Fighting Arrows (Pokémon)

Chapter 4

Day: Thursday (13th of September)

First of all, sorry for being this late. Like, two weeks late. Secondly, I will put this story on hold. I read back to this cringing almost the entire time. I write because I like it, and I publish my writing to improve, but as I'm looking back on this, I feel like I've barely improved.

I don't know for how long I will leave this book, but it's sure to be at least a month or longer. I will study both on the stuff I'm talking about and my writing. I'm really sorry for making you put up with this, but it simply seems unfair to both my readers and other writers. False Hope has gotten over the 10K reads, while it's absolute garbage. There are people with so much better stories. I like to think that False Hope's plot is good, but the beginning of the story sucked, and you can easily figure out I was/am an amateur. It's unfair to the people that are actually doing their best that I'm getting this many reads for bad writing. So my goal will be to write something I think deserves the reads it gets. I hope you understand. ^^

Anyway, there's one more chapter I've already written, so when I get back don't expect much for Chapter 5. And please, please, please, tell me what you like in stories and how you think I can get better. It'd help me a lot.

For now, I'll just let you enjoy this chapter and again, sorry.

( Jessie's POV )

I slowly turned around. How long had I stayed up studying? And that stupid alarm clock had to wake me up again. An annoying disturbance. Shouldn't we trainees be healthy, not sleepy? Such a pain. I stood up and started with my daily routine. This time, I opened my window curtains for some extra light in the room. It was kind of pretty outside. Most leaves had already lost their green color, and created a warm red, brown, yellow or orange. Though some still held their bright green color. Such an amazing sight to see. Autumn sure was a beautiful time of the year.

A loud bang on the door. I sighed and opened up. "Morning Cassidy."I said, before even looking if it was her. Cassidy chuckled, and opened her mouth to say something, but I interrupted. "I know, breakfast time. Let's go." Cassidy looked at me in confusion.

"You already seem to get used to this."she said, a bit surprised. We walked through the halls to the dining room.

"I'm not used to this at all."I said. Frustrating, but true. "I just remembered the schedule, which tells me that it's breakfast time." Cassidy walked beside me, smiling lightly.

"Don't worry,"she said. "It'll be alright. Did you talk to James?" I nodded. "So what did he say?"

"I'll see you tomorrow, after training, in my room."I replied. Cassidy smirked. All these people... Despite being grown ups they all acted like a bunch of high schoolers that just happened to like violence. "Take that expression off of your face and act like your age."

"Oh, and what age do you expect me to be then, Jessica?"Cassidy said, giggling a bit. I rolled my eyes. Well, she looked like she was around my age. Maybe a little younger.

"Between the nineteen and twenty-one years old."I answered monotone. "And don't call me Jessica."

"Hm, correct."Cassidy muttered, pouting slightly. Though she looked a bit happier when she saw Dylan. That guy had taken long enough to wake up. "Ah, it was about time."Cassidy said cheerfully, as Dylan sat down beside me. "Where were you?"

"Yeah, sorry."Dylan said nervously, scratching the back of his head. "I just wanted to finish my research before breakfast. I've been looking for enough information to help Jessie with chemistry, biology and weapon knowledge. Though I hope you also studied yourself, because even with our help, two weeks is a rather ambitious goal." I nodded, smiling proudly.