Kevin the Buizel - Prologue

    -The story's direction is entirely randomized by using Tarot cards to define the fate of every character-

    ...

    "When Mew had left, Corwyn and I spoke all night, we talked about what he had said in the past too me when I couldn't understand him, we also talked about my music and how Buizel had inspired me. We talked of more mundane things like food, the world, other Pokémon. We spoke for hours and didn't realize how late it was.

    It was almost time to go to sleep, everyone was tired from today. Adam had set down sleeping bags for himself and me, he had put Cain and Marcus away at their pokeballs, but he let me and Corwyn out.

    "I'm not putting you two in pokeballs, mostly because I couldn't do that to Kevin, goodnight!" Adam said as he was sleeping. Corwyn and I had dragged the sleeping bag outside and out of the tent, the night was nice and the moon shone as brightly as it could. Corwyn was already inside the sleeping bag. We always went to sleeping hugging each other every night.

    I got inside with Corwyn and we hugged each other as we did every night.

    "I love you my dear brother" Corwyn said to me softly, I smiled and closed my eyes.

    "I love you too big brother."

    I had no idea what tomorrow was going to await for me, but it was exciting to wonder. Tomorrow I begin anew, I will renew my life!

    The journey might be only a bit more complicated now that I am not a human, learning to fully become a Pokémon might be a challenge, but with my older brother Corwyn by my side, I'm sure he will be able to guide me into really being a Pokémon in no time.

    My journey to understanding Corwyn was not the end, this has only begun!

    To be continued... "

    ...

    The book closed shut at the hands of a man wearing red and white gloves, they were adorned in playing card suits. The magician that held the book sat in the room with an adult woman and what seemed to be the magician's pokémon, a braixen. The magician twiddled a stick similar to the one his pokémon held.

    "My, a most interesting final chapter and a grand closure to it all," the magician said as he placed the book on top of the coffee table. The blue hardcover book was a work of fiction titled "Kevin and Buizel" and it was written by someone named Karen Lutra. "I must say that the book is quite spectacular."

    Karen bowed slightly, as a pokémon documentary writer, she has always been proud in her writing skills. Karen has long flowing brown hair and blue eyes that would make you feel welcome anywhere, she wore an elegant aquamarine dress. With it and her house, it was easy to tell that water were her favorite pokémon type.

    The magician grabbed a hold of the rice ball that had been served to him priorly. "A splendid job Mrs. Lutra! However, there are some issues with the work, but I am certain it's a first draft, no need to worry." The magician took a bite of the rice ball and ate loudly chewing with his mouth open.

    Karen giggled a bit. "It's actually a second draft, but your criticism would be helpful now," Karen pleaded as she served some tea to herself and her guest.

    "Well, having Mew appear was certainly too much, a well known trainer like Ash in the story, I think I remember that fella from some gyms, making a romantic tension between a doctor and his pokémon and facing Team Rocket and yet winning? All too incredible to believe," the magician scoffed, "I know you have written mostly about research on water pokémon Karen, but wanting to go on such a fantastical tangent may be too much," Mathias coughed, "not that I'm complaining, as you know, I am a lover of fantasy." Mathias said as he finished his rice ball, he licked the remaining rice pieces from his hands. The braixen alongside him chuckled along with the magician.

    Karen sighed and held the book she wrote close to her. "He swears all of that happened," Karen said as she flipped through the pages to admire her work, "although I originally wanted to have the doctor and his lucario really love each other," Karen said shyly, both Mathias and the braixen chuckled. "Well, it was kinda cute imagining them together! But you know, that sort of thing is highly controversial, even if its merely fiction," Karen pondered to herself.

    The magician laughed a bit, he then smiled. "We pokémon don't really care about those certain situations of love," The magician said as he tipped his hat up revealing himself, it was Mathias, the magician that helped Kevin back at Sunnyshore. "In any case, the way you hid some information so that Kevin can't be found was simply brilliant. I'm sure none would guess you reside near Veilstone city."

    Mathias finished his tea quickly without forgetting to lick the insides of a cup, just like a regular pokémon. Karen raised an eyebrow at the action. As he licked the insides of the cup he noticed that he was watched, he slowly looked at Karen giggling, he did not know why she was smiling and wondered what was the matter, but he realized then what he had done, he simply shook his head shyly.

    "Habits may die hard, but instincts are really a part of you," Kaiser stated as he raised his hat to give more eyesight, his eyes resembled the color of the skies. "Regarding my visit, you know already that I dropped off your son's letters that I had forgotten to deliver to you."

    "Thank you Mathias!" Karen said happily.

    Mathias turned to look at her. "However, regarding your concern on knowing what your son has done these last months …" Mathias said as he picked a pack of cardsfrom his large pockets.

    Karen looked at the pack of cards puzzled, Mathias flourished the cards and made them fly from hand to hand, then they floated on top of his hands twisting and turning about, Karen gasped, she was delighted at such a display.

    "I believe me and my brother can help you knowing what your son has been doing," Mathias said with confidence as Kaiser the braixen approached to strike a heroic pose, Mathias stared at his brother only slightly. Mathias spoke to Karen again, "my mother was a great delphox and told me many things, thanks to her-" Mathias's eyes glowed, they radiated a magical aura that Karen could not look away from. "-I learned how to become a seer," Mathias said with a more serious intonation.

    "Let's just say that the art of divination runs in the family."

- Prologue: Cards of Fate -

    "How did you think I was able to help and locate your son in the first place?"

    Karen, Mathias, and his brother Kaiser sat on a larger dinner table, all knickknacks were set aside and the table was ready for the cards. Mathias shuffled his cards rather quickly, Karen had a hard time catching the pace of them, did they even exist at all?

    "With this method, I can always find pokémon that I can aid, with the help of natural magic!" Mathias collected the cards around him and piled them into a deck in his hands, "I'd assume your husband, Mr. Lutra is not home, correct?" Mathias asked as he placed the deck carefully at the center of the table. Karen was still impressed by the entire display, but she shook her head, her husband wasn't home.

    "Can you really see the future of my son?" Karen asked curiously, the art of divination was not something she had considered even existed. Yet again, her son did transform into a pokémon, "is it really possible to do this with... mere cards?" Karen asked skeptically.

    "This form of reading is called "Tarot" and it uses cards of purified energy from the cosmos. I can't see the future, rather I can see events that transpired or that are about to happen a few minutes ahead, mostly because I am still practicing foresight," Mathias said as he divided the deck into three parts and reassembled them together, "it's going to take me some practice, but for now I can see about ten minutes into the future." The magician seemed to regret it.

    "So everything you will tell me-" Karen said thinking to herself.

    "-will have already happened. That is correct Mrs. Karen," Mathias said as he held his hand open for her. Karen stared silently, "Your hand please." Mathias smiled.

    As soon as her hand approached, Mathias sparked into flames that shorty engulfed him and extinguished as fast as they came, he had turned to his true form, a braixen. Mathias as a braixen had big ears, a long snout and the cutest little paws, Karen giggled as she thought he was cute.

    "A fire pokémon inviting me to hold hands, how kind and cute of you mr. braixen," Karen said as she not only held his paw, but she patted Mathias' head tenderly, "you are such an adorable braixen!" Karen shouted, Mathias was not amused.

    "Mrs. Lutra, please! Card reading should be taken more seriously," Mathias said, "no matter how nice this actually feels, we can't keep... uh... how do you do it? I feel very comfortable!" Mathias asked as his tail wagged slightly, he had never been pet before, he loved it dearly.

    Only few moments passed when Mathias pushed her hands away from him, there was work to be done. Karen went back to her seat realizing that this was not just a mere pokémon she was petting, "it's easier to channel my magic when I'm not disguised, you know," Mathias said as he picked up the card set again with his paws, "so I have to stay as this... adorable... braixen form." Mathias was shy, he thought that maybe he could be pet after the reading.

    "Sorry, but you look too adorable not to pet!" Karen said with a laugh, Mathias sighed, his paw still extended to reach her hand. Karen took this more seriously now, she grabbed his paw and she noticed that the deck of cards was under their hands.

    Two candles that were at the sides of the table suddenly lit inside the room, Karen didn't recall that she even had candles. The curtains closed one by one, Karen thought it was magic, but she saw Kaiser enter her sight and he saw him close the final curtain.

    "Thank you brother. Now, that the mood is set, we can begin!" Mathias said as the cards below them glowed.

    The room was lit solely by the candles beside them, Karen wasn't as skeptical as before, but she had her doubts. Mathias was ready to read. The room didn't have that much lighting, if it weren't for the cards glowing, she would only be able to see a bit of Mathias' face and nothing else.

    "State your name." His tone grew calm and collected.

    "Karen Lutra," she said without a stutter, "writer extraordinare!"

    Mathias was silent for a few seconds looking at Karen puzzled, "Ahem, Mrs. Karen Lutra, what would you wish to know first?"

    Karen thought for a moment, deciding, "I don't quite believe this can be done still, so if you may, I'd like a demonstration first," Karen said.

    "Most certainly, I can tell you of the events Kevin had that have been written in your book." Mathias tapped her with his extra paw.

    "That would be good, and a proof of what you can do," Karen said confidently.

    The cards floated around Mathias one by one, three were highlighted by a strange blue aura, Mathias set these cards face down as he came by them.

    "These have been the events of your son, as stated in your book," Mathias said as he and Karen looked at the three cards that have been put face down, the first card to Karen's left was turned first

"As expected, The hermit." -the hermit iii

    The card depicted Mewtwo looking back at us, he wore a brown robe, had a staff on his left hand and a metal container hanging from his right hand. The card gave the feeling of something distant to await.

    "Mewtwo? What does this card do?" Karen asked.

    "The cards are merely illustrated, so its not Mewtwo, as for what the card does, all of them just tell us what we need for the reading," Mathias said as he cleared his throat.

    "Because we both know these events, I'll keep the reading brief," Mathias said as he waved his right paw atop of the card ever so slowly as if enchanting it.

Karen nodded, she was starting to get intrigued.

    "The hermit represents the search of knowledge, the "who I am" per say. This card is also the search for the truth about himself," Mathias explained with a voice that fit the mood of the setup, he was a skilled entertainer and Karen was already highly invested.

    "Yeah, and as we know, Kevin was looking for what he wanted this whole time. He ended up discovering that he wanted to become a pokémon," Karen stated as she glanced at the hermit card closely, her eyes shifted to the card in the middle, "so if the hermit is the past of what we know, this should be the present, correct?" Karen asked as she pointed at the middle card.

    "Nicely done Mrs. Lutra! Indeed it is the present we will look on next." Mathias' card glowed and then turned over to reveal it.

"Aha, Death." -death xiii

    "D-Death!?" Karen startled.

    "O-oh, no don't worry! It's not literal death!" Mathias tapped the card with one of his tiny fingers, "Death in tarot represents a moment of great change, transition to a new state, at times also sadness due to a great loss." The card was depicted with the imposing image of Yveltal with its wings spread, the pokémon that in fact represented life's end.

    "Now that I think of it, my son became a buizel, and in turn, he lost his humanity, and I lost regular contact with my own son." Karen smiled, she was however a bit sad.

    "And that's exactly what the card is telling us," Mathias said as he levitated the final card to the left, the future, "this card will more or less tell us briefly how all of his adventures have gone." Mathias flipped the card and set it atop of the table in a swift motion.

"The Tower! And most fitting!" -the tower xvi

    In the card, a large tower was hit by lighting, from the impact, many pokémon fell from great heights.

    "It sure looks a bit unsettling, is my son okay?" Karen said a bit worried.

    Mathias smiled, he sensed that "mother's concern" just like he had when he lived with her mother. "I'm sure he will be fine." Mathias focused in levitating something from under the table. As it came into vision, Karen saw that it was a giant shiny ball.

    "By Arceus! What is that?" Karen exclaimed, she moved back slightly as the crystal ball was set delicately on top of the table near him.

    "This is my crystal ball for readings, don't be alarmed." Mathias focused on the cards once more. "Now, when it comes to the tower we are speaking of life changing experiences, but most importantly, chaos," Mathias said with making a point on the word "chaos".

    "So, my son had a life changing adventure that grew more and more dangerous?" Karen asked.

    "Most certainly, and I am personally excited that this particular card turned around to pay us a visit!" Mathias shuffled the three cards back into the deck, the cards levitated around him above the table once more. "Do you trust in tarot readings now?" Mathias asked as he looked at her with the gaze of a seer.

    "I have no doubts in my mind now, let's start!" Karen said, now with all her doubts cleared.

    "Fabulous, because I have not heard a single story from Kevin on his recent adventures, and I'm dying to know!" Mathias said breaking the mood setup with a fist bump in the air. He was clearly excited and no serious reading would ever hide that from his smile, "it's been a long time that I haven't seen or spoken with Kevin and Corwyn."

    *Shuffle*

        *Shuffle*

            Until the next draw...

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It begins with a simple session of Tarot. Who knew Mathias, the Braixen was so good with pagan arts?

What do you think of this system? Found it enjoying? Remember that this is just a prologue, so readings will be more extensive.