Author's Note: The first two parts of Light were written in October 2000, and the last part was written in November 2001. The story is finished now, and it's relatively short. As always, comments are welcome.
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Part 1
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A faint shadow of a Pidgey passing overhead dropped down on a little Oddish. The horizon was far away… Where was it going? Even it didn't know that. It wanted to explore, to find out what lay at the horizon. It had left a month ago from a valley forest.
It still remembers the gentle, cool breezes that used to run past its drooping leaves… Sure, there was a breeze here, but it was warm and strong. If it was a little smaller, it could ride the wind… Like Hoppips do. But that wasn't the case.
It was at the other side of the mountain range, the grassland portion of Johto. The grass wasn't too high. In fact, it was around the same size of the blades of grass back where the Oddish grew up. In a valley… The sun baked grass lay in endless amounts as far as it could see.
How long would it be walking? Forever? Still… It felt that its destination lay around the corner. Perhaps it did…
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A new trainer stood somewhere in the middle of the same grassland. She was 11 years old, with dirty blond hair and a single Pokéball. She wore a pair of indigo colored jeans, and her shirt was light red. Her eyes were dark blue… She held up a map. "Let's see… If I continue going west, I'll reach Violet City… If I head south, I'll reach a mountain range, and if I go east… If I go east… I'll be back where I started."
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The light of the sun blazed down on the little Oddish. I've gone to far… it thought. I'll never find out what lies at the end of the horizon… It lay down on the grass. It still didn't know why it was doing this… It closed one eye, letting the sun shine on its leaves…
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The Pokémon trainer continued walking, the sun continuing to burn. Her shadow lay on the ground behind her. She stopped again, sighing. She collapsed on the endless pale yellow grass. "How long is this going to take…?" she said, lying on the ground.
"If I knew that this was going to take this long, I would've taken the road… Not crossed over this plain…"
Closing her eyes, she let the sun silently take her into a state of sleep…
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It was dark when she awoke. It toke a few moments for her to get her eyes adjusted to the darkness. The umbra lay around her… It was the opposite of the day. The thin sliver in the sky that was the moon didn't give off much light, but the thousands of tiny droplets that lit the sky gave off more light then the moon ever did. As her eyes adjusted, the darkness gave way to light… Endless light as far as the eye could see.
Brighter then she had ever seen the stars at night. There was an endless amount of stars in the sky… Suddenly, she realized where she was…
"Darn…" she whispered. "I meant to reach Violet City before nightfall…"
But she hadn't… So she sighed and continued walking, deep into the light and the darkness…
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To be continued...
