Beyond the Adventure - A Pokémon Story

Chapter 14: A Dream Revelation pt4

        Darius looks at Jess with an incredulous look.  Jess frowns at him.  “I didn’t mean to YOU, Kalos Boy!”  Jess growls.

        “Oh…” Darius says.  His face is straight and hard to read.  He looks relieved and disappointed at the same time.

        “Marriage, huh?” I say.  “Interesting.”

        “What do you mean by that??” Jess growls.  “You know what, forget it!  It’s stupid!  Screw you guys!”  She starts stomping away.

        “No no, it’s not a stupid dream,” I say, hoping to calm her down, but she keeps storming away.

        “Man, I feel bad for the guy that gets stuck with her,” Darius jokes.

        A large berry suddenly hits Darius square in the face.  Darius hits the ground, landing on his butt.  “I heard that!” Jess shouts.

        Darius just grumbles as he wipes his face off.  I just stare in awe.  “What an arm,” I say.  Jaws wipes some berry pulp off Darius’ face and eats it.  Darius glares at him.  Jaws grins back.

        Jess pulls out her Articuno, jumps on, and takes off, leaving us behind.  Darius quickly summons Talonflame and takes off after her.  “Hey, wait, what about…” I start, but they are off.  I look at Jaws.  “…us.”  Jaws shrugs, then flaps his arms.  “Yeah, they just left us.  I guess we’re walking to… wherever it is we were headed to.  The Space Center?  I don’t even know where that is!”  Jaws shakes his head, then makes a face, while flapping his arms.  I look at him and laugh.  “Ha, you look just like…”  It dawns on me and I suddenly remember.  “Skarmory!  Hmm… I don’t know… he’s still in his infancy, though he did just have a massive growth spurt.”  I look at Jaws, who just looks back.  “Well, let’s see if he’s strong enough.”

        I pull out Skarmory’s ball and release him.  He spreads his wings and squawks.  “Skaaa!”

        I stroke his beak and feed him a Sitrus Berry.  “Hey, buddy, think you can fly around a bit?” I ask.  Skarmory crows and dashes into the sky.  He soars high into the sky, spreads his wings out wide, and hovers for a moment, then swoops into a dive back towards me.  He speeds right over my head, flips upright, and lands gracefully.  I watch, greatly impressed.  “Wow, buddy, you’re a natural!” I say.  I stroke his smooth neck as he squawks happily.  “Now do you think you are strong enough to carry me?” I ask.  Skarmory stoops down.  I carefully climb on.  He buckles slightly under my weight, but holds on.  He flaps his wings and gets lift.  Slowly, he rises into the air.  After a few seconds of flittering, he pulls his wings back and we dart into the sky.  “WHOA!” I shout and I tighten my grip around his neck.  We speed upward, higher and higher.  The air begins to grow thinner and colder.  I cough.  Skarmory turns around quickly and dives back downward.  The wind blows through my hair and face, cheeks flapping wildly.  Such speed, such agility!  I hold on for dear life, and finally, Skarmory spreads his wings wide and turns upright, stopping just above Jaws in a hover.  I suddenly realize I am holding my breath and exhale sharply.

        “We have some training to do,” I say.  “You are really fast!  Perhaps slow it down some while I’m riding you?”  Skarmory crows.  Jaws waves at me.  I pull out his Luxury Ball.  “Time to go in, buddy,” I say.  “We have to catch up to Darius and Jess.”  Jaws nods and I pull him in.  I pocket the ball and point in the direction our friends went.  “Let’s go!”

        Skarmory soars into the air.  He is fast, but not as fast as he was initially.  I look around, trying to spot Jess and Darius, but I think they are well ahead of us.  While Skarmory is fast, I believe Articuno is faster, and I know Talonflame is.  I doubt we will catch up, and will probably have to find the Space Center ourselves.  What city did she say it was in?  Mossdeep or something?  I do not even know where that would be.  I guess we will head east, since that was the direction we were going.