Chapter Twenty-Five: An Encounter with Mew
"Whoa." Erin said, looking longingly after him. Greenalia and I exchanged a Look.
"Well, we should probably head out too. We can explore the city!!!" Heather said.
"Sounds fun. Let's go!!" Hannah said. We thanked our waitress, thanked her for the meal, paid for it, and then walked out of the restaurant.
"Where should we go?" Hannah asked.
"Let's go this way!" Heather said, pointing to the left.
"Whatever you say." Garrison said, grinning. Heather's eyes widened. She smiled and took off, running to the left. Garrison took off after her.
"Where are they going?" I asked.
"I don't know; let's follow them!!" Erin said. We dashed after them. I felt a soft breeze on my neck. I looked up.
"Guys, LOOK!" I screamed, pointing upwards.
"What?" they asked. But the pokémon I had seen in the sky had gone.
"What'd you see?" Nik asked me. I took my glasses off and rubbed them on my shirt.
"I could've sworn I saw Ho-Oh . . . ." I said.
"What, here?" Heather asked.
"Maybe it was an illusion." Erin said.
"Probably." I said.
"You know, Ash Ketchum saw Ho-Oh when he started his pokémon journey. Maybe you'll be a great Trainer like him!" Nikolai said. I grinned.
"Thanks, Nik." I said.
"Check this out!" Heather said, pointing at the Darkrai Tower.
"We can go up it?" Hannah said, reading the sign.
"How much money does it cost?" Greenalia asked.
"Nothing!" Hannah said triumphantly.
"Wha-nothing?!" Garrison asked.
"Read the sign for yourself." Hannah said.
"She's right. Let's go!" Garrison said. We ran into the tower.
"Whoa!" I said.
"Let's release our favorite pokémon!! They might want to see this!" Erin said.
"Good idea." I said. Nikolai released his Chimchar, Heather released her Treecko, Erin released her Absol, Magic, Hannah released her Chingling, Bell, Garrison released his Piplup and Greenalia released her Ivysaur. I released Thunderbolt.
"Mai maiiii!" Thunderbolt chattered.
"Pip!" Garrison's Piplup said. "Let's go in the elevator!" Heather said.
"Tree!" Heather's Treecko said. We got inside the elevator. "We want to go to the observation deck." Erin said, pressing a button labeled OD.
"Mai!" Thunderbolt said as the elevator went up. I laughed. The doors slid open.
"Tree?" Heather's Treecko said and dashed off.
"Treecko! Get back here!" Heather called, dashing out of the elevator. We all got out of the elevator.
"How come no one's here?" Garrison asked.
"Pip!" Piplup said and clung to Garrison's leg.
"Who cares! We have this whole place to ourselves!" Hannah said.
"Chingling!" Bell said and hopped onto Hannah's shoulder.
"Something makes me feel a little uneasy about this . . .this place should be crowded! This is a TOURIST spot, for Suicune's sake!" I said and picked up Thunderbolt. Then he hopped on my shoulder.
"Can SOMEONE help me?!" Heather asked, still chasing her Treecko.
"Pip!" Piplup said. Treecko turned around.
"Tree!" she said.
"Piplup!" Piplup said, holding out a flipper.
"Treecko!" Treecko said, shaking Piplup's flipper. Piplup puffed out his chest and Treecko fluttered her eyelashes. I laughed.
"Gotcha!" Heather said and pulled Treecko away from Piplup.
"Tree!" Treecko protested. I felt a slight breeze on my face. I walked to the railing.
"Whoa! Guys, look!" I said. Everyone dashed to me.
"Awesome!" Heather said.
"Absol." Magic chattered softly.
"SAUR!" Greenalia's Ivysaur yelled.
"What's wrong, Ivysaur?" Greenalia asked, running to her Ivysaur.
"Ivysaur." Ivysaur said, a mournful look in his eyes.
"Mew!" I heard something say. I whirled around. Standing next to Erin was . . . . .Mew!
"MEW?!" I screamed.
"Mew?" Erin asked.
"Mai!" Thunderbolt said.
"Don't you see it? It's right next to you!" I said. Erin looked straight into Mew's eyes.
"I don't see anything." Erin said.
"DON'T YOU SEE IT?! IT'S RIGHT THERE!!" I said. Mew giggled. It flew away from Erin. Suddenly, I remember all of the dreams I had.
"Leela, are you feeling OK?" I heard Nik say. But his voice sounded distant. Mew's eyes met mine. I tried to pull my gaze away, but I couldn't.
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In Mew's eyes I saw my friends and I standing next to a black-and-purple vortex.
"What's going on?!" I heard Nik scream. Except . . .I didn't actually hear it. Mew was sending thoughts directly into my brain!!!
"I don't know!" the me in Mew's eye screamed. Suddenly, the vortex swallowed us all up! The image in Mew's eyes disappeared.
"Mew!" Mew said. The world spun. And then everything went black.