I finally got around to doing a new Story Thus Far! I hope y'all like. Hopefully I didn't get anything wrong.
And now time for Nyarth's past! Have fun reading Moonsailor-chan, and hopefully we can hurry and get both Nyarth's and Nina's pasts out before it's time for the ball.
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~Nyarth
Nina and I sat peacefully in a small flower patch, weaving flowers together. It was so reminiscent for me. I used to do this all the time with Mom. My stomach gave a sad little pang as I brought back all the memories of my past.
"You go first," I heard Nina say quietly.
I took a slow, deep breath through my mouth and exhaled through my nose. Well, here goes. I resituated my sitting pose and started.
"Well, I really never was a gijinka always. I used to be just a regular Meowth. I remember my Pokemon days like they happened just yesterday... Mom teaching me about the different kinds of berries and flowers, going on picking journeys with Dad. I was an only child, my mom was a Persian and my dad a Raichu.
"But....one day while the three of us were on a walk, picking up berries along the way... I remember hearing something coming fast to us in the tall grass. Somehow all of us knew it was something terribly bad. Feline intuition, I guess."
I licked my lips and swallowed back the sob that was rising in my throat. I was getting to the part.... where I lost Dad. With great force, I pushed the sadness down, for just long enough for me to tell my story.
"My mom... she immediately got anxious and started worrying. I can clearly remember... the gem on her forehead never sparkled with that much anxiety. My dad hurriedly picked me up by the scruff of my neck and he and Mom started running as fast as they could back to our house. My mom went inside the tree and my dad kinda threw me out of his grasp toward my mother. He didn't come inside. He was going to try to fight off our pursuers.
The memories were hitting me stronger than the huge waves of the sea during a storm. I had to keep going though. I clenched my fists against the pain.
"As my mom held me tight I watched the horrible scene... a Pokemon trainer and his Mightyena had found my dad. 'Stay away from us. Why must you do this?' My dad growled. 'Just leave!' But the Mightyena just barked with laughter. 'Sorry, dude. My friend here wants you. And I want experience. So fight me.'
"I wasn't prepared for the scene. The Mightyena Bit my dad's back and my dad yelled with the pain. I turned away and sobbed into my mom's cream fur as she hugged me fiercely, crying too. 'Daddy's going to be fine,' she whispered. But we both knew something different.
"I looked back to the fight after a while. Dad had shaken loose and lept onto the canine's back. He let loose his Thunder. But he was too worn out from the battle and was to the point of fainting with exhaustion. I hated seeing my dad like this. I desperately wanted to help him.
"Then the trainer threw this ball at my dad... it was black with two yellow stripes on it. I've never seen it before. The ball hit my dad and immediately a red light engulfed him. He disappeared into the ball. The Mightyena cackled evilly as the trainer picked up the ball and started walking away...
"And so I lost my dad then."
I let the sadness come then. I hung my head and I felt tears drop into my lap. Nina moved her postition and sat right next to me. She tentatively reached for my hand, and me, feeling the feather-light touch, instinctively I upturned my hand. She laid her hand in mine and we just held it there while I gradually stopped weeping.
I continued. "I don't know what happened to my mom; all I know is that I have a huge gap in my memory and the next thing I know I was half-human, and trapped inside a small research lab. I barely escaped, and went looking for my mom. I never found our house, or her. From then on I was a wanderer. But then I found all the other gijinkas and they welcomed me in.... now I have a lot of great friends....especially you. I'm really glad you're my friend, Nina."
I took my other arm and wiped the tears away. Then I looked up at Nina and grinned slightly. "Now it's your turn....."
~Nyarth
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There ya go, Moonsailor-chan! Can't wait to hear Nina's past! Well... even though I already heard it. Nyarth hasn't yet lol.
