First Faith

Chapter 28: Impossible

                  

Chapter 28: Impossible

            I went to visit Salamence after breakfast, feeling guilty that I hadn't been taking very good care of him. I'd left him with Demi the other day without an explanation and hadn't thought about him once since.

            I had some making up to do.

            I got to his room, opening the door and expecting to see a large babyish glower, but instead finding nothing. Just an empty room.

            My pulse quickened. Where was my Dragon?

            Trying not to panic, wondering what trouble he'd gotten himself into, wondering if someone was hurting him, I turned and almost ran into someone.

            "Nurse Joy." I said quickly, recognizing her pink hair immediately once I recovered from not sprinting down the hallway, "Where-"

            "That little girl you're friends with took him out this morning. She's very sweet to take care of your Pokemon like that."

            I bowed quickly, hoping that would suffice as a thank you as I sped across the tiled floor, exiting the Pokemon Center and straight up the hill.

            I went as fast as I could, legs burning, grunting as I misplaced my feet, tripping in my haste. Just to make sure he was ok.

            I couldn't stand to lose another partner.

            I got to the top of the hill, my panic increasing as I searched the ground, not finding the massive Dragon type that should have been lying around.

            "Salamence?" I called. Nothing. Demi wasn't even around, or any of her Pokemon.

            But then I looked up, which only made my nerves go haywire as I spotted Salamence in the air.

            "Salamence!" I yelled. How was he even in the air? He was going to hurt himself.

            I swore in my head. Stupid, stupid, stupid. This is what I get for being optimistic. This is what I get for thinking things could go well. Salamence was going to hurt himself even more because I had locked myself in my room and hadn't been taking care of him. And it was all my fault.

            "Salamence!" I shouted again, trying to get his attention. He was a couple hundred feet in the air, a bit too high up to really hear me.

            I squinted, trying to see him better. Something seemed off. He wasn't flying as quickly as I thought he would. And I kept seeing a wisp of black.

            Demi's hair.

            "Demi, get down here right now!" I roared as loudly as I could. How could she risk the chance of hurting my Pokemon? Was it some sort of revenge tactic?

            Right then, Salamence looked at me. I couldn't see his expression, but soon he was gliding towards me, descending. As he got closer, I saw a faint blue outline around his body. I could hear Demi's screams of delight as they flew and noticed that, right in front of her, was her Ralts. Grace.

            The pieces lines together, making me realize Salamence hadn't been flying. He'd been levitating from Psychic.

            As he landed, taking it easy on his bad foreleg, I said, "Arceus, Salamence. You almost gave me a heart attack. I didn't know you were here and then I saw you flying..."