For love and reason

[Silver]

What a pretty forest tonight! The trees seemed to sparkle with the very moon! Elegant, simply elegant! With a silver Swablu on her shoulder, the girl was just as pretty as her forest. Silver’s soft curved body, outlined in a black outfit, was nearly invisible in the night before them. It was so dark… and yet so peaceful. So sound and serene. Yes, tonight was the night to do great things!
“So, what do you guys think?” She spoke nonchalantly to her Swablu, Astra, and her other companion, Chiri the Vulpix.
“Vuuul.” Chiri cooed, sounding almost owlish. His bright green eyes shone in the night, reflecting the slivers of moonlight shining through the trees.
“Sseee-sweee” The little birdy peeped happily. His shiny silvery skin reflected the moon’s rays just as easily.
“Hey, are you gonna be okay?” Silver turned her green and blue eyes to Dusty, her companion. He’d gotten in quite a tussle with a large Gyrados back at the rocky pool. Well, the fight started as Abra against Gyrados… but quickly turned to Dusty protecting his best friend. She had evolved last second to save his butt. Lucky him. Well, he walked out of that stream… wet and with a Gyrados.

[Dusty]

“I’ll be alright.” His boyish voice echoed a little. Oh, he hated his own voice. “Nothin’ much can get me down. You know that, Silver.” He gave a little smirk. He’d been traveling with this pretty girl for a while now. Surely he knew what was up. “Besides, I got a Gyrados out of it.” He said in a little more of a pleasant tone. Indeed, they had figured out why the Gyrados had attacked in the first place. It was protecting a little weakened Feebas… his Sycther had nearly stepped on the unexpecting fish, and Gyrados had come in to try and protect it… and what a wonderful Gyrados it was too. So much darker and prettier than an average of its kind. Megan, of course, walked away with that Feebas… most likely to Gyrados’ distain.
“Kada…bra…” She followed behind silently until now. But, watching the black Scyther made her want to catch Dusty’s attention. It was flying about, hacking at trees now and then. She would scare all the darned Pokémon away!
“Scyther! Scy!” It called, hacking at a tree, shattering a branch and raining leaves down upon the two humans.
“Ugh, cut it out, will ya?” Dusty put his hand to his head. What an annoyance.

[Silver]

“Aaah, you’re a trooper.” She giggled softly, mostly to herself. “Geeze, you have to have the most obnoxious Scyther, don’t you?” She shook her head. Well, what else could it do? It wasn’t so bad after a while…
“Vuul!” Vulpix skittered forward. He had caught sight of something all right. It was a shimmering liquid surface… what could it be? Was it? Yes! It was water! Water was a good discovery to the thirsty Vulpix. He dipped his eager nose in to quench his thirst.
“Hey! Look at that! A pond. How perceptive of you, Chiri.” Silver said, getting down to his level and cupping some water in her hands. She, of course, shared said water with her fluffy bird of a pet. The silvery-feathered wonder pecked it up eagerly.

[Dusty]

“Looks like everyone’s thirsty. “ Dusty commented, “Maybe we could stay here for the night? Good source of water to let our new fish out.” He spoke in simple sentences usually. He wasn’t much one for talking.
“Kadaaabra.” Kadabra stuck her own nose close to the water before deeming it safe to drink. She was always very careful about such things. Nobody could ever be too careful about being poisoned. She knew first hand how crappy a feeling that was.
“Scyther!” The black bug wasn’t so cautions. She bent down to stick her whole face in the water. It made an annoying little splash that got Chiri a little wet, but otherwise it seemed calm. Something needed to get that Scyther a good form of exercise. It needed a fight, or something… just way too much darn energy.

[Wild Pokemon]

What was this? A pair of friendly Nidoran decided to join the party today! A cute little female blue one and an almost more adorable male pink one! Amazing! Simply amazing! They were so cute and cuddly! Who wouldn’t just want to hug them?
“Ra-ran!” The female cooed.
“Ran! Ran!” The male responded.
They both teetered up to the water’s edge, the male watching out as the female took a drink. And, the shorter less pointy female returned the favor when it had had it’s fill. Little did they know, but the other people at this pond surely wanted a part of the little cute pair. Who could resist? They seemed just so easy to catch.

[Silver]

“Chiri… Dusty… look! A Nidoran pair!” She smiled, looking forward. She had completely forgotten his suggestion by now. She wanted them to be hers. How great it would be, to have one for her, and one for him. She just had to have one! But, not yet… no, it was too soon to just start fighting them. A good trainer always knew when to attack, and when to just watch. If she was lucky, they would go through this entire late night encounter without a fight. Yes, that would be nice.
“Vuuul.” Chiri cooed, watching. They were a neat pair indeed. Very cute.
“Bleee!” Swablu peeped, flittering its adorable little wings about. Oooh, the idea of a new friend just got his cotton ruffled! And, if Silver was lucky enough to pick up that blue one, there would finally be a nice female on her team! What a great idea.
“Whatever you do, don’t attack just yet.” Silver cautioned.

[Dusty]

“Yea yea, I got it. Don’t hurt the fluffballs.” He said nonchalantly. What did he want with a pink Pokemon? It was so weird… but it was pointy. Pointy was always nice.
“Scy!” Sycther’s red eyes sparkled at the prospect of a new fight.
“Cool it! Stay right there you!” Scyther was too rash… and that would foil whatever plan Silver had for the little poison pin Pokemon.
“Scy…” It sighed, sitting on the bank.
“Kadabra.” She seemed to know more than she could communicate to her keeper. Almost like she wanted to say something, but couldn’t. She knew something, something very important. There was something deep in that pool unnerving her. Ooh, what if it came up to hurt the innocent little critters!? She judt had to get Dusty’s attention before…
“Kadabra!” That was the first time she’d ever yelled. Normally, she was so calm… but this was a situation.
“What is it…?” Dusty had never seen such peculiar behavior out of the Psychic Pokemon before.

[Wild Pokemon]

Splash! It was too late. Whatever Kadabra had sensed was here! Was that a… yes it was! A Sharpedo! It flew from the water in a dazzling spray of crystal droplets.
“Shar!” It cried, going for the female.

“Ran!! Raaaaan!” Nidoran the female ducked, trying to escape those scary fangs. Why was a Sharpedo in such a shallow pond? It wasn’t right! Something was terribly wrong here! Human interference was much to blame her.
“Ra!” The male recklessly dove for the shark with it’s horn. Anything to protect her! He just had to keep her safe!
Too late… she’d been bitten, and hard. The tackle from the little pink beast had knocked her from its mouth, however.
“Shar!” Sharpdo shot a blast of water at the little intruder before turning back to the water. And, he lay there, wet and hurt. How could he protect his lover like this?

[Silver]

“Feebas! You’re the watery sort! Go get ‘im!” Silver chucked a Pokeball. A rather ugly fish poured out. He was the best choice. Chiri couldn’t swim, and Swablu didn’t have a chance trying to get it if it dove.
“Vuuul!” Chiri cheered for his soon-to-be friend. They had rocky relationship so far, pun intended. Maybe a cheer from his firey mouth would give Feebas a little courage… or at least a little faith in his friend. Eventually, they’d get alone. It would only take time and patience.
“Bleee!” Astra peeped, following Chiri’s lead. Maybe this Feebas wouldn’t always be so ugly… the bird had to admit, it was quite the turn off…
“Tackle, Feebas!” Silver called. She hadn’t had time to name it yet.
“Baaa!” It said in a dull voice, swimming faster and throwing itself right toward the now sea bound Sharpedo. Hopefully, they would hit. The fate of the little love pair depended on it!

[Dusty]

"Gyarados! Watch him!" Dusty commanded. He didn't want anything to hurt Megan's tiny little Feebas. He didn't much care for the Feebas, but he sure would be heartbroken if Silver were upset. He hated to see her upset.
"Guuuuyh!" the dark bluish beast showed itself. She would watch for the poor little Feebas just fine. She was it's protecter from the beggining... this was nothing new. She had gotten very close to the little guy. He was such a sweetie.
"Scyther!" She called, as if almost to say, 'me too!'
"Kadabra." She kept a close watch too. Look at Dusty's girls go. All pulling for a tiny little Feebas. Engcouragement was a good thing indeed.

[Wild Pokemon]

Ka-thud! Feebas had hit the angry Sharpedo in the side. He growled angrily.
"Ran!" The Female had perked up enough to taunt the angry fish. But, with an evil look from it, she decided to back down again. She was hurt enough... she didn't want to deal with the mess of having to anger him again.
"Ra..." the male said weakly, trying to communicate with it's lover.
"Shaaaar!" Sharpedo launched itself at Feebas. He would bite this darned fish if it killed him! how dare such a weak, ugly fish attack him? It was a disgrace! A sheer displeasure shook through him as he went to attack him again.

[Silver]

Feebas cried out in pain as it was bitten. This wasn't good for thier fight at all! "Fee.....!" It began to say... but very soon, a faint glow came from the water.

"Milll!" It cried, pulling it's white head from the water. Silver gasped. It was so pretty! It was amazing how such a homely fish could become such a wonderful Milotic! This is what her Mirokarosu had become! What an enchanting whit and silver beast it was!
"Bliii!" Swablu chimed. Wow! it was nearly as pretty as he was!
"Vuuul!" Vulpix echoed in response. How nice! Chiri was about to be out classed here in a minute! Better watch out for that!
"Miiii!" He cried, throwing a water gun from his mouth. "Miiii!" He would take this Shark down if it killed him!

"This is our chance!" Silver cried to Dusty. Now they could go get those Nidoran into nice safe Pokéballs! She threw one with her good left arm. It was sure to hit the femme at this rate!

[Dusty]

"Uuh... right!" He followed close behind. He gave a nonchalant toss in the male's genral direction. It was alright for being pink and all. It was almost sorta cute.
"Guuuyah!" Gyarados had seen her little friend go under water a fish... and come back a beautiful miracle. She wanted to get to know this cool white stranger better... much better. He was beautiful! But... would he ever take a dark girl like her as a lover? Probably not.
"Scy?" Scyther crooked its head, staring blankly at the scene unfolding before it... how odd. She'd never seen such a thing. Ugly fish... beautiful dragon. Go figure.
Kadabra didn't think so much of it as the others did. She was so in tune with things... the world, life... and especially the knowledge of different species. Certainly she could have expected something like this.

[Wild Pokemon]

The Sharpdo fell to the water... quickly, it swam away. It wanted nothing to do with that darned Milotic. The ugly fish, maybe, but this was just too much. He was hurt, he was tired, and his little friends had gone away. This was enough.
The female inside the ball shook... once... twice... three times before stopping and lying still. Silver had herself one cute little Nidoran. And lucky Nidoran. It couldn't find a more loving owner if it tried. The way Silver looked at those Pokémon of her own... surely, she was one of the team now.
The male didn't have enough strength but to shake the ball only once. He was much weaker than his counterpart. He'd taken the full trauma of the blow. What an unfortunate creature. All he wanted was a nice drink in the moonlight with his girlfriend... and look at what it turned into! But, for now... he was safe... and the first male addition to Dusty's team.

[Silver]

They had done it! The two sweethearts were theirs! What a lucky couple they were! “Ha! We got ‘em!” Silver called, excited. “I’m going to name mine…Mokona. Yes, Mokona is nice. What about you?” She bent down to retrieve her own spherical container, and toss Dusty’s to him.
“Vuuul.” Chiri skittered to the part of the water where the Milotic now stood. He was still amazed.
“Miiii.” Milotic returned, happily. He was glad the new Pokémon he had to call friends were on his side.
“Biii!” Astra fluttered over to land on Milotic’s head.
“Oh! I almost forgot to congratulate you!” Silver called, moving toward the water quickly. “You did a great job back there… and boy are you pretty!” She waited for Mirokarosu, as he was called, to come near.
“Miii!” Miro was sure glad to hear that. Quickly, with a flick of his dragon-like tail, he pushed himself through the water toward her. She was an awful nice human, especially compared to the ones he once knew.
“Heh… now, for a good rest.” She held out her new Pokéball at arms length. “Come here, Mokona.” She said, releasing her. “Hi there.” She looked into the soft red eyes of her new friend.
“Ra…” it surveyed its surroundings for a minute, “Ran! Ran!!” She began to panic and run around in circles. Where had her best friend gone?

[Dusty]

With a little grunt, he caught the ball flying in his direction. “Right… erm... Modoki. That’s what I’ll call him.” And, just as Silver had, he let his little friend out, hopefully this would calm its partner.
“Ran…” it gasped, still rather hurt from the bite it had received. He wanted to comfort his girlfriend, very much so he wanted that… but he was just so hurt.
“Scy?” Scyther crooked its head, and gave the new Milotic a tap on the head with his blade. Maybe it’d make a funny sound or something? Scyther sure was curious. Its antics were almost cute at times.
“Kada…bra…” She had been right, and she knew it. How nice, to be so right and all. Her psychic attunement was certainly very handy in this confusing world of humans.
“Thanks, girl.” Dusty gave Kadabra a good pat. She had done alright. Sure, she couldn’t really say anything, but the warning was good.
“Guuuyah!” Gyarados called, feeling very envious of Milotic’s many new admirers. Why did he get all the luck? Sure, he was pretty… but wasn’t she too?
“Hey… Silv? It’s getting’ late… let’s hit the hay, eh?” He removed his haversack to pull a blanket from it. Gently, he laid it out. Just big enough for Silver, Chiri, the Nidorans, and himself. She had a pillow, and he had a blanket. Between the two of them, they had a cozy bed.

[Silver]

“Huh?” She paused for a moment to let go of the Milotic she’d been fondling, “Yea… let’s sleep.” She looked around at all the Pokémon… they all seemed to get along so well. How nice.
“Vuul!” Vulpix twitched her tails. He knew what this blanket meant, and he was about to take advantage of it. A loud yawn escaped him before he curled up on the left side. Silver always slept on the left, and he would always sleep next to her.
“Ran!” Nidoran took this moment to go and cuddle with her lover. She sat right in front of him, waiting and watching for him to respond. Oh, how she hoped he was okay.
Milotic didn’t seem to mind Silver’s absentmindedness. Instead, his attention turned to the Gyarados that had been his caretaker, ‘Thank you. I forever appreciate the help you have given me.’ Had he always been this long-winded?
Astra lighted down onto Chiri’s back. Being so small, he found it a comfortable place to sleep. The two had gone far since their first encounter that day in the city. Astra had hated Chiri then… but now, they couldn’t be separated.
Silver hummed as she pulled out a pillow, previously all folded up. For as long as they’d shared a bed and even a pillow… Silver hadn’t though much of it. They were just friends, right? Though, those Nidoran were enough to make one think… Oh! The Nidoran! She picked hers up, and brought it to bed with her. For as much as the girl didn’t want to be away from her boy, she was tired, and the pillow was so soft and nice. From what that Vulpix had said, this girl was all right. She curled up into the blanket, head resting gently on the pillow. And, she began to drift off into sleep real soon.
“Good night… Dusty…” Those were her last words of her first day in the forest.

[Dusty]

Dusty smiled, she was so cute when she was sleepy. He smiled to himself... waht an odd arrangement of critters he'd obtained. They were his, though... and he liked that. He went to go pick up the pink little fluff. He certainly wouldn't be happy now that Silver had retrived her own Nidoran.
Gyrados dipped its head into the water. Neither her or her friend fit entirely in the pool, but they'd probably be most happy in there. She certainly liked this Milotic. Yes, she liked him lots, 'Of course... was I supposed to leave you all alone?' she asked, not really wanting an answer.
"Scy.." Scyther said, quietly for once. She was tired... and soon asleep.
Kadabra moved silently to a tree, where she propped herself for sleep. She had once. Enjoyed napping on the blanket with them... but she was too old now. Too sophisticated.
"Sweet dreams... Silver..." Dusty curled up next to her, setting his Nidoran down. He scampered over to his best friend, and ducked under Silver's arm to get to her.
"I love you." He hummed in her ear, kissing her soft lips before falling all the way asleep.