Yay, chapter three! Hopefully I get some feedback on this part. *winks*
Chapter Three: Emotions
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Waking up quickly, I forced my eyes to scan the room. Ryan was at a bed to my right, not moving, and Seth at the left. He seemed to be stirring. I needed to know what was going on-if he knew. I felt like I was brainwashed thinking that I knew nothing that was going on.
"Seth?" I called, almost in a whisper. "Seth, are you awake?"
Seth moved to the edge of the bed. "Huh wha?" He mumbled.
"Seth, get up." I pulled of my sheets. I had all my energy back now. Maybe resting was good for people. I swiped the white sheets off of Seth's bed. "Up, now." I told him, shaking him.
"What no!" He said. "Leave me alone."
"Seth, c'mon." I urged him. "Get up. We have to find Robert."
Seth finally opened his eyes and got out of the bed. He seemed to have trouble, so, I asked him if he needed help. Of course he did. I helped him up so he was standing.
"Jees, where are we?" He asked me. I stared at him.
"I thought you'd know!" I cried. "Ugh. Let's just leave this room and find out."
He and I left the small room and into a white hall with one too many lights. On a small bench in the hall, Matt sat. We smiled at him, glad to see he might know what happened. "Matt!" I called. We walked over to him and sat on the bench. "Do you know what happened? Tell us everything. I can't remember anything now."
"Well, Robert came to get us, and you were way too weak to run, and walk, at that matter. So I picked you up and we got the hell out of that place. Robert drove us to the nearest Pokemon Center, and Joy let you all stay here to heal, since there is no hospital here." Matt explained. "So we got you out and got you a room, and we've all been checking on you all since. I didn't need any proper healing though. Robert let me rest at your house for the night. You guys, however, had a lot of injuries."
"What kinds?" Seth asked Matt before I could ask.
"Just some cuts, bruises, and they had cut off you and Ryan's curculation in the arms the other night too," Matt motioned to Seth. True, Team Aqua had grabbed them and held them tightly for a long while.
"So, are we all okay, now?" I asked.
"You should be. You guys seemed okay last night, actually." Matt said.
"So, can we go outside?" I asked, hoping for a positive answer. I got up, and walked out to the center of the Pokemon Center. A few people were chatting about Pokemon, and healing them. I wished to be able to do that myself one day.
"I guess we could go outside..." Matt began.
"Great! Let's go!" I grabbed his arm and we ran to the door. That is, before I tripped over a Pokemon.
"PIKAAAAAA!" The Pokemon cried. I stared at it, and kneeled down to it. It was yellow, with two brown stipes on it's back. It turned over, and showed two round red cheeks. It had pointy ears with black tips and a lightning bolt shaped tail.
"HEY! What are you doing?!" Asked a boy, running up to me. He had a black hat in the shape of a Pokeball. The boy's black tee-shirt went flowing with the wind from running. He strided to me with blue jeans.
"I'm sorry, we were leaving, and, I tripped over this Pokemon." I apologized.
"Oh, no hard feelings." The boy said to me. He looked down at the Pokemon. "Pikachu, are you okay?" He asked it.
"Pika-chu!" The Pokemon chirped, getting up and hugging it's trainers leg.
"I'm Ash." The boy said, extending his hand out to me. "Ash Ketchem."
"I'm Lyn." I said. I looked at Matt. "This is Matt Anger."
"Hey there." Matt said to Ash as we shook his hand.
"Are you guys Pokemon trainers?" Ash asked.
"Well...not yet." I said. "Me and my good friend Seth are planning on starting our journey really soon. I'm not sure about Matt, though..." I didn't even ask if he was a trainer.
"Well, I actually am becoming one." Matt told us. "I talked to Robert last night-mind you, Ash, he is Professor Birch's assistant-and he thought we should see Mr. Birch by tomorrow. He might have some Pokemon with him."
"Really?!" I said happily. "That's GREAT!"
"Ash?" A female voice said. I turned around. A girl with a red bandana and brown hair came over waving. "Ash, Skitty's okay now, we can get on our way back to Little Root!" She looked at us. "Who are they?" She whispered to Ash.
"Oh, this is Matt and Lyn." Ash explained. We waved slightly.
"Well, I guess we should be going-"
"LYN! MATT!" Seth yelled, grabbing onto us.
"What?" Asked Matt quickly.
"Ryan's...awake..." Seth panted. Obliviosly, he had been checking on him, and was out of breath.
"Is he okay?" I asked.
"'Course, come on!" Seth said. "Oh, who are these people?"
"I'm Ash, and this is May." Ash introduced.
"Come on, you two can come, can't they?" I questioned Seth. He nodded and we ran to the room.
"Guys, you're all right?" Ryan hugged us all. We hugged him back happily.
"I think we really should go. Mom and dad might be worried about us now." Seth said.
"Your right." I agreed. "You think we are healthy enough to leave now?"
"Most right." Matt grinned.
"Well, goodbye, Ash and May." I said. We said our goodbyes, in hopes of running into them in the future.
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We headed into the house, getting attacked with hugs. I hugged Seth and Ryan tightly. I just looked at Matt, unsure if I should hug him since what happened in the past two days.
"Seth, Lyn, I would like to speak to you two. Ryan, I think I'll need your help, too." Robert said, leading us to the living room.
The living room was a warm place, with a light tan color, and a chestnut colored couch. We all sat on it, and Robert began to talk to us. "Now. We have talked to Matt about every single detail that had happened."
I froze. Every detail? Ger-ate.
"Anyways, we talked about you all getting your first Pokemon."
"I already had one." I inturrupted.
"Had?" Robert looked at me. "You still have one."
"Abra's gone." I sighed sadly.
"Well, you're actually wrong." Robert said. "Matt found Abra last night. She's still recovering in your room."
"Really?" I said, austounded. I cheered in my head silently.
"Now, I really want Ryan to talk to you about raising Pokemon."
"Okay, kids." Ryan started, "Pokemon are not just like toys. They are your friends. And you make friends along the way. And foes. Like Team Aqua. The only way you can battle and defeat someone is loving and trusting your Pokemon. Okay? So when you become trainers, you much respect your Pokemon. And you should already know this, of course. It's the basics of Pokemon."
I nodded in understandment. "So...are we going?"
"Well, I guess we SHOULD go soon. Professor wants me at the lab soon, anyways. I've bought you all backpacks to carry your stuff in." Robert told us, handing us packs. Mine was a jean-meterial made one. It had serveral small pockets. Good to hold PokeBalls.
Seth's was green, and had a huge opening and 4 small ones.
"If you'd like, pack somethings you'll need. Of course you will need extra clothes. And other things. Anything you'll need. Just don't overstuff your bags, of course."
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Matt sat on my bed as I put some stuff in it.
"So...are you excited?" Matt asked me.
I nodded as I put in some pokeballs and zipped up the pack. "All set." I said. "You sure you don't need any pokeballs?"
"Yeah, I'm going to buy some in town when we get there." Matt told me.
"Okay." I said. We headed downstairs to Robert, who was waiting for us.
"All ready?" Robert asked happily. I nodded to him, and looked at Lilly; Seth's mom. Suddenly I remembered every moment here. When I first came. How she was so caring and nice. I had origanally thought I was to stay for a night; but it turned out to be five whole years.
Seth came out, smiling broadly. "All done! Let's go!"
"Oh, Seth!" Lilly cried, hugging him so he couldn't breathe. "We're going to miss you SO MUCH!"
"MOM!" Seth yelled. "It's okay. I'll call you as much as possible, and visit lots, okay?"
"Okay." His mom hugged him again.
Now it was time. Time to tell them how grateful I was. "Um, Lilly? Robert?" I started. "You guys don't know how thankful I am that you've let me live here for this long. I'm so gald I had went to the lab when I did now. I never relised this until now-after thinking about this for days. So...thank you." Sadly, I said, "but I am no longer part of the family."
"Of course you are! You have been for five years! Your like a second daughter!" Lilly cried.
Ellen and Miles, Seth's younger siblings, came out with pictures. Miles had a picture of a pokeball and of Seth getting a Pokemon. Ellen drew one of me and Abra.
"Aw...thanks." We told them, hugging them tightly. It made me sad to think they were no longer going to be with me much anymore now. I could tell Matt knew how thankful I was for this family right then.
"...Well." Robert sighed. "Are we ready to go?"
I sighed quickly. "I...I...don't know." I said finally. Matt looked at me. "I just don't think I'm ready to leave. Once I walk out this door, I'm leaving Abra and this entire family behind. I just don't think I should go yet."
Sadly, I went outside to the docks and sat at the edge. I looked into the water, and saw my reflection. I looked up at the sky, and rested my head on the dock's wood and sat for a moment thinking of what had happened. Nothing was going into my brain now. It was just going in my head, and going out the other ear.
"Lyn."
I picked up my head. There was Matt, as always now. "What?" I asked him, slightly angered.
"Your not like this-are you?" He asked.
"I'm not." I told him truthfully. I got up and sat crosslegged. "It's just...once I walk out of that door with Seth and Robert, I am out of the family. I've had a great time with them. I don't want that to end."
"All good things have to come to an end." Matt smiled. I tried to smile back. "I'm sure we'll have a great time being trainers. Beating gyms, getting lost, catching new Pokemon..."
"Yeah, but..." I tried to think of a comeback.
"Can't find a excuse?" He laughed.
"No..." I lied. "Okay, maaaayybee..."
I studied his face for a moment. Calm, I could see plainly. Slowly, I got closer to him, and hugged him. Then I looked up into his eyes. I saw how clearly he worried for me, and kissed him.
After a few moments, we got up. I think it was time for it to end.
"Shall we go now?" Robert said. I could see he had been watching us at the dock. We nodded.
I hugged the family one last time. "I promise, we will talk to you as often as possible" I promised them as we left.
There was a whole new beginning for Seth, and I. We had met Matt, and now we were becoming Pokemon trainers. Finally. This was my most memorable moment.
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