Alarm, I crawled down my bed to the floor on all fours, reached up to press snooze, then crawled back into bed and pressed my own snooze button. And that's when my odd dreams started.
I looked around, turning in place. The first thing I notice is that I appear to be in a large meadow full of green and blooming flowers, even on the trees. In the distance a wide lake relaxes as a nice breeze flows over its surface. I approach a tree nearby the lake full of little pink flowers starting to bloom. "A sakura tree..." I sigh in awe as I reach out my hand to touch the bulb. Next thing I know, a green blur pops out in front of me, almost hitting my head so I end up falling back onto the soft grass. The blur of green left as fast as it came.
"What was that?" I said, mouth and eyes wide open in surprise.
A sparkle fell onto my lap. I went to touch it and another two fell on the back of my hand. As I looked up I see a beautiful trail of sparkles raining down on my small form. A small smile creeps on my face, and my eyes go into a daze. Then everything disappeared when I heard yelling from far away...
"Airin! Wake up!"
"Hahhh?" I sat up and bumped my forehead onto Yuki's.
"Ouch!" We both yelled in unison, rubbing our heads.
I looked up at Yuki and her expression changed from pained to desperate. The next moment was a blur to me, as I was being dragged to the bathroom and shoved in there, still half asleep in a daze. Yuki yelled to me from outside, "You overslept so hurry and get ready...you're going to be late! You have 15 minutes!" With that, I heard the door to our room open and close.
*****
I was still half asleep and confused as I walked into the lecture room ten minutes late to find that no one was there. Then it hit me.
"Oh gosh..today's the day we get our first Pokémon!" I slap my forehead and go running across the room to the other exit to outside. As I shove the wooden doors open and walk into the glass walled room, I notice everyone is outside, some with Pokémon beside them. I panic and end up crashing into the glass door. I didn't stop for the pain, just grabbed my forehead with my palm and ran outside where everyone, including Yuki, turned to look at me. I stopped dead in my tracks, expression of a deer in headlights to our teacher.
"I'm sooo sorry for being late Sensei!" I bowed to her, and my brunette teacher turned to face me. Her expression went stern, scaring me a bit with her piercing blue eyes. I flinched and leaned away. She approached me, expression still hard and serious.
"Tardiness is not acceptable and something very out of your character."
"I know Sensei, I'm very sorry. I will take full responsibility for it." I bowed to her again. Her face appeared to soften a bit as she turned her attention to a small stack of papers in her arms, and began shuffling through them. She picked one out and handed it to me, a small small forming on her features. I looked at her confused, and she motioned for me to look at the paper. My eyes widened as I looked up to her, jaw drooping open as well.
"Airin, please compose yourself. Your expression reminds me that of a Slowpoke, and even they are smarter than your current expression. There..now may I congratulate you on receiving the highest score on the exam. I'm not surprised, as you have improved greatly from the beginning of the year." My jaw dropped again. She just sighed and turned around to everyone else.
I realized quickly that I was probably going to be the last one to be able to get my first Pokémon, even though everyone was being picked at random..I knew my Sensei. I crossed my arms, and sighed, waiting for what would be left for me. I regretted being late today, and hoped I would get lucky with a good Pokémon.
*****
"Airin, it is now your turn. As I explained days before, I was only receiving enough Pokémon for everyone in this class." I started shuffling, anxious for her to move over so I could see what I would get. Finally, she stopped lecturing, but I wasn't paying attention anyway. She took a few steps to her right to expose a cute familiar baby Pokémon...Pichu.
[I'll continue this tomorrow..Hopefully I can catch up to my game this week so I can keep playing!]
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