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the vibrant orange streak of a charizard flying overhead petalburg woods was the only tell that the gym leader was inside. he carried no flashlight. no pokemon was down there with him. he just couldn't sleep.
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but he knew the way. he'd walked it a thousand times. and even tired, he'd walk it another thousand more.
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it was his little piece of the woods now. nobody bothered to look here. and that's how he wanted it to stay until the time came for someone else to watch over these woods.
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to watch over his pokemon.
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just as they had watched over him.
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but the one flying overhead? it's watch had ended. or was thought to have. as derek takes a knee before a grave, the headstone bears the name apollo.
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the same name of the charizard currently lighting the night sky.
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as he dug up it's grave, he was reminded of reality.
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his pokemon did not simply unwrite history. they denied it.
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they denied death.
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funny...
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he didn't feel better. no, now was much worse. as if the universe were getting ready to mock derek's pathetic attempts to preserve whatever he had left to covet. it begged the question. how long could hoenn deny what was to take place?
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[attr="class","ooc"] what an odd world (solo wild)[break]


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