Ericka POV
I slowly opened my eyes to realize that I wasn't in my bed anymore, but rather a strange mystical world. I was surrounded by a multicolored aura as if I was walking in space."What is this place?" I asked. Then, a small glowing orb appeared in front of me, like a fairy from the legend of zelda games. "Hello there." It said to me. "Uh...hi" I replied. "Do not be afraid. You are asleep." The voice said. "I'm asleep?" I asked. "Yes. I have a special ability to enter other pokemons' dreams." The voice said. "What are you exactly?" I asked. "I'm a pokemon, but I can't reveal my form just yet." It said. "You're a pokemon? What do you mean you can't reveal your form?" I asked. "It's hard to explain. Maybe because you're not in a deep deep sleep yet?" "Alright. So how are you able enter my dreams?" I asked. "I guess you can say I'm a special pokemon. I've been given special abilities that are unknown to others." The voice said. Suddenly, the world started to shift. "You're waking up. I'll speak to you again." It said.
Before I could say anything, I was awakened to a feisty aipom. "Ericka! It's dinner time!" Jake said shaking me. "How come when you wake me up it's time to eat?" I asked. "I dunno. C'mon!" Jake said.
I followed Jake to the cafeteria got our food, and joined our friends, Josh, Maria, Max, and Rose, at a table. "So how was your first classes, guys?" Josh asked Max, Maria, and I. "They were pretty good. Although I feel pretty tired after today." I responded. "Yeah, Ericka was sleeping like a rock when I arrived at our room." Jake joked. "I was not." I said nudging him on the arm. "Ow..." He responded. "I spent my afternoon reading a little of a book I had in my backpack. The one I had packed for that sleepover." Maria said. "Maria, they actually have a bookstore in the shopping plaza." Rose said. "I would go check it out, but I don't have any money..." Maria said. "Oh that. You can earn some extra money by doing some jobs around the school. I bet Mrs. Cresslestia would help you find one." Rose said. "Alright, thanks for the tip." Maria replied. "They have a shopping plaza?" Max asked. "Yeah. While you and Josh were having a gaming fest yesterday, Ericka and I stopped there while we were looking around the school." Maria explained. "They actually have a video game store." I added. "Video games? Aw man, now I really have to get a job to get some of those games." Max said. "Yeah, i might get some as well." I said.
We all finished our dinner and it started to get dark. Even if the school was underground, they have special windows that make it feel like you're above ground. "So what are you guys gonna do now?" Rose asked. "I'm gonna head back to the room. I'm tired..." Jake said. "I might check out that shopping plaza now that you've mentioned it." Max said. "I dunno." Josh replied. "Ditto." Maria and I said. "Alright then. I'm going to go meet with a friend of mine. See you guys later." Rose then teleported out of the room. "She knows teleport?" I asked. "Yup. She's not quite ready to up her moveset." Jake said just before leaving the cafeteria. "I might as well ask Mrs. Cresslestia about those jobs." Maria said. "Alright. Guess we'll catch you guys later." Josh said. ...where do i go now? I asked Josh. "I might head back to my room. Hey, if you don't have anything to do, want to play some games at my room?" Josh asked. "Sure. I'll come." I replied. "Great."
I followed Josh to a room named A04 and we walked right in. Josh walked over to the tv and inserted a game into his wii u called New Super Mario U. "Wanna play?" Josh asked. "Nah, I'll just watch." I replied. Josh sat down and started to play. "So Josh, when did you start coming to this school?" I asked. "I started coming here a couple of years ago." Josh replied, "Actually, Maddie comes here too." He added. "Really? What pokemon is she?" I asked. "Guess." "Uh...Meowstic?" "Nope." Josh said. "Uhh...Absol?" "Nope. Try again." "I'm not good at this...Zoroark?" "Strike three. She's actually a Blaziken." Josh said. "Wait, a Blaziken? That's cool." I said. "Yeah. She's been here for as long as I have. This place is pretty cool." Josh said. "Yeah, it is. But did it feel weird when you first became a lucairo?" I asked. "Well...how I joined is a pretty long story if you wanna listen." Josh said. "I'll listen." I replied. "Alright...my story goes like this:"
Josh POV
"I was about thirteen. It started when one winter night, I was having a strange dream. In the dream, I had this glowing orb of aura in front of me. It actually turned into a creselia, which was Mrs. Cresslestia. She told me: 'Listen to my words. Your heart is strong. It is flowing with energy. I have selected you to join my school.' I then woke up. I got ready for the day and noticed that Maddie was acting strange too. Then, Mrs. Cresslestia sent a telepathic message, I believe that Maddie felt this too. Mrs. Cresslestia said for us to crawl under the house, there was a path there. Maddie and I decided to go together and we crawled under the house into a path underground, which is the one I led you through. We met Mr. Lahni and she went first. Her transformation was pretty interesting. When Maddie got her red/brown bracelet, she started the transformation and grew a slightly taller and her blonde hair became more goldish-brown. She at first didn't like how she was a blaziken, but eventually grew to like it. I on the other hand, I received a brown/light gray bracelet. When I became a lucario, the power was overwhelming. It was a little weird having a tail, and my body structure changing a bit, but I got used to that pretty quick." I said.
"That's...pretty crazy." Ericka replied. "Yeah. When Mrs. Cresslestia said that you guys would be joining, I got pretty excited." I said. "You know, you could have just lead us there in the morning instead of...say...taking us hostage." Ericka winked. "Hostage? Me? Never..." I teased. "Hmp, you did too! I thought I heard something like, 'I aim to please'" She smiled. "I didn't say anything like that...I simply had to get you there." "I also heard that Mrs. Cresslestia said it was a bit extreme." Ericka smirked. "Uh...she did?" I blushed. "Yes she did!" Ericka said punching my arm. "Ow." I replied jokingly.
Ericka POV
Suddenly, there was a thump at the door. Josh paused his game and opened the door to a small muscle creature holding a wooden stake, who was on the floor. "Bryan, what did I tell you about trying to reach the handle?" Josh asked. "Well I never know if you're inside, so how else can I open the door?" Bryan asked. "You know it's dangerous to stand on your stake." Josh protested. Bryan looked over at me. "Who is this?" He asked. "Th8is is my best friend, Ericka. She just joined our school yesterday." Josh said. "Nice to meet you, Ericka. I'm Bryan." The timburr greeted. "Nice to meet you too." i replied. I looked over at the clock on the wall. "Oh boy, I'd better head back to my room." I said. "Oh yeah. There is a curfew for the school. You'd better hurry before then." Josh said. "Alright, I'll see you guys later." I said as I exited the room.
I headed down the hallway to room G13. Rose and Jake were already there. Rose was over on her bed. "Hey Ericka," Rose said as she looked up from a book she was reading. "Hey Rose, how was your time with your friend?" I asked. "It was good. What did you do after dinner?" She asked. "Oh I headed back to Josh's room and we played some games," I replied. "Sounds like fun," She said looking back down at her book. Jake was asleep on his bed. I walked over to my bed, laid down, and fell asleep.
And that's the end of chapter 3! Hope you guys enjoyed it, and as always if you have any suggestions for characters or story ideas, leave a comment or send me a message. Thanks for reading and see you next time!
