Alright so welcome to the second chapter of "The Path To Finding Life". I hope you all liked the first chapter. It was an experiment so I'm looking reviews once and a while to see how many people like it, or are keeping it on alert. Anyways here's the second chapter.
XD Enjoy! ;-)
I do not own Pokemon.
Again this is pretty long. [Estimate time: 41 minutes]
"Tweet, chirp, chitter, twitter, twitter, twitter." Were the sounds the Starlys were making my Joe's window. They were again being so damn annoying.
Aron was outside of it's Pokeball sleeping on the floor of Joseph's bed. The poor Aron just couldn't take it anymore, all the chirping was getting to head so he woke up and roared at them. Scaring the birds away.
Aron walked up to Joseph's bed and hopped on the edge of it, thus tilting the bed downward. Joseph started leaning off the bed until he fell face first immediately waking him up.
"Huh!? Who was that!?" The Trainer wondered looking around the room fully awake. He soon found out that it was Aron who made him fall down, due to his overwhelming weight.
"Awe come on Aron get off. I'm trying to get some sleep, your gonna break the bed." Joseph whined. The Iron Armored Pokemon looked at his with a sorry look and shook it's head, going back to sleep.
"What! Come on Aron I'm tired, I need to go to sleep so that I can go to school-" He stopped complaining when he looked at his clock. '6:48' Was what it said.
"Crap crap crap, I gotta get ready! I guess I owe you one Aron." Joseph rushed to get his school clothes and ran to the shower.
If he wasn't at school by 7:45 he'd be late, and that could damage his records. Aron rolled his eyes. He wondered why humans were always in a rush.
Joseph took a 15 minute shower and dried off changing into his uniform. "Come on Aron get into your Pokeball." Joseph said aiming it at him. He zapped the Aron with a red beam, but it retrieve him.
"Come on Aron get in, I'm gonna be late." Joseph begged. The Aron just slouched on the bed sleeping.
"Gah! Fine be that way, I'm leaving for the bus." Joseph told him and walked downstairs out of the attic room. Aron jumped off the bed and followed him from behind sneakily.
His Trainer rushed down the steps and went into the kitchen to find his grandpa sitting by the table drinking coffee.
"Hey there student, looks like your going to be late." His grandpa joked.
"Yup and it's all because walked home and didn't get much rest, stupid me." Joseph said taking a poptart out of the cabinet. "Where did grandma go?" He asked opening the wrapper.
"She left to the site. But you know what, I think we're really close to uncovering a new discovery, maybe even a new fossil." His grandpa mentioned.
Joseph a bite of his poptart and turned around with a wide eyed look. "Really!? You think there might be a new mystery? That's amazing grandpa!" Joseph was excited to hear this, he was always happy when his grandparents made new discoveries.
"Yup we even found this." He took a rock out of his pocket and placed it on the table for him to see.
Joseph picked it up and examined it. There was a claw shape marking imprinted into the rock.
"Our scientists analyzed that there rock and said that none of the other fossils matched it. Like I said, there could be a new fossil." His grandpa took another sip of his coffee and checked his watch. "Ooww looks like your going to miss the bus kiddo." He said bluntly.
"WHAT!" Joseph tossed the piece of rock on his lap and ran to the door picking up his backpack on the way. "See ya grandpa tell me if you find anything else!"
Aron rushed outside following him from behind. Joe sprinted for his life. He could see the bus waiting for him at the bus stop.
'Just wait there a little longer...' Joseph kicked in the turbos and was only a few yards away before he saw the bus driving away.
"No! Wait! Wait!" He called out, the bus wasn't stopping. "Wait you forgot about me!" Joseph started to slow down patting. "Wait...wait..."
*Beep!* Something behind Joseph called out. He looked behind his shoulder and saw a white/black Kawasaki Ninja 500R driving towards him.
The vehicle stopped by the sidewalk. "Need a ride?" The mysterious driver asked, the person had a helmet and black leather jacket on.
What other choice did Joseph have. "Sure." He hopped on and wrap his arms around the person's waist.
Suddenly a loud bark boomed out catching the Joseph's attention, but not the driver. It was Aron telling them to wait for him. Joseph took out his Pokeball and zapped the Steel/Rock Type returning it.
"Ready?" The driver asked.
"Go, go, go!" He repeated, afraid that he was going to be late.
"Hang on." The mystery driver warned and blasted off. The wind brushed against his face, causing his hair to flow back.
The biker looked at him and laughed. "Your not used to this are you, Huh?"
"No not really!" He replied tightening his grip, he felt like he was going to fall off and break his skull on the thick road.
Joseph could see the bus coming into view as they drove. Pretty soon they passed up the bus and cut them off. Students watched in awe as they saw him on the back of a bike, while the bus driver raised a mighty fist cursing at the biker.
"Well that was rude. You cut them off." Joseph said feeling bad.
"But it was funny right?" The biker said snickering.
"Well...yea." He admitted blushing.
After a while they reached his school and stopped in a parking zone. He hopped off.
"Thanks for the ride." Joseph said. "I think I would have been late if you hadn't showed up-"
The biker took of it's helmet revealing that it was indeed a girl. She swung her beautiful long pink/light brown ombre hair around, her eyes were the color of ocean blue sparkling in the sunlight. The girl had peach skin color. Joseph felt like falling head or heels for her.
Joseph couldn't speak, it was like he was under a spell...her spell! Just then Aron released himself from his Pokeball and yawned.
The girl looked down at the Aron and smiled. "Oh my God, he's so cute!" She committed and bent down rubbing the little guys steel head.
The Aron barked cheerfully, he looked at Joseph giving him the sly eyes as if saying 'This your girlfriend?'. Joseph's skin started to flush red. He was starting to regret ever choosing him as his Pokemon.
"What's your name?" She asked Joseph as she rubbed the little guys head. If Aron had a tail, he would be wagging it at least 1000 WPM (Wags Per Minute).
Joseph was too busy thinking about her. Aron saw this and kicked a rock at his face. "Hey- Oh yea my name, it's Joseph. W-what's your name?" He said trying to act as cool as a Cryogonal.
"Alright Joseph." She stood up and stretched out a hand. "My name is Winter, nice to meet you." She smiled with glittering white teeth. [To Reader: Alternate dimension Autumn→Winter]
Joseph shook it nervously and smiled back. "So...you go to school here?" He asked hoping that she would say yes.
"Yup I just transferred here. I actually just moved into the region too because my dad is an architect. He's making plans for construction here."
"Oh that's cool, I live with my grandparents who are archaeologists and geographers. They're studying a new dig site here." Joseph said trying to relate to what she said.
"Wow, any new discoveries?" She asked wondering if they discovered any new fossils.
"Well my grandpa did say that they found a piece of a fossil that they've never seen before so, yea you can definitely count on a new fossil." He mentioned.
"That's amazing! I can't wait to see what kind of Pokemon it is, tell me when you find the whole the thing. I just love to learn new things." She said clapping her hands together.
"Sure thing."
The bus came into view and stopped in front of the school.
"Well looks like we better get to our classes. I guess I'll see you later?" Joseph said and walked towards the school steps, Aron followed from behind.
"Wait!" Winter shouted. Joseph stopped and turned around. She took a piece of paper out. "Could you show me to my classes, you know this school better then I do." She asked giving him the slip.
"Sure, I wouldn't want you getting lost." He replied. Joseph couldn't believe she was asking him to escort her to her classes.
"Hey who said I was going to get lost." She said with rosy cheeks.
Joseph laughed and took a look at her classes. He was stunned. She had the same classes he had, except for History & Mythology with Cynthia.
"What's the matter?" She asked wondering why he wasn't talking.
Joseph flinched and looked back at Winter. "Oh nothing. It's just that...well...we both have the same classes, all except for third period that is." He told her calmly. But on the inside he was jumping up and down excited that he was going to have classes with her.
She smiled. "Wow that's unexpected. Lead the way."
Joseph nodded and walked up the steps opening the door for her like a gentleman. The two walked to Blaine's Chemistry room together and entered. Since they came to school a bit early, they were the first ones there.
"Well here's Room 307. You can sit anywhere you want." He told her and sat in the back corner of the room.
She looked around and bit her lip thinking where to sit. Winter walked to back with him and sat down next to him. "I think I'll sit here next to you." She decided.
As much as Joseph wanted her to sit next to him, he just couldn't because Paul sat there. "Um sorry, but someone sits there already." He told her, wishing he hadn't' said anything.
"Oh my bad." She said facepalming herself. She was just about to get up before Paul walked in. Paul looked at Joseph then at Winter, confused at first. But quickly caught on.
Winter saw that Paul was looking at her strangely. "Oh I'm sorry do you sit here? I'll just move away, sorry." She apologized.
"Oh no I don't sit there, actually nobody does, so your fine, right Joe." Paul lied winking at him.
"Uh well...you know what I completely forgot, yea nobody sits here. I'm sorry Winter, I'm forgetful sometimes." Joseph caught what Paul was doing.
"Well ok then." She said sitting back down with a confused look.
Joseph looked at Paul and mouth the words "Thank you." Paul nodded giving him a thumbs up and sat in Kenny's seat. Not caring if he complained or not.
Winter took off her jacket, because she was getting hot. Joseph couldn't help, but take a peek at her. He was turned on when he saw Winter's body, it was the most perfect body any girl could ever wish for.
'Bad Joseph, don't start getting dirty thoughts now. Play it cool.' He told himself, he had forgotten that Aron was there by his side watching him. Joseph could tell that he was smirking at him, he knew Joseph liked her.
Joseph bent down and stared face to face with the little guy. "Look Aron you better not be thinking that I like her. All right, she's just a friend ok." He whispered to him. The Aron rolled his eye's like 'Surrrre ok.'
Joseph felt like throwing him out the window, but he couldn't because he weighted nearly 135 pounds.
Pretty soon people started walking in filling up the classroom. Kenny saw Paul sitting in his seat and started barking at him to get off his territory. Paul turned his head towards him giving him the cold stare. Kenny backed away frightened like a little puppy and gave up, instead looking for another place to sit.
'Poor Kenny.' Joseph thought.
Blaine went over a couple of unexplained things before showing everyone a cool presentation. He took a beaker and mixed both sulfuric acid and sugar together, then stired it. A blob of black stuff started forming growing bigger and bigger and finally stopped.
Everyone clapped at the amazing presentation, as they looked forward to doing something like that in the near future.
"That was amazing how the sulfuric acid dehydrated the sugar. It's one of the simplest science experiments that I know of." Winter said to him.
"Yea, not to mention sugar is a carbohydrate." Joseph replied.
"Wow you must really know your stuff." Winter commented.
"I should say the same thing about you." Joseph grinned.
The two squinted at each other with their eyes. "Hmm...honors student!?" They said at the same time, catching one another off guard.
"Yes! How did you know!" They once again said at the same instant. The two bursted out laughing. "Ok you-" They couldn't stop saying the same thing.
Winter placed a finger on his lips shutting him up. "Don't say anything, ok let me go first."
Joseph nodded.
She took a deep breath, trying to calm down from all the laughing. "I have never talked to someone who was more like me. I believe there was a reason why you were late for the bus this morning." She finished saying, and removed her finger away from his mouth.
Joseph waited a little bit, just incase if she was going to say something. "And I have never met someone that was as knowledgeable as me." Joseph was starting to think that they were ment for each other.
Just then the bell rang and everyone got out of their seat. "Well come on let's go to second period." Joseph said getting up. The two walked out of the door and made their way to the gym. A lot of students were gazing Winter. Males glared at her wishing they were the ones escorting her to her classes, females stared at her wishing they were the ones getting all the attention.
They made it to Room 354 and entered. Already was making everyone do push ups, but with one arm behind their backs.
Surge looked towards their way and saw Winter. He grinned as he marched towards their way. "Well looky here, we've got some fresh meat." He chuckled.
Winter flinched at what he just said. Joseph rested a hand on her shoulder, reassuring her. Joseph stepped in front her and faced his lieutenant face to face.
"Lieutenant Surge we have a new recruit and her name is Winter. She is new in this region sir!" Joseph said saluting to him.
Surge looked at him then back her. He snickered. "Alright Private, why don't you and missy here do a few push ups, but..." He took out a pair of handcuffs. "Together."
Both Joseph and Winter tried running away but were to late, they were both grabbed by the wrists and soon handcuffed from Joseph's right arm to Winter's left arm.
Surge chuckled and leaned down towards Joseph's ear. "You can thank me later." He whispered and jogged away to torture some more of his soldiers.
Joseph should have seen that coming. He looked at Winter who was just as dazed as he was.
"Um...is he always like this?" She asked, that way she could be more prepared next time.
"Yes, yes he is."
Aron barked getting their attention. He started doing push ups by flopping flat on the floor, and then standing back up.
"I guess we should do some push ups, I think that's the only way to get these cuffs off." Joseph said getting down on his knees.
Winter did the same and the two got into position. Joseph was right next to her keeping his right hand close her left almost touching it. As soon as he looked down to his right, he could see her breasts from the lip of her shirt. Joseph's temperature started rising, changing his skin color to a hot red.
She looked at him and tipped her head down. "Why are you all red? Are you catching a fever or something?"
"Ugh no I'm not sick, it's just that...well..." He couldn't say it, she might think that he was dirty or something.
"It's just that what?" She asked again this time moving her ear a little closer to him, making sure she heard clearly.
"Well-"
"Hey Joseph-" Ash and Pikachu had just stopped by to say hi, but saw the two handcuffed together. The duo grinned getting the same idea, any other person would think of. "-hello what's your name?" He asked Winter.
"It's Winter. I would shake your hand, but you see..." She shook her left hand, making it jingle. "...we're cuffed."
"Hmm..." Ash looked at Joseph who seemed like he was pleading for him to take them off. "...Pikachu why don't you give them a hand."
Pikachu nodded and jumped off of his Trainers shoulder. It's tail glowed a silvery color, using Iron Tail. It slammed it's tail against the chain shattering it.
Joseph looked at his hand and to his amazement. The attack worked. He raised both arms in the air, glad that he was free. "Yes! Thank you Ash." Joseph jumped up stretching his limbs.
Winter laughed. "Yea, thanks Ash." She offered him a handshake and they shook.
"Your welcome. Let me guess Surge handcuffed you two?" Ash questioned.
"Yup he sure did, I wonder why though?" Winter said twirling her hair curiously, thinking why he would do such a thing.
Pikachu and Aron were talking to each other about how Joseph and Winter would make such a cute couple.
Joseph on the other hand foresaw this and kneeled down to eye level. "You two better not be talking about me." He said waving a fist at them. The two Pokemon shook their heads exchanging innocent looks. "Good." He stood back up and started socializing with the two.
Pikachu and Aron looked at each other and nodded. Confirming that Winter and Joseph would definitely make a sweet couple.
Gym ended and this was the time Joseph and Winter had to part ways.
"Looks like your on your way to room Room 323. I'm sorry I can't walk you there." Joseph said looking a bit disappointed.
"Hey I'm going to Art class right now, I can take her there." Ash suggested.
"Ok well see yea Winter. See yea Ash." Joseph said walking his separate way with Aron following from behind.
"I'll see you at then." Winter asked wondering.
"Sure you can bet on it!" Joseph couldn't wait to see her again, even if it was an hour long before they talked to each other again.
When Joseph walked into Cynthia's classroom he was immediately pulled to the side and dragged towards a desk by a mysterious person.
"Hey what's the big deal!" Joseph was then thrown towards a chair, sitting down almost perfectly. It was Misty who had threw him. May and Dawn were already there sitting by him.
"Oh it's just you...what do you want?" He asked with a bored expression. "Did I do something that pissed you off? Or..."
"You like that new girl don't you?" Misty said dropping a bombshell on him that made him wide eye. Dawn and May giggled knowing that she had just cracked him open like a safe.
"Wha! No I don't! Pfft where did you get that from!?" Joseph said trying to hide his emotions.
Misty grasped his wrist and slowly started to twist it, causing him to whimper in pain. "Don't lie to me Joey, just tell the truth and I won't break your wrist." She smiled freakishly.
Man was she desperate to know. Joseph sucked up the pain and put on an honest face. "I'm not lying. Really! I'm telling the truth!"
"Come on Joey just tell me the truth and I'll let you go. We promise we won't share your little love secret." Misty said twisting his wrist a little harder then before.
Joseph groaned and thought of something quick. "How about you stop crumpling my wrist or I'm telling Gary that you have a crush on him." Joseph didn't care if it was true or not, it was worth a shot.
Just then Misty gripped his wrist even harder. "You wouldn't!" She growled. Dawn and May were just as surprised as she was.
"Wow you really do like Gary. Now to be COMPLETELY honest, I guessed." Joseph laughed, but soon turned started groaning in pain again.
"Ok Misty I think he's had enough." Dawn suggested and the duo pulled her away from him. She released her grip, showing a deep red ring around his wrist.
Joseph gulped. "Wow...that looks painful." Dawn and May nodded.
"It better be painful. Because if you do tell Gary, I'll knock the day lights out of you and tie you to a raft thats drifting off towards a waterfall." Misty warned waving a fist in front of his face, and she ment what she said.
"You have my word." Joseph pulled an imaginary key out of his pocket and zipped his mouth.
Aron barked catching their attention.
"Oh my God it's so cute!" The girls complimented. They all started petting the little Iron Armored Pokemon, giving their undivided to the some how "cute" little Aron, with blood red eyes, and pale tinted armor.
"How is he even cute? He has the eyes of a devil!"
"Hey you may see him as that. But some people think he's just adorable. Am I right little guy?" May said defending the Aron from his offensive Trainer.
Aron barked happily, agreeing with her. His eyes leered towards Joe again, as if saying 'Oh yea I can get used to this. Not so bad being a shiny now is it.' He winked at Joe, causing him to stagger back.
'Yup I regret picking him as my Pokemon. Yup, yup, yup.' Joseph stuck his tongue out at him. But Aron shot back this time purposely falling on the floor like a baby slipping off it's feet. The girls awed at how endearing he was.
Joseph couldn't take it anymore. "You know what? Have fun with him, I'm going to the back of the room now." He said marching towards Clemont who was tinkering with a laptop looking device.
"Clemont..." He mumbled slouching down in his chair.
"Hey Joe, wanna see my new invention." He asked slidding the laptop towards him.
"Sure why not." Joseph said straighting his posture. He could something that could clear his mind from earlier.
"Alright. So you know how yesterday you battled that guy Keith and your Pokemon were radiating strange colors of aura?" He asked. Joseph nodded. "Well I came up with a device that could solve your problem! Introducing...'The Power Analyzer!' with this, I can determine whether you have some mystical energy within you. But we can only use it in 5th period, that way we can have clear results when battling against other Pokemon. Seriously, this is the most fascinating thing I have ever seen. Did you ever know you had powers like that?" He questioned.
"Nope in fact that was my first time battling yesterday." Joseph admitted.
"Wow seriously! It looked like you were born to be a Pokemon Trainer. Think about it, if only you had battled before, we would have had a clear analysis about what's wrong with you. But in my book, it seems like you have a gift!"
Joseph scratched the back of his head smiling. "Naw I wouldn't say a gift, more like an OP kinda curse."
"I guess you can say that."
Aron returned back to Joseph looking happy as ever. He had just had his belly rubbed by a bunch of girls. Aron called out his Trainer getting his attention.
"Look Aron. I'm going to need to test you out with something for 5th period, so you better be ready ok? That means no goofing off, no nothing, I need you to be focused got it?" Joseph said with a serious face.
The Aron nodded not sure what it was about.
After a while class ended and the two went to lunch. Joseph waited for Winter by the doors and saw her being escorted by Ash and Pikachu.
"I hope you weren't worrying about her Joe. If you know what I mean." Ash said winking.
"What? Why would I be worried about her? She has you two escorting her right?" Joseph replied blushing a little.
"What are yous two talking about? I was just find in 3rd period, which by the way was fun. I drew this." She took a piece of paper out of her pocket and unfolded it. Joseph took a look at what she drew. It was her driving her motorcycle with him in the back holding on. It was a pretty good drawing, in fact it was so good, that the motorcycle and them looked realistic. He then saw something in the corner of the page. He couldn't believe it, it was Aron munching on an Iron ore with the words "woof" by him. Joseph bursted out laughing.
"Do you...like it?" She asked wondering if he was making fun of her drawing.
"No I don't like it." He told her, at first it looked like she was about to cry. "I love it." He finished catching her off guard. Turning that frown upside down.
She pushed him smiling. "You almost had me, you jerk." She giggled. "I thought you didn't like it. Don't do that to me again!"
"I'm sorry, I promise won't tease you ever again." Joseph promised.
"You better." She mumbled.
Ash couldn't help but laugh. "Come you guys, let's get some grub." He said putting his arms around the two's shoulders. 'They would so make a cute couple.' He thought.
Pikachu took the drawing out of Joseph's hand and hopped off, showing Aron it as they walked. Aron blushed and looked at Winter thinking 'I have got to somehow get her together with him.'.
The four ate lunch together all except Aron who wanted Iron ore for food. After lunch they took a walk around the school waiting for the bell to ring.
"So Winter when did you learn to drive a motorcycle?" Joseph asked curiously.
"Well when I was 10 my dad bought me a mini dirt bike because I would always watch race cars instead of cartoons and I found a liking to them. When I was 13 I rode a 49 cc moped that went up to 25 MPH, I would ride that thing around the block a couple of times before I noticed that the gas tank was almost on E. Finally when I turned 16 which was about a few months ago, May 2nd, my dad bought me that motorcycle that we rode. But before I could ride it since it was above 50 cc, I had to get my drivers permit. I wasn't used to driving a car as much as I was used to driving a bike, but I passed barely." She said pinching her fingers together.
"That's pretty cool, so you were a daredevil back then as a kid huh? Did you do any stunts?" Joseph wondered, thinking she must have jumped through a ring of fire without any scars.
Winter giggled. "No of course not. I'm not stupid enough to twist my neck, besides I was just a kid back then. My parents wouldn't allow me to do such things."
"If I were you Winter. I would have done some mad stunts, like somersaulting over a tank of Sharpedos on a wheelchair with boosters attached. Yea! And it'll be at least a 100 yards long.". Ash said chuckling to how wicked it would be.
"Well your deranged. I could never allow myself to do something like that." She wasn't sure if he was being serious or not.
The bell rang.
"Looks like we gotta go, we'll see you in 5th hour Ash." Joseph told him.
"Alright see you two later."
Joseph and Winter walked to Professor Ivy's classroom and entered. Joseph had just remembered that Paul sat next to him in 4th hour he told Winter that she couldn't sit next to him, which caused her to be just as disappointed as he was. Instead Joseph told her to sit in an empty seat next to Bianca, he assumed they would get along pretty well. Aron followed to keep her company.
The classroom filled in and Paul was surprised to see that Winter wasn't sitting next to him.
Paul sat down in his seat and scratched his head. "Uh why didn't she sit next to you?" He asked curiously.
"Oh because I didn't want to be a jerk and let her take your seat. Besides I practically have her in every other class that I have, besides 3rd period." Joseph rested his head on right hand sighing in awe, as he would see her everyday for the past 5 weeks.
"Really? Well...thanks." Paul said grumbling out that last word. Joseph sniggered [To Reader: Yes it's a word, look it up].
Paul pounded on the table with his fist. "What's so damn funny!" He demanded.
Joseph continued laughing. "It's just that you had a hard time saying 'thanks', that's all." He told him.
"Why you!" Paul reached his hands out at him grasping Joseph's throat, choking him, even in the midst of danger Joseph continued laughing coughing out little chuckles.
Winter turned around to catch a glimpse of Paul choking him. Paul saw her staring and let go of him. Joseph gasped for air, and looked at Winter giving her a thumbs up. Telling her "that it was fine". She slowly nodded not sure if he was exactly fine since he still had shades of purple on his face.
"Your lucky she was looking..." Paul whispered to him crossing his arms.
"Naw you wouldn't have done it any other way Paul." Joseph said patting him on the shoulder.
Paul felt like choking him again this time, but somehow he was right. Paul couldn't harm Joe. "Whatever." He said turning away.
Joseph smiled, even though Paul was a stubborn kinda guy, he actually had heart. "Can I ask you a favor?"
"What is it?" He said.
"Will you be my friend?" Joseph asked offering a handshake.
Paul was astonished to hear this. He turned back towards him and looked at his hand waiting to be shaked.
"Don't leave me hanging, you know you wanna be my friend." Joseph grinned.
Paul bit his lip and admitted it by shaking it. "Fine, I'll be your friend. But I'm not going to show it in public. I have a reputation to hold." Paul told him.
"What kind of reputation? Pretending to be a silent cold hearted person, who is actually soft on the inside, but doesn't want to show it?"
This dropped a bombshell on Paul, explaining almost everything about him. "That's it I'm definitely going to kill you!" Paul stretched once again stretched his hands out strangling Joseph.
Class ended after a while. Of course Joseph didn't die by the hands of Paul, but he did have a large red ring going around his neck.
Winter saw this as they walked to the back doors of the school. "What happened there!? Did that guy that was strangling you, do that to you?" She was starting to worry if it was going to fade away or not.
"Yea he tried choking me, but just couldn't bring himself to do it. He's actually a nice guy on the inside, only he doesn't show it." He explained.
"Well he has a weird way of showing it?" She said rolling her eyes.
They walked outside the school through the back doors and saw everyone together once again. Ash and Clemont rushed to him with the laptop in hand.
"Alright so Lance gave us permission to do some tests on you Joseph, so come on let's do this thing." Clemont informed him.
"You ready Joe?" Ash said smirking, he couldn't wait to battle him.
"You know it! Come on Aron let's go!" Joseph was pumped up, he dashed to one end of a battlefield with Aron by his side, while Ash and Pikachu dashed to the other.
"What tests?" Winter questioned.
"You'll see. It's going to be epic." Clemont told her and walked to the side of the field. Winter was desperate to know what it was.
"Alright Joe I want you to put this on your Aron." Clemont took out a small flat disc and used his machine backpack to throw it at him. "That way I can watch the energy waves from my new device." Clemont then put on a headset.
Joseph caught it and placed the small disc onto the Aron's body. "Ok Aron get inside your Pokeball, so that I can send you out again."
Aron wasn't sure what this test was about, but didn't hesitate to get inside. Joseph zapped him with a red beam and looked at Ash. "You ready!" He shouted across the field.
Ash turned his hat around. "Bring it!" He confirmed.
"Alright...come on out Aron!" Joseph threw the Pokeball out. Once again his hand radiated a strange aura, the color this time was gray.
"Why is his hand glowing?" Winter asked confused.
"We're about to find out." Clemont told her.
Joseph's hand then transferred the gray aura to Arons Pokeball. Once it hit the ground the Pokeball opened up releasing Aron, who was emitting the same kinda gray aura his hand emitted.
"Ok Pikachu, go get him." Ash said pointing at Aron. Pikachu walked onto the battlefield waiting for his orders.
"Are you getting anything Clemont!?" Joseph wondered.
"No not yet, try attacking." Clemont said.
"You heard him Aron. Attack...what are your attacks by the way?" Joseph asked stupidly causing his opponents to fall flat on their backs.
"You mean to tell me you don't know Arons attacks!" Ash shouted flying his arms, Pikachu facepalmed himself as he shaked his head from side to side.
"Take out your Pokedex and scan him." Ash told him, he was surprised that Joseph didn't know his own Pokemon's attacks.
Joseph did as he instructed and scanned Aron. Joseph looked at the list of moves learned and nodded. "Alright Aron use Mud Slap!" Aron started kicking dirt with his feet at the Pikachu.
"Dodge it and use Quick Attack!" Ash ordered. Pikachu evaded to the side and sprinted towards Aron Leaving trails of white light behind. The attack was a direct hit, knocking Aron from the side. The attack caused Aron to tip over and balance on his back like an upside down turtle.
"Good job Pikachu now use Iron Tail on his soft belly!" Pikachu leaped into the air and performed a front flip as it's tail glowed a silvery color.
'How am I supposed to get Aron out of this situation?' Joseph wondered freaking out as he looked at his list of moves. 'Roar? What if I use that to repel Pikachu?'
He had to give it a shot. "Use Roar on Pikachu!" He commanded. Aron did his best to aim his head at the Pikachu, just then at the last second he roared sending out shock waves that sent Pikachu flying back towards his Trainer.
Pikachu landed on his feet perfectly. Ash smirked. "That's it Joseph! Now use Thunderbolt Pikachu!" Pikachu's red cheeks started to spark and soon a blast of lightning shot out zapping Aron. Luckily being a Steel Type, it reduced the amount of damage it. But that didn't mean that it didn't hurt.
'Dammit he has a ranged attack. That's not good.' Joseph bit his lip trying to this of a way to beat him.
Clemont was getting anything from the battle. Arons energy waves were just the same as before.
"Come on Pikachu give him another Thunderbolt!" Pikachu nodded and released another jolt of lightning.
"Counter it by using Mud Slap and then charge with Headbutt!" Joseph shouted. Aron kicked a load of dirt at the lightning stopping the attack and charging at the Pikachu. Aron headbutted Pikachu, launching it into the air. "Now use Roar!" Joseph knew that Roar would propel Pikachu into the air. So it did, pushing him at least 30 more ft into the air. "Finally use Mud Slap!" Joe punched the air keeping his combo going.
Ash was amazed at well he was timing his attacks. Aron launched a barrage of flying dirt and the Pikachu, causing it to be super effective. The attack subsided and Pikachu fell down.
"Ok let's use Quick Attack once more! And knock him over!" Pikachu once again sprinted towards Aron at incredible speeds.
"Use Headbutt!" Aron nodded and tried charging but somehow couldn't. Static started surging around his body, keeping him at bay. "What's going on?" Joseph wondered why he was sparking.
"Arons paralyzed because of Pikachu's ability called Static. You see when someone comes into physical contact with Pikachu, there's a possibility that, that person might get paralyzed." Ash explained.
Pikachu landed a direct hit causing Aron to tumble backwards. The Steel/Rock planted it's feet into the ground slowing momentum.
Joseph examined Aron. He was looking pretty tired, almost at the verge of passing out. 'I can't lose this battle. There has to be a way I can turn this tide around." Joseph's mind was racing, trying to think of ways he could overcome the situation.
Winter could see Joseph stressing out. "Hey Joseph!" She called out catching his attention. "Just believe in yourself, don't strain yourself."
How could Joseph not stress himself. Aron was paralyzed and he could just might lose the entire match. 'Come on you stupid brain think of something.'
"Finish him off Pikachu." The Electric Type nodded and kneeled down like a Panther. Suddenly Pikachu's body was engulfed with a burst of electricity. "Volt Tackle!" Ash shouted out punching the air.
"Pika!" Pikachu bolted towards Aron, full on sprint.
Joseph bit his lip and decided to go with what Winter said. To believe in himself. "Aron..." Once again he blurted out a wacky move. "War Tank!"
Aron howled at the sky as the gray aura that radiated from within him grew even bigger. To everyone's amazement Aron's armor started morphing.
Ash smiled. "To late Joseph your time is up." He was right. As soon as he finished his sentence, Pikachu had just landed the final blow, causing an explosion. Smoke consumed the area around them.
Clemont looked closely at his laptop. Figuring now was the time something might happen on the device.
"Are you getting anything Clemont?" Winter asked.
"No...not-" Immediately the energy waves on the device started going crazy. "-whoa! Their off the charts! Joseph did it!" Clemont wailed out and started getting to work.
"Wait a second? You mean Aron is still in the game!?" Ash cried out. All of a sudden there was a loud *Bang!* coming out of the smoke.
"Pika!" Pikachu screamed as he was blasted out of the smoke by a white beam.
"Yup Aron's still in the game! So don't count him out!" Joseph confirmed giving a thumbs up as the smoke cleared out. There stood Aron with a medieval kinda look. Two small twin blades were attached on each side of him, while a mini cannon rested on his back perfectly aimed at his opponent. A cone shaped spike stuck out of his head.
"Say hello to the newly and improved Aron!"
Everyone who was battling each other at other fields, turned towards him and looked at Aron. Immediately they all started running to them, curious at what Aron could do now. Lance was the only one left behind, who was just in the middle of a battle with Kenny. The former champion sighed and joined in.
"Stay on your guard Pikachu. We don't know what else he can do?" Ash warned. Pikachu nodded preparing himself for the worse to come.
"Alright Aron give him another energy blast!" Aron dipped his head down and fired the mini cannon at Pikachu. The Electric Type clutched it's teeth and dodged to the lef barely. Ash dropped down to the floor missing it by a hair.
"Uh you might wanna remember where your aiming at Aron." Ash said sweating nervously.
The little Steel/Rock Type apologized with a bark and focused it's attention back at Pikachu.
"Listen Pikachu, he must be slow by now since he has all that equipment on. Try circling around him with Agility." Ash was sure this was going to work. It had to.
Pikachu nodded and vanished as if he wasn't even there.
'No we have to end this now. We are not waiting any longer.' Joseph wasn't going to give them a chance. "Use Roar!" Aron took a deep breath and echoed a mass of shock waves, Pikachu was indeed running around Aron at an unmatchable pace. The mouse was flung into the air. "Not this time Ash! Fire the cannon!" Aron stood up on it's back legs and charged the cannon for more power.
"Quick! Use Electro Ball!" Ash quickly ordered. An electric orb appeared in front of Pikachu.
"No! Use Steel Wing!" The blades attached to Aron, detached and were launched at the Pikachu like glowing projectiles.
Pikachu twirled it's body around dodging the two attacks. "That's it Pikachu!" Ash fist pumped into the air.
"Game over!" Joseph told him. Ash was confused, than he just realized the true threat.
"Pikachu the cannon-" Too late. Aron had just unleashed a beam of destruction. Pulverizing the defenseless mouse.
The audience gasped as they watched Pikachu get blasted. The beam subsided after a few seconds. Pikachu dropped from the sky and landed face first eyes swirling.
Aron was breathing heavily. Just then his armor started morphing again, turning his armor back to the way it was.
"You did good Aron. You were great." Joseph said. Aron looked at him and made a weak smile. Even though Joseph couldn't see it, he knew he was. Then he dropped down to the ground and fainted as well. Joseph smiled and returned him back into his Pokeball.
The crowed cheered for their performance. Especially since they saw another one of Josephs wacky moves.
Ash picked up Pikachu and cradled him in his arms. "You weren't to bad yourself Pikachu." He said poking at his nose.
"That was an epic battle Ash. If it wasn't for my...whatever kinda power. I would've lost." Joseph said looking at his hands.
"You know I really saw that coming. As soon as I saw Aron's new form I freaked out and thought 'Oh shit I lost'. And I was right, but that doesn't mean I'm going to give up that easy next time." Ash grinned.
"I look forward to it." Joseph smiled. The two clapped their hands together and pulled each other in for a bro hug.
Winter and Clemont came up to them with the laptop in hand. The inventor looked excited. "Joseph I just did an analysis on Aron and you. It looks like you have the ability to unlock a Pokemons full potential, but only in dangerous situations or when you desperately need them to. Like when you were stressing out about what to do. Your nervous system sent a message to your brain and told it to unlock your Pokemons in potential. But that's not all, you see, you know how you blurt out made up words, that you've never heard of? Well my theory is that you may come from an ancient blood line called "The Promethean's.". I looked them up and it turns out that were Egyptian warriors that would serve as the Pharaoh's guards and general's. There were very few of them though, but even one Promethean could wipe out an entire army. There was also a thief in 1768 by the name of "Darius The Sly", who lived in Italy stealing priceless objects from kingdoms, museums,.and other places. No one could catch him because of his extraordinary powers to make a Pokemon go berserk with a simple touch. Don't you see! Your a Promethean! Your blood line is still living on!"
Joseph couldn't believe it. He never would have thought about his powers coming from an ancient blood line. He just assumed that he was given it for no apparent reason. Joe couldn't help but smile.
"That's amazing Clemont! Thanks for taking the time to find out what's wrong with me. Now I know who I really am and what I'm going to do with it." Joseph clutched his fist tightly fascinated to learn about his history.
"Your welcome. I was just as curious as you and decided to find out about it."
Winter ruffled her soft hand through Joseph's hair, smiling. "Looks like we got a Promethean on our side. And he's a-" She stopped in the middle of her sentence because the bell had just rung.
"Oh, looks like it's time to go. See you guys tomorrow." Ash said rushing off home.
"Yea, see ya later...Promethean." Clemont smirked as he walked away.
Joseph couldn't help but look cocky. He though pretty soon everyone was going to call him by that name.
Winter saw this and rolled her eyes. "Come on I drive you home, before you start day dreaming about becoming a powerful warrior." She said taking his hand.
The warm feeling her delicate hand caused him to return from lala land. Once again he started blushing hotter than lava itself. The two got to her motorcycle and hopped on. Joseph held onto her waist, smelling her sweet cinnamon scented hair.
"You smell nice." He said, not realizing that he had just spoke his mind.
This caused Winter to blush wildly. She could feel her body temperature up to at least 105° Degrees Fahrenheit.
Joseph was embarrassed now, he facepalmed himself and got off of the motorcycle. "I'm sorry Winter...I'll..get off and take the bus. Sorry." He said looking down as he walked away.
"Wait!" She called out. He stopped moving and looked back towards her. "Did you...really...mean what you said...about my hair?" She asked overlapping her fingers, trying to hide her shades of red.
Joseph bit down on his tongue. He knew there was no way of escaping the truth. He took a deep breath and exhaled. "Yes Winter...yes I did mean it. Are you mad at me?" He asked afraid that she might scold him.
"Oh no of course not. It's just that well...no guy ever had the courage to tell me that, is all..." She said still playing with her fingers.
"Oh...well I'm the first...your welcome...I guess I'll be taking the bus." Joseph said and walked away.
Winter quickly started the engine and drove to his side before he could reach the bus stop. "Hop on Joseph." She said looking happy as ever.
Joseph looked at the bus then at her. "What the heck." He smiled hoping back on. Joseph was glad she wasn't mad at him for complimenting her hair. He was even more happy to sniff her hair one last time, before she put her helmet back on.
'I wonder if she did that on purpose? Naw she needs a helmet on just incase of a crash.' Joseph held onto her waist and they drove off.
"What made you think that I wouldn't give you a ride!" She shouted as they drove fast, because the wind was reducing sound [To Reader: You know when you drive so fast the you could hear the wind brushing against you and it's hard to listen because of the noise.]
"Because I said that you smelled nice and I kinda thought it was stupid to say!" Joseph admitted.
"Are you serious!? You thought I wouldn't give you a ride because of such of a nice compliment!? Joseph That's exactly what a girl wants to hear, they want you to make them feel special!"
"Well I didn't want you to think that I...uh...thought of you as more than a friend..." Joseph just wanted to drop this conversation because he was flushing red again.
"More than a friend- Oh no Joseph I wouldn't think of..." She hesitated to say "that" because to be honest she was thinking of it.
"It's ok Winter I know what you were going to say." Joseph said looking a bit upset. He knew from the beginning that he was never going to be with her, so that eased the pain.
Winter mentally kicked herself. 'Great now he thinks that I don't like him. Dammit it.' She twisted the handle on her bike even more, giving the motorcycle more gas to go faster.
'I knew it, she wasn't going to feel the same way. Why am I even upset anyways if I knew this was going to happen. If only I hadn't complimented then I wouldn't have to feel the pain that I'm having now.' Joseph bit his lip so hard that a trickle of blood dripped down.
"STUPID!" They both wailed out. The two heard each other,wondering why the other said it. A quiet silence hung over them.
After a few minutes Winter dropped him off at the bus stop by his house because that was the only place she saw him.
"Well looks like this is where we part ways Joseph, until tomorrow." Winter said taking off her helmet to take one last good look at him. He was handsome.
"Yup, thanks for the ride. It's a lot faster then the bus." Joseph laughed a little trying to put some humor into the air. He also want to see her face one last time, even though they would meet tomorrow. She was so beautiful, she had the face of a goddess...his goddess!
An awkward silent once again hung over. Winter thought of something that might redeem herself. "You know I can give you a ride to school everyday. If that's cool." She offered hoping that he would say yes.
Suddenly Joseph's heart lit up. "Really!? You could give me-" Joseph paused for a second to try and act cool, instead of excited. "-Uh sure that would be nice. Could you say...7:15 AM?"
Winter nodded her head and smiled, deep inside she was jumping with joy. "Sure thing. Just don't keep a girl waiting." She said blushing at the last part and drove off.
Joseph could have sworn he saw her blushing. But thought it must have been the reflection of the sun. He started walking towards his house which was at least 2 blocks ahead. When he passed the first block, he noticed something strange.
"Is that-" He squinted his eyelids. "-Winters bike!?" Joe couldn't believe it. Right next to his house had to be Winters motorcycle. He sprinted to his house, in hopes of finding out that it really was her bike.
He crossed his fingers, as he became one step closer every second. Finally the moment of truth came. It was indeed her bike parked in her driveway with another car, most likely her parents. It was red and black 2012 Chevrolet Camaro convertible.
Joseph didn't know what to do. 'Should I knock on the door? Or should I just let it naturally happen and let her find out on her own?'
"I'll let her find out." He decided not wanting to seem desperate. Joe walked to his door and looked at his driveway. His grandparents car was parked in.
He opened the door which was unlocked and walked in. "Hello Grandpa!? Grandma!? I'm home!" He notified.
Grandpa stuck his head out of the kitchen and said. "Come here we have something to tell you. It's about the piece of the fossil that you saw." He said realizing that he had spoiled the surprise.
Joseph dropped his backpack and immediately ran into the kitchen sitting down. "What is it? Did yous find the whole fossil? Did yous find out what it was? Did you-"
His grandma cupped his mouth shushing him. "Calm down we're going to tell you." She told him and went to check on the tea she was brewing.
Grandma chuckled. "Yes Joseph we did find the entire fossil. We just put it in the Fossil Cleaner. But hey, when it's done cleaning it we're gonna put it in the Fossil Machine."
Joseph felt like dancing around. "That's amazing, when did you put the fossil in the cleaner?" He asked just wanting to throw the fossil into the machine and found out what it is. He was thinking the fossil was gonna be a giant dragon or maybe a giant insect with razor sharp pincers.
"I just put it in an hour ago, so it should be done in about another hour from now." His grandma confirmed as she set a tray of tea and cookies on the table.
"Houston we have a problem." Grandpa said as he poured a cup of tea for everyone.
"Go ahead captain." Joseph said like a technician speaking on the transceiver.
"We are just about to uncover a new fossil and I feel like I'm about to pass out from to much excitement." He reported and started getting up dancing.
Everyone laughed joined in. Grandpa was not a bad dancer actually, but Grandma on the other hand was terrible. Joseph just sat there bursting with laughter.
Just then the oven ringed meaning something in the oven was done. Grandma stopped what she was doing and opened it up. She put on her mittens and pulled out a freshly baked pie.
"Oh wow Grandma you made pie for us?" Joseph asked and sniffed the air for it's scent. "Apple pie never fails."
"What? Oh no I didn't make us pie, I made our new neighbors pie." Grandma said causing Joseph a bit of nervousness. "I thought you could go over and give this to them. Besides there's a girl there and she's the same age as you, her name is Winter and she's really pretty. I talked to her mom and she said that there were a bunch of guys at Winter's old school that tried asking her to homecoming. But she declined them all, because they weren't 'smart or mature' enough for her." His Grandma informed him.
"Uh yea...about her...I met her actually." Joseph as he constantly started bouncing his leg because he was nervous.
"Oh really and did you ask her out?" She said causing him to change his skin tone to a deep red.
"Leave the poor boy alone. He's probably to scared to even think about asking her out." His grandpa defended him.
"Uh not helping." Joseph said turning even redder.
"Sorry sport." He apologized.
"Here take this pie to the neighbors. And don't be afraid to ask the girl out." She said handing him the pie.
Joseph got up ignoring the last part. He walked out of the house and marched towards his crushes. Joe saw that the Camaro was gone so they must have left, but he still decided to see if anyone was home. He could feel his heart pumping fast like Winters motorcycle.
He walked up the steps and rang the doorbell. His stomach was feeling funny, as if he had butterflies fluttering around inside. 'Ok this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to say hi, give them the pie, tell them it was from my grandparents, and walk away just like that.' Joseph planned in his head.
The door opened up. A guy who seemed to be 19 years old stood in front of the doorway. He had sandy hair with the same skin color as Winter. "Hello?" The guy said studying Joseph, trying to think if he had seen him anywhere.
Joseph tried putting on a friendly smile. "Hi is Winter home I-"
"Winter your boyfriend's here! She'll be with you in a sec." The guy said winking and left. Leaving a stunned Joseph.
"Daniel I don't have a boyfriend!? What are you talking about!?" Joseph heard her shouting at supposedly her brother. She appeared in front of the door and smiled happily. "Oh my god Joseph! It's so good to see you again, how did you find me?"
"Well you see I live-" He pointed to the left. "-right next door. Funny huh?" He chuckled a little.
"Wow, that was unexpected. Great, now we can see each other whenever we like." She was just as overjoyed as he was. Winter looked at the warm pie he was holding. "Awe is that for me?" She asked cupping her hands to her heart.
Joseph didn't know whether to take his grandma's credit or not. "Uh yes it's for you. I uh...baked it..." He lied feeling guilty, but then again he thought maybe it was his grandma's plan for him to take the credit. 'Really Grandma. You just had to do this to me didn't you?'
She took it from his hands and smelled it. "Apple pie, I love apple pie! Thank you, I'll make sure me and my family eat every last bit." Winter leaned towards Joseph and planted a kiss on his left cheek. "Come on inside." She told him as she walked away.
Joseph was in his little fantasy land. He dreamed of Winter and him starting a family together. Both becoming successful parents, both becoming famous. 'Whoa there tiger, your taking that kiss a bit to far.' His conscious told him.
"Joseph?" Winter called out wondering where he was.
"Huh?" Joseph realized she had just asked him to come inside. He walked through the door and closed it. Joseph saw her in the kitchen cutting two slices of pie in the kitchen. He entered and stood next to her.
Winter passed him a plate with a fork. She grabbed her own and stabbed her pie breaking a piece off. "This is going to delicious." She winked as she took a bite and swallowed.
Winter smiled. "Yup just like I said, delicious. Oops I forgot to do something I'll be back." She told him and power walked as if she was in a hurry to do the thing she remembered.
Joseph shrugged his shoulders and took a bite savoring the sweet slices of baked apples and sauce. "Yup grandma, your apple pie never fails."
Daniel walked in. "Hey dude whatcha you eaten-" He stopped and froze as if he had just saw a ghost. "-is that apple pie!?" He questioned with a scared look.
"Yea, want some?" Joseph asked cutting him a slice and handing the plate to him. "It's good-"
Daniel slapped the plate out of his hand and looked at Winter's plate seeing that she had already taken a bite of her pie. "Shit...Winter! Are you alright!?" Daniel shouted out.
"What's going on?" Joseph was getting nervous.
Daniel turned towards Joseph with cold sweat beading down his face. "Winter's allergic to apples!" Daniel panicked and ran out of the kitchen to search for his sister.
"WHAT!" Joseph freaked out as well and started searching for Winter. "Winter where are you!?" He cried out worried that she might be swelling up from the allergic reaction.
"She's in here!" Daniel shouted. Joseph followed the sound of his voice, and bolted upstairs. He turned to his right and saw Daniel kneeling down beside a fainted Winter in a bathroom.
Joseph rushed to their side and dropped to floor. "Is she breathing!? Is her heart still beating!?" Josephs mind was racing.
"She's not breathing, but her heart is beating." Daniel informed.
Suddenly Joseph did the only thing he could think of. He opened her mouth, pinched her nose, and performed CPR. He took a deep breath and pressed his lips against hers, transferring air into her body. Her chest wasn't rising, so he gave her another breathe of air. It still wasn't rising.
'No I don't give up. This the girl that opened the world to me, this is the girl that made me smile, this is the girl that I want to live my entire life with.' Joseph gave in another cycle of air and crossed his fingers.
Finallyz when all hope seemed lost, Winter coughed. Joseph and Daniel let out a sigh of relief. She blinked rapidly and lifted her head, rubbing it. Winter looked at Joseph for a moment and started tearing up. "Joseph I-"
He wrapped his arms around Winter, comforting her. "You scared me half to death! Why didn't you tell me you were allergic to apples!" Joseph cried over her shoulder.
Winter felt stupid, she too bursted out crying. "I didn't want to disappoint you, I wanted to eat the whole pie just for you, but I was to stupid to put my health after you. I'm sorry that I scared you Joseph, I'm sorry." She apologized rubbing his back to tell him that she was fine.
'This is a good time to tell her how I feel.' Joseph thought.
'It's the perfect time to tell him exactly how I feel.' Winter thought.
They released their hug and looked deeply into each others eyes. "Joseph/Winter I-" They were about to express their love and affection towards each other, until the three heard the front door open up.
"Daniel! Winter! I'm home!" Their mom called out.
"I'll distract her while you take your friend out through the front. I don't want her to know that you brought in the pie. Got it?" Daniel told them.
They nodded in silence.
"Good. Also, thanks for saving my sister bro. Your ok." Daniel smiled and nudged his shoulder with a fist.
"Your welcome. By the way, the names Joseph."
"Well Joe I'm giving you permission to date my sister." Daniel said snickering, and walked downstairs to distract his mother.
Joseph sat there on the ground, shocked that someone from Winter's family approved of him to date her. Winter felt like getting up and beat the shit of him for saying that.
They could hear Daniel talking to her mom downstairs. Joseph and Winter remembered that he was supposed to get out of the house.
"Alright let's go." Winter whispered and slowly started walking down the steps with Joseph following from behind. Before Winter touched the 1st floor she looked both ways just incase her mom wasn't there. She waved a hand at Joseph to come. The two tip toed through the living room and then to the front door.
She opened up the door and Joseph stepped out. "I'll see you tomorrow Joseph. Remember 7:15 AM, I'll pick you up at the bus stop." She whispered. He nodded and she closed the door quietly.
'I guess I just missed my chance to tell her.' Joseph thought sadly.
Suddenly the front door opened up and Winter pecked a quick kiss on his cheek. "Thanks for saving me." She said and closed the door again.
This made up for his clumsiness to tell her. 'Nevermind I feel better.' He thought smiling as he walked back to front door.
Winter slid down against the front door, satisfied that she at least got to kiss him. Not on the mouth, but at least on the cheek. She dreamed of the day they would share a passionate kiss together. It would be magical.
"One day...one day..." She murmured to herself.
Joseph entered his household. "Grandma. Grandpa. Yous here?" He called out. There was no answer. "They're making the fossil into a Pokemon...without me!" Joseph scurried to the backyard and into the shed. He tripped over a bunch of yard tools, and old antiques.
"Here it is." Joseph told himself as he pulled down a specific shove like a lever. Suddenly the shed started shaking. Joseph held onto the shelves on top as the shed was being pulled down into the Earth. A few moments past and the shed stopped. He exited it to greet his grandparents secret lab, which was 5,000 feet bellow the Earth's surface. It had a giant tank aquarium in the middle of the enormous lab. With Water Types swimming around in it. Cages or even playgrounds were set around filled with various types of other Pokemon. A bunch of cool machines and projects laid around either still in progress or ready for testing.
Joseph could see his grandparents waiting for him on the walkway by the gigantic aquarium. He rushed to their side.
"How dare you guys start without me." Joseph started to feel like he couldn't trust them anymore.
"You were taking to long and my curiosity got the best of me." His grandpa admitted scratching his beard.
"It's almost done." His Grandma told him.
All eye's were locked onto the aquarium. Joseph thought it must have been a Water Type since his grandparents were defossilising it in the tank.
They kept quiet trying to listen to even the slightest sound. They waited for a few minutes. Nothing happened. They for what seemed to be 30 minutes, still nothing happened. Joseph's grandparents were starting to wonder if the fossil even defossilize.
"Let's go check the radars, Joseph you stay here." Grandpa told Joe and his grandparents left.
Joseph leaned against the rail tapping his feet waiting. 'Maybe they didn't find all the whole fossil? Maybe the fossil just didn't work.' Joe assumed.
Suddenly his grandpa shouted. "Look out Joseph!"
Joseph's eyes widened and turned around towards the aquarium thinking what his grandpa was warning him about. Instantly something bursted out of the water and pinned him down against the walkway.
Joseph turned his head to whatever was pinning him. He could feel two sharp claw like feet holding his arms down, with two other feet immobilizing his legs.
"What the hell..." He whispered as a Kaprosuchus prehistoric looking animal snorted at him releasing steam [Look it up]. It's massive hook like claws scratched Joe's arms, he tried his best to endure the pain so that the Pokemon or whatever it was, didn't freak out and start attacking him. Joseph got a better look at the monster from the side. He could see streaks of lava flowing around it's diamond hard plated armor. The monster nudged it's long snot at his chin. Joe could see that it had two tusks at each side of it's face, and four large teeth sticking out of it's mouth.
"Grandma-" He tried whispering, but the prehistoric monster roared at him, presenting 8 other sharp teeth besides the very large ones. Streaks of lava started cracking around it's face. As if angered. Joe had spits of saliva on him.
Suddenly Grandma placed her hand on the demon monsters thick hind. It turned it's head towards her and was going to snap her neck, but somehow didn't. It just froze there as if it was calming down. Suddenly Joe saw a change in the streaks. They were changing into an icy blue color, all around the Kaprosuchus body the streaks were changing. After a while the monster released Joseph who scampered away, not wanting to be near it.
"You have mad taming skills grandma." Joseph complemented. He was glad to have her as his grandma, especially a cool one.
The Kaprosuchus rested on the floor like a puppy, it hung it's tongue out in a scary, but cute kinda way.
"He won't be harming anyone. He's safe to touch." Joe's grandma told him. Joseph nodded and walked up to the Kaprosuchus. He pet the rough skin of the beast, telling it, it was a friend.
"This is amazing you guys. We actually remade an old species! This should go into the Pokedex." Joseph said taking it out of pocket. He scanned the new species, but the screen said 'Unknown'
"Looks like your just going to have to make your own description of the Pokemon." His grandpa told him, as he handed him a Pokeball.
"You really mean it!" Joseph was overjoyed to hear that he was going to take it to school. He looked at the Kaprosuchus, and smiled. "We're going to have a lot of fun... Kaprosuchus." He decided to call it that since it looked like a boar and a crocodile combined.
Joseph tapped the Kaprosuchus with the Pokeball and the Pokemon was sent in. He set the ball onto the floor waiting for three shakes, the Pokeball shoke three times meaning that it was successfully captured.
"Great! Now I wonder how everyone else is going to react at school." Joseph said to himself. He was happy to have a second Pokemon added to the team aside from Aron.