What am I doing instead of math homework or studying for my test tomorrow? Writing fanfiction while half asleep and running on an extra large can of Red Bull. Enjoy Chapter 4!
I layed on my bed, the heater constantly pumping heat towards me. I grabbed my blanket, wrapping it around me tightly. The door opened and Cynthia walked in.
"Hey, how you doing?" she asked me, sitting on the bed next to me.
"Cold. Bored. Alone." I said bitterly through the blanket.
"Hey I had to tell Grandma what you were up to. It's my responsibility of being your sister." Cynthia crossed her arms.
"You didn't have to be a bitch about it. You got me grounded for sneaking into the contest instead of Mars and hanging out with Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter. What was I possibly doing wrong?" I questioned her through the blanket.
"Oh, I don't know, sneaking out of your window at 3 am to go see them?" Cynthia gave me a pathetic look.
"There's nothing wrong with that. I just had to meet them by six and we live so far away." I exaggerated.
"Well, Jenny wasn't pleased. And neither was Grandma. They asked, I had to tell. I had to be honest. It's the duty of the Champion to not only be the strongest, but to be the leader of Sinnoh. If I wasn't honest, kind, and caring, what citizen would be?" Cynthia argued.
"You could've made an exception for me." I turned away from her.
Cynthia sighed. "You're so stubborn." she stood up, walking out of my room.
I could hear Carolina and Cynthia through the door. "Did she react better this time?" Carolina asked.
Cynthia sighed. "No. Does this mean..?"
"Yes. It must be done. I'll feel bad, she's only in elementary school. Maybe we should wait until high school?" Carolina asked.
"Through my own studies, preteen and teenage years are the highest for rebellion and this new sense of freedom from their parents, which means this is only the beginning. I don't know how much she'll rebel, what with her horrid past and all. It'll probably be for the best, to be completely honest." Cynthia said sadly.
"Do you want to tell her, then?" Carolina asked.
"Sure. I'll be the bad guy, I guess. She already hates me, so it won't make much of a difference." Cynthia grabbed the door handle and I layed down, pretending to have been obviously staring at the ceiling.
"Hey, J? Can I talk to you?" she asked.
"Yeah, sure, whatever." I rolled my eyes.
"Grandma and I decided that-well, how do I put this…" she scratched the back of her head. "We, ah, are sending you to boarding school. Through middle and high school. In the Battle Area up north." Cynthia flashed me a sorrowful smile.
"What?! Are you kidding me?!" I sprang up from the blanket. "No! I'm not going! What about my friends? What about you guys? I'm not moving again." I shouted in rage.
"It's not because of that, it's because-" Cynthia looked hurt.
"No! Get out! I never want to see you again!" I shoved Cynthia out of the room and locked the door behind her.
Carolina knocked on the door. "J? Please let me in. It was a tough decision for us, too. We love you, we don't want to send you off but you have to understand, it'll make you one of the smartest people in Sinnoh! You could then help me and Rowan with our lab work!"
"Screw you! I don't want to! I can't believe you'd betray me like this!" I flung open my closet as Carolina tried to calm me down with her soothing parent voice, but I already put on my purple hoodie and black track pants over my tank top and yoga shorts. "Shelgon, go!" I tossed a Pokeball. "Shelgon, Zen Headbutt on the window!" I commanded it.
"Shelgon!" Shelgon attacked the window, shattering it.
"Good, Shelgon! Now return and let's get away!" I returned it, then jumped out of the window, running into the woods. I ran over the frosted grass, making my way through Solaceon and into Hearthome City. I was out of breath as I made it, my legs and arms frozen from the cold. I walked around for a bit, finding the Pokemon Center and walking in.
"Welcome to the Hearthome Pokemon Center! How can Chansey and I help you?" Nurse Joy asked cheerfully.
I thought for a moment. "Where can I get a haircut? And possibly a new outfit?" I asked her.
"Well there are plenty of shops in the Veilstone Department Store with those services, but I'm not aware of much around here. We do have one boutique with authentic Hearthome fashions for trainers, but there's not much selection. Sorry." Nurse Joy said apologetically.
"That was just enough information. Thanks!" I smiled at her, then walked back out into the city. I ran towards the place I usually met with my friends, but no one was there. I sighed in frustration, then walked towards the apartments Jupiter said she lived in with her sister, Fantina. I walked up towards the receptionist. "Do you know where Jupiter lives?" I asked him.
"Uh, in space?" he responded, narrowing his eyes at me.
"No, the person Jupiter! She has purple hair, lives here." I described.
"I don't know a Jupiter. But purple hair sounds like Miranda and Fantina that are in apartment 2-C." he said, looking back down at his magazine.
"Okay, thanks!" I went towards the elevator, pressing the button and going in.
"Hi! What floor?" The person inside asked.
I jumped, not expecting a person to be there. "Oh! Hi! Hi. Hi. Uh, 2, please!" I stuttered.
"Alright!" she pressed the button and the elevator went up one floor. "And here we are! Have a nice day!" she said cheerfully as the door opened.
"You too!" I waved and walked out into the hallway, looking at the doors. "2-A… 2-B… 2-C!" I ran up to the door, then knocked.
"Allo?" Fantina said in her french accent.
"Hi! I'm Miranda's friend, Jaylynn!" I explained.
"Oh! A friend of my sisters is a friend of mine! Welcome, welcome!" she opened the door, letting me in. "Please, take a seat! Miranda isn't home right now, but feel free to wait until she gets back! She's out with Jessebelle shopping in Veilstone right now." she nodded and I took a seat.
"When will they be back, about?" I asked.
"I told them be back before dark, because it gets so dreadfully cold at night! You can feel free to stay here tonight!" She smiled at me, handing me a cup of tea.
"Ooh! Tea! Thank you!" I nodded. "And this may sound weird, since I just met you and all, but can I spend a little more than just tonight here? If I go back home, Cynthia and Carolina will send me to boarding school." I took a nervous sip of tea.
"Oh! Good heavens, you were that girl with the Champion and the Professor! I should have realised it sooner. But why would they want to send you there?" she asked.
"Because of my past. It's a long story, but they think I'll rebel and I just want to be free to stay with my friends! Miranda, Jess, and Saka are the best friends I've ever had!" I explained.
"I see. That makes a lot of sense. Maybe you can attend classes with them here in Hearthome, as well. You can live here with us, too! I promise, you'll be safe here!" she smiled at me.
I took another drink of tea. "Thanks, Fantina." I smiled.
"Well, do you mind telling me the long story? I assume we have plenty of time before Miranda and Jessebelle will get back." she sat down next to me, taking a cup of tea for herself.
"Sure. Why not, it'll pass time." I began to explain my story to her, and all that had happened in my past.
"Wow, that sounds horrible." Fantina said when I finished.
"I guess. I don't know, it all felt like a dream to me, though." I laughed a little.
Suddenly the door opened, and Jupiter and Mars entered the room, arms full of shopping bags. "Fantina! We're home!" Jupiter shouted. She stopped when she saw me. "Jaylynn! What are you doing here? Is everything okay?" Jupiter asked.
"Carolina and Cynthia wanted to send me to boarding school, and I didn't want to so I ran away. I never want to see them again." I said, looking down.
"Well, you can stay here! She can stay here, right Fantina?" Jupiter asked.
"We actually already discussed this. I've decided to let her stay." Fantina smiled at Jupiter.
"Yaaay! It'll be like a sleepover every single night! Jessebelle, you should spend the night tonight too! Oh, and we can go to school together, too!" Jupiter jumped around the room excitedly.
"I'll ask my mom!" Mars rushed into Jupiter's kitchen, calling her mom. Jupiter ran over and hugged me.
"Ooh! Tomorrow we should go to Veilstone Department Store with Jess and Fantina after school! It'll be so much fun!" Jupiter shouted.
Mars came running back into the room. "My mom said yes!"
"Yay! Let's order some pizza and get ready for a great night!" Jupiter ran into her room. "Jaylynn! You can sleep in my room with me!"
"Okay!" I followed her into her room. "Wow, this is so cool!" I looked at the posters on her wall of different musicians and movies.
"Yeah, I designed it myself. Mars helped, of course." Jupiter motioned to Mars as she entered the room.
"I gave her some advice, but it's all her stuff!" Mars smiled.
"Fantina is ordering pizza so until then, wanna watch Professor Rowan's show?" Jupiter asked.
"Sure!" I said excitedly.
"What episode is it?" Mars asked.
"Uh, let me see. Oh! The one where he gets electrocuted by some Plusle and Minun!" Jupiter read from the TV guide.
"Ha! I love this one!" Mars said, staring at the TV.
I layed down on the floor, and Jupiter looked at me. "You ever seen this show, J?" she asked.
"Nope. Never in my life. My mom and Carolina never let me watch TV," I said awkwardly.
"Well, now we're gonna watch as much TV as we can!" Jupiter shouted.
"Shhhh, I wanna be able to actually hear!" Mars hissed.
"Sorry." Jupiter stared at the TV.
"...And this is a Minun! They like to cheer together, don't you, Plusle and Minun!" Rowan laughed.
"Plusle…"
"Minun.."
They launched an electric spark at Rowan, making his hair full of static. "Side effect of Electric-Types is this! But they sure can give a sparkly cheer when needed!" He gave a thumbs up, and the show cut to commercial.
Mars and Jupiter were laughing, and I gave an awkward chuckle, blowing more air out of my nose than actually laughing.
"Rowan is hilarious!" Mars commented.
"I wish I could meet him," Jupiter said.
"I have." I broke my silence.
"You MET Rowan?!" Jupiter stared at me.
"Yeah… It was a while ago. He gave me my Skorupi!" I smiled.
"You got a POKEMON from him?!" Mars gasped.
"Why is this so cool?" I laughed. "He's just a regular guy."
"He's the best Professor EVER!" Jupiter grabbed my shoulders and shook me.
"We're gonna study hard at school and become his assistants one day! Though I don't know how much education we're getting at public school. I bet the Professor won't mind, though! He seems nice enough! And maybe his other assistants can teach us some things as well," Mars said.
"Truth is, we hardly know the first thing about anything Pokemon related. We kinda sorta-ah, how do I say this, skip class. Like every day. Because public schools don't care." Jupiter crossed her arms.
"We've been skipping since 3rd year of primary school. It's been a while since we've been there. Fantina thinks we still go, but every day we go to the alley we showed you that day, then hang out there with the other dropouts, and go home at the end of the day." Jupiter whispered towards me, adjusting one of her black and white bracelets.
The doorbell rang, and we all jumped up. "Pizza!" we simultaneously screamed, and ran to the door. Fantina was already there, paying the driver. We took the pizza, leaving the vegetarian pizza for Fantina, and taking the rest into Jupiter's room. We closed the door, turning on the stereo. We sat on the top of Jupiter's loft bed, eating pizza and just talking about random stuff.
"So you actually killed your mom and brother? That's so cool! I would've done the same if they were hurting me." Mars nodded.
"Mars don't even think about it. And sorry we talked about that, it was probably a sensitive subject for you." Jupiter said, taking another slice of bacon pizza.
"It's fine. You just gotta keep this all a secret. Swear on your lives." I stared them down.
"Yeah! We promise to keep your secret, J!" Mars smiled, extending her pinkie.
"We pinkie swear!" Jupiter linked pinkies with Mars.
I linked my pinkie with theirs. "Pinkie swear it is."
The next morning Jupiter and Mars jumped up, running around Jupiter's room like crazy. "Jess! Where are my jeans?" Jupiter shouted.
"By the ladder!" she said through the multiple bobby pins in her hair.
"J! Get up, time for school! We gotta register you." Jupiter winked at me, then jumped down, grabbing her dark blue jeans and putting them on.
I climbed down the loft bed ladder. "What should I wear?" I asked.
"Oh, you can borrow an outfit of mine until we get the chance to buy you something new. Jess has your outfit as well, so don't ever wear it on the same day." Jupiter threw a pair of grey jeans with faint grey hearts on them, a Pikachu sweater, and a dark grey jacket at me. "Hurry up!"
I ran into the bathroom, quickly showering then putting the new clothes on. I ran back into the bedroom, braiding my silver hair towards the right so it was still next to my face. Jupiter brushed her purple hair into a high ponytail, and Mars had her bright red hair brushed in its usual bobbed style.
"You guys ready to go?" Jupiter grabbed her purple bag, Mars grabbing her red backpack. I just put my hood up and walked out.
"Have a lovely day at school!" Fantina waved from the couch where she was watching the news.
As soon as Mars closed the door, she turned to me. "Why don't you have at least a bag?" she asked me.
"I'll just say I do all my work during school and keep it in my locker." I shrugged. "This school does have lockers, right? Like the ones on TV?"
"Hell if I know. I've never been inside there." Jupiter shrugged, and we followed her into the elevator. The lady pressed the one, then we made it to the lobby.
"Saturn! I-I mean, Saka." Mars quickly fixed herself.
"Hey Jesse. Miranda. Jaylynn?" Saturn asked.
"Here!" I said peeking from between the two taller girls in front of me.
"Let's go." Saturn nodded as he grabbed his bag, and walked out of the lobby with Mars and Jupiter. I ran after them.
"Alright, to school?" Mars asked.
"To school." Jupiter nodded, running towards the school, then making a left instead of a right, going towards the contest hall. We passed that, passing through a hole in between a few buildings into a clearing in the building area.
"Okay, we're in the clear." Jupiter threw her bag onto a dumpster lid, Saturn and Mars doing the same.
"When will Cyrus and the gang get here?" Mars sat on a dumpster, swinging her legs.
"Like I know what Cyrus is about?" Jupiter crossed her arms, leaning against a wall. Saturn sat on a rock, lighting up a cigarette.
"You smoke?" I asked him.
"Yeah. What's it to you?" Saturn glared at me.
"Oh, nothing. Just didn't expect it, I guess." I turned away as I heard approaching footsteps.
"Mars! Jupiter! Saturn! Good morning." Cyrus said as he walked in, stopping as he noticed me.
"Oh. You. What are you doing here, runt?" he pushed my shoulder back, and I fell over.
"I live with Jupiter-" I started.
"You know their codenames?" He glared at me.
"I've been meeting them here for a while." I said, shrinking back in fear.
"I forgot your name, but your new name is Runt." he kicked me, then walked over to the only chair in the alley. I assumed it was reserved for him.
"I want to be called J." I challenged him, holding my side where he kicked me.
"You dare challenge my word?" He stood up, glaring down at me.
"Yes. I do challenge your word." I stared him down, never breaking eye contact as I stood up.
"Grunts. Go." About six guys stood in front of me, and they all sent out Zubats.
I grabbed a Pokeball. "Go, Shelgon!" I threw it, releasing Shelgon.
"Shelgon!" It said.
"Shelgon, Flamethrower!" I shouted.
"Shelgon!" Shelgon shot a powerful attack at the Zubats, wiping them out in one swift move.
"Impressive, I might say. You battle well. I'll call you J." he smirked. "All of that for a name is somewhat amusing."
"It's who I am. Don't mock me." I returned Shelgon, turning around and sitting next to Jupiter.
She tapped my arm. "Nice!" she mouthed towards me, winking. I smiled.
"Welcome our newest recruit to Team Galactic! J." Cyrus said, the kids in the alley clapping.
Saturn put out his cigarette, and some light conversation took place in the alley, with dubstep blasting in the speakers.
Jupiter sat next to me, Mars jumping down and sitting by her. "Well, you did it. Welcome to Team Galactic, J. I knew you could do it." Jupiter took my hand and shook it. I narrowed my eyes, smiling a sly smile at her. This was going to be fun.
