Pokémon the Movie: The Journey of a Slate

"Shuo..." [Where is this place? ]

Absol opened his confused eyes and looked around. He felt a little uneasy when he couldn't see the familiar black-haired figure.

The elves lying under the shade of the trees like Absol noticed the awakening of the Messenger of Justice and greeted him. Normally, Absol often helped elves who were in trouble in the forest, so he naturally had a good relationship with the elves.

It was a hot summer day, and even in the relatively cool shade of the trees, Absol still felt a gust of hot wind blowing towards him, as if there was a lava snail beside him. The terrifying high temperature seemed to be able to melt the elves.

Of course, this is actually nothing to the former Absol. It would be a good choice to take a good nap under the shade of the trees.

But now Absol had no intention of sleeping. He looked at the surrounding environment and felt a little panic in his heart.

Familiar forests, familiar flowers and plants, familiar elves...

All of this tells Absol that this is his hometown - the Crown Forest.

"Shuo?" [What's going on? ]

Absol was even more confused. Shouldn't he be in Baiyang Town now? Could it be that Xiao Luo sent him back? Questions came to his mind, but no one answered them for him.

"Momocha?" [Absol, are you okay? ]

At this time, a parasitic mushroom came over cautiously, with concern for the messenger of justice in his eyes.

"Mushroom?" [What are you looking for? ]

Absol heard this and asked the elves around him: "Sowu?" [Why am I here? And Xiao Luo, where is he? Have you seen him? ]

"Mushroom?" Parasaurolophus stood there in a daze, as if a drop of cold sweat was sliding down from the mushroom on its head. Who is Xiao Luo? A new companion? Why haven't I heard of him? Is it because I am unpopular? No, is it because I am isolated? No way?

Thinking of this, Parasol Mushroom widened his eyes in horror and looked hurriedly at the elves around him. What reassured him was that the elves around him, like him, did not know who "Xiao Luo" was.

"Soooo." [Don't be ridiculous. Didn't you evolve from a mushroom to a parasitic mushroom with the help of Xiao Luo? And the three bees. Xiao Luo once bandaged your wounds. And...]

But as the words fell, more and more elves gathered around, looking at Absol worriedly, wondering why he could say such nonsense.

At this moment, a huge block of ice was thrown over by a blue figure not far away. She looked at Absol helplessly, wondering if he had heatstroke.

It was a Glaceon, but Absol's eyes widened and even his pupils began to tremble.

"Shuo..." [How could it be... Ha, is someone playing a prank today? And they're pretending to be really good. ]

As he said that, Absol walked up to Glaceon and put his claws on her. This was not a disguise, but the familiar breath kept reminding him that the figure in front of him was Eevee, and Absol's heart sank.

Ice Eevee rolled his eyes, then slapped off his claws, "Eevee!" [What's wrong with you today? And who is that Xiao Luo? ]

"Shu..." [No, that's not right, it shouldn't be like this...]

Absol ignored Glaceon and ran away as if escaping. That direction was Gengar's grandmother's cave.

"Mushroom..." Parasaurolophus walked up and whispered something to the Glaceon beside him.

Glaceon just stared at the direction where Absol was going away, without saying a word for a long time.

Turning his attention back to Absol, he was running for his life with his mind in a mess.

"Ugh..." [How could he not exist? These bastards... How could they...]

The grievance and sobs in his words could not be expressed in words, and Absol just kept running.

Finally, Absol saw the cave belonging to Gengar's grandmother. He rushed in without hesitation. A huge Gengar had been waiting there for a long time.

"Little Absol, what's wrong with you?" Grandma Gengar tilted her head... and looked at the Absol in front of her, who was no longer as calm and taciturn as usual.

"So..." Absol looked up helplessly and asked a meaningless question to the figure in front of him whom he once trusted the most.

The result was heartbreaking. Grandma Gengar just shook her head slightly and said, "Maybe this is just a dream." Her words seemed to have a meaningful meaning.

Absol staggered, and lowered his head in a daze, and the ocean called memory began to surge.

Grandma Gengar just quietly left the cave. Before leaving, she looked back at the thoughtful figure with a complicated look, and then disappeared without a trace.

Memory is a magical thing. When it is materialized, it is not just a picture, but may be a smell, a sound or even a person.

At this moment, Absol was trapped in the sea of ​​memories, letting the endless waves wash over his mind and body.

A father left his partner and child behind to "pursue his dreams" with his favorite trainer, and the young Absol had no idea what this meant. He only felt panic when he saw the increasing number of scars on his once lively and cheerful mother.

"Soooo..." The mother who had become taciturn never complained or confided anything to him, and she never cried. The strong mother gave Absol the things called safety and warmth.

But... the strong mother fell in front of the forest, in that cold winter.

Since then, Absol never smiled again, and became as quiet as his mother. He hated his father's ruthlessness, hated all the trainers for disturbing the Pokémon, and hated his own incompetence even more...

Even though he often helped the elves in the Crown Forest, he was unable to open the closed door of their hearts.

But that day, a young boy who fell from the sky broke into his almost closed world and brought him hope and warmth. However, the light on the boy was too dazzling, and the whole forest became unusually active because of the boy's arrival.

"Just watch him from the side." Absol, who had just come up with this thought, was pulled into Esro's arms the next moment, and watched with him the lingering love between Popo and Spearow in the distance. Although Absol didn't know what was so good about it at that time, he knew that the boy's arms were very warm, which made the elf intoxicated.

Memories came flooding back to my mind one after another.

"Hey, Absol, look at me!" These were the words the boy wanted to show off to him when he had just learned to smile.

"Absol, smile, please~" This is the boy's cute look when he wants to make him smile.

"Absol, I'm going out to play. Do you want to join me?" This was the boy's invitation to him.

"If you're tired, take a nap." At that time, Absol was under the influence of a strange magical power and fell asleep peacefully on the boy's thighs.

"Absol... If I leave the Crown Forest to go on an adventure in the future, will you accompany me?" Faced with this invitation, Absol fell silent, but soon gave a positive answer, because it was he who made the invitation, that's all.

……

How could that be a dream?

Absol raised his head again, with sharpness and determination in his eyes. He would return to the boy's side and become his most steadfast believer and messenger.

Absol turned and left the cave. Not far away on the stone bed, an ancient camera was quietly placed there. The photos reflected in it were extremely conspicuous in the surrounding darkness.

The setting sun, the red glow in the sky, the vigorous ancient trees, and the young man and the elf sleeping together in the forest.