Location: Nuzleaf's house.
Heh, Lyra's blind enthusiasm sometimes pays off.
Once we returned to Serene Village, Shelmet and Pancham were demanding we give them the red stones they wanted, but Lyra merely told them that the view was worth more than the stones, so we settled for that. Before we could listen to their crap, we rushed off to the hill with the big tree overlooking the village.
Ah, that hill. It was a little ways from the hill Nuzleaf and I were on when we first arrived, but it still provided a pleasant view. A warm breeze, the bright sun, the smell of flowers in the air…it was enough to lull me to sleep while Lyra and I were talking.
I feel a little bad about that. Lyra was talking to me about her dream of joining the Expedition Society in Lively Town and making a map of this world. She was disheartened because the society doesn't accept kids, and the adults kept telling her it's far too dangerous for a kid to leave the village.
I mean…they weren't wrong. Two seconds outside the village and I was being attacked by the Beheeyem. I can't imagine what kind of trouble a mischievous explorer like Lyra would get into.
Still, I think it's admirable that Lyra has a dream like that – a goal she's passionate about and wants to pursue regardless of what anyone else says. Lyra's mischievous, but she's a good Pokémon. She just needed the right way to direct her fervor.
Oh, I didn't tell Nuzleaf about Gabite's treasure room. Lyra and I had agreed not to tell anyone lest they either scold us for going down there or get curious enough to go down there and disturb Gabite themselves. Part of me feels bad…I trust Nuzleaf enough to keep my secret of being a human-turned-Chikorita on the run from dangerous Pokémon, yet I'm keeping secrets from him.
Well, it's sort of like what he said yesterday. Sometimes there are things I just have to experience on my own, and I don't necessarily have to tell him every little thing. It's not going to hurt anything, and in this instance, it would be better not to.
Sometimes doing the right thing means breaking the rules…
Something keeps bothering me, though. For all the fun I'm having, I have no idea why I'm here or why I got turned into a Pokémon. Despite the nice views and interesting folks I'm meeting and working with, I shouldn't be here. I should be in the human world.
Then there's the business with the Beheeyem who up and attacked me for no apparent reason. I mean, they attacked Nuzleaf as well, but it appeared as though they were looking for me specifically and Nuzleaf just got caught in the crossfire.
But why? I've asked that countless times since I first awoke, but it's the one thing I have no answers for. Why is all this happening to me? I'm making the best of the situation that I can, but it's still frustrating.
What did I do? Who was I? Why was I in that forest, and why did I get turned into a Pokemon? Why a Chikorita, of all things? Why did I lose my memories?
And...probably most importantly of all...will I be okay just staying here…?