-runs from Charmandar plushie- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! IT'S GONNA EAT
ME!!!!! JACOB, SAVE ME!!!!
-hides behind dweeby cat, who runs away and hides under the bed-
Oh, well. My cat is such a dweeb. Anyway, who said this would be the last chapter? -raises eyebrows- Right now, there are more than twenty chapters of this written. Why aren't they up? I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm a lazy bum.
I'm soooo glad everyone likes this so much! ^_^ Thanks for all of your reviews!
~Chapter Thirteen~
Mystic cocked her head and looked at me. "Well, I guess you'd better get a better look around here. You don't know anything about this den, but I believe I remember some things about it. . ."
I turned away from the mirror and stared at the floor. "Okay," I said.
We got back out to the room with the big pool in it-the "main room" Mystic told me. I looked and saw dozens of Dragonairs and Dratinis swimming and napping and playing. I was feeling overwhelmed.
There were two sets of doors, Cielo guarding one and the other Dragonite guarding the other set. Rosebushes were all around the doors, and the baskets hanging from the ceiling that were holding the dead flowers suddenly held bright, blooming flowers. I shook my head in amazement.
Mystic hopped over to Cielo and spoke a few words in Dragonair language. Cielo nodded and opened a door with one of its great hands. The door creaaaaked open, and I saw a thick layer of dust flutter from the hinges.
Mystic once again stood completely still. "This is the main entrance to the den," her voice told me. "Whenever you need to get food or take one of us to the Pokemon Center in an extreme emergency, you will exit out here."
I peeked out the door and saw nothing but water. Something was holding it up and protecting the great deal of water from entering the den.
"Okay. . ." I trailed off. I turned back to the den. "What's that other door open?"
Mystic slithered to the other Dragonite and spoke to him. Then she turned to face me and said, "First of all, this is Rio. He is guarding the. . .other. . .part of the den."
"Other part?" I asked.
Mystic spun around and jumped into the pool. Her head came up after a few seconds, and she said, "You are not ready to see that. You will know when you are."
I laughed a pitiful laugh. "Man, I have to wait for everything."
Mystic smiled a sly smile and swam to the bottom of the pool. The water was so incredibly clear, it was like crystal. Crystal clear.
I stared at the water. I spun around on my heel and went back to my room. I really wasn't ready to follow in dad's path yet. I also had no clue about what to do.
I flung myself on my bed and lay my head on the pillow. I lay still and stared at the floor. Before I knew it, tears were coming down my cheeks. I could not stop them.
I sat up and stared at my lap, sobbing. "Dang it," I muttered. "Why do I have to cry at everything?"
After a few minutes, I finally stopped crying. I stood up and stared into the mirror at my reflection.
"God, your hair is a mess," I said to myself. "You need to do something with it."
I gathered half of my long, thick hair in my hand and spun it into a bun. When I realized the bun was too thick, I let half of the half of the section hang loose. I secured the bun on top of my head with a ponytail. (A/N: If you have no clue what this looks like, it's supposed to be like Sailor Moon's hairstyle. I know, I steal everything. So that's copyright. And if you have no idea who Sailor Moon is, shame on you.)
"Meh," I muttered. "Good enough," I said as I did the same style to the other half of my hair.
When I was finished, I looked at my new style. Two buns were resting on my head, while the rest of my hair hung down limply. Even though the buns made my hair look considerably shorter, the hair that was hanging down still reached my knees.
"Good enough," I said again. I changed into my bathing suit, which was still sitting in my backpack, and ran out into the main room. I knew what I had to do.
~*~*~
"Come on, you silly Dragonair!" I shouted. "Just use the attack! It's a statue for crying out loud!"
The Dragonair, which I nicknamed Nikkomoeru, shook his head. He dove back into the pool and floated at the floor of the water.
I rolled my eyes and went underwater. I was lucky that now I could breathe underwater, because this pool was DEEP.
"Nikkomoeruuuuuu. . ." I whined. "Come on. Ice Beam won't hurt the statue, I promise. I know you don't like hurting things, but the statue won't feel it. I promise."
Nikkomoeru looked at me and quickly swam to the surface. He threw his head back and let loose with an ice beam straight at a freaking-looking statue of some. . .well, freaking-looking guy holding some kind of circle thing. I discovered the statue when I had been looking at the rosebushes about an hour earlier. I wanted to move the statue out of the den, but I wasn't sure how.
In a matter of seconds, the statue was completely frozen. Nikkomoeru looked happy for himself.
"Excellent!" I cried. I turned to another Dragonair swimming beside me. "Dreamstar, Fire Blast!"
Dreamstar immediately turned to the statue and blew out a fire blast. The ice melted, and unfortunantely, the statue was fine.
"Good work," I smiled at the Dragonairs. They smiled back and dove back into the water.
I sighed and decided to float on my back for awhile. I looked at the baskets of flowers hanging and decided I wouldn't mind being in the den. In fact, I would probably grow to like it.
Dad's key spun around on its chain and floated in the water near my neck. I smiled and held it up. I had kept it on, and decided I always would. It had led me to this wonderful place.
I spun around on my stomach and swam to the other side of the pool. I pushed myself out and squeezed my pigtail of all of the water. I was just about to decide to call it a night when my stomach growled loudly.
"Oops," I mumbled. "I forgot about food." Then I raised my voice. "Mystic!"
My Dragonair immediately flew on the wings on her head to me. "Yes?" she asked.
"I'm going to get some food," I told her. "I'll be back soon." She nodded, and dove back into the pool. I saw her swim off with a very handsome Dragonair I had nicknamed Moerumushi. I smiled as Ceilo opened the door for me and I swam into the water leading to town.
The river was small, but rough. Once again, I was glad to be able to breathe underwater, or I would probably be dead.
I was very happy to see town. I hopped out of the river and walked along the road to the Pokemon Center.
"Ah, civilization," I joked. I ignored the Pokemon Center and decided just to go into the Mart when I saw someone come out of the Center. Someone wearing all black, with dirty blonde hair and dazzling blue eyes.
"Danny!" I called happily. I was sure my grin was going to fall off of my face.
Danny looked around, wondering who was calling him. He saw me, and I don't think he recognized at first because of my new hairstyle, but then he broke into a smile similar to mine.
He ran to me, arms outstretch. "April!" he cried, wrapping me in a hug. I hugged Danny back.
After what felt like forever, Danny let go of me. "What are you doing here?" he asked. "I thought you'd be out of Ecruteak City by now."
I bit my lip. Should I tell Danny about the den? I thought. I don't know. It would probably be better if I didn't, but then again, I hate keeping secrets from people I love.
I raised my eyebrows and gasped at my own thought. Danny looked at my strangely.
Love? I thought. Did I just think that? Did I just think that I. . .that I. . .
"Love you," I whispered, completing the thought. I looked up at Danny, swallowing hard.
He stared at me with his intense blue eyes. His beautiful blue eyes, so open and so free. So familiar. . .
"What did you say?" he asked. He touched my cheek and I grabbed his hand, closing my eyes.
"I. . .I love you," I whispered again.
Danny took his hand away from my cheek and held my other hand. I opened my eyes and looked at him again.
"I love you too, April," he said softly. "I always have. Ever since we first met when we battled our Dratini, I knew I would always love you."
I smiled. I felt a small tear gather at the corner of my eye. I didn't even bother to brush it away as it fell.
At least I didn't mind crying now. These were tears of happiness, not of confusion.
I definitely wasn't confused as Danny took me in his arms and kissed me again.
And for the first time that day, something truly felt right.
-hides behind dweeby cat, who runs away and hides under the bed-
Oh, well. My cat is such a dweeb. Anyway, who said this would be the last chapter? -raises eyebrows- Right now, there are more than twenty chapters of this written. Why aren't they up? I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm a lazy bum.
I'm soooo glad everyone likes this so much! ^_^ Thanks for all of your reviews!
~Chapter Thirteen~
Mystic cocked her head and looked at me. "Well, I guess you'd better get a better look around here. You don't know anything about this den, but I believe I remember some things about it. . ."
I turned away from the mirror and stared at the floor. "Okay," I said.
We got back out to the room with the big pool in it-the "main room" Mystic told me. I looked and saw dozens of Dragonairs and Dratinis swimming and napping and playing. I was feeling overwhelmed.
There were two sets of doors, Cielo guarding one and the other Dragonite guarding the other set. Rosebushes were all around the doors, and the baskets hanging from the ceiling that were holding the dead flowers suddenly held bright, blooming flowers. I shook my head in amazement.
Mystic hopped over to Cielo and spoke a few words in Dragonair language. Cielo nodded and opened a door with one of its great hands. The door creaaaaked open, and I saw a thick layer of dust flutter from the hinges.
Mystic once again stood completely still. "This is the main entrance to the den," her voice told me. "Whenever you need to get food or take one of us to the Pokemon Center in an extreme emergency, you will exit out here."
I peeked out the door and saw nothing but water. Something was holding it up and protecting the great deal of water from entering the den.
"Okay. . ." I trailed off. I turned back to the den. "What's that other door open?"
Mystic slithered to the other Dragonite and spoke to him. Then she turned to face me and said, "First of all, this is Rio. He is guarding the. . .other. . .part of the den."
"Other part?" I asked.
Mystic spun around and jumped into the pool. Her head came up after a few seconds, and she said, "You are not ready to see that. You will know when you are."
I laughed a pitiful laugh. "Man, I have to wait for everything."
Mystic smiled a sly smile and swam to the bottom of the pool. The water was so incredibly clear, it was like crystal. Crystal clear.
I stared at the water. I spun around on my heel and went back to my room. I really wasn't ready to follow in dad's path yet. I also had no clue about what to do.
I flung myself on my bed and lay my head on the pillow. I lay still and stared at the floor. Before I knew it, tears were coming down my cheeks. I could not stop them.
I sat up and stared at my lap, sobbing. "Dang it," I muttered. "Why do I have to cry at everything?"
After a few minutes, I finally stopped crying. I stood up and stared into the mirror at my reflection.
"God, your hair is a mess," I said to myself. "You need to do something with it."
I gathered half of my long, thick hair in my hand and spun it into a bun. When I realized the bun was too thick, I let half of the half of the section hang loose. I secured the bun on top of my head with a ponytail. (A/N: If you have no clue what this looks like, it's supposed to be like Sailor Moon's hairstyle. I know, I steal everything. So that's copyright. And if you have no idea who Sailor Moon is, shame on you.)
"Meh," I muttered. "Good enough," I said as I did the same style to the other half of my hair.
When I was finished, I looked at my new style. Two buns were resting on my head, while the rest of my hair hung down limply. Even though the buns made my hair look considerably shorter, the hair that was hanging down still reached my knees.
"Good enough," I said again. I changed into my bathing suit, which was still sitting in my backpack, and ran out into the main room. I knew what I had to do.
~*~*~
"Come on, you silly Dragonair!" I shouted. "Just use the attack! It's a statue for crying out loud!"
The Dragonair, which I nicknamed Nikkomoeru, shook his head. He dove back into the pool and floated at the floor of the water.
I rolled my eyes and went underwater. I was lucky that now I could breathe underwater, because this pool was DEEP.
"Nikkomoeruuuuuu. . ." I whined. "Come on. Ice Beam won't hurt the statue, I promise. I know you don't like hurting things, but the statue won't feel it. I promise."
Nikkomoeru looked at me and quickly swam to the surface. He threw his head back and let loose with an ice beam straight at a freaking-looking statue of some. . .well, freaking-looking guy holding some kind of circle thing. I discovered the statue when I had been looking at the rosebushes about an hour earlier. I wanted to move the statue out of the den, but I wasn't sure how.
In a matter of seconds, the statue was completely frozen. Nikkomoeru looked happy for himself.
"Excellent!" I cried. I turned to another Dragonair swimming beside me. "Dreamstar, Fire Blast!"
Dreamstar immediately turned to the statue and blew out a fire blast. The ice melted, and unfortunantely, the statue was fine.
"Good work," I smiled at the Dragonairs. They smiled back and dove back into the water.
I sighed and decided to float on my back for awhile. I looked at the baskets of flowers hanging and decided I wouldn't mind being in the den. In fact, I would probably grow to like it.
Dad's key spun around on its chain and floated in the water near my neck. I smiled and held it up. I had kept it on, and decided I always would. It had led me to this wonderful place.
I spun around on my stomach and swam to the other side of the pool. I pushed myself out and squeezed my pigtail of all of the water. I was just about to decide to call it a night when my stomach growled loudly.
"Oops," I mumbled. "I forgot about food." Then I raised my voice. "Mystic!"
My Dragonair immediately flew on the wings on her head to me. "Yes?" she asked.
"I'm going to get some food," I told her. "I'll be back soon." She nodded, and dove back into the pool. I saw her swim off with a very handsome Dragonair I had nicknamed Moerumushi. I smiled as Ceilo opened the door for me and I swam into the water leading to town.
The river was small, but rough. Once again, I was glad to be able to breathe underwater, or I would probably be dead.
I was very happy to see town. I hopped out of the river and walked along the road to the Pokemon Center.
"Ah, civilization," I joked. I ignored the Pokemon Center and decided just to go into the Mart when I saw someone come out of the Center. Someone wearing all black, with dirty blonde hair and dazzling blue eyes.
"Danny!" I called happily. I was sure my grin was going to fall off of my face.
Danny looked around, wondering who was calling him. He saw me, and I don't think he recognized at first because of my new hairstyle, but then he broke into a smile similar to mine.
He ran to me, arms outstretch. "April!" he cried, wrapping me in a hug. I hugged Danny back.
After what felt like forever, Danny let go of me. "What are you doing here?" he asked. "I thought you'd be out of Ecruteak City by now."
I bit my lip. Should I tell Danny about the den? I thought. I don't know. It would probably be better if I didn't, but then again, I hate keeping secrets from people I love.
I raised my eyebrows and gasped at my own thought. Danny looked at my strangely.
Love? I thought. Did I just think that? Did I just think that I. . .that I. . .
"Love you," I whispered, completing the thought. I looked up at Danny, swallowing hard.
He stared at me with his intense blue eyes. His beautiful blue eyes, so open and so free. So familiar. . .
"What did you say?" he asked. He touched my cheek and I grabbed his hand, closing my eyes.
"I. . .I love you," I whispered again.
Danny took his hand away from my cheek and held my other hand. I opened my eyes and looked at him again.
"I love you too, April," he said softly. "I always have. Ever since we first met when we battled our Dratini, I knew I would always love you."
I smiled. I felt a small tear gather at the corner of my eye. I didn't even bother to brush it away as it fell.
At least I didn't mind crying now. These were tears of happiness, not of confusion.
I definitely wasn't confused as Danny took me in his arms and kissed me again.
And for the first time that day, something truly felt right.