Chapter 2: Melody's Hell

Authors Note: Well, this one goes into Melody's life and all, so you know why she's so bothered by her dream, and just to understand her more. She's a bit like me I guess, My normal wake up time in the summer is 2:30 ^^;; Well, if you stayed up till…what time is it now…2:54 am you'd be asleep that long too!

Now, for most people, this dream would have been a really good one, and nothing to stress about. But for Melody, it was different. Melody was 13, an A student, honor roll and everything. Her parents were very successful, and wanted the best for their children. But Melody's parents never exactly…gave the impression they loved her. They wanted her to be like them when she got older, and pushed her harder than normal parents. Getting a B on anything resulted in being locked in your room for the weekend with no meals. She had an older brother, and in their parents, he was dead, a lost cause. He had gone off to train Pokemon, to Melody's parents, Pokemon were retarded and stood in the way of the real world and life. Melody knew little of her brother, he had run off when she was 6 and he was 12. She never heard of him, never even knew what he looked like, as far as her family was concerned, they had no son named Raven.

Melody didn't blame him for running away; they had everything that a kid could want except love and attention. When people weren't around, Melody's parents didn't seem concerned at all about her, and never once gave her a hug or told her they loved her. All they wanted from her was to make the family name proud and known. Melody used to have a lot of friends, and she got love from them, but they all went off on Pokemon journeys. The only person who was left by age 12 was Kacie. Kacie went to the same prep school, and her parents were the best people ever. They loved and cared for Melody as their own, and she often spent her weekends there. Kacie never held an interest in Pokemon, and dedicated her life to becoming a business tycoon. Kacie was really cool though, and Melody enjoyed hanging out with her as much as possible.

 Melody liked Pokemon, and secretly studied about them at night, but her path was already chosen. She was to become a lawyer and be rich. Melody hid her Pokemon things in her closet, in empty shoeboxes. She hated everything about becoming a lawyer, and wanted to train Pokemon, but she knew her parents wouldn't hear of it, and security around their house made it impossible for even a rat to get out of the house. Then there was Sean. Melody loved him so much, yet he never knew it. They were friends, and that was all. Melody kept up with all her old friends, yet Sean hardly wrote to her, and she was too nervous to write to him. Melody had never had feelings for anyone else like the ones she had for him…except for the man in her dream.

Well, now that you know about Melody, maybe now you know why this dream seems so odd to her. She never was really loved by so many people, never given support, never had feelings for anyone else except for Sean. This dream was so real to her though; she just had to find out more. She was decided, as soon as school started up again, she would run away like Raven and start her own journey, her own quest of Pokemon to find out about her dream, and to fulfill her fantasy of getting out of her parents clutches and train Pokemon.

Yeah…complete corn but It'll get better. Anyways, Review or whatever, Thanks!