(First of all I would like to mention that this chapter doesn't really have any action in it. I put this chapter in here so I don't really throw readers into the middle of an action scene because what happens after this chapter mite not really make sense if I threw you in to it. Another thing, this chapter explains who one key character is and explains who the girl that I mentioned earlier is. )
Chapter 7: Circus of Pokémon
I jumped up to my feet and immediately fell down from the need of air. My head started to spin as breathed deeply in for air.
"Hey, don't worry, I'll take you home!" said the girl trying to pick me up.
I got up and fell back down, then I attempted to growl at her as she tried to wrap me with her arms.
"Sheesh, what's wrong with you?" asked the buizel.
"I hate humans!" I said, through gritted teeth.
"Hey don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you, stay here for a few seconds." she said getting up and walking away. She walked over to her backpack and started to look for something.
"Why do you hate humans so much, they're strange sometimes but they make good friends." said the Buizel.
"They are horrible, how can you like them?" I asked," Without your permission they enslave you!"
"I was raised by her since I was in an egg!" The buizel shouted.
"Hey Buizel, leave him alone!" the girl said, with a few items in her hand.
I bared my fangs at her, because that was all I could do. My wounds ached and I was starting to get hungry. I just realized that I hadn't eaten since I got captured. Then again being put in the pokeball must have not made me lose the food in my stomach.
"Here, eat this," she said, crouching down and putting down a berry.
I held my self-back and bared me fangs at her.
"Sheesh at least, take the berry." said the buizel.
My stomach growled but I still didn't take the berry.
"Buizel return," she said, raising a ball. She pressed a button on the red and white ball making a red laser, hit buizel and teleported him back into the ball.
"C'mon there's nothing to worry!" she said, moving her hand toward me to try to pet me.
The first human who seems to lower her defenses before addressing me. Matter of fact, she didn't seem to be trying to hurt me. Maybe just this once, I will let a human help me.
I stopped growling and let the human pet me. I stood up right and cautiously ate the berry. She watched me as though I was a newborn baby who was taking his first steps to walk. I bowed my head slightly and started to leave when she called," Hey wait, Shinx!"
I turned around and patiently sat down watching her with caution.
"Won't you need a place to stay for tonight?" she asked," The weather reporter did say that it was going to snow tonight. I would be glad if you stayed at my place till you at least rested and healed."
The first human who hasn't enslaved me, but was actually trying to help me, this was a first. I didn't really want to stick with a human, though. A strong gust blew and shook my fur. I looked up and saw a few more clouds in the sky, perhaps the wiser decision would be to stay with this 'human' for a while.
"C'mon follow me!" she said, standing back up and leading a trail through the forest.
I followed her through the maze of trees to another forest opening. The opening held what seemed to be a large pentagon shaped object. It was slightly smaller than the buildings from where I used to live. Though it much wider and seemed to be made out of a different material. The 'building' was striped with vivid red and yellow colors. There was a large black opening to the building. Pokémon and people littered the grass field around it. The human ran toward the large red and yellow colored building.
I slowly followed her, struck with fear as all around me, there were people and more powerful looking Pokémon.
"Hello, Cyan," called a tall person, to the girl who leaded me. He wore dark clothes with a suspicious looking black tall hat, with pure white gloves. Behind the circular pieces of glass on his nose were the eyes of a wild Mightyena, vicious and greedy.
"Hey Aladdin," said Cyan.
"What's this now, a shinx?" asked Aladdin kneeling down to me. He moved his hand toward my head but I scared him away by quickly baring my teeth and letting out a low growl.
Aladdin jerked his hand back and rubbed his fingers like I bit him.
"A feisty lot, isn't he?" He said, standing back up.
"Yeah, he was like that to me too." said Cyan, as I let her lightly pat me on my head.
"Where are you off to now?" asked Aladdin, moving the circular pieces of glass up his nose.
"I was going to my father to ask if I could keep him for tonight," said Cyan.
"Alright, go about your business, I have practices to attend to." said the man, standing back up. Then he quickly walked away taking off his hat to reveal a starly.
"How does that starly stand there so quietly?" asked Cyan, watching the starly jump down to Aladdin's shoulder." Anyway, c'mon let's keep going!"
We ran around the large building to find a colony of small box shaped buildings in the back. All of them were colored differently and were differently shaped. She weaved through the buildings and stopped at a tan box shaped building. She opened the door and walked in.
"Hey Dad," She called inside, as she held the door open with her foot for me.
I walked inside and looked around from object to object. The soft and sweet scent of fruits lingered the air. A slightly fat man sat on a chair as he rubbed a persian that laid calmly next to him.
"Hey Cyan, ooh is that a shiny shinx?" asked the man standing up and patting down his clothes. The persian opened his red eyes and stared at me.
"Hello," he said, and closed his eyes again, yawning.
"Hello," I returned, slightly bowing my head.
"Hey dad, can I keep this shinx, for a while?" Cyan asked, cutting to the point and continued to persuade.
"Sure go ahead, you can keep him, he might be perfect for the circus," said the man chuckling to himself.
"Thanks dad," Cyan said, hugging her father," and dad, he isn't for the circus!"
"I know, I'm just joking, mostly," the father said, smiling.
"C'mon let's fix you up a place to stay." said Cyan, walking out of the room.
I followed Cyan through the multitude of buildings, till finally we reached her building. It was colored hot pink and made it stand out from the other buildings. She opened the door and let me in.
"Come out buizel," said Cyan, pulling out a red and white ball.
The buizel was fired out of the ball with a white light and stood inside with his arms folded.
"Decided to come with us?" asked the buizel.
"Yeah, I'll stay here till the snowstorm passes," I answered.
"Hey, make yourself at home," said the buizel, walking over to Cyan and standing by her side.
Cyan walked away and opened a door and started to look for something as she started to move things around. I walked over to her side and watched as she wrestled blankets and covers, trying to keep them from falling. Then she jumped back and let the blankets fall down and land on me.
I looked around my head strained under the weight of the blankets. It was hard to breathe as I tried to find a way out.
"Sorry," I heard Cyan say, as she pushed the covers off of me," didn't notice you were there,"
I shook my flattened fur and watched as she moved other blankets around.
"Found it," she announced, pulling out a small basket with a red pillow in it. She smacked some dust off of the basket and put it on the floor.
"Lay in it, see how it feels," Cyan said, watching me lay down on the basket and it was just the right size for me.
I walked around in it for a few seconds and fell onto it. The bed was soft and comfortable, and was just the right size for me. I immediately started to yawn and I felt my-self getting slightly sleepy. I jumped out before I really fell asleep.
"Well what do you think?" she asked.
I smiled at her and was tempted to go lay back down in it.
"Well you seem to like it," said the girl, patting my head," It used to be for my father's Meowth till he grew out of it."
She then started to rummage through the pile of blankets and pulled out a few. She stood back up and started to pack her closet back up with the rest of the blankets and slammed the door shut on them.
"Alright, buizel let's work on some new contest moves," said Cyan, walking out the door with buizel at her feet.
"Wait, what are you guys doing?" I asked, following the buizel.
"Where practicing our performances, after all, Cyan's planning to become the top coordinator!" the buizel said happily.
"What's a coordinator?" I asked, walking beside Buizel.
"The art of utilizing you moves to do something impressive," Buizel answered.
I followed them inside the red and yellow colored building.
Inside there was a stage set up, and the stage faced us and a sea of blue seats. On the stage a Milotic and the creepy man, Aladdin, another man stood there with a yellow suit on. His face had make up all over it, with a creepy red smile that crept across his face. There were small tear marks under his eyes. He wore a strange hat that was shaped like the top of an Exeggutor, and at the end of each strange shape was a bell.
"Milotic," called the strange man," use Aqua Ring but throw it up at the ceiling and fire it as slow as possible."
The milotic obeyed and released a ring of water at the ceiling.
Alladin slightly bowed and took off his hat revealing a starly that flew up toward the ring. The starly flew at an astonishing speed, becoming a blur in midair.
"Starly use wing-attack on the water pulse!" called Aladdin.
The starly obliterated the aqua-ring into a drizzle that blew up around him. The starly posed in the middle of the drizzle, giving the appearance that he suddenly appeared.
"Wow, that trick is coming together!" said Cyan, clapping her hands lightly." Had I not knew that you owned a starly, I would've never found out what that Pokémon was!"
"Thank you, Cyan," said Aladdin bowing slightly." Anyhow, why are you here?"
"I came here to practice but you guys can keep on practicing." Cyan said, walking onto the stage.
"So how's your new shinx?" asked Aladdin.
"Oh, him" Said Cyan pointing at me," He's here temporarily."
"Have you put him in a pokéball?" Aladdin asked.
"No and I don't plan to… Why?" asked Cyan, suspiciously.
"Oh no, I thought maybe he would take up more space in your small room…" Aladdin said.
"No he doesn't take any space, I mean he's a small Pokémon so it's okay," said Cyan, pulling out a pokéball and started to inspect it.
"Don't you want the shinx?" persuaded Aladdin.
Cyan looked at me with a conflicted look on her face. 'Was she wondering if she should capture me?' I wondered to myself, trying to read her expression.
"Nah," she said," I have no interest in catching Pokémon that don't want to be caught."
"Oh," said Aladdin, his expression softening," Well it's up to you, most trainers catch Pokémon regardless if the Pokémon wants it or not."
Aladdin shrugged and walked away, his shoes making clacking sounds on the stage. I was starting to worry what kind of character Aladdin was, trying to persuade Cyan into capturing me.
Buizel, Cyan, and I spent the rest of the day watching Aladdin practice his part of the circus act from the seats. Till a man wearing an apron entered the building announcing that dinner was ready.
"C'mon let's eat," said Cyan as her stomach slightly growled from hunger, she jumped up and said, "I'll race you there!"
