All My Way, On My Own

By: Enja

Ages: Ash: 14, Alec: 14, Brock: 19, Kara: 9

Part: 12

I stared into the darkness of the room of which I was sleeping in. Thoughts invaded my 
mind. Alec’s past, Misty and Brock, my future, Kara… My mind couldn’t handle all this 
depression. The soft snore of Brock and the small groans of sadness from Alec. I felt 
sorry for Alec, though I did not pity him. I knew how it felt like to be pitied and it felt 
like you weren’t good enough for everyone else.

I was going to talk to Misty and Brock tomorrow. Maybe patch things up and work out 
something. I don’t know… My life was living hell at that moment. 

The moonlight flowed through the window, and glistened upon Brock’s face. I sighed 
and looked around the room. I was wide awake with thoughts. What would I say? What 
would I do? 

“Depression is my middle name…” I say and roll over, hopefully able to get some sleep.

***

My eyes didn’t want to open to the light of the day. If I did I would probably be blinded! 
Plus, waking up meant more unsatisfactory for my life. Today was the day I would talk to 
Brock and Misty. I still didn’t know what to think. Finally I open my eyes and sit up.

I walk into the bathroom that is connected to the room.

“Maybe a nice hot shower will soothe me.” I say quietly to myself, careful not to wake up 
Alec and Brock.

I was right. The warm water felt great against my skin. I hoped that maybe the water 
could wash my troubles away. No luck in that. I washed my body, savoring each moment 
of warmth and stepped out. I got dressed and then looked in the mirror. I gave myself a 
smile and reassured myself that it would work out.

***

I walked down the sidewalk, staring at the cars that zoomed by. The breeze blew gently 
on my face and damp hair. The sun was now fully up in the sky and everybody was 
heading to work. I recited what I was probably going to say to Brock and Misty. All of 
the stuff that I thought of sounded really dumb.

“Hey Brock and Misty! I’m sorry. Can we just be friends now?” See that sounded really 
dumb and cheap. I would have to take my feelings and words deeper. I had to make them 
understand. Especially Misty. She had to understand that when she insulted me, it hurt. 
She actually thought I took it playfully. After listening to Alec’s past it made me think of 
what Misty could do… if I didn’t talk to her. I mean, hearing about Alec’s dad going 
drunk after his mom died, losing a really good friend was like losing apart of your family, 
right? I didn’t want that to happen.

I faint footsteps in the distance coming closer and closer. I turned around to see Kara 
jump into my arms and hug me.

“YOU’RE ALRIGHT! WHAT ABOUT PIKACHU, AND YOUR FRIENDS?”

“Relax, we’re all okay!” I said with a slight laugh and a smile. I set her down and looked 
at her. “Where’d you learn Physic powers?” Her huge grin fell.

“My parents… they’re dead now though,” she concluded, “they died the night before I 
met you. I challenged you to a battle so I would make them proud of me. I was supposed 
to go to my aunt’s but I got away. My tenth birthday is really soon and I figured I could 
get my trainers license then.”

“Sorry about your parents.” Sympathy took over me.

“It’s alright, they didn’t like me that much though. Let’s talk about something else.”

“HEY! Will you help me with something?” She nodded. “Okay listen to this and tell me 
what you think.”

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