Epilogue: Meant To Be Friends

It was two weeks after my last battle against Lyra on Victory Road and she still still hadn't come to find me. Instead all I got was her annoying friend Ethan while I was training in the Dragon's Den two days after the battle. He told me all about how Lyra was sorry but she couldn't get out of the interviews and stories the various magazines, television stations, and radio shows to come visit me yet after her victory over Lance.

I sighed, sitting on the shore of the small lake in the Dragons Den, watching Lugia and my recently evolved Crobat fly around together over the water. I lay back into the blue and gray sand that covered the shore, staring at the blue gem covered ceiling of the cave.

"Silvy!" Lyra's voice traveled to my ears making me sit up and look toward the water, seeing Azumaril swimming toward me with Lyra sitting on her back.

Lyra landed on the shore, jumping from the back of the blue water pokemon, her pigtails bouncing up and down as she ran over, plopping to the ground beside me. "Finally got to come see you, sorry it took so long," Lyra said with a sigh, "I had to convince Lance to let me continue traveling so I could travel Kanto and eventually go to Mt. Silver and fight the ultimate trainer there."

I looked at her then shrugged slightly, replying, "No problem, Pigtails. It isn't like I was waiting for you to come or anything."

I sincerely hoped that sounded believable as I looked back out at the water, saying, "I've just been thinking about things while training."

"Like what, Silvy?" Lyra asked in wonder, leaning over, looking into my face with her big brown eyes.

I sighed, looking into her eyes then saying, "I don't want to talk about it..."

Lyra blinked then got puppy dog eyes saying, "Please, pretty please Silvy. Maybe I can help."

I try to resist by turning my head away from her but she just kept moving so all I saw was her puppy dog face.

"Fine," I said, glaring at her, leaning back with my hands behind me in the sand, "Basically my father who I despise wants to meet me somewhere to tell me something about the death of my mother, which I didn't even know she was actually dead until my journey now. The place he wants to meet is where her grave sits... I can't decide if I want to go meet the man or not."

Lyra looked at me then out at the water saying, "I say you should go meet him, Silver. He is still your father, even if you hate him, he is still your closes family. I'm not saying you need to be nice to him but he is still your flesh and blood. If I had the chance to see my father again, I would in a heart beat."

I looked at the normally cheerful girl beside me, she was so serious and for once called me Silver instead of Silvy. The girl I had fallen in love with, maybe I should go see the bastard even if it was just for her.

"Alright I will go see him then, Pigtails," I said, standing up, looking down at her with a smirk, "Then maybe I will go to Kanto and keep trying to defeat you."

Lyra giggled, standing up as well, looking at me, saying, "Well what are friends for, Silvy. We help each other and will keep challenging each other to be the best. I will keep a look out for you then, in Kanto. Now get going, you have someone to go see."

"Yeah I do," I said, calling back Crobat and climbing on Lugia's back, flying to the entrance, glancing back at my friend and rival one last time until Kanto.

If we were meant to be friends, not just rivals perhaps, then can I say we were simply meant to be as well?