Thread: Dawn of an Era (Start Up)

"'Helluva spicy' makes absolutely no sense..." Kit grumbled, but she was cut off by Deoxys speaking once again.

"Today we must reach the other side of the mountain, at least. The forest is thicker over there, from what I've gathered from the minds of the native pokemon. They will avoid us, but they are not immune to my psychic powers."

A rustle came from some nearby bushes and a Pidgeotto flew out of them, climbing towards the sky. Deoxys watched it go, looking troubled. "A spy from Mewtwo. We must move quickly." he repeated, gesturing to the south. "If Mewtwo thinks that we are headed to the other side of the mountain, then we will not go there. Instead, we will trek further down the mountain, on to the southern side."

The bushes on the opposite side of the clearing rustled a few seconds after the Pidgeotto spy appeared. Lapis, the Sableye, popped his head out and looked around, scanning the clearing and everyone in it. He scuttled from the underbrush, dodging about randomly as if he was in a battle, holding the brown ball that was his cloak between his clawed hands. The cloak seemed to be obscuring something

"Sorry I'm so late, master." Lapis apologised in his squeaky voice, "I was tending to my plant." Lapis opened up the cloak to reveal what was inside, revealing a small plant with only one leaf on it, sitting in a pot made of wood. He dropped down on one knee and held it before Deoxys as if he was giving him some sort of holy offering.

Lily looked at the one leafed plant. "What's it for, Lapis?" She asked. She was curious about that plant and why he had it. She really liked plants, being a grass type. "Are you going to take it with you on our way to the southern side of the mountain?"

"Let's get on with it, then." Goku said, walking ahead of the group and placed the Verde Diablo pepper in his mouth, but didn't chew.

"Shouldn't we sit down and have breakfast first?" asked Kevin, "We need our strength for our journey."

Lily followed Goku and Kevin down the mountain. Then she heard her stomach growl. She was pretty hungry. "Yeah, I guess I'm pretty hungry, but what if we get caught? Shouldn't we keep moving?"

She sighed. "Why us?" Lily said. "Why do us 'different' pokemon have to be pushed around, and hurt, and made fun of, and why do we have to have a hard life? Isn't being different better? Ever since we were born, we were on our own with no one... and now we're all fugitives on the run from this pokemon trying to hurt us..." Lily felt tears coming, but she held them back. "...why us?"

Kit's heart melted at the young Bulbasaur, and she walked over to lick Lily's head gently. "It's the way things are." she said. "Nothing we can do about it."

"We have time to gather strength before moving out. Mewtwo will not be here for some time." Deoxys answered, giving the closest thing he could to a smile as he gently pushed Lapis' plant back at him. "Keep it. What good will it do to have me carry it rather than you?"

Monty walked along side the group, making harsh, loud steps against the ground. He, too, felt the Bulbasaur yank at his heart strings, and he smiled at her as he walked.

"It sounds like a good breakfast is the perfect thing to cheer you up..." He then looked at Kit. "What do you say the rest of your continue on while I gather ingredients for a breakfast?" He looked around. "I know these trees better than almost anyone. I'll be able to find you easily." He laughed a bit, "And I might not look like it, but I can get around pretty quickly."

Lily took in a deep breathe, and exhaled. That always helped her to calm down when she was sad. "Ok. I'm ok now. Thanks guys." she said. "Some breakfast sounds good right now. I'm kinda hungry."

"Yeah!" Kevin agreed, "I'm starving!"

Goku felt his heart strings being played like a harp. So, he stopped and sat in the lotus position. Closing his eyes, a light purple aura circled him and he began to levitate, a effect of Calm Mind. Well, how he does it anyway.

"Whoa, that's a cool move, Goku," Fiesta said, "And Lily, if you feel bad, just dance!" Fiesta said, before doing a small dance where he was at.

"Dance? Is that what you do, Fiesta?" Lily asked. "I think I'm fine now. It's easier for me to just take a deep breath and then exhale. It calms me down. I think that's what Goku's doing, calming down and relaxing his mind." She looked at Goku. "It works fine for me, dancing is what works for you, Fiesta. I guess we're all different even though we're all fugitives part of the same group."

Fiesta accidently started a rain storm, "Yay, I did a rain dance!", he said while speeding up greatly due to his ability.

Lily looked up at the rain clouds that Fiesta created. "I like the rain." Lily said. She tried to get some rain drops on her tongue, since she was kind of thirsty. "I don't know why, though." She confessed.