Hello, I know, it's been over a year. It's weird how quickly time passes. I'd like to think that I've matured over this past year, but somehow, I don't think I really have. I know, it's been forever since I've updated, and I'm very sorry about that. I know I said many times that I would never let a story die, but as you can see, this story isn't dead, but it was very close to it.
In fact, I'm kind of surprised that I'm coming back on. My laptop recently shut down and wouldn't work, and after I got it fixed I was surprised to find things on one of my hard drives still completely in tact. While my internet was down I was searching through old written documents I had written, and I stumbled on my stories for The Sunday List of Dreams and Last Chance as well as a few other stories I'd started but never quite finished.
And earlier today, on my phone, I had accessed this story The Sunday List of Dreams in a sort of nostalgic feeling, and began to read my chapters over again. It kind of hit me then, all the thoughts I'd had when I had written that story, all my problems with dialogue, coming up with OC characters, (whom I may end up altering now...) and all the questions that had popped into my mind when I realized I'd started a lot of chapters with the morning sun coming up while I was writing chapters.
Ah, those were good times. I won't lie, my love of Pokemon never really died, but so many things were happening at once during this past year (and this year, as well) that I just hadn't had time for anything. So I'm very sorry, so sorry, that I did not update.
I remember on my phone I'd accidentally clicked the button for reviews. I read a few reviews which really cheered me up, and I remembered how happy and excited I was when I first got them. It's weird to think that was just over a year ago – it feels like it's been forever. One particular review caught my eye, one I'd received recently which I'd seen the alert for in my e-mail inbox, but had deleted with everything else because I decided, in a crude and somewhat cruel and ignorant way, that I was too busy to deal with anything to be checking reviews which I knew, would eventually distract me. But of course, I eventually got on and started reading on my phone.
But one review caught my eye, (I'm amazed people still read this story!) and that one was the second on the list, a very recent one from Feyren. They wanted to know whether I would ever be updated again. I'd like to say, "yes". So, I will!
Yes, they will be updated. In fact, this is an update. I'd like to thank everybody for sticking with me this far, and the new people who still come and read my stories. It makes me happy to see these kind of reviews, especially since as of recently I've been swimming in my own self-pity and depression (I'm like Bella Swan from New Moon! OH GOD I DID NOT JUST SAY THAT SHOOTMEOHGODOHGODOHGOD) (No, I do not like Twilight. I used to, but after everything got hyped up I kind of hate it now. But, it does give a good plot bunny...) and school has been weighing me down.
Even so, I will still try to update. I know the feeling. Reading the incomplete story that you always wanna know what's going to happen next (although I don't know if anybody feels like that about my story) but the author/story hasn't been updated since ancient times. Lol, trust me, I know.
So, I'd like to ask you the impossible. Please stick around for another round of The Sunday List of Dreams! I'd really appreciate it! It's going to be a little more modified, I'm probably going to end up changing the fangirls later on. Hell, I can barely REMEMBER their names and descriptions!!! (Well, I can, but, oh never mind!)
So thank you, thank you, and thank you once again to my readers and reviewers.
Although I would like to say that I am sorry to say I cannot continue my promise of never letting a story die. All of mine were on the brink, and I... really don't know. It's nice, though, not knowing. I'd like to see where this takes us.
And I'm sorry this author's note took so long. (About a page and a sentence, hah!)
Let's begin!
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The Sunday List of Dreams
Chapter 9: Where The Sea and Horizon Meet
When you let go of my hand,
will you forget
about me?
I wish I could tell you, but I can't find the words
Maybe I'd rather listen to you lie,
I can't even say "Don't leave me."
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Lyrics from "Long Kiss Good-Bye" by HALCALI. I do not own pokemon or the song!
You know, just as a heads up, my mouth has turned into quite the dirty one. (Ha, ha!!!!!) So, I hope nobody minds a little mild language. Lol!
"May, get your lazy ass up!!!" Misty yelled, yanking the sheets off of May's lithe form. She was curled up against her pillow, wearing red shorts with a plain white cami on top. May's eyes tightened, before she curled up tighter against her pillow, which was situated between her legs and her arms. She purred quietly in her sleep, and Misty twitched. They were going to be late, for god's sake!! Misty heard a thump, and turned to look at Dawn who had just rolled off her bed, but was amazingly still asleep.
"What kind of world do we live in...?" Misty groaned, dejected. She walked into the bathroom as a last resort, pulling out two large cups and filling them with ice cold water. She smiled evilly. Walking back into the room, she glanced at Dawn who was sprawled on the floor, blanket underneath her and her pillow half hanging off the bed's side. She quickly dumped the water on Dawn before proceeding to Misty, Dawn's screaming ringing in her ears as she smirked deviously. She poured the other cup onto May, who shot up, startled, giving a loud shriek momentarily before glaring at Misty.
"What the hell was that for!?" May wailed, wringing the water from her now somewhat see through shirt.
Misty simply shrugged.
"You know, we're going to be late if you guys don't hurry!" Misty exclaimed, hands on her hips, with her things situated at her feet, Togepi cooing from the couch across their beds in their hotel room.
"Wha--?" Dawn questioned, before looking at her alarm clock. Her eyes widened a fraction before she shot up and quickly began to strip as she ran into the bathroom. Misty could hear the clunking of bottles and the swift clicks of open make-up cases that clattered against each other as they were being thrown into their bags. May groaned, before slowly getting up and grabbing her clothes she had laid out the night before, getting ready to change and pack away her things as well. Misty smiled.
"Ah, sometimes I wonder what you girls would do without me."
'It's a miracle, that's for sure.' Was the first thing which came to Dawn's mind as the three girls boarding the ship heading for Alto Mare. It was the same ship they had taken to get to LaRousse, the city being one of the many excursions one could take. And of course, Misty, May and Dawn had decided on only two excursions, the rest to be decided with Max and his little group of buddies later.
"I'm amazed we made it." May panted, sweat dripping from her brow as she settled against the railing, her suitcases and bags sitting next to her.
"No thanks to you two!" Misty laughed, eyes sparkling in the sun's rays.
"Yeah, yeah, we know!" Dawn pouted, her eyes alight with the grin that was threatening to push out.
"Hey, you guys made it!" Max called, grinning as he waved from where he stood on the deck. "I thought for sure May would end up sleeping in and you guys would have missed the boat!!"
"Excuse me?" May scoffed, weight shifting onto one leg, one hand on her hip while the other dangled against her side. She glared at her younger brother.
"Well, you know, he's right." Misty noted. Max smirked.
"It was partially Dawn's fault, too!!" May cried, unhappy with all the blame that was aimed her way.
"Hey, hey, don't get me involved!" Dawn waved her hands in front of her frantically, and the four burst into laughter.
As they stood they could hear the horns blaring into the world, the ship coming to life as it slowly began to shift in the water, and Misty leaned against the railing, watching as the water hit the pure white side of the boat, swirling and swimming as it sparkled from the sun's rays, the water blue and crisp as a diamond that mesmerized Misty the same way it had when she was a child and growing up.
As Ash, Paul, Drew and Brock walked over to the group of four, Ash couldn't help but stare. Misty's face was soft, nostalgic, and mystified as she watched the water. He felt his heart swell with a foreign yet familiar emotion he couldn't particularly place his naïve little finger on. Quickly stuffing the feeling into a box, he walked alongside his friends, face tinged with a pink hue on it.
Seeing the boys arrive, May laughed, catching Misty out of her reverie. She grinned, feeling her heart quicken and her stomach do funny things as Ash smiled brightly at her.
Dawn couldn't help but note the way Misty was watching Ash. She grinned, deviously, and thought of all the things that could go between the two and how she might just turn into a Todd stalker-a-like, camera and everything. Man, the camera hype was definitely getting to Dawn. She blinked a few times, before turning to the conversation.
"...so apparently, we should reach Alto Mare by tomorrow!" Max proclaimed, smiling cheerfully.
"Wow, that quick? Then why the hell did it take us four freaking days just to get to LaRousse?" May joked, and Max fixed her with a look that said, 'are-you-really-that-idiotic-don't-you-know-your-freaking-geography??' (1) May couldn't help but roll her eyes. She could read her brother all too easily.
May felt her pokegear begin to vibrate against her hip. Everybody quieted down, curious as to who it was that could be calling.
"Hello?" May questioned, not recognizing the number.
"HEY, MAY!" May winced at the loud voice. Her eyes widened and she easily recognized the voice.
"S...Sid?!" May heard Misty snicker and Dawn gasp. She felt kind of like gasping herself! "U-uh, how did you get my number?"
'Ohgodohgodthisisn'thappeningnoitisn'tyouknowitisn'tohgodnoitisn't....' May's thoughts were jumbled and strung together as Sid's voice fell on deaf ears.
"---ay, May? May, you there?" May snapped out of her thoughts.
"Uh, sorry, but I can't talk!"
"Oh, okay I'll call you later then! Bye!" Before May could protest, the pokegear had hung up and May was on the verge of throwing her pokegear against the deck screaming 'SONUVA...!' Thank god Misty was there. Too bad she wasn't helping May's situation all that much.
"Oh yay! May made a friend!" Dawn cooed, sniggering hysterically under her breath. She spoke to May as if she were speaking to a small child, her hand muffling her laughter at the dirty look that May had just given her.
"Lucky you!" Misty burst out laughing, eyes watering slightly.
"Well it looks like we've all learned an important lesson today. May can make friends." Drew smirked, and May turned to him, aghast.
"You, too, Drew?! GRAH!" May shrieked, stuffing her pokegear into her side pack before she was prompted to throw it overboard.
"God has a sick, sick, sense of humor." May huffed, before smiling at her friends they laughed at her comment. May began to laugh as well, because laughter was the best medicine, and it was too contagious to ignore.
The night had passed quickly between the two traveling groups joined one. They split to their respected rooms as the night drew a curtain to close. Misty glanced out the darkened window, and she could see the waves as dark as midnight blanketing all around them, the dark sea blending in with the velvet sky, dotted with the sparkling lights of the stars. Misty smiled, at peace. Until she felt her shirt being pulled back and something cold and wet sliding down her back and getting caught in her...
"ICE!!!" She shrieked, jumping while turning, attempting to reach for the ice which was inconveniently stuck at a place where her arms, unfortunately, did not extend. The ice was cold, sticking to her dry skin and refusing to move, rubbing slightly against her bra and shirt. May and Dawn were shrieking with laughter, May having fallen onto the floor and clutching her stomach tightly while Dawn pointed, laughing while tears fell from her eyes, as Misty did an awkward hopping, stretch and reach dance.
"That's payback for this morning, Misty!!" Dawn howled, and Misty soon dislodged the half melted and still melting ice cubes from her bra. She chucked them at Dawn, who barely managed to dodge them and they had hit May as she started to stand up.
"Ow!" May scowled, and Misty began to laugh, while Dawn was still laughing hysterically at her friend who was holding her cheek. May ran into the kitchen, pulling out a cup and filling it with water and ice. She snuck up behind an unknowing Dawn, Misty stifling her laughter as she watched May slink in, the cup sloshing in her hands. She grabbed Dawn's shirt and poured the entire cup, ice and all, down Dawn's back. Dawn screamed in alarm, jumping up at least a foot.
"MAY!!!" She shrieked, before turning, her entire back soaked and the ice cubes slightly visible from their raised position against her bra and shirt. Dawn lunged for May, tackling her onto the bed. She grabbed the pokegear from her hip, smirking mischievously.
"I wonder who I could call on this...?" Dawn waggled her eyes knowingly, and May stared at her with pure horror.
"YOU WOULDN'T!!!!" She shrieked, before launching herself at Dawn. Misty smiled, before telling the two girls she was going on a walk. She pulled on her flip flops, clad in her now drying loose white shirt and black shorts.
Misty was walking along the deck of the lowest part of the deck, and paused as she leaned against the rails. She craned her head towards the stars, smiling knowingly to herself. The stars twinkled, as if they were winking at her. Misty closed her eyes, relishing the cool, yet lukewarm air as it her hit legs and tickled her hair. The smell of the fresh, crisp water, like after rain, hit her nostrils and she felt her heart swell with nostalgia and grinned to nothing in particular.
"Mist?" Misty turned to see Ash there, watching her with a peculiar look on his face.
"Oh, hi, Ash." Misty stuttered slightly, hoping and praying to every god out there that the darkness was hiding her obviously red face.
"What'cha doin' out here?" Ash questioned, with his usual happy-go-lucky voice. Pikachu was interestingly absent from his shoulder.
"Oh, I just went for a walk." She said, smiling pleasantly. She leaned against the railing, facing Ash while crossing her ankles. "What about you?"
"Eh, same reason." He grinned at her. Truth be told, he had coincidentally been leaving the room at the same time as her and decided on following her to the deck. He could see the same look on her face again when she had turned to look at the ocean, the wind floating against her, lifting the hem of her shirt slightly and making her hair flow in waves, like a sea of fire.
They fell into a comfortable silence, turning to watch as the ship moved on, past the dark, barely identifiable masses of islands, past the flocks of pokemon nesting on their migration route, past the pod of Seel and Dewgong whose white bodies were easy to make out against the dark navy of the water, but never past the horizon where the sea and the night met – it was always in synch, traveling wherever they did.
The stars gleamed in their velvet night, their reflections shifting and turning in the water below.
Misty smiled, leaning against Ash, as the sound of water rushed into their ears, filling every sense. She could feel her heart pounding, but she was sure, that, if she fell still enough and the sea became soundless, she could hear his as well.
And with that, I stop!! This is a short chapter, and although I'm not entirely happy with the way it turned out, it's a start. It's kind of hard getting back into synch with the story, but I'll definitely try my best!
(1) – I don't know geography of the regions either, so I really can't particularly say anything about this!!!! Hah!!!
Another thing I've noticed, is that there aren't enough good vampire stories involving my favorite canon shippings. Even though I'm not a fan of the Twilight series, I do love myself a good vampire story every once in a while....sometimes the dirty stuff. Wink, wink!
WHERE DID MY INNOCENCE GO IN THE PAST YEAR????
AGHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Anyways, please review! I'd like to know what you think.
Alto Mare will DEFINITELY BE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.