Chapter 3

Alma

Jayden's POV

I hear my alarm beeping and wake up and checked the clock 6:00 AM and turn off my alarm I sigh and get out of my bed. I rush down the stairs my house was just a nice sea blue the only nice thing about this place , I open the fridge and take out 6 eggs being careful not to drop them , I carefully carry them to the stove top and turn a burner on and start to heat a pan up , meanwhile I grab two plates and get some bread for toast , I put the bread in the toaster then I hear the other alarm go off . I quickly turn the burner to 10 and put some oil in it and start mixing some eggs I then hear them talking COME ON I put the eggs in the pan and the toast pops I quickly grab it and put it on the plate jelly, or egg, or plain toast, which would she what today I hear her come down the stairs.

I turn around "hello mother " she looks at me repulsed " did I give you permission to speak to me brat , and DON'T call me mother " she says angrily "no , forgive me ma'am " she scoffs " so what disgusting thing did you make " she says as she walks to the table and takes a seat " omelets and jelly , or buttered , or an toasted egg sandwich " she goes red in the face " ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME GAIN WEIGHT YOU INGRAT " SHUT THE HELL UP ELIZA " we both flinch . I turn to the door way " G-G-G-good M-M-M-morning M-Mister Garcia S-sir " "G-G-G-G- what you have a fucking stutter you little bastard " I start to shake a little but regain my composure " no sir " " good , you already took nine years' of my money failure , now where are my pancakes " I feel dread creep up and I feel my face drain of color " forgive me sir but we r-n ou " I mumble the last part and look down at the floor " WHAT did you say " he walks over and grabs my hair and pulls it to where a come face to face with him , he says in a low growl " REPEAT THAT AGAIN " I start to sweat a little as I look him in the eyes and say " we ran out s- " he slaps me to the floor I hold back the tears in my eyes " YOU LITTLE SHIT WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO EAT " I hear a slight chuckle .

I start to smell something burning " AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA YOUR WASTING FOOD NOW " I quickly get back up and start to stir the eggs in the pan but its to late the eggs are burnt , " know what , i'm leaving and picking something up before I head to work , have fun with the little shit eli " I hear him stomp away and open then slam the door I hold back my tears and take a sharp inhale of breath that I needed " I don't what food made by you anyways bastard, " I hear the chair skid and hear her walk away I hope its to order food I finish making my food I know this is their way of showing love I touch my cheek and flinch and quickly pull my hand away from it I just wish it didn't hurt .

I eat my food scarping the burned bits off and started to get ready I quietly go up the stairs as she is ordering food I go to my room and get dressed for school , I sigh ok I just slipped and fell on the kitchen floor I go over the excuse in my head and it sounds ok I head out of my room and again silently head down towards the door as i'm about to reach the knob , " WHAT are you doing brat " I freeze and turn my head to her " going to school ma'am , and I already have an excuse for why my check is red " she nods " good I don't need any more headaches " as she goes back to the phone I need to ask her for money for groceries I exhale as she finishes her conversation on the phone here I go " ma'am " she snaps her head to me " WHAT " " I need money for food ma'am , " she huffs and turn and grabs something off the coffee table and haphazardly tosses it at me with her hand but it falls to the floor " there now leave, " I grab the card off the floor " thank you Ma'am " I start to walk to the door again but stop and look at her watching the TV and silently mutter to myself "love you , mom " as I turn the handle and open the door but a bright light rapidly head towards me and I feel something crash into me .

I gasp for air as I try to catch a breath that seems to never come, I struggle to breath " pl-e cal - -own " I hear someone talk to me and something try to restrain or hold me as best it can, but I thrash trying to get some air but suddenly I smell flowers , the more I smell it my breathing starts to calm down and I start to take deep breaths filled with that sweet flower smell . It's almost as if i'm in a trance the more I breath in the more I relax " there, a little aromatherapy always calms a mon down, are you feeling better now little one " she says chipperly, I now realize that something is blocking my vision, and my entire body feels stiff and aches " who, where am I? " " now is not really the time to be asking questions little one but know that you are in a safe place now " the mysterious voice sounds female.

I feel something get placed on top of my head and scratch something as I feel a wave of relaxion and my body seemly having a mind of its own tilts my head to it and I hear my self-let out a small noise that sounds like a rumble in my throat , the hell is wrong with me as I feel what I guess is her hand move from my head I let out a small whine but is drowned out by ; GROWL ; as I hear my stomach I feel my cheeks start to heat up in embarrassment by both sounds" oh i'm sorry little one " why does she keep calling me little one . I hear some shuffling noises and things being moved as she is away I feel how dry my throat is " Here little one this should help you feel better and fill you up " she says cheerfully I try to move my arms, but I winched in pain " oh i'm so sorry , i'm still a little frazzled from you suddenly waking up here let me help you open your mouth please " I do as i'm told and slowly open up this felt very weird and I still wanted some answers.

" Here comes the pelipper " what I think as I feel something touch my lips and smell something very good " now go slowly ok " I make a un huh sound. I feel a warm liquid go down my throat almost instantly I taste a variety of flavors as I gulp it down and it starts to warm up my body and the ache in my limbs dulls but is still there when I finish, she moves what I assume the bowl away from me " there feeling better? " She says quizzically I did feel I little better but there were more important issues " a little " I say dejected. I felt humiliated it was like I was being treated like a child " good a little of lily's stew always helps ... now thats settled do you have any questions for me " I had a truck load of questions but first things first " first of all , where am I " " oh sorry little one we are in the town of Alma , more specifically Alma's general hospital " she says Alma , Alma thats not a place that i'm familiar with maybe i'm in another city or worse I hoped it was the former" anymore questions ."

" yes why am I blindfolded " I whated to see where I was but I couldn't really move even feeling a bit better after eating the stew for some odd reason " Oh sorry its for making sure patients arn't disturbed while trying to sleep , especially if they are staying here for a long time " she says with a hint of sadness well that's concerning since I dont even know where this Alma place was " oh , well what country am I in " " well you're in the mist continent " she says with surprise in her voice " pardon me but i didnt think you would know that word , even though you pronounce it wrong " " why wouldnt I know it " i say with a bit of mild concern " well it's rare for mons who are two weeks old to really know advance vocabulary besides a psychic of course, in fact i'm surprised your not having trouble saying any of this you must be a very smart riolu .

" A what " I say very confused two-week-old, psychic, riolu, the hell was she talking about " oh, oh dear " she says with a tinge of sadness " I need you to answer me and be very honest ok " she says with a tone of seriousness. I very stiffly nod my head " where-were-you-born " she says with a very monotone and serious tone she announces it slowly and clearly as if to imply something was wrong with me " thats simple I was born in- " suddenly a sense of fear wormed its way into me from seemly out of nowhere I feel my chest tighten and my words seem to get choked up in my throat, but then a thought comes into my head why do I have a bad feeling saying where I was from I still had to say something " well ... I dont really know " I say with a bit of guilt as she had been helping me " well what do you remember " I sigh well this is going to take a while I tell my story minus me getting hit by a bus and whatever that white void was she should already know what happened to me but while i'm explaining I feel my eyelids get heavy. " and then I woke up here and you know the rest. "

after telling my story I felt hungry and exhausted and to the point; growl; I exhale though my nose and hear a giggle " well then let me get you some more food ok " I feel a bit happier when I hear that as I wait I closed my eyes and I start to drift off but I hear her say " little one " I slowly start to shake my drowsiness a little but my eyelids are starting to droop " mmm " is all I can get out . " Are you still awake " I groggily get out a " yeah " I guess i'm still exhausted from everything " here same as last time ok " I do as told and repeat the process. despite how weird everything was or is I felt safe talking to whoever this was and besides she was my only source of info as to wherever i was " ok well thats everything, now your probably tired from explaining and your injury's so you have one more question before its bedtime, ok?" I had many more questions but they could wait as I what to thank who ever made that stew " not really right now but " I yawn " can you thank who ever made that food for me please" I wasn't about to let someone's hard work go Unthank'd I hear her chuckle a little " i knew that most love my stew but its a bit embarrassing to hear somemon say to my face , but thank you . oh forgive my improper manners my name is lilly little one and i'm your caretaker or you nurse while you recover ok." I feel a bit of relief hit me good that weird tree place and everything that had happen was just a really ... bad ... dream as I close my eyes I welcome sleep.

Lilly's pov

I look at the little riolu softly snoring I giggle softly as to not wake him he's smarter than he looks and very sweet but I couldn't help but wonder why was he in a mystery dungeon at such young age . I know my face shows it but if my theory is correct then " he was abandon to die , how am i going to tell Bree " I softly mutter my mind races with every scenario from her walking out to find her body in the morgue , I cover my mouth with my leaf as the thought of it makes me almost retch and I feel tears almost form take a very deep breath no I cant assume things , and by arceus I hope to him and mew i'm dead wrong i take a look at the little pup and use aromatherapy once more i see him shuffle closer to his pillow and smile I take one of my leaves and pat his head a little he unconsciously leans into it. I smile and if by arceus i'm wrong not even giratina and yveltal can save you from ME I move away from him and walk toward the door and open but look one more time at him " goodnight and sweet dreams little one ."