“ So.... ” Amy started, “ What game do you want to play, exactly? ” she asked.
I thought for a while and said, “ What about Poké~men? ”
She furrowed her brows and crossed her arms. “ Poké~men? ” she said hesitantly, “ There is no ‘ poké~men ’ game here. That is, unless you're talking about Pokémon. ”
(A/N: I do not own Pokémon. Nor it is one of my original characters. Everything that is from Pokémon here belong to Satoshi Tajiri (田尻聡), Ken Sugimori (杉森健), Game Freak, and Nintendo. )
“ Oh, yes. I meant that. ” I said nodding my head thrice.
“ Okay then. What else do you want to play? ” Amy asked.
“ Well.... Aside from Pokémon.... I want to play — ” I stopped as realization hit me. “ Oh no! Amy! I'm going to be late! ” I said frantically.
Her eyes widened and she began to hyperventilate. “ Oh, no! ” she said.
She must've realized it at only this point too.
“ I forgot you are living in the ‘ human-realm ’! ” she said.
I furrowed my brows. “ Why? Is the flow of time here different? ” I asked.
She nodded hysterically. “ Earthland's time zone is much different than that of the human-realm. Our time zone is much slower! Who knows if it's night time by now?! ” she said.
I felt nervous. Who knows how many classes I have skipped already?
“ S-so how- how do I get back? ” I asked – nervously stammering.
“ Well...... ” she said and bit her lip.
“ What?! ” I asked (yelled).
She took a deep breath. “ You need to cross the portal. ” she said. “ We have a much faster way but since you are not of magic blood; I'm afraid you cannot try so. ”
A tear left my eye and another and another. I'm crying in silence.
I clenched my fist and unclenched it and wiped my tears.
“ Well.... There's no time to waste! If this portal is my only option, then so be it! ” I said trying to sound brave.
Amy tilted her head and muttered, “ Sometimes we need to be brave to be strong. Yet sometimes we must welcome fear to become stronger. ”
I did not know what she meant. I just smiled.
“ To cross a portal, first, you need to make one. ” she said. “ And by that you need to create a wishing wizardry. ”
“ How do we create it? ” I asked.
“ The ingredients are on my spell book. ” she said. “ Wait here. I'll get it. ”
Amy stood and went to her. I sat back on my cushy chair and waited for her.
After a while, Amy came back with a book in her hands. She is not wearing her veil or her elegant dress anymore.
YOU ARE READING
The Tale of A Nerd
FantasySakura Verlinnia was a nerd since her birth until she discovered a realm only "some" knew it existed. Would you join Sakura in her odyssey? Would you like to read this fairytale? Well, if you do, come on and read the story's "Once upon a time"!
