By TeaFlower
Disclaimer: All stuff that isn't an original character or place belongs to Nintendo. Unless stated otherwise.
Episode 38: Through the Mouse's Eyes
You guys should've noticed that I twitch. Well, it's a funny story, really. Wanna hear?
Well, way back when when I was a Pikachu, Terra had a friend. His name? I forgot. But he had a Bellsprout. Terra never could find Bellsprouts. And this guy wanted to use me, of all her Pokemon, to beat Sabrina. Terra accepted the trade and got her Bellsprout. She swore never to evolve it.
The trainer took me to Sabrina and totally killed her with me. All was fine and dandy until he took me to Cinnabar Island. He wanted to do something… He talked to the old guy in Viridian, then flew over to Cinnabar. He surfed on the east coast and soon found this weird blocky thing. It sounded like what would happen when you put a Zapdos and a Rhydon in the same room for an hour or so. I got sent out. My ear started twitching for… some reason.
We stared each other down. I think. The thing didn't have eyes. But I stared it down. I let out a Thunderbolt. The creature recoiled, but seemed otherwise unharmed. Not even a scratch on the odd black, purple, and orange bands on its body. It rose high above the water (it was floating just above the water) and started glowing. I Thunderbolted again. It growled and… used… Sky Attack? The hell! It hurt like hell. I slid across the beach, but wasn't out yet. Another Thunderbolt and it seemed to whimper. I grinned. It was getting worn down by my awesomeness. But it bent itself and I saw that it was paper-thin. A shot of water hit my stomach. I swallowed a little (lots of splash) and passed out.
Apparently, that water was toxic. I had been poisoned by it. My level grew at the cost of my common sense. Since then, I constantly tried to figure out what had happened. Then, Ackers told me he saw something EXACTLY like what I had seen oh so long ago. I was determined to figure it all out. To take care of that little thing once and for all.
But not today.
Today we went snowboarding.
Gengar and Terra felt like having a lot of hot chai and skiing. Women. Ackers and Vines stayed at home with Sailor and Fearful. Ackers said he might come later once Mewtwo teaches him Transform (in exchange, he'll share the secret of Swift). But, two odd kids came with us. One was a girl who was NOT gonna go skiing over hot chai, but snowboarding over gingersnaps. The boy (I presumed he was her brother) stayed with the women folk. Meh. (he's a girly man!) They both had black hair and green eyes, and wore all black.
So, this girl and I are boarding down this hill. I do an ollie. She looks over and does an ollie with a turn. So it's a match of tricks, eh? We go back and forth until I notice something.
An avalanche has started.
"We need to get off this hill!" I scream. I doubt this girl speaks Pokemon, but she nods.
"There's a cave we can stay at!" she yells. … are those little hints of a Japanese accent I hear in her voice? Meh. We board over to the cave. The first thing that happens is the snow blocks the entrance. The girl is scared. I'm scared, too. We're in a cave with no way of escape. No light. No warmth! We're gonna freeze to death!! I look around at our resources. … snow. … at least we aren't gonna die of dehydration!
The girl takes her solid oak board and puts it down. She looks at me. "Do you happen to have anything REALLY sharp?"
"Yeah, like I REALLY would carry around a knife or something like that when I'm boarding." I say, my voice oozing sarcasm. "No!"
"Jeez. Could've just said." The girl mumbled. She puts her hand out in front of her. The area around her hand seems to turn to little squares that swirl around. A sharp hunting knife slowly forms from the various little squares of the area. But everything went back to normal. She started cutting the board into pieces. "So, what's your name, rat?" she asked.
I couldn't speak. It was anger and awe combined. How did she make that hunting knife? "… Raibaby…" I mumbled… "How did you make that knife?"
"Magic. It's hereditary. Only people pure of my family's blood has it. But it's really tiring and few use it." She yawned. "My name is Emily, by the way. Just call me Em."
"Cool." I said. I electrocuted the pile of wood she had made from her really nice board. It burst into flame. So we had fire. I took a piece of the burning wood and started a little fire near the snow to melt it. But thoughts about that black, orange, purple, paper-thin thing came to my mind. Why? I don't know. I decided to ask. "Hey, do you happen to know about this funny looking thing near Cinnabar?"
Em tensed. "… what does it look like?"
"Well, it looks like a sort of backwards L… or a Tetris block… anyway, it's black, purple, and orange, with little parts that you can see through. It's totally flat." Em started shaking a bit. "It also uses… what were they?"
"Sky Attack and Water Gun, with toxic water for the Water Gun!" Em blurted. She clamped her mouth shut.
"… how'd you know that?" I asked. Em was being pretty scary today.
Em was silent, then sighed. "… I know because I AM that thing." She stood and the little blocks came back. They swirled around her and then…
There was that thing.
It seemed kinda dejected. Up close, I noticed that the various colors were moving around, like glitter. It turned back to Em again. She sighed. "I'm sorry if I caused any damage to your life. It's just my nature. My entire atomic composition mucks with everything around me. A lot of people call me a glitch. People hunt down my family members for sport. Thus, there aren't a lot of us left. We change our surroundings to protect ourselves. This form is a disguise so I can try and be normal."
Then, I realized that even though people had done wrong to you, they were still okay. Em was just misunderstood. I nodded. Then, I heard a little squeak. Something was breaking through the snow.
Once the snow was gone, Ackers, Terra, another black-purple-orange thing, a ghost, and two fossils stood there. Ackers touched the back of his head. (there's this chip that protects from glitchiness there since he's allergic) The various other glitches were happy to see Em. They all chatted. Terra and Ackers ran over to me.
"Thank God your okay!" Ackers said.
"You had us worried sick!" Terra added.
The glitches started to transform into human forms. The blocky one was the boy I thought was Em's brother, the ghost was a slightly tubby guy, the two fossils were very lean. They all had black hair and green eyes.
We all went back to our normal lives. But before we did, Em and I shook hands, clearing away all our differences.
But I still challenged her to a battle.
The battle went like it did the first time, but the Water Gun didn't take me down. Instead, it readied me for my final attack; Thunder. Em was thrown down into the water, shivering until her brother (the blocky glitch) and cousins stepped in. The ghost helped her up and then went into offensive.
"MI!" the blocky one screamed. At least they made noises that actual Pokemon might make. His voice was very high pitched.
"SING!" the ghost yelled. His voice was a lot lower than the block one's.
"NO!" the fossils screamed. Their voices were identical, and were higher than the ghost but lower than the block. They did everything Em did, but much weaker. I raised an eyebrow, then used Thunder. That quickly cleared the area. They congratulated me, then left.
And that's my reason for being crazy.
That took a day. Oh my gosh! Cool! Anyway, I'm gonna go do Ackers' special story now. See ya!