Forbidden Fusion Chapter 24: Revolution, a pokémon fanfic

-chapter 24-

Soon enough, another weekend arrived and Nina was free from school for a few days. We still had to go to work though. Like last week she wasn't really keen on going, so much so that by the time we were ready to leave today, she was still in her nightgown, watching tv in her room.

Phoebe: "Come on Nina, we need to get going and you're not even dressed yet."

Nina: "Mom do I have to go? Can't I just stay home?"

Phoebe: "Ummm."

Phoebe:"Cj?"

Me :"What's the matter?"

Phoebe: "Nina doesn't want to go, she's not even ready to leave yet, and well.."

Me:"Yeah?"

Phoebe: "She needs to learn responsibility sometime."

Me: "Allright sweety, you can stay home."

Nina: "Really?"

Me: "Mhm."

Me: "But if anything is out of line when we get back."

Me: "You'll be held responsible."

-sternly- Phoebe:" There won't be any warnings, we will ground you immediately, understood?"

Nina: "Mhm."

Phoebe: "Where's Charley?"

Me: "Oh, he's still watching tv."

Me: "Charley."

Charley: "Dawhy."

Me: "Come here little guy, we have to go."

He didn't respond and continued to watch tv until I shut it off and picked him up.

-somewhat upset- Charley: "Dawhy, Cawey wa teephee."

Me: "Oh come on, you can watch tv in the car."

Me: "The sooner we can get you in there the faster you can go back to watching it."

-upset- Charley: "CAWEY WA WOSS TEEPHEE!"

Me:"You can watch puppet town trainer."

Charley:"Puh tow tway?"

Me:"Mhm."

Me: "Come on Pheebles."

Phoebe: "Comming."

-sternly- Phoebe: "Nina, remember what we said."

Nina: "I will."

Nina :"Goodbye."

Phoebe: "Bye."

The promise of being able to watch puppet town trainer was enough to keep Charley quiet until I got him into his car seat. I started the car up so the tv would turn on, you know how impatient he can be. Phoebe got in a few moments later, and then we were off to the lab. We left Charley with Corina, and wondered what we would be faced with this time.

Once we got to the lab, things were progressing as normal, a new portal was setup and was currently being probed as we entered.

Dr. Black: "Ahh, goodmorning."

Phoebe: "What's going on today?"

Dr. Black: "Not much, just another portal for you to explore."

Dr. Black: "If we keep on schedule, we might have all the remaining portals checked out by the end of next week."

Phoebe: "Really?"

Me: "What happens after we explore the all?"

Dr. Black: " We'll start exploring the larger ones in more detail."

Phoebe: "Even the ones with the space police?"

Dr. Black: "Yep."

Phoebe: "Have you heard anything about Melissa?"

Dr. Black: " Not much I'm afraid, from what I heard James won't even let her lift a finger."

Phoebe: "Awwe..."

Me: "What about Team Galactic?"

Dr. Black: "They've been staying below the radar."

Dr. Black:" They don't steal things as often as Team Rocket, they mainly focus on technology."

Dr. Black: "That said, they still have the same disregard for the law, they'll steal if it suits them."

Me: "Can't you just find the technology they make and track them down?"

Dr. Black: "It's hard to do that when they don't put their name on it, it just has it's way of finding store shelves."

Dr. Black: "And just like Team Rocket, if you ever see their name on something it's usually in the form of a shadow company."

Me: "Ok."

Dr. Black: "Now let's get to business."

Dr. Black: "Bob what's the reading on the next portal?"

Bob: "It looks great from here."

Phoebe: "Where's it go this time?"

Bob: "A forrest, and I can't say much more than that, too many fallen trees to move around very much."

Bob: "It's 55 degrees, there's a light mist, no apparent wildlife, and plenty of oxygen."

Bob: "Should be perfectly safe to enter."

Me: "55 degrees farenheight?"

Bob:" Yeah, see, I got a converter right here."

Me: "ok."

Dr. Black: "Allright then, get your radios and get in there, let's see what we're dealing with."

Me: "Right, ok."

A few minutes later we were wandering around in a forrest in the middle of nowhere, towing a safety line behind us so we wouldn't get lost, it seemed to be sometime in the early morning, there were some strange birds in the trees I had never seen before, they were small, and colored a very vibrant blue with yellow wings, like a parrot, but they weren't parrots, as aside from the color, they had the appearence of normal birds.

Phoebe: "Well this is nice."

Me: "Mhm."

Phoebe:"Lots of wild animals, no intelligent life."

Phoebe: "It's like your world."

Me: "So have most of the worlds we've been too in the first five minutes."

Phoebe :"hehe, yeah, i guess your right."

Me: "Maybe they're like water electric flying bird pokemon?"

Phoebe :"Three types?"

Me: "Yep."

Me: "Like you're a psychic fairy..."

-interupting- Phoebe: "That third thing is not a type, and don't say that here."

-on radio- Dr. Black: "Say what?"

-into radio- Phoebe: "Nothing."

-into radio- Phoebe: "I meant to say that second thing."

-on radio- Dr. Black: "Um...well, you're wrong, fairy is a type."

-into radio- Me: "She just doesn't like to be reminded that she's a fairy."

Phoebe:" Right."

-on radio- Dr. black: "Ok."

She shut the radio off.

-sternly- Phoebe: "Cj, please don't say that again."

Me: "Sorry babe, didn't mean to."

Phoebe: "It's ok."

Phoebe: "I wonder what else is in this forrest besides these weird birds?"

Me: "I don't know, atomic noodle people?"

Phoebe: "Really? You're bringing that up again?'

Me: "Sure..."

Phoebe: "Maybe there are some leprechauns."

Me: Heheh, maybe."

Eventually we came to a hill.

Me: "Ok if we go up here we might be able to get a better look at the surrounding area."

Phoebe: "Mhm, that's what I was thinking."

Me: "Allright then, let's go."

Eventually we made it up the hill. This forrest reminded us a lot of our native timberland, so it almost felt like home.

It was then that we heard the gunfire, and then we saw in the distance, in a field at the edge of the forrest, it looked like there was a war going on, there were two armies out there, one red and one blue, riflemen, cannons, horses, a bit of everything really.

Phoebe: "It's a war."

Me: "Looks like we're in revolutionary times...weird."

Me: "Can you hear them?"

-annoyed- Phoebe: "They're too far away."

Me:" Oh...ok."

Me: "Maybe it's a re-enactment?"

They were really far away, it was impossible to tell.

Phoebe: "I hope so."

-into radio- Me: "Can you see this doc?"

-on radio- Dr. Black: "Yes, wait till this battle ends, then go in and interview the winning side."

-into radio- Me: "They'll shoot us on sight with these clothes, this looks like revolutionary times doc, I mean they have cannons and horses down there for god's sake."

Me:"If they see Pheebles they'll acuse her of being a witch."

Phoebe:"They will?"

Me:"It happened in that other world, with the monsters."

Phoebe:"Yeah, I remember."

Me:"Except they couldn't be bothered to care, given the circumstances."

Phoebe:"Mhm."

Me: "These aren't those same circumstances, so we have to be careful."

Phoebe: "Good thing I brought my disguise."

Me:"No, Pheebles, it's too modern, you'll stick out like a sore thumb."

Phoebe:"It will?"

Me:"Mhm, I got the same problem though too see."

Me: "There's no way they have shirts like this here."

-into radio- Me: "Doc we should probably just return home, these people will be war-hardened, and they might react in a hostile manner."

-into radio- Me: "Not saying we can't deal with them, but, there would be a lot of casualtys, as bad as medical technology is in this time period, if Phoebe knocks them out long enough they may get buried."

Phoebe: "Awe, but I want to explore."

-into radio- Me:" I reccomend we come back with clothes more appropriate for the time period."

-on radio- Dr. Black :"like what?"

-into radio- Me: "I'll need to do some research, but we'll figure it out."

-on radio- Dr. Black: "Can't you just steal some, like from the other worlds?"

-into radio- Me: " Well, we're kind of in the middle of nowhere, no way to tell where the nearest town is."

-into radio- Me: "I don't think they have clothing stores either, nearly everything is tailor made."

-on radio- Dr. Black: "Allright then, come back."

-about an hour later-

We made it back to the lab.

Dr Black: "What do you need for clothing?"

Me: "Replicas of whatever was normal in the 18th century."

Me: "No artificial materials, no corporate logos, should just stick to cotton, and wool."

Dr. Black: "And the design?"

It took us an hour to come up with some period clothing, I ended up with a black suit, I didn't want to go with red or blue, because I didn't want to pick a side yet, and I didn't want grey, because grey was the color of the confederate army, and I had no idea if that existed in this world or not, I also had a wig, as awkward as that was, and she ended up with a very specially designed dress, with an ingenious frame of plastic tubing that made her appear to have more of a human figure. All of this was crafted in the textiles lab, where they had this high tech sewing machine that could litterally print clothes out of various materials, the entire process, from design to manufacturing, took about an hour. Though it wasn't without flaws. Of course the styling trends of that period were, kind of stupid, but we needed to fit in, so we didn't have much choice in the matter.

Anyway, we headed back into the portal, and made it back to the top of the hill.

Phoebe: "I don't like this dress, it's hot and it's too hard to move around in."

Me: "Well you only have to wear it here, don't worry too much about it."

Phoebe: "Also it makes me look fat."

Me: "They had to do that though, to hide your psyhorn."

Me:"And that hoop thingy is just the way clothes were styled in these times."

Phoebe: "Surely not all the ladies wore dresses."

Me: "True, but, if you didn't you'd look extremely poor."

Me:"I figured if we could pass as wealthy, it'd make our job easier."

Me: "That's also why it's purple, because purple is the color of loyalty."

Phoebe: "Really? "

Me: "Mhm."

Phoebe:" And this hat?"

Me: "It does a good job of hiding your ears."

Me:"Seriously you look human now, almost."

-lovingly- Me:"Except you're still way too sexy."

-enamored- Phoebe:"Awwwe...Cj."

-awkwardly- Phoebe:"-giggles-, You look like an old man."

Me: "Yeah...well...that was the style, for some weird reason."

Phoebe: "Why? "

Me: "I don't really know..."

Me: "It's like a status symbol, who could have the most stupid looking hairstyle."

And awkward, and impractical, and, well it just wasn't that comfortable having a massive lump of hair on your head, that wasn't yours, and no, I didn't shave my hair, I'm not that commited. Phoebe had her hair dyed black, with temporary dye, that was not waterproof, so she couldn't get it wet.

Me: "Come on, the faster we get this done, the faster we can get out of these silly clothes."

Phoebe:"Well, allright then."

Walking through the forrest was even more difficult now, especially for Phoebe, as her dress wanted to catch on held her back to such an extent that when i made it up the hill, she was nearly 300ft behind me, so I took a break and waited for her to catch up.

Me:"Wow, I didn't think it would slow you down that much."

-distant- Phoebe:"I'm comming, just wait for me."

Me: "I am."

Eventually she caught up to me.

Phoebe:" Ok, now what?"

Me: "Let's check on our battlefield buddies."

Phoebe: "-giggles-."

Me:"Can you teleport us down there?"

Phoebe:"I suppose I can."

She took my hand, and we were teleported to one of the most gruesome sights we've ever seen.

Phoebe realized the horror after she had some time to catch her breath after teleporting.

-scared- Phoebe: "Arceus."

It was real allright.

By now the battle was over, and the field we had watched it take place in was now littered with the remains, the bodies of horses and men from both sides, weapons, and equipment forgotten, even a cannon that had lost one of its wheels. Some had been killed by bullets, others by sword, but then there was the nearly unrecognizable remains of those taken by cannon. They weren't even recognizable as human, just chunks of meat.

-jokingly- Phoebe:" Hey Cj, look at all the free guns."

-jokingly- Me:"I know right? I'm going to take them all home with me, even the cannon!"

Phoebe:"Wait what? No, Cj?"

-cutely freaking out- Phoebe: "What are we going to do with a cannon?"

-jokingly- Me:"You'll help me carry them all back right?"

-cutely freaking out- Phoebe: "What? No, you know how long it will take to get all this stuff back to the portal?"

-realizing- Phoebe: "Oh...wait...you're joking."

Me:"Hehehe, yeahhhhhhh, Pheebles relax, I already have a musket, besides, I wasn't really paying attention, I was looking at all this mess."

Phoebe: "Wait a second, be quiet, it's very faint."

Me: "What?"

She was staring off into the distance.

Phoebe:"Just wait."

- a few moments later -

Phoebe :"Aha..."

-unsure- Me:" What?"

Phoebe: "Um, I think, it's this guy, yes it's this guy, this guy's still alive."

Me: "That guy?"

He was suffering from a serious sword wound across his chest.

Phoebe: "I know he looks bad, but he's just unconscious."

Phoebe: "Come on, we can save him."

Me: "That is a bad wound."

He had like a inch deep cut across his chest. How his vitals remained unscathed was beyond me.

-cutely concerned- Phoebe: "We'll need to stitch him up, like in the movies."

Me: "Pheebles, what about me suggest I know how to do that?"

Phoebe: "It's not that hard, it's like sewing."

Me:" Do you know how?"

Phoebe: "No..."

Me: "Me neither."

Me: "And we would need a needle and thread, and we don't have that."

Me: "Pheebles, I know you wanna save him, but, we can't."

Me: "Pheebles?"

I could tell she wasn't listening.

Phoebe: "Is this a medical bag?"

She held up a small brown canvas bag that was laying on the ground.

Me: "It can't be, they wouldn't have medics on the front line."

The bag was full of spherical lead bullets, and a few small flasks of gunpowder, which she just dumped on the ground, looking for needles.

-upset- Phoebe: "It's just bullets...it's just bullets.."

-concerned- Me: "Pheebles."

Phoebe:" I just want to save him."

Me: "Well...I don't know babe, you shouldn't wake him up while he's wounded like that."

Me: "Maybe hide him in the trees or something."

She looked into my eyes for a moment.

Phoebe: " Shhh..."

Me: "What?"

Phoebe: "We need to go, now, people are comming."

She took my hand and teleported us back into the forrest at the edge of the field, minutes later many soldiers of the red army arrived on horseback and began to sort through the remains, loading the bodies of their fallen comrades onto carts for burial, along with all the weapons and supplies they could carry. This went on until they had taken everything they could carry, then they put everything else in a pile, and lit the pile on fire using torches. Then they stood around it and watched it burn for a bit.

-worried- Phoebe: "That man, they're setting him on fire."

Me: "No, they aren't he had a red uniform, they're taking him with the others."

Phoebe: "Oh..."

Me :"Should we talk to them?'

Phoebe: "I don't know."

We heard something that sounded like a child crying in the distance.

Me: "What the?"

Phoebe:"Oh, there's a little boy over here."

Me: "There is?"

Phoebe:" Yeah, come on, I'll show you."

-unsure- Phoebe: "He's crying because well..."

Me: "Yeahh, I get it."

He was just a kid after all, a kid that, undoubtedly just witnessed some pretty heavy stuff.

Phoebe: "His older brother was apparently killed in that battle."

Me: "Ohhh...ok."

She found the child crying alone, behind some bushes on the very edge of the forrest, he was very young, maybe six or seven, and had no real reason to be out here.

Me: "What are you doing here kid? This is no place for you."

He didn't react and just continued to cry."

Phoebe: "Listen, where's the town? Can you lead us there?"

-upset- unknown kid: "Who arrrre yoooou? Gooooo awaaaaay!"

The kid got up and ran away, still very upset.

Phoebe:" Come on, maybe he'll lead us to his house."

Me: "Alright, try not to fall too far behind."

Phoebe: "-giggles-...oooooh don't worry about that Cj, I can teleport remember?"

Me:"Yeah I remember."

Me: "But you didn't seem to on the way up here."

Phoebe: "We weren't in a hurry."

Phoebe: "Come on, let's go before he gets too far away."

We chased the kid through the forrest. A few minutes later he led us to a small stone cottage at the edge of the forrest, near the corner of the field. It was surrounded by the forrest on two sides, and field on the other two, with a small dirt path leading along the edge between the two, to parts unknown. There was also a wooden barn with a wooden flatbed cart inside, as well as some horses and cattle. His mother ran out to meet him and gave him a hug, somehow already knowing the news he had to tell. Then they went inside, and we made a move for the door. But before we could even get there they left the house again, and headed to the barn, throwing some bags in the cart, it was clear they were leaving.

We met them in the barn, while the mother was hitching up the horses to the cart.

unknown mother: "the hell are you?"

Me: "We're just traveling through the area, where are you going?"

Unknown mother: "We're leaving, it's not safe anymore."

Me: "Where are you going to go?"

Unknown mother: "Ya commin er not? If not get outta the way, we need to git movin fer the reds come back."

We got in the cart and not even a minute later we were on our way down the path to some unknown destination, it was a rough ride, the cart didn't exactly have what could be considered a suspension system, everytime it hit a rock or depression we were met with a hard bounce. and it was obvious that the mother was in a hurry. The child road alongside her upfront, while we were in back with their luggage.

Phoebe: "Wow... this is bouncy."

-quietly- Phoebe: "This is worse than the old truck from the gardevoir city."

Me: "Welcome to the 16th century."

Phoebe: "-giggles- ."

Me: "So what's our plan now? "

-quietly- Phoebe: "I don't know, we can't talk to Dr. Black with them around."

Me :"Noooooo, we can't, we'll just have to wait till we get to wherever we're going."

Dr. Black was quietly watching us back in the lab, knowing it was a bad time to speak up.

Once we left the field, the path led through the forrest for about a quarter mile before entering yet another field, with another stone house and barn, the woman stopped briefly to warn the occupants, who were an elderly couple, and then we continued down the road once again. We went through another field, and another farm house, then around a very gentle corner, then forrest which the path had followed up till now gave way to more field, so there were fields on both sides, with two more houses set almost across from eachother in the middle. In the field on the left was a camp for the blue army, consisting of several tents, horses, a pair of cannons, and lots of other things. The survivors of the battle we saw earlier were there, tending to the wounded and getting ready to move back before the red army attacked again.

Phoebe:"I hope they're the good guys."

Me:"I have no idea."

Me: "In the revolutionary war red was great britain, and blue was america. "

Me: "But, you know, this might not even be the revolutionary war, it might be something different."

Phoebe: "I know."

Phoebe: "What was the revolutionary war?"

Me: "Well it all started when..."

I spent the next several minutes explaining the revolutionary war to her, and that kept us occupied until we finally made it to a town, a very small town. It looked like one of those old west towns from the movies, it was by the riverside, and there was a mill powered by a waterwheel which served as the only major industry, there was a tavern, a blacksmith, a butcher, and around a dozen wooden houses built all around.

unknown woman: "This is where you get off, I gotta visit me maw."

Me: "Um, ok, goodbye."

Phoebe: "Thanks for the ride."

Unknown woman: "Bye."

Phoebe: "Allright come on."

Me: "Where you going?"

Phoebe: "Let's go back here."

She led us down an alleyway.

-into radio- Phoebe: "Ok Dr. Black you can talk now."

-on radio- Dr. Black: "-static-, you're near the edge -static- of the range, video is fuzzy."

-on radio- :"Take some pictures -static- town, try to figure out what -static- war is about and come back."

-on radio- Phoebe: "Ok, understood."

Me: "How are we going to get back? We're atleast 3 miles from the portal."

Phoebe: " I can teleport, but it will take awhile."

Me :"No, it's allright, you teleport really far like that so many times you'll collapse."

Me: "Then I'll have to carry you."

Phoebe: "True."

Phoebe: "But only for a half mile or so."

Phoebe: "Now hold on and let me get some pictures."

We heard a loud crash, followed by an explosion.

Phoebe: "What the?"

Me: "Cannonball."

We ran out into the street, the mill had been struck with a cannonball, and now there was a hole in the roof.

Another explosion set the building on fire.

Me: "Teleport out of here, now."

Me:" It's an artillery strike."

Me: "The red army must be attacking the town for some reason."

Phoebe: "Arceus."

Phoebe:"Come on, take my hand."

She teleported us out of harm's way and we watched as the artilery stopped firing and a brigade of red soldiers swept through the town.

Phoebe: "This is horrible, they're killing innocent people."

Me:"Just let me think for a second."

Me: "If you can try to set their guns off before they can aim, they take awhile to reload we can buy them some time."

Phoebe: "Too far away, can't see the trigger."

Me: "Damn."

Her hands started to glow.

Me: "What are you doing?"

Phoebe: "Shhh."

One of the calvary men fell off his horse, it was hard to see, but it looked like his cutlass unsheathed itself, slowly running him through the heart, then it moved on to kill another calvary man by simply letting him ride into it.

-straining- Phoebe: "It's heavy at this range."

By this time, the floating sword had gained the attention of everyone in the town. The assault was stopped in it's tracks as some soldiers attempted to kill it, though it was only a sword and there wasn't anything to kill. Eventually Phoebe ran out of strength and it dropped to the ground. The soldiers drew near to examine.

Me: "Is that it?"

-panting- Phoebe: "I just need to rest a little bit.

One of the soldiers picked it up to examine it, only for the sword to thrust itself through the chest of another soldier, the soldier who had been holding it was then shot to death without mercy as others tried shoot it down.

Phoebe: "Ok."

-panting- Phoebe: "Come on...retreat, I don't want to kill anymore than I have too."

-in pain- Phoebe:"Please, this is starting to hurt, I can't keep it up."

By this time civilians were begining to come up behind them, armed with rifles and pitchforks. Another calvary man down, another soldier. The civilians began to attack the soldiers, people fell on both sides. The sword went on to claim three more victims, before Phoebe couldn't concentrate anymore and had to let go.

However, at this point the red army started to retreat back towards their artilery, out of panic, both from the sword, and the very angry civilians. It wasn't till later that we found out that the detachment of the blue army that was stationed outside the town, had heard the cannon fire and went to investigate. This led to the artillery formation being overrun, and the soldiers that managed to escape the city were soon gunned down by their own artillery. Anyway, Phoebe collapsed at my feet out of exhaustion, I sat down beside her and we layed there in the field for a moment.

-tiredly- Phoebe: "Are they leaving now?"

Me: "Yeah...you did it baby girl, you saved the town."

She helped save it anyway, the civilians and the blue soldiers did most of the work.

-tiredly- Phoebe:"That's good."

Me:"Why don't we just rest for a minute, it seems like you need it."

-tiredly-Phoebe: "I do."

Me: "Hehe, fair enough."

The grass was tall, soft, and comfortable, it was a warm day here so it felt like a nice, soft bed.

I put my arms around her.

Me: "What the heck? How much metal is in that dress?"

-tiredly- Phoebe: "Not metal, flexible plastic."

Me:" Oh...ok."

Me: "I can't feel your stomach."

-worried- Phoebe: "Be careful, don't rip it, then the disguise won't work."

Me: "I won't baby, I promise."

Me:"Hey, look at the clouds."

-tiredly- Phoebe:"Yep...I see them."

-tiredly- Phoebe:"So white and puffy."

Me:"mhm."

-tiredly- Phoebe: "That sword...was like 900 pounds."

Me: "Really?"

Phoebe:"I know it's not really that heavy, but at this range, it's 900."

Me:"I see."

Me:"Just let me know when you're willing to go again."

-tiredly- Phoebe: "ok."

We layed there in the grass for all of two minutes.

Phoebe: "Ok let's go."

Me: "You ready? "

Phoebe: "Mhm."

Me: "Allright."

I stood up and helped her up.

Me: "Let's go back to the town, see what's going on."

Phoebe: "Ok come on then."

Me:"Can't we teleport back?"

Phoebe: "Too tired."

Me: "Ok."

-jokingly- Phoebe:" Ask again in ten minutes."

Me: "Hehe...in ten minutes we'll be there."

As we headed back to the town, a small regiment of blue soldiers arrived on horseback to inspect the damage, they quickly became as terrified and angry as the civilians. Once we made it back we were more able to assess the situation. A lot of the houses were intact, but the mill was destroyed. The water wheel fell off and was on it's side, just barely submerged in the river. The rest of the mill buiding either burned or collapsed completely, except for the millstones, which were still intact. Many of the shops behind the mill were damaged and there were lots of cannon balls partially burried in the ground within their own tiny craters. It was quite a mess.

Phoebe: "Hey Cj look, it's the sword."

Me :"Is that the one you used earlier?"

Phoebe: "Mhm."

Me: "Neat."

Phoebe: "I'm going to keep it."

-surprised- Me: "What?"

Me: "Why?"

Phoebe: "Because...'

-jokingly- Phoebe: "It's free."

Me: "Well if you really want too."

Me: "Get the scabbard too, don't just take the sword, here where's the body you stole it from?"

Phoebe: "Um...I think it's this one."

Me: "Ok."

I retrieved the scabbard for her.

Me: "Here, now you can carry it."

Phoebe: "Can you carry it please?"

Phoebe: "It's hard to hold with this dress."

-somewhat annoyed- Me: "-sighs-, allright fine."

I didn't believe her at all, but still,I liked to help my baby girl.

Me: "We need to find a way back."

Phoebe :"We still need to find out what this war is about."

Me: "Yeah, you're right."

Me: "Why don't you go ask the soldiers?"

Phoebe:"Ok."

Phoebe: "Um, excuse me, we're just travelling through the area, who are those red guys and why are you fighting them?"

-surprised- Blue Soldier: "Surely you jest?"

Blue Soldier: "How could you possibly be unaware of the war going on right now?"

Me :"

Blue Soldier: "Those red bastards that attacked are a division of the Royal Infantry redgement, under the leadership of Captain Angus Macdonald."

Blue Soldier: "Known far an wide for his cruelty and penchant for collateral damage."

Blue Soldier: "My men and I've been fight'n him for many a week now, he's burned so many towns, killed so many people, this one ere got off a bit better than the others.."

Blue Soldier: "The king of scotland won stop till he has all are heads."

Me: "Scotland?"
Me:" What happened to England?"

Blue Soldier: "Was England?"

Blue Soldier 2: "It fell undter scottish control ore hundredt years ago."

Phoebe: "Oh..."

Me:"Ok."

Blue Soldier 2: "Now if you'll excuse us please, we got work to do."

Me: "Yeah ok."

Me: "Bye.'

They headed down the street.

Me: "Well this world is weird."

Me: "Hehe, a revolutionary war between america and scotland, who woulda thought?"

-unamused- Phoebe: "I don't get it."

Me: "That's allright, come on, we got what we came for, let's head back."

Phoebe: "It's a really long walk back Cj."

Phoebe: "We should find a horse or something."

Me: "We don't have any money, and they aren't just going to let us take one."

Phoebe: "I have an idea."

Me: "What?"

Phoebe: "Earlier when the reds attacked I killed a few of their horsemen."

Phoebe: "The horses survived and ran away."

Phoebe: "We just need to find one."

Me: "Um, Pheebles, horses are not pokemon, they're smart as far as animals go, but I don't think you can just talk to them."

-cutely- Phoebe: "I could try."

Me: "Yeah..., I guess it's worth a shot."

-meanwhile, back at home-

Nina finally decided to get dressed so she could head outside to play with her pokemon.

Once all her pokemon were out and having a good time, she decided that this wasn't enough, so she went back into the house, snuck into our room, took our pokemon and let them out as well.

Nina: "Now listen everybody don't wander far from the house, I need to return you before mom and dad get home."

Nina: "And you all need to keep this a secret."

Bubba: "Blastoisse Blasst blastoisse."

Nina: "Don't worry it will be fine."

Bubba:"Blastoise."

Nina: "He's at work with mom."

Bulby: "Saur Venussss."

Nina: "I don't know, go play or something."

Nina:" Wait, I have an idea."

Nina: "You can help me train my pokemon."

Nina: "Cobalt, where'd you go? Come here!"

He suddenly decended from the sky.

Cobalt: "Metang tang."

Nina:" Why don't you train with Bubba for a little bit?"

Cobalt: "Tannnnng?

Nina: "It's ok, he'll go easy on you."

Nina:"Right?"

Bubba: "Blassstoisse."

Nina: "You want to wait until my dad comes back?"

Bulby: "Venusss."

Nina: "You agree?"

Nina: "We can't wait until then, they don't know I let you out."

-objectively- Bubba: "Blastoise.. "

Nina: "Ok, fine, we won't then. "

Nina: "Come on Cobalt, we'll find some other way to train. "

-somewhat relieved- Cobalt:" Tannnng, metannnng. "

Nina: "You know how important training is. "

Nina: "It's the only reason you evolved. "

Cobalt: "Tang. "

Nina: "Now come on, let's see if Rocky will be willing to help."

Nina: "So where is he? "

Bubba: "Blast. "

He pointed off into the distance.

Rocky didn't get the memo, and was now heading towards the timber, with Cubey following behind.

Nina:"Awwwwe...come on... "

Nina:"Why is he over there? I told him not to leave the yard. "

Cobalt: "Tannnng."

Nina:" Yes I know he's my father's pokemon. "

Cobalt: "Tannng."

Nina: "Yes I know I only have two badges. "

Nina: "That's more then most my age has. "

Cobalt: "Tanng, metanng, tanng. "

Nina: "How do you know a twelve year old won the silver conference 6 years ago? "

Cobalt: "Metannng, tanng metanng. "

Nina: "You saw it on tv? When? "

Cobalt: "Metannnnng, tanng. "

Nina: "Ohhhh, Team Rocket must have been watching it while you were captured by them. "

Nina: "I see. "

Nina: "Well come on then, we better go get him before he gets too far away. "

Cobalt: "Metang. "

Nina: "Matches! Where are you? "

Matches: "Rowl! "

He came around the side of the house.

Nina: "Come with us, we need to get Rocky before he gets lost. "

Cobalt: "Tanng tang metang. "

Nina: "Yes I know he won't get lost, stop contradicting me. "

Nina: "I'll teleport out there, you come up behind me."

Cobalt: "Tannnng?"

Nina: "No I can't teleport you, you have too much metal. "

Nina: "Now come on."

She teleported over to Rocky, who was now about 1/4 mile away from the house.

Nina: "What are you two doing? I told you not to leave the yard."

-dismissive- Rocky: "Golem..."

-dismissive- Cubey: "Marrow"

He ignored her and continued into the timber, Cubey following behind. Cobalt and Matches were on their way out.

Nina: "Hey where are you going? Get back here, listen to me!"

Nina: "I need you to help train Cobalt for me."

Rocky:"Gollllem...gollll."

Nina: "You don't want to?"

Cubey: " Marrow, Marrowak."

Nina: "But you will Cubey?"

Nina: "-sighs-, allright then."

Nina: "But both of you need to come back to the yard."

-objectively- Rocky: "Golem!"

-back in revolutionary war land-

We were now outside the town, looking for one of the horses that ran off during the battle, it took quite awhile, but eventually Phoebe was able to get a vague sense of where one was hiding, and eventually we could see it on the horizon. Then Phoebe sat down , still struggling a bit with her dress.

Phoebe: "Ok, now I'm going to try to call it."

Me: "Ok."

Phoebe: "So be very quiet."

Me: "Right."

-playfully- Phoebe:" Shhhh."

Me: "Oh, shhhhh yourself."

Phoebe: "-giggles-."

Phoebe: "Keep an eye on it."

Me: "Allright."

She closed her eyes for a moment.

Phoebe:"hmmmmmmmmmmm...It's hungry."

Phoebe:"That makes this easy."

Me: "It does?"

-cutely- Phoebe: "Mhm, all I have to do is make it think we have food."

-cutely- Phoebe: "Now stay quiet."

-about five minutes later-

The horse was finally starting to wander towards us.

-softly- Phoebe: "It's working."

-softly- Phoebe: "Stay down Cj, we can't let it see us yet."

Eventually it came close, then Phoebe got up, and from that point it led it back to town to get it some food. It was still wearing a sadle and some armor from the red army, so as we led it to a water trough to drink it immediately drew the blue army's attention.

-surprised- Blue soldier: "Ain't that there one a Macdonald's horses."

Phoebe: "Mhm, we captured it."

Blue soldier: "How ?"

Phoebe: "We promised it food."

Blue soldier: "What?"

Blue soldier: "Ain't it got any bullets? We're run'in low and supplies wone arrive for another week."

Phoebe: "Well if you can find them you can have them, we just need the horse."

He called another soldier over and they both searched the saddlebags, seizing various supplies that we really didn't need, a small clutch of bullets, a powder horn, a flintlock pistol, and some other miscelaneous things.

Anyway, we fed the horse a few apples we found near a fruit stand that had been tipped over during the attack, and then we left the town, heading down the path we came in on. By now I was almost used to horse riding, as I had to before in another world set around this time.

Me :"Do you even remember where the safety line is?"

Phoebe: "It's back at the top of the hill."

Phoebe: "It won't take long to find it."

Phoebe:"And then we can just ride back to the portal."

Me:"I hope you're right, I don't wanna spend the afternoon wandering around the forrest."

Phoebe: "We won't, I promise."

-several minutes later-

We were wandering around the forrest, looking for the safety line which we had left somewhere near the top of the hill, we weren't riding the horse anymore, but it was still following us around.

Me: "Where is it?"

Phoebe:" We left it near the top, I know it."

Phoebe: "But I don't really rememeber where."

We wandered around the top of the hill for about an hour until we finally found it, then we started heading back to the portal.

Me: "You broke your promise."

Phoebe: " I didn't think it would take so long."

Phoebe: "It's a big hill."

Me:" But you broke your promise."

Phoebe: "Don't be angry, please."

-jokingly- Me: "Oh I'm very, very angry."

-jokingly- Phoebe: "Oh you are?"

-jokingly- Me: "Mhm."

-jokingly- Phoebe: "Are you going to punish me?"

-jokingly- Me:" I haven't decided yet."

The horse neighed very loudly.

Phoebe: "Ahh!...don't do that."

Me: "Hehehe."

Phoebe: "Hey hold on a second.":

Me: "What?"

Phoebe: "Help me get its saddle off so we can let it go."

Me: "Um, ok."

-a few minutes or so later-

Phoebe :"There Mr. horse, now you're free to go."

She gave it a pat on the head, then it started to wander away.

Phoebe: "I hope it will be ok..."

Me: "You know the odds are it will probably get recaptured."

Phoebe: "Yeah, but there's not much we can do about that."

Me: "True."

Phoebe: "We can just wish it the best."

Me: "Yep."

Phoebe: "I wanna take my rapidash out when we get home."

Me: "Where you gonna go?"

Phoebe: "To the timber where else?"

We followed the safety line back to the portal, which brought us back to the lab.

-meanwhile-
Nina was still having trouble controlling our pokemon. While Nina was busy trying to train Cobalt and Spike against Cubey, more of our pokemon were quietly sneaking out of the yard and out to the timber, including Rapidash. Only Nina's pokemon, Polli, Blossom, Hellblade, Cloudella, and Cap'n'magnum remained by the house, mostly because Magnum liked to stay by the generator and Hellblade was sleeping again. Cloudella liked to hang out with Magnum, presumably because they could both fly. Our golbats weren't out because even Nina knew they didn't like to be out in the sunlight.

Oshawott: "Osha Oshawott!"

Nina :"What?"

Nina:" Come on Cobalt, try anothe metal claw attack!"

Cobalt: "Tangg!"

-anxiously- Oshawott: "Osha!"

Nina: "Who's escaping?"

Cubey: "Marrow!"

He gently threw his bone at her, just to get her attention.

Nina: "Ow Cubey, you're supposed to hit Cobalt not me!"

-anxiously- Oshawott: "OSHAWOTT!"

Nina: "Oshawott we're training, I don't have time for your little games right now."

He used water gun.

-angry- Nina; "OSHAWOTT! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?"

Nina: "wait, why is bulby over there?"

Oshawott: "Oshawott!"

Nina: "Ohhhhh...they're escaping..."

Cubey: "Marrow..Marrowak."

Nina:" Cubey do you know anything about this?"

He shook his head.

Nina: "Mhm, yeah right."

She was starting to grasp the situation.

Nina:" WE NEED TO GET THEM BACK."

-panicking- Nina:" IF MOM AND DAD COME HOME AND THEY'RE ALL IN THE TIMBER I'M GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE AND THEY'LL TAKE MY TV AND THEY'LL NEVER LEAVE ME HOME AGAIN!"

Then she heard the phone ring.

-panicking- Nina: "Oh no, that's probably them."

Nina: "BOTH OF YOU GO GET THEM BACK, NOW."

Nina:"MATCHES!"

Matches ran to her side.

Nina: "Go with them, try to bring the others back here."

Oshawott: "Osha..oshawott."

Nina: "No oshawott, you stay here it's too dangerous for you to go out there."

-let down- Oshawott: "Osshhhhhhhhaaa."

Magnum came over as well, curious as to what was happening."

Cap'n'Magnum: "Magnazooone?"

Nina:" Good, you're here too, go to the timber and bring the others back hurry."

-meanwhile just outside of the lab-

We decided to call Nina before heading home.

-worried- Phoebe: "She's not answering."

Me: "Maybe she fell asleep?"

Phoebe: "Maybe."

Phoebe: "I'm going to keep trying."

Me: "Ok."

-another minute or so later-

By the time she answered we were just exiting the building.

-worried- Phoebe: "Come on, answer."

-nervously on phone- Nina:" Yes?"

-into phone- Phoebe: "Oh there you are? What's going on sweety? What took you so long to answer the phone?"

-on phone, unsure- Nina: "Ummmm?"

-background- Charley: "Mawa... "

-background, quietly- Me:"Shhh, mommie's on the phone."

-into phone- Phoebe: "Your father thought you were asleep or something."

-nervously on phone- Nina: "Um..yeh-yeah I was."

-nervously on phone- Nina: "Everything's ok, mom don't worry."

-background- Charley: " buh dawhy, Cawey wa mawa."

-background, quietly- Me:"She's on the phone."

-into phone- Phoebe: "It better be, we're going to be home in just a few minutes, we're leaving the lab right now, you know the deal, if anything is out of place you're busted."

-even more nervously, on phone- Nina: "Mhm..."

-into phone- Phoebe: "Ok then we'll see you in a few minutes sweety, goodbye."

-nervously on phone- Nina: "Bye."

-upset- Charley: "CAWEY WA MAWA!"

-calmly- Phoebe: "Charley..."

Phoebe: "What do you want?"

Charley: "Mawa hold Cawey?"

Phoebe: "I can't hold you right now, we're in the car, and you're so much safer in your seat."

Charley:"Buh Cawey wa..."

Phoebe: "I could sing to you instead, how about that?"

Charley:"Mawa seng?"

Phoebe:"Mhm."

Charley:"Cawey seng."

-cutely singing- Charley: "luh es nah ahway ahh tie."

Me: "Hehehe, you still remember that huh?"

-enamored- Phoebe: "Awwwwwe, aren't you just adorable."

Charley: "Mawa awable."

Phoebe: "No you're adorable."

Me: "You're both adorable."

-adorably- Phoebe: "But I don't wanna be adorable."

Me: "Well now you're just proving my point."

Phoebe: "Oh you.."

-cutely- Charley: "Dawhy es awable."

Me: "What?"

Phoebe: "-giggles, he said it, not me."

A few minutes later we arrived at home, everything seemed to be perfectly fine, Nina was waiting for us at the front door.

Phoebe: "Hello sweety."

-nervously- Nina: "Hi mom."

-cutely- Charley: "Newa!"

Nina: "Um what's that? Did dad find more free guns?"

Phoebe: "No it's my new sword, he's just carrying it for me."

Me: "Mhm."

Nina: "Um...ok."

Me: "I'm going to go put it by the vault."

Phoebe: "Ok."

Phoebe:" I'm going to take rapidash up into the timber, you want to come?"

Nina: "Wait what? Why?"

Phoebe: "Because, we went horse riding at work today, and I just feel like I want to now."

Phoebe: "Comming Cj?"

Me: "Sure why not."

Phoebe: "Ok, so that means Charley's going too."

Me:" It's probably not the best idea to take him on rapidash with you."

Phoebe: "Well you can just carry him and walk behind us then."

Me: "True."

Nina: "You don't want to go mom, it rained while you were gone..."

-suspicious- Me: "What?"

-nervously- Nina:"Rapidash doesn't like water."

Me: "There's no clouds in the sky."

-nervously- Nina: "There was...earlier."

Me: "Ok, Nina, cut the crap, what's going on?"

-concerned- Phoebe:"Where's rapidash?"

-panicking- Nina: "Umm.."

She panicked and teleported away.

-cutely unaware- Charley: "Newa telpo!"

-sternly- Phoebe: "Nina come back here right now!"

Me: "Really Nina?"

-muffled crying- Nina: "I tried ok? I'm sorry."

Phoebe: "Nina, come out of your room, there's no reason to hide."

-nervously- Nina: "Most of your pokemon went to the timber. I let them out so we could play, but they wouldn't listen to me when I told them to stay by the house."

Phoebe: "Ok..."

Me: "It's not that big of deal, they'll come back, they always do."

Phoebe:"Mhm, but you shouldn't have been messing with our pokemon without permission."

Nina:"I'm sorry."

Me:"You're still grounded."

Nina: "But whyyyy ?"

Me: "Because a deal's a deal remember?"

Phoebe: "Ohhh Cj, do we have to? She didn't really do that much."

Me: "Yes we have to, we made a deal and we can't go back on it."

Phoebe: "-sighs-, you're right."

Me:"So, the deal is, you're not allowed to stay home if we get called in tomorrow..."

Me: "And, you're not allowed to play outside at all next week starting tomorrow."

-upset- Nina: "Ok."

Phoebe: "Nina you knew what you were getting into, we can't just let you off the hook this time."

-upset- Nina: "But why did you even make a stupid deal with me in the first place? "

Phoebe: "Because we were trying to see if you could be responsible on your own."

Phoebe: "That's why."

Nina:"Ok."

Me: "Right."

Me: "But obviously you can't go unsupervised for a few hours without breaking the rules. "

Nina: "But I thought I could return them before you ...would notice..."

Me: Hehehehehe, yes... exactly. "

-worried- Nina:"Am I getting punished for that too? "

Me:" No because that doesn't make it any different really. "

Phoebe: "At the very least you were sneaking around our room without permission."

Nina: "I didn't know I needed permission."

Phoebe: "Well you shouldn't just go snooping around other people's things."

Nina: "But mom..."

Me: "No butts, nobody does that, it's just...it's just."

Phoebe: "Rude?

Me: "Yeah, go with that."

Phoebe: "So who stayed around the house? "

Nina: "Polli, Blossom, Cubey, Hellblade, Magnum, Mouser, and Cloudella. "

Nina: "Everyone else snuck away."

Phoebe: "Ok, then we're going to have to talk to them too."

Me: "Atleast you knew enough to not let aggron out."

Nina: "Why?"

Me: "You know how much damage he could do to the yard just by walking around?"

Me:"Then we would be really angry."

-sad- Nina:" -sighs-."

Phoebe: "Come on sweety, why don't we watch some tv while we wait for them to come back? "

Nina: "Ok."

Charley: "Cawey wa dow."

Phoebe:" Ok, you can go play little guy."

She set him down on the floor, and then he crawled over to his toys that were scattered in front of the tv and began to play.

Nina was pretty quiet over the next hour, nervous that things weren't going to go right. It looked like it was going to be a long afternoon, and the lack of anything interesting on tv wasn't helping.

Me: "Wow there's litterally nothing on."

Me: "Tv hasn't been like this since the disaster."

Phoebe: "Really?"

Phoebe: "Why don't we go to the timber then?"

Phoebe: "We can go meet up with our pokemon that way."

Me: "Sounds like a decent plan."

Me: "There's not much else to do."

Phoebe: "Allright then, come on Nina."

Nina: "I don't wanna go."

Phoebe: "Well, we know we can't trust you to stay here by yourself."

Phoebe: "So come on."

-upset- Nina: "Mmmmm."

Phoebe: "Charley, come to mommy."

-unsure- Charley: "Mawa?"

She picked him up.

-cutely- Charley: "Mawa...Cawey wa dow.."

-playfully- Phoebe: "Oooooh, come on . . . . let's go exploring."

-cutely- Charley: "Explo?"

Phoebe: "Mhm."

-unsure- Charley: "Cawey dunno."

-playfully- Phoebe: "Well come on then, let's go see."

-sternly- Phoebe: "Nina you come too."

-sad- Nina: "mmmmmm."

Phoebe: "Don't you mope at me missy, you're still in trouble."

Phoebe: "Now come on, let's go."

-timidly- Nina: "Okaay."

It was a nice day out, warm, but just a bit wet from melting snow.

We all left the house and headed beyond the backyard, through the grassy field and back into the timberland Rocky was rolling down the hill, something he usually did for fun. He was covered in mud, which for some reason he seemed to enjoy.

Nina: "There's Rocky."

Nina: "He was the first to leave."

Rocky:"Golem golll."

Me: "Are you supposed to be up here?"

Me:"We weren't around when Nina let you out."

Me: "She shouldn't have let you out, but still."

Rocky: "Golllleeem."

Phoebe: "He says he's sorry, and...he means it."

-dismissive- Me: "Well, it isn't really their fault, I guess."

Phoebe: "Noooo, not really."

-surprised- Nina: "What?"

Nina: "They ignored me!"

Me: "You're not their trainer."

Phoebe:" Nina, they've been through more battles than you or any of your pokemon have. you shouldn't be surprised that taking orders from you just seems silly to them."

Phoebe: "Especially since they haven't been given time to just play around in awhile."

Phoebe: "You should've known that before you let them out."

Me: "So where should we go now?"

Phoebe: "I don't know, lets try to find Rapidash."

Me: "Ok."

Me: "It's probably somewhere on the hill, I don't think it would want to be anywhere near the creek."

Phoebe: "I don't know, I don't think she minds water that much."

Phoebe: "As long as it's not too deep."

Me: "Can't you hear her?"

Phoebe: "I could if I stopped to listen for a little bit, but I want to spend more time up here than that."

Phoebe:"Like an adventure."

Charley: "Cawey wa dow."

Phoebe: "You want down?"

Phoebe: "I can't put you down here."

Phoebe: "Because then you'll play in the mud and then you'll get all dirty."

Phoebe: "And we're moving anyway so come on little guy."

Charley: "Buh mawa."

Phoebe: "No butts."

Phoebe: " Especially since we know what you're going to say next."

-simultaneously- Charley and Me: "Cawey wa dow."

Me: "Hehe."

Pheobe: "See?"

Charley: "Buh Cawey wa."

Phoebe: "I know, I know."

Phoebe: "Maybe we'll find some place where you can play without getting dirty, but not right now."

Phoebe: "You'll just have to be patient."

Charley: "Cawey dunno."

-lovingly- Phoebe: "Yes you know, silly."

Phoebe: "voir de voir, gardevoirr."

Sometimes it still helped for her to explain things to him in pokemon, he would learn new words everyday, but knowing how to say them, and knowing what they meant were two different things, sometimes though, he just wouldn't understand and would get upset regardless.

Charley: "Buh Cawey wa dow."

Phoebe:" Gardevoirrrr."

-defiantly- Charley: "Rallllts!"

- a bit dissapointed- Phoebe: "Charlleeey... "

Me: "What? "

Phoebe: "He really wants down."

Me: "I have an idea."

Phoebe: "What?"

Me: "Ok Charley, if you want down you have to try to walk."

We were struggling to get him to walk, he didn't like to practice and was quite fine with crawling.

-upset- Charley: "No Dawhy, Cawey no wa.."

Charley: "Cawey fah dow."

Me: "You won't fall down."

Phoebe: "I'll help you."

Phoebe: "Come on just try it."

Me:" Nina where are you going?"

She seemed to be sneaking off.

Nina: "Nowhere, I'm just going to watch Rocky roll down the hill."

Me: "Ok."

Phoebe: "You better not run back to the house, you'll be in even more trouble."

Nina: "I won't."

Nina: "Don't you trust me?"

Phoebe :"I trust that you don't want to get in more trouble."

Me: "Hehehe."

Me:" Anyway, Charley..."

Me: "You want to try to walk?'

Charley: "Cawey no wa."

Me :"Let's try it anyway."

Phoebe: "Are you sure?"

Me: "Mhm."

Phoebe:"-sighs-, ok."

She carefully let him down, holding him up just enough so he could stand.

Phoebe:"Ok little guy come on, stand up."

Charley: "Nooooo Mawa, Cawey no wa..."

He went limp and refused to stand.

-somewhat annoyed- Phoebe: "Charley.."

-upset- Charley: "CAWEY NO WAAAAA!"

She picked him back up and tried to calm him down, continuing to speak to him in pokemon.

Phoebe: "Gardevooirr, devoir, garde, gardevoir"

-insistently- Charley:" No mawa Cawey no wa."

-stubbornly- Charley:"Ralllts ralts rallllts.'

Phoebe: "Charley..."

Me:" What? What did he say?"

Phoebe: "Same thing he said in human, he doesn't want to."

Phoebe: "There is no reason for you to be stubborn."

Me :"Maybe he's just afraid of falling?"

Phoebe: "Yeah, that's part of it."

Phoebe: "Charley, we're here for you, we're not going to let you fall."

-cutely- Charley: "Wheh Newa?"

Phoebe: "Nina's here too sweety."

Phoebe: "-sighs-, will you let her help you walk?"

-playfully- Phoebe:" Hmmm?"

Nina:" I'll help him."

-stubbornly- Charley: "No Mawa, Cawey no wa..."

Phoebe: "-sighs-, he doesn't want to try..."

Me: "Nope."

Me: "I guess we won't see Bulby then."

Charley: "Buh-wy!"

Me: "Yeah, but you're not going to walk so we can't go see him."

Charley: "Buh Dawhy, Cawey wa see Buh-wy."

Me: "Well then, you're going to have to try to walk."

Charley: "Buh Cawey no wa."

-frustrated- Me: " Well...then...figure it out."

Charley: "Mawa, Cawey wa see Buh-wy."

Phoebe: "You heard your father."-

-upset- Charley; "Buh Cawey wa."

Phoebe: "That doesn't matter."

Bulby heard what was going on, and peaked down from the top of the hill."

Bulby: "Saur!"

-cutely- Charley: "Cawey see Buh-wy!"

-awkwardly- Phoebe: "No no no, Bulby go back up, we're trying to get him to walk so he's not allowed to see you."

Bulby: "Saurr."

He turned around and headed back up the hill out of sight.

Charley: "Buh-wy whehyugo? "

Charley: "Buh-wy?"

Phoebe :"We keep telling you, you're not allowed to see him until you try to walk."

And then he got really upset.

-mad-Charley: "CAWEY NO WA!"

-mad- Charley: "CAWEY WA SEE BUH-WY!"

Phoebe: "If you're going to throw a fit we can go back to the house."

-upset- Charley: "MAWA!"

Phoebe:"Charley, stop."

-upset- Charley: "Mawa! Cawey wa see buh-wy!"

-upset- Charley: "Cawey no wa."

-upset- Charley: "Cawey wa see buhwy, no wa fah dow."

-sternly- Phoebe: "Shhhhhhh."

Phoebe: "Settle down."

Charley: "NOOOOOOOO!"

Phoebe: "Charley..."

Phoebe: "Ok fine, let's go back."

Me: "You sure?"

Phoebe:" Mhm, he doesn't want to cooperate, so we'll just go home."

-upset- Charley: "Cawey wa see buh-wy!"

Phoebe: "No, you need to learn that you can't always get your way."

Phoebe: "-sighs-, I've dreaded this day since you were born."

Me: "What?"

-crying- Charley: "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Phoebe: "Life's hardest lesson."

We tried to have a conversation while he continued to cry, all because he wasn't allowed to see Bulby.

Phoebe: "You can't always get what you want."

Me: "Yeah, I guess that's true."

We started to head back towards the house.

Me: "What about Rapidash?"

Phoebe: "I'll just have to go riding tomorrow...if we have time."

Me: "Ok."

-crying- Charley: "Cawey no Waaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Phoebe: "Nina come on sweety, we're going home."

-upset- Charley: "Cawey wa Buh-wy!"

-concerned- Nina: "Is Charley ok?"

-concerned- Phoebe: "He'll be fine, he just ... needs some rest."

We headed back down the hill, it was only an hour or so until sunset so our pokemon wouldn't be far behind us. We tried to bear Charley's screaming until he finally stopped crying about halfway back home after exhausting himself, and by the time we reached the back door he was nearly asleep, so we put him to bed for the night.

-quietly- Phoebe :"Goodnight Charley."

-quietly- Phoebe:"Hopefully you'll be in a better mood tomorrow."

-quietly- Me: "Goodnight little guy."

We quietly left his room, carefully closing the door behind us.

Phoebe:" Owww...my head hurts, he screams so loud."

Me: "Yeah, I was wondering how you managed to deal with all his screaming."

Phoebe: "The secret is, I didn't, it and now my head hurts and my ears are ringing because of it."

Me: "Looks like he knows teleport and supersonic."

Phoebe: "-giggles-...owe."

Me: "You want to lie down for a bit?"

Phoebe: "Yeah...that sounds nice."

Me: "Ok, I'll join you . "

Phoebe: "No, not yet, tell Nina first."

Me: "Ohh, allright."

I headed downstairs while she went into our room.

Nina: "Am I still in trouble?"

Me: "Yep."

Me: "Your mother has a headache from Charley's screaming, so we're going to lie down for awhile."

Nina :"You mean you're going to have sex?"

-sternly- Me: "No, that's not what I mean."

Me: " Your mother isn't feeling well, she just needs some piece and quite."

-smart alecky- Nina: "Ok, but if I start hearing noises..."

-interupting- Me: "Nina..."

-sternly- Me: "Show some respect."

Me: "Or would you like to lose your tv privelages too?"

Nina:" No...no that's ok dad."

Me: "Good."

-jokingly- Me: "Now remember we're only going to be upstairs, so don't go sneaking into our room again."

Nina: "I know!"

Me:" Hehehe...allright then."

I went back upstairs, and snuggled up next to Phoebe who was now laying in bed.

-lovingly- Phoebe: "-sighs-...Cjaaay.."

-lovingly- Me: Hey baby girl, feeling better yet?"

Phoebe: "No...not really."

Me: "Why not?"

Phoebe: "Just hold me like you are right now, i'll be ok."

Phoebe: "And then maybe in a little bit we can have some fun."

Me :"No we shouldn't, Nina is expecting us to fool around up here."

Phoebe: "Oh is she now?"

Me: "Yep, that's what she said, little weirdo."

Phoebe: "So? Why can't we?"

Me: "Because then she'll be right and you know she won't let it go...ever."

Phoebe:"Yeah you're right."

Phoebe: "We'll just have to wait till tonight then."

Me: "Mhm."

Me :"Just a few hours away."

Phoebe: "Mhm."

Me: "Don't wanna relax too much or you'll wake up tomorrow morning."

Phoebe: "I know..."

Phoebe: "Now please, I need some quiet."

Me: "Ok."

We layed there in silence for awhile until she decided to speak again.

-softly- Phoebe: "Ok I'm starting to feel better..."

Me: "Headache going away? "

-softly- Phoebe: "Mhm."

Nina suddenly opened the door without warning, apparently she teleported because I never heard her come up the stairs.

Nina: "The pokemon are comming back!"

-sternly- Phoebe: "Nina you know better then to barge in like that!"

Nina: "But dad said you weren't going to do anything."

Phoebe: "-sighs-, still, you should've knocked or something."

Phoebe: "-sighs-, oh well, I guess we better return our pokemon."

Me: "Mhm."

We headed downstairs and returned our pokemon, the rest of the day wasn't really that interesting.