"Ummm.... Why can't I speak in human language? Is it so strange?" The Mareep girl asked me back, her innocent gaze make it clear to us that she is not kidding around.
Seriously, girl? You really think it is not something strange?
I looked at Kotonoha and then at Homura, the two human girls also shrugged themselves as they also think it is a mystery how the moemon in front of us here can speak in human language while the Pokémon cannot and even the humans themselves need to be teached how to speak properly by their parents or guardians.
And that left the big question, how can she learn a human language if she has been living all alone since she hatched from her egg in the middle of a forest that is quite far from any civilization?
If she hatches in a village or town or any other human settlements, I would chalk it up to her learning human language from her surroundings.
But here? In the place where everything around her are either trees, pokemons or trainers who I am sure most of the time would be attempting to catch her like me.
From where she can learn a human language, then? And she speaks properly and normally, too.
After I am explaining about what I have in mind and then get to talks more with the Mareep Moemon, we all comes a conclusion.
Moemons have an instictual knowledge about her parent's tongue, that is, she instinctually knows both a Pokémon's language and a human's speech.
It is just like how back in my former life, if you raised a dog or a horse or a cat from their infantile period by yourself without letting them interact with any others of their kins, once they are grown up they can still bark, neighs or meowing and interact with their fellow kins even if it is the first time they see another beings of their species like they have no issue with their languages.
In other words, even without anyone teaching them, they can still interact with the others of their kins and using their languages just fine.
And the same thing happened to Moemons, too.
Wow, they sure are an amazing species.
I wonder if Professor Oak already know this?
Well, I will report to him later if I have time.
Anyway, after our long talks, it seems that the Mareep Moemon is not so awkward with us anymore.
Let's strike while the iron is hot.
"Hey, girl, do you want become part of our family? You see, if you become my pokemon, everyone here will be your new family. This way, you will not become alone anymore. How about it?" I asked the Mareep Moemon with half excitement and half anticipation.
In all of our talks before, I have picked up the tone of longing in this Mareep' s voice and the expression of wanting to have something that she have never have before whenever she mentioned things like "family" and "alone".
Throwing the "become family" and "not alone anymore" as a bait, I am sure that this Mareep Moemon would be in the bag, I mean, in the ball right now, right?
"Huh? Is that really okay? Can I really have a family now? I will not be alone anymore?" The Mareeo girl looked at me with such a sparkling eyes.
Ugh, looking at her gazing at me with such a starry, innocent eyes, that almost make me feel bad for trying to trick her to become my Pokémon, errrr, Moemon.
Almost.
I still want to have her no matter what.
And Homura-san, why are you also looking at me with such a fiery gaze?
Do you have a hot in me, too?
Ignoring Homura who is looking at me with such a fiery, fervent and blazing hot gaze like she is about to be on her Burst mode, I assured the Mareep to join in my family.
"Of course, you can. Why not right, everyone?" I am asking for support from my Pokémon team, too.
Nothing can assure another Pokémon like their fellow Pokémons!
"Woo woo woo xie xie xie Wooxie." ("Sure, we would be happy with having you in our family.") Shion said while nodding her head, she looks so happy with the prospect of getting another family member.
"Pi pi pi pidgeotto!" (Yes, we would welcome you around in our family!") Phinia also chirped coolly while she is also nodding her head like a chicken pecking the rice on the ground.
"Zig gy zig Zig zag goon?" ("How about we are throwing a welcome party for you?") And my Zigzagoon is the most excited among the trio. Heck, he even immediately suggested out for us to hold a welcoming party to her.
"Wooxie woo xie!" ("Oh, that's a good idea!") And with the mention of party, how could my happy-go-lucky Shion not agreeing?
"Pi pi pi pidge pidge otto." ("For once, at least you sometimes can think of something good, too.") And Phinia is also on the same opinion, too. My Pidgeotto still didn't forget to throw in a jab or two on Zozo while stating her agreement, too.
"Zig? Zig gy zig? Zig zag goon." ("Hey? what do you mean by that? Don't give a bad impression for our newcomer.") Zozo my zigzagoon immediately make an expression like an innocent kid who have been wronged by his friend or brother.
Hey, who is asking you to be a closet pervert? 😅😆🤣
You reap what you sow.
At this point in time, everyone here (except Homura and her party) have already known about your hobby of hoarding a stash of questionable adult materials from books in a certain genre and age rating to articles of used clothings worn by woman.
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(Mareep Girl's Point of View)
I am used to be alone ever since I hatched from my egg.
I don't know why my mother left her egg all alone in the middle of nowhere like this.
Did she really left me here all alone by her own will, or did something unexpected happened to her that led me to this current fate?
Am I being thrown away by my parents?
Or did they meet their demise so they can't look after me anymore?
Whatever the reason, that is all not important right now.
Because that didn't change the fact that I am now all alone in this life, in a place where the law of the jungle (I am literally in the forest right now) is running rampant.
Here in this forest, the weak is the pret for the strong.
I learned about that fact first thing not long after I just hatched from my egg.
At that time, my eyes are half blind since it is still on the phase of getting used to see the light outside the eggshell for the first time.
And while I am still half blind, my limbs are also weak and limps, I am already struggling very much just to position my newly hatched body to lay off in the ground in a comfortable position, let alone to stand up or even walks, I really don't have the strength to do so.
My furs are also wet from the egg moistures, it can't get charged with electricity that would be my only method of protection as I am still helpless to do anything.
At that time, still limping, half blind, and wet on the furs, I heard the sound of hissing from afar.
I instinctually felt fear.
I struggled myself so much to find a place for hiding in my current state of weakness.
It is good enough that I am soon aware that my egg are placed a hidden place inside a thick bush, resulting in my newly hatched body is already hidden for good, at least for now.
But the sound of hissing are still reverberating in the air, everytime I hear the sound getting closer and closer to my place, I felt like my little heart is about to burst from beating too hard.
Fear. Despair. And the feeling of helplessness.
All of that paralyzed my body.
I didn't dare to make any move for fear that the sound that I make would attract the scary hissing sound to get even closer to me.
Don't come to me please.....
Don't come any closer....
Go away, go away.....
As if my prayer is answered, suddenly I heard another sound coming from a different direction than the hissing sound.
It is the sound of squeaking, I think it is the sound from something that is being surprised from seeing the source if the hissing sound.
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