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Chapter one: The beginning
Azuka was neither special nor had been told she had a very important task. There was nothing special about her. She was just your plain sixteen year old girl that was always bored at home, went to school and did whatever a normal teenager did. The only different thing about her and the rest of the world was that she had no interest in the creatures that roamed around the world freely. These creatures that could be kept as pets, trained to battle, or even used to do tasks for one. These creatures that the whole world was deeply obsessed with. These creatures called pokemon.
It wasn't because she wanted to be different. It wasn't because she felt that they weren't supposed to be around. I was because of her fear of them. A condition she came to have back when she was five when her parents took her to a camp and late at night she felt she needed to go to the bathroom. She got out of the tent, and in the midst of the night, a ghost-type pokemon appeared. A misdreavus. It appeared so suddenly, letting out that feared shriek that Azuka fell back screaming and crying. Her parents came out of the tent, but it was too late. She had already been scarred for life.
But her idea on pokemon changed the night when a pyromaniac burned down her house. As the walls were falling, and everything was on fire, she could not possibly be able to leave the house. Her thoughts that moment were "I'm going to die," and it seemed that way. She got third degree burns all over the right side of her body, where a piece of the ceiling fell on her. As she was screaming for help and was in pain, she suddenly saw the same pokemon that scared her. A misdreavus. It started to get closer to her and as she was about to faint from the pain, the gasses and the fear, she was taken outside, next to the ambulance.
The paramedics saw her and took her to the hospital for the burns, but she was still half conscious and couldn't stop thinking about that misdreavus on the way, until everything finally turned black and she fainted.
She woke up the next day, in an alien room. She guessed as much that she was at the hospital. She then proceeded to look at her burns and realized that she was technically bandaged all over her body, including her face. She was turned into a mummy, so she wondered just how much of her body had been burnt. As she lied in bed, wondering whatever happened to that misdreavus that went out of the way to save her from the fire.
A few hours passed, and nobody seemed to go visit her, not even nurses, nor doctors. She started to feel lonely, and bored. She couldn't do much because of her burns too, so she just lied in bed until someone finally showed up.
"Good morning, Miss Ramone," the tall doctor said. He had a rough face, with small brown eyes. His nose was big, and there were two big dimples at either side of the face, showing that he smiled at lot. Which he wasn't this time. "How are you feeling?"
Azuka felt weird. She couldn't answer. She opened her mouth but no sound came out.
"Ah, I see. I certainly didn't expect this," he said, touching his chin as if he were thinking to himself, "I hope this isn't permanent, though."
She looked at him, and tried to say something again.
"Don't over exert yourself. You are still recovering. Even this small thing as trying to speak might be a lot for your already weak muscles."
Azuka this time did nothing. Just sat there and stared at the doctor, to which he suddenly broke the ice once again.
"I'm pretty sure that you've realized that you're covered in bandages. You see, during the fire, you got badly burnt. Basically one third of your body is covered in burns, mostly the right side, which even extends to your face. And… Uh… It got your eye. You won't be able to see from the right eye any more."
Azuka opened her left eye as wide as it possibly can and moved her hands swiftly towards her right eye to check. It was covered in bandages, but she was pretty sure she wouldn't be able to see from there any more, and with that thought, she let a tear flow down her cheek.
"To recover from your burns you will have to remain here at the hospital where you'll be treated for all of it."
She wasn't even listening to him this time, she was only thinking of how badly she had been hurt. She thought that it probably was better if that misdreavus had left her inside in the fire. After a while of thinking to herself and ignoring the doctor she finally realized. She was too busy thinking of herself all that time that she had forgotten her parents. She grabbed the paper and pen that always come in the hospital rooms and wrote, "Where are my parents?"
"Ah. For that matter… We lost them in the fire. Your father was able to make it to the hospital, but passed away a few hours after…" there was a pause for a few seconds, which was an eternity for Azuka, "I'm sorry to be the bearer of the bad news…"
She couldn't believe it. Her parents were dead. She had no one else in this world. And to top that, she had been horribly scarred and left blind from one eye. There could have been no worse fate for her. She turned to her side, as if she were going to sleep, and wept in silence hoping to fall asleep, and then wake up from the nightmare she was in.
The doctor was wise to leave the room that instant. The room was left empty with the now mute, half blind and scarred Azuka, who could not stop crying of sadness, when suddenly a shadow she recognized appeared looking straight to her face.
As it had appeared so suddenly, as if it had just materialized in front of her eyes, she jumped back startled but couldn't let any shrieks nor screams out. The shadow that she saw was the misdreavus that saved her the night before. It moved closer and closer to her, and she could do nothing to stop it. She was immobilized in bed. Then she realized. Misdreavus's face looked apologetic and seemed to be looking for forgiveness. It rubbed its face on her arm and then looked back at her again. Azuka, with all the courage she had, moved her hand towards misdreavus and petted it.
Misdreavus looked pleased and with that it accommodated itself next to her and fell asleep under her arm. She looked at it wonder what had happened just then and then let that thought sink in. "It saved my life, but also left me like this… It was just saying sorry… But maybe she also needs a friend in her life, much like I need someone to be with… She might end up being my only family now." And with that final thought, she decided to keep that misdreavus around. The one that saved her life, and would become her family.
She looked down to check on misdreavus, and suddenly her fear of pokemon was gone, and with a smile, she brushed her hand over its head. Then, with the last hope that she would speak again, she said a word.
"Thank you."
With that she fell back and slept with misdreavus in her arms.
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I wrote this a few days ago when I was sleepy. I like the story so I am continuing it. I hope everyone likes it even though the themes are sort of... dark. I promise it will get better though =D
Azuka was neither special nor had been told she had a very important task. There was nothing special about her. She was just your plain sixteen year old girl that was always bored at home, went to school and did whatever a normal teenager did. The only different thing about her and the rest of the world was that she had no interest in the creatures that roamed around the world freely. These creatures that could be kept as pets, trained to battle, or even used to do tasks for one. These creatures that the whole world was deeply obsessed with. These creatures called pokemon.
It wasn't because she wanted to be different. It wasn't because she felt that they weren't supposed to be around. I was because of her fear of them. A condition she came to have back when she was five when her parents took her to a camp and late at night she felt she needed to go to the bathroom. She got out of the tent, and in the midst of the night, a ghost-type pokemon appeared. A misdreavus. It appeared so suddenly, letting out that feared shriek that Azuka fell back screaming and crying. Her parents came out of the tent, but it was too late. She had already been scarred for life.
But her idea on pokemon changed the night when a pyromaniac burned down her house. As the walls were falling, and everything was on fire, she could not possibly be able to leave the house. Her thoughts that moment were "I'm going to die," and it seemed that way. She got third degree burns all over the right side of her body, where a piece of the ceiling fell on her. As she was screaming for help and was in pain, she suddenly saw the same pokemon that scared her. A misdreavus. It started to get closer to her and as she was about to faint from the pain, the gasses and the fear, she was taken outside, next to the ambulance.
The paramedics saw her and took her to the hospital for the burns, but she was still half conscious and couldn't stop thinking about that misdreavus on the way, until everything finally turned black and she fainted.
She woke up the next day, in an alien room. She guessed as much that she was at the hospital. She then proceeded to look at her burns and realized that she was technically bandaged all over her body, including her face. She was turned into a mummy, so she wondered just how much of her body had been burnt. As she lied in bed, wondering whatever happened to that misdreavus that went out of the way to save her from the fire.
A few hours passed, and nobody seemed to go visit her, not even nurses, nor doctors. She started to feel lonely, and bored. She couldn't do much because of her burns too, so she just lied in bed until someone finally showed up.
"Good morning, Miss Ramone," the tall doctor said. He had a rough face, with small brown eyes. His nose was big, and there were two big dimples at either side of the face, showing that he smiled at lot. Which he wasn't this time. "How are you feeling?"
Azuka felt weird. She couldn't answer. She opened her mouth but no sound came out.
"Ah, I see. I certainly didn't expect this," he said, touching his chin as if he were thinking to himself, "I hope this isn't permanent, though."
She looked at him, and tried to say something again.
"Don't over exert yourself. You are still recovering. Even this small thing as trying to speak might be a lot for your already weak muscles."
Azuka this time did nothing. Just sat there and stared at the doctor, to which he suddenly broke the ice once again.
"I'm pretty sure that you've realized that you're covered in bandages. You see, during the fire, you got badly burnt. Basically one third of your body is covered in burns, mostly the right side, which even extends to your face. And… Uh… It got your eye. You won't be able to see from the right eye any more."
Azuka opened her left eye as wide as it possibly can and moved her hands swiftly towards her right eye to check. It was covered in bandages, but she was pretty sure she wouldn't be able to see from there any more, and with that thought, she let a tear flow down her cheek.
"To recover from your burns you will have to remain here at the hospital where you'll be treated for all of it."
She wasn't even listening to him this time, she was only thinking of how badly she had been hurt. She thought that it probably was better if that misdreavus had left her inside in the fire. After a while of thinking to herself and ignoring the doctor she finally realized. She was too busy thinking of herself all that time that she had forgotten her parents. She grabbed the paper and pen that always come in the hospital rooms and wrote, "Where are my parents?"
"Ah. For that matter… We lost them in the fire. Your father was able to make it to the hospital, but passed away a few hours after…" there was a pause for a few seconds, which was an eternity for Azuka, "I'm sorry to be the bearer of the bad news…"
She couldn't believe it. Her parents were dead. She had no one else in this world. And to top that, she had been horribly scarred and left blind from one eye. There could have been no worse fate for her. She turned to her side, as if she were going to sleep, and wept in silence hoping to fall asleep, and then wake up from the nightmare she was in.
The doctor was wise to leave the room that instant. The room was left empty with the now mute, half blind and scarred Azuka, who could not stop crying of sadness, when suddenly a shadow she recognized appeared looking straight to her face.
As it had appeared so suddenly, as if it had just materialized in front of her eyes, she jumped back startled but couldn't let any shrieks nor screams out. The shadow that she saw was the misdreavus that saved her the night before. It moved closer and closer to her, and she could do nothing to stop it. She was immobilized in bed. Then she realized. Misdreavus's face looked apologetic and seemed to be looking for forgiveness. It rubbed its face on her arm and then looked back at her again. Azuka, with all the courage she had, moved her hand towards misdreavus and petted it.
Misdreavus looked pleased and with that it accommodated itself next to her and fell asleep under her arm. She looked at it wonder what had happened just then and then let that thought sink in. "It saved my life, but also left me like this… It was just saying sorry… But maybe she also needs a friend in her life, much like I need someone to be with… She might end up being my only family now." And with that final thought, she decided to keep that misdreavus around. The one that saved her life, and would become her family.
She looked down to check on misdreavus, and suddenly her fear of pokemon was gone, and with a smile, she brushed her hand over its head. Then, with the last hope that she would speak again, she said a word.
"Thank you."
With that she fell back and slept with misdreavus in her arms.
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I wrote this a few days ago when I was sleepy. I like the story so I am continuing it. I hope everyone likes it even though the themes are sort of... dark. I promise it will get better though =D
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