Please don't call me an insensitive, heartless bastard for writing this. When I first thought up this fic, I was literally crying over it.
“This very loyal Pokémon helps Trainers, and it also takes care of other Pokémon.”
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Fiore Forvedge Yggdmillennia’s smile always had a sunny, upbeat quality to it, but not as much as it did now.
“Well, do you like it?” her younger brother, Caules, asked, referring to the sleeping Lillipup resting on her lap.
“Like it? I love it! It’s so adorable and cute and cuddly… Can I please keep her?” Fiore’s eyes grew wide.
Caules laughed. “Of course you can! But Lillipup’s going to be your pet, she should have a name.”
Fiore thought about that for a moment. “Names… hmm, she warm and she’s always happy, so I think I’ll call her ‘Sunshine’.”
Caules smiled one of his rare smiles. “Sunshine it is, then.”
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
Fiore was sorely taxed from her training when she arrived at Sunshine’s secret home.
When she opened the door, Caules was there, fixing Sunshine’s lunch, but the dog was nowhere to be found.
“Where’s Sunshine?” she asked. Caules opened his mouth to speak, but Sunshine leapt from a pile of old pillows onto her lap, yapping happily at her.
“You know, she likes you more than she likes me. I’m starting to get jealous.” Caules said with a laugh.
As Fiore let Sunshine down to eat her lunch, Caules walked towards her.
“You alright? You look pale.” Caules’ voice was tinged with concern.
Fiore waved her hand dismissively. “I’m fine. Seeing Sunshine happy like that made my stress disappear like an Abra using Teleport.”
“I know a person who can do that, too.”
“Eh? Who?”
Caules smiled one of his rare smiles again. “My big sister.”
You make me happy when skies are gray
Sunshine barked and yapped as she followed the Forvedge siblings on a noonday stroll.
“You taught her a move?”
Caules was instantly on the defensive. “Come on, Fiore. Sunshine’s not going to stay that way forever. Besides, some battling experience would be good for her.”
Fiore’s lips formed a frown. She frowned not just because Caules did things to Sunshine without her permission, but because he was right: Sunshine would not stay the same forever; after all, in this world, change is constant.
Nothing was a better symbol of that change than Sunshine herself, who had just recently evolved into a Herdier.
“Don’t worry. I taught her a good move. It’s called Return.”
Fiore thought about that for a moment. “That’s the move that deals more damage the more the user likes its Trainer, right?”
Caules nodded.
Fiore bit her lip. Was Sunshine ready for this? Was she?
“…Alright. Sunshine, please use Return on that boulder.” She pointed to a rather large rock just beyond their path.
Sunshine sprang from her leisurely pace into full sprint at the boulder, and rammed against it with all her might. Though the boulder did not crumble into dust, it did split in two, a feat which Sunshine was immensely proud of.
Sunshine bounded towards her master, barking happily. Fiore rewarded her by patting her on the head.
“Good girl.”
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Fiore dug crescent moons on her palms that night.
The lightning crackled and the thunder roared outside. The rain covered everything in a blanket of freezing water.
Father—no, the Lord Forvedge—was in the great hall, along with his Alakazam.
Sunshine was also with them, squirming in the air, struggling to get free from Alakazam’s psychic powers.
“Who of the two of you,” Lord Forvedge declared, “brought this vermin in our household?”
Fiore held her breath. She wanted to say “it was me”, to say that she was Sunshine’s master, but fear made sure that no words escaped her mouth.
“It was me, sir.” Caules said.
Fiore was shocked. Why would he do this? Wasn’t she the one who wanted to keep Sunshine in the first place? When she looked to her younger brother for answers, he gave her a small smile.
Fiore did not know that that would be the last smile she would see in a while.
Lord Forvedge gave a small “Hmph.”
“Caules, you are to come to my study later this evening. I wish to exchange… words with you.”
Then he raised his hand.
“We of the Forvedge only deal with the Psychic type. As is tradition, all Pokémon that are not of this type are to be evicted from our lands.”
He motioned towards the door, and Alakazam sent Sunshine flying out of those large oaken doors, never to be seen again.
Fiore wanted to cry that night, but no tears came, because if she cried, she would be scolded.
And she wanted no more scolding.
She just wanted her Sunshine.
Please don’t take my sunshine away.
Pokemon: Herdier
Gender: Female
Nickname: Sunshine
OT: Fiore
Gentle, and capable of taking hits