I missed her.
For so long, I had worried about her protection... About her choices.
Knowing her, she would have probably begun looking for me.
However, I couldn't stop her.
She was a wild mind and a free spirit.
I could only hope for her safety and fortune.
...
Yet...
For the slightest reason...
I always wished she would find her way here...
Somehow...
I missed her.
I wished to see her again, even if it would be one last time.
...
I heard them come up next to me, curious like all of them had been.
Aloofly, I dared not look at them, and I shut my eyes.
"...Don't talk to me..."
"...If you do, I won't... hear the elevator..."
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Lost {1st Place Champion in Short Story (PWA 2017)}
FanfictionPokédex Entry #708, Generation VI, Pokémon Y/Pokémon Alpha Sapphire: "According to old tales, these Pokémon are stumps possessed by the spirits of children who died while lost in the forest."
