One thing led to another for this stage to be set. First, Mr. Joy and Dedenne had to head over to the office due to an important meeting on an article Mr. Joy had written. Next, Aunt Alice's cold had grown much, much worse and had to stay in bed for the night shift. That left Baby Lucas uncared for and he needed his Mama or Dada to be for him. So, being the kind people they were, Cavis, Kirlia, and Emma take Aunt Alice's place for the night shift so that Nurse Joy can stay at home, relax, and care for her youngest child. So while Nurse Joy read a lovely collection of silly nursery rhymes to Baby Lucas upstairs, Angel, Will, and Piper could cook downstairs.
Baby Lucas was in his crib as Nurse Joy read him nursery rhymes from her bed right beside him. With the rain dancing on the window outside, and the lovely atmosphere of nursery rhymes and bedtimes, Nurse Joy fell asleep somewhere between the Miltank that jumped over the moon and the Flabebe that ate clouds for breakfast. Nurse Joy woke up about half and hour later and, seeing that Baby Lucas was fast asleep, decided to go downstairs and get herself a cup of water. Nurse Joy would have done just that if she didn't stop half way through her descent down the stairs to listen in on a conversation that was being held in the kitchen.
"My fate is to be sealed tomorrow," said Angel's voice in a dramatic tone.
"Your mom still won't let you be a trainer?" Will's voice asked.
"No," Angel huffed. "You're going to have to go on a journey without me, Will."
"But I don't want to."
"Neither do I but you have to," Angel said firmly. "It wouldn't be fair if both of us stay behind and die in Vaniville town. You need to see the world for me and tell me all about it when you get back."
There was a pause before Will replied. "Okay. I promise."
"Why don't you just run away, Angel?" Piper's voice asked.
"I thought about it," Angel admitted, "but I don't think I could go through with it. If nothing else, I should try to be a good Nurse Joy ... like another one in floack ... another line in the great dynasty of Nurse Joys."
"Yeah! You'll be helping lots of people and Pokemon!" Piper exclaimed, failing to hear the sorrow in Angel's voice. It could be because she was too busy looking at Angel's face. When the two are combined, facial expressions and the tone of voice can battle together in meaning. Your tone could say you are very happy but your expression will be very sorrowful even if you are happy. Or you could have on a happy face while your voice confesses the true hurt you're feeling inside. "Why wouldn't you want to be a Nurse Joy?"
"Cause I want to be a trainer, Piper. I want to see the world and get outside of this tiny town."
"You will," Will promised. "Maybe it won't be as a trainer .... You could discover new medicines for Pokemon! That would be cool, right?"
"I guess," Angel said. "But my worries stand."
"What worries?" Piper asked.
There was a long pause before Angel answered in a cracked voice, "I'm going to be a clone." Nurse Joy could hear a sniff. "Just another one in the herd .... No-one remembers a Nurse Joy by herself. They come in, see you as say 'hey, didn't I see you in Luminous City?' and you have to tell their dumb-butt that they ran into your stupid half-cousin or something and that you're the Nurse Joy here, and you've never left and you're never going to leave this ... stupid, stupid town!"
"Shh," Will said, less in a comforting way and more in a your-baby-brother-is-trying-to-sleep-upstairs way. But there wasn't a complete loss of comfort in his tone.
"I'm a clone, Will," Angel sobbed. "I'm a clone."
"Of course you aren't. You're Angel," Will said. "You'll always be Angel. You're not anyone's stupid half-cousin or granddaughter three times removed. You're the one and only Angel Joy."
"Yeah!" Piper agreed. "Who else would you be?"
"Nurse Joy."
Speaking of which, Nurse Joy stood at the bottom of the stairs, heart broken, unable to say or do anything other then head back upstairs. What could she have said? That Angel could go on a journey? She needed to start her training as a Nurse, because that's what Vaniville Town needed. Aunt Alice's sick spell had shown Nurse Joy that. When the two were ... gone, someone needed to take over the Pokemon Center and that person had to be Angel.
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Joyful - A Pokemon Fan Fiction
FanfictionHello my subjects! I'm sure all fans of Pokemon are aware of the multiple Nurse Joys there are. All smiling, happy, eagar to help and heal you and your Pokemon - as it has been for years and years. But what is to happen when a Joy doesn't want to b...
