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| - My body was afloat in deep purple space. All I can see was just clouds of purple. "I...I'm dreaming..." I told myself. Strange, I still felt the warmth of the snake that slept on me last night. Oh well. I swam, literrally, across the clouds, searching for signs of anything. Nothing turned up, so I halted."Come on wake up already..." I muttered to myself. A strong, mature voice broke the darkness. "Not just yet, Timothy" The room suddenly turned pitch black, I could feel myself falling into nothingness. I couldn't scream as my back hit the floor painlessly. I still rubbed the back of my head anyways. "Ow..." I opened my eyes. The world that the dream showed before me looked alot like the town I'm in right now. Everyone's bustling and the weather is nice. I sighed in relief, this is not a nightmare. Footsteps behind me almost made me jump, I slowly turned my head around. Another cat, this one with black furr and green eyes, with cool armor too, stood before me. His arms were crossed as his hind legs made him look almost human. Almost, take away the furr, tail, and gigantic ears. "Who-" He raised his hand out, I closed my mouth. "Don't ask any questions, I'll tell you soon enough Timothy" I stood up. "How the hell do you know my name?" The dark cat chuckled, and sat down on a rock behind him. "I have my ways..." "I've heard that line before..." I said, looking at him suspiciously. "Of course you did, you knew Chelsea Sparks correct?" Okay, this was getting really strange. First this guy knows who I am, secondly he knows who Chelsea is. I didn't want to do anything to him because he didn't SEEM like a threat. I didn't let my guard down however. "Yes...she...she found another safe place..." I explained. Believing she was still alive, I still had faith in her. Dead or alive, I still loved her. "She's not safe..." the cat said with a grin, "She's dead" Again, I still believed she's alive. When I denied, he held his hand out again, I closed my mouth. This guy gives me more goosebumps than ghosts. He stood up. "Let me show you" He said, then he began to walk towards the town. Another voice interfered, I could see the images and the cat fading away. "Wake up...it's morning..." the voice said calmly, sounded like my mother. "N-no..." I said softly, "Just...a few more minutes-" Too late, I was back in reality. My eyes opened up to the sound of the voice and waves. I focused my vision on the figure, I mean snake, that was before me. She was smiling and friendly as ever. I looked at the opening of her home, it was very smart of her to use a cliffside to see the ocean view. The weather was helping too, it was so calm with the clouds drifting above the surfing waters. I looked back at the snake's eyes, smling. "Had a nice sleep?" She smirked, slithering back to prepare breakfast. "Yeah..." I replied with a stretch, then I yawned. The snake chuckled, she really has taken a toll with me. First off she wanted to murder every cell in my body, and now we're acting like a couple. I smiled at that thought, I never liked fighting anyways. Though...there was several questions in my head. What did that dream mean? Who was that dark cat? How did he know about me and Chelsea's identity? Why was I in the same town? I looked at the snake. It's time I focused on my life here. "So...what's your name? I never caught it last night..." She sets down a pan, it looked like she was cooking some sort of soup. "My bad..." she turned her head at me. "I'm Helga, nice to meet you...um..." She stuck her tail out to shake. "Timothy" I replied. I shook her tail. Wrong move. I grabbed her blade and, yet again, got myself a large wound on my hand. I didn't scream this time, I was calm. She however became really worried. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!" She screamed quickly. I raised my hands, calming her down. "It's cool, I can take a hit. You should know" Helga then looked away, blushed. "Yeah..." She looked back at me, I was already bandaging it up with the same cloth I used to disguise myself when I first got here. She was impressed. "How do you know these things so quickly?" "A friend taught me" I replied, wrapping the last circle. "Friend as in...?" She asked, trying to fish out the name. I looked at her. "You may not know her, but she's a very close friend to me. Her name is Chelsea" "Chelsea...she must have been really nice to you" "Yeah...she was..." I looked at the waters. It has been too long ever since I last saw her smiling face. Those memories helped me pushed forward in my search for her. "Wait, Chelsea who?" Helga asked. I shrugged. "I dunno, Sparks. Weird last name for a cat on my opinion" I looked at Helga, she was shocked. "...what?" Helga slithered close to me. "Chelsea...she's a wanted outlaw" My ears couldn't believe it. You may never understand the shock I took from hearing those words. Chelsea? An outlaw? That's ridiculous. "That's ridiculous" I said. Helga shook her head. "No...it's true...come with me" She slithered out of her hole, I followed. We both wandered through a rather empty town, even the shops were closed. "Everyone's gone..." Helga laughed. "It's not opening time stupid!" She then nudged me, poking her blade at my shoulder. I held it, it hurt a little. "Oh..." I blushed, "Yeah I knew that" "Suuuuure you did" Helga rolled her eyes, I sighed. Eventually we came across a little intersection. I looked at the sign with huge arrows on them, all had strange writing on it. "What does that all mean?" I asked Helga, pointing at the sign. Helga slithered forward, then faced me. She pointed at the path ahead of me. "This way leads to the world" "So...it's a Highway?" I raised a brow, arms crossed. Helga gave me the same look. "You need to get out more. Out here there's no such thing as a Hiwa...or whatever" Yeah she says that of course. I rolled my eyes. "I'm human...you're a Pokemon...you'll understand later on"Helga pointed at the path to the right, completely ignoring me. "That way leads to the Beach" "Hold the phone, is that the-" She looked at me. "Yes it is" "Wow..." I remarked. I was only living a few miles away from my "arrival" area. Helga then pointed her tail at some stairs, which lead up a small hill. "This way leads to the Guild" "A Guild? What kind of stupid name is that?" Helga rolled her eyes again. "Yeah...like your little "Highway" thing" We both began to climb up the stairs. "Oh shut up" I smirked, nudging her. "Hey!" She smiled and nudged me back, then she stopped. "Uh..." I was walking up slowly for her, I looked back at her. "Uh...what?" "If we're caught together...there will be suspicion..." "So?" I said carelessly, "Who gives a [bleep] about a snake and a...me being together?" Helga looked at me, she was being serious. I stopped. "You don't understand...I'll explain later. For now...I'll enter the Guild first...then you go second...then when we see each other let's do a fake fight or something...don't worry, I'll have Chelsea's pic in my hand by then. Okay?" This sounded simple yet insane. The last time I fought the snake I was nearly eaten; and Chelsea? Being an outlaw? I was wondering if I was still dreaming. "Sure..." I smiled, she returned a smile at me. "Okay...I'll meet you on the second floor" With those words she left, with me all alone. I felt kinda sad without her, oh well, life's not perfect. After a while I walked up after her, only to find a huge tent with two bowls of fire on each side of it. I was astounded. The tent looked like a pink rabbit with tiny arms. "Things are really getting wacky..." I told myself. Then I proceeded to the entrance. On my way there I found this grate hole. Must be for sewage, I thought, and proceeded onwards. "Intruder alert intruder alert!" The voice made me jump, I looked around for the source. Another, much louder voice boweled at me. "STEP ON THE GRATE STRANGER!" I did, I was already frightened that they might eat my insides and hang my body for the buzzards.The small voice shouted again. "The footprint is Zangoose's! The footprint is Zangoose's!" "Good...now LEAVE" The bigger voiced demanded. "Wait!" I stepped forward to the gated entrance. "I'm just here to look up some outlaw stuff..." "You mean the OUTLAW WARRANTS?" The bigger voice shouted. "Yes!" "...very well, YOU MAY PASS" The gates suddenly lifted, and the entrance was opened. I carefully walked through the gates, which shut behind me. I looked around the small room for some way to get down. There was an uneven ladder. Great.With caution, I carefully climbed down the ladder, which lead to a bigger room. This one was bustling with activity, creatures were everywhere, talking about "exploration" stuff. "This must be the kindergarten class" I told myself as my feet met the floor. All the sudden I was tackled by Helga. Everyone went silent and looked at me. "OW!" I could feel something poking my back. Helga's voice bursted behind me. "I thought you were ALL DEAD?" "OW LET ME GO!" I struggled, Helga moved her head closer to my ear. "It's a fake remember? We agreed to this..." She whispered. "Oh yeah...gotcha..." I whispered back to her, then my voice became angry. "OH SHUT UP YOU STUPID SNAKE! Two creatures appeared behind us. I could feel my furr being yanked. "YOU TWO CANNOT BE HERE IF YOU'RE GOING TO FIGHT" The voice yelled, my eardrums were being tortured. A little while later we met the sand face first, thrown out of that place for being rowdy. Sure, rowdy. I coughed up sand and dusted myself off, Helga did the same. I looked at her. "That was some nice acting" "Yeah yeah now come on...they don't know I took this..." She had a piece of rolled up paper around her tail. I nodded in agreement and we both rushed back home. Safe at home, we both looked a the rolled up paper. I was too scared to unravel it. "Go on..." Helga insisted. I gulped, and unraveled it in front of my face. Slowly, I could see a face I didn't want to see. Chelsea was a wanted outlaw. "N-no..." My hands were shaking. "You have to accept it Tim..." Helga rested her tail on my shoulder, I didn't calm down. "This...this must be a lie...she was so kind..." I set the paper down on the floor, my face was shocked. "She stole alot of items from stores Tim, it says that no one could gain her respect...not even as friends..." I looked at Helga, it was time I told her something. "Helga...listen..." "Yes?" She asked, her crimson eyes looking into mine. I felt butterflies burst in my stomach. "...Chelsea...she...we...Cheslea and me...we...we were boyfriend girlfriend...we were going to have a kid..." I was shaking all over, sweat drenching my forehead. Helga couldn't reply for awhile, she was too surprised, then she said "What do you mean...were?" I had to admit the truth, the dreams told me the truth, and I saw it with my own eyes. I never chose to let go until now, I could feel a tear run down my cheek, my voice was shaky on the next lines. "I mean were...as in...Chelsea...she's....dead..."
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