The Resolution
Julie had managed to get good enough sleep on a full stomach with minimal tossing and turning and woke up early the next morning, yawning and stretching her arms while hearing a couple of subtle cracks. Today was the day. Her blanket was below her...
An Ocean's View
The following morning was bright and positive, the stark opposite of yesterday, but it was exactly what Julie needed. She was in the shower, blowing an upcoming lunch out of proportion. "One hour... You don't know these people at all... and you agreed...
On Campus
Julie stood before sixty people in a small auditorium with tense shoulders, her stomach in knots, and hands quivering while she held her shaky papers she'd printed at the library before class. She'd worn her white, pink-sleeved jacket to feel more...
Setting Sail
Julie looked out the rolled-down passenger seat window early one evening while the vehicle's radio ran ads, scanning passing vehicles, moving buildings, and busy sidewalks that increased exponentially as they neared Castelia Central. She held Midnight...
One Question
“So, I haven’t seen Midnight… around the school recently,” Julie thought aloud while in the shower before school about what to ask or say to the principal about Midnight's recent whereabouts. She ran her fingers through her soapy hair. “Has Midnight...
Quandaries
**One year later.** **--** “Fenny, dodge that thunderbolt and flame charge!" Cassidy shouted at her male fennekin wearing a mini green bow on his chest, pointing at a pikachu across the grassy field with its trainer backing it. The trainer was a...
The Next Step
"It's been two months, you know?" Skye sat on her bed one evening in pajamas with her phone held to her ear, chatting with Aaron. "So, you're saying you want to try in person?" "I meannn, we've talked almost every day since Sinnoh, know a lot about...
In Conclusion
Skye was lying in bed with Ruki under the blanket as it neared midnight. She couldn't sleep, and he'd kept himself up with her. She had tossed and turned for hours. "I wish I would never have met him…" she whispered, which Ruki's ears picked up. She...
Just That
Present day **Ayame.** -- That same night, Ayame lay in bed under the covers while staring at a pitch-black ceiling, as her curtain was closed. Her palm rested on her cell phone's cover. "Three days..." She turned onto her side, staring blankly at...
What Now?
[https://archive.org/embed/km\_20230815\_360p\_25f\_20231216\_022600-mc](https://archive.org/details/zzz_20230815) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Six months had passed since Cassidy challenged the Kalos League. She and her team had failed...
A Path
“Don’t want to go,” Cassidy muttered while pulling her purple backpack out of her closet early the next morning, dragging it across the floor before her bed. The sun was out, barely, filling her room with its sunless white gaze through parted...
Reminiscent Speculation
Julie lay in bed with her phone early the following afternoon on her stomach with Midnight curled up and asleep atop her back. He'd initially gotten up there hours ago to make her smile but had decided to stay and dozed off, which she didn't mind....