Chapter Three: The Journey Begins

"Lilly, Lilly, wake up!" Someone whispered.

"Uggggh........" I groaned. I slowly lifted my head. I had fallen asleep with my head on Shaymin's bed. "Storm! Wha-what's going on?" I asked.

"We're leaving, remember?" Storm asked.

"Oh.....yea....right! Shaymin, Shaymin, wake up." I said, nudging Shaymin.

"Shaymin shay?" Shaymin asked, sitting up.

"Shaymin, we're leaving." I said.

"Shaymin min." Shaymin said, nuzzling my face.

"And I love you too." I said, petting her.

"Come on, we don't have much time. Nurse Joy will probably wake up soon. Good bye, Shaymin. Don't worry, we'll bring back the elixir berry." Storm said.

"Yea, we will!" I said.

"Good bye, Shaymin." Storm said and petted her.

"See you! We'll come back with the elixir berry." I said. We walked out of the room.

"Here's your bag, I packed it for you." Storm said, handing me my green bag.

"Thanks." I said and took it from him.

"I've booked a ship. We're leaving at 6:00." Storm said.

"It's 5:50 right now! We'd better get moving." I said, glancing at my Pokétch and kicking the Pokémon Center door open.

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"There it is!" Storm said.

"And we've got five minutes to spare!" I said, looking at my Pokétch.

"You two going on that ferry?" A deep voice said. Storm and I whirled around.

"'Scuse me?" I asked. The man that had spoken had blonde hair, and he wore a bowler hat in a way that covered most of his face.

"There's a squall in the path of this ferry. I advise you to wait another day before going on this ship." The man said and stalked off.

"What's a squall?" I asked and turned to Storm.

"A squall's a storm......" Storm said quietly. "But how would he know? Come on, let's go!" Storm grabbed my hand and pulled me onto the ship. I took a seat next to the railing on the deck. Storm sat next to me.

If Shaymin was here she'd ask for a Gracidea Flower to turn her into Sky Form. I sighed deeply and lowered my head onto the railing, feeling utterly depressed.

"Lilly? Are you okay?" Storm asked.

"No, I'm not okay." I said, slightly irritated. "Shaymin's in the Pokémon Center with a deadly disease! Do you think I'm okay?!?!?!?!?" I turned around to glare at him.

"Lilly..........I know it's hard, but please try to keep your mind off Shaymin........" Storm said.

"Yes, and it'd be just as easy for you to forget if Toad was deathly ill instead of Shaymin!" I snapped and turned back to looking at the waves. Toad was Storm's Tododile, and he was Storm's favorite.

"No...........that's not what I meant..........just............try to keep...........a............um......try to be a little bit more cheerful because......I just.......reallydon'tliketoseeyousodepressed......" Storm said.

"Well, gee, I'm sorry!" I said. Storm put his hand on my shoulder.

"It's just that I don't like to see you so.............y'know............sad. Please look at me." Storm said.

"No." I said firmly. Storm sighed.

"Look, I know you're upset......I'm upset too......" Storm started.

"You sure have a fine way of showing it." I muttered.

"Just remember that there's hope. As long as there are elixir berries, there's hope." Storm said. Storm's right, I thought. There is hope. I turned to Storm and looked at him.

"You're right." I said. "Shaymin wouldn't want me acting this way, and especially to you. I'm sorry." I said. Very unexpectedly, Storm threw his arms around me and squeezed.

"Oh Lilly, you don't have to be sorry for being sad......." Storm said.

"I'm not. I'm sorry for what I said about Toad being in Shaymin's place." I said.

"Oh. That's okay." Storm said.

"Storm......."

"What?"

"You're crushing me."

"Oh, sorry." Storm said and quickly let go of me.

"When are we getting to Kanto?" I asked.

"Two days. C'mon, let's unpack our stuff in the cabin." Storm said.

"Okay." I said. We went down below the deck.