THE GIRL AND THE LUGIA

By kathlaida-princess

Summary: In order to bring his best friend back to the world he knew, a boy has to make a sacrifice and change into the most beautiful creature, the Sea Guardian itself, so that he could find out the reason why she left in the first place and he could tell her how he really felt inside… However, when the boy is kidnapped by a Pokemon Collector, things get complicated, as the girl must return the boy's love for him to be human again before it is too late.

With the special appearance of Lugia, my favourite Pokemon!

I sure hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Pokemon characters nor the places in the Pokemon World. Blah, blah, blah. But I hope you enjoy this, though.

CHAPTER I

KAREN, THE MOST POPULAR STRANGE GIRL

What do you want to do when you grow up?, was the question that always embarrassed Karen Springfield.

"I'm going to find a way to the Pokemon World!"

And all the children laughed at her, making her feel miserable. But what could she do? It was the plain truth…

Karen Springfield, age 15, resident in L.A., United States of America, the most popular girl at school. Not that it was abnormal… With her straight blond hair, emerald-green eyes, elegant curves and radiant smile it was no wonder why every boy started drooling when she passed by. Even her personality was charming. Karen was always polite, nice, funny, reliable and considerate, and she had the best grades in class! Nevertheless, there's always a thorn in every rose, and Karen's was her great imagination. Since the first time she laid her eyes upon that TV show, she fell in love with Pokemon, and started believing she would be the greatest trainer in the world.

As she was still a young girl by then, everyone joined the fun, supposing it was just a joke. A boy specially liked to be with Karen. His name was Daniel and grew to be her best friend later. He had short dark hair, always damped in gel, shiny dark brown eyes and an irresistible brunette skin. They were always there for each other.

But real problems only started when she got older and her supposed joke became something to worry about. As she went on with her belief of a real Pokemon World, people started to think her crazy, started to avoid the subject, even though she discussed it with a fiery passion.

"I'm telling you, when I get there, I'll get everyone a Pidgey. You know, it's quite easy to get one, and it evolves into Pidgeotto, which is adorable…I think it's a good idea!"

"Hey, Karen, we've got the point, ok? Now, let's just talk about anything else, right?", one of Karen's girlfriends was constantly saying, as she got annoyed whenever the conversation reached Pokemon.

But Karen was usually so involved in her thoughts about her dream that she would ramble around the subject for hours and hours and all her friends would eventually lose their patience.

Daniel was always there when that moment came, and was always the storm calmer. But he knew that one day it would reach a limit, and his calm look and soothing voice wouldn't be enough to put out all the fire.

Personally, he thought it was about time for Karen to stop that non-sense and saving her dreams for herself. But he cared too much about her to hurt her feelings and always kept silent. Besides, he was the only support Karen had, and he wouldn't abandon her on that difficult moment.

However, unfortunately, the last drop fell sooner that what he expected, and things didn't go well…

That time, Karen was surrounded by her usual feminine group of friends, just like she was whenever Daniel wasn't around. Suddenly, as usual, she started talking about Pokemon, and guess what, about her childhood dream. And that was the last happy moment Karen had with her friends.

"Can't you JUST stop talking about that non-sense at least one day! Am I the only one who sees how stupid this is?", Karen's friend said.

Upon hearing this outburst, Daniel knew it was good idea staying nearby.

"Come on, Nadine!", laughed Karen. "It's not like you don't talk about your wishes too!"

"Yeah, I do, but at least mine are REAL and don't exist only in the pathetic imagination of a girl who still lives in her childhood! Grow up already, Springfield!"

Now it's the right time to stop this mess, thought Daniel. And, as usual, he was right.

And the mess even got worse. It reached a point where Daniel had to stop Nadine from pouncing on Karen. But Karen wasn't willing to give up her point.

"You can be joking around with what I say, but at least Daniel believes me! Don't you, Daniel?" she asked, looking at her best friend, hopeful.

Daniel wished she would never asked that. A shiver went through his spine and his heart felt divided. I must tell I believe her, he thought. She will be so hurt if I don't... But this will happen again, eventually, and if we are unlucky enough, it will be worse…

"I'm sorry, Karen, but I agree with Nadine, you should stop with those absurdities."

Immediately, Daniel regretted his answer. The look of betrayal on Karen's face was too much for him to bear, and everything got worse when she started crying. His heart-broken best friend ran away while sobbing and Daniel did his best to go after her, but Nadine stopped him.

"Don't. It's better for her this way. You did the right thing," she said.

But the dark-skinned boy didn't agree, specially when he found out that it was the last time he would see her and he was the only reason why she left…

END OF CHAPTER

This was really sad, huh? Oh, well, I know it's a bit short, but there will be lots of chapters that way. However, I hope you like it and please read & review! Doesn't that review button seem appealing?

The first one to review gets to name the next character, which is a Typhlosion!

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