A New Story

by Daisy Oak - LorringtonPost.com
February 27, 1996

I awoke early in the morning to a loud crash. At first, I worried that it was another explosion over the sea to the South like the one that happened about a year ago. It was the sound of my teenage neighbor leaving his house in a rage. I think he must have broken the door by how loud the noise was. I ran to the window and saw him standing at the edge of the sea. He threw his head back and roared.

"Where are you?!"

I couldn't tell you who he meant, but it was chilling. He sat at the edge of the water for a while. Lights came on in the other houses. Surprisingly, his own house stayed quiet. Red's mother stayed inside. My brother, Blue, decided to put on a coat and go check on his friend. From my vantage point, I could see that the encounter did not go well. Red got up in a fury and ran to the North edge of town, where the tall grass begins.

Blue ran to my Grandfather's lab, and moments later I saw Professor Oak in his nightgown running across the town after Red. He managed to calm him down and bring him back to his lab. Feeling that the situation was resolved, I went back to sleep.

In the morning I went to visit Karen, Red's mother. She was sitting at the kitchen table, looking stunned. "All boys leave home some day. It says so on the TV," she said. She didn't say much else.

I assumed Red was gone, and possibly Blue with him, but when I got back home, I saw the both of them standing in the living room, looking expectant.

"Hey sis, do you have any extra town maps we can borrow?"

I gave them each a town map, and they showed me the new Pokemon they received the night prior. Red seemed a lot calmer with his Charmander there to keep him company. Red left after a while and Blue and his Squirtle stayed to help clean up the dishes from breakfast.

"The Pokemon League better watch out," Blue said, "because Red's out there with a vengeance and I'll make sure to work even harder!"

These two boys might make a difference in Kanto this year, I thought.