I find full most days to be quite unfortunate for me. Being born on a day of the eclipse, everything bad always seems to find me for some reason. Fellow student pulls a prank on a teacher? Blame's on me. Car breaks down during a road trip? My fault I guess. Everything traces to me in some way or another, but some days are just odd. Especially today.
On this day, I was driving to school alone. On some days, I would drive mom to her work just for a bit of conversation, but I was alone today. I knew it wasn't safe for me to go into a daze while driving, but it was just too peaceful. I guess I need to get some friends who can keep me distracted and awake. Before I knew it, I saw lights headed directly at me. I was still in my lane, so it was somebody else who headed at me.
Quickly, I noticed that they weren't hesitant, and that they continued to drive at me. As quickly as I could, I swerved away from them and my car slid to the forest because no ditches were positioned near here. All I heard was a loud crunch and then I was lying on the ground several feet away from my car which had slammed into a tree. When I turned back to the road, I noticed the lights had disappeared and were nowhere in sight. Now that I thought about it, I hadn't even seen a car or truck headed at me. That made me feel as though I was going crazy.
Slowly, I looked around and coughed harshly before I tried to stand back up again. When I could finally stand back up, which took a while as my entire body felt as if it was on fire, I saw an Alakazam throwing the car I had driven deep into the woods. The Alakazam pooled like it was probably wild, but it looked so much more different though. His spoon was a vibrant red and eyes were glowing green with a sign of pure evil and hatred.
"Why did you do that?" I shouted at him. "I can't get to school now because of you! You better have a good explanation for this chaotic behavior!"
"Where is that puny runt?" He snarled raising the spoon and starting to bring ur down. "You're in my way, fool! Prepare to die!"
"Stop!" Somebody cried out about halfway through the swing which caused Alakazam to get distracted.
An orange blur came from the woods and slammed into Alakazam. I don't know what happened next, but all I could see were blurs of yellow and orange slamming into each other. After what felt was only a few seconds, Alakazam collapsed to the ground covered in a few scars before it growled and Teleported away. The orange blur stopped moving and a Floatzel was now visible covered in scars all along his body. He was growling before he fell to his knees and coughed harshly.
"Are you okay?" I asked worriedly as I ran over to him. "Are you hurting anywhere? Any injuries I should be worried about?"
"I'll be fine," He laughed. "That Alakazam was nothing compared to what I've been put through as a pup. Just a few cuts and bruises, but I'll be fi-"
Floatzel flinched back and his sentence was cut off as he whimpered and collapsed to the ground. Panicking slightly, I pulled my phone out and quickly called Nurse Joy. Ever since Pokémon had started coming to the city, Nurse Joy had been sending out emergency vehicles for severe injuries. That was, if a wild Pokémon was found before a trainer could catch them and steal them from their families. I personally hate that and it made me feel more than disgusted with humans.
"Nurse Joy," The nurse replied as she picked the phone. "What's the emergency?"
"I have a severely injured Floatzel!" I said hurriedly with a slight bit of panic in my voice. "I found him after a sincere battle with an Alakazam! He needs immediate attention! I'm afraid he might be dying or something else. All I know is he's covered in bruises and scars!"
"Understood," She replied. "Tell us where you are and we'll send an ambulance immediately. And thank you for calling us as soon as you could. This will help a lot with his survival and recovery."
I told them my directions and sat next to Floatzel. He had blacked out during the call and was breathing fairly heavily. After a few minutes, the ambulance finally arrived and took Floatzel away. Since my car had been totaled, I was unable to get to school, but I could reach home in almost an hour. I started my walk after calling a towing company to grab it. I guess I'd have to get a new car tomorrow then.
After a brisk, and very boring, walk to home, I called the school in sick and walked to the backyard to a garage. Here, I kept a second vehicle just in case I ever needed. While it was completely finished, I still hadn't fixed the braking system or steering system, but I had the entire day for that. During my work period, my mother called me. It took a short while, but I wiped off a bit of grease and oil. Darn truck had a breakout of the stuff.
"Hey," She said softly. "I got a call from your school that you didn't get there. Did something happen to you? Should I be worried about what you're doing?"
"Yeah," I admitted. "My car got wrecked by an Alakazam and I had to help an injured Floatzel. I couldn't make it to school and had to come home. I'm working on the truck right now since my car is completely totaled. And please don't worry about me. I promise I'm being a good boy for you."
"I understand," She sighed. "I'll talk to you when I get home. And you better be being a good boy or I'll be sure you get punished severely for it. I'll see you tonight then."
"Yeah," I chuckled softly as I put my phone down and ended the call. "I'll see you tonight if I live that long."
After that, I got back to work on the truck. Several disgusting hour later, I finished the truck's braking and steering and checked it by driving through the ranch a bit. I had finally fixed the entirety of the truck and could use it while my car got fixed. After that, I still had a bit of time on my hand, so I headed to the town and to the hospital. The entire time, my mind had been on Floatzel, who they were, why they were there, and what had happened between the two Pokémon.
When I arrived, the first thing I saw was a group of people and news anchors walking around the entrance. Curious, I walked over to them and pushed my way through. It wasn't really hard considering how awestruck the people were. Man, humans really were easily impressed these days I guess.
"What happened?" I asked walking up to a random guy with my hands in my pocket.
"An Alakazam got into hospital!" A news anchor said excitedly. "People are trying to get inside to see it! And they're even saying it's the most exciting thing they've seen since Team Rocket was finally caught fifteen years ago!"
"Did it happen to have glowing green eyes and a red spoon?" I asked with a slight bit of worry on my face.
"It did," He smiled. "That's why people want it. It looks like such a rare specimen! And they'd love to at least try and catch it, but the hospital say no."
"Oh no," I whispered not having heard the second part.. "That's the same Alakazam who…"
I rushed into the hospital, past all the trainers, and into the reception area. I rushed up to one of the receptionists with slight panic in my voice with balled up fists.
"I need to see the Floatzel who was sent here earlier today," I gasped with a slight panic to my voice showing only worry and fear. "It's an emergency!"
"All right then," She said nervously as she looked over me like I was some sort of maniac. "I need your name and address, then you can go and see this Floatzel."
"First, my name is Zach Hitachi," I said. "Second, I'm not giving my address because that's just creepy. Who knows what you'd do with that?"
"Understood," She said slyly. "He should be in D-Hall. Third door on the left. And please be respectful. He was recently put to sleep and he really needs his rest if he wants to heal."
I rushed away nodding and down to the hall she had mentioned. I could feel this strange energy radiating from it and quickly rushed down the hall. Soon, I met the door of Floatzel's room and slammed the door open. Standing over Floatzel was that same strange Alakazam. He noticed me immediately and turned away from Floatzel.
"So you dare to come save this poor creature?" He laughed. "I'll just kill you first then. And I had even warned you to stay away too!"
A large torrent of water began to charge from the tip of his finger and he pointed it at me. I knew I would have no chance to dodge and braced myself for the hit. Before I had expected it, the torrent of water slammed into my chest and into the wall. After the attack was done, I slid to the ground.
"You humans are really pathetic," He scoffed. "Just let yourself die and let it be painless. I promise I won't hurt you too badly though. Maybe just a back break or heart attack or something. Something where you'll live for a few seconds before dying."
"No," I groaned. "I won't let you hurt Floatzel. Especially not if you want to kill him! And I swear will use everything in my power to beat you! I will not let you hurt Floatzel!"
"Kill?" Alakazam laughed. "All I want to do is catch the little thing. Gah! Looks like my time is up though. You got off the hook this time."
With that said, Alakazam suddenly teleported away just as a loud bell began to ring and I was left alone with Floatzel. Although he was still unconscious, he was still pained. I sat next to him worriedly and watched his breathing carefully. It was normal, but stressed. Had he heard the squabble between me and Alakazam?
"You don't have to worry about me," He coughed which surprised me as I thought he was unconscious. "As I told you before, I've been through worse. You know, you remind me of a friend I once had. His name was Blue. He was such a friendly Buizel."
"I know it's none of my business, but I was wondering about you," I began. "You don't seem to mind being so close to me. Yet, I'm a plain human. I know Pokémon like yourself dislike being anywhere near us."
"You're special," He said. "Your... energy... is like my friends. I think that's why I trust you so much. I'm not even sure if it's the energy. You just give off that vibe everyone wants."
I nodded and sat next to him closing my eyes softly. Before I knew it, we had both dozed off. What felt like only a minute was actually a few hours, and when I was woken up by the nurse later, Floatzel looked so much better. He was stretching his muscles smiling slightly like he should have been.
"Visiting hours are over," The nurse said softly as she held my shoulder. "It's time that you leave. You can come back tomorrow."
"Thank you," I said. "I'll come back when I next can. I promise I'll try and visit you, Floatzel. Bye for now my dear friend."
"Yeah. Come back when you can for me, kid," Floatzel chuckled lightly. "I promised to wait for a while."
I nodded to Floatzel softly and we smiled to each other. It was more like a nod of understanding and trust than anything really. I chuckled and left the room; silently making my way through the now silent Pokémon center. That was actually very surprising. Panic must have calmed down then.
As I left, a powerful presence appeared and disappeared so suddenly, it sent a chill up my spine. The air flowing like a raging river as I stepped outside. I quickly shook it off and got into my truck with a sigh. On my way back home, I noticed the power flowing through the air again. The sudden change caused the chill again.
When I got home, I found mother sitting on the couch holding her hands together softly. She seemed like she was either scared or panicked. I knew it was my fault, so I decided best to take the punishment she had in plan for them.
"Hey mother," I sighed softly getting ready for my lecture. "I'm sorry, but I'm home now. I really am."
"Zach!" She cried. "Where the hell did you go? I thought you said you'd be here when I arrived!"
"I just went to the hospital to check on someone," I said. "Nothing more and nothing less."
"Don't leave without telling me first! You understand?" His mother asked as she sat there. "Just warn me when you need to do something."
"Yes ma'am," I sighed. "I need to get to bed. Still have school tomorrow. Even if things happening, school's definitely more than important."
"I almost forgot about that I guess," She said. "See you tomorrow then. Sweet dreams!~"
I sighed and nodded as I headed up the stairs and into my bed. I guess that some days seem like a literal hell, while others are quite fun. Today was a literal hell for me. Soon after, my thoughts ended, I fell into bed and immediately fell asleep.
"Blue… wake up please," Somebody said. "Open your eyes!"
"Five more minutes," I groaned. "I just need another five minutes."
"Come on, Blue! You promised we'd play a game today! Remember last night?" The voice asked with a slight whimper.
"Fine," I groaned. "Give me a minute to get ready. I'm just so tired that I can't do this now."
"I'll be waiting near the plains," They said. "Don't take too long or else mom and dad might bite you playfully."
After a few crunches, I spun onto my back and sat up. I was somewhere in a forest near a bright lake. That voice as well. It had called me Blue hadn't it? Confused, I grabbed my head and saw my… paw? I almost went to panic, but my nerves just wouldn't let me. It was covered in orange fur and a blue fin sprouted from the back. Around my neck was a yellow flotation sac that inflated when I wanted it to. And I had two tails. Both were orange up until the tip. Where a vivid blonde would be, it was an abyssal black.
I pulled myself onto my feet. While walking like this was a little odd, it was mostly like walking as a human. I could use my tails to balance my new body. While I knew it was only just a dream, that just made it so much realer.
I started walking through the forest and soon entered a large clearing. In the center, a small Riolu stood facing the sky. I walked out into the clearing and Riolu noticed me immediately.
"You actually kept your promise this time!" He laughed. "Come on! Catch me if you can!"
He rushed into the forest and I quickly followed after. While Riolu were naturally quicker than Buizel, they were also fairly quick on land and water. When I next saw Riolu, he was standing next to a Lucario and Floatzel. Riolu slowed to a walk and froze. The Lucario and Floatzel both turned to me.
"You feel remorse for something you didn't do," Floatzel said. "I respect that. Your aura is so similar to mine, I guess you would be mistaken for my son."
"I want you to have a gift," Lucario said. "It can't be returned, and it can't be given away. Take care of yourself with it though."
"What do you mean?" I asked. "You can't just drop something like this on me!"
"We can," Floatzel laughed. "Now just sit still. It won't take long."
Floatzel began to glow and he began to shift into a bright light. He rushed directly at me and flew right into me. Energy flowed through me and I fell to the ground. My breaths became quick and short as something else begun to burn its way into my heart and brain. Before long, I had blacked out. Tomorrow is another day.
