Together

Chapter Eleven

Fae held onto Dyku's back as she slowly lowered herself in a landing. The journey took hours that felt like forever to the shiny Eevee, but they were finally in an area Eon considered safe enough away from the Luxray.

Come on! Come on! She thought as she gritted her teeth. This flight was a madhouse to get through. Dyku thought doing loop de loops was a good idea. It wasn't.

The day had gone by much faster than Fae would have liked. They were in a clearing full of traveling Pokémon and Pokémon who could fly. There was a female green Rowlet who greeted others as they came by her. She was offering to fly them wherever they wanted, but no one was taking it. She seemed really frustrated at this.

"Does no one realize what a good flyer I am?!" She demanded in anger. A chuckle was given for an answer. Obviously no one took her seriously as a flyer. The female shiny flapped her wings in such annoyance as she ruffled her feathers and tried settling down.

"Ugh. No one around here appreciates me! I get little money, while all the big stupid assholes get everything! Why can't I be as good as you?!" The shiny screamed. The chuckles settled down. "Maybe it's because you're not really a big Pokemon. Tiny nuggets like you don't fit here out in the flying world. You can't carry more than a Weedle at a time. Leave the carrying to the big strong adults, kid." A Skyarmory responded with a smirk on his face. He then winked at a female Skyarmory nearby who just giggled.

The younger green Rowlet grumbles in frustration. "You morons have no idea what I went through just to get this job. I barely earn anything, and I'm treated poorly by everyone else. When is it my time to shine?!" The Rowlet exclaimed in anguish, knocking over a nearby store shelf.

The shopkeeper shouted at the Rowlet in anger. "Glimmend! What the fuck?! Oh, great! Now I have clean up your mess because you can't control your stupid anger! I'm reporting this to your supervisor. This cannot keep going on!"

A furious Barbaracle started to clean up the store as a couple workers inside tried to shrink away. Their eyes told Fae that they were there for things other than to clean up. It was a weird thing. Usually the workers cleaned up the shop.

The Rowlet screeched loudly in surprise, flapping her wings. "No, no, no, no, no! Don't do that!" she unprofessionally cawed as she frantically flew over to the shopkeeper. "I'm sorry! I'm just mad as it—" she began before the Barbaracle smacked her in the face with a Fury Cutter. "No!" He exclaimed at her. "I will not let you get away with such shit again! I will have your superior fire you because of your uncompetetence and inability to control yourself. Women should never have been allowed to work!" He screamed, as the shiny Rowlet screamed, holding her bleeding face in horror.

Her face was pretty messed up, however, it seemed it wasn't the hardest this Barbaracle could cut her as her cut wasn't deep. The humiliation, however, was deeper than any cut from him she could ever receive. The shiny Rowlet called Glimmend growled lowly.

What is happening? Fae wondered as she and her friends watched the scene. "That's unfortunate. Did you guys see that?" Neri asked them. Obviously everyone saw it. Eon dipped his head. "It's unfortunate to see women treated that poorly. I hope she doesn't get fired, however I know the owner of the Flying Express. He's kind of sexist." The Umbreon responded, his voice in a whisper within his scarf.

Fae's eyes widened in horror. So this was what the real world was, huh? It was still pretty bad. What's so good about this world? A green Rowlet full of promise isn't given the chance she deserves. She said her name was Glimmend? Who names their kid something that odd?

Fae shook her head. They needed to move on—to find where they were going was the main priority.  She wanted to help the younger Rowlet, but they had no time. She felt her brother grab her paw and start pulling her. He was waving good bye to Dyku and Nigel. Fae followed his example as the five Pokémon raced away.