As Time Flows By: SILVER
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, though Santa might come through this year.
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" JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY!"
Silver nursed a headache as the off-pitch singing started up again. He sighed.
It was only 2 hours into the PokeDex Owner Christmas Party and Silver felt like banging his head on a wall. If the cheesy games didn't kill him, Ruby and Sapphire singing just might.
"Isn't it bad to annoy someone on his birthday?" He thought wryly.
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3 hours earlier
Silver was walking near a forest, the surrounding area empty because of Christmas Eve. It was a special day, for it was his birthday. He was officially 16 years old, but he didn't feel like it. Silver had heard from Gold and Blue that birthdays were to be spent with friends and family. The Dex Owners didn't know about his birthday, well, except for Blue. Silver's father had disappeared again after the Sinjoh Ruins event.
He was thinking so deeply in his thoughts that he didn't hear the footsteps behind him. In fact, he didn't notice anything until something tackled him, hard.
"Hey buddy!"
"Hi Silvy!"
"Ok, I did my part of the loser thing. Can I go home?"
Silver groaned and got up, looking at the tacklers. Blue and Gold seemed nonchalant about their actions, but Emerald looked really uncomfortable. He shivered in fright as Silver glared.
"I swear I didn't think of this! They wanted a Hoenn Dex Owner to come with them and I lost at Rock- Paper- Scissors and then.."
"What do you want?"
Silver asked this abruptly as to cut off Emerald's rambling and ranting. Blue grinned as she yelled, "IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME! We are formally making you come with us to the ANNUAL POKEDEX OWNER CHRISTMAS PARTY, so you can't say no."
Silver brushed it off and kept walking.
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Present
Well, they kept their word since Silver was stuck here now. The party had been going on pretty well, and even Green had looked like he was sort of enjoying himself. That wouldn't have been too bad except that Blue brought up the idea of games.
Arceus must have had a personal vendetta against Silver, because he, Gold, and Crys had to play Twister. Twister. If that didn't spell out disaster, then he didn't know what did.
The game started out just fine. In fact, Gold and Crys hadn't argued because they were focusing on lasting the longest of the trio. All was well until Red called out, "Left hand, green." Silver and Gold both went for the same spot, and Crys could barely reach the green spot. When she did, she lost her balance.
Gold, who's arm was crisscrossed against hers, got unbalanced after Crys crushed his arm.
Which led to him trying to regain his balance.
That led to him to accidentally hitting Silver on the head, in the end losing the balance.
And that took Silver down with him.
If that wasn't bad enough, Blue decided to scream, "MOSH PIT!" Silver was sure that Crystal could barely breathe, and Gold was crushed on the ground. The only people not doing the mosh pit were Green, Yellow, and Ruby, each for their own separate reason.
After that fiasco, Blue got up cheerfully and exclaimed that they should sing. Silver did like his sister, but he really didn't wanna sing, especially Rudolph The Red- Nosed Reindeer. He knew Gold would change the lyrics to something like, "Silver the Red Haired…," and Silver would then never hear the end of it. He could bet on it. He would bet on it… one day.
So while 12 Dex Owners sang their variation of "12 Days of Christmas," the other 12 amused themselves in some way or the other. Silver could see through his slightly drooping eyes that Green took out a few documents…. Wait. Drooping eyes?
Well, it was late for Silver's standards. People assumed that as a part of his personality he slept late. No. Silver was not a Noctowl for sure.
"I guess it won't hurt for a few minutes of sleep."
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"Okay guys, he's sleeping."
"Thanks for pointing out the obvious, Pesky Woman."
"Guys, stop it. Let's set everything up first."
Loud rustling noises were heard as the Dex Owners rushed around to prepare for the best Christmas, and birthday, the sleeping boy was going to have.
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10 minutes later…
Silver could sense someone watching him. He didn't know how, but he really wasn't in the mood to get up and look after his dream.*
"Okay, he won't wake up. Bring in Ruby and Sapphire."
"Roger that!"
Oh no, they wouldn't… He waited for the loud singing, but didn't hear anything, so he opened one eye…
… to see a certain someone's golden eye right in front of him.
Silver was actually proud he didn't shriek. Gold would've used it as blackmail stuff. But after he opened his other eye, he was greeted with a pleasant surprise.
The room had even more decorations than it did before. And there was a huge table, with lots and lots of boxes.
"SURPRISE!"
Silver jumped out of his skin as Blue and Gold, and actually every other Dex Owner leaped at him. And for once, he didn't object to all the hugs. In fact, he smiled. Not creepy or unsettling, but a real, genuine smile.
"You guys…"
They all rushed to speak.
"Why didn't you tell us your birthday was today?"- Blue and Crys
"Dude, Blue said you never celebrated Christmas or your birthday!"- Gold
"We thought we would make it memorable for you."- Red and Yellow
"Enjoy this one day of a year sort of thing."- Green
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" – Every other Dex Owner
Silver couldn't stop the flow of emotions, and whispered something that only the closest to him could hear. "Thank you."
The crowd cheered as Dia brought over the cake, which had an illustration of how Gold described him for the wanted poster. Silver couldn't help it. He snorted with laughter.
"Make a wish, Silkou!*"
As he blew out the candles, he got ushered straight into other activities, and for once, the grin stayed on his face. It was meant to be there.
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Outside, as the kids partied, a man looked over, and smiled softly as he saw a laughing Silver get tickled into tears by Gold and Crys. He whispered a few words, knowing that his Silver would never hear them.
"Happy Birthday Son."
And as he looked to the skies, the clocks ticked at 12, and everybody screamed out some form of 'Merry Christmas.'
"Merry Christmas, all of you."
Author's Note: Hi guys! Merry Christmas! And I hope you all have fantastic holidays! Yes, it's Silver's birthday! And we all love this loveable Red Head right? 'Glares at everybody."
Responses to reviews on chapter 1:
Shin H. Vega- I love it! Very funny!
Why thank you :D
tora (anonymous)- so kawaiiiiiii! XD
Again, thank you!
Pokemon Guy 84- Hmmmm the failed attempt had some good parts
The refrence to your previous fic was nice
But overall I'd say it was a little tame
No offence or anything
Yeah, I realized it sucked. Go references! It was tame, I agree. No offense taken :D
*: I will mention the dream in something else.
* Number 2: In the HG/SS arc, at one part (I won't spoil it!), Gold calls Silver 'Silkou'. I believe that it is a mix of Silver's name (duh..) and dachikou, the Japanese word for friend.
Yeah, Giovanni made an appearance at the end! I personally prefer Manga!Giovanni over JustARealLifeGame!Giovanni, because I make a sadistic prick, if you will excuse my language. Also, expect an update on the 31st, because it's the loveable geek's birthday, and you all know who he is.
Look up X'ma spe on Youtube. Even if it's in Japanese, and half of us can't understand it, the point is pretty clear.
Read, review, and enjoy.
Again, have some great holidays and…. LOVE YA GUYS XD
GraySparkles Out~