Epilogue
Nora walked along the beach of Mossdeep City under the hot sun. A heat wave had hit the island of Mossdeep, one which all of the citizens detested, Nora included. Though two months ago when she was wandering through the icy wastes of Unova, Nora would’ve welcomed the heat. Glaceon walked alongside Nora at her feet, and it was clear that the little ice fox detested the heat more than Nora and perhaps anyone else. At times Nora thought that Glaceon would’ve tolerated the heat better if it hadn’t evolved, but it did what it had to do to survive in the wasteland.
At last the two had reached the little ice cream stand that Nora had opened up not long after she and Alex had moved to the island. Alex meanwhile had opened up a small blacksmith shop where he made badges for the local gym and other various items. It was a simple life, but one to their liking. Already several children had gathered at Nora’s stand. It looked as if they had been waiting for a while.
“What kept ya Mrs. Blaze?” a brown-haired boy of about seven asked.
Nora blushed a little at what the boy called her. Even though she and Alex had been married for about a month and a half she was still getting used to being referred to as Mrs. Blaze.
“Sorry Timmy, it took me a little longer than normal to get out of the house this morning.” Nora said to the boy. “And please, call me Nora. Now then, I think I know what you kids are all waiting for. Give me a minute to set up.”
Within minutes, Nora opened up and she was swarmed with kids who wanted to spend their meager change on a Popsicle or some other frozen treat. Eventually there was a lull in business for the day, and Nora decided to take the opportunity to read the paper. The front page immediately caught Nora’s attention. The headlines read that Calvin Winters had finally been sentenced to jail after a two month long trial. Nora breathed a sigh of relief after reading that her father was finally behind bars.
“Hey, you the lady who runs this stand?” a voice suddenly asked. Nora looked up from her paper to see a young man with spiked white hair wearing a green headband, along with a black t-shirt and jeans.
“Oh, would you like something?” Nora asked the young man.
“Yeah, a battle.” The young man replied smugly. “Let me introduce myself. My name’s Chet, and I just beat the gym leaders here. I heard rumors that the lady who runs this little stand is a pretty strong trainer. I also heard that she was married to the town blacksmith, who’s also pretty strong. I decided I take both of you on before leaving the island. I already took on your husband, so now I’ve come for you.”
“Oh I see.” Nora said with an amused smile. “I hope my husband didn’t beat you too badly.”
“Uh, well… that isn’t important!” Chet responded. “Right now I’ve come to battle you. AND I want to take on that dragon you’re said to have.”
“Are you sure about that?” Nora asked as she stepped out from behind the counter. “My dragon is quite powerful.”
“Trust me, I’ve fought against Dragon Pokemon before.” Chet said confidently. “I can take yours down no problem.”
“Okay, if you insist.” Nora shrugged. “Go Kyurem!”
The fiery dragon of ice roared out of its ball. Chet went pale and his confident expression vanished upon seeing Kyurem. Even after merging with Reshiram, the ice dragon still looked very intimidating.
“So, still think you can defeat my dragon?” Nora asked.
* * *
Nora returned home after the sun had begun to set. It had been another busy day at the stand, and the battle with Chet only took ten seconds so she wasn’t away for very long. Upon entering the kitchen, Nora saw Alex at the counter drinking a glass of water. He had no shirt on and his toned body was covered in sweat, indicating that he had just come in from the shop. Nora was, to say the least, very pleased by the sight before her.
“Oh, hey there.” Alex greeted after noticing Nora’s arrival.
“Hi.” Nora greeted back as she came up to Alex and kissed him. “So did you see the paper today?”
“You mean the thing about your dad finally being sentenced?” Alex replied. “So does this mean you’ll finally stop worrying?”
“I guess.” Nora answered, though her expression looked a bit troubled. “I just can’t shake the fear that he’ll try something.”
“Don’t worry, your dad can’t do anything to us now.” Alex assured her with a stroke to the cheek. “And even if he does, you could always sick Kyurem on him.”
“Well Kyurem did come in handy against this trainer who showed up at the stand this afternoon.” Nora chuckled.
“You mean Chet?” Alex asked. “He came by here too itching for a fight. It took me only five minutes to beat him. The gym leaders here must be kicking themselves right now for losing to him.”
“I’m sure.” Nora laughed. “So shall I get dinner ready?”
“Actually I’m all sweaty right now, so I think I’ll take a shower first.” Alex replied.
“Hmm, good idea.” Nora said as a seductive smile came to her face. “I think I’ll join you.”
FIN
