out a loud sigh and then stared at me, amused. "Well, like DUH! I ain't gonna do nothing to you if you don't get excited, sugar!"

DOH! Of course, you stupid kitty! I can't believe I overlooked such a detail!... but well... err... with Cherlie, it was kinda automatic. We got all romantic and then, it would happen all by itself and we would then take the opportunity to... err... well...

As such, since it was automatic, I had never put much tought into it... but well, it was true. Pokemon have this advantage that unlike humans, their private parts remain hidden and safely locked inside of our bodies until needed... which is why a human can hold a, say, Charmander upside down and not be able to guess which gender it is by staring at the place where the parts should be.

I laughed nervously at my own stupidity...

"So... are you gonna do something or what?" she asked, still amused.

"Hmm... well... I don't think I can get excited like that, for no reason. I mean... in the past... it was kinda autmatic. Things would get romantic and then... well, it just happens." I explained.

"So... you're saying that I'm not sexy?" asked Celebi, grinning evilly.

"NO! OH NO NO NO! I didn't meant that!" I quickly replied, all panicked.

"Then what are you waiting for? That I start to dance on your thing or something?" she asked.

"Errr... well..." I was kinda confused as what to anwser to that, frankly...

Celebi stopped grinning evilly and her expression returned to her sweet, nice one. "Well, actually, this is the correct course of action. It's just that it's rare that I meet a male that not only doesn't know me... but has never heard what "giving head" meant before and that hasn't been fantatising on me for like, his whole life. For most males, I don't even do a thing and they're... well... "ready"." she explained.

"That must be kinda embarassing. I mean... you can't even take a walk without awakening the instincts of everything male in a radius of four kilometers." I said.

Celebi giggled. "Heeheehee! It's weird how you're opening your heart, speaking with me freely now... when the time is supposed to be to action!"

I blushed. Man... I'm so clumsy... I'm spoiling everything...

"Celebi... I..." she interrupted me.

"Just shut up and enjoy the ride now... OK, sugar?" she said slowly, as she climbed on me and rubbed her right leg against... you know.

Well, that's it... here's goes nothing...

She begun to rub harder... and... then she changed position... and then again... and each time she changed position, a new part of her body rubbed against... my growing... organ... or something like that...

Then, she... !!! OH!... well, I'm a bit relieved in a way despite the... the fact that I'm growing more... tense... I... I espected it to hurt when she grabbed my... my organ... but actually... it's quite nice...

Hmmm... huh? She's giving me a kiss on the... !!! OH MY...

Sluuuurp...

UGH! That's... that's...

"You can moan if you want, Mewlt." she stated, using telepathy.

So she does have psychic powers...

"Don't start again! Don't disappoint me, guy!" she replied.

Errr... oh... aaah... ACK! ACK!... wet... wet... this is... different to... to say the least... and I... I LIKE IT! ACK!

OooooOOOOoooh... I know I'm gonna explode just soon...

FLASH!!!

Huh?!? What the... where the... how did...

So, I'm still on the summit of Mt.Moon but... I feel as if I was someone different...

As I looked down on my hands, I noticed that my fur was white and that unstead of having small, nice fingers... they were extremely large and round, like balloons...

I turned around, facing Celebi... I was about to ask her what happened but she didn't let me...

"Weeeeell..." she said. "You are a very, very cute and sexy male, you know... and I have been so lonely... but not anymore... becease I have you."

I raised an eyebrow. Didn't she just said that, just a while ago?... what happened?

"Hihihi!" she giggled. "Oh my dear Mewtwo... you're so sexy and all... and as such, I'm willing to give you a head."

Mewtwo? Who's that? Where am I?

I looked around, confused...

"Relax, sugar! I'll explain what I meant by that..." she said.

I turned to face Celebi...

She stepped foward... getting really... really close... too close for my comfort actually... and then, she hovered just to eye level and smiled sweetly. The way she stood there... I seen perfectly all of her curves... her oh so perfect curves...

Hmmm... why am I going throught all this again, using a different body?... and why do I... that's... that's weird... I feel as if... my ex-girlfriend was not a Minun... but just like I couldn't the Minun's name in my original body, I cannot remember my girlfriend's name in this current body...

"Mewtwo... I'm willing to take your manhound and suck on it. That's what "giving head" means." she said, as if it was as normal as, say, breathing.

"Celebi... I just can't. We have been friends for so long... and I would feel as if I was using you." I said using a voice that was much deeper and louder than my own voice.

Then... I begun to realise it! I stared into the sky... and then I had the confirmation! The stars... they were in a different position which meant that... this was not my own memory!

This was a memory that belonged to someone else, a memory of the past!... and a memory that happened to belong to a certain "Mewtwo", whoever that is... and whoever that is, this guy is very similar to me!... maybe too much even.

The memory began to blur as she stepped toward Mewtwo or whoever I was in this vision... but I knew that he was going to be "given a head", just like Celebi did to me...

Then, the vision faded and I heard an orb shattering...

FLASH!!!

Sluurrrrp!

"Hmmmm..." said Celebi, her lips still applied on the tip of... you know what.

The physical pleasure was there... it truly was there. I felt as if I was about to have the "full experience"... but I didn't. Something kept me from. That vision I had... it creeped me out seriously. I felt as if I was a mere tool in her hands... as if history was merely repeating and that Celebi was taking advantage of it.

I also hoped with all of my soul that she didn't read those toughts just now... that she didn't knew about my doubts... I closed my mind... I wanted her to think that nothing was getting in the way of my physical pleasure...

SLURP!

"Meeeeeeeew..." I moaned.

GLOUPgloupgloup...

Getting all the way to the "unloading" part was great, really great... but I felt awfully dirty when the actual "unloading" begun. Sure, I couldn't have helped but moan as the physical pleasure gripped my heart... but I felt manipulated, I felt like her toy... and that was enough to crush the whole atmosphere.

Far from healing my heart, what Celebi did to me smashed my heart into even tinier bits... for not only had the Minun and the world forsaken me... but I had soiled my own promises, my own dreams, my own hopes. I was a dirty, dirty monster... and I revolted against this.

Feeling the "unloading" finished, I didn't cared about Celebi savoring the moment... at all. I wanted this manipulating freak away from me as quickly as possible. I placed my hands on her head and pushed with all of my strenght, helping her pull out.

A bit of liquid splashed as she had not fully finished licking at my... organ... but I didn't cared. I was so ashamed... the faster she was off me, the faster I would get away. She had destroyed my honor. I would not forgive her.

If this was going to make me believe in love... then you have failed, Celebi. You only shown me how weak I was, how quick I was to throw away the being I loved. See... SEE! I even forgot her name and allowed a monster like you to touch what only that Minun should have ever been allowed to see!

This is not love. What was going on between me and Cherlie was love. This... is only you manipulating my reproductive instincts in order to force me to do whatever you want. Begone, you evil fairy!

Celebi licked the liquid off her face, noticing it wasn't quite as white as she had espected...

"Did something went wrong? You seem... troubled." she said.

Strange, her curves suddenly seem unimportant to me and her eyes look very dull too. In fact, I can't believe I got seduced by this girl. Who cares if Celebi's curves are perfect and that she has the eyes of the Legendary Pokemon that she is? She doesn't have the Minun's smile, her care, her love, nothing. She is a beautiful body and nothing else... and it takes more than just curves and blue eyes to grip my heart.

"Nothing. That was great." I stated.

Indeed... now, thanks to this experience, I know that I'll never let females like you manipulate me ever again.

I stood up and in seconds, I was back to normal... which weirded me out a bit. With that Minun, I didn't remembered returning to normal state so quickly... but then, maybe that the fact that Celebi disgusts me has a strong role in it all.

"Goodbye." I said coldly.

"See you soon." she said dreamily.

"Yeah." I said, without putting any heart into it.

Yeah right I should have said. You'll never see me again, bastard.

She disappeared as suddenly as she had appeared, warping throught the myst of time.

I stared into the sky...

The stars were so beautiful... from up there, they truly look like miniature suns, all shining their peaceful, quiet, and shy rays on the blackened Earth...

Our world is beautiful... and I'm sure that someday, it will be peaceful as well.

I do not care if all creatures on this world are vile... for if such vile creatures as us were given the gift of feelings... then maybe we have the power to become as beautiful as our feelings themselves, breaking out of our cursed paths...

I closed my eyes... and a few tears came to my eyes as I remembered the Minun and then, her name... Cherlie.

I tought my heart had shattered... but I now know otherwise. As long as tears will stream down my cheeks... as long as I will feel this burning feeling from within at the memories of my times with Cherlie... then my heart will never be truly shattered.

Now... Cherlie and her new boyfriend should be getting close to the summit by now... I will wait here. I will wait for them here. I want to see Cherlie... I want to see her... happy.

Then, once I will know that the Plusle will make her happy, I will leave this place and head for Indigo Plateau at once, where the poison and my destiny awaits...

Soon... very soon...

Destiny...

... and to whoever has let those memory spheres behind... thank you...

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