Sorry about the double post! Hey there readers! I know I promised the chapter yesterday, but my biggest foe defeated me! That foe is called....Procrastination! Luckily I have defeated him! In this chapter a new character is introduced. Haven't said that in a while. I am currently working on the character's biographies. I will have them up when I am finished with them. Have you been wondering what Pokemon some of the characters have? Well in this chapter one Pokemon is revealed belonging to one of the characters whose team has yet to be shown. I believe I have said enough. Enjoi!
Dedication Through Light and Darkness
Chapter 10: A Debt to the School! Jyharri vs Headmistress!
“Come in.”
A knock was heard at the headmistress’s door. As she was filling out paperwork, Jyharri stepped in. Taylor sighed as she saw the familiar face.
“What is it this time Jyharri?” she asked.
“You told me to have the money ready today,” Jyharri reminded her.
“That’s right,” said Taylor after thinking for a little. “Do you have it?”
“Well,” Jyharri started, “I have $300. I was wondering if I could get an extension.”
The headmistress spun in her chair to face the window behind her desk. The sun had started to go down, signaling the end of the day. The sky had turned a shade of orange, the sun almost completely behind the mountain range on the horizon. Being right next to the water, the room was quite cool. Waves splashed up against the shore, spraying a mist onto the Pokémon resting on the beach.
“I can’t do that,” said Taylor. “You wouldn’t learn your lesson.”
“Aw man!” Jyharri said as he snapped his fingers.
“On the other hand,” Taylor said as she spun in her chair to face Jyharri, “I could make a deal with you.”
“What kind of bet?” Jyharri asked cautiously.
“We battle,” started Taylor, “and if you win then I’ll accept the $300, but if I win you must leave the academy immediately!”
Jyharri gulped as he heard the bet. It was risky, but he had to try right?
“You’ve got yourself a deal!” Jyharri accepted.
The headmistress stood, pulling out a remote. After clicking the blue button on the middle her desk was brought down into the floor via a secret door. The back wall pushed itself outwards, extending the room length. Bookshelves were flipped revealing steel plating on the back. The roof collapsed in two, falling to the sides. The room became warm as the roof was taken down.
“One Pokémon apiece,” Taylor said as she took out a Pokéball.
“That’s all I’ll need,” said Jyharri as he pulled out his own.
“Empoleon, I need your assistance!” Taylor yelled throwing her Pokéball.
Jyharri jumped out of the way of the brilliant white light. As it hit the ground it materialized into a large penguin-like Pokémon. Its wings, tipped with blue metal, looked as strong as the steel on the bookshelves. Its most prominent feature was the three-horned trident-like crest that extended from its beak.
“Hmph,” Jyharri scoffed, “Charizard, standby!”
Jyharri’s Charizard emerged from his Pokéball with a loud growl. Immediately Empoleon and Charizard stared each other down. Charizard scoffed at Empoleon, waving his claw in front of him. Empoleon threw an agitated look at Charizard, obviously falling for the trick.
“Empoleon, use Bubble!” Taylor started.
Empoleon drew in a huge breath. Breathing out, he released several small bubbles. They floated towards Charizard very slowly.
“Pop those bubbles!” Jyharri said half laughing.
Charizard raised his left claw and popped each bubble with a small poke. Charizard yawned, obviously bored already. Empoleon dashed at Charizard and raised his wings. Empoleon’s wings started to glow in mid-run. Charizard flapped his wings, blowing Empoleon back.
“Show them a real Steel Wing,” Jyharri ordered.
Charizard hovered above the ground, his wings flapping. As his wings started to glow Charizard flew straight towards Empoleon. As the Water/Steel type attempted to dodge, one of Charizard’s wings caught him in the side.
“Empoleon counter with a Bubblebeam!” Taylor cried.
After taking in a big breath, Empoleon shot a barrage of bubbles at the Fire Type. Charizard curved around his trainer and skillfully dodged the bubbles. Water soaked the floor as the bubbles collided into the wall behind Jyharri.
“Try a Peck attack,” Taylor suggested.
Empoleon’s beak was what started to glow now. It even increased in size a little. As Empoleon dashed towards Charizard, the Fire type landed. Empoleon jumped and dove down towards Charizard.
“Dodge it,” Jyharri reacted.
Charizard side stepped, allowing Empoleon to crash into the floor. Empoleon attempted to get back up, but failed to do so. His beak got stuck into the floor!
“Oh no,” Taylor cried.
“Hit him with Focus Punch!” shouted Jyharri as he punched the air.
Charizard balled his right claw into a fist. It started to glow a bright white. Empoleon kept trying to get out of the way, but no luck. Charizard jumped forward, punching Empoleon in the same side it was hit with Steel Wing.
“Super Effective!” yelled Jyharri.
The force of the punch pulled Empoleon out of the ground, knocking him into a bookshelf.
“Empoleon,” Taylor yelled. “Catch it!”
Empoleon’s attention was drawn to his trainer as she tossed something blue in his direction. Empoleon caught it in his claw under the wing and started to munch on whatever it was.
“Hey!” Jyharri yelled. “No fair!”
“That is very fair,” said Taylor wagging one of her fingers at Jyharri. “If you have a berry then your Pokémon can eat it. If you stayed awake in class you would know that.”
Empoleon stood, looking like nothing happened to him. The dual Water/Steel type assumed a fighting position, ready for round two. Charizard started to breathe heavily, tired out from all the attacks and dodging.
“Hit him with Bubblebeam!” Taylor commanded.
The same barrage of bubbles fired out from Empoleon’s beak, colliding with Charizard. The Fire type fell to one knee, breathing heavily still. Empoleon dashed at Charizard, the tips of his wings glowing. The ends of his wings came down, crashing into Charizard’s shoulders. Instantly Charizard was knocked onto the ground. Empoleon jumped back, a smirk on his face.
“Charizard,” Jyharri cried.
Slowly Jyharri’s Pokémon stood up. A shocked look replaced Empoleon’s confident one. As soon as Charizard was on his feet Empoleon dashed forward, trying for another Metal Claw. Charizard saw this coming and spun around. Charizard’s thick tail smacked Empoleon in the gut, knocking the wind out of him. Being knocked back to his trainer, the Water type stood holding his gut, breathing heavily.
“Let’s use a Wing Attack,” Jyharri told Charizard.
Charizard once again flapped his wings and then proceeded to fly at Empoleon, wings glowing. Empoleon jumped at Charizard, his own wings glowing. The two pairs of wings clashed causing an exploding sound to follow. Both Pokémon slid back to their respective trainers. Charizard took in a huge breath, Empoleon doing the same. Each Pokémon released their best elemental attacks. For Charizard a stream of flames exploded from his mouth while a jet stream of water was released from Empoleon’s mouth. The two attacks collided, mist starting to fill the room.
“Be careful Charizard,” Jyharri warned him.
Charizard nodded and attempted to look through the mist. Suddenly barrages of bubbles were fired from the other side of the mist. They barely missed Charizard’s head by a couple centimeters. Charizard flapped his wings, dispersing the mist. Empoleon came into view his wings glowing once more.
“Let’s switch it up,” Taylor suggested. “Fire a Hydro Cannon!”
A medium sized ball of water formed in Empoleon’s mouth. Increasing in size, the ball became the size of a big bouncy ball. Smaller waves of water formed around the ball. The water ball shot out of Empoleon’s mouth at a high speed, heading straight towards Charizard. Having no time to react, Charizard flew up again, over the attack. As soon as the attack collided into the wall Charizard zoomed straight for Empoleon. Charizard balled his right claw into a fist which proceeded to start glowing.
“Empoleon stop him!” Taylor cried quickly.
Empoleon shot out many bubbles, but Charizard dodged them all. As a last resort Empoleon swung his glowing wings at Charizard. Quickly dodging the attacks, Charizard punched Empoleon in the gut. The blow was heavy, knocking Empoleon off his feet. The Water type fell to the ground, holding his gut.
“Finish this with Flamethrower!” Jyharri shouted punching the air.
Charizard flew into the air above Empoleon, taking in a huge breath. Blowing out, a stream of flames shot out, igniting Empoleon. Cries of pain were heard from the Pokémon. When the flames dispersed Empoleon was laying on his side, unconscious. Taylor looked down at her Pokémon with a shocked look.
“Looks like I don’t have to get $1200,” Jyharri cheered.
“Looks like I should have spent more time training,” Taylor said as she recalled Empoleon.
“What do you mean?” Jyharri asked, recalling his Charizard.
“I haven’t battled with Empoleon since I was thirteen,” Taylor admitted. “I am now thirty-three years old.”
“So I beat someone who hasn’t battled in over twenty years?” Jyharri asked disappointed.
“Yup,” Taylor said proudly. “Battling wasn’t in the job description. Besides, I was joking. You didn’t have to get me $1500.”
Jyharri’s jaw dropped. “Then why did you tell me that?!”
“I didn’t think you would fall for it,” Taylor said with a chuckle.
Throughout the school a bell was heard. This bell signaled that lunch was over.
“Well, time for you to get to class. I’ve got some paperwork to attend to.”
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“Go to class. No chance.”
After leaving the headmistress’ office Jyharri started to wander around the halls. A bell rang to say, “You students have one minute to get to class.” Many students started to run through the halls, not wanting to be late. Jyharri casually walked down the hall.
“Jyharri!” a voice called out.
Jyharri looked around to find who called for him, but he couldn’t find them. After another call Jyharri saw that it was Genevieve who was calling out to him. Situated across the hall, Jyharri pushed his way through small crowds to reach her.
“Hey Genevieve,” Jyharri greeted her. “How are you doing?”
“I’m good,” she replied. “I’ve just been trying to train a little for the tournament.”
“You’re entering?” Jyharri asked surprised.
Genevieve nodded in reply. “I heard the prize was a bunch of money.”
“Well looks like we might have to battle,” Jyharri chuckled. “I’m entering too.”
“I hope I don’t have to battle you,” Genevieve said quietly, almost silent.
“What was that?” Jyharri asked.
“Nothing,” she said quickly. “I got to go.”
Genevieve proceeded to close her locker and took off towards her classroom. Jyharri smiled as he shook his head. The final bell rang making students sprint to class. Jyharri simply put his hands into his pockets and continued down the hall. Around a corner he saw two shadows in a bright yellow light. Looking around the corner he saw another familiar face, two to be exact. Brandon was having his Electabuzz fire bolts of lightning at a locker door.
“Turning to theft are we?” Jyharri asked as he rounded the corner. “Just because Brianna kicked you in your children that doesn’t mean you have to become a thief.”
“She forgave me,” Brandon said. “Besides, I’m trying to fix this locker. I was showing off my Electabuzz and I told him to show everyone the move we were working on and it broke off the door.”
“How troublesome,” said Jyharri.
“Got it,” Brandon exclaimed. “What are you doing in the hall? Aren’t you supposed to be in class?”
“Aren’t you supposed to be in class?” Jyharri retorted.
“Good point,” Brandon said.
“I was going to go rest under a tree in the shade,” Jyharri told him. “You can join me if you want.”
Brandon nodded as he recalled his Electabuzz. The two boys walked through the halls telling tales of when they were young. As they neared an exit a classroom door opened. Quickly the boys hid behind a wall, waiting for someone to come out. A girl left the room, long black hair flowing behind her. She wore a blue blazer, matching her sparkling blue eyes and blue jeans. She had a look of anger on her face, one that said, “I’m ******.” She had a piece of paper in her hand; most likely a pass to the headmistress’ office. Jyharri gave a sigh of relief. He jumped out from behind the wall, startling the girl.
“Hey there,” said Jyharri with a smile.
“Um, hi?” she said almost questioningly.
“What were you sent out for?” Jyharri asked.
“I don’t think that is any of your business,” she replied coldly.
Jyharri scoffed. “Don’t get an attitude with me girlfriend. I was just asking.”
“Well don’t,” she told him.
“Hey calm down,” Brandon said coming out from behind the wall. “He just asked a simple question.”
As soon as she laid her eyes on Brandon she fell silent, her eyes not leaving him. Her mouth hung open revealing her straight teeth. She shook her head and held out her hand towards Brandon.
“I’m Megan,” she introduced herself seductively, “a second year Ocean Blue. What’s your name?”
“I’m Brandon,” he told her. “I’m a first year Lightning Yellow.”
“And I’m,” Jyharri started.
“No one cares who you are,” Megan said rudely pushing him out of the way, walking closer to Brandon. “So where are you headed to?”
“Well we were going to go and rest under a tree,” Brandon informed her. “Want to join?”
“Sure,” she replied.
“What if I don’t want her to join?” Jyharri asked.
“Well too bad,” said Megan. “You’ll have to deal with it.”
“Whoa, put the claws away kitty,” Jyharri said as he held up his hands.
Megan scowled at him as she turned around and linked arms with Brandon. The pair walked ahead as Jyharri walked behind them, with his hands in his pockets as usual. As they exited the building, they noticed that the campus was empty. The only thing that was apparent was the Pokémon that lived near the campus and wandered onto it. The sun was in the middle of the sky, being noon. After wandering around the school’s campus for about fifteen minutes, the three students found an enormous oak tree next to a river towards the back of campus. A cliff jutted out from a mountain behind them. Scaling it would be hard even for the most skilled climbers. Jyharri lay under the tree, eyes closed, while Megan tried to make advances on Brandon to be subsequently declined. However this didn’t stop her from trying. After another twenty minutes had gone by the two had sat down and started to enjoy the shade. Out of nowhere a breeze picked up. First it had started small until it turned into a big gust of wind. Jyharri felt the wind running through his hair and enjoyed it. It was nice to let your hair do- wait a minute. Didn’t he wear a hat? Jyharri bolted upright and felt the top of his head. His hat was gone!
Looking around he spotted the red and black hat rolling towards the river. He jumped up and dashed towards his hat. Right before it rolled into the river, Jyharri jumped after it. Suddenly the hat turned and started towards the cliff. Jyharri fell into the river still hatless. Howls of laughter were heard from Megan’s mouth. Ignoring her Jyharri jumped out of the river and ran after his hat. Stopping right before the cliff, Jyharri picked it up and firmly put it back on top of his head.
“Much better,” said Jyharri. “What is that?”
A whizzing noise made itself known above him. As soon as he looked up he saw blackness. A throbbing appeared in Jyharri’s head. As he opened his eyes he saw Brandon and Megan sitting next to him, the latter laughing uncontrollably.
“What happened?” Jyharri asked holding his head as he sat up.
“You got hit in the face with an egg,” Brandon told him.
“Huh?” Jyharri asked dazed.
Brandon pointed to his side and sure enough it was an egg. This egg was blue in color, a black stripe at the bottom. It was about thirteen inches in length.
“Where did it come from?” Jyharri asked.
“My guess is the top of that cliff,” said Brandon. “Its parents are probably worried sick. I wish I had a flying Pokémon to check it out.”
“Leave that to me cutie,” Megan told him as she pulled out a Pokéball. “Pidgey take to the sky!”
Out of the Pokéball came a small bird. It was brown and tan in color. Its small beak made it look harmless. The beak itself was dark purple.
“Go check and see if there are any blue and/or black Pokémon on top of that cliff,” Megan told her.
Pidgey nodded and took off. After about four minutes Pidgey returned and shook her head.
“Looks like there isn’t any parent Pokémon after all,” Brandon said. “Maybe they’re higher up.”
Hearing this Pidgey took off once more. As Pidgey flew off Megan moved closer to Brandon. Brandon immediately backed away. This process continued for quite some time. After thirty minutes Pidgey returned breathing heavily.
“Did you find them Pidgey?” Megan asked.
Like before, Pidgey shook her head.
“Well,” said Brandon, “looks like the egg is yours. It seems like its parents ditched it.”
“I wonder where it came from. Eggs just don’t fall out of the sky,” Jyharri said looking the egg over.
“Don’t get too close or the egg will hit you again,” Megan said while laughing.
Jyharri threw her a dirty look and stood up, picking up the egg. As he stood a bell sounded across campus. Class was over and it was time to go back to the dorms. Kids flooded the campus, some running, some not. As Sydnie caught sight of Jyharri she waved, making her way to him. When she neared him she noticed the egg.
“What is that?” she asked.
“An egg obviously,” said Megan.
“Who are you?” Sydnie asked irritated by Megan’s response.
“I’m Megan,” she told Sydnie, “and you are?”
“I’m Sydnie,” Sydnie replied, “not pleased to meet you.”
“Like I’ve never heard that one before,” Megan said sarcastically. “Well I’m going back to my room. I’ll see you again right Brandon?”
“Um, sure,” said Brandon.
Walking off, Megan disappeared into the crowd. Brandon followed suit after saying his goodbyes. Walking back to the Fire Red dorm was a silent trip for Jyharri and Sydnie. Neither one said a word or made a sound. While on the boat all they did was exchange glances. When they reached the lobby a blur blew right by them. Jyharri was knocked off balance while Sydnie was knocked off of her feet.
“Are you all right?” Jyharri asked holding out a hand.
“I’m fine,” she answered. “I can get up on my own. What was that?”
“Sorry!” called a voice.
It was Jessica. Next to her stood a purple bat-like Pokémon, its wings blue in color. Its tongue stuck out of its mouth at a sideways angle.
“Just training my Gligar in speed,” she said.
With that she was off. She ran off towards the dormant volcano behind the Fire Red dorms.
“So, where did you find that?” Sydnie asked.
“Find what?” he asked.
Sydnie pointed down at the egg in his arms. “What else?”
“Oh, this,” said Jyharri holding up the egg. “Well actually it found me.”
“What do you mean?” she asked.
“Forget about it. So, do you want to train together tomorrow? I mean it is Saturday.”
“I’ll have to think about it,” said Sydnie with a smile.
Jyharri returned the smile. “If you decide that you want to join me then give me a ring.”
Sydnie nodded and walked off towards the girl dorms. Jyharri shook his head with a little chuckle. As he continued on towards his room he felt a surge of energy. Becoming dizzy he noticed a bright flash. He looked at the egg amazed.
“I have got to look this up,” said Jyharri as he ran to his room.
Blasting through the door Bart jumped when Jyharri entered. Jyharri ran into Bart’s room and returned with two things in his hands.
“Where did you get the egg and why do you have my laptop?” Bart asked.
“I have to look something up,” Jyharri told him as he opened the laptop.
After waiting for the desktop to load, five minutes later Jyharri clicked on the icon for the Internet browser. Navigating to the address bar he typed in Google. After hitting the Go icon the familiar crazy letters that Google usually had appeared. Jyharri clicked in the search bar and typed, “What does it mean when your egg flashes?”
Thousands of results popped up. Jyharri decided to click on the first one. The page loaded to a forum site. The page was brought to a thread talking about what happens when your light bulbs flash. Annoyed, Jyharri clicked back and read the title before clicking on it. When he found a line that had the same question he was asking he hurriedly clicked it. Reading through he found the answer.
“So this thing could hatch three weeks to a month from now?” Jyharri asked himself.
“That’s what it says,” said Bart appearing behind him.
Jyharri jumped, almost dropping the egg. “Don’t do that!”
“Well I’m going out,” said Bart. “Put my laptop back when you’re done.”
As soon as Bart left Jyharri returned his laptop to its original spot in Bart’s room. Migrating to his own room Jyharri made a little nest out of sheets and blankets from his room. After setting the egg in it he sat down and watched it. Becoming bored Jyharri had fallen asleep. Waking up he noticed the room was bright, despite the lights being off. After rubbing his eyes Jyharri looked towards the egg. To his surprise it flashed again. Remembering what it said on the Internet about flashing was that if it flashed once a day it would hatch about a month later. If it flashed twice then it would hatch within the month. If it flashed three times-
Jyharri’s train of thought was interrupted once more. The egg flashed once more before it became dark. “It flashed one, two, three,” said Jyharri counting the times he saw it flash, “three times.”
Jyharri’s mouth hung open. If it flashedthree times...it would hatch in two weeks.