Eighteen year old Capri Wilson sighed heavily as she shook the raindrops from her choppy, short, sand colored hair. Her favourite outfit was soaked right through – from her crimson scarf and mint striped shirt to her tall socks and white and red sneakers.
"Fantastic," she said, catching her appearance in the mirror. It almost made her grateful the raging thunderstorm outside was keeping her from the concert she was supposed to be seeing while her parents were out of town.
'At least I can actually listen to music instead of having to hear Reagan prattle on about her skank adventures', thought Capri smugly. A pink object out of the corner of her eye caught her attention as she made her way to the kitchen to find something eat – a Nintendo DS.
Capri snorted and put it aside. 'Gillian is going to FREAK when she realizes she forgot her stupid game; the dork,' she thought, thinking of her eleven year old sister who was away with her parents on a trip to a specialist on the other side of the country. 'I bet it isn't pouring buckets there,' her inner voice dripping with venom. Capri lived for warm weather and sunshine, not cool, dark, and wet.
Looking in the fridge to no avail, Capri yawned and collapsed on the couch when something caught her eye once more. The DS was on the coffee table now.
'What the…? Weird.' The teenage girl eyed the game system, picking it up and examining the toy. It's plastic feel familiar in her hands, bringing back memories of her own childhood and adventures in another land with magical creatures that fit into small balls.
Her curiosity piqued, Capri looked to see what game was in the slot and smiled: Pokemon. Capri decided to turn it on and play. Gillian would never know, she was on the other side of the country and she was home alone… no harm in playing for a little bit.
Finding the switch for the DS Capri flicked it on and selected the game on the main screen. The familiar Pokemon logo appeared.
"Son of a-" she shouted as the lights went out, leaving nothing but the light of the game to illuminate the room in an eerie glow; deafening thunder roaring and drowning her angry expletives.
All of a sudden the air felt electric, and Capri felt like she was falling as the light of the DS flashed bright causing her to blink.
And when she opened her eyes, she screamed. She was falling through the sky, filled with lightning and rain. The wind roared as it rushed past her ears and the thunder cracked and shook her entire body. Capri thought she was going to be struck by lightning when the storm began to dissipate into darkness, stars and silence filling her senses.
A creature appeared in front of her, but Capri was unable to make out its shape. It opened its mouth as if it was speaking to her but no sound came out – instead, she heard a warm, strong voice inside her head.
'You are ready.'