Ch. 4: A Different Side

You may know someone but, in fact,

You do not know him completely

I woke up and I found myself in the same room where I always slept in. Every day I woke up in this room, I still have the same lonely feeling, which gets worse everyday. I sighed at the thought of spending the whole day sitting here. Then, I decided to walk outside of my comfort zone for the first time since that event happened to me. I even might regret this later but it is still better than staying at the den and keeping the record, which is no fun at all. As I walked outside the den's vicinity, I kept in mind not to bump into any other pokémon.

I can still recognize the place and I walked near familiar routes. Then, I saw two pokémon, which are some meters away from my position. I hid behind the nearest bush and saw that an Azurill and a Marill came by and went. After that, I went out of my hiding place and sighed before I continued walking.

Fearing that I might bump into another pokémon, I strayed from the usual path and went deeper into the nearby forest. A few minutes have passed and I heard something. I quickly concealed myself and looked around for the source of the noise. I saw Lucario training nearby and I decided to leave right away. After a moment, I quickly hid behind an apple tree when I noticed a Pichu nearby. The Pichu was trying to get an apple from another tree some feet away. After I saw this, I felt an urge to help the poor pokémon but I do not want to be seen by any other pokémon. After some minutes and some considerations, I made my decision. I climbed the apple tree where I was hiding and hopped from one tree to another until I reached my destination, the tree near the Pichu. I grabbed an apple and plucked it from the tree. Then I let fall into the ground near the Pichu, who then noticed the apple. The Pichu picked it up and happily waked away with it.

Then, I picked another apple and took a bite out of it. The juice from the apple flowed into my mouth as I continued to chew on it. I took another bite on the apple and enjoyed it. Just then, a couple of vines wrapped around my torso. I dropped the apple and grabbed the vines to pull it off me but the vines are very tight. Then, I was lifted upwards.

"I did not expect to meet you here," someone said.

The vines that are holding me tightened a bit and the said vines made me turn around. Then, I saw a Servine. I avoided eye contact and reminded myself to keep silent.

"I know it's been eight long years but you should've recognized me right away. Did you forget what I always do to you? " the Servine said.

From the voice, I can say that the Servine is a female. Then, a name popped in my head but I decided to do anything about it. Instead, I just stayed silent. I heard the Servine sigh.

"You've been missing ever since and we looked all around for you but we can't find you, even in your own home. Now that we meet again, this is how you treat your old friend?" the Servine said.

"I think you're mistaken. I don't have any," I said.

"Is that a joke? I can drop you anytime, you know," the Servine said.

"First, it's not. Second, feel free to drop me and make my head land first, Servine," I said.

"First of all, it's Kaye. Second, I know that you are doing this on purpose. Third, you asked for it, Alexander," Kaye the Servine said.

I was turned upside down before her vines released me. I felt gravity pulling and I braced myself for the fall. Then, I felt something pulling at my feet. I opened my eyes and that I was only an inch away from the ground.

"Do you really think you'll get anything you want?" Kaye said and I was pulled towards her. I stayed silent and avoided eye contact.

"What's wrong with you? Usually, you would say something sarcastically but you acted like a closed Clamperl," Kaye said.

I did not let a word escape my mouth.

"Like I said," Kaye said.

Slowly, I was getting annoyed, especially because I was in an upside down position.

"You know, it's been eight years. You should act according to your age," Kaye said.

"Get me down," I said.

"What did you say?" Kaye said, acting as if she did not hear anything.

I was getting angry bit by bit. Then, I shouted, "I said GET ME DOWN!"

Just then, I noticed that I was suddenly staring at Kaye's eyes and I quickly looked away.

"You don't even know me completely. In fact, you know nothing about me. Just get me down, Servine," I said.

"Alright," Kaye said and she lowered me into the ground in an upright position before she released me in her vines' grip. I walked away silently from the tree. After a while, I decided to go back to the most reliable and safest place I can go, which is my home. When I reached my home, I took a long rest on my bed.

After quite a long while, I heard some footsteps from the outside and I did the usual routine. I went to the secret room and went through the hidden exit. I crawled through the bushed that hid the secret exit and I wondered off into the woods and into a nearby river. After seeing the blue water, I decided to take a swim in it. I dove into the river and swam upstream. Then, I saw a waterfall with some berry bushes nearby. I climbed out of the water and grabbed some berries to munch. As I ate a few berries, I noticed something below the river. I dove back into the water and went deeper until I saw a hole. Curious, I decided to go into the hole.

As I swam my way deeper, it started to get darker until I cannot see anything. I had to feel my way through and I noticed a dead end. I was planning to go back until I saw a glimpse of light above me. I noticed that there was a way upwards and I decided to go up. Everything was getting brighter and brighter as I swam upwards. Then, I unknowingly surfaced from the water. I saw that there was a spacious room in here. I got myself out of the water. I noticed that it was quite bright in here.

"Where did the light came from?" I asked myself.

I wondered around and noticed that this room was not used for a very long time by now. Then, I quickly saw the answer to my question. I saw two holes, which are some feet apart from each other, on the side of the room where the light entered. I approached one of the whole and I got a view of a forest and the sky.

"So, where am I exactly?" I asked myself again.

Then, I noticed some stairs and decided to climb it. After a while of climbing the stairs, I met a dead end. I saw some kind of indentation on the ceiling just near me. I had to duck to move into the indentation and I examined it. It formed three sides of a square and that told me something. I pushed the ceiling and it move like a trapdoor. I just noticed that it was actually a secret door. I got out and I noticed myself besides a cliff.

"That explains why I can still see the outside even though I'm underground," I said.

Then, I closed the secret door and I noticed that a bush grew on the door.

"That conceals the door," I said.

I just noticed that this was actually a secret hideout or a secret place of some sort. I decided to wonder around to get myself home. After a lot of twists and turns and walking down a hill, I finally noticed a familiar place, which was close to my home. Then, I got myself home without being seen by other pokémon.

"Today was something," I said.