Disclaimer:I don't own Pokemon, it and all it's characters are the property of Nintendo and Game freak.
There was excitement in the little town of New Bark.
Someone saw a Pikachu, here, the town was a buzz. There had never been a wild one in Johto, like ever!
"This is silly" Kris scoffed, pushing her blue hair out of her eyes, "we don't even know where it is!"
"That's why we're looking" Brendan retorted, "Imagine starting off with a Pikachu, that'll be Pikachu for one and the other three get the Johto starters so we can start together!" Lyra cheered, Ethan smiled at Kris, "Yeah Kris, don't be such a scaredy cat!" he teased.
She sighed and trampled after her three best friends.
It had been the four of them for as long as she could remember, she supposed that they balanced each other out, Brendan needed them to keep him in line, so willing to jump into well anything without thinking of the consequences.
Ethan, well Ethan was cut from a different cloth all together, he was nice but could come off as a bit over friendly, honestly, before he had met them, she thought that he was just a bit lonely, eager to meet friends.
Lyra, well Lyra was an odd one, with a dreamy smile that never left her face, people thought she was weird, like she wasn't all there.
She assumed that was the glue of their friendship, none of them really fitted in with the other kids.
People wondered why she hung out with them, sometimes she wondered herself but then Brendan would do something sweet or Lyra would do something cute or Ethan…
Well, Ethan would flash that brilliant smile of his and she had her answer.
"It's there!" Brendan whispered from ahead, we crouched down and peered at the small electric Pokémon, "so how are we going to catch it?" she whispered.
At that moment a Spearow dive bombed the Pikachu, it let out a bolt of thunder, "wow!" Brendan called in amazement.
"What a show!" he grinned looking at Lyra and Ethan, "don't you think, Kri" he turned to the blunette, she on the ground, like a crumpled heap.
Lyra stopped smiling.
Ethan opened his mouth as if to speak but only a strangled whimper came out.
Brendan just stared, frozen in the spot.
The Pikachu scampered off into the long grass.