A Story of Two Blaziken

Chapter 1 by Beth

I sat at the small inn table in misery. Without her how could I live my life? I didn’t want to live any more, plain and simple. I was but a peasant, she was a princess. I pricked at my feathers mournfully. My idiotic cousin walked up to me, her fire shimmering calmly.

“Taki, what are you doing?” Her beak was wide open in amazement. That blaziken would be amazed if my feathers were pulled off.

“Wishing I was never born. How about you?” She gasped and pulled me up to standing position.

“It’s not about that Princess Ursula is it?” Her blue eyes pierced mine. I shuffled uncomfortably.

“Yes, Crystal. She was perfect I remember the time we had spent together, the memories we shared. I want to touch her again, to feel her fire, to love her again.” Crystal sank into a chair and stared at me in sympathy. I followed her lead and a memory of me and Ursula’s love filled my mind.

I was walking down a dark forest late at night. The evening sprawled before me, the chill biting at my feathers. A figure in a dark cloak walked by. I followed the figure, hoping to see who it was. The figure looked back at me and lifted down its hood. A female blaziken stared at me, her cloak on the forest floor. I walked over and picked up her cloak, handing it to her. She ripped it out of my talons and ran deeper into the forest towards the castle.

The next night I waited for the blaziken girl, seeing if I could find out who she was. I stood alone in the forest not a being in my space. Then suddenly I heard a scream behind me, from the river. I glanced behind to find the same blaziken girl from the night before, struggling in the water. I ran immediately to the water and jumped right in. Even though I was a blaziken too I could at least float in the water. The girl was falling towards the bottom of the river. I swam towards her but the current would not go without a fight. It pushed me and harassed me. I fought against the current as hard as I could. The blaziken girl was getting nearer to me as the current was beginning to carry her down. I swam to her with a strength I had never known. She swam to my arms and I leaped out of the river while holding on. When we touched the air, the water evaporated off of us and steam surrounded the forest.

“Who are you anyway? I’m Taki.” I needed to know who she was. It was well the whole reason I had come here.

“Ummm…It’s not important. Please, I have to go.” She tried to run off, forgetting that I was squeezing her close to me.

“Who are you?”

“Fine, I’m Ursula. Now if you’ll excuse me I’ve got to go.” She walked off towards the castle her tail feather waving in the wind. I wolf whistled and skipped to my cottage.

“Taki, Taki! Wake up!” Crystal poked my back with a dull spoon. “You’ve been in kind of a daze for a while.”

“Huh? Oh, hi Crystal.”

“Taki, Taki. You are just weird. You’ve been in a daze for like the last half hour. Let’s get home.” Crystal pulled me up to my feet and dragged me to our cottage next door. Another memory filled my mind.

Ursula and I were walking down a small dirt trail. It was the first time we were together since I had rescued her from the river. We walked down the path in silence. Earlier I had found her in the forest as always and we had decided to walk together into the market. The night lifted like a blanket, revealing the dawn. The market was right ahead.

The cheerful lights shone through the early morn; shop keepers came out with their carts of merchandise from across the sea. A miltank ran by with a cart of food lagging behind. The fire on the torches surrounding illuminated Ursula’s face. Her eyes grew wide at the sights and sounds of the market. Various pokemon skipped by with jewels and other such luxuries. Ursula picked up a talisman to examine it. I gave her a gold coin to buy it but she simply gave it back and opened her own bag, handing the salesman two silvers.

“Rather nice place isn’t it Ursula?”

“Oh yeah. Rather lovely of a place.” She appeared slightly embarrassed at my words. She sheepishly clipped the talisman to her purse and ran off back to town. That girl was strange.