Defenders of Evodusai Part 1
I slowly regained my
consciousness after experiencing that emotional overload. After
taking that unexpected dive into the lake, I cursed at myself for not
learning how to swim in the first place. Placing blame towards
something normally helps reinforce my ego, but targeting myself was a
horrible mistake. Once that happened, I found that I couldn't stop
attacking. All the pushing and prodding that I forced onto my already
fragile mind triggered something and an uncontrollable rage began to
build up inside me. It flowed around throughout my body, almost as if
it had somehow gained a life of its own. Before I even knew what had
happened, memories of my childhood that I had locked away so long ago
resurfaced from their forgotten prison. All that I could do was stare as
the events from the past replayed themselves within my mind. Watching
the days of my youth made me envious of my former self and I wanted
to reach out and place myself back into those carefree days. These
feelings only lasted for a brief moment as I knew that at the end of
this nostalgic journey would come the start of my suffering. "No, I
can't go through something like that again," I thought to myself as
I tried to stop these flashbacks. Before I could recall all the
horrific details of that moment, my childhood memories just shattered
as the built up rage inside me caused me to lurch myself upwards. I
could feel my throat burning with an itchy sensation as water was
expelled from my lungs, covering part of the ground with a sickening
splash. A thumping sensation inside my head coupled with an annoying
ringing resonating in my ears caused me to grasp my head in agony. Staring out into the space in
front of me, I couldn't make anything out. "What happened to me,"
I grumbled out quietly before wiping away the grogginess from my
eyes. The faint noise of someone's voice can barely be heard over the
ringing. Rubbing my eyes seemed to help since they regained their
focus just as I looked towards the source of the voice. I was
completely stunned by what I saw. To my left, a totodile was staring
at me with a concerned look upon its face while on my right was a
glaring zangoose. "Hey Truce, I think she'll be
alright," the totodile turned as she whispered towards her buddy.
By now, both my sight and hearing had returned to normal. Looking
over these two, I noticed that these pokemon were taller then me,
which was-- wait, what did she just say about me? But more
importantly, how did I just understand her? "You will be alright,
right?" she asked me with a bit of doubt lingering in her voice. I
just stared into her amber colored eyes with disbelief. "I can
understand you?" I questioned bluntly. Her face scrunched up into a
puzzling look before saying, "Of course we can understand each
other. I mean, we are all pokemon." That last sentence confirmed
all of my fears. The orange and yellow scales and that thick
lizard-like tail with the flaming tip all pointed to me being one
thing: a charmander. "Here, take this," Truce
stated sternly before handing me a bluish berry that looked to be the
size of an orange. Turning the fruit around in my paws, my face
heated up as I felt my stomach rumble a bit. "I can't take this,"
I cried while trying to offer it back. Using his claws, he pushed the
fruit back and gave me a look that filled me with fear. "Eat it,"
the zangoose stated sternly. "It should restore both your stamina
and vitality. After what you just went through, I think you need it
the more then we do." Hesitantly, I got the fruit up close to my
maw, sniffed it a little, and gave it a test bite. A few seconds
later, the berry was no more. Standing up, I wobbled as I
tried to find my center of balance. A blue paw grasped my shoulder
gently. "Lemme help you," the totodile smiled. I nodded and
leaned on her for a bit. "So who are you guys?" I asked her while
taking a few shaky steps. "Oh! My name's Liru and that's Truce,"
she said pointing at the zangoose. "Right now he's teaching me the
basics of--." A fear filled screech pierced the air, drawing our
attention towards the general direction of its source. "Let's go
Liru," Truce shouted. Liru nodded and turned to leave. "Sorry,
but I gotta go. Be safe, okay?" Another cry echoed out into the
open, causing the two to start running. I watched as their bodies
disappeared into the thick foliage of the forest. Walking up to the
lake, I looked into the waters to see my new self staring back at me
with bright green eyes. Looking back at the bush that they went in
to, I felt something in my gut that told me to follow them. Without
questioning it, I ran off after them.