Two Different Worlds
Part 13
By Finaille Nailo
A/N - Hi all my fans out there!!! I apologize so much for not writing at all this last month!!! But, it was for a good cause. I had evil finals!!! But I just finished my last three today, so I can write! Email me at rcangel13@hotmail.com with a review! Thanks for reading!!!
PS- My name is pronounced Fin-ale if any of you guys pronounce it "finale" there will be some minor trouble ^^... no j/k it’s just a side note!
PPS- I decided to make the first part only 13 chapters instead of 14
It has been two months since Jen had her little "accident". Well, on the bright side, she’s alive and doing very well! In fact, we are just about to leave Violet City!! And I got my very first badge! Isn’t that so great! So everyone in our group is once again happy! Now it’s on to our next destination, Azalea!!!
"Wow, I’m so glad we are finally leaving! I don’t think I have ever spent this much time in one town!" Ash says.
"Sorry guys, that was my fault!" Jen says, laughing.
"Well, if I would have gotten my badge earlier, we probably could’ve gotten out like a week ago. Why did the gym leader have to be on vacation?" I ask.
"Because everybody needs a break!" Brock says.
"Bleh, but why that week?" I whine. Ash rolls his eyes.
"Oh shush girl, you battled him and now we’re heading off!" Jen says. I smile at her. We start heading to Route 4 (sorry if I get my routes wrong, it’s been like a year since I’ve played the game).
"So how long will it take to get to the cave?" Misty asks.
"It’s a days hike. We should get there by nightfall." Brock says. As we get out of the forested area, we see a tall boy training an unfamiliar pokemon. Knowing Ash, he runs up to the boy. We catch up to them.
"Hey! I’m Ash! What are you training?" Ash asks the boy. The boy turns around startled.
"Oh, hi! Sorry, I didn’t think anyone was watching me. I’m Michael and this is my Beedrill!" He says, smiling. Misty freaks out and runs behind Jen.
"Misty, it’s ok, this Beedrill is trained! Sorry Michael, she’s very afraid of bugs." He says, smiling.
"Um, hi, I’m Rennie!" I say, extending my hand out.
"I’m Jen!"
"I’m Misty!"
"I’m Brock!"
"Hi! Nice to meet all of you! So what’s a large group like you doing out here?" Michael asks us.
"Three of us are earning badges, the other two are with us just to be with us." Ash says. "What about you?"
"Well, actually I’m trying to earn badges to. I got a late start on my journey. I was supposed to leave two years ago, but my sister got really sick." Michael says.
"Hey! Ash, we should let him join!" I suggest. Ash nods.
"Interested?" Ash asks.
"Sure! Traveling gets lonely." His Beedrill taps him on the head. "Of course, Beedrill and Wartortle are my only companions."
"You have a Wartortle?" Misty asks, her eyes sparkling. "I love water pokemon! I’m actually one of the gym leaders of the Cerulean City gym!" She says excitedly.
"Oh really? I just recently was in Cerulean. I’m assuming the Cerulean sisters are your sisters?"
"Yeah, they are!" Misty says.
"Their shows are great! My favorite show was a play about a mermaid... oh my gosh! You were the mermaid, wow!!!" He says. "You did a really good job! And you two..." pointing to Ash and Brock "...saved the show. That was so awesome!" Misty blushed. "But that was so long ago."
"Thanks." Misty says. "But Rennie has an even cooler story! She’s from the past!"
"Huh?" Michael says.
"She’s from the year 2004! Can you believe it?" Misty asks him. Michael’s eyes pop open.
"Wow... that is so cool!" He exclaims.
"Back then... pokemon was only a TV show... they never really existed." I say shyly.
"Wow, that’s just so awesome... so how’d you get here?" He asks me.
"Well, I was watching TV one morning... in fact, it was Pokemon, and the TV went fuzzy, so I went to fix it, and I woke up in Pallet Town. I’m still trying to figure out how to get back. I almost figured it out once, but it was just a dream..." I say.
"Well, hopefully you do figure it out... you must miss your family like crazy!" He says.
"Well, kinda sorta..." I say.
"Well, I might be able to help," Mike says, " because my father is the Pokemon expert, Bill."
"Wow, we’ve met him before, but he didn’t say he had a son!" Misty says.
"Well, he’s working on a time travel system. Maybe you could get back through that." Mike says. I smile.
"You’d really let me use it to go back?" I ask.
"Yup! The nice thing is you can also come back here when you want to. Of course... it would be really difficult to get you back. You do realize that you may never come back here." Mike says.
"Yeah, I think I’d figure that out." I say.
"Well, my dad lives in Goldenrod, but he’s working on it in Ecruteak City. I can get you there in a half day’s hike." He says. "Since Bill’s my dad, I know tons of shortcuts all over Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn."
"Really? Thank you so much!" I say, almost hugging him, but holding myself back, since I just met him. So we start on our hike to Ecruteak, and I’m extremely excited. As I look at my friends’ faces, I can tell some of them aren’t exactly thrilled. I pull Ash out and we slow down so we could talk.
"Rennie, why do you have to leave now?" Ash asks. I look at him.
"I don’t want to go back, Ash. But I need to. My parents and friends are probably worried sick." I say. He looks into my eyes, and we stop walking for a moment. He kisses me, deeply. I break it, and smile at him.
"If I never come back, I’ll never forget you." I say.
"I’ll never forget you either." Ash says, kissing me one last time.
"Well, come on, let’s go catch up with the group." I say. He takes my hand and we run off to join the group.
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That afternoon we get to Ecruteak, and we go directly to the Pokemon Center. We head upstairs, and we see a man sitting next to a large machine, looking very tired. He notices us, and waves.
"Hello all, hello Mike, what brings you here?" Bill asks, still looking at Ash, Misty, and Brock. "Hey, you three look familiar...do I know you?"
"Yeah, we met you at the lighthouse by Vermilion a few years ago." Misty says. Bill’s eyebrows rise.
"Oh, you three. I remember you so well, and that Pokemon..." Bill says.
"Did you ever find it?" Brock asks. Bill nods.
"Yes, it was a large Dragonite... it was so beautiful..." Bill says, remember that night.
"Dad, um, my friend is from the past." Mike says, pushing me forward. "She wants to go back to her time." I bow, a bit embarrassed.
"I see..." Bill says, examining me. He examines my face.
"I would have to say, her face structure seems a bit different from ours. The nose is a lot smaller, and she seems a lot shorter for her age. How old are you girl?" He asks me.
"I’m 15." I say. He glances at Jen and Misty, who were both 15 also, and they were both about 5 inches taller than I was.
"Wow, you look like you’re only 12 or something." He says. I glare at him.
"Can’t people just be short for their age? I’m 5’3" and that’s about normal in my time." I say.
"People have grown larger over time." Bill says. "What country did you live in before this happened?"
"The United States of America." I say.
"Hmm... I’ve heard of that place. Used to be a great country hundreds of years ago, then people slowly started taking over it. I can’t remember what they call it now." Bill says. "Well, my child, please step in this machine."
"May I say goodbye to all my friends?" I ask. Bill smiles and nods. I turn around to everyone. I hug everyone and tell them goodbye. As I hug the last person goodbye, I realize how much I missed my family. I get in the machine, and Bill closes it. It’s quiet, then all of a sudden I feel a shock...
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"Rennie, wake up!!!" I hear Ash’s voice yell. I slowly open my eyes.
"Huh, why am I still here?" I ask groggily.
"It didn’t work." Bill says sadly. I sit up and start crying.
"I’ll never get to go back home..." I say. Ash hugs me.
"We’ll take care of you then." He says. I smile.
"I know if I went back I’d miss you too much and try to get back here." I say. "But I just want to go back home. I miss my family." I say. As I say this I start to glow a purplish color.
"What’s happening to Rennie?" I hear Jen ask Bill.
"I think she broke the time barrier." Bill says. "If it happened to her once, it can easily happen to her again." I look at them.
"I’m going back home. But I promise to be back, really soon." I say. I grab my necklace, quickly take it off, and give it to Ash.
"What’s this for?" Ash asks.
"If you have something of mine, I think I can find you when I come back." I say. Ash smiles, and hugs me. Everybody hugs me. I start to transform back into what I looked like before, and everybody is now seeing the real me from my world. I smile.
"Goodbye." I whisper, and I am sucked back into my own world.
THIS IS THE END!!!! This is it!!! Look for the sequel, Getting Back To Where I Belong!!! Thanks for reading and I hope you continue reading.