Me: Okay, I swear, I'll stop dying out for like, ever! I just have writer's block! My poor Pokémon FanFictions are getting so neglected...
Link: Draconis Kitten Sweetie sure as he-
Me: NO SWEARING!
Link: … As *heck* doesn't own Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Me: No need to be bitter…
Lucas: Oh… Uhm… Kitten also doesn't own 'Safe & Sound' by Taylor Swift. But suggests you check it out.
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With a small 'pop' of sound, the five of us stumble into the living room, alarming Midnight, who barks like crazy and pees on the floor. Link seems to come to first, if only because of the barking, dropping Lucas with a yelp and hiding behind the brown recliner we have placed next to the fireplace.
Ike, Marth and I temporarily forget about the PK kid, seeing as he's unconscious, and break apart. Ike leads Marth over to the couch, and said prince collapses onto the couch.
"Wha…" Lucas's eyes flutter open as he starts regaining consciousness, yelping when Midnight attacks him with kisses.
I edge towards the armrest of our brown recliner, perching on it and watching as Lucas regains full consciousness and leaving Ike to deal with it. Midnight backs off with a yelp as Lucas gets to his feet in a hurry, looking fearful.
"Wh-Where am I?" He asks. I suddenly feel extremely bad for him. He reminds me of my brother a bit… He doesn't give us time to answer, either. "Where's Ness? Are the police coming? Please don't hurt me!"
Ike looks overly confused, obviously not expecting such a response and had prepared himself for an argument. Though I do something stupid, and I blame my babysitting career for it.
I rise from my perch on the recliner, shooing Midnight away, and bending to be eye level with Lucas. The only one not watching Lucas and I at the moment is Marth, who is struggling to stay awake.
"You're safe, don't worry," I say soothingly. What? He's acting just like a scared little kid! "The police aren't coming for you, and we don't want to hurt you. And we aren't going to imprison you either."
Lucas looks up to meet my eyes, his a bit tearful from fright. "But where's Ness?" Dammit. I was avoiding that question.
"I don't know, sweetie," I say, unsure why I added that last part. "But we're going to find him. And you two will be safe and sound." Taylor Swift moment. Yessss.
Ike and Link look like they have no idea what to do now, Link vaulting over the recliner to sit in it as Midnight sits on the bend in our L-shape couch, right by Marth's head. Ike sits on the table, having few options left by then.
"…" Lucas doesn't say anything after that, letting me lead him to the only spot left on the couch and sit him down. He remains silent, until… "This is the second time he's gotten hurt from protecting me…" AWWWWWWW! HE'S TALKING ABOUT SUBSPACE EMISSARY!
I literally 'aw' at that, and barely resist from squeezing him in a hug. "But you saved him after that," I protest. He pulls his knees up to his chest, still looking like he's going to cry.
"Lucas-" I get cut off the second after I say that. Craaaap.
"H-How do you know my name?" He asks, looking fearful again. I keep forgetting they don't realize they were in a video game!
"I-Ike, Link, and Marth told me," I answer, though he suddenly seems to realize something else.
"Who are you?" He asks. He doesn't look as scared of me, but frightened none the less.
"I'm Paige, and it's a long story as to how I met you all," I say with a sigh. He nods, and resumes his little curled up position. I blink, then suddenly remember what I was going to say. "Lucas, we have something you need to do."
He looks up at me, and I almost 'aw' again at his puppy-like expression. He uncurls, and asks what I mean.
I sigh, and explain. Explain everything. About half an hour later, poor Lucas looks like his mind has been blown. I sigh, giving him a chance to digest all that information, and look outside at the setting sun, it being around seven thirty.
"I'm… I'm… Video game?" He finally gets out. He slowly rises to his feet, turning to look at me. "Why do I have to leave?"
"Because, this isn't your world," I say softly, looking to him with a soft expression. Ike, Marth, and Link remained silent this entire time. "You need to go back to where you belong."
Lucas looks like he understands, though voices one more problem with it. "I don't want to go with Ness."
I almost 'aw' again. They're the very example of best friends; the two boys are a wonderful pair… "I know…" I say sadly, bending over slightly to look him in the eyes again. "But we don't know where he is. I swear to you, Lucas, the second we find him, he'll be back with you."
"W-Why can't I just wait until then?" He asks, choking on emotion at the prospect of being all alone. Oh my gosh I feel like a terrible person!
"Because," I begin, almost hugging him again. "Something very bad could happen if something else were to travel in your tunnel, hole, thing, and I don't know how bad yet. We can't risk that. Please, Lucas, you have to understand."
Lucas looks to the ground, hanging his head slightly and nodding. "I do." A tiny teardrop falls to the ground.
I can't help it. I get up and hug him. The poor kid just found out he's fictional for crying out loud, and now I'm telling him he has to leave the world in which his best friend is in? I'd cry too! Ike and Link just look purely awkward and unsure what to do. Marth looks to be asleep.
I pick him up, as he doesn't resist and seems to be crying now, and walk to the door, struggling not to drop him. Okay, I can barely lift a ten year old kid. I need to exercise more. Link gets up and helps me, thank Arceus, and opens up the door to the backyard. When we get outside, I make my way down the three wooden stairs and to the edge of the dimensional hole thingy. I gently set Lucas down next to him, crouching at his level as he seems to be recovering from his crying now.
"You're going to be strong? For Ness?" I ask. He nods slowly, not wanting to look up yet.
"Just f-find him fast," Lucas murmurs. I nod, and honestly feel like I'm going to cry for him. Poor kid! He looks into the hole, looking a bit scared. He takes a deep breath, and I rise to my feet. Lucas clenches his fists in anticipation, and takes a small jump. He hits the light and fades into the hole, giving a small scream of fear. There's a 'pop' of noise and a flash of light. The ground rumbles, and almost every light I see on in the houses shut off, and I fall to my feet, dizzy. A car alarm goes off somewhere down the street, Midnight starts barking like a maniac, and my next door neighbors come out.
Link, who had waited on the porch the entire time, flees back inside when he sees my neighbors coming out.
"What the HELL was that!" Mrs. Monroe yells to me as she shuffles across her lawn to our backyard. I prop myself up by the arms, looking up at her. Ow… My head hurts…
"Paige, are you okay? What happened?" My neighbor on the other side of my house asks. She's a thirty year old woman named Amanda Brown.
I don't form a coherent response, too confused and still a bit dizzy.
"It sounded like gunfire!" Mrs. Monroe accuses, glaring down at me. Thanks. Accuse the confused girl on the ground of shooting a gun.
My neighbors continue to bicker, and I get to my feet shakily, noticing storm clouds overhead that hadn't been there before.
"Lightning…" I murmur, head pounding. The two of them look to me, Mrs. Monroe still suspecting I did something wrong and sweet Amanda worried for my well-being. I have such a diverse neighborhood.
"Are you okay? Did it strike you?" She asks, grabbing one of my arms to steady me and a hand on my back. I vaguely register that Midnight stops barking by now.
"N-No," I stammer, Mrs. Monroe shutting up to listen to me. "I think it hit the telephone poles and knocked out the power…" I mutter. Geez, I'm such a liar. "I got scared by the blast and jumped and fell… I think I hit my head on the ground…"
Amanda believes me, though Mrs. Monroe says she doesn't, yet walks away. I hate her.
"Would you like me to go get your parents?" She asks, starting to walk towards the back door. Yes… Please… WAIT! NO!
"N-No, I'll be fine, they can help me on their own…" I murmur, looking up to her, her brunette hair falling on me in her haste to help. "Thank you though."
"Okay, just stay safe," She says like a concerned mother. She gives me a smile and a small wave, walking back to her house. Honestly, I don't know how I can have a neighbor like her and then a neighbor like Mrs. Monroe.
I stumble to the back door, opening it and going inside. Everything is deathly silent for a second, then…
"Is it supposed to do that?" Link asks suddenly.
"Wah…?" I ask. I honestly do feel like I hit my head.
"The hole. And the… Electricity I think… Just vanished," He explains. Meh. It's too dark to think. I look to the cable box and Wii, and he's right, it's all off. I frown, going to the lamp and trying to switch it on. Nothing.
"That's stupid," I mutter unhappily. Ike lounges in the recliner, looking just as tired as Marth by now, starting to doze. I'm about to ask what I should do about Marth and Ike falling asleep, when I hear an annoyed groan from the couch.
"I can't fall asleep," Marth growls, head buried in a cushion. I giggle a little bit, and Link just rolls his eyes. Ike falls asleep on the recliner, legs over the right armrest and shoulders and head over the left.
"I'm dead tired and I can't fall asleep," Marth complains. Link says something I don't catch, seeing as I'm mentally screaming 'I told you so!' at Marth.
"I told you so," I say aloud and smugly. Link plops on the opposite end of the couch, asking what I mean. "The Monsters. They oozed caffeine, and now, because he probably doesn't have a very high caffeine tolerance, it's going to keep him up." Link snickers at Marth's failure, I continue to look smug, Ike snores softly, and Marth grumbles something about never going near another Monster again.
I get a little bit less dizzy and headachy, starting towards the kitchen to go get a Coke, when I step in a cold, wet puddle, which leaks through my socks as I had kicked off my shoes at the back door. Puzzled, I look down and remember our entrance. So we popped in, and scared Midnight half to death… My poor German Shepard… Who… I didn't take out this morning.
"Aw come on!" I whine. I sit on the armrest the puddle is right next to, nearly sitting on Link's arm on accident.
"What're you doing?" He asks, Midnight seeming to know I found her accident and slinking off to rest under Ike's head.
I sigh in aggravation, taking off my socks as best I can without touching the dog urine. "When we came in with Wish we scared the dog into peeing."
Link snorts a laugh, hopping over the back of the couch and avoiding the dog pee. "Smooth."
"Yeah, well you're going to clean it up," I say, balling up my socks and throwing them into the front hall after banking off the wall so I can throw them in the laundry room later.
"What?" Link asks incredulously. "Why should I?"
"Because," I say, adopting my smug grin again. "Someone needs to take her out and someone needs to clean up the pee. Now would you rather clean up the dog urine, or take the actual dog outside?"
"Yeah yeah yeah, I'm getting to it…" Said hero grumbles instantly after the choices. I beam, a gesture he can't see now that it's all the way dark. I hop off the couch, hopping to the doormat in front of our back door and wiping my now damp feet.
"Here Midnight!" I call and pat my thighs. The dog jumps up, barely missing smacking Ike's head. I open the door into the cool, May night air, and Midnight happily runs outside and into the yard where I can barely see her.
I walk out after her, letting her pee by the sound of it. Right about where the hole in the dimensions was. I lean against the shed we keep the pool supplies in, sighing to myself.
"I promise Lucas, we'll find him soon."
*SSBB*
"He finally fell asleep, I don't want to wake him," I argue, Link and I staring down at Marth, who fell asleep five minutes ago. It's around ten or something, I can't tell, the electricity didn't come back on yet.
"Well would you rather leave him here?" Link asks with an arched eyebrow.
"No, that's just weird, I want him to go back to my neighbor's house, but I don't want to wake him up to do so!" I argue. Link looks over at Ike in the recliner, and sighs.
"You know what, why don't you just let them stay here and I can go back to the neighbor's house," He suggests. I frown, finding the idea a bit uncomfortable, but going with it for now.
I open my mouth to say something, and the world explodes. Not really, just the lights all flash on and everything turns on at once.
"HOLY SHIT!" I bark, falling to the ground and looking around in fright. Link seems to have done the same thing, only more like a heart attack than just fright.
"I HATE electricity," Link finally growls. I realize that by everything turning on, everything from the toaster to the television turned on.
"At least it's not dark anymore…" I mumble. Link sighs and doesn't say anything, and I jog into the kitchen, going to turn off the oven, microwave, stove, and toaster. And the fan.
I travel around the house, turning off unnecessary equipment and leaving on a light or two in each room.
When I'm done, I find Link starting to fall asleep on the couch.
"I don't think so," I dead-pan when I reach him. He jolts, murmuring something about hating me, and informs me he's going to my neighbor's house for the night.
I nod, and follow him out the door, hissing unhappily about how cold it is.
"You didn't need to come…" He says with a yawn. I roll my eyes, saying that I did need to come, seeing as I refuse to hand over the key to my neighbor's house to them.
We walk in silence until we reach my neighbor's front porch, where I open the door and Link seems to wonder about something.
"That girl in yellow that appeared by the Brawl, you said she was Wish?" He asks. I nod, starting to get a bit drowsy myself and not willing to use energy to talk (I know, I'm lazy). "Why did she choose to follow you around out of everyone?"
I blink, caught off guard, stepping out of the door frame when it opens. "Uh… I don't know… I'll ask her or something…" I say with a shrug. He nods, and runs up the stairs to get to the bedroom he decided on upstairs. I vaguely register that half the back of his shirt is torn to pieces, probably from skidding along the ground when the magic bubble pushed us away.
Us. Me too. As in, I've been walking around for half the day with half the back of my shirt torn off.
Suddenly, I'm very glad for the darkness of night.
*SSBB*
I slip into my pajama shirt, having gone through two hours of debating showering and changing or just slipping on another shirt, the main factors of the argument being 'Will the guys wake up?' and 'What the HELL do I do if they wake up and I'm in the shower'? I ended up showering, but extremely quickly. Luckily, Marth and Ike both stayed sound asleep.
I climb into bed, joyful at the fact I can finally sleep, looking around my room and snatching up the six stuffed animals I always have with me. Midnight is curled up next to my bed, so I whisper good night to her.
"Good night magic…" I mumble, directing it at my fish. "Good night Draco…" I mumble, this time directing it at my bearded dragon. I have my eyes closed for not even a minute when I remember I didn't feed said dragon yesterday or today.
I sit up with a groan, cursing myself for being an idiot and climbing out of bed. I look to my phone (I hadn't reset my clock yet) to see the time, and eleven thirty greets me.
"Damn. I want to sleep." I take off the heat amp and calcium light, taking off the mesh as well and adjusting the big light I leave draped over the four foot aquarium. "Sorry, Draco, I'm such an idiot." The reptile merely stares at me in response.
I snatch up the plastic food dish with the dried up remains of his unfinished dinner, snatching up my iPod as well, and make my way down stairs. The sound of snoring greets me half way down the cream coloured hallway.
"No need to rub it in, I want to sleep too," I mumble to myself. I set up my station to chop all the veggies, taking out the container with the waxworms and setting them on the counter to wake up to be eaten.
"I thought you'd be asleep by now."
I sigh in agitation, trying so desperately hard to ignore her.
"What? You mad at me?"
"Or maybe you just don't like me."
"Or maybe-" I finally cut Wish off, glaring at her as she beams at me.
"Do you know how ANNOYING you are?" I ask finally. She beams and nods in response.
"Not my fault you're grouchy!" She points out. "It was YOUR wish with YOUR consequences!"
I roll my eyes, grabbing the cut up apple and half a carrot, then pull off a piece of dandelion greens. "Yeah, why is that anyway?" I ask, thinking about Link's question as I get out a peeler and a knife.
"Why is what?" She asks in confusion as I start peeling the skin off the carrot. Huh? An aspect of my life Wish knows nothing of? Is this a dream?
"What, you weren't there when I dropped Link off?" I ask with an arched eyebrow. Wish shakes her head.
"Nope, I didn't feel like following you." I shrug off her answer.
"But why did you pick me to follow around anyway? I mean, I'm not special," I say, slicing the carrot into tiny pieces.
"Oh but you are," Wish says with a dead serious expression. I stop turning around to face her.
"What do you mean?" I ask in confusion.
"I mean, it is prophesied that you will one day- Okay, I can't keep going!" She says, breaking her serious expression and bursting into a fit of laughter. I sigh, wondering how on Earth I ended up with her.
"I-I so had you going!" She says through her laughter. "You totally thought there was some ancient prophecy or something!"
"Whatever!" I say in exasperation, turning away from her again and dumping the carrot bits on the food tray. "Just tell me why you picked me to follow around!"
"Eh. I just randomly floated through you're town, thought you were amusing, and followed you around to survey exactly how amusing. Good enough for me!" Wish answers happily.
I keep my 'are you serious' expression until I can't keep going, finally just breaking out in a small fit of giggles. "To think you chose by how amused you were with the… charge? Target? Whatever. It's funny."
Wish continues giggling, and I continue giggling. Maybe she's not COMPLETELY annoying after all.
*SSBB*
Me: DONE. FINALLY. That was TERRIBLE. Writer's block SUCKS. I think I wrote the beginning of this chapter THREE TIMES. Anyways, I am SOOOO glad that's over. Heh, the ending of this chapter was extremely slow, I know. So I threw Wish in there to try and make it funnier. I promise, things will get spiced up eventually, it'll be more than just Wish, Paige, Link, Marth, and Ike soon. Anyways, without further ado…
Link: WHY. DOES. IT. ALWAYS. HAVE. TO. BE. ME?
To the unknown assassin:
Yeth! Thanks for the favourite! I'm so happy, this is now my most popular story! And you're welcome; it does!
To Espeonage Espeon:
Okay, I love your pen name. Espeon totally rock. And thanks for the favourite!
To Thundray10:
I was happy to have updated! And of course you get a welcome back! Heh, nice. I like badminton; it's a fun sport.
To Prototron MJ Tornada:
Okay, I'm sorry if I spelled your name wrong. I don't want to copy and paste, so I'm going back and forth and your pen name is very unique. Hehe… Haha, nice, I'm knew those cardboard boxes were suspicious. I'M ONTO YOU SNAKE! Ya ha! You also put my story on your alerts list! Awesome. You rock, Thank you.
To writerluber:
Hehehe, my day is made every time I see and email saying someone favourited my story, put it on alerts, or reviewed. Thank you!
To CEObrainz:
Thank you! And yes, Snake will be hard to find, though he can't hide the ENTIRE time. Then he'd totally mess up the plot I have planned. Okay, I lied, I don't plan, though I do like the idea of Snake being more than hard to find. I'm happy to finally update again!
To tweetweetweet:
Okay, I like your pen name. I say that a lot, but it's true! Your pen name is cute! It makes me think of canaries! And thank you for favouriteing my story!
To Archsage12:
Where to begin… One, I LOVE YOU FOR THE REVIEW SPAM. Two, I CANNOT believe tha you put my story on your favourites and alerts! You seriously rock! And now to answer all your reviews…
1. Hi! I've totally never talked to you through PM or anything! XD Yeah, I did say I've never played the Fire Emblem games… I enjoy their OOC ness a bit, though I can definitely work on that. And yes, I have answers to many things. Haha, I like Wish too. She's fun and strange. Maining Marth is a must, he's sticking around for a while.
2. I know. Our stories are scarily similar. And published on the same day. And I fixed the 'only in one town' thing… I recently tweaked it a bit, and now there in the U.S.A.
3. Haha! Totally! My friend told me the names, and we actually talk about Fire Emblem a lot…And yeah, Link does have the Master Sword, I just didn't know if it had a name other than 'The Master Sword'. And thank you! I had to come up with something… And that was just fun! *grin* Yes. Yes he is.
4. I am going to write where the read FanFiction, the opportunity is too awesome to pass up. Short and lame? So what! You left me FIVE reviews!
5. Oh my gosh thank you! You're so totally nice! I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint!
To LegendOfZeldaFreak:
huh, wonder what you're a fan of. Hehe, your pen name amuses me. Anyways, thank you for favouriting! I am always happy when said action is preformed on my stories!
To Lady Meli-Bee:
Your profile picture is adorable! Sorry, had to say that. Anyway, thank you so much! I hope you continue to enjoy it!
To Farore Beast:
Why thank you! Awesome name, and awesome profile pic, by the way. Hope you continue to enjoy!
Wow… If I get more review spam, I may just have to answer every review in a very short, lame manner. Anyways, thank you ALL for being so nice, I can't believe how many people like this!
If these thanking note things get any longer, she's going to have to start paying me to do this.
Me: Oh, and I tweaked this story AGAIN. For the NEW new idea I had, they once again know nothing of electricity. I'm so indecisive. Oh, and now, as I said in response to Archsage12 (who totally rocks, by the way.), they're all over the U.S.A.