A Second Eye
Chapter 1: Prologue
…But there was one trainer left. A young girl with a deceivingly serious face. "You, you're going to challenge me? You don't stand a chance, pipsqueak!" The girl remained silent and confident. "Fine then. Feraligatr, you take care of this!" Pop!
"Raligatr!" A large blue creature appeared out of the blinding light. The girl gave a curt nod, and threw her own red and white ball.
"Show 'em how it's done, A"-
"Hey, kid! We're about to close up. You gonna buy that or what?"
"I…"
"I'll tell you one thing. You won't be coming back tomorrow to read it. We've already had three preorders of it and there's only five left in stock. I'd bet that by noon tomorrow the last two copies are gone."
"Well… How much?"
"Twelve dollars." The boy dug in his pockets. Only seven.
"I haven't got twelve dollars…"
"Off with you, then." The comic shop keeper shooed him out the glass paned door, locking it behind him. The boy gave a depressed sigh and moved on, hanging on to his favorite red and white cap and blue and white collared jacket.
"I wish they were real…then I could do anything, and I wouldn't have to pay for stupid stories." He said, glaring back at the shop. "What am I even saying? It would be nice though." He moved off into the crisp, foggy night, his head hung low. A childish voice came from somewhere in the dark,
"Time cannot slow you down, Space cannot make it longer, but your wish shall be granted, and the second eye shall awaken." As thunder rolled across the sky, the boy peered behind him again, and then hurried home. There was a soft giggle, and two glowing eyes floated off into the enshrouding darkness…