Chapter 1: Can't Escape
"Don't leave me!"
She was hanging by a branch off the side of the cliff. Her eyes looked desperate, and she was pleading with me to not abandon her.
He looked back at her, with grief and anguish in his heart, as he prepared to make a choice he knew would haunt him forever. He turned away with tears in his eyes and started to run in the opposite direction.
"NOOOO!", she screamed as she let go, not physically capable of holding on any longer, and proceeded to fall to her death.
The pain was like a thousand knives had stabbed him simultaneously. But he kept running, knowing that he would not be able to stop himself from doing so.
"I have to make it", he thought. "I have to make it to the Pokemon League!"
Break
Jax woke up with a start. Then he looked around and realized that he was in his bedroom. He sighed, knowing that he just had the same nightmare that he had been having the last 3 years.
A yawn was let out across the room. Startled, Jax looked over and realized that it was his Luxray, still sleeping peacefully in the corner.
"Guess it does need its sleep after yesterday". He smiled to himself, proud of the effort his Pokemon put in yesterday in defeating Candice. The Ice-type gym leader had been difficult to fight, especially her Froslass, but he had somehow powered through it.
Although he wasn't as happy as he had hoped he would be. Actually, he wasn't proud of himself at all.
"I just have to keep going, don't I? Until I finally achieve my dream of becoming the Champion of Sinnoh".
Hopefully, Jax would be able to feel happy for himself if that ever happened.
"Or maybe I won't".