Chapter 3
Learn Something New Everyday.
I'm not sure how long I pretended to be asleep before they left. But when I knew they had moved away I decided to eat the apple they had left for me. This time the apple didn't have the same taste as the last one. I gave that reason for it had been setting there for awhile.
It only took me a few minutes to finish off the apple. After which I decided that I should keep on moving, maybe if I got lucky I could catch up with Ash and Pikachu again.
After only a few minutes of moving through the brush I had encountered a problem. I was stuck by something. I looked at my hands, feet, and ears for the source that was holding me back, but to no avail. That's when I remembered something. Pikachus have tails. I looked back and sure enough my tail had been caught on a barb, and at the angle in which it was caught the only way I was getting free was if someone came to my aid.
That thought horrified me. The only thing that would be able to get me out would probably be a human. And then they would probably want to capture me. And if no one came I could starve to death, or worse.
I'm not sure what it was. The anger at being stuck like that and not being able to free myself. Or the fear of being caught by some trainer. It might even of been a combination of both. But what ever it was, it was a big thing.
I wasn't free, but I wasn't worried about that anymore. I had did it, I had used one of Pikachus Thunder Shocks. I didn't care that I was trapped anymore. All I cared about was the fact that I now knew how to attack, well sorta knew anyway.
"What was that?" I heard someone calling from the other side of the bushes.
Oh no, what had I done! I just alerted someone that I was stuck in here.
"Why hello there." Said the voice.
*I can't get free in time.* I said, as I finally looked up to put a face with that voice.
I knew him, or at least I thought I did. I had seen a lot of people that I thought I knew but it always turned out to be false. This time was no exception.
"It looks like your stuck by the tail." Said the boy, as he reached down to try and help.
I don't know why, maybe it was still the fear from my last thoughts, but what ever it was I didn't want him coming to close.
"Yikes!" He said as he pulled his hand away. "I'm just trying to help you, don't shock me."
It was no use. I couldn't get it through my thick head that he was here to help. So I let the static remain on my checks when he tried again.
"Hey!" He yelled as he pulled his hand away again. "Fine then. I was going to try and help you, but now I guess you can just starve to death."
*Starve to death!* I yelped, I didn't want to die like this. *Wait, I'm sorry. Please come back!*
"That's what I thought." He said as he came back over. "This should only take a second."
He did it! I was free!
*Thank you!* I yelled, as I tried my best to huge his leg. *Thank you, thank you, thank you!*
"See, all you had to do was trust me." He said as he pushed me away. "Well I gotta go. Stay out of trouble."
As I turned and watched him walk away the thought that he was about to get into trouble wasn't there. So I decided not to follow him. The fact that he was also going in the opposite direction from which Ash and Pikachu went also made me decide not to follow him.
After about an hours worth of running I had come upon a small area. I knew that Ash and Pikachu had been here because of the apple cores that where on the ground. But something else caught my attention. There was an apple setting on a tree stump.
Many thoughts went through my mind. Maybe they had left it here by accident. Maybe they where still around, and left it for when they got back. Maybe they had it there as a trap for a hungry Pokémon. Maybe they knew I was following them and left it for me. I quickly waved that thought off and decided to go with the first.
I jumped upon the stump, after making sure there wasn't any traps around, and started eating the apple. This apple tasted better than any apple I had ever eaten.
After I had gotten half way through the apple a strange feeling started to come over me. It was the feeling I got right before I got hit by Brandi.
I decided not to take any chances and ran into the brush with my apple.
"I'm tired of walking Jesse, why can't we take a break?" I heard the voice of James whining.
"Oh alright James!" I heard an angry Jesse yelling. "If it will get you to stop whining."
I watched from safety as the three went over and sat on the stump.
"Why wasn't the twerp fallen into any of our traps." Asked Jesse as she sat down.
"Maybe he's walking along the side of the trail." Replied James.
*Yeah thanks to me.* I said, out loud. I wanted them to hear me.
"Hey did use two hear anything?" Asked Meowth as he started to look around.
*It was me!* I yelled as I jumped from the bush.
"Oh." Said Meowth. "Its just that weak Pikachu."
"Yeah." Replied Jesse. "Besides we've got better things to do."
*Weak!* I yelled. *Who are you calling weak!*
"What's it saying Meowth?" Wondered James.
"He wants to know who's calling it weak." Responded Meowth.
*I'm not weak!* I yelled. *And this time I'm gonna shock ya.*
"Now he says that he's gonna shock us." Replied Meowth, not waiting for them to ask.
"Well then. Go Arb-" Jesse was cut off as I shocked the group with an attack.
"I think he means business this time!" Yelled Meowth.
"Lets get out of here!" Yelled James.
"Looks like Team Rockets Running off agai-" They where all cut off as they fell into one of there traps.
At first I thought about going over and shocking them again. But when I went to the edge of the pit and saw them all just lying there I decided not to. In my mind I had gotten my revenge.
After about another 30 minutes of running I had caught up with Ash. He was napping near a stream that I was just about to take a drink out of.
*I finally caught up with him.* I said as I came closer. *But where's Pikachu?*
*I'm right here.* I heard a voice calling from behind me.
I turned in time to hear Ash yawing from his nap. I decided to remain facing Pikachu instead of turning back towards Ash.
*For a second there I thought that you had been captured by Team Rocket.* I said, letting out a small sigh of relief.
"Oh, your back." I heard Ash saying from behind me. "I kinda figured you where following us."
I was a little shocked at that fact for a second until I thought about it. If he hadn't of known that I was following them then he couldn't of been a master.
"Well we're getting close to Pewter." Said Ash as he picked up his gear. "Since you followed us this far I guess you'll be following us the rest of the way."
*Yeah.* I said, a little embarrassed. *I guess I will.*
We had only been walking for a few minutes when I got the strange since that something was about to happen. Something was on the other side of the bush and it was about to be in trouble, and for some reason I got the urge to go over and help it.
"Hey a Pikachu!" I heard someone yelling as I came out of the bushes.
*Oh no!* I yelled as I saw a trainer with a Pokéball ready.
"Pokéball go!"
And now you have been caught up with what has happened to me over the past few days. But don't worry, it doesn't end here. If I did that, how would you know what all happens.
It was dark inside the Pokéball. I had to get out, it was so dark, so small. I was trapped. I had to get out!
*Open!* I yelled. *Someone Get me out of here!*
And suddenly poof. I was out of the Pokéball. I had did it. I was too strong to be captured. But when I looked back up at the trainer the fact that I was too strong to be caught without a battle had settled into his eyes.
*What happened?* I heard Pikachu ask as he came out from the bushes.
"Two Pikachus!" The trainer yelled with excitement. "What are the odds!"
"What do you think your doing?" I heard Ash say as he too came out from the bushes.
I had to hide, and fast. I could hide behind Pikachu, but one throw of a Pokéball and he would be gone. I could hide behind Ash. Yes, hit him with a Pokéball and he would still be there. Just angrier.
I ran behind Ashes leg and moved my head out a little to watch the event unfold. What was Ash gonna do? Would he actually protect me. Or would he just back away for me to fight my own battle.
"Oh," said the trainer after he saw Ash. "I didn't know that those Pikachu belonged to you."
"That's ok." Replied Ash. "Just be a little more careful next time."
"Well sorry about that." The trainer said as we started to walk off. "Next time I will be a little more careful."
*I can't believe it.* I said as I watched the trainer walk away. *Thank you so much for helping me!*
"What do you think I would do?" Asked Ash. "Just let you be captured by someone who just throws out a Pokéball when he sees a Pokémon?"
I found my encounter with the trainer a few hours ago a little strange. Every time I had sensed danger I had ended up helping someone. But this time I was the one that needed help. Score another for humans. 4 to 3 humans in the lead. I also found it strange that I was still keeping a score.
I was brought back to reality when Ash stopped at a door to a small house. Well saying that this house was small was a bit of an understatement, it was actually a little bigger that Ashes house. Or maybe that was just because I'm a lot smaller.
"Hey Ash!" I heard a voice from the door saying. "Long time no see."
"Yeah." Said Ash as he stepped through the door. "A lots happened since last we talked."
At first glance I didn't no who the man was. His face looked familiar but like so many other times before. I didn't really know the person.
"How have things been going with you Brock?" Asked Ash as he took a seat at a dinner table.
That's where I knew him from. Brock was one of the people that went along with Ash on his journey. But I hadn't heard all that much about him after he left. Maybe it was because I focused on Ash.
Brock and Ash continued talking for a few more minutes. While they where talking I was thinking. I had heard something about a Brock. He was supposed to be the Pewter City Gym leader. There was something else that I had heard about him but it has slipped my mind, I guess that its not too important then.
I was brought away from my thoughts when Brock had set a small bowl down in front of me with some food in it. The food looked a lot like Pokéchow. I had tasted Pokéchow before as a human. Brandi had force fed me some as punishment for capturing a Pidgey that she wanted. It tasted terrible, and now since I was a Pokémon how would it taste, I had better senses, would that cause my tongue to go numb, maybe that's why Pokémon can eat the stuff.
Yet when I looked over at Pikachu he seemed to be enjoying it. Maybe it wasn't that bad after all.
*Wow.* I said as I took a few more bites. *This is good.*
I couldn't believe how good it was. Maybe there was something in Pokéchow that cause it to taste good to Pokémon, but bad to people.
"I think that Pikachu likes hit." I heard Ash saying to Brock. And it was true, I did like it.
'What are you doing?' I heard a voice asking from inside my head.
'Look at you.' Continued the voice. 'Your setting there eating. You quitter. What happened to trying to find away to become human again?'
The voice was Brandi's alright, but how could she know about this?
'I can't believe you.' She said again. 'I loved you, then you got captured by Team Rocket. We tried to save you but you died. And now you're a Pokémon, and there could be away for you to be human again but you just set there.'
'Brandi, I didn't know.' I replied to the voice. 'I wanted to find away, but I couldn't. I tried to find you, to tell you everything that happened so we could find away, but I-'
'But you what' She interrupted. 'You found an easier life for yourself. You abandoned me, you hear that, ABANDONED! Now because of you I just set here, crying because your dead. Why did you do it Samuel, or should I now say Pikachu, why did you just quit.'
I tried to plead with the voice, but after that it had gone. Maybe it was just some psychic Pokémon that had tapped into my mind and decided to have a little fun. Maybe it was my conscious trying to tell me to find away. Or maybe it was Brandi, trying to tell me how she really felt.
Learn Something New Everyday.
I'm not sure how long I pretended to be asleep before they left. But when I knew they had moved away I decided to eat the apple they had left for me. This time the apple didn't have the same taste as the last one. I gave that reason for it had been setting there for awhile.
It only took me a few minutes to finish off the apple. After which I decided that I should keep on moving, maybe if I got lucky I could catch up with Ash and Pikachu again.
After only a few minutes of moving through the brush I had encountered a problem. I was stuck by something. I looked at my hands, feet, and ears for the source that was holding me back, but to no avail. That's when I remembered something. Pikachus have tails. I looked back and sure enough my tail had been caught on a barb, and at the angle in which it was caught the only way I was getting free was if someone came to my aid.
That thought horrified me. The only thing that would be able to get me out would probably be a human. And then they would probably want to capture me. And if no one came I could starve to death, or worse.
I'm not sure what it was. The anger at being stuck like that and not being able to free myself. Or the fear of being caught by some trainer. It might even of been a combination of both. But what ever it was, it was a big thing.
I wasn't free, but I wasn't worried about that anymore. I had did it, I had used one of Pikachus Thunder Shocks. I didn't care that I was trapped anymore. All I cared about was the fact that I now knew how to attack, well sorta knew anyway.
"What was that?" I heard someone calling from the other side of the bushes.
Oh no, what had I done! I just alerted someone that I was stuck in here.
"Why hello there." Said the voice.
*I can't get free in time.* I said, as I finally looked up to put a face with that voice.
I knew him, or at least I thought I did. I had seen a lot of people that I thought I knew but it always turned out to be false. This time was no exception.
"It looks like your stuck by the tail." Said the boy, as he reached down to try and help.
I don't know why, maybe it was still the fear from my last thoughts, but what ever it was I didn't want him coming to close.
"Yikes!" He said as he pulled his hand away. "I'm just trying to help you, don't shock me."
It was no use. I couldn't get it through my thick head that he was here to help. So I let the static remain on my checks when he tried again.
"Hey!" He yelled as he pulled his hand away again. "Fine then. I was going to try and help you, but now I guess you can just starve to death."
*Starve to death!* I yelped, I didn't want to die like this. *Wait, I'm sorry. Please come back!*
"That's what I thought." He said as he came back over. "This should only take a second."
He did it! I was free!
*Thank you!* I yelled, as I tried my best to huge his leg. *Thank you, thank you, thank you!*
"See, all you had to do was trust me." He said as he pushed me away. "Well I gotta go. Stay out of trouble."
As I turned and watched him walk away the thought that he was about to get into trouble wasn't there. So I decided not to follow him. The fact that he was also going in the opposite direction from which Ash and Pikachu went also made me decide not to follow him.
After about an hours worth of running I had come upon a small area. I knew that Ash and Pikachu had been here because of the apple cores that where on the ground. But something else caught my attention. There was an apple setting on a tree stump.
Many thoughts went through my mind. Maybe they had left it here by accident. Maybe they where still around, and left it for when they got back. Maybe they had it there as a trap for a hungry Pokémon. Maybe they knew I was following them and left it for me. I quickly waved that thought off and decided to go with the first.
I jumped upon the stump, after making sure there wasn't any traps around, and started eating the apple. This apple tasted better than any apple I had ever eaten.
After I had gotten half way through the apple a strange feeling started to come over me. It was the feeling I got right before I got hit by Brandi.
I decided not to take any chances and ran into the brush with my apple.
"I'm tired of walking Jesse, why can't we take a break?" I heard the voice of James whining.
"Oh alright James!" I heard an angry Jesse yelling. "If it will get you to stop whining."
I watched from safety as the three went over and sat on the stump.
"Why wasn't the twerp fallen into any of our traps." Asked Jesse as she sat down.
"Maybe he's walking along the side of the trail." Replied James.
*Yeah thanks to me.* I said, out loud. I wanted them to hear me.
"Hey did use two hear anything?" Asked Meowth as he started to look around.
*It was me!* I yelled as I jumped from the bush.
"Oh." Said Meowth. "Its just that weak Pikachu."
"Yeah." Replied Jesse. "Besides we've got better things to do."
*Weak!* I yelled. *Who are you calling weak!*
"What's it saying Meowth?" Wondered James.
"He wants to know who's calling it weak." Responded Meowth.
*I'm not weak!* I yelled. *And this time I'm gonna shock ya.*
"Now he says that he's gonna shock us." Replied Meowth, not waiting for them to ask.
"Well then. Go Arb-" Jesse was cut off as I shocked the group with an attack.
"I think he means business this time!" Yelled Meowth.
"Lets get out of here!" Yelled James.
"Looks like Team Rockets Running off agai-" They where all cut off as they fell into one of there traps.
At first I thought about going over and shocking them again. But when I went to the edge of the pit and saw them all just lying there I decided not to. In my mind I had gotten my revenge.
After about another 30 minutes of running I had caught up with Ash. He was napping near a stream that I was just about to take a drink out of.
*I finally caught up with him.* I said as I came closer. *But where's Pikachu?*
*I'm right here.* I heard a voice calling from behind me.
I turned in time to hear Ash yawing from his nap. I decided to remain facing Pikachu instead of turning back towards Ash.
*For a second there I thought that you had been captured by Team Rocket.* I said, letting out a small sigh of relief.
"Oh, your back." I heard Ash saying from behind me. "I kinda figured you where following us."
I was a little shocked at that fact for a second until I thought about it. If he hadn't of known that I was following them then he couldn't of been a master.
"Well we're getting close to Pewter." Said Ash as he picked up his gear. "Since you followed us this far I guess you'll be following us the rest of the way."
*Yeah.* I said, a little embarrassed. *I guess I will.*
We had only been walking for a few minutes when I got the strange since that something was about to happen. Something was on the other side of the bush and it was about to be in trouble, and for some reason I got the urge to go over and help it.
"Hey a Pikachu!" I heard someone yelling as I came out of the bushes.
*Oh no!* I yelled as I saw a trainer with a Pokéball ready.
"Pokéball go!"
And now you have been caught up with what has happened to me over the past few days. But don't worry, it doesn't end here. If I did that, how would you know what all happens.
It was dark inside the Pokéball. I had to get out, it was so dark, so small. I was trapped. I had to get out!
*Open!* I yelled. *Someone Get me out of here!*
And suddenly poof. I was out of the Pokéball. I had did it. I was too strong to be captured. But when I looked back up at the trainer the fact that I was too strong to be caught without a battle had settled into his eyes.
*What happened?* I heard Pikachu ask as he came out from the bushes.
"Two Pikachus!" The trainer yelled with excitement. "What are the odds!"
"What do you think your doing?" I heard Ash say as he too came out from the bushes.
I had to hide, and fast. I could hide behind Pikachu, but one throw of a Pokéball and he would be gone. I could hide behind Ash. Yes, hit him with a Pokéball and he would still be there. Just angrier.
I ran behind Ashes leg and moved my head out a little to watch the event unfold. What was Ash gonna do? Would he actually protect me. Or would he just back away for me to fight my own battle.
"Oh," said the trainer after he saw Ash. "I didn't know that those Pikachu belonged to you."
"That's ok." Replied Ash. "Just be a little more careful next time."
"Well sorry about that." The trainer said as we started to walk off. "Next time I will be a little more careful."
*I can't believe it.* I said as I watched the trainer walk away. *Thank you so much for helping me!*
"What do you think I would do?" Asked Ash. "Just let you be captured by someone who just throws out a Pokéball when he sees a Pokémon?"
I found my encounter with the trainer a few hours ago a little strange. Every time I had sensed danger I had ended up helping someone. But this time I was the one that needed help. Score another for humans. 4 to 3 humans in the lead. I also found it strange that I was still keeping a score.
I was brought back to reality when Ash stopped at a door to a small house. Well saying that this house was small was a bit of an understatement, it was actually a little bigger that Ashes house. Or maybe that was just because I'm a lot smaller.
"Hey Ash!" I heard a voice from the door saying. "Long time no see."
"Yeah." Said Ash as he stepped through the door. "A lots happened since last we talked."
At first glance I didn't no who the man was. His face looked familiar but like so many other times before. I didn't really know the person.
"How have things been going with you Brock?" Asked Ash as he took a seat at a dinner table.
That's where I knew him from. Brock was one of the people that went along with Ash on his journey. But I hadn't heard all that much about him after he left. Maybe it was because I focused on Ash.
Brock and Ash continued talking for a few more minutes. While they where talking I was thinking. I had heard something about a Brock. He was supposed to be the Pewter City Gym leader. There was something else that I had heard about him but it has slipped my mind, I guess that its not too important then.
I was brought away from my thoughts when Brock had set a small bowl down in front of me with some food in it. The food looked a lot like Pokéchow. I had tasted Pokéchow before as a human. Brandi had force fed me some as punishment for capturing a Pidgey that she wanted. It tasted terrible, and now since I was a Pokémon how would it taste, I had better senses, would that cause my tongue to go numb, maybe that's why Pokémon can eat the stuff.
Yet when I looked over at Pikachu he seemed to be enjoying it. Maybe it wasn't that bad after all.
*Wow.* I said as I took a few more bites. *This is good.*
I couldn't believe how good it was. Maybe there was something in Pokéchow that cause it to taste good to Pokémon, but bad to people.
"I think that Pikachu likes hit." I heard Ash saying to Brock. And it was true, I did like it.
'What are you doing?' I heard a voice asking from inside my head.
'Look at you.' Continued the voice. 'Your setting there eating. You quitter. What happened to trying to find away to become human again?'
The voice was Brandi's alright, but how could she know about this?
'I can't believe you.' She said again. 'I loved you, then you got captured by Team Rocket. We tried to save you but you died. And now you're a Pokémon, and there could be away for you to be human again but you just set there.'
'Brandi, I didn't know.' I replied to the voice. 'I wanted to find away, but I couldn't. I tried to find you, to tell you everything that happened so we could find away, but I-'
'But you what' She interrupted. 'You found an easier life for yourself. You abandoned me, you hear that, ABANDONED! Now because of you I just set here, crying because your dead. Why did you do it Samuel, or should I now say Pikachu, why did you just quit.'
I tried to plead with the voice, but after that it had gone. Maybe it was just some psychic Pokémon that had tapped into my mind and decided to have a little fun. Maybe it was my conscious trying to tell me to find away. Or maybe it was Brandi, trying to tell me how she really felt.