Electric types are better!"
"No, Fire types are way better!"
"Electric!"
"Fire!"
"Electric!"
"Fire!"
I giggled as I watched my two best friends fight over which type of Pokemon element was better. It was fun watching them argue passionately about the things they liked, and I didn't want to intervene their heated debate over Pokemon. The image before me was a sight to see... Pikachu was sitting on top of the blonde boy's head, while Chimchar was sitting on the red Afro boy's left shoulder. Both were glaring at one another while both boys kept bickering about special types again. All I could do was smile as I continued to stare at their passion for Pokemon. When I finally stopped giggling, and saw that the sun was beginning to set into a brilliant orange across the beach that we were on, I finally decided that their arguing was enough for one day. I slowly got up from my comfortable spot on the sand and walked up to the two older boys in front of me. The boys didn't even notice me as I got closer to them. When I was finally right next to both of the bickering boys, I did the unexpected. I took both my hands, grabbed one of each of the two boy's ears, and pulled really hard to get their attention.
"Ouch!" said the blonde boy to my left.
"Hey! What was that for, Gloria?!" shouted the red Afro boy to my right. I just smiled to the both of them and pointed my finger to the setting sun over the beach that was slowly going down. The two ten year old boys looked in the direction that I was pointing, and looked back at me with sheepish shy grins.
"Hehe...sorry, Gloria. We lost track of time arguing, and didn't have time to play with you...again." said the blonde boy as he awkwardly scratched the back of his head with his right hand. His Pikachu jumped down from his perch on the boy's head, and went over to me to climb up to my shoulder. Rubbing it's soft furry head on my neck, it gestured his apology as I patted his head to say that it was alright. The red headed boy, on the other hand, looked down and began to take a sudden interest in his shoes and the sand that surrounded it. He mumbled a soft, "Sorry," but kept looking down with a gloom of guilt in his aura. His Chimchar, like Pikachu, jumped off of the red headed boy's shoulder, and then climbed my body to my other shoulder and hugged my head as an apology. I patted both of the Pokemon's heads, smiled, then took the hands of both boys and led them off of the beach.
I giggled as I continued to drag the two sulking boys behind me. I really didn't mind that they were too caught up in arguing with each other since it was also entertainment for me. Finally getting to solid ground, and out of the sand, I turned to them and let go of their hands.
"Lets play again tomorrow, okay?" After I said that, I left both of my friends and skipped all the way home.
The next day, the three of us played on the beach again. The two Pokemon and I built small sand castles, while the two boys kept whispering about something behind my back. I decided to ignore them, knowing that sooner or later they would clue me in on their secret. While playing with the Pokemon I began to wonder how awesome it would be to have a Pokemon of my own. I'm eight years old so I still had two more years until I was allowed a Pokemon for training and going on a journey of my own. My two friends were ten, so they were already allowed a Pokemon, but they trained all day with them and decided to go on a journey later on. Without noticing it myself, I began to voice my thoughts in small mumbles, but loud enough for the boys to hear...
"I wonder when I'm going to get a Pokemon?" When the two boys heard this, they stopped whispering to themselves and looked toward my direction. Both boys got up from the sand they were sitting on and walked over to me. The red headed Afro boy slapped my back in a soft playful way. This catching me off guard, made me jump and fall back on the damp sand behind me. The blonde boy laughed at my reaction and helped me up. I didn't know what was happening, but both boys looked down at me with big grins...
"Don't worry, Gloria! Two years may seem long, but it'll fly by in no time! I'm sure that the Pokemon you'll get will be awesome!" the red headed Afro boy said cheerfully with a goofy grin.
"Yeah, Gloria! And when you do finally get your Pokemon, we'll all train and have fun together!" said the blonde with a cheeky grin. I just smiled back and nodded to the both of them.
"Thanks Flint, Volkner!" We continued to play after that, but little did I know what was going to happen after...
A few months passed after that day. Volkner, Flint, and I kept hanging out, like always, but something was changing between the two boys. It wasn't long until Flint decided to strengthen his bond with his Pokemon and went on a journey, and soon after Volkner followed in his footsteps and also left Sunnyshore City. They promised to come back in a years time to visit, but their promise could never be fulfilled... That same year, I moved to whole different region with my family with no way to contact the two boys. I've never seen them since...