'Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.'
William Butler Yeats
oxo…oxo
I woke up on Christmas morning with a buzzing feeling but I didn't know why. That was until I realised it was Christmas and ended up jumping out of my bed, throwing a startled awake Absol to the floor, and tumbling onto May, waking her up with a scream. I was having a giggle fit as she sat there puffing, shocked stiff at my rude awakening. Then she glared at me as I giggled, finally coming round from her shock as she pushed me off her bed and onto the floor where I landed heavily on a very disgruntled Absol.
I rolled over quickly to get off him before apologising and scrambling over to the bag I was keeping the newly wrapped presents in. May watched me with a raised eyebrow as I rummaged around the plastic bag before pulling out her present, looking at it, then placing it back in the bag.
"I think we should go and wake the boys." I told her with a smile. Present giving would be so much more fun if it was done all at once. She grinned evilly before nodding, pushing her covers away from her and jumping from the bed, life renewed at the prospect of waking the boys like I had woken her. Absol trotted behind us as we crept through the halls towards the boy's room. We opened the door quietly to see all three of them still fast asleep.
"You get Brock, I'll take Drew and Absol can tackle Max." May whispered excitedly. We nodded before following her on tiptoes through the room.
"Wake up guys!" I yelled, jumping onto Brock as May followed suit with Drew.
"Ab, Absol!" Absol cried as he literally tackled max, the poor boy screaming as he was propelled to the floor with Absol on top of him. Brock was slightly more dignified with his wake up, his eyes flinging open wide before he sat bolt upright, scanning the room for danger. When he found none, his eyes became normal again and he looked down at where I was lying on his lap with an amused smile on my face. He glared slightly before smiling as he seemingly remembered what day it was.
"Um, guys…" May's voice drifted across the room. I looked at her to see she was straddling a still sleeping Drew. I would have sweat dropped at the scene but instead I decided to laugh.
"Try kissing him." Brock suggested with a smiled. May grinned before complying. The effect was instant. As soon as May's lips had brushed Drew's, his eyes had flung open and he was kissing her back forcefully. May had to pull away with a smile and Drew blinked slightly before his eyes widened as he realised it wasn't a dream. His face was so cute when it was red. Very Christmassy, red face green hair…and I told him so too which only helped to make his face even redder.
"Come on then guys! It's present time!" I exclaimed, grabbing the bag that I had taken with me and rummaging around inside it for everyone's gifts. Then I paused before releasing all my pokemon. The others did the same and soon the room was filled with pokemon and presents. We had all given each other the presents we had gotten for them, creating a little pile for each person. It was an effective method that I used to use with my family. I had bought my family presents as well, but when no one was round. Maybe I would be able to give them to Palkium next time I saw him.
We opened the presents quickly. From May I got one of those pokeball coverers, this one obviously meant for Absol but would work just as well with Roselia. When it opened, the area around would go dark with twinkles like the sky and silver sparkled would surround them. It would make an amazing effect with Absol's fur or Roselia's feminine charm.
From Drew I got new belt that held pokeballs in it. That meant that I didn't need to always carry my bag with me and would be very handy in the contest and in battles. From Max I got a couple of new pokeballs and a bar of chocolate. It wasn't much but it was a nice thought. Max didn't have much money after all and he wanted to buy everyone a present, especially his new Eevee who was sitting next to him as he opened his presents.
From Brock I got…a box. It was a box. An empty box. I stared at it for a moment before I saw something thin and silver go past my eyes and down to my neck. Looking around I saw Brock, looking at me with a smile as he did the necklace up around my neck. I looked at him in astonishment before my hands made their way up to my neck and I pulled my eyes down to look at the pendant. It had an Absol, a Roselia, a Medicham, a Ponyta, a Luxiray and a Vaporeon. I frowned slightly at the last one.
"Thank you; it's so cute! But…why Vaporeon?" I asked him and smiled slightly as he shook his head in a 'you'll find out soon enough' kind of way. I frowned slightly before dropping the necklace back onto my neck and turning back to the last present that sat in my lap. It was from Ash and it was a strange shape, small and slightly rough. When I opened it I realised why Vaporeon. It was a water stone. I stared at it for a full minute before looking at Ash who winked at me. I grinned before calling over my Eevee. Everyone had stopped what they were doing and were watching me in excitement as I gingerly gave the stone to Eevee. She sniffed it tentatively before mewing and placing her paw on the top of it. I gasped slightly as she lit up brightly before her form changed, the light dimmed and a Vaporeon sat in her place.
"Va, Vaporeon!" she cried cutely before knocking me over and licking my face. I laughed loudly as she smothered me before I groaned as Absol, Roselia, Luxio joined in. Ponyta laughed from the sidelines and I could see Medicham sitting on a bedpost, a small smile on his face. After a while I was released and I made a break for it, landing heavily in Brock's lap. I smiled up at him before glomping him, happy about how the day was going. He yelped slightly before laughing as we fell off the bed and onto the floor. The others laughed with us as we sat in a giggle fit on the floor.
Though this was my first Christmas without my family, my great friends had made it better. I would never truly forget it but I would be able to cope. The next obstacle would be harder though. My brother's birthday.
oxo…oxo
I hope you liked this. Craig's birthday won't be for a while. It's going to be in January o February I think but I'm not sure which… also (I'm not sure if I've said this already or not) Palkium should be coming back at some point… not sure when though.
