Age 13, part 4

"Destiny," he had frightfully said. "Who... is that? And YOU!" he approached me and pointed at me, his finger almost to my chest. "Who the HECK to you think you ARE!? Showing yourself to MY sister!"

I felt a bit awkward, as I didn't think of me 'showing myself' to her. I tried excuse myself by saying,

"I have an excuse."

He crossed his arms at me. I wasn't sure how my plan was going, so I added,

"listen, I had to save my best friend. He was taken, and I was in such a rush I..."

He finished my sentence, "and let me guess, you forgot your pants?"

I admitted that I did, my face really red. He just laughed.

"Then I guess there was no harm done!" he had told me. "By the way, I'm Alaster."

I told him my name, and he invited me inside. I accepted, and we went in. It was small, but not too small with a kitchen, and a tiny seating area downstairs, while a ladder lead upstairs to a loft where two beds sat.

"I guess you need some pants, huh?" he asked me. I nodded in response. And with that answer, he ran towards that ladder and ran up it like he was on fire or something.

While he was up there, Lucario came in, and Destiny sat on a worn out couch near a dusty fireplace. I tell you, the place needed a lot of work, but it was cozy nevertheless. I stood by the couch, a bit unsure what else to do. Alaster came back soon after with a pair of jeans and some rope.

"I have a feeling their gonna be too big, so..." he took the rope after I put the jeans on and wrapped me tightly around the waist with it. "Now they'll stay."

"Thanks, Alaster." I turned to Destiny, who was watching the entire time, with a smile. "What do ya think?"

She smiled at me. Gosh, I love that smile. "Perfect," she had told me. My grin grew bigger. But then, Sunny, Dest's Pichu, climbed rather quickly into her lap, a funny look on her face.

"Whats wrong, Sunny?" Dest asked her. She didn't say anything, she just buried herself into her master's dress. While I was watching them, I felt a light tap on my shoulder. I shivered. It was ice cold. I turned around to find myself facing a purple ghost with large, floating hands and a big grin on its face with its tongue sticking out. I laughed a bit.

"This your Haunter, Alaster?" I asked. Haunter hung its head in defeat. I believe it tried to scare me and failed.

"Yeah, Haunter's mine," Alaster answered. "He likes to play tricks, so better keep an eye out."

"Piiii," Sunny cried in Dest's lap.

"Sunny hates it when Haunter plays tricks, don't you Sunny?" Dest cooed the Pokemon. Sunny just nodded. I looked over at Lucario, who was leaning against the wall. He had a serious look on his face, which was and wasn't normal.

"Somethin' up, Lucario?" I asked as I plopped onto the couch next to Dest. He didn't answer. I just shrugged. Noticing it was quiet, I started telling Alaster about how I was a trainer.

"Yeah, I would go," he told me. "But I got my sis to take care of."

"Alaster, I've told you, you can go if you want to," Dest nagged. "Sunny and I'd be fine by ourselves."

"See, thats why I'm not going. You might get kidnapped or something!"

Dest slightly rolled her eyes and sighed.

"Alright."

Alaster smiled in approval, and silence arose. But after a minute of quite, Dest grew quite pink in the face.

"You okay, Dest?" I asked. She brought her eyes to me and turned magenta. I just cocked my head and turned to Lucario. He was also turning red in the face.

"Am I missing something here?" I asked him telepathically. He nodded and a picture appeared in my mind.

"I think you should see this,"Lucario told me in my mind. A tiny clip played in my head, and I, well, don't think I should tell you what it was. My face grew hot as it went away.

"Did I miss somethin' or is it just me?" Alaster spoke up. We must've been pretty quiet. Dest turned to him.

"Yes, and let me say that I don't think Riley would do something to me like that, right?" she turned to me now. I almost instantly shook my head like a mad man, my face red. She smiled and turned to her brother.

"See," she told him. "Nothing to worry about."

But I suddenly realized,

"Hey, how could you see what we were thinking?"

A bit of shock came over Destiny. She explained,

"I forgot to tell you. I can hear what Pokemon think."

I stared at her shocked. She continued,

"And Lucario, I heard what you were thinking earlier."

Lucario turned a light shade of red.

"What were you thinking?!" I asked him. He shook his head.

"Oh, nothing. And don't bother asking."

I just looked confusedly at him. But I heard Dest say also, giggling,

"I can hear some people too, Riley."

It was my turn to change colors.

Yes! I finally got Riley out of being 13! So, Riley and Lucario learned that Destiny can read Pokemon's minds! How'll that change things?! By the way, thanks Rylitah and aganstshiper for reviewing! And thanks again Rylitah for subscribing AND favoriting! :)
Sheimi