So I had this idea a day or two ago and after thinking it through I managed to put it down to the typing as it were. Sometimes, dreams can be interesting for inspiration too you know.

I do have an idea of a potential sequel to this story, if i can get the inspiration going for this then this may end up turning into a very short series. Yes I know, I kinda suck with doing that We'll have to see how my inspiration goes honestly.

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Winter, that's the time of year that's coming up but it may have been coming early this year. The temperature had been dropping and a lot of the residents of the forest had been either departing or scavenging to get as much of the food there was to store for the winter. I was a little bit later to start, that was my fault. I always have been the type to procrastinate on important things. I'd normally just scraped by but I think this time I was starting to falter.

Right my name's Emma and I'm an Emolga. I live in this forest, just a normal Emolga really aside from how I procrastinate on important things. So that's what I'm doing right now jumping and gliding around looking for all the food I can. But it's cold even in the air, I'm having to land quickly. Food isn't the only thing I'm looking for though, I'm also looking for somewhere which is warmer than the tree I'm using at the moment. Or even something I can put over the opening to my home to keep the cold out.

However I was finding it harder and harder to go on, I was loosing height and finally I had to land. When I landed, I landed on the floor of the forest near a bush. There were berries on it, but they were struggling in the cold and they didn't look edible. The other berries had been taken, such a disheartening find. I took a step through the forest, trying to keep moving or find some shelter. Then I heard other movements around me. I was sure other Pokemon were out looking for food as well, there may be some predators about too.

It hit me at that moment. Being too cold to get some flight i couldn't make a good escape plan so I would be an easy target. I tried to break into a sprint just to keep moving, that did warm me up and I was thankfully quick on my feet. I heard the footsteps go silent, a break. I had gotten away but this kept me warm so I was still running.. But then something caught my eye. There was a hammock between two trees. There was also a thick blanket on top of it, it looked like a cosy spot to keep warm and get my breath back.

I didn't hesitate I jumped up and climbed the tree. Then I dove from the tree and to the Hammock, right under the thick blanket... and onto something larger, soft and furry that began to move. Before I could try and move out, a furry paw was touching my back, like it was holding me in place. "What are you doing here?" The voice was a male, I turned my head slowly to look. There was enough light for me to make out what owned the voice, a male Meowstic.

"I was trying to keep warm and find some food. I didn't prepare as early as I should have." I chose to be honest with my intention, even if it was risky. I knew if the Meowstic chose to go for me then I wouldn't be able to fight back so easily, not at close range. I felt warmer though and I was getting more of a fight for me. "I didn't mean to cause-"

"Hush, it's alright." He had interrupted me and his voice was soft. he actually sounded kinder than I thought he would do, maybe even understanding. "The winter is coming early. Finding food here, if you didn't start early then you're going to be in for a hard time though." Then he was stroking me along my back, something about it was soothing and making me blush, but I kept looking up to his face as it lowered. "I can keep you warm, but as for finding food... that is something I can't help you with. I feel like our diets are different."

My heart then sunk, that told me something I had a worry about. Though he sounded calm, he had admitted quietly that he was a predator as I certainly wasn't a predator. Berries, nuts and apples were my diet. I was then trying to pull back despite his attempt to stroke but stopped. It was hard, it was so warm under the sheet and against his fur, but I was at risk if I remained here, I thought I was anyway. "Then... then what am I going to do?"

I felt his paw come up to my cheek and then he lifted my head up so eye contact was avoidable. I almost sparked yet something in me made me hesitant. I wanted to hear him out first at least. "If you want to survive, then at this point your only option is to rely on others Some people may have gotten too much food and will share. As for shelter..." His paw tickled under my chin, it was a little ticklish and I was trying not to hold in some laughter. "I would be willing to shelter you. You won't have to worry about being cold."

I felt a chill going through me, I couldn't deny that he was right about needing help from others. Then he had made the offer about seeking shelter with him, but if he was a predator maybe I would be in danger if I did. That thought went through my head, then I closed my eyes. I had to tilt my head to the side so it would be away from his paw. "You... you're a predator though... right? You... are a Meowstic... right?"

"Omnivorous technically." The Meowstic had given me a light correction but still he had confirmed that he did eat other Pokemon. That made some fear rise up in me and I was shuffling again. Maybe he had predicted it as he was wrapping his paws around me. It was a hug yes, but it was keeping me in place too and not able to pull away. But I was in the warmth against him and was looking up to his face. "I see your fear. Don't worry, it isn't without consent and, any Pokemon I eat for food lives to tell the tale. Think of it like... a long rest if they take me up on the offer."

I had tilted my head and was looking right to his eyes when he told me not to worry. I was trying to make a judge of character for him. There was some spark of honesty in him and I had seen him speaking. There were normally small tells in someone when they weren't being honest, but I couldn't see any of the common tells in him. Yet at the same time, that didn't make sense. How could somebody be eaten, yet live to tell the tale. "They... they do?"

"I have methods to ensure they do. It comes with being a powerful psychic." The Meowstic's eyes flashed right before me. It wasn't a hypnotic look at all, maybe it was a show of the power but if that's what it was it did the job. They looked much more intense than any kind of psychic power that I had seen before.. In a sense it was chilling to me to be witness to such power. "My name's Mylo. Don't be alarmed miss..." Then he tilted his head, I realised what he wanted from me.

"Um, Emma. A pleasure, Mylo." Mylo had said some rather intriguing things to me, yet my heart was racing. I had seen some shocking things in my life, but this was something that was new to me. I had picked up on the cues though, he would devour me if I let him do so. But something in me was wanting to do it, to see what he meant. I was thinking through it in my mind, the pros and the cons of the options, for that time I felt silent.

"Emma, it is a pleasure to meet you as well." He moved his paw around my cheek again, cupping it while avoiding my cheek pouch. He obviously knew it was dangerous to touch if I chose to retaliate against him. "If you wish to think about it, do so. I'm not desperate for food and have a storage, so if you don't want to I will not suffer from it." I had paid attention to him again, I couldn't see the signs of deceit in his eyes or his face as he spoke. I felt that he was telling the truth.

"If... if I find nobody else to help me... I would die out in the winter..." I was mumbling the conclusions I was drawing. Mylo had offered to help, there was no guarantee someone else would offer to help me like he had done. Yet what he had said, it was driving my curiosity completely mad inside my head. "I would like your help to survive through the winter either way Mylo, if you're offering it, but..." I bit my lip, I must have been crazy to even consider this. Everything in me was telling me this was a bad idea, but something in me just struck out. "I'm... going to roll the dice Mylo. You can devour me. If I end up not coming back... I wasn't going to survive the winter anyway. So I may as well take the risk."

"Emma..." I felt Mylo's body twitch, he was slightly moving but then he was refraining himself. It was another sign of his honesty, he could have gone for me upon giving my immediate consent but he wasn't doing so. "Are you absolutely sure? You're tense and nervous, I can see it in your eyes." His paw rubbed my cheek again, that was soothing in a way as it was showing he cared. I didn't expect that from a predator, but it helped my decision.

"Mylo, that only furthered my decision." Now I lifted up my paw and I put it to his cheek. I was pulling myself up a bit closer to his face, as I got closer I nodded. "If you had been untrustworthy, I would have been going into your mouth right now without you asking if I was sure." I took another deep breath and then lowered my head, closing my eyes. "This could be my last day alive, or I could live on Either way, it's a risk I am willing to take." I pulled my paw back and brought both paws up to my chest. I nodded to him to reaffirm my choice.

"Emma... alright. You're a brave girl deep down." Mylo's paws were on my back, holding me snugly against him. He looked to my eyes again, then lifted his head up to my head. The next thing he said was a quiet whisper. "I hope you have a good rest for the winter." I felt nervous, but firm in my decision. Yet seeing his mouth open in front of me and then go right over my head, that chill went through me once more. Instinct brought up that fear, I had to bite my lip and keep mentally telling myself that things would be alright.

"Mylo... please be gentle, whatever you do." I spoke quietly, some fear did come out of me but I was keeping firm in my choice and I could tell by Mylo pushing me into his mouth further that he was accepting of my decision. I had to close my eyes, as through his mouth and tongue I was getting coated in warm saliva. Though warm, it was also thick, yet slick. I felt like I couldn't hold on while it was coating me.

I felt movement, a nod from Mylo, as I was going in. Then I felt a fleshy barrier against my face. That was a trigger of his tongue, he pressed it right up against my chin, then pushed. He was swallowing and his uvula was pressing right between my eyes and going over my head. Firm muscle gripped me, I was being pushed and pulled right into the throat of the Meowstic, I had to catch my breath as I was going in. First my head, then my shoulders went into the opening.

That was the hard part for hi it felt like, after my shoulders had gone in I was descending at a faster pace. All around me, the esophagus was working on me. I heard the sounds of muscle squeezing over me, it sounded like when wet skin pressed against each other and pulled away. Yet i also heard a rapid pulsing, the heartbeat of the Meowstic, but it sounded like he was holding his breath to swallow me. "It's going to be okay, it's going to be okay." I was whispering to myself, trying to reassure myself of what was happening.

Thankfully he was respectful. Mylo had the chance and opportunity to try and touch somewhere sensitive on me with his tongue but he wasn't taking that opportunity to do so. It made me smile despite my heart beating very hard into my chest. I felt my feet going into his mouth as well, my feet wriggled slightly instinctively. Though I knew I couldn't fight back at this point.

I felt a barrier up against me again, a tight wall of muscle which was opening up as Mylo swallowed around my hips and my feet. As it opened up I heard ore muscular movement up ahead along with the gurgles of a stomach. There was no mistaking it, that's where I was going at this moment. My head went in first as my feet went into the esophagus. My tail was following my body, being slurped through his lips. Then I heard another sound, the sound of him breathing again as the last swallows were being made. "Um... Mylo?" I had spoken out loudly, trying to get in contact with him now he was breathing again.

Before he replied I was moving forward, having to curl up slightly inside what was a tight bag of muscle and flesh. It almost felt like I was falling in, but I was soon inside, completely. That opening closing up behind my tail. "Emma, I'm alright. I've done this before." The stomach wall around me was moving, squeezing over me and fluid was seeping out. It didn't hurt thankfully but still, I got nervous and worried. Yet I remembered what he had said, even those he ate as food got to live to tell the tale. But I was getting nervous again.

"Mylo... I will be alright, right? Even if I'm... made into food?" I did expect this to happen. It was what a stomach did to the contents after all, but I saw honesty in what he was saying. I began to worry if I had been wrong in my assessment. At least it wasn't painful, just a bit on the tight side as that muscle squeezed on me, pressing fluid into my body as it slowly got numb and harder to move.

"I'm sure Emma. You'll be alright. Just.. just try and rest, alright?" his words had the same tone, eve though I couldn't see for chances that he was lying. I tried to open my eyes, but I closed them quickly. One because it was dark but also because of all the fluid, I didn't want my eyes to get damaged. I took another deep breath, inside I was worried it would be my last breath though.

"A-alright..." I tried to trust his word, but still frightened I couldn't move. I tried to keep myself calm, but my heart kept on beating. But as time went on, it was getting easier to rest as my body got weaker and less solid. It felt a bit like I was falling into a peaceful slumber. Part of me told me I was dying and I should fight back, but I didn't have the strength. I knew I wouldn't have survived the winter anyway. My body felt weaker slowly fading and then I felt a blackness take me. Then after some time, I heard a voice, Mylo's voice.

"Emma, open your eyes." I opened my eyes, like he had told me to. I saw a warm field, a meadow of sorts, with trees to the side and flowers everywhere, even fruit trees growing. Then I felt like I had some renewed strength, it looked like I was in a paradise of some kind, but it also didn't look familiar. I stood up and was walking. I then checked, I had my body back somehow, like I had never been eaten. But I was also alone, except for hearing Mylo's voice. "Welcome to my mind scape."

"Mind... scape?" I was working out what this meant. I just looked around, trying to put this all together. I had seen he was a powerful psychic before, things were starting to come together. "Am I... am I now inside your mind? I know you... you swallowed me as food... right?" I could see a clear sky the sun in a position which mirrored what time it was when I had been consumed it looked like.

I"It's where i keep those I have eaten Emma. It's like a large space inside my mind, away from the stresses of life. But your real body, it's nutrition for me for now." he still sounded calm and peaceful, even though I couldn't see him I could still hear him. I got chill from my body being referred to as nutrition but also conflict. I felt alive still, just as alive as I had been before."When the time comes though, you will be back in the real world. You will have your body back. Maybe it would be best for that to happen after winter. Until then... live however you want to here."

"Mylo?" I thought I understood now. It sounded like until winter was over, this would be my home but I had all of the freedom to do what I wanted to. I went to one of the bushes growing berries and pulled on the berry to get the berry off of the bush. I had a lot of questions though. "Will I be able... to see you until then? Will I be able to see anyone? Will there be any limit? Any... risks?"

I got the answer to one of my questions soon after. I felt a presence to the side and I looked over. Mylo was standing there, but now I could see him in all his glory. He looked very much like a normal male Meowstic now I could look at him in better light. "I can enter my own mind any time to see you Emma. And if I ever eat anybody else, you'll have other company too." He stepped up, while he stepped up I was eating the berry I had picked. It felt like a real berry, even tasted like it and satisfied the hunger I was feeling in my body. "The only risk is if something happens to me, but I'm strong enough to look after myself. For limits, you can do anything you could do before, you would still feel pain and pleasure as normal, but you cannot come to harm here. Just, live how you would do normally until the winter is over."

I finished off the berry, I even got a little bit of juice on my face which I licked off. This was seeming a bit like a paradise, but part of me wanted some company other than Mylo here too. But I wasn't in a position to force that. "Alright." I wiped my face, then i stood up and walked up to Mylo. When I was close enough, without any fear I hugged Mylo, he had to lift me up but he hugged me back against his body. This allowed me to talk though, as I had one ore thing to say. "And Mylo... thank you."