once again...
feel free to hurt my feelings.
i would rater know people are reading and not liking than not reading at all
Chapter 3
I just kept trudging through the woods. I couldn't believe what my best friend had just done. I wish I hadn't seen him do that. I real felt like throwing up the more I thought about it.
I reached in to the leg pocket of my rough, khaki, cargo pants and pulled out an energy bar. I was getting really hungry. I checked my Pokétch for the time. My eyes nearly popped out when I realized it was six o'clock! I had left home around eleven a.m. today. I battled Viken around one o'clock. If I had kept walking all this time I must have covered amazing ground. I checked my Pokétch map... I was only 15 miles from the nearest town with a gym.
After discovering this great news, I decided to set up camp for the night. I didn't realize how much time flew when you were traveling on the road. The second I sat down all the muscles in my body started to ache. I was going to need to manage my energy better for now on. I once read it wasn't healthy to wear yourself out like this every day. My mom had prepackaged rice balls in my backpack. There were at least enough for dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow.
When I was done with dinner, I lay in my sleeping bag and looked up at the sky. There were triple the stars here than there were in the town my family is in. I wished they could see this with me. All the stars, so diamond like in…… the nighttime … sky……"Yaaaaaaaawwwn" ……………………………………… …………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
I woke in a startle in the middle of the night. I checked the time, 2:37 a.m. Then, I remembered the reason why I got up in the first place. Music, loud sweetly strange sounding music. Not just music, but singing too. Who the hell could be singing now? I abandoned camp and decided to trail the sound. I let Pichu and Eevee out of their Pokéballs for a little bit of light and protection.
"Pichu, Flash!" and light illuminated the area surrounding us. Since Pichu was still weak, the light only had a radius of about fifteen feet. It was good enough to not trip over logs and rocks in the forest. The music was very easy to follow. It seemed as if it was only a few feet away at all times.
The music wasn't words but more like a harmonic lullaby made of sweet sounds that enticed my eardrums. It sounded amazing. Almost as if magic was enhancing every note that was sung.
After about five hundred feet, I reached the source of the music. A clearing in the woods, dimly lit by lanterns seemed to be the area the sound was coming from. In the middle, was a tree stump surrounded by singing Pokémon. Even more important, was what was on the stump, it was a girl probably no older than me.
When she noticed our presence, she said in a kindly voice, "I am Eryn of Viridian forest, and these are the members of my Pokémon chorus!"
"Nice to meet you," I replied. "Who exactly are you?"
"I am the guardian of all of the cutesy Pokémon of this forest," she replied. "My name is Eryn, what is yours?"
"My name is Tommy and I am a Pokémon trainer," I replied.
"I it is not often I meet a traveler. Allow me to introduce my friends,"she then pointed at the four Pokémon by the stump. "This is Cleffa, Togetic, Chansey, and Buneary."
Pichu and Eevee, being the friendly ones they are, went over to her Pokémon and started to make acquaintances.
"Awww, How cute!" exclaimed Erin.
I went over to her and started to talk with her. In our talk I learned she has been in this forest for about two years now and came here to seek refuge from her abusive family. She knows this forest and the surrounding area like the back of her hand. When I told her about my Pokémon journey she was overly excited about the idea of it and asked if she could come with. I saw no reason why not and let her join me.
When we got back to my camp we settled in for the rest of the night, I noticed her Pokémon were always walking freely beside her. I liked this and decided to mimic it with my own.
We woke up at 10:30 a.m. the next morning. A little late for my liking but not late enough to walk on to the town that I need to get to. We ventured off into the woods toward the next town…………