Pokémon: Shadow & Light/Coex Adventures

27: Violet's Story

"Nomey: the magic Pokémon. A fairy type. It practices magic with others of its kind in large numbers. Positive emotional power fuels this Pokémon's magic, and Nomey dislikes harming even the most fearsome foes", the Pokédex said.

Violet looks down and paces back and forth nervously. "Oh god...what do I do, what do I do, what do I do...".

"Don't be afraid, Violet", Dahlia said and puts Nomey in her hand. "It won't hurt you".

"I don't care. I don't want it anywhere near me". Violet is turned around and not facing anyone.

Nomey looks at Violet curiously and tilts its head. Dahlia looks into her bag, and pulls out a needle, thread, and pink fabric that matches her shirt.

"I have just the thing. Give me a second". Dahlia puts Nomey down near on a fountain edge, and unbuttons her shirt. Dahlia takes the shirt off and she has a light pink undershirt on.

Jake looks at Dahlia questionably, and blushes. "Wh-What are you doing?".

Dahlia sows some of the fabric onto the shirt she's holding. Meanwhile, Nomey hops off the fountain and walks towards Violet, who was reading a magazine. Violet felt a slight tug at her leggings, looked down, and froze at the sight of Nomey tugging at her leggings, wanting attention. Violet screams in shock and jolted her leg up with the Nomey still clinging onto the legging.

"GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!". Finally, Violet swung her leg so fast that it launched the 4-inch-tall Pokémon very high up into the air as a result. Drayko looks at Nomey falling, and scurries above the magic Pokémon in attempts to catch it. Drayko walks backwards and catches Nomey, but falls into the fountain. However, Nomey is fully dry while Drayko is soaked wet. He spits water out of his mouth, and Nomey laughs at him.

"Are you okay?!", Dahlia asked Drayko and pulls him up.

"Yeah, I'm fine". Drayko sighed and looks at Dahlia's shirt she was holding. "What were you doing with your shirt anyway?".

Dahlia put the shirt in the air. The shirt now has a small pocket sown into it. "Ta da! Now Nomey has a place to stay!". Dahlia picks up the magic Pokémon and puts it in the pocket. Nomey peeks out and waves at Drayko.

Drayko's clothes are dripping with water. "Now, about my clothes...".

=20 minutes later=

Drayko comes back to the group with his clothes fully dry. "I just went to the Pokémon center's laundry mat. Wow, the things the Coex region has. Back in Hoenn, we didn't have laundry mats in the centers. Heh, it's the littlest things that interest me".

"Since that's out of the way, it's off to Mediokris City!", Dahlia exclaimed.

Violet and Jake begin to walk away from the group. Drayko ran up to them. "Hey, where are you guys going?".

"We're going home", Violet said.

"I'm sorry, Drayko. We just can't go through there with you", Jake said.

Drayko goes in front of Violet, not letting her take another step.

"Move it, Drayko".

"No, Violet. I understand Jake's little fear of fairy types, but I know you are hiding something from us. What is the real reason why you are afraid? You can talk to us. We are your friends".

Violet looked back and Dahlia, looked to her side and Jake, and then faced Drayko.

"I went to Mediokris City once when I was 11 years old. I used to love fairy types back then. There's a little farm that is home to a large fairy type Pokémon named Beautimare. I remember going towards it, and it must've gotten spooked. It then went on it's hind legs. It's front legs were right above me. I was stomped down by Beautimare's powerful feet. After that, things went dark for me, and I woke up in the hospital. There were tubes and bandages all over me, and I was in so much pain. My doctor said I was in a coma for 5 days, and that the injuries could've killed me. It was a miracle that I lived. Ever since then, I avoided fairy type Pokémon, because there's always that chance...it will happen again".

Dahlia looked down and sighed. "I always thought you just hated me. Now I know".

"If you keep giving into your fear, all it'll do is eat you up".

"What do you mean, Drayko?".

"What I'm trying to say is that you should go back to Mediokris City to overcome your fear. Know that fairy types are sweet and never want to hurt you".

Violet teared up and looks away from everybody. She remains like that for about a minute before facing the group.

"Let's do it", Violet said.

"That's the spirit!", Dahlia said

Jake, however, looks nervous. "I, uh, don't know about this".

"You can always go around the city. About 180 degrees around, you'll find yourself on Route 6, just outside of Mediokris City. We can always meet you there", Dahlia said.

"Alright then. Well, I might as well get started...alone".

Just then, Scalaby comes out it's pokeball by itself. Jake smiles and picks the Pokémon up. "I guess I won't be alone, now will I?". The Draconian walks away into the woods.

"I guess we should get going too", Drayko said.

Him, Violet, and Dahlia walk into Route 5. Meanwhile, Nomey is peacefully sleeping in Dahlia's shirt pocket.

The journey continues...