Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.
Today was one of the few days where I felt both happy and sad at the same time: my birthday. Though one would usually think it to be a happy event, it is not so in my case. Today was one of the few days where my existence would fade into nothingness; I was invisible to all. The thought made me feel both relieved, yet also sent a stab of pain in my heart.
I was free from the scrutiny of others, but at the same time, I wished for someone I could talk to freely. The cause of all the pain and problems in my life could be summed up with a single word or name: Dawn, otherwise known as my twin sister. I would probably get slapped by either her or my parents if I said that out loud.
I would probably get punished for doing or saying almost anything, so I may as well be mute. People ignored me anyway; I ended up speaking a few words during an odd day. Otherwise I simply wrote on my notepad; I didn't even use it that often.
To my parents and everyone else in Twinleaf, Dawn was the perfect little angel, capable of no evil. She was beautiful, with glossy brown hair styled daily and always wore fashionable clothes. To me, it was all an act, everyone is two-faced.
In contrast to the pampering of my sister, I was something akin to gum on the bottoms of one's shoe. I had thought that today would have been the best birthday ever; however it seemed that even fate was against me.
I woke up at the time I usually did and spent a few minutes staring at the ceiling, blinking away the sleepiness in my eyes. I liked nights much more than mornings.
My thoughts were interrupted by loud knocking at the door, followed by an angry "Get up you lazy girl!"
I sighed and got out of bed.
Right on cue as usual.
I spared a glance at the clock, 6:30 am and grabbed my notepad and pen.
The list of chores was even longer than usual: shopping for this and that for the party guests and other preparations. My mother promptly pushed me out the door to begin shopping, Dawn was still fast asleep, and would not awake until later. I rushed to finish as quickly as possible, hopefully due to the party I would have some rare free time. Sadly, Dawn was awake when I returned; mother was fretting over her clothes and hair.
"I'm bored; I am going to go outside for a while." Dawn pouted; mother smiled sweetly and replied, "Oh that's fine sweety. Go have some fun."
She turned to face her, the smile replaced with a scowl. "Accompany her."
I nodded as meekly as I could and silently followed my sister out the door.
The moment we got outside, a moving van could be seen in front of the house next to ours.
A new neighbor, I thought wryly, another poor victim to charm.
Moments later a boy with blonde hair, a striped shirt, jeans and a scarf walked out the front door. Dawn put on her customary smile and greeted him.
"Good morning! Nice to meet you, my name is Dawn."
The boy stared for a moment, then replied, "Good morning as well! My name is Barry. Who's that behind you?"
He motioned a hand towards me. I brought out my notepad and wrote, My name is Tsuki. Right after, his attention was almost completely taken by Dawn.
Typical.
Dawn cutely explained what she was about to do and Barry asked to join us. Dawn agreed and I had no say in the matter anyway. The walk was a short one to the bank of Lake Verity, as always the view was breath-taking. I spent most of my free time in the forest nearby, with the pokemon. They are probably the only ones I would ever talk to I suppose. As we entered, I noticed a strange flash, intrigued I walked forward and found a briefcase. I did not get a chance to open it, as Dawn came over and snatched it from my hands.
"Oh look I found! I wonder what's inside?"
Barry walked over, but did not get to respond as suddenly a pair of starly appeared. Dawn shrank back and gave a small shriek, Barry paled and I just stood where I was. To me, humans were much more dangerous compared to pokemon, though they are capable of amazing things; they are rarely evil.
Figuring the briefcase might have something to help; I placed it on the ground and opened it. Inside was three pokeballs, upon seeing them, Barry exclaimed, "We can use the pokemon inside them to fight!"
That is pretty obvious.
Dawn and Barry each grabbed a ball and threw. A piplup and a turtwig appeared in a flash of light.
"Turtwig use tackle!" Barry called, the green turtle sprang forward, knocking the starly to the ground.
Dawn on the other hand, just stared blankly at the blue penguin in front of her. The other starly flew towards piplup and attacked, the penguin winced as it was pushed back. Fortunately, the two starlys seemed to have had enough and flew away, but one of them snatched Dawn's hat in its beak.
"Get back my hat! Or I will tell mom!" She looked at me and pointed in the general direction of the fleeing starly.
Keeping any sort of emotion from my face, I turned and trekked into the forest, leaving Dawn and Barry behind. Truth be told, I rather enjoyed the walk; I was alone, which meant I did not have to listen to anyone praise Dawn or my parents or deal with my family. About an hour later, I exited the forest, Dawn's hat in my hand. Looking up in the sky, the sun was high in the sky.
About noon I believe.
As I neared the house, the sounds of partying were heard. I avoided the front door and entered from the back instead. When I opened the door I was met up with angry looks from mother and father. I braced myself.
"What were you doing?! You were supposed to stay with her! Something horrible could have…" The lecture went on for about fifteen minutes, which was only interrupted by Dawn appearing and saying, "I told her to get my hat. It is almost time for cake."
The hat was taken, and the lecture was over.
"Go to your room, and stay there, silently." My parents hissed and promptly turned around with wide smiles and played their roles as hosts for the party. From the corner of my eye, I saw Barry and the inhabitants of the town, who were crowded around admiring piplup and turtwig.
I entered my room and promptly fell on the bed. The hands of the hour clock glided forward as the sun set while I was asleep. When I awoke, the house was much quieter. My stomach gave a rumble, looking at the clock; I realized it was dinner time. I descended the stairs and joined the rest of the family at the table. Dawn was retelling the events of this morning's event. She had just finished retelling the battle with the starly, with some minor changes.
"Oh, you were so brave! You are a natural born pokemon trainer."
I discreetly rolled my eyes; this happened almost on a daily basis, in some way.
Mother then realized something, "Where did you get the pokemon?"
"That reminds me, I need to go visit someone named professor Rowan in Sandgem town, the briefcase belonged to him." Dawn said, father was confused and said, "Briefcase?"
A light bulb seemed to light up above Dawn's head, "Oh, I was getting to that part." I listened rather intently as well; I was in the forest during the time period.
Minutes after I had left, another boy ran into the clearing. He was looking for a briefcase with some pokeballs; the one that I had found. He then noticed the released pokemon.
He seemed pretty calm about it all and said, "These guys seem pretty attached already, I will tell the professor about this. If it isn't too much trouble, could you two visit him in Sandgem town? It's not too far from here."
According to Dawn he was quite cute; he wore a ball cap, had chocolate brown hair, a light blue jacket and black pants.
Wonder how he reacted to Dawn's cute act? I kept quiet, eating my food as if the story did not interest me in the slightest. Dawn continued on with the story.
He had then introduced himself as Nate, assistant and son of professor Rowan, who was rather well known in Sinnoh for his research on pokemon. Afterwards, not bothering to wait for me, the two of them returned home for the party.
"This is a good chance! You get to meet that famous professor and go on a little adventure." Mother said excitedly, father nodded his head as well.
I shoveled the last mouthful of food into my mouth and excused myself from the table; I was approaching my limit. I left the dining room and acted as if I was returning to my room, but instead I quietly snuck out the back yard and walked back towards Lake Verity. The view was even more beautiful at night, the rays of moonlight shone on the surface of the water. As I neared the lake, a strange fog seemed to roll in out of nowhere. I stopped walking and looked around, I then noticed a silhouette in front of me. It looked like a pokemon, but not one I had ever seen. It was rather small and had three tails.
The fog disappeared after a few moments, taking the silhouette with it. I shrugged off the event as a possible hallucination from tiredness. Finding my usual spot, I brought out my ocarina. It was one of the few gifts I had ever received; colored a gradient of browns and made of clay. I brought the instrument to my lips and began to play.
I always felt at peace whenever I played the ocarina, all my stress and problems seemed to melt away for the moment. I glanced at my watch, it was getting late. I walked back towards home, slipped back indoors and into my bed. Closing my eyes, I fell asleep as the moon shone in the sky above the small town of Twinleaf.