Okay this came late because whenever I saved a file in OpenOffice, it became a file. Literally labeled as a 'file' file-type. OpenOffice could read it, but I couldn't upload it. Now that, that problem's over I could upload this. Enjoy


Chapter 28: Call From the Other End

"I don't understand, why are the elections circling the nucleus if they're negative and the nucleus is positive. Shouldn't they be drawn in since the protons and neutrons are larger?" I was about ready to give up on this. It's obvious teaching was hard, but this is ridiculous! I hadn't even gotten started on what makes chemistry chemistry and already he's asked about 40 questions.

"I don't know why they don't! They just don't! I didn't make them!" But I know who possibly did, and now I have a random question I'll probably ask.

"Okay...You don't have to get upset. I've never heard of chemistry and hoped you'd help since you brought it up. You can't expect me to understand it the first time you explain it." I would be truly grateful if that was his way of saying, 'I don't understand, so I'm done trying.'.

"I may as well just teach you how to read books so you can study on your own." I screwed myself by saying that.

"Really!?" I can't just say no now! Not after getting his hopes up like that.

"No..." I did anyway. He looked like all of his dreams were crushed in an instant. "But! I know someone who can." Oh yeah, I'm going to place this on his head.

"Who?" I can't tell him just now because I kind of just screwed both of us just now.

"You'll see when you two meet."

"Why can't you just tell me now?"

"Two reasons, you wouldn't know them, and if you just so happen to have a grudge against them I don't want to spoil it so soon." How they would have a grudge I have no idea. Anything could happen. I just needed an extra reason here to make it convincing.

"But wouldn't knowing about the grudge sooner be better?"

"That would turn me into a liar and I don't lie." Much...

"Fine, but you better keep your word."

"To the best of my abilities."

"Shall we get going then? You're back to normal."

"Okay, we're going south...which way is south?" Hooray for my bad sense of direction. He turned and pointed in the direction and said something, but I was already jogging that way by the time he said it.

"What's the rush!? Why are you running!?" What rush? At my size me jogging shouldn't be any faster than a power-walk. He seemed to be struggling to keep up though. I didn't pay much attention though.

"I'm only jogging. I should only be going slightly faster than normal walking speed."

"How are you only jogging!? You call this jogging!?"

"Well yeah. Why did you want to run?"

"No! Slow down!" By now I'd noticed he was struggling to keep up.

"Speed up? Okay!" I acted like I heard wrong and began running.

"WAIT SLOW DOWN!" His voice faded as I ran ahead. I looked back to see if he actually managed to stay at least within view which he didn't. While still looking back, I noticed that I had run into another clearing and stopped. He was completely out of breath when he caught up.

"Was I going too fast? Maybe you shouldn't have told me to go faster." He grumbled something in response, not that I heard it. "What was that? I didn't hear you." He just glared at me and I just grinned back. "Fine be that way. We can go this whole trip without speaking to each other." Without even turning, I took a step in the same direction I was going at first. The ground was much lower ahead than I remembered. Next thing I knew, I couldn't breathe. Something had wrapped itself around my neck and was squeezing. Hard. My feet touched ground and I was released. I fell to my knees, gasping for air and holding my now sore throat.

us..s..ing

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" I yelled at him.

"You're welcome." He said.

"For what!?" I stood back up when I yelled. He was staring off somewhat downwards to the right. I looked that way and could see for miles. In the distance were buildings. A pretty big city, so it must be Mauville. It's the only large city that's so far from high grounds like this. In fact from here we may be able to see Lilycove, just barely.

"We're going there?" He asked.

"Yep, that's where we're headed. The guy who's going to teach you to read is there. If we rush we can be there before the day is over." Assuming that it's evening time or just about.

"Define rush..." His definition of rush shouldn't be too far from mine.

"Depends on whether you're willing to jump from here or go around."

"I'd rather go around." He responded

"You're no fun." I wanted to jump. Mainly because it would be faster, but also because I like jump from high places. Nothing was stopping me. All I had to do was keep straight and I'd be at Mauville. Even after considering jumping anyway, I found myself walking around. I kept staring off the cliff. Then she popped back into my head. That Charmander. Why am I thinking about her? She probably hates me right now. Guess that would make it easier on her end once they find out my ultimate goal. I can see her right now scowling at me. I'd just return the look with the grin I give everyone or a blank stare. Hmm what about the rest of them. Just then I remembered Claus's Zangoose and shuddered. I'll keep my distance from her. What about his Marshtomp? I don't know anything about him. Well that gives me something to do when I get back to them. Maybe I should talk with Blake, he's got that Charmander. Growing closer to him gives me access to her. Wait...why do I want to be closer to her? I've got some reasons to be afraid of her. The type advantage is the main reason for as long as I'm still grass. Then again as fast as I am, that's not a problem.

Ja...ah...wa..ng...you

"Did you say something?" I asked him.

"No, must have been the wind." He answered. Now I never believed the whole, 'Must have been the wind.' thing, but since we're out in the wild, it's possible I just heard a random cry from a pokemon.

J..on...ar...us...wat...ng...you

"Did you hear that?" Okay now I'm hearing whispers.

"Hear what?" And he's not.

"Nothing, never mind." I know I heard something and it was directed towards me.

J...sin...me...wah...you

"There it is again!" Am I losing my mind...maybe, but this is nothing compared to how much may be lost in the future. A headache began to build. The more I thought about it, the more the headache built.

"You're hearing things. Are you okay?" I know I heard something. Whether he believes me or not is up to him. My headache grew a little more.

Ja..n...list...me...are..ss...watch...

The voice was a little more clear this time. I was able to make out my name despite the lost syllable and watch. Something wants me to watch? Watch what? My headache grew some more. I put my hand to my head to ease the pain.

Jason...li..en...t..me...arceus...watch...you

At this point my headache was growing so much I had stopped and was holding my head in pain.

Jason! Listen to me! Arceus is watching you!

That was mew! What did she mean Arceus was watching me?

"Mew? Can you hear me? I thought you were dead!"

Arceus has been messing with your head! Mostly everything you've seen has been fake!

"What do you mean it's fake? Doesn't feel fake. Where are you?" She didn't respond. "Mew? Mew! Dammit Mew!" Arceus was messing with my head? Does that mean that these past events here in the forest were fake? Wait does that mean...


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