Two Souls, Two Worlds, One Destiny...
"Zander! Zander hurry, you're going to be late to class!"
"Keish, my name is Zandra not Zander... I'm coming..."
"Sheesh, just hurry... First day of school and you're going to be late as always!"
Zandra ran down the stairs and out the door after Keish who was running down the street towards the bus. Keish laughed as he reached the bus and sat in one of the back seats.
"Hurry up Zandra!" shouted Keish as the bus driver turned on the engine and began to close the doors.
"Wait! Don't leave yet! Keish tell him to stop!" shouted Zandra as she watched the bus drive away from her. "Wait!"
She gave up and breathed heavily as the bus sped down the street and turned right.
I have the worst luck. I've been to five different schools and each time I've had worse luck. I'm so going to be late for school...
Zandra jogged down the street. Knowing that no matter what she did she would be late anyway...
Yawn... sigh Slowly his eyes open, at first everything is blurred. Little by little tree branches come into perspective, sunlight shined through areas in between them hardly any actually reaching the grass in which he slept.
"Hello? Are you awake yet? Get up! We've gotta go! The Elder called for a meeting. Everyone's supposed to be there. Get up! Whiny get up!
"Alright Lil'Pichu. I'm up.yawn What's this 'bout a meeting?
"What! You don't know? The Elder called everyone to a meeting... We're all waiting for you. The Elder insisted that everyone be there. ESPECIALLY YOU!"
"Wait Wha-? Me? Why me?"
"Don't know, but the only way to find out is going to the meeting! Now, come on!"
Whiny followed Lil'Pichu as they ran through the forest crisscrossing round trees and rocks.
"How is it that whenever we go to the clearing, it always seems as if were running in circles." asked Whiny almost out of breath from running.
"Stop whining! Sheesh, no wonder they called you whiny! We're here!"
Just as Lil'Pichu said that they entered the clearing and were soon surrounded by many friends and family. Elder sat as always on a smooth boulder in the center of the clearing looking down upon the others.
"Ahh, they have arrived. Thank you Lil'Pichu for bringing our honored guest to the meeting."
"Yeah, no problem. Wait, honored guest? Him? You gotta be bluffing."
His comment was answered by a long silence.
"Heh, hehe. Um, continue Elder."
"Our Honored Guest has a destiny to fulfill. This may be the last time we ever see him here, alive and well..."
Another silence followed as all the pokemon looked at eachother and then at Whiny in awe.
"Wh-what do you mean Elder. I can't be an honored guest if my whole life I've been, been..." Whiny began but did not have the heart to finish his statement.
"You will go on a journey where many others have gone, many have failed and now its your time. Only you shall decide if you shall succeed, but first you must find the one whom you need..."
Zandra finally reached the school and ran into her classroom, entering seconds before her teacher.
"Thanks alot Keish." she whispered to Keish as Mrs. Tareen entered the room.
"Good morning class, I see that for the first time since last year Zandra is early. Are you trying to suck up to me?"
"Of course not Ms. Tary, I would never expect someone of your intelligence to falll for something that simple."
"Hmm. I'll let it by today since its the first day of school, but don't even try it again."
"Now class turn to page 55 of..."
Mrs. Tareen's voice rolled on, but Zandra couldn't hear her anymore. She was daydreaming...
She was at free time taking out everyone's cards... No one could beat her, not with Mewtwo as her card on the field. One by one she single handedly out smarted each strategy, each feeble try. She was the best!!!
"ZANDRA!"
"Huh? Wha-?"
"Zandra stop daydreaming and pay attentio-"
Mrs. Tareen's words were drowned out by the lunch beel and everyone ran out the door. Zandra squeezed into the crowd just in time to escape Mrs. Tareen's speech.
"Yes! Maybe it is my lucky day after all!"
"Hello Z... Got something for me?"
Zandra turned around slowly to find Harrietta hovering over her.
"Heh hehe. Hey Harrietta. Um, have a nice vacation... Hey look its the principle! Zandra tried to squeeze into the crowd, but Harrieta quickly grabbed her by the shoulders and jerked her back making her hit the lockers with a thud. Zandra flinched as Harrietta tightened her grip on her shoulders, her nails cutting into Zandra's skin.
"You're not getting away that easily… Since it's the first day of school I'll just leave you a reminder." With this said Harrietta squeezed even harder.
Zandra was decided not to scream or cry. She bit her lip as hard as she could to withstand the need to scream, it came to a point that she tasted blood in her mouth. Then as quickly as she had begun, Harrietta banged Zandra against the lockers once more before disappearing into the crowd.
Zandra stood there licking her now bloody lip and walked to the girl's bathroom. As always it was empty because everyone was eating in the cafeteria. She looked in the mirror and examined her lip. Her teeth had cut into her lip in two places making it bleed. She squeezed the last drops of blood and dried them up with a piece of toilet paper. She then lifted her sleeves to find five cuts on each shoulder that also bled freely.
"Just, great! First day of school and I'm already being harassed by a hairy monkey…" she shouted angrily as she punched the mirror in front of her.
The mirror cracked a bit, but it was still a punch in vain. Her fist became red and her knuckles were painfully swollen, but she ignored it. The anger in her voice disappeared and she laughed at her insult.
"Hairy Monkey? Man I've really lost it this time… I've got to get some new comebacks…"
After a few moments of thought she walked out of the bathroom and entered the cafeteria. She looked at each table looking for familiar faces.
"Hey Z! Over here!" shouted Keish waving his arms in the air. Zandra walked over to the almost empty table where Keish, Joanne and Terry sat waiting for her.
"Hey guys and… gal… Anything new?" asked Zandra smiling as she sat.
"Whoa, Z; what happened to you? Did Hairy give you a 'reminder'?" said Joanne, obviously mocking Harrietta. Just as Zandra was about to make a joke out of "Hairyetta" the bell rang and they all walked away towards their classrooms.
The rest of the day continued with nothing interesting except teachers blabbing on about how 'wonderful' it was to see them all again and beginning their lessons as they did each year.
When the bell rang, signaling the end of the school day, Zandra ran out happily thinking of what she had to do today. She never did her homework so she had the rest of the day free for anything she felt like doing.
"I guess it's time to go practice!" She said to herself as she began to run towards the street. Instead of taking the street back to her house she crossed through a few houses and ran towards the woods. She entered the forest and followed a path she had made by leaving a trail of slashes on the trees. After walking for 5 minutes of walking she entered a clearing in which a boulder sat. She ran towards it and stood on it. She looked around at the tree tops until she spotted something shiny in the trees.
"There it is!" she shouted as she ran towards a huge fern tree. After a few moments she had climbed the tree and sat in a tree house at the top.
"Now it's me time!" she withdrew a box from her bag. She opened it to reveal a beat up Pokemon card deck. She shuffled the deck and was ready to draw…..
"Close your eyes and imagine that we do not exist. You are alone in the forest in a world you do not know… You are alone…. Alone…." The Elder's voice slowly faded as Whiny closed his eyes. He opened his eyes to find it was much brighter outside and he was standing all alone.
"Guys? Hello? Lil'Pichu! Elder!" he shouted though it was an action in vain.
Zandra drew her card.
"Go, I choose you Growlithe!" she placed the card on the ground and noticed some kind of dog barking on the forest floor.
She picked up her cards and slid down the tree. Once on the ground she slowly approached the dog.
"Hello? Anyone?" shouted Whiny, and then she stopped when she heard a twig snap. She swiftly spun around growling…
"Whoa, an orange dog? Weird it kinda looks familiar…"Just then her cards spilled out of her pocket.
"What the-" She quickly crouched to pickup the cards and noticed one card fell face up.
The dog stood still and then began to walk away as Zandra stood staring in amazement at her card… She stood and stared at the animal.
"Growlithe? Growlithe, is that you?" she asked.
Whiny turned around and stared at the creature that stood before him. It was certainly not a Pokemon, but somehow it new what he was….
"Oh my God! I summoned a Growlithe!"
What will Zandra do with the Growlithe. Will Whiny fulfill his duty? Find out next chapter!!!