Secrets Without Shame (A Pokémon Fanfiction)

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

"White, what's she doing outside, hiding under a berry tree in the middle of winter?!" Danny demanded urgently.

White didn't answer. She was speechless. The little girl didn't seem to know they were even there. She was just curled up between the roots, sobbing.

"Hold this," White whispered to Danny, handing him the torch. She got down on her knees and reached her arms under the tree to scoop up the girl. She saw a few half eaten berries fall out from under the girl as she pulled her out.

The girl looked half asleep as she softly cried. Her tears were frozen on her cheeks and her nose looked running. She was wearing a thin, dark gray coat over a light red dress, and also wore denim shorts. White held her closely to her chest. She felt the girl shiver and snuggle closer against her.

"I wouldn't be surprised if this little one is our berry thief," said Samuel, bending down to gaze at the girl.

"You mean I've been sitting outside looking for a human girl?!" Raichu snapped, her fur puffing up.

"Yeah," sneered Abel. "That kid has been stealing berries right under your ugly mug this entire time."

"Use your manners, Abel!" Samuel growled, glaring at the Charizard.

"I've seen this girl before!" said Danny, who was unable to hear the pokemon like White was able to.

"You have?" White asked curiously.

"She was in the paper! A five-year old girl went missing in Kalos, and her description matches this girl here!"

"Are you sure?"

"I'm absolutely sure!"

White frowned and looked down at the girl. She remembered reading about the missing girl as well. She didn't read the article carefully, and now she wished she had.

"Let's get her inside," White finally told Danny. "We don't know how long she's been out here already, and she might have frostbites."

Danny glanced at the girl before nodding. White shifted the girl in her arms before carrying back towards the side porch. Raichu, Abel, and Samuel had stopped their bickering long enough to listen to Danny and White's solution, but their argument flared up again as they followed the two trainers back.

"What do you think Mrs. Parker will say if she sees that we found a kid who somehow ran away from Kalos to Kanto?" Danny asked her as they climbed up the porch

"To be honest, I'm more worried about if this is considered kidnapping." White replied.

"I highly doubt that."

"You better be right."

Danny opened the door for her and she stepped inside. Mrs. Parker didn't appear to be in the kitchen or the living room. The only one there was Jeremiah, who had his face pressed against the oven.

"What's he doing?" Danny whispered to White, watching the Gengar uncertainty.

"There's probably a cake in there," White said with a smirk.

Samuel, who had just followed them inside, scowled at Jeremiah. The Delphox took back his torch-like wand from Danny, strolled over to Jeremiah, and smacked him over the head with the torch. The Gengar yelped and leapt a foot in the air.

"You idiot, what do you think you're doing?!" Samuel snapped at him.

"What are you talking about, can't I just watch the making of food?!"