Paul blinked as he woke from unconsciousness. He looked up at the paneled ceiling, lost in the small mystery of the squared roof, and then suddenly shot up from his bed. Without a word he looked around. Something in the corner of the room caught his attention. As carefully as he could, he looked from the corner of his eye. His eyes became wide with what he saw. The blanket flew away from Paul as he turned. "Con-!" Paul stopped mid-word when the aberration disappeared. He gripped his blanket tightly. 'What the hell was that?' he growled to himself. He stood up, and something told him to look down. Puzzlement crossed over him. 'What happened to my clothes?'
Paul looked around, seeing finally that he was in a simple Pokemon centre room. There was a closet across from him, next to the bunk bed. Next to his bed he saw the dim light that lead to the bathroom. He stood up and made his way to the bathroom mirror. He raised an eyebrow at what he saw. He was wearing light green silk pajamas. The top was button up, and the bottom had small pockets.
"Hello?"A knock on the door accompanied with a voice reached Paul's ears.
Paul walked out of the bathroom. "What?" He snapped at the door. In returned he recieved a cute giggle.
"Sounds like you're okay," The door opened slightly and a brunette poked her head in. "Are you decent? Sorry about Drew's clothes, but everything was covered in mud when we found you," Seeing that Paul was decent, May Mapple walked fully into the room and shut the door behind her. She took a seat on the bunks that were across from Paul.
"Who changed me?" Paul demanded from May. May giggled in return.
"I did," when May was given a sharp glare, she giggled and explained. "I didn't change your underwear. I wasn't going to, and Drew said he wasn't touching you," Paul glared at her again, so she shook her head. "It's your fault for being in the mud! What were you doing in the riverbank anyway?"
Paul glared at May. "Riverbank?"
May nodded. He eyebrows folded together worriedly. "You… you were face down in the mud on the riverbank to the south of Mauville. Blaziken found you," Paul sat down across from May. He sat his elbows on his knees and held his forehead in his hands. 'What happened?' he groaned mentally to himself. He heard May stand up and walked over to him. "Does Dawn always have to watch out for your crazy episodes?"
Paul closed his eyes. "Dawn's…. missing,"
"What?" May screeched at Paul. He saw her feet back away from him.
"She went missing and I was looking for her,"
"And then what?" Paul was silent and didn't answer her. The next thing he knew, he was on the floor, holding his red cheek. May stood over him, her arm extended, with anger written on her face. "What happened? You couldn't find her so you threw yourself into the river? Damn it, Paul, man up and get back to looking! Drew and I will look too, and-" Paul grabbed May's arm, attracting her attention. When they met eyes, May's angry face loosened greatly. "Paul? Are you…"
"I've been looking for her," Paul blinked hard, preventing the almost unpreventable. He took a deep breath and stood up, regaining his composer. His emotionless mask was on again. The way it was meant to be. "I think I had almost found her, but I was tackled down. It's all blank after that,"
"Oh… I'm sor-"
There was a knock on the door. "Hey, is Paul awake? I got him a surprise," The door opened to reveal Drew. Before he could take a step inside, all of Paul's Pokemon ran forward. They all had enough sense to stop in front of him, respectfully acknowledging his personal space; except Whismur of course. Whismur ran straight up to Paul and jumped on his leg, crying as per usual. Paul looked at his Pokemon. Mightyena, Gliscor, and Whismur, they were all back.
"What did I miss?" Drew stepped forward with his cocky smile apparent on his face. Slowly his smile faded as he watched his best friend and his girlfriend share a dark, knowing glance.
"Dawn's missing… again,"
Dawn
"Hello? Is there a problem?" Dawn leaned forward and whispered into the male in front of her. He had suddenly stopped in front of them, causing Jason to stumble to a stop. The guy in front of Dawn turned around, and Dawn froze. She just couldn't move. She knew this boy, but… "Who-?"
"Daw-" The boy in front of her was suddenly knocked towards the ground. Dawn gasped in shock, yet she was too petrified to move. What just happen? She asked herself. Finally, she willed her body to turn towards the bushes, seeing that the boy had just been knocked out cold. Dawn stared with her wide, blue eyes. What? Her mind screamed. She shook her head and finally saw the one who knocked him down.
"Whoa, Man, you need to get back into shape!" A man sporting a green suite that looked oddly like a cacturne helped the boy up. "You never got knocked out cold before!" he turned towards Dawn and her friends, sporting what seemed like a slightly annoyed smile to Dawn. "Well hello there! Sorry to intrude, but my football buddy and I need to be heading over to coach! It's a reunion game, you can understand! I was testing him, and, well, he failed! I'll just be heading off now!"
"Did that guy look familiar to you?" Dawn whispered towards Jason as she awkwardly waved goodbye to the strange guy that carried away the boy.
"Looked gay, that's all I could tell. Wouldn't want to drop a Poke ball around him…"
"Jason!" Amber shrieked, her face turning red once again. "That's so not a nice thing to say!"
Dawn giggled. "Sure, he's gay, but I was talking about the other guy," Amber gasped at Dawn. Dawn gave a cute smile in return.
"Well," Jason chuckled a little more. "He looks like this guy I used to look up to when I was just a kid. He was popular in Sinnoh,"
"Oh, that explains that. I'm from Sinnoh," Dawn muttered to herself.
"We know," Amber and Jason stated at the same time. Dawn blushed. 'They are so much like twins, it's so freaky!'
"We're almost at Mauville," Jason studied as he looked at his Poketch. "I can't wait for this battle!"
"Dee Dee and I are gonna practice for the next contest!" Amber cheered as she locked arms with Dawn. Dawn giggled in return.
'He's from Sinnoh, that's why he's familiar. That's all… he's from Sinnoh…' Dawn repeated this over and over inside of her head. Yet, it this was indeed the truth, why did it feel so wrong to her? She wished she let her Pokemon out. She knew they hadn't forgotten everything like she did. They would've given her a clue… or maybe they wouldn't know, thought dawn. They are from hoenn after all…
But still the thought bugged her. Was he really just someone she saw on TV, or was it more than that? Did she know him? Could he tell her the truth?
Then suddenly an image flashed inside her head. The boy from her vision, standing in front of her, touching her skin… She cringed from the thought as she remembered. 'I don't want to know.' She finalized. 'I couldn't care less,'
"We're almost there!"Amber cheered. Dawn jumped as she was thrusted back into reality. With a forced smile, she nodded in return to Amber. She continued walking towards the path ahead of her.
Jason
Dee Dee is out of it, Jason thought as he tried not to stare from the corner of his eye. It was obvious to anyone that Dawn was not acting normal, but to point out such a thing seemed rude to Jason. He just continued walking towards the designated town. He was sure he would win his badge, of course, how couldn't he? He trained his pokemon so hard it was impostible to loose! He also trusted them with all of his heart. He knew that was the key to winning a Pokemon battle.
Jason smirked slightly to him. 'hah!' he thought. 'That childish dream of mine…'
Of course Jason knew better than to believe that trusting his Pokemon was all that he needed. If he and his Pokemon didn't have skill, what was the point? He discovered soon after taking his first journey that he would build up the skill first, and then trust his pokemon. Only children believed that all you need is one puny thing…
Jason thought he was so smart when he realized this. But truth be told, it was the philosophy of a child to believe that adding a small detail solves everything. Jason thought himself to be a genius; He wasn't. On the outside, he was mature and reasonable. Yet, on the inside, he believed himself to be cold, manipulating, and ingenious for his age. Really, on the inside, he was Just one word, that's all.
Childish.
But he didn't believe so. He thought to be ingenious you just had to believe that you were. He thought that he could think in ways that would make other's have head aches. He believed that he could control the world if he snapped his fingers and said jump; to which he would expect the world to answer 'how high?' he chuckled to himself lightly. 'It doesn't matter how high, I'm about to get what I want,"
"Hey, Dee Dee," Jason turned towards the blue haired beauty walking next to him. He gave what he believed to be his winning smile to her. "Wanna get ice cream when we get to town? I know this great place… my treat!"
Dawn looked at Jason with her sparking blue orbs. "Sure, Jason!"
Jason gave a triumphant smile. Given his ego boost, he began to walk closer to Dawn. He barely heard Amber cry out 'You'll buy me Icr cream too, right?' to which he gave a slight nod. His prize would soon be his, for it was so close that their arms brushed together as they walked. Or so Jason thought, because in the next town…
He will have competition.
Basically a filler really. I hate being so mean to y'all! but I like this! I was too impatient to keep this away from you guys. I'm having a problem making longer chapters. it used to be so easy to me... but then again, while cleaning my room, I lost all of my notes that took me about 2 years to complete... So now I have no clue what I am doing.
So, yeah, this may not turn out to be such a great sequeal. but thats what I get for actually trying to plan out a story! (yes, the first one was made-up-as-I-went!)
