Marshmallow

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The spiritualist of the Tides of the Moon, Marshmallow was born into the role that they were put in. Their mother, the previous spiritual leader, wanted to hatch an egg and raise them to be the next leader after her, and thus Marshmallow was born. They were born, small and soft, as is the origin of their name, with a cloud where their back legs would be, and a long tail erupting past it. Their mother had no idea what this was that had come out of the egg, but truly this was a sign that her child was meant for this. That they were meant to be the spiritualist after her.

As Marshmallow grew into their own and took to the role easily and happily, they saw less and less of their mother, and more and more of the other group members, who asked them to help them in whatever way they could. They were successful, their job was easy to do, it was like clockwork to them, just a part of life. That was, until they were finally able to meet the god himself, the Great Tide. At one point, when the god was just doing a routine check on their spirit, making sure the faith coming in from the group had not been waning, The Great Tide would engage the spiritualist in casual conversation. Not knowing how to react to the god speaking to them, Marshmallow’s voice failed and they stopped being able to speak. When The Great Tide noticed that the spiritualist was fumbling mentally with their words, he took a moment to reassure his loyal follower. They had been doing a wonderful job, and he admired their work in making sure that everyone was safe and sound mentally and spiritually. He spoke to them casually, and calmly, and soon he was able to get Marshmallow to speak to him.

After some time of speaking with and learning more about The Great Tide, or Cadmus, as he was soon to request them call him, the spiritualist would grow to fall in love with the other Pokemon. It was hard for them to hide, and they really wanted to make him happy, no matter what. So one day, when the two of them were spending personal time together, chatting and laughing, The Zygarde-Skitty looked to the Vaporeon-Beakitty deity, and confessed their love for him. It took a couple of tries, because the deity thought it was just the normal love that was given to him by all of his followers, but it finally clicked to him that he was being courted. Him, a god, a leader, was being courted. And yet, he couldn’t deny that he did reciprocate the feelings. So, though they would keep it quiet from the rest of the followers, the two of them made their relationship official.

The two of them spent quite a bit of time together, enjoying the relationship they had. One day, after a while of Cadmus having been out and about, Marshmallow made their way out to the main area where they saw Cadmus with a young Pokemon. When they laid their eyes on her, they realized the closeness she and Cadmus already shared, and realized that this was to be someone Cadmus held close to his heart. After he had finished his tour and the young Pokemon made her pledge, Marshmallow made their way over to let her know she needed to make sure everything was sound with her. She looked to Cadmus to make sure it was fine, and Cadmus would whisper to her the truth. Her eyes lit up as she looked back at the Zygarde-Skitty, and she followed them to their home, where they would work.

They had a kind family, a loving partner, and fantastic trainees who were excelling in every way they could have never imagined. But still, deep within their heart, something was missing, like there was a hole somewhere in their soul that needed to be patched up. They couldn't figure out why, or how, or what to really do about this. However, the longer they went ignoring this nagging feeling that something was missing, the more frustrated they became. One day, it came to a head and in the comfort of their own home, of their room, the Head Spritualist broke down at Cadmus' paws, crying about this missing piece, this part of them they couldn't fill. They blamed themself for not being good enough, not loving enough, and this made Cadmus worry deeply. Wrapping his whole body around the smaller Pokemon. He cooed at them as they cried and groomed the fur on their face as they cried.

After some time, Cadmus started to explain what he thought may be the issue: they have progressed a lot in their power, but haven't evolved yet. While they were part Zygarde, they were also part Skitty, and evolution is necessary to be at your peak and go beyond it. If they stayed a Skitty, they would, at their very core, feel that they hadn't reached their full potential. It was how he realized he needed to evolve into his Vaporeon form when he was younger. As he explained, Marshmallow started to calm down, and it made sense- they'd been working hard since they'd hatched and haven't even thought about evolving. So the two set out to find the necessary stone.

It took some time, searching through the woods, through crevices and holes, going every which way to find what they needed to find. Finally, after almost a day's worth of searching, the two of them found a cave, a hole shining moonlight through that landed on a glittering, pitch black rock smack in the middle. Marshmallow was nervous- clearly this was here for some reason, and they were just about to use its energy simply to evolve. Cadmus however reassured them that their purpose was for evolution, and that there was no shame in using energy it was capable of replenishing down the line. So, they took a couple of steps over to it, and placed their paw onto it.

Instantly, there was a glow, and it twirled around Marshmallow, blinding them and Cadmus momentarily. After the light had vanished, in Marshmallow's place was a slightly larger Zygarde-Delcatty, who looked as relieved as one could possibly be. They turned and faced Cadmus, and with a bright smile, they flew to him and hugged him tightly. Nuzzling him, holding him, so grateful that he was able to find out what was wrong with them.

Now a refreshed, fully-evolved Pokemon, Marshmallow has taken themselves to the next level in their spiritualist work, and has started expanding the kind of spiritualism they do personally. They are visibly much happier now that they're at their peak.