~Chapter Twenty-Five~
We had been at the Pokemon Center for a week now, and the baby showed no signs of being born. I was growing restless.
One night, just before bedtime, Mom arrived. I was surprised-she had come all the way to Ecruteak City from home!
"Moooom. . ." I whined.
"I just want to make sure you're going to be okay," she kept saying. And then she would smile and say, "Besides, I want to get a glimpse of my first grandchild!"
I had to smile at that. But that was the only thing. I couldn't believe how long this baby was taking to be born.
I stared out the window of the Pokemon Center. Teenagers kept coming in and out, asking for their Pokemon to be healed. I wondered if any of them would become a Pokemon master. Then I wondered if I would have ever been one, had I not discovered the den. What sort of Pokemon would I have? Would Mystic have evolved into a Dragonite? Would Anthony have found me?
I shivered at the last thought. Years later, Anthony still creeped me out. Probably because it was his fault Mystic was dead. . .
I shook my head to clear out the thought. I couldn't be thinking of bad things. Happy thought, think happy thoughts. . .
I was still thinking happy thoughts as I climbed into the bed Danny and I were sharing. I fell asleep in an instant, with Danny snoring next to me.
~*~*~
I woke up at around three in the morning. At first I didn't know why I woke up, until I felt this sharp pain going through me. It felt like someone was cutting my stomach with a hot knife.
I screamed.
Danny immediately woke up, and Mom burst into the room.
"April what is it?!" Danny asked, sounding half tired and half psychotic.
"The. . .baby. . ." I said through gritted teeth.
Mom, Danny, and the Nurse Joy on duty help me to the hospital, which was a block away. The pain was getting worse.
Finally, I was settled into a hospital bed. The pain had stopped, but a minute later, it started again. A nurse kept checking on me, and finally she said, "It's time."
~*~*~
I opened my eyes and blinked a few times. My hand felt sore, probably from Danny gripping it so hard. I looked, and saw Mom standing next to me. She looked like she had been crying.
"Mom?" I croaked.
She stroked my hair. "Oh April," she blubbered.
"Mom-" I started, but Danny burst into the room and gave me a big hug.
"April!" he cried. "I don't believe it!"
"What?!" I said, sounding a little hysterical. I had no clue what was going on. Where had Danny gone? What happened to me? And where was my baby?
Just then, a nurse walked quietly into my room, holding a bundle of pink blankets.
I smiled. "Pink?" I squeaked.
The nurse smiled and carefully handed the baby to me. "You have a beautiful baby girl," she whispered, before leaving.
I stared at the bundle in my arms. She was so perfect and tiny. She had dark, almost black hair, and for a second she opened her eyes and look at me, then went back to sleep.
I smiled again. She had my hair and Danny's blue eyes.
Perfect.
"Hey, let me hold her," Danny complained, but he was smiling too.
For a minute, I didn't want to hand her over. I just wanted to hold her forever and ever, but Mom coughed, which sounded a lot like "April", so I handed her to Danny.
Danny slowly rocked her back and forth. He sat on the edge of my bed, staring at her. Had I looked like that?
"She's so perfect," he finally whispered.
"My thoughts exactly," I agreed.
After awhile, Mom got to hold her first granddaughter. This time, she did start to cry, and I took the baby from Mom, fearing that she would flood all over the floor.
~*~*~
After about a half hour, the nurse took the baby back so she could sleep in the nursery. I thought about her until Mom left to make some phone calls-or so she said. I had a feeling she wanted to have Danny and I be alone for awhile.
Danny sat on the bed next to me, and I scooted over and laid back. He did too, and soon we were laying down, our heads sharing the same pillow and fingers intertwined.
"What happened?" I asked so suddenly, I surprised myself.
"What happened what?" Danny said.
"When I was having her. I don't remember it. . ."
"Oh," Danny answered. "About a half second after she was born, you passed out. It was like, boom. You were fine, so we let you sleep for about three hours until I came in the room and saw you awake."
I smiled again, and just stared at the ceiling until Danny and I both fell asleep.
~*~*~
The next day, I was still at the hospital. The doctor said he just wanted to check me over, then I could leave with our nameless baby.
"What should we name her?" Danny asked that morning, while I was holding her.
I frowned. "I'm not sure," I said. "I thought of a lot of names, but none seem quite right. . ."
"Hmmm. . ." Danny said, staring at our baby. She was asleep, but fussing, moving her hands and head around.
"I've always liked the name Diana," he suddenly said. "My dad told me it means 'divine.' And I think our baby is really divine."
I giggle, and looked at her. "Diana," I whispered.
For a full second, she opened her eyes and stared at me with those same blue eyes. Then she fell back asleep.
"Diana it is," I smiled.
I looked up at Danny, and saw a dark figure hurry by our room, but thought nothing of it when Danny took Diana and held her some more.
~*~*~
"Dear Diary,
We're back in our old mansion. Thank goodness there's plenty of room for us. Wow, four people, that's a record for this house!
Obviously, Danny has never been in this house, but he loves it. He especially loves all of Dad's old pictures, which is really sweet. I love him so much.
Diana is so adorable! I'm trying to teach her to say 'Dratini,' but of course she can't talk yet. She's only a few weeks old!
Omigosh! Speaking of Dratini, guess what??? Mystic's egg hatched the day after Diana was born, about nine at night. It was so magnificent, watching the little Dratini hatch out of the egg. Mystic's baby. I put her in the Pokeball-I'm not quite ready to deal with dragons yet. But I named her Mystical, in honor of her mother.
So we're all here. Mom, Mystical, Danny, Diana, and I-and hopefully our new life will take us to new places.
Just like the key."
~*~
The End!!!
Oh man, now I'm getting teary like I do when a fic ends. . .thanks to everyone who has reviewed and read this!!! ^_^
We had been at the Pokemon Center for a week now, and the baby showed no signs of being born. I was growing restless.
One night, just before bedtime, Mom arrived. I was surprised-she had come all the way to Ecruteak City from home!
"Moooom. . ." I whined.
"I just want to make sure you're going to be okay," she kept saying. And then she would smile and say, "Besides, I want to get a glimpse of my first grandchild!"
I had to smile at that. But that was the only thing. I couldn't believe how long this baby was taking to be born.
I stared out the window of the Pokemon Center. Teenagers kept coming in and out, asking for their Pokemon to be healed. I wondered if any of them would become a Pokemon master. Then I wondered if I would have ever been one, had I not discovered the den. What sort of Pokemon would I have? Would Mystic have evolved into a Dragonite? Would Anthony have found me?
I shivered at the last thought. Years later, Anthony still creeped me out. Probably because it was his fault Mystic was dead. . .
I shook my head to clear out the thought. I couldn't be thinking of bad things. Happy thought, think happy thoughts. . .
I was still thinking happy thoughts as I climbed into the bed Danny and I were sharing. I fell asleep in an instant, with Danny snoring next to me.
~*~*~
I woke up at around three in the morning. At first I didn't know why I woke up, until I felt this sharp pain going through me. It felt like someone was cutting my stomach with a hot knife.
I screamed.
Danny immediately woke up, and Mom burst into the room.
"April what is it?!" Danny asked, sounding half tired and half psychotic.
"The. . .baby. . ." I said through gritted teeth.
Mom, Danny, and the Nurse Joy on duty help me to the hospital, which was a block away. The pain was getting worse.
Finally, I was settled into a hospital bed. The pain had stopped, but a minute later, it started again. A nurse kept checking on me, and finally she said, "It's time."
~*~*~
I opened my eyes and blinked a few times. My hand felt sore, probably from Danny gripping it so hard. I looked, and saw Mom standing next to me. She looked like she had been crying.
"Mom?" I croaked.
She stroked my hair. "Oh April," she blubbered.
"Mom-" I started, but Danny burst into the room and gave me a big hug.
"April!" he cried. "I don't believe it!"
"What?!" I said, sounding a little hysterical. I had no clue what was going on. Where had Danny gone? What happened to me? And where was my baby?
Just then, a nurse walked quietly into my room, holding a bundle of pink blankets.
I smiled. "Pink?" I squeaked.
The nurse smiled and carefully handed the baby to me. "You have a beautiful baby girl," she whispered, before leaving.
I stared at the bundle in my arms. She was so perfect and tiny. She had dark, almost black hair, and for a second she opened her eyes and look at me, then went back to sleep.
I smiled again. She had my hair and Danny's blue eyes.
Perfect.
"Hey, let me hold her," Danny complained, but he was smiling too.
For a minute, I didn't want to hand her over. I just wanted to hold her forever and ever, but Mom coughed, which sounded a lot like "April", so I handed her to Danny.
Danny slowly rocked her back and forth. He sat on the edge of my bed, staring at her. Had I looked like that?
"She's so perfect," he finally whispered.
"My thoughts exactly," I agreed.
After awhile, Mom got to hold her first granddaughter. This time, she did start to cry, and I took the baby from Mom, fearing that she would flood all over the floor.
~*~*~
After about a half hour, the nurse took the baby back so she could sleep in the nursery. I thought about her until Mom left to make some phone calls-or so she said. I had a feeling she wanted to have Danny and I be alone for awhile.
Danny sat on the bed next to me, and I scooted over and laid back. He did too, and soon we were laying down, our heads sharing the same pillow and fingers intertwined.
"What happened?" I asked so suddenly, I surprised myself.
"What happened what?" Danny said.
"When I was having her. I don't remember it. . ."
"Oh," Danny answered. "About a half second after she was born, you passed out. It was like, boom. You were fine, so we let you sleep for about three hours until I came in the room and saw you awake."
I smiled again, and just stared at the ceiling until Danny and I both fell asleep.
~*~*~
The next day, I was still at the hospital. The doctor said he just wanted to check me over, then I could leave with our nameless baby.
"What should we name her?" Danny asked that morning, while I was holding her.
I frowned. "I'm not sure," I said. "I thought of a lot of names, but none seem quite right. . ."
"Hmmm. . ." Danny said, staring at our baby. She was asleep, but fussing, moving her hands and head around.
"I've always liked the name Diana," he suddenly said. "My dad told me it means 'divine.' And I think our baby is really divine."
I giggle, and looked at her. "Diana," I whispered.
For a full second, she opened her eyes and stared at me with those same blue eyes. Then she fell back asleep.
"Diana it is," I smiled.
I looked up at Danny, and saw a dark figure hurry by our room, but thought nothing of it when Danny took Diana and held her some more.
~*~*~
"Dear Diary,
We're back in our old mansion. Thank goodness there's plenty of room for us. Wow, four people, that's a record for this house!
Obviously, Danny has never been in this house, but he loves it. He especially loves all of Dad's old pictures, which is really sweet. I love him so much.
Diana is so adorable! I'm trying to teach her to say 'Dratini,' but of course she can't talk yet. She's only a few weeks old!
Omigosh! Speaking of Dratini, guess what??? Mystic's egg hatched the day after Diana was born, about nine at night. It was so magnificent, watching the little Dratini hatch out of the egg. Mystic's baby. I put her in the Pokeball-I'm not quite ready to deal with dragons yet. But I named her Mystical, in honor of her mother.
So we're all here. Mom, Mystical, Danny, Diana, and I-and hopefully our new life will take us to new places.
Just like the key."
~*~
The End!!!
Oh man, now I'm getting teary like I do when a fic ends. . .thanks to everyone who has reviewed and read this!!! ^_^