Roxy started sobbing, completely overcome with fear. She honestly couldn't handle this much at once. A typical day for the Pikachu involved leisurely strolling through the gardens and cuddling with her master. This wasn't just outside of her comfort zone, it was about three postal codes away!
Roxy soon found herself surrounded by Pikachu. There were tons of them and they were everywhere! Roxy was led into a fairly large clearing in the trees, where some simplistic huts had been constructed out of grass and wood. There were a few wooden platforms and ladders made of grass leading up into the trees, where there were one or two treehouses also constructed. It really was a village, and its inhabitants were Pikachu.
"Makari?" she whispered.
"Yes?"
"Say it again…" she said in such a quiet voice that she barely even heard herself.
"Say what?"
"What you just said."
He looked perplexed for a brief moment, then skewed his lips. "I was merely saying that the sadness will pass, and yet you will still have all of the skills you have gained to live in this forest and survive out here."
"But I don't want to live in this forest!!!"
Roxy was terrified. There was no point in lying about it. Every nerve in her body, every iota of her frightened little brain, were all trying to convince her that she was unprepared for a journey like this. Her treacherous mind kept questioning how well she would do should they meet a predator, and if she was strong enough to survive the long journey anyway. There was a noticeable feeling of discomfort in the middle of her chest, a manifestation of the sense of dread she felt deep
She turned back towards the other large Pikachu, tried her best to smile in a friendly way, and shook his paw. "H-hi…" she stuttered, but then composed herself, "Hello Bamaka. Thank you for welcoming me. I…" She paused and considered her words carefully. "I am…thankful for the shelter you all provide."
Bamaka, however, simply looked confused. He looked down at her with a furrowed brow for a moment, making her glance around awkwardly, before he turned his gaze to Makari.
"What would your human say if she knew you were willing to throw your life away to save a creature that wanted you dead in the first place?"
Roxy shook her head as she sat up from being sprawled out on the ground. As with her previous attempts, she had ended up tumbling and falling down in the dirt. She glanced over at Taka, who was giving her an unimpressed and slightly exasperated look.
"What is the meaning of this??" a voice shouted above the crowd. Roxy immediately knew who it belonged to.
Roxy squeezed herself into the crowd, though taking care to stay towards the back, and looked ahead to see Natoka standing in the middle of the gathering. His forelegs were folded across his chest and he looked very cross. Ozu was standing nearby, but he seemed to be letting the bigger Raichu do the talking.
"…Miri?" Roxy squeaked as the two parties continued to speak, "Who…Who are those two…"
"They are members of one of our neighbours, the Earth Tribe."
"Earth Tribe…" Roxy repeated quietly, staring at the two newcomers. After a moment, her eyes shot open wide in realization.
Ground-types!
---
"Where do you think you are going?!" he demanded, "Your training for today is not over!"
Roxy gave him a distressed look, frowning at him as if he were saying something insane. "It's raining!" she exclaimed, hoping this would get him to move so that she could spend less time getting drenched.
Taka raised an eyebrow and crossed his forelegs. "Are you serious?"
"C'mon, Taka! I'm getting wet!" she pleaded.
"Okay, I thought I could do this…"
"You can."
"I-I dunno if I can do this…I-I-I'm not ready…"
"Roxy, trust me. You will be fine. We are not even going very far."
"B-but, Makari…"
The taller Pikachu sighed and frowned, looking down at her with his forepaws on her shoulders. He was trying to reassure her, but things were not quite going as planned.
The two of them approached the large clearing in the centre of the village. Roxy remembered it as the place where Makari had first introduced her to the rest of the clan. Her wide eyes twinkled as she saw what it looked like now.
Taka looked at her with a curious expression for a moment. "You do realize what just happened, don't you?"
Finally having caught at least half of her breath, Roxy tilted her head at him and replied, "No, what?"
"That was the first time you were able to avoid getting hit…entirely."
"He was right about you."
Roxy's ear twitched and she turned to look at him again. "Huh?"
"My brother," he said as he turned to look back at her, "He told me, many moons ago, that there was something special about you. I can see now that he was right."
"He…did?" Roxy muttered, feeling a mix of emotions rush through her.
"…Miri?"
The Audino glanced up, slightly surprised from the sound of somebody at her door. "Oh! Roxy, I did not hear you…"
Roxy glanced in Mareepishly, not saying anything.
"…Is something wrong?" Miri asked, "Come in, come in. Talk to me."
"Sometimes I feel like I'm already dead…Like I'm going to die no matter which path I choose, and it's just a waiting game…"
"Well," Makari replied, "you should not think like that. Survival is a challenge, but it is not a fantasy."
"Maybe it is for me…"
---
The day passed by in a haze, and Roxy honestly spent almost every minute lying limply on her side, blankly staring out at nothing. She was empty. Completely out of fuel. She had no motivation, no drive, and no energy.
"Is…Is that…?" she whispered in disbelief.
"That it is, Roxy," Taka replied as he stepped into her field of vision, "The edge of the forest."
It was right there. It was right there! It would take her little more than a minute or two to reach it. She couldn't believe it. It had to be some weird forest-mirage. Could it really be that her home, her own world, was just beyond that old gate?
"How many times now?" the mysterious voice asked, "Three? Four?"
Roxy gazed around in confusion, and then looked at Taka. He furrowed his brow and hung there in silence for a moment, then let out a distinctly aggravated groan. "Of course," he grumbled, "I should have known."
"What a pleasure to see you again, Taka," the voice replied, "It is always a thrill seeing your helpless upside-down expression."
"Let me down or you get zapped."
Roxy found herself reflecting on the incredible journey she had gone through. Once her Poké Ball had deposited her in that forest, she had thought her life was over forever. It had felt like all but her beating heart had been taken away from her all at once, never to return. A brief spark of hope was all that had remained, and that had been the only thing that kept her safe from the predators.
Page generated in 0.019 seconds
Total duration
738 users online
920,012 hits today, 1,960,719 yesterday
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction
Designed and coded by knighty & Xaquseg - © 2011-2024
Support us
SubStar
Chat!
Discord
Follow us
Twitter
MLP: Friendship is Magic® - © 2024 Hasbro Inc.®
Fimfiction is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Hasbro Inc.®
