Chapter Twenty-Six: Dr. Petunia

"Unngh . . . . . what . . . . happened . .?" I groaned, slowly opening my eyes.

"Leela! You're awake!" Erin said.

"Where am I?" I asked.

"In our hotel room." Hannah said.

"Minuuuuuuuuuuuun!" I heard Thunderbolt squeak. He jumped into my arms.

"Thunderbolt!" I laughed, squeezing him.

"Well, at least you haven't forgotten who we are." Greenalia said.

"Who are you?" I asked Greenalia teasingly, sitting up.

"Very funny." Greenalia huffed.

"How'd I get here?" I asked.

"Nik carried you." Heather said casually.

"WHAT?!" I asked.

"You DO remember who he is, right?" Heather asked. I snorted.

"Of course I remember." I said. "Speaking of him, where is he?"

"In the other room, probably." Hannah said. Just then, the door burst open. Nik was standing in the doorway.

"Lee!" he said, hugging me. "You're awake!" I hugged him back. Thunderbolt let out a little zap to let us know we were crushing him. I laughed and let go of Nik.

"Mai!" Thunderbolt said, shaking himself. Then I noticed everyone staring at us, even Garrison, who was standing in the doorway next to Heather.

"Sooooo, Leela, do you remember anything about today?" Garrison asked.

"I remember waking up screaming 'ASH!', battling Jordan, defeating Darkaroe, having lunch with him, going to see the Darkrai Tower, and Greenalia's Ivysaur acting weird, but there the memory stops." I said.

"Do you remember seeing Ho-Oh?" Nik asked.

"Of course!" I said.

"What about seeing Mew?" Erin asked.

"Seeing Mew?" I asked.

"Yea, you screamed 'MEW?!' and you said it was right there next to me. Then you stared into space for a few minutes and then you passed out." Erin said.

"I did?" I asked, confused.

"You mean, you don't remember?!" Heather asked. I shook my head.

"I don't remember any of it." I said.

"Mai!" Thunderbolt said.

"Seriously, you don't remember??" Nik asked.

"No!" I said.

"That's really weird." Heather said.

"How long was I out?" I asked.

"At least three hours." Erin said.

"THREE HOURS?!" I asked.

"Yea." Hannah said.

"What time is it?" I asked.

"6:00." Garrison said.

"Whoa." I said. I got out of bed.

"Oh!" I said and quickly lay back down.

"What?" Nik asked concern in his eyes.

"My head." I groaned.

"What about it?" Greenalia asked.

"It hurts!!" I said. "Seriously, it's throbbing." Greenalia handed me some pills. I popped them in my mouth. Hannah handed me a glass of water and I swallowed.

"Do you think I have to go to the hospital?" I asked.

"What, your headaches that bad?" Hannah asked. I laughed.

"No, it's just . . . if I forgot what happened back there . . . . and I saw Mew but no one else could . . . . there could be something really wrong with me." I said.

"Let's go then. I know a doctor in this city where you pay what you can afford. She had a PhD." Greenalia said.

"Let's go then." Heather said. I gingerly got up. My headache hit me again, but not as hard as before. We walked for five minutes until we stopped in front of a tall brick building.

"This is it." Greenalia said. We went inside. There was a sign that said:

Out of courtesy, we ask that you please keep your pokémon in their pokéballs. Thank you.

~Dr. Petunia, PhD

I sighed and recalled Thunderbolt.

"May I help you?" A lady asked us.

"Umm, yes. I'm an old friend of Dr. Petunia, and I need her to check out my friend here." Greenalia said.

"Which one?" the lady asked.

"The one with the glasses." Greenalia said.

"What's your name?" The lady asked.

"Leela Locke." I said.

"I'm Dr. Walrezac. Follow me." the lady said. After we went into a room and Dr. Walrezac checked my eyesight, temperature, weight and height, she said,

"OK. Dr. Petunia will be with you in a few minutes." Then she left the room.

"How's your head?" Greenalia asked.

"Better." I said. Suddenly, a woman with light brown hair, hazel eyes, and silver rectangle glasses walked into the room.

"Greenalia!" the woman said.

"Dr. Petunia!" Greenalia said. They hugged each other.

"How've you been?" Dr. Petunia asked.

"Great." Greenalia said.

"So, who's the lucky person to get checked out today?" Dr. Petunia asked.

"I am." I said. "I'm Leela."

"So, Leela, what's been going on?" she asked. I gave her a quick summary of what had happened. After she checked me out, she said,

"I can't find a thing wrong with her. She seems like a perfectly healthy 12-year-old girl."

"Are you sure?" Nik asked.

"Absolutely." Dr. Petunia said.

"Well, thank you." Greenalia said. She gave Dr. Petunia 25 poké points and we left.

"That is just really weird." Heather said.

"I know." I said.

"Well, if nothing's wrong, that's good." Erin said.

"Yea, it is." Hannah said. We walked in silence the rest of the way to the hotel. When we got there, Nik asked,

"What time is it?"

"7:00." I said, looking at my watch.

"Wow." He said. I lay down on my bed.

"Headache?" Greenalia asked.

"No, just really, really, tired." I said.

"Tired?" Erin asked. "You just spent half the afternoon out cold!" I shrugged.

"I dunno. I'm just really tired." I said.

"Weird." Hannah said.

"Well, if you want to go to sleep, you can." Heather said.

"Thanks." I said. I got up and got ready for bed. "Good night everyone." I said, getting under the covers.

"Good night, Leela." My friends said. I smiled and closed my eyes.