Author's note: I've written some other stuff before and perhaps some of you have read them. I deleted them since I felt they needed more revising and editing. Also, I ran out of ideas to continue. I'm thinking of taking plenty of time to fix them, and I decided to start a new one while I'm at it.
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There are a lot of stories of being warped into games and anime. I've read plenty and seen plenty. Most of them were pretty good stories, and I loved to imagine what it was like to be in a world where anything was possible. Magic, swordsmanship, pokemon, you name it.
I didn't imagine I'd actually be warped into one, though.
I'm absolutely positively sure that I had been napping on the living room couch on a sunday afternoon. However, there was a light breeze that woke me up. I wondered if my mom got back from the supermarket already with snacks and maybe the wind blew when she opened the front door. I opened my eyes to welcome those cheesy crackers.
My mom wasn't home. In fact, I wasn't home. Instead of the comfortable leather couch, I was lying on the ground full of grass and flowers and soft soil. There was a roof of trees above my head with spots of sky visible through the leaves and other trees that were surrounding me like a wall.
My first thought was that I was already dead and perhaps this was heaven - the truth was, this place was beautiful at first sight.
However, after a few pinches and punches to check if I was really dead or if it was a dream, the answers were both no. I wasn't dead and this wasn't a dream. I had clearly been removed from my house into some forest. I got up and yelled,
"Mom? Dad? Hello, anyone?"
Only the rustling of leaves told me I was alone. Okay, this didn't look entertaining. I tried hard not to panic and swallowed back those fears that were starting to envelope me. I needed to think straight. After taking a few gulps of air to calm myself, I sat with my legs crossed and tried hard to meditate first before thinking about the situation. I could tell it took a long time for me to calm down since the sky was starting to change color.
Maybe I was kidnapped? That wasn't likely. Although I slept deeply, I would've known if someone carried me. Well, if they knocked me out first with drugs then of course, that would be an entirely different situation...However, kidnappers wouldn't just throw their victims in the forest without gaining any profit. If they wanted to erase evidence of their crime, which is me, then they would've killed me before I woke up. Breathing with relief, I tossed that idea aside and considered other things.
My clothes were the way I wore them before I threw myself on the couch. A pink t-shirt with black shorts. I was barefoot, and - oh I should've realized this earlier, but my glasses weren't with me. I wasn't exactly blind without glasses since I can see the outlines of whatever is around and tell what color is which. In short, I can tell a mouse and a computer mouse apart without my glasses on. Still, everything is very blurry and I need my glasses to see properly. I left them on the coffee table, so whoever brought me here didn't care to bring them along.
Barefoot and no glasses. I couldn't just go walking around, then. I wouldn't run into trees and walls of course, but it was going to be difficult to see ahead of me. Besides, stepping on small pointy rocks that aren't visible won't be really fun.
Still, what choice did I have? I got up, picked any direction and started to walk carefully. Maybe staying where I woke up would be better than going around half-blind, but the chances of somebody finding me in this forest was close to zero. I had to get out of here in case there were wild animals.
I stepped on a twig and it snapped. A few birds squeaked and flew out of a nearby tree, surprised. Odd, they looked like a whole bunch of starlys...
Wait, they didn't look like starlys. They were starlys.
This was a big shock. Starlys? Bird pokemons? I watched where they just were. It was hard to believe what I just saw.
A reddish-orange thingy climbed down from another tree and moved across the grass. I took a closer look at it and discovered it was a wurmple.
I screamed and darted forward, forgetting the pricks on my soles and scratches on my toes. Maybe I was seeing things - my eyesight wasn't good. Maybe I was losing it. Yes, at that moment I was definitely losing it. It had to be some hallucination. My brain must have been addled in a way or another...
WHAM! I tripped over a stray root and slammed into something, or rather, someone. A large man with a lot of camping stuff was rolling on the ground, groaning.
"Oww... Watch where you're goi - Hey!"
"I'm really sorry! Oh, but I'm glad I met someone! Can you please tell me where we are? I suddenly appeared here out of nowhere and I have no idea what happened to me. I don't want you to get the wrong impression, but I think someone drugged me. I can see pokemon!"
I don't know if I explained my situation right, but I think I did. If I had my glasses on, then I would've been able to see his expression well during the long pause. When he finally said something, he sounded doubtful.
"I'd better take you to the police. No wait, I'll call them to meet us at the forest entrance."
"Good thinking! Thanks for helping!"
I felt relieved. Everything will be alright now. The police will help me get home, and I would get any necessary treatment for seeing pokemon... I didn't say anything to the camping guy while we picked our way out of the forest. Lucky he knew which way to go. We were out of the forest in a few moments time. I bounded up and down in joy as I skipped over to the large sign post standing in front of the entrance of the forest.
'North to Eterna City. South to Jubilife City.'
This is a joke, right? This has to be a joke. There's no such place called Eterna or Juilife City in real life. They're both cities in the 4th generation pokemon games...
"Oi! Officer Jenny!"
Officer Jenny? No, please... let it be a random policewoman with the name Jenny... please...
Wrong again. Blue-green hair spiked at the ends and a few wavy bangs beneath her cap, it was the exact Jenny I didn't want to meet. To make things worse, Jenny wasn't the only person rushing over to see me... A woman with a pink twin-donut hairstyle came straight up to me and wrapped a blanket over my shoulders, blocking my view in the process and preventing me from seeing others.
'Nurse Joy' I thought with a shudder. People were talking in the background and I tried listening to them.
"...I don't know how or why he was there. Save the clothes, he says he must've been drugged cause he can see pokemon."
"And he didn't know where he was?"
Wait a minute, he? I'm a girl! I won't say that I'm girlish looking, but can't you tell from my voice? Guys my age definitely sound like guys.
"Can't we see him?"
"He's been gone for so long..."
No, I don't want to see anyone right now. I don't know what they're talking about, and I didn't want to know. I was afraid I might get a heart attack if anymore familiar faces appeared. I held on tightly to Nurse Joy and moaned slightly, burying my face into her shoulder. At least she would treat me like a patient who needs peace. She shoved away the bystanders and helped me in the police car.
"He isn't in the right state to talk. I'm sorry, but we'll have to take him to the hospital and keep him at least overnight. No visitors allowed during the time being."
Yes, please do that. Give me some room and time to think.
I never thought I'd look forward to being hospitalized. Thankfully, the doctors in Jubilife City Hospital just looked like your ordinary doctors you see in real life. I had no trouble talking with them while they examined my health.
I was given a private ward and decided to make the most out of it. I stayed up all night thinking about the situation.
No matter how I didn't want to accept it, I had to admit this was not a dream. I wasn't drugged either. I was in the world of Pokemon, and Sinnoh at that. Somehow I was warped inside a famous game for an unknown reason out of the blue when I was taking a nap.
People seemed to know me, but toss that aside since I can ask them later. I didn't have the faintest idea why they kept calling me a boy, though. I checked my body several times in the hospital restroom and I'm 100% sure I'm female. Well, that's not important.
By adding up every fact, I arrived at one conclusion - there is a very crucial, critical reason why I was brought here. Perhaps it is like one of those old fairytales where you're brought into some weird dimension and you have to complete a mission to go home. Maybe this is no different. Maybe I've gotta collect all eight gym badges and beat the elite four and become champion. Maybe I've gotta defeat an evil crime syndicate and save the world. Maybe I've gotta catch some legendary pokemon from running wild.
Legendary pokemon...that's it! Dialga and Palkia! The gods of time and space! If I can just ask them nicely, they might be able to send me back home. After all, they're the rulers of dimensions and stuff...or do I need to search for Arceus?
However, according to the games and other sources, Mt. Coronet is the only place I could meet them. There's also a low possibility that they'd actually be there. Moreover, I'll need some strong pokemons to take with me in case wild pokemons attack. Well, that's something to worry about later...
Okay, so first thing I have to do is get a pokemon (or catch one) and train first. Then I'll go to Mt. Coronet. If the gods are there, I'll try asking. If they're not there, or if they're unable to send me home... I'll think of another plan then.
Anything is welcome except flames.
