Nothing wrong with posting something late that has something to do with New Year's when it is 2 weeks later.
Two H before Midnight
Many have come, it's a full house. Everything has been set: the food, the chairs, the fireworks, everything. Many have waited for this moment like they did about seven days ago. Many never thought that these people would host a party, or even invite everyone in the town. The party extended to the whole house property and both next doors' front yards. Although all have been invited, about one-fifth of those have left to other parties with their relatives or got drunk at any other bar. About one-sixteen of the remaining people have stayed in their houses, not wanting to go anywhere.
Nothing has been planned; the only thing planned was to set of many fireworks at midnight, with the help of some friends setting all of them off at the same time. At the continent they are living now, they are one of the last to celebrate the New Year when the East Side has already celebrated and got on with their lives; but none of this will stop them from having a great night.
It may be night, but the sky is not showing this; the sky is of a dark red color, unknown of how this could be. Why should anyone care anyway?
"Luke, it's two hours before midnight," Jessica said.
"Alright," Luke responded. Luke is sitting alone while Jessica is talking to her own friends. Luke had maybe a few cans, evidence shown in the table in front of him (3). He looks at all who have come, he hears those in the front, and he knows those in his house. They'd better not fuck up the whole house he thought.
Alex is left slightly alone with Tracey, talking about things.
"Come one, Alex," Tracey said," Just one."
"Eh, I don't know," responded Alex," I don't want these people to get the wrong idea…"
"Then we'll do it later," Tracey said. She looked at his arms and asked," When did you take off the cast?"
"The what?" He looked at his arms, nothing on them," Oh, the cast. Uh…" he thinks about it," I don't remember."
"Oh, ok."
In the distance, Floyd is what he was asked to do, holding a soda in one paw, nothing in the other. He sits alone in front of a wall, nothing bothering him. It is unknown if he has been like this all this time. It is rare to see him with any friends or relatives. He prefers being alone for a while, lasting the whole night and day. It is, too, unknown if he enjoys being alone this whole time.
Both Tracey's and Floyd's parents have left to the downtown of the town, being in a bigger New Year's event than the one there's in right now. Being around 16 and 17 with a relative in the party can make it safe for the two to be in this event.
In the center of the backyard, Glaceon, Leaf, and Ivan set in. All drinking at a different level: Ivan being the most drunk of the three, Leaf the least. So far, all had some sort of alcohol: Ivan having about 2 cans, Glaceon one, and Leaf having a margarita.
"How did Luke manage to get a bartender?" asked Leaf.
Glaceon took a sip of his beer and said," I don't know." He looked at Ivan," Hey guy, maybe you should stop drinking…"
Ivan drinks a little more before responding," Maybe 'you' should stop being a bitch to Leaf!" Glaceon looks at Leaf, she looks back. Ivan then says," Imma go to…uh…sleep. Wake me up tomorrow…" He slammed his head down on the table. Glaceon then stares at Ivan, thinking he could take his hat.
He reaches slowly near his hat. Not even halfway there, he backs away as Ivan shoots his way back up. "Is it morning already?" he says.
"Uh…no?" Glaceon responded. Ivan then looks around, seeing what is happening around him.
"Holy shit," he says," what the hell happened? It feels like someone fucked me up."
"You just drank too much," responded Leaf.
"And it felt like someone was trying to steal my hat…" Leaf looks at Glaceon, trying to look away from her.
Somewhere in the front yard, are Luxray and Absol with a few friends. There are some neighbors trying to get in the conversation.
"So are sure you're not dating?" asked one of Absol's friends.
"Yes!" yells Luxray," Now stop asking!"
"Would you want to go out with him?" asked Manectric to Absol.
"It depends…" answered Absol. Luxray stays silent, not knowing what to feel about this.
"It's hard to say, but I think Ray's blushing," says Manectric. All look at Luxray, now the center of attention.
"No, I'm not," says Luxray," I'm done talking about this."
"I don't feel like embarrassing Ray anymore," says Blaze. Luxray seems a little pissed. "I feel like blowing up stuff. C'mon, let's go to the backyard. Let's try to blow stuff up."
One hour later…
One H before Midnight
"Holy crap…"
"I thought those were only used in downtown and in the major cities…"
"Yeah, but I negotiated for about an hour. I'm human, so the negotiation was about half of those who were Pokémon."
"When can we use those?"
"When it strikes midnight, we will blow them all up at the same time."
"Good luck with that. What can we blow up?"
"Uh… (Searches around)…these."
"These look like freakin' candles."
"I know, c'mon, I'll show you something."
50 before Midnight
"So I hold it up in the sky?"
"Yeah, just keep it there. Those ones are bigger than the original ones."
"What's so bad about that?" A flare popped out of the candle Blaze was holding. Rising up about 20 feet, the flare exploded, making everyone see what exploded. Most stopped caring when they found out it was a Roman candle.
"God damn," said Blaze.
"Keep it up," Alex said," it has nine more. I'm not sure if the last one has a bigger explosion than the others…"
"What?"
"Hold it up!" Another flare came out of the candle. Rising 20 feet, it explodes. Some stare at the show.
"Eight more."
"C'mon," Blaze," My arm is starting to hurt."
"C'mon, guy," said Alex," don't be a pussy! By the way, what's your name?"
"Blaze."
"Who the hell calls the-"
"It's a nickname."
"Oh ok. Be right back."
"Ok." Three flares came out, one quickly shooting out from each other. 20 feet up, three explosions were made in a form of a triangle. The three of the explosions were of different colors: red, white, and green. 5 left.
Alex came back with the fireworks Blaze saw earlier. He dropped a box, opening what's inside of it. All of the fireworks look like light bulbs, all in varieties of colors. He walks back, finding another box.
The forth flare made Blaze move back. The force was great; the same goes for the explosion. It was as if someone blew a Blackcat in his ear. "God damn!" he yelled.
Alex came back with another box. He opened the box, and flipped it upside down. Falling down were tubes. The diameter of the tubes seems to fit the bulbs. There were about 20 tubes total. He aligned them all in a straight line away from the guests at a safe distance.
The last five of the flares came out at equal times, three seconds after another. All five of were different colors, about 2 multicolor. Blaze shook the candle around, seeing if there were more, but there wasn't.
"Give it over here," said Alex. Blaze threw the candle underhand to Alex. He caught the side where the flares came out with his left hand. He dropped the candle, moving around his hand. "God dammit!"
"You shouldn't grab it by that end," Blaze said.
"Just shut up and stick the tubes to the ground," said Alex, pointing at the tubes.
Blaze looked at the tubes, and asked," And how?"
"I don't know," responded Alex, putting his burnt hand in his pocket," Ember?"
"Ok…" Blaze opened his mouth, some fire pellets started to fire. Most were shoot at the bottom part of the tube, seeing that it is melting to the grass. He closed his mouth, looking at the tubes.
"Let's see if it's stable," said Alex. His right hand started to radiate of aura. He made an action as if he was going to slap someone. Aura started to appear behind the tubes, some barely moving. "Good enough, let's go back."
20 before Midnight
"You're here because Luke said right?"
"Somewhat."
"What's the other reason?"
"I had nowhere else to go."
"You have the house to yourself…"
"I don't know what's worse: being home alone or being at a party alone."
"Ok…well in twenty minutes, it'll be a new start."
"A new start for what?"
"A new start for anything, anything you want it to be. You should change your lonely habit of yours."
"Humph (crushes the can he's holding; Puts it beside him),Sure.
So you're going out with a human?"
"(Eyes widen) How did you know?"
"Luke."
"Oh…"
"Can you bring him here?"
"Uh…sure, ok."
18 before Midnight
"So you're goin' out with Tracey, eh?"
"Um…yeah, I guess."
"Ok… Do you know who I am?"
"No."
"I'm Floyd, Tracey's brother." Alex gets surprised by the name.
He coughs and says," and you're gonna say 'You're gonna fuck me up if I break Tracey's heart'?"
"Yeah, that's basically it," responded Floyd," and I was gonna fuck you up even if you didn't break her heart anyway."
Alex got confused," and for what?"
"It just seems weird for a human to go out that not in their own race. If you've been thinking on having kids (it better not happen) then, if I had my research right, it'll be considered 'bestiality'."
"Wow," said Alex," If only I knew what that meant." Floyd stared at Alex without a good emotion.
"A human having sex with an animal, or in this world, Pokémon."
"Oh." They sit in silence for about a minute, then Alex asks," why are you sitting here alone?"
"I just can," answered Floyd," Besides, I'm not good at making friends."
"Neither am I."
"Do you even have any friends?"
"Excluding Tracey, then no."
"Well, I have like 2 or 3."
"Why don't you hang out with them?"
"Well…" started Floyd," one died last year." Alex didn't respond, "He was my best friend. My other friend moved out of the region."
"Oh, sorry to hear that…"
"Eh, it's alright," Floyd said. "I guess I should get out of my lonely habit…like what Tracey said…"
"Well, uh, I don't know you that well. I don't know what to say of that…"
"It's alright… I don't expect you to say anything."
"Ok…" Alex looks around, and says," C'mon, it's almost time."
"Ok."
Three before Midnight
The television is on inside the house, many wanting to know when it will be it. The house isn't big enough to fit all of the guests, so the best that could be done is maximizing the volume. Besides, the music has been turned on, almost maximized, the whole time. Now the music is slightly turned down a notch to hear the TV. It's on the local news, the time left on the lower right screen. There's 2: 45 left.
"We are here…" started Ivan," to see the time right?"
"Yes we are…" said Glaceon, drinking a beer.
"You drunk still?" asked Leaf.
"When was I drunk?" asked Ivan.
"Never mind." She drank her 3rd margarita. She drank three separate times: one now, one earlier, and one somewhere in between. She drinks little, never fully drunk.
He forgets the conversation and sees the time: 2:15.
"How much do we have left?"
Someone yells out in the house," Two more minutes!"
"That dude must be drunk," said Alex," Two more minutes left."
"Ok…"
Alex, Tracey, and Floyd are sitting near the back door, all drinking soda.
"Are you ever gonna drink?" asked Floyd, turning to Alex.
"Probably not," answered Alex.
"That could change," said Floyd," if you do, you better not molest her."
"Floyd," started Tracey," I'm not a little girl anymore. I can take care of myself."
"Even if I was drunk," said Alex," I won't do that."
There was silence for a while, then Floyd said," how about making today an exception?"
"Sure."
"Ok."
"Alright, let's go."
The three walked to a table where all of the alcohol is. Luxray with two friends are in front of the table.
"Uh…" Luxray is looking at Floyd," you're a friend?"
"More like her…" pointing at Tracey," older brother."
"Oh." He sees that Floyd is taking out three cups, and one bottle. "Uh…aren't you three too young?"
"Yeah we are," said Floyd.
"Never mind, just don't let Luke see."
"Thanks." He pours little on the three cups. He gives the two their cups, "Don't drink yet. When it is twelve, then we can."
"Ok."
"C'mon, let's go to the back door."
-1:05-
"It's almost time."
"Alright." Luke and Jessica walk out to the tubes aligned where Alex is. He's holding a cup, not a see through, not knowing there's alcohol.
"How did you get those?" asked Luke.
"Negotiation."
"Who gonna help you shooting them all?"
"I'll find a way."
"Well you got one minute; less than that actually."
"Damn it, alright then…" Luke walked away, and then Tracey walked the opposite way.
"You're trying to fire them all up at the same time?"
"I can help you with that."
"You sure with that?"
"It won't be at the same time…but it'll be close enough."
"Ok, do it when it's midnight."
"Ok sweetie." Alex looks at Tracey, confused.
"Excuse me?"
"Oh, sorry. Alex." She starts blushing.
"Uh…ok…"
Someone in the house yelled out," Thirty seconds left!"
Floyd came over by Tracey and Alex, all with their cups.
"Less than thirty, eh?" asked Floyd.
"Yep…" said Alex.
"You know…" started Floyd," I can let you two, be off the hook…for the remaining time of the year. Can't let the year end bad, now can I?"
"No…?" Alex seemed confused.
"Being silent and alone can't mean I'm a bad guy."
"True…"
"Just do what you gotta do. I just won't leave this spot; to continue with the favor, and the toast."
"Alright," said Alex, smiling. He looks at Tracey, knowing what to do. All of the guests are mostly distracted by the television. He held her around her. "About twenty-"
"Fifteen!" (From the house)
"Fourteen seconds left…" said Alex,"…of the year."
"Yes it is," responded Tracey.
"We should spend it better than seven days ago."
"We should…" They kissed, Floyd barely watching. It wasn't just a peck, it was a French kiss. Oh my god… Floyd thought they've done this before?
Four seconds passed when the countdown started. They stopped at seven.
"Happy New year," said Alex.
"Same here."
"Alright, start the lighting." Tracey looked at the wires, and started some Aura Sphere stance. It wasn't an Aura Sphere, her paws started to glow white and gray. She forced the energy on the wires, lighting up.
The crowd started to yell, "Four, three, two, one! Happy New Year!"
All of the fireworks were shot up, one after another. Almost everyone looks out seeing what's being blown up: about twenty flares being shot up in the sky. They seem to disappear, but they made a large explosion, not loud, nor soft. The explosions were larger than the Roman candles. One after another, large explosions were of different colors.
Luxray looks up in the sky, Absol beside him. "Cool…" he said.
"Yeah," responded Absol, "I forgot how the fireworks sounded like this close up."
Luxray looked at Absol, "You've been up close before?"
"Yeah, I almost got killed…"
"Wow…" Luxray still looks up, the fireworks stopped blowing up," Doesn't this seem weird?"
"What do you mean?" asked Absol.
"Once you think about it for a while…it's hard to believe the New Year starts like nothing ever happens."
She thinks about it and says," Come to think about it…it does seem to start like nothing ever happens."
"And the only thing that makes it seem like it's all dramatic are the fireworks blowing up in the sky."
"Yeah…I guess so…" She thinks about it even more.
"Um, sorry I put that all in your mind."
"What? No it's alright."
"No it's not, let's just celebrate that we are in a new year."
"Ok." He grabs two sodas.
"It was the best I could find."
"It's alright." They both open the cans, and raise it up momentarily.
"Cheers."
"Cheers."
"Cheers."
"Same to all."
"Let's find out what people have been drinking all this time." They drink up their cup, almost gagging when done drinking it all.
"This taste like crap," said Alex.
"Tell me about it," responds Floyd.
"This is what people drink when they are adults?" asked Tracey.
"Damn…I guess so…" answered Floyd.
"I'm getting a nonalcoholic drink that doesn't taste like crap. Who's with me?" Both Tracey and Floyd raise their hand. "Alright, let's go. And let us enjoy this year and party."
Kinda late to say this…but screw it.
Happy New Year's people. You better make it a better year than last year.
-K9P