Alert: I'm planning on creating a third story based on Pokémon Special. Special Events (SE) has the pairings, Special Adventures (SA) has an actual story structure (SE is a random compilation), and the third story will have… random humor and everything else. Its planned title is Special Randomness (or somewhere along those lines to fit SR). SR will be a random compilation like SE, and each chapter will either be a moment that doesn't fit in SE, or a moment cut out from SA that doesn't belong in SE. For example, SE #011: Playing the Game would be in SR instead of being modified again and again to fit in SE. Another example: one of the WCHB moments in SA #010: Journey's End has Gold play a prank on Crystal and the Sinnoh trio. That moment, expanded of course, would fit splendidly in SR. Also, all of the original plans for SA will be in SR, such as severe enmity between Platinum and Sapphire.
Would SR be as popular as SA or SE? … Probably not. Definitely nowhere near as SA. If I never make SR, then the planned SR chapters will either be: deleted, modified again and again to fit in SE, or appear in intermission of SA.
Anyways, despite being titled as Doomed, there is nothing doom-y about this chapter. No one dies or anything.
Primary: Gold & Crystal.
Doomed:
Gold put a hand on his head and groaned. He had a serious headache, and his head physically hurt as well, as if he ran headfirst into a tree. He slowly sat up and examined his surroundings. It appeared to be late at night, as it was very dark and cold. And from what he could tell, he was near a park, underneath a large tree. But even in the darkness, he could still make out his billiard cue lying on the ground not too far away.
The goggled boy rose to his feet and picked up his billiard cue. He adjusted his cap and started to walk in a random direction, trying to find out where he was exactly. But as he walked, he could feel something on his billiard cue. Upon taking a closer look, Gold found what appeared to be charcoal all over the cue.
"Charcoal?" the goggled boy muttered. He took a look around and he saw what appeared to be a well in the distance. "Charcoal and a well… am I in Azalea Town?" He reached for his Pokégear but soon realized that he didn't have it with him. He didn't have any Pokémon on him either. "I have no Pokégear or Pokémon, and I'm in Azalea Town… what the hell happened yesterday?"
Soon, Gold managed to get out of the park and headed for the Pokémon Center. Inside, he checked the time; it was 1 am. Wondering why he was in the middle of Azalea Town past midnight, the goggled boy headed towards the nearest payphone, just outside the Pokémon Center. He reached into his pocket to withdraw some coins, but then realized that he had absolutely no money either. In fact, there was nothing in his pockets. The only non-clothes he had on him were his goggles and the billiard cue.
"… F*ck…"
Gold took a look around, and after making sure that no one was nearby, he smashed his billiard cue into the payphone where the coins were stored. From the smashed phone, he took enough coins to make one call. The phone still worked, so he used the coins to make a call.
"Hello?" came Crystal's voice a few rings later. Gold noticed that her voice was unusually quiet and sad. He figured that it was probably because it was 1 am. The Johto girl was probably sleeping.
"Hey, Crys, this is Gold," he started. "I-" Unfortunately, he had figured wrong.
"You have some nerve calling me, you jerk!" Crystal yelled through the phone. "I told you I never want to talk to you again!"
"Whoa… what?" Gold asked. He wanted to ask what she was talking about, but the Johto girl had already hung up. "… Alright… what the hell happened yesterday?"
Gold turned around and sighed, wondering what he should do. He decided to go to Violet City to try to talk to Crystal. But first, he'll need supplies. He turned back to the phone and took all the coins from the smashed payphone. He knew stealing was wrong and he didn't like stealing at all, but this was an emergency; society would have to understand.
With the newly acquired money, he headed towards the nearest 24-hour store. He had to go through Union Cave to get to Violet City, so he'd need a flashlight (and a shotgun or something, in case he runs into trouble. Then again, he had his indestructible billiard cue) and probably some food. But as he walked through the aisles to pick absolutely necessary stuff (he didn't have much money, after all), he noticed the abundance of heart shaped things and chocolates.
"Someone stocked up on chocolates a bit too much," Gold muttered.
He grabbed a water bottle and a flashlight and headed towards the counter. From what he could calculate, after purchasing those two things, he would have enough money for one more phone call.
"Hey, looks like someone's been busy tonight," said the clerk when Gold approached.
"What?" the goggled boy asked. The clerk took a small mirror on the counter and showed it to him. Gold looked into it, and noticed that there were pink lipstick marks on his cheek. 'Huh. That's weird,' he thought as he examined the mark closer. 'Crys doesn't use lipsticks… … Uh oh…' "Hey, what day was it yesterday?" Gold asked, sensing impending doom.
"Valentine's Day," the clerk replied. "You must've been wasted to forget that."
"Oh sh*t…" Gold muttered. "I'm screwed…"
He hastily paid for the water and flashlight and ran out of the store. He headed straight towards Union Cave. He had to get to Crystal ASAP and try to explain things, even though he wasn't clear on the details himself. Could it be that he was actually cheating on Crystal? That was impossible…
But because of the dark, he failed to see a large tree near the charcoal store that had a large heart carved around the message "Gold + Plati"…
12 pm…
Gold panted to catch his breath right in front of Crystal's house. He ran through Route 33, Union Cave, and Route 32 to get to Violet City. He was tired, hungry, sleepy, but mostly confused by the time he arrived in front of Crystal's house. He was going to find out what happened, and the Johto girl would have to understand that whatever he did yesterday, he didn't mean it.
The goggled boy poured the remains of the water bottle on his face and used his sleeve to clean his face of all lipstick remains. It was obvious that seeing the lipstick mark would only infuriate Crystal.
Gold knocked on the door with whatever strength he had left. The door soon opened and Crystal appeared in the doorway. Seeing Gold, the Johto girl narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms.
"Crys… let's talk about this," the goggled boy wheezed out. Crystal rolled her eyes and proceeded to shut the door. Gold stuck his arm in the opening. "Come on, Crys! What did I do?"
"You know damn well what you did!" Crystal yelled. She tried to slam the door.
"Ow… Come on, Crys! I don't- Ow… know what- Ow… happened!" Gold yelled out as Crystal repeatedly slammed the door on his arm. "Whatever I- Ow… did, I'm sure I- Ow… didn't mean it!"
"Just go away!" Crystal yelled. She opened the door and pushed Gold out of the way. The goggled boy tried to reach out to her, but she slammed the door on his face.
"Crys! Come on! I don't remember what happened yesterday! And I ran all the way here from Azalea Town!" Gold yelled from the outside. With a sigh, he turned away. Crystal wasn't going to open the door again. In fact, it appeared that she was about to cry. "Oh, I'm screwed and I don't even know why!"
With the remaining coins in his pocket, he called one person that would be able to help him: Blue. Well, he tried to call her. Unfortunately, the only phone number that he memorized was Crystal's (apart from his own house, anyways). As a result, he had no choice but to call home. From his mother, Gold learned something new. Apparently Crystal had gone over to his house yesterday and dropped off his Pokégear and Pokémon.
"Another clue…" Gold muttered.
He requested that his Pokémon come to him, as he wasn't willing to walk all the way to New Bark Town. He then hung up and headed towards the Pokémon Center. As he waited, he went over the list of clues.
"Okay… It was Valentine's Day yesterday, I had lipstick mark on my face, I woke up in Azalea Town without my Pokégear or Pokémon, my cue had charcoal on it, Crys hates me now, and she dropped off my Pokégear and Pokémon at my house yesterday. Hmm…" Gold closed his eyes and tried to think. "… … I really need senior Blue's help to solve this mess. Crys definitely knows something about what happened, but she's not going to tell me any time soon."
30 minutes later, his Togekiss arrived in Violet City Pokémon Center with a bag on its back. Gold took the bag and looked inside. He found his Pokégear and his entire Pokémon team. He took his Pokégear and searched the recently-called list. The last person he called was…
"Who the hell is Laura?" Gold muttered. He looked at his Pokémon. 'One of my Pokémon must know what happened…' "Damn it! I need senior Yellow's help!" He returned his Togekiss and sent out his Mantine (and Remoraids). "To the Viridian Forest!"
An hour later, Viridian Forest…
Gold knocked on the door to Yellow's house after returning his Mantine. A couple of minutes later, the door opened and Yellow appeared. She appeared awfully tired, though.
"Hi, Gold," she said with a warm smile. "How are you doing?"
"Crap," the goggled boy replied. "Something happened yesterday that made Crys hate me and I don't know what it is. So… I need your help."
"Oh… sure, I'll do my best."
The Kanto Dex Holder stepped aside and let Gold enter. She led her junior to the living room and sat on the couch. Gold sent out his Typhlosion. Yellow put a hand over her mouth and yawned.
"Okay… I'll see what I can do…" she put her hand on Explotaro's head and closed her eyes.
Gold sat on a chair and watched. He waited for a few minutes and when Yellow didn't react at all, he began to think something was wrong.
"Uh… senior Yellow?"
Yellow jumped in surprise and opened her eyes. "Oh, oh… right. Sorry." She yawned again and shook away her drowsiness.
"Uh… what's wrong, senior?"
"I'm really sorry, Gold. Truth is, I woke up when you knocked on the door. Red and I went on a cruise to Hoenn for the past few days and I only returned home a few hours ago."
"Oh. So I guess you couldn't read Explotaro's thoughts, huh?"
"No, I saw its thoughts," Yellow replied. "Yesterday, you bought a bouquet of flowers from the Goldenrod Flower Shop. You then flew around for an hour and stopped at a town. There, you met some girl. Your Pokémon didn't have a good view, but from what I could tell, Crys saw you and began to chase you. You dropped your bag and your wallet and ran away. From what your Typhlosion saw, I think the girl you were meeting took the money from your wallet. Crys returned, took the bag and the wallet and went over to your house to drop them off."
Gold groaned and put a hand on his head. "So I was cheating on Crys… but… but that's impossible!" Suddenly, a thought occurred. "Wait… the girl took my money? And wait… I was on Mantaro for an hour? Did I stop anywhere?"
Yellow thought for a second. "I think you did half an hour into the flight."
Gold thought for a second before he rose to his feet. "Thanks senior. Now I'm going to go get someone else's help. You should get some rest."
Yellow yawned again. "Sorry for not being able to help you more."
Gold returned his Explotaro and left his senior's house. With his Mantine, he headed to Viridian City. From the Pokémon Center, he called Blue. It was a good thing he had the Pokégear number of every Dex Holder registered in his Pokégear. As he waited, he sat by a table inside the Pokémon Center and tried to come up with a theory on what happened. The Kanto girl arrived at the Pokémon center a few minutes later, as she had been in the Viridian Gym. She appeared a little angry at him, though.
"Uh… hey, senior. Why do I get the feeling you're pissed off at me?" Gold asked.
"Yesterday was Valentine's Day," Blue said as she crossed her arms and sat across the table. "I sent Red and Yellow onto a cruise last week so they could spend Valentine's Day at the climax of the cruise. Ruby and Sapphire went to Lake Verity. Dia and Platinum went to the beach in Cherrygrove City. Even Green took me to the cape in Route 25. But Crys told me what happened yesterday."
"About that," Gold started, but his senior wouldn't let him continue.
"You broke her heart! On Valentine's Day! You were cheating on her!"
"I – I can explain!" Gold yelled out.
"Really? Explain, then," Blue ordered.
"… Actually, I can't. I don't really know what happened yesterday. I need your help to find out what exactly happened. I couldn't have cheated on Crys. That's just not possible!"
Blue lightened her expression. "…Continue. How exactly am I going to help?"
Gold began to explain as much as he knew about what happened. "And I think this girl Laura is the one who caused the whole misunderstanding. I think she came onto me so she could take my money and then ditched me."
Blue sighed. "Girls who only care for money… disgusting…"
"Well, she's…" Gold trailed off. "Wait… from what I heard from seniors Red and Green, you only cared for money!"
Blue appeared a little hurt. "… That was years ago, okay? At any rate! What exactly do you want me to do?"
"Maybe you can find out what exactly happened."
"Alright then. Tell me everything again, and I'll try to piece them together."
"Okay. As far as I know…"
Blue listened attentively as Gold listed all of the clues he found and everything that happened so far once more. After the goggled boy finished his story, the Kanto girl sat in silence as she began to think.
"Hmm… If I had to guess, I'd say that this Laura did some research on you. She knew about you dating Crys. I think this Laura snatched the flowers you bought for Crys and made it look like you were cheating on her. She was probably trying to get some money off of you."
"So… I have a stalker?"
"Either that, or this girl was insane and random things happened that caused a misunderstanding. It's impossible to determine what exactly happened." Blue sighed and pulled out her Pokégear. "I told Platinum to go talk to Crys, and I can call her and tell her that you're innocent, but you'll still have to talk to her to set things straight."
"I know," Gold said. He rose to his feet. "Well… thanks, senior."
An hour later, Violet City…
Diamond and Platinum stood outside Crystal's house, looking at each other. Diamond had to get to New Bark Town to assist Professor Elm (Platinum had to as well, but Blue had ordered her to talk to Crystal first, so she came to Violet City instead), so he had to say goodbye to the heiress.
"Diamond, you should have gone straight to New Bark Town instead of accompanying me to Violet City," Platinum said.
"I wanted to make sure that you arrived in Violet City safely," Diamond said.
Platinum smiled and grabbed his hand. "Thank you for your concern." She kissed him and looked extremely happy. "Go to Professor Elm, Diamond. I shall follow you once I am finished comforting senior Crystal. Though I fear that it may take a while, rest assured that I will meet up with you in New Bark Town."
Diamond nodded and soon left on his bicycle. Platinum watched her boyfriend with a warm smile before she knocked on the door. Before long, the door opened and Crystal appeared. The heiress looked at her senior and noticed the difference in her appearance. The Johto girl's hair wasn't combed nicely like normal, for one.
"Oh, hey Platinum," Crystal said with a fake smile.
"Senior Crystal, are you okay?" the heiress asked with a worried expression.
"Of course I am! Why do you ask?" the Johto girl asked with narrowed eyes. She knew why her junior came. Perhaps the younger girl would take the hint and just leave her alone. But unfortunately, Platinum could be clueless at times.
"I heard from senior Blue about what happened with senior Gold."
A vein bulged out from Crystal's forehead and Platinum noticed that her senior suddenly looked very angry.
"And what, did she send you here to rub it in my face?" Crystal yelled. "Sure, you have Dia who'll never cheat on you, and he took you to the beach yesterday. I'm so happy for you! While I saw Gold cheating on me yesterday, you must've had such a romantic moment with Dia!"
"Um… senior?"
"Just go away and leave me alone!"
The Johto girl slammed the door shut and the heiress slowly walked away with a sad expression. As she walked away, she ran into Gold.
"Platinum, how's Crys?" the goggled boy asked.
The heiress sighed and proceeded to explain what happened. As Gold listened, he became more and more worried. Crystal was really upset, seeing how she even yelled at Platinum.
"Well… I'll talk to her and see if I can get her to calm down," Gold said. "And don't feel too bad. Super Serious Gal is just super upset."
"I understand," Platinum said with another sigh. She still looked sad, however. She bowed to her senior and turned to leave.
"Hey, where are you going?"
"I am going to Professor Elm's laboratory."
Gold reached into his bag and withdrew the Pokéball containing his Togekiss. He tossed the Pokéball to Platinum. "Take Togetaro. New Bark Town is a long way from here if you walk."
"Thank you very much, senior," Platinum said with another bow. With her senior's Togekiss, the heiress headed towards New Bark Town.
Gold approached Crystal's house and took a deep breath. Crystal was still very angry, and she was probably not willing to listen to any explanations. So the goggled boy decided to take a risk. With another deep breath to get ready, he knocked on the door. The Johto girl opened the door a few seconds later. Once she saw him, she proceeded to shut the door again.
Gold stuck his billiard cue in the doorway to prevent it from shutting. "Crys, if you can't tell when I'm being sincere even after all these years, I have nothing more to say. If you trust me, then meet me in front of the Pokémon Center in 10 minutes. If you don't trust me, then I really will have to find someone else."
As expected, Crystal froze from the other side. Gold put his billiard cue away and shut the door himself. Afterwards, he headed towards the Pokémon Center and took note on the time. He sat on a bench nearby and began to think over what he was going to say.
Exactly 5 minutes and 43 seconds later, Crystal showed up. She sat on the bench beside him, but at the very end of the bench.
"I'm… sorry, Gold," Crystal started after a sigh. "I heard from mom that you came to find me here, but what I saw in Azalea Town…"
"Crys, I don't know exactly what happened yesterday," Gold started. "I might have hit my head on something. But listen. There is no way that I would cheat on you." He put a hand on Crystal's shoulder. The Johto girl turned to face him. Gold looked into her eyes and as sincerely as possible, spoke. "I love you, Crys." Before Crystal could say anything, Gold reached over and kissed her on the lips. "If that doesn't prove that I love you, then I don't know what will," he said once the kiss ended.
"Gold…" Crystal muttered. Without warning, she burst into tears.
"Uh… Crys?"
"I'm sorry," she sobbed out. "I never should have doubted you…"
"It's okay, Crys. As long as you believe me, I'm happy."
Crystal kissed him and wiped away her tears. "Thanks for your sincerity. I love you too, Gold."
"If your mood is back to normal, does that mean that you'll talk to Platinum? I'm sure senior Blue will kill me if she finds out that you hurt Platinum's feelings because of me."
"Yes. I'll talk to Platinum and apologize for what happened. Then we'll all forget that this whole thing ever happened," Crystal replied.
Gold nodded and put an arm around Crystal's shoulders. "Hey Crys, what do you think actually happened yesterday?"
Crystal let out a content sigh. "As long as you don't regain your memory, we'll never know."
As mentioned in SA #012: Once More Unto the Breach, the next chapter for SE will be a Ruby & Sapphire moment that will be in SA #013. This will be the very first time where two full different versions of the same event will be revealed. Of course, the SA version will have more story relevance and will be a lot shorter (SA has a story going on, after all), but we'll see how it goes.
Post Ending:
Valentine's Day…
Gold dug into his bag for his wallet (he was going to travel with Fly and didn't want his wallet to be in his pocket because of the risk that it might fall out) as the Goldenrod Flower Shop's clerk picked a recommended bouquet of flowers. It wasn't Gold's fault that he had no idea what flower to give someone during Valentine's Day.
"Buying flowers for your girlfriend?" asked the clerk. "6000 PKD, by the way."
"That should be obvious," the goggled boy muttered. He gave the clerk 8000 PKD, to cover the bouquet's cost and the tip. He went out of the shop and sent out his Mantine. "Alright, Mantaro, to Super Serious Gal's house!"
30 minutes later, Violet City…
Gold kept the flower bouquet hidden behind him as he knocked on the door to Crystal's house. The door soon opened and Crystal's 'crazy' mother appeared.
"Oh, hi Gold!" she shouted gleefully.
"Uh… hi. Is Crys home?" the goggled boy asked.
"No. Crys went to Azalea Town to pick up specially made Pokéballs and to deliver more Apricorns to Kurt."
"Oh. Thank you." Gold sent out his Mantine again. "To Azalea Town! Let's go!"
30 minutes later…
Gold got off his Mantine in front of Azalea Town's Pokémon Center. He didn't really know where Kurt's house was, so he needed to ask for directions. The Pokémon Center was packed, so he headed to the charcoal shop near the Pokémon Center. He carefully put the bouquet of flowers in his bag and entered the store. The moment he got inside, a Farfetch'd popped out of nowhere and snatched away his billiard cue.
"Hey, what the? Give that back, you freaking piece of-"
"Gold, is that you?" came an unfamiliar voice from beside.
The goggled boy looked and saw an unfamiliar girl looking at him. "Do I know you?"
"I'm Laura! And I LOVE YOU!" the girl squealed out.
Gold looked at the girl with a surprised look. "… The hell?" He looked at the Farfetch'd and threw a small piece of charcoal at it. The charcoal hit the Farfetch'd in the back of its head and it dropped the billiard cue into a pile of charcoal. Gold reached for his billiard cue but Laura picked it up first. "Hey, give that back!"
"This is you famous cue!" she squealed out as she swung the indestructible, charcoal smeared billiard cue.
The girl ran out of the store and Gold chased after her.
"Hey, what the hell!" Gold yelled.
The girl started to laugh as she ran towards a large tree and with the billiard cue, began to carve something into the tree.
"Look what I wrote!" the girl squealed out.
The goggled boy saw the carved message and looked confused. It wasn't good for him, as the message was a large heart enclosed around the words 'Gold + Plati'.
"Who the hell's Plati? Are you trying to write Platinum?"
"Who's Platinum?" Laura asked. "No, my last name is Plati. There are a lot of girls with the name Laura in Azalea Town, so I needed to pick something distinct."
Noticing the girl's slight distraction, Gold tried to snatch his billiard cue. Though the goggled boy did manage to snatch his billiard cue, the probably-insane girl simply embraced him and kissed him on the cheek, leaving pink lipstick marks.
"Hey, what the hell!" Gold yelled as he pushed the girl away.
The girl suddenly reached for his bag and took the bouquet of flowers. "These are my favorites!" the girl yelled. The girl then snatched the goggled boy's Pokégear and dialed her own Pokégear number. "Now you can call me whenever! I registered my Pokégear number into your Pokégear!"
Gold gritted his teeth at the absurdity of the situation and tried to get the bouquet and Pokégear back. He managed to snatch his Pokégear back, but not the bouquet. While trying to get the flower bouquet back, he noticed the uncomfortable proximity between the crazy girl's face and his own. If Crystal was to see this…
"Gold?" came a familiar voice from behind.
Gold froze. He turned around and saw Crystal looking at him with a horrified expression. "Oh… this is just not fair…"
"Gold, were you… … What are you…" the Johto girl stammered, unable to finish any of her questions.
"Crys! This isn't what it looks like!" Gold yelled.
"Oh, it's EXACTLY what it looks like!" Laura yelled.
Crystal burst into tears and Gold quickly ran towards her. But the moment he got close, the Johto girl kicked him in the knee.
"Ow, Crys! Believe me! I wasn't doing anything!" Gold tried to explain, but Crystal wouldn't listen.
"You were cheating on me, you jerk!" she screamed out. The goggled boy tried to run to avoid experiencing the Johto girl's wrath, but she grabbed him by his bag and began to hit him on the head. "How could you? On Valentine's Day!"
Gold quickly took his bag off and ran for his life. Crystal dropped the bag and chased after him, and the content of the bag spilled out onto the ground, including the goggled boy's wallet and Pokégear.
"Look, Crys, I'm sorry! But I wasn't cheating on you! That female is crazy!" he yelled, pointing at Laura in the distance.
"Shut up! I never want to talk to you again!" Crystal screamed out.
Laura picked up Gold's fallen wallet and took all the cash, seeing how no one was looking. Gold ran as fast as he could, occasionally glancing back to see how close Crystal was. The Johto girl was slowing down, as she didn't really have any energy to run. She simply picked up rocks and started to throw them. Gold continued running. He looked back to track oncoming rocks. But because of that, he couldn't see the low hanging tree branch. He slammed his head on the tree, and because he was running as fast as he could, he was immediately knocked unconscious from the impact.
Crystal couldn't see because her vision was blurring from tears and had already turned away. She wiped away some of her tears as she walked back. She soon found Gold's belongings scattered on the ground. She picked up Gold's bag and put the other belongings into the bag. Inside the bag, she found an envelope.
Crystal looked at the envelope but instead of opening it, simply crammed it back into the bag. She took all of Gold's belongings and with her Xatu, headed towards New Bark Town so she could drop them off at the goggled boy's house. Because she never opened the envelope, she would never find the crucial clue that proved Gold's innocence: a short letter from the goggled boy to Crystal.
It was a simple letter with a simple message. "Happy Valentine's Day, Super Serious Gal. You won't hear me say this much, but here it is: I love you."
And so ends the longest Post Ending of SE. Now if you would just review… Please review! Now. I'm sure it won't take long.
I picked Plati to be the last name for the sole purpose of causing a misunderstanding. Is Plati even a last name? Probably not…
Drop reviews for Special Adventures as well if you haven't done so already. The constant decrease of reviews per chapter is getting me worried. I thank the faithful reviewers and I hope you remain faithful. So… please review! And wait patiently for SA #013, SE #028, and quite possibly SR #001.