Two chapters in one day. While the previous chapter says I updated Saturday, it was 2 am Sunday morning where I am at.
I have hit over 1,000 views with this story. My other story, Another Heatwave, with 16 updates, including a Halloween special, only has 1,044 views. This story with 10 updates has 1,420 views, and growing constantly. I consider this my most popular story and thus it inspires me to keep going. Thank you.
I just realized I wanted Eric to start off as a rival for Cole, but I think the path he is own is doing well too. Oh wells...
It is Pokemon Week on my account. For the rest of the week, get updates on my two Pokemon stories!
Also question for my lovely readers, have you ever tried Pixi Stix on broccoli?
Destiny found a back entrance to the school only used by staff. It was strangely unlocked, but Destiny was thankful. The young girl slipped in and hid in a nearby closet. She didn't want to get caught; a ten year old sneaking into a high school, it would have looked strange. She didn't want to be kicked out before meeting this "monster".
She pulled out her cellphone and flipped it open. A basic pink phone with only the ability to make calls and send and get texts. She started a text to Aidan.
She had mentioned she was going to look for the Pokemon, wanting to see if it was actually a person like her and Aidan. Destiny had invited Aidan, but he refused. He was too afraid of getting caught, so much Destiny could imagine him transforming just thinking about it.
'So if this is a real monster, what do I do?' it read.
She giggled, thinking of how annoyed Aidan probably was. That boy was always thinking rationally, though he was kind of stiff when it came to Destiny's jokes. Destiny figured he was intimidated by the general idea of jokes.
'It won't be a monster. As soon as you see the Pokemon, text me,' Aidan had responded with.
Destiny giggled some more.
"What a weird nugget," she said.
She sat down on the cold cement floor of the closet and waited until a later hour when all the teachers were gone.
"I must be in the basement," figured Destiny.
She was sitting on cement, which really wasn't common for a regular closet. It was probably a rarely used janitor's closet in the basement. Rarely used because Destiny could see the layers of dust that had collected on everything.
"This is boring," she said, pouting.
Looking at her phone, she saw that only a couple minutes had passed.
"Gosh!" sighed Destiny.
Buzz!
Destiny jolted up as her cellphone laying in her pocket vibrated. She had fallen asleep waiting, and probably would have continued if the phone didn't wake her up.
She took the pink phone and looked at the screen. A text message from Aidan.
'Anything yet?' he had asked.
Destiny checked the time. 7 pm!
She had fallen asleep for a couple hours; not something she should be doing in an important situation like this.
With a quick check to make sure no one was outside the door, she opened it slowly and began to explore the school.
'Not yet,' Destiny texted back as she searched room after room, floor after floor.
"How many floors does this school have?" thought Destiny.
It had four, including a basement, but to Destiny it felt like 10 to 20. The stairs never seemed to end. She was tired, after waking up so abruptly, and she was bored by not finding anything.
"Stop! Gain some focus!" snapped Destiny at herself in her mind.
She didn't have the best attention span, as was obvious, but she did try.
"Hey, stop!" shouted a voice.
Destiny froze. Had she been caught? Turning around, she saw a flashlight shining, but it wasn't at her. No, the light stopped on a mutated, yet feminine silhouette a little before Destiny.
The young girl was able to get into a room and watch from a cracked door.
The owner of the voice was a fat security guard. Destiny didn't know they had security; except with claims as a person, or really Pokemon-Human hybrid, roaming the halls spreading, the school probably took precautions. The flashlight he held wasn't very bright, as the batteries were starting to go. The light was faded, so the details of the figure weren't well illuminated. The figure saw the fat guard trying to run to catch up with her, so she darted.
"Craaaaap!" whined Destiny in her head. "Stupid guard! You made me miss her!"
Destiny silently closed the door and locked it, as for the guard not to open it randomly and see her in there. She fell to the floor to sit in a cross-legged position. She began to pout.
"I am giving up!" she thought. "I won't be able to find her with the guard out there. What if I get caught? This is too hard."
The girl ran through complaints in her head. As the anxiety began to rise, tears began to fall.
"I can't do this," she said allowed.
Soon, instead of simple tears, there were streams falling from her eyes. She was bawling.
Problem with Destiny was she was and emotional pre-teen. If something, even the little thing, could be somewhat sad to another person, it was completely depressing to Destiny.
"I ne-need to stahp," she said, slurring her words while crying. "Or I mi-might..."
Before she could finish the sentence, she transformed. The once small 10 year old was now a Magikarp, flopping around on the floor. She was still crying, flopping in her tears.
"Poor girl," said a voice.
Destiny sniffled and looked up with her big, Magikarp eyes. A figure stood above her, but it was anything but intimidating. It had a motherly feel to it.
The light from the night outside shined through the windows, revealing the figure. It was a pretty girl with grey eyes really shining. But there was something different about her from a regular human. She had a round body; egg-shaped. Destiny wouldn't call her fat, but defiantly round. Her hair seemed to have been replaced by six pink, dreadlock-like, strands, three on each side of her head. Her shirt wasn't able to cover her stomach, so Destiny was able to see a large, white egg in a pouch attached to her stomach.
This site probably would have terrified anyone else, but Destiny wasn't phased. She probably didn't look cute when she transformed only partially.
Yet even so, Destiny continued to cry.
"Don't cry," said the girl.
She picked Destiny up and cradled her. Destiny, starting to calm down, looked at the girl. Her partial transformation didn't affect her face, so it wasn't as scary as you would think.
Destiny felt herself becoming calmer and squirmed out of the girl's arms. She transformed back to her normal self as soon as she hit the floor.
"Ouch," said Destiny as she hit the floor with her knees.
Trying not to cry, she let a forced laugh out. She stood up and brushed her jeans off.
"So your like me!" stated Destiny suddenly.
Thrown off by the random declaration, the girl took a step back. Destiny saw this and was ready to chase her if she ran. She wasn't going to lose sight of another person like her and Aidan.
"I guess," whispered the girl.
Destiny had the lean in to her the girl, she was so quiet. Destiny shrugged. She was used to scaredy-cat Aidan, so she was fine with a timid girl.
"What's your name? Mine's Destiny!" greeted the young girl.
Destiny was anything but shy. She stuck out her hand, awaiting a handshake and a greeting.
"Ariana," whispered the girl in reply.
Ariana shook Destiny's hand.
Destiny was able to tell Ariana was a bit stressed and anxious, though hoped it was lower. Though not knowing her trigger, she figured she had to be calming down when she saw Ariana's hair return to its natural caramel-brown waviness and her figure started to come back, but the egg was still there.
"You were in front of the school," stated Ariana in a slightly hush voice. "So you were gathering information to find out more about someone who sounded like you."
Destiny was happy that Ariana was someone who could gather information like that. Destiny would have probably had problems explaining it to Ariana, as Destiny was not exactly the most understandably person.
"Oh yeah!" Destiny almost shouted.
She had just remembered something.
"Wha-what?!" Ariana asked, completely startled.
"Do you have a phone with a camera?" asked Destiny.
Ariana took a big breath. She was thankful it was anything stressful. She pulled out her smartphone and handed it to Destiny. Destiny in turn startled fiddling with it and soon tackled Ariana.
"Say cheese!" she cheered.
With an arm wrapped around Ariana, Destiny aimed the camera at their faces, capturing the awkward picture on the phone.
"I have a friend who is like us, but couldn't come help me look. I need to show him he was right; that you are human," Destiny explained in one short breath.
Ariana slowly nodded, trying to make sense of what Destiny was saying. She said it quite fast, but Ariana figured it out. She was actually kind of happy; there were people out there like her. A small smile crept across her face. Destiny had distracted her so much, her stress seemed to disappear.
"Oh, I meant to ask. How did you get in here?" asked Destiny as she handed Ariana back her phone.
Destiny knew she didn't let Ariana in here when she bolted from the security guard and she didn't leave the door unlocked.
"I know this school, just like my own school," said Ariana. "I do sneak around her, and I don't want to get caught, so I need to know all of the secrets of the building."
"Why not do this at your own school?" asked Destiny.
Ariana shrugged.
"It is easier here because it is bigger," said Ariana.
"Well, if you ever need to transform, you can come over to my place or Aidan's. We can help you!" cheered Destiny.
Aidan must be Destiny's friend, Ariana figured.
"Now, do you know how to get out of this school without getting caught by Mr. Chubby-Chubberson?" asked Destiny.
Ariana chuckled and nodded. She led the way out of the building, Destiny sticking close behind.
There is chapter 10! I hope you enjoyed.
I wanted to get a partical transformation that wasn't the most prettiest. I think Ariana got it. While Chansey is cute and Ariana is a pretty character, I thought that combining them still could look kind of scary. I have ideas for that egg later in one of my specials planned... *insert an evil laugh here*
Like I previously stated, this week, for me at least, is Pokemon week. I will be publishing chapters of this story and On the Wings of a Taillow.
I originally had a schedule that planned when I updated, but I thought it was random, so I fixed it. Hey, we got Pokemon Week out of it! Yeah!
I typed this chapter with a bum finger. I damaged my finger last night and could barely bend it, so I couldn't sleep (painful) or really anything. The swelling has gone down, but it is still a pain to bend. But I got this chapter done.