Author's Note:
- The story takes place in the Kalos region.
- When I think of Kalos, I think of France. Sinnoh, Japan. Unova, USA.
Rated T. Done for amusement purposes only.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. None of the characters or events in the following story have any correlation with those of real life events or persons.
That being said, I do not own Pokemon or anything that can be found on this work of fiction. What I do own are my ideas and my thoughts, so I hope y'all will enjoy them too.
Akenitenshi ~ The angel at dawn ~
"Group #3 Status report."
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"Hmm, very well keep up the good work." While working quietly on my station I heard a very intimidating and stern sounding voice. I looked up from my workstation and confirmed that my suspicions were spot on. Looking to my right, I see that my two work partners did the same. Quietly, we started to set straight our stations.
By the time we were done the person of the voice in question called out for us. I straightened my posture.
"Evening, sir." The three of us saluted in unison. "Yes, good evening. Group #4 Status report."
Right after greeting us, the stern looking gentleman cut right through the chase and asked about our progress. I still couldn't get used to it, although this wasn't the first time this same exact scene recurred here in the Galactic Industries - Kalos Power Plant Lab#2.
The person before us was no one else but the grand CEO of the Sinnoh's Galactic Industries — Yanagi Xerox. Elder brother to it's co founder Yanagi Cyrus. For a person of such prestige to be in a lab asking for direct report, it could only mean one thing. It was VERY important research. I, Aden Roux, happen to be one of the few fortunate scientist working on this project, alongside to my partners Eri Benoit and Enzo Himura.
Benoit, just like me had a last name that hailed from the Kalos region, but unlike me she studied abroad on the Sinnoh region. What's more she graduated as the valedictorian of a prestigious overseas scientific university. And just like her, from the same university graduated our partner Himura Enzo, although he didn't get the best grade on his university (He can blame our friend Eri for that), he was praised as the scientific prodigy of a generation for presenting his thesis on the M.E.G.A energy system for his graduation.
Although I'd love to go into details about his theory, it would literally take me the whole day just to sort out my thoughts on it, let alone explain it to someone else. All I could say is: Both are really smart and talented people that go way back from their early college days; although their personalities don't really match each others, they've seem to develop a weird bond some may find akin to friendship.
As for yours truly, well I just happen to be very lucky. No, no. Not in a bad way. Although I wouldn't consider myself as smart and talented as my partners. I myself am very passionate about what I do. Like I mentioned before, I wasn't gifted enough to earn an overseas scholarship and my family wasn't rich by any means (Although I've heard that the average Kalos household is two times wealthier than that of other regions), because of this I had to study locally on an university in Kalos. One at Lumiose to boot.
Born and raised at Snowbelle City I was used to peace and quiet, nothing like the bustling Capital of Lumiose, but the difference in atmosphere wasn't enough to stop me from accomplishing my goal, becoming a full fledged scientist.
Having a dream to chase and being extra passionate about it as well, was all the drive I needed for success. Both my mother and father did their best to support me, heck they even took a fairly large loan on my behalf. Right after graduating from Snowheights High school I applied for the best Colleges that my GPA would allow me my grades were the least of my problems. Most of the good universities in Kalos would accept me, but I wanted to be a scientist and a good one at that, so just any university wouldn't cut it.
Luckily for me on the summer of my graduating year a new university had been founded at the Lumiose Northern District— The "Galactic Industries University of Research" a Kalos branch of a prestigious Sinnoh university. Apparently the founder of the university was an outstanding businessman(Yanagi Xerox) that patented one of the most efficient energy management systems in the world. He just happened to buy the Kalos Power Plant in order to make more efficient and accessible energy for the region, and while he was at it he decided to found an university... (Rich people are scary).
I applied to such prestigious college, and I got in! After I was accepted I had to take one of those scary things known as a student loan, but it was well worth it. College life was anything but easy, but it wasn't anything out of the ordinary. For the longest I thought that I would graduate and start my career in a basic job as a pharmacist or a drug tester for Pokemon status ailments, but oh, how wrong was I.
When I became 20 years old, during my third year of college, a scientific conference was to be held on the university grounds. Two of the best graduates hailing from the main branch of the University in Sinnoh were going to present and explain their theories— Eri Benoit and Enzo Himura, young scientist praised as prodigies and geniuses. They were coming all the way here to Kalos. What an opportunity I thought! Eager to learn from them I decided to attend the conference and listen the things they had to explain.
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To put it plainly— It was amazing! The things they argued were incredible!
Taking foundation on professor Rowan's evolution theory they argued that it was possible to manipulate the fluctuation of the energy released by a Pokemon as it evolves. What's more they argued that it could also be possible to keep a Pokemon in a perpetual state of evolution where its energy would be 3 times the energy its own body possesses at the time of its final form!
Ahem!... before I get to excited let me explain the down sides; Although it would be amazing to manipulate the amount of energy a Pokemon emits, it would be a very dangerous thing for the Pokemon itself and also for the things around it. Another problem was that although the feat was possible. At the time there weren't any means of adjusting and managing that energy.
Well, it was a theory after all. A well thought and visionary one at that. All that knowledge had ignited a spark within me. I still had two years left of college, and I knew in what I would center my studies from there on— The Pokemon energy research field.
After their speech, by the end of the conference, they held an open table for students and scientist to offer their insight on the theory they'd just heard and maybe even share a few words with the famous duo.
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With time, more and more people voiced their opinions and posted their ideas for everyone to behold. We were given tablets so that we could mirror words and sketches on a big scree for everyone else to comment on them. As the discussions were getting more and more heated, an(apparently) renown scientist, who came all the way from Unova (the region where the energy field of research was ahead of almost all other regions), started heavily critiquing Eri's and Enzo's theory in front of everyone.
Seeing the biased way he was expressing himself, I couldn't bear to just watch and decided to interject. "Excuse me sir although what you say may be true. I don't think it's fair for you to critique their stand with absolute certainty, as there are so many factors that have not been covered in this theory. For example: the state of the energy before Pokemons enter the state of evolution..."
Everyone looked at me in silence.
"Care to elaborate? you are being too vague." He scoffed at me with his eyes. I could feel droplets of sweat in the back of my neck... I prayed that I wasn't saying anything stupid— There I was, a college student refuting a renown scientist from abroad. Worst thing was, if I were to be wrong I was not only representing the university but my region as well.
"Well, although the theory covers many aspects of energy expectancy when Pokemons are evolving. It doesn't really look into the basics." I started to elaborate on my point, but got cut by the scientist's angry voice.
"Cut to the chase boy!" He glared at me.
...! he's losing his temper.
"Well let me explain it in a simple way. You are aware of how Pokemon spend their energy to use their abilities and moves right? Their energy when they do so fluctuate. Put it simply, their energy is at a "Rest state" when they aren't using their moves or abilities, but when they do use them, they "Generate energy" in order to use these skills.
With that on mind I thought. What if instead of us forcing them to generate this energy, we can make them to do so naturally, just like when a trainer ask of its Pokemon to use a move for mundane everyday tasks like using water gun to water flowers, or tail whip to dust furniture, etc.
They don't use the full power of their moves to do these tasks, and although the move water gun could have enough power to break a window, when asked by a trainer it can be used to shower something as frail as flowers."
"I... I guess that's true... Although we cannot create a tool to force a certain amount of energy to be spent by a Pokemon, we can always make the Pokemons regulate it themselves..."
The angry sounding scientist that was just front of me seconds ago was nowhere to be found, instead there was a man that was deeply speculating.
"I guess I was so engrossed on the theory that I didn't look at the most basic aspects of it as well... My apologies." The man apologized; the apologies were directed at both Eri and Enzo. Eri smiled, but Enzo seemed deep in thought.
"No, there is nothing to apologize for, since that is also something that we've both overlooked as well— Interesting proposition, um...?" Eri looked at me expectantly.
"Oh... Aden, Aden Roux."
"Mind if I ask how did you came up with this though of process?" Asked her partner Enzo, while looking straight at me.
... Unnerving.
"Uh, well at house, my little sister has a Skitty, and they play together a lot. Sometimes I would watch them go at it, and when they play the Skitty would use moves on her that would certainly hurt, but they just tickle her so... it just kind of occurred to me after listening to the concepts of energy you both explained."
For the first time in the whole conference something akin to a smile passed through Enzo's face and with a flat "I see." He left me on my own.
After that the conference proceeded without incident.
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The following day I was called to the director's office where I met with Eri and Enzo again. Eri thanked me for standing up for them. I shrugged it off saying it was the obvious thing to do with the information that I was given.
Enzo liked my analytic approach to things and asked me what career I was pursuing in my university studies. He suggested I take their field of study if I was interested, and that they would even pay for my studies!
Apparently they'd checked on my grades and aptitudes and said I was apt for working under their wing. A few years later right after graduating at the age of 22 I was hired to the Kalos branch of the G.I.S.R.T(Galactic Industries Scientific Research Team) to join on their investigation.
Currently It was my sixth month of work after joining the Research team. The lab was located inside of one of the Kalos Power Plant buildings on Route 13 - Lumiose badlands so I had to move to an apartment in Lumiose City as to make my travel expenses one less thing to worry about. Thanks to all my years of commuting for college, I was used to the life in the city. But still commuting from a huge city like Lumiose was definitely not the same as commuting from the campus dormitory to college classes.
Regarding our research on the M.E.G.A system. Lots of progress had been done. We discovered an efficient way of controlling the energy Pokemon emitted before evolving, but to our dismay although we could control it. We couldn't force the Pokemons to stay on that state perpetually. Still we could keep Pokemon from evolving and use this energy over an over again.
The amount of energy was so large that the discovery on itself was a great success, but still, it couldn't be called "efficient" just yet.
In just six months we had contributed by creating a new type of energy that would definitely change the world. Using this knowledge we made experiments with different types of Pokemons and discovered that Psychic Pokemons had the best affinity towards this procedures and that some even seemed to have an infinite pool of energy. Our boss Yanagi Xerox was really pleased with this project and had several acquaintances of his(Important rich people), support the project as well.
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"Everything is stable sir. We are awaiting for permission to proceed with experiment #144." Reported my partner and head of the research team, Himura Enzo.
"How's the specimen reacting to the manipulated environment?"
Xerox asked another question, this time it was directed towards me, the Pokemon Energy Control Systems Engineer. "Yes, up till this point the fluctuation have been that of 0.0029% and we are awaiting for the green light as everything seems to be in order."
I replied to him as confident as possible while trying to steady my nerves. I always seemed to tense up around this man... "Hmm, very well. You may proceed."
At his cue the three of us head towards an extensive platform.
Rising 9 feet above the ground it granted great visibility of down below, where stood a huge glass container. The platform was filled with measuring equipment for all types of readings: electrical, heat energy, light wavelength, and many others.
Tension and excitement could be felt throughout the lab room, even researchers from other workstations were allowed to stop their work and witness this experiment. In the various other experiments that we had performed thus far we've used many different types of Psychic Pokemon, but this one was special. It had been a personal donation from a Johto entrepreneur. A Psychic Pokemon so rare it's only seen on books and legends— an Unown.
Now, because of science, the reason why they were so rare was very clear. Unowns live under a different wavelength or "Dimension" if you will, than us humans and Pokemons do. Right now with the proper technology, we could preserve this specimen on our dimension by keeping it on a controlled environment under it's preferred wavelength. This was recently discovered by scientists in Johto Ruins of Alph.
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"Equipment... All green." Said Eri as she glanced at a monitor in front of her. "Pokemon readings... stable, environmental readings... stable, energy fluctuation... 0.0027%, stable." I voiced after confirming the readings on the monitor in front of me. Then looking at Enzo I said. "All green."
"Experiment #144 begin!"
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"... Uuuu? Ugh... W-what... happened?"
I awoke to a several beams of light that were mercilessly assaulting onto my vision— The blinding lights were making my eyesight a shifting blur.
"Wha—? W-wait, the experiment... What happened?" Immediately I sat upright. My eyes opening wide in dread thinking about what had happened.
"D-did... it go wrong? —Ugh?!"
My head started pounding and I brought my hand to it instinctively. All color left me when I realized there was a protruding object sticking out my head. I couldn't see it, but it felt huge. Several scenarios flashed through my head: energy overload?, an explosion, a shard of glass got stuck to my head? Was everyone Ok? —Am I Ok?
As dread kept growing and growing, I looked around in order to make sense of my situation. Then it hit me— I was laying on a soft surface...
Several beams of light poured into the room from a window I wasn't familiar with. The room, which I was also unfamiliar with was glowing fuchsia, a distinctive shade of purple thanks to the beams of light that bounced into the walls of the room.
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—The hell am I?!
I looked around and found that the soft surface I was laying on was a bed. A queen sized bed that despite its relatively large size was almost completely stuffed with Pokemon plushes of many different shapes and colors.
I looked up to an Audino plush toy that seemed to tower me with its hugely sized body.
"T-That... can't be! That's huge!" Dazzled and confused I tried backing away from it. As I took my hands off my head and attempted to get away I noticed something strange about my body and limbs. Startled I ended up falling off the bed with an audible thud.
"Agh!" I voiced my pain as I hit the floor carpet. I was dazzled, still trying my best to calm down. My heart was beating so fast it seemed to be doing its own symphony— I could hear its every beat. My brain couldn't catch up.
I thought about using the bed's railing for support so I extended my hands towards it to get hold of some sort of balance, but to my dismay, my perception of height and distance were off, so instead of grabbing hold of the bed's railing for support, my hands grasp nothing but empty air.
I wince in pain as my body ends up falling against the bed's railing instead of getting supported by it.
What's going on?!
I looked ahead. A killer migraine surged from the back of my head as I look towards the window that's in front of me.
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I open my eyes wide in surprise as The slight reflection of a kneeling Kirlia reclining against the railing of a pink queen sized bed was staring back at me. W-wait, that's me?! I-it, it... It wasn't a dream?!
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For what felt like an eternity I stayed stupefied by the slight reflection that was mirrored in front of my eyesight. I was so engrossed in my own thoughts that I couldn't even tell there was a voice calling from behind me. Memories of unfamiliar locations, unfamiliar voices, an unfamiliar light, flooded into my mind.
Anise.
I thought instinctively as I felt all my confusion and anxiety melt down for some unknown reason.
"—Mornin' How are you feeling today?" I turned around to find a brunette girl wearing cherrim motif pajamas. She was looking down at me.
I stare at her, my mind still reeling. She knelt in front of me, almost getting to my eye level. Then she placed one of her hands under my chin. I freeze, my mind completely blank.
"Oh, good you really don't seem to have a fever."
Apparently satisfied she gets up. I keep staring at her as she moves around the room. She gets some clothes and undergarments from one of the room's drawers. "I'm going to take a shower, I'll be ready in a second. If you are hungry ask mom for breakfast." She says as she leaves the room looking like she is in a hurry. I just silently nod at her words.
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It takes me a while to actually force myself out of the room. Maybe it really wasn't that long, but Arceus forbid me from spending more time alone with the thoughts of my head. I HAD to force myself to move... for the sake of my own sanity. I tried to sort out the many thoughts that were transpiring inside of my head. After debating it over and over I concluded that, for unknown reason "X" my consciousness was now possessing the body of a Pokemon.
I had listed a plethora of theories trying to explain the reason behind this impossible phenomena— It had been pointless... Every single answer that I could come up with had way too many factors that would leave me feeling skeptic. Even the "Must be a dream" theory had been heavily counter argued by me remembering the events that transpired the day before.
Left on my own. I took the opportunity to move around in my "new" body. Now that I was thinking clearly, it wasn't difficult by any means. I walked around Anise's room to get a feel of my height compared to other objects. I stopped in front of a pink full body length mirror.
So small...
Deep red eyes stared back at me. They were filled with uncertainty— I look up, so did the eyes. I look down, so did they. Inspecting the features of the face in front of me something picked my interest. Two red slate like objects were sticking out of my head— The protruding object.
I bring my hands to touch them a little.
It tickles... Fascinating...
Then I look at my arms. They were slim and only had three fingers by the tip of them. I look back to the mirror. Glancing up I tried stretching my body.
I'm not even half the size of a body mirror.
Somewhat satisfied with my findings I remind myself about what Anise had told me.
Now that I have more information I feel slightly less angsty— Still, I need more information, but I can't hinder Anise's schedule. With that in mind I headed downstairs.
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Walking through the lower floor I got reminded of just how welcoming Anise's house was.
I wonder how my parents and sister are doing...
It was a sudden thought, no doubt that it was triggered by the family vibe this nicely decorated house and all its family pictures gave off. Since I started my college years I kept distancing myself more and more from my family. The trip from Lumiose to Snowbelle was fairly long and I kept finding more and more excuses to tell myself I was too busy to visit.
When was the last time I visited them?
It probably was right after my graduation. They had asked me to go back and celebrate with them.
Am I... homesick?
The thought danced through my head. I guess there were too many factors at play here.
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When I entered the kitchen I saw a beautiful brunette lady which wavy hairstyle resembled that of Anise's. I walk towards her, feeling a tad hungry. She notices me and greets me with a warm smile while placing something on the stove oven. As soon as she is done she greets me verbally.
"Good morning sweety, are you hungry? I left your plate on the table." She says as she busily moves around the kitchen.
"I'm sorry, I'm a little busy right now so I won't be able to entertain you." She smiles apologetically. I nod at her and walk towards the dining table.
Slightly remembering from yesterday, I had an Idea of the kitchen layout. It was spacious and the dining table was pretty big— they even had a high stool for Aria to sit at (Some people really did treat Pokemon like family).
I let a small grunt as I try to climb onto the stool.
"Hnnp!"
The stool was as tall as I was. With small, round stretchers that served as steps (at least for me), it had a stylish design that blended nicely into the kitchen.
After struggling to get on top of it, I noticed the dining table was set and was also decorated with pretty flowers.
A plate laid in front of me. Two squarely shaped food(?) items and a Pecha berry sat a top of it.
Well at least I know one of them is edible...
"Thanks for the food!" I pray out loud giving thanks to Anise's mother for her kindness. A weak sounding cry escapes from my lips.
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Oh... Right.
That was one aspect I had completely overlooked. Pokemon and their inability to voice their thoughts... I've heard they were few Pokemon that were so smart they were capable producing speech— Would me knowing the language render me capable of doing so? I try again.
"Thanks!" I say, but once again all I hear is the distinctive cry of a Kirlia. Anise's mother looks at me.
Figures... Anyways, I am hungry so let's not worry about that for now. I bring my hands towards one of the cubes.
"A-aa! Little miss, you know the rules. If you are out of the pokeball you must wash your hands, just like everyone else does."
I stare at her. My hands halfway toward the plate. Must I climb that damned thing up and down again?!
Hunger and despair must've been etched onto my face because she then says. "No. Don't give me that look. You know the rules." She walks behind me and lifts me from the stool.
Agh! T-that's... still scary.
Carefully she places me on the floor.
I guess she saved me from the trouble...
I walked out the kitchen. I knew where Anise's bathroom was, but she was still probably using it. There must be one down here, so I guess I would have to look around.
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When looking for the bathroom I thought it'd be a half bathroom, but to my surprise when I found it, it was a full bathroom. With both a tub and a shower!(Anise are you secretly rich?) I'd seen two full bathrooms on the apartment already, and I was pretty sure there was another on Anise's parents room.
I know I'm kind of "from out in the sticks", but I'm pretty sure apartments aren't supposed to be this big. Anyway... luckily for me the bathroom door was open. With my current height I couldn't even reach for the door knob. Still I made it to the inside and again, to my surprise there was a stepping stool in front of the bathroom counter.
This Pokemon... IS part of their family.
I washed my hands and walked back to the kitchen.
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Back in the kitchen as I was climbing onto the stool I hear a voice from under me.
"Morninnn~'." I look down.
Huh? Y-you!
"M-morning..." I manage.
"How are you feeling today? You were acting funny yesterday. Wanna play?" The voice played on my psyche.
"A-actually I'm... I'm a little bit busy." I point at the plate in front of me. Not that he could see it but.
I'm talking with a Pokemon. I'm officially nuts...
Science had "proven" That Pokemon were not able to communicate in between different species. They acted out on instinct. Also the "affection" they showed towards us humans and trainers was more of a submissive behavior. Yet here, before me, science had been rendered useless.
"Y-yeah, I... I have to finish eating. I think I'm going out with Anise. Let's... let's just talk instead."I said slightly weary of getting covered by saliva.
Let's use this opportunity to learn something.
"Mmm, Ok, but we HAVE to play when you come back Ok?" He said expectantly.
"Ok, I promise."
Hmmm, but what should I ask?
A million questions popped in my head— The feelings and thoughts of a Pokemon. There were scientists that would kill for this out there... and I didn't even know what to ask. "Mmm..."
Hungry and slightly curious, I grab one of the unknown blocks in front of me. Here goes nothing!
*Chew*
"Woah... This is good!" I exclaim as I munch off the blue square in my hands.
"A blue Pokeblock? I like the red ones better, They make me feel tough."
"hnn, really?" I say back at him absentmindedly as I happily eat the Pokeblock. It had an unique taste and texture that although reminiscent of a berry, wasn't quite like anything I've had before.
"So, How old are you?" I asked trying to make small talk while I ate.
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After a while I had finish eating my meal. I was currently sitting on the floor talking to Blacky(the Poochyena). As I imagined. There wasn't much I could learn from him—He was two years old, and even for a household pet he didn't do much or know anything at all(All he knew is play really).
I had asked him if he knew how old I was, and he wasn't sure. How old anise was, he wasn't sure. Where were we at, he wasn't sure.(Sigh, so useless) I decided to ask him what his favorite food was, and then he started rambling nonstop about slowpoke tails (Yep, that confirms it, they are rich. No question asked). Just like that I listen to Blacky while waiting for Anise to come by.
After listening to him ramble about his refined taste for way longer than I wanted to we talked about the things he liked to do on his free time and so on. I asked him about what "we" use to do together, on the time I was at home. Turns out Aria used her psychic powers to play fetch and play around with him.
Psychic powers... Can I... use them? I had no Idea. I was even more at a loss at how would I even go about it— I guess it was done at an instinctual level. I couldn't figure it out.
*Step* *Step* *Step* *Step*
While talking, we heard the sounds of hurriedly steps coming from the hallway.
"Mom, I'm ready! is Aria ready? I'm leaving." Says Anise as soon as she enters the kitchen. Her pink cashmere dress came to my attention and so her full appearance. The girl was surely following her mothers footsteps, Her childish face did nothing to conceal her female charm. Wavy brunette hair that bounced of her shoulders, big round aqua eyes, a small narrow nose, round smooth cheeks that puffed with most of her expressions, and small pursed lips that gestured into her maturing growth.
"Hnn? Yes, she should be right there." Anise's mother, still busily going about the kitchen answered her question without looking at her.
She walks towards us, lifts the pup and asks me if I'm ready. I nod at her gaining a smile from her as Blacky snuggles her face.
"Grab something to eat before you leave honey, I left you a plate on the table."
"Nope. No time, we are late. Aria let's go."
On cue to her voice I stand and say my goodbyes to the pooch.
"You don't need to be in such a hurry, I already called a cab for you two. It should be down there waiting for you. Also it's cold out there, don't go out without wearing scarves."
Anise is already at the front door of the apartment by the time her mother finishes her sentence. I try my best to follow her. Listening to her mother, she opens the hall closet that's near the entrance and picks two scarves. She motions for me to grab one.
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Sigh... OK. I grab the childish looking scarf that's small enough to fit this body. It looked like one of those fancy pet accessories that you would see at DOLCE GABB— I look down at the letters that are embroidered into the scarf...
It is! Oh dear, and I thought I was doing well economically.
My job as a Pokemon Energy Control Systems Engineer was really well paid. I only had six months in and I was almost done with paying the debt my parents took for the first two years of my studies. I also had a good amount of money saved aside for my little sister's future and I also had spare money to buy whatever it was that my heart desired. In short, the job was good money.
If it's for one person or two, the money that a job like mine could amount was fairly good. But for a full family? and I'm not mistaken Mrs. Millard was a housewife, she didn't bring any type of money into the household, so the amount of money her husband did was on a whole new level. Just what kind of career did he had? With every passing moment I wanted to meet this "Papa" of ours.
While I was engrossed in my own toughs Anise had finished equipping her white high boots and was getting her bag ready. From behind, someone softly called to me. With her right hand Anise's mother signaled me to come towards her to the kitchen entrance. Looking that Anise still looked busy so I hurriedly complied.
"..."
I stopped in front of her. She did nothing but looked at Anise's back. I looked up to her not understanding what she wanted of me. She smiled and patted me on the head.
"Bye mom!"
"Make sure she eats and take good care of her Ok?" She handed me a small paper bag. It felt warm to the touch. "..." I nod to her. "Aria! We are late, let's go!" I hear from the outside. Not wasting any time I wave goodbye and do my best to run towards the voice.
- Anise PoV -
*Scribble* *scribble* "This morning..."
This morning had started in that of an early fashion.
Since papa was coming later on in the day. I woke at five in the morning to help mom straighten up the house. I helped as best as I could, but still ended up leaving up most of the work to her.(Sorry mom although I know you enjoy doing the housework, I know they take lots of time and effort. Please forgive this daughter of yours for not being that much of a help.)
Anyway, at around 6:30 I told her that I would go up and check up on Aria, so that we could get ourselves ready to head out. On my way there, before heading up, I fed Blacky and played with him a little. I knew he wanted to play with Aria yesterday night, but she really wasn't feeling great. There wasn't much I could do about that except spending some time with him before getting ready.
"Hehe, who's a good puppy? Whoooo'shh a good puppy?"
I tickled his belly and fiddled with his cute little pink paws. The way he scrunched his face and let out his tongue was just too much. Augh~ I wish I could do this for the whole day, but life wasn't that perfect— I had to get ready.
Usually I would leave the house at around 7:20, as it would take me around 40 minutes to get to the academy from my house, but now after helping out was 6:35, and I still had to take a shower and get ready.
"hmmm, I guess Aria doesn't need to take a shower..." I looked up to the clock in the wall. "Ehh?! it's already this late?! I better check on her and get ready."
As I went up the stairs, I could hear sounds coming from my room. I guess she was up and about, good. I entered the room and found her lying on the floor looking out the window. It was a beautiful morning.
"Aria~ Mornin' How are you feeling today?" I greeted her cheerfully. She turned to look at me, but stood in place. I beamed as I got closer to inspect her. Oddly enough she didn't run to hug me as she usually does, but I guess she wasn't feeling as good to be running around just yet. I knelt in front of her to check her temperature. The nurse said she wasn't sick, but it wouldn't hurt to check.
Hmmm. Yes, she seems fine.
I stood up and went for a change of clothes. I felt her eyes following my every movement. "I'm going to take a shower, I'll be ready in a second. If you are hungry ask mom for breakfast." I told her as I went out of the room in a slight hurry. I think she just stood there and nodded. Was she still feeling iffy?
After my shower I went down to find Aria happily chatting with Blacky. Mom told me she had finished her meal and was good to go. We hurriedly say our goodbyes and Mom says there would be a cab waiting for us so we shouldn't be in such a hurry. I hear non of it as it would mark the begging of a long and interesting day.
A/N:
Hello Author here. Quick little message:
Thanks for taking some time to read my story. I am by no means a "good" writer so I expect a lot of criticism (The good kind please) so that I can learn from it and get better as a writer. That being said, feel free to comment and let me know what you think about my story.
Also like I said before. When creating this story I took inspiration on several other works of fiction.
- Cue "Gardevoir goes to convenience store" music -
Works:
- Fimfiction: Asylum by Daemon of Decay.
- Light Novel: Youjo Senki by Carlo Zen
Although they may not be of a genre that many may be interested in, I think they are really good reads, so if possible, do go and read them!... while I publish my next chapter.
Fun facts:
- I Love science.
- I Love drama.
- I love Pokemon Mystery dungeon.
- My favorite regions / Games are Sinnoh(Platinum) and Kalos(Y version).
- Whenever I think of Kalos I think of France and when I think of Sinnoh I think of Japan, hence the last names hehe.
See you next time~