"When a living being is born it is nothing but a bundle of skin or fur, scales or feathers, and wishes for nothing but sustenance and warmth. The being bonds with whoever gives it attention, be it mother or trainer, caretaker of family, we are alike in more than form and colour, we all have emotions, likes, dislikes and more, if it wasn't for the fur, sclaes or feathers .. they would have been just like us, if they aren't already"

Philip Aberworth,writer of the book 'Trust' (December 12th 2514)

Chapter Fifteen

Enter another unwanted travelling companion

The remaining part of the week we spent doing odd jobs in and around the center, my ankle healed well enough for me to stand and walk on it again, it wasn't sprained that badly or so Nurse Joy said, and we also trained our pokèmon a little .. or tried to.

Nate ignored me again and he walked away, only to return 2 days later with another of his smug expressions on his usually stoic face.

Garret tried to escape again only to be caught mid-air by another of Goliath's Fire Punches, and Bob made friends with every single miner in existance in this town, she walked in her usual slow pace towards the mines and came out being carried on the shoulders of a big scary miner-guy with a helmet and a shovel that reminded me of the scary guy in Eterna as he happily exclaimed in a deep voice about how Bob found another coal-digging-spot with lots of coal providing them with .. more coal ? When he saw me calling Bob he walked over to me and congratulated me with my 'Genius Pokèmon' and I mumbled and awkward "Yeah .. she's nice" before returning her to her pokèball and walking away to find Josh.

I found him with a teary eyed Danny who had all of his stuff in his own bag standing next to him and Josh looked like he just saw a ghost, or something.

Danny looked at me when he saw me and stuttered some words that I didn't quite catch before he repeated them, still stuttering, with a weak voice.

"I-I-i "gulp "a-a-a-m-m g-g-oing t-t-o q-q-q-uit tr-traveling for a-a w-while .. " he took a deep breath "I'msosorrypleasedon'thatemebutIdon'twanttodie!" he blurted it out without even breathing before he grabbed his bag and practically ran away, almost leaving a trail of dust, I frowned as I yelled at Danny to wait but to no avail, he was already too far away.

And with that, Danny left our little group.

I wasn't happy with what happened, sure I used him at first to get through Eterna Forest but that didn't mean I hadn't grown to like him, Josh probably considered him a friend too. But after what happened with Martin, the Gyarados attack and Ryan I didn't blame him for being scared and quitting, just sad.

While I was thinking I heard footsteps coming closer before Josh screamed and ducked behind me, I quickly saw what was the problem. There, a few steps from us, stood Amber who was smiling a scary smile before pouncing on Josh.

"Oh Joshie, how I've missed you !" she squealed before continuing in a dark voice "Why didn't you call" she sounded different than the last time we saw her.

Josh tried to push her off and I contemplated releasing Goliath to punch the probably bi-polar girl but decided against it, consider it another act of revenge for naming my Bidoof Bob. Yeah I still hold a grudge, who wouldn't when someone named a FEMALE Bidoof Bob ?

Amber continued to flirt (or I hoped that was what she was doing) and I quickly excused myself and walked back to the Center when I saw a flash of orange dashing away with a loud bark before it dissapeared behind a house. I shrugged, not thinking it was important and continued my way to the Center, once inside I noted that it was rather empty, most people already left, and I decided that we too needed to leave once more and with that in mind I went to search all my stuff (and Josh's) so we could leave tomorrow before setting out to find my pokèmon.

Nate took the longest to find and Garret wasn't even been out of his ball today but that didn't matter.

It turned out that Amber stayed at the center too and insisted on sharing a room with Josh who looked at me with a pained expression before I said the words that doomed him.

"Hey Amber .. do you want to give me your room so you can stay with Josh ?"
Amber's face suddenly got such a scary glow I unconsciously stepped back before she nodded and went to gather her stuff while exclaiming "Oh Josh we'll have such a good time tonight, it'll be great !"
Josh made a gagging sound before walking away, muttering about locking himself in the bathroom or drowning himself in the toilet.

I just grinned, revenge stays great.

After another non-canned meal we went to bed, I in Amber's room, and Amber in mine and Josh's. Boy this would be interesting. I let Goliath and Bob out for the night, they were the least likely to wander away (Goliath because he's awesome and Bob 'cause she's slow) so I let the land of dreams overtake me.

I woke up screaming and with a few drops of sweat on my forehead, the blankets being kicked from the bed. I had a nightmare, I was walking to the altar with some unknown girl while some idiot with a game-device of some sort was muttering about a girl named 'Zelda' being muddy and this scary guy in the back of the church was saying how he was some professional crime-lord who would kill me if I ever devorced his grand-daughter and this particular nasty Eevee was having a fight with Nate while Josh was crying over some T-Shirt that didn't fit Lola.

Really weird, and really scary.

After going downstairs to get breakfast I was once more given a nightmare-like scene.

Amber, exclaiming that she would join us, immediately.

Josh, laying on a couch, fainted.

Amber, smiling like the devil.

Josh, still not moving (He was breathing though, I checked)

Pancakes, burnt.
And suddenly I knew this would not be my day, or Josh's, or my stomach's.

When eating my burnt pancakes it hit me, if Amber were to join us we would have a girl travelling with us .. she would annoy Josh (Or flirt, how you see it) and would have ... female .. monthly .. stuff, you know .. stuff .. that happens monthly .. I heard my mom scream to my dad about getting chocolate when he was home for a few weeks and when he ran towards the door he told me "Jacob, never denie a woman when she has her monthly stuff" and I just nodded, apparently it makes you want chocolate or something.

I bet Amber would be even more scary than she already is.

Poor Josh.

Poor me.

Poor us.

After breakfast I gathered my bag and waited for Josh and our new and unwanted travelling partner Amber. Josh walked to me and went to stand behind me while saying "Shrimp .. she's the devil herself .. please have Nate eat her .. or even Paul !" and then he hugged Lola forcefully and the Lotad just let it happen while glaring at the smirking Amber.

"Good mornin' guuuuyz" she mumbled, stretching the word guys to unnecesairy lenght as she scratched her short hair while looking at Josh with a crazy look in her eyes.

"Ready t' go ?" she saidwalking to Josh. Then Lola lost it, she forcefully released a small beam of water right into Amber's face. She turned red first, then purple and then she grew her normal colour as she looked deadly calm, like a Persian she had this deadly calm grace on her face, knowing that her opponent (A tiny Lotad) would lose if she wished so. Then she said in a forced-cute voice "Awww how cute" the word cute sounded twisted and weird coming from her but I ignored it, again, it wasn't my problem.

The girl had problems.

Major ones.

Once we were out of Orebrugh we had to climb up some muddy road, a guy on a bicycle ended up being forced to lend us his bike to get up there, Amber ended up stealing his bike. When I confronted her about it she just shrugged "What ? he can't get up here without the damn thing and I don't particulary fancy walkin' all the way, don't you agree Joshie ?" Josh hid his face behind his once again glaring Lotad saying something like "I want her to leave, I want her to leave" over and over again.

After another hour of walking and me losing to a hiker that insisted on a battle we ended up in front of a cave, Amber drove her bike inside without even saying a word and I looked at Josh as we shared a silent conversation before he came up with a brilliant idea.

"How about we turn around and hide, leaving her in the cave while we .. go another way or something ?"
I grinned "Yeah .. I like the sound of that"
We both grinned and I recalled my pokèmon as we walked away.

Disclaimer: Pokémon is not mine, Jacob and the crew are (They may not like it)

Well .. I did update it ON Thursday didn't I ? anyway let's get on with the show:
1. Why did Danny leave ? He's a shy guy (or I tried to make him look that way) and he couldn't handle the stress and scary things he's seen.
2. Why did Amber join them ? Was only a matter of time, she has plans people .. good or bad ? you'll find out.
3. Why talk about a female's 'monthly stuff' ? With me being a girl myself and trying to make this as realistic as possible it was inevitable, it is REAL people, almost every girl has it so not having it at all is just weird so I had to point it out (This is the main reason Jacob is a boy) and if you read/are reading Apples the main character is a girl which will be very annoying to write with all the stuff a girl has.
Boys are just so much easier to write.

Reviewers:
Neelyn8r:
I always write sad things, it's my 'thing' I like it much better than rainbow sparkle stuff.
I already wrote you (several) *cough* mails about Steven, and Weevees, and weddings, and T-Shirts .. and tulips and mills :D
Glad you liked it, here is the 'less' sad chapter 15.

Omega The Omniscient:
I'm happy you like Falco, my mom once had another Dutch Partridge Dog named Falco :)
Yes I have summer vacation, if I didn't have it I would have died years ago.
It's the reason I made that chapter, I don't like to rush things in one chapter where they are crying one second and happily chatting the next, their 'trauma's' will return on a later date because no kid can live normally after this, how I'm going to do this however is still a mystery (can't have them being scared of every leaf)
I like writing from other people's perspectives but I mainly stick with Jacob's cause he's the main character and all that stuff.
Pierre will return, like Ed (I probably like him the most out of the whole crew, except maybe Goliath because he is amazing)
No breaks for now and an even more busy schedule so I can't say when I'll update again ;(
I don't want a real tradegy with only crying and stuff, it still has humor .. I think .. hmm ..
The worst that can happen, honest answer ?
I will be riding my bike to school, in the rain, when my favorite horse just died so did my computer, my parents and grandparents and brother as well, my dog will be run over and I will have multiple tests in one day only to end up being drowned when some random flood will come.
Most positive ? Winning the lottery and moving to Texas.

TwewyReaperGirl:
Won't quit hockey, promise !
Just updated (as you can see) and the chapter is less sad than the previous, although another horrendus tradgedy might just happen ;)
Anyway, really glad you got the guts to review so you get this chapter's cookie/medal/award/whatever you want and please do review again .. I likez reviewzzz ... *drools*

Next update might take a while ... won't be longer than a week and a half though I PROMISE you that.