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Chapter 7: Maria
I could hear birds calling from where I was laying in the soft grass. They seemed a little different than usual though. Someone said "Eh? Who are you?" And with that I fainted.
My eyes opened groggily. I hadn't felt this bad waking up in a long time. I'd forgotten how to sleep like a human, much less how to wake up like one. I gasped and sat up. "Another thing I forgot: I'm not home", I muttered.
"Hi! I'm glad to see you're finally awake!" A happy voice came from behind me. I whirled around, and there was a little girl sitting with a yellow straw hat next to her and… was that the Pokémon Pikachu on her lap?
Something clicked in my mind. "Oh, you must be Yellow from Viridian Forest, the Pokémon trainer! That means I'm in the Pokémon world, probably in Viridian Forest."
"Yeah, that's right! And I have to give you credit for being the first one to know my name before I even get to say anything."
I laughed. "I'm not done yet. Hi Chuchu! Where are your other Pokémon, Yellow?"
"They're in their Pokéballs. Has anyone ever told you that you're pretty violent when you're asleep?"
"Uh… That doesn't usually happen. Sorry about that."
"Oh, we were fine! By the way, what's your name?"
"I'm … Maria"
"Okay, Maria, I've been asked to give you this…" she handed me a small red-and-white Pokéball with a Pokémon inside. "It's from the trainers in the Hoenn Region. They gave it to me to give to the next person I trained."
I looked inside at a tiny green head with two red horns and a white dress-like body. "A Ralts…" I looked at Yellow, a smile breaking over my face. "Thank you so much! Will I get to keep him? Or is it a her?"
She blushed and rubbed the back of her head. "She's a girl, and yeah, of course you'll keep her. Haven't you seen other Jedi running around with their Pokémon?"
"No, actually, I haven't." Maybe I was just too focused training, or didn't spend enough time looking around the temple.
"Anyway, let's start your training!" Yellow seemed just like a bubble of happiness.
"Wait a minute…" I said, looking around. "Where are my other friends?"
"You only get to start with one, then you catch the rest." Yellow said, confused. "We can't just give you six Pokémon, then expect you to make friends with them. You catch your own friends."
"Oh, no, I meant my human friends. I came to this world with two other people, a girl and a boy. Have you seen them?"
"No, just you. I'm sure they just went to my friends to train, so we could each focus on you all one at a time."
I nodded. They'd be fine, I told myself. They were much more experienced than I was, anyway. I couldn't really look out for them. "Okay, let's begin!"
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