{"sf1_id":854137,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Chapter 2: I don't know if he would remember you...","author":"Tessler","words":1578,"posted_at":"2015-04-28T15:17:00.000Z","tags":["Character Development","Disguise","Human","Plot Development","lucario","milotic","pokemon"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/854137-chapter-2-i-don-t-know-if-he-would-remember-you","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/854137","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=854137\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"Not too far away from the building Ethan and\nPhosphora had walked out of, a middle aged couple could be seen, as well as a\nyoung adult, possibly in her early twenties, going for a harmless stroll across\nthe streets of Violet City . At a first glance, one could say that the parents\nwere in their fifties. The somewhat elderly man could be seen wearing a black fedora\nwith a white stripe in the center to hide his unusual hair color, as well as\nwearing a grey trench coat, the belt adjusted for a formal look, as well as a\npair of slacks and loafers. His wife walked beside him, her long dark red hair moving\nslightly with each step she took, dressed in a more simple fashion of a dark\nblue pair of jeans, and a brown hooded jacket. \"Do you think he's really here,\nSelina?\" The aged Lady had asked her daughter. \n\"Yeah, Mommy! I know I saw him somewhere on the\nrooftops last night!\" The young woman, simply called Selina, had replied eagerly.\nDespite her appearance, she possessed an attitude that could almost be compared\nto a young child. \"It's been so long since we've seen him and...\"\n\"Selina, calm down please.\" The man she called her\nfather had asked kindly. Knowing by instinct to listen to her father, she had\ntaken a deep breath as she calmed down. \"Okay, I'm sorry to tell you this, but it's\nbeen so long since he's seen you, I don't know if he would remember you.\" Upon\nhearing what her father said, Selina looked down and frowned. Hugging her, and\nrubbing a hand through her bright red hair. \"But don't cry. I promise you that we\nwill meet him again, it's just not time yet. Although I'm sure that his Aunt\nand Uncle would still remember us...\"\n\"Walter, you know they haven't seen us in twenty\nyears.\" His wife had replied, as they walked through an alleyway to get away\nfrom the pedestrian traffic. \"But do you think that Hilda would be happy to see\nus, let alone you, given what happened back then...\"\n\"No one could possibly hold a grudge for that long,\ndearest. And you two know better than anyone that I'm a changed man. I still\nhave her abilities, and have been able to put them to good use, and I promised\nher back then that I'd only use them if we really needed to...\" he had calmly\nresponded. Wanting to change the subject, he had asked \"Now that that's settled,\nwhy don't we get breakfast?\" Without a word, Mother and daughter silently\nagreed on their father's request, having always loved the many places where\nthey could purchase food.\nContinuing their walk, Selina had noticed Ethan\nwalking into a chain restaurant simply known as \"Aurora's\". A burger place that\nhad started off several decades ago by a human and a Lucario couple from the\nSinnoh Region in the far north. What caught her attention was the yellow\nfleeced Pokémon that was following him, whom appeared to carry a cane of sorts,\nwith her brown haired trainer possibly guiding her. \"Something wrong, Selina?\"\nher father asked, noticing how she was staring at the Aurora's restaurant. \n\"Sorry, Daddy. I was just noticing this place. Could\nwe give it a try, please?\" she quickly exclaimed, trying to regain her patience.\n\n\"Okay then. Just don't run on us, please? Your\nmother and I are getting too old for that.\" He responded.\nWalking into the building, the three took in the\nscenery that lay before them. Looking up, a dome stain-glassed skylight let the\nmorning sun shine through, shimmering red and blue light visible on the floors\nbelow. Many statues depicting the Pokémon found in Sinnoh dotted many of the\ntables, as well as several statues of Lucario that appeared to be holding up\nthe very ceiling. \n\"I like architecture as much as the next person, but\ncan we at least get a seat?\" Walter had asked the two, trying to get their\nattention away from the sights of the statues. As he looked around, he had\ntaken notice of whom he believed to be Ethan with two Pokémon with him. \nIf\nonly he were here to see you now, Ethan. He thought to\nhimself, as the three ordered breakfast. And\nhis mother...no, I'm sure she's been watching over him ever since he was little. \n\"Something on your mind, dear?\" Selina's mother had\nasked Walter, noticing how he had been seemingly watching Ethan converse with his\nPokémon, and attempted to eavesdrop as to what the three were talking about. \nTurning back to his wife and daughter, he replied\n\"Sorry. Just got distracted.\" In the midst of their conversation, neither of\nthem noticed Ethan glancing in their direction, hearing everything they had\nsaid.\nHaving ordered their breakfast, they ate in silence.\nSoon after, Ethan had begun to walk out of the restaurant, and Walter watched\nas he recalled his Ampharos, leaving him with the Milotic as the two left,\nlooking content...\nAs soon as the two were a good distance away from\nthe Aurora's place, Beleza turned to Ethan as they strolled, and she asked \"What\nwas your idea for today?\"\nPutting the family he overheard in his mental\nbackburner, he replied as they walked into an enclosed parking lot \"Well, I was\nthinking...\"\n\"Ethan!\" the two had heard, calling out from their\nleft, where they noticed Nathan and his dear Christine running up to the two\nbefore stopping. Panting, he spoke \"It's....been a....while....si....since we.....we've\nseen you.\"\nAssuming the possibly obvious, Ethan had looked\ntowards Christine with a smirk, and asked her, looking into her pure red eyes \"Have\nyou and Nathan been doing things that would...\"\n\"I swear we have not!\" she suddenly replied, failing\nto hide a blush that stood out like a sore thumb, as she used her telepathy to\nspeak.\n\"Tell that to the Nurse!\" Nathan panted. \nHalf-smiling, Ethan had asked \"Can't you just\nchannel your Aura into him, and restore his energy?\" Upon hearing that\nquestion, Christine couldn't help but paw palm herself, and put her paws onto\nher mate, as he glowed with a bright blue aura. When her power wore off, Nathan\nhad opened his eyes, and he looked more awake.\n\"Uh, thanks?\" Nathan asked, not sure exactly what to\nsay. \nEthan just shrugged his shoulders, and replied \"Anytime.\nSince you and Christine are back from your two year trip, any special reason\nfor coming back aside from saying hi?\"\n\"Well, there's a few reasons. Couldn't we talk about\nit over breakfast?\" Nathan had asked, still impressed by the energy boost he\nhad received. \n\"Not a problem. Since I'm feeling generous, it's all\non me.\" Ethan replied. Beleza, on the other hand had looked down at Ethan, a\nglance of surprise on her face.\n\"Uh, Ethan? We just ate. You can't be saying that you're\nhungry again.\" She argued. Beginning to grin, she asked \"Or are you slowing\nturning into Thor?\" \nNoticing the Milotic's grin, Nathan had asked \"Anyone\ncare to tell me what she's saying?\" His question only prompted a laugh between\nhis cousin, and their two Pokémon.\nCalming down, Ethan explained \"Sorry about that,\nNathan. Beleza was just asking if I was turning into Thor, since my girls and I\njust had breakfast.\" Turning to his beloved snake, Ethan continued \"Well,\nBeleza. I'd already be speaking in an old English dialect if that was the case,\nand I'd probably also be smashing mugs onto the floor screaming 'Another!'\"\nPretending to smash an imaginary cup, Christine burst out laughing at the\nvisualization they were given. \nChecking the time on his watch, Nathan had asked the\nthree \"Let's go get breakfast, then. I'm already starving!\"\n\"Not a problem, I know a good place here.\" Ethan\nresponded, the four of them walking to the restaurant where Ethan and his\ngirlfriends were at earlier. Trying to shrug off his hunger, Nathan proceeded\nto chat with Ethan about what they've been doing respectively. \nFor personal reasons, Nathan decided to start off\nwith how their morning went, prior to catching up with Ethan. \nFar off at a Lemonade shop known as Lemons of\nSparta, a young woman could be seen reading a newspaper, keeping an eye out as\nshe had been looking for a certain person. Soon, she had seen the man she was\nlooking for, clad in a navy blue Pea Coat, with black jeans. And she noticed another\nindividual, his cousin to be exact, along with two Pokémon right behind them. She\nhad a mission, and she was determined to accomplish it, no matter how long it\ntook for her, and anyone working with her. \nSonic\nthe Hedgehog 2006: Event- The Black Shadow\nSmiling darkly, she threw the hood of her blood red\njersey over her head to cover her face, as well as a pair of sunglasses, adjusted\nher white belt-less trench coat, and left the shop, as she walked away, putting\nher left hand on an earphone. \"Ethan's here.\" She whispered. \"I might need\nbackup, sir.\" \nAs she treaded out of Violet City, a massive oak\ntree caught her attention. Her smile growing bigger, she put both of hands on the bark as they\nglowed with an unsettling purple hue, and watched with a sick smile as the\npossibly hundred year old tree wither away, it's leaves and bark turning into a\ndark grey, and die, along with any Pokémon living within the tree.","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1359980-chapter-1-preferences.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1367398-chapter-3-hydro-blast.json"}