Not too long before I turned eighteen, Destiny, Alaster, Lucario, and I decided to go back to my hometown for my birthday because my parents were desperate to see me. We had to take an awfully crowded bus with screaming kids and a few people, as we could tell, hadn't bathed in a LONG time. Lets just say that we were thankful to get out at Canalave.
When we arrived, of course, my mother got the chance to embarrass me. She hugged me like no tomorrow, pelted me with kisses, and showered me with cries of, "I wish you'd have come home sooner!"
My poor dad. All he could do was smile and pat me on the back.
We were dragged inside the house by my parents, and they were desperate to do something HUGE for my birthday. Remember that birthday party I had when I turned ten? Yeah, they wanted to do that again. Well, my mother did anyway. I tried to politely refuse, since it would be too much trouble, and last time they did it, they almost went bankrupt. But she did whatever she could to get me to agree "since you only turn eighteen once."
Finally, after about an hour of arguing, I won. We were going to have a private party with my closest friends and family. I can remember the last words I said that day,
"No mom! I don't want a moonbounce!"
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Well, the next day was the day of my small party. Destiny was excited as usual, Alaster went missing, supposedly looking for a present for me, and Lucario, well, don't ask why, but he napped until the party. The party began in the middle of the afternoon, in the backyard, with the sun shining and the sea's waves roaring. It was great. Everyone came, my grandparents, a few of my aunts, uncles, and cousins, Destiny, Alaster, even Roark was there. Everyone's Pokemon were out of their Pokeballs, so they were all over the place, and poor Lucario was stuck to entertaining them. But he seemed fine with it. It was a nice party with plenty of talking and my cousins played a few pranks "to make it livelier."
Well, the most exciting part I can think of is when I got some presents. I received some supplies for Lucario, a nice, navy blue hat with spikes over to the side, which I still wear to this day, and book on, well, dating. I guessed it was from Alaster, since he winked when I opened it.
But the final present that my parents gave me was very depressing...
"Its a Riolu egg, Riley," my mother told me. "Lucario's getting old now. I'm not sure how long he can hold on. I thought that you might feel a bit better when he goes if you had a Riolu..."
"Mom, how can you say that!?" I cried. "Lucario isn't going anywhere! He can't die yet!"
Everyone around me began looking depressed as I did. I hung my head and turned to Lucario. I had never noticed it before, but his eyes were losing their shine, and a few wrinkles laid on his face. He appeared tired as well. I tried not to cry, but it was almost unbearable. Lucario had been my friend since I was a kid. There was no way I could lose him now.
I stood up, picked up my new hat, placed it on my head, and slowly walked back inside. I turned back to Lucario as I went in, and I felt tears about to leak out of my eyes. I quickly turned away in hope that no one would notice.
YAY, I'm back! Okay, I have a bunch of usable excuses! I have school, and my computer got some nasty virus on it! I promise I'll write some more. This was all I could get T-T Anyway, thanks Rylitah for reviewing! I don't know how old Riley is in the series. I'm guessing he's in his... early twenties, maybe? Anyway, thanks for reading! :)
Sheimi