Nothing interesting really ever happened to me. Don't get me wrong- I didn't live a horrible life. It was just boring. Maybe I'm being selfish for wanting something better than average, but it was always a dream of mine. Ever since I was young, Pokemon was a video game series I was really close with. Out of all the games I played, Pokemon managed to be the first one I chose to play, especially on long car rides. While I did enjoy other games such as Mario and Sonic, Pokemon made me feel immersed into the world. I would name my character after myself, and if I was replaying a second time, I would name any nameable rival after a person in my life I knew that had the same personality. Even when I'm older, I'm still playing Pokemon and watching the anime once in a while.
Ever since I was young, I dreamed of living in the Pokemon world. I dreamed of going out into the world and making friends with Pokemon. Hell, I still have dreams of what I would do as a Pokemon trainer to this day. Childish, I know, but I can't help imagining what it would be like. I always had a habit since I was young to wish to be in the world of Pokemon. Whenever I blew out the candles on Birthday cake or threw a coin into a wishing well, I wished to be in the Pokemon world. Of course, it never worked, but I never stopped wishing for it to happen.
One night, I was out on the porch, taking pictures of the landscape around me with my camera and looking up into the starry sky. As I glanced up, I saw a shooting star passing by. It was a long time since I saw one. It also has been a long time since I wished upon something, but as the shooting star went by, I did. I wished to wake up in the Pokemon world the next day. I haven't wished for that in awhile, and I was fully aware that kind of dream was impossible, but it felt right. A couple minutes later, I went back into my house and decided it was time to go to sleep.
Surprisingly enough, I was able to fall asleep fast. I kept waking up in the middle of the night often for no reason. I always went back to sleep very quickly. I never really woke up during the night that often though. I only ever did that whenever I was anticipating something to happen during the day. Nothing was going to happen during the day though. It was a Tuesday during fall break, and I was staying at home. I didn't question it.
Morning came. Since I had nothing planned during that day, I continued to lay in bed, still half-asleep. I was about to go back to sleep until I felt something jump on top of me. I was now wide awake. Grunting, I knew that heavy weight to be my dog, Ziva. I started to rise up and looked at her, but she didn't look like a chocolate retriever. She looked like a… lycanroc in its dusk form? Well, that wasn't something I expected to see this morning. Was I dreaming? I looked over in the corner of the room. My two budgies, Crystal and Lettuce, were now two starly, one of them being shiny. This couldn't be right.
I sat up, petting Ziva who was incredibly soft for a lycanroc. As I looked at the two starly and the lycanroc, I saw they both looked like something straight out of Detective Pikachu. It took a couple of my minutes for my eyes to adjust to the sight to actually seeing real life Pokemon in my own bedroom.
"Max!"
I heard my name being called by my dad. I flinched. I wasn't usually called by that, still going by my deadname due to me not being out of the closet yet, but here I was, hearing my real name. I got up from my bed, and Ziva ran out of my room. I walked over to Crystal and Lettuce, petting them, before I headed out of my room. I walked into the kitchen, seeing my dad was there.
"What is it?" I asked.
My dad responded, "Why aren't you ready? Did you forget what day it is?"
"Uhhhh, apparently. What day is it?" I questioned. My mind was blanking out on me.
He explained, "It's your first day as a real Pokemon trainer! I remember when you were younger how you always kept on shouting about being one. Honestly after dealing with all your screaming, I thought you would have remembered."
"Oh! Right. Yeah, haha, that!"
"You're not running late or anything. You just need to get ready now so you can be there early. A lot of other people will be there after all," my dad said.
"Yeah, alright. I'll just… do that," I replied and walked swiftly back to my room.
So, the shooting star wish did work. At least, it was working for now. I felt like I was was going to wake up anytime soon, and I waited for that moment, but hey, it wasn't like I could have fun now before that unfortunate moment happened to happen. I picked up the pastel blue small backpack I had next to my desk. I looked through it, seeing there was already stuff in it. There was an extra set of clothes and a couple of potions. It wasn't much, but I doubted I would need much in the Pokemon world.
Still in my pajamas, I grabbed the clothes that were placed next to my bed and put them on. I looked into the mirror to see what I looked like. Perhaps I changed how I looked now that I was in the Pokemon world, and yep, I did. The clothes I wore was a plain white t-shirt with cyan stripes with a casual dark gray overcoat and black jeans. The shoes I had on were just some average-looking gray tennis shoes. My hair was still dark brown and messy, going almost down to my shoulders, but my eyes were different. Instead of being brown, they were bright green. Other than my eyes changing color, everything was still the same. I still had the same tired-looking face that looked like it could belong to a nine-year-old child, but hey, I had green eyes. I wasn't complaining. Plus, I did have an upgrade in clothes.
Placing on my backpack, I walked out of my room, giving my two Starly a pat on the head and a quick goodbye. They both chirped their own names to me as I headed out. I also gave another quick goodbye to Ziva as I headed to the living room where my dad still was.
"Be safe out there, and if you die, make sure all your money is sent me," my dad said as a goodbye as I left. Haha, thanks, dad.
I ran out the door, seeing I was surrounded by the new town I lived in. Sunlight poured down as I saw different types of bird Pokemon flying high in the sky. I took in a deep breath. My wish of living in the Pokemon world was finally happening, and if this ends up being a dream, I don't want to ever wake up!