Chapter 7:Awakening to Reality I watch as a million thoughts rush through my head.Were those my last words?Will I ever see her again?Am I gone forever?As these thoughts kareened through my head,voices of the failures of others are revealed.Screaming of their failed lives,their bitter love,the hatred of their enemies,andthe acts of unspeakable deeds.Suddenly a white shining creature with a ring around its slim body talks in the voices of victory through all things to which only those of pure luck here.It calls out in a chaotic,yet soothing and melodic voice."Do you still have the will to live?If so I must have something in return.What do you offer".When i hear this I can't say anything,although my mind blurts out answers,answers I could never comply or accomplish in.Finally I respond with the most absurd answer."I will give you space and time if you let me live!".Sudden realization came over me when I heard what I said.I thought,Am I insane?Although this is what i thought,the creature said otherwise."Fine but this request must be fulfilled before 30 years of age,or I will make a second unpleaseant visit".As the glorious voice came to haunt me no more,my eyes open little by little.My friends beside me,look at me with sudden happiness in their eyes.My pokemon,who seemed to be mourning,rush to my side with sudden surprise.I looked around my room.It was plain and whit with a tv in the corner of the room.Beside me,there were six trays of uneaten hamburgers some of which were looking past their date.Then I looked to my closest,dearest friends Gavin had a look of solemn attentiveness as he watches me wake up.Kristy,whom is to my right,eyes were full of tears and next to her sat balled up tissues.When she looked at me she looked down and blushed.As I saw this,I remembered my previous confession I blushed as well and tried not to look at her,almost embarassed and greatful that I managed to tell her before I possibly died.The first words come out of my mouth."How long was I asleep?".There was silence in the room which made me worry that it was a long time.I began to perspire out of fear until Gavin spoke."Five days...",he said as it started to go back into the silence.ALthough I hated the silence I aprecciated being away from the screams in my dream.Then,another memory from my dream came back to me."I will give you space and time if you let me live!".It repeated ominously in my head over and over.Then the image of the great whitebeast came back to me in a blaze of glory.I spaced out for a few moments."John!Telephone for John!".A doctor came in with a wireless phone."Is there a John in this room?"."Yes",I reply.I'm handed the phone,and a worried voice suddenly comes on the phone."Are you alright John?"my sister asks worriedly."Tiffany?..."."Yes,its me"."Could you please not tell mom or dad?".Silence."....Fine,but you owe me one."."Ok".The phone hangs up.I set on the table next to me."What now?"Gavin asks.I think,then reply."Same thing we go gym to gym,win,and nothing changes,alright?"."Surrre"Gavin replies."Kristy,you ok with that.".She snaps out of thought."Um..Yeah..." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- As we leave the hospital,the silence follows,almost strangling me.As soon as we reach the pokemon center and check in,we go to our rooms without one word spoken.As I walk into my room,I close the door and release all my pokemon.I see the familiar friends as Charmeleon,Eevee,and Riolu.I realize that a vaguely familiar shape comes out of the fourth pokeball that I didn't realize was attached to my belt.I soon realize nervously that it was not just any scyther,it was THE scyther that put me into the hospital and almost lost my life.It looked at me with not much care,but the other pokemon was overjoyed.Charmeleon,being more mature,didn't rant about donuts as he did a charmander and instead showed happiness on my release from the hospital.Riolu and Eevee started jumping around out of joy.Scyther finally talks."Are you still hurt?".I look at him than gave him an answer."...No,I'm fine thank you".He then looked away and stared blankly.After feeding them I prepared for bed.As I'm about to go to sleep I hear knocking at the door."Coming,"I say as I go to answer the door.As I open the door slowly I see Kristy standing in the doorway."Kristy..?"I say questioningly."Hey..."she says blushing."Can I come in?"."Uh,sure"I say nervously.She walks in to my hotel room as my mind wanders through what might happen.Is she here to reject me?Does she like me too?Or,isn't she going to bring it up?As I think these thoughts on the couch,her voice brings me back to reality."Can I sit on the couch too?"."Sure"I say embarassed for spacing out.We both look away for a little bit with a different silence then from a the hospital.Its a tighter,tenser silence that feels like its going to squeeze you until the day you die.Finally I break the silence thats probally drilling into her minds as well."Why did you want to come over?".She looked over blushing,in a way that only maked me like her more and more,almost like its pushing to do the things I've dreamed of such as beating the pokemon league,become the greatest trainer of all time,and be around to help her,take care of her,and make her mine.My mind returned to reality to listen to the words that she had to say."I wanted to talk to you about what you said before..you know..before this happened.".My eyes widened full of hope,wondering if my wish would come true,that she'd like me too,and we could be together.The words that came out of her mouth gave me hope but still pained me aswell."I don't know how I feel about you yet...I want more time."I look down in sadness,even if theres a chance,I fell like the failures in my dreams,the ones who couldn't say or do anything to help it."..but I might share the same feelings soon.So please wait for me ok?".I looked up into her eyes then spoke."OK,I'll wait for you".She looked at me surprised then smiled."Thank you!Good night!".Before she left,She came up to me.Soon,my body stopped in surprise and happines as she embraced me and her lips touched my forehead.Blushing came to my face immediately.When she was done,she was blushing too and smiled."See ya' tommorrow!".Then she left the room.I still sat there,not believing what happened.I finally went to the bedroom and had the most comfortable sleep of my life. To Be Continued Note:I am sorry for not posting regularly.I am happy if there are those who like reading this as my previous chapters have been poorly written and short and hope this chapter makes up for it.I want to thank the person who inspired me to write this,Dragonfree,who has written most likely the greatest pokemon fanfiction ever.Thank You.