II Slowpoke's Well

The next morning cool as the Ilex Winds blew into town. I didn't want to wake up because Furret had snuggled her warm body around me in the middle of the night.

The fur was soft and I didn't want to get up, but I had to see Squirtle. I tried to slowly nudge myself out of Furrets hold, but the more I moved, the more she tightened

her grip around me. This made me want to stay in bed more. I had almost fallen back to sleep, but I stayed focus and eventually slipped out of Furret's snuggle hold. I

look to see my father sleeping in the kitchen and figured Quagsire was someone in the house. I quietly dashed for the front door and slipped outside. The opacity of

the morning fog was thin and made it easy for me to see the rest of the town. It was cold, and I wanted to go and snuggle back into Furret's fur, but Squirtle was

counting on meeting me that day and I couldn't let him down. I headed east toward the spot we trained yesterday. I took one look back toward town, worrying about

my father who might wake up any time soon. I planned out in my head what I would tell Squirtle. "Squirtle," I said out loud to myself, "I can't come back anymore

because Furret is worried that my dad will get mad at me for leaving town everyday." Perfect, I thought to myself. This way, I didn't have to get in trouble and Squirtle

would understand. I found the lake near the well where Squirtle and I usually met. "Squirtle?" I called. There was no response. "Squirtle, ya there?" I said louder.

Then, I heard moaning from inside the well. When I took a look inside, I saw Squirtle at the bottom of the well. "Squirtle!" I shouted. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I find something!"

"What?"

"I found something!"

"What is it?"

"Come take a look."

That was a hard decision for me to make. I only wanted to tell Squirtle that we couldn't hang out for a while and now he wants me to do the most dangerous thing we

have ever done together. We weren't allowed into the well because we told that it was full of dangerous Pokémon. Thing was, I knew Squirtle. If there was something

important down in the well, it was worth getting a closer look at it. "Alright, how to I get down?"

Within an instant, the well's water bucket shot up towards it. It surprised me so much that I fell backwards onto the grassy lake side. I got back up and jumped up

onto the rim of the well, preparing myself to get into the bucket. As soon as I jumped in, I started accelerating towards the bottom of the well. I screamed on the way

down from the speed I was falling. Next thing I knew, the bucket had slowed down. All I could hear was rushing water. When I looked over the edge of the bucket, I

saw Squirtle using his Water Gun and creating a long stream of water to slow down the bucket. Eventually, the bucket touched the ground. I felt dizzy, but quickly

snapped out of the dizziness. "You alright?" Squirtle asked me. "Yeah, I'll be fine."

I looked back up towards the top of the well seeing how far I fell. "How do we get back up?" I asked Squirtle. "Same way you came down" He replied.

I tilted my head, letting him know I didn't understand. Squirtle pointed pack up towards the ceiling. "I'll shoot my Water Gun while we're in the bucket towards the

ground and we'll shoot right out of the well!" He exclaimed. He was really excited and was so convinced his plan would work. I smiled, showing my trust in his plan.