I kept an eye on Gary for the next few weeks
Alright, I originally planned to tell this story entirely from Ash's point of view, but I decided to instead jump around between people. This chapter is Misty's point of view and the chapter title will say who's point of view it is from now on.
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I wake up early the next morning at sunrise. The entire forest is quiet and Ash isn't up yet. When I think about him, I can't help but sit and smile for a second. Last night, he'd made me feel so much better when I had that nightmare. I think I should do something nice to thank him this morning.
I crawl out of my tent and look around our campsite. We set up camp last night in a small clearing we found. My light blue tent and Ash's darker blue one are facing toward one another. There's a small campfire in between them. I restart the fire and get ready for traveling later today.
Since he's not up yet, I begin cooking a special breakfast for him, but I have to work quietly so I won't wake him. When I think about when I first met him; I acted so immature back then. We fought over things that seem so trivial before, but I'm glad that we're such good friends now.
Why did I used to get so mad all the time? I can't even remember anymore. I try to think back, but I can't help but laugh about all the arguments we used to have. It must not have been very important.
Breakfast is almost ready now anyway. I just have to wake Ash up and-
"EEEEPPPPP!!" Another Weedle got into our camp!
Weedle is a foot long bug that resembles a caterpillar. Its body is yellow, and it has a big red nose with two small black eyes. They have a poisonous barb on the top of their heads and another on the end of their tail. I absolutely HATE Weedles and this forest if full of them.
I hear noise coming from the far tent. My scream woke Ash up. He crawls out his tent slowly. By now, he can probably guess what happened. This isn't the first time I've woken him up this way.
He still looks half asleep. "What is it this time, Misty?"
"There's another Weedle! Get it! GET ITT!!" I'm back inside my tent at this point, just sticking my head and arm out the front to point at the Weedle.
He seems a little annoyed, but he's still kind enough to help. It feels like he understands me and gets what I'm going though here. He has his Pidgey chase the Weedle away. I'm so glad he's here to help me. I don't know what I would do if I hadn't met him at the entrance to the forest. I can feel a slight blush start to appear on my face. I always get a little flushed when I think about him this way.
I try my best to hide it. "Hey…Um, I made breakfast for us." I take a moment to calm myself down before leaving the tent.
And so we sat down and ate breakfast together. We talk a little while eating. After a while, he asks about what happened last night.
"So, what was your nightmare last night about?" He looks at me with a look of concern in his eyes. I feel myself blush again a little. Dammit, why do I always react that way?
But, I'm a little embarrassed to talk about it. "I-it was nothing. It's not that important."
He holds my hand lightly now. "I'm worried about you. I just want to know you're OK." I feel my face getting hotter and I know he must be able to see how flushed I am now. Why did he have this effect on me?
I try to look away from him and keep him from seeing my face. "Well, I was being attacked by bugs again. It's a nightmare I have every now and then."
He still looks a little concerned, but he doesn't pursue it any further.
We pack up camp and leave after breakfast. Ash seems deep in thought about something. I'm curious about what's going on in his head, but I decide not to bug him about it.
We're very deep into the forest by now. Unfortunately, the further we've gotten from civilization the thicker the forest has become. Also…there are so many more bugs way out here away from people. I can't stand it! There are too many of these things, I'm slowly losing my mind out here!
Thank God Ash is here or I probably already would have had a nervous breakdown or something.
Bzzzzzz. Oh no! Not more of them! I look up in terror to see a large swarm of Beedrill fly above us and over the nearby trees. Beedrill are an enormous bug pokemon, over three feet tall. They look like large bees with two enormous stingers for hands and another one on the end of its thorax. Beedrill are one of the most dangerous and probably scariest bug pokemon there are.
"EEEEPPPP! ASH! DO SOMETHING!!" I instinctively grab him and don't let go. When I finally look him in the face, he looks more sympathetic than annoyed. He lets me hold him until the Beedrill pass.
Once again, I find myself embarrassed by my own behavior. "I'm sorry. I keep doing that."
"It's alright. I know how hard it must be for you here."
"I'm really sorry. There's just nothing I can do about it. I can't stop being scared." For some reason, he seems to stop and think about that. "What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing." He has a funny smile on his face. I can't help but wonder, what is he thinking about?
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This chapter is a little shorter, but I need to jump back to Ash's point of view. I kinda like telling the story from Misty's eyes. It shows the opposite side of the effects of the hypnosis.