ML54: Welp, new day! New chapter!
Tyson: You're chipper?
ML54: I know! I don't even know why! I just am!
Cody: Cool! Well, as always, ML54 doesn't own pokémon!
Memories
Gracie groaned and she stumbled to her feet. Her head spinning once she did so. Ow! Where am I?
She grunted and cracked her eyes open to take stock of her surroundings. Once she did, though, her eyes snapped open fully.
She appeared to be in some kind of village, the sun hanging above to show the vibrant colours of the area. There was a kecleon standing behind a counter, ready to serve any potential customer. There also appeared to be a blue and grey dinosaur like pokémon, staring at a grey pokémon surrounded by white scarves. Both pokémon manning their own stores.
"Okay…This is a weird nightmare," Gracie mumbled to herself, smiling slightly. "Not unpleasant though."
She looked around, trying to find Tyson, Cody, Pepper or Mew. Unfortunately, she was on her own.
Gracie sighed, reaching for the wonder bag. When she couldn't find it, she looked down and noticed it wasn't there. Hey! Where's-
You didn't think you'd be able to bring your items with you, did you?
Gracie jumped when she heard that, looking around herself to find the voice.
It's me, numb-nuts. Darkrai? The guy who put you here? The voice snarked. Anyway, I'm having a little bit of trouble connecting all your minds. So, I'm not entirely sure where you are.
Oh… Gracie thought, rubbing the back of her head, sheepishly. I didn't think this was very scary…
Just hold tight and I should get this sorted out, Darkrai said, before going silent.
Gracie sighed, folding her arms grumpily. "Jerk…"
She turned around to get another look and saw a pathway that was leading away from the town and towards a much more colourful area.
Her eyes sparkled as she hopped toward it.
After a short amount of hopping, she found herself near a large wooden house with vines surrounding it. There was two windows and a door, which were currently closed. She also noticed a couple of pokémon outside the house, in the middle of a conversation.
One was a squirrel like pokémon with a black cape and white body. The other was a yellow, land snake pokémon with a pointed tail. She hopped towards the two, waving. "Um...H-hello there! Is this y-your house?"
The two ignored her as they talked amongst themselves. "You think Tali will want to go out on an adventure, today?" The squirrel asked, looking concerned.
"I doubt it," The snake replied, looking sad. "She hasn't been the same since Joey left."
Gracie looked confused, bouncing towards them. "Um…excuse me? H-hello?"
The squirrel nodded, grunting. "How long has he been gone this time, anyway?" He asked.
The snake shook his head, looking confused. "You mean you haven't heard?"
"Heard?" The squirrel asked, again. Now looking a lot more concerned. "Heard what?"
Gracie, having had enough of being ignored, reached out to pat the squirrel on the shoulder. "Hey-" She started, before her paw phased through the pokémon's shoulder.
She recoiled, looking at her paw in disbelief. What the?! How'd that...?!
She tried to pat the squirrel's shoulder again. However, her paw kept going straight through him.
The two were undeterred as she did this, continuing to talk. "Well, Joey's left for good. He's gone back to the human world." The snake said.
The squirrel recoiled. "What?!" He cried out, gaining Gracie's attention. "Why would he do that?! I thought he loved Tali!"
"Not so loud, Emolga," The other pokémon said, before shaking his head. "And I don't know. He just left a note and that was it. Just said that he had important stuff to do and couldn't come back."
"But…But…" Emolga stumbled, his eyes misting up. "…What about Tyson?"
Gracie's eyes snapped open at the mention of her friend's name, listening carefully. The snake, once again, shaking his head.
"I don't know…But I know we'll be here for them. Keldeo, Virizion, Umbreon and Espeon too!" The pokémon said, before nodding towards the gate before the house. "Now c'mon, let's go earn some money for Paradise!"
Emolga blinked, before grinning and following. "Right there with ya, Dunsparce!"
As the two left, Gracie stared after them in disbelief. A human…Leaving someone he loves and…Tyson…
She quickly hopped into the house, assuming that she'd be able to phase through the wall of the house. Wanting to see what was happening for herself.
Luckily for her, she could get through and what she saw broke her heart.
There was a small, yellow pokémon hugging a much larger, orange one. Both looking absolutely miserable. They had dried up tear stains on their faces and were sitting in a large nest, which seemed big enough to fit another pokémon on.
"Tyson…" Gracie whispered, gripping her chest with her paw. Her own eyes misting up at the scene. She had no idea that his father had left him and his mother. But, when she thought about it, his eyes usually hardened a little when he mentioned his dad in passing.
She suddenly yelped as she was pulled back through the house. She started looking around to see who it was.
And she found a fairly angry looking pikachu.
"What are you doing here, Fluff-Butt?!" He demanded, folding his arms and glaring at her.
Gracie jumped at the look and rubbed one of her arms with the other. "Um...I-I'm sorry…I uh…I just…"
"You just what?" He growled, causing her to jump again. "You thought you'd go snooping around my memories?"
"I…I didn't know they were your memories…" Gracie mumbled, kicking the ground, bashfully. "If I did, I wouldn't…"
Tyson glared at her harder, nodding his head towards a swirling, blue and green portal just behind him. "Darkrai sorted out the link, Nosey. Let's go," He said, turning to lead her away.
She flinched, reaching out to put a paw on his shoulder. "Tyson-"
"I said let's go!" Tyson shouted, angrily, turning to point towards the portal. Gracie flinched back, her eyes widening in fear.
"I-I'm sorry! I didn't-" She stumbled, suddenly very scared of him.
Tyson grunted, before turning to leave. "Fine, you wanna continue invading my privacy, go ahead! You might as well."
"I didn't mean to! I'm sorry!" Gracie stated, starting to cry.
Tyson glared at her a little more, before spotting the tears and calming down. "Just…Can we just leave? I…I don't like remembering this…" He said, sighing miserably.
Gracie sniffed, nodding. "Okay…" She mumbled, walking by him with her head held down. Her ears flopping forward with her. Feeling very ashamed of herself right now.
Tyson noticed this and sighed, clenching one of his fists in frustration. Okay, why'd you blow up at her like that, you idiot?! You were going to tell her this eventually! What does it matter if she finds out now?!
He then shook his head, ignoring the heart wrenching cry coming from the house. No, I was never going to tell her this! As far as I'm aware, I have no father! And not some dead-beat one like him!
He sighed once more, going to punch the house…The punch, however, just phased through it and back around, causing him to fall on the ground.
He grunted as he looked up and noticed a picture on the ground in front of him.
It was a fairly good painting of him and his mother, however there was a third pokémon in the picture. A large, blue pokémon with a huge, white moustache and a large, shell like helmet. He, as a pichu, was sat on the blue pokémon's shoulder, his mother was beaming and nuzzling into the blue pokémon's chin. The blue pokémon was smiling, proudly, his arm wrapped around the raichu.
He tried to grab the picture to tear it up but couldn't grab it. It just being a memory. He's just a dead-beat, filthy human monster! Just used my mom and left her when convenient! Why am I…?!
He felt his tears welling up again and slammed his fist into the ground. "He's not worth it!"
He growled as he kicked at the picture…it didn't do anything, but it made him feel better. "He's not worth it…" He sighed, before walking into the portal.
Gracie looked around the new area, finding nothing but pitch blackness around her. Trying to figure out where everyone else was.
When she didn't find anyone, she sighed and sat on the ground. She felt herself tearing up and she covered her face with her paws and started crying.
Oh…Tyson…I'm sorry… She thought to herself, miserably. Her ears flopping behind her, not having it in her to keep them standing.
Tyson walked just behind her and flinched at how upset she was. He felt his heart ache a little at seeing it too, but he elected to ignore that and went to sit next to her.
Gracie noticed that and shuffled away from him. He flinched again. "I'm uh…I'm sorry, Gracie…" Tyson said, rubbing the back of his neck, awkwardly. "I uh…I overreacted and uh…"
Gracie sniffed, pulling her fluff up to cover her face. Both to dry her tears and to hide herself from him. Tyson sighed, gently placing a paw on her shoulder.
"I'm not mad at you, okay?" He said, before pausing. "Okay, maybe I'm a little mad at you. But, I know it's not your fault…It's Darkrai's but let's not split hairs here."
Gracie still didn't meet his eye, staying behind her fluff as if he would disappear if she hid long enough. Tyson sighed again, feeling like a dirtbag.
"Gracie…Please look at me?" He asked, placing one of his paws over hers. Starting to gently lower her paw that was holding up her fluff to reveal her face.
Tyson cringed when he noted how wet her face was. Her tears stained her fur, causing big splotches of her brown fur to be matted down. And her eyes were still watery and leaking.
He sighed, sadly, and placed a paw on her cheek, using his thumb to wipe away some of the fresher tears. "I'm sorry, Gracie. I really am."
"No, I'm sorry…" She mumbled, looking down at her lap. "I didn't mean to snoop around in your-"
"You had no way of knowing they were my memories," Tyson stated, placing his other paw on her other cheek, gently lifting her face to look her in the eye. "It's not like I've…ever told you about my past. Cindy not-withstanding."
Gracie sniffed, not entirely sure what to do with her paws…before she threw caution to wind and wrapped her arms around his shoulders to bring him into a hug. "I'm so sorry, Tyson! I had no idea about your father…! I'm so sorry!"
Tyson stiffened at the mention of his father for a little bit. Before sighing and hugging back, noting how soft her fur felt. Most likely a result of the hot spring bath earlier.
"It's okay. It's in the past now," Tyson reassured her, rubbing her back softly. He was stunned, to be honest. He thought that she was upset with him for yelling at her. And yet it turns out she was upset for him.
His heart felt really warm all of sudden. His own eyes watering a little. "If it's okay, Fluff-Butt…I think I…want to talk about it later…? Like…much later."
"Okay…" Her fragile voice spoke up and she pulled back to look him in the eye, giving him a warm smile. "I'm uh…also sorry for prying…"
Tyson blinked as he looked at her, almost as if seeing her for the first time. Her big, shining black eyes complimented by her cream eyebrows. Her cute little pink nose and her gentle smile.
Tyson felt his heart beating faster and his cheeks starting to tint red. So, he chuckled nervously and let go of her. "Aha yeah, don't worry about it. I'll just, you know, read your diary or something."
Gracie blinked and tilted her head to the side, unsure of this behaviour. "I don't have a diary?"
"Oh uh…" Tyson stumbled, before shrugging. "Well, start keeping a diary then."
Gracie blinked, before she started giggling. "Sure."
Tyson smiled when he heard her laugh and turned back towards her...Well, once he fought the red off his face anyway. "So long as we understand each other," He joked, holding his paw out for her.
She took it and Tyson pulled her up to her feet. "Now c'mon, we got a kid to save!" He continued.
"Right…! Where is everyone?" Gracie asked, confused, once she realised that she and Tyson had been alone for a while.
As if to answer her question, Mew fell on the ground right next to her. Thus, causing Gracie to cry out in shock and cover her face with her fluff. Tyson chuckled and rolled his eyes.
"Well, there's one of them," He answered as Mew shook her head and got back up. "You okay there, Mew?"
"Owie…I've been better," Mew complained, rubbing her head. Tyson rolled his eyes.
"Great. And my name's not Owie," He joked, patting Gracie on the shoulder. "It's okay, it's just the pink demon herself."
Gracie lowered her fluff and sheepishly rubbed the back of her head. "Aheh, s-sorry, Mistress Mew."
"Oh, please don't call me that! It makes me sound so old!" Mew complained, her tail wrapping around herself, absent-mindedly. "Just Mew is fine…or Lindsy! I like Lindsy!"
Before Gracie could ask, Pepper suddenly appeared from a portal to her left, causing her to jump a little.
Once she saw it was just the friendly piplup she knew, she calmed down. "Oh! H-hi, Pepper!" Gracie greeted, pleasantly.
"Huh?" Pepper asked, as if not registering that the buneary was there. When she did notice, the penguin flushed and chuckled. "Oh, howdy there! Ah guess Darkrai's got us all together again!"
"Looks like it!" Cody cheered, jumping down from a portal that opened from above.
Tyson looked around and noted everyone's looks. "Okay, I'm going to have a guess and say that everyone got caught in someone else's memories?"
"How'd you know?" Pepper asked, alarmed, her face flushing further. Tyson shrugged.
"Because I got caught in some place with a bunch of empoleons, prinplups and piplups playing in the snow. Which I'm guessing were your memories, Pepper?" Tyson asked, causing the penguin to blink and nod, sheepishly.
He then nodded to Gracie. "And Gracie was in my memories. So, I think it's best we all share now, just to clear the air. We don't want anyone knowing anything about someone, and that person not knowing...At least, I think that's how that should be worded." Tyson stumbled, his wording getting jumbled.
"I getcha, well," Cody said, rubbing the back of his head. "I was in some forest where Mew was sitting in a circle and playing with Celebi, Jirachi, Manaphy and Shaymin. So, I'd assume that was you, Mew?"
Mew nodded, happily. "Yuppers! Best! Sleepover! Ever!" She then flipped in mid-air and shared her own experience. "I was in a room where a couple of buneary children were being told a story by a lopunny and a lucario! So, I'd assume that was Gracie with her parents!"
Gracie's eyes widened as she hopped over to the legendary pokémon. "Oh, can you tell me m-more, please? Like w-where I was? Who was w-with me?"
Mew blinked, before frowning, apologetically. "Sorry, all I got was that you were in the Viridian Forest at the time."
"Viridian Forest. N-noted. Thank you!" Gracie nodded, bowing politely. Mew giggled, placing her paws over her mouth.
"Aw, Lele was right! You're just precious!"
While they were talking, Cody slowly realised something.
Gracie was in Tyson's memories. Tyson was in Pepper's memories. Mew was in Gracie's memories. And he was in Mew's memories…
…which meant that Pepper was in his.
He turned to the piplup. When she caught his look, she blushed bright red and looked away from him.
Cody was about to go and say something but was interrupted by Darkrai's voice. Okay, you should be in Pippy's nightmare now! Be careful, though, I don't know what could happen.
"Gotcha, Rai-Rai!" Mew cheered, before turning and floating down a pathway that had appeared before them. "Let's go, team!"
"Comin'!" Pepper stated, quickly, rushing off ahead before Cody could say anything.
Gracie, catching on, turned to look at Cody, sympathetically. Cody noticed and grinned, weakly. "Heh…Well, it was bound to happen eventually."
Tyson noticed too and also gave him a sympathetic look. "Want us to go talk to her?"
Cody blinked at the offer, especially considering who it came from. But he waved it off. "Nah, it's cool. I'll just…let her cool off and try talking to her myself. Thanks anyway."
Before Tyson and Gracie could add anything else, Cody followed after Mew and Pepper. Gracie sighed, but smiled at Tyson. "You ready?"
Tyson looked at her, ignoring the fluttering in his chest, and grinned back. "For anything!" He cheered as the two chased after Cody.
ML54: Welp, more revelations!
Tyson: *Raises Eyebrow* Yeah, a lot about me too.
ML54: Well...I do need to be drawing this story around to start heading towards a conclusion at some point. So I need the plot to move along.
Gracie: What i-is the plot, anyway?
ML54: Um...I guess, finding your memories? You have a goal now. Um...Anyway! Please R&R guys, and keep on keepin' on!
PROMOTION TIME:
Hey guys, just a quick thing before we go to my fun mistakes of the day! There's this new fic out called Smile for Me by ravengal! It's a fun little story about our favourite PokéPark characters before they actually went to the PokéPark. I really enjoy it and, if you guys like happy-go-lucky stories with hints of some sad stuff, then you'll love this story! Do yourselves a favour and check it out! Now, with that out of the way, time for mistake corner!
Fun Mistakes of the Day:
1) "Okay, maybe I'm a little mad at you. But, I know it's not your fault…It's Darkrai's bet let's not split hairs here."
Do I hear three cyber cookies? Going once! Going twice!
2) "It's okay, it's just pink demon herself."
Mew's official name is Pink Demon, apparently. I wonder if Darkrai named her? XD
3) "So, that was Gracie with her parents!"
Mew's the legendary of assuming things! XP
4) "Mew cheered, before turning and marching down a pathway that had appeared before them."
Lol. With Mew's giant, clown feet too! I imagine that marching involving a lot of tripping! XD