"You look amazing," Gary's eyes practically popped out of his head when Sam stepped out of her room. She was wearing a strapless, black and purple cocktail dress with ruffles around the skirt. Sam's hair was put up in a ponytail that was pulled to the side, courtesy of the Elm twins. She had also borrowed a pair of silver strappy heels from Erin.
Sam twirled around with a grin. "Well, the girls just had to dress me up after you said that this dinner would be 'very important'," she said, stepping forward and hooking her arm in his elbow. "Where are we eating, anyway?" she asked.
"The Blue Moon," Gary said, smiling.
Sam's mouth dropped open. "N-no way. Reservations are impossible to get, Gary. I swear." She blinked. "What's so important about tonight, anyway?"
He wordlessly bent down and kissed the top of her head. "Don't you worry your little head, Sam. You'll find out soon enough."
Minutes later, when the elevator reached the ground floor of the hotel, and located The Blue Moon, a five star restaurant with a good reputation and a cool ambience. Gary opened the door, and let Sam through. He smiled easily at the waiter who was at the podium and held up two fingers. "Oak. I have a reservation for two tonight."
The waiter, and elderly man who reminded Sam of that butler from Batman, smiled at them. He took out a thick, leather bound book and opened it, running a finger down the page as he read the names listed. "Ah. Oak, Gary?" Gary nodded at him. "Alright, follow me, please?" He walked awy from the podium and led them to the back of the restaurant.
She smiled hugely at Gary, and he squeezed her hand. "What is it?" he asked her, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm just happy you're mine," she said, tilting her head to the side. Gary's heart soared, and he smiled lightly at her.
"Same here."
They arrived at a table at the back of the restaurant, a simple table for two with a single rose in a small vase as a center piece. Gary walked ahead of them, and pulled the seat back for Sam. When both of them were seated, the waiter pulled out two menus from a nearby counter, and placed them on the table. "I'm Lewis, and I'll be your server for tonight." He gave them a smile. "May I start off by asking what you would like to drink for tonight?"
While Gary ordered, and while they were eating, thoughts were rushing at a hundred miles per hour in Sam's head. All in all, this was all Sam could ever for. Gary was a wonderful boyfriend who knew everything about her, from what she liked to drink to what she wanted to order. He was a perfect gentleman (something that she almost hadn't expected from him), and he was funny, sweet, and affectionate. One thing Gary had told her a while ago was that he would do anything for her.
And he had proved it.
She always felt that she didn't deserve him. Heck. He was probably the best guy in the world. And of all the girls he met... he chose to love her.
"Sam?" Gary broke into her thoughts, just as the waiter was taking away their entree plates. "Are you okay?" he looked genuinely concerned, and she smiled at him.
"Just great, Gary." He smiled at her, and stood up.
"Alright, then. Now that we're done with our dinner..." He stood up and went next to her seat, holding out a hand. "Would you give me the honor of dancing with you?"
She rolled her eyes at his cheesy invitation, but smiled and stood up and took his hand. The Blue Moon was one of those restaurants that had a dance floor in the middle of all the tables, while a pianist and a singer crooned out love songs. He lead her to the center of the dance floor, smiled down at her, and put his hands on her waist, while she placed hers on his shoulders. They swayed to the music, and Sam leaned her head on his chest.
"Thanks for this perfect night, Gary..." Sam said, smiling.
"It's not perfect yet," Gary said, and by his tone, Sam knew he was smiling.
"Why?" she looked up, and saw him gesture to the band.
The pianist nodded, and swiftly played a melody on his piano. Sam smiled. "When I Look At You," she said. "My favorite song."
"And mine, too... Since all my feelings for you are in that song."
They were speechless again as they slow-danced.
Suddenly, Gary stopped dancing, and Sam looked up at him, confused. "What's up?" she rose an eyebrow as he took one step away from her.
A gentle smile played across his face as he took her hands in his. "You know I love you, right?"
"Yes."
"You know that you're everything I could ask for, right?"
Sam blushed. "Yes."
"And you know I would do anything for you, right?"
Sam nodded, wondering where all of this was going. "Of course." He stepped forward and leaned his forhead gently against hers.
"Sam... would you do one thing for me then, please?" he whispered.
"Anything."
He flashed a smile again, although it was kind of a dreamy, half-smile. He stepped backwards, and to Sam's surprised, kneeled down on one knee in front of her.
Oh my God. One of Sam's hands flew to her mouth. Is he going to do what I think he's going to do? Her heart started pumping faster than she had ever felt it beat. She noticed, for the first time, that the dance floor had been emptied, and it was just them on the floor.
Gary reached out, and took one of her hands. "Samantha Daniella Stone. Ever since the first time I met you, I knew I loved you. I know it didn't look like that, but you'll have to trust me." Sam grinned at this, and he pressed on, determined. "Sam, I think I was born to be with you. So..." his other hand reached into his pocket and he pulled out a ring box. He flipped it open, and sitting in the box was a beautiful ring, with twin rubies glistening up at her on a silver band.
Sam's heart stopped.
"Sam..." he looked her straight in the eye, all of the love he felt for her in his eyes. "Will you marry me?"
Oh, Gary... Sam felt a hot, prickly sensation at the back of her eyes, and she realized she was getting teary-eyed. "Yes, yes, yes..." she repeated again and again. His eyes lit up, and he took the ring from the box and slipped it on her finger.
Her words caught up in her throat as he stood up and kissed her on the mouth as the people in the restaurant clapped and cheered for them.
"I love you..."
"Sam! Saaaaam? Sam! Hey!"
(*)
Sam's eyes flew open as she woke up, cursing every curse that she knew in the book as she felt the dull realization that that was just a dream. "Ughhhhhh..." she moaned, and pressed a fluffy purple pillow to her face. Whoever had woken her up from that marvelous dream would be getting hell from her.
She felt a presense in the room with her, and she removed the pillow and saw Erin sitting in a chair that was at her desk, facing the bed. Both of the redhead's eyebrows were raised, and there was a smug grin on her face, and Sam wondered what in the world she was thinking about.
"What were you dreaming about, Sam?" Erin asked in a teasing tone.
"I..." Sam groaned and raised herself up from the bed. "Did I say anything while I was asleep?" she asked, ignoring the question.
Erin nodded, and fluttered her eyelashes at Sam. "I quote. 'Yes, yes, yes! I love you...'" she said, clasping her hands together and putting on a lovey-dovey expression.
Sam threw a pillow at her. "None of your business," Sam rolled her eyes.
Erin's eyes lit up as she caught the pillow with ease. "I think that you were dreaming about a certain someone proposing! Am I right, or am I right?" she said, crossing her arms over her chest, looking smug.
Sam sighed, and looked defeated. "So what if that's what my dream was?" she grunted out.
"Awww... that's so sweet!" Erin sighed. "How did he do it?"
"I... It's... ugh... none of your business!" Sam screamed, and threw more pillows at Erin while the latter dodged and laughed.
"Although..." Erin put a finger on her lips as she thought. "The girls and I are wondering why he hasn't popped the question yet. You two have been going out for almost more than three years. That's long."
"Erin!" Sam's face was red. "I'm twenty years old! I'm not ready to get married now! And besides! Three years isn't that long-" Although I wouldn't mind if Gary showed at least a little thought that he wants to marry me... Sam finished the thought in her head.
"Oh, poo." Erin waved a hand dismissively. "He will propose to you. Just not now."
Desperate to change the subject, Sam remembered what had happened last night and looked concerned. "Are you feeling okay, Erin?"
Erin rolled her eyes. "Nice way to change the subject, Samantha," Erin said.
"No. I'm serious." Sam recalled the conversations the two had had last night. About Will... and him dying... and how much Erin loved him. "Erin, are you alright?"
Erin looked to the side, and wouldn't look Sam in the eye. "I... I'm glad we talked about that. I mean, I needed to get it off my chest, you know? But... I probably... I think I can move on."
Sam didn't think that Erin was telling the truth, but she let it slide. There were times, she knew, that she shouldn't push anything. "Alright..." she smiled thinly at Erin.
"Excuse me for a sec," Erin said quickly, and flashed a smile at Sam as she exited the room.
(*)
My Plans on Winning Erin Hunter's Heart
1. Introduce her to my Pokemon
2. Take her out to dinner.
3. Try to get interested in the same things she's interested in.
4. Be sincere with my feelings
5. DO NOT MESS THIS UP!
"What the heck are you writing?"
Skye jumped as he heard Gary's voice right behind him, and he covered his paper, acting like a kid who didn't want to get cheated on. Gary chuckled.
"Chill, Skylar. I didn't see anything."
Skye breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Except the title."
Skye cursed.
"Don't worry, I won't tell," Gary said, and shrugged. "I'm really not one for butting into other's lovelives. Except for Sam's, of course."
"Tell me something, Gary... how did you get someone like... like Sam?" Skye looked a bit embarrassed at the question, but Gary didn't seem to notice.
"You mean, what did I do?" Gary asked him. "Simple." He snatched the paper Skye was writing on, and added a number 6 to the list. He handed it back to Skye.
6. Just be yourself.
"You're not going to mess it up if you're yourself, Skye. Heck. Sam loved me back then even though I was an arrogant, selfish brat, so why wouldn't Erin like you?"
"Hmm... Why wouldn't she like me? Maybe because she's probably in love with... with... with some creepy, helmeted, miner?" Skye hissed out.
(A/N: the 'creepy, helmeted, miner' dig came from Serpent's Ballet, who mentioned it in her reviews. Seeing that it would be 'so Skye' to say that, I included it in here. Credits to her for that description! And she's Skye's creator, anyway, soo. Anyway. On with the story.)
Gary bit back a laugh. "Well, he has a lot in common with her."
"Like I don't know that."
"Find something that you have in common with her," Gary said, shrugging, before leaving the room.
Like WHAT?
(*)
"Knock, knock," Gary's voice came from outside Sam and Erin's room. With a huge smile on her face, Sam leaped off the couch and skipped to the door, opening it.
"Hi!" she smiled, and squealed when he came in, and suddenly hugged her, lifting her off the floor and spun around. "What's up with you?" Sam asked, while laughing.
Before he could answer, Erin breezed out of her room, dressed up in a pair of skinny jeans and a light blue blouse on. "Skye just called, Sammie, he asked me out. We're going to check out his Altaria. I'll be back whenever," she said, ignoring the identical evil, teasing grins on Sam and Gary's faces. "Oh, Gary? I'd ask Sam what she dreamed about last night if I were you," Erin added before she went out.
Gary looked at Sam and raised his eyebrows. "Hmm?"
Sam, face beet red, shook her head. "Oh, it was nothing!" she said, waving her arms around.
"Oh, come on, Sam." He leaned close to her face. "Please?"
"It was a stupid dream, anyway," Sam grumbled, crossing her arms and refusing to look at Gary.
"Pleeeeease?" he asked, in a sing-songy voice.
"Propose. You. The Blue Moon." Sam grunted out, waiting for his reaction.
Gary was speechless for a few seconds, and then he grinned and pinched her cheeks. "Awwww... that's adorable," he said.
She slapped away his hand. "It is not adorable," she said, disgruntled.
Gary really knew Sam, and he knew that she was embarrassed - because she wanted it to be true. His expression softened, and he tilted his head, smiling at her. "Sam. Don't you remember I asked your mom three years ago if I could spend the rest of eternity with you?"
She didn't answer, but simply looked at him.
"I will always love you, Sam. As long as I live." He leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips.
"I love you too, Gary," Sam said quietly.
Gary knew, in that second, what he knew he had to do. He smiled at her, and he stepped away and disappeared into the kitchen. Sam, rooted to the spot, listened as he rummaged through some drawers in the kitchen for a few minutes. Then, she finally heard a drawer close, and he came out again.
"What were you doing, Gary?" Sam asked him, curious.
"You don't believe me, don't you?" Gary asked her, not unkindly. In fact, he was smiling at her. "You think I don't love you as much as I say I do, hm?"
"Gary-"
He raised his eyebrows.
"Kinda?" Sam's face flushed, and she held up her hands. "Wait, no, I meant... I mean that... Oh, Gary, this is coming out all wrong, I'm sorry! I didn't..." she just shut up.
Instead of getting mad, or even a little annoyed, like Sam expected, he smiled. "I know how to prove it to you."
He knelt down on one knee.
"Gary!" she squeaked. "Wait, wait, wait, I'm too young to get married, Gary!"
Ignoring her protests, Gary spoke. "Sam. I promise that I will love you forever. And trust me, I'm not ready to get married, either. So... I promise that..." he took her hand and squeezed it, smiling. "I promise that I will never let you go. I promise that someday... someday, I'm going to propose to you. Someday, I'm going to kneel down in front of you with a real ring, and give you your dream proposal."
"Gary..." Sam said, smiling in spite of herself.
"So... will you accept my promise to be true to you and to love you for the rest of my life?" he smiled. "It's kind of like a proposal, but-"
"Alright... Gary," she said, smiling. "That's the best thing anyone has ever said to me. The sweetest, too. Gary, I promise, too... to be true to you forever, to love you forever, too."
Gary had a little smirk on his face, and he reached into his pocket. Sam wasn't expecting a ring or anything, but she was surprised when he pulled out a piece of purple ribbon. "Gary, what-"
He wrapped the ribbon around her finger, and tied it securely in place. "Just a reminder of my promise to you," he explained, and stood up to kiss her.
(*)
Erin and Skye smiled as they stood outside the door. Erin had 'forgotten' her sweater, although she didn't need one. "Oh..." Erin smiled. "That was so sweet."
Skye just smiled. "So. When are you going to go inside and get your jacket?"
She gave him an evil grin. "Well, I guess I don't really need a jacket..." she said, laughing.
"You wanted to come back on purpose," Skye said, awed. "Which makes me think that you had something to do with this in the first place."
"I might have..." Erin shrugged. Then she smiled at him. "Skye, let's just get moving now. I took a lot of your time..." she looked a bit embarrassed. "I'm sorry."
Skye smiled. "It's okay. I..." he blushed a bit. "I like seeing you smile," he blurted out, Gary's voice echoing in his head, saying 'be yourself... be yourself...'.
Erin blushed at the unexpected compliment. "Uh... thanks, Skye!" she said, smiling.
(*)
Phoebe watched from inside the house as her beloved husband was watching Zoey and her little friends playing in the yard. Steven, for the past week was practically camping out in the front yard, since he would not, under any terms, let the Pokemon inside the house. "Those thug-like Pokemon will wreck the house!" Steven had said - screamed, anyway.
The Ghost Pokemon expert rolled her eyes. Seriously, calling an Igglybuff a 'thug' was probably a little too much.
Zoey, meanwhile, was happily tossing a ball around, and letting the Pokemon chase after it. Sam's Straravia, who was known as the boss amongst Zoey's Pokemon, watched over all of them. "Awright..." Zoey, looking totally concentrated, threw the ball as hard as she could. "Get it, get it!" she squealed happily.
The Pokemon practically ran over each other as they ran for the ball. In the end, Vulpix got a hold of it in her mouth, and pranced proudly back to Zoey, head high. "Very good, Pixie!" Zoey clapped her hands. "Again!"
Steven smiled despite his feelings of animosity towards these Pokemon, since Zoey was having fun. He leaned back in the chair he had dragged out front, and relaxed for the first time in a while.
(*)
Skye almost sighed dreamily as his Altaria took an immediate liking to Erin, who patted Altaria on the head and started brushing his wings. "He likes you," he stated. Altaria looked at Skye with a 'no, duh' look. Erin smiled. "You think so?" she smiled.
"Nah. I know so." Skye grinned at her. They were outside of the Hotel, in a little park where other Pokemon were milling around, including Sidney's Cacturne, Winona's Skarmory, Mason's Fearrow, and Roarke's Cranidos (Skye: Grr...).
Erin flashed him a quick grin, and Skye felt his heart skip a couple beats or more before he could smile back at her. Erin... he thought wistfully.
"Oh, Erin~!"
Skye groaned.
"Oh, we're not interrupting anything, are we?" the Elm twins practically skidded to a stop in front of the couple, identical smirks on their faces. Topaz rose an eyebrow.
"Oh, nothing," Erin said, and smiled at the twins. "What are you guys doing here, anyway?"
"Visiting my baby, of course!" Amber said, smiling and spotting something over Erin's shoulder. "Ohhh, there they are!" she called out to a group of little baby Pokemon huddling over in a corner - herds of Igglybuff, Pichu, Cleffa, Vulpix and Budew. One Igglybuff bounced up and down when Amber approached the group, and Erin assumed that it was hers.
"Mason gave her an Igglybuff for her last birthday," Topaz explained, seeing Skye and Erin's confused looks. "James gave me a Snorunt."
"Nice," Skye said, and smiled at Topaz, noting the way her eyes lit up, and made her act a little out of character.
Erin noticed it, too. Everyone's terribly in love, especially Sam and Gary. I'm just... she sighed.
(*)
"Come here." The shadowy figure beckoned, and two, short individuals approached. "What is your report on the subjects?"
"Everyone is acting normally, Master," a feminine robotic voice answered.
"Nothing out of the ordinary - at all," a masculine robotic voice added.
"What are their plans?"
"Winona and Wallace are hosting a dinner tonight. To celebrate their engagement."
There was a long, sinister laugh that echoed around the room.
"Good. Tell him to get dressed. He's going to make an appearance."
(*)
"Where is that overgrown caterpillar and the reindeer wannabe?"
"Overgrown caterpillar? Kind of harsh, don't you think?"
The Legendaries were gathered around for the first time in a long time. Moltres had snorted out the first line, while an amused Articuno had asked the second question.
"Oh, Moltres..." Mewtwo chided gently with his deep voice, "It's their first time to be with us, you could be a little bit nicer..."
"Come to think of it, a lot of Legendaries are going to join us for the first time today," Entei said in a rumbling voice.
"I know that it's their first time, but the last Sinnoh legendaries made me a bit bitter towards new additions," Moltres sighed, and 'discreetly' cast a look at the Pokemon duo between Raikou and Groudon.
Palkia and Dialga, their snotty attitude nullified by the episode three years ago, were comfortably sitting in circle around the group. Though they were mostly seen fighting each other, once they settled their differences, they were actually quite gentle.
Hah.
"Let's see..." Suicune said softly, trying to think of the Legendaries that had yet to appear, "Giratina..."
"Overgrown caterpillar," Moltres said, chuckling a bit.
"Arceus..."
"Reindeer wannabe."
"Creselia..."
"The pink sandman..."
"Darkrai..."
"He just freaks me out," Moltres said, shivering.
"Aw, Moltres, just be quiet," Zapdos sighed.
"Fine, fine. Commentary from me shall cease," Moltres replied, folding in her wings.
Suicune, fighting back a smile, continued. "Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Regigigas... Uxie, Mespirit, and Azelf... Phione... Shaymin... Hmmm... can you guys thnk of any others?"
"Come to think of it, the Pokemon from the Unova region are kinda silent. I haven't heard from anyone from there," Articuno said, frowning.
Suddenly, the ground shook, and a portal opened somewhere behind Lugia, who, shocked, backed away from the portal immediately.
Palkia sighed, knowing that portal anywhere. "Here comes the mighty Giratina..."
Another portal opened, and Dialga also sighed, nearly mimicking Palkia. "Arceus..."
The two Pokemon entered the room at the same time, and silence entered with them. Jirachi floated over to Arceus. "Hello."
Something that could be considered a smile crossed Arceus' face. "Hello, little one."
Mewtwo looked at the two with indifference, but warmth spread from his voice. "Welcome."
Giratina looked around the circle, and stopped when his eyes settled on Dialga and Palkia. "So, you two are here."
"You are, too," Palkia pointed out.
"E-hem," Groudon coughed, sensing a little bit of animosity between the two. "Giratina, Arceus. Pleasure to meet you."
"Yes... please sit down, find a comfortable space somewhere, and we can start the meeting." Kyogre said in a soft voice.
Arceus complied, and found a space big enough for him in between Deoxys and Entei. Giratina decided on sitting next to Zapdos. "Before you start, I think it would be wise to tell you that Creselia and Darkrai are planning on being present."
"Oh, goody," Articuno said. Moltres flashed him a 'look'. To that, Articuno stopped smiling stupidly.
Most of the (male) Legendaries thought that Creselia was an awesome legendary. For the girls, Creselia was bearable, and also quite pretty and calming.
And besides that, Articuno and Moltres were in an 'understanding' about their feelings for each other, and the latter didn't need competition.
"Darkrai's creepy," Jirachi complained, true to his childish self.
"True," Manaphy chirped.
"Oh, of course the children Pokemon feel a bit scared of the nightmare Pokemon," Zapdos chuckled. "Darkrai's actually pretty cool."
"And you would know... why?" Articuno cast Zapdos an amused look.
"Well. I have been to his island a few times. I mean, I have to rest a bit too, right?" Zapdos said defensively.
"Ooh, Zapdos likes bad boys," Raikou grinned suggestively.
"You are all acting like hormonal teenagers," Lugia chuckled.
The children Legendaries (Manaphy, Mew, Celebi and Jirachi) looked at each other when there was a slight mention that there was a possibility that Zapdos and Darkrai... "Ew!" Celebi squealed.
(*)
"Saaaaaaam!" Amber pounded repeatedly on the door shared by Erin and Sam. "ERIN! You guys ready? We have to get downstairs for the dinner already!"
Amber and Topaz were wearing cocktail dresses in shades of dark blue (Topaz) and pink (Amber). Both of the dresses were strapless, but Amber's dress was a bubble skirt, while Topaz's hugged her hips. The torso of Topaz's dress was sparkled with diamonds, giving the illusion of a night sky, while black fabric criss-crossed against Amber's back.
The guys were outside, wearing dress pants and polo's of different colors and designs (and in Gary's case, a tie), waiting for Sam and Erin.
The door opened, and Erin was wearing a nice spaghetti-strapped cocktail dress in a dark green, which accented her red hair. Sam walked out in a sleeveless dress that barely reached her knees and was a shade of red.
"Why aren't you wearing purple?" Gary teased her. "It would've matched your ring."
At the mention of a ring, everyone (except for Erin and Skye, who knew about that from the start) looked at Sam's hands and saw the ribbon.
"OHMYGOD!" Amber practically screamed. "You guys are getting ma-"
Sam promptly hit Amber on the arm, silencing her. "It's not what you think," she said, sighing. "Gary!"
"What?" He shrugged. "I'm just concerned about your wardrobe. Jeez." He smirked, and walked ahead of Sam, towards the elevator. Sam sighed again, and followed him.
Topaz, James, Mason and Amber shook their heads, and followed.
Skye, however, was just captivated by the look of Erin. "You... you're beautiful," Skye said quickly, stuttering over the words.
"Thanks," Erin said, smiling radiantly at him. "Should we follow them?"
"Sure," He said, and offered his arm to her.
(*)
"Anyway..." Articuno, self-proclaimed leader of the group, got everyone's attention. "We're here because we have not, for reasons that escape me, met with Skylar Storne, the Spirit Sage."
"It's because we were tired, right?"
Ignoring Jirachi's question, Articuno plowed on. "So, we must talk to each other now. Should we go now?"
"Is the boy in question ready for us?" Arceus asked.
"We have yet to find out, Arceus," Mewtwo answered. "But we shouldn't overwhelm him, for one thing."
"So... sending someone like Giratina would be out of the question, in other words," Groudon grumbled.
"I see," Giratina said in a low voice.
The room rumbled a little, and Giratina and Arceus, new to this, were visibly panicked. "What's going on?" Arceus asked.
Everyone else was staying calm, though. "Darkrai and Creselia, probably..." Mewtwo said, shaking it off.
"But if it's just the two of them, why are they making such a racket?" Ho-oh asked, a bit annoyed.
"I think it's more than two..." Lugia said mysteriously.
A huge portal opened in the middle of the room in the next five seconds, and Darkrai stepped out. "Are we late?" he said in a low voice.
"We just started," Rayquaza said. "Find a spot to sit." Darkrai floated immediately over to Zapdos, and nodded.
Then, the Regis stepped out of the portal. "Sorry if we were a bit loud," Regirock said in a surprisingly soft voice.
"Oh, it was nothing, really. We're used to it," Articuno assured the Regi. "Come in, come in. Sit."
The Regis sat behind Rayquaza, seeing as it was getting a bit crowded. "Now, are we all here, or-"
"I'm here! Wait!"
Moltres groaned inwardly - she really, really, had hoped that Creselia wouldn't be able to come.
Creselia floated out of the portal just before it closed, capturing everyone's attention. "Sorry, I just had to give this girl a really sweet dream. I mean, she's in love. I couldn't help it," she said in a soft, feminine voice.
Darkrai called over to her. "Cressie, come over here."
"E-hem..." Articuno cleared his throat. "Alright so... should we send someone? To formally induct Skylar?"
"I say we should," Dialga said, surprising everyone.
"Agreed," Moltres nodded.
"Ditto," Groudon grumbled.
"I speak for the three of us when I say that we agree," Regice said.
Everyone said that they agreed.
"But the question is, who do we send?" Rayquaza asked.
"Excuse me, I'm a bit new to this. Would someone explain to me why we must send someone?" Darkrai asked.
"Alright, so... I'm sure you know about the Spirit Sage's powers. Right? Well, to activate them, he or she must come in contact with one Legendary. The thing is, we can't send someone who is overly powerful or anything. We might overwhelm Skye. When we sent Jirachi, it was enough to knock out Sam for twenty-four hours," Moltres explained.
"So... preferrably, one of the babies," Arceus said softly, casting a glance at Manaphy, Celebi, Jirachi and Mew.
"Can someone tell us if Shaymin's coming? 'Cause we haven't seen him in a while," Manaphy said, blinking cutely at them.
"Oh, how innocent," Creselia said.
"Alright... so who do we send, among the four of them?" Articuno asked rhetorically, also looking at the four.
"Can it not be me?" Jirachi asked. "Please?"
"Fine, among the four of them..." Moltres said.
"I think Mew would be good..." Giratina said.
"Yes, nothing personal against the others, but Mew would actually be a really good first," Mewtwo mused.
"Mew?" Mew moved around in circles above their heads.
(*)
The ballroom was elegantly decorated, and the various Gym leaders and Elite four members milled around the ballroom, dressed also to the nines. (Yes, I know nobody says that. Or do they? haha.)
"Welcome," Glacia greeted them, dressed in a long purple dress, not unlike her usual attire, yet more dressy. "Just pick a table. If I were you, I would pick the table nearest the buffet table, for the obvious reasons." She winked, and floated towards the next guests to have arrived, which were a pair of Unova gym leaders.
Mason grinned at James. "Race you to the table with the roses on 'em. Since it is the table closest to the buffet table."
"Oh, come on," Topaz sighed, face-palming. "Please don't-"
"ReadygetsetGO!" Mason laughed and sped away with James.
"-act like children..." Topaz murmured. But she smiled in spite of herself.
"Hey, are you going to join-"
"Erin! Hey!"
Erin's attention slipped off Skye and onto the helmeted miner, who had waved and called to her from a table a few tables away from the one Mason and James had claimed. Roarke was seated with Falkner, Clare, and a few other gym leaders. A chair was reserved for her on the right of Roarke.
"Uh, Skye, I have to..." she smiled sheepishly.
"Yeah... just go," he smiled back. "But don't go over to the dark side."
She giggled, and walked over towards the table, where she was greeted warmly.
"That's alright, Skylar," Sam said, as he joined them at the table, Erin-less. "You'll get her eventually."
"Not unless that miner gets her first," Skye pointed out, and frowned.
Luckily, Wallace and Winona had stepped on to the little platform that had been raised up, and were tapping glasses to silence everyone. Wallace spoke first. "Okay, so I guess I don't have to tell everyone why we're all here tonight..."
Chuckles echoed throughout the room.
"But I just want to thank all of you for your support, and for being with us here tonight."
Everyone applauded, and Winona smiled. Wallace looked at the girl he had loved probably since the first time he saw her, and enveloped her in a half-hug.
"So... now we go to the most awaited part of tonight... dinner!" Wallace threw out an arm, and true to Wallace fashion, water fountains sprung to life around the buffet table and around the room, courtesy of his beloved Pokemon.
Chatter resumed throughout the room, and everyone filled themselves while talking about random things...
"Alright, so this guy has an Alakazam, right? And he keeps on blocking me with this killer Light Screen and then when I hit him, uses Recover! So then..."
"Oh, but Gengar's a great Pokemon to use in contests! The Shadow Ball is just the pinnacle of darkness..."
"Hmmm... I think that Brock might as well be the most idiotic playboy in this century."
"But he's actually quite nice."
"True, but those lines..."
Erin and Roarke were talking about fossils.
Gary and Sam were talking about how they were going to win their next badges, and talking about the Unova region.
Skye was... watching Erin.
Damnit! I know that she likes him... and they get along really well together. This is... this is just so unfair!
He was watching Erin laugh, relishing in her happiness, when suddenly all of that disappeared from her face. "Erin?" He could hear Roarke calling her, waving a hand in front of her face.
Skye felt a sick feeling in his stomach. Erin had paled, and it looked like all of the life had been sucked out of her as she stared blankly at a spot near the door.
"Erin!" Sam had also noticed, purely by chance. Her heart sped up as she saw Erin's face change. Oh, please don't let her have one of those flashbacks, Sam pleaded.
Erin slowly got up from her chair, and moved quickly towards the exit, tears escaping from her eyes. Sam and Skye both stood up, worried for their friend. "Erin! Wait!" Skye tried to follow her.
Sam, however, followed Erin's line of sight.
And her eyes widened. But... that's not possible.
Will. Will was standing by the door. Leaning against the door frame, looking at everyone but the girl who was running towards him.
"W-Will!" Erin's voice was lost in the music, the crowd. Tears fell down from her eyes, dripping down her face. Skye and Sam were following Erin, Gary closely behind Sam, wondering what in the world was going on.
When they were about ten feet away from Will, two things happened at once.
Three things, actually.
"Oh, Arceus! It's Mew!" Someone - A gym leader - called out, as Mew appeared near the ceilling. Sam remembered a little too late what would happen should a Legendary Pokemon come near a Spirit Sage.
"My... head..." Skye murmured, clutching his head.
"Skye!" Sam yelped. "Gary, get Skye down, he's going to collapse!" Sam turned towards the door. "Erin!"
Erin and Will had finally caught eyes. Will let out a little sigh, and walked away from the door, and before Erin could follow him, the door mysteriously closed and locked itself. She threw herself against the door, tears pouring from her eyes. "Will!" Sam caught up to Erin, and tried pulling her away from the door.
"Hang in there, Skye," Gary murmured, oblivious to Erin's scene near the door.
"Mmmm..." Skye let out a groan, and before he closed his eyes, Gary saw his eyes, pupil, whites and all, turn gold.
(*)
Oh my God. I leave everyone for what, a year? And I leave you with this crap. hahaha. Is it alright?
Words cannot describe why I haven't written in so long. So I ask for forgiveness. :D
Anyways, I'm already in college, and writing is getting a bit hard, seeing as our exams are coming up. But in all reality, I'm doing my best.
Drama, drama, drama, drama. Skye FINALLY gets his Spirit Sage on, Erin and Will? Oooh. And Moltres is a little tad jealous of a certain Psychic Legendary.
And I'm having a little bit of fun with my Legendary Pokemon pairings. I mean, CreseliaxArticunoxMoltres? ZapdosxDarkrai? What's next, a GroudonxKyogre pairing? Oh, Arceus forbid. :P
So, I'm off now! Hope you enjoyed this. Read and Review, if you love meh. :)
Ja~
