I felt a gentle nudge disturb me from my slumber. [Sinara, time to get up.]

I opened my eyes and found the face of my mother. [Good morning mama...] I yawned. For some reason, I felt that today was going to be different but I could not tell if it was a good thing or a bad one...

[I'm back!] I heard a familiar voice announce.

[Papa!] I ran towards him but ended up tripping on a stalagmite. [Owie...]

My parents chuckled and helped me back up. [You need to be careful about where you put your feet next time Sinara.] My mother told me.

[I know...] I had the habit of tripping every once in a while.

Suddenly, we all heard something that put my parents on high alert and me in deep confusion. [Zaron, is that what I think it is?!] I heard my mother asked my father in a hushed tone.

[Hush, keep quiet!] My father warned her in the same hushed tone.

I continued to listen for the sounds and it appeared to be voices in a strange language that I could somehow understand. "...This stupid cave! Why our boss sent us I'll never know!"

"Oh be quiet, we're just here to take the damn meteorite and leave! This place is getting on my nerves." A second voice said, obviously a different gender than the first.

[Sinara, I want you to hide.] My father's voice was tense and stern. [Now!]

I was beginning to get scared. [O-ok.] I ran into a hiding spot where I could see what was happening but was hard for me to be seen.

"Did you hear that?!" The first strange voice asked the second.

"Yeah." I heard a loud, strange clicking sound resonate throughout the cave. "Load your weapon, we've got company."

"Will do." Another clicking sound could be heard.

[Dear Arceus...] I heard my mother utter, aghast and very afraid.

The voices turned the corner and two creatures appeared. They were pink, walked upright, and were as tall as my parents but not very strong looking; they weren't much more than tall, thin beings. They wore black and red fabric that I was not familiar with and had a strip of a different material around the waist that had a few red and white spheres on it. They had two long tubes that were weirdly shaped at the end they were holding. I got the impression that what they lacked in physical ability they made up in other ways.

"Looks like we have some guardians of the ****ing rock. Seriously, I don't get what's so special about it." The being on the left said.

"Well that won't be a problem." The one on the right pointed the tube thing at my mother and an earshattering sound quickly followed. "One down, one to go."

Bile began t orise in my throat. Mama...? Blood was flowing through a hole inbetween her eyes as she stood motionless on the ground. What's wrong with her?

[Selandra!!!] My father was in shock and anger. [You monsters!] He began to lunge at the guy who hurt my mother but he got hit by the other one holding the tube thing and fell to the ground before he got a chance.

I finally could not take it anymore and ran out of my hiding spot and up to my mother, tears quickly forming in my eyes. [Mama wake up! Please...wake up...] I began to cry.

"What should we do with this one?" The one on the right asked, pointing the tube thing at me.

"Leave it, there's no way it's going to hurt us or survive on it's own." The one on the left walked up to a crater with a rock that I had always felt was special to me and took it. "Let's get out of this shithole."

As they left, I began t ocry even harder when I heard a wea kvoice. [...Sinara...]

[Papa?!] I ran over to his side, believing that he wouldn't end up like my mother.

[Sinara...] He coughed. [I'm sorry we can't be there for you any longer...] He went into a few short coughs.

[But you'll be ok, won't you? And mama too, when she wakes up we can get back at those mean things and-]

[No...] He shook his head before coughing. [Sinara, your mother will never wake up, she's dead...]

[But what does that mean?]

[Well, you know what a soul is right?] I nodded. [And you know what is means to be alive?] I nodded, but it was slower than last time. [Well when you die, your soul leaves your body when you aren't alive anymore. I'll be joining your mother soon, I can hear her calling... We both want to tell you,] He coughed hard. [We're sorry...and we...love...you......] I saw all of the emotion and feeling in his eyes go blank. I was stunned; I stood there for the longest time not wanting to accept this, to think it was all a bad dream, but when it did finally register with me, I cried. Cried the whole day away, never leaving my parents' side...


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Two days had passed and my tears had finally dired up. I decided that I could no longer live here, I had to find someone to take care of me. But not after I left, I got horribly lost. I was hungry and needed a place to call home. I needed someone to be close to and I needed somewhere to be warm and comfortable.

I was going around in circles, passing the same structure over and over, when I noticed an opening in a nearby wall. What's in here? I thought to myself as I headed towards it only to find two salamence and an egg. Uh oh... They were at that stage in life where, as parents-to-be, instinct heavily altered their mental processes and they won't let anything into their territory. I tried to run away but the male of thw two fired a Dragonbreath that locked my muscles in place as it sent me flying into a wall. But when I tried to get back up, I felt the male salamence ram into me. My only bright side to the situation is that my thick head kept me from dying (as much as I wanted to die) but could not protect me from being knocked out.


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I winced as water pelted my face and pain coursed through my systems. I could hear heavy panting and feel warmth right next to me as I struggled to open my eyes. The owner of these was muttering encouraging things to me and himself. But when I heard the language of this person, my eyes shot open and I tried to struggle. Unfortunately, I found myself too weak to do so. What is he going to do with...me... I trailed off in thought as I noticed that this one looked different in his intentions. He looked like he was really cared about me...and he looked so heroic...

Suddenly, thunder boomed and the rain turned into a downpour. The male...whatever he was...tripped and sent us both into the mud. "Damn it..." He muttered under his breath. He quickly picked me up and tried to clean off the mud that was stinging my wounds. "You ok?"

I looked into his eyes and felt something inside me that both puzzled and made me feel good. I decided that I really liked him, he seemed like a good person. I then realized that I wasn't answering him for a while so I nodded, trying to ignore the pain it brought. Maybe...we can be together...and maybe he'll take care of me? I later fell asleep in his arms, a smile on my face that had been missing for a long time...


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I woke up when we were nearing a strange place with large structures coming out of the ground that had clear parts on their sides. The person carrying me ran inside one of them and shouted, "Nurse Joy!"

"Yes?" A female of the person's species asked. When she noticed me, she became urgent. "Oh my! What happened to-"

"I don't know, I think something happened to her parents!"

"Quickly, follow me!"

[I-] I started coughing up blood. I guess I'm worse than I thought...

"Don't say anything, you need your strength." The person holding me, whom I now identified was a boy, said softly.

I nodded and thought, He really cares about me... I began to feel strongly about him but never knew what the feeling was or why I felt that way. If only mama and papa were here to tell me what this...feeling...was...... I began to cry again at the thought of my parents. Why did you have to leave?! Why did those bad guys have to come?! Why did they take my favorite rock?! By now my tears of sadness turned into ones of anger. Why?! Why did they cause me so much pain?! Why are they like that?! When I get older, I'll make them pay for the pain they've caused me!!! EVERY LAST ONE!!!!! I- I...I'm getting sleepy... I noticed some tubes going into me that were having a strange liquid being inserted into me. I tried to move but I felt numb and drained, I fell asleep soon afterward.


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I slowly woke up on a surface that was more comfortable than anything I had ever experienced before. My head was laying on an even more comfortable object that was large and puffy and looked like a weird cloud. Looking around, I noticed the boy was slumped in a weird object, obviously asleep, right next to me. Noticing that the tubes were gone, I sat up and sighed. [I miss mama and papa...]

The boy seemed to stir for a second before mumbling, "...No, Captain Scurvy will man the lifeboats... I have some window washing to do..." He stayed asleep, however.

I didn't understand what some of the words meant but it sounded kind of funny. I've never heard of something talking in their sleep before... I though, curious. I looked at the boy when something caught my eye that made me freeze.


He had those red and white spheres.


Rage filled my bloodstram as I remembered that those bad things had them too. Does he work for them too?! I suddenly remembered that those things were adults, he was only a kid. And to top it off, he saved me from death. I felt regret for even thinking of hurting my savior and only hope of living.

I saw him wake up and look around lazily. "Oh... I see that you're awake..." He yawned. "Well that's a good sign."

I had a lot of questions on my mind so I asked him very quickly, [Who are you? What are you? How did you find me? When did you find me? Why are things the way they've been going? Why-]

"Woah, woah, slow down! I can't understand you anyway." I was about to speak when he said, "No, I mean I'm unable to understand you. Most humans can't understand most pokemon, we can usually just hear you say your specie name over and over again in syllables. Basically, I'm just hearing you say 'bag' and 'on' and frequently just 'bagon.'"

[Oh...] I began to feel defeated, unable to get many answers.

"Now I really feel bad for having to give you a name but it's only a nickname, not an actual one...kinda... But I think I'll call you Dragonfire. Oh, and my name's Lance."

I was about to tell him mine but I remembered what he said and felt alone in a sense...but I was finally happy to find out the name of my hero. I just know he'll be nice to me... I know that he'll keep me safe...and I know that he'll be there for me...


Forever.



Epilogue

A couple years had passed and I had grown into a beautiful salamence just like my mother. I sighed at the thought of my parents...oh how I missed them... But standing outside of team Magma's headquarters, I knew I would find those people who killed my parents long ago...or at least burn down the place. I looked to my right to find my trainer, Lance. Over the two years I have known him, I had grown to love him, but he had never thought the same about me. It slightly saddened me that I would never be able to confess my undying love for him but I knew that someday, somehow, I'll get my chance to get it across.

"Ready to roll Fire?" He asked, patting me on the head. "Now's the time to foil Team Magma for good!" He shot his fist into the air.

And I'll get my justice... I thought with a roar of agreement. This one's for you mama and papa! You will be avenged! And Team Magma will pay...


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As we fought our way into the deep insides of the base, I spotted two humans that caused a deep hatred to form in my heart. I spotted the two who caused all of this mess to happen to me, the ones who brought me so much pain, the ones who killed my parents! I lunged after the two, of whom were a male and a female, and absolutely tore through their poorly trained teams (but not killing them). I heard Lance call and run after me but I ignored him for the time being. Somehow, a temporary switch flipped in my head as I spoke in their native tongue, grinning evilly with a small chuckle. "So where are your little guns now?" I knew not how long this would last but I would make it count, but I did scare the living daylights out of them. Lance was behind me with a lead pipe in his hand but dropped it in shock. "Remember two years ago in December? Remember that little bagon you left to die right by her parents' rotting corpses? Remember that rock you took that meant so much to her?" I slowly moved closer to them with every word, and very slowly began to have a very acidic tone creep into my voice. "Well you know what they say..." I bared my fangs and they were too stunned to move. "What goes around comes around!"


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As we flew over the ruins of the base, I felt a tear of happiness and fear at the thought of getting my revenge...but in front of my beloved... Lance looked badly shaken by it and looked like he had a internal conflict of weither or not to trust me. But it made me wonder...


Was it really worth it?