[FANFICTION] Little May's Story (2/3)
Title: Little May's Story
Author:
baka_tenshi
Rating: R
Warnings: Violence, language, death, content
Summary: Remember that little girl in Lavender Town who said to have seen the death of the Marowak? This is her story.
Author's Notes: Finally I finished this one shot of mine. I do warn that it has quite a bit of language and violence as well as death. I should hope that most people would've made it to the part of the game where they encountered the Marowak. If not, then watch out for spoilers. XD; There are three separate parts of it because LJ can't handle all that jelly 12 pages ^^; Please enjoy it.
Words: 5,600
It was quiet in the room for a while.
So many thoughts ran through my head then. I didn’t want to cry, especially in front of Mr. Fuji. But it was so overwhelming, I just couldn’t help myself.
Little May felt her heart crumble and shatter. She cried. The Chansey in back of her patted the girl on her back.
“Chansey…” it said softly. Everyone said absolutely nothing other then the Chansey who tried to comfort her.
I didn’t care anymore. I wondered how the surviving Cubone would survive without their mother to protect them from the likes of Team Rocket. If I would’ve known, they were to dare to come back, I … I don’t know what I would’ve done. I wasn’t old enough to be a trainer at that point in time. I did know where the police kept their guns. Let’s put it that way though.
Mr. Fuji and the police officer left as the girl cried. They closed the door.
The old man pulled the officer over aside.
“What’s wrong, Mr. Fuji?” he asked.
“I would appreciate if the media, as in from all the other regions as well, will not put this in their stories.”
He blinked at him.
“Why? The public needs to know about incident with Team Rocket!”
Mr. Fuji smiled as he reached over and tossed an arm around his neck.
“Ahh, so you’re new to the force? There is so much need to learn about. My dear boy,” he started, “Team Rocket has done more horrifying deeds then what you’ve read in the papers and seen on television. I fear this is only the beginning of a long and dark future.”
The officer nodded slowly as he understood.
“But what about-“
Mr. Fuji placed his hands in his face.
“I’ll deal with Little May, the orphans, and the volunteers. Just make sure order is restored by the time they get back.”
oooo
“At least I’m assuming that’s what happened.” I finished.
The man put out his cigarette in front of me on the ashtray.
“What story did Mr. Fuji tell them? Where did they go anyway?”
I laughed. “They were in the Museum over in Pewter City. I didn’t want to go since I had gone before my parents’ deaths.”
He nodded. “I see.”
“Anyway, as for the story for my broken limbs - he told them that I fell off a tree which, by the way, didn’t surprise them.” This time I laughed. “At first, it was really hard to deal with. Nurse Joy and the Channelers offered so many weird ways to heal me…”
oooo
The girl sat down and continued to stare out the big window. The sun shone brightly in her face, yet she didn’t try to block it. The other orphans had returned after a few weeks after it happened, but they didn’t know what happened with Little May, but they kept talking about what had happened with Marowak.
“That’s so sad! Poor Cubone!” one of the orphans said.
“Once I’m a Ranger, Team Rocket’s going down!” another one said.
I agreed with so many of them. I wanted so much to tell them the truth of what really happened to me, that night and those words that haunted me so.
“But she told me not to tell anyone,” I kept telling myself over and over.
Mr. Fuji came in, which was especially evident with the orphans calling him and asking him questions all at once.
No one asked what was wrong with me. Not even once.
“Settle down,” he said to the kids. They merely got louder. The girl on the bed just sat there, remembering that horrifying night. Tears ran down her face, feeling remorse.
Let these images go away, she thought. I’m tired of them.
“Dinner’s ready. Please report to the mess hall,” said one of the workers. The children ran out towards the Mess Hall, leaving Mr. Fuji and Little May by themselves.
“Little May, how are you doing?” he asked as he walked to her. She didn’t respond. When he reached to her, he sat on the bed and stared out the window. “You know, if you stare straight at the sun, you’ll go blind.” She finally turned and gave him a questioning look. He gave her a smile. “Nurse Joy said you can visit the Pokémon Center as often as you want to. She’s about to release the Cubone back to the wild, but it appears that the other Cubone want to stay at the Tower.”
More tears ran from her face. Mr. Fuji sighed, disappointed that he had failed to elicit a sound from the girl at all.
“When is she releasing it?” she asked softly, her voice hoarse.
He smiled. “This weekend.” Once again, she nodded. He patted his legs. “Why don’t you go eat with the others? Heaven knows when the last time you ate a decent meal.”
The girl nodded as she made her way to the mess hall.
That week was one of the longest weeks of my life. I didn’t visit the Cubone after I was released from the hospital mostly because I was afraid of how it was going to react to me. I mean, I was there and - I didn’t do anything to protect her. I tried to eat as well, but because I didn’t eat right, like my doctor told me to, I almost didn’t get to go. Thankfully I was, of course, at least I’d be protected by Nurse Joy.
Anyway, soon it was Friday yet I couldn’t sleep the previous night.
I know this seems weird that I now remember dates, times, faces, and even names. It’s like once I talk about my past everything becomes clear as though it just happened. I can’t really explain it. Anyway back to it, I’ll think about things like this on my break.
Dawn had barely cracked when Little May finished putting on her clothes. It was tough, for her, to put on clothes especially with a cast. She awaited one of the people who worked at the orphanage to get ready.
I wonder how that Cubone was doing, she thought as she sat out in the hall, fiddling with the necklace she had since she could remember. Soon the person was ready and they walked towards the Center, since it was not that far away. When they built the orphanage, they decided to have it near the Center with a park in between distances. Little May was not in the mood to play. She heard her escort yawn; she turned to her escort.
“I can’t believe I have to get up this early. Why couldn’t Ana do it?” he whined.
The girl stayed quiet. She didn’t want to deal with anymore then she had to. She turned her face forward, seeing the sign for the Center get closer. She wanted to clutch to something, but not the escort. Instead she fiddled with her necklace once more.
When I finally arrived at the Center, there was no one to be seen.
“Hey Nurse Joy,” he yelled out. “We’re here.” Nobody responded. He looked behind the counter to see nobody present. He turned to the girl. “Sorry kiddo, I don’t see anyone. Maybe they released it last night?”
She looked around and saw a few Pokémon trainers coming down the stairs. She ran to them as the escort decided to look around more.
“Excuse me,” she said, “have you seen Nurse Joy?”
The tallest of the three shook his head, while the two girls looked at each other. From what May could tell, they were twins since she felt she was seeing double. They glanced back at her.
“Yeah. When we-“
“came down for-“
“breakfast, she went-“
“in the back-“
“and hadn’t come-“
“out since. Sorry-“
“little girl.”
She nodded. “Thank you,” she said as she bowed. The trainers nodded as they headed out. She ran back to the spot where now stood her escort, evidently not pleased with her.
“Where were you?” he asked.
“I was asking if they’ve seen Nurse Joy. They said she went to the back.”
He turned and faced the back. “Maybe she’s in the back.”
But I just said that, she angrily thought. She dismissed it and tried to be surprised for the sudden enlightenment.
“Really?” she stated. Before she could speak any further, he hoisted himself up and sat on the counter. He tossed his legs over on the other side and pushed himself. Little May just had to say something to him. “What are you doing? You’re going to get in trouble with Nurse Joy.”
He rolled his eyes. “Oh please, what can she do?”
“I can ask Officer Jenny to extend your sentence, Chris.”
He turned to see an annoyed Nurse Joy. “Oh I didn’t hear you come in.”
“That’s the beauty of these new doors,” she said as she guided Chris through the door she easily pushed and let him out. “They’re quiet enough not to even disturb the Pokémon and trainers who fall asleep here in the lobby. We recently finished installing it.”
The escort, known as Chris, learned on the counter with a cheeky smile on his face. “So it won’t even wake the dead since we’re so near the Tower,” he joked.
Little May and Nurse Joy stared at him as the nurse got a temporary ball. Temporary balls are balls that all Nurse Joys have to put wild Pokémon in, well, temporarily so they can heal them. Only registered nurses are allowed to have them so no one would confuse it for a typical Pokémon ball, the ball is bright pink and has the official Pokémon Center seal on the top to tell them apart easier.
Chris looked at the two then looked to the ground. “Uh, or not…”
The nurse turned to the girl.
“How’s your arm, Little May?”
“It’s okay, a little sore, but I guess that’s normal.”
She nodded as she got a few more temporary balls out. “I see.”
The escort groaned. “Can you hurry up? I was promised the rest of the day off!”
The older woman glared at him. “I’ll have you help me with the day’s work. You know the Pokémon League is near and trainers will be training in Rock Tunnel.”
The older teenager shook his head frantically.
“No thanks! Take all the time in the world!”
The little girl shook her head at him. Soon Nurse Joy came out from behind with about four or five balls in her hand. “Are you ready? Officer Jenny is going to come over to escort us.”
“Why?” Chris asked dumbly although Little May was curious also.
“There are rumors that Team Rocket might come back to Lavender Town. I heard they attacked Cerulean.”
Little May bit her lip as she remembered the words of that one Rocket.
“You do anything,” he whispered as ran poured and as tears went down her face, “and I mean anything that causes me to let those cops catch me alive - I will get out and kill you.”
I hope he’s long gone, she thought to herself.
“Oh, there is she is. Let’s go.”
Chris grabbed Little May’s free hand and squeezed it, which, strangely enough, felt comforting to her. She glanced up at him and he smiled. She felt weird so she placed her sights on Officer Jenny’s motorcycle.
“Where are we going to sit?” she asked them. Officer Jenny laughed.
”We’re walking there, silly.”
She nodded as she felt slightly dumb.
They started to walk towards the Tower, the escort’s hand still holding onto hers though May felt nervous. It was no longer a crime scene so people started to return there whilst the Channelers were preparing for the memorial for all the Pokémon who had died that terrible night. Once they reached the Tower, Officer Jenny offered to go up but Nurse Joy denied.
“Would you go with me, Little May?”
She looked up at Chris and he nodded as he let go of her hand. Once he let go, she immediately grabbed Nurse Joy’s free hand and left Chris and Jenny on the first floor.
“That child,” said a Channeler, “she’s destined for greater things.”
oooo
Once by one, Nurse Joy freed the Cubone. Sure they were grateful but they were happy to be home. Before Joy released one, they both felt a chilled feeling.
“I’m cold,” the girl whispered. Nurse Joy was busy looking around.
“Marowak,” Nurse Joy shouted, her voice echoed. “We’re not here to cause you anymore pain. We’re just releasing your children.”
The cold seemed to drift off as Little May glanced at her. A moment, which felt like an eternity, had passed by. Finally the kind nurse spoke again.
“We’re okay, we’re all right, we’re okay…” she whispered. Soon she was able to speak properly once she cleared her throat. She held a temporary ball. “I think there’s someone who wants to see you.”
When she opened the ball, a white light appeared. Once it cleared, there stood the Cubone May befriended looking sad. Unlike it’s siblings who would just leave the couple, this Cubone turned as tears started to go down its face.
“I’m sorry, Cubone,” she paused, “for not visiting you when I could.”
It continued to stare at her. May bit her lip once again, unsure of what else to say. Finally it came to her.
“I would like to visit you everyday in the Tower. And…I’ll even take you with me when I start my journey!”
This apparently made the Cubone happy and it ran to hug May. The girl glanced at the shocked nurse.
“Can I, Nurse Joy?”
The pink-haired woman stammered. “W-well, I guess so! Just as long as you and Cubone stay at the Center.”
Part One -- Part Three
Author:
baka_tenshi
Rating: R
Warnings: Violence, language, death, content
Summary: Remember that little girl in Lavender Town who said to have seen the death of the Marowak? This is her story.
Author's Notes: Finally I finished this one shot of mine. I do warn that it has quite a bit of language and violence as well as death. I should hope that most people would've made it to the part of the game where they encountered the Marowak. If not, then watch out for spoilers. XD; There are three separate parts of it because LJ can't handle all that jelly 12 pages ^^; Please enjoy it.
Words: 5,600
It was quiet in the room for a while.
So many thoughts ran through my head then. I didn’t want to cry, especially in front of Mr. Fuji. But it was so overwhelming, I just couldn’t help myself.
Little May felt her heart crumble and shatter. She cried. The Chansey in back of her patted the girl on her back.
“Chansey…” it said softly. Everyone said absolutely nothing other then the Chansey who tried to comfort her.
I didn’t care anymore. I wondered how the surviving Cubone would survive without their mother to protect them from the likes of Team Rocket. If I would’ve known, they were to dare to come back, I … I don’t know what I would’ve done. I wasn’t old enough to be a trainer at that point in time. I did know where the police kept their guns. Let’s put it that way though.
Mr. Fuji and the police officer left as the girl cried. They closed the door.
The old man pulled the officer over aside.
“What’s wrong, Mr. Fuji?” he asked.
“I would appreciate if the media, as in from all the other regions as well, will not put this in their stories.”
He blinked at him.
“Why? The public needs to know about incident with Team Rocket!”
Mr. Fuji smiled as he reached over and tossed an arm around his neck.
“Ahh, so you’re new to the force? There is so much need to learn about. My dear boy,” he started, “Team Rocket has done more horrifying deeds then what you’ve read in the papers and seen on television. I fear this is only the beginning of a long and dark future.”
The officer nodded slowly as he understood.
“But what about-“
Mr. Fuji placed his hands in his face.
“I’ll deal with Little May, the orphans, and the volunteers. Just make sure order is restored by the time they get back.”
oooo
“At least I’m assuming that’s what happened.” I finished.
The man put out his cigarette in front of me on the ashtray.
“What story did Mr. Fuji tell them? Where did they go anyway?”
I laughed. “They were in the Museum over in Pewter City. I didn’t want to go since I had gone before my parents’ deaths.”
He nodded. “I see.”
“Anyway, as for the story for my broken limbs - he told them that I fell off a tree which, by the way, didn’t surprise them.” This time I laughed. “At first, it was really hard to deal with. Nurse Joy and the Channelers offered so many weird ways to heal me…”
oooo
The girl sat down and continued to stare out the big window. The sun shone brightly in her face, yet she didn’t try to block it. The other orphans had returned after a few weeks after it happened, but they didn’t know what happened with Little May, but they kept talking about what had happened with Marowak.
“That’s so sad! Poor Cubone!” one of the orphans said.
“Once I’m a Ranger, Team Rocket’s going down!” another one said.
I agreed with so many of them. I wanted so much to tell them the truth of what really happened to me, that night and those words that haunted me so.
“But she told me not to tell anyone,” I kept telling myself over and over.
Mr. Fuji came in, which was especially evident with the orphans calling him and asking him questions all at once.
No one asked what was wrong with me. Not even once.
“Settle down,” he said to the kids. They merely got louder. The girl on the bed just sat there, remembering that horrifying night. Tears ran down her face, feeling remorse.
Let these images go away, she thought. I’m tired of them.
“Dinner’s ready. Please report to the mess hall,” said one of the workers. The children ran out towards the Mess Hall, leaving Mr. Fuji and Little May by themselves.
“Little May, how are you doing?” he asked as he walked to her. She didn’t respond. When he reached to her, he sat on the bed and stared out the window. “You know, if you stare straight at the sun, you’ll go blind.” She finally turned and gave him a questioning look. He gave her a smile. “Nurse Joy said you can visit the Pokémon Center as often as you want to. She’s about to release the Cubone back to the wild, but it appears that the other Cubone want to stay at the Tower.”
More tears ran from her face. Mr. Fuji sighed, disappointed that he had failed to elicit a sound from the girl at all.
“When is she releasing it?” she asked softly, her voice hoarse.
He smiled. “This weekend.” Once again, she nodded. He patted his legs. “Why don’t you go eat with the others? Heaven knows when the last time you ate a decent meal.”
The girl nodded as she made her way to the mess hall.
That week was one of the longest weeks of my life. I didn’t visit the Cubone after I was released from the hospital mostly because I was afraid of how it was going to react to me. I mean, I was there and - I didn’t do anything to protect her. I tried to eat as well, but because I didn’t eat right, like my doctor told me to, I almost didn’t get to go. Thankfully I was, of course, at least I’d be protected by Nurse Joy.
Anyway, soon it was Friday yet I couldn’t sleep the previous night.
I know this seems weird that I now remember dates, times, faces, and even names. It’s like once I talk about my past everything becomes clear as though it just happened. I can’t really explain it. Anyway back to it, I’ll think about things like this on my break.
Dawn had barely cracked when Little May finished putting on her clothes. It was tough, for her, to put on clothes especially with a cast. She awaited one of the people who worked at the orphanage to get ready.
I wonder how that Cubone was doing, she thought as she sat out in the hall, fiddling with the necklace she had since she could remember. Soon the person was ready and they walked towards the Center, since it was not that far away. When they built the orphanage, they decided to have it near the Center with a park in between distances. Little May was not in the mood to play. She heard her escort yawn; she turned to her escort.
“I can’t believe I have to get up this early. Why couldn’t Ana do it?” he whined.
The girl stayed quiet. She didn’t want to deal with anymore then she had to. She turned her face forward, seeing the sign for the Center get closer. She wanted to clutch to something, but not the escort. Instead she fiddled with her necklace once more.
When I finally arrived at the Center, there was no one to be seen.
“Hey Nurse Joy,” he yelled out. “We’re here.” Nobody responded. He looked behind the counter to see nobody present. He turned to the girl. “Sorry kiddo, I don’t see anyone. Maybe they released it last night?”
She looked around and saw a few Pokémon trainers coming down the stairs. She ran to them as the escort decided to look around more.
“Excuse me,” she said, “have you seen Nurse Joy?”
The tallest of the three shook his head, while the two girls looked at each other. From what May could tell, they were twins since she felt she was seeing double. They glanced back at her.
“Yeah. When we-“
“came down for-“
“breakfast, she went-“
“in the back-“
“and hadn’t come-“
“out since. Sorry-“
“little girl.”
She nodded. “Thank you,” she said as she bowed. The trainers nodded as they headed out. She ran back to the spot where now stood her escort, evidently not pleased with her.
“Where were you?” he asked.
“I was asking if they’ve seen Nurse Joy. They said she went to the back.”
He turned and faced the back. “Maybe she’s in the back.”
But I just said that, she angrily thought. She dismissed it and tried to be surprised for the sudden enlightenment.
“Really?” she stated. Before she could speak any further, he hoisted himself up and sat on the counter. He tossed his legs over on the other side and pushed himself. Little May just had to say something to him. “What are you doing? You’re going to get in trouble with Nurse Joy.”
He rolled his eyes. “Oh please, what can she do?”
“I can ask Officer Jenny to extend your sentence, Chris.”
He turned to see an annoyed Nurse Joy. “Oh I didn’t hear you come in.”
“That’s the beauty of these new doors,” she said as she guided Chris through the door she easily pushed and let him out. “They’re quiet enough not to even disturb the Pokémon and trainers who fall asleep here in the lobby. We recently finished installing it.”
The escort, known as Chris, learned on the counter with a cheeky smile on his face. “So it won’t even wake the dead since we’re so near the Tower,” he joked.
Little May and Nurse Joy stared at him as the nurse got a temporary ball. Temporary balls are balls that all Nurse Joys have to put wild Pokémon in, well, temporarily so they can heal them. Only registered nurses are allowed to have them so no one would confuse it for a typical Pokémon ball, the ball is bright pink and has the official Pokémon Center seal on the top to tell them apart easier.
Chris looked at the two then looked to the ground. “Uh, or not…”
The nurse turned to the girl.
“How’s your arm, Little May?”
“It’s okay, a little sore, but I guess that’s normal.”
She nodded as she got a few more temporary balls out. “I see.”
The escort groaned. “Can you hurry up? I was promised the rest of the day off!”
The older woman glared at him. “I’ll have you help me with the day’s work. You know the Pokémon League is near and trainers will be training in Rock Tunnel.”
The older teenager shook his head frantically.
“No thanks! Take all the time in the world!”
The little girl shook her head at him. Soon Nurse Joy came out from behind with about four or five balls in her hand. “Are you ready? Officer Jenny is going to come over to escort us.”
“Why?” Chris asked dumbly although Little May was curious also.
“There are rumors that Team Rocket might come back to Lavender Town. I heard they attacked Cerulean.”
Little May bit her lip as she remembered the words of that one Rocket.
“You do anything,” he whispered as ran poured and as tears went down her face, “and I mean anything that causes me to let those cops catch me alive - I will get out and kill you.”
I hope he’s long gone, she thought to herself.
“Oh, there is she is. Let’s go.”
Chris grabbed Little May’s free hand and squeezed it, which, strangely enough, felt comforting to her. She glanced up at him and he smiled. She felt weird so she placed her sights on Officer Jenny’s motorcycle.
“Where are we going to sit?” she asked them. Officer Jenny laughed.
”We’re walking there, silly.”
She nodded as she felt slightly dumb.
They started to walk towards the Tower, the escort’s hand still holding onto hers though May felt nervous. It was no longer a crime scene so people started to return there whilst the Channelers were preparing for the memorial for all the Pokémon who had died that terrible night. Once they reached the Tower, Officer Jenny offered to go up but Nurse Joy denied.
“Would you go with me, Little May?”
She looked up at Chris and he nodded as he let go of her hand. Once he let go, she immediately grabbed Nurse Joy’s free hand and left Chris and Jenny on the first floor.
“That child,” said a Channeler, “she’s destined for greater things.”
oooo
Once by one, Nurse Joy freed the Cubone. Sure they were grateful but they were happy to be home. Before Joy released one, they both felt a chilled feeling.
“I’m cold,” the girl whispered. Nurse Joy was busy looking around.
“Marowak,” Nurse Joy shouted, her voice echoed. “We’re not here to cause you anymore pain. We’re just releasing your children.”
The cold seemed to drift off as Little May glanced at her. A moment, which felt like an eternity, had passed by. Finally the kind nurse spoke again.
“We’re okay, we’re all right, we’re okay…” she whispered. Soon she was able to speak properly once she cleared her throat. She held a temporary ball. “I think there’s someone who wants to see you.”
When she opened the ball, a white light appeared. Once it cleared, there stood the Cubone May befriended looking sad. Unlike it’s siblings who would just leave the couple, this Cubone turned as tears started to go down its face.
“I’m sorry, Cubone,” she paused, “for not visiting you when I could.”
It continued to stare at her. May bit her lip once again, unsure of what else to say. Finally it came to her.
“I would like to visit you everyday in the Tower. And…I’ll even take you with me when I start my journey!”
This apparently made the Cubone happy and it ran to hug May. The girl glanced at the shocked nurse.
“Can I, Nurse Joy?”
The pink-haired woman stammered. “W-well, I guess so! Just as long as you and Cubone stay at the Center.”
Part One -- Part Three