Chapter 4 A Night's Rest in a Never Ending Day
After walking through the end of the forest, a large space of area appears. There is a space of water on the far left and 'tall' grass on the left and right of the path further up. A few trees are scattered along the path but most boarder the area around it, blocking stragglers for entering.
The watches on Alexander and Xena's wrists make a bleep. They read: 'Route 3, Ouvert Way'.
"What are you all going to do," asks Shauna as everyone forms a circle. Shauna is to Alexander's left, who is left of Xena. To the right of Xena is Trevor, and to his right is Tierno. In between Tierno and Shauna are Serena and Calem.
"Why, look for Pokémon of course," Trevor answers. Alexander rolls his eyes and presses A. "The professor did ask us to complete the Pokédex after all."
"Oh my gosh, not another one," Alexander groans. Xena can't help but nod. "The only person who actually uses the Pokédex is Ash."
"And whoever he's with," Xena pipes up. She shrinks back embarrassed as her brother throws her a semi-glare.
"Whatever," he presses A.
"And furthermore," Trevor continues, causing Alexander to groan again, "different Pokémon prefer living in different places." A button, "To put it another way, it's a chance to find different Pokémon than," A button, "the ones in the forest!"
"I'll bet different Pokémon use different moves," Tierno says after Xena presses the A button,
"Uh, duh," Alexander says. Xena cracks a smile as she presses A.
"I sure want to see lots of moves," Tierno finishes.
"What are you going to do Calem, Serena," Shauna asks. Is she ignoring us on purpose, Xena wonders, if she is, ouch?
Serena says, "I'm going to go to the Santalune City's Gym and challenge the Gym leader."
Calem says, "I'm going to go to the Santalune City's Gym and take on the Gym leader."
"I forgot how creepy it is when they do that," Alexander says. He presses A next.
Serena says, "You see, Pokémon Trainers find out how good they really are by challenging the," A button, "Leaders in Pokémon Gyms."
Calem says, "So you know, Pokémon Trainers test their strength by battling the Gym leaders," A button, "in each Pokémon Gym."
"Wow," Shauna says. "You sure know a lot!"
"I thought everyone knew this," Alexander complains.
"Apparently not," Xena whispers dryly. "I guess these kids didn't go to Pokémon School."
"It's because Mom and Dad taught me so much," Serena says, turning directly to Shauna.
Calem follows her lead, but instead says, "I learned a lot from others."
"Well," Alexander claps his hands together, causing Xena to jump from fright. "Now we know who has the bigger parent issues out of the two."
"Who, Calem," Alex nods and Xena tilts her head, thinking. "I guess you're right. It seems Serena is trying to live up to her parents while Calem just wants to be his own person. It's kind of like a Pokémon version of Grease lightening."
"What," Alexander asks, incredulous.
"Well, uh, Calem's got this better-than-you, bad boy act, while Serena doesn't, eh, smoke," the last part sounds like a question. "You know what, never mind. It made more sense in my head."
"Sure," Alex draws out the ur sound. He presses A as Xena lowers her head in embarrassment.
"Here," both Serena and Calem say together. "I have something for you guys – "Adventure Rules.""
"Oh come on," Alexander moans. "Rules? Seriously? This is Pokémon, where the only rule is don't join the evil team of the series!"
"There, there Alex," Xena pats her brother's back. "I'm sure it isn't too bad. Just something to get us started."
"I hope you're right," he mutters before grabbing the paper from Serena. Xena does the same, only with Calem.
"I wrote down 10 different tips every Trainer should know," Serena and Calem say at the same time. Xena and Alexander skim the pages. Xena presses A, "Here's one for you."
Xena and Alexander look at each other, than at Serena and Calem who have their hands stretched out as if to give something. "Oops," Xena says. "Guess we weren't supposed to take them until now."
"I think we'll be fine," Alexander says. He gives Serena a high five and she retracts her hand,
Xena gives a high five (or low five as his hand is down) to Calem. After the slap of skin on skin, Calem retracts his hand with a confused look on his face.
Serena speaks to the circle, "If you're puzzled about something, try looking at these rules." Calem looks over at his sister, a dull look entering his face again. After pressing A, Serena runs off. Calem turns to the group. Xena gives a small wave, which he returns with a smirk before his face falls flat once again. He turns and races after his sister.
Well, Xena thinks to herself, that was odd. I wonder why he acted like that all of a sudden.
She doesn't have long to ponder as Shauna speaks right after, "Oh, This is great!" A button, "I'm going to spend some time getting to know my Li'l Fennikin and my Li'l Froakie." A button, "What are you going to do Alex, Xena?"
Both siblings check their watches. "Well that's great," Alexander says sarcastically. "She asked a rhetorical question. What are we going to do?"
Xena opens her mouth to answer, but is cut off by a yawn. When it's finished, she says, "Get some sleep. I'm so tired I think I could fall asleep standing."
"Okay, let's go," Alexander marches forwards, only to stop. "Where should we go?"
"To the Pokémon Center," Xena gives another yawn. "At least there I can fall asleep on the couch, if need be."
The siblings hold hands as they battle the trainers on the route, wanting this to be over as soon as possible. They battle Preschooler Oliver, whose Caterpie is taken down by Carleen the Pikachu and Froakie, and whose Azural is also fainted by Chestnut the Chespin and Froakie. They battle against Preschooler Ella and her Pichu. By the time they reach the bottom of the stairway, Xena is huffing and puffing.
"Coming through," a random NPC calls. Xena, who is too tired to move, gets shoved to the side and falls on her buttock.
"Come on," she wheezes. Why was I the one pushed? No, I shouldn't think like that. "I thought this was a non-human violence game."
"Because Team Plasma can kick a Munna, but when a person gets in the way they have to stop because they're scared of going to jail," Alexander says sarcastically while helping his sister up. He drops her arm, causing her to fall again when something catches his eye. "Is that a raspberry bush?"
"Ow," Xena moans on the ground. She gets up and rubs her sore torso, making her way over to her brother, "I'd say no." She points and presses A. Her watch reads that they need a Pokémon that knows Cut to clear the way. "Why did you notice this bush?"
"Because I thought those were raspberries," Alexander says. He pouts as he shows the red underside of the leaves. "That sucks."
"Oh well," Xena tugs on her brother's arm. She stifles another yawn. "Let's get to the Pokémon Center. I'm exhausted."
"Oh," Alexander pulls his sister's arm another way off the path. "Let's go down here!"
"Neh," Xena grunts but her brother doesn't hear. Xena dozes as she gets dragged into another Pokémon battle. She snaps out of her daze as she blinks away the white, meaning the entrance to another plain.
They battle Schoolgirl Bridget, the first black girl they've seen. After that, Alexander picks up the Super Potion lying on the ground. They walk through the grass, dodging Pokémon, and finally battle Schoolboy Brighton.
After that they finish walking through the route, Xena almost shuffling forwards now, Alexander presses A on the little girl near the end of the path. Both siblings bend down to her height, not by choice, and listen to what she says. Pops and cracks sound from Xena's leg as she bends.
"I went to the Pokémon Center 'cause I was asked to buy Poké Balls," she says in a bored tone.
Both siblings stand up straight, Alexander asking, "Do people pay children to do their bidding in this game?"
"I should hope not," Xena says as they finally reach the gate to the city. Their watches bleep and read: 'Santalune City'. "People need to get up and do it themselves. But a Pokémon game that has children working for an adult? Gee, where have I heard that before?"
"Her parents might have been the ones to ask," Alexander points out. "Don't jump to conclusions."
"I'm tired," Xena says bluntly. She gazes at the Pokémon Center with a scornful/hopeful look. "Deal with it."
They walk into the Pokémon Center, which looks much more different from the usual in other games. As they walk in, Tierno appears behind them.
"Oh," he exclaims. "Hey there, Alex, Xena!" Xena groans at the delay to her sleep. Alexander chuckles at her pain and presses A, "Are you here to get your Pokémon healed, to?" A button, "Pokémon Centers sure are great." A button, "You can talk to the lady at the counter and have her heal your Pokémon."
"Hold on," Xena says, thinking muddled. "If he knows she can heal, shouldn't he know her name's Nurse Joy? And how does he know she can heal if he knows about as much about Pokémon as Shauna? Uh," she clutches her head. "Ignore me, I confused."
"You can ever deposit the Pokémon you've caught in that PC," Tierno continues. "Know how Pokémon are sent to a PC when you've caught more than you can carry?" A button, "That's where they go!" Tierno does a little dance and twirls around before continuing. "Oh ya, Alex, Xena!" A button, "There's a Poké Mart at the back of the Pokémon Center." Alexander's happy about that; Xena is not as she misses the old separate buildings. "It's a good idea to stock up on Poké Balls and Potions and stuff at the Poké Mart, too." A button and Tierno walks to their right.
"Well," Xena says to her brother. "You want to go first?"
"Ladies first," he steps aside and motions her first. Xena rolls her eyes, but it's caught by the yawn that escapes. "On second thought, I'll go first."
She watches as Alexander walks up to the Nurse, points, and presses A. Nurse Joy speaks in a pleasant tone, surprising and pleasing Xena. It's different from the monotone voices she's gotten used to hearing, "Good night! Welcome to the Pokémon Center. Would you like to rest your Pokémon?" Alexander says 'yes' and hands her his three Poké Balls, "Ok. I'll take your Pokémon for a few seconds then."
Nurse Joy places the Poké Balls in the machine behind her. It ovals around and his Poké Balls get place in three circular indents. A few seconds of silence, and then she takes them off and hands them back. "Thank you for waiting," she says. Alex places them back on his belt, "We've restored your Pokémon to full health." Alex presses A and Nurse Joy bows, "We hope to see you again."
Xena goes next. Instead of saying yes she presses the yes button on her watch. She gives the nurse six Poké Balls. They don't touch in the transfer, both giving and receiving. Xena quickly clicks her Pokémon in place and gives a small 'thank you' to the Nurse. She then makes her way over to the couches in the left corner of the building. One couch has two children on it, the couch next to it is empty and the one perpendicular from that, under the window with thin blinds, is empty as well. Xena lies down on the one perpendicular. She looks up at a clock over top of a TV, right next to the open blinds.
"It's nine at night," Xena says. "And it's still sunny. Why couldn't it be like Unova?"
"Go to sleep Sienna," Alexander says, lying down himself. "Good night."
"Good night Alex," she whispers. After a few minutes both siblings fall asleep from exhaustion. Alexander is the first to have a dream, waking up only to fall asleep again. Xena wakes up after her dream. She falls asleep once realizing that it's midnight. They both wake up in the morning not remembering what happened the night before.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or Grease Lightening.
A/N: This story has been favourited! Thank you so much and I'm glad you're enjoying it.
Writing this chapter was a pain. I'm not big on writing battle scenes so I didn't do it this time. Nothing to big really happened, but it gives away a few details. Turns out in the game it really does change between night and day, but in this story it doesn't. The Pokemon for night will come out, it's just sunny all the time.
I'm hoping to have the chapters for Xena and Alex's dreams up before the New Year. Those will be Crossover chapters and will be important later, but not so much now.
I really hope you enjoyed this chapter. Have a wonderful winter