Chapter 8
—-.-—-.-—-.-—-.-—-.-—After Events Of Previous Chapter… Dawn's POV
Lollipop Lollipop
Oh Lolli Lolli Lolli
Lollipop Lollipop
Doo Dee Doo Dee Doo Dee
La Di Da, La Di Daaaaa
Lolli Lolli Lolli
La Di Da, La Di Da
Doooooo Deee Dooooooo Deee POP
Dum Dee Dum, Dum Dee Dum
Dum Dum Dum Dum Dee Dum
Lah Li Pop, Lah Li Pop
Daaaaaaaaaaaa!
I love impromptu in-head singing! Even though it never makes sense!
Oh, come on, I can't be the only person to do this in my head!
Ugh.
My feelings can be summed up in three simple words: I. Am. Bored.
Like that depressed, sickly, lonely, nasty bored feeling.
I feel terrible; I have nothing to do, as my homework is complete. May, Misty and I are just lying on the former's beanbags, listening to old... old-time songs. For once, we don't have any tests or projects or anything to keep us busy.
And I abhor it.
Yeah, yeah, I should be happy to have free time with my friends, minus Leaf, especially in junior year, et cetera, but frankly, I need something to keep my mind running.
I mean, the only fun thing I have done in the past couple of days is stalk Paul.
I mean, make sure he isn't in any danger. Or doing anything illegal. Because, you know, he tried to choke me for a key.
Wait.
That's it!
I need to follow Paul again and be un-bored! Well, stop being bored.
Even my grammar is affected by my extreme boredom.
Ugh. Well, here goes nothing.
"Guys?" I ask tentatively. Two heads turn to me. Oh, well, no turning back now. "Are you up for some more Paul-following?"
—-.-—-.-—-.-—-.-—-.-—An Hour Later… Dawn's POV
"How exactly are we knowing where Paul went last time? We used a cab last time to go back home, and we followed Paul to get to his place -slash- mansion thingie," May whispers to me.
"Well, if you've forgotten, I had my PokéTech with me, and I have the Tracker App so I can find out where we've gone. How exactly do you think I've lead you guys on for half an hour now?" I tell her in my normal voice.
"I thought you were using your memory!" May shoots back.
"Guys, why are we doing this again?" Misty fidgets a bit. She's seemed more twitchy nowadays.
"To escape our extreme boredom!" I exclaim, throwing my arms up for emphasis.
"Please, guys, can we do something else?" Misty begs.
"No!" May and I yell back.
"You don't understand! You aren't allowed to do this!" Misty yells back. Both of us are taken aback; Misty only yells at us, her best friends, when she is mad at us.
"Why not?" May asks.
"Because it's weird and illegal and crazy and just insane to follow Paul and trespass on his land!" Misty retorts.
"Whatever, Misty, it's not like we have anything better to do!" I smile at her. "Anyways, we're almost here!"
I finally lead our little crew around the corner to Paul's mansion. I felt my eyes widen at just looking at the whole building; it looked just like a palace where a king or queen would reside.
"Well, what now?"
Good question, May. Good question.
—-.-—-.-—-.-—-.-—-.-—Half An Hour Later… May's POV
Why exactly was I doing this, again?
Oh, right because we were dying of boredom.
Well, now I regret coming here. Dawn's plan will certainly get us killed. Or at least get us in deep trouble.
I crouch lower onto my squishy seat in my bush at the back of the golden mansion, noticing that a guard was marching towards where I was, with the intent of replacing his colleague from her shift. Shifting my eyes to where Dawn is located, on top of an Oran tree further away, I notice her give me a thumbs-up. Well, I only see her thumb - Dawn's entire body is behind the tree's leaves. I groan slightly inwardly. I'm definitely going to die.
Dawn lets out a shrill scream from behind the tree. All the guards look towards the source of the noise, including the one approaching me. Rocking back onto my heels, I crawl out of the bush and brush myself to the best off my abilities. I turn around so I am facing the bush - ooh, look at that Flabébe! - and also stare at the tree. The leaves shake a bit, growing further and further away. Well, at least Dawn won't die - I see a flash of her cerulean hair in the bush. She had released her Piplup to act as a decoy.
The guards fall for it. One tall, intimidating man shouts "Guard three!" The guard closest to the tree pulls out a small handgun and scrambles over the fence, landing softly and quietly. I make a fervent wish to Cresselia that Piplup would be okay. Unfortunately, I am now in plain view and much easier to injure.
I stand up and smile brilliantly to the guard. He scowls at me and continues to my bush.
"What are you looking at?" he snarls.
"I thought I saw something shining here, but there doesn't seem to be anything," I reply.
"Then get a move on! It's my turn here. Shoo little girl, you are on break."
I drop my smile and make sure to keep my head down as I push past him to the door he just came out of. I hope he does not try to look inside the bush.
Did I mention that I knocked out the previous guard posted at the bush using my awesome karate moves? Or that I stole her clothes, stuffed her in there and sat on her? I might have also neglected to mention that I am now, in a sense, a guard at this wonderful place, all because Dawn wants to stalk some guy.
Remind me to kill her. Poor Misty, I wonder how she's holding up.
—-.-—-.-—-.-—-.-—-.-—Same time… Misty's POV
Stupid Dawn, stupid Dawn, why did she have to find the key?!
I am dead.
Or I will die very soon.
How am I supposed to explain this?!
I loop around the base to Dawn at her Mago berry bush. I tap her on the shoulder, causing her to spin around and grab my neck. Strangling isn't quite the best method to kill someone, I think, holding back my reflexes. She sees my face, then relaxes.
"Sorry, I thought you were that guard!" she whisper-screams.
"Sure, I'm totally a guy." I raise one of my eyebrows.
"No - I didn't mean it that way!" Dawn blushes a bit but realizes I am teasing and grins. "I guess my nerves are a bit frayed from waiting for May to get those darn uniforms! What if she gets caught?"
"Then you'll be blamed, her parent will hate you, as will her brother." Dawn blanches as I speak.
"What will happen to her, though?"
"I guess we'll see!" I smirk at Dawn.
At that moment, the back gate clangs shut. Both Dawn and I whip our heads around and give a huge sigh of relief at seeing May leave safe and sound, holding a bag where our "new" uniforms probably are.
Time for Part 2 of the plan.
Hi!
I am really sorry for this late post! This chapter itself is also really, short and only serves as a sort of build-up for the next one. It's like a filler, but important stuff happens :) I sort of don't like the first section of the chapter but it was the only way I could think of writing it; also, the writing itself feels forced. Anyways, I hope you all aren't too disappointed. The next chapter will be a lot better as it is more action-packed, which I like writing more.
I have also realized that... well, I don't do romance and I can't write it well, so please don't expect much of it yet! I'll find a way to add it in, maybe by getting one of my friends to write it for me. I just wanted you all to know that.
Anyways, please enjoy this chapter!
Ugh, I hate finals. They are a very evil concept :(
-SosoAndGlaceon21