FSE

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Chapter 6

Denial of the Truth

"S-Sabetha?! W...What are you?!" Sapphire stuttered, her eyes wide in fear stepping back.

"Sapphire, please, just wait! I can explain everything!" Sabetha exclaimed in her high-pitched squeaky voice stepping forwards with an outstretched hand. Sapphire shook her head wildly.

"No! S-Stay... stay away from me you liar!!" Sapphire shouted in a tear jerking burst of emotion, turning away bursting through the crowd of Police running out of the room. Sabetha's outstretched hand slowly lowered, her eyes half closed staring down at the floor.

"Sabetha, are you okay?" Elisa asked in concern staring at Sabetha who smiled weakly.

"...Yes... sigh... I knew she would find out someday, but... I just wanted to stay with her for a little longer," Sabetha muttered closing her eyes holding back tears.

"Elisa, are you going to be okay after what happened earlier?" Sabetha asked in a soft, solemn tone glancing down at the Absol from the corner of her eyes. The group was now slowly making their way through the facility that was once filled with darkness and pain, now only an eerie silence covered it.

"Y-Yes... I didn't suffer any physical harm," Elisa said looking down at the floor, the trio stopping at the stairs that led up from the tiled room.

"...Elisa, I'm sorry I couldn't stop him from doing that to you," Sabetha said in a low, upset tone. Elisa looked up at Sabetha with a smile shaking her head.

"It was because of you that I could find the desire to challenge him, to fight my fears," Elisa said glancing out across the room, a soft smile creeping across her face, "his reign of evil is over for now, and everyone else who couldn't escape are now free of that suffering... I couldn't ask for a better outcome."

"I'm glad you're o-?!" Sabetha was cut off as a violent gust of wind suddenly slammed into the group sending Sabetha stumbling back. "Oh no, I hate this part!!" Sabetha cried out in her squeaky voice as a vortex of air and leaves engulfed her.

"Ahhh... dizzzzzzyyyy," Sabetha muttered slowly spinning around as the vortex vanished doing a slow motion fall backwards. Tremi swiftly stepped forwards catching the now normal appearing girl in her arms. "A...Ahahaha... my hero," Sabetha said smiling at Tremi, her eyes still spinning in her head. Tremi shifted her gaze away with a soft blush on her face helping Sabetha stand on her two feet.

"Sigh... I really wish Sapphire didn't see me like that," Sabetha muttered in a depressed tone now in her normal, human appearance.

"True friends would not leave your side over such a thing," Tremi said in a cold tone. Sabetha stared at Tremi, a weak smile growing across her face.

"You're right, Tremi... both of you are still at my side even after what happened to us because of my stupidity," Sabetha said her smile growing, but she still could not lose the feeling of loss.

"If it is true and you did encounter two members of the group who seeks you Sabetha, we must flee this town immediately. We should attempt to get as far as possible. Even if they were captured, we cannot say for sure if they did or did not send a transmission about us before their capture," Tremi said in a serious tone. Sabetha let out a shaky sigh nodding her head.

"Excu... what?" Jennifer called out spotting the group, pausing as she reached them looking Sabetha over, she raised an eyebrow at her, "your appearance? You resembled a Pokemon only moments ago, yet now...?"

"A-Ahahahaha, I don't know what you're talking about! B-But thank you for the help, we will be making our leave," Sabetha said bowing politely quickly turning and running up the stairs.

"Thank you for the assistance," Tremi said politely before following after Sabetha.

"What in the... I know that was her???" Jennifer muttered cocking her head with an utterly confused look on her face.

~*~ On Route 812, the group safely made their way out of the Town now traveling into the unknown feeling a sense of lose with Sapphire's departure~*~

"Bah! Who needs humans for friends anyways? Human's are selfish, discriminating jerks! Pokemon are the total opposite being loyal beyond a doubt, only wishing to give and receive affection!" Sabetha exclaimed throwing her arms up into the air storming down the forest covered path.

"You have been saying such things since we departed. It is obvious you do not mean those words," Tremi stated calmly walking alongside with closed eyes, her arms crossed loosely. Sabetha glared at her from the corner of her eyes.

"Are you using your mind-reading abilities again?!" Sabetha asked pointing at Tremi, who merely glanced down at Sabetha.

"No. The promise I made back then to never use it because it removes the 'bonding' that words have still holds true," Tremi said calmly, Sabetha flinched becoming infuriated from her calm manner.

"GRAHHH!!!! I'm so damn irritated!!!!!" Sabetha shouted ruffling her hair quickly. Elisa stared at Sabetha with concern.

"Is she going to be okay?" Elisa asked looking up at Tremi who chuckled.

"Yes. She is merely frustrated and venting, she will be fine," Tremi whispered back.

"I heard that!!" Sabetha shouted pointing at Tremi glaring at the Gardevoir with suspicious, accusing eyes.

"Tremi," Sabetha said suddenly breaking a silence that had fallen over the trio. Tremi looked at Sabetha with a curious glint in her eyes. "...The changes used to last only a couple of minutes once I got away from whatever had changed me. But now... it's lasting hours. What is going to happen to me if... if it continues? If I degrade further and further? What if I degrade so much I become trapped as one of them," Sabetha asked in a fearful tone. Tremi suddenly reached out grabbing Sabetha's arm causing the girl to look at her with surprise.

"That will not happen. We will find a cure long before such a possibility should arise," Tremi said in a firm tone. Sabetha smiled at Tremi closing her eyes.

"You're right, I can't give up hope... but the sky is getting really bleak, I think it's going to rain soon," Sabetha said in concern staring at the heavy Grey clouds above.

"There are naturally forming caverns from the run off of the nearby mountains, we should seek one out," Tremi stated and Sabetha glared at her.

"Well, where is one miss know it all? Hmmm?!" Sabetha asked in a snarly tone pointing at Tremi with a finger. Sabetha flinched seeing Tremi staring off past here causing Sabetha to lookay back curiously.

"Huh? Where did Elisa go??" Sabetha asked realizing Elisa had vanished.

"Over there," Tremi stated calmly extending her arm out pointing to the left. Sabetha followed her aim spotting Elisa half submerged in some bushes waving at them with a claw.

"Uhm... she wants us to follow?" Sabetha asked lookaying at Tremi, who chuckled, nodding her head.

"Wow! Elisa, how did you find THIS?!" Sabetha exclaimed wide eyed in awe standing in a wide, shadowy chamber. A hole in the room of the cave provided a faint trickle of light. Along the walls, old, ancient ruins laid crumbling from the elements, a cool wind blowing through the winding cave.

"She has a natural allure to places with dark pasts, often related to death," Tremi explained calmly. Sabetha's eyes darted back over her shoulder letting out an uneasy laugh rubbing her arms not liking ghosts at all. "There is nothing else alive within this cave, Sabetha," Tremi said in a reassuring tone. Sabetha let out a low whimper her eyes darting around.

"Y-Yea, nothing ALIVE," she said in a trembling spooked tone. Elisa giggled in amusement at her Trainer's reaction.

"This should be far enough into the cave to mostly negate the cold winds and rain," Tremi stated, the group now standing in a small circular chamber. Dozens of small holes in the roof provided a faint, eerie light in the chamber with two exits, one to the left leading deeper into the cave, and the right exit which led back out of the cave near a slow flowing river running down from the nearby mountains. Shattered dark Grey pillars laid scattered around the small chamber.

"W-We should get a f-fire going," Sabetha stuttered staring off into the deeper part of the cave seeing only shadows. Tremi nodded her head in agreement.

"Elisa and myself will go collect the necessary materials. Please setup a ring of stones for the fire," Tremi stated turning away.

"W-Wait! Y-You mean all alone in this dark, spooky cave?! What if a zombie comes out and tries to eat my brains?!" Sabetha cried out pointing at her head. Tremi chuckled softly looking on ahead.

"Are you scared, Sabetha?" Tremi asked causing Sabetha to flinch, glaring at Tremi knowing she was teasing her.

"N-No! You just wait and see, I'll be fine!" Sabetha exclaimed pointing at Tremi's back with a defiant frown on her face.

"As you wish," Tremi stated calmly walking down down the passage with Elisa in tow, the pair vanishing from view.

"A-Ahahahhaa... m-me and my big mouth," Sabetha whimpered lookaying around with paranoia, slowly rubbing her arms.

"T-There's nothing to be scared of... just maybe a few Pokemon, no zombies or ghosts... oh please don't let there be ghosts," Sabetha thought whimpering with teary eyes as she rolled a stone towards the center of the chamber continuously shifting her gaze around the chamber. "T-There! I'm done, now where are those two?!" Sabetha exclaimed feeling extremely uneasy. "I-I'm going to go find them!" Sabetha thought turning to walk towards the exit, her heart stopping seeing a pair of glowing eyes staring at her from the shadows. "AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Sabetha let out a bloodcurdling scream of terror falling back onto her rump, desperately crawling back across the chamber. "Please don't eat my brains!!" Sabetha pleaded in terrified tone, her eyes clenched shut tightly bumping up against the chambers wall. After a moment, Sabetha soon realized she wasn't being torn limb from limb cautiously lowering an arm peeking out. Her eyes shot open with a shocked look in them seeing a familiar face rather then something of the undead.

"W-Wait... Frinda??" Sabetha said staring at the icy white Glaceon who had a wide, amused grin on her face at Sabetha's reaction.

"What was that?!" a voice echoed down the passage, the sound of feet running down the passage could be heard growing louder and louder until Sapphire slid to a stop beside Frinda, her eyes shooting open seeing Sabetha. The pair stared at each other with equally surprised lookays, a tense silence falling across the chamber.

"You... you're normal? Or... or is this your disguise?" Sapphire asked quietly looking to one side. Sabetha let out a shaky sigh climbing to her feet.

"Sapphire... I... I know you're angry with me," Sabetha said staring down at the ground. Sapphire stared at Sabetha for a moment before closing her eyes.

"You're darn right I'm angry at you... you hid something like that from me? I thought we were friends, though it seems... I was wrong about that," Sapphire said in a pained tone turning away. "Frinda, let's go... we'll find somewhere else to stay for the night," Sapphire said with a shaky smile aimed at the Pokayemon.

"Wait! I-I... I really did want to tell you, Sapphire! But... I... I just didn't want you to be scared of me, I didn't want to risk losing you as my friend," Sabetha explained with tear filled eyes. Sapphire stopped, slowly glancing back at Sabetha from the corner of her eyes simply staring at her for a moment.

"...Tell me the truth. Tell me EVERYTHING, Sabetha. If you truly are my friend, then I want no lies, I want to hear the honest to god truth about what you are, and leave out not a single detail," Sapphire said in a serious tone turning around staring at Sabetha, who stared back with a shaky smile.

"I... I will," Sabetha said wiping her face dry. Sapphire let out a deep sigh walking back into the chamber awaiting to hear Sabetha's explanation.

"A-And... that's everything... everything I understand at least," Sabetha said in a low, uneasy tone. Sapphire was staring at her with wide, horrified eyes hearing the story of Sabetha's past. "The reason I'm traveling... is to find someone who can cure me, who can help me... I don't who, but I knew if I stayed at home I would slowly change until I was... I wasn't me anymore," Sabetha explained staring at the ring of stones blankly.

"So earlier...?" Sapphire muttered lost in thought.

"Y-Yes... anytime I touch an element of the Eevee and their Evolution I change... Fire, Plants, ice or snow... it's some kind of side affect from whatever it is they did to me," Sabetha explained. Sapphire and Sabetha looked back at the entrance hearing the sound of footsteps, Tremi and Elisa appeared.

"...I should leave," Sapphire said seeing Tremi was staring at her with an unfriendly look on her face.

"Come on Frinda," Sapphire said in a reluctant tone rising to her feet. She jolted back as something caught her pants.

"Sapphire, you can't leave! I... I won't lose my friend again," Sabetha said with a shaky smile. Sapphire looked back at her with wide, shock filled eyes.

"A-After what I did... you would still call me a friend?" Sapphire muttered in disbelief, turning around with a wide smile on her face, a couple of tears of joy rolling down her face. "You can do WHAT?!" Sapphire exclaimed with bulging eyes. Sabetha laughed sheepishly looking down at the crackling fire they had started.

"When I change, I can actually understand and talk with Pokemon. Well, except Tremi. Everyone can talk and understand her for some reason," Sabetha explained with a small smile on her face. Tremi remained silent sitting with her knees up a distance away from the pair watching them with resentful eyes not being able to fully forgive Sapphire.

"Have you talked with Frinda??" Sapphire asked curiously looking down at the Glaceon laying beside her, a small grin on the Pokemon's face.

"Y-Yes, but she didn't say much," Sabetha said blushing deeply looking down at her feet ignoring the wide grin on Frinda's face.

"So, if I lit you on fire, you wouldn't die but just change?" Sapphire asked with a sinister grin. Sabetha recoiled from the disturbing tone in Sapphire's voice.

"I-I probably wouldn't die, but I WOULD be burned badly before I change!" Sabetha exclaimed with wide, fearful eyes. Sapphire covered her mouth bursting out giggling.

"Don't give me that look! I wouldn't do something as cruel as that," She said smiling with closed eyes.

"But I really want to see your in all your forms! Eevee's are soooo adorable, even more when they evolve!!" Sapphire exclaimed clasping her hands together with a wide, giddy smile. Sapphire's earlier resentment and fear of Sabetha had vanished completely.

"A-Ahahahaha, really, we shouldn't... if a stranger wanders in here we could be serious trou-!" Sabetha was cut off, her eyes shooting open seeing a burning piece of ember on her exposed foot.

"YEOUCH!!" Sabetha cried out leaping to her feet, grabbing hold of her foot hopping back crying out as she tripped over the pillar she was sitting on.

"Frinny! Bad! Bad Frinny, you do not do such cruel things!" Sapphire scolded Frinda who had batted the ember over. Frinda had a wide, amused grin on her face watching a vortex of flames burst out from behind the pillar.

"Oh my! You're so adorable!!" Sapphire exclaimed with an insane giddy expression on her face spazing out watching Sabetha plop back down onto the pillar propping her head up grumbling and muttering under her breath glaring at Frinda. Sabetha's body had shrunk by a third of her mass, her skin a deep fiery red. Her hair was made of fiery embers gently glowing down behind her back. Her face had shrunk with two black, pupil-less eyes and a tiny nose. Long, blonde eyebrows adorned her face above her eyes.

"Can you do anything special?!" Sapphire asked excitedly. Sabetha raised an eyebrow staring at Sapphire.

"Special?" she asked in a deep, annoyed tone.

"Like, can you shoot fire? Or do any of a Flareon's abilities?!" Sapphire asked excitedly. Sabetha glared at her with slitted eyes.

"I look like a Pokemon, I'm not one for real, geez," Sabetha grumbled angrily, her fiery temper quite obvious.

"Hehehe. Well, I better stop provoking you in case you really can!" Sapphire exclaimed with a friendly smile.

"Why are you staring at me," Sabetha asked glaring at Frinda who was sitting beside Sapphire staring at Sabetha for the last few minutes grinning.

"Mmm... just thinking," Frinda said in a soft, innocent tone.

"What??" Sapphire asked looking around not understanding as she wasn't staring at Sabetha.

"Her. She's acting suspicious," Sabetha said pointing at Frinda, Sapphire looked down.

"Huh? Nooo, Frinny is a good girl!" Sapphire exclaimed with a smile reaching down petting Frinda's head. Frinda affectionately rubbing herself up against Sapphire's hand glancing at Sabetha from the corner of her eyes.

"Heh... shows how much you truly know about her," Sabetha muttered glaring at Frinda.

"What's wrong with you?" Sabetha asked glancing over at Elisa noticing now she was staring at her.

"N-Nothing," Elisa said quickly looking away. Sabetha let out a deep, aggravated sigh standing up.

"I'm going outside to cool off," Sabetha muttered taking a step towards the exit, flinching hearing a quiet snicker. "JUST BECAUSE I'M A WALKING FIREBALL THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN JOKE ABOUT IT!!" Sabetha shouted at the group before storming off down the passage.

"Whew! She really DOES change personality, doesn't she?" Sapphire asked looking back at Tremi smiling.

"...It has gotten worse over the previous years. At first, she would not change in appearance nor personality very much at all. But now," Tremi said in concern watching the light in the passage vanish from view.

~*~ Having made her way outside, Sabetha discovers the sky had cleared up giving way to a beautiful moonless night~*~

"Yea, laugh it up! Hahahaha, she's a walking fireball!!" Sabetha exclaimed throwing her arms up into the air bringing them down onto her lap let out a deep, exasperated sigh. She was now sitting cross-legged beside a small, deep river in front of her. "Sigh... what is going to happen to me if I don't find a cure for this? Am I going to continue to change until I'm actually one of the Eon's? Am I going to fall apart and turn into dust? Or am I going to explode in a gigantic chemical reaction?!" she thought with a frown growing across her face opening her eyes slamming her fist into the dew laden grass. Smoke billowed from the grass as it burned under her fiery blow. "The nightmare just keeps getting worse, and worse with every passing day," Sabetha thought staring at her reflection in the river.

"Quite the temper you have," a cool voice called out. Sabetha looked over her shoulder spotting Frinda walking out of the cave with a smug grin on her icy face. Sabetha grunted, looking back down at the river.

"I am not in the mood for you. Try anything, and you're going to be turned into a puddle," Sabetha said in a threatening tone. Frinda laughed softly sitting down beside Sabetha.

"It's quite funny really," Frinda said calmly watching the water gently flowing by. Sabetha glanced at Frinda from the corner of her eyes, her fiery hair burning without a sound.

"I've always wanted to be a human in truth," Frinda said calmly. Sabetha looked down at her with surprise. "Hmph... I always believe they were superior. Living anywhere in the world they choose, having the power to do as they wish without fear," Frinda said closing her eyes letting out a soft sigh placing a paw into the river creating a patch of ice. "Yet here, you wished for the opposite of me. To become one of us... yet instead of a dream coming true, you now fight desperately to return to what you were... it makes me think, would I truly be happy being a human? Hmm... if only such answers were so easily obtained," Frinda said chuckling to herself.

"Trust me, you don't want to be one," Sabetha looking on ahead.

"Then why do you fight so desperately to be one yourself?" Frinda asked calmly. Sabetha's eyes widened staring off blankly having never thought of that.

"Because... because I am a human, as you are a Pokemon. We should be happy with who and what we are, a lesson I learned the hard way," Sabetha murmured with half closed anguished eyes.

"Yet here you are, a being who treads the line of Humans and Pokemon being neither," Frinda said calmly staring at Sabetha with her listless eyes. Sabetha stared down at Frinda with surprise.

"I-I guess it's not all bad though... I can still talk and walk, but I just look different," Sabetha muttered looking at the cuffs of flames around her wrists.

"And you enjoyed our little encounter the other day," Frinda with a perverse grin, Sabetha flinched.

"You blackmailed me damnit!" Sabetha snapped pointing at the Glaceon who continued to grin, Sabetha's cheeks having darkened.

"Are you scared of such feelings?" Frinda asked calmly causing Sabetha to look away. Frinda snickered softly, "you can try to deny them, but if you are going to be like this, you must learn to accept them. Humans are completely irrational about such urges requiring bonding before such intimate times, yet there is no harm in such a natural instinct." Sabetha glanced at Frinda with an inquisitive glint in her eyes.

"Do... do you feel love?" Sabetha asked. Frinda smiled softly at her.

"Of course we do. We do not have such silly rituals as humans, but we do yearn to be with another and spend our lives with them caring for them deeply," Frinda explained.

"And that's me!!" A cheerful, high pitched voice exclaimed. The pair of Eon's looked back seeing Lefy running out of the cave with a wide smile on his face, his leafy tail wagging excitedly behind him.

"I simply stay with you out of pity. If I left you, you would likely drown yourself trying to save your reflection from a lake," Frinda said in a cold, harsh tone.

"Ouch," Lefy muttered taking a seat between the girls, his leafy tail flicking along the grass behind him with a wide smile on his face.

"Hey! Can I see your tail?" Lefy asked leaning in closer looking at Sabetha with a friendly smile. Sabetha glared at him with the nasty look causing Lefy to cringe not wanting to be turned into a crisped version of himself. "A-Ahahaha, or not!" Lefy laughed shakily rubbing his head with a paw.

"Coward," Frinda muttered in disgust at him backing down.

"Hey! I am not a coward!" Lefy exclaimed playfully nudging Frinda in the side.

"Why don't you bend over and I'll show you how cowardly I am!" Lefy said with a small grin. Frinda's left eye twitched slowly raising a paw up touching him. Lefy let out a cry of surprise as ice rapidly engulfed him freezing him into a solid block of ice.

"Typical male," Frinda grumbled under her breath. Sabetha let out a small snicker reaching up a hand.

"I don't think keeping him in there is going to do any good for a grass type," Sabetha said placing her hand on the block of ice, her intense heat rapidly melting the block letting Lefy fall to the ground. "Ack! G-Get off of me!!" Sabetha cried out leaning back with Lefy hanging from her neck.

"You're my savior! You'll protect me Frinda and her tyrannical ways!" Lefy exclaimed in a joyful tone hanging onto Sabetha as she swung her hand around wildly trying to get him off. Frinda gritted her teeth with closed eyes trying to keep her calm and not clobber him.

"I didn't protect you... dummy!" Sabetha grunted plucking the crazed Eon off of herself. He stared at her curiously.

"You've gotten a lot smaller! You look even prettier now," he said smiling widely his tail flicking under him. Sabetha glared at him coldly moving him over the river.

"Eek!! Please don't! I'll wrinkle!" he squealed realizing what she intended lifting his hind legs up. Sabetha grinned deviously.

"You're a plant, plants like water. So have a drink!" Sabetha exclaimed releasing Lefy sending him into the slow moving river below. Lefy cried out splashing around and gasping in a dramatic manner. Frinda let out an exasperated sigh reaching a paw down into the water causing a vein of ice to shoot across the water's surface. Lefy grabbed hold of it panting heavily.

"I swear he is more trouble then a child." Frinda grumbled in annoyed tone. A tiny smile had grown across Sabetha's face seeing Frinda in a new light...

"That was cruel!" Lefy exclaimed shaking himself dry having climbed out of the water. Sabetha ignored him with a small grin remaining on her face. "So have some of this!!!" Lefy exclaimed charging at Sabetha delivering a hard tackle to her rump causing her to cry out in surprise waving her arms frantically teetering forwards.

"Wowww!!!" Sabetha cried out as she lost her balance falling head first into the water. Frinda jumped to her feet looking at Lefy with an enraged expression.

"You moron!! She may not be a Pokemon, but she is a fire type! Fire can die in water!" Frinda shouted at him, Lefy cringed.

"Ahahaha... woops?" he said laughing weakly rubbing his head with a paw.

"Help me get her out!" Frinda called at him running further down stream watching the water for any sign of Sabetha. Lefy leaned over the shore, his eyes darting across the deep water not seeing a thing.

"I don't see her. Aww, Sapphire is going to be really angry with me if I just killed one of her friends!" Lefy whimpered in fear of what Sapphire would do to him.

"You little...!" a bubbly voice called out as a pair of webbed, watery blue hands shot out of the river wrapping themselves around Lefy's neck.

"AHH!!!! IT'S A WATER MONSTER, IT'S GOT ME! HELP!!" Lefy screamed in terror thrashing his head around wildly. Sabetha's finned head suddenly popped out of the water using her hands to strangle Lefy.

"Try to drown me will you?!" Sabetha exclaimed in her bubbly tone not noticing Frinda standing nearby not trying to stop them.

"So you can change forms without returning to a human, that's a good thing to know. I would not have been pleased if he had seriously harmed you, you are still my property," Frinda said grinning at Sabetha.

"Ohhh, that's it! Super tackle!!" Lefy exclaimed lunging at Sabetha who gasped, diving under water vanishing from view. Lefy cried out kicking his legs wildly crashing into the icy water once again.

"What the?! Where did she go?!" Lefy exclaimed swimming in a circle looking for Sabetha but couldn't find a trace of her where a bouts. Frinda let out a shaky sigh shaking her head in shame.

"You truly are an idiot," Frinda muttered feeling ashamed she had chosen him as her mate.

"Hey! I am not!" Lefy exclaimed clawing at the shore climbing out of the water shaking himself dry.

"Hehehe! This is actually really neat. I can breath and see under water as clear as day," Sabetha said with a wide smile on her face swimming down the river on her back. She reached out grabbing hold of the shore climbing out onto all fours, her size had gotten even smaller appearing nearly the same size as Frinda and Lefy now. Sabetha cried out as she fell to her side trying to stand on two feet but it felt incredibly clumsy to her.

"You should have learned by now you cannot walk on two feet. Especially in this form which has reverted back quite a bit," Frinda murmured looking Sabetha over, her clothing was drooping off of her small frame. Sabetha shook her head refusing to believe that, slowly rising to her feet holding her arms out, a shaky smile on her face finally managing to stand.

"Ack!" Sabetha cried out losing her footing being sent crashing onto her rump whimpering weakly laying on her back. "I feel like a fish out of water," She whimpered.

"Ah-hah! No escape for you now!" Lefy exclaimed with a wide, playful grin on his face playfully charging at Sabetha. But before he could impact her, she reached out a webbed hand (paw?) and backhanded him across the nose causing Lefy to yelp in surprise stumbling back.

"Owwww!" he whimpered wriggling his nose around. "Why are all the females around me so mean?" he said making a pouty face at the pair, both Frinda and Sabetha were grinning at him.

"But... walking on all fours is degrading," Sabetha muttered sitting on her rump knowing she was helpless until she changed back.

"You are meant to walk on all fours. You don't see us walking on two legs, do you?" Frinda asked with a grin. Sabetha let out a bubbly sigh leaning forwards placing her hands onto the moist grass looking back realizing her legs had shortened quite a bit in her change nearly at equal length to her arms.

"There, see? Doesn't that feel much easier?" Frinda asked with an amused grin watching Sabetha slowly do a circle.

"Y-Yea, it's very easy," Sabetha said with a shaky smile still not liking the idea, but feeling relieved she could actually walk.

"Hahaha! You look funny with human clothing on!" Lefy laughed happily with a wide, friendly smile on his face. Frinda chuckled.

"I for once agree. You don't need clothing when at this level of your change, your 'secret' areas should be concealed naturally as mine is. That is unless you get aroused, of course," Frinda explained. Sabetha let out a shaky sigh.

"I feel like you're trying to teach me how to be a Pokemon." Sabetha said, Frinda's grin grew.

"That is exactly what I intend," Frinda said grinning.

"But... I'm not! Even if... if I'm beginning to look like one in this form," Sabetha muttered peering down her shirt at her small frame. She winced feeling her thick tail painful squished in her pant leg.

"I guess though I'll have to deal with this until I find a cure though... so it couldn't hurt to explore and learn how a Pokemon works, if just a little," Sabetha said with a curious smile on her face.

"Good. Now, it's time to get this clothing off." Frinda said calmly approaching her.

"B-But are you sure my no-no areas are hidden?" Sabetha asked blushing.

"Lookay for yourself," Frinda said calmly biting hold of Sabetha's shirt yanking it off over her head. Sabetha lookayed down at her bra letting out a gasp of surprise seeing it had deflated, her breasts had vanished.

"See? Now off they go!" Lefy exclaimed happily grabbing hold of her pant leg tugging on it. Frinda walked over grabbing hold of Sabetha's other pant leg helping Lefy to tug her jeans off.

"I-I didn't say okay!" Sabetha gasped in embarrassment.

"They're impeding your movement, and that look of relief that just appeared on your face says you wanted this," Frinda said grinning seeing Sabetha with a relieved look on her face flicking her thick finned tail back and forth finally being free of its confines.

"Enough talk! I've been locked up too long, I want to play!" Lefy exclaimed with an excited smile grabbing hold of Sabetha's panties and with one swift movement yanked them off throwing them over his shoulder. Sabetha cried out in surprise looking under herself lowering the base of her tail, her eyes widening in surprise seeing Frinda wasn't lying, only the smooth base of her tail could be seen.

"Hey!" Sabetha exclaimed stumbling to one side as Frinda playfully headbutted her, a grin growing across Sabetha's face. "Oh, two can play that game!" Sabetha exclaimed tackling Frinda sending the pair of eon's tumbling across the cool grass finally coming to a stop a few feet away. The pair looked at each other eye to eye before bursting out giggling.

"Don't forget your agreement, you're mine to do as I feel with!" Frinda exclaimed grinning evilly pouncing on top of Sabetha.

"Oh fine... leave me all alone..." Lefy pouted. Frinda looked down at Sabetha with a wide grin.

"Mmm... you enjoyed what I did to you, didn't you?" Frinda asked with a grin. Sabetha yelped looking to one side, her cheeks going a dark blue slowly nodding her head. "Well, I may not be able to hold that threat on you anymore, but in the world of Pokemon, the weak bow to the strong, and well... I'm the strongest of us," Frinda said grinning pressing a paw down on Sabetha's chest pinning her onto her back. Sabetha looked at Frinda with fearful eyes. "Don't worry, I won't hurt you. There's no fun in that. But let me give you a little lesson in our anatomy," Frinda murmured turning herself around so her tail was flicked just below Sabetha's face. Lefy watched on with wide, curious eyes, his tail had completely stopped as he watched the pair.

"W-What do you mean a lesson?" Sabetha asked leaning up trying to see what Frinda was doing, but Frinda pressed her back down with a hind leg.

"Well, for example, female Pokemon tend to not have breasts like human females, with some exceptions to the more human shaped Pokemon," Frinda explained grinning at Lefy knowing he was hoping for something to happen.

"I-I was wondering about that," Sabetha muttered staring at her mostly flat chest, only small very small mounds could be made out being close to fully degrading.

"Mmm... and our two holes are both concealed. The only way to truly have them to become visible is by arousal, or direct stimulation like so," Frinda murmured leaning down delivering a frigid lick to the base of Sabetha's tail. Sabetha cried out in surprise, a shiver shooting up her spine from the intense cold on her moist skin.

"Sometimes it takes multiple licks, sometimes one... but you're quite easy," Frinda chuckled seeing a small slit appearing on Sabetha's tail.

"O-Ok, I get it, s-stop," Sabetha stuttered shifting under Frinda's weight.

"Who said I was finished? You're the only female I've been with, and I want to have another try at you," Frinda said leaning down delivering a slow, icy lick up the length of Sabetha's slit causing her to cry out in pleasure quivering under Frinda's skillful tongue. Lefy's eyes had widened watching the pair of females with a great deal of excitement.

"A-Ahhh...! I-It feels so good...!" Sabetha whimpered lifting her hips up to Frinda's gently licks making sure to not press inside of Sabetha.

"Hehehe... I'm glad you enjoy it. But, how about you return the favor?" Frinda asked lifting her tail up revealing her moist slit a few inches away from Sabetha's face.

"I-I don't know how?" Sabetha said feeling unsure. Frinda lowered her rump down so it was nearly sitting on Sabetha's face.

"You have a tongue, use it. I'm very easy to please, so just go ahead," Frinda purred leaning down slipping the tip of her tongue into Sabetha's slit.

"Hrm...!" Sabetha grunted gritting her teeth. "F-Fine!" Sabetha exclaimed finally giving up any resistance she had reaching her paws up grabbing hold of Frinda's spiky fur covered rump leaning up giving Frinda's pussy a very slippery lick.

"oohoohoo!" Frinda said as a shiver ran down her spine. "You're a natural," Frinda said looking over at Lefy grinning deviously using her left paw to rub Sabetha's slit keeping up her pleasure. Lefy whimpered desperately giving Frinda a teary, desperate look. Frinda sighed softly suddenly lifting her rump away from Sabetha's face.

"Did I do something wrong?" Sabetha asked noticing Frinda had stopped completely looking back at Sabetha with a small grin.

"Mmm... no. But there's no need to rush... you understand how to please a female well enough, but the male is a bit more complex," Frinda said grinning. Lefy's ears perked up. "I said this was a lesson, and that whiny idiot over there isn't going to shut up until he gets some fun. So how about it? Ready to taste a male?" Frinda asked with a grin on face. Sabetha hesitated glancing over at Lefy seeing he had puppy dog eyes staring at her causing her to burst out giggling.

"W-Well, I guess that's fine since it's not really mating," Sabetha said smiling. Lefy cheered loudly leaping into the air dashing over to the pair, his tail wagging so quick it was nearly invisible to their eyes.

"Lefy!" Frinda snapped causing him to freeze dead about to pounce on Sabetha, he looked up at Frinda. "She's never done this before, do NOT force it. I give her full permission to bite you if you get out of control," Frinda said glaring at him. Lefy's eyes widened looking down at Sabetha who was staring at his length swaying underneath him with wide, curious eyes.

"Okay okay!" Lefy said trying to hurry along walking over so he was standing over Sabetha's face. His dick was about five inches in length being rather thin, yet it was covered in over a dozen smooth 'sprouts'.

"What do I do?" Sabetha asked curiously.

"Mmm, anything! Just don't bite!" Lefy exclaimed in terrified tone shuffling forwards lowering himself down so she could get at his length.

"Now get to work you idiot," Frinda ordered rolling her rump back rubbing it up his nose. Frinda let out a soft yelp as Lefy began to deliver quick, heavy licks at her sensitive pussy at a feverish speed. Sabetha cried out softly feeling Frinda's frigid tongue dig deep into her, her entire body tingled.

"I-I don't know what is happening, but I really want this!" Sabetha thought leaning up delivering a testing lick to Lefy's length. Lefy let out an encouraging whimper thrusting his hips forwards a couple of times trying to signal that she was doing it right.

"Ungh!" Sabetha grunted in surprise licking at the tip of Lefy's length. He had suddenly trusted forwards plunging his length into her mouth letting out a loud groan of pleasure. Sabetha hesitated slowly pulling her mouth back down his length feeling Lefy's legs quiver violently, a small grin appearing on her face beginning to understand sliding her mouth back down his dick beginning a slow back and forth motion.

"Ohhhh, damn! For a novice she is amazing!" Lefy whimpered stopping his treatment on Frinda beginning to roll his hips in sequence with Sabetha.

"Ungh...! Her icy tongue is so intense!" Sabetha thought clenching her eyes shut. Frinda had used her paws to spread Sabetha's slit apart lapping at Sabetha's sensitive insides. "I-I feel that strange sensation coming again...!" She thought tensing her body up. Frinda grinned to herself knowing she was about to cum giving Sabetha's tiny clit a very hard, very slow lick. Sabetha inhaled sharply arching her hips upwards letting out a muffled scream of pleasure as her climax across her body. Lefy whimpered desperately feeling his own climax coming beginning to feverishly hump Sabetha's mouth as she rode out her intense climax.

"O-Oh... Oh yea!!" Lefy howled forcing his dick all the way into Sabetha's mouth squirting thick jets of his seed in her mouth. Sabetha's eyes widened in shock cutting her orgasm short violently shoving Lefy off of herself.

"W-What are you doing?! Peeing in my mouth?!" Sabetha cried out in disgust spitting the liquid out onto the ground realizing it wasn't pee, but something else. Lefy stumbled to his feet laughing happily.

"That's not pee, that's cum! It tastes good too, right? Frinda always said it does," Lefy said smiling widely with closed eyes his tail wagging. Sabetha panted heavily laying on her back still feeling drained from her orgasm. Frinda chuckled loudly turning around to face Sabetha leaning down licking up a bit of cum from her cheek.

"He does taste good. When a male reaches his climax, he ejects a white, sticky liquid called cum. It could make you pregnant if you're in heat and had him cum inside of you, but when sucking on a male and letting him cum in your mouth, it's natural for you to swallow it, as long as it isn't vile tasting," Frinda explained grinning at Sabetha's exhausted expression.

"But... girls don't do that," Sabetha asked panting heavily looking up at Frinda.

"True. We however do release a liquid that is similar to a Male, but it isn't as noticeable. Yours actually tasted really interesting," Frinda said with a grin licking her paw wiping her head cleaning up Sabetha's juices from her muzzle. Sabetha's cheeks darkened looking to one side.

"Hm hm hm... I think that's enough for you. I'm not letting this dummy be your first male," Frinda said grinning at Lefy who was roaring to go, his rock hard dick hanging underneath of him. Frinda then got a devious idea. "Though... I should show you how a male and female mate. Lefy, get over here," Frinda ordered turning around on Sabetha so her rump was just over Sabetha's face. Lefy quickly ran over knowing what she wanted.

"Do I... need to do anything?" Sabetha asked panting. Frinda grinned looking back.

"Not at all. Come on dummy, you stopped before I reached my own climax so stop screwing around and get to it!" Frinda ordered lifting her rump up at him. Lefy smiled excitedly mounting up on Frinda's rump using his hind legs to tippy toe closer. Sabetha watched with curiosity having a literal full view of what was happening. Sabetha's eyes widened watching Lefy's length slowly sink into Frinda's moist slit, the Glaceon let out a whimper of pleasure.

"Oh yeaaaa!!!" Lefy exclaimed holding onto Frinda with his front legs just giving it to her slamming his studded length into Frinda.

"Mmm...! This is one reason... I tolerate your stupidity... you're so good at this!" Frinda whimpered holding onto Sabetha being forced forwards with each of Lefy's quick thrusts. Sabetha's gaze couldn't break away from the intimate display between the two Pokemon, her slit beginning to tingle again wondering how those little sprouts felt.

"W-What?" Frinda gasped feeling a tongue lap at her flesh looking under herself, a grin growing across her face seeing Sabetha was licking at the pair as they fucked. "That's right! Please your mistress!" Frinda exclaimed letting out an evil laugh closing her eyes.

"Ahhh! Too much!!" Lefy whimpered growing rapidly closer to his end unable to hold himself together with Frinda's tight, cold twat and Sabetha's slick tongue sliding up and down his length with each thrust. "F-Frinda, I can't...!" Lefy whimpered clenching his eyes shut rolling his head back going even faster ripping apart Frinda's insides with his studded length.

"Ah ah ah ah!" Frinda cried out growing closer and closer.

"OHHH!!!!" Lefy howled slamming himself into Frinda one final time spraying powerful squirts of his seed deep into her belly. Frinda let out a weak cry feeling her orgasm rush across her body. Sabetha jumped slightly feeling a squirt of their mixed juices leaking out, but instead of shying away, Sabetha leaning in even closer beginning to greedily lick up Frinda and Lefy's juices rather enjoying the unique taste.

"I want you now!" Lefy exclaimed smiling excitedly nudging Sabetha's side.

"W-What? I... I can't." Sabetha said shaking her head. Lefy pouted at her.

"You unloyal idiot!" Frinda snapped angrily delivering a painful headbutt to his nose. Lefy let out a loud yelp recoiling backwards from the painful blow. "You do not touch another female unless I say it is okay!" Frinda growled angrily.

"Uhm," Sabetha muttered feeling uneasy hoping she didn't do something wrong. Frinda let out a soft sigh looking to her side at Sabetha.

"You did good, very, very good... I think I'm going to be calling you up for another lesson just between us after the dummy goes back in," Frinda said glaring at Lefy with an infuriated look.

"Sabetha?" a surprised voice said, the pair looking over at the cave seeing Elisa staring at them with wide eyes.

"E-Elisa?" Sabetha said in an equally surprised voice. Elisa stared at Lefy and Frinda, before shifting back at Sabetha.

"Uhm... Sabetha? Can I talk to you in private please?" Elisa asked. Sabetha hesitated beginning to feel fearful that Elisa might discover what she just did.

"O-Ok." Sabetha said walking towards Elisa who stared at her with concerned eye seeing how much she had degraded since their last encounter while she was in this form.

"Just so you know, if you become trapped like this, you can stay with me and Lefy," Frinda said with a soft smile. Sabetha's eyes widened fearfully.

"No! It... it won't come to that point! I am a human, not a Pokemon!" Sabetha shouted shaking her head wildly feeling her mind had begun to fog losing herself to her instincts. Elisa sighed softly.

"Sabetha, this way, now," Elisa said firmly nudging Sabetha towards the forest glaring at Frinda as she walked by.

"E-Elisa! What am I going to do if... if I degrade any further?! What if I really do get trapped like this?!" Sabetha asked in fear with tears rolling down her face now standing deep in the dark forest.

"Calm down, Sabetha." Elisa said in a soothing tone sitting on her rump a few feet away. "Me and Tremi just spent a great deal of time talking about you with Sapphire, and we have come up with a theory about all of this," Elisa said in a calm manner.

"W-What theory?" Sabetha asked in a shaky, uneasy tone using a paw to wipe away her tears.

"Yesterday when you turned into your Leafeon form, you were nearly entirely human in appearance. Yet now, in your Vaporeon form, you appear nearly that of a Pokemon. Why? That is what we were discussing... until it finally clicked in," Elisa said with a reassuring smile. Sabetha stared at her with a confused look.

"S-So?" she asked in shaky, scared tone.

"So this!" Elisa exclaimed and without warning tackling Sabetha sending her tumbling back, colliding roughly with a tree.

"Ow! W-Why did you do that...?!?!" Sabetha trailed off gasping in horror feeling a burst out of wind appearing around her. "Elisa!!" Sabetha cried out as a vortex of air engulfed her. Elisa watched on with a small smile on her face feeling sure she had figured it out.

"Wowwwwww!" Sabetha muttered spinning around in a circle falling back onto her rump grabbing her head now nearly full size, her breasts had returned and were now in clear view. "Elisa! Why did you do that?! Now I'm stuck like this even longer!" Sabetha exclaimed holding her arms out, slouching over letting out a deep sigh. Sabetha soon realized her view was much higher then it was a moment ago, that she was standing on two feet without trouble. "I... I'm almost normal?" Sabetha said in surprise staring at her arms and the small buds growing across them.

"This proves our theory then," Elisa said smiling with her eyes closed. Sabetha stared at Elisa blankly.

"What theory?" she asked in her high pitched squeaky voice.

"Tremi has observed that each time you change into one of your forms, each seems to be at a different level of degradation. We then theorized that you forms are on a kinda... timer, rather then just getting worse over time," Elisa explained rubbing her head seemingly having trouble explaining it. Sabetha stared at Elisa with a completely blank lookay causing Elisa to cover her mouth giggling.

"In our terms, each of your forms are degrading separately based on the amount of times you have changed into them. Your Vaporeon form you have changed into by far the most, and has degraded the furthest," Elisa explained with a smile.

"So anytime I get touched by water and change into my Vaporeon form, that form degrades a little, but the others are unaffected?" Sabetha asked. Elisa smiled nodding her head.

"Though we have no idea what will happen if you fully degrade, but now that we know why it is happening, we can stop from ever finding out," Elisa said smiling with closed eyes. Sabetha shivered realizing how cold it was letting out a loud scream of surprise covering her chest quickly turning away realizing she was butt-naked.

"Hehehe. Don't worry Sabetha, I have seen countless Pokemon and Human's alike all exposed. In fact I... never mind," Elisa muttered shifting her gaze to one side. Sabetha peered back over her shoulder staring at Elisa with a blush.

"In fact I...? What?" Sabetha asked in shaky tone not feeling that embarrassed in truth. Elisa shook her head.

"N-Nothing," Elisa said laughing shakily. Sabetha turned around lowering her arms glaring at Elisa.

"Elisa," Sabetha said in a stern tone causing the Absol to laugh weakly letting out a shaky sigh.

"...I ...I find you really beautiful when you are like this," Elisa said her cheeks going a dark Grey looking down at the ground. Sabetha's eyes widened in surprise, a small grin growing across her face.

"Awwww, you're adorable when embarrassed hehehe!" Sabetha giggled happily lunging at Elisa catching the Absol sending them into a short roll coming to a stop with Sabetha sitting on top of Elisa.

"W-What are you doing?" Elisa asked in surprise, Sabetha's grin widened.

"Hmmm... is Elisa... ticklish?!" Sabetha asked with an ear to ear grin holding her hands out. Elisa's eyes widened.

"W-What? No! Please, not that!" Elisa pleaded squirming under Sabetha's weight unable to escape. Sabetha cackled evilly.

"Ohh, but you're a naughty Pokemon flattering me, and I just can't resist hehehe!" Sabetha giggled evilly reaching down tickling Elisa's sides. Elisa burst out laughing uncontrollably thrashing around wildly as Sabetha tickled her mercilessly.

~*~ Meanwhile, at an unknown location ~*~

"Are you certain?" a shallow voice asked from the shadows of a dark room.

"Yes, I am certain this... beast is what you have been seeking, ma'am," Will Gest said in a serious tone crouched down on one knee on a black carpet. A single light beamed down on him from above, a couple of shadowy figures could be faintly made out in the darkness.

"So... little Sabetha, our child of fate has finally surfaced once again... Beth," a deep, sinister voice echoed out of the shadows. A woman with vibrant red hair stepped out from behind Will with a small grin on her face, her arms crossed against her sizable chest. Will glanced back at her from the corner of his eyes.

"Beth, it would appear your precious child, our precious Sabetha has finally left her nest... find her. Bring her home," the voice ordered, Beth's grin grew.

"I understand, sir. I will bring our misguided child back to her true home, I swear by it," Beth said bowing her head politely never losing her grin as she turned walking off into the shadows.

"Good... the child who will lead us to glory over the evil of this world, the child that will restore order that once existed," the sinister voice said with a soft, dark laugh echoing out of the shadows.

End of chapter 6

Lots of drama, lots of 'teaching, and lots of fear. How would you feel if your humanity was slipping away from you? That you were changing into something you were not?

But more so, who was that voice? And Beth... the woman from all those years ago has made a vow to bring Sabetha back... what does she have planned? Will Sabetha be able to protect herself? Read on, and find out...