What up peoplezez
Sorry for the long wait between updates. I would have had it done sooner but I didn't have the time to finish it until now.
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"So let me get this straight" Marina said. "You're were actually the Brighton- the Trainer who had taken out Team Plasma and became the Champion within a month- and had been sent to some sort of alternate reality while a splinter cell in the original Team Plasma was using your whole team to cause trouble thruought the region?"
"Yeah" Brighton shrugged. "That about sums it up".
The both of them were standing outside the Pokémon Center. They were heading over to Professor Juniper's lab so that Brighton could get a Pokédex of his own since he was going to travel with Zoroark. However, Marina was skeptical about the situation; forcing Brighton to recount the story Zoroark had told him the previous night. However, the more information he poured into it, the less Marina was beginning to believe. Brighton noticed this quickly.
"You don't believe me do you" he asked.
"Not really" Marina shrugged.
"I thought as much" Brighton laughed.
"There's one thing I don't get though" Marina said. "How could Zoroark have told you all this when it's common knowledge that Pokémon can't talk?"
"Don't know" Brighton shrugged. "I'll ask Zoroark about that later".
They made it to Professor Juniper's lab without any further discussion of what Zoroark had said. When they didn't see her in the main lab, they figured she was out back studying Pokémon that were there. When they got outside, they saw two people trying to corral a group of pony-like Pokémon Brighton knew were called Blitzle with a pig-like Pokémon that was bipedal had black armor around it and had a beard of fire.
"Who's that Pokémon" Marina muttered, pulling out her Pokédex.
'Emboar, the Mega Fire Pig Pokémon, and the final evolved form of Tepig. A caring Pokémon by nature, it attacks opponents using flame covered blows from hands ignited by its flame beard'.
The two people hear the noise and turned around. One of them was a woman with light brown hair and a white lab coat. The other person looked surprisingly like Brighton, except that he was slightly taller, his hair was a dirty blonde, and he was wearing all black. Brighton knew that the woman could only be Professor Juniper, yet he didn't know who the other person was.
"Oh, my… Brighton" Professor Juniper gasped.
Although not as fast as Zoroark was, Professor Juniper still caught him off guard with a warm hug.
"Oh Brighton, I thought we'd never see you again" Juniper said, unaware that she was choking him.
Marina didn't know what to think about this. Not only did it appear that Brighton was right about being here before, but the reaction from Professor Juniper was just as surprising. Maybe Brighton was right about being the Champion before his brother was.
After a while, Brighton started tapping the Professor in the arm.
"What" she asked.
"Air..." Brighton gasped.
"Oh- sorry" Juniper gasped, letting him go and allowing him to get a few breaths in.
The young man who was standing a little way back stepped up and began walking toward them. The similarities between him and Brighton were even more pronounced up closer.
"Brighton" he said curtly.
"Let me guess… Jeremy" Brighton replied.
"You've got a lot of nerve coming here after what you did" Jeremy said.
"Wha-" Brighton sputtered, having no clue what was going on.
When they were face to face, Jeremy pulled back to throw a punch, forcing Brighton to put his hands up in defense. The moment of shock allowed Jeremy to slip a hug in as well.
"How ya doing, you old pirate" he laughed "So good to see ya!"
"Great… you to" Brighton muttered, all the while wondering why he couldn't go a few seconds without someone hugging him.
"Well… tell me" Jeremy said. "What happened to you? Where did you go?"
As much as he hated having to go through with it, Brighton told the professor and his "brother" the same story that Zoroark had told him the previous night. When he finished, all traces of happiness in them were gone.
"It makes sense in a way" Jeremy said. "You were never the one to just leave without telling anyone. But still, an alternate world where Pokémon don't exist? How is that even possible?"
"I've been asking myself that same question all day" Marina said.
"Hello, what have we here" Jeremy said in mock surprise. "Hello I'm-".
"I know who you are Jeremy" Marina said. "In fact, you'd better be on notice because I'm coming for your title in the future".
"Yeah well not if my brother has anything to say about that" Jeremy said.
"Uh… in all honesty, I'm not sure what I'm gonna do once I get my team back" Brighton said. "I don't even know where they are to begin with".
"Well, Why don't you try heading over to Accumula town first" Jeremy said. "I have a contact there who tells me he has something that you might want".
Brighton was slightly surprised by this. It was good that Jeremy knew someone that would help him, but he didn't get what he possibly had that could actually "help" him without having him crack.
Later that day…
"This is it" Brighton asked.
"Yeah" Jeremy said. "Our parents moved away shortly after your disappearance. They were pretty torn up about it".
Brighton, Jeremy, and Zoroark were now walking through a long abandoned house that was supposedly their old home. While most of the place was bare and covered with dust and cobwebs, several pieces of furniture were still there, covered in white sheets to keep anything from happening to them. Brighton kept having strange feelings of de ja vu with every room he went in.
"You really don't remember this place, do you" Jeremy asked.
"Not really" Brighton shrugged.
"Neither do I" Jeremy laughed. "This is actually my first time back in Nuvema town in quite a while".
The last room they went in was Brighton's old bedroom. This was the only room where everything wasn't covered down. There was at least a foot of dust on the cupboard and in the closet. The bed and clothes seemed to have taken the worst of it, as several burn marks were on the sheets and tears were on all the clothes.
"I'll leave you two alone" Jeremy said.
He left the room without saying anything else, heading back outside to wait for them to leave. Brighton didn't really mind. He wasn't really that much of a people person either way.
"This was really my room" he asked Zoroark.
"Yeah" Zoroark nodded. "From what I heard, your parents left all your stuff here because of the memories. The building was left unoccupied in honor of you".
Brighton seemed to get the gist of what Zoroark was saying. He walked over to the bed and placed his hand on one of the posts. At once, a bright flash similar to the one he had yesterday hit him.
Flashback…
Brighton was crying in his bed. His life had been utterly destroyed. After waiting to make sure Zorua had made a full recovery, Jeremy left to start his journey, leaving Brighton friendless and alone. He wasn't sure how long he could take the pain.
He was so upset that he didn't hear the door open. Zorua had slipped into the room and made his way over to the bed, using an open drawer as a springboard to jump on top. Gently, he nuzzled the back of the kid's neck.
"Hey Zorua" Brighton sobbed, turning to face the Pokémon. "I wish you didn't see me like this. I just- I just miss Jeremy".
Zorua let out a low growl, and sat down on top of the blanket.
"I know you miss him to" Brighton said. "Jeremy was the only friend I ever had. I'm not sure what I'll be able to do without him".
Zorua let out another low growl. He then slipped under the sheets and nuzzled next to Brighton. Surprised by this, Brighton gave a weak smile and gently put his arm around the young Pokémon.
Present day…
The flash ended, leaving Brighton standing there as is nothing happened. He took his hand of the bed post and turned to Zoroark, who was staring at him with a worried expression on his face.
"Are you all right" the Pokémon asked.
"Yeah… yeah, I'm fine" Brighton said. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well… it's just that your eyes just sort of glazed over a bit" Zoroark said.
"I sure it was nothing important" Brighton said.
Not interested in letting this conversation to go any farther, he left the room and went outside where his brother was, Zoroark following right behind him every step of the way.
Wow. Brighton seems to be really popular.
R&R, plz
NITRO PSYCHO OUT!
