NEVERMORE
~Part One Of Forever Trilogy~
Chapter 3
Pikachu
I was nervous was I walked back to town. I felt like I was being watched, like they knew I was stowing away a Pokemon. Dude, I was getting paranoid. I needed to get home quick or I'd go crazy...or crazier. I decided to stick closer to the trees. I was starting to relax some when there was rustling in the bushes. I jumped as a girl appeared out of the bushes. She had wavy purple hair and purple eyes. Even everything she was wearing was purple. She had on only a tank top that was cut off at just below her chest, and short shorts. Not even shoes. What the hell?
"What're you doing?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
"What're you doing?" I asked.
"None of you Beedrill wax," she snapped. "Who're you? I've never seen you around before."
"I'm Topaz," I said. "I just moved here."
"Ah," said the strange girl. "I'm Viola. Welcome to Twinleaf, I guess." She seemed to have lightened up a bit.
"Thanks," I said. "What are you doing?"
Viola looked wary. "Looking for Pokemon."
I had to admit, I was surprised. "Really? Say, maybe you could help me with something..."
She raised her eyebrow again. How can she do that? "What?"
I opened my bag and the Pokemon's head poked out. Viola gasped. "Where did you get that shiny Pikachu?"
"Shiny? Pikachu?" I asked.
She gave me a long, hard look. "That Pokemon is called Pikachu. Pikachu are normally yellow, not orange, therefore it is shiny."
"Oh." I felt stupid.
Viola carefully picked up the Pikachu. It growled and electricity crackled from its red cheek pouches.
"Hey, I'm not going to hurt you," she said. "I just want to see your injuries."
The electric mouse looked skeptical, but let the girl pick it up.
"It's a male," she said. "See his tails? Males are straight at the tip, while females have dented ends." She looked him over. "He's pretty banged up. What happened?"
"I went to see Lake Valor, and a Gyarados attacked me. This little guy saved my life."
"That's odd," said Viola. "There aren't supposed to be Gyarados in Lake Valor anymore. And Pikachu aren't from this area, either."
I frowned. "Then what exactly is going on here?"
"Don't know," said Viola. "But I can help you." She put Pikachu back into my bag, and I zipped it up halfway.
"Thanks, Viola," I said.
She shrugged. "No problem."
...
I was relieved when I was back inside my room into my house. My mom had been thrilled that I made a new 'friend'. If only she really knew what was going on. I left Pikachu and Viola in my room and sneaked back downstairs to get the first aid kit. Viola did all the fixing up for Pikachu. The pokemon seemed to be warming up, too. That made me feel better.
"So, are you going to keep him?" asked Viola.
"Until he's all better," I replied. "I'm not allowed to have any pokemon."
"Who is nowadays?" said Viola, shaking her head.
"I know right?" I said.
"TOPAZ! GET YOUR BUTT DOWNSTAIRS!" came the yell of my mom. "THAT FRIEND OF YOURS ON TV!"
Huh? What now?
I groaned, told Pikachu to stay put, and trudged downstairs with Viola. What did that woman want?
"What is going on, Mom?" I asked, annoyed.
She pointed to the TV. "Remember Chase? He's on TV! That boy's a criminal!"
WHAT?
I immediately turned my gaze to the television. The World News was on. They were talking about 'criminals' aka, Pokemon trainers. Apparently, Chase had joined the never ending list of 'people dangerous to the welfare of the citizens of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Isshu'. That was a bunch of Tauros crap, if you asked me. Anyway, they were showing a recent picture of Chase; I recognized it. The day before we moved, I spent a whole day with Chase, just hanging out around town and stuff. That was a photo Cameron the photographer took of us in the Goldenrod Tunnel. My face was blocked out, of course.
"What are they saying he did?" I asked my mother.
"He's a Pokemon trainer, that's what!" she said, disgusted. "I should have known. His parents were hippies, after all. Pokemon lovers. I'm not surprised he turned that way! Thank goodness he didn't influence you, Topaz!"
I sweatdropped. If only she knew. But it made me mad what she said.
"He's your friend?" Viola asked, pointing to the TV. "He's cute."
"Yeah," I said. My face felt hot. "I mean, yeah, he's my friend. Best friend."
"Not anymore," said Mom. "Topaz, I forbid you from ever seeing that boy anymore. A Pokemon trainer! What a disgrace!"
I gritted my teeth, holding back the response I wanted to say so bad.
"Fine," I said, my tone bored. "Can Viola and I please go back upstairs?" Who knows how much havoc Pikachu has done to my room...
sorry it's been a while! I'm finally getting back into this story! review!