Chapter #5The things we do to Catch 'Em All! by: Aerodeth   VACATION TIME!!
After a stressing semester mixed with backbreaking labor to afford it, you and a few of your old pals finally get to take some time off to chillax for vacation at a nice tropical island resort. The place was expensive, but it was well worth it to relax in a nice cozy luxury hotel room, gorge on some killer exotic food, admire such beautiful sights that you just couldnt experience at home, and maybe catch a pokemon or two!
...In Pokemon Go. Sadly, you were the only member of your group that wasnt an actual pokemon trainer, so you decided to cope with catching imaginary ones on your smart phone. Redundant, I know. But how else are ya gonna get your pokemon fix?
And your fix peeked your curiosity when you found out you could catch wild Zoroarks in a forest beyond the resort. Against common sense and by yourself without any protection, you told your friends you'd be back in a while and you naively left the safety and security of the resort to go catch a Zoroark on your phone.
You treked awful deeper in the unknown woods than you shouldve searching in vain for a Zoroark. You paced around quite a while, but still no sighting. All the while, you had the strangest feeling you were being watched. You couldve sworn you caught a glimpse of a twinkling feral slanted blue eye peeking through the bushes, but you shrugged it off and kept searching...
Hours passed. Night falls. The battery in your smart phone which doubled as your GPS had long died. You were lost. You just started your damn vacation and already it's come to THIS! You rummaged through the woods searching for the way back, but lost count of the number of times you passed by the same bush, same shallow creek, same collapsed tree, same Snorlax sleeping awful peacefully in the middle of a lake. You didnt even know which direction was north anymore. Even after climbing a tree and scanning out in the distance, you couldnt see the resort anywhere.
“Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!” you constantly tell yourself while smacking your head with your phone. You paced around aimlessly trying not to flip out, but you mentally nag to yourself about how you shouldnt have done what you did. You knew it was a bad idea! You knew you shoulda brought one of your friends along. Sure they'd be annoyed at you for wasting so much time playing your stupid game, but it beats THIS scenario by a long shot!
“HELLO?!” you finally resort to shouting for help, “ANYBODY HERE? ANYBODY?” Sadly, your shouts dont even succeed in “HELLO?! HELLO!!!”
“..Zor?” Your prayers were answered. In the blink of an eye, help had already appeared before you and you got a nice look at your brand new friend. This girl looked about your age... with long slightly spikey red hair wrapped in a long pony tail thanks to a blue bead, a black tattered shirt that was too short to cover her belly-button, a short equally tattered black skirt, red makeup around her eyes and the ends of her lips, and big blue eyes that had a feral twinkle in them as she stared your direction with intrigue.
You dont remember seeing a girl like her back at the resort. Maybe she's one of the native girls of this island. Is there a tribal area nearby?
"Hello!" you raised your hand and politely greeted her. She merely tilted her head a little and kept staring at you. Well, she SEEMS nice. Maybe nice enough to help you find your way back?
"Excuse me," you say to her, "I'm a little lost."
"Zaaa...?" she replied in a questionable expression.
She stared at your feet as she walked a little closer to her.
"I was wondering if you could help me find my way back?"
"Heeeeel....p? Baa...ck?" she thoroughly pronounced those words as she stared at you oddly. Maybe she doesnt speak English. Guess this was gonna be a lot harder than you thought.
"I'M..." you pointed to yourself, "LOST..." You shrugged your arms and shook your head. "YOU..." you pointed to her. "HELP me," you swayed your arms toward yourself and patted your chest.
"Heellllp... ME...." she slowly repeated what you said.
"PLEASE," you cupped your arms in a begging expression, "HELP ME... find HOME. HOME..."
"Hoooome... hooome. Home!" she repeated with excitement, "Find home! Find Home!" Hm, did something click?
"Yes!" you nodded and smiled, "Can you please help me?"
"Find home!" the girl smile and nodded, "Find home!" And in a quick unpredictable instant, she ran toward you! No, she CHARGED at you! You had less than a second to drop your smile before you tripped and fell on the ground from the surprise!
She still stared down at you, smiling wide grinned. Although her smile looked cute, the pointed fangs in the middle of her pearly white teeth were kinda intimidating.
"W-What are you doi-"
"Find home! Home!!" then out of the blue, she grabbed your foot and literally starting DRAGGING you with her! Besides the fact that she was pretty strong, just casually dragging you by your foot like that... that's an awful weird reaction even from a native islander!
"Wh-what are you doing?" you questioned her. She didnt answer. Instead, she continued dragging and sang, "Find home! Find home! Find home!" on the way! Did you say her favorite words of the day or something? Whatever she was doing, she was in an awful rush to do it!
"W-w-wait!" you pleaded, "where are you taking me?!"
She finally stopped in her tracks, but only to look down at you and repeat, "Find HOME!" She even winked when she said that! As you pondered the meaning behind that statement, she resumed dragging you off!
This was possibly the strangest night you've had in a long time. You've gotten yourself lost in the woods looking for video game dlc and abducted by a native girl who doesnt seem to speak english yet is fine repeating it! Especially the words 'find home'. Maybe she's taking you home. Maybe to HER home. While youre curious to find out where she lives, you probably should be getting back to YOUR vacation home before your friends start to worry.
Then again, this'll probably be the most fun you'll have on this vacation. Hooking up with one of the native girls would be a fitting end to this adventure!
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.....Then AGAIN, why does her shadow look completely different?   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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