Has anyone ever heard 'Misty's Song'? If you haven't you HAVE to download
it, especially if you are an AAML fan like me ^_^ It sort of reminds me of
how Shane felt about Diana. . .
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School starts in like two weeks down here. . .gaaaah. There are. . .five more chapters left in this ;_; Hopefully I'll post them all before school starts. If I don't. . .well, I'll still post them, but AFTER I complain about my Spanish class.
Ok, I'll shut up now. READ! ^_^
And to avoid any confusion, Diana is seventeen here.
~Chapter Twenty-One~
"So, what are you doing tomorrow?" Mom asked. "I have to go to Goldenrod with Danny to check some stuff out, and you probably don't want to come."
"No," I shook my head. "It's our three year anniversary tomorrow. We're going to go on a trail ride and have a picnic or something."
Mom smiled. "Three years already?"
I grinned. "Yeah. . .I still can't believe. It seems like that dance was only yesterday. . .and here I am, seventeen and talking about me and Shane's three year anniversary."
"It's amazing how time flies," Mom said quietly.
"That reminds me. . .I wanted to call Allie and maybe Julie," I murmured.
"Inviting them?" Mom teased.
"No!" I cried. "Of course not. No. I just want to see how they're doing. I haven't talked to them in ages."
"Well, I have to go to Professor Elm's lab. . .he wants me to be there for when the trainers pick out their Pokemon. What would I know?" Mom muttered as she walked out of the living room, where we had been.
I picked up a phone as soon as she was out of earshot. It wasn't that this was a super-private conversation. . .it was just that I wanted to talk to my friends about anything, and it's pretty hard when your mom is right next to you.
I picked up the cordless phone and dialed in a code. I didn't bother to use the videophone because Allie couldn't see me anyway. My friend picked up in a few seconds.
"Hey!" I cried. "It's Diana!"
"Diana!" Allison squealed. "I can't believe it! You haven't called in ages!"
"Yeah, I know," I laughed. "So, how's the training going?"
A few months after graduation, Allison left Cherrygrove to pursue her dream of becoming a Pokemon Trainer. She had been in the Jhoto League, but lost, so she was starting all over again---for some reason, she didn't want to go to Kanto or Hoenn just yet.
"Oh, it's great," she said, and I could almost see her smile. "Since I still have my same team, I beat Falkner real easy. I just used my Electabuzz, and his birds were defeated in five minutes!"
I laughed again. "That must be some sort of record."
"Yeah, but it was an even shorter battle with Bugsy. He took one look at my Tyrannitar and remembered me. Ty just did one fire blast on his Butterfree and I got the badge!"
I smiled. "So where are you off to now?"
"Goldenrod City. I hope it's easy to defeat Whitney this time."
"Oh, Mom's going to be up there tomorrow," I said. "If you run into her."
"Cool," she said. "So, how are you? You and Shane still together?"
I sighed happily. "Yes. It's our three year anniversary tomorrow."
"Congratulations!" Allison squealed. "Wow, three years. Time really has flown by. So what are you doing to celebrate?"
"Going on a trail ride and having a picnic or something," I said. "Something simple." I then frowned. "But I don't know. Princess has been getting really weird lately. She threw me off twice yesterday."
Allison gasped.
I shrugged, even though she couldn't see me. "Maybe I'm getting too tall for her. I don't know. Nurse Joy is going to come sometime this week to see what's up with her."
"That's good," Allison replied. "Hopefully it's nothing. Maybe it's just a mood."
"Yeah," I said, though I wasn't convinced. In all the years I had owned Princess, she had never thrown me off. She had barely even reared while I was riding her. Why the sudden mood change?
"I'm sorry, but I have to go," Allison sighed. "I'm in the Ilex Forest and I heard a group of kids coming."
"No problem," I said. "Good luck with the badges."
"Thanks, good luck with Princess. . .and Shane," she teased, before hanging up.
I clicked 'End' on the cordless and threw it on the couch. I sighed, wishing I could talk to Julie. She had decided she wanted to be a teacher, so her dad had shipped her off to some Poke Boarding school in Kanto. She was always busy whenever I called her, so she usually called me instead, with her phone card so we didn't have to pay long distance.
I looked around the living room, feeling kind of bored. Dad was probably in Goldenrod City, and Mom must've reached Professor Elm's by now. I really wanted to see Shane, but him and Danielle were out for the day. . .and he wouldn't tell me why. I smiled, suspecting it was for tomorrow.
I desperately wanted to ride Princess, but I was worried she was going to throw me off again. She never seemed to want to be with me, and wanted to go off and play with Red Spot instead. She was even being mean to Mystical, whenever I brought her over.
I went upstairs to my room and got the Pokeball containing my Dratini. Shane really liked Mystical---and of course he knew about her and the Den. I just couldn't understand why Princess was having all of these mood swings.
I held up Mystical's Pokeball. "Maybe you can cure her," I murmured, slipping it in my pocket. I ran downstairs and next door.
~*~*~
"Oh Princess. . .look, it's your best friend, Mystical," I called. Princess looked up from her grazing and snorted in response, but didn't make any attempt to move.
I stared at my Rapidash. I really needed to ride her, and practice for this show in a month---she had been slacking off. Her belly was getting rounder-- -she was putting on weight. I made a mental note to only feed her half a scoop of grain since she was grazing so much.
Mystical hopped into the paddock and slithered towards Princess. She put on her happy Dratini face and cried, "Draaaaaaatini!"
Princess made a low noise and nuzzled Red Spot's neck. The Rapidash stallion looked up at Mystical and snorted. Mystical pouted and slithered towards a tree, where she curled up and closed her eyes.
I sighed, and went to Princess's stall to get her halter. I really wanted to ride her today---she was going to have to behave herself on the trail ride tomorrow.
I hid the halter and lead rope behind my back and stepped into the paddock. I stepped quietly towards Princess, and luckily, she was too busy paying attention to Red Spot. I quickly slipped the halter over her head. When she realized it was on, she snorted angrily.
"Princess," I whined. "Come on. You need to be ridden. We've got a competition in a month."
I yanked the lead rope in an attempt for her to follow me and stop grazing. She made that low noise again and glared at me.
I felt a little scared. I had never been scared of Princess, not ever--- even when she threw me off.
"Princess Flamemight, come ON," I said firmly, tugging the lead rope again.
Princess, however, had other ideas. The last thing she wanted to do was come in her stall and be groomed. She continued her harsh glare and bared her teeth.
I knew I should get out of there, but I was frozen. Apparently Princess wanted me out of the way. With a death-defying neigh, she reared, her hooves dangling inches over my head. I screamed and she let out a Fire Blast attack into the sky.
I was still holding the lead rope, so I yanked it and tried to get her to come down, but she didn't listen. Princess still danced on her hind legs, neighed, with those diamond-hard hooves so close to me. I knew one strike would do it. . .
I let go of the lead rope and put my hands over my head. Princess looked like she was going to crash back to the ground on all fours any minute.
"DIANA!" someone yelled. I heard footsteps, and it all happened so fast--- about half a second before Princess's hooves crashed back to earth, someone had pushed me out of the way.
My eyes were squinched shut. I was expecting pain. . .but I felt fine. I slowly opened my eyes and saw Shane staring at me, his face white with shock and worry. His hand was on my shoulder, and beads of sweat were dropping down his face.
"Are you okay?!" he asked worriedly. He grabbed my hands and helped me up.
I took a deep, shaky breath. "Yeah. . ." I whispered. I looked over at Princess, who glared at me and galloped off to Red Spot, the lead rope flying behind. "Yeah, I'm okay."
Shane looked behind him and at Princess. He muttered something to himself that I didn't quite catch, but I was too shocked to ask him about it.
"Diana!" Mrs. Mavens called. "Are you okay? What happened?"
"I'm okay. . .I think," I whispered, too surprised to talk in a louder voice. "I wanted to ride Princess and when I put her halter on she wouldn't follow me like she normally does, so I tugged on her lead rope and she just reared. And I was too scared to let go."
Danielle stared at me for a minute. Shane had wrapped his arms around me and tried to calm me down, but I still felt like I couldn't breathe right.
She then looked over at Princess. "She's been spending a lot of time with Red Spot, hasn't she?" Mrs. Mavens asked, her brow creased.
"Yeah," I said slowly. "For a long time. For years."
Danielle raised her eyebrows and met Shane's eyes. He shrugged a little, but didn't say a word. I didn't bother asking what it meant.
After a long time, I finally felt calm enough. Shane had taken me to sit on the grass near the tack room and gave me sips of water every now and then.
"You don't have to baby me," I half-smiled.
"You did when I fell off of Mars," Shane pointed out. "Plus, doesn't every decent guy take care of his girlfriend?"
I smiled fully. "Yeah, yeah."
Danielle suddenly came running out of the house. "I've contacted Nurse Joy," she said. "I know I was going to have her come here later in the week, but I told her what happened and she'll be over here within the hour."
"Oh. . .okay. . ." I trailed off, looking at the ground.
Shane looked at me. "Don't you want to find out what's wrong with her?"
I shrugged. "Yeah, of course, but if it's something really serious. . ." I paused.
Shane also paused before answering. During this silence, Danielle went into the paddock to attempt to catch Princess.
"Well," Shane finally said. "If it's a physical problem, Nurse Joy will have her cured---" He snapped his fingers "---like that."
"What if it's not physical?" I sighed. I looked up. Princess was snorting at Danielle. Mystical was hopping up and down beside Princess, trying to get her to calm down.
"What if it's Anthony?" I suddenly wondered. I sat up. "Maybe that's it. Maybe he somehow escaped and he's possessed her like he got to you."
Shane shifted uncomfortably. I knew it made him feel guilty to think about that, even if it wasn't really him killing the dragons. He always said he felt guilty all the same because his body had done it.
"I don't think so," he finally answered. His voice sounded like it was hiding something, and this time, I asked.
"You're keeping something from me, aren't you?"
"Huh? What---no, of course not."
I raised an eyebrow.
Shane sighed. "You---you'll find out. Sooner or later."
I nodded in agreement. I was alright with that, as long as I did find out, especially if it was about Princess.
About a half an hour later, Danielle finally managed to grab Princess's lead rope and tug her out of the paddock. Red Spot followed, and nobody objected.
She managed to capture her just in time---within five minutes of getting Princess on the cross ties, a white ambulance pulled up in the driveway. Nurse Joy and two Chansey's came out started examining Princess as soon as they got there.
Danielle, Shane, and I stood off to the side while Nurse Joy checked over Princess and performed all sorts of tests. I must've looked really worried, because Shane grabbed my hand and gave it a squeeze, letting me know Princess was going to be fine.
At least, that's what I believed when Nurse Joy put down her stethoscope and grinned.
"Who is the owner of this Rapidash?" she asked.
"Me," I said. "I'm Princess's owner."
"Well, congratulations," Nurse Joy smiled, and the Chansey's clapped and squealed, "Chan SEEEEE!" happily, while Princess just snorted.
"What?" I whispered.
"Princess is in foal. She's going to have a baby."
~*~*~
LOOPHOLE! LOOPHOLE! EEEE!
I'm craaaaaaazy. Must be all those Bottlecaps. Mmmm. . .I sure love Bottlecaps. Thank goodness my dad bought me a whole roll of them ^_^ Time to chill under the covers with my voice-activated Uni and a roll of my favorite candy.
Who cares if it's only 3:48 in the afternoon?!
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School starts in like two weeks down here. . .gaaaah. There are. . .five more chapters left in this ;_; Hopefully I'll post them all before school starts. If I don't. . .well, I'll still post them, but AFTER I complain about my Spanish class.
Ok, I'll shut up now. READ! ^_^
And to avoid any confusion, Diana is seventeen here.
~Chapter Twenty-One~
"So, what are you doing tomorrow?" Mom asked. "I have to go to Goldenrod with Danny to check some stuff out, and you probably don't want to come."
"No," I shook my head. "It's our three year anniversary tomorrow. We're going to go on a trail ride and have a picnic or something."
Mom smiled. "Three years already?"
I grinned. "Yeah. . .I still can't believe. It seems like that dance was only yesterday. . .and here I am, seventeen and talking about me and Shane's three year anniversary."
"It's amazing how time flies," Mom said quietly.
"That reminds me. . .I wanted to call Allie and maybe Julie," I murmured.
"Inviting them?" Mom teased.
"No!" I cried. "Of course not. No. I just want to see how they're doing. I haven't talked to them in ages."
"Well, I have to go to Professor Elm's lab. . .he wants me to be there for when the trainers pick out their Pokemon. What would I know?" Mom muttered as she walked out of the living room, where we had been.
I picked up a phone as soon as she was out of earshot. It wasn't that this was a super-private conversation. . .it was just that I wanted to talk to my friends about anything, and it's pretty hard when your mom is right next to you.
I picked up the cordless phone and dialed in a code. I didn't bother to use the videophone because Allie couldn't see me anyway. My friend picked up in a few seconds.
"Hey!" I cried. "It's Diana!"
"Diana!" Allison squealed. "I can't believe it! You haven't called in ages!"
"Yeah, I know," I laughed. "So, how's the training going?"
A few months after graduation, Allison left Cherrygrove to pursue her dream of becoming a Pokemon Trainer. She had been in the Jhoto League, but lost, so she was starting all over again---for some reason, she didn't want to go to Kanto or Hoenn just yet.
"Oh, it's great," she said, and I could almost see her smile. "Since I still have my same team, I beat Falkner real easy. I just used my Electabuzz, and his birds were defeated in five minutes!"
I laughed again. "That must be some sort of record."
"Yeah, but it was an even shorter battle with Bugsy. He took one look at my Tyrannitar and remembered me. Ty just did one fire blast on his Butterfree and I got the badge!"
I smiled. "So where are you off to now?"
"Goldenrod City. I hope it's easy to defeat Whitney this time."
"Oh, Mom's going to be up there tomorrow," I said. "If you run into her."
"Cool," she said. "So, how are you? You and Shane still together?"
I sighed happily. "Yes. It's our three year anniversary tomorrow."
"Congratulations!" Allison squealed. "Wow, three years. Time really has flown by. So what are you doing to celebrate?"
"Going on a trail ride and having a picnic or something," I said. "Something simple." I then frowned. "But I don't know. Princess has been getting really weird lately. She threw me off twice yesterday."
Allison gasped.
I shrugged, even though she couldn't see me. "Maybe I'm getting too tall for her. I don't know. Nurse Joy is going to come sometime this week to see what's up with her."
"That's good," Allison replied. "Hopefully it's nothing. Maybe it's just a mood."
"Yeah," I said, though I wasn't convinced. In all the years I had owned Princess, she had never thrown me off. She had barely even reared while I was riding her. Why the sudden mood change?
"I'm sorry, but I have to go," Allison sighed. "I'm in the Ilex Forest and I heard a group of kids coming."
"No problem," I said. "Good luck with the badges."
"Thanks, good luck with Princess. . .and Shane," she teased, before hanging up.
I clicked 'End' on the cordless and threw it on the couch. I sighed, wishing I could talk to Julie. She had decided she wanted to be a teacher, so her dad had shipped her off to some Poke Boarding school in Kanto. She was always busy whenever I called her, so she usually called me instead, with her phone card so we didn't have to pay long distance.
I looked around the living room, feeling kind of bored. Dad was probably in Goldenrod City, and Mom must've reached Professor Elm's by now. I really wanted to see Shane, but him and Danielle were out for the day. . .and he wouldn't tell me why. I smiled, suspecting it was for tomorrow.
I desperately wanted to ride Princess, but I was worried she was going to throw me off again. She never seemed to want to be with me, and wanted to go off and play with Red Spot instead. She was even being mean to Mystical, whenever I brought her over.
I went upstairs to my room and got the Pokeball containing my Dratini. Shane really liked Mystical---and of course he knew about her and the Den. I just couldn't understand why Princess was having all of these mood swings.
I held up Mystical's Pokeball. "Maybe you can cure her," I murmured, slipping it in my pocket. I ran downstairs and next door.
~*~*~
"Oh Princess. . .look, it's your best friend, Mystical," I called. Princess looked up from her grazing and snorted in response, but didn't make any attempt to move.
I stared at my Rapidash. I really needed to ride her, and practice for this show in a month---she had been slacking off. Her belly was getting rounder-- -she was putting on weight. I made a mental note to only feed her half a scoop of grain since she was grazing so much.
Mystical hopped into the paddock and slithered towards Princess. She put on her happy Dratini face and cried, "Draaaaaaatini!"
Princess made a low noise and nuzzled Red Spot's neck. The Rapidash stallion looked up at Mystical and snorted. Mystical pouted and slithered towards a tree, where she curled up and closed her eyes.
I sighed, and went to Princess's stall to get her halter. I really wanted to ride her today---she was going to have to behave herself on the trail ride tomorrow.
I hid the halter and lead rope behind my back and stepped into the paddock. I stepped quietly towards Princess, and luckily, she was too busy paying attention to Red Spot. I quickly slipped the halter over her head. When she realized it was on, she snorted angrily.
"Princess," I whined. "Come on. You need to be ridden. We've got a competition in a month."
I yanked the lead rope in an attempt for her to follow me and stop grazing. She made that low noise again and glared at me.
I felt a little scared. I had never been scared of Princess, not ever--- even when she threw me off.
"Princess Flamemight, come ON," I said firmly, tugging the lead rope again.
Princess, however, had other ideas. The last thing she wanted to do was come in her stall and be groomed. She continued her harsh glare and bared her teeth.
I knew I should get out of there, but I was frozen. Apparently Princess wanted me out of the way. With a death-defying neigh, she reared, her hooves dangling inches over my head. I screamed and she let out a Fire Blast attack into the sky.
I was still holding the lead rope, so I yanked it and tried to get her to come down, but she didn't listen. Princess still danced on her hind legs, neighed, with those diamond-hard hooves so close to me. I knew one strike would do it. . .
I let go of the lead rope and put my hands over my head. Princess looked like she was going to crash back to the ground on all fours any minute.
"DIANA!" someone yelled. I heard footsteps, and it all happened so fast--- about half a second before Princess's hooves crashed back to earth, someone had pushed me out of the way.
My eyes were squinched shut. I was expecting pain. . .but I felt fine. I slowly opened my eyes and saw Shane staring at me, his face white with shock and worry. His hand was on my shoulder, and beads of sweat were dropping down his face.
"Are you okay?!" he asked worriedly. He grabbed my hands and helped me up.
I took a deep, shaky breath. "Yeah. . ." I whispered. I looked over at Princess, who glared at me and galloped off to Red Spot, the lead rope flying behind. "Yeah, I'm okay."
Shane looked behind him and at Princess. He muttered something to himself that I didn't quite catch, but I was too shocked to ask him about it.
"Diana!" Mrs. Mavens called. "Are you okay? What happened?"
"I'm okay. . .I think," I whispered, too surprised to talk in a louder voice. "I wanted to ride Princess and when I put her halter on she wouldn't follow me like she normally does, so I tugged on her lead rope and she just reared. And I was too scared to let go."
Danielle stared at me for a minute. Shane had wrapped his arms around me and tried to calm me down, but I still felt like I couldn't breathe right.
She then looked over at Princess. "She's been spending a lot of time with Red Spot, hasn't she?" Mrs. Mavens asked, her brow creased.
"Yeah," I said slowly. "For a long time. For years."
Danielle raised her eyebrows and met Shane's eyes. He shrugged a little, but didn't say a word. I didn't bother asking what it meant.
After a long time, I finally felt calm enough. Shane had taken me to sit on the grass near the tack room and gave me sips of water every now and then.
"You don't have to baby me," I half-smiled.
"You did when I fell off of Mars," Shane pointed out. "Plus, doesn't every decent guy take care of his girlfriend?"
I smiled fully. "Yeah, yeah."
Danielle suddenly came running out of the house. "I've contacted Nurse Joy," she said. "I know I was going to have her come here later in the week, but I told her what happened and she'll be over here within the hour."
"Oh. . .okay. . ." I trailed off, looking at the ground.
Shane looked at me. "Don't you want to find out what's wrong with her?"
I shrugged. "Yeah, of course, but if it's something really serious. . ." I paused.
Shane also paused before answering. During this silence, Danielle went into the paddock to attempt to catch Princess.
"Well," Shane finally said. "If it's a physical problem, Nurse Joy will have her cured---" He snapped his fingers "---like that."
"What if it's not physical?" I sighed. I looked up. Princess was snorting at Danielle. Mystical was hopping up and down beside Princess, trying to get her to calm down.
"What if it's Anthony?" I suddenly wondered. I sat up. "Maybe that's it. Maybe he somehow escaped and he's possessed her like he got to you."
Shane shifted uncomfortably. I knew it made him feel guilty to think about that, even if it wasn't really him killing the dragons. He always said he felt guilty all the same because his body had done it.
"I don't think so," he finally answered. His voice sounded like it was hiding something, and this time, I asked.
"You're keeping something from me, aren't you?"
"Huh? What---no, of course not."
I raised an eyebrow.
Shane sighed. "You---you'll find out. Sooner or later."
I nodded in agreement. I was alright with that, as long as I did find out, especially if it was about Princess.
About a half an hour later, Danielle finally managed to grab Princess's lead rope and tug her out of the paddock. Red Spot followed, and nobody objected.
She managed to capture her just in time---within five minutes of getting Princess on the cross ties, a white ambulance pulled up in the driveway. Nurse Joy and two Chansey's came out started examining Princess as soon as they got there.
Danielle, Shane, and I stood off to the side while Nurse Joy checked over Princess and performed all sorts of tests. I must've looked really worried, because Shane grabbed my hand and gave it a squeeze, letting me know Princess was going to be fine.
At least, that's what I believed when Nurse Joy put down her stethoscope and grinned.
"Who is the owner of this Rapidash?" she asked.
"Me," I said. "I'm Princess's owner."
"Well, congratulations," Nurse Joy smiled, and the Chansey's clapped and squealed, "Chan SEEEEE!" happily, while Princess just snorted.
"What?" I whispered.
"Princess is in foal. She's going to have a baby."
~*~*~
LOOPHOLE! LOOPHOLE! EEEE!
I'm craaaaaaazy. Must be all those Bottlecaps. Mmmm. . .I sure love Bottlecaps. Thank goodness my dad bought me a whole roll of them ^_^ Time to chill under the covers with my voice-activated Uni and a roll of my favorite candy.
Who cares if it's only 3:48 in the afternoon?!
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