Misty Falls
I hear a familiar string of noise that I have grown to abhor. Sighing, I stand up
From my nice, comfortable chair, pause my TV, and walk out to see a sight I have
seen at least twenty times in the past week. To makes it worse, it was only
Tuesday...
Three steps out the door, and I already have to dodge an ice beam. Flame and
Misty were at it again. I risk my life by running up to them and begging protest
that I know will fall on deaf ears. After my futile speech, I shake my head, already
regretting what I have to do.
I pull out one standard pokéball and another one that I had allowed my sister to
draw on. It had a blue casing that seemed to be made of swirling waves. The
button in the middle resembled a pearl.
"Sorry guys… Return," I commanded. I could already see the look of fear in
Misty's eyes. Flame looked like he did not care at all. Two red lights flashed and
they were both in my hands. I went back inside, placed Misty's ball on the
counter, and went back outside to release Flame. I knew it was not his fault; she
had provoked him into fighting.
I went back inside and stared at the blue pokéball. My first thoughts were ones
of regret. I knew she views the pokéball as if it was a cage. My mind drifted back
to the cause of this phobia. I wish there was a way I could change it…
It was a sunny warm day on the orange islands. The sand felt warm under my
feat as I ran into the waves. The water was amazing! I swam out farther and
almost forgot all of my troubles… almost.
"Lynith, be careful," my brother, Joe, called out.
"I'll be fine. I can handle the water!"I called back. Joe always worried too much.
I swam far enough down the coast so that I could not hear his rants and started
floating. This is the life. I thought. It was such a nice change from dreary, cold
Kanto. As my mind wandered, it grew increasingly farther away from my body.
Then I heard something that shocked me back into awareness. It sounded like a
loud, mournful wail. Looking around for the source of the cry, I thought I saw a
glittering object. I swam closer. A voice started to come into, my waterlogged
ears. I could not make it out completely, but I did catch the words "parents, net,
return to, and lapras". I hid behind a rock as two men came by. They were
making ten seaking haul to crates full of something I could not see.
After they were gone, I swam in the direction they had originally come from.
Who were they? What did they have? My thoughts raced as I swam faster.
Then I saw it. A young lapras all tangled up in a net; its eyes were full of terror. I tried to get close and help it, but it then started thrashing wildly. I would have to try another way. I tried talking to it. That did not either. My mind raced. Okay Lynith, how do you calm this thing down? Then it hit me. Lapras might calm down if Isang something. It worked when Jai was at the doctor's office getting a shot, sowhy not now. What did I have to lose?
I started singing a song I remember from my early childhood, before my parents
turned into drunks. I got closer as I sang. No reaction. I started untangling the net.
Still no reaction. I got behind the poor girl- I decided she was a female. I pulled my
knife out of the pocket in my swimsuit, silently thanking Joe for making me take it
with me. I started cutting the net.
Almost done and that voice I heard earlier came flowing back to me. I was
almost out of time. Silently praying that I would not be caught, I started working
in overdrive. If I did not get her out of here what would happen to her? Who
knows what that man would do if he got her?
One last cut and we she was free. I was overjoyed. Then I noticed something.
The voice was getting louder. By the sound of it, he was not in sight yet. We had
to get away before he noticed. My eyes darted all around to no avail. There was
no way out. Just when I was giving up hope, the lapras did something that
surprised me; she turned her neck so that her head was facing me. Then I felt
myself being lifted out of the water and placed onto a hard surface. A wind raced
through my soaked hair and I realized that I was on her back and that we were
moving. I grabbed onto one of the thing poking out of her back, getting ready for
the ride of my life.
As we raced across the water, I heard shouts ringing out from behind us. The
man and his friend had realized that we were gone. Lapras somehow started
going even faster. I could see the island rush by faster than I thought possible. I
looked back. The men were completely out of sight and not a hint of a voice was
in the air. Lapras turned into the mouth of a large stream. Surprisingly, she was
just as fast in fresh water as she was in salt water.
After about ten minutes later, I dared to relax. We were safe. Lapras started to
slow down to a gentle cruise as I took in the scenery. It was amazing. We had
made it to a pool that was nourished by the waters magnificent waterfall. I got off
her back and swam towards the shore. I looked back to see her enveloped in the
heavy mist created by the waterfall. I then decided to name her Misty.
I grabbed the remaining item that was in my pocket; a small, waterproof
pokéball that my sister had decorated for me. I swam back out to Misty and
started talking.
"Look I know that I just met you, but I have to ask you something. You do not
seem to have any ware to go without fear that the man might find you. I do not
have a water type to help me out. We could work together as partners, but only if
you want to. I do not want to force you into something you do not want to do. I
guess I am trying to ask this; will you let me have the honor of being your
trainer?" I looked up into her big, blue eyes and waited. Every part of me yearned
for her to agree, while a small voice in my mind questioned if I got the gender
right.
She lowered her head and pressed her nose against the button. A red light
consumed her and darted back into the pokéball. It rocked once, twice, three
times and grew still. A small clicking noise announced the success. I let her back
out and hugged her neck. I finally found my second pokémon! That part of my
mind that seems to love questioning things wondered why it had taken me two
years to accomplish this. I ignored it. I hopped into Misty's back- asking her if she
minded me calling her that- and started back for the beach.
According to Joe, I had been gone for three hours and he was worried sick. I was
confused because he looked perfectly fine. A face palm followed that on his part
and I started showing off Misty. He looked her over, used his breeder knowledge
to confirm that she was female, two months old, and perfectly healthy. I smiled
and hugged her neck again as Alex and Jai came running out to see her.
My mind snapped back to the present. I took the pokéball in my hand and go
back to the deep stream outside my house. I let Misty out and continue to scold
her for fighting with Flame. When I was completely satisfied that she fully
understood that she had done wrong, I started hugging her neck. She may be
feisty, but if there is one thing I know, it is that I would not trade her for the
world. She is my girl and she always will be.
