A/N: Hi there everyone! Sorry it took so long for this chapter, put a school writing assignment got in the way and my schedule was thrown off. I had a lot of ideas for this chapter, and my good friend Midnight Glaze helped me sort them out (in an indirect way). If you need ideas, she has some good ones, though they are kind of violent…..
Anyways, enough of me, on with the story!
Tears came to her eyes. One or two escaped down her cheek. Joanna, the girl with the always happy, perfect life, was crying. I was shocked, too.
We all were. Trip and Ali were like the older sister and brother I never had. I opened my mouth to say something comforting, but closed it from lack of anything to say. It had come out of the blue. Start our journey, then they die. Mathew was crying silently, Dylan had a spaced out look on his face. Laura was like always, emotionless, but she did have a glimmer of sadness or sympathy in her eye. Me, Laura, and Joanna had been best friends growing up. Joanna wiped away her last tear and put a look of determination in its place.
"I will catch the murderer on this journey, even if it takes forever!" She said simply, then ran off to her room in the center. All the rest of us just looked around in shock.
"Um, I guess we'll take off tomorrow, if Joanna still feels like continuing." Dylan suggested.
"What! Of course Joanna will continue her journey! She said she would find the killer!" I yelled.
"I'm just saying, something drastic happened to her, she needs some time to chill." Now I was in a rage.
"She is strong! She WILL continue and catch the killer ! And tomorrow we are gonna keep going!" I was screaming at Dylan, not just because of what he said, also because I was ticked off that hes was right. Great. Another trait I inherited from my Aunt Misty. A huge temper. Why was I so much like her? Now I was already too mad to listen to Dylan's apology, and I ran down the same way Joanna had gone.
"Do you think you could just listen to me for once!" Dylan shouted down the hallway"You never understand what everyone else is going through! You're so selfish, brat!"
Hot tears were streaming down by face. I burst in to the room where the girls were bunked, ignoring Joanna, who was sobbing quietly on her bed, and I jumped onto my bed and screamed into my pillow. Minun must have felt my distress and popped out of it's Pokeball.
"Mi mi, Minun." It touched me on the shoulder, but I lashed out at it.
"Go away!" I yelled, my voice muffled by the pillow. Minun sat at the edge of my bed now, pouting. I looked up."I'm sorry, Minun, I didn't mean to yell." I took her in my arms and hugged her, and she passed warm, sparks of electricity to me through her hands. I dried my eyes and walked to Joanna, who was laying on her bed, sobbing.
"Minun, go get Joanna's bag for me." I commanded Minun. It looked a me questioningly for a moment, then complied.
I reached into the slot for Pokeballs, and released Charmander and to my dismay, Caterpie. I screamed and scrambled up the ladder of the bunk bed.
"Grace, what's wrong?" Joanna asked. I didn't reply, but my plan worked.
"Oh, hi Charmander, hi Caterpie." She said as she embraced them. Charmander was cute, but how could she let that bug crawl on her shoulder. I shuddered, but kept my mouth closed. She continued."No matter what happens, I'll keep on my journey and always be happy, and most of all, I'll always love you two." I was almost touched by the way Caterpie nuzzled her. Almost. Then she looked up at me, on the top bunk.
"Uh, h-hi, Joanna." I stuttered.
"Grace, what are you doing up there?" She asked, confused.
"Well, your bug popped out of its Pokeball and I had to climb up here to escape its creepiness." We laughed. Then we decided to see what was on the TV, so we could relax, but I soon got restless.
"You didn't have to be that harsh!" Laura reprimanded Dylan.
"Well, excuse me for showing emotion! You are about as feeling as a brick wall!" Dylan countered.
Laura gasped. "What did you just say!" Dylan just smirked at her. Then Laura stormed down the same hallway Grace and Joana had.
"Well, I guess It's just you and me, Dylan."Matthew said.
"Whatever, I'm just gonna go down to my room before someone else yells at me!" Dylan shouted.
Matthew sighed.
"Whoa, your friends sure have tempers!" Said a trainer sitting on the other side of the room, who had been listening to the whole exchange.
"Um, yeah" I said, rubbing the back of my head, embarrasses that he had saw all that. What the heck! I just sounded just like Grace, and I did the rubbing back of head thing, too! What am I, turning into her? I mean, she's only my cousin, not my twin! Matthew thought, slightly disturbed. Then he decided to go train, so he went outside.
"Okay, Bulbasuar, come on out!" I called. My Grass Type appeared in front of me. "Now Bulbasaur, we need to work on your speed. All you have to do is t-" I saw grcae sitting on the ledge on the wall further in the gardens, holding Minun. I ran over two her, with my Pokemon close behind.
"Minun, why did they have to get killed? Now everyone's either mad or sad! it's not fair we just started our journey!" Grace said angrily.
"Grace, what's wrong?" Matthew asked.
"Well, we're all arguing or or upset, and we just started our journey! This isn't supposed to happen! She yelled.
"Don't worry, we're all here for each other! I'm sure tomorrow we'll a be fine!"Matthew said.
"Thanks Matt." She said. She had such an easy way with him, almost as if they were closely related, not just cousins.
Matthew walked off from the Center's garden .Grace smiled at Minun, knowing that now everything would be okay. Or she thought. She heard a muffled thump, and would have thought nothing of it, if it were not for the memory that played through her mind just then. It was of when her and Matthew were out playing in the woods. They weren't more than five. It was late, we stayed there for hours, playing. Matthew thought he knew the way back, but they were lost. Then Matthew tripped on a tree root and hit his head. He was knocked out. It had been a brisk spring day, but the night got cold. It was almost dawn before they found them. It was the scariest night of her life.
"Matthew! Where are you?" Grace shouted. I walked down to the exit of the garden. then I saw him. He was laying on the ground next to the boy's room's window, out cold. Obviously he had tried to pull a stupid stunt and try getting into the room through the window. Sometimes he's so stupid! She thought. She kicked him in the head lightly. "Come on, princess, wake up!"
He groaned slightly, then opened his eyes. "I guess I shouldn't do that." He said.
"No duh! Now come one, let's go inside." Grace said, helping him to his feel. We walked through the sliding glass doors of the Pokemon Center. Were were about to go see if the others were okay, but Nurse Joy stopped us.
"Grace, Matthew, go get your other friends, you have a call from Professor Oak. You must be popular!" She said, commenting on how we had already had 3 phone call in one day. I went down to get Joanna and Laura, and Matthew went to get Dylan. Eventually, we all got down to the phone. Matthew picked up the reviever and the screen turned on to show Professor Oak.
"Whoa, it is true, they do!" He exclaimed when he saw all of us.
"Huh? Who does?" Dylan asked.
"Never mind, you'll find out soon enough." The professor said."Ash, I have them on the phone." He got up to let Ash talk.
"It's the Pokemon Master!" Laura said with surprise.
"I thought we already established that we knew him?" Matthew said, annoyed.
"Well, he is the Pokemon Master! He deserves to be respected!" Laura retorted.
"It's okay, you guys don't have to be formal with me." Ash said. Matthew cast Laura an I-told-so glance, but Laura just looked away.
"Why'd you call us?" Joanna asked.
"Well, first off, Joanna, I am very sorry about your brother and sister, they were some promising trainers."
"It's okay, I didn't really spend any time with them, and they didn't care about me." Joanna said with a small sad smile. Ash nodded.
"Well, there are two things I need two tell you guys. Number one, I need your help to save the world, and number two, Grace and Matthew, sorry I didn't tell you sooner, but you are both adopted. Lily and Violet are not your moms." As he said this, Grace and Matthews eyes grew, filled with shock. Her Aqua eyes met his light brown ones. They knew who their brother/sister was, and they had a pretty good idea of who their real parents were...
A/N: Cliff hanger! Oh, I'm evil. Sorry this was really short, I had the perfect place to end the chapter, but it is short, so I'll try to make the next chapter longer to make up for it. Don't forget to leave a review. Constructive criticism is always appreciated!
~BlueBlazeHeart