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A drawing I just finished based off of something that I dreamed last night. It centers around a Pikachu who witnessed a horrible earthquake while staying at a romantic resort with the love of his life, an adorable Female Pikachu who was also a *Shiny* (which made their already special friendship even more special). The Male Pikachu was originally planning to make a romantic trip with his girlfriend on a boat. But the earthquake -- which destroyed not only the entire resort but also Pikachu's heart -- was a bit *too* Super-Effective when it came to his poor girlfriend... The girl shouted at him to run, but he wanted to save her from the disaster. However, he had no choice, since the quake caused the two young lovers to be split apart -- the Male Pikachu on the beach side, the Female one inside the resort, which wasn't able to withstand the earthquake...

Sometime later, the Male Pikachu decided to return to the resort. He saw the ruins of the building sitting near the calm shore, with the small tropical island on the horizon, a ship wreck resting in its sand. But the thing that *really* caught his attention, was a small, gleaming object lying in the sand just near the border of the sea -- it was a Heart Scale! When Pikachu sat down and picked it up, some bright beams of light shone onto him and the beautiful object he was now holding in his hand. Above the golden clouds of the cold evening, he could differentiate a silhouette from the bright orange evening sky. He could feel the warmth of the sun striking his head, his belly and his tail. ''~Don't cry, my dear...~'', he heard from above, ''~...we may be a dozen miles away from each other... But I will live on inside your heart... Here... Let me hand you this Heart Scale... It's the most beautiful one that I could find... I wanted to give it to you the moment we would leave this place by boat, but the earthquake proved to be fatal to me...~'' The Male Pikachu looked at the Heart Scale, then he gazed at the vague silhouette above the golden clouds. With tears in his eyes, he promised to take good care of the treasure, and of himself. He stood up, turned around and slowly walked off, to return to what was left of the resort. Pikachu didn't care for how precious this Heart Scale was. It wasn't the beauty of the Heart Scale that cheered him up, but the fact that he received it from the ghost of the most beautiful and special girl he could wish for...

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