Pokemon: Second Chances

I peeled off the blanket and swung my legs over the side of the bed. I was wearing my work clothes from yesterday still. I slowly stood up, and to my surprise I didn't fall straight back down. I steadily made my way over to the door. Just as I reached it, it opened. The girl, who must be Summer, was standing in front of me, with an apprehensive look of unease. She opened her mouth and tried to talk, but a small squeak came out instead. It was adorable. She was barefoot, wearing a tatty orange sweatshirt that was about 2 sizes too big for her and some baggy denim cut offs that ended just above her knees. She was gorgeous. Scruffy chestnut-brown hair hung down to her shoulders, and a pair of pale blue eyes stared intently into my own. I tried to say something, but now I was struggling for words; her beauty had bowled me over. Finally, she managed to speak.

"How... how are you feeling?" Her voice was lovely, flowing through my ears like music.

"Fine, thanks," I replied. "You must be Summer? Thanks a lot for taking care of me. Do you... own this lake?"

She shook her head furiously. "Nononono, it's just, I live here and the Pokemon live here with me and Gardevoir told me that they called it that one day and, and it stuck, so..." She was absolutely adorable.

"I see. I've been talking with your Gardevoir, and she told me about this place, and a bit about you." At this, she blushed. "She told me you haven't seen another human for years!"

She shook her head again. "Well, I have seen them, but they haven't seen me. I sneak around whenever I go to the town. I go there to get stuff that people have thrown away. Then I take it back here and keep it."

"So, why are you living out here? Why not in the town?" I asked.

"Well, because I want to stay with the Pokemon. They all want to move to the town as well, but where would we stay...?" she had the exact same tone of voice as Gardevoir did that one time.

"Where did the Pokemon come from then? Most of them aren't native to the forest."

"They used to belong to trainers, but were released because they weren't strong enough or something like that. Rejects, basically. Just like me." Her voice took on a slightly bitter tone as she said the last sentence.

"What do you mean?"

"I used to help out with work on my grandfather's cruise ship. I don't remember the name of the ship. When we passed by this island around 15 years ago, the captain... my grandfather threw me over board because I was so useless at my job." I heard her voice waver. "I washed up here, and the Pokemon here took care of me. I came to love them, so I built a house here. I didn't even know there was a town here until around 9 years ago." She sniffed and took a deep breath.

I felt awful. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to make you upset..."

She shook her head again. "No, it's, no, don't worry about it," she said. "Let me introduce you to the Pokemon. You've already met Riolu and Gardevoir, and this is Lopunny." She gestured out the door. I stepped outside and saw a Lopunny standing on the porch. Her hands were pressed together over her chest, covering a large bust with rings of fur that surrounded her wrists. Her slender body was covered with a layer of light brown fur. She waved at me, smiling nervously. I smiled and waved back.

"Hi."

She blushed and covered her face with her hands. Summer giggled. "Sorry, but we're all a bit nervous, as you can imagine. I haven't been in contact with a human since I was about 5, so I'm a bit clueless as to what people are like these days. Gardevoir educated me and taught me everything I know about the world, pretty much."

"It's fine." I smiled reassuringly. "My name's Will."

As Summer led me over to the center of the clearing, I questioned her. "So how do you stay so clean?"

"Oh, I wash myself in the lake, along with my clothes." I nearly stumbled at the thought of Summer bathing naked in the lake, but was steadied when she grabbed my arm.

"Not including Gardevoir and Lopunny, there are 19 Pokemon here all together; 6 Water Pokemon and the rest are in the field." She pointed and named each Pokemon that was jumping happily around. There was a Croagunk, a Buizel, a Shieldon, a Luxio, a Pachirisu, a Glameow, a Chimecho, a Vulpix, a Bronzor, a Gible, a Munchlax, a Skorupi and a Snover all playing in the field. In the lake was a Barboach, a Finneon, an Azumarill, a young Lapras, a Shellos and a Prinplup. As I was introduced to each one, they all greeted me with nervous faces, but after a while they became accustomed to me. I felt wonderful, and before I knew it I was playing with them all, throwing them berries and running around. It was great fun, but after ten minutes or so me and Summer returned to the cabin. It was late afternoon now. I knew I had to return home soon, or Monferno and all the others would start to get worried. It was a shame, but it had to be done. I told this to Summer.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone you're here," I assured her. She simply nodded. I had to ask her something before I left though.

"May I ask, why didn't you simply go to the townsfolk for help?" She sighed and took a moment to answer.

"I guess I just didn't want my little paradise to end. But now it looks like it will." She left it at that.

"Well then, I suppose I should go home then," I said sadly. "Thank you so much for everything. And don't worry. Your secret's safe with me." She merely nodded again, looking slightly edgy. I stood up and gathered my things. I couldn't really say anymore. As I made a step for the door, Summer suddenly grabbed my sleeve.

"What's wrong?" I asked. She turned to face me. My mouth hung loosely open. Tears were streaming down her face. "Please.." she said.

"Take us with you!"

First three chapters up, and I'll post some more after people have actually read it. If you want longer chapters, let me know! :D Things do get better in the story, so if you're already enjoying it then look forward to it. :D Thanks!