Clinging Onto a Hope of Happiness (Chapter Two)
#3 of Clinging Onto a Hope of Happiness
I had to rewrite the whole thing because it didn't save my upload :( Oh well, I guess it fixed some stupid things out. If i didn't remember them they couldn't have been too important. Epic edit finished, problems solved.
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She bumped into a camouflaged Leafeon in the grass. "Oh, you found me," The Leafeon sounded a little disappointed.
"Who are you?" Fara asked.
"I'm Petal, I've been following you guys since the fight with the Monferno." She explained. "And you are?"
"I'm Fara... I'm.. not part of the group."
"You aren't? That's surprising, you're always with them."
"I'm just following them around..."
"Why's that?"
"A habit of mine, I guess," Fara lied.
"Really? That Kyler's kinda cute. Are you sure you don't have a crush on him?" Petal smirked while teasing Fara.
"... Okay, but if you happen to end up talking to him, don't tell... I don't even think he knows I'm here," Fara added.
They exchanged their stories and fell asleep in a spot that would keep them well hidden.
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Fara's ear twitched when she heard the rustle of grass. From the prodding, It sounded like a pokemon her size. She stirred herself awake and stretched, then followed the prodding. When it stopped, they were at a clearing.. Next to a pond, with a perfect view of the moon. Sitting next to the pond was Kyler, the umbreon with the beautiful eyes. All he did was sit there, but the beauty of the scene kept Fara awake. Kyler's rings were glowing brilliantly, reflecting the moonlight. It stayed like that for an hour or two before Ry came up and Fara had to hide herself.
"Hey Ry."
Ry sighed.
Throughout the hour nothing was said, and Fara was getting bored.
"Say something" She thought to Ry. Totally unsuspecting, he said something.
"What are you doing out here? I thought you took your medicine." Ry questioned.
"I had the dream again," Kyler answered.
"You mean you've had the same one before?" He asked.
"Yeah, pretty much," Kyler said.
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"You know what I mean. The dream. Tell me about the dream."
"Maybe some other time."
"Come on, you gotta! You told Vula, and Spark, and--"
"I never told them anything!" Kyler barked. It frightened Fara a little because she didn't expect it. "If I don't want to tell you then I don't have to. You got that?"
Ry leaned back against the tree. "It's kind of a personal thing, I'll tell you when I'm good and ready." Fara was feeling sleep hang over her.
"Well, as much as I'd love to hang around and watch the moon, I have to catch up on some beauty sleep." Ry said.
"Trying to look good for a special guy?" Kyler teased.
"At least I'm trying to find a mate." That hit Fara. She wasn't trying, either. She was just.. staying her distance away.
Kyler started walking back, but he seemed cautious about something. Fara smelled something familiar. She knew what this meant. She went back to the spot where she left Petal, who wasn't there anymore. Fara went ahead to sleep, and later Petal came back, begging Dialga for something.
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The next day, Diane was getting all of her pokemon groomed. So, Fara did the same for herself, and got nice and tidy. Afterwards, they were going to go to the pokemon center and thank Nurse Joy for treating the pokemon. Fara, of course, followed.
When Diane was walking through the doors, she bumped into someone, and fell back. As soon as Fara saw Diane start examining this guy's body, she knew they fell in love at first sight. They both claimed fault, as what people will do when they're embarrassed. They introduced their teams to each other, which was weird. for meeting strangers by bumping into them. Branden let his glaceon, Rick, who had strangely brighter coloured fur come up to Diane. She offered her hand and Rick licked it. Kyler, as protective as he is, stood up and growled a bit. Diane said something to calm him down, but it was too quiet for her to hear. In the city, she was making herself obviously visible, to be less obviously hiding from them. Petal, who wasn't used to the city, was tripping over things in the alleyway.
Diane and Branden and their pokemon walked into the pokemon center. Fara went over and checked on Petal.
"Ugh, why do these places have to be so... messy."
"You know its less obvious that you're hiding from them when you're just walking around as if you belong? You don't have to be in these messy alleys."
"Oh... I should have thought of that," Petal said, sighing. The group was leaving the pokemon center, and so they followed to route 202.