Chapter 14: Portholes
There was something the people and animals of the forest (except Moonglow) did not know about the pond. It could do something more than just freeze. It could make teleportations from planet to planet. The porthole was open for thirty minutes after the person activating it went out. Anyone who jumped in the certain area of water on either side when the porthole was opened was teleported.
There were a few conditions to teleport. It could only teleport to planets where people in the forest lived. You had to have had a permanent home before you came, so this did not work for Tim, Cathy, Sarah or Ryan. You had to be the first in the water. You could not trigger the teleportations if you were an animal. Pikablu was in the water most of the time, and he was considered an animal, so the portholes did not open often. You also couldn't travel during winter and some floods.
Soon, the water in the flood dried up. It took only about an hour, even though there was about three feet of water collected. Damien decided to go swimming. He, of course, didn't know about the portholes. He dove in and was teleported back to his home planet, Pokémon, in the largest body of water within twenty miles of his home. The planet Pokémon was very small, so the largest body of water within twenty miles of his house was also the largest body of water on the planet, Fuchsia Ocean.
Damien landed with a splash in the Fuchsia Ocean. He looked around. He knew this place well. It was the beach where he and his family always came during the summer. But how had he gotten there?
He got up out of the water and onto the beach. He gasped as he saw a familiar face. It was one of his enemies riding her bike around the beach. She had on short jean shorts and a yellow tank top. She had bright orange hair pulled into a short ponytail on top of her head. She was coming straight towards him!
Damien really wasn't in the mood for this, but he had no time to hide. The girl stopped her bike, got off, and let it fall to the ground.
"Hey! I know you! You're that creep who abandoned his Charmander back at Route 24!" said the girl.
"Yeah? So what if I am?" answered Damien.
"Well, I hope you know, that Charmander evolved into a Charizard!" said the girl.
Damien raised an eyebrow. "How could that little friend of yours get a Charizard? I bet it won't even obey him!" He laughed.
The girl looked away. It didn't obey him. "It wouldn't have obeyed you either!" she said.
Damien looked surprised. "You really think so? A tough trainer is needed to train a Charizard. I'm definitely tough. Your friend is just a nerd."
The girl was not happy. "He's not even my friend! I was just following him to get my bike back! Now I have it! I don't even talk to him anymore!"
Suddenly, a boy with a red and white hat and black, spiky, hair called over to the girl, "Hey, Misty! Come, on! Let's go!"
Misty blushed. Damien laughed. This was the boy she was supposedly not friends with anymore. She hopped back onto her bike, scowled at Damien and rode away.
"Hey, Ash!" shouted Damien. "Enjoy your Charizard!" He laughed.
Ash turned away and ran to keep up with Misty on her bike.
"Now, how am I going to get out of here?" Damien said, half to himself.
Go back in the water. It seemed Moonglow wasn't the only one who knew about the teleportations.
"Huh?" said Damien. There was no one around him. He decided to try it. He jumped back in the water and came out in the pond at the forest. "This is so weird," he said. He came out of the pond and was immediately dry. He went back to his cave and worked on his Pokémon cage.
Meanwhile Turtle was sleepwalking around his cabin. He got around to the door, then managed to push it open in his sleep. He walked across the forest to the bear's cave. When he got there, he opened the door, walked over to Anakin, and said, "Wakey, Anakin," in a really dreamy voice. Since this was a stupid sound, Anakin woke up. He didn't like being woken up, so he slapped Turtle hard across the face. Turtle woke up, looked around confusedly, and went back to his cabin.