Here's the second chapter of A Different World, hope you'll enjoy it!
Again I want to thank Condor-K for his review on the last chapter!
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Five years ago
Twenty year old Christoffer just got home from another tiring day at school, he plopped his backpack next to his couch and laid down on said couch for a short rest. Later, after waking up, he made himself dinner and ate.
After finishing his dinner he put away the dirty dishes then went to his computer to check his mail, read his favorite comics and fan-fictions, and play a few games before changing into his pajamas and go to bed.
Although he did feel that something was going happen tonight, but he dismissed it as tiredness and being bored with his life. He just pulled the blanket over himself and drifted into deep slumber.
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He woke up in a dark room the next morning and looked around for a bit, "Must still be pretty early, better go back to sleep." he thought to himself and went back to bed.
He was quickly pulled out of his half-asleep state when someone knocked on the door before opening it, "Sir, are you awake?" asked a female voice in a kind tone, "I thought I heard something rummage in here.".
The door opened to reveal a thirty five year old woman with blond hair that went past her shoulders. She wore a yellow long-sleeve top, a long, blue skirt, and a pair of blue slip-on shoes. She wore a simple gold ring on her left ring finger, indicating that she's married.
"I'm awake" he sat and answered groggily, "But what are you doing in my apartment, how did you get in here?" he asked the woman.
The woman giggled at his question then turned on the light and said "Actually, you're in our house. My sons found you last night, just outside the woods outside of the city.". Just as she finished, two eight year old boys showed up behind their mother, one with messy, blond hair and one with combed, black hair, presumably the ones that found him outside the woods.
"I do wonder why you haven't sustained any form of injury. Because you didn't wake up when Austin and Justin tried to wake you, we assumed you were unconscious." she asked in a confused tone, hinted with some worry, then lightly giggled at Christoffer's confused expression.
"I went to bed in my apartment last night. Where am I anyway?" he asked a bit after processing what he was told.
"Why you're in Petalburg City in Hoenn of course!" the woman answered with mirth.
Christoffer's expression turned into that of pure shock. "What!?" he shouted and got out the bed, ran out of the room, past the woman and her young boys, and down the stairs towards the main door at the end of the hall.
He stopped dead in his tracks and looked around the moment he stepped out of the house and into a bustling city, "How in the world did I get here?" he asked himself quietly as he saw several Wingulls and Pelippers fly around overhead.
The roads were neatly paved with interchanging stones and bricks, the houses were in good condition, albeit very old looking. Many Pokémon could be seen amongst the buildings, even amongst the people on the street, either playing with the children, begging for some food or even stealing while nobody were looking. Stands and/or shops were seen at every other cross section or T junction. The sun could be seen slowly setting in the horizon.
Several people greeted him, waving towards him as they passed by. He hesitantly waved back at them as well, not wanting to be rude towards them.
When he looked down, a Zigzagoon and two Poochyenas ran past his legs and into the house behind him.
"Ah, I see you're awake!" a strong male voice spoke a few feet to his right, "Taking in the sights I see." he finished with a friendly smile.
A forty year old well build man with short black hair, short beard and glasses came up to him. He wore a green striped shirt, brown pants and brown shoes. He wore a silver chained necklace around his neck, a silver watch around his left wrist and a simple gold ring on his left ring finger.
Christoffer looked at the man and shakily answered "Oh, uh, yeah.", then looked down the street again. He saw two Linoones playfully chase each other in a form of tag, occasionally tackling each other before running off again.
"You must be hungry, you probably haven't eaten yet." the man asked.
Christoffer was about to decline but his growling stomach had other ideas, making him blush faintly and smile mareepishly.
The man laughed heartedly, "Sounds like your stomach agrees with me!" he said and patted Christoffer's back firmly, "Do stay and eat, you can tell us about yourself in the meantime! My name's Gordon by the way!" he finished with a smile, then led Christoffer back inside.
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"So you're not from around here then, Chris?" Gordon asked with a raised brow, then took a bite of his steak.
Christoffer, Gordon, Gordon's wife, Austin, and Justin, were sitting around a table in the living room, having dinner. The dinner consisted of steak with potatoes, gravy, and a salad of berries and vegetables. Christoffer had just finished telling them about the place he's from.
Christoffer swallowed his food before answering, "Sadly no."
"And you said there aren't any Pokémon where you're from?" Gordon's wife asked while she was wiping Austin's mouth.
"Not even a hint of a Pokémon!" Christoffer answered then helped himself to a second serving of salad.
"So are you an alien?" Justin asked, to which his mother corrected "Justin!"
Christoffer smiled a little at the innocent question, "It's alright, Maria." he said to Gordon's wife, now known as Maria, with a slight chuckle then looked at Justin with a friendly smile, "I guess you could say that, since I'm not from this place at all." he finished with a light chuckle.
The rest of the dinner and evening went by with Gordon talking about some of the Pokémons that could be found around the world, the boys were obviously interested in the tales of the Sea Basin Pokémon, Kyogre, the Continent Pokémon, Groudon, and the Sky High Pokémon, Rayquaza. Though they fell asleep before Gordon, their father, could finish his story of the two Eon Pokémons, Latias and Latios, and how they saved an island named Altomare from a massive tidal wave sixty to eighty years ago.
"Sleep does sound pretty good now, I'll show you your room as you probably didn't get a good look before busting out of the front door." Gordon said with a light chuckle at the end, then helped his wife carry their kids to their room and tuck them in.
Christoffer followed till they got to his room, they said good night and headed off to bed. But Christoffer couldn't fall asleep, he was thinking hard about how he even got there and he was found just outside the Petalburg Woods. It was around midnight before he finally drifted into deep slumber.
Thank you for reading this chapter, I hope you all enjoyed it! Please leave a review and tell me what you think about it, and what you think I should improve, it would help me greatly!
See you in the next chapter!
