A/N: I'm back! And I would like to specially thank Riley Sky for allowing me to feature their story! It's a really great story, called 'Breaking the Spell' and if you haven't read it you really should!
"Guys! I'm back!"
"KELLYN! READ!" Solana shouted at the bewildered boy who had just returned. She shoved him the laptop. "It's in nobody's point of view, so read! Everyone's waiting."
"Wha? Why me?" He asked.
"Just do it." Lunick groaned. "Once Sol's decided something, there's no arguing."
"Okay…" Kellyn agreed. "Only the first part. Then, YOU can read, Solana."
"Alright!" The girl agreed. "READ!"
In forest of tall trees, under the shroud of night, a little boy dashed through the forest. His heart was pounding against his chest, breaths were becoming harder, energy slowly draining. But it didn't stop him from running. He had to keep going. To get as far away as possible.
The boy had seen too much…he witnessed things no person or pokemon should ever stumble upon. If he had only listened…just seen the warnings…had the common sense to turn back….
But no…instead he endured pain unlike anything else.
Even now the boy could feel some of that pain. Like heavy lock and chains were burdening him, crushing his heart and soul. As though he were constricted by some invisible force. It wouldn't for another day or two yet till he found what that force was.
After the boy made it out of the forest, he still kept on running. He didn't stop till he came home. That night was like a nightmare….an unshakable, real nightmare….
"Who's the mystery boy?" Keith asked. "Meh, we'll find out later."
"Oh, yes we will." Solana smirked evilly as Kellyn passed her the laptop. "My turn!"
At the same time, on the other side of the world…a girl was undergoing nightmares of her own.
She had been running too. But never went anywhere.
Instead this girl's body clung to the bed and her face scrunched at the pain of her mind. The pain her never-ending nightmares gave her. She was being followed…no…chased…by dark, sinister shadows. No matter where she went, no matter how much she cried and begged for it to stop…the shadow still stalked her like prey. Each scream was trapped inside herself, unheard by anyone else but the shadow.
The girl kept wishing to wake up…but when would she?
"Okay, super suspenseful." Summer stated. "Rhythmi, can we please read the first chapter now?"
"Alright…" Rhythmi sighed. "But YOU'RE reading first."
"YAY! I'll read!" Summer grinned, snatching the laptop from Solana.
"Bravo. Excellent work. Heh heh…"
"Mr. Kaplan…" Everyone immediately groaned.
Kate turned away from the pichu, her very first capture. There was a man slow-clapping just some distance away. His face tilted up, revealing the features that were once darkened by the shadow of his cap.
"My name, it is Kaplan. Congrats, you're now a member of our army…an elite school of power no one has seen before…" The man told her. "As proof of your admittance, you shall keep the styler you have used for the test. With your help, we will take over th…"
"KAPLAN!"
Kate jumped at the sudden yell. Kaplan reacted the same way, though looking nervous as he saw the woman at the front door storm up to him.
"Yeah, Ms. April!" Kate grinned. "Oh, hey! This story is about me!"
"I thought I told you to stop scaring our students!" She snapped.
"Sorry, sorry!" Kaplan chuckled, uneasy. "The timing was just too perfect!"
The woman rolled her eyes. Kate gave a sweatdrop at the whole performance.
"Er…ahem." Kaplan turned to face Kate again. "Congratulations, you've passed our entrance exam with flying colors! Really…your skills are advanced for a newbie. You sure you haven't held a styler before?"
"No but I saw a lot of ranger captures in Ringtown." Kate replied with a smile.
She must've picked up some of their techniques while watching. Whatever it was, it got her in! Kate was on her way to become a ranger, her lifelong dream! It took every ounce of control not to jump around and do a victory dance.
"Starting today, you are now a student at the Ranger School!" The woman said to Kate. "I'm your teacher, Ms. April. It's a pleasure to meet a new student with such potential! Now let's introduce you to the class."
"Let's go!" Kate cheerfully followed Ms. April out of the Capture Hall.
"Have fun!" Kaplan called after them, just as Kate shut the door behind her.
"That's it! Who wants to read now?" Summer asked. Lunick immediately shot his hand up. "Okay! Here you go!"
"Thanks." He grinned.
Keith had been fast asleep on his text book when there was a shout. Something about…caps? Did some idiot get caught wearing a hat in the building again? Probably got yelled at.
"Go figure." Ben snickered. "Keith sleeping in class."
Ms. April walked in a few moments later, grabbing the attention of the other students.
"Morning class. Sorry to keep you waiting!" Ms. April happily greeted.
"Morning Ms. April!" The class called back, though Keith was too sleepy for enthusiasm.
"Hey Ms. April!" One of the kids raised their hand. "Didn't you say we had a new student coming today?"
Oh yeah…Ms. April did say something about it…Keith wasn't paying attention but he did hear the words "new" and "student" before. Well whoever it was couldn't be a better ranger than him. Keith was already ranked as best in his class and the other class was impressed. NO one could beat him.
"Hah, right." Kate scoffed. "I'm a better Ranger than you any day."
"Are not."
"Are too."
"SHUT UP AND LET MY PARTNER READ!" Solana shouted. Kate and Keith quickly shut up. "Okay, go Lun."
"I was just about to talk to you about that!" Ms. April said. "Anyways, due to some circumstances, our new student had to transfer to the school a few weeks later than usual. But anyways, here she is!"
The door opened and everyone looked. Keith found himself staring at a girl walking up to the front of the class. Two spiky pigtails made from her brown hair, light skin and cerulean eyes. Not exactly bad looking.
"I KNEW IT!" Rhythmi shouted. "You like her."
"Do not!" Keith grumbled.
"Care to tell us about yourself?" Ms. April asked.
"I'm Kate Leon and I'm from Ringtown in Fiorre." She introduced herself. "I'm here to be a ranger!"
Perky and confident, hm?
"Keith, what's with the big grin?" Ms. April questioned him.
"It's going to be too easy to take her down." Keith thought, smirking.
"Anyways, you'll be sitting in the desk next to Keith." Ms. April told the girl.
Kate looked at the empty desk and then at Keith.
"You mean the guy with the exploded red hair?" She joked, sending the class into giggles.
"Ha, nice one!" Ben chuckled. Keith sent him a glare.
Oh ha ha ha. A comedian. He was not goin easy on her now…
"That's it for treating you like the new girl!" Ms. April said as Kate sat down in her seat. "Now you're all my students who I take pride in to teach!"
Ms. April started to write on the black board.
"Today will be a free session. You're advised to make up any missing work you might have." Ms. April instructed. "Remember, let's all try our hardest to become rangers, operators and mechanics!"
The class burst into cheer.
"I'll be in the staff longue if you need me." Ms. April looked over at a blond girl. "Rhythmi, could you please show Kate around the school?"
Just seconds after the teacher left, Kate was surrounded by the entire class. She sweatdropped over the fury of questions that fired right at her. Ha. She'd never last as a ranger if she couldn't even handle this.
"Hey so what's Ringtown like?"
"Why'd you come to school late?"
"What made you want to be a ranger?"
"What do you think of the school so far?"
"HEY! New kid!" Keith shouted over them.
Everyone stopped, looking right at him.
"Dunno what your name is or if I care, but how long did it take you to capture the pichu? An hour?" Keith huffed.
"Hardly any time at all." Kate shrugged off his remark like it was nothing.
Keith didn't seem to faze her at all! Nothing! Nada! What the heck was with her?
"Don't listen to him." Rhythmi advised. "Keith's just a big show-offy jerk most of the time."
"I can hear you." Keith rolled his eyes.
Kate chuckled.
"Pay attention to me. I'm Rhythmi and I'm here to be an operator!" Rhythmi introduced her self, ignoring Keith.
"So you can help rangers and pokemon right?" Kate guessed.
"That and order Keith around." Rhythmi replied.
"You'd have to make me listen first!" Keith objected.
"Anyways, here's the classroom where we learn." Rhythmi started. "As you know, our teacher's Ms. April. Just don't make her mad. EVER."
Rhythmi started to guide Kate out of the class. Everyone went back to their seats, starting to study. All except Keith who was trying to think of a way to really test this new girl…
"Really, Keith?" Kate snickered. "Finding a way to test me?"
"Yep." Keith smirked.
"You two…" Rhythmi laughed. "Okay, I'll read next."
Kate followed Rhythmi around the school, absorbing every detail. She was shown to Mr. Kincaid's room, though Kate wondered how no one died choking on hairspray fumes. After the "don't run in the halls" lecture, Rhythmi dragged Kate to the staff room and gave a proper introduction to Principal Lamont, who was quite happy to meet the new student. Then the library (also, Rhythmi teased, Keith's nap room) with an introduction to Issac the super genius and Ponte the marshmallow boy.
Next came the dorm rooms and Janice. Following up was a sentence or two about the "forbidden basement" and then to the training gym outside with Mr. Kaplan (Mr. Oh no you found my secret hide-a-way!) and Ms. Claire (who warned not to believe in Kaplan's conspiracies).
"EEEEEEEEEK!"
Kate and Rhythmi heard the scream the moment they set foot outside.
"Come on! Let's go see!" Kate grabbed Rhythmi's arm.
"Not so hard!" Rhythmi whined as Kate dragged her to the center of school grounds.
"I wasn't whining!" Rhythmi exclaimed.
"Story." Ben reminded her.
Janice, the caretaker, stood panicked as the bidoof ran in all directions like crazy. Kate sensed Janice had done something to set them off…wasn't entirely sure what but it was enough to make bidoofs freak out.
"I was wondering what the ruckus was." came a smug voice.
Kate saw Keith walking from the front doors over to the scene.
"Keith! Help us out here!" Rhythmi shouted.
"Heck, it'd be boring to just help." Keith sighed in a bored manner. "Hey new kid! Still have no clue what your name is but I challenge ya! Whoever catches the most bidoofs win!"
"Oh, wow, Keith…" Solana chuckled.
"Honestly…can't you even make an effort to learn her name…" Rhythmi muttered, rubbing her temples.
"You're on redhead!" Kate accepted, raring to go.
Kate didn't mind in the slightest. Sounded pretty fun actually. Plus she wanted to put that arrogant jerk in his place.
"And in five….four….THREETWOONEGO!"
"Who wants to read now!?" Rhythmi offered. Ben shot his hand up. "Okay, here you are!"
"I win! WOO!"
Keith was cheering, showing off his ranger pose. 5 bidoofs to four. Close match but he was the victor.
"You two looked good at it too." Janice complimented, stroking the head of the bidoof leader.
As Janice started to head off somewhere with the bidoof (with many apologies for stepping on their tails), the three students faced each other.
"Not a bad game. And you handled those bidoof way better than I thought you would." Keith said. "Maybe you have some potential after all, Kate."
"Keith you idiot! You DID know her name!" Rhythmi beamed, in a crafty way.
Keith was mumbling something under his breath, annoyed.
"Oh yeah! Kate, we still have one place left!" Rhythmi suddenly remembered.
"Do you mean the Ascension Square?" Keith questioned.
"Yep." Rhytmi answered.
"Well I'm goin with." Keith said.
Both guided Kate to the stairs that led down the cliff. Kate remembered this place from before, when she docked to school the first time and where Kaplan greeted her. It was a nice open field with a small wooden pier and a stone statue of the ranger symbol.
"This is the Ascension Square and that statue is our Stone Pledge!" Rhythmi spoke. "If you make a promise here, then its bound to come true!"
So THAT was what it was called. Kate never did get to appreciate the beauty of the statue until then. Kaplan had raced her off to the test.
"Thus concluding Rhythmi's Journey Around School!" Rhythmi announced. "I just know we'll be the bestest friends ever!"
"Hey come on!" Keith shoved Rhythmi to the side. "Forget her. Be friends with me?"
Both the blonde and red looked steamed, ready to plunge straight into war. Kate stood in between them.
"How about we just all be friends? The three of us?" Kate nervously offered, trying to keep them at bay.
"Kate, that was a good idea." Summer grinned. "Look at you guys now."
For a moment, they glared at each other with suspicion.
"If blondie's cool, then so am I." Keith finally said.
"And I am…fire-head." Rhythmi agreed.
"I promise to stay friends with you guys forever." Kate pledged, pumping her fist into the sky.
"Promise!" Keith and Rhythmi did the same.
The bell rang. Kate had challenged Keith to a race which he accepted right off the bat. He snickered at Rhythmi who tried to keep up.
But there was one question on his mind as he charged up the stairs.
Would they ever find out the truth about him?
"The truth about me?" Keith asked, confused. "What does that mean?"
"Oh, I dunno. Are you, maybe, hiding something?" Isaac asked. Keith shook his head. "Sure…"
"Hey, I got an idea! Let's torture Ben some more!" Kellyn exclaimed, grabbing the laptop from Lunick. After a moment, he gave it to Summer. "Starts with you, again."
"Okay… uh, I'm really eager about the other story though." Summer stated. But I'll read."
"Hey! What's going on!" Ralph shouted. We had just arrived at Celebi's monument. And it was glowing. Not what I expected. But not what Ralph expected either. "Why is it glowing?"
"I... don't know." One man declared. Suddenly the light moved. Towards me. I froze. Everyone else ran away in several directions. The light dimmed, and in its place was Celebi. It circled around me excitedly.
"Bi bi!" It exclaimed. It seemed extremely happy to see me, as if I were some hero it had been waiting for. Suddenly, it started glowing again. Except this time it was bigger. And it lifted me off the ground.
"H-hey! Celebi, what's going on?" I gasped in surprised. The world around me started to fade. "Celebi!"
Suddenly, I was no longer standing in the worn down ruins, but a newer, yet familiar place. There was a boy, about my age, standing there. He had blonde hair and wore strange clothes that I could only deem as ancient. He seemed surprised to see me.
"Celebi! Did you bring this girl here?" Celebi circled around me more. "Celebi! You brought her from the future, didn't you? I'm sorry, miss. My name's Ravio."
"I'm Summer." I smiled. He seemed like a pretty nice boy. "I'm a Pokèmon Ranger."
"A Pokèmon Ranger? What is that?" He looked at me, eyes wide with curiosity. He seemed pretty naive, too. "Do you mind telling me? Tell me everything, okay?"
"Alright. Let's see, how would Ben put it? Oh yeah! A Pokèmon Ranger has one job, and one job only!" I started enthusiastically. Exactly like my partner. Ravio looked at me eagerly. "Protecting peace and justice for people and Pokèmon!"
"Exactly is right." Keith snickered.
"Wow... That is so cool!" Ravio exclaimed. "Tell me more. Like why and how you're here. Celebi usually doesn't bring just anyone."
"Well... I guess it all started when me and my partner, Ben, were flying over Oblivia. I had accidently ditched him. I caught up with some bad guys, and they tried to shoot me down. I dodged most of their attacks." I explained. I moved my arm so that the young boy could see the burn. "Still hurts. Anyway, then Ben showed up. The bad guys, called Pinchers, were going to flee. But then their leader came. He insulted us. So Ben, being who he is, started insulting Red Eyes, the leader. Red Eyes tryed to shoot Ben out of the sky."
"Oh no!" Ravio gasped. I took in a shaky breath at the memory. "Then what?"
"I got in the way." I saw the boy's eyes widen in fear and astonishment. "I took the full brunt of the attack, and next thing I know, I'm on an island. That's where I met Pichu. And Booker. He took me back to his house, and we talked. And then I went after the Pinchers again. But I still don't know where Ben is. Or if he's okay."
"I'm sure your partner is okay! He has to be!" Ravio exclaimed. "Besides, there will be more chances to find out."
"Yeah. So, later, Ralph, a boy from the village, took me on a tour. When we came to Celebi's monument, it was glowing. Then Celebi showed up and brought me here." I finished. "That's pretty much it."
"Woah. You've been through a lot. But you need to get back, don't you?" He asked. I nodded. "Celebi will bring you home. Thanks for sharing with me. I guess... this is goodbye."
"We'll see each other again. Someday." I assured him. The world was already starting to fade. "And, hey, maybe then I will introduce you to Ben!"
"I'd like that!" Ravio called. "Bye, Summer!"
"Goodbye. Ravio." Before I knew it, I was back in the present. The others ran up as soon as the light dispersed, and soon I was surrounded by worried villagers.
"Summer! Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Ralph asked. I shook my head. "Good. Come on, Booker must be finished with Pichu's ukulele."
As we headed back to Booker's house, my mind was fillled with several different thoughts. There had been something different about that boy, Ravio. He listened to, and even seemed to understand, my situation. I had a feeling I would be meeting him again in the future. Or past, I guess. And then there was Ben. I kept trying to convince myself he was fine. He was okay. But for some reason, I refused to believe myself. Most things reminded me of Ben now. Looking up at the sky reminded me of when I last saw him. But looking at the ground reminded me that Red Eyes tryed to shoot him out of the sky. There was no escape.
By the time we reached Booker's house, I was rather miserable. And it wasn't may fault, really. But Pichu managed to cheer me up, playing its song. But I couldn't help but wonder, what was in my future?
Because, at the moment, I wasn't so sure.
"Lots of suspense in these stories." Solana commented. Summer nodded.
"Ben, your turn." She smiled, handing her partner the laptop. He grinned and began reading.
"Um, Red Eyes, sir? Should we loosen the rope some? The prisoner looks uncomfortable." I heard one of the Pinchers ask. That had to be the one that was assigned to guard me. She was probably the nicest one here. Red Eyes wasn't in the room at the moment. I knew because she was talking to him through an electronic device.
"No! We do not show compassion to our enemies..." Red Eyes voice trailed off, most likely trying to remember her name. She sighed.
"He may be our leader, but he is horrible at remembering names." She chuckled. The statement was directed to me. I appreciated having someone to talk to who wasn't taunting me about Summer. "Erin, sir."
"Yes. Erin. We do not show compassion to our enemies." Red Eyes ordered. "Just guard him. If he tries to escape, the whip is in the corner."
"Yes sir." Erin replied. I heard a click, and suspected that she had turned off whatever device she had on. "There is no whip."
"Yeah, I figured." I heard Erin chuckle again, before suddenly the darkness was replaced by dim light. I looked around. I could see again!
"There we go. No more blindfold. At least until I hear someone coming." I looked up to see a young woman, probably eighteen years old, hovering over me. She had blonde hair, and blue eyes. She wore a cap that concealed most of her hair, but I could see blue parts sticking out. I noticed she had a worn scar across her forehead. "The only reason I work for these dopes is because my sister does."
"Well, who's your sister?" I asked. She didn't seem to be related to any of the lower class Pinchers. She had a different outfit.
"Her real name is Jen." Erin started. "But everyone here just calls her Blue Eyes."
"Hey! Wasn't Blue Eyes in that other story!?" Rhythmi pointed out. "So she must be important!"
"Summer's turn!" Ben exclaimed. Summer grabbed the laptop from her partner.
"Ya know, if you need your Styler fixed, Rand's daughter could do it." Booker informed me. Rand was the Oblivia Region area Ranger. I had no idea he had a daughter. "Her name is Nema."
"Nema? Huh. Well, I'll go find her then." I grinned. It couldn't be that hard. And it would be a way to kill time. "Hey, while I'm at it, I can look for Rand. I kinda need to find him."
"Alright then. Have fun." Booker smiled. I was about to leave, but then Pichu took a hold of my leg. And it held on tight. I stopped, and looked back at it. It looked up with huge, adorable, sad eyes. "Looks like Pichu wants ya to stay."
"Well, Pichu. Would you like to be my partner?" I requested. It could help me. And it was just so cute! It nodded eagerly. "It's decided! Welcome to the team, Pichu."
"Pi Pichu!" It exclaimed. It played a few notes on ukulele. I grinned at my new partner. Pichu could help me find Ben, and I would help find its friends. And it would cheer me up.
Because I was about to really need it.
"Ooh, cliffhanger!" Rhythmi exclaimed. "Let's read the next chapter of One Last Summer."
"Alright, I'm still up." Summer grinned.
It all started at Oblivia, and for the most part, that's where it ended. Well, actually it started at the Pokémon Rangers Head Quarters a few weeks prior, but that's unimportant. Actually, come to think of it, it is a little important. Long story short, Professor Hastings sent my partner, Ben, and I to Oblivia to stop the Pokémon Pinchers, we beat them and now everything's at peace in Oblivia, and Ben and I got a vacation.
I was sitting on the beach located on Renbow Island, the one that faces where Dolce Island used to be. The entire island was obliterated a few weeks ago, five to be exact. Five weeks… in all honesty I couldn't believe it. Everything that happened on that mission lasted a good week in total. A single week was all it took to find Ben, find the guardian signs and save all of Oblivia , except Dolce Island.
"Pichu?" I turned my head and looked down, on the warm sand was the small Pichu with a blue ukulele, a single question was written as clear as the cloudless sky on his face. 'You okay?'
A faint smile crossed my face as the sea breeze blew my milk chocolate colored hair into my bark brown eyes. "I'm fine, Pichu. I guess I'm just still having a hard time believing that Dolce Island is gone. I mean all it took was one hit from that laser and it sunk, the first place I landed on Oblivia and the place I met you and Booker is gone." A sigh escaped my slightly parted lips. "I know I should be over it by now, but still." My somber gaze returned to the exact spot where the island used to be. "All those Pokémon lost a home that day, and I couldn't stop the laser from firing because I was too darn slow." The last four words were spoken harshly laced with self-hatred.
The electric Pokémon climbed onto my lap and put his head against my stomach, nuzzling me. That slight smile from earlier grew a little so that it wasn't invisible to the world. "Pichu pi." The little Pokémon whispered. I think he was telling me that it wasn't my fault and to stop thinking that it was, but it was my fault. If I had just been faster, if I had just gotten on Latias and flew up to the bridge and had her break the window, if I had just done something instead of just standing there enraged listening to Purple Eye's threats then Dolce Island might still be there and all the Pokémon that lived there could still have their original home. My smile vanished at thought.
It was getting late and the sun had started to set over the horizon, the air was becoming a little cooler, but the sand was still fairly warm from the day light. I just sat there, with Pichu still on my lap, watching the sun fall out of the sky and the moon rise behind me. The sky changed from blue, to pink, to gold, to black, and the stars started to ignite like lanterns, one by one until the sky was cluttered and set alight from their flames that would vanish with the suns rising in the morning.
A yawn broke the silence that had lasted for a good ninety minutes as we watched the sunset. I looked down to the small electric Pokémon on my lap- the little guy had curled up and looked like he was about to fall asleep right then and there. "Alright little guy," I whisper softly patting his yellow head "I guess you're right." The smile from earlier that had disappeared chose to return. "Time to go inside."
With a deep breath I gently picked up Pichu and stood up cradling him in my arms against my blue tank top that had a thick white strip coming down the center of it. In all honesty I didn't want to go inside, it was such a pleasant night, clear, not to cold, not to humid or hot, you could hear the Kricketots and Hoothoots from the Teakwood Forest, but… I'm only human, and that means I've got to sleep just like any other living creature.
I walked towards the cabin that was nearby, it was Booker's place, he told me I could stay there if I wanted, so I did. As quietly as I could I opened the wooden door and walked inside, sliding it closed on the way in, Booker tended to head to bed as soon as all the stars had been lite, and at this point they were. Slowly I tip toed past the boat that was still in progress to where the improvised bed they made for me was. Frankly I didn't mind that I was in the room with were all the boat construction took place, it always left the air smelling like woodchips and oak, 'sides I always woke up before Booker and his assistant, Nick, did. Nick's would have been asleep by now, he always went to bed a few minutes after Booker, guess it's because he wants to be a perfect assisant or something, I never bothered to ask.
Gently I place the tiny mouse Pokémon on the cream colored pillow next to the makeshift bed and cover him in a white cloth blanket. He was already asleep by the time his little head touched the pillow. I clambered on the makeshift bed that was laid out of me and tucked myself under the black fleece blanket, my head on the sand colored pillow. It felt like ages before I could finally get to sleep, I don't know why, but I had this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach; it was like when you get this bad feeling about something before it even happens, and you just can't shake it. Eventually I managed to push it back far enough so that I could let sleep take me. Though it was by no means peaceful.
"There's a break here. Should I continue?" Summer asked.
"YES!" Everyone else chorused.
There was a man dressed in a deep green, the green of pine trees, and next to him was a girl dressed in gray, soot gray. They were talking about something in front of a metal door. The lighting was dim, casting a plethora of shadows onto the walls that were laced withpipes and wires that formed intricate mazes. The male and female seemed frantic about something, the reason why, was unknown. I couldn't hear their voices, but I wanted to, I wanted to hear what they were saying, even though this was a dream.
That's when a scream tore through the air. It was unlike any scream I'd ever heard. It sounded like someone was screaming bloody murder, but at the same time it was a scream of pure pain and molten agony. The door slowly opened revealing a man dressed in soil brown. When the door closed it was slammed three of them together looked like someone decided to try and make camouflage and all they did was spill three colors of paint on a wall. The screams could still be heard in the background, though, even though they were muted by the door.
The girl in gray started a conversation with the man who just came out of the room, he seemed furious, boiling over with anger. The man in green joined in. It was as though they were trying to calm him down. But by the looks of it trying to set fire to water would have worked better. All the while the screams continued, though they seemed to be getting quieter and quieter over time, like, whoever it was, was loosing their voice. Part of me wanted to see what was happening in that room behind the closed door. But the other part seemed to be against it completely.
I took a step forward, then another, and another, it was like I couldn't control myself. The three people didn't slow down my movement; in fact it was as though they weren't even there. My body just seemed to phase through them. The screams still echoed from behind the door, I stopped my moving and just listened to it. For some reason the voice sounded familiar. That's when my body started to move again, and phased through the sealed metal door.
All I could see in the room was shadows, shadows, and more shadows. There was nothing in here. Yet there was. Something was moving against the farthest wall. The screams, which had now turned into whimpers and sobs, were coming from it. The closer I got, the colder it seemed to get. Chills were constantly being sent down my spine and my skin was riddled with goose bumps. Soon I could just barely make out the figure. It was…
"It was?" Keith asked. "Who was it?"
"I.. don't know…" Summer sighed. "Should I continue reading?"
"No, just stop there." Kate replied sarcastically. "Of course you should!"
"Right…" Summer laughed nervously.
I sat up, faster than a lightning bolt, in my makeshift bed. The blanket was on the floor in a heap along with the pillow. Pichu was right next to me, his small paws on my arms, looking at me with questioning eyes. Slowly I raised my hand to my head, only to find it covered in a thin layer of cold sweat. "Pichu?"
"I'm fine, Pichu. Just a bad dream." That was a complete lie. I wasn't 'fine' by any stretch of the word. But, Pichu seemed satisfied by that answer, so he snuggled up into the pillow and fell asleep again within seconds. That dream had actually scared me a little. "Who was that person…?" I whisper under my breath looking at the unfinished boat. About ten questions were making their way through my mind as fast as lightning, maybe even more that I weren't able to grasp, but I didn't want to worry about it. Not now, not here.
Slowly I rose to my feet and walked over to the door, kneeling down to put on my yellow socks, and blue sneakers with a red strip coming down most of the center and a white strap crossing over horizontally over the middle. With a deep breath I stepped out the front door and closed it as quietly as possible. I needed some time to myself. Maybe latter I could tell Ben about this. Then again… why should I bug him with something as silly as a nightmare? I lowered my head to the ground, staring at the dark tan sand. "Still…"
Maybe I should tell him… but maybe I shouldn't. Who were those three people? Why did they have that person, and were clearly hurting them? Who was that person anyway? If only I hadn't woke up, then, maybe, I would know. "Stop it, Summer." I mutter to myself. "It was just a dream, get over it." I raised my head and turned my gaze over to the ocean. "What if… it wasn't a dream…?" An almost silent chuckle escaped my lips. "Course it was a dream, what else could it be?" My mind seemed to reason.
The sun was starting to rise, bringing with it a new day. "Maybe I should tell Ben… nah… he shouldn't have to worry about it. 'Sides he'll just tell me I'm overreacting over a little dream." With that matter being settled I continued to walk on the sand. Not realizing what was about to happen would cause me, not only more sleepless nights, but everything. And it would make me wonder: why didn't I tell anyone?
"Yeah… why didn't you?" Kellyn asked. "One of us could've helped."
"Of course! You know, we're always there for you!" Solana smiled. "If you ever have a nightmare like that, come tell us?"
"I will." Summer agreed. "Maybe."
"Alright. We should hit the sack. I have to help with a big mission tomorrow." Rhythmi yawned. "That, and I'm tired. Night guys. See you tomorrow."
A/N: I'm back! Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! I don't own Pokemon nor the other authors' stories.