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Midori was getting impatient with her humans. They had been gone for two days now, but they hadn’t returned home. For some reason, they’d left in a hurry in the middle of the night. And stranger still, they’d left all their Pokemon behind.
She snorted grumpily. How rude of them to forget her.
Midori had been sleeping soundly in the living room when Kieran and Julie suddenly rushed by. She’d fallen off of the couch on top of Ponpon in surprise. They were making quite the commotion running around like that in the middle of the night. Kieran counted the items by the door – two duffel bags and a backpack – then dashed back to the bedroom, swearing under his breath. Julie waited for him by the door, looking a little pale.
The little Applin chirruped at Julie in concern. The woman looked like she was in pain. Was she sick?
Julie waved weakly at her in response. Her voice was soft, but Midori could still understand her.
“I’m fine, we’ll be back soon, I promise.”
Then Kieran came rushing back with one last bag under his arm, and out the door they went.
At the time, Midori didn’t think much of the strange event. Wherever they were going, they’d come right back. They always did.
She’d gone right back to sleep, fully believing she’d wake up to the sounds of her people going about their day. It would be like just like any other morning, and life would go on as usual.
But morning came, and her people were nowhere to be found. The apartment was eerily silent apart from the anxious chatter of the other Pokemon. The elder members of Kieran and Julie’s party had huddled together in the living room. She found a cozy spot in Clover’s lap and did her best to understand their conversation.
Furret and Ponpon seemed the most agitated – the people they’d sworn to protect had left them behind. Something was wrong. What if something bad happened and they weren’t there to watch over them? They were beside themselves with worry.
Tama and Clover exchanged glances, but seemed relatively calm about the whole ordeal. Midori sensed that they knew more than they were letting on, but they weren’t keen to share their knowledge just yet.
The pair did their best to reassure the other Pokemon. There was a perfectly good explanation for all this, and they’d all know soon enough. They were sure of it.
Midori sighed, feeling even more confused.
She missed her people now more than ever.
But they weren’t alone for long.
A knock at the door announced the arrival of their first of three visitors.