Zach's Adventure
A/N: Merry Christmas! Have a happy holiday, warm up by your computer and read this Christmas-y chapter of Zach's Adventure! Enjoy.
Pure Gamer: Thanks and I wish you a very merry Christmas.
Disclaimer: Ho ho ho! I no own Pokémon!
I woke up early, for no particular reason, and checked the calendar, December 24. I went to the poke center's cafeteria, after getting dressed of course. They were serving pancakes with syrup, a nice way to start off the day, I thought. I would've used this time to try and get my thoughts straight, but again almost as if on cue, Connor slammed his hands on the table, ah how nostalgic. I opened my eyes and saw Connor and David already sitting at my table, a huge smile on Connor's face and a slight grin on David's. Connor was wearing a light green sweater with jeans, and David was wearing the same but his sweater was gray. I narrowed my eyes "what was that for!" I yelled. "We felt like it" David replied, I would've countered but something covered my eyes "Guess who?" a voice said.
I immediately recognized it, ah good, yesterday wasn't a dream. "Hmm, is it Sabrina?" this resulted in bonk on my head and a hit to my arm, I realized the person who hit my arm was David. "No, try again!" the voice said.
"Misty?" This time all 3 of them hit me. "Yeah Right!" they all responded "come on you know this! Stop playing around!" the voice says. "But isn't Christmas all about playing around?" I responded. "Well, yes, but not now!"The voice said. "Oh, alright…is it Savannah?" I jokingly questioned. "Ding ding! We have a winner!" she says. She finally takes her hands off my eyes and I turn around to face her, she was also wearing a sweater, violet, and jeans. I feel left out! How did they all decide to wear the same thing! "Hey Zach, would you mind introducing us?" Connor says, bringing me back down to earth. "Oh yeah, Connor, and David this is Savannah; Savannah this is Connor and David" I explain, gesturing to each person as I said their names. "Nice to meet you, both" she says holding out her hand "HI!" Connor said shaking her hand vigorously. "Hey…" David said; he was obviously jealous that I got a…girl who's a friend before me. "I feel left out; everybody's wearing a sweater but me!" I say, pretending to pout. "Well then I guess it's a good thing we got you this!" Savannah says holding up a dark blue sweater and handing it to me. "Heh, just what I always wanted" I sarcastically exclaim. I went back to my room and changed into the sweater, and then walked back to the lobby, everybody else had shifted from the cafeteria to the lobby. I sat down at the table and grabbed a cup of hot chocolate. "So what are everybody's plans for today?" I ask feeling like the leader of the group. "Buying presents of course" David replies. "I mean after that" I counter. Everybody got into a thinking position. "Hmm" we all say in unison, then taking a sip of our cups. "Well I guess we'll meet after we buy the presents" I say getting up, "To the mall!" I say running out of the building the others following in pursuit (yet another unintentional Pokémon pun)
Time Skip, 15 minutes
"Split up! We'll meet back here in 2 hours!" I yell to my teammates, we went off in different directions. We had arrived at the mall, which was quite big despite the city being so historical. I had to stop though, what was I going to buy? I walked aimlessly until I heard it; I had stopped in front of a CD shop and got the perfect idea. I rushed in and bought the CD and rushed back out, it was good but I still needed to get something else for her, oh and the other guys too.
Time Skip, 20 minutes
I picked up Connor's and David's gifts but I was still searching for something for Savannah. I mean what are you supposed to get for a girl you haven't seen in about 8 years… no wait what do you get for a girl, period! I sat down on a bench and thought about it, if you haven't met a girl in a while you get her something she liked before… oh this is just too simple! I (probably) knew Savannah better than anyone! Knowing her, I knew just what to get. I didn't need to buy something; I already had it with me. I began to walk back to the… what's the name of the center of a mall? (I seriously don't know)…anyways, I walked back to find David already waiting.
"Well that was quick" I jokingly commented. "Yup, and you're here too so I guess we're the same" he noted. "Well, what should we do while we wait?" I questioned. "Pokémon battle" we both said.
1 hour and 40 min. later
David and I walked back in to the mall; I lost the battle, mostly because I only have 5 Pokémon. We walked back in just in time to find Savannah and Connor waiting for us, and boy did they look mad! Upon seeing this David and I turned around and ran. But, it was too late, they spotted us, Savannah ran and hit me in my back, it hurt but I was glad not be David right now, he got flying drop kicked by Connor. We fell to the floor, Savannah landed on me and kept me from getting up, it was embarrassing enough to be beat up by a girl, but to be pinned down and trapped! (Sorry to all my female readers I'm not trying to be mean) she leaned in close and said "you can't even stay put for a minute can you!" she exclaimed. "No" I replied "and that's why I'm terrible at hide and seek…" I said in a fake sad tone. She groaned and got off me. "Sorry…" this time I was truly remorseful. "I'll make up for it if I like your gift for me!" she muttered. I was sure she would, but I wasn't gonna say that out loud. "Alright, now that we've got our gifts where are we gonna put them?" Connor questioned, he was right the poke center doesn't have one big tree for everyone. "I guess we'll split up and buy a tree" I explained. "Alright but, how are we gonna choose the groups?" inquired Savannah. "Well we can't let Savannah and Zach go and we can't let me and Zach go, and I'm pretty sure Zach would be mad at me if I went with Savannah, same if Connor went with her" explained David; he was completely right, as usual. "So that leaves Zach and Connor, and David and Connor or only one person could go" I added to the explanation. "I'll go with Zach!" Connor said happily, we were pretty good friends "no objections here!" I said trying to match his happiness, then we high fived and ran to the direction of the tree selling place.
40 min. later
"Any ideas?" I asked my accomplice. "No, not really" he replied. We had picked out an average sized tree; problem is it was too heavy! No even our combined strength could carry it. "I have an idea" I said pulling a pokeball off my belt. I threw it into the air, and Rex appeared, at first he was a little disappointed it wasn't a battle, but he perked up when I told him it was a way to test his strength. He easily picked up the tree, or at least one half of it, turns out teamwork would be needed to hold up the other half. "Connor, do you have a Pokémon that can hold up the other half?" I questioned, still watching Rex trying to pick up the tree. "As a matter of fact, I do" He said pulling out a pokeball, then proceeded to throw it into the air, a Nidoking appeared. That'll work, I thought, Nidoking lifted up the other half of the tree, when Rex turned around to see what happened, Nidoking gave him a thumbs up, to which Rex also did. Together they managed to carry it all the way to the poke center, we told them to wait and we would be back.
Connor and I went in and met up with Savannah and David, they were just sitting down and chatting, "Hey girls!" I interrupted, David was obviously annoyed at the fact I called him a girl. Connor and I sat down and we discussed who's room the tree would go in, and, because I'm sort of the leader of the group, we decided I would have the tree in my room. We had Rex and King (the Nidoking) bring it up to the apartment and lay it down on the floor, oh yeah I almost forgot, because my old suite was too tiny, so I got a much bigger one. It's big enough to hold at least 12 people and 7 Pokémon! Anyways, once it was standing again, we decorated it with ornaments and other things from home.
Time Skip 10 minutes
It was getting late, we nearly finished decorating the tree, and all that was left was the star. It was too high for a human to reach and we didn't have a ladder on hand, so we decided to let a flying type do it, unfortunately, none of us have any flying types, so, we decided to let anything that could reach the top put the star on. "Alright, Franky, put the star on the tree" I say, "alright, whatever" he says grabbing the star, he levitates up to the top and places it on the tree. "And with that it's complete" I say smiling, "Beautiful" Savannah says absentmindedly, "Yeah" Connor says slowly nodding his head. "Alright, let's go to bed" I say rubbing my eyes. They all nod in agreement, I start walking toward the bedroom, only to finally realize something, there are 4 bedroom doors, I spin around "Don't tell me!" I say with an almost frightful expression, they all smile, evilly, and nod again. I smacked my forehead, "oh, whatever; goodnight" I say sleepily. I went through my night preparations and lie down in bed, right before I drift to sleep I faintly hear a Delibird.
The Next Morning, December 25
I slept in a half-sleeping state; I heard the door to my bedroom open but I payed no attention to it, about 2 seconds later my bed starts bouncing, I groan and open my eyes. "Hey Zach, its Christmas Morning!" It was Savannah. "Stop bouncing you're making me sick" I groan. "Oops, sorry Zach" she says scratching the back of her head. "It's ok, but in the future, when you're trying to wake me up, just… be a little gentler" I say sitting up. "Yeah… Anyways, come on! It's time for presents!" she says dragging me to the main room. It was Christmas so everybody was still in their PJs. The tree was flashing several colors at once and the star was positively shining! Connor and David were already there drinking egg nog. I was smiling until I realized something "Hey wait a second, that's my egg nog!" I exclaim in fury, "is not! David bought it when we split up!" Connor explains. "Oh, that makes sense" I say nodding my head. "Moving on, let's open the presents!" Savannah exclaims as she rushes to the tree. I walk over casually and grab a glass of egg nog. "Ok, the first present goes to… Connor, it's from Zach!" Savannah explains handing over the present. Connor tears it shreds without a second thought. He opens the box and pulls out 2 things, a jersey and a hat, he looks up at me "Zapdos Thunderers! How'd you get these, I thought they were sold out!" he exclaims. "Eh, I know some people" I say shrugging my shoulders.
Time Skip, 25 minutes
We've gone through most of the gifts, except, for some reason the gifts I got for Savannah and the gift(s) she got me haven't been found yet. David got up from his seat "where ya going?" I asked tilting my head to the side. "I've got my presents so I'm leaving" he responded coolly. "But, its Christmas" Savannah said in a sad tune. "Yeah, and I've got other people I need to visit" he said putting on his backpack. I gave him a mischievous look "I see" I say giving extra emphasis on see. "What about you Connor?" Savannah asks, her voice wavering a little. "Oh yeah, my soccer team is hosting a Christmas party!" Connor said rushing to his room to gather his stuff. A single tear fell down Savannah's face, I decided to wrap one of my arms around her and pet her head, "Don't worry I won't leave you…again" I whisper into her ear, the again was barely audible. We heard the door open and close, but that didn't matter, we just wanted to enjoy each other's company. Them leaving was a big help to my plan, it would cheer her up and I really didn't want to do this with them here when I did it. "Hey Savannah, there's still some presents to open" I say to her. "Hmm, I guess you're right" she says looking toward the tree. I grab my first present for her "Here you go, this one is for you" I say in a calm, mellow voice. The box wasn't too big; it looked like a box that would hold a necklace.
She slowly opened the box, but she instantly froze when she saw what it was, she looked at me, tears welling up in her eyes. "You remembered" she quietly said embracing me in a tight hug. "Of course, how could I forget, it was something important about you" I said calmly. The box held a simple silver necklace chain, the important thing? Instead of a gem (Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, etc.) it had a Squirtle pendant, Savannah's favorite Pokémon. We stayed in that hug for a few more seconds then we (reluctantly) pulled apart. She grabbed another present from underneath the tree; it looked just like the way I wrapped mine. "No way" I said, opening the box, inside was a necklace resembling the one I gave Savannah except instead of a Squirtle it was a Charmander. She giggled and said "great minds think alike" Heh, how true. "Yeah, but I've still got a trick up my sleeve!" I say digging out for the last present and handing it to her. She didn't hesitate to open it, "a CD?" she said tilting her head. "Yup, but that's not the present!" I said taking out a stereo and asked her to hand it over, to which she obliged. "Tonight, on the specialist of nights, Christmas, I would like to say, Savannah no matter what you get me for Christmas, nothing can compare to you; Because all I want for Christmas is you!" the song starts playing.
I don't want a lot for Christmas I don't want a lot for Christmas I won't ask for much this Christmas Oh I don't want a lot for Christmas All I want for Christmas is you... baby (repeat and fade)
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is...
You
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
You baby
I don't even wish for snow
I'm just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeers click
'Cause I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do
Baby all I want for Christmas is you
Ooh baby
All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's
Laughter fills the air
And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me the one I really need
Won't you please bring my baby to me...
This is all I'm asking for
I just want to see my baby
Standing right outside my door
Oh I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is...
You
The song came to an end and I gasped for breath, that song was longer than I thought. It was worth it though, as Savannah ran up to me and embraced me in another tight hug, squeezing the little air I did get into my lungs back out. As well as getting her tears onto my best pair of PJs. But, none of that mattered, it was still worth it. We stayed like that for a little bit longer till she pulled away just enough to face me. "Guess what? I've still got a trick up my sleeve too!" she calmly exclaimed, I knew what it was and just smiled and took it in.
We kissed; our first kiss I thought. We stayed embraced for quite a while, but when we broke I said "Neither of our gifts are better than each other" I said in a mellow tone.
This was the best Christmas ever.
A/N: First off, Credit to the person who wrote 'All I want for Christmas is you'. Secondly, like I said at the beginning have a Merry Christmas! Thirdly, I've Decided to make a New Year's resolution right now, it's that I'll try to make all my chapters from now on at least close to this length. Fourthly, By Far This Is The Biggest Chapter So Far! No doubt about that. Well That's all see ya next…year.