My New Life

Chapter 4

Soon, I was let out of my Repeat Ball, and I looked around. We were at a Pokemon Center, and at one of the benches at the wall. Two other Pokemon were there as well, one of them being the Gastly from earlier. "Hello there, little Gastly," said my trainer, who seemed happy. "Welcome to the team. My name is Sally. This is my Ninjask, Shi." She motioned to the bug Pokemon. It looked like a cicada, but with a golden ninja-like mask. It bowed and said, "It is a pleasure to meet you." Apparently it was a male. "And this," said Sally, motioning to the Gastly, "is my Gastly, Ginger." I gave a weird look at the Gastly. "Your name is Ginger? Ginger the Gastly?" She looked a little annoyed by this, and said, "Well, it's my name, so don't go dissing it." Sally looked carefully at me. "Now I need to give you a name…how about Geist?" I thought about it. It was a pretty cool name. I nodded, liking the name. "Geist it is," said Sally. It was then that I realized what just happened. I got caught up in introductions, that I made a mistake. I would be known by a name someone other than my friends or family gave me, which would mean I had just accepted being the property of another.

I floated lower to the ground, with a sad look on my face. "You alright, Geist?" I looked up, and saw Ginger looking at me, concern in her eyes. I looked back at her, without much emotion in my eyes. "I just lost someone precious to me, and I was just captured. How do you think I would feel?" She floated closer to me, a hint of sadness in her eyes. "I honestly don't know how you would be feeling. I was born and raised in the same village that Sally was. I've also never lost anyone precious to me yet. But it's not so bad. Sally is a great trainer, and cares about all of her Pokemon. Cheer up, cutie." At this, I looked at her, surprised. "What was that last part?" Realizing she said that last part out loud, she quickly turned her face to the side, blushing, and said, "Nothing." Wondering if I heard what I thought I heard, but not worrying about it at the moment, I remembered the other stuff she said, and floated back to how I was before. "You know what? You're right. I can't worry about this now. I got to toughen up and be a man about this. Thanks, Ginger." It was then I noticed a movie playing on the TV and rushed over to it, mesmerized with it. "What's that you're watching there, Geist?" Shi and Ginger floated up behind me, but I was too entranced with the movie to turn my body. "Only one of the best movies of all time! Tyranizilla!" They looked at the movie with me. It was about a giant radioactive Tyranitar who was attacking the humans and destroying the city. They seemed a little interested, but not as much as me. We spent the rest of the night watching it, and afterwards we went to sleep in one of the rooms at the Pokemon Center.

The Dusclops from earlier was walking through the trees, literally phasing through them. He was tired, and was still in pain from that previous battle. Suddenly, he heard a sound. He looked around, but didn't see anyone. "Up here." The Dusclops looked up, and was shocked to see an Abra dangling from a tree branch, grasping onto it with his toes. "Nemuri! What are you doing here?" The Abra known as Nemuri let go of the branch and jumped down, flipping and landing on its feet. It looked strange, as it wasn't sitting, but standing. Also, it was a myriad of colors, thanks to what it was wearing. It had two blue anklets, an orange belt, a yellow band on his left arm, a red bracer on his right arm, and a green weight on his tail. "Nice to see you as well, Tomb. I'm here because Luke wants to see you." The Dusclops known as Tomb was freaking out inside for two reasons. The first was Nemuri. Nemuri was unlike other Abra. While most Abra would be asleep for about 18 hours a day, but still capable of battle, Nemuri would only sleep when he needed to. In fact, he was an excellent fighter, and would move around as such. However, like all Abra, his eyes were always closed, so it was hard to tell if he actually was asleep or not. Nemuri was a mystery to most Pokemon and humans. The other reason Tomb was freaking out was because of what Nemuri had said. Luke wanted to see him. That was usually never good. Luke must have found out that he had been beaten. By a Gastly, no less. He accepted that he was most likely going to be killed for this, and nodded his head. "Good," Nemuri said. "I'd rather not have to take you by force. Let's go." Nemuri grabbed one of the wraps on Tomb's back, and they disappeared using Teleport.

As everyone lay asleep, I was on the roof, looking at the stars. It had been a few weeks since I was turned into a Pokemon, and was a day after I was captured. I didn't want to be captured, but I had been forced to. Still, the others weren't that bad. Shi was by far the smartest of the group. He gave good advice to me, and tried to ask about my past, but I told him I wasn't ready. He told me his, of course. Apparently, his parents hadn't been Ninjask, but Nincada. His parents were underage, and weren't ready to take care of a kid, so ditched him soon after his birth. He was on his own until he came across a library. He snuck in there and became fascinated with learning, as well as battling. At first he snuck in repeatedly, but the librarian soon found him, but seeing he was still a kid, took pity and let him stay. Soon, he became a regular, and even got a library card. That was the part that weirded me out the most. He evolved some time after, and left the Shedinja that came from the evolution while it was still a regular shell.

Eventually, Sally caught him and he put everything he learned into use for her. Ginger was a little shy around me, but still interacted with me. She never talked about her past much, but I know she was raised in the same place as Sally. I sighed, wondering if I'd ever get my past life back. Suddenly, I heard a giggling, and looked up. There, I saw Mew, in all its pink glory. "Hello, Greg! It's been a bit." I remembered that giggling. "Yes, it was I. I saved you and turned you into a Gastly." Mew was reading my mind, apparently. I finally found my voice. "Why'd you do that?" Mew giggled, and flipped. "Oh, come on. No one wants to be in a Shedinja. Really, it's like a living hell. Never been in one myself, but I hear it's horrible. Plus, I'm here to tell you that if you prove yourself, you can become human again, as well as get your old body back." I floated up to Mew's face and stared at him, freaking him out. "Whoa, personal space." "Tell me how to prove myself!" Mew disappeared, and reappeared in the air. "That's for me to know and you to find out. I'll see you later. Bye!" With that, Mew was gone. I floated back inside, and lay on a pillow. I could be me again. Just the thought put me at ease back to sleep.