Calima looked around. She stared at the Lake for a long time, remembering things that happened at the Lake when she was a yound Nidoran... And when Chirin was with her. She sniffled and then walked on. Calima stopped and Snake fell asleep. She spotted an Island in the distance. She jumped into the water, and Snake woke up and followed her (rather reluctantly). "Chirin...might...be...there," Calima said, swiming towards the Island. "Yes, he might," Snake said. She was a better swimmer than Calima. Calima and Snake kept swimming, gasping for air. Slappy heard the splashing and was delighted - someone was entering the channel! She prodded Happy into awakening and the two Dewgong slid effortlessly into the water. Slappy surfaced beneath the floudering Nidorina - so ungraceful in the water - too heavy to do more then flap like, well, like a great boulder, really, and hit her directly in the face with a beam of freezing cold ice. Happy grabbed her by the tail, dragging her under. The terrible Duo were at it again! Causing mischief where they should not! And on the shore the little Seel sat and watched sadly. He had almost had a friend, once, and this great white behemoth reminded him of her, except much, much bigger. A single tear flowed down Slink's cheek. "Ack!" Calima said right before she was dragged under. "Calima!" Snake yelled, grabbing her with her tail and trying to pull her up. "Let her go! She will drown!" Snake hissed, wide-eyed. "Drown!" Slappy laughed, slapping her tail hard against the water. "Too big and fat to swim, she sink like stone!" "Righto!" Happy replied, "so she better crawl to the land and make her way home!" He released her tail, and flipped the Ekans on his nose. "Little snakey fly so high!" "NEarly nearly touches the sky!" Slappy croned. Slink could not watch this behaviour anymore. So what if they were his siblings? He was getting away from here now... He slunk smoothly into the water, once beneath the current the waves washed over him and he followed the shoreline around to the east, well away fom the floundering. Meanwhile, Slappy and Happy had released their grip on the Nidorina and swam around her, splashing her in the face with their tails. "You live on land, you great big thing!" "Something like you should never swim!" Calima realised quite quickly that she was never going to make it across the channel - especially not with those Dewgong bothering her the whole way. She struck back to shore. She really was too heavy for this kind of thing. Nidorina were not built to swim. Dragging her bulk ashore, she shook herself lightly and sat down, staring across at the mysterious island. Was Chirin there? Maybe, but if he was, she would have to find another way to reach it. But she would not give up searching until she found him. Unless, maybe, he found her first. Slowly she stalked off into the forest, in search for something to eat. The swim had sure given her an appetite. Behind her the two Dewgong cheered and high-fived each other. "Hey," one said after a moment, "where's Slink gone?" "We must go and find him, we cannot live him long!" And the two turned and dove underwater, stroking through the swift current. Calima looked up at the night sky. She turned and looked at the Lake. She walked up to it and stared into the water. She saw herself staring back. She bent down and lapped up some water. She felt the soothing feeling of the cold water rushing down her dry throat. She stopped drinking and turned to look at Snake, and she regretted in instantly, as the pink ekans had just swallowed a pidgey whole. "Mmm... Good grub," Snake said happily, curling up for a nice, long nap. Calima rolled over onto her back and stared up at the sky again. The stars twinkled merrily up in the other world which was so high up, that not even the great and powerful dragonite could reach. It was the relm of the Gods and Goddeses of all Poke-kind. Calima turned to look at Snake again. "Mmm... Yes, please pass me the spearow eggs mum, I have worked up quite an appitite," Snake said. Calima choked back laughter and struggled to keep a straight face. Snake was talking in her sleep! How funny! Calima doubled over with laughter and Snake bolted up, looking around, wide-eyed for any signs of danger. When she saw what had awoken her, she hissed, upset. "Oh," she hissed. "Put a lid on it!" Calima stopped laughing and looked at Snake. "Why? It was funny, oh it was," she said. "What was so funny?" Snake asked coldly. "You! You talk in your sleep! 'Please pass the spearow eggs mum'. How silly you are, Snake!" Snake hissed again. "I do NOT talk in my sleep!" she said, curling back up into a ball, and falling back asleep. Calima found it hard to keep a straight face. She walked over to a tree and looked up at it. It was a pink apricorn tree. She licked her lips and headbutted the tree. A few leaves fell slowly down, landing on either side of the albino nidorina. She headbutted it again, and a particuarly fat apricorn fell from the tree (along with a few leaves might I add). Calima sniffed it, then cracked it open with one of her claws. Calima sniffed, then ate the sweet-tasting fruit within. Once finished, she looked down at the shell. It reminded her of the apricorn necklace that Chirin wore, and that, or course, reminded her of Chirin himself. Calima sniffled, tears flowing down her cheeks and splattering on the dirt. Calima dug a small hole, and burried the apricorn shell. Why she did this, she would never know. She walked over to Snake, and curled up beside her, ready for a nice, long nap before searching for Chirin some more. Calima looked up at the night sky. She turned and looked at the Lake. She walked up to it and stared into the water. She saw herself staring back. She bent down and lapped up some water. She felt the soothing feeling of the cold water rushing down her dry throat. She stopped drinking and turned to look at Snake, and she regretted in instantly, as the pink ekans had just swallowed a pidgey whole. "Mmm... Good grub," Snake said happily, curling up for a nice, long nap. Calima rolled over onto her back and stared up at the sky again. The stars twinkled merrily up in the other world which was so high up, that not even the great and powerful dragonite could reach. It was the relm of the Gods and Goddeses of all Poke-kind. Calima turned to look at Snake again. "Mmm... Yes, please pass me the spearow eggs mum, I have worked up quite an appitite," Snake said. Calima choked back laughter and struggled to keep a straight face. Snake was talking in her sleep! How funny! Calima doubled over with laughter and Snake bolted up, looking around, wide-eyed for any signs of danger. When she saw what had awoken her, she hissed, upset. "Oh," she hissed. "Put a lid on it!" Calima stopped laughing and looked at Snake. "Why? It was funny, oh it was," she said. "What was so funny?" Snake asked coldly. "You! You talk in your sleep! 'Please pass the spearow eggs mum'. How silly you are, Snake!" Snake hissed again. "I do NOT talk in my sleep!" she said, curling back up into a ball, and falling back asleep. Calima found it hard to keep a straight face. "I heard you," Calima said happily. "Sure...Whatever..." Snake hissed, going back to sleep. Calima found it quite hard now to not laugh histaricly again. She walked over to a tree and looked up at it. It was a pink apricorn tree. She licked her lips and headbutted the tree. A few leaves fell slowly down, landing on either side of the albino nidorina. She headbutted it again, and a particuarly fat apricorn fell from the tree (along with a few leaves might I add). Calima sniffed it, then cracked it open with one of her claws. Calima sniffed, then ate the sweet-tasting fruit within. Once finished, she looked down at the shell. It reminded her of the apricorn necklace that Chirin wore, and that, or course, reminded her of Chirin himself. Calima sniffled, tears flowing down her cheeks and splattering on the dirt. Calima dug a small hole, and burried the apricorn shell. Why she did this, she would never know. She walked over to Snake, and curled up beside her, ready for a nice, long nap before searching for Chirin some more. Calima tossed, turned, and streatched. She could never sleep without moving (like almost everyone/thing). She smiled. She was having a good dream... She was with Chirin... And they were both happy... Very happy... Calima smiled. She was with Chirin. She was happy. Chirin was happy. There was no Willy, no Coddy (she was dead after all), no Cinder, no nothing. Just herself and Chirin. Chirin and herself. Nothing would split them up again... Nothing... Ever... Nothing ever again would seperate them. The two Pokemon ran around, laughed, played tag, rolled around, nibbled grass. All the things they used to do. Calima hoped it would never end... If it did, bad things would happen... Chirin would be gone again... Then he would be gone forever until Calima found him again... "Chirin...I love you..." Calima said (yep! She talks in her sleep to ^_^). "Never go again...Never leave... Stay with me... Please Chirin... Forever... Stay... Forever..." "Wake up sleeping beauty!" Came a voice. Calima bolted awake. Snake was bending over her, smiling. "We should get going now, shall we?" "Urgh...Sure Snake," Calima said stiffly. It was all a dream. Chirin was gone. Calima felt tears slowly trickle down her cheeks. "Erhem... Shall we be off then?" Calima said, straightening up and pretending that she never had cried. She looked up at the sky. It was still dark. But it was time to travel. "Lead the way Calima," Snake said. No sooner had she said it, Calima had begun to walk. Snake slithered after her. Calima walked onwards. She could hear Snake slithereing along behind her. Calima stopped dead in her tracks and Snake bumped into her (yet again!). "Oof! Hey! What the bloody #$!! was that for?" Snake hissed. "I think we should stay at the Lake. Who knows? Chirin might bump into us here," Calima replied, settling down on the sand and rolling over on her back to look at the stars. Snake bent over and looked her in the eyes. "Why would ya wanna stay here? You seem to be the adventureus type," she said. "You can rest all you waaaAAAnnnt," Calima said in a singsong voice. Snake looked utterly delighted. "Good! I will start now, shall I?" She asked happily. "Sure, whatever," Calima replied. Snake smiled and curled up and went to sleep. Calima looked at Snake for a time. She sighed. It was not much fun watching a sleeping ekans (even if the ekans was pink). She looked at the Lake. The water rose and fell in small waves all over the clear surface of the Lake (although it got murkey at the bottom). A goldeen swam close to the surface. Its horn poked out of the water. Then it dived back into its murkey depts. Calima rolled back over and stared at the stars. She tried to remember how the beautiful dream she had was. But it was slipping away like water in hands. A horrible thought struck Calima. What if Chirin never came? What if he was...dead? Calima pushed the thought away and thought to herself, he will come...he will come...he WILL come! Snake was still fast asleep. And Calima felt that she should be asleep as well. She curled up into a tight ball and fell asleep, hoping to have that wonderful dream again. Calima couldn't sleep. She looked over at Snake, who was still asleep. She was able to sleep alright...Unlike Calima. She would not be able to sleep until she was with Chirin once more... She nudged Snake awake. "Hmm...wha? Wassup Calima?" Snake asked, yawning. "Wanna go for a short walk?" Calima asked quickly. She was hoping that she would find Chirin along the shores of Lake Eerie somewhere. If not, they they would stop and stay, no matter where they were at. And Calima walked to the left, Snake following close behind her. Calima stopped in her tracks and Snake bumped into her (yet again!). "Oof! Hey!" Snake hissed. She looked at what Calima was staring at and understood now why she had stopped. For blocking their path, was a river, and Calima couldn't swim any better then an onix could fly. "We have a problem here..." Calima murmured. Snake looked at her. "You were looking for Chirin," she whispered. "I know it." Calima let her ears droop slightly. "But I am not upset at you," Snake said quickly, seeing the look on Calima's face. "Ya know Calima...I could go and look for Chirin if you...ya know...want me to and all." Calima gave Snake a swift, searching look. Snake thought she saw the nidorina's eyes flash red for a moment. "If you want," Calima said quickly. Snake nodded. "I am doing this for you. You are my friend. Not many prey pokemon would trust an ekans like myself," she replied. "If this is what you wanna do...Then I have no ways of stopping you." Snake blinked back tears. "I...I wanna stay...But, if this is what you want me to do...Then I will," Snake said. "It would be nice...but," Calima began, but Snake had swam to the other side of the stream, and was slithering away. "Bye Snake!" "Bye Calima! I will not let you down!" Snake yelled back, tears streaming down her face. After a few moments travling, Snake began to regret having left Calima. She didn't know where to look, and the last place that she had seen Chirin, was by the big burrow, and that was a long ways away. Besides, if she knew Chirin (and, might I add, she didn't), then he would have left by now. Snake spotted a rattata sleeping nearby and Snake ate it up just at it awoke. Snake continued her search. She would not rest until Chirin was found, and Calima would be happy. ~ Calima sat down when Snake was out of sight and choked back sobs. She was alone now. But, she would wait for her good friends to return to her. Calima curled up in a tight ball, and fell asleep, her chest rising and falling slowly. ~ Snake slithered onwards, wishing that she could have stayed with Calima. It was nicer there, by the lake. There was plenty of fish pokemon (and other types) to eat, and there was more than enough water. Snake looked around. There were a few puddles here and there. Snake stopped next to a puddle and looked into it. A pink ekans (a bit more of a brownish because of the water) looked back. Snake drank some of the water. It was awful stuff! Snake spat it out and stuck out her fork toungue. She shook her head fast. She continued onwards, hoping to find Chirin as soon as possible. The awful taste of the water lingered in Snake's mouth. She looked around hopefully for any sign of drinking water. There was none. There were no rattata or nidoran around. Snake smiled. She would never eat a nidoran now, because of Calima. Snake's smile faded. There was nothing to eat...Or any good water to drink. Snake sighed as she slithered onwards. She hoped that she would find Chirin soon. Then they could head back to the Lake, and then she could eat and drink. Of course, the main reason she wanted to find Chirin and head back, was because she wanted Calima to be happy. And she had not been very happy ever since Chirin left her as a nidoran. As Snake went on, she thought she heared and smelled something...Fire. A black and white quilava lept out of a bush and sent green and black flames at Snake. She met the blast in the face. She closed her eyes, and she hissed in pain as she felt the fires lick at her face, and burn. Snake opened her eyes, and saw that the fire was gone...Along with Cinder. "What...was that about then?" Snake said. She looked in a puddle and saw herself staring back. Her face was a bit black because of the burn. And a few blisters were on her face. Snake shook her head, and slithered onwards. "Oh...That evil git...I do hope that he doesn't find Calima..." Snake muttered. Snake slithered faster. She sniffed the air with her fork toungue and then a grin spread across her face rapidly. She smelled a flaaffy. But the scent was very faint. It appeared to be from a long distance away. Snake slithered faster. She would be nice to the flaaffy, and ask him or her if they knew Chirin. Oh, Calima was going to be so happy if Chirin came with Snake, and back to her...She hoped that this flaaffy knew of Chirin. ~ Calima woke up and looked around. She looked at the stream blocking her. She eyed stones that led to the other end of the stream...Her only hope. She got onto the first one. She lost her balance, and fell into the water...Lucky for her, it was shallow. She got back onto the rock, and slowly reached for the other rock. Both of her front feet were hanging onto the rock, and she pulled her body onto it. She did the same with the next rock, and the rock after that. Twice, she nearly fell into the water (and it was deeper here). But she would regain her balance and continue. She came to the last rock. But... It was quite far from shore, and Calima could not swim. She was white faced. She leaped, and landed not too far from the rock. The water came to her eyes. The she struggled to move under the icy water. She moved slowly, and her head poked out from the water, and she gulped in air. She struggled more, and more of her came out of the water. Soon, she was flat on her back, panting and gasping for air. She was soaked to the bone. She got up shakily, and tried to walk. And she began to search for Chirin by herself. Calima walked on, stopping sometimes to nibble on grass. She was soaked, and no matter how much she shook, the water seemed to refuse to come off. So she had given up, and was now concentrating on finding Chirin-Chirin. She hoped she would find him soon... ~ As Snake continued, she began to worry for Calima...What if Cinder had gotten her? Why hadn't Snake just dodged the attack (she couldn't have done that) and attacked and killed Cinder once and for all? Because, Snake couldn't have dodged the attack anyway. She continued, feeling quite miserable. ~ Calima sat down and looked up at the sky, the realm of the spirits, where Dendeona and Dendeono were watching over the nidos of the world. Calima made a silent prayer to them, then continued onwards. Calima stopped for a bit and lapped up some water, and ate some grass before continuing. She hoped that Chirin was safe...And that she would find him soon, and Snake too. ~ Snake sniffed the air again...nothing. She smelt that Cinder had come this way, and a few pidgey in the distance, but other than that...nothing. Snake sniffed around a bit more. Apparently...Cinder was heading...away from Calima. Snake smiled. Calima was safe...as long as she stayed where she was that is. Snake gulped. Knowing Calima, she was most likely searching for Chirin on her own. ~ Calima got up and looked at the stream blocking her path. Calima could not go the way Snake had gone. She turned away from the stream and looked the other way. It was clear. She looked to her right and saw a two nidoran and a silver-wooled mareep talking. Calima didn't feel like talking. The mareep made Calima think strongly of Chirin. She sighed and walked onwards, away from the stream. She hoped that Snake would not worry about her... "Snake will be fine...Heck, for all I know, she might be with Chirin now...And if she isn't...Then she shall be the one to search for next...Unless I find her first of course..." Calima said to herslef as she walked. She stopped and lapped up some water and nibbled on some grass before marching on. She did hope that her two friends were safe from harm. While she walked, she tried to remember what Chirin even looked like. It had been a long time, and the memories were slipping away like water in hands. ~ "...Calima..." Snake murmured as she slitered onwards, going faster and faster, tears falling from her eyes and glistining in the air before falling to the ground. "I won't let you down...And I will return to you as soon as I find Chirin..." Snake sniffled, and cried. She missed Calima. She worried for Calima. She cared for Calima. Snake shook her head, her skin was wet from tears. She stopped sobbing and shook her head again. "This is nothing to cry about! Get hold of youself Snake! You ARE going to find Chirin, and you ARE going to get back to Calima WITH Chirin!" Snake snapped to herself. And she glared at what lay ahead...Sand and grass and trees. She slithered faster, and faster, and faster, until her muscles seemed to scream in protest. Snake slowed down a bit. And she slithered onwards. ~ Calima continued onwards, hoping that she would soon find Chirin and Snake. Maybe some of the other mareep were with Chirin...Like petunia...No...she was a flaaffy...Seldon perhaps? Heck, all of the mareep might be flaaffy now! Even Chirin...? Could Chirin be a flaaffy...Or even an ampharos now? Calima began to panic. How would Calimar reconize him? She forgot his scent, and what he looked like as a mareep...If he was still a mareep... What was she going to do? Calima broke into a run, going faster with each step she took. She stopped after a long run. She was being stupid. After all, all she had to do, was ask the mareep...or flaaffy...or ampharos' name, to know if that was Chirin or not. Calima smiled to herself...Yes...That is how easy it would be...Very simple...She would find Chirin, and she would not rest until she had done so. She began to run again. Snake began to feel less confident in herself. What if she didn't find Chirin or Calima, and she became lost and one of the forest? She did not want to be one of the forest, she liked being what and who she was. She would not give up, and surrender her sould to the darkness of the forest. That would mean that she gave up, that would mean that she would not find Chirin or Calima, that would mean that she failed and betrayed Calima. Snake would not let that happen. Snake stopped for a moment, and closed her eyes. She opened her eyes. She had grown wings. She was one of the sky. She flew up in the air. She saw Chirin, the mareep. She let him get on her back, and she flew to Calima...And they were all happy. Snake opened her eyes. She was on the ground. It had been a dream. She was no longer one of the sky, or one of the wind. She was Snake, the ekans...She was one of the ground...Where an ekans belonged. She slithered onwards, wishing that she really had wings. ~ Calima peeked around a tree and saw the strangest thing...Something that walked on two legs, and had baggy, different colored skin, and strange feet with vines on it in a bow....Humans. "So...Those are what humans look like," Calima murmured. Were these the ones that took Chirin's flock? Were these the *barakurus*? Calima looked around from her tree. She smelled, nor saw, anything that even looked like a mareep...or a flaaffy...What did an ampharos look and smell like anyway? All she knew, was that they were yellow...She saw someting yellow...A pikachu. Calima doubted that this was one of Chirin's flock. There were a few pidgey and spearows, and many rattata. Calima sighed...No Chirin, and no Chirin flock. Calima stayed in the forest, and began to make her way around the human forest. Calima did not want to be seen. Calima was about halfway around, when she saw a human in the tree forest. It had long, golden hair, and it was holding the body of...a nidoran...A dead, male nidoran. The human was shaking its head sadly. Calima snarled, and the human dropped the dead pokemon in suprise. It stared at Calima for a second, and then it bolted when Calima ran towards it. It had killed the nidoran. Calima's eyes turned red. This was the first time since she evolved that she had gotten out of control like this... The human ran into the human forest, and Calima bowled her over. She got onto the human's back, and it whimpered. Calima brought a claw to the back of the human's neck. There came a loud bang, and Calima fell over. Her shoulder was bleeding. A streak of fire had grazer her shoulder. It was not serious, but it hurt a lot. Calima looked up, and saw a human advancing towards her, carrying a long stick, which Calima reconized as a gun. They shot fire...And they killed... "Get out of here," The human said shakily, pointing the gun at Calima. She whimpered and got up slowly. She limped off back int the forest. She never wanted to be anywhere near humans again. The wound was still bleeding, and it hurt badly. Calima knew that it was no more that a scratch, and that it would get better. But it still hurt. Calima continued on, ignoring the pain in her shoulder. ~ Snake looked ahead of her...Humans. Humans all over. Should she go around? No...She could cut right through maybe? What could it hurt? She could always attack those who tried to hurt her after all! Snake stopped. No! She would stay right where she was! And so she did. ~ Calima limped onwards. Her left leg and shoulder were now covered in blood. Her wound had stopped bleeding somewhat, and now only a steady trickly of blood fell from the wound. Calima only stopped to have a quick dring or a short nibble of grass. Calima was thinner than usual. She had been eating less and less every day. She worried so much for Chirin. Calima wanted to be with Chirin...She was losing the will to live. "Chirin...Chirin...Chirin..." Calima murmured continuasly. "Chirin...Chirin...Chirin..." She collapsed. "Chirin...Chirin...Chirin...Chirin..." Calima muttered. She slowly got back up and continued, all the time muttering, "Chirin...Chirin...Chirin..." Calima continued onwards. Ignoring the pain in her shoulder, stomach, and heart, she broke into a run. She didn't stop. She wouldn't stop...She would not rest until she found Chirin. She, at last, stopped runnin, and collapsed in a red and white heap. She sobbed, and sobbed, and sobbed. "Chirin! Where are you..?" Calima wailed. Where was her friend? Calima cried, and cried, and cried. "Chirin...Oh...Chirin...Where are you?" Calima crawled into a bush and staggered onwards. She sniffed the air and the scent of flaaffy and mareep filled the air. Both were oddly familier... "Seldon..." Calima murmured. She smiled as she remembered the cute little lamb that never left Chirin's side. Her eyes opened wide. If Seldon was here...Then that meant... "Chirin...He must be here..." Rumour circled once and flew away from the two Nidoran, happy in a job well done. Certainly, he had not gained any new gossip, but with all those Pokemon gathered together he was sure to find some! Suddenly he smelt something - and a Murkrow has a wonderful scent for blood. Sweet, flowing blood, still steaming warm! He followed the delicious scent to find a great white Nidorina lying in the grass. Hrm, fresh juicy blood. He was a bit peckish now, he came to think about it. He landed beside her, stabbing at her with a quick duck of his beak. He had barely made contact, when suddenly the Nidorina moved, and he jumped back, shocked! What had he almost done? She was still alive! "Greetin's Lassie," he said, preening his breast feathers in an effort to hide his embarrasement. "I didna know ye werena dead. Please accept my humble apologies." And he bowed before her, noticing the tears that streaked her face. "Och, lassie, ye are cryin', what is it ye are so upset about? It is not cos I pecked ye hide, is it? For that I must apologise - 'twas an accident, I had kened ye was dead." Calima walked faster, gritting her teeth against the searing pain in her shoulder. She smelled him...stronger...She peeked out of the bush and saw a strange eon...Celesteon. She would be sure to talk to him after she talked with Chirin. Calima walked faster...faster...and faster. Soon, she was no longer walking, but running. "Chirin...I know you are here..." Calima said. Rumour stared at the white nidorina and was disgusted with himself - she'd ignored him! He'd upset her so much that she had chosen to ignore him entirely... He hopped along beside her. "Pardon me, lassie, I humbly apologise for tryin' to eat ye. Please, canya no accept my apology?" Celesteon stared into the distance, his gaze lingering over the lake. He felt sorry for the poor Flaaffy - but sometimes the road one must walk was anything but easy. He yawned, and coughed slightly, and then caught sight of the motion from the corner of his eye. A bloody (as in covered in blood) white Nidorina had staggered into the clearing. She looked beat. And oddly familiar.... He staggered to his feet, and they felt like jelly beneath his weight. "It is Calima, yes?" He queried, "we met before, when thee was a little one-eyed Nidoran? I see that problem has cleared up with your evolution, although you appear to be rather the worst for wear. Has someone hurt you, my dear?" Calima stopped and turned to face Celesteon. "Hi Celesteon...Yeah, it's me..." Calima said, slowly walking over to him and sitting down. "You see...I have been looking for a mareep named Chirin (I think you remember him, he was with me when we last met)...So far, I havn't had much luck...I had to pass though human territory...and one shot me with a long, black stick called a gun, and it shoots fire...To top it all off, there is this quilava by the name of Cinder, that has been after me since I was but a young nidoran...He was the one that killed my parents...Then, I found my brother, Kurohori, and my sister, Klima, whom I had thought for dead. I was very happy, and I consederd staying at that warren with them...But a pack of growlithe and arcanine killed them, and we left. So, I'm basicly the last one of my family...Then, some time later, Moonscar (that rattata with the crecent moon shaped scar across his left eye, 'member him?) was possesed by Cinder. He became evil. The now jet-black rattata (still with the scar), has turned against me. Now I have to keep away from both of them...I was attacked by Cinder not so long ago, and Moonsar wasn't with him, so he might be dead for all I know. Before all that, at the time of Moonscar turning against me, Chirin mistook me for evil (I do have this rage problem which caused me the shot on the sholder...) and left me for dead. I miss him, and I want to find him..." Celesteon smiled and listened patiently to Calima's rather quick run over of the last few days. "And is that why you are all bloody now?" He asked, "for those wounds look more recent, and are pretty nasty. Would you allow me to have a quick look over them?" And he let out a hacking cough, coughed for a good minute, then spent another two minutes wheezing to regain his breath. "Sorry," he said, once he was back in control of himself. "I am not in the best of health, please forgive me. Chirin, now Chirin," he pondered over the name as though it were unfamiliar to him, "yes, I have met him, it appears he has a very strong destiny. Pray tell me miss, how do you feel your destiny ties in with his?" Calima blinked back tears. Her ears perked up and she turned and looked at a very pretty bird. "Hi there, my name is Calima. What would be yours?" Calima asked. It was too late, for just as she said the words, Rumour had flapped off, feeling embarrassed and upset with himself. Calima looked a bit suprised at Celesteon's question. "Well...I will try to shorten this. I met Chirin when he was a lamb. We were both quite young. He was always there for me, even when Cinder attacked, he would help. And...I am not afraid to admit it anymore...But, I love him. I always have...And I must find him...It has been a long while since he left me...There are things I want to tell him...I have to apoligise to him...I nearly killed him once...I had that rage thing again..." We bond...In many different, unexplainable ways. There is only one I can truely explain to you, Celesteon: I love him...And I think that we have a future together." Calima looked at Celesteon. "I thought that I smelled him just now. I will be back in a minute Celesteon. I must find Chirin," Calima said, walking onwards. She smelled him strongly. He had been this way...Calima was close, and this made her happy. She would be able to be with Chirin once more. Calima walked onwards, hardly noticing a rattata scamper by.