Light The Way

Gone with the Wind

Volt sat in the dojo, watching Raihan and Leon face off. The trio were almost done their training, Mustard deeming that they were ready for their gym challenge. His face contorted into a frown, he could hardly imagine what would happen when they left. Would he go back to what he was all those months ago? Scared, hopeless, and pathetic? He clenched his fists, his eyes darting between Charmander and Trapinch as they battled.

"Dragon tail," Leon called out, the little fire lizard rushing at the ground type.

"Sand tomb Trapinch," Raihan countered. The small orange pokémon dug its legs into the ground and sand exploded out from around it to protect it from the attack. Only for Charmander to jump into the air and shoot a flamethrower down into the sand tomb, and cause the small pokémon to faint.

Raihan growled and bit his lip, his eyes shadowed for a moment before a smile spread over his face, he returned Trapinch and sighed.

"Seems you still need to get stronger, Rai," Leon teased as he patted Charmander, who preened under the attention.

Raihan laughed and put his hands behind his head, "seems like it." His words weren't as spry as usual, his smile not quite reaching his eyes.

Mustard clapped his hands and smiled, "you have come so far, I believe you are finally ready." Volt closed his eyes and sighed. They were leaving tomorrow, this was it. He couldn't help but shake his head to clear his mind and put on a brave face.

"You guys must be tired of us by now," Volt teased, his eyes focused on their feet. He heard the snort from Leon, before he felt the boy wrap his arms around him and lift him into the air.

"I could never get tired of you lightning bug," Leon cooed as he held the boy up. Volt laughed and grabbed the boys shoulders to keep himself steady.

"Leon put him down," Sonia scolded, her eyes blazing. Leon pouted at her and obeyed, carefully putting Volt on his feet.

The electric enthusiast smiled and glanced over at Raihan, who was looking at his feet, a frown on his face. Volt felt his heart ache for the boy, he had been training so hard, yet Leon had a natural talent that none of them could beat. Volt, Sonia, and Raihan had all lost to the purple haired trainer at least once. Raihan must have felt his eyes on him because he looked up and met his gaze. The dragon type trainer smiled softly and waved his concern off, Volt didn't buy it, but let it go.

"The three of you will be leaving tomorrow, so take the rest of the evening to pack and relax," Mustard said to them, his arms behind his back. Volt flinched at that and looked away from all of them, his face falling.

"Sure, let's go so we can have fun!" Leon said as he left toward the door, the other two quick to follow

He had to be strong, he couldn't let his emotions show. His face became carefully blank as he watched them leave to go follow their orders, Sonia glanced back at him with a frown. Mustard looked at the boy with his own frown, he couldn't place the boys feelings, but he knew they couldn't be good.

"Volt," Mustard said carefully. The young royal glanced over at the man with amber eyes and weakly smiled, before he turned and left out the opposite door. The master sighed and closed his eyes, not knowing what to do.

Volt walled to the river in front of the dojo and looked at his reflection. The water twisted his visage, a dark smirk on his face and eyes glowing red. Volt sucked in a breath and closed his eyes to avoid looking at it. Selfish wasn't he. They had their own lives, but all he wanted was to stay like this forever with them. He could picture it, staying on the island with them, never being alone, never going back to the life he once had.