As Ty and angelica wondered the street looking for a restaurant. Angelica began to question a couple things about herself. "Did I have a previous owner? If I did then why do I hate pokemon balls so much? And if did have a previous owner, then what had I done that made him or her hit me. It couldn't have been the fact that I was a bad fighter could it?" She thought to herself.
"Hey are you listening to me?" Ty broke in.
"Uh what did you say?" Angelica said snapping back to reality. "I said what do you think of this place?" He said looking up at an angle. Angelica followed his view and saw a sign above a restaurant that read "meezano's."
"It sounds a little Italian doesn't it?" Ty commented.
Itali-what now?" She asked.
Never mind, let's just get some food." Ty said opening the door.
As angelica walked in the place looked sort of modern. The chairs were wooden as were the tables. There was a TV in the corner with caption on. Of course she didn't know what they said since she didn't read English.
After a second a man a little bit taller than Ty came over to sit them down. He was amazed by how tall his Lopunny was. Ty explained to him that the Angelica had height control problems (Which Angelica didn't take amusingly.) The waiter showed them to their table and handed Ty a menu. As Ty browsed the menu Angelica went back into thought.
"Maybe was one of those show pokemon? The kind that show off looks. Was I losing? Was I because of my eyes? Did my owner get frustrated because of my losses? That can't be it. I never would show off like that in front of a crowd, could I? Maybe I was forced too." She thought.
"Are you in here for dinner or what?" Ty broke in again.
Angelica snapped back into reality once again. Confused about what his question meant.
"You have been in your mind a lot since we left the hotel, is something wrong?" He asked.
"I don't know!" She wined putting her head on her table. "It just so much as happened in the past couple of hours. I wake up with amnesia, I meet you. I have no idea of where I am, where I came from, NOTHING."
"Whoa, calm down there, it's alright ill help you through this." Ty said trying to calm her down.
"I had a strange thought, and I need you to tell me something." Angelica asked.
"Sure, I'll try my best." Ty said curious.
"You promise to be honest?" She asked.
Ty nodded.
"Alright, I need to know, are my eyes pretty to you."
Ty's face grew red. "Why do you ask that?" Ty asked embarrassed.
"I had a thought and I was wondering if my eyes had something to do with it. I just need to know, what do you think of my eyes?" She asked again.
Ty stammered trying to find an answer without it sounding like he was in love with her.
Suddenly their waiter approached the table.
"Oh thank god." Ty thought to himself.
"Here are your drinks, what can I get you to eat." He asked.
"I guess I'll have a cheese pizza, and she can have the salad." Ty said handing him the menu.
The waiter walked off leaving him with Angelica again.
"You never answered my question." Angelica said looking worried. "Oh god, he thinks my eyes are ugly doesn't he?" She thought to herself.
"It not that there ugly or anything it just that, well I'm not the type who judges eyes. If anything they look like every other Lopunny's eyes." He replied.
"So you're saying they're not something that would get me a down score in a pokemon fashion show?" She asked.
Ty responded with a weird look on his face.
"Never mind." She said looking away embarrassed.
While Ty and Angelica waited for their food, Ty quickly showed her how to use a fork.
When their food came they both ate in silence wondering what the hell just happened.
As they walked back Angelica decided to break the silence.
"I'm sorry I've been such a pain to you." She said rubbing her arm.
Ty looked at her surprised. "Why are you apologizing?" He asked.
"Because all I have been doing is whining and complaining. I'm surprised you haven't ditched me already." She said looking depressed.
"Don't be ridiculous." Ty said trying to reassure her. "I know what you're going through; I went through a mid-life crisis as well." Ty said looking down.
"You have, what happened?" Angelica asked.
Ty walked in silence for a second then replied "Wait until we get back to the hotel, then I will tell you."
Angelica wondered what had happened to him. It was nothing too bad, if he is still going through life.
As Ty Walked into the hotel, he sat down on the bed and took a deep breath.
"It all began when I was 8 years old." He began. "I was a very different kid from all the other children in my school. I was lonely; I had no one to talk to. My parents constantly worried about me. They sent me to several psychologists, but none of them could figure out what was wrong with me."
Angelica tipped her head confused.
"When it had turned into my 9th birthday my parents had come up with an idea that could help me. They got me a buneary."
"So you had a buneary when you were little, what happened to her?" Angelica asked.
"Don't rush me." Ty responded calmly.
"Sorry."
"Anyway, at first I didn't like her; she just seemed to be a nuisance to me. But as time went along I found myself warming up to her. Pretty soon we were friends. She was the first friend I had ever had. We did all the kid stuff, played together, ate together. It was a lot like the whole "Two peas in a pod" thing.
It wasn't until a couple months that I finally named her. I called her Sarah.
In fact it was because of her I made more friends. It was because of her I snapped out of my depression. Then came my 13th birthday. I had all my friends around me but someone was missing. Something was nagging at me.
It wasn't until we were in the car heading home that I figured it out, Sarah wasn't with me. I asked my parents if we had accidentally left her at the restaurant we went to.
They looked at each other like they were worried. They told me they needed to tell me something when we got home.
It turned out Sarah had run away. She had run away 3 days before my birthday and I hadn't even noticed. I felt awful, like it was all my fault.
My depression came back shortly after. I lost all my friends and I was back in phycology once again. It wasn't until my 15th birthday and I had gotten my first pokemon that I had felt happiness again.
Something about them kept me happy. Just that fact that someone actually looked up to me like a role model. I felt like I had purpose again. Ever since then I pursued a career of catching and raising pokemon."
Ty took a deep breath like he had just unleashed a boat load off his chest.
"Even though I had a thousand pokemon with me. None of them were like Sarah. Sometimes I wonder why she ran away." Ty finished.
Angelica sat there staring at him. She couldn't believe everything she had just heard.
"Ty?" She asked.
"Yeah."
"Is the only reason you're helping me, is because I remind you of her?"
"No, of course not, I'm helping you because you need help." T reassured.
"You promise?" She asked.
Ty agreed.
Angelica flopped down on the bed. She seemed to have a lot on her mind.
Ty suddenly had a thought in his head. "Why did you ask me about your eyes in the restaurant?" He asked.
"I had a thought, that maybe I had an owner who used me in shows." She said.
"But I thought you said you lived in a tribe?" Ty asked.
"I said I grew up in a tribe, I might have been captured and just not remember."
"Oh" Ty said lying down next to her. "Today has been crazy hasn't it?" Ty asked.
"Yep"
For a while they sat there in silence before Ty started giggling. For a minute Angelica thought he was crazy before she started giggling too. Before they knew it they had burst into laughter. For a while they laughed before they finally calmed down. "I haven't laughed like that in a while." Ty said when they had stopped.
"I don't remember if I have laughed like that." Angelica commented.
Ty looked at her for a moment. Then looked back up at the ceiling.
"I think we should go to sleep, tomorrow we walk to unova."
"Yeah I guess you're right." She said pulling the blankets over her shoulders.
"Goodnight." Ty said turning out the light.
Angelica just mumbled goodnight.
It was only a few seconds before she went to sleep.
She awoke when sunbeams hit her eyes.
She sat up and stretched. When she looked around she noticed that Ty was gone.
"Last night was weird." She thought to herself as she perked up her ears in the bathroom.
"It just strikes me odd how Ty had a buneary that ran away. I wonder what the motive was.
It seems like both of us have our own stories of confusion."
Angelica suddenly heard the door open and peeked out side to see who it was. It was Ty carrying a bag from a takeout place.
"Where have you been?" Angelica asked curiously.
"I went to get breakfast, I would have toke you but you just looked so peaceful sleeping. But don't worry I got you something while I was out." Ty responded.
Ty handed her the bag and she pulled out an egg, sausage, and cheese sandwich.
"What the heck is this?" She asked.
"Just try it." Ty encouraged.
Angelica took a bit out of it and chewed it for a minute.
"How is it?"
"It's alright." She said taking another bit.
"Well, better enjoy it now, it's all were eating until we get to unova." Ty said picking up his back pack.
"Were going today?" She asked through a mouthful.
"Yes, the longer we wait, the less time we have to make it to the unova pokemon fighting league."
Angelica gave shoved the rest of the sandwich in her mouth and gave him a stern look.
"Look maybe I could sign you up, you know, experience it firsthand yourself." Ty asked.
"No thanks. So how do you plan on making it to unova?" she asked.
"I've heard of a shortcut that can make the trip cut 2 hours off. It would be only a 30 minute walk." Ty said.
Angelica decided not to argue, a 30 minute walk would be WAY better than a 2 hour walk any day.
Ty flipped his backpack around his shoulders.
"You ready to go?" Ty asked.
"Yeah, this place is kind of boring anyway." She said swallowing her sandwich.
After checking out. Ty found the path that Lead to Unova and had big hopes that this would be his big chance.
However, Angelica had a nagging feeling she had seen this route before, But how?
As Ty and Angelica went down the route, Angelica had an increasing sense of foreboding. She couldn't explain it but something important she needed to remember was missing.
"Something wrong Angelica?" Ty asked.
"I can't figure it out." She said straining to remember. "There was something about this route I remember. But I can't put my paw on it."
"Was it anything dangerous?" Ty asked nervously.
"Not sure. There was an area we needed to stray from." Angelica replied.
As they walked, Ty repeatedly checked his surroundings for anything dangerous.
Eventually they came across what looked like a thick tree line.
"Was this the danger you were talking about?" Ty asked.
"I don't think so." Angelica replied.
Ty thought about it for a second. If they turned around it would take way too long. But what if here is something dangerous in the tree line. He decided he would just take the chance and go through the tree line.
Ty gestured for him to follow her.
As the followed the Tree line nothing seemed to be wrong with it. Except that every couple feet it would get slightly darker.
"You sure there isn't anything bad in here?" Ty asked with a feeling something was following them.
"I can't remember, but just in case I would watch your back." She replied.
As they continued to get darker, pretty soon they were in complete darkness except a small light in the distance.
"I guess hats the exit." Ty said.
Suddenly a sound came from behind them. It sounded like something rubber tightening.
As Ty and Angelica looked behind them, a wall of vines had formed behind them.
Then it hit Angelica. "I think I remember what is bad in this forest."
"Which is?" Ty asked nervously.
"The vines." She replied.
Suddenly 4 vines came at them slithering like snakes.
"RUN!" Ty shouted.
Without hesitation they ran at top speed towards the end of the tree line.
They could hear the vines catching up to them.
All Ty could think about was what would happen if it caught them.
"There closing up the exit!" Angelica shouted.
As Ty looked ahead several vines were forming a wall between them and the light.
"JUMP!" She shouted.
They both jumped through the hole making it barley through.
They both landed on the ground hard. Angelica breathed a sigh of relief. They had made it.
"Uh… a little help here." Ty said.
Angelica looked down and saw that a vine ad grabbed Ty's leg and was dragging him back into the tee line.
Angelica took quick action and grabbed Ty's hand.
But the vine wasn't going to give up so easy. It tightened its grip and pulled harder.
Angelica started to slide across the ground. Dirt started to pile up from the tracks her feet were picking up.
The vine started pulling harder.
"C'mon, let go already." Angelica thought in panic.
Suddenly they flew back.
The vine around his leg had snapped so much due to the pressure.
Ty let out a breath of relief and flopped on his back.
"Looks like it's your turn to thank me." Angelica said smiling.
Ty unwrapped the vine from around his leg and stood up. "Anything else you remember that would kill us down this route?" Ty asked.
"None that I know of." She replied.
Ty looked ahead not sure whether she was right or not. The tree line had ended and there was still a lot of road left. Ty just shrugged. "Well Unova isn't going to wait itself. We should get going."
Ty and Angelica started walking. Though the path wasn't dangerous anymore. One thing however waited for them down the path.
To be continued…
