Chapter XIX- Home at Last
We surfed for a while on Gryados, and Feraligatr. Erika was riding Gyrados, and
Jarod was carrying me, with Raichu on my lap on Feraligatr. It took us a while to get
home as you could imagine, with the currents, and Jarod having to stop constantly to
make sure I was ok. Jarod was definitely one of the best guys I had ever met. He was nice,
smart, cute, but it all had a down side. One time while I was studying a pokemon tech., he
came into my room wearing a to-to. I didn't even want to know where he got it. He said
he was trying to get the lead part for 'Revelation of Lugia' a musical that the tech puts on
every year. I reminded him that the lead part was a guys part, and I never saw the to-to
again. That still was pretty funny though.
"You...don't mind that I'm coming with you?" He said in a low and soft voice.
"Where?" I asked quitely.
"Well, I already asked Erika, and I wanted to ask you, if maybe, I can join in on your
journey?" He said and held my poor little head.
"No...not at all, actually....I always hoped I'd see you again. Of course not under these
cercumstances."
"This wasn't your fault."
"I know...."
"Hey Marcy!" I heard Erika yell out from behind us, "We're almost home!" She surfed
past us, where I could see the lights from Cinnabar Gym shinning in the dark.
"Feeling up to a little competition?" Jarod asked, and sat me up infront of him.
"I think I can handle it, if that's what you're asking." I replied and grabbed Feraligatr's
neck.
"Feraligatr, full throttle!" Jarod yelled, and we instantly speed twords Erika and Gyrados.
"I feel better, what did you give me?" I asked as we sped twords Erika.
"I gave you a burnt berry and a max potion."
"You're kidding?"
"Nope. It's a special kind of Max Potion you can only get in Jhoto. It's made for people.
Battles there are tougher than here, and people get hurt sometimes. The Burnt Berry was
to defrost you. You were still a little cold from all the ice."
"Amazing. How many badges do you have?" I asked him.
"16"
"WHAT???!!! Are you serious?"
"Don't freak out! I started two years before you! You can get a lot done in that time."
"So that means you've been through the Indigo Leauge and the Crystal Leauge."
"I haven't gone through the Indigo Leauge yet. That's why I'm here, I'm training for it."
"Cool!" I said. Then we passed Erika, "Come on Gryrados, us your whirlpool!" I yelled,
and Gryados created a whirlpool around himself that propelled him forward and up.
"That's more like it!" I said as him and Erika caught up.
"So how are you feeling Marc?" Erika said holding on the Gryados's dorsal fin.
"A lot better thatnks to you and Jarod. I owe you my life." I said as I leaned over.
"Aw!!" Erika said and blushed, "You would done the same for me."
"You're Right!" I said, "Now, lets make a race out of this!" I said and grabbed Gyrados's
fin. "I'll take Gyrados, you can take Vaporeon, and Jarod can use his Feraligatr!"
"All right! Last one home buys breakfast!" Erika yelled and called out Vaporeon. She
jumped on to her back like she was on a surfing board, and I jumped onto Gyrados.
"All right everyone!" We all pulled to a stop and lined up as Jarod raised his hand. "The
Island is right there. On your mark, get set.....GO!" He yelled and flagged his arm down.
Vaporeon at first sped by both of us, but I yelled out,
"Gyrados, use Whirlpool!" And we caught up quickly.
"Feraligatr! Full throttle!" Jarod yelled, and Erika, ahead of both of us, reached Cinnabar.
"YEAH!!! FREE BREAKFAST!!" I heard her yell out. Me and Jarod were neck and
neck, but Feraligatr slowly pulled ahead. The Island came closer and closer, but suddenly,
Gyrados tripped on the coral, and we flew past Jarod, landing flat on the sand! I slowly
got up and yelled, "YEAH! Jarod pays!"
"Not fair!" He yelled, but we all walked to the pokemon center together, and he did pay
for our breakfasts and his.
Finally we had made it home. Even though our journey had only begun, I was glad
to have a break. We didn't need to train, we could just relax, see our parents, and have
fun. Though I couldn't forget that we did have to battle Blaine. It would be nice to see him
after such a long time, and to see how the gym was going without us. But, as we ate our
breakfast, we talked to Jarod about all the places he's been, and all the pokemon he had
seen. He even caught some from Jhoto, which it turns out, was where he was from.
"See, this here is an Ampharos," He said and called out a cute yellow pokemon that kind
of looked like a Brachiousaurus standing on it's hind legs. "It's one of the electric type
pokemon you can find in Jhoto." It had a cute long tail with black stripes and a little red
gem at the end of it. Raichu thought it was cute and poked it a little.
"Raichu!" *Hi!*
"Ampro!" *Hi!^_^*
"You know, it's pretty late. We should probobly find a hotel." Erika said.
"What Hotel is going to be open at this hour?" Jarod said and called back Ampharos.
"Hmmm. I know! I have a key to my moms' hotel! We can find some rooms there if you
want!" I said and began to rumege through my bag.
"Your mom won't mind?" Erika said.
"No, as long as we don't wake up the other guests, I'm sure she won't. Besides, we can
surprise her in the morning." I said and pulled out the key.
"It is morning." Jarod remarked looking at his pokegear. "1:00 actually."
"Well, lets hope there are still rooms left!" Erika said and picked up all her stuff.
We walked to moms' hotel the 'Pokemon Pitstop' and I carefully and quietly
opened the door. To my surprise, the bellhop was still at the desk. However, I soon
discovered, he was asleep. I walked over to the desk and rang the bell quietly to wake him
up. I didn't have to worry about waking up the guests too much though because the rooms
were all on the second, third and fourth floors.
"Hugh! What?...oh? How, can I help you?" The bellhop said looking at his watch briefly.
"I was wondering if you have any rooms left." I said and leaned over the desk to look at
the book.
"Oh! Marcy! welcome back! How are you doing? What room would you like?" He said
sitting up straight, flipping through the books pages.
"I don't want to inconvinence anyone. Just what ever rooms are available."
"Uh, let's see...." He flipped to the last two pages and said, "there's one room left of the
fourth floor. It's very modern, if you like, I can even have another bed brought up for
you." He said refering to Jarod.
"Oh...that's all right. It's late and I don't want to bother anyone..." Jarod began.
"Jarod! There's only one room left! What were you planning to do, campout?" I said.
"Well..." He didn't answer that one. "I'll sleep on the floor in there. It's all right. I have a
sleeping bag and I'll just borrow some pillows."
"All right then." The bellhop said and wrote down my name in the empty spot. He then
turned behind him and grabbed the last pair of keys, then handed them to me. "Room #32
on your right.You know what time breakfast is?" He said.
"7:00-9:30 right?" I said and began to turn.
"That's right. Have a good nights sleep!" He said and leaned back into the chair. We
walked up the stairs slowly and quietly, until we got to our room. #32 at the end of the
hall. I opened the door, which squeaked a little and set my stuff down next to the first
bed, then turned on the lamp that was on a nighttable between the two twin beds. Raichu
jumped onto my bed and curled up on the covers. Erika took the second bed, and Jarod
set up his sleeping bag on the large fluffy chair by the fireplace.
"Are you sure you don't want the bed Jarod?" I asked before I layed down.
"It's all right. You've been through a lot. You can use your rest; and besides, this
isn't.....that uncomfortable...." He said as he arranged himself on the chair so that his legs
weren't hanging over the arm rest. He looked pretty uncomfortable if you asked me.
"Thanks Jarod. Good night." He always was really nice. I said, and turned off the lamp,
as Erika let Charizard out, so he could light the fireplace for Jerod.
"Thanks Charizard!" He said and placed his head back on the armrest.
I woke up the next morning at about 8:00 and considering I went to bed at 1:30,
that was pretty early. Erika was still sound asleep, and I assumed she would be that for
about another hour. Jarod was actually already up and he had taught Charizard how to
play chess. There was a chess board above every mantle in the fourth floor guest rooms;
they were some of the nicest rooms.
"Is he good?" I said as I sat up to watch Jarod play chess.
"Oh! Marcy, did I wake you up?" He said looking up at me.
"Nope. So, is Charizard good at playing chess?" I asked again jokingly.
"Not too good right now, but I think he can be really good at it if he tries." Jarod said and
moved one of his Bishops, "Checkmate."
"Char??T_TChariz Izard!" *What??Play again!*
"Do you want to go downstairs and get something to eat with me?" I asked and got up,
putting my sneakers on.
"No need for that!" He said suddenly and stood up, forgetting about the chess game. "I
brought some stuff up for you!"
"Oh Jarod! You didn't have to!" I said and blushed a little.
"Don't worry it was no trouble at all. Besides, I figured it would waste time if we all went
down at different times, so I just brought some up." He walked over to the far right-hand
table near the window and took a dish with toast and pankakes on it, then brought it over
to me. "Breakfast your majesty!" He said and sat down on the bed next to Raichu. I
laughed and remembered the first time he ever did that to me. I was working on a report
about the evolution advantages of Arbok and I told him that I didn't have time to eat, so
he brought me up some stuff. (I couldn't figure out how he got away with it though. Food
wasn't allowed in the boarding rooms.)
"You remember that hugh?" He said and put the dish down on the covers.
"Yeah. I do." I said still giggling. "You know, I was really lucky to have you as room
mate! I would have been so lonely at pokemon tech."
"I don't think so. You're the kind of person that can make friends with anyone." He said
and leaned closer.
"Yuck!" I sreamed and covered my nose.
"Waht!?" He yelled and backed off.
"Morning breath!" I yelled and laughed hard.
"Is it....really that bad?" He put his hand over his mouth and laughed too.
"What's all the noise!??..." Erika yelled and rolled over to see Jarod and me.
"Morning Erika!" I said and jumped out of bed, and ran around it to give her a hug.
"Well, I guess you're feeling better!" She said and hugged me back. "Is that baccon I
smell?" She said and jumped out of bed. "Good Morning Charizard! And how is
mommy's baby?" She said and hugged his neck.
"Chariz Ard CharChar!" *Good Morning Erika!*
"It is baccon!" She said as she found the table with the food on it.
"I'm going to go downstairs and sign us out, I'll met you girls down there." Jarod said and
walked out of the room with his stuff.
"Thanks!" I said and we both sat down to eat. After we finished eating, we walked
downstaires and found Jarod sitting on a chair waiting for us. We walked out of the hotel
and walked to my mom's house where we could start our vacation!
We surfed for a while on Gryados, and Feraligatr. Erika was riding Gyrados, and
Jarod was carrying me, with Raichu on my lap on Feraligatr. It took us a while to get
home as you could imagine, with the currents, and Jarod having to stop constantly to
make sure I was ok. Jarod was definitely one of the best guys I had ever met. He was nice,
smart, cute, but it all had a down side. One time while I was studying a pokemon tech., he
came into my room wearing a to-to. I didn't even want to know where he got it. He said
he was trying to get the lead part for 'Revelation of Lugia' a musical that the tech puts on
every year. I reminded him that the lead part was a guys part, and I never saw the to-to
again. That still was pretty funny though.
"You...don't mind that I'm coming with you?" He said in a low and soft voice.
"Where?" I asked quitely.
"Well, I already asked Erika, and I wanted to ask you, if maybe, I can join in on your
journey?" He said and held my poor little head.
"No...not at all, actually....I always hoped I'd see you again. Of course not under these
cercumstances."
"This wasn't your fault."
"I know...."
"Hey Marcy!" I heard Erika yell out from behind us, "We're almost home!" She surfed
past us, where I could see the lights from Cinnabar Gym shinning in the dark.
"Feeling up to a little competition?" Jarod asked, and sat me up infront of him.
"I think I can handle it, if that's what you're asking." I replied and grabbed Feraligatr's
neck.
"Feraligatr, full throttle!" Jarod yelled, and we instantly speed twords Erika and Gyrados.
"I feel better, what did you give me?" I asked as we sped twords Erika.
"I gave you a burnt berry and a max potion."
"You're kidding?"
"Nope. It's a special kind of Max Potion you can only get in Jhoto. It's made for people.
Battles there are tougher than here, and people get hurt sometimes. The Burnt Berry was
to defrost you. You were still a little cold from all the ice."
"Amazing. How many badges do you have?" I asked him.
"16"
"WHAT???!!! Are you serious?"
"Don't freak out! I started two years before you! You can get a lot done in that time."
"So that means you've been through the Indigo Leauge and the Crystal Leauge."
"I haven't gone through the Indigo Leauge yet. That's why I'm here, I'm training for it."
"Cool!" I said. Then we passed Erika, "Come on Gryrados, us your whirlpool!" I yelled,
and Gryados created a whirlpool around himself that propelled him forward and up.
"That's more like it!" I said as him and Erika caught up.
"So how are you feeling Marc?" Erika said holding on the Gryados's dorsal fin.
"A lot better thatnks to you and Jarod. I owe you my life." I said as I leaned over.
"Aw!!" Erika said and blushed, "You would done the same for me."
"You're Right!" I said, "Now, lets make a race out of this!" I said and grabbed Gyrados's
fin. "I'll take Gyrados, you can take Vaporeon, and Jarod can use his Feraligatr!"
"All right! Last one home buys breakfast!" Erika yelled and called out Vaporeon. She
jumped on to her back like she was on a surfing board, and I jumped onto Gyrados.
"All right everyone!" We all pulled to a stop and lined up as Jarod raised his hand. "The
Island is right there. On your mark, get set.....GO!" He yelled and flagged his arm down.
Vaporeon at first sped by both of us, but I yelled out,
"Gyrados, use Whirlpool!" And we caught up quickly.
"Feraligatr! Full throttle!" Jarod yelled, and Erika, ahead of both of us, reached Cinnabar.
"YEAH!!! FREE BREAKFAST!!" I heard her yell out. Me and Jarod were neck and
neck, but Feraligatr slowly pulled ahead. The Island came closer and closer, but suddenly,
Gyrados tripped on the coral, and we flew past Jarod, landing flat on the sand! I slowly
got up and yelled, "YEAH! Jarod pays!"
"Not fair!" He yelled, but we all walked to the pokemon center together, and he did pay
for our breakfasts and his.
Finally we had made it home. Even though our journey had only begun, I was glad
to have a break. We didn't need to train, we could just relax, see our parents, and have
fun. Though I couldn't forget that we did have to battle Blaine. It would be nice to see him
after such a long time, and to see how the gym was going without us. But, as we ate our
breakfast, we talked to Jarod about all the places he's been, and all the pokemon he had
seen. He even caught some from Jhoto, which it turns out, was where he was from.
"See, this here is an Ampharos," He said and called out a cute yellow pokemon that kind
of looked like a Brachiousaurus standing on it's hind legs. "It's one of the electric type
pokemon you can find in Jhoto." It had a cute long tail with black stripes and a little red
gem at the end of it. Raichu thought it was cute and poked it a little.
"Raichu!" *Hi!*
"Ampro!" *Hi!^_^*
"You know, it's pretty late. We should probobly find a hotel." Erika said.
"What Hotel is going to be open at this hour?" Jarod said and called back Ampharos.
"Hmmm. I know! I have a key to my moms' hotel! We can find some rooms there if you
want!" I said and began to rumege through my bag.
"Your mom won't mind?" Erika said.
"No, as long as we don't wake up the other guests, I'm sure she won't. Besides, we can
surprise her in the morning." I said and pulled out the key.
"It is morning." Jarod remarked looking at his pokegear. "1:00 actually."
"Well, lets hope there are still rooms left!" Erika said and picked up all her stuff.
We walked to moms' hotel the 'Pokemon Pitstop' and I carefully and quietly
opened the door. To my surprise, the bellhop was still at the desk. However, I soon
discovered, he was asleep. I walked over to the desk and rang the bell quietly to wake him
up. I didn't have to worry about waking up the guests too much though because the rooms
were all on the second, third and fourth floors.
"Hugh! What?...oh? How, can I help you?" The bellhop said looking at his watch briefly.
"I was wondering if you have any rooms left." I said and leaned over the desk to look at
the book.
"Oh! Marcy! welcome back! How are you doing? What room would you like?" He said
sitting up straight, flipping through the books pages.
"I don't want to inconvinence anyone. Just what ever rooms are available."
"Uh, let's see...." He flipped to the last two pages and said, "there's one room left of the
fourth floor. It's very modern, if you like, I can even have another bed brought up for
you." He said refering to Jarod.
"Oh...that's all right. It's late and I don't want to bother anyone..." Jarod began.
"Jarod! There's only one room left! What were you planning to do, campout?" I said.
"Well..." He didn't answer that one. "I'll sleep on the floor in there. It's all right. I have a
sleeping bag and I'll just borrow some pillows."
"All right then." The bellhop said and wrote down my name in the empty spot. He then
turned behind him and grabbed the last pair of keys, then handed them to me. "Room #32
on your right.You know what time breakfast is?" He said.
"7:00-9:30 right?" I said and began to turn.
"That's right. Have a good nights sleep!" He said and leaned back into the chair. We
walked up the stairs slowly and quietly, until we got to our room. #32 at the end of the
hall. I opened the door, which squeaked a little and set my stuff down next to the first
bed, then turned on the lamp that was on a nighttable between the two twin beds. Raichu
jumped onto my bed and curled up on the covers. Erika took the second bed, and Jarod
set up his sleeping bag on the large fluffy chair by the fireplace.
"Are you sure you don't want the bed Jarod?" I asked before I layed down.
"It's all right. You've been through a lot. You can use your rest; and besides, this
isn't.....that uncomfortable...." He said as he arranged himself on the chair so that his legs
weren't hanging over the arm rest. He looked pretty uncomfortable if you asked me.
"Thanks Jarod. Good night." He always was really nice. I said, and turned off the lamp,
as Erika let Charizard out, so he could light the fireplace for Jerod.
"Thanks Charizard!" He said and placed his head back on the armrest.
I woke up the next morning at about 8:00 and considering I went to bed at 1:30,
that was pretty early. Erika was still sound asleep, and I assumed she would be that for
about another hour. Jarod was actually already up and he had taught Charizard how to
play chess. There was a chess board above every mantle in the fourth floor guest rooms;
they were some of the nicest rooms.
"Is he good?" I said as I sat up to watch Jarod play chess.
"Oh! Marcy, did I wake you up?" He said looking up at me.
"Nope. So, is Charizard good at playing chess?" I asked again jokingly.
"Not too good right now, but I think he can be really good at it if he tries." Jarod said and
moved one of his Bishops, "Checkmate."
"Char??T_TChariz Izard!" *What??Play again!*
"Do you want to go downstairs and get something to eat with me?" I asked and got up,
putting my sneakers on.
"No need for that!" He said suddenly and stood up, forgetting about the chess game. "I
brought some stuff up for you!"
"Oh Jarod! You didn't have to!" I said and blushed a little.
"Don't worry it was no trouble at all. Besides, I figured it would waste time if we all went
down at different times, so I just brought some up." He walked over to the far right-hand
table near the window and took a dish with toast and pankakes on it, then brought it over
to me. "Breakfast your majesty!" He said and sat down on the bed next to Raichu. I
laughed and remembered the first time he ever did that to me. I was working on a report
about the evolution advantages of Arbok and I told him that I didn't have time to eat, so
he brought me up some stuff. (I couldn't figure out how he got away with it though. Food
wasn't allowed in the boarding rooms.)
"You remember that hugh?" He said and put the dish down on the covers.
"Yeah. I do." I said still giggling. "You know, I was really lucky to have you as room
mate! I would have been so lonely at pokemon tech."
"I don't think so. You're the kind of person that can make friends with anyone." He said
and leaned closer.
"Yuck!" I sreamed and covered my nose.
"Waht!?" He yelled and backed off.
"Morning breath!" I yelled and laughed hard.
"Is it....really that bad?" He put his hand over his mouth and laughed too.
"What's all the noise!??..." Erika yelled and rolled over to see Jarod and me.
"Morning Erika!" I said and jumped out of bed, and ran around it to give her a hug.
"Well, I guess you're feeling better!" She said and hugged me back. "Is that baccon I
smell?" She said and jumped out of bed. "Good Morning Charizard! And how is
mommy's baby?" She said and hugged his neck.
"Chariz Ard CharChar!" *Good Morning Erika!*
"It is baccon!" She said as she found the table with the food on it.
"I'm going to go downstairs and sign us out, I'll met you girls down there." Jarod said and
walked out of the room with his stuff.
"Thanks!" I said and we both sat down to eat. After we finished eating, we walked
downstaires and found Jarod sitting on a chair waiting for us. We walked out of the hotel
and walked to my mom's house where we could start our vacation!