This is it- the finale of A New World! I liked writing this part... I'd like an opinion from you guys, but after you're done reading this part- don't wanna give away any spoilers.
"Staraptor's been gone for awhile now..."
Brock stood with his arms crossed at the edge of the campsite. It had been nearly an hour since Ash and Dawn set off to find Pikachu and Piplup, and they still have yet to return. Brock sent Staraptor into the skies to find the missing trainers a few minutes ago. Silence was broken as Brock heard a familiar bird cry.
"Star star!" (Over here!) Brock heard the familiar call and looked up- Staraptor was leading somebody back to the campsite. They were finally back!
"Hmm?" Brock saw a third, older figure emerge along with Ash and Dawn. The figure was holding a Squirtle, like it was injured! Brock ran up to them to see what had occurred in the past hour.
"Ash! Dawn!" The both of them saw Brock running towards them.
"Brock!"
Ryan saw a squinty eyed, tanned guy running towards them. It was definitely Brock, even with the different outfit.
"Glad you guys are alright!" Brock said, as he came up to them. "What happened?" He looked at the Eevee in Dawn's arms, then to the Squirtle in Ryan's arms.
"It was Team Rocket... Squirtle was poisoned!" Ash explained, motioning to Squirtle, who started to twist and turn a little.
"Poisoned?" Brock knew what that meant. Depending on the time of when Squirtle got poisoned... there'd be time for questions later. Now, he had to hurry!
"Okay... I've got something in my pack. Bring Squirtle over here!"
Brock motioned the others to follow him towards his bag. Ryan nodded and ran next to Brock while the others followed. Staraptor landed next to a crowd of pokemon who were watching the events unfold. As they approached Brock's pack, Ash and Dawn stood watching Brock while he and Ryan kneeled down. Brock opened his pack and pulled a pink strawberry-like fruit that Ryan had never seen before. Ash and Ryan shared a puzzled look as they examined the berry Brock held. Dawn knew what the berry was instantly.
"That's a Pecha Berry!" Brock nodded.
"Yep. Here, let me see Squirtle..." Brock held the fruit up to Squirtle's mouth.
"What's that supposed to do?" Ryan asked Brock.
"Doesn't a Pecha Berry cure poisoning?" Dawn asked before Brock answered.
"It does," Brock paused as Squirtle unconsciously sniffed the berry and bit into it. The faint purple glow faded from Squirtle's cut, and Squirtle's breathing slowed down to a resting pace.
"Squirtle should be fine now, but it needs some time to rest." Brock said to Ryan.
"Phew..." Ryan let loose a sigh of relief and showed a small smile.
"Here, let Squirtle lay down for a while..." Brock laid a small blanket on the ground, next to his pack. Ryan softly placed Squirtle on the blanket,
with his belly down. The teen figured it might feel more natural for a turtle to sleep that way. Brock, Ash, Dawn, and Ryan started to walk back towards the campfire.
A sudden yawn from Ryan's shoulders made him turn to Eevee, who looked exhausted.
"Hey Eevee, you alright?" Ryan saw the tired look on her face.
"Vee..." (Yeah...) She yawned again. Today was the first time she had actually battled! Granted, Squirtle had to save her once, but...
"Hey, I got'cha..." Ryan motioned his head towards his arms, telling Eevee to jump into them.
"Vee?" (Really?) Without a second thought, Eevee jumped into Ryan's arms. It felt comfortable for the evolutionary pokemon as the teen carried her in his arms. Eevee cuddled her head into the human's arm.
"Aww, how cute!" Dawn noticed Eevee's cuddling.
"Eevee must really like you as a trainer." Brock noted.
"Uh... well, I'm not a trainer... exactly." Ryan gingerly scratched the back of his head with his free arm as Dawn, Ash, and Brock looked a bit confused. "You see, these aren't my pokemon." Pikachu and Piplup looked at each other and nodded- they already knew, except the human wasn't a trainer?
"Really?" Dawn was a bit amazed. From what she could tell, the way he commanded Eevee... and he isn't even a trainer? Ryan nodded.
"Are you just looking after them? Or are they wild pokemon?" Ash curiously asked.
"Well, to tell the truth, I have no idea..." Ash, Dawn, and Brock were taken aback by his response.
"Huh? What do ya mean?" Ash asked. In his mind, Ryan cringed. This could take awhile...
"It's... a long story."
Ryan took a seat on the grassy ground next to the campfire as the others did the same. Eevee decided to hop out of Ryan's arms and lay down on the comfy grassy ground, preparing to listen to the human. Dawn softly placed the sleeping Eevee she was holding next to her as she sat down. Taking a sigh, Ryan started his tale.
"Well, I was at an amusement park with my two childhood friends, just hanging after school-"
Ash interrupted. "Wait, you still go to school? I thought Pokemon School was over with when you turned ten!"
"Ash, remember Candice and her Pokemon Academy? There were older people in those classes..." Dawn reminded Ash. A while back when Ash was competing for his seventh badge, he encountered a Pokemon Academy in Snowpoint City ran by the Snowpoint Gym leader- Candice. There was a Pokemon Refresher course for older trainers there.
"Huh? Pokemon Academy?" Ryan was confused. Was he in a completely different world now? He didn't doubt it, but just to be on the safe side...
"You don't know what we're talking about?" Dawn asked. Ryan shook his head.
"I don't... I go to a high school."
"High school?" Now it was their turn to get confused.
"But, anyways... I wandered off into an old fortune teller's tent..." Ryan continued on.
Moments passed as he told them what happened from when he fell through the white opening up to the point of where he helped Ash and Dawn out.
"And, you guys know the rest, Eevee got Pikachu free and you guys," Ryan motioned towards Ash and Dawn. "...took care of Team Rocket." Ryan finished up.
"Wow..." Dawn wasn't the only one amazed. Ash and Brock shared the same feeling. From what the teen had told them, it was like he was from another world or something!
"You know," Ryan suddenly continued. "I never knew for sure, but now I know- I'm in a completely different world."
"What makes you say that?" Brock asked him.
"Well," Ryan took his pack off, opened it, and took his cell phone he had put in earlier. He held it up for the others to see.
"Is that a Pokegear?" Ash asked.
"What's a Pokegear? This is a cell phone, makes voice calls via satellite." Ryan explained.
"Cell phone?"
Ryan was a hundred percent sure this was another world now. He pressed a few buttons on his cell phone, bringing up a picture of him and two others smiling while the guy held a peace sign up and Ryan held a thumbs up. He held the cell phone up again, showing Ash, Dawn, and Brock the picture.
"These guys are the childhood friends I've been talking about, Taylor and Carter. This is from when we visited a giant arch in St. Louis." Ryan pointed out the metal gleam in the background, only part of the arch showed up in the picture. As Ash, Dawn, and Brock examined the picture, Ryan continued.
"I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you guys don't know where St. Louis is, right?"
Three nodding heads answered as Ryan turned his cell phone off and put it back in his pack.
"And as far as I know, the United States isn't a country here, is it?"
"United States? Huh..." Brock put his hand to his chin. "No, I haven't heard of any country called that, but I could check the Pokegear Maps..."
Brock pulled his blue Pokegear out again and touched the screen. A list of available region maps came up.
"Hmm... nothing about a United States." Brock pocketed his Pokegear.
"Okay, so... what country or region am I in?" Ryan asked.
"Well, we're in the Sinnoh region, east of Mt. Coronet." Brock answered.
"Sinnoh?" Ryan thought. He only remembered faintly about a region named Kanto... and something about Johto... but Sinnoh?
"Huh... I'm definitely far from home, that's for sure." Ryan crossed his arms as he thought.
Originally, getting back to Carter and Taylor seemed like it would take a day, tops. Now, a day seemed like a stretched miracle. The United States doesn't even exist! A silence was present as Ryan was deep in thought. Ash, Dawn, and Brock watched the teen in silence. Even Eevee was silent. The human had come from another country that doesn't even exist! Her mind was still taking it in. But... at least that kind of explained why the human acted so weird when she first met him earlier.
"Still, it's not like there aren't pokemon back in his home-"
"Oh!" Ryan snapped out of his thoughts suddenly. "I forgot to introduce myself, sorry!" He looked at everybody; Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Eevee.
"You too Eevee, sorry I forgot to tell you my name... I'm Ryan."
"I like his name..." Eevee thought.
"I'm Ash," Ash extended his hand for a handshake, which Ryan returned. "And this is my partner, Pikachu!" He pointed to the electric mouse on his shoulder, who waved,
"Pika!" (Hi!)
"I'm Dawn!" The blunette greeted. "And this is my partner, Piplup!" She pointed to the proud penguin who sat on her head.
"Piplup!" (Hey!) Piplup waved to the newcomer.
"And I'm Brock." Brock also greeted.
"It's nice to meet you-" Ryan was interrupted by a female robotic voice coming from his pocket.
PIKACHU: THE ELECTRIC MOUSE POKEMON.
Ryan reached into his pocket, took the Pokedex out, and opened it, where a picture of a Pikachu was shown on the top screen.
THIS INTELLIGENT POKEMON ROASTS HARD BERRIES WITH ELECTRICITY TO MAKE THEM TENDER ENOUGH TO EAT.
The Pokedex continued on with a picture of Piplup appearing on the top screen.
PIPLUP: THE PENGUIN POKEMON. BECAUSE ITS VERY PROUD, IT HATES ACCEPTING FOOD FROM PEOPLE. IT LIVES ALONG SHORES IN NORTHERN COUNTRIES.
"You have a Pokedex?" Ash and Dawn said in surprise. Ryan nodded.
"I found it in the pack the fortune teller asked me to hold... it's kinda strange."
"What do you mean by strange?" Dawn asked.
"Where I come from..." Ryan paused for a split second before continuing. "...pokemon don't exist." A startled gasp emerged from everyone in the camp, pokemon and human alike. The world they live in couldn't be possible without pokemon. A world without pokemon? The thought was foreign to everyone. Eevee's gears clicked- it made sense to her now.
"So that's why Ryan acted so surprised when he saw me..."
"You're kiddin', right?" Ash asked, still in disbelief. His whole life was dedicated to pokemon. A world without pokemon, and his best buddy, Pikachu? No way.
"But then why did the fortune teller have that working Pokedex hidden in your pack?" Brock asked.
"I honestly have no clue... especially since no one would have a reason to make a real one in my world..."
"Real?" Brock caught the word Ryan had used.
"Uh, well..." Ryan didn't exactly know what to say. Pokemon existed as a cartoon in his world. How would they take the news that millions of strangers were watching their every action? But, maybe... that was it! Ryan picked his words carefully.
"Well, pokemon... are in my world, just... not real."
"What do you mean?" Brock was puzzled.
"Yeah, what Brock said!" Ash added.
"Well, you see... pokemon, is a... cartoon, back home." Ryan tactfully decided to leave everything on a need to know basis. The teen considered something- if anybody told him millions of people were watching his every move, he would freak out.
"A cartoon, about pokemon? Like a documentary?" Brock asked.
"It's actually about a trainer, trying to be a Pokemon Master." Ryan quickly said.
"Wow, that kind of sounds like Ash!" Dawn said in realization.
"It kind of does..." Brock agreed. Brock was about to ask Ryan for the trainer's name when a sudden growl emerged onto the scene.
"Uh, sorry guys! Guess I'm a bit hungry..." Ash gingerly rubbed his stomach.
"Ash, way to let your stomach-" Dawn was interrupted by a low growl below her. Her face showed a light, faint blush as she stopped her chastising of Ash. Brock merely shook his head in amusement.
"Well, you guys did miss dinner... I'll reheat it for you guys." Brock got up and turned to the crowd of pokemon huddled on the picnic blanket.
"Infernape, could you come over here?" As soon as Brock asked, a brown and red monkey like pokemon ran over to him.
Ryan looked at the sight- the pokemon was about three and a half feet tall at the most and it had a flame burning on top of its head.
INFERNAPE: THE FLAME POKEMON.
Ryan's Pokedex started up again. He looked at the top screen, which showed a picture of Infernape.
ITS CROWN OF FIRE IS INDICTATIVE OF ITS FIERY NATURE. IT IS BEATEN BY NONE IN TERMS OF QUICKNESS.
"What kind of pokemon is that... I've never seen anything like it!" Ryan thought as he closed the Pokedex and pocketed it. Infernape stopped in front of the campfire.
"Infernape, could you help me reheat dinner for Ash and Dawn? And our guest too." Brock asked.
Infernape nodded and walked towards the pot of stew with Brock.
A few minutes passed with a small silence as Ryan was in his thoughts. Ash and Dawn were conversing with each other as dinner was being reheated.
"Hey Ash, you ready for the Sunnyshore Gym?" Dawn asked.
"Yeah, I can't wait!" Ash's fist shot into the air in excitement, along with Pikachu. "And what about you? Ready for the Grand Festival?"
"You bet!" Dawn replied.
"Grand Festival?" Ryan thought. What was a Grand Festival? Speaking of which... Sunnyshore Gym? The gym was a no brainer- Ash was a battler, and as much as Ryan could figure out, Ash was probably challenging some league.
Ryan let the two converse as he let his sight wander around. He turned to the Eevee Dawn held earlier- still asleep. Then he felt a little touch on his leg and turned to see what it was. Eevee had fallen asleep too! She moved in her sleep, which ended up bumping Ryan. With a smile, his eyes continued to wander.
"Wow! Are those pokemon?" Ryan had finally noticed the crowd of pokemon a few feet away, behind Ash and Dawn. He carefully got up, so he wouldn't wake Eevee up, and walked towards the crowd. Ash and Dawn noticed Ryan's sudden movement, got up and followed him. There were so many pokemon! All of them were different shapes and sizes and almost all of them were completely new to the teen.
"Hey, what's up?" Ash asked as he and Dawn came up next to Ryan.
"I've never seen any pokemon up close like this before," Ryan explained.
"Well, in that case, let me introduce you to my pokemon!" Ash said.
"Yeah! Count me in!" Dawn added.
"Hey guys," Ash motioned. Four pokemon walked up to Ash. He turned to Ryan.
"Let me introduce you to my pokemon! Staraptor," The black bird with the weird haircut cried out. Before the Pokedex had a chance to start, Ryan pulled it out and opened it. He knew what was going to happen.
STARAPTOR: THE PREDATOR POKEMON. THE MUSCLES ON ITS WINGS AND LEGS ARE STRONG. IT CAN EASILY FLY WHILE GRIPPING A SMALL POKEMON.
"Buizel," An orange weasel like pokemon had its arms crossed and also cried out. The picture of Staraptor faded from the top screen of the Pokedex as a picture of Buizel appeared in its place.
BUIZEL: THE SEA WEASEL POKEMON. IT SWIMS BY ROTATING ITS TWO TAILS LIKE A SCREW. WHEN IT DIVES, ITS FLOATATION SAC COLLAPSES.
"Torterra," A large four legged creature with a tree on its back answered with a cry. Buizel's picture disappeared as Torterra's replaced it.
TORTERRA: THE CONTINENT POKEMON. GROUPS OF THIS POKEMON MIGRATING IN SEARCH OF WATER HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN FOR MOVING FORESTS.
"Gible," The land shark pokemon cried out before suddenly jumping onto Ash's head.
"Ash!" Ryan cried out. It looked like Gible was eating Ash's head!
"No need to worry, this is normal for Gible." Dawn explained. Ash laughed as Gible nibbled on his head and pulled out a Pokeball from his belt.
"Well... if you say so..." Ryan said as the Pokedex continued.
GIBLE: THE LAND SHARK POKEMON. IT NESTS IN HORIZONTAL HOLES WARMED BY GEOTHERMAL HEAT. FOES WHO GET TOO CLOSE CAN EXPECT TO BE POUNCED ON AND BITTEN.
"Ha-ha, okay Gible, return!" A red beam shot from the Pokeball and hit Gible, making it disappear into the ball. Ash reclipped the Pokeball back on his belt and continued.
"And over there with Brock is Infernape." Ash pointed to where Brock and Infernape stood, warming a pot of stew up.
"Hey, let me introduce you to my pokemon!" Dawn said to Ryan. Like earlier, four pokemon stepped towards Dawn.
"First, here's Buneary," Dawn motioned to a brown rabbit like pokemon with yellow fluff. Buneary waved in greeting as the Pokedex started up again.
BUNEARY: THE RABBIT POKEMON. ITS EARS ARE ALWAYS ROLLED UP. THEY CAN BE FORCEFULLY EXTENDED TO SHATTER EVEN A LARGE BOULDER.
Ryan noticed a difference between the picture of Buneary and the one standing in front of him. Buneary was wearing a small orange vest with a design on it.
"Pachirisu," A light blue and white squirrel like pokemon jumped up and down while crying out.
PACHIRISU: THE ELESQUIRREL POKEMON. IT MAKES FUR BALLS THAT CRACKLE WITH STATIC ELECTRICITY. IT STORES THEM WITH BERRIES IN TREEHOLES.
"Cyndaquil," A small mouse like pokemon with squinty eyes waved and cried out in greeting.
CYNDAQUIL: THE FIRE MOUSE POKEMON. IT HAS A TIMID NATURE. IF IT IS STARTLED THE FLAMES ON ITS BACK BURN MORE VIGOROUSLY.
"And last, but not least, Mamoswine!" A huge mammoth like pokemon did the same greeting the others had done.
MAMOSWINE: THE TWIN TUSK POKEMON. IT FLOURISHED WORLDWIDE DURING THE ICE AGE, BUT ITS POPULATION WORLDWIDE DECLINED WHEN THE MASSES OF ICE BEGAN TO DWINDLE.
"Kinda reminds me of a mammoth..." Ryan thought.
"Hey guys! Dinner's ready!" Brock called out.
"Alright! I'm starvin'..." Ash was about to sprint over, but he remembered he had to do one more thing first.
"Hey, you guys wanna sleep out tonight?" Ash asked the pokemon. They all nodded in delight.
"Okay," Dawn went into her pink tent and pulled out a stack of blankets. She gave one to each pokemon and tucked them in.
"Sweet dreams, everyone!" Dawn softly said to the pokemon.
Ash, Dawn, and Ryan walked over to where Brock stood with Infernape.
"Here Infernape, take this," Dawn had one blanket in her arms and extended it out for Infernape to take. Infernape nodded with a smile and took the blanket.
"Guys, I'll be right back," Dawn walked back to the pokemon sleeping under the stars with Infernape.
As Dawn walked off, Ash sat down at the foldable table and started wolfing down food like there was no tomorrow. Ryan wore a blank look. He was hiding laughter, lots of it. He looked at the bowl in front of him and sat down. An entrancing aroma flew into Ryan's nose from the bowl. Ryan picked a spoon up and put a spoonful of the stew into his mouth. His eyes widened.
"This is delicious!" Ryan commented with thumbs up to Brock.
"Why, thanks!" Brock replied. Brock turned to Pikachu and Piplup with two bowls.
"Here you go guys, eat up!" Brock set the bowls on the table for Pikachu and Piplup to chow down. Ryan noticed the bowls didn't contain stew.
"Is that Pokemon food?" Ryan asked Brock, who nodded. Pikachu and Piplup hopped onto the table and started eating.
"And they're specifically made for each species of pokemon." Brock added. Pikachu and Piplup both smiled, put a wing and a fist in the air and shouted,
"Awesome!" Then they went back to chowing down.
"Wow, that's a lot of work." Ryan commented.
"It is, but being a top Pokemon Breeder isn't going to be easy." Brock said. Ryan finished his bowl with a smile. The stew was good, but also, there was another similarity with the cartoon. Both Brocks want to be top Pokemon Breeders! Dawn walked over and took a seat in front of Ash.
"Well, everybody's sound asleep!" Dawn said.
"That's good." Brock answered as he looked over to the pokemon. Brock had returned his pokemon to their Pokeballs earlier- they wanted to sleep in them tonight.
"Mmm..." Dawn ate a spoonful of stew. "Awesome cooking, like always, Brock!"
"Glad to hear all of you like it." Brock said with a smile.
"Like it?" Ash said through a stuffed mouth. He was on his fifth bowl- make that sixth. "We love it!"
About twenty minutes passed of friendly questions and eating between the four people. Ash was too busy scarfing down stew to ask any questions, so it was mostly Dawn and Brock asking Ryan about his hometown. If pokemon didn't exist in Ryan's home, then how did they get around?
"Well, cars, trains, planes... there're lots of ways to get around." Ryan answered.
"Ooh, you guys have 'em too?" Dawn replied.
"You too?" Ryan asked.
"Well, not as many now, since there aren't many paved roads in Sinnoh for cars..." Dawn said.
"Are there cities here in Sinnoh?" Ryan felt kind of dumb for asking, but it couldn't hurt to be sure.
"Yeah, in fact we're headed towards one right now." Dawn answered.
"Sunnyshore City, and my next gym battle!" Ash added with a slightly stuffed mouth. A round belly indicated Ash was full. He had finished a whopping twelve bowls of stew, much to Ryan's surprise. The teen knew from the cartoon that he was a huge eater, but twelve bowls was ridiculous!
"Gym battle? Is there a league here in Sinnoh or something?"
"Yeah! Look," Ash pulled a case out from his pocket. He opened it, revealing seven varying badges.
"Seven badges?" Ryan remembered something about needing eight badges to compete in a tournament.
"One more, and I get to compete in the Sinnoh League!" Ash said with excitement.
"That's awesome!" Ryan replied. A thought occurred in his head. "The Sinnoh League... but then, what's the Grand Festival?"
"Hey, Dawn, are you challenging gyms too?" Ryan decided to ask.
"Me? No, I'm a coordinator!" Dawn replied.
"Coordinator? What's that?" Ryan was stumped. He had never heard of a coordinator before.
"Wait, so that means you don't know what contests are, right?" Dawn asked Ryan.
"Uh... I guess not." Ryan replied. Brock prepared to explain to the teen.
"You see, coordinators are trainers who focus more on bringing the inner beauty of their pokemon out in any way they can- by moves and certain appeals." Ryan nodded, following Brock's explanation.
"Coordinators all across Sinnoh compete in contests in order to earn ribbons, so they can enter the Grand Festival." Brock paused so Ryan could ask a quick question.
"So, it's like the league, in a way. How many badg- I mean, ribbons do you need to be in the Grand Festival?"
"Ta-da!"
As soon as Ryan asked, Dawn pulled out a pink case similar to Ash's and opened it, revealing five ribbons. All five varied in shape and color.
"Five ribbons?" Ryan asked.
"Yep!"
"Cool! Then whoever wins the Grand Festival is like a Master Coordinator or something like that." Ryan thought aloud.
"Well, I wouldn't say master, but maybe top coordinator." Brock suggested.
"Ahh. Sounds better than Master Coordinator." Ryan said.
"Contests sound awesome to watch! If I get a chance, maybe I should watch one." He thought.
"By the way, Ryan, do you have any plans?" Brock asked suddenly.
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
"What are you going to do? From what you've told us, it seems like you're stuck here for a while." Ryan's heart sunk a bit.
"No worries, I know what I'm gonna do- find a way back, no matter what!" Ryan finished with a thumbs up.
"Yes, but what do you plan on doing in the meantime? You've met pokemon that seemed attached to you- you can't just leave them."
Ryan looked back at the sleeping Eevee and Squirtle. Brock was right- he couldn't just abandon them. That, he knew he could not, and would not do. But, what could he do? It's not like he could bring them back home- his dad would freak out. If the pokemon had a home, Ryan had no idea where it would be. Ryan thought about the dilemma, with a hand to his chin.
"Well... I have no idea, to be honest."
"Why don'tcha travel with us?" Ash came in, his fullness almost seemed to have subsided in a manner of minutes. "The more, the merrier, I
always say!"
"Yeah, that's a great idea!" Dawn added. Brock nodded his head in agreement.
"Really?" Ryan asked.
"Sure!" Ash answered. "Besides, we could help you find a way home!"
"Well, you don't have to go out of your way to do that..." Ryan objected. He quickly added, "Why don't I go to wherever you guys are headed? S-Sunny..."
"Sunnyshore City." Brock finished.
"That's fine with me." Ryan agreed.
"Well, alright then." Brock yawned. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to sleep."
"Alrighty Brock, night!" Ash said as Brock walked over to his sleeping bag.
"Sleep tight!" Dawn added before she yawned. "I'm sleepy too... I'll see you guys in the morning." Piplup hopped onto the ground, looking tired as well.
"Okay, good night, Dawn!" Ash said.
"Yeah, good night!" Ryan added. Dawn waved back to the both of them and disappeared into her pink tent with Piplup following her. Ash started gathering dishes when Ryan cut in.
"I can take care of the dishes while you get some shut eye, Ash." Ryan suggested.
"Really? Thanks, but I don't wanna leave ya hangin' like that..."
"No, it's fine! Especially since you guys are letting me travel with you."
"Well, alright..." Pikachu hopped onto Ash's shoulder with a small yawn. "Night!" Ash said before walking towards his sleeping bag.
"Night." Ryan replied. A wide smile lit up his face- he was going to travel with his childhood hero! Who could say they've met and travelled with their childhood hero? But, looking at the dishes, his smile dimmed a bit.
"Hmm... how do I wash dishes without water? Then again, it was stew, and the bowls don't look too dirty... I could just wipe 'em down..." Ryan agreed with himself.
A rag sat on the side of the table, unnoticed until now. Ryan grabbed it and started wiping the bowls until they were "spick 'n span". A few minutes passed as Ryan continued cleaning the bowls when he heard soft footsteps.
"Hey Ash- Ryan?" He turned around and saw Dawn in her pink pajamas and her hair down.
"Oh, hey Dawn. What's up?"
"What's up? I was gonna ask, why are you doing the dishes? It's Ash's turn..." There was an order?
"Oh! Uh... I volunteered for this. Besides, I get to travel with you guys, so this is the least I could do."
"Well... okay, I'm going to get some sleep. Bye!" Dawn walked back to her tent to sleep.
"Huh. That was a bit weird." Ryan continued washing the dishes. Another few minutes passed. The teen finished his last dish and placed it on the stack, which laid on the table. Stretching his arms, Ryan relaxed.
"Phew, that's done. Now, let's see..."
Ryan took his pack from his back and dug his sleeping bag out. He walked over to the extinguished campfire and laid his sleeping bag down. The teen took his black windbreaker jacket off, leaving his white T-shirt on. He placed the windbreaker in his pack. Ryan then took his shoes off and slipped into his sleeping bag.
"Boy, am I tired..." The teen closed his eyes in order to drift to sleep. Only... he couldn't sleep for some odd reason. He reopened his eyes to stare at the night sky. Stars graced the night sky.
"Why can't I sleep? Who am I kidding? I can't sleep, especially since-" Ryan's thoughts were interrupted by small sounds, almost like footsteps. The teen rose from the sleeping bag.
"Huh? Dawn, is that you?" Ryan turned, only to have Eevee jump onto him and lick his cheek.
"Ha-ha! Hey Eevee!" Ryan had an alternate eye open as Eevee kept licking his cheek. He noticed the other Eevee walking up to him as well.
"Hey!" Ryan greeted Eevee.
"Vee!" (Hi!) Eevee bowed his head.
"You were great earlier! Especially with that attack, man it was powerful! Great job!" Ryan complimented Eevee.
"Vee?" (Really?) Even though Ryan couldn't understand pokemon... yet, he could kind of tell what Eevee just said.
"Yeah, you were great!" Ryan noticed the other Eevee had stopped licking his cheek.
"Oh, you were too! Thanks for listening to me, especially since that was my first battle."
"Vee, eevee!" (Yay, me too!) She licked Ryan's cheek once more.
"Guys, is Squirtle awake?" Both Eevees looked at each other and then shook their heads.
"Hmm..." Ryan got out from the sleeping bag and slipped his shoes back onto his feet. "I'm gonna go check on Squirtle."
"Eevee." (Me too.) Ryan and the two Eevees went over to where Squirtle was resting earlier. Squirtle was still asleep.
"Looks like Squirtle's sleeping alright." Ryan thought aloud.
The Eevees agreed with a nod.
"We'd better get some sleep, Squirtle's probably gonna be asleep until morning." The teen suggested to the pokemon.
"Vee." (Okay.)
"Hmm? What's..." A strange sound appeared suddenly. Ryan looked up- a giant net was dropping on him and the pokemon! The net entangled the teen, Squirtle, and the Eevee. Then a large metallic hand grabbed the net like a bag, lifting it into the air. The Eevee, Ryan, and Squirtle were squished together at the bottom of the net as a result.
"What the-" Ryan struggled to look upward through the net due to the Eevee wiggling on top of his face. A small look of a green basket confirmed who it was.
"Plan Snatch 'em up was a charm!" Meowth popped his head over the edge to see the catch of the day. He held a walkie talkie in his paw, and talked into it.
"Jessie, James! You ready for Phase Two?"
"Roger, ready for Phase Two!" A male voice spoke through the walkie talkie. The teen overheard the conversation.
"Phase Two? What's Team Rocket planning..." Ryan thought.
Team Rocket's balloon floated over to another clearing, and the hand dropped the net into a large cage, roughly twice of Ryan's height and three times that for the width, with the ceiling open. The teen struggled to throw the net off.
"Quick, we gotta-" Too late. Meowth closed the cage ceiling with the free metallic hand.
"Dang." Ryan threw the net off of him and the pokemon.
"You guys alright?" He asked the two Eevee.
"Vee!" (Yeah!) They both answered.
"Squirt." (Fine.) Squirtle brushed his arm off.
"Squirtle's awake? Considering the tossing and turning that happened in the net..." Ryan shrugged as he thought. He turned to Meowth, who just landed the balloon and hopped out.
"Hey! Let us go!" The teen figured it would be worth a shot.
"Uh-uh, twerp." Meowth waved his finger. "Three primo rare pokemon for da boss will make dis Meowth, a happy Meowth!"
"Squirtle squirt squirtle." (You sad excuse for a pokemon.) Squirtle said with contempt. Meowth's ear twitched.
"Eh? What was dat?" Meowth growled angrily and walked up to the cage bars. Ryan had no clue what Squirtle had said. However, he noticed Meowth had understood what Squirtle said perfectly, which made an idea pop into Ryan's head. Even though he knew he should have come up with an escape plan, this took precedent over escaping- temporarily, of course.
"Hey Meowth, even though you kidnapped me and the pokemon, I need a favor." Meowth dropped the angry look and wore a puzzled one. This was new- A twerp asking for help.
"Could you translate what these guys say for me? I need to ask them something." Ryan asked.
Meowth paused and thought for a bit. Could it hurt to tell the twerp a few words?
"Sure kid." Meowth agreed. It couldn't hurt. Ryan nodded and then turned to the three pokemon in the cage with him.
"Squirtle, I have to ask something." A small pause followed before Ryan continued. "Why are you..." What were the right words to use? Ryan felt Squirtle somewhat trusted him, but...
"Why are you hesitant to trust me?" The teen felt like there was a better way to phrase the question, but he hoped Squirtle answered this one. The tiny turtle crossed its arms and turned the other way.
"Come on Squirtle, say... something." Ryan said, which seemed to bare some fruit, since Squirtle spoke.
"Eh? Squirtle said 'somethin'!" Meowth translated. Eevee walked over in front of Squirtle and started talking with him.
"She's askin' 'Why are you being so mean?'" Meowth paused as Eevee continued talking. "And... 'If you don't tell him, I will.'"
Eevee left Squirtle and faced Ryan. She said something, along with her brother.
"They said they'll start from da beginning! And dat it's gonna be a long story." Ryan nodded and sat down, cross legged, preparing for the story. He didn't care if it took an hour or two- as long as he knows why... Eevee started talking and Meowth translated.
"She's sayin' her brother, and Squirtle came from Kanto."
"You guys are brother and sister?" Ryan looked between the two Eevee. He noticed one looked slightly bigger than the other one.
"They're sayin' yeah, and she's sayin' they had a mommy back home."
"But then... why are you guys here?" Eevee froze up, so her brother cut in and spoke.
"He's sayin' dat it all started one day when him and his sister were playin' around and bumped into a guy," Meowth looked a bit surprised.
"They didn't know at da time, but da guy was a Pokemon Hunter!" Ryan could fit an association with the words pokemon and hunter. He knew what a hunter was back home. Eevee continued.
"And he said dat he was a researcher who was lookin' for Eevee, and not to capture dem." Eevee seemed to have a falling tear sliding down his face as he continued. His sister started sobbing on the ground of the cage.
"Hey..." Ryan picked the sobbing Eevee up and cradled her in his arms. "It's okay..."
"Nope," Meowth seemed to be saddened as well. "They led da' guy to their mommy... and he turned her into a statue and took her away." A small silence followed as the translation sunk in. Ryan was mortified- how could someone be so... heartless? His free fist clenched up, and his face was flushing with anger.
"How... could someone be so cruel?" The teen was enraged by the idea of this Pokemon Hunter.
"Dat's not all," Meowth was fighting back tears as well, but listened on to Eevee.
"He's sayin' he tried to catch dem too!" Wasn't it enough to seperate a family? Eevee motioned over to Squirtle, who still had his back turned. Meowth seemed to recoil slightly.
"And he's sayin' dat Squirtle was da Pokemon Hunter's pokemon!" Ryan's eyes widened as he looked at Squirtle, who seemed to shrink a bit at the mention of the Pokemon Hunter. Eevee kept speaking, while Meowth translated.
"Da hunter nearly got dem, but... he saved dem." Meowth pointed to Squirtle. The tiny turtle had its back towards Ryan, with its arms crossed.
"And... he abandoned the hunter to take care of da Eevee." Meowth finished translating. It was a lot to take in for Ryan. Eevee was still crying in his arms, while her brother was tearing, but retaining his composure. Squirtle still faced the other way. Even Meowth felt like tearing up. Ryan felt a push to ask one more question.
"Squirtle, what I don't get is... why did you run from the Pokemon Hunter?" A brief silence followed the request before a reply came from Squirtle.
"Huh? Squirtle's sayin'... it's a long story."
"But-" An explosion behind Meowth stopped Ryan's question. Everybody turned their attention to two figures with fizzled hair, who were frantically running towards Meowth.
"Meowth! We gotta go!" James yelled to Meowth.
"What happened to da' mecha? It was twerp proof!" Meowth astonishly asked.
"Tell that to the twerps!" Jessie pointed behind her. Ryan peered through the cage bars- the cavalry had arrived!
"Ash!" Ryan called out. Ash was running along with Dawn and Brock at his side. Pikachu was on his shoulder, and the electric mouse looked ready to blast a certain trio into the sky. The trio stopped in front of Team Rocket and the cage behind them.
"Hey, there's Ryan!" Dawn pointed to the cage he was trapped in.
"Yikes! We better grab da' pokemon and split!" Meowth suggested to his cohorts, who nodded in agreement.
"Quick, Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Ash said.
"Thunderbolt!" Pikachu shot a yellow bolt from his body towards the trio of thieves. James and Meowth seemed panicked, but Jessie remained calm and pulled a Pokeball out.
"Wobbuffet, use Mirror Coat!" Jessie threw the enlarged Pokeball out in front of the Thunderbolt attack. A blue pokemon with a strange face appeared and had a faint purple barrier around it. The Thunderbolt hit Wobbuffet and bounced back!
"Pikachu, look out!" Ash called out to his buddy. The electric mouse ducked down at the last second to dodge his own attack. The ground absorbed the Thunderbolt.
"So, what now twerp?"Jessie crossed her arms and smiled. Dawn set Piplup on the ground.
"Piplup, use Whirlpool!" A giant vortex of water spun from out of Piplup's beak. The vortex widened at the top. Piplup shot the Whirlpool towards Team Rocket.
"Ah-ah, Wobbuffet, Mirror Coat!" Jessie commanded. Wobbuffet wore the same faint purple barrier around it as the Whirlpool collided and bounced off like a pinball.
"Ah- Piplup, look-" Dawn couldn't finish her warning as Whirlpool hit Piplup with double the force it originally had, sending the penguin pokemon backwards and onto the ground.
"It wasn't very effective, but it still hurt Piplup!" Brock noted as Piplup slowly got up.
"What can we do? Wobbuffet is sending all of our attacks back at us!" Dawn asked.
"I know- Mirror Coat won't work on physical attacks!" Brock said as he remembered.
"Alright, Pikachu use Iron Tai-" Brock stopped Ash from finishing his call.
"Wait! What about Counter? It blocks physical attacks and sends them back with double the damage- just like Mirror Coat!"
"That means we can't do a thing!" Ash said.
Ryan was watching the battle occur outside of the cage. The Eevee in his arms was watching, along with her brother, and Squirtle. When Mirror Coat and Counter were mentioned, Ryan knew he needed to help. But how? Squirtle wouldn't listen to him, Eevee didn't know any explosive attacks, except... Ryan turned to the Eevee next to him.
"Eevee, can you use that one move from earlier? We gotta help Ash and the others- they're trying to rescue us!" Eevee knew his limits. He could fire Shadow Ball only a few times a day, and afterwards, the energy would dissipate as he tried to focus it. But, considering what Ryan said...
"Vee." (Yeah.) Eevee gave a determined grunt and stood in front of the cages. Bits of dark energy started to gather in front of Eevee's mouth, forming a small sphere.
"S-Shadow-" Before Eevee could fire the Shadow Ball, the gathered energy fled, dissipating the dark sphere. A sudden drain of energy made Eevee pant heavily.
"Eevee, you alright?" Ryan asked. "I know you're tired- I know the feeling, trust me, but you've gotta push yourself!" Eevee panted while looking up at Ryan.
"You gotta trust me- please! For them," Ryan pointed towards Ash and the others battling Team Rocket, and then at Eevee's sister and Squirtle.
"I'll even help-" Ryan started kicking the bars repeatedly, even though it didn't damage them in the slightest. The teen then tried to ram the cage, to no avail as well. Then he tried a running start from the other end- it didn't work either!
"I never thought I'd say this, but I'd rather take on a three hundred pound guy right now..." Ryan thought, remembering football practice.
"Gotta keep going!" And the teen kept trying to break out of the cage as the female Eevee cheered him on, and Squirtle looking on with an unreadable look.
Eevee looked on at the human- he was right! He needed to get his sister and Squirtle out of the cage. Eevee felt... something stirring inside of him- like something had been awakened due to the human and his small pep talk. He stared through the bars and at the night sky. Inadvertently, he noticed the crescent moon hovering in the sky. He was always afraid of the moon, but... the feeling Eevee felt now, wasn't fear.
"Huh? Whoa!" Ryan noticed a glowing behind him. There weren't any lights in the cage! He found the source- Eevee was basked in a white light, with his silhouette changing shape and growing.
"Hey, look!" Dawn noticed the glowing coming from the cage Ryan was in. Team Rocket, Ash and the others stopped their battle to see the commotion.
"Eevee's evolving!" Brock said aloud.
The white glowing faded to reveal a larger version of Eevee. This new pokemon was black like the night, with glowing gold rings on its ears, tail, and legs.
"Umbreon!" The newly evolved Umbreon wasted no time in forming a Shadow Ball. The dark particles came together nearly three times faster than before and formed an even bigger ball of energy.
"Shadow Ball!" Umbreon fired the ball at the cage bars. The Shadow Ball broke through the bars- and kept going towards Wobbuffet! Jessie was too busy watching the evolution take place, so she couldn't issue a command to counter the attack. The Shadow Ball hit its mark, but didn't affect Wobbuffet. However, it did distract Wobbuffet from one thing...
"Pikachu, quick, Iron Tail!"
Pikachu sprinted towards Wobbuffet, who turned a complete one-eighty as Shadow Ball travelled towards it, and jumped up into the air with a glowing tail.
"Iron Tail!" Pikachu swung his tail as he fell onto Wobbuffet. The Iron Tail sent Wobbuffet flying back into Team Rocket and into their balloon.
"Alright, Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Ash pointed at the balloon.
"Piplup, use Hydro Pump!" A powerful stream of water shot out from Piplup's beak at the same time Pikachu unleashed a Thunderbolt. Both attacks headed straight for Team Rocket, who knew what was coming next.
BOOM.
"Grr... why is it always our plans never go the way they're planned?" Jessie asked as she soared in the air with James, Meowth and Wobbuffet.
"I don't know!" James answered.
"I know one thing though-" Meowth stopped.
"It looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" The trio said together as they disappeared in a twinkle.
"Wow, Eevee, is that you?" Ryan asked Umbreon. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his Pokedex, opening it in order to learn about the new pokemon.
UMBREON: THE MOONLIGHT POKEMON. WHEN EXPOSED TO THE MOON'S AURA, THE RINGS ON ITS BODY GLOW FAINTLY AND IT GAINS A MYSTERIOUS POWER.
Ryan closed the Pokedex and pocketed it.
"You must have evolved!" Ryan couldn't help but say 'duh' in his head as he said that.
"Bree." (Yeah.) Umbreon turned from looking at Ryan and looked at Eevee and Squirtle. Both wore shocked looks on their faces. Ryan noticed and decided to let them talk.
"Brother?" Eevee remembered something about evolving- a pokemon may lose memories as they evolve. She worried that Umbreon wouldn't remember who she was.
"Hmm?" Umbreon responded. Eevee had drooped ears and looked down, saddened. He had forgotten...
"What's wrong sis?" Umbreon finished. Eevee looked up quickly.
"You didn't forget me brother?" Umbreon shook his head.
"Of course not! What made you think that?"
"N-nothing..." Eevee finished.
"Umbreon-" The moonlight pokemon looked at Squirtle. "I thought you didn't want to... you know."
"I know." Umbreon replied.
"And, you were afraid of the moon..." Squirtle noted.
"I know."
"Then why?" Squirtle asked.
"Because... the human-" Eevee cut in.
"His name's Ryan!" The name seemed to flow smoothly into Umbreon's ears.
"Ryan... I'm sure he's the one he was talking about now!"
"You mean that old human?" Squirtle knew what Umbreon referred to.
"Wait, the old guy?" Eevee also remembered and realized, "Does that mean you trust Ryan too?"
"I do. You too?" Eevee nodded. "So... why haven't you evolved too?"
"I don't know- how did you?"
"Well..." Umbreon recalled faint memories before he evolved. "Ryan was giving me a pep talk... and I looked up at the moon, and next thing- I evolved."
"So if I look at the moon,"
"Wait!" Umbreon said.
Eevee looked up at the crescent moon in the sky, but nothing happened.
"Huh? I'm not evolving!" Eevee noticed. "That's weird."
"Who knows why you can't... you'll evolve when the time's right. At least, that's what the old human said." Squirtle said.
"Ryan, you alright?" Ash asked as Ryan came up to him, Dawn, and Brock. Ryan noticed Dawn was in her pink pajamas, while Ash wore his blue jeans and a white undershirt, and Brock was missing his vest.
"Yeah, I'm okay." Ryan answered.
"Well, looks like your Eevee evolved!" Dawn said.
"Yeah, into an Umbreon!" Something puzzled Ryan though. "But... I don't know how or why Eevee evolved into an Umbreon."
"It could be because your Eevee must have looked at the moon while it was in the cage." Brock started to explain. "But that alone couldn't have triggered the evolution."
"Well, whatever it was, I'm glad it happened. Hey, guys!" Umbreon, Eevee, and Squirtle all turned to see Ryan with Ash, Dawn, and Brock a few feet away. They walked up to Ryan.
"You guys done talking? I figured I should leave you guys to talk."
The pokemon nodded.
"Alright!" Ryan gave a thumbs up to them. Pikachu and Piplup hopped from their trainer's and went up to greet the newly evolved Umbreon.
The teen gave a yawn and stretched his arms.
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm dead tired..."
Umbreon, Eevee, and Squirtle gave agreeing cries.
"Yeah, we'd better get back and sleep if we're going to get to Sunnyshore City." Brock said.
"Let's go!" Ash said as he, Dawn, Brock, Ryan, and the pokemon walked back to the camp.
The night sky. It's full of twinkling stars just sitting there. I would have never seen this in the city, although, the hill by the lake on the outskirts of town... I'm digressing.
I was underneath my sleeping bag once more after stopping Team Rocket... once more. I looked next to me- Eevee was cuddling up to the sleeping bag while Umbreon lay next to her. Squirtle was asleep, withdrawn in his shell. The funny thing? Even though Squirtle supposedly doesn't trust me, he's laying right next to my head. Right…
I smiled a bit. I know I got through to Squirtle, but I guess I have to give it some time... after all, after hearing about their predicament... I slowly put my hands behind my head as I thought about the day's events. A lot has happened in a few hours.
A need jolted through my head, giving me some energy. I slowly got up and out from the sleeping bag- can't disturb the pokemon- and slipped my shoes on.
My backpack lay on the ground next to three other packs. I went up to my pack to search for something. I had no idea what I needed, but I felt like I needed to... record memories somehow. I dug into the pack and instantly found what I needed- the notebook and pen from earlier.
I closed the pack and sat on a log, next to the extinguished campfire. A drive to write kept me awake. I started writing the moment I opened the front cover.
Day 1- Forest (Unknown)
I left Taylor and Carter alone for their alone time and thanks to an old man's suggestion, I went into a fortune teller's tent. She apparently needed a spare orb, and led me back into the back room to help. All I remember was putting that small orb into that hole, the white opening, and about... Arc-something. Next thing I know- an Eevee is licking my cheek. Yes, that's right. I didn't know it at the time, but I was definitely in another world. At first, I did think the two Eevee and Squirtle I met were probably robots or something, and I was probably stuck at some weird anime convention out in the middle of nowhere or something like that. Boy… that was a dumb thought.
But, anyways... the Eevee seemed to warm up to me instantly, but Squirtle seemed to distance himself from me. At the time, I had no idea, but Squirtle once belonged to a Pokemon Hunter who captured the Eevees' mother... I don't know the details, especially since a commotion stopped Team Rocket's Meowth from translating for me. I should explain later.
Eventually, thanks to the Eevee, we ran into Team Rocket. Yes! The very same from that Saturday morning cartoon, Pokemon! And guess whose Pikachu they were trying to steal? The one and only Ash Ketchum's! We helped him and a girl named Dawn out of their jam and blasted Team Rocket off. You know, now that I think about it, the redhead- I think her name was Misty? Wonder what happened with her? And a side note, Dawn seems... I don't know, familiar somehow? Call me crazy and all, but I just get the feeling.
Squirtle was poisoned from the battle, so Ash and Dawn led me to Brock. Him too! He's quite the breeder, like the cartoon says! You know, maybe this world is the cartoon? Then- wow. People might be watching this? Reading about this? Nah. I'm probably getting paranoid. I doubt it's the cartoon- life can't be sketched out like this. Its close, but no cigar. Again, I'm wandering off. Anyways, after Brock cured Squirtle's poisoning with a Pecha Berry, I sat down with them and talked. I almost let it slip that Ash and Brock were stars on Pokemon back at home. That... would have been a disaster. I'm definitely keeping it a secret.
We all decided to get to bed, and I saw Ash and Pikachu preparing to do the dishes. To be honest, I felt kind of bad, like a freelancer, so I felt the need to help him out. He went to bed while I took care of the dishes. Dawn showed up randomly, probably looking for Ash. Don't know why, but who knows? It's her business. She went back to her tent afterwards.
After finishing the dishes, I decided to sleep- to no success, since Eevee jumped on me and started licking my face. Does my face really taste that good? I hope not. She and her brother woke up from their nap, and I decided to see if Squirtle was awake. Team Rocket came from out of nowhere and caught us in a net, lifting us up into the air and putting us in a cage. I take it back- getting out of a net looks a lot easier in a cartoon, I mean, they just wiggle when they can just lift the thing up!
And that's when I found out small bits of information about the two Eevee and Squirtle. I convinced Meowth to translate their words for me. A hunter captured the Eevee's parents and tried to capture them too. Squirtle, even though he was the hunter's pokemon, helped the Eevee escape. And ever since, Squirtle's been taking care of them. That's all I got as the cavalry arrived. Ash and Dawn were struggling against Wobbuffet. I talked to Eevee to try to get it to do that attack with the swirling dark energy- wait, the Pokedex said Shadow Ball. Eevee looked tired, but he was the only chance of getting out of the cage. Suddenly, Eevee glowed and evolved into Umbreon! Umbreon busted through the cage with no sweat and distracted Wobbuffet as Ash and Dawn sent Team Rocket packing again.
After another Team Rocket blast off- they should patent the term 'blast off'- I let the pokemon talk for a bit- Squirtle and Eevee seemed a bit shocked at Umbreon. While they did, I asked about Eevee's evolution. Brock told me that the moon usually triggers the evolution, but that probably wasn't the only reason. Whatever he meant, I'm glad Eevee evolved when he did. I called the pokemon and we all went back to the campsite to sleep. Before I did, I scanned Umbreon for his attacks, and found out he could use Shadow Ball, Quick Attack, Sand- Attack, and Bite. Then, we all tucked in and fell asleep... most of us anyways. I'm still awake, dead tired, but awake.
I'm a mix of emotions right now. The gang said they were headed for Sunnyshore City for a Gym Battle- I finally get to see one live! Dawn is preparing herself for a Grand Festival- I definitely wanna see this! But... Carter, and Taylor. I need to get back to them as soon as I can. Problem is... how? All in a nutshell, I'm stuck in the Pokemon World with no way out- at least, not yet anyways. Even if I found a way out tomorrow... I can't leave yet. Not when someone needs help finding their mother... I'm still looking for mine too. All I know is, I'm not leaving until I find Umbreon's and Eevee's mother and get her back from that Pokemon Hunter. How? I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.
I stopped writing and yawned. It was time to wrap this up.
Okay, so in the past few hours, I-
Woke up in the Pokemon World;
Met Ash, Dawn, Brock, Team Rocket;
And I've decided to travel with Ash to Sunnyshore City.
Maybe I'll be able to find out more about Sinnoh once we're there... for now, I'd better get to bed.
I closed the notebook and got up from the log. I walked over to my pack, opened it, and put my notebook back in. I closed the pack and slipped my shoes off again to get into my sleeping bag. I settled in and looked around. Ash was asleep with Pikachu next to him. Brock also slept in a sleeping bag. I couldn't see Dawn, because she slept in her tent. I shrugged, and just peered into the starry sky once more. I had to get back to my world, but after I helped Umbreon and Eevee.
"The adventure begins... tomorrow."