Forgiven - A Lillie Drabble
A/N: Happy Mothers Day.
Lillie doesn’t quite meet Kukui’s eye as he sends her off. Instead, she’s staring down at her own shadow, shallow in the moonlight.
“She said she’d be too sad to watch you go, so she wouldn’t even come out with me. I know it’s a lot to ask, but forgive her this time wouldja?”
And isn’t that so painfully ironic, Lillie grips the edge of her skirt as she nods.
To wonder if she could dare forgive Burnet for the simplest failure, to be so overcome with emotion she couldn’t come to the docks to see Lillie off.
Nevermind the hour is so early in the morning that not even the sun has begun to arise.
Nevermind the woman waiting for Lillie on the boat, the journey Lillie’s set to embark on is for her sake. The weight of the actions that have led them both to this point would suffocate Lillie; but the night breeze blows those feelings away.
Even if she’s not here, Lillie feels the arm of the professor around her shoulders with the simple promise of a place to return. It’s warm, that phantom.
So Lillie’s going to Kanto, and at least it’s her choice where she’s going now. If she can grip onto that opportunity and take advantage of it, all the better.
Lillie waves goodbye as the ship sets off into the night.
Yes, she thinks, she can forgive her mother.
But she chooses, at least for now, not to forgive Lusamine.
[End]
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Lily, Diddy's mother
Lily is also owned by @lady-zephyrine
Lily was the mother of Diddy (as well as the oldest of 5 siblings). A seasoned trainer in her own right, she was a kind soul who inherited her grandfather's way with pokemon, but was never afraid to play rough when the situation called for it, be it with the pokemon or their trainers. Her passion for pokemon and people lead to her pursuing a career as a pokemon ranger, tho she didn't feel like she had the time to delve into it as much as she would like after her son was born.
But... then Osprey disappeared. She made an arrangement with their neighbors---friends of theirs---to take care of Diddy as she assisted in the searches across the Slumbering Weald. Lily's prior experiences helped during the initial searches, when it had been at its most hectic. Six months would go by, and no one found anything more than his pokemon, and the searches slowed gradually.
So, Lily kept her arrangement with the neighbors, picking up jobs from the rangers to help keep them afloat. Her supervisors worried for her, and made sure she took time off so that she didn't run herself ragged and was able to see her child. While she heeded their words, she also occasionally used this time to comb the Slumbering Weald, trying desperately to find any trace of her husband.
On one such day, she dropped Diddy off and promised to be back in the morning. 24 hours came and went, and by midnight the following night, the police and the rangers had been notified. Like Osprey, her last traces were in the Slumbering Weald, but unlike him, she was found, even she had perished. No cause was ever found, not even a single scratch.
Lily was born in Unova, with a long list of ancestry in other regions, but moved to Hulbury in Galar just before marrying Osprey. Although she is gone, the tragedy of her and her family remain a haunting thought in the lives of the people who knew her.
Her team consisted of:
Daedrys (Hydreigon, male, Quirky nature)
Flora, (Lilligant, female, Hasty nature)
Aubrey (Tinkaton, female, Jolly nature)
Mintaka (Minior, yellow forme, Sassy nature)
Bacon (Centiskorch, male, Lax nature)
Gilgamesh (Samurott, female, Hardy nature)
Some additional fun facts:
-Her team was split across her parents, oldest brother, and grandfather after her passing. No matter who landed where, they are all well-taken care of and mostly happy.
-The eye highlight being missing from her alternate artwork was an unintentional mistake, but I think it adds a slight bit of symbolism.
-Lily would often take her youngest siblings to Route 16 just outside of Lostlorn Forest in Unova to watch wild pokemon. She would later do something similar in the Wild Area of Galar with Diddy.
-It wasn't uncommon for someone to refer to her as a petilil (as a child) or lilligant (as an adult), if only for how close her name was to them.
-Lily quite enjoyed cherri berries, and always had a vast stash of them on hand for both the paralysis status and to consume as a snack.
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