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Chapter 7: Helping Hand

Chapter 7: Helping Hand

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"There," Enid sighed and placed the antidote that her Lucario— Blue, got her, on the wooden table in front of the couch Red was laying down. She looked at him with worry in her eyes and stood up. "The poison will wear off soon, but for now just rest and try to get some sleep."

"Lucario." Blue said in a serious tone, nodding in agreement with his trainer. Red's tired light brown eyes were locked on Enid and gave her an exhausted smile, "Thanks Enid ... you're the best." he said in a whisper-y tone. His Pikachu looked up at her and cried in happiness, Enid thought that it was thanking her. The girl giggled and gave the electric mouse Pokémon a quick pat on the head before looking back at Red.

"Do you need anything? An extra pillow, perhaps? A blanket?" She asked.

"I guess a blanket would be nice," Red responded quietly, letting out a chuckle. "It's really cold here."

Enid nodded, "Right, I'll be right back." she told him and then went upstairs straight to her room to get a blanket.

The living room was dark and only the candle on the table was giving out light in this pitch black room, the harsh weather was still going on and Red, Blue and Pikachu can hear the raindrops falling down outside and the thunderstorms. Both Pikachu and Blue let out a yawn while Red was closing his eyes trying to sleep but he was unable to because of the cold— he could let out Torchic to warm himself up but his Hoenn starter was fainted from the ambush earlier that lead him to have poison.

Red and the others heard footsteps coming towards them. The three saw Enid holding a white blanket with a sleeping Snorlax printed on it, "H-here you go." she said, placing the blanket over Red.

"Better, thanks again." Red thanked her and Enid nodded. "It's no problem," she smiled warmly at him. "Me and Blue should sleep now, you should too."

"Right, goodnight Enid." Yawned Red.

"Goodnight to you too, Red."

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"But ... brother, father said not to question him ...." A little girl— the same little girl that Enid saw in her last dream looked at her brother who had platinum blonde hair and blue eyes, he was just the same age as his sister right in front of him and both were holding hands with the brother trying to calm down his sister.

"I know," The boy whispered to her. "But there is just something off here, and it's driving me insane!"

The girl blinked. "But ... father said—"

"Forget on what father said!" He hissed, tightening his grip around her hands. "He shouldn't be doing all of this to you! That is not how father should be treating you!"

"Brother— please don't do anything rational ...." The girl pleaded, but the boy let go of her hands and turned his face to the door. He took one deep breath and walked towards the door, opening it. But before he could go out he took one last look at his sister— she had worry in her look, and she looked like she was about to cry.

"D—don't ...." The girl whispered, her voice shaking. But the boy only signed, "I must. For your sake."

And with that, he walked out.

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Enid woke up feeling a sharp pain in her head, the girl hissed in pain which surprised her three pokémon that were in her room. Enid rose up from her bed and noticed their worried looks, "It's just a headache, nothing to worry about." she gave them a reassuring smile and got up from bed— doing her daily routine.

After she changed her attire and finished brushing her white hair her Hoothoot landed on top of her head, which she didn't mind at all. Enid swung the door open and went outside her room to the living room with Hoothoot still on her head and Blue following her.

"Yeah ... last night was pretty rough." Enid heard Red's voice, it was pretty clear that he was talking to someone. She stepped inside the living room and saw Red and Donovan having a conversation, Red, who was now sitting up on the couch with the blanket over his shoulders and Pikachu on his lap, noticed Enid and waved at her. "Enid! Good morning." He gave her a smile, Pikachu turned looked at her happily. "Pika pi!"

"Oh, sis! Good morning, it's still raining hard tho...." Donovan let out a sigh. "Red here told me what happened last night too."

Enid walked towards them and looked at her older brother who was sitting on a chair across Red. "Really?" She raised an eyebrow, a small smile formed on her lips. Donovan nodded, "Yeah," he chuckled. "I'm not so surprised, you are called the healer of petalburg woods for a reason you know."

"Wait," Red's light brown eyes widened and looked at Enid with shock. "You're the healer of petalburg woods?" He asked, still in shock. Enid nodded slowly at his question and only let out a small giggle.

"Ever since I arrived in Hoenn I kept hearing about this healer from time to time, I never really knew you were the healer." Red said. "They kept talking on how incredibly helpful the healer was and how generous you are from time to time— and here I am, poison-free because of you! The healer! Man, were the people so right about you!"

"It's no problem, really." Replied Enid who was blushing because of how flattered she was— nobody really gave her this much compliments before, people barely complimented her and this was a rare feeling for Enid to have. "But compliments aside I need to check on the other pokémons right now."

"Let me help, I want to repay you as thanks." Red suggested, Donovan looked at Enid and shrugged. "I mean— you do look like you need some help, Enid."

Enid was hesitant at first but when she looked at Red again she could see the determination and fire in his eyes, she had to agree. "A-alright then, if you say so, I do need a helping hand, thanks."

"Alright! I'll do my best, Enid!"

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A/N: Helloooo!~ Eri here, sorry for taking so long to update. School just started and they're already flooding us with assignments and performance tasks, so my apologies!

Anyways, thank you all so much for reading my story! See you all in the next chapter~