I sat in the backseat of my aunt's car, face squished against the window and tears streaking down my face. I sat in silence, looking out at the world but not registering what I saw.
My cousin, Griffin, who was sitting beside me, also in stunned silence, and I were on our way home from a biannual doctor check-up. Everything had gone fine...
Until the doctor ran some blood tests.
We both had some sort of genetic blood disease, and were estimated to die within three months. My mom and my aunt sat in the front seats, crying, while Griffin and I were just sitting in the back, unable to speak and uncharacteristically silent.
Our lives were over. No becoming Pokemon trainers, no winning the Kalos League, no meeting cute guys, getting married or having kids.
I turned to look at Griffin. She was pale and slender, with blonde-brown hair and clear blue eyes. Usually her face was lit up brighter than Lumiose City, with a billion kilowatt smile and eyes like fireworks. But not today. She just stared out the other window as I had moments before.
I expected that I had a similar expression on my face; sad, sulky, lifeless, instead of my usual positive, bubbly, perky attitude. I looked a lot like Griffin, or so I was told. I had slightly wavy brown hair with creamy blonde streaks, green eyes with flecks of brown and yellow, and a nice tan.
Griffin reached over to me, rubbing her knuckles on my arm, a gesture strange to anyone who hasn't known her for a long time that she dies when in need of comfort or feeling content. She met my gaze, eyes dull and lifeless.
"I wish I could say that everything would be fine, but..." I told her, and she nodded on agreement, still rubbing my arm.
"Yeah. At least we got to live this long. Apparently this disease could've risen up anytime before now, or so the doctor said."
I could faintly hear my mother and aunt crying and telling eachother baby stories of us that they already knew.
"I wish there was something we could do," Griffin whispered, voice ladened with grief. "There's so much I wanted to do."
"As did I. We'll just have to make these months count." I said, and Griffin nodded again as the car pulled up to our houses. Our families lived right next to eachother, a ways into the Santalune Forest.
My mom and aunt scrambled out of the car to share the unfortunate news, while Griffin and I lingered, getting out slowly. The wind tousled my hair as we stepped out, and I knew that Griffin and I both did not want to go inside to be swarmed by concerned family members.
"Let's go on a walk," Griffin suggested, already moving to one of the various forest paths. I followed, relishing the deciduous world.
We walked aimlessly for an hour or so, and when the sky had begun to darken we decided to head back. I was puzzled as we came to a fork in the path that hadn't been there before.
"Which way? Griffin asked. "And how long has this been here?"
"I don't know. I think we should go... Right."
"Why?"
"It just feels... Right." We laugh half-heartedly, then continue down the road to the right.
The forest grew continually dimmer, and while I was anxious to get home, I was undaunted by the oncoming dark.
"Guess we haven't explored this trail yet," Griffin commented.
"Guess so," I replied.
The woods opened up into a small circular clearing, filled with grass and other plants and I noticed just how late it was; the sun was no longer painting the sky with the purples, oranges and pinks of the sunset, and the night was spreading in an inky blackness.
"If we go wandering in the forest in the dark, we'll just get even more lost, possibly attacked by wild Pokemon," I reasoned. "Maybe we should stay here, and find our way home tomorrow."
"Wouldn't be the first time we stayed out here at night. Maybe not exactly here, but in the forest."
We found a patch of soft grass and clovers and lay down, staring up at the now dark sky. A single star shone above.
"Make a wish," I told my cousin. "I bet we have the same one." Out of the corner of my eye I see Griffin smile.
"I wish to not die of this stupid disease," Griffin speaking loudly to the star. The single silver speck flashed brightly, seemingly in response, and it grew bigger...
... Or closer.
"Get up!" I said urgently, standing up and helping Griffin to her feet. The appeared to be star continued to fall, a streak of light trailing it. Griffin and I reached the edge of the clearing and dove into a bush, peeking over the top at the object falling from the sky. I could see it quite well now; it appeared to be a five pointed star, but where the bottom two points should have been there was a lump. The object tumbled down until it hit the spot in the clearing that we had been seconds before. A white flash burst out as the 'star' connected with the earth, and a shock wave blasted Griffin and I back.
The light faded, and my ears rang as I got to my feet, Griffin standing beside me. It expected the clearing to have become a crater, but all I could see was a small depression in the dim light. Griffin walked into the clearing, and I followed.
"I've heard of shooting stars, but this is ridiculous," Griffin cracked, and despite the seriousness of the situation I laughed.
We reached the small indentation, and inside lay a... Something.
It had a star shaped head, a small body, and wing looking appendages, as well as short arms and legs. It opened it's eyes and floated to its feet, looking at us.
"Ji- Ji-" Griffin stammered.
"Yes," the creature said. "I am Jirachi, the wish-maker Pokemon. It has been one thousand years since the last wishes I granted, and yours are the first I have heard since awakening."
"So your going to heal us?" I asked, dumbstruck. "Grant our wish?"
"Yes," Jirachi said, smiling. "It would be my honor to do so."
"We most certainly wouldn't say no," Griffin said.
"Then it shall be done." Jirachi closed its eyes, the reopened them, glowing a bright white. The light spread, engulfing us as sheilded my eyes and reached out for Griffin. We grasped hands as the world became white.
There! First chapter! Expect the next one sometime tomorrow!
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