Tizzy's Journal

Name: Tizalicious Harrison-Joy

Age: 15 (soon to be 16!)

Height: Too tall for my age

Weight: I'm not quite sure; Mom said I'm not allowed to use the scales because they're only for Pokémon...

Parents: Brock Harrison and Marnie Francis Lynnette Joy (married – and way too affectionate for people their age. Which is old)

Siblings: One sister, Sunshine Harrison-Joy. She's two, and just sooo cute! At least, she was when I saw her on the phone...

Region: Pewter City, Kanto

Pokémon: I owned an Azurill for like, a week. But I knew that the only Pokémon for me is Tubby, the obese – sorry, slightly padded – Snorlax. I've had Tubby since he was an egg. Mom and Dad gave it to me for my seventh birthday, and I remember thinking: this is it; my very own Pokémon! I vowed to take care of him/her (I didn't know which yet) and make sure he/she was the happiest they could ever be. Tubby hatched a few weeks later and I got a Munchlax. I named him Tubby straight away because even then he was a bit bigger than the average-sized Munchlax – Mom told me so. We began our journey as soon as I was eleven. I just couldn't wait! Unfortunately, I hadn't listened to Dad when he was giving me a lecture on the Dos and Don'ts of how to survive by yourself in the wild so I ended up rushing back home after a couple of hours. I got better at being by myself though, since I always had Tubby to look out for me.

Journey: Now that would require me to practically write a whole book...

"Sunshine wants to say hello," Mom said cheerfully. I watched as she lifted the toddler into view. Thick head of pink curls; big orange eyes; cheeky smile – yep, she was definitely my sister. I wish I could go home and see her, but I couldn't go home now. I was having too much fun! Besides, I'd seen her when she was born and saw her every week through the phone. What more could she ask for? Behind me, Tubby growled quietly when he saw Sunshine appear on the screen to show that he liked me better. I petted his stomach soothingly and waved hello to Sunshine.

"Hiyaaa! Are you okay, Sunshine?" I said, loudly and slowly so she could understand what I was saying. Sunshine blinked at me.

"S'lax!!!" she screamed, and began to cry. Mom's worried face popped up as she moved Sunshine so that she could no longer see Tubby. I guess Sunshine didn't like him much either. Mom apologised and then carried a wailing Sunshine away to try to calm her down. Dad appeared in the screen.

"Sorry about that, Tizzy. You know how your sister gets around large Pokémon..." I had to admit that I didn't. I hardly knew anything about Sunshine, just that she looked a lot like me when I was her age and that she was my sister. Maybe I should visit more often..? But if Sunshine didn't like Tubby then there would be no point going to visit, as she would just cry all the time.

"How's your journey going, anyway kiddo?" Dad asked. I scratched the back of my head and grinned, slightly embarrassed.

"Okay Tizzy, what happened?" Dad didn't miss a thing. Where should I start? I hadn't earned myself any gym badges or ribbons – the closest I had come had been almost winning fourth place before finding out there was a mistake and it was actually fortieth place. Humiliating. Tubby hadn't been put down by all our failures so I refused to be too. Whatever happens, we have each other for comfort, and anyone with eyes could see that Tubby was the softest comfort a girl could have.

When I had hung up, I realized that Tubby had wandered off. Obviously, it wasn't hard to find him because he was so big. I caught him just as he was downing two milkshakes that belonged to this blonde girl. She looked furious and started shouting at me, so I immediately tuned out. A crowd of people gathered around us and encouraged us to have a fight. A girl – presumably the blonde girl's friend – came over and asked Blondie what was going on. Everyone was shouting and I just didn't want to listen so I day-dreamed instead. In my day-dream, Tubby and I were winning our millionth badge/ribbon – it didn't really matter which. Mom and Dad were crying: they were so proud of me. Sunshine didn't hate Tubby; in fact, she was hugging him. Well, trying to. Blondie eventually seemed to calm down so I did the honourable thing: I offered her a cookie.

"I'm sorry, but your Snorlax is just too big to be inside, and its blocking people's way. Could you possibly leave?" one of my aunts – the Nurse Joy of Oreburgh City – said. I held Tubby's hand and led him outside, not wanting to interfere with my aunt's work; I knew how much it annoyed Mom. The two girls followed us outside and I think the blonde one's name was Sky – I heard the brunette call her that back in the Pokémon Centre. The crowd from inside also followed me and Tubby, and made a circle around us. Sky challenged me to a Pokémon battle, which I accepted. Sky called out a Misdreavous and I told Tubby to kick their butt! In my eagerness, I ordered Tubby to use moves that he had no idea of – which could have been our downfall if not for Misdreavors's attacks bouncing off of Tubby's stomach until finally, Sky got frustrated and told it to charge at Tubby. I wanted to warn her what would happen if she did that but it was too late – her Misdreavous got stuck in his marshmallow-like belly. I could tell that it tickled Tubby from the way he was smiling.

"This is so stupid! I give up. That Snorlax shouldn't be in a battle!" Sky called back her Misdreavous. I could tell she was annoyed. Me? I was over the moon! I had won a battle! This was definitely something to call Mom and Dad about. I realized that the crowd had dwindled to a single person – the brunette who was friends with Sky. Really happy with his performance, I offered Tubby my last cookie. I knew he loved them but I didn't think it was healthy for him; usually once he had one cookie he wanted more. The two girls left without saying anything else to us.

"Tubby, do you mind waiting outside so I can call Mom and Dad and tell them about our success?" Tubby nodded happily so I skipped back inside the Pokémon Centre and rang my parents.

"Mom! Dad! You'll never guess what just happened!" I noticed too late that only Dad was present. He looked really worried and I was instantly alert.

"Your Mom thinks there's something wrong with Sunshine," he said. I gasped, and in that moment made a fast decision.

"Dad, I'm coming home."

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