Cherry lay in her sleeping bag. She was caught somewhere in between Excitement and anger. Her parents were forcing her to go on an adventure. Her problem was she was so unprepared. She lay staring up at the tent ceiling. The truths being she had wanted to go on one, but never really did anything for it.
She had four pokémon now, more than what most people started off with. She had just that night learned that her parents were amazing trainers and that should have rubbed off on her. She didn't know what she was going to do. At least Professor Terrace would tell her what to do. She didn't like the predicament she was in.
Cherry sighed and tried to go to sleep, but it was hard considering it was so cold.
The morning came and went, Cherry in a daze. She tried not to think about after the tournament, only about her new pokémon, the tournament and catching a few more winks of sleep.
She learned back in her car seat, half asleep. Her two grass type pokémon, Chikorita and Oddish, sat in her lap, also asleep. Rin tried to talk to Cherry a couple times, but it didn't work. There was at one point her mom tried to turn up the stereo, but that only frustrated the two pokémon, who proceeded to smack Rin with their vine whips; cherry wished she had a more restful night for that.
About midday they stopped for food at a local restaurant. The Snolax Buffet was a nice cozy place. There were several lines of buffets and even some for pokémon. The Two girls stopped for lunch.
"Come on," Rin said jumping out of the car.
"What?" Cherry asked sleepily. Yawning, Cherry got out of the care as the two grass types followed her. Cherry followed her mom in.
"Two adults and…" Rin turned to count. "I think about seven pokémon. Do you serve steel types?" Rin asked the host.
"No ma'am," The Host said. The Host was a dark skinned man with back hair. His brown eyes scanned both girls. If Cherry was more awake she knew she'd feel awkward. His build was about average.
"Okay, well then, I guess it will be seven," Rin said.
"May I have your pokémon?" The Host asked.
"Oh, yes," Rin said handing him, four of her five pokémon. "Cherry he needs your pokémon," Rin turned to the stand-in-her-sleep Cherry. "Please forgive my daughter, she hates the cold and wont sleep well."
Rin snapped her fingers trying to get her awake. "Cherry…" Rin asked as Cherry shook awake.
"Huh?" Cherry asked confused.
"Cherry, he needs your pokémon, Cherry, Cherry! Ch-" Rin said. She sighed and pulled the Sandshrew off Cherry's belt. Cherry kept nodding off and waking up, as Rin handed the Host Chikorita, Oddish and Sandy. "Like I said, please forgive her…" Rin apologized.
"Might I suggest a bib?" The host asked pulling out two plates and two glasses.
Rin seriously considered it. "Um…" she looked at Cherry. "Yeah, go ahead."
Cherry awoke again, with a snort. "Hey, I don't need a bib," She said very groggily.
"Yes you do," Rin said. "Or would you like to ruin your brand knew trainer clothes, before we get to the tournament?"
"Not… Not… Not going…" Cherry started snoring.
"Come on, you," Rin said putting her arm around Cherry. She grabbed the plates and directed Cherry to a seat. Rin took pity on her little girl and went to go grab food for her. Rin came back with food she knew Cherry liked.
Rin sat down with both plates, putting one in front of Cherry. "So how many hours of sleep did you get last night?" Rin asked watching Cherry trying to eat her food.
With food in her mouth, Cherry spoke, "W'at's one push on'?"
"You got two hours of sleep?" Rin asked. She knew as a teenager she wouldn't have been able to do that either, unless she had had large amounts of caffeine. Rin decided to shrug it off. "So are you not the least bit worried about giving your pokémon to someone?"
"No, not at all, Nurse Jacey is a very nice person," Cherry said. "She always takes great care of Chikorita and Sandy…" Cherry had pretty much finished eating.
"Ah," Rin said. Cherry didn't know it was the host who had them. "So, what about the food?"
"It was good…" Cherry said before dozing off again. Rin sighed and finished her plate of food. She went back for more.
After about ten minutes, Rin had gotten tired of the place. Cherry wasn't helping either by sleeping there. She decided to have a little fun while their pokémon ate their fill. She flicked little paper wads from their napkins at Cherry. Cherry didn't notice.
"How was your meal today sir?" the host asked a couple who were trying to get their pokémon back.
"It was great."
"Yes, very delicious."
"Thank, you, sir, madam," the host turned to both and bowed his head. I will go get your pokémon now," the host said going in the back. After a few minutes of waiting there was a rumble.
"Ack!" Cherry woke up instantly. "Mom! What's going!?"
Rin stood and looked around. Out the window a Hot Air balloon rocketed away. "Oh… no…" Rin said.
"What, what?" cherry asked just before discovering, "Ah! Where's my pokémon!"
"I made a mistake," Rin said grabbing Cherry's arm.
"What!? What do you mean?"
"Someone! Call the police, Team rocket has pulled a dirty trick. Their making off with our pokémon!" Rin shouted. She pulled Cherry out to the car. "C'mon, we got to hurry," she said throwing cherry in the passenger seat.
"Why, what's going on?"
"Team rocket stole out pokémon," Rin said starting the car and jamming on the gas.
"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, mom!" Cherry yelled taken aback by her mother's enthusiasm.
"We need to catch up with them, they got mine, yours and a whole bunch of other peoples pokémon," Rin said as she sped out of town. Sirens were blaring behind them. "You still have your Skarmory, right?"
Cherry checked her belt. "Yes, why?"
"We're going to need him," she said speeding up. They were catching up to the balloon. A pokémon was apparently propelling the balloon with its flamethrower.
"Is that it?" Cherry asked looking up at the balloon.
"Yeah, I need your Skarmory to go up and pop it," Rin explained.
"But he's so little," Cherry protested.
"Well he's the only flying type we've got, and you need to start training it now," Rin said as they shot over a curb onto a back road. "Do it now!" Rin demanded.
"Okay, Okay," Cherry said opening the mood roof. "Go! Skarmory!" she released the pokémon on the top of the car. The Skarmory gave its signature cry. "Skarmory! Do you see that balloon?" Cherry asked. Skarmory looked up at it, and then back to Cherry. "I need you to go and fly through it," she said moving her hair from flying in her face.
The Skarmory took to flight with a cry. "Careful of the flames!" Cherry said nervous. With a few hard pressed flaps it sped off towards the balloon. Cherry and rin watched the pokémon go. "Careful, Skarmory…" Cherry said to herself.
"Don't worry," Rin comforted. "I know Skarmory can handle it,"
"You sure?" Cherry said. She was worried about both her pokémon and Skarmory fighting so quick.
"Yes, just watch," Rin said as they neared the balloon. It looked as Skarmory had reached the balloon. A bolt of lightning shot out towards Skarmory.
"Ah! Skarmory," Cherry said jumping up and hanging out the moon roof. "Skarmory! Watch out!" Cherry screamed as the pokémon took its first shot at the balloon. Cherry gasped watching. Skarmory bit and pulled at the siding of the balloon before entering inside. Cherry and Rin both watched the balloon slowly fall.
Suddenly the flamethrower stoped. "Oh, no," Cherry gasped again. "Skarmory! Watch out for the flamethrower!" but the warning came too late as the flames shot up inside the balloon. The balloon temporarily shot up as another hole was ripped into the bottom half of the balloon. Skarmory fell out of control to earth. "Ah! No! Skarmory!" Cherry cried, watching.
Skarmory laned on the road ahead as the balloon took a slow tumble to the earth. "Hurry mom, Hurry!" cherry demanded, feeling the car put its engine to the max. The sped towards the fallen pokémon. Rin jammed on the brakes as the got close to the pokémon. Skarmory lay in the middle of the road. The police cars sped up behind them, trying to catch the thieves.
Rin stopped on the side of the road. Cherry burst out the door and into the road to check on skarmory. "Cherry, wait!" Rin screamed as cherry ran to the young skarmory. She reached the Skarmory and got down on one knee only to realize the sirens were speeding towards her. Cherry screamed as she held the downed pokémon.
Something about her size grabbed her. It felt about her size. The sirens suddenly changed direction, from which they came. Cherry had shut her eyes, but opened them when the change had happened. Cherry was in the surrounding forest.
"Uh…" Cherry blinked. Her heart was pumping adrenaline, heavily, and she was confused.
"Your safe now," A voice said from behind.
"Huh?" che turned, but a black shadow disappeared into the trees.
Cherry got up, "Um… thank you?" she asked, unsure of what happened. Her legs were wobbly. Skarmory groaned on the ground. "Oh! Skarmory," she fell back down and hugged the pokémon. "You did great," Cherry thanked it. "You just have a good rest, alright?" Cherry asked as she returned the pokémon.
Cherry sighed getting up again. "I'm not cut out for this…" she sighed as she headed towards the sirens.
She made it out to the road. "Cherry!" Rin called out searing for Cherry.
"Over here, mom," Cherry called running a little ways down the road.
"Oh! Thank the heavens!" Rin cried grabbing cherry. Cherry felt a tear hit her head. And looked up into Rin's crying face. "I thought I had lost you," she cried. "I wasn't sure what to think when the Lucario grabbed you, but… Oh… Thank you lucario…" rin said hugging Cherry tighter.
Cherry hugged her mother back, and sniffed as she felt the tears well up herself. "Its okay mom, I… I'm fine."
Rin slowly let go and sniffed. "It would be one thing to lose my pokémon, but if I were to lose you… I… I don't want to think about it…" Rin said wiping her eyes.
"Its okay mom," Cherry sniffed. "Now… Let's go get our pokémon."
Rin laughed in her tears. "Yes, lets."
They both jumped into the car and headed towards the police vehicles.