Stolen Souls
By: SorrowRain
Edited: Thorned Rose
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except the story line
Chapter 4- Tomorrow is Only a Day Away
~ SunnyTown Estates 1993~
BLAM!! James quickly shut the door to Growlie's doghouse. The young boy let his tears fall freely and slowly turned his back against the door and slowly slid down to the carpeted floor. Growlie came into the room, unaware of James' presence, holding a Meowth plushie in his mouth. He would toss it up in the air and fling it across the room and shake it around, as if it were alive. James dried his tears on his shirt and made a small giggle towards his dog friend.
Growlie turned suddenly and made a small yelp of glee and trotted towards his friend. The young boy started to scratch his little friend behind the ears, and sighed.
'Having a pet really does relieve stress', James thought and started to scratch Growlie harder.
"Growl." Growlie said as he closed his eyes to enjoy his master's touch.
"Oh Growlie, what did I do wrong? I thought Mom and Dad loved me."
At this statement, James' tears started up again. Growlie opened one eye at the sound of his master's voice and when he saw the tears running down his face, he quickly went up to lick his tears away. James smiled at the loyalty of his friend.
"Thanks Growlie, at least I know you love me." Growlie growled in agreement and nudged against his master, already falling asleep against James's sweater. James was still smiling as he saw his pup nod off to sleep, and then he remembered past events and he quickly lost his smile. He forgot to put his napkin on his lap again, his parents screamed at him and Jezebelle slowly shook her head in disapproval.
James didn't get it, just two years ago life was perfect, his parents cared for him and loved him. They never hit him, no matter how much he made them mad. At this thought, James slid his fingers over his right eye and winced as he felt the pain that sprung from them. They would've never done this two years ago...
~SunnyTown Estates 1991~
A red-haired girl and a lavender-haired boy could be seen running and laughing, a little Growlithe could be seen nipping at their heels. If you looked closely enough, you could see a little Oddish hiding within the bushes, and an elderly couple having their afternoon tea smiling at the young children playing.
"Hey Growlie! Can't catch me!" James cried in a taunting voice with a touch of humor. Jezebelle stood hiding behind James from the active puppy. How dangerous can active puppies get, you ask? Well obviously you've never had a puppy.
"Growl, Growlithe." the puppy cried and began chase on the two youngsters. The children laughed and screamed, Jezebelle and James holding hands; occasionally James would help Jezebelle up when she tripped. 'Never', James thought 'I'll never let Growlie catch me.' Suddenly James no longer felt the weight from
Jezebelle. He turned and saw her rolling around in the grass, Growlie atop her.
"Growlie get off me you little brute!" Jezebelle cried giggling as Growlie started to slobber all over her face, nyaw…puppy kisses. Finally Growlie let up on Jezebelle and cleverly walked over to James. The boy got ready, but he wasn't fast enough. Growlie pounced.
"Hah, now you know how it feels, getting' all dirty in the dirt." Jezebelle laughed as she flipped her hair behind her. As she was watching James and his pet, she caught something out of the corner of her eye. She cocked her head towards the estate's large lake, which had a river flowing straight into it, Jezebelle often wondered to where the river flowed. Although she never went to look (after all James wasn't allowed near water without supervision from his parents) and his parents would never want to go down the dark path that followed the small river.
"Hey Jezebelle, watcha looking at?" James finally got Growlie off his back, literally, and was now wondering what could have caught Jezebelle's interest like it had. Jezebelle hardly paid attention to anything for that long unless it was some kind of fabric.
"Nothing, let's get back to your house." Jezebelle tried to convince James, but he then noticed where they were.
"Look Jezebelle! I would've never thought I would get to see the lake without my parents!" James slowly crept up closer to the lake, but Growlie stopped him, both in a way had their weaknesses. And both of their weaknesses were water.
"Growlie's right, James. I'm sure your parents have a reason for not letting you go near the water, come let's go back", lectured Jezebelle.
"Nyah, all right. Come on Growlie." James started to walk off but heard a scream behind him; James quickly turned wondering what was wrong. When he last saw Jezebelle she was next to him, so how had she ended up in the water?
"JEZEBELLE!! TRY NOT TO MOVE I'LL GET MOM AND DAD!!" James cried to the drowning girl, they hadn't learned how to swim; after all they weren't supposed to go near water, right? James ran off with Growlie at his heels towards his parents.
"MOM, DAD JEZEBELLE'S IN THE WATER!!" James cried waving his arms about. John and Victoria didn't need to be told twice, they understood. John started to strip off his vest and shoes as he ran towards the lake and Victoria ran ahead of him.
"James stay here with Growlie, we'll be back." Victoria told her son and went to join her husband.
"Stay? Well alright, it's not like we can help right Growlie?" James was trying to ease the tension by talking to his Pokémon; all that Growlie did was nod whilst watching the fading figures.
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"Okay Growlie, it's been half an hour, don't you think we should go see what happened?" James said pleadingly, worried that he would never get to see his parents again.
"'LITHE!! GROWL!!" Growlie started to wiggle in happiness as he caught sight of a wet trio walk up into the open field, past all of the bushes.
"MOM, DAD, JEZEBELLE!!" James cried with joy, they were alive!! He ran up to them opening his arms ready to bring them into a tight hug. But they had other plans.
"James get off, you're going to get punished as soon as we get home." John Morgan stated as he shrugged James away. James stared after him, but then thought he did deserve it and in time, they'll forgive him. James took his gaze off his retreating family and looked to his friend.
"Come on Growlie, let's go and have dinner, I'm sure everything will be alright tomorrow." The boy looked at the backs of his family again and then nodded, as if to reassure himself. "Tomorrow."
~SunnyTown Estates 1993~
'Tomorrow'. James snorted, 'yeah sure tomorrow'. The sadness was slowly going away and being replaced with anger and frustration, he had done everything and anything to try to please his parents, but they always refused to accept it. Ever since the accident at the lake Jezebelle, had started 'training' him with her new whip. James hated her whip, oh sure he managed to avoid it sometimes, but whenever he did avoid it Jezebelle would send her Oddish to use Stun Spore on him.
Growlie started stirring from his nap and slowly yawned, and stood up to stretch. James also stood up, knowing that if he got home to late he will get punished even worse. He didn't want to get punished. He looked to Growlie and did a small insane grin towards his loyal pet.
"Tomorrow." James said, quoting from the movie his parents made him watch when he was three, "Is only a day away."
~Tomorrow~
The young boy pushed himself against the doors, wanting to escape. He couldn't take it, he wanted to wait until midnight, but no…they had to be extra mean to him today.
"Growlie!" James cried calling for his friend as he ran, worrying that he wouldn't join him in his escape.
"James dearest where are you going? I haven't taught you the correct way to eat spaghetti yet!" Jezebelle taunted, knowing how James hated to be correct for little things like that.
"I wanna do things my way Jezebelle!" James cried thinking. 'They still won't leave me alone, I need to get out of here fast', he quickened his pace.
"Wait James..." James slowed at this, maybe they do care. "You're not running properly, let me show you the right way!" James could feel his anger rising and pushed himself, eyes closed; he could've sworn he felt water around him. Or it could've been his sorrow raining down upon him.
"James!!" The boy heard his name but didn't bother to turn back, he ran past the river and through the gates and that's when he stopped. He was panting, being exhausted from both the physical and emotional drain. He turned to see if Jezebelle was still following him and was shocked to see her grasping the gate with a look of pure rage and anger in her eyes. James stepped back, he'd never seen Jezebelle like this...it frightened him. Why wasn't she following him? James and Jezebelle locked gazes for about a minute until Jezebelle spoke.
"Get back here James! Get back here or I swear you will get punished, more so than you are about to get punished now." she hissed. James peered over her shoulder pretending not to care.
"Why don't you cross the gate Jezebelle? Too afraid?" James taunted smiling and he noted Growlie behind him, "Come Growlie, let's get out of here." James pulled down his eyelid and stuck out his tongue at Jezebelle, the final insult.
"JAMES COME BACK HERE OR I'LL SWEAR I'LL KILL YOU!!" Jezebelle cried, insanity was clearly reaching its breaking point.
"I say Growlie! Tomorrow has finally come!" James smirked, ignoring the rantings of the girl behind him, and turned to face the world behind him. He breathed in and ran deeper into the night, completely forgetting the past he was leaving behind.
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Thank you to all of my reviewers and readers ^_^. "member flames don't bother me, so yea...
LuckyLadyBug66: I'm glad to hear that you are going to try to create a sequal for "Dead and Alive". Cant' wait XD, thanks for your reviews
Windra: I hope this didn't make matters more confusing, =P
Thorned Rose: Thank you for your compliments, and your help with the editing
Seveninchsprockets: Thank you for your review, and go on and work on 'Inside'! Can't wait for the next chapter.
Team Rocket Girl Erika: Thanx, and I plan to keep writing XD: Go on and work on your story, sorry I haven't reviewed on it, it's written really well. ^_^
By: SorrowRain
Edited: Thorned Rose
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except the story line
Chapter 4- Tomorrow is Only a Day Away
~ SunnyTown Estates 1993~
BLAM!! James quickly shut the door to Growlie's doghouse. The young boy let his tears fall freely and slowly turned his back against the door and slowly slid down to the carpeted floor. Growlie came into the room, unaware of James' presence, holding a Meowth plushie in his mouth. He would toss it up in the air and fling it across the room and shake it around, as if it were alive. James dried his tears on his shirt and made a small giggle towards his dog friend.
Growlie turned suddenly and made a small yelp of glee and trotted towards his friend. The young boy started to scratch his little friend behind the ears, and sighed.
'Having a pet really does relieve stress', James thought and started to scratch Growlie harder.
"Growl." Growlie said as he closed his eyes to enjoy his master's touch.
"Oh Growlie, what did I do wrong? I thought Mom and Dad loved me."
At this statement, James' tears started up again. Growlie opened one eye at the sound of his master's voice and when he saw the tears running down his face, he quickly went up to lick his tears away. James smiled at the loyalty of his friend.
"Thanks Growlie, at least I know you love me." Growlie growled in agreement and nudged against his master, already falling asleep against James's sweater. James was still smiling as he saw his pup nod off to sleep, and then he remembered past events and he quickly lost his smile. He forgot to put his napkin on his lap again, his parents screamed at him and Jezebelle slowly shook her head in disapproval.
James didn't get it, just two years ago life was perfect, his parents cared for him and loved him. They never hit him, no matter how much he made them mad. At this thought, James slid his fingers over his right eye and winced as he felt the pain that sprung from them. They would've never done this two years ago...
~SunnyTown Estates 1991~
A red-haired girl and a lavender-haired boy could be seen running and laughing, a little Growlithe could be seen nipping at their heels. If you looked closely enough, you could see a little Oddish hiding within the bushes, and an elderly couple having their afternoon tea smiling at the young children playing.
"Hey Growlie! Can't catch me!" James cried in a taunting voice with a touch of humor. Jezebelle stood hiding behind James from the active puppy. How dangerous can active puppies get, you ask? Well obviously you've never had a puppy.
"Growl, Growlithe." the puppy cried and began chase on the two youngsters. The children laughed and screamed, Jezebelle and James holding hands; occasionally James would help Jezebelle up when she tripped. 'Never', James thought 'I'll never let Growlie catch me.' Suddenly James no longer felt the weight from
Jezebelle. He turned and saw her rolling around in the grass, Growlie atop her.
"Growlie get off me you little brute!" Jezebelle cried giggling as Growlie started to slobber all over her face, nyaw…puppy kisses. Finally Growlie let up on Jezebelle and cleverly walked over to James. The boy got ready, but he wasn't fast enough. Growlie pounced.
"Hah, now you know how it feels, getting' all dirty in the dirt." Jezebelle laughed as she flipped her hair behind her. As she was watching James and his pet, she caught something out of the corner of her eye. She cocked her head towards the estate's large lake, which had a river flowing straight into it, Jezebelle often wondered to where the river flowed. Although she never went to look (after all James wasn't allowed near water without supervision from his parents) and his parents would never want to go down the dark path that followed the small river.
"Hey Jezebelle, watcha looking at?" James finally got Growlie off his back, literally, and was now wondering what could have caught Jezebelle's interest like it had. Jezebelle hardly paid attention to anything for that long unless it was some kind of fabric.
"Nothing, let's get back to your house." Jezebelle tried to convince James, but he then noticed where they were.
"Look Jezebelle! I would've never thought I would get to see the lake without my parents!" James slowly crept up closer to the lake, but Growlie stopped him, both in a way had their weaknesses. And both of their weaknesses were water.
"Growlie's right, James. I'm sure your parents have a reason for not letting you go near the water, come let's go back", lectured Jezebelle.
"Nyah, all right. Come on Growlie." James started to walk off but heard a scream behind him; James quickly turned wondering what was wrong. When he last saw Jezebelle she was next to him, so how had she ended up in the water?
"JEZEBELLE!! TRY NOT TO MOVE I'LL GET MOM AND DAD!!" James cried to the drowning girl, they hadn't learned how to swim; after all they weren't supposed to go near water, right? James ran off with Growlie at his heels towards his parents.
"MOM, DAD JEZEBELLE'S IN THE WATER!!" James cried waving his arms about. John and Victoria didn't need to be told twice, they understood. John started to strip off his vest and shoes as he ran towards the lake and Victoria ran ahead of him.
"James stay here with Growlie, we'll be back." Victoria told her son and went to join her husband.
"Stay? Well alright, it's not like we can help right Growlie?" James was trying to ease the tension by talking to his Pokémon; all that Growlie did was nod whilst watching the fading figures.
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"Okay Growlie, it's been half an hour, don't you think we should go see what happened?" James said pleadingly, worried that he would never get to see his parents again.
"'LITHE!! GROWL!!" Growlie started to wiggle in happiness as he caught sight of a wet trio walk up into the open field, past all of the bushes.
"MOM, DAD, JEZEBELLE!!" James cried with joy, they were alive!! He ran up to them opening his arms ready to bring them into a tight hug. But they had other plans.
"James get off, you're going to get punished as soon as we get home." John Morgan stated as he shrugged James away. James stared after him, but then thought he did deserve it and in time, they'll forgive him. James took his gaze off his retreating family and looked to his friend.
"Come on Growlie, let's go and have dinner, I'm sure everything will be alright tomorrow." The boy looked at the backs of his family again and then nodded, as if to reassure himself. "Tomorrow."
~SunnyTown Estates 1993~
'Tomorrow'. James snorted, 'yeah sure tomorrow'. The sadness was slowly going away and being replaced with anger and frustration, he had done everything and anything to try to please his parents, but they always refused to accept it. Ever since the accident at the lake Jezebelle, had started 'training' him with her new whip. James hated her whip, oh sure he managed to avoid it sometimes, but whenever he did avoid it Jezebelle would send her Oddish to use Stun Spore on him.
Growlie started stirring from his nap and slowly yawned, and stood up to stretch. James also stood up, knowing that if he got home to late he will get punished even worse. He didn't want to get punished. He looked to Growlie and did a small insane grin towards his loyal pet.
"Tomorrow." James said, quoting from the movie his parents made him watch when he was three, "Is only a day away."
~Tomorrow~
The young boy pushed himself against the doors, wanting to escape. He couldn't take it, he wanted to wait until midnight, but no…they had to be extra mean to him today.
"Growlie!" James cried calling for his friend as he ran, worrying that he wouldn't join him in his escape.
"James dearest where are you going? I haven't taught you the correct way to eat spaghetti yet!" Jezebelle taunted, knowing how James hated to be correct for little things like that.
"I wanna do things my way Jezebelle!" James cried thinking. 'They still won't leave me alone, I need to get out of here fast', he quickened his pace.
"Wait James..." James slowed at this, maybe they do care. "You're not running properly, let me show you the right way!" James could feel his anger rising and pushed himself, eyes closed; he could've sworn he felt water around him. Or it could've been his sorrow raining down upon him.
"James!!" The boy heard his name but didn't bother to turn back, he ran past the river and through the gates and that's when he stopped. He was panting, being exhausted from both the physical and emotional drain. He turned to see if Jezebelle was still following him and was shocked to see her grasping the gate with a look of pure rage and anger in her eyes. James stepped back, he'd never seen Jezebelle like this...it frightened him. Why wasn't she following him? James and Jezebelle locked gazes for about a minute until Jezebelle spoke.
"Get back here James! Get back here or I swear you will get punished, more so than you are about to get punished now." she hissed. James peered over her shoulder pretending not to care.
"Why don't you cross the gate Jezebelle? Too afraid?" James taunted smiling and he noted Growlie behind him, "Come Growlie, let's get out of here." James pulled down his eyelid and stuck out his tongue at Jezebelle, the final insult.
"JAMES COME BACK HERE OR I'LL SWEAR I'LL KILL YOU!!" Jezebelle cried, insanity was clearly reaching its breaking point.
"I say Growlie! Tomorrow has finally come!" James smirked, ignoring the rantings of the girl behind him, and turned to face the world behind him. He breathed in and ran deeper into the night, completely forgetting the past he was leaving behind.
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Thank you to all of my reviewers and readers ^_^. "member flames don't bother me, so yea...
LuckyLadyBug66: I'm glad to hear that you are going to try to create a sequal for "Dead and Alive". Cant' wait XD, thanks for your reviews
Windra: I hope this didn't make matters more confusing, =P
Thorned Rose: Thank you for your compliments, and your help with the editing
Seveninchsprockets: Thank you for your review, and go on and work on 'Inside'! Can't wait for the next chapter.
Team Rocket Girl Erika: Thanx, and I plan to keep writing XD: Go on and work on your story, sorry I haven't reviewed on it, it's written really well. ^_^