After getting Ash and the others, we packed up the tents, and hit the road once more. Of course, we were still headed towards Kogeta Town.
"So," Ash asks me, "What did you do?"
"Well," I respond, "I just trained with Allison and Chloe. Chloe ended up learning Fake Out, and I learned a new spell."
"A new spell?! Awesome! What spell is it?"
"It's called Frizzle. It's basically Frizz, but stronger."
"And it's stronger than even double the strength of a Frizz," Chloe adds. "When I took that fire spell to the face, it really did a number on me."
"Hold on," Rotom interrupts. "How did you learn that new spell, anyway?"
"How?" I repeat. "Well, I just focused more magic into a Frizz, which turned it into a Frizzle."
"Then you could possibly do the same for your Crack and Woosh spells!"
"Oh, yeah!" Allison agrees. "That makes sense!"
I smirk. "Well, maybe. But I'm not gonna do it now- I don't wanna waste my magic. Maybe 'til we get to Kogeta Town."
I ask Ash what he and the others were doing, and he says they trained together. They didn't learn any new moves, but they just got stronger. It made me realize not just training's fun, but it's even better when you're doing it with friends.
Suddenly another headache ripples throughout my head, and I almost instantly fall on my knees. This one's even stronger now...! I end up looking at the Nature Badge on my shirt, and the headache grows yet stronger. Was the badge linked to this? Ash and the others gathered around me, saying something, but I couldn't hear them. Suddenly, I heard a voice...
"Remember..." The voice said. I felt like we were telepathically linked, so I tried to communicate.
"Who are you?" I asked in my mind. I felt like that was sufficient.
"Who...? You must... remember who you are... You are... my..." The voice faded out. Were we cut off? I tried to re-link us, but it was no use. Finally, the headache subsided, and I regained my hearing. Turns out everyone was yelling my name.
"Get up!" Liana cried.
"Ugh..." I splutter. "I... I'm fine. It's passed..."
"Why do you keep having these reactions?" Susie asks.
"I... don't know. But I think I'm starting to understand why."
"Why?"
"I haven't told you this before, but I've lost my memories. I think these headaches are a a part of remembering."
"You've lost your memories?" Lynn repeats.
"Do you think you can control those headaches?" Rotom asks.
"I don't think so. But maybe it's being controlled by someone else. I heard a voice. It told me to... remember... who I was? Something along those lines."
"That's strange," Aaron says. "Who in the world would trigger headaches on you? And why would they want to remember who you were?"
"It's just a theory. I'm not entirely sure. Anyway, let's move on!"
Everyone agrees, and we get going again. It seemed as if Kogeta Town was nearby. If I had to guess, we've been walking for two hours in total, counting our departure from Grama and our packing up the tents. Eventually, we reached a clearing, and we stood upon a cliff looking out to the horizon.
It was beautiful. The view consisted of the forest stretched out before us, but Kogeta Town was also in view. Small mountains and hills were also here and there. And the spectacular scenery was topped off by a gentle breeze. The same breeze, as I remembered, the one I felt at the Grama Wild Area. Just as the first one, it wafted my hair and clothes in the air, and brought the strange sense of familiarity.
"Look, guys!" Ash exclaims. "Kogeta Town's in sight!"
"Well, of course," I reply. "I already knew that."
"How long until we reach Kogeta Town?" Liana asks Rotom.
"Calculating..." Rotom beeps. "Calculating... at our current pace, it will take around fifteen minutes!"
"Nice!" She happily cheers. "Let's keep this pace up!"
But suddenly, without any warning, the ground underneath me crumbles, and I plunge towards the bottom! It hadn't occurred to me that I was standing near the edge until that deadly moment. Everyone gasps in surprise as I vanish from their sight. But I was lucky enough to have a good-sized, deep pond at my crash site, because otherwise I'd break every bone in my body. With a loud splash, I hit the water, resurface, and stumble out of the pond.
But as soon as I got out, I heard screaming getting louder and louder from behind me. When I turn around, I see Liana frantically flailing her arms and inevitably splash into the pond as well. She quickly emerges, but she keeps splashing in a state of panic.
"HELP ME, DAVID!" She shrieked. "I CAN'T SWIM!"
Without a word, I sprang into action and jump back into the pond as she began to sink. I swim as fast as I can in order to reach her. Thankfully, I managed to get to her without losing too much air. I swung her around to let her cling onto my back, then I began to swim back to firm ground. She uncontrollably gasps and wheezes as I climb out again.
"You alright, kiddo?" I ask.
"*cough* Y-Yeah..." She chokes. "I-I'm *wheeze* fine... *cough* Th-Thanks!"
"Why did you even fall after me, anyway?"
"When the ground crumbled, I fell, too. It was an accident."
After that close call, I had to figure out how to get back to everyone else. Climbing the wall was a no-no, since diving into that pond made us all wet, and we couldn't climb in that condition. That meant taking the high road, a phrase which here means "Doing it the hard way." Then again, I had to consider the fact that they wanted to reach Kogeta Town, so I decided to go there. But how could I do that when I had no idea where to go?
"Then we don't have a choice," Liana replies. "We'll need to wander aimlessly, despite how stupid that sounds."
"Yeah," I agree. "That's our only option." So we did just that. Passing several trees and the occasional Pokemon with Liana on my shoulders, we tried to make our way towards Kogeta Town. But no matter how long we walked, we never made it. That's when it hit me. It felt like we were going AWAY from Kogeta Town rather than towards it. So I turned around, but I eventually hit a river, and we both realized...
"We're lost," Liana says dreadfully. "This is awful. How did we get into this mess?"
"Maybe luck wasn't smiling upon us this time," I reply.
"T-That's not a good thing!"
"I know that..." Now what do we do? We're hopelessly lost with no idea what direction to go in order to reach Kogeta Town. If worst came to worst, we'd have to attempt surviving out here in the wild. And without our tents, since Allison had them. Talk about insult to injury... I was still mulling over what to do when I heard a crash somewhere in the woods.
"Did you hear that?" I ask Liana.
"I did," She says. Intrigued, we marched towards the source of the sound. Eventually, we reached a clearing, and we saw... a fight? There were two Pokemon. One of them looked like a large, brown bipedal stag beetle, and the other looked like a four-armed, grey-skinned boxer, or at least, that's what I thought.
"Liana, do you know those Pokemon?" I ask.
"Uh, let's see here," She thinks for a bit. "That one with the pincers is Pinsir, a Bug type. And the four-armed one is Machamp, a Fighting type. I don't know exactly what traits they have... You should ask Rotom for that."
Looking around a little more, I saw a bunch of smaller Pokemon. Liana explained that they were a Cutiefly, a Bug and Fairy-type, a Phantump, a Grass and Ghost-type, and a Goomy, a Dragon-type.
"They look scared. Why's that? And why're Machamp and Pinsir fighting?"
"Maybe we should lay low and watch." So we did. Their fight went on quite a while. It looked like it would be a close match Until finally, Pinsir managed to knock Machamp off to the side, then set its sights on the three weaker Pokemon. Out of nowhere, it uses Hyper Beam on the trio, sending them flying! Liana gasps in horror.
"I get it! Machamp's trying to protect those three from Pinsir!"
"Are you sure?"
"There's no denying it. I'm gonna help out!"
"Right! Me too!" Liana and I jump out of our cover. I launch a Frizzle at Pinsir and command Liana to unleash Inky Jolt on it. Our combo attack does great damage to Pinsir! Good thing Pinsir is weak to fire, or I don't think we would have done much, judging by how beefy it looked. We land in front of Machamp.
"Machamp?!" Machamp exclaims. Wait, Machamp's a Pokemon. So why couldn't I understand it with Liana nearby? Well, I could think about that later. Now, I had to deal with Pinsir and stop it from hurting the three Pokemon behind us any further.
"Talk later," I answer. "Beat Pinsir first." Machamp nods, then it steps in front of us. Charging at Pinsir, it uses Fire Punch for a super-effective hit! Nice, two super-effective hits in a row!
"Nice one, Machamp!" Liana cheers. "Let's keep this up!"
But we couldn't, because Pinsir was making its move. It charged at Liana and used a super-effective Brick Break in her face! Liana hits the dirt as soon as the attack lands. But it wasn't giving an inch! It quickly turned to me and hit me with a full-force X-Scissor! Yeesh. This Pinsir was tough!
"L-Liana!" I stammer. "Are you alright?!"
"N-No..." She coughs. "I just took a super-effective hit to the face..." Wait, she was weak to Fighting-type moves? That wasn't good. Looks like I had to try and protect her from that Brick Break. Machamp looks around us frantically, then back to Pinsir in rage. It runs at Pinsir and lands a Revenge. Even though it wasn't even hit, it looked like it did more damage. Did it deal more damage from seeing us wounded? Pinsir smarted from the attack, then it glared at us. It started to run around us. Was it trying to reach the other Pokemon behind us?
"No!" I yell. "Not on my watch! Frizzle!" But I was too late. As soon as I threw the fireballs, Pinsir picked up Phantump and threw it at the spell! It triggers an explosion that sends Phantump flying, and it faints when it his the floor. Of all the...! What a dirty trick!
"You coward!" Liana shrieks. "Using them as a shield, huh?!"
I could tell Pinsir wanted to smirk, but couldn't with that mouth. It stands in front of Cutiefly and Goomy and fires a Hyper Beam at Machamp! Machamp skids from the impact, and it falls on its knees. In just one move, Machamp's worn out. Pinsir must be strong...! If only we could attack... But that jerk was planning on using Cutiefly and Goomy as shields for itself.
"Cutiefly! Goomy! Run, now!" I yell. Instantly, the two start running away, but Pinsir's too fast for them. It dashes to them and hits them both with a Headbutt. Seriously?! This Pokemon's out of its mind! How in the world can we beat it?!
"Milcery! Use Fairy Wind!"
A magical wind blows from behind Pinsir and damages it. Who did that? I quickly found out, though: It was Ash! Everyone else, too! Ash had commanded his Milcery to use Fairy Wind on Pinsir.
"Ash!" I happily say. "You made it!"
"You should thank Wesley for helping us find you," Susie says.
"Sure, but we gotta beat Pinsir first. Okay, Liana! Iron Chop!"
Liana opens her hand, and it turns to iron. She swings it down onto Pinsir's head. In fact, she swings so hard that Pinsir falls flat on its face, leaving an opening.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" Ash commands. "David, you should use Frizzle, too!"
"Got it!" I agree. Jumping in sync with Pikachu, I prepare my fire spell, and throw it as soon as Pikachu releases a bolt of electricity at Pinsir. The attack is strong enough to trigger an explosion that sends Pinsir "blasting off" the way we usually do to Team Rocket.
"Nice job, guys! We won!" Liana cheers. Before long, we had Cutiefly, Phantump, and Goomy healed up, as well as Machamp.
"It's a good thing we ran into you," I say. "Otherwise Pinsir would've beaten you and then had those three under its control."
"And it's lucky Wesley found you," Robert says. "Maybe we never would have found you."
"Really? How? I never saw him."
"He just went off in a particular direction, looking for you. Then we were led to him when he saw you."
"Oh, okay. Thanks, Wesley."
"Alright, now where do we go to Kogeta Town?" Chloe asked.
Machamp stood up, getting our attention. It pointed to its left. Was that the way?
"That's where Kogeta Town is?" I ask Machamp. It nods as a response. But before I could go, it stuck one of its hands towards me. Smiling, I shake hands with Machamp as a way of friendship. We waved goodbye to the four Pokemon as we marched towards the next destination of our adventure.
The one in which David protects a group of Pokemon from a treacherous Pinsir with the help of a Machamp.
I think I'm starting to get writer's block, which is why I'm taking a while to post chapters.