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Post by Umbra on Mar 1, 2010 18:03:50 GMT -5
It was late out tonight... The stars above the Hidden Forest twinkled and blinked in the cold night sky, and a calm wind gently shook the bare branches of the trees.
Underground, in their new temporary den, Charon was tossing and turning in his grass nest, even growling and whimpering.
A lone pikachu watched from the bars of an electrically absorbent cage as he was shipped into the pack of a vehicle, his amber eyes wide as he watched the family and their house shrink in the distance... The little girl who was sobbing... The mother's face frozen in protective fear for her children... And the father's face set in a grim and unyielding expression
More memories... Sitting in a lone enclosure... The days melding together... For so long till Charon he would go insane...
The eyes of the cruel gentlemen that pierced at him as he gazed back from his cage... Evil, silky smile on his face.
The screams of people as Team Rocket thoughtlessly used him to help infiltrate a bank...
The eerie ripping sound of his back being split open by zangoose claws from a trainer...
He sat on the concrete sidewalk a ways from the forest as he lay dying... Noone came... Noone came... Noone came...
Charon woke up with a sharp gasp, chest heaving with breathes, amber eyes wide... He could feel the cold sweat in his orange fur... It was just a dream... It was just a dream... Taking a final deep breathe, Charon calmed down and turned his head at the sleeping form of Maria...
Finally, the raichu reached a brown paw and gently stroked the beautiful pikachu's red cheek before sighing softly, getting up. It was their little secret... Even if Maria didn't know it... That the raichu would sometimes just look at her sleep before going to bed himself.
He quietly left the den, blinking his amber eyes at the cold air outside. He then sat down, and watched the stars twinkle through the branches of the trees around him... Lost in memories... Lost in thought.
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Post by starwave on Mar 1, 2010 19:27:39 GMT -5
"Dad! Come Back!" A pichu cried out to her father, a Raichu walking away from her and her mother. "Come back!" The small pichu cried again, trying to run after him but finds herself being pulled back by a force she couldn't see.
"No! Father!!" The pichu yelled, nearly crying and turned to look at her mother, only to find that she wasn't there."Mom? Mom!!!"
Maria's ears twiched, her tail moving alittle with her eyes tightly shut and spoke the word mother under her breath. A touch on her red cheek, she didn't even noice until a small sound broke her from her dream. Her eyes opened in slits, seeing an image of a long tail vaish out a small opening and slowly closed them again with a sigh.
A dream...Another dream of her father, leaving her and never coming back. Even when he promised to...he never did. Her mind seemed to wander on it for a alittle bit, her tail moving from her nest to her back and slowly opened her eyes again. Maria sighed again, trailing her eyes to the spot Charon was and sat up slowly with her tail still resting on her back.
Is he mad...will...he leave me like...father did? She thought, looking at the empty nest with a worried look in her dark black eyes. She ran off....hoping of what the pokemon said was true but stopped in her tracks in worry for Charon. She couldn't leave, not when Charon was there.
Shaking her head, she left her nest and walked out of the den. The cold air of winter, it greeted her with nothing but a freezing shiver up her spine and soon spotted Charon, sitting down on the ground. Charon. She stared at him for a while, his orange fur swaying in the cold breeze.{"Hello Charon."} She findlly spoke, her left ear tilting to the left.
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Post by Umbra on Mar 1, 2010 20:05:20 GMT -5
Charon didn't seem to be bothered by the cold... His harsh past years told him to be tough and determined if he wanted survival... Guided by savage willful instinct alone had saved him in those days when he was recuperating from his terrible wounds... The same wound that still left a long milky white scar down his orange back.
The raichu's crescent ears twitched and he slowly turned his head, gazing at the pikachu with amber eyes. "{Good evening Maria... Did I wake you?}" He asked quietly, not wishing to disturb the slumber of nearby pokemon... Let them have their peaceful dreams, unhindered by the occasional nightmare that was his past.
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Post by starwave on Mar 2, 2010 17:36:27 GMT -5
{"No, No. I woke up on my own."} Maria replied, blushing alittle before looking up at the stars. Out of all the stars in the sky, two of them were close together and shining brightly. Those stars....are they like me and Charon? She thought, blicking her eyes slowly before nodding. I hope so.
Maria looked back at Charon, noicing the white scar that streched along his back and cut his stripe marks in half. She knew it was there, at first thinking it was a battle scar but she wanted to know why. Sighing, she walked up to Charon's side and sat beside him with her tail laying next to his. {"Charon...I want to ask you something."} Maria spoke, looking around to see if anyone was coming. {"How did you get that scar..you know, the one on your back?"}
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Post by Umbra on Mar 2, 2010 20:07:46 GMT -5
Charon quietly listened to Maria, and for what seemed like an eternity, he just stared at the female pikachu. Finally the raichu sighed and cast his amber eyes down. "{It's... It's a long story... I got the scar itself by another pokemon. A zangoose's claws... Though I can;t really blame him for why he did so.}"
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Post by starwave on Mar 3, 2010 21:00:33 GMT -5
{"Why?"} Maria spoke with a wonder in her voice, and her ear's shot up. {"Your not a bad Raichu..Why would it attack you?"} Her dark eyes locked on to Charon's and slowly moved closer to the raichu, laying her tail on his. {"Please tell me... I don't mind if its long. I just want to know..."} The pikachu asked, smiling her usuel smile.
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Post by Umbra on Mar 3, 2010 21:15:54 GMT -5
Charon gave a sharp intake of breath and fidgeted his paws... He looked slightly agitated, but not angry, more at himself. "{Maria, that isn't entirely true...}" He grumbled, amber eyes flicking to the ground, back at hers, and then to the ground again.
"{The zangoose attacked me because I almost, or did, kill several humans...}" The raichu sounded agonized as he spoke those words. "{I was being used by a group of very evil humans... And well... Maria, regardless if I was being controlled by the pokeball or not, I did some terrible things, and I got to the point where I got mean and cruel as the humans that controlled me did... It's not something I'm proud of... And it all started when I was bought from a breeder into a fairly well off family...}"
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Post by starwave on Mar 3, 2010 21:32:52 GMT -5
Maria's eyes grew wide and for once, she was speehless. Charon...a killer...No! He's to kind...those people...why would they..? She turned her head away, her thoughts heavy on her mind until findlly, she looked at him with a smile again and held his brown paw with one of her own.
{"What happened...happened. Its in the past now and this is a present. I know you might think that I would leave you, just because of that but I'm not going anywhere."} The female pikachu spoke, blushing and added with a whisper in his cesent ear. {"Not without you, anyway."}
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Post by Umbra on Mar 4, 2010 15:58:22 GMT -5
"{I know it's in the past Maria, and I-}" The raichu was silenced effectively after the whisper, and Charon turned his head to face the female pikachu beside him with shocked amber eyes. A wind blew before the muscular electric mouse pokemon finally said, "{I... I didn't know you felt like that Maria... How long had this happened?}" He said it numbly, mainly do to shock. No implied jokes there either.
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Post by starwave on Mar 5, 2010 15:55:19 GMT -5
{"Well....I was thinking about it for quite a few days."} Maria said shyly, getting up with a twich of her curve-ike tail. She walked forward a few steps before stopping again, her ears moving back as she looked at the stars again.
{"But I really didn't want to say anything. Because....I was afraid you would leave me, like my father did."} Maria sighed, turning her head to look at the Raichu, only to look down at the ground.{"I wasn't sure if you thought the same way...but.."} Her voice faded into a whisper and slowly looked away from Charon.
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Post by Umbra on Mar 5, 2010 16:04:42 GMT -5
The raichu just stared at her form that stood against the night sky in wonder before he got up on his hind legs, walking over to Maria. He slipped his brown paws around her waist and brought her close into a hug, feeling the warmth of her yellow fur against his. "{I do.}" He whispered into her black tipped ears. "{And I would never think of leaving you. Regardless if I found you desirable in other ways, I still see you as the closest and only friend I have ever had.}" Charon sighed as he closed his amber eyes, breathing in Maria's scent. "{It's just I'm unsure about how to act... And I don't know if I can handle that sort of relationship... At least not yet.}"
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Post by starwave on Mar 5, 2010 21:46:37 GMT -5
Maria smiled slowly, her red cheeks sparking alittle as they touched and let Charon's scent fill her nose. She listened to what he was saying, glad to be close to someone that wouldn't push her away and nodded slowly with a twich of her tail.{"I understand...but I will never change my mind. I mean..the way I feel about you."} She spoke, her voice still low but sure. {"But I won't rush it...I'm not that type."} She laughed softly, still hugging the raichu cheerfully.
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Post by Umbra on Mar 5, 2010 22:25:15 GMT -5
"{I'm glad.}" He purred, rubbing his head against hers. "{I still need to get my life together. Maybe continue trying to find that chu herd. According to the grovyle, there was one in this area somewhere after all.}" He sighed as he pressed Maria slightly closer. "{I wouldn't mind just knowing a little bit more about you right now anyway.}"
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Post by starwave on Mar 5, 2010 22:53:39 GMT -5
Maria laughed her cheerfully laugh, as Charon rubbed his head against hers and looked up into his amber eyes. {"At least the chu hater isn't around, of course."} She smiled, almost laughing. Listening to Charon, her thoughts about the herd came to her mind and nodded slowly to the last few words the raichu had said to her. She pushed herself away from him but still held onto both of his paws and twiched her tail.
{"Same with you. But could we please go back inside? I don't like being out here at night...when those snakes are out."} She spoke with a soft voice, scared of the thought of another snake attack them.
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Post by Umbra on Mar 5, 2010 23:00:33 GMT -5
Charon smiled. "{I can handle most things out here.}" He assured, long whip-like tail waving back and forth gently, the yellow thunder bolt shaped blade glimmering in the moonlight. {"Most things are smart enough to not tangle with this chu.}" He then grinned as he bowed, waving a brown paw to the den entrance. "{Fair ladies first.}"
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