Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity

Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Home

A wolf we all know rapidly dashes towards a pillar, her breath coming in ragged gasps. "Stupid... darkness," She curses under the breath she still has. Her paws make shaky marks in the almost frozen ground underneath her furry paws. The wolf gasps in pain when nothing arrives into her lungs. "No! This can't be possible!" She whispers, her eyes widening in with pure fear inside. "I... I lost Hope..."

The wolf tumbles over, her body sending billows of snow everywhere.

…...

I lock eyes with Zoey, and we both nod slightly. "Be home by midnight!" She whisper-squeals, and I nod. How can that girl whisper squeal? I wonder yet again. But I stop pondering to look around the place.

While our expedition team had been exploring what we could, everyone back here had set up a giant "WMCLOM HOM3 LANI ANCRUU!" scream. It was pretty obvious that Jenna had planned the shaky, out-of-place words. I see the Pokemon smiling towards us, hanging around near Quagsire's blue-faced tent and hidden within the folds partly.

I look around at the crowd in front of me: everyone that stayed here helped set up the giant party, and most of them are in the giant mob of Pokemon in front of me. Jenna also painted many colorful berry juices all over Paradise for the party. I stand in that same place while Zoey makes a mad dash for the crowd of Pokemon, probably going to tell all the girls what we just agreed on. I turn around and walk towards our newest recruits, the duo sitting on a medium-sized rock together while gazing at the stars above us.

When I finally arrive, my body squeezes with pain as the red marks on my body throb. "That bagon can really give strong hugs," I murmur quietly under my breath. Cheeka looks at me, wincing when she notices the hug squeezes. My eyes sparkle with slight pain as I watch the water and fire monkeys. To my surprise, Ember nods and Cheeka lets out a small laugh.

"I know the feeling of loneliness," She murmurs, while Ember lightly pushes the hair out of her face with his pale paws. I nod.

"Yep." I respond. "Look, Cheeka, Zoey is holding an all girls sleepover starting around midnight. Coming?" Cheeks slightly glances at the white gibbous above us.

"That would be.. nice," She murmurs. The duo quietly look towards each other, and I get the feeling to back off.

I skirt past the crowd, my feet quickly turning from crashing as my destination starts to show up in the horizon. I sigh with relief when a small, shadowed tree in Paradise offers me room.

I quietly rustle within the confines of the leaves, my scaled body gleaming in the moonlight. I curl up, tail nestled in front of my face. Pokemon feet pad by me, but I don't particularly notice. I can feel the weariness from my travels boring down on me. I let out a small yawn, my auburn eyes reduced to identical slits. About to drift in sleep, my gaze loosens. As gray feet step towards me, my sleepy state does nothing to warn me. Before I know it, a soft rap touches my yellow, curvy shoulder in repetition.

My eyes start to clear of whatever sleep I was about to get, and I curl up with my face on Tim's shoulder. "How was the adventure?" He murmurs, and I start to tell him about the mysterious Darkie and my newest flaw.

"...So, Stella said that there are- in fact, floating crystals in the Great Glacier, and we started to head back!" I finish, my cheeks flushing at the amount of words I had used. My throat feels raspy and dry from the talking; I sit back and see what the shadowy gray bipedal responds with.

"Wow... I'm speechless," Tim starts. "But it's weird to see you talking so much." I nod to this comment, agreeing wholly. I feel his arm lightly wrap around my body, and I lean in a little closer, his eyes locking with mine. "You know, I've had an adventure myself before I met you," He murmurs, smiling. A small smile appears on my face, too. "I've told you about how we lived in a circus before. Well, you still don't know what it's like to be there." Tim explains.