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Hayden clambered into the carriage, taking the only available seat opposite its sole occupant. She posed as best as she remembered, keeping her hands in her lap and eyes down. She couldn't avoid seeing what was right in front of her, no matter how afraid she felt. The woman wore a gown very similar to her own, except that it fit far better, and there was much more to show. Hayden knew on paper that the woman must be old, though there was no sign of it in person. Her skin was radiant, her hair bright…-
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When Hayden first came to Shaymin House, she felt as though she had never truly experienced luxury in her life. Never had she seen a place of such abundance, where any desire could be readily fulfilled, so long as it didn't defy the desires of the house's patron. Mew House evoked that same feeling, elevated beyond even what she could previously imagine. Their castle was both ancient and modern, every room comfortable. It seemed that anywhere she went, there was a psychic-type servant within a few…
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Hayden walked slowly through the library, searching for any sign of the other mew. The space was big for the home of one person, with two floors and many study tables and comfortable chairs to read from. There were signs of occupation everywhere—piles of books were arranged near many of them, with many titles propped open. He's not a ghost. There's a mew in here somewhere. She stopped by the door Ilene had used, levitating it open a crack. But there was no one there, mew or otherwise. "I…
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Time blurred past Hayden in the Summer Palace. She had never been with another mew anywhere close to her own age before. Julian couldn't teach her new powers, he couldn't train her in further Unity. But he didn't really need to. It was enough to be with someone who shared her perspective—someone who wanted to fly, and felt trapped when they didn't change something for too long. It just happened that he was also the most important kid in the world, with a responsibility that bordered…
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Something was different. Hayden wasn't sure exactly what had changed—but something had. She sat up in the empty study. Except she wasn't there anymore. Her legs floated beneath her, resting on something softer than any cloth. Liz floated from her dress, emerging from her sleeve to hover near her head. What she had taken for the dark room was now a sky full of stars. "There's no wind," she whispered, holding the kitten close to her. "Are you doing that?" The little…
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Hayden had been small before. Her new skill with transformation let her change into people who were several years younger, if she wanted to. She could be big muscular pokémon, or small ones. But whatever Lord Moonstone had done to her was on another level entirely. She was small enough to hold in someone's hand. But—would anyone be allowed to touch her? Was she a daemon now? She still had one. Liz circled around her, inspecting her in the dim light emanating from the cloth entrance. Her daemon…
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It was already so late, and Hayden was so tired. Hard to imagine she had spent the day with the most important prince in the world, then wrapped it up by surviving a meeting with the current leader of all mythical society. Cody wasn't here to teach her anything—there were no lessons, no practice. But she had somewhere warm and safe to spend the night, and that was enough. Hayden wasn't ready to give up and submit to unconsciousness right away, no matter how warm the heated pokémon bed…
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Life in Mew House was as different from the Shaymin of Sinnoh as those shaymins were from her parents. Maybe the differences came from the region, since shaymin and eevee alike had strict views about how she should be raised, and rigid structure imposed on how she spent her time. In one, that meant sweeping floors, while in the other it represented endless hours spent in a shrine, or else memorizing the purpose of each fork on a formal table, or how to check the accounting numbers given in the…
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No one forced Hayden to dress a certain way for her meeting with Gail. Given the dangers involved and the stakes to those she loved, she did all of that herself, digging through her wardrobe of fancy outfits until she found a dress at the perfect intersection of formal and casual—something made from a similar fabric to the ancient kimono, but shorter and easier to move in. Ilene didn't force her into the tight mew braid—Hayden asked for it herself, and spent an hour holding almost still in her…
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Eleanor would probably have many of her own things to say to Gail's suggestion that Hayden would “spend the night” with Julian. But her sister wasn't there, either to voice her cynicism or make Hayden self-conscious. She'd never met the young mew, so had no way of knowing what it was like to spend time with him. First that meant a quiet corner on the balcony, for Hayden to pose at length in various forms. Despite what Julian claimed about wanting to master the power himself, his true…
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