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Author notes: ^...^ = a thought '...' = something from the pokédex [....] = pokémon translations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flashbacks go in between these ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter Two - Go West.
Sometime around midnight, Matt was awakened when his field pack, which he had been using for a pillow, started to shake. Half asleep, Matt unzipped his pack only to find a Minimized Snorlax curled up next to his extra change of clothes. The problem was that this mouse-sized Snorlax was quickly growing into a cat-sized one. Matt was wide awake now. He quickly grabbed the rapidly growing Snorlax and tossed it out the front door. About half an hour later the cabin collapsed as the huge beast rolled over in its sleep. Luckily, Matt and his Ditto along with the owner of the cabin escaped with nothing more than minor scratches.
As the sun rose the next morning, Matt looked at the rubble and the huge pokémon sleeping on top of it. "I'm really sorry about that." Matt said. "I had no idea that it had crawled into my pack." "That is fine, but I will expect you to..." "I know, I know, pay you back for the damages," interrupted Matt. "Not at all. That dwelling was old and I was in need of a new living space. All I ask is for you to accompany me to my sister's house." "Sure thing. That's much better than having to pay for a house. I don't think I caught your name last night." "I am called Andromeda, but you may call me Ande." "Ok Ande. My name is..." ^I know who you are Matthew Bradley Connors^ a voice echoed in his head. "What was that?" Matt asked. "I know not what you are asking." said Ande "Oh, nothing. Let's get going. Which way is your sister's house?" "Follow me," Ande said as she disappeared into the forest.
They had been traveling due west a few hours when Ande stopped suddenly. "That is the Indigo Plateau." Ande pointed off in the distance. "Um, yeah," said Matt who couldn't see anything. "Do you not see it?" asked Ande. "Not really..." "That is too bad for you. It is said that those who cannot see the Indigo Plateau from here will never reach its summit to challenge the Elite Four." "Are you saying that I won't become a Pokémon Master?" "I said no such thing" Ande replied coldly. They sat down and ate an early lunch of local vegetation and some jerky Ande had grabbed before leaving. Just as they were finishing their meal the ground began to shake. Matt stood up and looked around nervously. Calmly, Ande stood up and continued walking westward again. Matt glanced over his shoulder just in time to see Ande disappear into the forest again. "Hey! Wait up for me!" Matt yelled as he ran to catch up (not an easy feat when the ground is shaking.) A few minutes after they left a huge Snorlax came bounding out of the woods. "Snooorrrlaaaxx..." it cried as it collapsed on the ground and started sleeping. It wasn't used to anything like the amount of running it had just done.
That night Ande, Matt and his Ditto sat around a small fire that Ande had somehow started. Matt was showing his Ditto all the different pokémon in the pokédex and having it practice transforming on command. The progress was very slow. After Matt got it to stop transforming into the pokédex, it only managed to get through the Bulbasaur evolutions before it got too tired. "Are you sure you don't want to try for a Charmander?" Matt asked. "Ditto..." it replied wearily. "That's ok. You did good today." Ditto smiled and nuzzled up next to his leg. The night passed quietly. Matt tried to make small talk but Ande just sat there in her own little world. Matt dozed off at about 8:00 partially from shear boredom and partially from not having very much sleep the night before. Ande just sat there all night. One or two Golbats came to investigate the potential dinner but they just kept running into some invisible barrier. Ditto was the only one who saw it approach. Actually, Ditto felt the rumblings before it saw what was causing them. The giant figure responsible for the rumblings gazed at the little group. "Snorlax...." it sighed deeply. Then it noticed the little Ditto looking up at it in fear. "Snor, snor lax snorlax," [Hi there, you don't have to be afraid.] said the Snorlax reassuringly. "Ditto ditto ditto ditto?" [Why do you keep following us?] asked Ditto. "Snor snor lax lax. Snorlax lax snor." [Something tells me I need to be with him. I'm not supposed to be in a pokéball though.] Ditto looked over at Matt, back at Snorlax and back to Matt. "Ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto." [I'm sure he won't mind if you follow us.] The Snorlax smiled, nodded , and began searching for a place to spend the rest of the night. Ditto turned back towards its trainer and slept peacefully for the rest of the night.
Matt awoke the next morning and glanced over at Ande, who was still just sitting with her eyes half closed. ^She's quite pretty in the early morning sunlight,^ Matt thought. ^If only the huge shadow wasn't blocking most of the sky...^ Matt slowly turned his eyes skyward. He opened his mouth to scream but nothing came out. ^Do not scream. Do not fight. Just move out from under it immediately. I can not ..hold... it.... much.... longer.^ Ande's voice echoed in his head Matt grabbed his half-asleep Ditto and scrambled out from underneath the Snorlax hovering above them. The air around him shimmered for a brief moment before the Snorlax fell, right on top of a still seated Ande. Matt had turned his head just before the huge monster hit, so he didn't see the pokéball roll across the ground away from Ande. "Kadabra!" yelled the creature as it materialized. Matt whipped around to see the Kadabra envelop the Snorlax in a light blue glow. It pointed it's spoon at the huge pokémon and tried to raise it but couldn't. Kadabra grabbed the spoon with both hands and tried again. It managed to raise the Snorlax a couple of inches off of the ground but that was all. "Quick! Ditto, transform and help Kadabra out!" Matt instructed his pokémon. Ditto scrunched its little eyes, glowed softly and transformed into a Kadabra. When the Ditto/Kadabra pointed its spoon at the Snorlax, the huge, now fiercely glowing, pokémon rose about a foot up into the air, and then it woke up. "Snooorrrr!" it cried as it struggled to break free. It finally succeeded just after the Kadabras had moved it off of Ande. When the Snorlax landed, everyone who was standing immediately fell over. Matt recovered quickly and rushed over to a very bruised and battered Ande.
Author notes: ^...^ = a thought '...' = something from the pokédex [....] = pokémon translations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flashbacks go in between these ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter Two - Go West.
Sometime around midnight, Matt was awakened when his field pack, which he had been using for a pillow, started to shake. Half asleep, Matt unzipped his pack only to find a Minimized Snorlax curled up next to his extra change of clothes. The problem was that this mouse-sized Snorlax was quickly growing into a cat-sized one. Matt was wide awake now. He quickly grabbed the rapidly growing Snorlax and tossed it out the front door. About half an hour later the cabin collapsed as the huge beast rolled over in its sleep. Luckily, Matt and his Ditto along with the owner of the cabin escaped with nothing more than minor scratches.
As the sun rose the next morning, Matt looked at the rubble and the huge pokémon sleeping on top of it. "I'm really sorry about that." Matt said. "I had no idea that it had crawled into my pack." "That is fine, but I will expect you to..." "I know, I know, pay you back for the damages," interrupted Matt. "Not at all. That dwelling was old and I was in need of a new living space. All I ask is for you to accompany me to my sister's house." "Sure thing. That's much better than having to pay for a house. I don't think I caught your name last night." "I am called Andromeda, but you may call me Ande." "Ok Ande. My name is..." ^I know who you are Matthew Bradley Connors^ a voice echoed in his head. "What was that?" Matt asked. "I know not what you are asking." said Ande "Oh, nothing. Let's get going. Which way is your sister's house?" "Follow me," Ande said as she disappeared into the forest.
They had been traveling due west a few hours when Ande stopped suddenly. "That is the Indigo Plateau." Ande pointed off in the distance. "Um, yeah," said Matt who couldn't see anything. "Do you not see it?" asked Ande. "Not really..." "That is too bad for you. It is said that those who cannot see the Indigo Plateau from here will never reach its summit to challenge the Elite Four." "Are you saying that I won't become a Pokémon Master?" "I said no such thing" Ande replied coldly. They sat down and ate an early lunch of local vegetation and some jerky Ande had grabbed before leaving. Just as they were finishing their meal the ground began to shake. Matt stood up and looked around nervously. Calmly, Ande stood up and continued walking westward again. Matt glanced over his shoulder just in time to see Ande disappear into the forest again. "Hey! Wait up for me!" Matt yelled as he ran to catch up (not an easy feat when the ground is shaking.) A few minutes after they left a huge Snorlax came bounding out of the woods. "Snooorrrlaaaxx..." it cried as it collapsed on the ground and started sleeping. It wasn't used to anything like the amount of running it had just done.
That night Ande, Matt and his Ditto sat around a small fire that Ande had somehow started. Matt was showing his Ditto all the different pokémon in the pokédex and having it practice transforming on command. The progress was very slow. After Matt got it to stop transforming into the pokédex, it only managed to get through the Bulbasaur evolutions before it got too tired. "Are you sure you don't want to try for a Charmander?" Matt asked. "Ditto..." it replied wearily. "That's ok. You did good today." Ditto smiled and nuzzled up next to his leg. The night passed quietly. Matt tried to make small talk but Ande just sat there in her own little world. Matt dozed off at about 8:00 partially from shear boredom and partially from not having very much sleep the night before. Ande just sat there all night. One or two Golbats came to investigate the potential dinner but they just kept running into some invisible barrier. Ditto was the only one who saw it approach. Actually, Ditto felt the rumblings before it saw what was causing them. The giant figure responsible for the rumblings gazed at the little group. "Snorlax...." it sighed deeply. Then it noticed the little Ditto looking up at it in fear. "Snor, snor lax snorlax," [Hi there, you don't have to be afraid.] said the Snorlax reassuringly. "Ditto ditto ditto ditto?" [Why do you keep following us?] asked Ditto. "Snor snor lax lax. Snorlax lax snor." [Something tells me I need to be with him. I'm not supposed to be in a pokéball though.] Ditto looked over at Matt, back at Snorlax and back to Matt. "Ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto." [I'm sure he won't mind if you follow us.] The Snorlax smiled, nodded , and began searching for a place to spend the rest of the night. Ditto turned back towards its trainer and slept peacefully for the rest of the night.
Matt awoke the next morning and glanced over at Ande, who was still just sitting with her eyes half closed. ^She's quite pretty in the early morning sunlight,^ Matt thought. ^If only the huge shadow wasn't blocking most of the sky...^ Matt slowly turned his eyes skyward. He opened his mouth to scream but nothing came out. ^Do not scream. Do not fight. Just move out from under it immediately. I can not ..hold... it.... much.... longer.^ Ande's voice echoed in his head Matt grabbed his half-asleep Ditto and scrambled out from underneath the Snorlax hovering above them. The air around him shimmered for a brief moment before the Snorlax fell, right on top of a still seated Ande. Matt had turned his head just before the huge monster hit, so he didn't see the pokéball roll across the ground away from Ande. "Kadabra!" yelled the creature as it materialized. Matt whipped around to see the Kadabra envelop the Snorlax in a light blue glow. It pointed it's spoon at the huge pokémon and tried to raise it but couldn't. Kadabra grabbed the spoon with both hands and tried again. It managed to raise the Snorlax a couple of inches off of the ground but that was all. "Quick! Ditto, transform and help Kadabra out!" Matt instructed his pokémon. Ditto scrunched its little eyes, glowed softly and transformed into a Kadabra. When the Ditto/Kadabra pointed its spoon at the Snorlax, the huge, now fiercely glowing, pokémon rose about a foot up into the air, and then it woke up. "Snooorrrr!" it cried as it struggled to break free. It finally succeeded just after the Kadabras had moved it off of Ande. When the Snorlax landed, everyone who was standing immediately fell over. Matt recovered quickly and rushed over to a very bruised and battered Ande.
