Following in Her Footsteps

Prologue

By Finaille Nailo

"You really weren’t lying, were you?" Emily asks me curiously. Well, I guess I can give you what’s happening up at this point. After being stuck in my world for nearly six months, a drastic event led up to meeting Celebi, a Pokemon who had forever been living in my soul. Celebi controls my time travel back and forth to the Pokemon World, and I had just gotten back from my first trip to the Pokemon World in months, and when I got back, well, you can guess who saw me just suddenly appear on my bed.

"Ok, ok, I wasn’t. I never expected for you to just, I don’t know, find out…" I stammer uncontrollably.

"Well, I wasn’t totally sure if you were lying or not when you told us nearly six months ago. But, I guess it all makes sense to me now." Emily says reassuringly to me. I smile.

"I guess someone was bound to find out, huh?"

"Yeah, sometime now or later." She smiles too. "So, now how do you get back and forth?"

"It’s a long story." I tell her, worried that if I told, maybe Celebi would forever be in hiding and I’d no longer be able to travel to the Pokemon World. It’s ok. I hear a small voice in my head say. Go ahead and tell her. I smile, as I knew Celebi could also trust Emily.

"Emily, well, I know this is gonna sound strange…" There’s a long moment of silence. What am I gonna tell her?!

"I believe you." She says, interrupting my thoughts on how I’m gonna tell her this.

"Well, a Pokemon, named Celebi, lives in my body. When Matt broke up with me," I stop and look up at her. Her eyes were totally focused on mine; "Celebi came out of my soul. He allows me to travel back and forth from the Pokemon World." I say truthfully. "I don’t know if you really believe me, I mean, it’s so farfetched."

"I know it’s a little weird." Emily says, smiling again.

"If there was only a way I could show you what I see." I say. Before I know what’s going on, the same bright light I saw earlier that day was shining once again; Celebi must know what I’m thinking. I grin and look up at Emily, whose eyes look like they are going to pop out of her head. The light fades, and Celebi is sitting at my side.

"Hello Emily." Celebi says. She looks at me in shock; I nod for her to talk.

"Um, hi?" Emily says, a little fear imminent in her voice.

"Don’t fear me, Emily. I want you to join Rennie to the Pokemon World." Celebi tells her.

"Now?" Emily asks in surprise. I grin and shake my head.

"No, not now. We’ll try and aim for this weekend, ok? It’ll give us some time to ‘prepare’." I say with a small grin. Emily looks at me.

"I don’t know, my parents wouldn’t believe it." Emily says, looking at the floor.

"Who said your parents have to know?" I ask her. After a moment, she looks up at me and grins.

"You’re right."

"Just remember, this is our secret. If anyone finds out, well, we can’t go to the Pokemon world." I say. Wow, this is so cool! Emily gets to come with me!

"Ok, I won’t tell anybody. I really don’t have a reason to." Emily raves. "I can’t believe this, this is so unreal."

"Trust me, it’ll be unforgettable."

A/N- Ok, prologue ish be done ^^. Hehe, I love baby talk. R&R! This story is dedicated to The Jolt Master!!! Merry Christmas!!!