Together

Chapter Twenty-Three

The five adventuring Pokémon walked out of the Starter Squad. Fae thought she could hear some Pokémon within the squad sigh for whatever reason, but she pushed that aside as she and her team followed the road.

Where would they go now?

The road stretched out. They seemed to be following a path that had a red sort of paving. This was taking them away from the forest and further away from the life Fae had known. She would be reborn, and she would make her mother proud.

She just wished her father was around to see her become a star. She was sure he would be happy to see her doing well. She had already mastered moves and learned new ones. She also became braver. What more did she need?

A little education on her part was all she needed to get going. And now? They were well on their way to their very first adventure.

"Hey, Eon?" She began in excitement. She felt light. Her brother looked at her with a gentle smile on his face.

"Yeah?" He responded.

He was very kind to come all this way to help her. Not only that, but put aside practically everything for her and the family. It felt like he was making up for lost time—which he probably was.

Fae was very grateful for the chance at a new life. This new life would definitely be darker than what she was used to, but she was sure she would make it out there.

Who knows, maybe some day I'll join the Starter Squad. They sure do accept all different sorts of folk. I'm sure they'd love having another helpful paw. I enjoy helping others. I want to be more like my younger brother. He seems cool. Fae thought with determination.

"Where are we going next?" She requested, wanting to know why he chose this way for them to trek instead of near the forest.

"Well, I was thinking we could go someplace none of us ever went to. Since Fae is being chased down by a dangerous Luxray and human, I feel like being further away from them makes sense. They're both very dangerous and very powerful. Who knows what kind of powers the Luxray could have now." Eon remarked.

Eon seemed to know a lot about this human and Luxray. It was quite shocking to see him trying to keep them away from the danger. He seemed pretty lax.

"But where would we go? Do you even have any plans?" Mauve inquires, annoyance clear in her blind gaze. She was shifting her purple paws. They had stopped briefly. Mauve wasn't exactly the most patient Eeveelution out there.

Eon sighed, his ears falling. "No," he answers truthfully. "I do not know where we should even go. We can always travel and go into mystery dungeons and find treasure, however I don't know how willing Fae here is. She wants to go on an adventure with us, but I don't know what exactly needs to be done in order to give her the proper adventure she deserves." Eon explains.

"Well, we can always start with walking forward," Fergus explained as he pointed with his left paw towards the extended red path that seemed to stretch out for miles.

Fae craned her neck. "Do we even know what's out there?" She wonders, knowing well that anything she knew was very little. She knew what was out there could be anything and anything could mean trouble and danger.

Eon shrugged. "I've been out there a few times myself. I remember that's where I came from. My family—er human family lived that way. Who knows, they might be willing to help us." Eon remarked with a flinching gaze that stuck to the ground. He swallowed as he looked back up. "Anyways, it's not close, so we should probably stay away from the humans."

Fae nodded. Humans can be good like her brother's family from what she knows so far, but one of the few humans she knew wasn't the greatest person. He seemed to be only after power, and Fae thought that made him a barbarian.