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Autumn 15th
“Black wake up!” someone told me. It was my best friend Yancy. She was shaking me and looked kind of scared. I felt wet tears on my face. “Was I having a nightmare again?” I asked. “Yeah come on we have to eat now,” Yancy told me. “Okay,” I said, getting out of bed. My name is Hilbert but I go by Black me and Yancy are both living at the Nacrene City orphanage because we’re both orphans and 5 years old. I have medium length, messy mud brown hair, fair-skin and brown eyes, and she had long puffy light pink hair, fair-skin, and cornflower blue eyes. She was left here as a baby and I was found near the road after my dad abandoned me after my mom died 3 months ago in a car crash with me in the car. I still have nightmares. I can still remember the blood and the crying. My dad took me and my mom’s Lillipup, Scott, and my twin sister Hilde or White as I call her, on a car ride and told us we were going to have a picnic because it was nice and hot outside and I was so happy because I thought he had finally accepted me as his kid. I thought he was going to love me and buy me things like he did with White. Then when we got to the spot he told me to get out of the car to go pick out a spot to set up the picnic. I got out and started running to look for a spot but then I heard the car start up. I looked behind me and they pulled out of the parking spot and I heard the cruel laughter of my dad and sister as well as Scott’s desperate barks and howling as they sped away. I tried to run after them, calling after them to please not leave but my legs grew tired after a while and then I started crying. After a while I sat down near the road and waited for them to come back. It was sunset when someone found me. It was a police officer named John. He asked why I was out alone without anyone with me. I started crying again and told him that my dad and sister abandoned me. He comforted me and put me in the car and brought out his partner pokemon, a Herdier named Peach, for me to pet as he drove me back to town. He had me make a statement when we got to the police station but when they went to arrest him for child abandonment, neglect, and endangerment he and my sister were gone. They said he most likely fled the contrary considering all important documents and passports were taken. I then was put into the orphanage. After me and Yancy ate she convinced me to play outside. I put on a black shirt and black pants, with black sneakers. She had on a yellow t-shirt with pikachu on it giving the peace sign on it winking and had on blue jeans. “Come on Black you're so slow!” Yancy laughed. She then tripped and fell off a ledge and landed on a bug like pokemon. Its segmented body is dark magenta, except for its smooth, dark gray underside. Long, slightly bent horns similar to antennae extend from its head, as well as an identical pair of horns on its rear. Purple bands decorate these horns, and teardrop-shaped rings of the same color mark each body segment, one on each side of its body. It possesses four pairs of short, purple fore-claws on the body. “SCOLIPEDE!!!” it yelled. “AAAHHH!!!” Yancy scremand. I was frozen in fear as I heard her scream, it looked so angry. “SSCOOLIPPPEBEEE!!!” It yelled again. I unfroze from my state of fear and I started yelling at it. “HEY! OVER HERE STUPID HEAD!” I shouted, throwing some pebbles at it. I got it’s attention now it was mad at me so I ran away.
I ran and ran and eventually lost it in the trees. I didn’t know where I was. I was lost, alone, and it was getting dark. “Hello? Can anyone hear me? I’m lost.” I shouted. For a while it was quiet. “Please someone I don’t want to be alone again!” I shouted my breathing quickening. Then I heard something. It sounded like a low growl, then some kind of pokemon appeared. It was a gray-brown, fox-like pokemon with crimson and black accents and had a height of 5’7”. It has a pointed snout and ears with red insides. It also has some red rimming its eyes and mouth. It has a large, red, voluminous mane with black tips, which somewhat resembles a ponytail, as a teal bangle down its length separates a mass of the mane from the lower portion. It has a black ruff on its upper body, pointed at the shoulders from which its arms extend. Its upper arms are thin, whereas its lower arms, while still slim, are bulkier. The arms have spiky extensions of fur at the elbows, and it has red claws on its hands and feet, and blue eyes. Then another pokemon appeared, accept it was a very muscular canine-like pokemon, with fur that is predominantly blue and black about an inch taller than the other pokemon. It possesses a short, round spike on the back of each forepaw, in addition to a third on its chest. It has a long snout and ears It possesses cream-colored fur on its torso, and blue fur on its thighs that resembles shorts. It has a medium length tail of the same blue color as well. It stands at 5’10” on its toes rather than on its entire foot. “What pokemon are you?” I said. ‘My species is called Zoroark and his species is called Lucario, and he is my mate.’ It said in my head pointing at itself, then pointed at the other and sounded feminine. ‘My name is Trixie and his name is Aaron, who are you?’ she said. “My name is Hilbert but everyone calls me Black. Where am I?” I said. ‘You are in Pinwheel Forest young mon.’ said Aaron the lucario. “Oh wow I ran really far.” I said out loud, surprised at how far I ran. “Wait, what’s a mon?” I said curiosity. ‘A mon is the pokemon term for a child.’ Aaron said . “Oh,” I said. ‘Why are you here, where are your parents?’ Trixie asked curiously with a hint of worry in her voice. “My dad abandoned me on the side of the road 3 months after my mom died. He took my twin sister and my mom’s Lillipup, Scott with him. I’m an orphan. I got here because I was trying to get away from a pokemon that might hurt my friend.” I said. ‘Oh you poor mon.’ Trixie said, holding me. ‘Do you want to live with us? We can teach you all we know about pokemon.’ Trixie said. ‘Yeah we can raise you and Trixie can be your meema, and I can be your other meema, dad or father if you will.’ said Aaron. “You really take care of me?” I said. ‘Yes!’ said Trixie and Aaron in unison. “Okay!” I said, more happy than I have ever been since my mom died and abandonment. ‘Come, my son, let’s meet the others,’ Dad said. “The others?” I said ‘Yes, a Braviary named Scar and his mate, a female Unfezant named Breezy. They are only going to be here for a week. They live on route 6.’ Dad said, as we walked for a bit, getting deeper and deeper into the forest.