"I can't believe it!!" Ash Ketchum screamed. "We were supposed to meet here hours ago! Where are they?!" It was around 11:30 at night, and Ash had somehow escaped a fight between Barry and Kenny about whose pokemon was stronger. He had called his friends on the Coms Unit, and they were in Jubilife City too, so they'd promised to meet eachother by the GTS. "I'll bet ya they ditched me...," He sighed. "'Course, that's normal for anyone who'd gone to my school, to ditch only me." He began to walk back to the Pokemon Center when his favorite song, It Happens by Sugarland, popped into his head. He sighed and began to sing with it:
"Ain't
No
Ribal Reason
No
Complicated
Meanin'
Ain't
No
need to overthink it
Let go laughin'
Life don't go
Quite like ya planned it
We try so
Hard to understand it
The Indasputible, Uncontrollable reason
It happens"
No
Ribal Reason
No
Complicated
Meanin'
Ain't
No
need to overthink it
Let go laughin'
Life don't go
Quite like ya planned it
We try so
Hard to understand it
The Indasputible, Uncontrollable reason
It happens"
"Well, it may happen, but mine happens way to often!" He snapped at himself. He looked around, hoping no one saw that.
"Dork," said a voice in the shadows. Ash whipped around, but no one was there. "You'll never have true friends," It said again, this time on the other side of him. He tried to see what it was, but it was too dark to see it. "Face it, Ash," it eerily said. "You're only true friends are all gone. If you had gone on that bus with Troy and Allysa, you would've been in that crash, and be with them forever."
"How do you know about..."
"I know everything about you."
"Oh, my gosh!" Ash suddenly yelled. "You're..."
"That's right, Ash. I am Nathanial Horcrux. I was sent by Giovanni to destroy you. And I have to follow orders, of course." He stepped out of the shadows and sent out his Rhydon. "Horn Attack!" It started to run, and it hit Ash it the arm with its horn. As soon as it hit, Ash felt the bone crack. He screamed in pain, and could almost hear Brock and Dawn gasping and yelling, "That was Ash!!" If he could only see them one more time...
"Finish this!" Nathanial yelled. "Earthquake!" As Ash blacked out, the ground shook, and he saw Brock and Dawn smiling at him.
"Dork," said a voice in the shadows. Ash whipped around, but no one was there. "You'll never have true friends," It said again, this time on the other side of him. He tried to see what it was, but it was too dark to see it. "Face it, Ash," it eerily said. "You're only true friends are all gone. If you had gone on that bus with Troy and Allysa, you would've been in that crash, and be with them forever."
"How do you know about..."
"I know everything about you."
"Oh, my gosh!" Ash suddenly yelled. "You're..."
"That's right, Ash. I am Nathanial Horcrux. I was sent by Giovanni to destroy you. And I have to follow orders, of course." He stepped out of the shadows and sent out his Rhydon. "Horn Attack!" It started to run, and it hit Ash it the arm with its horn. As soon as it hit, Ash felt the bone crack. He screamed in pain, and could almost hear Brock and Dawn gasping and yelling, "That was Ash!!" If he could only see them one more time...
"Finish this!" Nathanial yelled. "Earthquake!" As Ash blacked out, the ground shook, and he saw Brock and Dawn smiling at him.
Just one more time...
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"Ash, please wake up!" Dawn's voice cried.
Slowly and painfully, Ash woke up. "What happened?" He whispered.
"We found you laying on the ground near the GTS," Brock informed.
"What were you doing there?" Dawn asked.
Ash tried to remember, but it brang back the memory of Nathanial, and it scared Ash. The beebing which was slowly coming into his hearing sped up, and Brock, Kenny, and Dawn tried to calm him down.
"Ash, relax!" Dawm said urgantly.
"Calm down!" Brock yelled.
"Think happy thoughts!" Kenny exclaimed.
The first thought that popped into his mind was of Troy and Allysa on a see- saw with Ash in the middle. The memory surprised and depressed Ash so much, it made tears fill in his eyes.
"Ash, what's wrong?" Dawn gently asked.
"I just want to see my best friends one more time!!!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.
Slowly and painfully, Ash woke up. "What happened?" He whispered.
"We found you laying on the ground near the GTS," Brock informed.
"What were you doing there?" Dawn asked.
Ash tried to remember, but it brang back the memory of Nathanial, and it scared Ash. The beebing which was slowly coming into his hearing sped up, and Brock, Kenny, and Dawn tried to calm him down.
"Ash, relax!" Dawm said urgantly.
"Calm down!" Brock yelled.
"Think happy thoughts!" Kenny exclaimed.
The first thought that popped into his mind was of Troy and Allysa on a see- saw with Ash in the middle. The memory surprised and depressed Ash so much, it made tears fill in his eyes.
"Ash, what's wrong?" Dawn gently asked.
"I just want to see my best friends one more time!!!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.
TO BE CONTINUED