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A Grey life
Chapter 7: Journey
You should know these things before reading my story
" " people speaking
( ) a person's thoughts
Vincent was in his bed, thinking about the day that had gone. He had fought for the first time, well, he had fought a Pokémon battle for the first time. And it had gone well. Slate got pretty beat up but an hour at the Academy's Pokémon center had fixed him up. A bandage on the hurt shoulder and rest was all he needed. He had fought bravely and they had won. They were the best.
But that was not the thing that was concerning Vincent. After the fights, Sara had come up and talked to him again. At first, it seemed as if she only wanted to congratulate him for his victory, but he soon realized that wasn't what she wanted. She had told him about that her and Wendy was to travel together after the graduation. The graduation that was tomorrow. And surprisingly enough, they wanted him with them.
He had thought of it so many times. Wendy and Sara wanted him to travel with them. Why? Why did they want him? He hadn't done anything that made him a "nice guy". He hadn't asked Sara why. He had just said he would let her know by tomorrow. But what would he say? Sure, Sara was nice... and it was that something about her. Wendy was ok. Always happy and cheering people up.
But did he really want someone to be... close to? If he travelled with those two for a long time, and then they split up. Then he would probably feel... Alone. Sad. Empty. Weak. Did he really want to feel all that? They would split up sooner or later, that was a fact. Why bring yourself those feelings? But there was something he had read somewhere... It is better to have lived and died instead of not have lived at all.
Was his emotions dead? No, not yet. But did he really want to kill them? He would talk to Sara tomorrow and just do what felt right at the moment.
(Maybe it will be like opening the door to the house I have prisoned myself in all my life. Joining up with those two may be my first steps outside of that door.) He could not know what was ahead of him. He just had to wait and see. Vincent Grey fell asleep.
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The day had come. They would graduate as Pokémon trainers. All of the students were gathered in the auditorium. No one said anything as the headmaster, Johnny Lindow made his way to the middle of the stage.
"This is it. You have all made it through your time here. From this day on, you may call yourself Pokémon trainers. Just remember your time here and what you have learnt. Use that knowledge to your advantage. Do so and things will go easier. It will be easier but remember that it will still be hard. Always fight. Never give up. Your Pokémon are not tools of war. They are your companions. Cherish them. Don't take them for granted. Be strong even at the hardest of times. And be careful. Good luck."
Everyone walked out into the sunshine, hugging, shaking hands and saying their goodbyes. Vincent went to the tree were he and Sara first talked, waiting for her. He didn't have to wait for long. She came up behind him and put her hand on his shoulder.
He turned around and was greeted with a smile. She sighed "Well... so?"
"I haven't really decided yet. There is just one more thing I want to ask."
"Ok, Go ahead."
He looked deeply inte those beautiful blue eyes. "Why? Why do you want me with you?"
She could see that he was dead serious. Best to be honest.
"There are many reasons. You are a mystery to me Vincent. The way you act, I want to know who you are.Your ambition and your skill. I really think I can learn alot from you. And there is something else too... It is kind of hard to explain but you radiate some kind of energy. Being around you makes me never want to give up and I feel calm around you. Besides, you seem like a nice guy." It was all that she wanted to say at the moment
He wasn't good at taking praize. If you can call it that. It always made him feel uneasy.
He said nothing. He broke the stare and looked down at the ground, thinking. After a while, he spoke.
"I am not giving you any guarantees. And I am not a really fun guy, you know. I can break free whenever I want ok?"
"Ok" She just wanted him with them, and if he joined up, they could do so that he didn't want to leave them.
"Then my answer is yes. I will go with you."
"That's great Vincent!" She hugged him but quickly broke away when she realized what she was doing.
"Uh... I'll go tell Wendy!" She ran away at the direction of her companion leaving a surprised Vincent Grey.'
(Better get going, or else we will just get behind all the others.)
He walked into his dorm room, picking up his large backpack and swung it onto his back. Never looking back at his room, he left, heading for Wendy's and Sara's room. Knowing where it was, he entered and took the bags on the bed, looking around the room if there was anything they had left. No, everything that was there belonged to the Academy.
Vincent had placed himself so that they would see him when they headed for the dorms. After ten minutes, both of the girls rounded a corner and saw him.
"Are you two done with all that goodbye stuff yet?"
"Thank you for taking our bags." They both ignored the question, took their packs and strapped on their Pokéball belts.
"Where are we going anyway?" He was impatient, didn't want to stay longer than absolutely necessary.
Wendy looked at Sara "We are both trying to take the Gym challenge. If we win this first one, we try the next and so on. So we get up real early in the morning and start walking." Wendy motioned for the dorm, assuming they would spend the night there.
"What? We are not starting right now?" He couldn't believe what he was hearing, stay here longer? No way.
"As I said, ambitious." The words were meant for Wendy's ears but it got to Vincent's ears as well. Although, he pretended not to hear it.
"It will be dark in a couple of hours but we can still travel a bit." Vincent pointed to a way leading into the woods
"I guess we'll be getting a jump start from the others, the ones I've talked to are waiting for tomorrow. Besides, that way does indeed lead to the closest gym." Sara looked at Wendy, wanting her oppinion on the matter
Wendy first looked at Sara, over to Vincent's gray eyes and back to Sara again, smiling.
"Jump starts are always good. Let's do it!"
The trio walked through the massive forest and after about two hours of making a way through tall grass, fallen trees and some wetlands, they emerged at the edge of the forest to see the orange sun, falling closer and closer to the horizon, making the clouds glow golden.
"We camp here." Vincent dropped his heavy pack to the ground and grabbed Slate's Pokéball, opening it.
The girls had already thrown their packs and was lying on the ground, panting.
"Listen, me and Slate are going to find something to eat other than the supplies we brought with us. It shouldn't take too long." Vincent walked back into the forest from where they came.
"Ah! My feet are killing me! It'll be nice to rest for a while." Wendy ripped off her shoes and socks, rubbing her sore feet.
"Remember what we learned at the Academy? The first weeks we'll have sore feet but then they will be hardened and we can go even further!" Sara was walking around barefoot and was digging out the tent from her pack.
"But we really shouldn't walk everyday you know. If we find a place that's nice, we can stay there and rest for a day. It's not like we're in a hurry."
"Yeah, guess you're right..." The tent was set and Sara was looking at the ground for some stones to a fireplace.
"Sara! Catch!"
She spun around quickly and caught the stone that Vincent threw at her. Looking up again, she saw that Vincent and Slate had their arms filled with raspberries, hazelnuts, wild pears and apples, Plus some big stones for a fire.
"Now let's eat! I'm starving!" After about half an hour, the fire was lit, Vincent and Slate had gotten som logs to sit on and everybody was digging in on a stew that they had gotten from the academy. Thay had enough food for about a week, then they had to either find or buy some more. The given Pokémon Chow should last for at least a month.
"Hey you two." Both of the girls looked up at him "I just remembered that I haven't seen your Pokémon yet. And since you have seen Slate, I wanna see yours."
"Ok, But don't think I'll battle you! I know that you are better already" Wendy reached for her Pokéball and threw it up in the air, releasing her... ...Mareep!"
It ran over to Wendy and licked her hand, happy to be with her trainer. While Wendy got some Chow for Mareep, Vincent turned his head to look at Sara.
"Oh Alright! And I am gonna fight you! Just not yet..." She released her Pokémon and as the light faded, there stood a small, bear-like Pokémon with one paw in it's mouth and a big crescent mark on it's forehead.
"Vincent, meet Teddiursa. Teddiursa, meet Vincent Grey." Recognising the voice, Teddiursa ran straight at Sara, jumping into her arms and hugging her.
"Cute..." Not wanting the girls to hear his sarcasm, he said it to himself and Slate.
Slate smiled and stood up. He looked at Vincent. Knowing what Slate wanted, he got off the log and looked at the girls.
"We are going to train. It'll take a while so don't wait up."
As always, the duo began their training with a little running. Since they didn't know how far they ran, they measured the time instead. It usually was about a half an hour running at high speed the entire time. The goal was always to be exhausted after every training session. They ran further away from the girls as the time went and when the time had passed. They stopped and began stretching their legs and arms.
Slate started doing pushups as Vincent looked around and saw a large tree with a branch perfect for chinups.
"Hey, buddy. Check this out!" Slate stopped in the middle of a movement and looked at his trainer.
"It'll not be everyday that we find a tree like this. Best to work it all out." He jumped up at the branch and started doing chinups.
"And remember, (one) don't stop until (two) you can't possibly (three) do any more!"
Soon, they both were exhausted and with sore arms. They had switched a couple of times and now Vincent was on the ground, doing the pushups.
"That's it. Five sets oughta be enough or what do ya say?" Wiping the sweat of his forehead, the tough Machop nodded.
"Now, for the abs." Both of them jumped up to the chinup branch and hung in their knees, doing situps.
After about an hour of more pushups and chinups, situps and some punching, It was totally dark.
They started their way back to the camp and after another half hour. They saw the fire and the tent.
The lights were off and not a sound was heard.
"Great job today Slate." He recalled his Pokémon and set the ball in his belt.
He didn't want to wake the girls up, besides, he was sweaty and wouldn't smell too good in the morning. He pulled out his sleeping bag and decided to sleep outside.
The morning soon came and as the first rays of light made their entry on the world, they awoke a young man. He stood up and cracked his neck, then stretched his arms.
"Ouch... Yup, I worked last night, that's for sure..."
But when he took his first steps, he was surprised and a little disappointed. He had sore arms and back, but his legs were just like normal.
"Dammit... I didn't stretch THAT much..."
Quickly grabbing his ball belt, he opened Slate's Pokéball.
"Mornin buddy. Listen, do you have sore arms?"
He flexed himself a little and then gave a nod.
"How about your legs?"
Slate walked around a little, then started running.
"Guess not huh... That proves I have to come up with another workout for the legs. We'll still run, just for the stamina, but we won't get stronger if we can't feel it the next day."
"I'll come up with something..." He recalled Slate and started to pack up his things.
"Vincent?"
Looking behind him, he saw Sara coming out of the tent rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
He couldn't help but thinking that she looked really good in those red sweatpants and that sports bra. And especially that she had her blonde hair let loose.
(No! Not think like that! Makes you weak, remember.)
"Good Morning"
"We were beginning to worry when you didn't show up yesterday. I'm happy to see you again." She was tying her hair into the ponytail that she used to have.
"I did say that you shouldn't wait up. By the way, you should wake Wendy. We have a lot of walking to do since the nearest gym is about a week from here by foot. If we take it slow that is."
"We'll see how far we can go each day. Then we can estimate the time to the gym." While she was reentering the tent, Vincent buried the remains of the campfire and threw the rocks away.
"Morning Vincent"
"You ready to go soon?"
"Just gimme a couple o minutes and I'm ready to go!" The everhappy Wendy was already dressed and packing up her things.
Soon, the trio had packed up all their belongings and was back on the road.
"In a couple of hours, we'll get to a small town called New Port. I have to do a couple of errands over there."
"What kind of errands?" Sara asked
"Well, first of all, I am gonna buy some new clothes. I am getting really tired of these shirts... And some new shorts. Well, you get the idea." He appreciated they didn't ask him why he only had one type of shirt and shorts. If they had asked, he couldn't explain it.
They ran into a tree full of hazelnuts that they shook down and ate the rest of the way to New Port.
When in the town, Wendy ran off to see some friend living there. "Come on Vincent! We haven't got all day!" Sara had already started walking as she held onto Vincent's arm
"And where are you going? As you know I'm gonna buy clothes." He had a feeling he knew what was coming...
"I know. And I'm gonna help!" Yep... he knew what was coming. But it wasn't that bad. At least he didn't have to bother picking out clothes himself. So he just let himself get dragged along.
Another chapter for your reading pleasure!
You know that button down there? Yup. That one. It won't bite. I promise! / Yorun
A Grey life
Chapter 7: Journey
You should know these things before reading my story
" " people speaking
( ) a person's thoughts
Vincent was in his bed, thinking about the day that had gone. He had fought for the first time, well, he had fought a Pokémon battle for the first time. And it had gone well. Slate got pretty beat up but an hour at the Academy's Pokémon center had fixed him up. A bandage on the hurt shoulder and rest was all he needed. He had fought bravely and they had won. They were the best.
But that was not the thing that was concerning Vincent. After the fights, Sara had come up and talked to him again. At first, it seemed as if she only wanted to congratulate him for his victory, but he soon realized that wasn't what she wanted. She had told him about that her and Wendy was to travel together after the graduation. The graduation that was tomorrow. And surprisingly enough, they wanted him with them.
He had thought of it so many times. Wendy and Sara wanted him to travel with them. Why? Why did they want him? He hadn't done anything that made him a "nice guy". He hadn't asked Sara why. He had just said he would let her know by tomorrow. But what would he say? Sure, Sara was nice... and it was that something about her. Wendy was ok. Always happy and cheering people up.
But did he really want someone to be... close to? If he travelled with those two for a long time, and then they split up. Then he would probably feel... Alone. Sad. Empty. Weak. Did he really want to feel all that? They would split up sooner or later, that was a fact. Why bring yourself those feelings? But there was something he had read somewhere... It is better to have lived and died instead of not have lived at all.
Was his emotions dead? No, not yet. But did he really want to kill them? He would talk to Sara tomorrow and just do what felt right at the moment.
(Maybe it will be like opening the door to the house I have prisoned myself in all my life. Joining up with those two may be my first steps outside of that door.) He could not know what was ahead of him. He just had to wait and see. Vincent Grey fell asleep.
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The day had come. They would graduate as Pokémon trainers. All of the students were gathered in the auditorium. No one said anything as the headmaster, Johnny Lindow made his way to the middle of the stage.
"This is it. You have all made it through your time here. From this day on, you may call yourself Pokémon trainers. Just remember your time here and what you have learnt. Use that knowledge to your advantage. Do so and things will go easier. It will be easier but remember that it will still be hard. Always fight. Never give up. Your Pokémon are not tools of war. They are your companions. Cherish them. Don't take them for granted. Be strong even at the hardest of times. And be careful. Good luck."
Everyone walked out into the sunshine, hugging, shaking hands and saying their goodbyes. Vincent went to the tree were he and Sara first talked, waiting for her. He didn't have to wait for long. She came up behind him and put her hand on his shoulder.
He turned around and was greeted with a smile. She sighed "Well... so?"
"I haven't really decided yet. There is just one more thing I want to ask."
"Ok, Go ahead."
He looked deeply inte those beautiful blue eyes. "Why? Why do you want me with you?"
She could see that he was dead serious. Best to be honest.
"There are many reasons. You are a mystery to me Vincent. The way you act, I want to know who you are.Your ambition and your skill. I really think I can learn alot from you. And there is something else too... It is kind of hard to explain but you radiate some kind of energy. Being around you makes me never want to give up and I feel calm around you. Besides, you seem like a nice guy." It was all that she wanted to say at the moment
He wasn't good at taking praize. If you can call it that. It always made him feel uneasy.
He said nothing. He broke the stare and looked down at the ground, thinking. After a while, he spoke.
"I am not giving you any guarantees. And I am not a really fun guy, you know. I can break free whenever I want ok?"
"Ok" She just wanted him with them, and if he joined up, they could do so that he didn't want to leave them.
"Then my answer is yes. I will go with you."
"That's great Vincent!" She hugged him but quickly broke away when she realized what she was doing.
"Uh... I'll go tell Wendy!" She ran away at the direction of her companion leaving a surprised Vincent Grey.'
(Better get going, or else we will just get behind all the others.)
He walked into his dorm room, picking up his large backpack and swung it onto his back. Never looking back at his room, he left, heading for Wendy's and Sara's room. Knowing where it was, he entered and took the bags on the bed, looking around the room if there was anything they had left. No, everything that was there belonged to the Academy.
Vincent had placed himself so that they would see him when they headed for the dorms. After ten minutes, both of the girls rounded a corner and saw him.
"Are you two done with all that goodbye stuff yet?"
"Thank you for taking our bags." They both ignored the question, took their packs and strapped on their Pokéball belts.
"Where are we going anyway?" He was impatient, didn't want to stay longer than absolutely necessary.
Wendy looked at Sara "We are both trying to take the Gym challenge. If we win this first one, we try the next and so on. So we get up real early in the morning and start walking." Wendy motioned for the dorm, assuming they would spend the night there.
"What? We are not starting right now?" He couldn't believe what he was hearing, stay here longer? No way.
"As I said, ambitious." The words were meant for Wendy's ears but it got to Vincent's ears as well. Although, he pretended not to hear it.
"It will be dark in a couple of hours but we can still travel a bit." Vincent pointed to a way leading into the woods
"I guess we'll be getting a jump start from the others, the ones I've talked to are waiting for tomorrow. Besides, that way does indeed lead to the closest gym." Sara looked at Wendy, wanting her oppinion on the matter
Wendy first looked at Sara, over to Vincent's gray eyes and back to Sara again, smiling.
"Jump starts are always good. Let's do it!"
The trio walked through the massive forest and after about two hours of making a way through tall grass, fallen trees and some wetlands, they emerged at the edge of the forest to see the orange sun, falling closer and closer to the horizon, making the clouds glow golden.
"We camp here." Vincent dropped his heavy pack to the ground and grabbed Slate's Pokéball, opening it.
The girls had already thrown their packs and was lying on the ground, panting.
"Listen, me and Slate are going to find something to eat other than the supplies we brought with us. It shouldn't take too long." Vincent walked back into the forest from where they came.
"Ah! My feet are killing me! It'll be nice to rest for a while." Wendy ripped off her shoes and socks, rubbing her sore feet.
"Remember what we learned at the Academy? The first weeks we'll have sore feet but then they will be hardened and we can go even further!" Sara was walking around barefoot and was digging out the tent from her pack.
"But we really shouldn't walk everyday you know. If we find a place that's nice, we can stay there and rest for a day. It's not like we're in a hurry."
"Yeah, guess you're right..." The tent was set and Sara was looking at the ground for some stones to a fireplace.
"Sara! Catch!"
She spun around quickly and caught the stone that Vincent threw at her. Looking up again, she saw that Vincent and Slate had their arms filled with raspberries, hazelnuts, wild pears and apples, Plus some big stones for a fire.
"Now let's eat! I'm starving!" After about half an hour, the fire was lit, Vincent and Slate had gotten som logs to sit on and everybody was digging in on a stew that they had gotten from the academy. Thay had enough food for about a week, then they had to either find or buy some more. The given Pokémon Chow should last for at least a month.
"Hey you two." Both of the girls looked up at him "I just remembered that I haven't seen your Pokémon yet. And since you have seen Slate, I wanna see yours."
"Ok, But don't think I'll battle you! I know that you are better already" Wendy reached for her Pokéball and threw it up in the air, releasing her... ...Mareep!"
It ran over to Wendy and licked her hand, happy to be with her trainer. While Wendy got some Chow for Mareep, Vincent turned his head to look at Sara.
"Oh Alright! And I am gonna fight you! Just not yet..." She released her Pokémon and as the light faded, there stood a small, bear-like Pokémon with one paw in it's mouth and a big crescent mark on it's forehead.
"Vincent, meet Teddiursa. Teddiursa, meet Vincent Grey." Recognising the voice, Teddiursa ran straight at Sara, jumping into her arms and hugging her.
"Cute..." Not wanting the girls to hear his sarcasm, he said it to himself and Slate.
Slate smiled and stood up. He looked at Vincent. Knowing what Slate wanted, he got off the log and looked at the girls.
"We are going to train. It'll take a while so don't wait up."
As always, the duo began their training with a little running. Since they didn't know how far they ran, they measured the time instead. It usually was about a half an hour running at high speed the entire time. The goal was always to be exhausted after every training session. They ran further away from the girls as the time went and when the time had passed. They stopped and began stretching their legs and arms.
Slate started doing pushups as Vincent looked around and saw a large tree with a branch perfect for chinups.
"Hey, buddy. Check this out!" Slate stopped in the middle of a movement and looked at his trainer.
"It'll not be everyday that we find a tree like this. Best to work it all out." He jumped up at the branch and started doing chinups.
"And remember, (one) don't stop until (two) you can't possibly (three) do any more!"
Soon, they both were exhausted and with sore arms. They had switched a couple of times and now Vincent was on the ground, doing the pushups.
"That's it. Five sets oughta be enough or what do ya say?" Wiping the sweat of his forehead, the tough Machop nodded.
"Now, for the abs." Both of them jumped up to the chinup branch and hung in their knees, doing situps.
After about an hour of more pushups and chinups, situps and some punching, It was totally dark.
They started their way back to the camp and after another half hour. They saw the fire and the tent.
The lights were off and not a sound was heard.
"Great job today Slate." He recalled his Pokémon and set the ball in his belt.
He didn't want to wake the girls up, besides, he was sweaty and wouldn't smell too good in the morning. He pulled out his sleeping bag and decided to sleep outside.
The morning soon came and as the first rays of light made their entry on the world, they awoke a young man. He stood up and cracked his neck, then stretched his arms.
"Ouch... Yup, I worked last night, that's for sure..."
But when he took his first steps, he was surprised and a little disappointed. He had sore arms and back, but his legs were just like normal.
"Dammit... I didn't stretch THAT much..."
Quickly grabbing his ball belt, he opened Slate's Pokéball.
"Mornin buddy. Listen, do you have sore arms?"
He flexed himself a little and then gave a nod.
"How about your legs?"
Slate walked around a little, then started running.
"Guess not huh... That proves I have to come up with another workout for the legs. We'll still run, just for the stamina, but we won't get stronger if we can't feel it the next day."
"I'll come up with something..." He recalled Slate and started to pack up his things.
"Vincent?"
Looking behind him, he saw Sara coming out of the tent rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
He couldn't help but thinking that she looked really good in those red sweatpants and that sports bra. And especially that she had her blonde hair let loose.
(No! Not think like that! Makes you weak, remember.)
"Good Morning"
"We were beginning to worry when you didn't show up yesterday. I'm happy to see you again." She was tying her hair into the ponytail that she used to have.
"I did say that you shouldn't wait up. By the way, you should wake Wendy. We have a lot of walking to do since the nearest gym is about a week from here by foot. If we take it slow that is."
"We'll see how far we can go each day. Then we can estimate the time to the gym." While she was reentering the tent, Vincent buried the remains of the campfire and threw the rocks away.
"Morning Vincent"
"You ready to go soon?"
"Just gimme a couple o minutes and I'm ready to go!" The everhappy Wendy was already dressed and packing up her things.
Soon, the trio had packed up all their belongings and was back on the road.
"In a couple of hours, we'll get to a small town called New Port. I have to do a couple of errands over there."
"What kind of errands?" Sara asked
"Well, first of all, I am gonna buy some new clothes. I am getting really tired of these shirts... And some new shorts. Well, you get the idea." He appreciated they didn't ask him why he only had one type of shirt and shorts. If they had asked, he couldn't explain it.
They ran into a tree full of hazelnuts that they shook down and ate the rest of the way to New Port.
When in the town, Wendy ran off to see some friend living there. "Come on Vincent! We haven't got all day!" Sara had already started walking as she held onto Vincent's arm
"And where are you going? As you know I'm gonna buy clothes." He had a feeling he knew what was coming...
"I know. And I'm gonna help!" Yep... he knew what was coming. But it wasn't that bad. At least he didn't have to bother picking out clothes himself. So he just let himself get dragged along.
Another chapter for your reading pleasure!
You know that button down there? Yup. That one. It won't bite. I promise! / Yorun