My name is Lyra.I live in New Bark Town,JOHTOO!Here in New Bark we are known for our strong everyone's first Pokemon in this town is a flying type.I just turned ten today so l now am able to get my first Pokemon. "Happy birthday Lyra!",my mom said as I came downstairs."Thanks,but today is more special than any other birthday,"I say trying to give her a hint."Oh yeah you're now ten!Just to let you know if you want to go out into the world you'll need a Pokemon first!"Mommy said.I knew she was teasing me so then I held out my hand,waiting for my Pokeball."That's right,you need to get a Pokemon if that's what you want!" Mommy exclaimed. The greatest day of my life was now ruined,finding out that my mom doesn't care about me again.I give a big frown to her as I retreat my hand. How?How could she do this to me?I have a hard time understanding how she does this to me on casual days but,today…today was different. Well at least to me it was."Yeah I couldn't get you a Pokemon,sorry,but I heard that Professor Elm was giving away three rare Pokemon to three different should go,"my mom said as she entered the kitchen,at least I have a sense of what luck I have.

"Hello Lyra,aren't you the early Pidgey!"Professor Elm said as I entered his lab."It's only six thirty,"I say. He then leads me over to a high-tech machine that has three Pokeballs forming a triangle."The three main element Pokemon are here. A grass type,a fire type and a water type. You may choose any."the kind man offered me. I looked at the machine again and this time noticed a screen above the Pokeball in front of the triangle stood a green four legged creature in the , the leaf Pokemon.A sweet aroma gently wafts from the leaf on its head,it is docile and loves to soak up the sun's rays.I then looked to the farther left of the screen and read the entry to a fire type,the fire mouse is timid, and always curls itself up in a ball. when attacked,it flares up its back for protection.I then look to the far right corner of the screen," no information available."

I wasn't expecting anyone this early,so I didn't have time to update each of them." Professor Elm explained to me."It's okay,"I reply.I'm not one for grass types,mainly because of their numerous weaknesses and water seem to both be equal to each other. Cyndaquil,Totodile,?Cyndaquil,its description seems to be everything I would want,but,the unexpected relates more to me."Totodile,"I say.I am now handed a Pokeball that contains my first Pokemon inside."Good luck,"the professor said as I exited the building. Right over there is my house,my mom, and my horrid memories. I make my way to Cherrygrove City. Nothing there,just a Pokemon Center.I should be there in a few days if I walk enough miles a day."Toto-toto..." Totodile 's right.I need more items to survive out on my I can't bear to ever see my mom again. But I have to let her know without her coming after me...

Tree climbing is a LOT harder than it looks."Almost there!"I whisper."Gagh!"I yell as I jump to the roof of my house!My window opens & I enter my room one last time.I get my yellow tote & fill it with my clothes,money,& a tiny black blanket with a long yellow stripe I had when I was a baby." Shirts,overalls, socks,I'm good!"Before I leave I turn around and stare at my memory one final time. Mommy Dearest, Today was a very special day of my birth that enables me to become a Pokemon Trainer,you always you pay me no mind,therefore I am leaving home to full fill my dream of becoming the Silver Conference Champion. I got all of my clothes,money,and a only memory I carry with me from my childhood is my black blanket. I decide to leave a note on my desk so Mom won't stress out about anything too much. "From the way it looks right now I won't be returning home anytime sooner or later. This is because of how much love you haven't gave me for the past decade. You will hear from me when I'm all over the market for defeating the Silver Conference.I love you,but please treat me nicer if I come back. Love,Lyra" I wonder when she'll notice I'm gone & read the note. It's too late for her to stop me because I'm already on the road to Johto.

"Hey trainer!"I hear a voice shout & an ace trainer walks up to me."I'm Mike,would you like to battle me?"he asks me."Not really..."I walk away."You'll regret this lady!"he yells as I walk away...This will take a long time to reach my dream. Snap!"Agh!"I yell as I'm swept off my feet."Yay I caught a!-a girl!"a boy said disappointingly."I thought you were a Pokemon!No fair!" he whined.I could feel needles slowly jabbing into my skin."Oh I should get you out of there before the nails dig into your veins."he said."They slowly are!Now get me out of here you little prick!"I scolded him. He cut the ropes and I'm back on the ground."Sorry,let me make it up to you."he says. He then leads me to a house in the trees."Pick one."I'm then shown an enormous collection of Pokemon eggs."Any,we don't know what they are!"he said.I look at all the different patterns and I pick a plain one."Great,now go before my mom comes out!"he tells me as I run back to the route. Bing bing bing!My Pokegear starts to ring. I decline the incoming call.I also change the name from Mommy to Don't Answer to remind myself not to answer ever until I speak to her in person again.I didn't get that far until my legs gave in,I had to take a break.I wobbled over to a tree and sat there.I start to scroll through my contacts on the screen,Professor Elm,Maria,Kimberly...KIM!I forgot to say good bye to my child hood friend.

"What board games do eskimos play?Artic-uno!"she would say. She always had a passion for ice types. "I wonder if Gastly's blood is chocolate milk since they're dark & look milky..." she would ask me.A little on the short side,but still a good friend."You left me you beezee!"she would yell at me."Why are you dating Hector he's retarded!"I would tell her about her boyfriend with ADD."Well so am I!"she would defend her loved one. I will miss her. "Too- todile..."Totodile yawned as he began to nap.A nap sounds like a good idea.I make myself comfy then I close my eyes. ...

"Lyra I love you.I don't care if we don't make it out alive I just want you to know how I feel & I want to know how you feel about me."a boy softly said."My feelings for you are-"I begin to say. "TOTODIIIIIIILE!"he awakes me. "AGH!"I scream as I'm blasted with a water gun for no reason."Bad Totodile!" I punish him."toto..."he ...that was a strange dream.I think I was in the back of a moving truck tied up & I was talking to a boy my age.I felt a connection,but I'm not sure if it's good or bad. I continue my journey."Hello trainer!Can you talk to me for a moment?"a woman asks me."I need money,but I can't battle so I was wondering if you needed a flight to a city,any!"she asked me."How much?"

"Just relax your all strapped up!"she told me as we took flight on her Fearow. "We'll be in Cherrygrove within two hours."she told me.I smiled at the lady. - "Go talk to him!"I told Kim."No I'm shy!"she debated."No you only are when you think about Hector!Now you go talk to him or I will!"I ordered her. "I wanna but-!"Kim was cut off when the posey of guys came over."C'mon you can do it Hector!"his friends encouraged him."Umm...Kimberly...will you...go-out-with-me?!"he screeched eyes were then turned towards Kim,her face turned bright red as she looked at me.I nodded and mouthed her 'do what's right'."Why wouldn't I?!"she then smiled and cheered with joy."Woo let's go celebrate at Hooters Hector!"the guys joked around as they walked away.I smiled and gave Kim a pat on the back."You should get a boyfriend Lyra they treat you so nice!"Kim tried to persuade me."When the time is right I will."I replied. - "And so you should never let go or else-" "AGGGHHHH!" I yell as I fall sixty feet god I can die!This is the end!"Tailooowww!" a small bird Pokemon screeched as I am slowed down."Umph!"I say as I hit the ground with a lot less pressure than I was going to. "Oww...that's the last time I'm flying."I said to myself.

"Are you alright?"a strong voice said."I looked up and saw a masculine figure."Ugh yeah, I would have been worse if it wasn't for you."I tell him as I get to my feet. "The name is Julian."he told me. "I'm Lyra,"I replied."Where are you off to?"I ask him."Hoenn,but I need to go to Cherrygrove for my cruise back."he explained."Can I walk with you to Cherrygrove 'cuz I'm lost!"I laugh."Yeah why not,you'll give me company."he says.I smile."According to the map we should be there in an hour by foot." Julian informs me. "Great,one more city closer to my first badge!"I brag."Oh so that's why you're traveling,eh?"he says."Yup and you're in Johto for...?"I ask him."To pick up a few Pokemon for ,the professor from the Hoenn region."he told me,I think that's a few thousand miles away over the seas. "Tall & muscular?"he asked me. What is he talking about."What?"I ask him."Your boyfriend,I know you have one,and he must be tall & muscular!"he chants."No I don't need one."I tell him."C'mon you know there's that special someone out there you got your eyes on!"he pushes me."No I don't have one and I don't want one!"I snapped at him."Not after what happened..."I then stop walking and he puts his hand on my shoulder."Tell me what happened,you won't feel any better if you keep it bottled up."I sigh.

"It was the last day of elementary school.I drew a picture for every best friend I had from the past,but only one year I was best friends with two guys.I was real close with one so I gave it to him like nothing,but the other...we had a I decided to take a chance,and I ended up walking with him after school since we lived one block away. At first I didn't want him to know how I felt about him 'cuz,well,I'm embarrassed when it comes down to that kind of stuff,especially because of our past. At about two blocks we started to walk together.'You two were.. the best friends I ever had...'I told him. 'Same here.'he replied.'Us girls,we have too much drama,that's why you guys were special.'I explained.'I see where you're coming from,it's not so dandy being a guy either it's-dangerous.'he said. At that moment I should have told him how I felt when no one was around & since there was no more school for certain,but we just said good-bye and went home.I regret that so much because I never saw him around the neighborhood again."I explained to Julian.

Tears then started to fill my eyes and begin to glide down my cheeks. Julian's soft fingers gently wipe the tears off."Don't cry,everyone has something they regret and you know what,this is just a burden of the bunch. Someday love will find you and this will just be another memory,you see...they are like a pack that you carry as you trek towards the future. This burden cannot be too light,nor can it be too heavy,if it is too heavy,it will weigh you down before you ever reach your destination,if it is too light,you will reach your destination,having gained nothing from the journey. These memories can brighten your journey if balanced at just the right weight. So stop along the way now & then to reflect on your memories,no matter how good or terrible they are because memories are what make you who you are right now."he told me. I feel like crying again because those words were so beautiful. I clear my throat as we begin to walk again.

"So do you have a girlfriend back in Hoenn?"I ask Julian. He smiles then sighs."Yeah we've been dating for two years now,but she's been acting like a beezee lately."he explains. Aww he reminds me of Kim!"What is she like?"I question him."Loving,fun,a joker,smart, sexy,and a beezee."he says with a moan."You made me feel better when I let it out now it's time for you."I tell him. He does that combo of a smile with a sigh. "We were in third grade on the last day of school before Christmas vacation. We were giving out secret santa presents,but I got a present and it had a note on it. When I opened it the note said,"Roses are red,violets are blue.I love you,and see me after after class when all the kids went running home." So I waited after class and there she was, the most loved person in the entire school.I was wearing a simple winter coat with jeans and a beanie,but she was dolled up for the holiday,she had red lipstick,her brunette hair curled,and a small red suit with white fur and a black also wore black laced leggings and green boots with a santa hat and didn't even break a shiver. ''Ana?'' I asked her.''Heehee you got my poem!Did you like it?''she asked me joyfully with her sweet high-pitched voice.I was surprised to see her so happy & not embarrassed.I couldn't help but notice how perky her bosom was in the little hooker suit.I think she was a 38A at the time.''Ugh yeah I thought it was pretty cool.''I told her. We then began to walk home because we're neighbors and our parents trust us.''So do you like me?''she asked sweetly.I was frozen. How much guts does this girl have?!I thought.''I think you're an awesome girl Ana...''I said as my face heated up in the cold winter smiled even bigger than before.''So do you wanna be my boyfriend?And I'll be your girlfriend?!''she asked me like nothing. ''...yes...'' she shrieked and then kissed me on the cheek as she went running home and left me in the dust,we were a really good couple from there having no arguments,but when fifth grade started our relationship went to shit,she went to Unova for the summer and came back as a whole 'nother person.''Call me Anne,''she told voice wasnt sweet it was went from lollipop shirts to crop tops,she went from long skirts to booty shorts and went from a 38A bra to a 36C bra!I'll admit I was happy with that change whenever we went to the movies,but ever since she came back from Unova she became a total bitch!"he yelled.

I smirked at his swearing. "Well that's not your fault. People will change,no matter what.I mean you're slowly changing me from the little gummy bear I was into a strong lollipop."I say trying to make a point."If you give a person a cigarette their attitude is sure to change and by what I hear is that Unova is a region where everyone is stuck up and get a lot of better service than we do. When you go home you go straigt to her and tell her how much of a beezee she had been and how you feel."I say to encourage him. He smiles and stands up straight."You're right! When I get back in Hoenn I'm going to drop off the Pokemon then go straight to her house, march into her bedroom and have a firm chat with her."he says strongly. I feel that we both just learned something from each other in this short walk-talk."I said happily.I start to hear streets and voices as we begin to walk down the other side of the path and we pass a sign that says Cherrygrove City City Limmits.1 mile away. "Cherrygrove is a mile away,"he said."Guess this is where we part because I know another way to the dock and-""No don't go,"I beg silently. He looks at me with a blank face."Don't leave me yet,I need to build my strength back again because I feel too soft right now and you can help me."I kiss up to him,he gives a deep breathe,"I guess I can catch the mid-night express."he says. I smile and thank him.I don't want to be like this anymore,I want to be strong. I need to know when enough is enough and know how to deal with love to lust.I'm sure that Julian can help me with these two puzzles,I just know he can.