CHAPTER 11:WARM LOVE

ALREADY INSIDE. THEY EXPLAIN EVERYTHING TO LILLIGANT.

LILLIGANT: ....CORRUPT ROYALTY....THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.

DIAZ:I KNOW...BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS....AND NOW I NEED YOUR HELP.

LILLIGANT:....OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT BUT I WILL GLADLY HELP YOUR KINGDOM DIAZ.

DIAZ:MEWTWO.

AND MEWTWO IS COMING.

MEWTWO:...LILLIGANT. THIS IS FLOETTE.

BUT FLOETTE WON'T LET GO OF MEWTWO.

LILLIGANT:...NOT POSSIBLE.

AND SHE SEES HER FLOWER.

LILLIGANT:...AN ETERNAL FLOWER....THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE EXTINCT.

MEWTWO: AND APPARENTLY THE LAST OF HER CLASS GOT TO THIS POKÉMON.

DITTO:THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE FLOWER...IS DYING.

DIAZ:YOU SAID YOU HAD A GARDEN. SO MAYBE YOU KNOW HOW TO REMEDY THE SITUATION.

LILLIGANT:...CAN I?.

FLOETTE:.....

MEWTWO:DON'T WORRY. IS TRUSTWORTHY.

AND FLOETTE LISTENING TO MEWTWO. SHE GIVES HER FLOWER TO LILLIGANT.

LILLIGANT:....I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS FLOWER...BUT MAYBE I CAN HEAL IT.

BRAIXEN:WE WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU DO.

LILLIGANT: I'LL DO MY BEST BUT, FOR NOW, THEY BETTER STAY HERE. OUTSIDE IS FULL OF GHOSTS.

FLAN:DO YOU LIKE CAKE?

DITTO:COME 5 MORE.

AND FLAN PUTS THE SLICES WITH DITTO.

DITTO:I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE MADE OF BUT THE TASTE FASCINATES ME.

FLAN:MADE BY HER DAUGHTER.

ROSE:...DAUGHTER?.

LILLIGANT:flan

flan: oh yes, right. THE CAKES THAT, WITH MUCH PLEASURE AND EXCITEMENT, THE AFOREMENTIONED LIVING BEING, MADE OF SOME PURPLE COMPONENT THAT CAN MUTATE INTO DIFFERENT FORMS AND LIVING BEINGS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS DITTO, SHOWED INTEREST AND HAPPINESS WHEN EATING THEM. HIS DAUGHTER MADE THEM

DITTO:ULALA, HOW ELEGANT.

DIAZ:...MRS. LILLIGANT?.

LILLIGANT:....(SIGH) I GUESS IT'S OKAY IF ONLY YOUR KNOW....LILY !.

AND ENTERING THE LIVING ROOM.

ALL:.....HUH?

LILY:IS SOMETHING WRONG MOM?.

ROSE:.....WHAT GIRATINAS IS THAT?

FLAN:HELLO LITTLE ONE, WHO ARE YOU?

LILY:(SIGH) DAD. DON'T DO THAT NOW

ALL:...DAD?

LILLIGANT:....

DIAZ:....WAIT .....YOU....AND FLAN....

LILLIGANT:....FLAN...IS MY HUSBAND

FLAN:HE MUST BE A GOOD HUSBAND, WHEN WILL I MEET HIM?

BRAIXEN: DOES HE HAVE A DAUGHTER WITH A FIRE TYPE ?!

MEWTWO: HOW IS IT POSSIBLE ?!

ROSE: LILLIGANT, THAT'S A TABOO AMONG POKÉMON!

LILLIGANT:THAT'S WHY SHE'S HERE, WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE HER

LILY:....I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE GUESTS

DITTO: YOUR DAD ASKED YOU CAKE

LILY:HE ALWAYS ASKS ME FOR CAKE.

FLAN:CAKE?! WHERE TO?!.

LILY:DAD, YOU EMBARRASS ME.

ROSE:.....WAIT. LILLIGANT, HOW OLD ARE YOU?.

LILLIGANT:....45 YEARS OLD.

ROSE:FLAN, HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE?

FLAN:I THINK HE WAS 26 YEARS OLD.

ROSE:....AND HOW MANY DOES LILY HAVE?

LILY:I'M 12.

DIAZ:....YOU AND FLAN?....WHEN HE WAS 14?!.

LILLIGANT:.....

ROSE:LILLIGANT, THIS IS WRONG, YOU LITERALLY COMMITTED THE BIGGEST CRIME IN THE POKÉMON WORLD!.

DIAZ:....

LONG AGO, WHEN DIAZ WAS 10 YEARS OLD. INSIDE THE CASTLE.

MAXIMILIAN:BRING IN THE ACCUSED.

AND THE GUARDS BROUGHT, IN SEPARATE CAGES, A MAGMAR AND A FROSLASS.

DIAZ:MAXIMILIANO, WHY ARE THOSE TWO CAGED?

MAXIMILIANO:....DIAZ ....ALTHOUGH I DON'T LIKE IT. THERE ARE SEVERAL LIMITS THAT WE CANNOT CROSS.

AND THEY LEAVE THE CAGES IN FRONT OF MAXIMILIANO.

FROSLASS:GET ME OUT OF HERE!.

MAGMAR:LET HER GO!.

MAXIMILIANO:....RUMORS REACHED ME...AND I'M AFRAID THAT WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO IS SOMETHING THAT NO POKÉMON IS ALLOWED TO DO.

DIAZ:....

MAGMAR:THEY CAN'T FORCE US TO PART! SHE IS THE ONE I WANT TO MARRY! AND HAVE A CHILD!

MAXIMILIANO:AND THAT IS WHAT I CANNOT ALLOW.

AND THE GUARD BRINGS A BOOK. AND MAXIMILIANO, OPENING IT, GOES TO THE FIRST PAGE.

MAXIMILIAN:IT IS THE FIRST RULE AND THE WORST CRIME A POKÉMON CAN COMMIT.

OPPOSITES CANNOT HAVE CHILDREN.

MAXIMILIANO:AND I AM AFRAID THAT THE PUNISHMENT FOR SUCH AN ACT...IS DEATH.

AND BOTH POKÉMON ARE TERRIFIED OF THE ANSWER.

MAXIMILIANO:....GUARDS....EXECUTE THE SENTENCE.

AND THE GUARDS, SEPARATING THE CAGES, CARRIED THEM AWAY.

FROSLASS AND MAGMAR:NOOOOOOOOO!.

AND THE DOORS WERE CLOSING.

MAXIMILIANO:...(SIGH).

DIAZ:WHY?.

MAXIMILIANO:....

DIAZ:IT WAS NOTICEABLE IN THEIR AURAS THAT THEY BOTH HAD A GREAT LOVE, WHY CAN'T THEY CREATE A BEING BASED ON THAT LOVE?

MAXIMILIANO:...DIAZ COME TO MY SIDE.

AND GOING TO THE SIDE OF HIM.

MAXIMILIANO:...DIAZ....IN THE POKÉMON WORLD. WE DO NOT TOLERATE UNIONS BETWEEN OPPOSITES...IN THE END WE DO NOT CARE THAT THEY COME OUT TOGETHER...BUT THEY CANNOT HAVE AN EGG. AND EVEN IF I DON'T LIKE IT, IF I DON'T FOLLOW THE LAWS THEN CHAOS CAN HAPPEN.

DIAZ:....AND WHICH OFFSPRING ARE ACCEPTED?.

MAXIMILIANO:THOSE WHO HAVE PARENTS FROM THE SAME GROUP.

DIAZ:....BUT THEY DIDN'T COMMIT SOMETHING VIOLENT AND CRUEL, CAN'T WE LET IT GO?.

MAXIMILIANO:....I WISH IT WERE LIKE THIS.

DIAZ:....

GOING BACK TO THE CURRENT TIME. LILLIGANT, PLANTING THE EVERLASTING FLOWER AND GIVING IT ITS NUTRIENTS, WOULD RETURN INSIDE. WHERE EVERYONE WAITED FOR HIS EXPLANATION.

LILLIGANT:...I...DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN MYSELF.

DITTO:WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO FLAN?.

FLAN:GOOD QUESTION, WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO FLAN?.

LILLIGANT:I...WELL, AFTER THE DEATH OF MY PARENTS. I WAS LEFT ALONE IN THE MANSION AND LET'S SAY I JUST STOOD THERE, KEEPING AWAY FROM THE CRUELTY OUTSIDE.

DIAZ:.....

LILLIGANT:LATER. ONE DAY....I HAD A VERY CRAZY DAY WHERE MANY THINGS HAPPENED AND...I MET THIS GUY.

AND CARESSES THE KIND OF FLAN HEAD.

FLAN:CARESSES.

LILLIGANT:AT THE END OF THAT DAY.....HE STAYED WITH ME, AND OKAY, AT FIRST I CONSIDERED HIM AS A SON...HE WAS 3 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME...BUT I MUST ADMIT THAT WHEN HE CAME TO ME...MY LIFE CHANGED IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT WAY.

FLAN:I USED TO BE A CANDLE.

LILLIGANT:FOR THE FIRST TIME I HAD COMPANY AGAIN IN THIS LONELY MANSION. AND, IN ADDITION, FLAN HELPED ME IN THE GARDEN, SO THAT I COULD GO OUT AND HE TOOK CARE OF THE GARDEN WITH HIS LIFE.

FLAN:I LIKE THE GARDEN, ITS AIR IS PURE.

LILLIGANT:ALSO. THE TALKS BETWEEN US WERE FUN, WE LAUGHED AND HAD FUN TOGETHER...AND THEN ONE DAY...HE ASKED ME SOMETHING THAT HE LEFT ME...CONFUSED.

FLAN:CAN YOU GIVE ME A GOOD NIGHT KISS?.

LILLIGANT:THAT...AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO ANSWER BECAUSE...I DON'T KNOW, IT SEEMED SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO ANSWER.

DIAZ:BUT I DON'T SEE A MOUTH.

DITTO:DIAZ. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SPECIAL CLASSES IS OF THAT CLASS, SO HE STOPS COMPLAINING.

LILLIGANT:AND I ASKED HIM THE REASON FOR THAT QUESTION AND WELL....HE ONLY ASKED ME TO BE NEXT TO HIM AND I.....I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HIM.

ROSE:....WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?.

LILLIGANT:I....I THINK I FELL IN LOVE IN A WAY THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN....AND ONE DAY. HE ASKED ME, DO YOU WANT A BOY OR A GIRL?.....AND I....OH ARCEUS.

FLAN:WHY DO I MAKE A SAD FACE?.

AND LILY, SEEING HER MOTHER SAD, SNUGGLES UP NEXT TO HER MOTHER.

LILLIGANT:.....BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT? I AM PROUD...MY ENCHANTED LITTLE GIRL EMERGED FROM THAT DAY, AND I WOULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER DAUGHTER.

LILY:MOM, YOU EMBARRASS ME.

FLAN:WOW, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL STORY, AND WHERE IS THE POPE?.

ROSE:....ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT YOUR INTENTION. YOU COMMITTED THE CRIME...I'M SORRY.

LILLIGANT:...I UNDERSTAND.

AND DIAZ SEES HER TEAR.

LILY:...MOM?.

DIAZ:....YOU WOULD REGRET IT....IF WE WERE TO RESPECT THE LAW.

ROSE:WHAT?.

LILLIGANT:...WHAT?.

DIAZ:....YOU WOULD BE JUDGED IF WE WERE IN A KINGDOM....BUT TECHNICALLY WE ARE IN THE OUTSKIRTS...APART FROM THAT....LILY IS ALREADY VERY GROWN. AND THE LAW ONLY APPLIES TO FUTURE OFFSPRING.

DITTO:...YES, I MUST ADMIT THAT I NEVER LIKED THAT LAW. SO MANY RULES OF HOW COUPLES SHOULD BE. AND ME BEING A DITTO I CAN BE WITH ANYONE.

BRAIXEN:.....I ALREADY FELL IN LOVE WITH LILY....COUNT ON ME.

MEWTWO:....

FLOETTE:....

MEWTWO:...(SIGH) I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

LILLIGANT:....

ROSE:.....(SIGH) RECENTLY MY QUEEN TRIED TO DESTROY THE EASTERN KINGDOM....IF SHE COMMITS CRIMES, WHY NOT OTHERS?.

LILLIGANT:.....

FLAN:HEY MIMIGA, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU ALONE BUT, YOUR DROOL FROM YOUR EYES FALLS ON ME.

LILLIGANT:I...I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

DIAZ:JUST LET US REST TODAY AND LET US KNOW WHEN YOU HEAL THE FLOWER.

LILLIGANT:....THANK YOU.

LILY:....

DIAZ:....

FLAN:SLEEPOVER! I ASK WITH THE JELLY!.

AND ALREADY AT BEDTIME.

DIAZ:....

BRAIXEN:....THAT...WAS SURPRISING.

DIAZ:HUH?.

BRAIXEN:....MANY COMPLAINED ABOUT THAT RULE....AND YOU DECIDED TO IGNORE IT KNOWING WHAT IT MEANS.

DIAZ:....I....I THINK THAT RULE IS ABSURD, WHY CAN'T OPPOSITES LOVE EACH OTHER AND CREATE SOMETHING BASED ON THAT?.

BRAIXEN:....IS WHAT THE KINGS SHOULD ASK THEMSELVES.....REST.

AND GETTING COMFORTABLE THEY FALL ASLEEP. WHILE.

DITTO:♪ditto the spy, it is a great enigma. no one knows what, is what he will do♪.

AND DITTO, REACHING THE KITCHEN, FIND THE TREASURE.

DITTO:the perfect crime. After taking it I will traffic it with my taste buds, to reach an agreement that allows us to experience the best flavor and faint with that taste. ¡muajajaja!

LILY: EXCUSE ME-

DITTO: AAAAAAHH!....HOW-

AND NOTICE THAT LILY WAS FLOATING.

DITTO:...GHOST TYPE.

LILY:....WHY ARE YOU HERE? ARE YOU PLANNING TO STEAL SOMETHING?

DITTO:PFFFF, NO. I, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-

LILY:I WAS KIDDING YOU, EAT IF YOU WANT.

DITTO:OU ... FINE.

LILY:ARE YOU A DITTO?.

DITTO:LIKE NO OTHER. WATCH.

AND SHE TRANSFORMS INTO LILY.

LILY:WOW.

AND CLAP HIS HANDS.

DITTO:....I DON'T WANT TO SOUND BAD BUT, WHAT POKÉMON ARE YOU?

LILY:....WELL. MOM SAID MY CLASS WAS KNOWN AS PETWICK.

DITTO:ENCHANTED LITTLE ONE.

LILY:DON'T TELL ME LIKE THAT, PLEASE.

DITTO:WHAT IF NOT ?.

AND SUDDENLY. LILY MELTS AND ENCLOSES DITTO IN A WAX SPHERE.

DITTO:OKEY, OKEY, YOU WIN, YOUR NAME IS LILY. GET ME OUT OF HERE, I'M A BIT CLAUSTROPHOBIC!

AND MELTING AGAIN. SHE RETURNS TO HER FORM.

DITTO:...YOU ARE A VERY DANGEROUS SAIL.

LILY:THANK YOU....HEY, DO YOU COME FROM OUTSIDE ?.

DITTO:WELL I COME FROM MEW, WHICH SENT ME TO THE NORTH TO START MY STUDIES, SO OBVIOUSLY I'M FROM BEYOND WHAT YOU SEE.

LILY:....COULD YOU TELL ME ABOUT OUT THERE ?.

DITTO:...DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY?

LILY:MOM USUALLY DOESN'T GO THAT FAR FROM THE FOREST. AND DAD.....WELL THAT.

DITTO:...WELL YOU'RE LUCKY. YOU TALK TO AN OUTSIDE EXPERT.

LILY:OUTSIDE EXPERT ?.

DITTO:CORRECT. SO COME HERE WITH YOUR DOUBTS. AND DON'T WORRY, I DON'T BITE.

AND LILY, STRETCHING HER WAX, CREATES A NEEDLE WITH THE TIP THAT ALMOST HITS DITTO.

DITTO:....I BETTER ANSWER AND THAT'S IT.

LILY:....WHAT IS ICE CREAM?.

DITTO:...OU...WELL ICE CREAM IS LIKE AN ICE GUY VOMITING. AND FROM THE VOMIT OF HIM FRIED A MAJESTIC FLAVOR APPEARED.

LILY:....DOES IT TASTE GOOD?.

AND SHE REMOVES THE TIP.

DITTO:...WELL....IT'S MADE FROM MILTANK MILK, MIXED WITH BERRIES, AND IF POSSIBLE, SWEETS.

LILY:....SWEETS?.

DITTO:...WOW. YOU ARE SERIOUSLY SERIOUS.

AND SETTLING DOWN, DITTO SPEAKS TO HIM FROM THE OUTSIDE. WHILE IN THE GARDEN, WATERING THE ETERNAL FLOWER.

LILLIGANT:.....

ROSE:YOU MUST LOVE THESE CALM NIGHTS.

LILLIGANT: .... THEY ARE THE BEST TO WORK WITH.

ROSE:....YOU SAID THAT WE ARE THE FIRST TO KNOW ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF THIS TABOO AND YOU ARE GLAD WE DID NOT TELL ANYONE.

LILLIGANT:...AHA.

ROSE:....DOES THAT MEAN HE STILL DOESN'T KNOW?

LILLIGANT:....THERE'S NOTHING HE DOESN'T KNOW.

AND SHE PUTS SOME FERTILIZER ON IT.

LILLIGANT:...I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM SINCE LILY WAS BORN.

ROSE:....DO YOU THINK HE'S UPSET?

LILLIGANT:.....I MIGHT BE.

ROSE:....WELL I WILL HAVE TO GO OUT AND LOOK FOR IT.

LILLIGANT:WHY?

ROSE:....WE WILL NEED HIS HELP.

LILLIGANT:...IF YOU FIND HIM.....TELL HIM I'M SORRY.

ROSE:....

AND ROSE LEAVES THE GARDEN. AND LILLIGANT WAS STILL TENDING THE FLOWER.

DIAZ:....(I FEEL LIGHT.....WHY AM I NOT BREATHING?).

AND DIAZ OPENING HIS EYES. HE REALIZES THAT HE WAS UNDERWATER, AND HE WAS SCARED. HE TRIES TO SWIM UP, AND THE BOTTOM WAS STARTING TO GET DARK.

DIAZ:(I RUN OUT OF OXYGEN...BUT, FOR SOME REASON, I FEEL AT PEACE).

AND SUDDENLY. SOMETHING WAS TRYING TO DRAG HIM INTO THE DARK.

DIAZ:(WHY DO I MAKE AN EFFORT TO GO OUT? I FEEL VERY CALM).

AND HE SEES A PAW.

: IA .

DIAZ:....(WHO IS TALKING?....WHY IS HE HELPING ME?....I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP).

AND DRAG DIAZ INTO THE DARK.