Galarian Odyssey

The First Different Point of View

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*Credits at the end of the chapter*

Hop's POV:

Everything was black, calm, silent. The only thing that my ears can hear is the wind gently blowing the leaves of the forest's trees. Then, I wake-up. My vision started to clear out, but I had a pretty bad headache. I don't know what happened, the last thing I remember was Gloria battling that strange creature, could it be a Pokémon? I'm on the ground right now, the fog is it's getting better, but where's Gloria?

I look around, searching for her. Then, when the fog cleared out a little bit more, I could see her body next to mine. She was lying on the ground, motionless. I tried to wake her up but she didn't listen to me. I was getting so worried, she didn't even move. At least she seemed to be breathing. I saw her Scorbuny, it had fainted as well. There wasn't much I could do for it, so I reached for her Pokéball in Gloria's pocket, and returned the Pokémon to it. I sat down, there was nothing I could do. I couldn't even carry my friend, I was feeling very weakened.

What seemed to be an eternity goes by. For some reason, I started to stare at Gloria. Even though she was just sleeping, the despair I felt when I saw her on the ground was real, and it didn't help my nerves at all. She's my best friend, and now my rival, she's very important to me.

I noticed her hat wasn't on her head, she must have dropped it in that madness. I spot the green fabric close to some roots.
I heard a moaning, it was Gloria! She's waking up!

-Hop! Gloria! - A voice in the distance called our names, Gloria and I got up.

-Wha-? Lee!? How did you manage to find your way here? You're pants with directions, you always get lost.

-Oh, that's nice to hear from the brother who had me worried sick!
-I've been waiting for ages for you two, and you never showed! Of course I came looking for both of you!

-Wait, where is the Wooloo? We were trying to rescue that Wooloo!

-The little chap's just fine.

-You know this place is out of bounds. But it took courage to come in here all the same. And I can understand well enough why you did it. You did good, Hop!

-At least the Wooloo's alright! I thought we'd had it when the weird fog started rolling and that mad Pokémon attacked... But at least, it wasn't all for nothing!

-What are you talking about, Hop?

-It seemed loads stronger than any Pokémon I've ever seen. And it just had this sort of... Sort of...

-..Presence.- Gloria said, finding just the right word.

-Exactly! Our moves didn't even touch it. I mean, really - they seemed to pass right through it!

-So the fearsome Pokémon they say live in the slumbering weald are actually illusions of something?
-Get strong enough and maybe the two of you could be the ones to reveal the truth someday.
-For now, let's just simplify get out of this place. You'll be right all right now that I'm here with you!

I turned to Gloria:
-Even if we got an earful from Lee... What an experience! This I'll make a pretty fine fist page in the tale of my legend!
For some reason, she seemed annoyed by something.

-oh! Before I forget. Gloria, this is yours.- I handed over her hat, that I had pick from the bushes.

-ah! I didn't even notice it was gone. Thank you very much!