A collaborative story between Pokestets23 and AlloraSilverfield.


When you wish upon a star

Your dreams come true

Be careful what you wish for

Or it could haunt you


8 years ago…

Skylar shifted up onto her knees, leaned over the rough wood of the picnic table, and blew out all nine of her candles on her birthday cake, making a most important wish. Everyone clapped, and she blushed, looking at her hands.

Carson sat across the table from her and smiled broadly in her direction. Having already turned nine himself, he enjoyed feeling like he was more mature than Skylar. Bigger and stronger too, though due to their age, the two were about the same height.

"Here is your first present, Sky," said her father. Carson's dad passed the gift over. Their parents had been best friends since they were born, therefore the two children reciprocated. They had always done everything together.

The gift was medium sized, yet light, wrapped in shiny skitty paper and topped with a pink bow. She eagerly tore into the paper, and revealed a skitty pillow, fuzzy and pink. She squealed and squeezed the pillow tight.

"You're not quite old enough to have your own pokemon yet missy, but we figure this is close enough to the real thing."

She loved it.

After several more gifts were opened, the adults sat back to chat. They released some of their pokemon and let the two kids go off on the island by themselves.

The island was just off the coast of Pacifidlog town, surrounded by clear, blue ocean. It was spring break for the children of the Hoenn Region, and the two families had decided to go on another vacation together. Carson's family owned a small house on the eastern tip of the four mile long island. It was in the shape of a checkmark, giving it the nickname "Nike's Island." The "check" was on the western coast.

The kids headed into the woods, exploring, looking for pokemon, and buried treasure.

"Hurry, Sky! There be treasure buried in the sand yonder!"

"Aye, matey. Sandslash will dig it up for us, right girl?"

"Slash!" said the pokemon. And on they went. They found clampearl shells and driftwood, but to them, as in all of the previous vacations, these things were treasures in themselves. Of course, they had to practice for when they really found treasure, on their own Pokemon journeys.

During the heat of the day, they lounged on tree branches like liepards and talked about their futures. Sandslash kept watch below, and Pelipper in the air.

"Sky?" Carson said, propping his head up on his elbow and watching her pick at some tree bark. "Will we always be together?"

"Well, duh. Is that even a question?" she giggled. "We have been best friends forever for way too long to not be together!" She thought for a second, and nodded her head to herself. "Carson, if I tell you something, will you pinky promise not to tell anyone?"

He thought it over, and nodded back to her.

"Okay," she said. "I'm going to tell you my wish!" He put his hands over his mouth and gasped. "It's okay though! Wishes still come true if you tell your bestest friend and they pinky promise not to tell anyone. So pinky promise!" The two reached across the space between their respective branches and locked pinkies.

"Okay," she said, and looked around. Once she was satisfied that no one was there, she leaned over. "I wished… that we could go on our adventure together."

Carson's mouth was a wide O. "Really?" he whispered.

"Really!"

"Well it's settled then! Because if you wished it, it has to come true! Wishes always come true if you ask Jirachi nicely." Carson looked up at the sky. "I wonder if she heard you."

Later that day, when the sun was not as hot, the two and their pokemon bodyguards were walking around towards Nike's Bay, where the check formed a small inlet of water. Around the curve of the island it was very steep, mountainous yet luscious. It was easiest for the two to stay along the beach, where the land was flat.

Sky was focusing on stepping exactly in Carson's footprints when she crashed right into his back. He had frozen suddenly in the sand and was staring intently at something in the distance. She peered after him and saw something glinting far off by a giant rock that marked the tip of the curve that created Nike's Bay. Rounding the rock would take them into the bend of the Bay itself. It was impossible for them to see into the bay from the other side of the rock, for the land was so raised and full of trees it created a wall to the other side.

Of course the two kids broke into a run after the sparkly thing on the beach. Once they got nearer they started to make out the forms of two boxes. Not just boxes. Chests. This only made them run harder, but as they neared it they slowed, seeing that someone had beaten them to it. The chests were already opened. They ran up all the way just to make sure, but the bottoms were bare as bone.

Carson threw a rock in the water out of frustration. Sky did the same. Then, making a game out of it, they decided to see who could throw rocks the farthest. Several stones in, Sky was looking for the perfect throwing rock. She happened to glance behind one of the chests and something caught her eye.

"Carson, come look at this!" She got on her knees and pulled out two stones that lay behind the chests. One was a cool blue, smooth, and it changed hues in the sunlight like water flowing in the ocean. The other was warm, though it had been sitting in the cool sand, and was speckled shades of brown, orange, and red.

"Cool!" Carson grabbed the red one and ran his fingertips over it. He stuck it in his pocket. Sky pocketed the blue one and the two grinned at each other.

The ocean had been doing an excellent job of masking sounds, because out of nowhere a voice boomed from behind the rock. "They're over here!"

"Quick!" Sky whispered. She, along with Carson, Pelipper, and Sandslash, dove into the nearby brush and hid.

"Get rid of the keys you fools. I don't want to see them, or know where you put them.
Just send them away where no one will find them. And bring me those chests!" said the loud voice. Two people stumbled out from behind the rock into view, as if they had been pushed.

"He's grumpy," said a nasally female voice.

"Quiet!" hissed the male, thumping her on the head. "If he hears you, what do you think he'll do? Now come on."

"Alright, let's get those keys," said the girl. They made their way to the chests and stared for a few seconds. Then they got on their hands and knees and started looking.

"I know I put them right here!" she said, panicking. "What's the boss gonna do to us if we can't find them!"

The man stood and laughed coldly. "The point is for no one to be able to find them, right? Well, if we can't find them, then no one will find them. Come on, let's get these chests."

"Okay, if you're sure…" said the girl as she picked up a chest. "Say, what are these for, anyway?"

"Are you ignorant?" said the second one. "Come on, you'll see." Then, they headed back around the rock.

Skylar and Carson wasted no time and headed straight back to the house. Pelipper carried both of them and Sandslash on his back, and they were back in sat at the picnic tables and told them all about the strange people, looking for their keys and carrying chests. Neither mentioned the stones.

"Sounds like quite the story," said Skylar's mom when she was finished. She was fanning herself.

"It wasn't mom!" pleaded Skylar. "It was real! Carson saw them too!" He nodded his head in agreement.

"I'm sure it was, darling," said her dad. He started to fan himself too. "You're right. dear. Are you guys hot?" he asked Carson's parents. They nodded, panting and fanning themselves with their hands.

They were right, of course. In the last several minutes, the clouds had cleared and the sun had gotten much hotter. It was 95 degrees and climbing at an alarming rate on the little island in the sea.

Suddenly, the earth shook. "What is happening!" cried Carson's dad, holding onto a palm tree for support. But the quake was over as soon as it happened.

The waves became larger at this point, but the families assumed it was because of the quake. They moved farther inland towards the little house. As they turned around, they realized that it was more than just the quake. These waves were coming much farther in than usual, and the wind had picked up significantly. No one noticed that the temperature had gone down.

Sky heard a rumble, and turned to see storm clouds racing across the sky and covering the sun. They brought with them a torrent of rain and hail.

"Oh!" screamed the mothers, and everyone ran into the safety under the roof of the house. They watched in awe as the weather began to fight itself, neither prevailing completely for any length of time. The strange people on the beach were long forgotten.

The back window out which they looked faced Nike's Bay, where the clouds had come from origionally, and this appeared to be the epicenter of the activity. But not for long. After several minutes of intense and scary weather, there were two bright flashes, and giant booms like thunder that followed. The weather was suddenly calm and clear, the clouds evening out to partially cover the sky, the sun peeking out from behind them.

They ran towards the front of the house to see the ocean. The waves had calmed back down to their original ebb and flow. Everyone took a deep breath, and released again.

No one noticed the green helicopter that took off from Nike's Bay.

Or the silver and yellow pokemon that streaked sparkles across the sky like a star, headed for Sky Pillar.


Stets: Hey there! Another collaboration from me:) Hope you enjoy! Go check out my other stories too! This chapter is all Allora, and I won't be writing for a while because I'm busy.

Allora: Hey guys! This story is shaping up to be great, I can feel it. Please please please take the time to review for us! Stets and I will be working really hard to make this one of the most well written stories on the site. Also, if you have not yet read Allora Silverfield or Twins of the West Star, and you liked this chapter, I guarantee you would enjoy those stories as well. Thank you guys!

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