I'm on a roll! Maybe it's because, like I said, I have twenty-one chapters
of this done so all I have to do is fix the spacing and. . .WHAMMO!
~Chapter Seven~
Before me stood a small building with a grass roof. Sticks stuck out of the walls like someone had just shoved them in there in a hurry. The building looked like a mess. Yet, a large brown sign in front of it said, "Violet City Gym."
I snorted. "THIS is a gym?" I said to Mystic. "Some gym! This looks more like the house the first Swinub built in that fairy tale!"
Mystic stared at me with a confused look on her face. I sighed. "Never mind. Let's go win a badge!"
I slowly opened the wooden door of the gym, half-fearing it would make the whole building collapse on Mystic and I. I stepped gingerly inside, with Mystic following me.
"Hello?" I called. There seemed to be no one in the gym; there were just a bunch of rocks dyed red and white and formed in the shape of a Pokeball lining the floor.
"Hello?" I tried again. Suddenly, Mystic jumped up. "Draaatini!" she cried fearfully. She hid behind my legs.
"What is it?" I asked.
I heard stomps behind me. I whirled around and saw a very short girl with long blonde hair wearing very tall platform shoes behind me. She was carrying a very big stick.
"AAAAAAIIIIIIE!" I cried.
"Who are you?!" she demanded to know.
"I'm. . .April Tamer. . .here for a badge. . ." I quivered.
The girl's face broke into a smile. "Oh! I'm sorry! I thought you were my cleaning lady. She hasn't been doing a very good job lately and I wanted to give her a piece of my mind."
"Oh. . ." I laughed nervously. "Ha, ha."
The girl dropped her stick. "I'm Zoyner, the leader of this gym," she said. Zoyner waved her hand all around. "Sorry about this mess," she apologized. "I've been redecorating, and they don't have the kind of concrete I need."
"Umm. . ." I stalled. I just wanted to get the match started!
"I'll bet you just want to get the match started," Zoyner interrupted my thoughts. She smiled. "Let's go. I'll be tough to beat, you know."
I grinned. "I don't think so!"
We both stepped-well, Zoyner stomped in those hideously tall shoes-to opposite sides of the gym.
"Can we make this one-on-one?" I asked. I was afraid I would have to beat three Pokemon with only Mystic.
"Sure," Zoyner answered to my relief. She pulled out a Pokeball. "Go, Starlight!" she cried as she threw it.
"Go, Mystic," I whispered to my Dratini. Mystic eagerly hopped out onto the "field."
Zoyner's Pokeball landed on the ground and opened. The light blinded me for a second, but when it dimmed, a small yellow rodent was standing there. It danced around happily. "A Pichu?" I said.
"Yes," Zoyner said. "Starlight is my most powerful Pokemon. He doesn't look it, but he could probably defeat a ground-type if he wanted to, but I don't know about a dragon Pokemon. . ." Zoyner trailed off as she glared at Mystic. Then she looked at her Pichu. "Ready?" she asked him.
"Piiiiiii." Starlight answered. Stray sparks flew from his cheeks.
"Ready Mystic?" I asked. Mystic hopped up and down as a reply. "Let's battle!" Zoyner cried.
"Mystic, uh. . ." I thought. I racked my brain, trying to think of the attacks Dad had listed in his note. Mystic looked at me helplessly as Zoyner commanded-
"Starlight, Thundershock!"
"Dad, help me," I whispered. Remembering my father, I instinctively grabbed the key. I held it in my palm and closed my eyes. Suddenly, it came to me.
"Mystic, Extremespeed!" I cried.
Starlight charged his cheeks up in preparation for a Thundershock, but Mystic jumped up and hurled herself towards the Pichu. Starlight was so startled, he stopped his Thundershock and glared evilly at Mystic.
"Twister!" I commanded.
Mystic whirled her head around. Her eyes glowed green, and within seconds, a small tornado had formed in front of Starlight. It spun towards the small yellow rodent and nearly hit him. "Try your Thundershock again," Zoyner suggested. Starlight charged up his cheeks and let out a powerful Thundershock, screaming, "PiiiiCHUUUUUUUUU!"
The lightning hit the Twister. The green tornado started spinning out of control-and somehow, dissolved.
"What?!" I gasped.
Zoyner ignored me. "Tackle!" she cried.
I bit my lip. Maybe I shouldn't be battling. This WAS only my second battle. Maybe-
"You can do it."
I gasped again. That voice. THAT VOICE! It was that same voice that had urged me on-
"You can do it. Believe in yourself. Your father has-forever."
It was all I could to keep my tears from spilling out onto my face. I felt so happy-yet, sad. . .
I glanced at Mystic. She wasn't moving a muscle, probably waiting for me to tell her to make a move. Starlight was running on all fours, preparing to Tackle Mystic.
"Mystic," I whispered. "When it comes close enough, use Wrap." She nodded ever so slightly. Starlight ran even closer to Mystic. Closer. Closer. . .
"Now!" I yelped.
Mystic jumped at Starlight and wrapped her long body around him. Starlight squirmed and struggled to get away, but Mystic was stronger and kept her Wrap. Finally, Pichu stopped moving and hung his head over the side of Mystic, with his tongue hanging out. Mystic let go of her Wrap and slithered back over to me.
"Piiiiii. . ." Starlight groaned.
Zoyner stomped over to her Pokemon. "Starlight!" she gasped. "Are you okay?!"
"Chuuu. . ." he answered.
Zoyner pulled out a Pokeball and returned Starlight with a sigh. Then she turned to me. "That was a great battle," she said as she rummaged around in her pocket. She pulled something out and threw it to me. I caught it in midair.
"That's a Zephyr Badge," Zoyner explained. "The first of the Johto League badges. Now excuse me, I have to get my weekly pedicure. " Zoyner walked out of the gym and down the block.
"Thank you!" I called. I stared at the badge in my hand. It glittered in the bright sunlight.
"Thanks Mystic," I grinned. I hugged my Dratini. "You're the best Pokemon a girl could ask for."
"Draaaaatini," she blushed.
I looked at the badge again. It seemed shinier for some odd reason. I held it up to my face.
I glared at it. I was sure. . .I was. . .
"Mystic?" I blurted out. Was it. . .?
There was something moving in that badge. I could see blurry gray color, crystal shapes, and something blue, moving, swimming, floating, practically flying. But the blue-it looked like-
I jammed the badge in my pocket. I bit my lip. Then I burst into tears.
"Oh Mystic," I sobbed. "I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't know what's happening, or-"
"Draaa, Tini, Dratini, Draaaa," Mystic comforted me.
I walked to a tree and sat behind it, away from all the people and homes. I pulled out my diary. I had to write all this down.
~*~
"Dear Diary, This.it's.oh, I'm just so confused!!!!! I battled Zoyner, the Violet City gym leader today. Actually, just a few minutes ago. I beat her and got the Zephyr Badge. But when I was looking at it, I saw something in there- something-I DON'T KNOW!!!! It felt so familiar, yet so strange, like I've seen the image before-but it's totally strange. It was blurry, the image, but-oh, I'm so confused. I hope I can get myself straightened out before I battled at the next town. Maybe Danny will be at the next town. . .
~*~
Just the thought of Danny made me smile. I put my diary away, wiped off my tears, and stood up. I grabbed my backpack.
"Come on Mystic," I grinned. "Let's go to the next town."
~Chapter Seven~
Before me stood a small building with a grass roof. Sticks stuck out of the walls like someone had just shoved them in there in a hurry. The building looked like a mess. Yet, a large brown sign in front of it said, "Violet City Gym."
I snorted. "THIS is a gym?" I said to Mystic. "Some gym! This looks more like the house the first Swinub built in that fairy tale!"
Mystic stared at me with a confused look on her face. I sighed. "Never mind. Let's go win a badge!"
I slowly opened the wooden door of the gym, half-fearing it would make the whole building collapse on Mystic and I. I stepped gingerly inside, with Mystic following me.
"Hello?" I called. There seemed to be no one in the gym; there were just a bunch of rocks dyed red and white and formed in the shape of a Pokeball lining the floor.
"Hello?" I tried again. Suddenly, Mystic jumped up. "Draaatini!" she cried fearfully. She hid behind my legs.
"What is it?" I asked.
I heard stomps behind me. I whirled around and saw a very short girl with long blonde hair wearing very tall platform shoes behind me. She was carrying a very big stick.
"AAAAAAIIIIIIE!" I cried.
"Who are you?!" she demanded to know.
"I'm. . .April Tamer. . .here for a badge. . ." I quivered.
The girl's face broke into a smile. "Oh! I'm sorry! I thought you were my cleaning lady. She hasn't been doing a very good job lately and I wanted to give her a piece of my mind."
"Oh. . ." I laughed nervously. "Ha, ha."
The girl dropped her stick. "I'm Zoyner, the leader of this gym," she said. Zoyner waved her hand all around. "Sorry about this mess," she apologized. "I've been redecorating, and they don't have the kind of concrete I need."
"Umm. . ." I stalled. I just wanted to get the match started!
"I'll bet you just want to get the match started," Zoyner interrupted my thoughts. She smiled. "Let's go. I'll be tough to beat, you know."
I grinned. "I don't think so!"
We both stepped-well, Zoyner stomped in those hideously tall shoes-to opposite sides of the gym.
"Can we make this one-on-one?" I asked. I was afraid I would have to beat three Pokemon with only Mystic.
"Sure," Zoyner answered to my relief. She pulled out a Pokeball. "Go, Starlight!" she cried as she threw it.
"Go, Mystic," I whispered to my Dratini. Mystic eagerly hopped out onto the "field."
Zoyner's Pokeball landed on the ground and opened. The light blinded me for a second, but when it dimmed, a small yellow rodent was standing there. It danced around happily. "A Pichu?" I said.
"Yes," Zoyner said. "Starlight is my most powerful Pokemon. He doesn't look it, but he could probably defeat a ground-type if he wanted to, but I don't know about a dragon Pokemon. . ." Zoyner trailed off as she glared at Mystic. Then she looked at her Pichu. "Ready?" she asked him.
"Piiiiiii." Starlight answered. Stray sparks flew from his cheeks.
"Ready Mystic?" I asked. Mystic hopped up and down as a reply. "Let's battle!" Zoyner cried.
"Mystic, uh. . ." I thought. I racked my brain, trying to think of the attacks Dad had listed in his note. Mystic looked at me helplessly as Zoyner commanded-
"Starlight, Thundershock!"
"Dad, help me," I whispered. Remembering my father, I instinctively grabbed the key. I held it in my palm and closed my eyes. Suddenly, it came to me.
"Mystic, Extremespeed!" I cried.
Starlight charged his cheeks up in preparation for a Thundershock, but Mystic jumped up and hurled herself towards the Pichu. Starlight was so startled, he stopped his Thundershock and glared evilly at Mystic.
"Twister!" I commanded.
Mystic whirled her head around. Her eyes glowed green, and within seconds, a small tornado had formed in front of Starlight. It spun towards the small yellow rodent and nearly hit him. "Try your Thundershock again," Zoyner suggested. Starlight charged up his cheeks and let out a powerful Thundershock, screaming, "PiiiiCHUUUUUUUUU!"
The lightning hit the Twister. The green tornado started spinning out of control-and somehow, dissolved.
"What?!" I gasped.
Zoyner ignored me. "Tackle!" she cried.
I bit my lip. Maybe I shouldn't be battling. This WAS only my second battle. Maybe-
"You can do it."
I gasped again. That voice. THAT VOICE! It was that same voice that had urged me on-
"You can do it. Believe in yourself. Your father has-forever."
It was all I could to keep my tears from spilling out onto my face. I felt so happy-yet, sad. . .
I glanced at Mystic. She wasn't moving a muscle, probably waiting for me to tell her to make a move. Starlight was running on all fours, preparing to Tackle Mystic.
"Mystic," I whispered. "When it comes close enough, use Wrap." She nodded ever so slightly. Starlight ran even closer to Mystic. Closer. Closer. . .
"Now!" I yelped.
Mystic jumped at Starlight and wrapped her long body around him. Starlight squirmed and struggled to get away, but Mystic was stronger and kept her Wrap. Finally, Pichu stopped moving and hung his head over the side of Mystic, with his tongue hanging out. Mystic let go of her Wrap and slithered back over to me.
"Piiiiii. . ." Starlight groaned.
Zoyner stomped over to her Pokemon. "Starlight!" she gasped. "Are you okay?!"
"Chuuu. . ." he answered.
Zoyner pulled out a Pokeball and returned Starlight with a sigh. Then she turned to me. "That was a great battle," she said as she rummaged around in her pocket. She pulled something out and threw it to me. I caught it in midair.
"That's a Zephyr Badge," Zoyner explained. "The first of the Johto League badges. Now excuse me, I have to get my weekly pedicure. " Zoyner walked out of the gym and down the block.
"Thank you!" I called. I stared at the badge in my hand. It glittered in the bright sunlight.
"Thanks Mystic," I grinned. I hugged my Dratini. "You're the best Pokemon a girl could ask for."
"Draaaaatini," she blushed.
I looked at the badge again. It seemed shinier for some odd reason. I held it up to my face.
I glared at it. I was sure. . .I was. . .
"Mystic?" I blurted out. Was it. . .?
There was something moving in that badge. I could see blurry gray color, crystal shapes, and something blue, moving, swimming, floating, practically flying. But the blue-it looked like-
I jammed the badge in my pocket. I bit my lip. Then I burst into tears.
"Oh Mystic," I sobbed. "I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't know what's happening, or-"
"Draaa, Tini, Dratini, Draaaa," Mystic comforted me.
I walked to a tree and sat behind it, away from all the people and homes. I pulled out my diary. I had to write all this down.
~*~
"Dear Diary, This.it's.oh, I'm just so confused!!!!! I battled Zoyner, the Violet City gym leader today. Actually, just a few minutes ago. I beat her and got the Zephyr Badge. But when I was looking at it, I saw something in there- something-I DON'T KNOW!!!! It felt so familiar, yet so strange, like I've seen the image before-but it's totally strange. It was blurry, the image, but-oh, I'm so confused. I hope I can get myself straightened out before I battled at the next town. Maybe Danny will be at the next town. . .
~*~
Just the thought of Danny made me smile. I put my diary away, wiped off my tears, and stood up. I grabbed my backpack.
"Come on Mystic," I grinned. "Let's go to the next town."