Chapter 13
Dreams of Tomorrow.
"Samuel." I heard a voice calling me.
"Wha." I replied, I was human again.
*Guardian.* I heard another voice reply.
*What?* I replied, I was back to a Pikachu.
"You have to chose." Said the voice, it was Brandi.
*Yes, you must chose one of us.* Said the other, it was Flower.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You must choose which one of us will be yours forever." Replied Brandi.
*But you can only chose one.* Replied Flower.
"But." I started. "I can't choose one of you over the other. Brandi, I love you but there is the chance that I will never become human again. Flower, you choose me to be your mate, and you have stuck by me in everything that has happened to me while I was a Pikachu, but there is the chance that I will become human."
"Fine then." Started Brandi.
*We will show you the future.* Finished Flower.
"What?" I asked.
"Samuel." I heard a voice behind me. It was Brandi. "Are you alive?"
"What?" I said as I turned around. I was in a house, and Brandi was standing in front of me.
"So you are alive." She said. "For a minute there I thought you had spaced out never to return."
"Brandi." I said as I hugged her. "I missed you so much."
We where both older. I hadn't noticed it before but we looked to be in our late twenties. But then this could be a dream, but Brandi feels so real. I can smell pancakes from the kitchen. This must be real!
"You missed me?" Wondered Brandi as I finally let her go. "We saw each other five minutes ago when I had to drag you out of bed."
"I know." I replied as I embraced her again. "But five minutes is to long to wait."
"Mommy." I heard a voice from behind me. "When are you gonna bring the pancakes out?"
"As soon as your father starts acting normal." Replied Brandi as she gently pushed away from me. "Which means that you might starve to death before you get your pancakes."
"Dad." Said the voice from behind me, in a kind of pleading voice.
"Oh alright." I said as I let Brandi by me. "I guess you can get something to eat now."
"Thanks dad!" Replied the voice as he ran up and hugged me. I have a son.
"After breakfast." I heard Brandi's voice from the dinning room. "Don't forget that you promised to teach your son a little about catching Pokémon."
"Yeah dad." Replied my son. "Don't forget."
It had taken an hour for us to get done with breakfast. I was largely staling for time.
"Ok dad." Started my son as he dragged me from the house. "Now you have to teach me how to do it right."
"Ok." I replied.
I looked around the yard for something that I could use as a Pokémon. I soon found a small peace of wood that looked like a Caterpie.
"Ok son." I started as I set the peace of wood up. "Lets imagine that that peace of wood is a Caterpie."
"Right." He replied.
"Now I'm gonna throw one of these Pokéballs at it and try to capture it." I ended, throwing one of the balls at it. The ball hit perfectly on the wood and fell to the groound.
"Um." Started my son.
"Ok then." I started. "If that was a real Pokémon I would of caught it, but since it's just a peace of wood we have to pretend."
"I gotcha." He replied.
"Ok now, I want you to try and hit it with one of these." I said as I handed him two Pokéballs.
"Here I go." He said as he sent it out. The ball landed just short of the wood.
"That was a good first throw." I said. "But I'll give you a little hint. Throw the ball at an invisible spot about two to three inches behind whatever it is you want to capture."
"Like this." He replied as he sent out the other ball. This one hit on target.
"Good!" I said. "You would of just captured your first Pokémon."
We had trained for a few hours more before it had started to get dark.
"Ok." I said as I picked up the last of the Pokéballs. "Tomorrow I'm gonna teach you how to do a little dance every time you make a capture. I did it to your mother when we where kids and she hated it. But then she came up with a little song every time one got away. Your mother was mean when she was younger. As are all girls when there her age."
"What did you say?" I heard a voice asking from behind me. It was Brandi.
"Like I was saying." I replied nervously. "Your mother is the smartest and most beautiful person on Earth. You should always be nice to her and give her flowers."
"That's what I thought." I heard the voice reply. My son only started laughing.
"Lets get you tucked into bed and I'll read you a story." Brandi said as she went into our sons room.
"I'm tired so I'm just gonna go ahead and get some rest." I replied as I went past the door.
"Goodnight dad." I heard my son say.
"Night son." I replied.
I had fallen asleep seconds after laying down.
*Wake up daddy.* I heard a voice saying. *You promised to teach us how to use electric attacks today.*
*Wha.* I groaned as I looked up at four faces looking down at me. I was a Pikachu again.
*Let him get some sleep.* I heard another voice saying from beside me. It sounded like Flower, but older.
*But he promised.* On of the little Pikachus whined.
*It's not even daylight yet.* Replied Flower. *When it's daytime he'll teach you.*
*But.* Started all four of them before the realized it was useless to argue. *All right.* They ended as the walked away.
*Thanks.* I said as I turned to look at Flower.
*I only bought you a little bit of sleeping time.* She replied as she closed her eyes. *You had better use it.*
*You're right.* I sighed before I feel back to sleep.
I had only gotten about an hours worth of sleep before I was again awakened.
*The suns up now.* I heard on of the voices saying.
*So now its time for you to get up.* I heard another saying.
*Oh.* I groaned as I turned to Flower again.
*You're on your own this time.* She replied.
*Ah.* I groaned as I slowly sat up.
*Come on.* The all said as they took off towards a clearing.
*I'm coming.* I yawned as I started after them.
*Remember.* Said one of them as I came into the clearing. *You said that today you where gonna teach us to do electric attacks like you do them.*
*Ok.* I yawned. *But wouldn't you rather have something to eat first?*
*You promised.* Replied another. She was the smallest.
*Ok Rose.* I replied. How did I know her name? I guess this is real.
*First.* I started. *You have to let daddy slee-*
*You promised.* Said Rose again.
*Ok.* I replied.
I looked around for something to use as a target when I found a peace of wood. It looked exactly like the peace of wood from whatever that was when I was human.
*Ok.* I started as I sat down the peace of wood. *This will be your target.*
*Now what do we do?* Asked another one. He was larger than the rest.
*I was about to tell you what to do.* I replied. *First, look at your target and think of sending a bolt of energy its way.*
*Ok.* They all replied. They all failed to sue an electric attack.
*But that way doesn't work.* I laughed slightly.
*Dad.* Replied another.
*Ok ok.* I said. *First get a feeling in you. Like a time when you where happy, or sad, or afraid of something. Then you use that feeling as a sort of channel to send your attack on.*
They frowned but did it. What I got next was a bunch of happy faces.
*See.* I said. *Now you all know how to attack.*
*Thank you daddy!* Yelled Rose as she ran over to me.
*Ok, but your all gonna have to practice some more.* I replied as I went back to where I had been sleeping.
*You teach them how to do it?* Asked Flower.
*Yeah.* I yawned. *Well, maybe I can get in a few more hours sleep before one of them hurts the other.*
"Now chose." I heard the voice of Brandi saying.
"What." I replied as I looked up at her. I was in water.
*We have shown you what will happen.* Replied Flower.
"Now you must chose which one of us will save you from them." Continued Brandi.
"Them?" I wondered. I turned and saw several Gyarados coming for me. "Help! Get me out before they get here!"
*You must chose.* Replied Flower.
"Or you will die." Finished Brandi.
"But." U started, the roars from the Gyarados where closer now. "Why can't I chose both? I'm sure there's a way for us all to be together."
*It is too late.* Replied Flower.
"We can not save you now." Finished Brandi.
"What." I turned to see the lead Gyarados lunging for me. "No!"
*No.* I said as I awoke. I was soaking wet. I looked up to see that rain water had been falling right on me.
*That explains it.* I whispered.
I looked over to Flower to see that she too was getting some water on her. I decided to gently move her out of the rain.
*That was a strange dream.* I whispered to myself as I layed back down next to Flower. *I guess getting rained on made me think I was swimming.*
The only part of the dream I remembered was being in the water.
Dreams of Tomorrow.
"Samuel." I heard a voice calling me.
"Wha." I replied, I was human again.
*Guardian.* I heard another voice reply.
*What?* I replied, I was back to a Pikachu.
"You have to chose." Said the voice, it was Brandi.
*Yes, you must chose one of us.* Said the other, it was Flower.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You must choose which one of us will be yours forever." Replied Brandi.
*But you can only chose one.* Replied Flower.
"But." I started. "I can't choose one of you over the other. Brandi, I love you but there is the chance that I will never become human again. Flower, you choose me to be your mate, and you have stuck by me in everything that has happened to me while I was a Pikachu, but there is the chance that I will become human."
"Fine then." Started Brandi.
*We will show you the future.* Finished Flower.
"What?" I asked.
"Samuel." I heard a voice behind me. It was Brandi. "Are you alive?"
"What?" I said as I turned around. I was in a house, and Brandi was standing in front of me.
"So you are alive." She said. "For a minute there I thought you had spaced out never to return."
"Brandi." I said as I hugged her. "I missed you so much."
We where both older. I hadn't noticed it before but we looked to be in our late twenties. But then this could be a dream, but Brandi feels so real. I can smell pancakes from the kitchen. This must be real!
"You missed me?" Wondered Brandi as I finally let her go. "We saw each other five minutes ago when I had to drag you out of bed."
"I know." I replied as I embraced her again. "But five minutes is to long to wait."
"Mommy." I heard a voice from behind me. "When are you gonna bring the pancakes out?"
"As soon as your father starts acting normal." Replied Brandi as she gently pushed away from me. "Which means that you might starve to death before you get your pancakes."
"Dad." Said the voice from behind me, in a kind of pleading voice.
"Oh alright." I said as I let Brandi by me. "I guess you can get something to eat now."
"Thanks dad!" Replied the voice as he ran up and hugged me. I have a son.
"After breakfast." I heard Brandi's voice from the dinning room. "Don't forget that you promised to teach your son a little about catching Pokémon."
"Yeah dad." Replied my son. "Don't forget."
It had taken an hour for us to get done with breakfast. I was largely staling for time.
"Ok dad." Started my son as he dragged me from the house. "Now you have to teach me how to do it right."
"Ok." I replied.
I looked around the yard for something that I could use as a Pokémon. I soon found a small peace of wood that looked like a Caterpie.
"Ok son." I started as I set the peace of wood up. "Lets imagine that that peace of wood is a Caterpie."
"Right." He replied.
"Now I'm gonna throw one of these Pokéballs at it and try to capture it." I ended, throwing one of the balls at it. The ball hit perfectly on the wood and fell to the groound.
"Um." Started my son.
"Ok then." I started. "If that was a real Pokémon I would of caught it, but since it's just a peace of wood we have to pretend."
"I gotcha." He replied.
"Ok now, I want you to try and hit it with one of these." I said as I handed him two Pokéballs.
"Here I go." He said as he sent it out. The ball landed just short of the wood.
"That was a good first throw." I said. "But I'll give you a little hint. Throw the ball at an invisible spot about two to three inches behind whatever it is you want to capture."
"Like this." He replied as he sent out the other ball. This one hit on target.
"Good!" I said. "You would of just captured your first Pokémon."
We had trained for a few hours more before it had started to get dark.
"Ok." I said as I picked up the last of the Pokéballs. "Tomorrow I'm gonna teach you how to do a little dance every time you make a capture. I did it to your mother when we where kids and she hated it. But then she came up with a little song every time one got away. Your mother was mean when she was younger. As are all girls when there her age."
"What did you say?" I heard a voice asking from behind me. It was Brandi.
"Like I was saying." I replied nervously. "Your mother is the smartest and most beautiful person on Earth. You should always be nice to her and give her flowers."
"That's what I thought." I heard the voice reply. My son only started laughing.
"Lets get you tucked into bed and I'll read you a story." Brandi said as she went into our sons room.
"I'm tired so I'm just gonna go ahead and get some rest." I replied as I went past the door.
"Goodnight dad." I heard my son say.
"Night son." I replied.
I had fallen asleep seconds after laying down.
*Wake up daddy.* I heard a voice saying. *You promised to teach us how to use electric attacks today.*
*Wha.* I groaned as I looked up at four faces looking down at me. I was a Pikachu again.
*Let him get some sleep.* I heard another voice saying from beside me. It sounded like Flower, but older.
*But he promised.* On of the little Pikachus whined.
*It's not even daylight yet.* Replied Flower. *When it's daytime he'll teach you.*
*But.* Started all four of them before the realized it was useless to argue. *All right.* They ended as the walked away.
*Thanks.* I said as I turned to look at Flower.
*I only bought you a little bit of sleeping time.* She replied as she closed her eyes. *You had better use it.*
*You're right.* I sighed before I feel back to sleep.
I had only gotten about an hours worth of sleep before I was again awakened.
*The suns up now.* I heard on of the voices saying.
*So now its time for you to get up.* I heard another saying.
*Oh.* I groaned as I turned to Flower again.
*You're on your own this time.* She replied.
*Ah.* I groaned as I slowly sat up.
*Come on.* The all said as they took off towards a clearing.
*I'm coming.* I yawned as I started after them.
*Remember.* Said one of them as I came into the clearing. *You said that today you where gonna teach us to do electric attacks like you do them.*
*Ok.* I yawned. *But wouldn't you rather have something to eat first?*
*You promised.* Replied another. She was the smallest.
*Ok Rose.* I replied. How did I know her name? I guess this is real.
*First.* I started. *You have to let daddy slee-*
*You promised.* Said Rose again.
*Ok.* I replied.
I looked around for something to use as a target when I found a peace of wood. It looked exactly like the peace of wood from whatever that was when I was human.
*Ok.* I started as I sat down the peace of wood. *This will be your target.*
*Now what do we do?* Asked another one. He was larger than the rest.
*I was about to tell you what to do.* I replied. *First, look at your target and think of sending a bolt of energy its way.*
*Ok.* They all replied. They all failed to sue an electric attack.
*But that way doesn't work.* I laughed slightly.
*Dad.* Replied another.
*Ok ok.* I said. *First get a feeling in you. Like a time when you where happy, or sad, or afraid of something. Then you use that feeling as a sort of channel to send your attack on.*
They frowned but did it. What I got next was a bunch of happy faces.
*See.* I said. *Now you all know how to attack.*
*Thank you daddy!* Yelled Rose as she ran over to me.
*Ok, but your all gonna have to practice some more.* I replied as I went back to where I had been sleeping.
*You teach them how to do it?* Asked Flower.
*Yeah.* I yawned. *Well, maybe I can get in a few more hours sleep before one of them hurts the other.*
"Now chose." I heard the voice of Brandi saying.
"What." I replied as I looked up at her. I was in water.
*We have shown you what will happen.* Replied Flower.
"Now you must chose which one of us will save you from them." Continued Brandi.
"Them?" I wondered. I turned and saw several Gyarados coming for me. "Help! Get me out before they get here!"
*You must chose.* Replied Flower.
"Or you will die." Finished Brandi.
"But." U started, the roars from the Gyarados where closer now. "Why can't I chose both? I'm sure there's a way for us all to be together."
*It is too late.* Replied Flower.
"We can not save you now." Finished Brandi.
"What." I turned to see the lead Gyarados lunging for me. "No!"
*No.* I said as I awoke. I was soaking wet. I looked up to see that rain water had been falling right on me.
*That explains it.* I whispered.
I looked over to Flower to see that she too was getting some water on her. I decided to gently move her out of the rain.
*That was a strange dream.* I whispered to myself as I layed back down next to Flower. *I guess getting rained on made me think I was swimming.*
The only part of the dream I remembered was being in the water.