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Hello my fellow Pokenerds!
Welcome to the second chapter of Those Red Eyes!
Like I said before, this story will pretty much always be in Gold's POV, but with one or two exceptions.
I'm gonna keep this author's note short, so...
ENJOY!
Gold's POV
The bright morning sun flitted through a small gap in the curtain as I awakened from my deep slumber. I sat up, yawned and stretched. The room Professor Oak let me stay in that night was pretty basic. A bed with four bed-posts pushed up against the far wall, a wardrobe parallel to the bed on the opposite wall, a small bedside table and a rug in the shape and colours of a pokeball was on the floor.
I glanced around the room, trying to wake myself up. I then looked up at the ceiling and closed my eyes. "Today's the day." I mumbled before opening my eyes and heaving myself off of the bed.
I gathered my clothes and then headed down the hall towards the bathroom. I let the water heat up before hopping into the shower. I stood directly under the cascading jets of water and then started to think about the day ahead.
What if Red wouldn't listen to me? What if he refused to come down from the mountain? What if he wasn't actually there?
I shook away these bad thoughts before proceeding to wash my hair and body. Once finished, I stepped out of the shower and then got dressed into my usual clothes. I headed downstairs to find Professor Oak, Blue and Red's mother already there. Professor Oak handed me my backpack. I peered inside and saw truck loads of new supplies.
Professor Oak saw my shocked expression and smiled. "It's going to be a long journey. You should be prepared for anything and everything."
"I guess you're right. Thanks Professor!"
"Here's a map of the mountain." Blue said and handed me a map."I think you'll need it."
"Thanks Blue."
Red's mother smiled warmly at me and then placed a small, white envelope in my hands. "Please, Gold. When you see Red, give this to him." She said as tears started to form in her eyes.
I carefully examined the envelope. "Of course I will."
Red's mother smiled ever so widely at e before she brought me into yet another bone-crushing hug. "Thank you so much, Gold!"
"Alright, Gold. Blue will take you up to the Pokémon League Reception Gate on his Pidgeot, but after that, you're on your own." Professor Oak said to me.
"Yeah! My Pidgeot is the fastest one around!" Blue shouted happily.
"That's just what you think..." I mumbled to myself.
"Hey! Watch it! Otherwise I'll kick you off when we're up high enough!"
"Quit it you two! Now get going." The Professor said, slightly annoyed.
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Outside the laboratory, I was struggling to get onto Blue's giant Pidgeot. Blue was trying to push me on, but I think he was having just as much trouble as I was.
"Hurry up and get your fat ass onto the damn Pokémon!" Blue shouted from underneath me.
"I'm trying!" I yelled back. I finally managed to get my legs on either side of the humungous bird and Blue then hopped on in front of me.
"Oh my Arceus! That took way longer than it should have!" Blue complained.
"Sorry, but I've never flown on a Pidgeot before." I said, slightly embarrassed.
"Nope! No excuses! Alright, Pidgeot! To the Indigo Plateau! Let's go!"
The oversized bird squawked in obedience and then started to flap its long wings. Dust flew everywhere as we started to lift off of the ground. Soon enough, we were high up in the sky. I peered down below and saw tiny ant-sized versions of Professor Oak and Red's mother waving at us. Blue and I both waved back before we took off towards the Kanto Pokémon League.
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After about half an hour of flying in silence, the Indigo Plateau finally came into view.
"There it is!" Blue shouted over his shoulder at me.
Just looking at the place made memories of my time there come flooding back. I remembered when I first came out of Victory Road and had to adjust to the bright light. I remembered the hardships I had to go through to beat the Elite Four. I didn't beat them in one foul swoop like Red did. I had to constantly go back and train each time I lost to them. But finally, one day I beat them all and got the chance to battle Lance, the Champion. That was the most heated and intense battle I had, and somehow, I managed to win.
Blue's Pidgeot touched ground and kicked up a whole lot of dust once again. I think this Pokémon is just a show off. Just like its trainer.
"Well, Gold. I guess this is goodbye." Blue said as I hopped off of the Pokémon. "Remember, go through the left gate and tell the guard your name. Gramps has already contacted them and told them to let a trainer name Gold through."
"Okay. Thanks, Blue." I said.
"No prob. Seeya, Gold!" Blue said and then took off towards Pallet Town once again, on the back of his Pidgeot.
I headed towards the giant building, a.k.a. The Pokemon League Reception Gate. Inside the building, there were four gates. The one I had just come through, the one ahead which lead the Pokémon League and Victory Road, one to the right which went to Viridian City and the last one to the left which lead to the dangerous Mount Silver. The last time I was here, I wasn't allowed to go there since I only had 8 badges.
I cautiously walked up to the man guarding the left gate.
"Name?" He asked.
"Uh, Gold." I answered.
"Proof of identification?"
"Oh, yeah." I got out my Pokedex and showed him my trainer info.
"Okay, you may pass."
Just as I was about to pass through the gate, a trainer entered the Pokémon League Reception Gate.
"Hey!" He said as he spotted me. "You're Gold! You've beaten Lance, so you must be strong! Let's have a battle!"
"Uh, maybe later!" I shouted and then ran through the gate.
"Hey! You can't do that!" I heard him shout from the other side of the gate.
I breathed a sigh of relief. Ever since I defeated Lance, more and more people have wanted to battle me. It gets a bit tiring. I continued my trek towards the base of Mount Silver, with only a few Pokémon that attacked me on the way. But all I had to do to send them packing was set my Typhlosion on them. Right at the base of the mountain was a Pokémon Center, so I decided to quickly heal my Pokémon. Apart from the nurse, I was the only one in the place. I guessed they were serious when they said that very few people were allowed up here.
I stood at the entrance of the cave and took a shaky breath. Was I seriously going to do this? Go and risk my life for some guy I hardly know? One half of me really didn't want to do this, but the other half felt like it was a task I and I alone should do. Oh, to Distortion World with it all! I had to do this. I couldn't let Red keep on doing this to his friends and family. I had to get Red off this mountain.
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Damn it! I should have turned back when I could. The map Blue gave me was freaking useless! This place was a maze of tunnels, caves and waterfalls and it was driving me insane! I was never gonna get out of there.
After hours and hours of wandering around aimlessly, I came across an exit. It looked bright out there, so I decide it was my only choice. I made my way down the tunnel and out the other side. What I had previously thought was light was actually snow. I had forgotten it snowed on Mount Silver, so all I had was a flimsy jacket. Just great. It was too late to turn back now, so I went on my way. The harsh and bitterly-cold snow attacked my skin like a thousand needles. I shivered and brought my jacket closer.
I still had no idea where I was going, so I brought out the map again.
"Okay, so I think I'm here..." I mumbled to myself. I was so focussed on the map to notice the wind pick up. My careless hold on the ma caused the wind to sweep it out of my grasp. "Ah! No!" I cried out as I chased after the quickly disappearing map. "Why now?! And why me?!"
I sprinted after the map with all my might, the snow stinging my eyes. The thick snow that was on the ground slowed me down and the wind was much to strong and fast.
The map was gone.
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"Damn it!" I cried out into the deserted nothingness which was Mount Silver. "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" Why me?!" I collapsed to my knees in the snow. "Why me...?"
A cold shiver that ran down my spine snapped me out of my little rage fit. I wrapped my arms around myself in a feeble attempt to keep warm. My wobbly legs barely managed to get me standing, and I looked around. All I saw was white. Anything that might have been there was covered in a blanket of snow. Crap, I was really lost now. I had to find cover, but there was nothing in sight.
"Go! Typhlosion!" I said as I sent Typhlosion out of his pokeball.
Typhlosion let out a roar of annoyance as the snow fell down onto him and instantly turned into water. I don't think he liked the cold weather.
"Okay, buddy. I need your help. Which way is up the mountain?" I asked him. Typhlosion nodded and then closed his eyes. He sat there for about half a minute and then walked over to the right of me. He barked and then pointed that way.
"Okay, thank you so much, Typhlosion." I said and then just as I was about to put him back in his pokeball, he jumped out of the way of the red beam.
Typhlosion looked at me worriedly as I stood there shivering.
"Don't worry, I'm fine." I smiled half-heartedly. Typhlosion saw right through that lie and gave me a hug. His fur was soft and warm. He felt like a giant hot water bottle. "Thanks, Typhlosion." I said and as he wasn't paying attention, I brought out his pokeball once again and returned him. "But I can't let you stay out in this weather."
I smiled sadly at his pokeball and then clipped it back onto my belt. I continued to walk in the direction Typhlosion had told me to go and I swear to Arceus that the snow got harsher and colder. This must be the way.
After a while, the mountain started to slope upwards, but by then I was already frozen all over. I was not just shivering every once in a while now, but constantly. My body was all numb and it was getting hard to breathe. That meant that I must have been quite far up the mountain for that to happen. But still, I somehow managed to keep going in my frozen state. I then came across a sort of cliff made out of rocks. I searched for another way up, but that seemed to be the only path. I mustered up whatever courage I had left and started to make my way up the dangerous looking cliff.
The rocks were quite close together which made it easy to scale. I was just about at the top when my foot slipped on some snow and got wedged between two rocks. Oh no. I tried to wiggle my foot out, but I just ended up spraining the ankle and I cried out in pain. I tried with all my might to push one of the rocks out of the way, and it moved just enough for me to slip my foot out. I sat down on a boulder and inspected my throbbing ankle. It looked slightly blue, but I couldn't tell if that was from the sprain or the cold. Just looking at it made me feel a bit queasy.
"What do I do now?" I said to myself quietly. I was basically a human popsicle, it was really hard to breathe and to top it all off, I then had a sprained ankle. "I'm trying so hard to do a good thing... why is Arceus against me?!" I yelled at nothing.
Well, I had to try and find something I could use to walk with. A stick maybe? I limped around for ages trying to find a stick while keeping my weight off my right foot and off the ground, until I finally found one. But it snapped as soon as I had put my weight on it.
"Damn it!" I yelled and chucked the remnants of the stick onto the snow covered ground. "I'll just have to hop."
After about five to ten minutes of hopping, I collapsed onto the ground in agony. I could barely feel any part of my body. The only good thing about the cold was that it numbed the pain in my ankle a little. I could hardly breathe already, but after all that hopping around, it just made it worse and made me dizzy.
'I'm so going to die up here' I had thought morbidly to myself as I dragged frozen body across the snow caked ground in a last attempt to get to Red. My barely opened eyes looked straight ahead and I saw the silhouette of a person. Well, at least I thought I did. I was so drained of energy and my logical thinking was clouded because of the pain. My eyes could have been playing tricks on me. But I was pretty sure I saw it. I determinedly tried to focus my eyes, and the silhouette re-appeared. So I hadn't just imagined it? My head fell sideways to the ground in complete exhaustion, but I could still slightly see as the silhouette turned around.
The last thing I saw before completely blacking out was... a pair of blood red eyes.
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A/N
Gah! Finally!
That took so long to write!
I was writing this chapter from 10 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon!
Why did it take so long you ask?
It's because I'm not used to writing in past-tense.
But anways!
How was it?
We're finally getting into the storyline a bit now! YAYA!
Okay, so here's a bit of info about the story.
Red's Pokémon are the ones he has in the game m'kay?
Gold's Pokémon... I don't really know.
They're probably gonna be the ones he has in the manga.
Okay, that's enough from me!
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Li xx