I rubbed my eyes, hoping to clear them up. Unfortunately everything remained the same: blurry. It wasn't all that hard to see though, being that I was in a field of some sort and there was no sign of trouble. But still, the fact that my eyesight was blurry made it a bit difficult for me to actually tell if someone would be friendly or mean.
I tried rubbing my eyes again, but it only seemed to make matters worse. The blurriness just seemed to get even more blurry, so I quit rubbing and walked on. I felt my stomach growl, indicating that it was starving badly. The emptiness of my stomach was draining my energy, causing me to slow some until I eventually dragged myself to walk. And to make matters worse, the sun was so hot, my energy was practically drained to almost nothing. I even felt the sweat dripping down me.
I began wishing I was back in the forest. It was quite cool and damp there, but going back would mean the end for me. I felt like resting, but giving the state I was in, I didn't think that would be a very wise option.
The sun eventually rose to the highest part of the day, causing the air to grow hot. The sun beat down on me at full force. I felt my body becoming heavier for every step I took. It was getting harder for me to walk on. It wasn't long before I collapsed due to hunger and exhaustion. My body was too heavy for me to even get back up.
I sighed in defeat, knowing that I wouldn't be able to go on. I felt the touch of the soft grass on me, though it was a bit cool. A cool breeze suddenly swept by, relaxing my body some. It actually felt quite good. Good enough for me to drift off and sleep, but I didn't. Not now while I was still in broad daylight.
I turned my head when it began to start hurting for laying on one side for so long. I paused in mid-turn at a sight I wasn't quite too sure about. Some distance away I saw a bunch of tall looking things that went partially up into the sky. There were unfamiliar things moving about behind them along with unidentified objects that moved faster than the slower ones. A thought occurred to me as Bee's words played in my head.
"Could this be the city he was talking about?" I wondered to myself. Curios to know, I forced myself to get up, my body a little bit rested, but not nearly enough. Plus there was still the growling stomach of starvation that was bothering me. I took only a few steps forward, making my way towards the city when suddenly, I lost my footing and began tumbling down at a fast pace. The ground beneath me was sloping downward as I went.
Eventually the ground level out again, but still I continued to tumble until my head hit something hard, stopping my fall.
"Ow!" I cried out, rubbing my hurting head. I felt the tears beginning to well up inside me as I began to whimper. Through the blurriness I could barely make out the slope of a small hill I tumbled down. Above in the sky was the black smoke, drifting away from where I was.
I heard the sounds of wails of cries, but couldn't tell where they were coming from. Moments later, I watched as big moving objects shot up the hill, heading for where the smoke was. Some were black cars with red and blue flashing lights on top while others were red and much more larger, also with the same flashing colors. I watched as they went up the hill and disappeared, the sounds of their wailing fading into the distance.
My head was still a bit sore, but it didn't hurt nearly enough as it did seconds ago. I took a deep breath and got up, walking around the large building I hit. I walked straight into the city and stared at all the people bustling about. For a moment, I thought I was in trouble, my thoughts traveling back to the humans who destroyed my home. But there was something different about these humans.
I noticed through my blurry eyes that they were wearing different kinds of color, unlike those who wore all black with the huge red letter. And what's more, they didn't seem to pay much attention to me at all. They just walked right past me, which made me feel relieved.
A bit beyond the humans were different kinds of color objects that were moving and stopping every so often. They moved upon a black surface, traveling in both directions. I would have gone and checked it out, but first I needed to find some way to regain my eye sight.
Following the direction the humans were going, I began searching for a place that could fix my eyes, if there were any. I couldn't see the humans' faces nor could I see what the strange markings read. Not even squinting helped.
Again, my stomach growled, only louder this time. I grew nervous as the humans stared down upon me as they walked on by, their faces too blurry to see. I took a right and went down into a small area that was spaced some. There were buildings on both sides of me, but I wasn't too worried. I just stared out as the humans past by. I didn't know where to go at this point. I was freaking out.
A noise behind me grabbed my attention. I turned around quickly, startled by the noise. Apparently I wasn't alone as I thought. Walking up towards me was some sort of blue pokemon along with one that was pink, and two that were white.
"Hello?" I called out, squinting to see who they were.
"What are you doing in our alley?" one of them spoke. I believed it to be the blue one who asked me the question, for the other three were behind him. I remained silent as they approached. "Again I ask. What are you doing in our alley?"
"You live here?" I asked as the pokemon surrounded me.
:What part of our alley do you not get?" one of the white creatures asked me. He was standing on two legs and had a tail. He seemed to be a monkey.
"Well I'm sort of new in town," I replied. "I'm just looking for a place to eat."
"If you want to eat, then I suggest you try out the garbage," the blue pokemon said. This pokemon also stood on two legs. Plus he seemed to have muscle.
"I doubt garbage would really fill me up," I admitted, but that seemed to get a more worse situation than I expected.
"So you don't think nothing's good for you, eh?" the blue pokemon asked. "You think you're better than us? Is that it?"
"No," I said in defense. "I just meant-"
"Oh we know what you meant," the blue pokemon said. "You come into our part of the city to ridicule us and cause all sorts of trouble. Well believe me, if you've been looking for trouble, then I'm afraid trouble's found you."
"I didn't know anyone was in here," I said, feeling my anger starting to rise up in me
"Likely excuse," said the other white pokemon who looked like a rabbit or a dog, though it was a female. "I think he just came here to throw us out onto the streets."
"Well we're not going to let that happen now, are we?" the blue pokemon asked as he cracked his fingers. I gulped, knowing that a fight was soon to break out and I was the target of their attack.
"I'm not going to fight you," I said. "I dislike fighting." The four pokemon busted out laughing at this comment. I felt a blush creep on me. I hung my head down in shame as the laughing continued.
"I never heard of a pokemon not wanting to fight," the blue pokemon laughed. "You have got to be the most pathetic pokemon in the world." Again I felt the tears welling up inside along with that bubbling anger all at the same time.
"Stop it," I whispered softly, the tears starting to fall freely from my face.
"What's that?" the blue pokemon asked. "I can't hear the baby weakling well enough."
"I told you to stop," I said, the laughing continuing. "I said STOP!" I yelled, shouting out the last word. Still they all laughed, causing my tears to continue falling. The more they laughed, the more angrier I felt. The more angrier I felt, the more I felt like hurting them. What was I thinking? I wasn't the kind to hurt someone, much less someone who was being a bully. But I was very close to doing so.
My paw began trembling with something I couldn't quite explain. I was just about to go do something about it when suddenly, the blue pokemon immediately stopped laughing as he was pushed backwards, flying high into the sky and crashing into round metal things.
The other three stopped laughing as well as the monkey pokemon was thrown against the building, slumping down to the ground unconscious. The other white pokemon was the next to go, followed by the pink. I blinked, looking around in confusion.
"Did I do this?" I pondered. To my surprise, I got a response.
"I wouldn't think a pokemon like you would be able to." I jumped, looking around as the tears began drying.
"Who's there?" I asked, looking for the source of the voice.
"Well how rude of me," the voice said. "It wouldn't be any good if you couldn't see me. Turn around and look up."
I did as the voice told me and watched as a black being materialized from out of nowhere.
"Are you all right?" the new being asked.
"I think so," I replied with a sniff.
"Don't be bothered by them," the being said. " They enjoy picking on the weak."
"They certainly did a good job," I said with another sniff. "I'm Quil."
"Priss is my name," the being said. "And I'm a Misdreavus. People normally call me Priss the Misdreavus because it rhymes."
"Priss the Misdreavus," I said, giggling at the name. The Misdreavus chuckled at my reaction, glad to see I was better.
"So what brings a Cyndaquil like you to Cherry Grove City?" Priss asked. So this city was named Cherry Grove. Thinking of cherries began to make my stomach growl as loud as it could. I blushed in embarrassment as I looked down at it.
"Well, for one thing, I need something to eat," I replied.
"Well then follow me," Priss said. "I know a perfect place to eat. It will be on me."
"Thanks," I said, not following through by the last sentence she said. I didn't bother worrying though. Right now, I just needed something to eat.