Chapter Thirty-Six: L.A.P. Island
I slowly opened my eyes.
"Huh?" I asked. I got up. I was in the sky, surrounded by clouds. Thunderbolt was bouncing next to me. He was sparkly and transparent. I stood up.
"Where am I?" I asked.
"You are in heaven." A voice said. I whirled around.
"G-great Grandma?!" I asked.
"Yes. It is I." Great Grandma said.
"Am I . . . . dead?" I asked.
"Yes, I'm afraid so, dearie." Great Grandma said.
"But . . . . . the prophecy . . . . ." I said.
"What prophecy?" Great Grandma asked. I slowly shook my head and backed away from Great Grandma.
"I can't be dead. Not now! I WANT TO LIVE!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. Everything went black.
"Leela, please wake up!" Someone cried.
"Mai!" Someone else said.
I slowly opened my eyes. I felt a wave of nausea and I coughed up all of the water I swallowed.
"You're alive!" someone said. I turned around. It was Ash!
"Mai maiiii!" Thunderbolt chattered happily.
"I've got a throbbing headache and my stomach hurts, but other than that I'm fine." I said, coughing up some more water. "Where's Pikachu?" Ash's eyes grew shiny with tears.
"I . . . I think he . . . he . . . he . . ." Ash said, sniffing and brushing a tear away from his eye.
"Mai . . . ." Thunderbolt said sadly.
"Oh Ash . . . . ." I said, touching his shoulder.
"What's that up there?" Ash asked, standing up. There, on the hill ahead of us, was Pikachu!
"It looks like Pikachu!" I said.
"What?! Pikachu!!! PIKACHU!!!" Ash cried, running up the hill. Pikachu looked at Ash and turned and ran! "Pikachu, wait up!" Ash called, running after him. I grunted and stood up. I took off after Ash. Once I had caught up with him, he held out Pikachu's pokéball.
"Alright Pikachu, back in your pokéball!" Ash said. Suddenly, a Pikachu came out of the pokéball!!
"Pika!" the real Pikachu said and jumped on Ash's shoulder.
"Okay . . . . this is awkward . . . ." I said. The other Pikachu ran off into a forest.
"Pikachu!" Ash cried. He swept Pikachu off of his shoulder and hugged him.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu said.
"How'd Pikachu get in his pokéball?" I asked.
"No idea." Ash said.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"I don't know . . . . hey, look at those caves!" Ash said, pointing to some huge caves into the distance.
"This place somehow looks very familiar . . . " I said.
"Yea . . . . now that you mention it . . . . it DOES look very familiar! I can't remember why, though." Ash said.
"Mai maiiii!" Thunderbolt said.
"I can't remember either." I said.
"Well, we're going to have to find somewhere to stay the night." Ash said.
"How about one of those huge caves?" I asked.
"I don't know . . . . there might be some pokémon in there." Ash said.
"You're right." I said. Suddenly, something rustled in the bushes. A tiny gray pokémon that had tiny red jewels encrusted in its two tails and that looked like it was wearing a builder's helmet came out of the bushes.
"That's Uxie!" Ash said. Uxie turned toward us. Its mouth dropped open. I stared at its eyes. I suddenly felt very strange. I almost felt like I was floating. I was so relaxed. Suddenly, Ash tackled me.
"What'd you do that for?!" I asked.
"Uxie was trying to hypnotize you. Run!!!" Ash cried. We ran off.
"Ux!" Uxie cried out in frustration. It suddenly materialized right in front of us.
There is no escape, it said. Except Uxie didn't actually say it. Uxie was sending thoughts directly into our brains!
Yes, there isn't. Two other voices projected into my brain. We whirled around. Azelf and Mesprit were closing in on us.
Relax . . . . Azelf said. I grabbed an empty pokéball.
It's no use trying to capture us. Drop the ball. Uxie said. I shuddered and dropped the ball. Uxie stared at me. That strange feeling enveloped me again.
"Must . . . . break . . . . free . . . ." I murmured to myself, trying to pull my gaze away from Uxie's stare.
Just relax . . . . if you don't struggle this will be so much easier . . . . Uxie said. I tried to pull my gaze away again. A searing pain went through my back.
"Ahhhh!" I cried in pain.
You are getting very sleepy . . . . . . Uxie said. My eyelids started drooping.
"Must . . . . stay . . . . awake!" I cried out in desperation. A light flashed from Uxie's eyes. I swayed and collapsed on the ground, fast asleep.