CH 24
Startail woke up from the cold floor, and struggled to rise from her weak paws. She looked around her surroundings, and saw the Nidoking sitting in front of the bars. Startail was trapped inside a cell, like the other prisoners captured from them. Startail creeped up at the bars bravely, where the Nidoking was guarding.
"Oh? So you're awake star-cat?" The Nidoking laughed.
"Why do you keep calling me a star-cat?" Startail tried to say bravely, while her voice shook with fear. "I'm a Eevee you know, plus my name is Startail."
The Nidoking laughed. "Okay then STARTAIL, I hope you're enjoying your stay."
Startail looked over at the Nidoking still smiling from his recent laugh. Startail sat down by the bars and shook her fur. "Maybe I can get some information about who they are, where I am, and why I'm here!!" Startail thought, as she was determined to find her answers.
"So, why did you bring me here in the first place?" Startail blurted out.
"You really don't know you true identity?" The Nidoking asked with wide eyes.
Startail looked straight at the Nidoking, which he was looking directly at Startail with cold eyes but, in the same time, with a surprised look.
"That's right, I haven't heard about my true existence and I would like to find out now." Startail said, trying to sound brave.
"Now, how about I answer that question for you." A familiar voice echoed through the halls of the barred cells. It lasted for a few seconds, until it slowly faded away.
"Tch, and I kinda wanted to have some fun with this punk." Nidoking whispered to himself.
"I'm not a punk!" Startail blurted out.
"HUH, you trying to talk back at me punk!?" Nidoking put his face up to the bars, where Startail stumbled and fell back.
"ENOUGH NIDO!!!" The voice boomed through the halls, echoing on and on. "Leave, may I have some time to myself with this star-cat."
The Nidoking shivered with fear, and he left in a hurry, whispering curses to himself.
Startail looked over to where the voice came from. There was a blue light emitting from the body. Slowly, his true self revealed, revealing an Umbreon.
Startail backed away cautiously. "I have to be careful..." Startail thought. "Even that Nidoking was terrified of him."
The Umbreon smiled, "you shouldn't be so cautious, I'm just here to answer your question from before."
His smile seemed cold and dark, like there was something hiding, some secret that's behind his cold face for a long time.
"Well what's a star cat? How am I one of them?" Startail asked.
The Umbreon sat down looking so vulnerable to attack at this angle, only if she wasn't behind the bars.
"Come sit down, I have much to tell you." The Umbreon said in a tendering voice.
Cautiously. Startail sat down, however, prepared for any attack at all.
"Well, then, let us start from the beginning. For generations, there has been star creatures born once the previous star creature dies. There has been countless of them, even since the beginning of time, there were star creatures," The Umbreon explained. "The question is... What were they? At this time we will never know, however, we know that star creatures are sent from the stars in order to watch over the living creatures on earth. The thing is, there is one star creature for every generation. At the moment, you are the current star cat."
Startail stood up, and walked closer to the bars. "Then why do you want me in your possession?" She asked. "Why do I have to be here? Don't I have to watch over the earth instead of being stuck behind bars?"
The Umbreon smiled, "ahhh yes, well, the day you were born, you may have heard of jirachi?"
Startail suddenly remembered from the first day she was to receive her name, and jirachi told her something else as well.
**Flash back***
They finally got up and the first eevee went up first to palkia and jirachi.
"We have heard that you've been born to this world on the new moon, for the stars shine brightly even though today is not the new moon. For you the first eevee shall be named, nightfur."
nightfur nodded and thanked them and trotted off to his parents squealing happily.
"For you, the second eevee will now be known as silvermoon ."
"Third eevee, you will now be known as sunrise."
Finally, the forth eevee look at jirachi and palkia,
"Wow! They're so mythical..."
Jirachi and palkia noticed the star on her forehead and the tip of her tail.
They nodded and looked towards the forth eevee.
The eevee squeaked with a surprise from the sudden look.
"Forth eevee, for you have a power that surpasses mine,"said jirachi, "you will be named, Startail."
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"Yes..." Startail started to say. "I remember, everyone thought I was a strange Eevee..."
"Yes, you have a special power, to grant wishes." Umbreon smiled, hiding his true face behind that smile.
"What is this wish you want?" Startail asked with a stern voice. "If I grant it, will you let me out?"
The Umbreon didn't reply. There was a moment of silence throughout the prisoners' hall.
"Of course," the Umbreon replied with an emotionless voice. "You will no longer be behind these bars."
The Umbreon began to turn and go, leaving Startail confused because of the tone in his voice.
"Wait!" Startail shouted, "what's your name?"
The Umbreon turned and gave a smile. It showed a slight of emotion called pity. "Moonlight, and may you remember that name until the day you die."
~well! I just decided to continue it, but it won't be as quickly. So yeah, this is chapter 24.