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STORY OF A DREAMER - JOSIE
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CHAPTER NINE
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I panicked. The voices were a lot nearer than they had been the last time I had heard them, back along the river. They were getting louder every minute and I knew that the only choice my and Butterfree had of avoiding them was to hide in the bushes and hope they weren't on the look-out for Pokemon. I leapt down the tree, where I saw that Butterfree had already awoken and was sipping nectar from a flower.
"Butterfree!" I exclaimed. "I can hear humans. Quick! Hide!" Butterfree's face formed the same expression that I was sure I had, and she floated off the flower and into a thick bush with huge berries growing on it nearby. I did the same, and as my tail disappeared into the leaves, I heard footsteps.
"Oddish," a female voice cried. "Where are you?" Curiosity overcame my fear and I poked my head out of the bush to see what the situation was. A young girl stood nearby, tears in her eyes, searching all around.
"Oddish?!" she shouted again.
As I watched a Pokemon emerged from underneath a tree root nearby. It was an Oddish, a huge grin on its face. It was carrying a berry almost as big as itself, and was struggling to pull it along.
"Here I am," it exclaimed breathlessly.
"Oddish!" the girl ran up to it, a smile on her face. "Don't disappear like that again, I thought I'd lost you!"
"Sorry," Oddish replied, suddenly looking solemn. The girl took the Pokemon in her arms and gave it a huge hug. A look of pleasure appeared on Oddish's face as it nestled friendlily in her coat.
I looked in amazement and my thoughts about humans went through my head. I was confused. I had found it so easy to change my views on humans when I had been faced with a cruel one. Now I had seen one being kind to Pokemon and I didn't know what to think. Having experienced cruelty, however, I took this show of kindness to be a one off.
But it didn't end there. I still had curiosity and confusion inside me and I couldn't forget it. As the girl and her Oddish wandered off I emerged from the bushes and began to follow them.
"Pikachu!" Butterfree shouted after me. "Don't!"
"I have to know the truth about humans," I replied stubbornly. "This is the only way to find out."
"But… what if you get killed?"
"I'll be careful," I reassured her.
"Well I'm coming with you."
"It might be dangerous," I replied. I wanted her to come, I didn't fancy going on alone, I just didn't want to get her into trouble.
"I can handle danger," she said confidently.
"OK," I agreed. "You can come."
Immediately she was beside me, floating along with me as I followed the human, being careful not to be spotted. She was chatting to her Oddish as she walked, and once again this caused me to become confused about what humans were really like. I couldn't decide who was a one off, this girl or Kern.
As we continued walking, both of us getting more exhausted with every step, I saw a town in the distance. The building towered above us and as we got closer and closer they begun to get bigger. I shivered. We were getting close to human civilisation
Suddenly, Butterfree stopped flying and swiftly floated to the ground.
"Quick!" she shouted. "There's a Pokeball heading right for you, dodge it!" I looked up at the sky trying to judge from which direction the ball was coming from. The sun was right in my face and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't keep my eyes open long enough to see anything. Before I had time to move the ball landed next to me and in a few seconds I was enclosed inside the ball. Inside there was hardly any space to move. Although I seemed to have shrunk slightly I still had a hard time moving anywhere. I was shaking all over, all I wanted was to be back outside with Butterfree, but as I looked around the small space I could see no way of escaping. I was trapped.
I heard a tapping on the outside of the ball. It was distant but loud enough for me to be able to hear.
"Pikachu," the voice echoed round the ball. It was Butterfree, come to try and save me once again.
"There's nothing you can do!" I shouted out, afraid that any minute she might be captured as well. "Get out of here before they get you too. Maybe I'll see you again sometime." Even as I said that, I knew that it was likely that I wouldn't see her again. Tears came to my eyes as I realised I was alone again; Completely alone. I kicked the side of the ball, causing it to vibrate. I hated this. I wanted to be free. In here, I couldn't even see the sun and the moon.
oo00O00oo
I awoke. I didn't know how long I had slept, I couldn't even recall having fallen asleep, but as I stretched as much as the ball would allow it, I felt stronger than I had for a while. I realised this much have been due to something the human had done. For some reason, it wanted me strong. I didn't like the sound of that.
A sound came from outside the ball, and before I had time to look around again a force pulled me from the ball and I landed on a table. As the blazing light around me faded and I got my bearings I realised I was in a large room, and that two humans were standing looking at me. One of them was an old man with greying hair and a long white coat. Items protruded from a pocket on one side of the coat and I decided he was a scientist of some kind. The other human in the room was a young boy with completely black messy hair and wearing a pair of green pyjamas.
"It's name is Pikachu," the old man said.
"Awwww!" the young boy replied. "It's so cute it's the best one of all!" I flinched as the boy moved closer towards me. However, he obviously didn't notice because in a moment I was in his arms and he was squeezing me close to his chest. I was terrified, I was so close to a human and there was no way I could escape. I began to get annoyed, and before I knew it I had caused a bolt of lightening to flow from my cheeks. The boy vibrated as the electric current ran through him, and as I watched I saw that the old man had also been affected.
"It's also known as electric mouse," the old man said. I realised he must be a Pokemon Scientist of some kind. "It's usually shy but can sometimes have an electrifying personality."
The current finally subsided as my annoyed mood began to deteriorate, replaced with fear once again.
"Shocking isn't it." I couldn't help but chuckle at the old man's desperate attempt to joke. I decided that humans were a lot more pathetic than I had first thought.
As the old man explained some things to the boy, who I knew now was called Ash, I felt myself begin to get worked up again. I realised that I had no control over my electric attacks. If I was going to belong to this boy, I knew I would have to learn to do that. He was my new trainer, and whether I liked it or not that wasn't going to change. But I didn't have to get on with him did I? There was no rule that stated that. I hated humans, and this time I wasn't even going to give them a chance.
STORY OF A DREAMER - JOSIE
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CHAPTER NINE
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I panicked. The voices were a lot nearer than they had been the last time I had heard them, back along the river. They were getting louder every minute and I knew that the only choice my and Butterfree had of avoiding them was to hide in the bushes and hope they weren't on the look-out for Pokemon. I leapt down the tree, where I saw that Butterfree had already awoken and was sipping nectar from a flower.
"Butterfree!" I exclaimed. "I can hear humans. Quick! Hide!" Butterfree's face formed the same expression that I was sure I had, and she floated off the flower and into a thick bush with huge berries growing on it nearby. I did the same, and as my tail disappeared into the leaves, I heard footsteps.
"Oddish," a female voice cried. "Where are you?" Curiosity overcame my fear and I poked my head out of the bush to see what the situation was. A young girl stood nearby, tears in her eyes, searching all around.
"Oddish?!" she shouted again.
As I watched a Pokemon emerged from underneath a tree root nearby. It was an Oddish, a huge grin on its face. It was carrying a berry almost as big as itself, and was struggling to pull it along.
"Here I am," it exclaimed breathlessly.
"Oddish!" the girl ran up to it, a smile on her face. "Don't disappear like that again, I thought I'd lost you!"
"Sorry," Oddish replied, suddenly looking solemn. The girl took the Pokemon in her arms and gave it a huge hug. A look of pleasure appeared on Oddish's face as it nestled friendlily in her coat.
I looked in amazement and my thoughts about humans went through my head. I was confused. I had found it so easy to change my views on humans when I had been faced with a cruel one. Now I had seen one being kind to Pokemon and I didn't know what to think. Having experienced cruelty, however, I took this show of kindness to be a one off.
But it didn't end there. I still had curiosity and confusion inside me and I couldn't forget it. As the girl and her Oddish wandered off I emerged from the bushes and began to follow them.
"Pikachu!" Butterfree shouted after me. "Don't!"
"I have to know the truth about humans," I replied stubbornly. "This is the only way to find out."
"But… what if you get killed?"
"I'll be careful," I reassured her.
"Well I'm coming with you."
"It might be dangerous," I replied. I wanted her to come, I didn't fancy going on alone, I just didn't want to get her into trouble.
"I can handle danger," she said confidently.
"OK," I agreed. "You can come."
Immediately she was beside me, floating along with me as I followed the human, being careful not to be spotted. She was chatting to her Oddish as she walked, and once again this caused me to become confused about what humans were really like. I couldn't decide who was a one off, this girl or Kern.
As we continued walking, both of us getting more exhausted with every step, I saw a town in the distance. The building towered above us and as we got closer and closer they begun to get bigger. I shivered. We were getting close to human civilisation
Suddenly, Butterfree stopped flying and swiftly floated to the ground.
"Quick!" she shouted. "There's a Pokeball heading right for you, dodge it!" I looked up at the sky trying to judge from which direction the ball was coming from. The sun was right in my face and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't keep my eyes open long enough to see anything. Before I had time to move the ball landed next to me and in a few seconds I was enclosed inside the ball. Inside there was hardly any space to move. Although I seemed to have shrunk slightly I still had a hard time moving anywhere. I was shaking all over, all I wanted was to be back outside with Butterfree, but as I looked around the small space I could see no way of escaping. I was trapped.
I heard a tapping on the outside of the ball. It was distant but loud enough for me to be able to hear.
"Pikachu," the voice echoed round the ball. It was Butterfree, come to try and save me once again.
"There's nothing you can do!" I shouted out, afraid that any minute she might be captured as well. "Get out of here before they get you too. Maybe I'll see you again sometime." Even as I said that, I knew that it was likely that I wouldn't see her again. Tears came to my eyes as I realised I was alone again; Completely alone. I kicked the side of the ball, causing it to vibrate. I hated this. I wanted to be free. In here, I couldn't even see the sun and the moon.
oo00O00oo
I awoke. I didn't know how long I had slept, I couldn't even recall having fallen asleep, but as I stretched as much as the ball would allow it, I felt stronger than I had for a while. I realised this much have been due to something the human had done. For some reason, it wanted me strong. I didn't like the sound of that.
A sound came from outside the ball, and before I had time to look around again a force pulled me from the ball and I landed on a table. As the blazing light around me faded and I got my bearings I realised I was in a large room, and that two humans were standing looking at me. One of them was an old man with greying hair and a long white coat. Items protruded from a pocket on one side of the coat and I decided he was a scientist of some kind. The other human in the room was a young boy with completely black messy hair and wearing a pair of green pyjamas.
"It's name is Pikachu," the old man said.
"Awwww!" the young boy replied. "It's so cute it's the best one of all!" I flinched as the boy moved closer towards me. However, he obviously didn't notice because in a moment I was in his arms and he was squeezing me close to his chest. I was terrified, I was so close to a human and there was no way I could escape. I began to get annoyed, and before I knew it I had caused a bolt of lightening to flow from my cheeks. The boy vibrated as the electric current ran through him, and as I watched I saw that the old man had also been affected.
"It's also known as electric mouse," the old man said. I realised he must be a Pokemon Scientist of some kind. "It's usually shy but can sometimes have an electrifying personality."
The current finally subsided as my annoyed mood began to deteriorate, replaced with fear once again.
"Shocking isn't it." I couldn't help but chuckle at the old man's desperate attempt to joke. I decided that humans were a lot more pathetic than I had first thought.
As the old man explained some things to the boy, who I knew now was called Ash, I felt myself begin to get worked up again. I realised that I had no control over my electric attacks. If I was going to belong to this boy, I knew I would have to learn to do that. He was my new trainer, and whether I liked it or not that wasn't going to change. But I didn't have to get on with him did I? There was no rule that stated that. I hated humans, and this time I wasn't even going to give them a chance.