Finale - Stellar Crown (Part 2)
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It was as though colour had come back into the world. Silvan burst out of the Spring Path like a bullet. The path felt warmer, the tiny sakura flower looked like the most beautiful flower in the world. Sound had been turned back on - the chatter of bird Pokemon and the others within the grass and forest beyond was audible again. They were happier than they could have ever hoped to feel.
Finally, finally, they had a path set in stone. A trial to undertake.
And they would do it with gusto.
Silvan was too excited to slow down, too excited to not run straight to Mt Coronet, but Kentarous had a better idea, “wait, wait, wait!”
“What?!” Silvan was running on the spot, close to Veilstone City already, “come on, we need to get to the mountain!”
“I’m excited too, but it’s still cold! We need to get ready–” Kentarous nodded to the horizon. The sun was beginning to climb down the tree line.
“And wouldn’t it be so cool if you could, you know… fly there?”
Silvan blinked, looked at Kentarous, who looked smug.
“Well, I must admit,” Silvan puffed up their chest, a glimmer of that old arrogance coming out as they smirked, “it would be rather fitting for a ruler to ride a noble steed to their destiny~”
Kentarous laughed, and Silvan joined him with a snicker of their own. It felt good to laugh. It gave them some time to calm down from the high of finally obtaining their destined Gem.
“I should probably not upset the cafe owners and actually rest and eat properly before nightfall,” Silvan realised the last few days, they had practically become nocturnal.
“I’m going to need my energy, too. Flying to the top of a mountain is no joke!”
Silvan smiled wryly at that. He had a point.
The pair took some time to seclude themselves away from prying eyes, and together they curled up in the plants and slept for a few hours. When they woke up, it was nightfall. They both tucked into every single delicious thing the pair of them had stored - a big meal for a big event. Together, for the first time since they had met, did both of them feel free to simply, and finally, enjoy one another’s company.
Silvan didn’t remember the last time they had ever really felt this light. Since the start of their journey, so much had been weighing on them that they hadn’t ever truly relaxed. They finally felt like they could just laugh along with Kentarous, who was his usual chatty, cheerful self. But it finally felt like he, too, could relax more in Silvan’s company.
