Sorry guys, still don't own Pokémon. If I did, I would just high-five myself all day. Seriously though, those people have mad skills.
I scanned the surrounding forrest. My eye twitched, as it always did when I concentrated. I heard a faint whisper, but I couldn't make out any details. My eyes fell back to the soft and lush grass. I breathed a sigh of relief.
No, Zane wasn't here. He had been, though. I could tell; there were footprints all around but not the slightest sound to my ears-then I heard it. A soft, faint snap, under the foot of an eerily silent creature obviously trying to stay out of my earshot. But believe me, there's almost no such thing.
I landed silently on the grass below the tree I was perched in moments ago. I walked forward a bit, checked the path, and crossed over to the other side. I heard the noise again, but this time, fainter: it was running. I broke into a full-out sprint, still making absolutely no noise whatsoever. I saw… a Leafeon? No, I was far too experienced to believe it. I suddenly smiled: I came across the first Legendary seen in four years.
"You know, I can tell you're not a Leafeon, right? Most people couldn't, but, obviously, I'm not most people."
It cocked its head for a moment. I reached out my hand and scratched its head. Once I stopped, it transformed. Mew.
"That was pretty impressive,"
"Myuh, Mew!" It agreed. My hand instinctively went to my belt loop, but I stopped it.
"I think we both agree to skip the formalities, right?" I asked, putting the pokeball away. The little thing bounded into my arms and got comfortable.
"Come on, let's go. I want to visit the next town over."
I am not a sightseer. I just wanted to get to Azalea Town, but the lines were so flipping long. Of course, I wouldn't enter the town that way, not with Mew asleep in my arms. I couldn't risk anyone seeing me. I hadn't talked to almost anyone in months. I ducked under 'do not enter' tape. As far as I could tell, no one saw me. I shook Mew lightly and set it on the ground. Mew yawned as I started scaling the not-so-large wall in front of me. Once I reached the top, I beckoned for Mew to jump up. Mew overshot it and easily went a few feet over my hands.
I slid off the wall, landing on the solid brick. I walked stealthily over to a store, only because it was almost the only building without a line coming out the doors and snaking around the back a few times.
I felt a tremor, a slight rumble in the ground that certainly frightened me, yet no one else seemed to notice. I veered away from the towering structure; I wouldn't be around to see what the earthquake would cause. I knew I looked odd, but I really didn't care at this point. All I know is that I needed to get out, and fast.
As odd as I looked, scraping the side of my shoulder on the corner of a building and tucking my arms into my chest for no apparent reason, I didn't seem to attract much attention. In fact, I think that only one or two people saw me. No, scratch that, maybe three or four. Now six. Oh, crap. This is just what I needed. I am really not a people person. Actually, I don't think I've liked any person that I've met. Mom always favored Iris and Kyla, Jacxie was a loner, and Fiona's never home anyways. I ran into a couple people on my way out, but only one of them seemed to notice. He was wearing a hat he pulled down over his eyes, his hair was a dark color; I couldn't tell. I'm partially colorblind, so that doesn't help, either.
I walked out of the town, but he was still following me. I was about to pull behind a corner, when Mew jumped out of my arms. Great job, Mew, you made me socialize. He bent down, scratched Mew on the head, and turned towards me.
"You found a Legendary?" he asked. I bit my lip; I didn't know how to respond.
"What? Do you not like talking to people?" Well, at least I could answer this question.
"No." Wow. Talking feels weird if you haven't done it in a while, and by a while I mean, maybe three months. I guess I looked kind of weird, trying to comprehend what I had just said.
"Well, where?" I was startled at first when he asked, mainly because I was thinking about all the other possible questions he could've asked. I had to ask him to repeat the question, which was just the tiniest bit awkward.
"Where did you find Mew?" he repeated.
"Oh, uh, back on route 33, just before you get to the edge of town." I said, without really thinking, but I'm impulsive anyways.
"But why did you come back to town if you had a Legendary? You do know they're basically going to hunt you down, right?"
"Well, I needed shoes, and I'm pretty sure that my sister took them, and, well, I can't say that I'm surprised." He considered it.
"Who's you're sister? More importantly, who are you?" He asked.
"Jacxie is my sister. I'm Storm," I picked up my strikingly dark blue braid and dropped it back down to my side.
"So, who are you?" I asked in return.
"Red."