[Update: this has now become a collaborated effort with @MindzEye, and has been changed appropriately.]
Lillie stepped outside, looking out in the sky. The horizon shined with a bright orange.
Her destination is very far from her home here in Alola, she couldn't even see it where
she was standing. Though she was uncertain, she was willing to see this through. She was
willing to for her mother. Her only parent for most of her life, she had not been herself in a
long time, she had grown cold in the span of a few years. But she was not entirely gone. Lillie
could still see what little of her still held on. This trip had to help that little bit of her
left, she wanted to help her through it.
But she had a more ambitious reason for going to Kanto. Lillie also wanted to be an actual
Poketrainer: she couldn't imagine herself being one before, and this new dream amazed her
more than she could say. She had to pursue it.
Eventually, someone joined her on the docks.
"I figured you'd be here." he spoke. Lillie recognized the voice. She turned to face him,
seeing the young man's clothes were a little shabby - intentionally.
"Oh, morning Gladion." She greeted him politely. His usually cold expression seemed
softer than usual, he almost seemed uncertain. He no longer wore that skull-shaped medaillion
either. "So... you're actually going to Kanto with her?" he asked, he lent against the railing,
almost mirroring her as they both looked out to that vast orange ocean spread out before them.
"Yes, I am." she answered almost excited.
"You're sure you wanna go through with this?" he asked her with worry. "I can go instead,
if you want."
"No Gladion, I need to do this. I'll be okay."
Gladion considered what Lillie said to him for a moment. "... I suppose you're right. I mean...
you cared enough to go after her." he noted.
"It was kind of you to offer though." she smiled.
"I'll be here with the paradise. But... call if you need any help."
"Thank you, I'll make sure to."
She looked again at shore before the water, Wimpod scurried the rock formations near the land in
search of a home, and Lillie could only relate to them.
Lillie glanced back to the paradise, looking to the tallest building that is her home.
She eventually saw someone walking to the docks, someone she waited to see. Lusamine worked
her way down the stairs. She seemed slightly shaky walking to the docks - seeing the president
of the prestigious paradise, and her mother, so fragile, worried Lillie. For years she seemed as
sturdy and as glorious as the building she was descending from. Weakness was hard to read in her.
But here she was, half as strong, and less as certain. At least she was still willing to make
the trip. Lillie was glad she came.
"Are you ready mother?" she asked earnestly. But no matter how brightly Lillie beamed, in this
moment Lusamine walked with an air of a thunderstorm at night.
"Why do you ask?" she exhaled. "I never had a say in this."
"Mother, don't act like I'm punishing you."
"... I'll try not to see it that way." Lusamine sighed annoyed. Her poor attitude to the adventure
threatened to drain the wonder from it, but Lillie wouldn't let her mother - or anyone for that matter
- set a harsh contrasting light to their improptu vacation. "This will help you, I promise."
So they brought what luggage they could - not much, there would be time to buy more fleeting things
in Kanto - and boarded the ferry without much said: and Lusamine, without a glance toward her son -
Gladion regarded her the same.
"... Not that it means much, but... let her know I wish her well." Gladion spoke uncomfortably.
"I'll be sure to, Gladion."
She said her goodbyes to Gladion, Wicke, and other members of the Aether foundation. It saddened
her that she couldn't say goodbye to her friends on the other islands, but it would have made this hard
for her to leave. She finally boarded the ferry, waving to everyone there. Gladion waves to his mother
and sister. Lillie waves back to him as the gap widens between them.
Lusamine eventually waves back as well, albeit more awkwardly than Lillie.
Don't worry, I'll come back to see you all again... she thought to herself, watching the paradise
shrink out of view.
Pokemon and its likeness belongs to Nintendo and Gamefreak. Original story by me., and was written by me and @MindzEye.
Lillie stepped outside, looking out in the sky. The horizon shined with a bright orange.
Her destination is very far from her home here in Alola, she couldn't even see it where
she was standing. Though she was uncertain, she was willing to see this through. She was
willing to for her mother. Her only parent for most of her life, she had not been herself in a
long time, she had grown cold in the span of a few years. But she was not entirely gone. Lillie
could still see what little of her still held on. This trip had to help that little bit of her
left, she wanted to help her through it.
But she had a more ambitious reason for going to Kanto. Lillie also wanted to be an actual
Poketrainer: she couldn't imagine herself being one before, and this new dream amazed her
more than she could say. She had to pursue it.
Eventually, someone joined her on the docks.
"I figured you'd be here." he spoke. Lillie recognized the voice. She turned to face him,
seeing the young man's clothes were a little shabby - intentionally.
"Oh, morning Gladion." She greeted him politely. His usually cold expression seemed
softer than usual, he almost seemed uncertain. He no longer wore that skull-shaped medaillion
either. "So... you're actually going to Kanto with her?" he asked, he lent against the railing,
almost mirroring her as they both looked out to that vast orange ocean spread out before them.
"Yes, I am." she answered almost excited.
"You're sure you wanna go through with this?" he asked her with worry. "I can go instead,
if you want."
"No Gladion, I need to do this. I'll be okay."
Gladion considered what Lillie said to him for a moment. "... I suppose you're right. I mean...
you cared enough to go after her." he noted.
"It was kind of you to offer though." she smiled.
"I'll be here with the paradise. But... call if you need any help."
"Thank you, I'll make sure to."
She looked again at shore before the water, Wimpod scurried the rock formations near the land in
search of a home, and Lillie could only relate to them.
Lillie glanced back to the paradise, looking to the tallest building that is her home.
She eventually saw someone walking to the docks, someone she waited to see. Lusamine worked
her way down the stairs. She seemed slightly shaky walking to the docks - seeing the president
of the prestigious paradise, and her mother, so fragile, worried Lillie. For years she seemed as
sturdy and as glorious as the building she was descending from. Weakness was hard to read in her.
But here she was, half as strong, and less as certain. At least she was still willing to make
the trip. Lillie was glad she came.
"Are you ready mother?" she asked earnestly. But no matter how brightly Lillie beamed, in this
moment Lusamine walked with an air of a thunderstorm at night.
"Why do you ask?" she exhaled. "I never had a say in this."
"Mother, don't act like I'm punishing you."
"... I'll try not to see it that way." Lusamine sighed annoyed. Her poor attitude to the adventure
threatened to drain the wonder from it, but Lillie wouldn't let her mother - or anyone for that matter
- set a harsh contrasting light to their improptu vacation. "This will help you, I promise."
So they brought what luggage they could - not much, there would be time to buy more fleeting things
in Kanto - and boarded the ferry without much said: and Lusamine, without a glance toward her son -
Gladion regarded her the same.
"... Not that it means much, but... let her know I wish her well." Gladion spoke uncomfortably.
"I'll be sure to, Gladion."
She said her goodbyes to Gladion, Wicke, and other members of the Aether foundation. It saddened
her that she couldn't say goodbye to her friends on the other islands, but it would have made this hard
for her to leave. She finally boarded the ferry, waving to everyone there. Gladion waves to his mother
and sister. Lillie waves back to him as the gap widens between them.
Lusamine eventually waves back as well, albeit more awkwardly than Lillie.
Don't worry, I'll come back to see you all again... she thought to herself, watching the paradise
shrink out of view.
Pokemon and its likeness belongs to Nintendo and Gamefreak. Original story by me., and was written by me and @MindzEye.
