Unpleasant pain
#3 of Silk the Sylvoen
"Come on, Shade! We're almost there!" I was happy to hear that Jirachi was nearby the camping site and went to search for him immediately. "Silk, I don't want my old life back. I want to be with you, my mistress."
He's been trying to convince me to stop this for a long time and now he's getting more persistent. "Shade, we've been over this. You only think you want to. Your mind isn't yours right now." "Silk, I swear I want nothing more than this. Please don't take this from me." Looking into his eyes, I could tell he meant it, but I wasn't convinced. "If you really do want to be with me, that won't change once this is over." I thought that would work, but it didn't. "My word isn't enough?" His eyes were starting to water. "Shade, you have a life of your own. I had no right to take that from you." I could tell by the smirk on his face that he had an idea. "What about that Gengar?" I stopped walking. "Shade... That Pokemon was evil. If I let him go he would continue his horrible acts and if I told anyone about him no one would believe me. I had to do something." Shade looked sadly at me. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I was-" "I know." I quickly cut him off. "Let's just keep going."
The lake we came up to was beautiful. The moon was hiding in the clouds, but that didn't stop the surface of the lake from glimmering. I snapped out of it and remembered why we came here. "Jirachi!" I called out. "Are you here?!" We waited for a few seconds and Jirachi appeared in a ball of light flouting over the lake. "Silk? Is that you?" He immediately recognized me. "Hi! It's been a while, hasn't it? have you been enjoying my gift?" I couldn't help but give a sad look. "Um... That's actually why I'm here. You see, it turns out that if I control someone for too long, they become loyal slaves. This Absol is a victim and I've been looking for you in the hopes that you can fix my mistake."
Jirachi looked very pleased by everything I just said. I wonder why. "Silk, when I met you, you told me all about your problem, but you never asked me to help you. Do you know why I gave you this power?" I shook my head and readied myself. "It's because I didn't think you would abuse it. By coming here to save this Absol, you proved me right. I can fix this." Jirachi's body started to glow with Shade's "Wait." I spoke up. "What about my powers?" Jirachi gave me a friendly laugh. "Keep them. I gave them to you to use. I know you won't abuse them."
Jirachi's and Shade's bodies stopped glowing and Jirachi dissapeared. "What happened? Where am I?" Shade noticed me and his eyes filled with anger. "You! I remember you! You took over my body and used me for your sick fetishes! How long have I been under your control?! ANSWER ME!" I've never seen him like this before. I started feeling guilt that I didn't know existed. "I-it's been years. A lot of years. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-" "It's been years?!" He was getting angrier by every passing second. I was afraid of what he might do. "You used me all this time?! I have a life! I have friends and a family! And you took everything from me!"
I was stunned. I didn't know he had a family or friends. Seeing how little I knew about him showed me how much I took him for granted. I wanted to apologize, but I couldn't move my mouth. Shade used quick attack on me which knocked me to the ground, then he slashed my belly. It would have felt good if the situation wasn't so negative. I laid on the forest floor with three deep slash marks that were bleeding more blood than I could afford to lose. I didn't cry or yelp in pain. All I could do is lay there and look at Shade as he yelled angrily at me.
"You monster! You don't even deserve to live! Just... Just lay there and die!" That was the last thing he said before he stormed off. "I will." I thought to myself. "Thanks to the wound he gave me and with no way to treat it, I'm going to bleed to death. I'm sorry." I was getting dizzy and tired. There's no way around it. I'm going to die. I closed my eyes and went to sleep.
To my surprise, I woke up in pain that I couldn't enjoy. The bleeding stopped and Jirachi was back. "You're back..." I was really grateful for everything he did for me. Jirachi tried to smile as best as he could at the time. "I never left. I saw everything that happened. You didn't even defend yourself. You really are a kind Sylveon." I got up to my feet. Moving made the pain more intense. Jirachi noticed that I was struggling and helped me on my feet. "Don't worry." He spoke softly. "Absol will remember everything that happened while he was with you. He won't become your slave again, but he will understand that you meant no harm." "No. I'm done." I knew he was trying to comfort me, but I want to forget all of this. "I'm going to go home and forget that anything happened." I walked away. I didn't bother to look at Jirachi. I just walked home.
I started my long journey home. As I made my way there, flashbacks of my time with Shade kept coming back to me. All of them were happy moments except my last moment with him. I wanted to believe that I was making him happy, but I couldn't. And what just happened proved all my suspensions true. I couldn't handle it any longer. I broke out crying on the ground.
It's been a year now since I got home. I lived in a house right at the beach. I got it from my uncle when he passed away. Pokemon don't usually come here, but when they do, I used my power on them for a little while to try to take my mind off things. I even invited Charizard and Typhlosion over a few times.
It was summer now and the weather was grate. The beach was a perfect beacon for Pokemon. There was a knock on my door. I went to see who it was, but when I answered, no one was there. I found a box of chocolates and a rose in front of my door. The thorns that the rose had hurt my feelers a little, but I liked it. I took the rose and chocolates in the house and I can't help but wonder who left them for me.
That night, I got another knock on the door and found a stone with a letter. This... This is the Absolite I gave shade for his birthday! No. It can't be him. Why would he want to see me? I picked the letter up and read it out loud. "I'm sorry." I hope it isn't him. I still get nightmares from what happened. I took the Absolite and letter to my room and put them both on my desk and went to bed. What I didn't know was there were two red eyes watching me sleep from the window.
I woke up from the nightmare I always get and saw those two eyes. Whoever it was took off when I noticed. I ran outside and shouted out "I saw you! come out now!" No answer. I didn't think I was alone though. I searched the beach and the nearby woods, but found nothing. Satisfied that I was alone now, I went back home and found another letter on my bed that said "Sorry I scared you. I'm just trying to remember some things. I'll see you when I remember everything."
It's him. It's definitely him. I know he'll come back, but when? And when he does come back, what will happen? Will he try to kill me again? I'm really scared now. I can't run from him and I don't know if I can take him. I locked all the doors and windows out of paranoia, took a shower to get all the sweat off my body and tried to sleep again.
Mourning came. I woke up and stretched before I remembered what happened last night. I frantically checked inside and outside the house to see if anyone left anything. Everything was normal, but I felt like I was being watched. I wrote a letter to my two fiery friends to come and help me. I hope they get here soon. The sooner they get here, the better.