GAHHHHROOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
This was five weeks late!
Why did my computer have to break! I had so much time on my hands!
Okay, now that the breakdown's over.
Before I start today, I would like to make a reply to an anonymous reviewer.
I'm sorry that you feel that way, so I'll try harder.
Yes, it is as simple as that.
But how dare you to say that I'm uncreative!
That really burns me up.
I'm really fired up!
Great burn, dude!
Now all that's left to do is to prove you wrong.
Suicide Hot-line: 1-800-488-3000
I put this here as a tradition.
Don't you wish that there was a twelve step program for fighting chickens?... No, seriously.
"See, I told you you'd like ice cream," I laughed as Louis licked the edge of the cone again. He kept his new big blue ball under his right arm.
"It's so cold, but so good!"
"It's not better than your usual food is it?"
"I don't get you, Jade," the child took a small lick off the cone before continuing, "You're the one who wanted me to try ice cream, but you sound sad that I might like it."
"It's not that it's just," I paused, How can I tell him that he's my genie pig?, "I just wanted to make sure of something."
"Make sure of what?"
"Well, you remember what I told you about my mother."
"Yeah?"
"Well, she..." I had to put it in words that a child wouldn't cry about, "'disappeared' after I was... after I got here."
"Where did she go?"
"I don't know," I lied... sort of, "which is why I need to either find her or better yet..."
I took out the medallion, just for a second. I knew exactly how dangerous this thing was, but its power shouldn't affect anybody. The magic that I inherited wouldn't allow it. It was part of my blood, so to speak.
"Replace her...," I finished.
"You're thinking about using that thing to," he started to tear up, "you're not running away are you?"
"I need to Louis. My mother's 'missing' and I can't stand not doing anything about it."
"Who-o will I pl-play wif if ya g-go?"
"Louis, please don't."
"Waahhh Jaaaade! I don't want you to go!"
"Louis people are-," she was too late, Louis started wailing like a five year-old, "oh, crud."
"Jade please don't. I-I don't want ya to!"
"Please stop crying Lou."
"Jade? Hey Jade!"
"Double crud, people who know me. Hey, um," I stopped mid-sentence. Make that triple crud. I don't know them, but they all seem to know me, "everyone...?"
"We missed you at the shrine yesterday."
"You did," I nearly screamed. Were these people following me?
"You totally didn't show," the blond shrugged, "Though, I'm not surprised. John wouldn't care if you were there."
"Oh, that's right," I sighed in relief, "people were going to pray for him..."
"Hey, who's this little fella," another one of the girls bent eye level with Louis.
"L-lou-e-eh."
"Hiya, Louie why are you crying?"
"Jade was going to leave me," Louis sniffled.
"Jade, how can you even think about leaving this adorable little angel?"
"No, you have it all wrong," I blabbered.
"We're just messing with ya, Jade."
"Hey, why don't you come with us," the blond asked again.
"Yeah, that's a Great Idea," the red head squealed, "We're going to see the Torchic. Want to come?"
"Can I bring my ball?"
"Of course you can," now the blond squealed again, "oh, he's absolutely adorable!"
Despite how I died, I did live a good life. Sure, I lived half a childhood without my dad. And sure, I got bullied for being Lower Class. If it wasn't for my mother, I might have committed suicide sooner. My mother used to teach history at my school. Being the teacher's son didn't stop them from bullying me, but it was a little comforting to know that she was there. Now, I know what some of you are thinking, but no. I was not able to go to this school because my mother worked there. I worked hard for my scholarship into Golnar PokéAcademy.
"John, how could you get in another fight?"
"Mom, it's not my fau-Gah, it stings!"
"Well, stop getting into fights, then we wont have to treat you."
"Tyrone started it!"
"That's not the point," Mom sighed, "How do you think it reflects on me when you get into fights?"
"Well, if he'd stop picking fights with me," I flinched at the pain again, "then I wont have to finish them."
"Do you even realize how lucky you are to be able to go here," my mother nagged, "Mr. Smith pulled a lot of strings for us."
"I don't trust that man, mom," I spat.
"I know you don't, but," Mom continued cleaning my cut, "Just keep telling yourself 'just one more year, and then I'm out of here.'"
"Not that it matters. Team Rocket took Terry."
"I'm sure that Officer Jenny and the other officers will find them soon."
"None of them care about Terry, Mom!"
"Don't you yell at me, Johnathan Tyler Lawrence," she huffed.
...Man, I hate it when she calls me that...
"Sorry, mom," I sighed, then smiled, "but we made a promise together."
"They will find him," she sat down and pulled me close, "You will make it to the end of this school year and then you two can bring back the Silver Cup."
"Silver," I laughed, "Mom, you know that I'm going to bring back a golden trophy the size of the Grand Moltres Torch itself."
"Oh you will, will you?," Mom laughed back, "where ever would I put it?"
"The backyard, of course," I grinned, "we'll go swimming in it!"
"I swear, you're becoming more like your father everyday," Mom paused, "I sure miss him."
"I do too, Mom."
...to think, the very next day, she was forced to retire...
...I miss those days... she was always there for me...
...If only she stayed, then maybe I wouldn't be here...
"(Alright! Break It Up!)," Banhi forcefully pulled the two of us apart, "(Adian, I told you to be polite for our guest and Milk... *snicker*, You! And You we just got fixed up!)"
"(Letmeathim! Letmeathim! Letmeathim!)," Adian swiped with his feet still trying to get to me, "(I'll pluck all your feathers out! and then we'll see how lucky you are!)"
"(Why does everyone think that I'm the lucky one here! You try being tormented for doing absolutely nothing wrong for three damn years, then when you finally snap, you find yourself a...)"
...Wait a minute... Snap?...
... I didn't snap. I just...
...Where did I get that gun?...
... Mom didn't own one...
... Why can't I remember?...
"(Hey, there's no need to go all Dramatic Hero Speech on me.)," Adian yelled back, "(You have no right to talk that way about Fia, when all she's trying to do is be your friend.)"
"(I don't want her as a friend! I don't want any of you as friends! I hate Torchic!)"
"(Well, bad news for you Milkshake.)," I swear Adian said that name just to insult me further, "(You are a Torchic!)"
"(That's it!)," Banhi clanged our heads together like cymbals, "(Now 'Kiss and Make up', as the humans say, or else I'll sick the Ghost Shadow on the both of you.)"
All of the other Torchic shuttered and gasped at the mention of this "Ghost Shadow".
"(What the heck is the Ghost Shadow?)"
"(You haven't heard of the Ghost Shadow?)," one Torchic shuttered again.
"(Gee, I don't know if I should feel sorry or envious that he's never heard of him.)," the fourth Torchic sighed.
"(Some say that he's the dark persona of all sin.)," the tired Torchic yawned.
"(Dark persona of... You mean Giratina?)," I asked starting to get at least a little worried.
"(No, not Giratina. The Ghost Shadow is worse than Giratina.)," moaned Enya, "(He comes in the night looking for bad little Pokémon.)"
"(So that he can take us away to his lair to be eaten.)," Kegan flinched.
"(Eaten? I was told that he would tickle us to death.)," Adian shuttered.
"(No, he was going to turn us into dolls and keep us in his Toy Chest of Doom.)," Fia well 'Fia'ed. There really is no other way to describe her voice people.
"(Now who told you those silly stories?)," Banhi scratch his head.
"(Aunt Kiki...)," three of them pointed at the Fox who was currently grooming herself.
She stopped, mid-lick, only when she noticed everyone staring at her, "(What? A girl's gotta look her best.)"
"(The truth is that the Ghost Shadow will drag you away into the Kimon where you will never escape. Because beyond the Kimon is the dreaded Mu.)," Everyone shuttered at the mentioning of those weird names. Well, except for…
"(I'm sorry? Kimon? Moo? )," I huffed. I couldn't understand why then. I mean, who's afraid of the word "Moo". Just imagine, people running in fear of the Great, Terrible, Powerful and Deadly... "Moo". It sounds worse than being afraid of a Metapod.
"(They say that he knows when people even speak his name.)," Adian ignored my questions on purpose, I just knew it.
"(Now that is ridiculous! How can anyone know that someone is talking about them?)"
Meanwhile, Mew's shadow friend was sneezing violently.
"(Man, dude...)," he sneezed again, "(I can't tell if I'm catching a cold ACHOO!!!... or if there's a bunch of cute girls talking aCHUbout me.)"
"How much further," a small voice whined.
"(Uh oh.)," the shadow hid inside a tree.
"Not much further Louie."
"There's Ms. Kay's house," one of the girl's pointed, "the Torchic should be kept behind there."
"I don't see why we have to come all the way out here just to see some baby Torchic."
"Oh, didn't you hear, Jade?"
"Hear what?"
"A shiny Torchic hatched yesterday. He's such a cutey too."
"A shiny," Louis asked innocently again, "Like glows in the dark?"
"No Louis," that Jade girl corrected him like she was his big sister, "Shiny means that he's a different color than normal Torchic."
"I heard he's as white as a new born Vulpix," the other female commented, "he's the whole talk of Golnar right now."
"Really," Jade didn't seem to be too impressed, "Might as well see for myself."
The girls and Louis continued up the hill as the shadow peeked. He slowly slipped back out as he watched the group of five go.
"(Dude, that little dude's aura is, like whack.)" he yawned as he laid back, "(Wonder were I've felt a whack out aura like that before...)"
"This way Mrs. Lawrence," another voice spoke out.
"(Sure are a lot of people out here today.)," the shadow sighed, "(back in the tree.)"
Words so that you know what's going on are:
Kimon: Forbidden Gate, Also known as the Demon's Gate. Any gateway or portal that is forbidden to open or else...
Mu: "The Great Nothing", also known as "The Darkness", "The Void", "Yami", and scientist would call it "Antimatter" Why? Because scientists need a logical explanation for something that is, yet is not. Mu is the area where existence is impossible. Any who enter Mu are literally lost forever. NO EXCEPTIONS. PERIOD. Triple Scoop.
Kind of like forgetting to save your game and then it explodes for reasons unknown.
Aura: If you don't know what this is, you may need to rethink about reading Fanfictions before watching the actual show.
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