New Town: Part Two- Star Gazing
Brendan opened the door to his house and looked around suspiciously. His Poochyena wriggled around underneath his shirt and growled.
"Quiet," Brendan whispered, clutching his shirt trying shush the pup. He growled a bit and finally stopped. Brendan then quickly entered his new house and tiptoed up the stairs to his room.
"Ah, Brendan," a voice came.
The young boy quickly looked up to see his father leaning against the banister higher up, staring at him. They stared at each other for long five minutes. Finally, they broke apart, and his father finally realized the unnatural blob coming from under his son's shirt.
"Son, what did I tell you about eating pecha berries? You know that you're allergic to them! They make your stomach all…like that!" he said pointing to his son's stomach.
"I know dad, so… I'll just go up to my room and put on that ointment so it won't spread, okay?" Brendan put on his best smile and slowly made his way towards his room. He was about to open the door when Poochyena's tail fell from the cover of the shirt.
Mr. Birch frowned and raised his eye brows, "Um, son…come here." He put his hand on Brendan's shoulder and dragged him back down the stairs. He led them outside and the professor folded his arms. After having another five minute stare-down, Brendan finally cracked. He let go of his shirt and Poochyena fell to the ground, yelping as he fell on his face. His father slapped his forehead and sighed heavily.
"Brendan, what did I tell you about keeping him? Your mother would kill the both of us! I specifically told you to let him go before we left! We can't keep him; I'm sorry son-,"
"NO!" Brendan cried, picking his pokémon up.
"You aren't even a trainer yet, how can you expect to take care of him?"
"Dad, please, I don't want to let him go, he's my buddy, I love him! Please," Brendan said, hugging Poochyena tighter.
His father simply stared at him, his face becoming softer and softer. He sighed and shook his head. "I have no idea what this is going to cause, but fine, you can keep him," Brendan's face lit up and he smiled brightly, he placed Poochyena on the ground and hugged his dad, "b-but," his father started again, "he better not make a mess, or he's gone. Got it?" Brendan nodded, happily letting go of his father he looked to his pokémon.
"Thank you so much Dad!"
With that, Brendan began to walk up the porch stairs of his new home, the smile still bright on his face.
"Hey, hold on there tiger," his father started, grabbing his son's shoulder and turning him around, "I think I'll break it to your mom first, okay?"
"Okay!" Brendan said, putting Poochyena down and sitting on the first step.
As his father went into the house, the small dog took a seat next to his owner.
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The professor entered the house and went up the stairs to see his wife going to and from the closet, organizing the clothes.
"Dear," he began, entering the large master bedroom.
"Yes?" she answered, her head peeking out from the walking closet.
"Well, he finally admitted it," he said putting his hands in his pockets.
"At last!" she said, coming out, and throwing her hands high in the air, "did he notice the collar I put on Poochyena? He can be so oblivious sometimes."
"Well yes he can, but that isn't what's bothering me. Usually, Brendan wouldn't hide things like this from us."
"Don't worry about it for now, he's still young, he has a lot to learn."
"True, anyway, how about I take us out to dinner? I have a surprise for every one!"
"Sure that'll be fun."
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"Poochyena, I think that they already knew that you were here," Brendan said as he stroked his sleepy pokémon on the side, "they even gave you a collar, I can't believe I didn't notice that! But, you have to be a good boy. I don't want to give you up. No repeats of today, alright? No more running away."
Brendan sighed and looked up at the bright stars above him. He smiled and continued to stroke Poochyena.
"Hello!" a voice said.
"Hm?" Brendan looked down to see May standing in front of him, a bright smile on her face. Her hands were clasped behind her and she was swaying back and forth "Oh, hi May, what's up?"
"I just wanted to see how you were doing, I saw you outside talking to your dad, and I thought something was wrong."
"No, I'm fine…so what happened to your Skitty?"
"She's sleeping in my house, my mom loves her! The moment my mom saw her she looked so happy, and we just finished playing."
Brendan laughed and May took a seat next on the opposite side of Poochyena. There, they both admired the stars together.
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Brendan's mom looked out the window to see two children sitting on the front porch looking at the stars with a sleeping Poochyena in between them. She smiled and turned back to her husband.
"He already made a friend. How cute is that?" she said excitedly.
"That's good," Professor Birch said, smiling as well.
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"What city or town did you come from?" May asked, looking at Brendan.
"Well," Brendan began, taking a deep breath, "I'm originally from Goldenrod City and the first place I moved to was Lavaridge Town. Then after a year, we moved to Mossdeep City. We lived there for another year, and then we moved to Fortree City. We only stayed there for two months. We moved to Dewford Town and vacationed there for three months. We lived in Pacifidlog Town for a month. Then we stayed in Vandanturf Town for six months. Then, only this year, we moved to Sootopolis City, Mauville City, Rustboro City, Petalburg City, and finally…here."
May's eyes were shocked, "What kind of person moves that many times in only four years? Why do you move so much?"
Brendan sighed, "My dad is a Pokémon Researcher, and he observes pokémon in different places for his research. And not only that…but my mom always wants to be with him, so I have no choice."
"You must be so lonely sometimes, living in places for such short times…do you have any time to make friends?"
"No, not really, I try not to make any, because I've learned that it hurts to leave someone that was your best friend."
"Oh, I see."
May felt bad for Brendan, almost his entire childhood was spent with no friends. "How long have you and Poochyena been together?" she asked, petting the pokémon behind the ear.
"Poochyena and I have been together for about a month or so, which is really long for me."
May laughed, "That's good that you have him, but you have me too."
Brendan looked at her and smiled. All of a sudden a voice called out, "May! It's time for dinner!"
May looked over to him and smiled again, "Well I'll see you tomorrow!" With that, May skipped away happily, waving back as she did so.
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Brendan sat on his front porch alone, looking at his Poochyena while rubbing his side. Without warning, both of his parents emerged from his house.
"Brendan, come on, we're going out for dinner," his mother said, a happy look on her face.
"Okay, hold on," Brendan said, picking up Poochyena and going back into his home.
After three minutes, Brendan came out again, and the family went to the closest diner.
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Brendan sighed as he quietly observed the diner's menu. His eyes scanned the pages; he knew that his parents were looking at him. He didn't know why, but he felt awkward as he sat there. It felt as if he hadn't spent a lot of time with his parents. Finally, deciding their meals, they waited for their food to come.
They watched their son as he simply sat there, uninterested with the whole ordeal. They had realized a change in him every since he had made a good friend in Vandanturf Town and they had to move so suddenly. It was the only friend he had made ever since they had lived there and every time they looked at Brendan, the noticed that he was never truly happy. They knew that they had to make a change in order to make to their only son happy. Looking at him was never so depressing until their moving schedule went 'out-of-whack'.
The two parents looked at each other and back at Brendan, and at the same time, their food arrived.
"Brendan, we have some very good news to share with you," his mother started, putting a fork into her salad that had just arrived.
"What's up mom?" he said, poking his meal, not hungry.
"Well," Brendan's mother said, "your father and I have decided, that we love this new area. In fact, the moment we got here, we fell in love with the town and," the parents both looked at each other and back at Brendan.
"We are making this our permanent home!" they said at the same time.
Brendan's head quickly shot up and he stared at his parents in awe. "What?" he asked surprised, "are you saying that we're gonna live here from now on? No more moving, just one place and one home?"
"Yes, yes and yes," his father said, "I found a permanent job here as a Professor at a new lab that isn't very far from our home. In fact I can even walk there!"
"Isn't that great honey?" Brendan's mother asked him.
"Yeah," Brendan said, "Finally," Brendan thought, "We're actually settling down. This means that I can live a normal life, and get to make friends here."
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