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Chapter Four: Danger in the School 



         I opened my eyes slowly. My vision was cloudy, and I felt like I’d been 
hit by a truck. I tried to sit up, but I was too weak to accomplish such a 
simple task. 
         My vision slightly clearer, I saw Téa run over to me, “You’re awake! I 
was so worried! You’ve been out cold for nearly two days,” She helped me to sit 
up against the pillows, “So how do you feel?”
         “I feel like I was run over by a truck,” I whispered. I looked around 
me and saw unfamiliar surroundings, “Where am I?”
         “You’re in the Infirmary. It’s a good thing I was nearby, or you would 
have drowned. How did you manage to fall in?You were so far from the side of the 
pool where you landed in the water.” Téa asked me.
         “Matthew pushed me in. He must have somehow known that I couldn’t 
swim,” I hugged Téa tightly, “I was so scared, I didn’t know what was going to 
happen to me.” 
         For a while, I just cried on Téa’s shoulder. She promised me that she 
wouldn’t fall for such a silly trick again. 
         I lay back down and fell asleep again.For the next two days I spent in 
the infirmary, I kept having the dream. Even though Téa came to see me each day 
after classes, I didn’t tell her about it. 
          
         When I joined the rest of my classmates again, I was unable to walk 
anywhere without Téa, for fear of being caught off guard by Matthew and his 
friends again. Nevertheless, I always was.For weeks, they kept taking my food, 
locking me in broom closets, destroying my bedroom, and more. However, never 
anything as bad as what they had done the first time. 
         One day, some of the kids didn’t show up for class. Téa couldn’t tell 
me why, and neither could the teachers. When I followed Téa to the infirmary 
that afternoon, (I had a black and blue eye from being hit in the face with a 
pokéball. It was Matthew’s, of course) we discovered that the students had 
gotten sick. 
         The flu spread fast at the academy.Over the next few days, more and 
more students got sick, and teachers began to as well. When Téa caught it, I 
knew that I would have to be extra careful without her protection. 
         As I went to class that day, I discovered that the only people in the 
school who hadn’t caught the flu were Matthew and myself. Even the nurse was 
sick. We both left the classroom and headed our separate ways, since there was 
no teacher. I kept as much distance between us as I possibly could. 

         When I passed through the entrance hall, I heard someone coming. I hid 
behind a statue of a Pidgeot. I listened to their conversation closely. 
         “Part one of our plan has gone perfectly well. The whole school has the 
flu,” said the voice of a teenage girl.
         “Now for the fun part!” a Pokémon’s voice added.
         “I bet we’ll find loads of good Pokémon to steal here!” a teenage boy 
exclaimed. 
         “Would you be quiet?” the girl shot back at him, “They may be sick, but 
it doesn’t mean they can’t hear us!”

         I was in shock. They were going to rob the students and teachers of 
their Pokémon! I raced up the back staircase as quietly as I could. As I went, I 
remembered the dream I had. 
         Now it all made sense! I was the only one in the whole school prepared 
for this besides Matthew. I was the only one who knew the plan set up by the 
teenagers. 
         Then I remembered that in the dream, I had been told to get Matthew’s 
help. I didn’t know if I could manage to talk to him or not. He could refuse and 
just run off and hide, (not that he would) or lock me in another closet. 
         The whole school was counting on me. I thought long and hard. Could I 
put our differences behind me, and ask him to help?