I opened my eyes and took a long, deep breath, taking a look around at where I was. I froze instantly when I found myself in a completely different area, the entire scenery of the forest gone. My heart began racing, wondering how I got here. Then the memory of the attack in the forest replayed in my head. Thinking of these memories only brought pain back to my heart.
Again and again they played. They wouldn't stop. I tried pushing the thoughts aside, but they wouldn't leave. I sighed depressingly as I got up, now knowing where I was. Unfortunately I forgot I was on something and lost my balance, crashing hard upon the ground.
"Ow!" I cried out as I slowly got up and sat against the comfort of the thing I slept on last night. The pain didn't last long luckily as it faded. I got up again and began walking towards the opened door. I poked my head out, looking around to make sure there wasn't anyone there to ambush me.
Once I found that it was safe, I made a mad dash for the steps I climbed. I began running down them only to trip over my own paws and tumble down until I made contact with something hard, returning even more pain.
I yelped and clutched at where I hurt the most. I was too in pain that I didn't hear someone running up until they spoke.
"Oh you poor thing," a girl voice said as I felt myself being picked up. "I should have realized that you were wild. You probably woke up scared and confused."
"Among other things," I thought.
"If you're looking for Priss, she had a few things to do today," the human said. I remembered seeing her as the one who helped me with my eyesight. "I didn't know what you liked for breakfast, so I made you toast along side with a certain jelly you want."
I was in the human's arms now, worried that this may be a trap. Walking by a whole lot of other people and pokemon, I ended up in a new room that was sort of small. I was placed down upon a table and stared at the piece of food before me. It was brown and sort of hard looking.
I picked up the brown thing and nibbled on it. The taste was sort of crunchy and dry. Words came back about some sort of jelly. I looked to my left to see three different colored cylinders next to me. One was bright red while another was dark violet. Then the other was violet looking. I decided to take the red one and studied it carefully.
It was round, cylinder, and had some sort of small circular thing on top of it. I blinked as I tried prying it off. To no avail did it work. Then I tried twisting it. Voila! It began to turn. I kept turning the thing until it came off. I figured that it was a lid. I peered down into the cylinder and smelled the familiar smell of strawberries, though it didn't look like them. I turned the cylinder over and slowly, the red glop began pouring out. Once I figured I had enough, I turned the cylinder right back up and set it down. I began eating the now gloppy toast. It was better with the glop on it. I quickly ate it, my stomach being filled.
"Yum!" I said happily. "That was great." I then noticed two more cylinders there, only they were liquid. One was white while the other was orange. I picked up the orange one first and downed it quickly. It smelled and tasted of oranges. After that, I picked up the white one and downed that one quickly too. It was cold, but good. Once I was finished, I hopped off the table, this time landing on all four paws.
I walked out of the room, my stomach completely filled from the small breakfast. It was short, but still good. I stretched my muscles out as I walked back into the large room. I wasn't enjoying the stares of all the humans and pokemon, so I decided to take my leave.
I saw my exit and began walking towards until I whacked into something hard. Something wasn't right. I was looking outside, but it was like there was something there preventing me from leaving. I tapped the invisible barrier separating me from the outside and blinked in confusion.
I began pushing it. It moved a little. I tried pushing some more, but the barrier was too heavy for me to open. Suddenly, I fell again. The barrier opened and I felt a rush of warm air blast me.
"There you go," the human girl said as she stood there with her arm stretched out. "I know wild pokemon don't enjoy closed spaces, so you can head out. You're welcome back anytime."
"Thanks," I said as I walked out. I stared around the city I was in. It was busy and way too noisy for me. I took a right and began walking again. The morning air was a bit cool, but warm at the same time. I stayed close to the buildings, trying to avoid attention, but was failing miserably.
People stopped, stared, and few of them pointed at me. I wasn't enjoying being the center of attention, especially of me being rare and all. I eventually had enough of people turning to look at me and went down a small alleyway. Big mistake that was.
I sat down to cool off for a while and possibly hide from any humans who wandered in. I was beginning to think it was a bad idea leaving the building I was in. But where else was I supposed to go? My home was wrecked and I was afraid to go back incase those cruel humans were still there.
As I sat in the cool shade, my ears picked up movement. I got up and hid in between two of the silver cylinders. Nothing happened for a while.
"Must have been the wind," I thought as I walked out from my hiding spot. I froze instantly at the sound of a voice.
"Well look who decided to show up," came the familiar voice of someone I knew. "It's that trouble making Cyndaquil." I turned my head to the right to see the blue pokemon walking up to me. The other three surrounded me like before, preventing my escape. I recognized the three as a Mankey and two Nidorans. But the blue pokemon was unknown to me.
"Hello," I said, trying to sound cheerful. "Listen, I want to apologize for yesterday. I was having a very bad day and had a little trouble with my eyesight."
"Well too bad for you that you're in even more trouble," the blue pokemon said, cracking his knuckles. "Because we're about to get even for you kicking us out of our spot thanks to your little friend."
"You mean Priss?" I asked. "I just met her yesterday."
"Sure you did," the female Nidoran said, like she didn't believe me. "Nice pokemon always like to make trouble."
"I'm not trying to make any," I said defensively. "Look I'm sorry if I caused any problems. If you just move aside, I promise to leave and never come back."
"I'm afraid it's too late for that, Cyndaquil," the blue pokemon said. "You're planning on chasing us out of our city. We're going to make sure you never do that."
The blue pokemon pulled his hand back, his hand a fist and thrust it forward, aiming for my face. Somehow, in that instant, I seemed to have ducked, the punch completely missing me and instead, smacking the Mankey who was taken by surprise.
Both Nidorans were also surprised by this event. I quickly shot my head up, planning on making my escape. Unfortunately for me, I ended up banging my head against the pokemon's arm, which caused him to scream in pain. I was surprised by what I did, but didn't bother sticking around.
"Sorry," I yelled back as I ran out from the alley. I didn't dare look back incase they chased me. I ran as fast as I could, passing by all the humans, leaving confused looks on their faces. I made a right turn and ran down a much quieter area. I eventually stopped, coming to a dead end.
"Wrong way," I said as I went to go turn around. Unfortunately, the two Nidoran were right behind me, blocking off my escape route.
"We got you now, Cyndaquil," the female growled. "You're going to pay for what you've done to Mac."
"I'm sure we can talk something out," I said. "I mean he attacked me first."
"Right after your friend saved you," the male Nidoran said. "And now, we're going to pay back for all that's happened to us since you came."
The Nidoran began walking forward, their horns glowing. I could only stand there and not do nothing but tremble, unsure what to do. The Nidoran were close to me, their horns still glowing. I finally figured out that they were using their Horn Attack, which was filled with all sorts of poison.
Oddly, just as they struck, they froze suddenly, not moving. I was confused at first to as why they didn't move until the reason appeared from the air.
"Can't leave you alone for an hour without you getting into trouble, can I?" Priss asked, hurling away the two Nidos.
"Heh, thanks," I said. "I guess that's four I owe you for."
"If you keep this up, you might end up owing everybody," Priss said half-jokingly. "But I wouldn't do that too often. Owing people will eventually get you hurt. Or worse."
"I'll keep that in mind," I said.
"You do that," Priss said. "In the mean time, I think I'm going to need you to do me a favor."