» Discover the Hero
Morning was a boring thing for Leif Essyon. He would wake up, get washed off, get dressed, and eat breakfast. There was absolutely nothing exciting about it! Except for the Saturdays when he gets to watch cartoons and stuff, but his mom just yells at him and tells him that he's wasting his life with TV. That's the only thing she does care about… Anyway, mornings can't get anymore boring and clichéd for Leif. That is, until one morning…
"Over 200 people in Orre have been kidnapped because of the new Cipher known as 'The Mob'" The news anchor declared.
'That's not good…' Thought Leif.
"Pokemon in various Poke Centers have also been kidnapped, as well." Just when Leif thought it couldn't get any worse!
"Why is this happening?" Leif's younger brother, Vladimir, joined the mini-conversation.
"Don't ask me!" Left stated defensively. Of course, how was he supposed to know why all these kidnappings were happening? He is just a teenager after all and doesn't know! "Why don't you ask the head of the syndicate?" Leif asked as he walked over to a cupboard and took out a cereal bar.
"Someone has to fight off this new Cipher!" Vladimir announced.
That statement gave Leif an idea…a good idea!
Leif ran into his room and retrieved his back-pack from his bed. Lying on the bed was a cute little Vulpix. She was fast asleep on her trainer's messed up bed. The teenager lightly shook the little fox Pokemon in order to wake her up.
"C'mon, Vulpix! We're going on an adventure!" He declared. With that, the little Vulpix jumped off the bed. She followed Leif out of his room.
Just as Leif was about to leave, his mother asked, "Where are you going?"
"Uh, I'm going to save the world?" He didn't know if he should tell the truth or lie. He decided to tell the truth, because the truth will set you free!
"Okay, have fun dear!" Mrs. Essyon said her statement too late. Her son was already out the door and ready to start his adventure.
This made Vladimir think…a lot. And nothing makes Vladimir think, except for riddles on candy bars. His older brother got to go out on a quest to save the world…and poor little Vladdy wasn't in on it! Well, for now at least.
Like his brother, Vladimir ran to his room and got his back-pack. Then he ran out of the door and slammed it behind him.
"Oh, those boys have so much energy!" Mrs. Essyon chirped.
*…*…*
The two brothers were outside of their beautiful, yet small, house in Phenac City. They were stumped as to how to start saving the world!
"Do you have a plan?" Vladimir asked his older brother.
"No, you?" Was Leif's response.
"Zip. Zero. Nada."
The two boys sighted with frustration. They were going to go save the world from The Mob! …Yet they had no plan or idea how to. This was very smart!
"We should ask the Power Puff Girls!" Vladimir exclaimed.
"They don't exist, genius!" Leif rolled his eyes at his brother's stupidity.
"Oh…Captain Falcon?"
"No."
"Solid Snake?"
"No…"
"Sonic? Super Man? SPIDERMAN!"
"No, no, NO!" Leif was really getting frustrated with his younger brother.
"Why don't we wander around a little bit?" Vladimir offered a real and helpful idea. "We can train our Pokemon! And who knows? Maybe we'll find someone associated with The Mob!"
"Vladimir, that's the best idea you've ever had!" Leif praised his brother. Then he began to walk off.
"Hey, where should we go?" Vladimir began to follow his older brother. After, like, ten seconds of silence, Vladimir answered his own question. "What about the Oasis PokeSpot?"
"Sure, let's go there." Leif, Vladimir, and Vulpix all began to exit Phenac. This was just the beginning of an adventurous adventure!
*…*…*
At Oasis PokeSpot…
"Is it normal for me to be scared?" Sherri asked no one in particular.
She got scared when she saw Miror B. In her opinion, he was the scariest, weirdest person she has ever met in her entire life. He had a giant afro, wore freaky high heels, had a shirt on that was open and showed his chest, and earrings.
Who wouldn't be scared of him? …At first?
"Why are you scared, girly?" Mr. Afro Man asked.
"I'm scared that your afro is going to eat me." Sherri answered sarcastically.
"That wasn't very nice!" Miror B stated.
"Seriously! Do you ever cut that thing?" Then Sherri realized that she's supposed to be undercover. Smooth, Sherri. Really smooth! 'Too late for that!'
"You're not very nice!" Miror B scolded her.
"Sorry, my mood changes a lot!" Sherri lied.
"Bi-polar?" Trudly asked.
"Psh! NO!" Sherri laughed.
"So why do you want to see me?" Miror B asked, getting back on topic…for once.
"Yeah, I forgot!" Another lie from Sherri!
"You forgot?" Trudly didn't believe her when she said that.
"Yup! Slipped right outta my head!"
"I never got your name, Darling." Miror B made an obvious statement.
"I'm Sher--er…Maru!" Sherri changed her name again!
"You said your name was Cherry." Folly spoke up.
"No, I didn't!" Sherri-Cherry-Maru lied…for the umpteenth time.
"Yes you did." Trudly backed up his friend.
"I don't have a name!" If you haven't noticed, Sherri is a major liar. A good one, too. "You may call me whatever you like…preferably Maru." She mumbled the last part, what it was still understandable.
"You don't have a name?! How fascinating!" Miror B exclaimed.
'He's dumber than I thought!' Sherri thought. 'This is going to be a piece of cake!' She started to laugh slightly.
"Why are you laughing?" Trudly asked suspiciously.
"Part of being bi-polar."
"I thought you said you're not bi-polar." Trudly got more suspicious.
"Uh…" Sherri needs to learn to stay true to her lies. "We could talk about how I said I'm not bi-polar! Or we could live in the moment and move on!"
"O…kay…" Trudly felt a strange vibe coming from Sherri-Cherry-Maru.
"I'm hopelessly lost and confused!" Sherri lied, getting to her point. "Do you think I can travel with you while I figure out why I'm here?"
"Of course you can!" Miror B was excited that she asked that question.
"Oh no…" Folly and Trudly groaned.
"Oh, yes!" Sherri mumbled.
While I was thinking of a title for this story, I was thinking about "The Hero in Me" by Emily Osment... x_x
anyway, this chapter was posted on my DA account, so I decided to catch up with my DA account. after this is Chapter 3, which is also already on my DA page...but will be uploaded today!
and before you say anything, Sherri is pure win
Folly: Who?
Cherry
Miror B: Come again?
Maru!
oh dear...