Bridging The Gap; The Final Records In Unova: An Autobiography

The Gray Area

"Mew!" I gasped at the Mythological Pokemon.

"Mew?" Mew said softly, its head cocked to the side, staring at me intently. The eyebrows on its adorable face seemed furrowed. The Pokemon's pink tail was raised high over its head, where it curved and came back down, stopping right over its ears.

I couldn't believe my eyes.

A Mew was floating in the air above me. A creature often described as the most powerful Pokemon! A Pokemon so rarely seen, some scientists believe the species is extinct, and any reported sightings are simply mirages!

"A Mew..." I said, mesmerized by the Pokemon.

Mew's eyes suddenly flashed white, and I was blinded.

I screamed.

*

I was standing in Pallet Town, staring at a Rattata. I glanced away and looked at Prof. Oak's mansion before I stared back down at Rattata, but it was now gone. Looking back up to Prof. Oak's mansion, from out the corner of my eye, I saw something near Route 1. A tail? Rattata? I had thought as I turned towards it. I had seen the tail of the creature.

It wasn't the gray tail of a Rattata. It was white. Or pink, maybe. And... it was in the air!! This was a flying Pokemon that just flew off into the tops of the trees! I didn't get to see any of its body other than the tail before it disappeared. A tail like Rattata, only a different color? But something wasn't right. That tail was tickling a memory of something else in the back of my head.

Something from deep within me was urging me to go after it.

There was something about that tail.

Something deeper than a Rattata.

*

My hands on my knees, I inhaled and exhaled heavily, swallowing what little saliva I had in my mouth down my dry, dying throat. My eyes scanned my surroundings once more before I let out a defeated sigh... only to hear a rustle in the grass! I turned around and saw a Spearow.

It was hidden behind a clump of grass, staring at me.

I ignored it and looked about my surroundings for a while. When I looked back, the Spearow was still looking at me. "What do you want?" I said angrily to it.

It just stared back. Like it was hiding something...

"HEY!" I screamed.

Spearow took off, flapping its wings frantically.

I ran after it and leaped, trying to grab it with my bare hands.

It quickly turned mid-flight and pecked my fingers.

I screamed in pain before making another desperate lunge at Spearow, but it was out of my reach.

*

Mew stared down from above the trees of Route 1, watching my Charmander and Mankey battle while I yelled at them to stop, all of us surrounded by a swiftly worsening fire that had been started. The Mythical Pokemon suddenly spun and rose even higher into the air. Its body became outlined in blue, and then flashed in the same color. With a gentle cry, the blue removed itself from Mew's body and rose into the night sky, Mew still twirling up through the air.

The blue popped gently and then vanished.

Mew stopped spinning and looked down silently.