-dances horribly- Da da da. . .
Yes yous, new chapter, even though I'm sick, I need sleep, and I'm coughing up weird mucus-y stuff. THAT'S BECAUSE I LOVE YOU ALL! YAY!
-coughhackchokegaspdie- X_X
Yeah I've been sick all week, which really stinks. -sigh- I think my teachers are having a competition to see who can assign the most stuff before Thanksgiving. IT'S DRIVING ME INSANE! Arrguh.
Oh yes. Next week there MIGHT not be a chapter since my friend who I haven't seen in a year is coming to see me! YAAAAY! ^_^ But maybe I can sneak it in. I'll have to see.
In the meantime. . .cold pills are evil! They make me crazier than normal. _
~Chapter Nine~
Just as Mom promised, Professor Oak had transported a nice, calm Ponyta named Pluto over. I was outside watching the new arrival graze and try to make friends with Joker and Phoenix.
'What's the point when you're just going to leave them?' I thought, and sighed sadly.
Kitsune, who was on my shoulder again, heard my sigh and snuggled up against my head. "Eee?" he asked.
I gave a one shoulder shrug. "I don't know how I'm going to tell them. No matter how I try and word it, it sounds the same to me. . .'Hey, best friends in the world! I'm going away for who knows how long!'." I leaned my arm over the fence and buried my face in it.
"Hey," someone said. I looked up and Steve had appeared next to me.
"Oh. . .hi," I said, looking away.
"What's up? Is something wrong? It's not like you to just stand there in front of Joker when you could be riding him."
"Yeah."
Steve paused. "Lindsey, are you sure nothing's wrong?"
I looked up again, and Kitsune jumped off of my shoulder, onto the fence, and ran to the Ponytas. The three of them half-reared and trotted away, playing with the tiny Eevee.
"Hey, where'd the other Ponyta come from?" Steve asked.
"Mom wants you, me, and Ivy to go on a trail ride," I said. I started towards the house. "You get Phoenix and tack him up. I'll call her."
"Oh. . .okay. . ." he trailed off.
I jogged inside, somehow keeping in my tears, and made the quick call to Ivy. Luckily she could get a ride and was at my house in twenty minutes.
~*~
"So this. . .Pluto. . .is a good Ponyta for me?" Ivy asked, scratching the horse Pokemon's shoulder. Pluto sighed contently.
"Yeah, Mom said Professor Oak said he's nice and calm, but he hasn't been with his trainer in awhile so. . ." I waved my hand and tried to get Joker to take his bit. He clamped his mouth shut instead. I sighed and rubbed my arms, already covered with a long-sleeved velvet sweater. It was way cold, too cold for that time of year. Though I didn't think the Pokemon could really complain about it.
"Oh man, I'm going to feel weird riding some stranger's Ponyta," Ivy sighed. "Ah, well. Care to help me with this girth?" She turned to me and grinned.
For some reason, I just wanted to fall apart at the sight of her grin. Ivy was such a happy person---she practically smiled at me every day, and now there was the possibility of me making her upset, and I didn't want to do that.
Well, duh, who wants to make their best friends upset?
Steve wasn't saying much. He just finished tacking up Phoenix, who was trying to avoid squashing Kitsune, who was running in circles at his hoofs. He found a helmet in the tack room and put it one, then waited for us to finish tacking up.
I helped Ivy with the girth, and handed her a rubber band. "Tie up that hair of yours!" I scolded. "I don't think you'll want it to be flying in your face when we're cantering down the trail."
Ivy rolled her eyes, still smiling, and took the rubber band. She fastened her auburn hair into a messy bun and grabbed the helmet I had gotten out for her. "Alrighty, I'm ready!" she laughed.
I turned to Joker and held up the bit. "Pleeeease open your mouth," I begged. He glared at me before, to my surprise, opening his mouth. I put in the bit and put on the rest of the bridle, then led him out.
"Okay, Mr. Joker here has made a fool out of me again," I sighed. I mounted, and Ivy and Steve did the same. Ivy was surprised at how still Pluto stood, while Phoenix and Joker moved when Steve and I were getting on.
"Jo. . ." I warned. He snorted in response.
Mom suddenly came out of the barn and waved to me. I knew was she was thinking---'Tell them!'
I was going to try, but it wasn't going to be my fault if the words wouldn't come out.
~*~
We had been walking on the trail for about a half an hour, Ivy doing most of the talking, when Steve suddenly spoke up.
"Hey Lindsey, you've been pretty quiet. Are you sure nothing's wrong?"
I looked over at Steve, who was looking back at me, all concerned. I whipped my head to face forward and snorted, "Well, you haven't said much yourself."
"That's because Ivy won't let me get in a word edgewise," he muttered.
"STEVE MOCHILES, I HEARD THAT!" Ivy cried, spooking Pluto a little. Ivy immediately calmed down, and so did Pluto.
I looked over and saw a huge pile of logs. Well, maybe not that huge to the person not on Ponyta-back, but big enough to make me smile a little.
I backed Joker up and walked him in front of the logs. Then I sent him into a canter and we flew over them. The jump seemed to go on forever. . .yet when we landed, it seemed much too short. Steve and Ivy smiled and clapped.
"Go Lindsey!" Ivy laughed. "That was awesome!"
I nodded, but then sighed sadly and stopped Joker. Steve and Ivy took a few steps before stopping also, and they turned around in the saddles.
"Lindsey?" Ivy asked, her smiling disappearing.
'It's now or never,' I thought. I tried to swallow, but a huge lump had grown in my throat. I dropped the reins and held my face in my hands.
"We're moving to Hoenn!" I cried, letting go of my face. I grabbed the reins and dug my heels into Joker, sending him off on a gallop. I didn't even hear Ivy and Steve calling after me. I just galloped faster and faster. . .as if I had already left them.
~*~*~
Boo hoo hoo.
Bleh. I'm going to bed.
-hands out appropriate sweet/salty stuff to reviewers- Review some more and there will be more where that came from! Yeehaw!
Yes yous, new chapter, even though I'm sick, I need sleep, and I'm coughing up weird mucus-y stuff. THAT'S BECAUSE I LOVE YOU ALL! YAY!
-coughhackchokegaspdie- X_X
Yeah I've been sick all week, which really stinks. -sigh- I think my teachers are having a competition to see who can assign the most stuff before Thanksgiving. IT'S DRIVING ME INSANE! Arrguh.
Oh yes. Next week there MIGHT not be a chapter since my friend who I haven't seen in a year is coming to see me! YAAAAY! ^_^ But maybe I can sneak it in. I'll have to see.
In the meantime. . .cold pills are evil! They make me crazier than normal. _
~Chapter Nine~
Just as Mom promised, Professor Oak had transported a nice, calm Ponyta named Pluto over. I was outside watching the new arrival graze and try to make friends with Joker and Phoenix.
'What's the point when you're just going to leave them?' I thought, and sighed sadly.
Kitsune, who was on my shoulder again, heard my sigh and snuggled up against my head. "Eee?" he asked.
I gave a one shoulder shrug. "I don't know how I'm going to tell them. No matter how I try and word it, it sounds the same to me. . .'Hey, best friends in the world! I'm going away for who knows how long!'." I leaned my arm over the fence and buried my face in it.
"Hey," someone said. I looked up and Steve had appeared next to me.
"Oh. . .hi," I said, looking away.
"What's up? Is something wrong? It's not like you to just stand there in front of Joker when you could be riding him."
"Yeah."
Steve paused. "Lindsey, are you sure nothing's wrong?"
I looked up again, and Kitsune jumped off of my shoulder, onto the fence, and ran to the Ponytas. The three of them half-reared and trotted away, playing with the tiny Eevee.
"Hey, where'd the other Ponyta come from?" Steve asked.
"Mom wants you, me, and Ivy to go on a trail ride," I said. I started towards the house. "You get Phoenix and tack him up. I'll call her."
"Oh. . .okay. . ." he trailed off.
I jogged inside, somehow keeping in my tears, and made the quick call to Ivy. Luckily she could get a ride and was at my house in twenty minutes.
~*~
"So this. . .Pluto. . .is a good Ponyta for me?" Ivy asked, scratching the horse Pokemon's shoulder. Pluto sighed contently.
"Yeah, Mom said Professor Oak said he's nice and calm, but he hasn't been with his trainer in awhile so. . ." I waved my hand and tried to get Joker to take his bit. He clamped his mouth shut instead. I sighed and rubbed my arms, already covered with a long-sleeved velvet sweater. It was way cold, too cold for that time of year. Though I didn't think the Pokemon could really complain about it.
"Oh man, I'm going to feel weird riding some stranger's Ponyta," Ivy sighed. "Ah, well. Care to help me with this girth?" She turned to me and grinned.
For some reason, I just wanted to fall apart at the sight of her grin. Ivy was such a happy person---she practically smiled at me every day, and now there was the possibility of me making her upset, and I didn't want to do that.
Well, duh, who wants to make their best friends upset?
Steve wasn't saying much. He just finished tacking up Phoenix, who was trying to avoid squashing Kitsune, who was running in circles at his hoofs. He found a helmet in the tack room and put it one, then waited for us to finish tacking up.
I helped Ivy with the girth, and handed her a rubber band. "Tie up that hair of yours!" I scolded. "I don't think you'll want it to be flying in your face when we're cantering down the trail."
Ivy rolled her eyes, still smiling, and took the rubber band. She fastened her auburn hair into a messy bun and grabbed the helmet I had gotten out for her. "Alrighty, I'm ready!" she laughed.
I turned to Joker and held up the bit. "Pleeeease open your mouth," I begged. He glared at me before, to my surprise, opening his mouth. I put in the bit and put on the rest of the bridle, then led him out.
"Okay, Mr. Joker here has made a fool out of me again," I sighed. I mounted, and Ivy and Steve did the same. Ivy was surprised at how still Pluto stood, while Phoenix and Joker moved when Steve and I were getting on.
"Jo. . ." I warned. He snorted in response.
Mom suddenly came out of the barn and waved to me. I knew was she was thinking---'Tell them!'
I was going to try, but it wasn't going to be my fault if the words wouldn't come out.
~*~
We had been walking on the trail for about a half an hour, Ivy doing most of the talking, when Steve suddenly spoke up.
"Hey Lindsey, you've been pretty quiet. Are you sure nothing's wrong?"
I looked over at Steve, who was looking back at me, all concerned. I whipped my head to face forward and snorted, "Well, you haven't said much yourself."
"That's because Ivy won't let me get in a word edgewise," he muttered.
"STEVE MOCHILES, I HEARD THAT!" Ivy cried, spooking Pluto a little. Ivy immediately calmed down, and so did Pluto.
I looked over and saw a huge pile of logs. Well, maybe not that huge to the person not on Ponyta-back, but big enough to make me smile a little.
I backed Joker up and walked him in front of the logs. Then I sent him into a canter and we flew over them. The jump seemed to go on forever. . .yet when we landed, it seemed much too short. Steve and Ivy smiled and clapped.
"Go Lindsey!" Ivy laughed. "That was awesome!"
I nodded, but then sighed sadly and stopped Joker. Steve and Ivy took a few steps before stopping also, and they turned around in the saddles.
"Lindsey?" Ivy asked, her smiling disappearing.
'It's now or never,' I thought. I tried to swallow, but a huge lump had grown in my throat. I dropped the reins and held my face in my hands.
"We're moving to Hoenn!" I cried, letting go of my face. I grabbed the reins and dug my heels into Joker, sending him off on a gallop. I didn't even hear Ivy and Steve calling after me. I just galloped faster and faster. . .as if I had already left them.
~*~*~
Boo hoo hoo.
Bleh. I'm going to bed.
-hands out appropriate sweet/salty stuff to reviewers- Review some more and there will be more where that came from! Yeehaw!