The Sun & The Star - Memories (Prequel Chapter)

Get Behind Me

September 20th, 1981. 8:40PM

The two partners had just finished all their tournament matches, and they were both very tired. They were starting to walk down Mount Rosa, hoping that there was somewhere to rest

"Ahh...Why did they need to have the tournament on the mountain...? My legs are killing me!" Max said, holding the small trophy they were given for making it to the semi-finals "At least we have something to take home. You did great, Nichi. I'm really proud of you!" He said, looking up at the fluffy moth on his head.

Celosia let out a groan. Her whole body still hurt from getting defeated by an Onix. "Urgh...I guess...but I am never coming back to this place"  She said, resting her eyes for a while.

Max rolls his eyes and chuckles, continuing to walk down the hiking road. "Don't worry, Nichi. We'll get you fixed up in no time. The pokemon center isn't so far away" He said, rubbing her little (non-existent) chin.

As he was about to reach the bottom, Maxwell notices some glowing, yellow rings in the distance. It was an umbreon!

Max approaches the Umbreon and he crouches down "Hey you! Are you lost?" He asked, putting his hand out so the umbreon could sniff it.

It got closer and sniffed Maxwell's hand, keeping its face low so it couldn't be seen.

Max reaches out to pet the stray,
but then he heard a low growl coming from the umbreon...

The growling got louder and the Umbreon let out a loud bark, using Dark Pulse. The attack knocked the human into a rock, injuring his back!

Celosia was woken up once she heard the thud, falling off Max's head and landing on his lap. "Hmm...? Master, are you alright...?" She asked, tired and still very weak because of the tournament battles.

Maxwell was unconscious, his body going limp. The impact hurt him badly.

Celosia gasped and looked around. Seeing the rabid canine staring at her trainer with its blood red eyes. She got up and raised off the ground, getting ready to fight "Get away from him! What is wrong with you?!" She yelled, venom dripping from her stinger. She was furious.

The Umbreon snarled at Celosia and jumped at her, gripping onto her long fur and trying to bite her neck.

Celosia quickly reacted and flew up in the air, shaking the canine off and making it drop to the ground "Get off of me! You leave me no choice." She yelled, her wings glowing red and scattering her scales every time she flapped her wings.

The Umbreon whimpered once it hit the ground, hurting its paw. It slowly got up and barked at Celosia, showing its teeth. It started running again and used Crunch, jumping at the moth!

Celosia dodged the attack and used Poison Jab, digging her stinger into the Umbreon's body and injecting it with venom. She pulls the stinger out and puts the Umbreon back on the ground. A lump appeared on the dog's stomach right where the stinger went in. The venom flowed through the Umbreon's body, paralyzing it.

Cece sighed and turned to look at her trainer, trying to get him on her back "Come on, Master...The nutse can fix you!" She said, her wings cooling down again. She felt bad about fighting that Umbreon...but she had to do it to protect her beloved trainer.

She was about to lift off the ground when she saw the umbreon running at her. The umbreon pounced at her, and readied its claws to scratch her. Celosia looked into its cold, blood red eyes for just a tiny moment...before she felt the Umbreon's claws scratch through her eye...

The pain was too much...and Celosia fainted immediately, her eye gushing out blood

Those wounds are not healing.

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The worst day of my life, 1981

It was the following morning, and Celosia had finally woken up. She got on her feet and looked around, searching for her trainer. Her eye that got scratched didn't work anymore, and all she could see was a red, blurry mess.

She spotted a human-like figure in the distance, and started crawling towards it. "M-Master...my eye...why is everything so dark...?" She asked, looking up at the figure.

The figure faded away, and in front of her was a dead body, horribly mutilated to the point that it was unrecognizable, but Celosia knew exactly who it was.

Celosia's eyes widened, and she suddenly felt very dizzy, like the whole world was spinning rapidly around her. She ran to the corpse, nuzzling up against her trainer's hand, begging for him to wake up. "Please...Please not again...I already lost too many!" She cried out, looking down at his hand.

Cece wasn't strong enough to look at his face again.

Maxwell didn't respond. He was really gone.

Celosia closed her eyes and breathed heavily, her wings turning a burning hot red. The color of her wings represented the pure hatred she felt in her heart "If I just finished him off..." she said quietly, her claws starting to dig into her trainer's hand. "I swear...I will kill him...I will find that son of a bitch...a-and I will make him feel the same pain you felt!" she said, letting go before she ruined his body even more.

She broke down into tears, looking up at the sky as the tears cleaned the blood off her face. "Alone...again...The two most important people in my life...taken away from me for no reason!!! Rufus...p-please come visit me like you did before...I need you to hold me..." Celosia begged, her wings losing all of their heat and turning completely grey.

Cece turned away from her trainer and flew off, trying to go back to Growhil. Maybe Harriet would adopt her...she could live with Betsy...?

...Maybe someone at the lab could take her home...

It wouldn't be the same...

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It is still...so, so hard having to remember that day...I can barely remember what happened during all those years that I was alone. All I can definitely remember is that I never made it back to Growhil.

Every day felt longer, I could barely sleep...the image of my...b-best friend...dead on the ground...and I could have saved him! I can never forget it...I probably never will...

It was only a few years ago that I finally found a reason to live again...my only motivation...my child...
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