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Spring time was always my favorite season. It wasn't too hot nor too cold, though it did have it's wild days where the weather would always be out of whack. Usually I'd be inside in my comfy bed, watching T.V or something. What was I suppose to do now that I'd be more than likely stuck to the out doors?
I sighed as I subconsciously fixed my hair. My brown was brushed and straight, with a black bow to pull back my long bangs. I wore a plain white tank top with a jacket over it just in case it ever got cold. I also wore a pair of skinny jeans with skater shoes. As I started to trek to New Bark, where I was suppose to 'surprise' my sister, I was already regretting my fashion choice. Though I did look fabulous, like I oh so always do (Which was sarcasm for those of you who don't know) , it wasn't made for going through tall grass or anything like that.
Though I was specifically told by both of my parents not to go in to the tall grass because wild Pokemon would attack and I currently don't have any to protect me. Luckily for me, the road to New Bark had ledges that gave me a safe passage through Route 29.
I know Route 29 like its the back of my hand, considering I had to travel it a lot if I ever wanted to visit my sister Maddie. Since she lived in New Bark town so she can work for the professor.
I tightened the strap of my backpack , as I felt awkward carrying it around like some camp trooper or something. Then technically , I would be considered as a camp trooper, because I'd be , for the love of Arceus, camping.
I made a disgusted face as I thought I'd be spending most of my time out doors. Shoot! I don't even like Pokemon all that much.
It's the reason why I never set off in my Journey in the first place. I was never good in the out doors, I was way to lazy for that. Plus, I had always felt like if I order a Pokemon around they could just as easily turn around and kill me right off the spot.
Every kid is always so excited for the day of New Spring, today, because it's when the Lab opens it's door for the few Starters they have and give it out to new Trainers so they can start their Journey out to the world of Pokemon.
I guess technically you could start your Journey anywhere with any Pokemon, but it was just preferred to at the beginning, because generally a lot of the weaker Pokemon lived around the peaceful part of the region.
Oh man. My peace and quiet. It'd be ruin now. I'd have to deal with the cries of Pokemon, and the screams of young twerps always wanting to battle. I was starting to miss my home, more and more.
Damn Mother and her persistent nature to get me out of the house. If I die out here, I am pending it on her sorry ass.
As I was deep in thought of just how I was going to survive this torturous trip, I heard a cry. It was a young cry, that had a consistency of pain. I stopped in my tracks, as I listened.
It wasn't coming very far away, and the cries only to seem to get louder. I saw the direction from where the cries was coming from; the tall grass.
When I say tall grass, I mean tall grass. The grass usually went up to a persons' thigh, even sometimes to their waist if they were short. Luckily, I was not one of them as I reached the height of 5'7.
I stood there for a minute, did I really want to know what was happening to cause all those cries of pain?
I took one step away from the grass, towards my destination. My heart felt heavy as I was leaving something defenseless. What if it really needed my help?
So going over my better judgement , for a heavy heart, I disobeyed my parents number one rule: not to go into the tall grass.
I mean, they would understand this, I was hopefully going to save something or someone. Or at least see what was going on. I just couldn't leave the scene of the crime.
As I trudge through the tall grass, quite easily I might add to my surprise , I found the source of the sudden cries.
A Ralts laid there powerless as three Pidgey's and two Sentret's gained up on it. I knew Pidgey's were evil, but nooooooo, nobody wanted to believe the social anxiety girl.
Mustering up the little courage I had from the start, I yelled out to them. "Hey stop that!"
Like my voice was apart of the wind, it had died down to deaf ears. They ignored me and continue to peck and tackle the poor creature.
I could turn back now, say I tried my best their was nothing more that I could do. It was the way of world might I mind you. Pokemon ate other Pokemon for food all the time, I saw it in a documentary on T.V.
But it was different seeing it happen right in front of you. So I picked up a pebble and threw it at them. My aim was off , so it didn't hit any of them, but it was so close. A Sentret turned around and did a grueling growl that'd you would think you would only hear in horror movies.
Nerves in my throat, I thought about turning around again. Leaving this place so I would be safe and out of the tall grass. It wasn't my fault that the Ralts got himself into this predicament. So why should I save it's arse? I don't even have Pokemon of my own!
I started to wiggle out of the grass until the Ralts looked at me in the eyes. The despair in the eyes had hit me right in the soul, as he struggled more to get out of the beating he was receiving.
I stood frozen as the Ralts and I made eye contact. I just couldn't leave this thing to die. So in the spruce of bravery, I swatted at the Pokemon for it to get away from harmed Ralts.
"That's enough, you hear me? I think this guy had enough." I told the wild pokemon, as I stood in front of the Ralts protecting it.
Instead of leaving like I had hoped, they turned on me. Nasty glares that I had received was none other that I have experienced before. A Sentret tackled me at the knees, making me fall down.
I was on all four, shortly shocked. Had a wild Pokemon really just attacked me? It took me a few seconds to register just what type of a messed up situation I just got my self into.
"Shit..." I cursed to myself. I always seemed to get myself into trouble.
A Pidgey tried to go for the Ralts again, which I swatted at it with my hand. It beaked at my hand, causing it to bleed. I got on top of the Ralts , protecting it with my body. I wasn't going to let anything hurt it now, not while I was here.
Two Pidgey's pecked at my back as the third on pulled and clawed at my hair. I let out a sound of pain, as I tried to shake the birds off. They kept coming after me harder.
The two Sentret's teamed up and tackled me at the same time, sending me flying two feet from where I was. Rolling, I was trying to get on my stomach again, since your stomach was the softest place on your body. If I gave access to the Pidgey's to my stomach, I'd be dead before my 'adventure' would even start.
The Ralts squirmed in my hands, not making it any easier to protect. Didn't this thing knew how to stay still? I got on my stomach again, huddling the Ralts to my chest.
"It's okay little fellow it's-arrgghhhh!" Another Pidgey slammed its beak into my back, my head jerking forward as a reaction.
The Sentret's started to scratch my arms, to get to their prey. I didn't know how much longer of this pain I could take...
"Turtwig, Use Razor Leaf!" A mysterious voice called out. Talk about a save a damsel in distress cliche.
The Pokemon scurried away, rustling in the grass and the flapping in the wings were the sounds of their escape.
"Yeah! Run you cowards!" I called out to them, shaking my fist at them as I sat upright. I rubbed my hands together as I started to get up.
"Look hey man, thanks for-" I got a good look at my savior, my jaw slacking. Man, this boy was gorgeous. He was tall, taller than me, with the softest looking sandy colored hair I have ever seen. He wore it long as it barely went above his eyes. His eyes were a mixture of green and yellow, like mini suns were shining and doing some sort of rain dance with the way they sparkled. His smile was bright, kind, like the Lord himself had gave him to gift of whiteness.
Of course, seeing a pretty face like his, I started to goof up my words.
"S-saving me." I finished slowly, heart pounding as my knee started to shake with nerves.
"You're welcome." He smiled, then he rubbed his chin in confusion.
"Hasn't anyone told you it's dangerous to be in the tall grass being as inexperienced as you are?" He asked me, peering at me up and down. I could feel the heat raise up to my cheeks and I tried to lower my head to hide my face from him.
"Well if it wasn't for this Ralts I wouldn't be in here in the first place!" I proclaimed, sticking my nose in the air, my face turning more bright red from embarrassment. He stared at me for a minute, like he was observing me as if he was trying to decide if I was just stupid or just idiotic. Which was the same thing so I didn't see why it mattered.
He then turned his attention to Ralts who was sniffling at his wounds. I watched the mysterious man walk over to the hurt Pokemon. With curiosity, I walked behind him to see what he was going to do.
He smiled at Ralts and gave his hand out. At first the Ralts flinched , but once it realized that the man wasn't going to hurt it, he too then peered at the man with curiosity.
"Hey there , you took a beating back there. Here this should help. " He smiled at the creature as he reached in his bag to bring out a purple little spray bottle. Both the Ralts and I look at the bottle with confusion .
"What is that?" I asked, peering over his shoulder. He looked over his shoulder quickly, making me jump by his sudden movements.
"How do you not know what a Potion is ?" He asked. I blushed again. How did I not know what a Potion looked like?
"Erm, I know what it is, I just never seen very many, thank you very much." I said in a defensive voice , crossing my arms. I seethe in pain as my back had probably a few holes in it .
I touched the back of my head, my hair was starting to mat up with blood that was starting to dry up to my scalp. My eyes widen as I stared at my blood covered hand. I started to feel a bit faint, as my knees grew weak.
Unexpectedly, like fast as lightening, to strong hands caught my shoulders.
"Whoa there, don't faint on me now. Now let's take care of your wounds." The mysterious guy said, placing me on a rock. My eyes started to get heavy as the started to droop to the ground. Snaps in front of me jolted me awake.
"You can't pass out, I don't even know your name." Which was the truth. I didn't know his name either.
" I could say the same for you." I snapped back. My eyes glossed, I looked around until my eyes fell on the Ralts. He looked perfectly fine, and was even smiling. He actually looked cute.
I could feel the man wrapping up my head to stop to what little bleeding was going on.
"Touche. My name is Langston. Langston Davis. "
Langston Davis... What a name... I said it slowly, so I could get use to it on the tip of my tongue.
"Langston... Nice to meet you Langston... Mine name is Karma Rouge. " I pulled my arm around my shoulder so he could shake it. To my surprise, he did.
"That was brave of you to save that Ralts. I have a question for you. Why did you do it?" He finished wrapping my head and started to swab the cuts in my back.
"Well... I just couldn't leave the little guy on his own. That'd be cruel."
"Little girl."
"What?" I turned around to face Langston.
"The Ralts is a female." He smiled as my jaw slacked. Of course it'd be a female and I would make the gender mistake.
"Oh. Of course it's a female. I knew that..." I covered my face with my hand. Why did I have to be so stupid? Now it was my turn to ask a question.
"Why are you helping me? I mean, being so nice to not only save me from hurting myself more then I already have, but to go as far as to fix me and the wild Ralts up."
I looked to see his own Turtwig talking to Ralts in a Pokemon language that I sadly couldn't understand. Though, wouldn't that have been great to have an ability like that. Though, it could have it down side too. Now that I think about it, maybe it wouldn't be such a great thing to have.
"I'm a nice guy. Besides, once I seen you take on those wild Pokemon fearlessly, stupidly too might I add, I just felt compelled to help you. Where are you heading to anyways?" He patted my back to show that he was done .
"New Bark, to visit my sister and get a Starter Pokemon since it's the Spring Day. "
"Really? I just came from there. Since I already had my Starter Pokemon, I decided to go on ahead and let the other three choose their Pokemon. Apparently there's some sort of twist. I didn't stay long enough to find out. "
"Yeah, my sister told my Mom that today or yesterday. Which ever day it was. But there are three more people?"
"Yep. So you ought to have fun with that." He flashed me a smile as he stood up.
"Well I better let you go now and be on my merry way. Cheerio. Come on Turtwig." He called his Pokemon to him, which obediently followed behind his footsteps. I sighed as I watch him left. So much for that friend ship. At least he did helped me out in my own predicament that I was stuck in.
"Bye Langston!" I called out, waving. He slightly turned around, smiled kindly, and waved back.
I almost swooned until I got myself together. He was just a boy. And I was just an extremely awkward girl that would probably never meet him again.
Joys.
I went to my back pack that I had apparently threw to the ground when I went to save the Ralts. I had a sleeping bag, an extra pair of clothes, pj's, bras and underwear, pastries, and a few snack items if I ever needed them. I hope that this would be enough for the trip. I sighed as I tidy the objects in my bag. I picked up the back and tighten it up around my shoulders.
I turned to the Ralts. I had done my job for the day, so why hadn't it left yet?
"Well..." I drawled out awkwardly. I've never directly spoke to a Pokemon before. The only Pokemon I had really ever interacted with were my sister's friendly bunch. My parents never had a Pokemon as a house pet when I was younger, so I never really had much experience.
"I better get going now. Erm, bye?" I rolled a little on the balls of my feet as I did a sharp turn to get out of the tall grass.
"Ralllll?" Its confused cry made me stop in my tracks. I looked over my shoulder to see the creature had it's hand to her mouth as her head was tilted.
I forced a small smile to her, and waved goodbye. I probably took about ten steps until I had heard grass rustling behind me. I looked behind my shoulder to see that the Ralts was following me. I turned to her with a frown.
I bend down so she could see my face better.
"Hey, I already saved you. Now shoo shoo-" I waved my hand towards it dismissively- "you don't belong with me. Go home. Leave." I guess it had not got my messaged as it ran to my leg holding a death grip on it.
"Hey!" I lifted my leg to shake it off. It wailed holding on. I quickly lost my balance as I started to fall backwards. Flailing my arms to gather my balance back didn't exactly work as I landed on my butt.
The Ralts continued to sob , latching tightly around my leg. Panic risen to my throat . I didn't even know how to handle a crying baby, let alone a crying Pokemon.
"Shhhh, shhh, hey it's uh, it's okay. Just-just stop with the crying, okay?" I raised my my hands as a surrender sign. It had quieted down to sniffles, which a wave of relief had filled me. Thank Arceus. I sighed as the Ralts started to rubbed its covered eyes.
Now what was I suppose to do with this thing? At least it had let go of the death grip it had. Leaving it here was out of the question, since all she would do is follow me.
Maybe Maddie could do something about her, maybe even give her to a nice trainer.
"Come on Ralts, we only have a few minutes to go. I'd like for you to meet someone." I told the little creature as I stood up. I started to walk without it, as I heard it cheered of it's success.
As the young female Ralts trailed behind me, I couldn't help but have my mind wonder back to my blonde savior...
Thank you for reading Chapter Two. I hope you enjoyed this Chapter!