I couldn't remember, what happened after I blacked out, as my eyes slowly opened up; expecting the bright lights of the room again with being given again medical attention.
But as soon my eyes adjusted- to my surprise- I found myself looking a night sky with colourful stars and light swirling around; reminding me of those astronomy pictures back in the Moosdeep Space Center. I tried to move my body, but my limbs were unresponsive and the only thing I could actually move was my head. However as I looked around my surroundings, I realized much to my shock, I was floating in space!
"W-what? Why can't I move? Why I am floating?! Please somebody help!" I shouted, while strugglinh with what little strength I had left, but no avail- as I was still weakening from the train accident. I was trapped. After a few minutes of hopeless struggle, I gave up and hag my head in disappointment.
"What is going on?" I let out a small whimper, feeling near to despair and calling out at something for me to answer. It repeated at least 8 times, before sorrow started to overtake me, as I continued to call out various names- my family's and friends mostly -, that slipped through my mind. As my voice nearly broke because how I was now yelling out of despair.
I don't want to be here... Please someone... Anyone... Help me...
I couldn't hold back my tears anymore and freely let them trail down my cheeks, closing my eyes; scared of what's going to happen next. I felt trapped in this void without any chance to escape.
"Stop crying." I heard a calm, yet firm voice interrupting the endless silence, as I opened my eyes looked up to see a green huge bright light floating towards me through. It began to take the shape of Rayquaza, the Sky High Pokemon and protector to the Delta Tribe. I couldn't believe that, Rayquaza just appeared in front of me. It felt very weird, but also exciting.
"R-Rayquaza..." I managed to speak; my mind filled with lots of questions "What are you... doing here? Where am I?"
"There's no much time now, Mitsuko. I can't talk with you for long," Rayquaza said, as he circled around me.
"Let me take you to a place I want you to see first" I allowed Rayquaza to grab me with his huge claw, and we flew for a bit, though the space was so infinite that I wasn't sure we were really moving. The place Rayquaza wanted to show me looked like a small planet with some ruins, but he didn't approach it close enough to make the details out.
"This whole place is called Space Void. It's a realm that us Legandaries can come to. It's also known... as the New World."
"The... New World?"
"Yes... But now, you must go back. You're waking now."
"W-what?" I asked. However, before Rayquaza could say anything else, another bright light enveloped us whole, to the point I couldn't see anything. I tried to call him, but no avail. The pain came back in an instant, giving me a sensation like I never had, before everything around me disappeared in silence, absorbed by the void.
"Rayquaza!" I gasped. However, when I opened my eyes, I gradually remembered that I was no longer in Hoenn. I was in a hospital room with two Chanseys. Seconds after I regained consciousness, a blue-haired nurse Joy and an Audino rushed in. Seeing that I was awake, they smiled and called for Julia.
Within a minute, the cheerleader entered the room with a Plusle sitting on her right shoulder and a Minun on her left. The moment she saw me, she collapsed on top of me. "Thank goodness you're awake!" Julia loudly exclaimed, as she pulled me into an embrace. I expected to feel intense pain, as any movement had given me before, but that wasn't the case. In fact, I noticed that the bandages on my body were no longer there and thus I could move my limbs again.
"What happened, Nurse Joy? How long was I unconscious?" I asked the nurse, feeling as though I had been hit by Confuse Ray.
"Quite a while, 11 hours to be exact." She reported, looking at her notes. "During that time, your injuries were treated by Chansey's Heal Pulse, so they should be completely healed now. We let you sleep till you woke up on your own."
Upon hearing this, I quickly got off the bed and began stretching my limbs and upper body a few times. I had dearly missed the feeling of being in control of my own body. Then I walked towards the two Chanseys and patted their heads as a thanks for their effort. In return, they smiled and bowed, quite pleased to have been of help. Then I remembered about Julia wanting to show me her "hoot", so I grabbed my suitcase under the bed and picked a blue blouse shirt, black jeans and a pair of white boots and went to the bathroom to change myself. My hair was done in a high ponytail like Julia's and also add a pair of blue cube shaped earrings. I was ready, yet a bit nervous how Revorn City looks, giving what Ame told during the train ride.
"C'mon Mitsuko. Lemme show you my hoot now. But please don't freak out.I don't know why but foreigners tend to do that when visiting for the first time," Julia said to me, while we walked throughthe main lobby.
The first thing I sensed when Julia opened the Grand Hall doors, was an awful stench coming from the ocean, which made me cover my was the same Opal Ward I had passed through the day before, but I guess I was too hurt and confused to pay attention to my surroundings too much.
She guided me to the west side of Opal, which she called the Peridot Ward.I didn't want to offend, but I really couldn't understand why Julia could be so bubbly while guiding me through her "hoot". The stench barely got better as we moved away from the turbid waters, andthe buildings, oh the buildings were mostly greyish with broken windows and cracks beneaththe were no better; they were covered with cracks, and the parts that weren't were equally hard on my sight, since they were full oftrash scattered about. And there was no greenery at all! Not even a few trees and only some withering ones. It felt like, I was in some apocalypse movie or something!
My eyes scanned every corner of this place. All of it was the same. A hand touched my left shoulder, as I turned around to see Julia looking a bit worried. I wanted to say something. Something like "What the hell is this?" or "Please explain to me this mess?", but I knew they sounded rude, so I chose to remain silent for now on.
"You're quietly freaking out, aren't you? I guess Peridot isn't much compared to the other wards abroad. It's actually not the best Ward either.I for one know, of course, that Obsidia and Onyx are much prettier, but it's got a unique goodness in my opinion," I heard Julia explaining, but frankly I was just lost in my thoughts now. I knew I would find Reborn in need of restoration, but it was definitelyfar worse than what Ame and the ticket guy had prepared myself for that.
"Do you want to go back to the Grand Hall? I'd understand if you don't want to see anymore of Peridot," Julia said. Her words would've been comforting, had her expression not betrayed her disappointment.
"Actually, I'd like to see more, if you don't mind," I said, which instantly improved Julia's mood. Besides, I wasn't lying to her. Part of me wanted to go back, but I couldn't help my curiosity to see more of this region. Julia and I walked southward, which led to where the now out-of-order Grandview Station was.
First, I survived an explosion and now I'm in an apocalypse city with so much damage there. But... It can be fixed, right? That's what we agreed to. Yes, I'll talk tomorrow with Ame better,I though, still feeling the confidence of my duties. When we both arrived at the train station, it was in the worst shape after the explosion with police officers pulling out the mangled bodies of the passengers and a few people looking terrified at the scene; even crying. I felt getting sick again, just watching this and was taken away by Julia a few miles and we both sat on bench.
My face gazed on the ground while holding my head with both hands, feeling like it's going to explode. So much terrible things in just a short time... It makes me already sick.I don't want to imagine, how their families will react to this. All those shattered dreams and any plan they had all gone into the smoke now.
"I know you are sad about this. Weird things in Reborn have been happening recently, but if you can look past that it's a lovely region," Julia comforted me. "Once Ame captures the bad guys, I'm sure everything will be good again. Then, I'll invite you to my gym. That's a cool place with 100% fun! No better place to kick every negative feeling out of your mind. It's my personal universe, where I can be myself. You'll see what I mean."
I didn't know, if I should trust her on her gym being a fun place, but it sounds somehow promising in such awful place. I simply nodded at her, as we both walked back the Opal Ward still thinking about the whole mess. Nevermind, I could talk Ame about this, once she has the time for.
I parted ways with Julia, as she returned to her gym to do some business and I was glad to enter the hall again, giving me sort of relief after what I saw seconds before. I decided to buy some snacks to eat, as I didn't had breakfast this morning. I went to the right counter and paid money for some jelly donuts and a Soda Pop and sat on a counch, eating my breakfast and enjoying the taste. It at least reminds me, when my grandma made similar ones when I was a child. Some nostalgic taste on my mouth, as food always distracted me from negative thoughts.
But suddenly at the mindest of my thoughs, I felt a hand smoothly touching my shoulder from behind and a feminine voice saying "Heyy there beauty.", which made me startled and swiftly slapped that person behind me in panic and fell on the floor. It was a boy in his teens with dark purple small ponytail, wearing a light lilac blouse with checkered patterns of yellow and black colours, black pants and grey trousers. He also wore some silver cross shaped earrings and a silver bracelet with a purple crystal on it, which was pretty and expensive looking. His style was more punk like, but he gave some positive aura around him for some reason with this smile.
"Ouch... Damm, it has been awhile, since I got slapped like that. Wow." He said in a rather calm and surprised tone, instead of just being angry.
"Well, you did scared me out of nowhere, so it wasn't that nice." I scolded him, trying to justify my reaction.
"Yes, yes I'm alright. But judging by your act, you don't seem so fine. Sorry for scaring you like that." He giggled a bit and sat on my left with some distence, but stretching put his hand to me, "Name's Cain LaRue and what is yours, cutie?" He said with a smile.
"Cutie is not my name, but it's Mitsuko Birch for you." I said a little annoyed, but remained calm.
"Ooohhh, what a beautiful name you have. And what brings you here? Are you taking on the league as well?" "
No... But I'm here because of a partnership I made with Ame a few days ago. I'm the Ambassador of Hoenn and our regions agreed for the Restoration Project."
"Really?" Cain asked me surprised "You're the Ambassador of Hoenn? Wow, that sounds great, though I have no idea what ambassadors do actually." He laughed at the last one, before jokingly told me, I reminded him of his young cousin with that face, I gave him for that.
Then something caught my eye, as I saw a silver bracelet with a purple crystal attached into. It looked very beautiful, as my curiosity sparked."MayI askyou about your bracelet? It's got a lovelypurple crystal. What gemstone is it?" I took his hand to inspect the beautiful crystal closely, but Cain suddenly began to blush and hide his face with hisother hand.
"Ahh please, senpai! If you wanted to take my hand, you could do it anytime~" He said flustered, before he smiled to me again. "Just kidding. This is a Poisionium Z, a Z- Crystal from the Alola region. My unclegifted it to me along with this Z-Bracelet on my 14th birthday. Z-crystalsallow youto upgradeone Pokemon's attack, which is then called a Z-Move."
He stood up and began to make weird movements, before striking a pose, with let a small laugh escape from me and a few people stared at him dumbfounded. According to him, that's the move for Acid Downpour, which deals much more damage than an average poison move. It reminds me of Mega- Evolution with the upgrades, minus the transformation of a Pokemon's appearance.
"That's... interesting, but weird..." I said, trying to understand this. The boy laughed at my response, as he sat again on the couch, ignoring the comments the people make, like it was only just the two of us, "It's okay to fell like this. People prefer Mega Evolution, but I'll bring Z- Moves to the newest trend ever!"
I smirked at his answer, though I read that most people actually do use Mega Stones more often than Z-Crystals, but I really want to see him try. Then out of the corner of my eye, I saw Ame walking towards us, while putting her phone inside her pocket. She smiled at us, "Ah Mitsuko here you and... Cain? What a nice surprise to see you again."
"Oh hi, Ame. I just had a lovely chat with Mitsuko~" He chimed.
"So any news?" I asked, while looking a bit concerned. "The good news is, that we caught a suspicious man, that might work for them and he's currently negotiating right now." Ame said, which made me relax a bit, now he's been given justice.
"Serves him right for killing people and nearly us." I said, while standing up "Can I also come for the negotiation?" I really wanted to give him a piece of my own mind and ask the hell out of him for such horrible deed, he committed, but Ame forbade me, as that's her business and quickly fetches Cain for the registration, while I waited for him.
Afterwards he bide me goodbye, as he returned to his place and actually left a small note with his phone, why would he do that?
Taking the note in my hand, I went back take my possessions to the room, Ame gave in the quarters.
Once I moved inside in my new room, the first I did was connecting my PokeNav Plus to the big TV screen to catch a signal to all applications and contacts, I stored. First I tipped Mr. Stone's number on, so I would report of my day today. After 5 minutes of loading, the screen went on with Devon's president, his son, Steve Stone and Champion Wallace asking me for my impressions of this region. We talked about the current crisis and how it was more of a difficult situation, because the city was in far worse shape than they imagined. And thanks to the explosion at the Grandview Station, the ride was been delayed till the tracks are repaired, which will take perhaps months and we had many change of plans.
Once we cleared the discussion, I tipped my family's house nummer, wanting to see how they doing. My father told me to call us, once I arrived at Reborn. It took awhile, but soon I was greeted by my little brother's Brendan energetic presence, "Hello Big Sis! How are you at the new region?"
"I'm currently fine... Just exhausted, that's all." I lied, not wanting to spread worry to them "So how are mom and dad doing? Are they here?"
"Yes, they both here. Luckily dad has some free days from his work, but mom's gotten a bit better now, since you departed." The last sentence got me worried, because my mother became sick, before my departure. I hope she's doing okay, despite that.
The screen went black for a while, but I could hear footsteps and some distant voices, before it went back on, revealing my mother lying on the bed with a weak smile and my father standing besides her.
"Ah, hello sweetheart. I'm glad, that you're safe and , that we couldn't come to you to the train station, but Ame was waiting for you, so its okay. How was your first day?" She spoke in a quite tone.
I really want her to tell her about the city's current situation and about the explosion, but seeing her like this all worry and ill, I couldn't bring it up to lie them. Sure it was wrong, but not now. Maybe, when it's time, "It... went all right, mom. Nothing to worry about. Just stressful with all the work today, since the Restoration Project is pretty hard."
Both my father and Brendan smiled at my lie; thankfully bought it, but my mother seemed to frowned a second, before leaning against some colourful pillows with another slight, yet tired smile. To think, she actually believed me as well, might be a miracle, since she would discover through it anyway, but she isn't her, so there was no worry, "I heard, that our girl became a representative of our region and is currently doing business with Reborn's champion along with Devon Corp. We're so proud of you, darling!" My father, Professor Birch, said with pride, causing me to smile at that "Everyone's in Hoenn is talking about the partnership between the two regions, but we have to wait until further updates, since most of our tv media doesn't work properly for a big connection with Reborn yet."
Then he exited the room, because he had a meeting with Professor Cozmo, Brendan went off to support his friend May at a Pokemon Contest in Lilycove City and mother wanted to rest now and despite my protests, she insisted that it's late now and we'll talk another day. She told me the greetings from the gym leaders and Wally's family and said, I should get more sleep now for my next day, before ending the call.
I was upset because of the short talk with my family, but on the other side... It was better this way. They shouldn't know their daughter almost died in a bombing, right?
After disconnecting PokeNav from the TV and laid it on the table, packed my everthying in the closet and changed into my pyjamas, I took my diary and sat on the bed, while writing all the events, that happened within the last hours.
Hi Diary
Since the Devon Corporation and the Hoenn Association made a partnership with Reborn's Champion Amethyst for the "Restoration Project", many things have changed now: Becoming the Ambassador. My homeregion's representative, which is a honour, but very tiring and I'm a little nervous.
However it was just the little now. Once I arrived in the region, the city looks so... damaged and had no live here; much worse than I was warned about. The upsetting conversations with Ame during the train. The explosion in Grandview Station... Everthying looks terrible, but I hope it can be fixed and I have faith in Ame for the "Restoration Project".
I couldn't write any further, so I put my diary under the big pillow and pulled the comforter over, trying to get any sleep, despite still thiking about the city's current situation.