I didn't get much sleep that night. I just ate a candy bar holding an umbrella over my head. I sat on my plastic rain poncho I was wearing which wasn't comfortable because I was sure no matter where I was sitting some angle of my butt would be on a rock. Sometimes a pessimistic attitude is a good one especially when you drive, it helps you drive defensively like everyone in the world is out to get you, really it works. Try it if you don't believe me.
Thunder inevitably roared across the sky and light illumined the woods around me, which convinced my I was surrounded by a wild pack of Pokemon and if I woke up in the morning I would be extremely lucky.
The my jigglypuff Poke ball began to wiggled and it popped out of it and latched tightly on to me.
"Oh yeah!" I reached to my bag and took out the Pokemon food. I never did do well with pets. Then I realized I had no dish for my little Jigglypuff and I fed it out of my hand. And to this day it won't use a dish it will only eat out of my hand.
Sleepiness was over coming me now. I took out my water bottle and let Jigglypuff drink from it. Then I left it out in the rain so I'd have a drink for tomorrow. I always knew I should have gone to some camp and learned how to forage. But I hated those perky like girl scouts (no offense to any girl scouts but I just can't do that kind of thing)
I propped myself up against a near by tree and Jigglypuff cuddled with me. It kinda reminded me of my stuffed teddy bear.
I don't know what awakened me THAT early THAT morning but yes if you must know I did have one of those "Mystical Pokemon" experiences.
The ground was muddy and my shoe sunk in the earth while I avoided most puddles.
I didn't notice it before but a small pond with clear blue water was near by. At first glances I didn't see anything but then it stood out.
On top of the water it stood. Glowing marvelously blue and shining with grace the mighty creature looked me with silent understanding.
"One is pleased to meet thee." It said in a language I knew I would only understand that one time. Then it left. I don't know where it went or why it was standing on the water it was just there. I just appreciated it. Point two where most of my pessimistic out look was dripping out my window of life. Good thing I didn't lose all of it. Wouldn't you be disappointed if that happened?
Anyway the water in the little pond was refreshing as I dipped my hands into it drink it. Better than any bottled water I had ever drank, I even felt dirty putting my hands in it. I filled up my water bottle it seemed to tip over from last night (conveniently for me)
And what now? The most under rated word in any world's speech: Lost. The way most people describe it lost isn't so bad because you'd always be found…somewhere. While I had made it back to civilization when I thought I never would (lucky me for my lack of sense of direction. Later I learned to go the opposite way of what I thought I should go.) The first day I rode on by bike. And walked. And you guessed it walked and rode on my bike. I was lost utterly for a good portion of the day.
Then a miraculous light shown on me and a voice pointed to where the trees cleared and behold I was at Fuchsia City!
No, that DIDN'T happen but that was easily pointed out.
Really, when I became unlost as you might say I ended up in someone's back yard. And by the way I ended up in Saffron City. Yeah that's how good my sense of direction is.
The suburban city didn't seem to corrupt at first but it was crawling with team Rocket Members. This wasn't a cheap city either everything here had a price tag as I soon found out.
I checked into the Pokemon center extremely tired from hmm I don't know my little walk.
The Nurse flatly told me I needed money to heal my Pokemon or stay in the place. Well I was pretty broke and Jigglypuff and I were hungry.
I stormed out of the Pokemon center and hopped on my bike angrily. I rode back to the edge of the forest and set up camp. I tore through my bag in search of canned soup and wished I could have gotten some bread or something I also knew I would have to limit my rations for me and my Pokemon. I don't know how I can live without chocolate.
The trees around provided plenty of fire wood and lighting a match is easy for anyone who isn't a complete idiot fortunately I knew how to light a match in my intensive fifth grade nature's classroom study guide.
So to speak I was "roughing it." Only to a third degree.
I miserably drank my canned soup in one hand well I had my other hand holding the fluffy pink creature's food-who was ever happy and smiling it almost made me sick to look at the pokemon except for one thing.
"It's a good thing you're cute." I grumbled. I was hungry, cold (even though I was next to a fire-a pitiful one at that) and I smelt like pee. Then fortune sparkled on me and dropped me a few crumbs, not too far away was a lake with a gushing waterfall I had missed. The water was immaculate with only one down side it was FRICKIN' FREEZING!
No, not just normal cold but ice cube cold.
Well it didn't matter I could at least get clean. I peeled my clothes from my sweating body and decided I would need to wash them in the water as well at least there was no way I could shrink them.
Carefully I climbed in and I got used it the water slowly. My skin prickled with goose bumps and I gathered my will to duck myself under when I came up I was sure I had permanent brain freeze.
Jigglypuff splashed in the water near the shallow sand merrily bouncing up and down.
I lathered myself with soap and shampoo and even got to shave my legs. I felt clean again for once!
I took it upon myself to swim a few laps around the water and found it wonderful being ermm…well not constricted by a bathing suit.
I smiled to myself at least now I could feel a little happy and if I ate a chocolate bar I'd be all set I bet the ground was softer too.
My happiness was short lived though. A familiar blonde head popped out of the bushes.
"YOU BASTURD!" I screeched and covered my arms around my chest.
I saw a blush before I ducked for cover who knows how long he'd been watching. That was when I realized my clothes were still wet. Damn, Damn, Damn, Damn!-was all that was going through my head.
"Jigglypuff get my bag!" I barked the command at it.
Instantly it said "Jiggly!" and bounced back a couple yards to my campsite. In a minute it faithfully returned with my bag. All I could wear though was pajamas or a bathing suit. My pajamas were blue flannel with bunnies on them. My bathing suit was a bikini I felt no need to show off any more than what he might have seen to that wanna be crook could handle so I chose the pajamas.
I marched back to the my campsite where the blue-eyed boy was.
"What the hell do you think you're doing are you stalking me or something, you pervert!?"
He tried to stammer something inaudible out but only succeeded in blushing.
"I…I…" he murmured
"Out with it!" I shouted.
After a few more minutes he still didn't answer and the sun was going down.
"If you're not going to talk get me some fire wood unless you want to be cold tonight or you feel like living a life of crime in Saffron Snob town, which team rocket there could probably out do you" I tonelessly told him.
He stood there: Platinum blonde hair, light blue eyes, jeans with holes, tacky black shirt, green wooly vest, smeared dirty sneakers- he would have been cute-expect for the miserable little child look on his face and his state of shabbiness, well I shouldn't be talking my clothes weren't new either.
"Go" I said in a motherly commanding voice and he went. I have to admit that was a little bit fun.
To make something pointless short we camped together for two more days and then we needed food. Nothing happened not even much of a conversation which lead me to believe he actually had a sense of humility and maybe, JUST MAYBE had a bit of common sense-MAYBE. Oh yeah I learned his name it was: Naktu I was even nice enough to tell him my name was Tael Winner.
Anyway I was at the day when we had no food and were broke. Thus began my life crime, which by the way I thought that was at least nicely put for what I'm going to tell you about my life of crime. There are sometimes when you have to do some things to live whether you like it or not well it was kinda fun with all the risk anyway I'm sure you want to know what happened.
I might have told you that it was my stomach that influenced me more than my masterful criminal mind but then I wouldn't be entirely truthful would I? I really don't believe in keeping children too ignorant-at least my little child hood blissful world didn't last but oh I forgot you want more of my pathetic little story don't you.
Anyway that night Naktu and I snuck into the city to a local mini market all I had to do was let Jigglypuff out and grab what I pleased. An image of the Jigglypuff robberies now stood firm in my mind it wasn't like I was an international criminal or something just hungry!
We entered the mini mart and I saw a fat lazy guy smoking a cigar at the counter oh yes defiantly the right mini mart to rob at least it would make him get of his ass. I walked up and down the shelves and when I reached the freezers out of view Naktu gave me the signal and I unleashed Jigglypuff and plugged my ears closed.
After moment when people were collapsing in a heap and the fat guy was drooling on his desk it was pretty funny though. I grabbed as much juice, water, junk food, rice, canned foods and what ever else I could carry out the door. Naktu hurried out the door and we made it safely to the woods where I slept little that night because of my sugar rush. One must eat ice cream before it melts and if it just happened to me five pints of Berry and Jerry's peanut butter cup and chocolate chip, well who could blame me?
Today eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow there's no more Ben and Jerry's.