Articuno flew up, higher and higher and the air got colder with every minute. It wasn't snowing and when he looked down, the pure white of the snow nearly hurt in his eyes. Finally, he reached his cave.
'Home sweet home', he mumbled and sat down.
Minutes crawled away like hours and Articuno was bored. How had he lived here before he had met his friends. His friends.
He thought about how he argued with Mewtwo, chatted with Zapdos, were nuzzled by Mew and how Sephia stroked his feathers. Articuno hated to admit, but he missed them. A tear fell down from his eye and before it hit the ground, it froze solid and shattered when it touched the icy stones.
Articuno growled and flew up, he had to do something, so he decided to search some food. Like weeks before, he flew down the mountains. The warm air from the fields blew against his feathers soon, but now he was used to it. He searched for a Rattata and deep in his mind, he hoped that he would be caught by Team Rocket again. I really was a great time with Sephia and the others. They were a great team, maybe the best team which would ever exist. Sephia was nice to all of them, she had helped them without wanting money or catching them. He sighed. If he ever wanted a trainer, he wanted a girl like her.
Surprised by his own thoughts, he landed. It was the question. He turned around, looking at the mountains. Sure, it was a quiet, nice life without danger up there, but it was boring and he was alone. He was sure that Pok�mon with a trainer had much more adventures - and friends. Articuno gulped. He had made his decision, in fact he had made it days ago. Spreading his wings wide, he flew up again and the wind carried him north.
Moltres dived into the hot lava, enjoying the bath. He looked up and saw the clear, blue sky. It was night, but the lava gave everything a red glow. The boiling lava was the only thing he heard.
'Finally'. he sighed, 'no more screaming, arguing Pok�mon.'
He started swimming in his pool of liquid fire for a few minutes until he flew out and landed on a rock. Behind it was his nest, made of stones. Moltres jumped down and closed his eyes. He was tired from walking for days, he was a bird, made for flying. He drifted off into a deep sleep and soon he was dreaming.
"Moltres!", Sephia shouted in his dream and laughed. He flew to her and she hugged him.
'Moltres! Moltres!', squeaked the little Mew and joined in.
"I'm glad you're back!", said Suicune, licking him across the face.
Zapdos rubbed his beak against Lavados' and Articuno, afraid that he would get burned, shouted just 'Hello!', happy to see his friend.
Mewtwo shook his head. "Do you know how stupid you look?", he asked and everyone laughed. Moltres joined in - and woke up in this moment. He needed a few seconds before he recognised that he was alone, in his nest.
'Stupid dream!', he said to himself and turned into a more comfortable sleeping position. But now, he was fully awake. Yes, they were annoying and loud, but they were his friends, the only one he ever had have. And, in fact, it was very nice in the Pok�ball. Very quiet. He wondered why he walked all the time, Sephia was able to carry him in the ball. Sephia. He remembered how she hugged him when he caught some Pidgeys. It was a nice feeling, even making the girl happy gave his life a reason. But what was the reason now? Swimming in the lava? Was this everything the world had for him?
'No!', he screamed out loud and flew up, brighten up the night with the fire of his wings.
'And then we fought against the guards of Giovanni, all together!', Zapdos said, raising his wings in the air. Every Pok�mon from the power plant was there, they all listened to Zapdos' great adventure.
'You won?', a small Voltorb asked and Zapdos let out a scream.
'Of course we won!!! We are the best!', he yelled into the air. The Pok�mon whispered something to each other and Zapdos waited until it was quiet again. Then, a Magnemite flew up.
'Do you miss them?', it asked. Everyone looked at Zapdos, waiting for his answer. The bird of lightning gulped.
'Well....I....yes, I miss them. Maybe I'll visit Moltres tomorrow', he said nervously. 'That's all for today! I'll tell you the rest tomorrow!'
The crowd of Pok�mon streamed away in all directions and Zapdos sat down. Yeah, he missed them. He was happy that he would see Moltres tomorrow. But why wait until tomorrow? He stood up and walked to the exit. Finally, he flew up to the volcano and reached the top in a few minutes. It was very hot and he was afraid that he would get burned.
'Moltres! Moltres!', he shouted, but he got no response. Carefully, Zapdos flew down until he was just a few meters above the lava.
'Moltres!!!', he shouted again, but everything stayed quiet. Finally, he sat down on a rock. Maybe his friends was just catching some food. He looked up, looking at the stars. What was that? Zapdos wasn't sure, but he thought that he had seen a red, glowing dot which flew north. Moltres wouldn't fly away that far...
He waited and waited, for almost two hours. Then, he gave the red dot another thought. Why would Moltres fly away?
Zapdos gasped. Maybe...was he flown away to...? Could it be....? Zapdos shook his head to clear his mind. Finally, he flew up and scanned the sky. His look fell down to the power plant.
'Stupid Pok�mon!', he growled. They were nearly adoring him! He remembered how he talked to Moltres and the others. Even Sephia hasn't seen something like a legend in him. They saw...a friend.
'Moltres! Wait for me!', Zapdos yelled and flew up, following the bird of fire.
Mew whimpered and Mewtwo looked at his little friend. He laid on his bed, made of grass. The little pink Pok�mon sat on the table, looking at the empty package.
"What's wrong?", he asked.
'I have no more cookies.'
"It's your fault. Why do you eat all of them in just three hours?"
'Mewtwo?'
"Yes?"
'I miss Sephia.'
He sighed. "Mew, you will never see her again. Forget her!"
'Don't you miss her, too?'
"No."
'But you cried when she said farewell to you!'
Mewtwo looked away. "I have had something in my eye."
'And you hugged her!'
"Well, she hugged me and I haven't known what to do, it would have been rude if I had pushed her away."
'And you called her a friend!'
"She was crying and I wanted her to stop! I hate it when people are crying!"
'You are lying!'
Mewtwo turned away and Mew whimpered again.
'Do you think that Sephia feels lonely now?'
"No, Mew. I'm sure she's happy that we are gone. And now, please stop annoying me, I'm tired!"
'Mewtwo?'
He growled annoyed. "Yes, Mew?"
'Why do we live?'
He turned to her, surprised to hear such a question from a little child like her.
"I live because humans made me. And you live...because you was born."
'But why? Don't we have something to do in our lives? We live here and it's every day the same. But when we would follow Sephia...'
"NO! Mew, don't even think about something like that!"
The little Pok�mon sighed upset. 'But we are strong!'
"Of course we are. What has this to do with Sephia?"
'Sephia likes Pok�mon. She would be a great trainer. Imagine if she would your trainer. You always say that you are the strongest Pok�mon in the world. If you would have a trainer, you could prove it and nobody would try to catch you. And I think that Sephia would be the best trainer a Pok�mon can have. She is nice, she cares about us, she doesn't treat us like slaves. What do you want more?'
"Stupid, little Mew. Now sleep!"
Mew squeak something and flew to her little bed. Even if she was very sad, she fell
asleep fast. Mewtwo couldn't sleep. In fact, Mews words were very intelligent. He was made for fighting, he loved the fight, but he had always hidden here, like an afraid Pidgey. And Sephia...yes, maybe she would be a good trainer. She was like a child, too. Mewtwo was sure that he could manipulate her, humans were stupid. Maybe Mews idea wasn't that bad. He looked at the small Pok�mon. And it would make Mew very happy. Mewtwo sighed. If Mew wanted something, she usually got it. She had this way to look that adorable that Mewtwo granted her every wish. And Mew knew that.
Mewtwo thought about everything. The journey with the others wasn't bad. In fact, he missed Articuno, he had no one to argue with. Moltres and Zapdos...they were ok, nice, but weak. Suicune...she was good for arguing, too. But in a strange way, he liked the water Pok�mon. Sephia...he hadn't lied when he called her a friend. At least, he began to trust her a little bit. She had let all of them free without even trying to catch them, she wanted nothing for helping them. Maybe because she was always alone, like all of them. They were unique and this was the thing they had in common. Even Sephia, she was not a normal human.
But being a Pok�mon from a trainer...giving up his freedom...this was a price he could not offer...but he remembered what Suicune told him what Sephia said when she faced Giovanni...that every living thing in the universe has the right to live in freedom and that Pok�mon have the same rights as humans.
"Maybe I should give it a try...what do I have to lose?"
'THANK YOU!', Mew shouted suddenly next to him that his head ached.
"You...you are awake?"
Mew nuzzled him without any word. Finally, he hugged her back and they fell asleep in this position.
Sephia opened her eyes slowly. It was the first night outside without her friends and it was cold. Suicune woke up when Sephia sat up.
"Good morning!", the water Pok�mon said and yawned. Sephia smiled.
"Good morning, Suicune!"
"Where do we want to go today?"
"I have no idea. Let's decide when we had have our breakfast, I'm hungry!"
"Good idea. I'll catch a Pidgey!"
Suddenly, they heard a scream over their heads and looked up. Suicune sneezed when a snowflake landed on her nose.
"This can't be possible...", Sephia whispered, but just a few seconds later, Articuno landed.
'Sephia! Suicune!', he shouted and ran to them.
"Articuno! Oh Articuno!", Sephia whispered, tears of happiness running from her eyes. She hugged the blue bird and Articuno purred.
"Why are you not at home?", asked Suicune when she licked Articuno over the face.
'I decided to go with you. The mountains are a nice place, but I'm alone there. Even the most beautiful place is empty without friends. Where you are, there is my real home.'
"Oh Articuno!" Sephia hugged him again. Then, the bird of ice looked at her, suddenly very seriousness. The girl began feeling uncomfortable.
"Uh...Articuno? Is everything ok?", she asked.
'Sephia, do you want to be my trainer?'
Sephia gasped. "Articuno...I'm not a trainer...and you are my friend, not my Pok�mon!"
The bird giggled. 'That's why I want you to be my trainer. You are the first human who treats me as a friend. There is no better trainer for me in the whole world. You said you don't know what to do now. Let me come with you and we'll show the world how much friendship can move!'
"Oh Articuno...my friend..." She turned around. "Suicune, what do you think?"
The water Pok�mon smiled. "I said that I would come with you. I guess I'm already your Pok�mon. Articuno is right, you'll be the best trainer in the world and I'm proud that I may follow you."
'I couldn't say it better!', a voice said from behind. They turned around. Zapdos stood there, smiling. 'It seems like we have had the same idea, Articuno!'
Sephia was totally speechless. "You want be to be your trainer, too?"
'Yes. I'll follow you wherever you will go!'
"Zapdos..." Sephia hugged him deep.
'What's with me?'
Sephia looked behind her. "Moltres?!", she asked. The fire bird ran to her and hugged her.
'Now you have another Pok�mon!', he said.
"My friends...", Sephia whispered and stepped back. She looked at all of them. Suicune smiled. "A good start for a trainer, getting four good Pok�mon on one day!"
'Sephia!'
The girl turned around when she heard the squeaking voice. She nearly fell down when Mew flew against her with full speed and started nuzzling her like crazy.
'Sephia! Sephia!', the little Pok�mon squeaked the whole time.
"Mew?!", the girl whispered. Mew looked up.
'I wanna be your Pok�mon, too!', she shouted happily and flew around Sephias head.
"Mew! My Mew! I missed you!", Sephia said laughing when she tried to catch the small Pok�mon. Mew laughed in pure happiness. Finally, she calmed down and started hugging the other Pok�mon.
"What says Mewtwo to this?", asked Sephia. Mew giggled.
"He says: Wanna have breakfast?", a well-known voice said behind them. Everyone turned around. Mewtwo stood there, with four caught Pidgeys in his hands. Sephia gasped. "You too?", she asked unbelieving. He grinned.
"I am the best and I wanna show it the whole world. This is the best way." Sephia ran to him and hugged him.
"Whoa!", Mewtwo shouted surprised. Mew and the others went to them, too. Articuno hugged Mewtwo too, knowing that the psychic Pok�mon wouldn't like it. Zapdos and Moltres smiled and joined in.
"I'm..already regretting my decision...", mumbled Mewtwo. Suicune laughed.
"I know!", she smiled and licked him across the face.
Sephia laughed and cried at the same time. She was happy like never before in her entire life. And this time, they would stay together. While hugging Mewtwo, she made a vow that she would be the best trainer for her best friends. And she would do everything to keep it.
To be continued...
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