Heh heh! I knew this would come out sooner or later! I have had this idea ever since before I've been on Fanfiction but never wrote it. Maybe because it contains a little bit of spoilers of my first fic. Speaking of that must apologize about no update for it, I promise chapter two will be out soon and hopefully I will stop procrastinating. Anyways, on to this crazy thing!
Everthing was pitch-black darkness. He could see nothing. Maybe because he was unconscious, but, even if he wasn't, he probably would not be able to see anyway.
Santalune Forest was dark at night. He always had gone through here every day on Pokemon X, but it was never this large. Or dark, for that matter. He had always been able to see on his game.
But this was not his game. This was real life; he had been brought here from a portal; only reason his team weren't with him was beacause he thought he saw Diancie, the Pokemon they were tasked to find, and ran off after it. He wished he hadn't, maybe he would not be out cold on the forest ground, next to a tree, which he ran into because he couldn't see anything; he would probably be spending the night in the Santalune Pokemon Center, getting ready to battle Viola and training his Eevee.
Suddenly something knocked against his face; he twitched, then he felt a wave of freezing cold wash over his head.
"Wake up!" a voice hissed in his ear. Another torrent of cold swept over him.
"Cody, wake up!" the voice growled again. Something hit him again, and he came to.
"Finally, Cody, you're awake!" the voice cheered, obviously happy he finally awakened. His whole body felt numb, save for some scrapes on him arm, which stung. He struggled to open his eyes (not like it mattered) , and barely managed out a sentence.
"H-how do... you know... my name?" he shivered. Whatever it was, it made him freezing cold. He couldn't keep his eyes open any longer, but it was a huge effort to shut them.
"Well, I'm a Psychic Pokemon, silly!" it replied. Cody was beginning to think he was dreaming. How else could he have understood what it said?
"It's only natural that I can tell," it went on. "Plus, shouldn't you know that already?"
He felt the cold wash over him again, and he was confused as to why this Pokemon was trying to give him hypothermia.
Again, he was hardly able to let words come out. "How was... I supposed... to?" In his mind, he flinched at how terrible it sounded.
He heard something scratching at the tree, and a grunt as the Pokemon heaved itself onto the branch. "I was sure all Pokemon would know." it replied.
This made him instantly forget how hard it would be to say something. "What are you... talking about?" He winced when a sharp pain went through his side.
"Seriously, even a Dark-type Pokemon should know a trivial fact like that! They may be dark, but they aren't stupid." it retorted, which made him wince again.
"That didn't... an...swer my question." He had a feeling it wasn't planning on it.
He heard it sigh. "I thought you were able to tell. Clearly you can't tell you're a Pokemon, at least."
He could tell one thing from this: it definitely was not planning on it. Seriously, just tell me.
But it wasn't finished. "You seem smart, as I can tell from reading your memories, so I don't see why you wouldn't know. Is there any chance that you really, truly, did not know?" Cody could tell it knew something he didn't.
He tried to speak; but no words came out. Instead, he nodded.
"Have you ever tried maybe looking in a puddle? It's not that dark out here." It paused for a minute. "You scratched your eyes, didn't you." He nodded, and it jumped down with a thud, and ran off. After a minute, he began to think it wasn't coming back, right at the same time he heard footsteps. It shoved something against his face. Cody guessed it a berry.
"Eat it." Something pressed against him again, and tried to do as told. Gradually it got easier the more he did so, until there was nothing left except seeds. He found it a lot easier to open his eyes; when he did, it looked light as noon. He could see the other Pokemon, which was an Espeon. He was confused.
The Espeon sensed his confusion, obviously. "I's called night vision, stupid. Next you're gonna wonder what a tree looks like. Anyways, I'd better get home. I was only out to look for someone, whom I didn't find."
The last sentence made him think of someone. "What was their name?"
She paused. "Raven. She only comes out at night, and I've always wondered what she does in the daytime. She didn't come yesterday, so I was sent to look for her when I found you unconscious next to this tree. I waited an hour for you to wake up." She gave an annoyed look.
He remembered what Raven had told him. "I think I know where to find her."
She instantly lit up. "Where?" she cheered.
He realized it had been at least a day since he last saw his teammates, so he guessed they were still at the Gym. "It's not too far," he answered. "If we go through the forest-" he paused,"then we come out on the other side."
She smiled and ran off. He tried to follow, but after a single step he stumbled and fell flat on his face. It took Cody a minute to manage to get back up, but when he did he ran off after the Espeon. He fell a few more times, but eventually he caught up and led the way to Santalune City (while tripping a few more times).
Pretty soon he ended up on a tree (he saw Gwen, and he went in the tree due to the Espeon's quick thinking). After a while, though, the trees cleared up, and he could see Santalune City pretty clearly.
He couldn't find a way to get down into the city without being seen, until the Espeon (whose name he found out was India) dragged him across the tree and into another. She finally put him down, and then Cody noticed a path (in the trees, of course) leading from the forest and into the city.
"Why are we in the trees again?" he asked.
She snorted. "So we won't be caught." At that moment, the branches under her gave way and she fell into the middle of the city. Cody jumped (more like stumbled) down after her.
India landed nimbly on her paws, while Cody ended up on his face (again). His scratches from earlier stung worse, telling him he opened them up.
"I told you, Cody isn't coming back!" He heard Noah yell.
"Seriously, just shut up and stop ruining other people's lives for once!" Sky shouted back at him. "Maybe he is coming back. Maybe he's still lost in the forest somewhere."
"Sky's right! And if he is, as much as I'd like to, we can't go back for Cody. We have a week to get this Gym badge, and we need to get it. Also, he has Eevee to help him. I doubt he's not okay." Raven's voice sounded from a few feet away.
India was watching the conversation with pure horror. Clearly she had realized what Raven actually did when she wasn't with India. Then her gaze turned to Cody, as if meaning danger.
From under the bush, he could see Izzy and Noah pointing at him.
"Seriously, guys, look!" Noah shouted. Everyone gave him sarcastic glances. "I'm serious! Just look!"
Gwen rolled her eyes and did so. Raven glanced as well.
"What? That's not possible! Umbreon can't be legitimately found in the wild!" Raven yelled, pointing at Cody. He knew it was him she meant.
"This isn't the game, know-it-all." Noah deadpanned.
"Who are you calling know-it-all, jerk!" Raven retorted, green eyes flashing.
"Guys, break it up!" Gwen pushed her way between them. "What are we gonna do about them?" she asked, pointing to Cody and then India.
"Depends. Maybe we should battle them for experience. That should help." Raven added, sending out her Arcanine and Ninetales.
"Should we? Maybe we should let them do their own thing." Sky replied.
Before he knew what he was doing, Cody squeezed out from under the bush he was hiding in and walked slowly up to Raven. Ninetales reached out to look at him, and Arcanine barked happily, obviously recognizing him.
"Jessie, that's enough." she scolded. Jessie whined and Ninetales looked at her in an odd way, the way she did every time she saw Cody.
"Flame, there's no way that's Cody." She scolded again. Scott and Noah looked at her funny as well.
"I taught my Pokemon how to communicate, sort of. Whenever they see someone, they look at me in a way specific for that person. Flame was telling me that was Cody. Of course, it isn't, but they don't normally mess up." Raven explained. "Anyway, tonight I'll go look for him." She glanced at the sun, which was almost at the top of the sky.
Gwen sent out her Noibat, and Noah his Fennekin. "So are we going to battle them?" Noah pleaded.
Raven facepalmed and gave in. "The Umbreon doesn't look as strong," she began as the comment made him wince," so fight the Espeon first."
Instinctively Cody thrust his way in front of India's bush. Fennekin growled and took a step towards him, but stopped when it realized who it was. Fennekin tore at Noah's shirt sleeve.
Raven watched this with great interest. "All the Pokemon seem to agree. Why else would Flame tell me it's Cody, and Fennekin protest against fighting?" she said, watching the fire fox munch on the piece of fabric he tore off of Noah's sleeve. "There must be more to this." she continued, running off.
Gwen sighed. "Why does she always run away in a random direction? Soon it will be her that's missing, not Cody." She must have seen him wince, because she turned to him and kept talking. " Meanwhile, we should take you with us." Gwen continued, lifting him off the ground.
He wanted to protest, but instead he let Gwen pick him up, which made him want to sleep.
"No! Stop! Don't take him!" He heard India's futile protests, knowing Gwen didn't know what the heck she was saying, though the Espeon obviously didn't.
Gwen looked at the Espeon for a minute, but since she didn't understand, kept Cody in her arms, and didn't move.
"Gwen, come on!" Sky yelled. Scarlett impatiently whipped her hair. Gwen took a step forward, but her gaze remained on India. Sky scowled and picked up the Espeon, which yelled angrily and flashed her claws in all directions. Sky flinched when the claws hit her.
After a minute, India calmed down, and Sky and Gwen followed the rest of the team.
"Where do you think they're taking us?" India asked
"Maybe to their room in the Pokemon Center." he answered. India looked confused, but said nothing more. Cody forgot she didn't know what that was.
"Will we be able to get back?" she looked worried. He could tell she really wanted back in the forest.
"Trust me, they won't kill you. Except maybe Scarlett." He looked at the brainiac.
India flinched, but calmed down. Gwen stopped for a second, which caused Noah to scowl at her. She kept moving, but was obviously angry at Noah.
Soon they arrived at the Pokemon Center. Sky opened the door, and they went inside, and turned to the far left. Many doors were on either side, but they kept going to the very end. They went inside the very last door. Gwen and Sky finally put them down, and India looked as if she were about to faint with relief.
She then took this opportunity to take over the couch and sleep. Cody was pretty sure that didn't end well, but he was too busy sleeping himself to notice (I mean, he most likely didn't sleep for days, wouldn't you?).
Holy crap this was long! This took 12 hours total to write! Anyways, I am a bit disappointed about how it came out. This seems more like my POV, not Cody's. However, I still think it's good, and probably way too long. So I've seen a lot of people do this, so I will myself:
Cody: If you R&R I will give you one piece of candy!
OMG guys he's giving away candy! That practically means you have to!
Cody: *runs around in a sugar rush*
R&R. Before he explodes from too much candy.
