Secrets Without Shame (A Pokémon Fanfiction)

Chapter 24

"Wow, you guys caught a Gardevoir?! That's so cool!" Margaret's brother chirped from on the computer.

"Y-Yes, well I g-guess so..." stuttered Margaret, who was glancing at the clock on the wall every five seconds. "But s-she isn't-"

"Is there any other cool pokemon you've seen?! Have you seen a Greninja?! A Pyroar?!"

"N-No, just small pokemon..."

The day of the showcase had finally arrived, and Margaret was already one of the first people at the theater. Abel the Charizard had just gotten back from his last mail delivery, and Margaret had been late writing to her family about the showcase. However, one of the employees at the theater said she could call her family through the computers in the performers' waiting room. She had talked briefly with her grandmothers, but now she was stuck in a conversation with her little brother, John. He wanted blow by blow details of Margaret's journey, and she was worried about missing anything. However, Mira and the others weren't even at the theater yet, and Margaret didn't want to hurt her brother's feelings. Actually, she was the only performer there at the moment.

"Do you think sometime I can see the Gardevoir?" John then asked Margaret, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"I could try and see if Deborah would see you today, but you would need to put on the screen." Margaret told him. For some reason they could only use audio. Her family wouldn't turn the video on so they could see each other.

She waited quietly for her sibling's reply. She could here muffled voices on the other end. It sounded like someone else was with John.

"Sorry," came John's voice again. "He won't let me. Besides, he keeps telling me I'm hogging your time."

"That's not true, John, I love hearing from you!" Margaret assured her brother truthfully. "Who told you that?"

"Well it's true!" a new voice snapped on the other end, making the rookie jump with shock. "I haven't been able to get one word in, and you have an hour before the showcase starts!"

Margaret gaped and stammered, "S-Silver?! I-Is that really you?!"

"Obviously. Who'd you think I was, Marg?"

Only Silver ever called her 'Marg', which was the annoying nickname he had given her. She was shocked that Silver was there. He rarely visited them. He was like Red, so he only visited once or twice a year. However, unlike Red, Silver spent as much time as he could with Margaret and John.

"Silver, what are you doing there?!" Margaret demanded in amazement. "You couldn't have known about the showcase!"

"I didn't," her older cousin admitted. "I just came to visit for awhile."

"Why won't you put the camera on?"

"I read your letters. You said you were traveling with Mira and White."

Margaret didn't understand at first, but then it made sense.

"You...you don't want to see them?" She asked him, looking around the room. "But...But they aren't here yet!"

"Believe me, Mira is a magician. She appears out of nowhere. I'm sure it didn't help matters after she went to stay with Four-Eyes."

"Who's Four-Eyes?" piped up John's voice.

"Do you mean Sky Blue?" said Margaret slowly. "He only has one eye though..."

"So I've heard. Never liked him. He was overly optimistic and annoying. I bet now she's like him."