An Explorer (old)

Reflected self

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"Dad?"

"yes?"

"can i become a trainer like you?"

"of course you can!"

if I could...

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why do I feel so relaxed... i know that someone is after us... but... are they gone.

i woke up from my sleep and try to look around, it's very bright! even though the trees block the sunlight for a moderate amount... but is if that the sun just bathed me with sunlight. the time Is supposedly... kinda late.

i got out from my bag and then coming over to the tent while also turning off the... wait, the lamp is off? did someone turn it off? i opened the tent to see... no one! where are they! oh no! are th-

Rustle!

i heard a distant bush rustling right behind me! i tried to look at the direc-

"HI!" i jumped at the voice that Lucario made, was that supposed to be a surprise!? i see Gallade is beside him too. well, that's a relief.

"man you scared me!" i said to Lucario.
"i thought you are... gone!" i add

"Sorry, we're just collecting some food while you're asleep" Gallade said
"well next time leave a sign, ok"

"sorry" Gallade replied in a bit low

"it's okay, at least we got a bunch of fruits to eat!" Lucario said aloud... wow his attitude is more different now, i guess his old personality is coming back.

"K then let's eat" i said to everyone, the fruits that they got is just a bunch of apples, orans, Pecha? and... sitrus, only a few tho.

then we eat the fruit. after that, we will pack up our camp

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after we packed up our stuff and the camp, we then continue our journey to Shalour city while still being aware of the stalkers... but no traces or anything, are they gone? like really I've been walking till at the entrance of the cave, are they waiting at the exit of the cave? but that doesn't mean i should let my guard down... but why do i still feel relaxed! is someone telling me that it is now safe?! this is weird.

ok, let's not get carried away... even though I'm not. so we entered the cave and it is bright! the mirror crystal makes the entire cave very bright just by the sun! and there are many of me and my friends, it was spectacular, with the layout of mirror shards, mirror walls, and the cave is mostly mirrored! but it was kind of a confusing walk, I'll get to talk again when this is done

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"This place is confusing," Gallade said to me
"and look, there's another you again," Lucario said again while pointing behind me

I turned around to see and tell him that's a mirror, again

"I told you it's a mir-" I paused to see myself standing with my friends...

wait, that doesn't look like a reflection? and I just past through that...

"What the-" my self said... i mean the other me.
"are you, me" I pointed at him... he didn't point back! okay, he is not a reflection, also I see that the other Lucario doesn't have a bandage? as far from my exploration goes, this is the weirdest one yet.

then suddenly, a big explosion came up, the entire cave is filled with smoke! i decided to run towards behind me,

"come on, follow me!" I yelled to my actual friends as I run off to get out of the smoke, after coming out from it with coughing, I turned around to see the smoke, waiting for my friends to come out, after waiting they finally came out from the smoke... wait, where is Lucarios bandage? wait... are they-