The sword of the forest
#1 of The Sword of the Forest
This is a story I previously posted on fanfiction.net, I just slightly reworded it and am sticking it on here. I am hoping I will get a bigger audience...
Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon or any of It's characters. If I did? Well, lets just say... There would be a lot.. more.. PIZZA!!!! Muahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
Ch.1- preperations for leaving home and whatever else...
I awoke in my cottage with a start. I have had that same dream over and over again, for about three months. It went just like this every time: I was walking through a forest, and I saw that it had strings everywhere, criss-crossing in a seemingly random pattern. Well, it was more like I felt the thousands of strings. I pulled on one, and my surroundings melted... A very interesting experience... I found myself in a clearing with a few dead trees scattered across it, but somehow it felt more alive than the rest of the forest. I walk determinidly, as if I know where I am going. I see something glowing and glinting in a seemingly abandoned pikachu den, and just as I go up to it to investigate, I wake up.
Very crazy, I concur.
I sleepily ate my breakfast, making a small mess. After I cleaned it up later that morning, I was sitting talking to scruffy the Persian- one of my eight feline pokemon- and he surprised me. Did I mention I can talk to pokemon?
"You know scruffy, I don't think I have ever been in a forest."
"Well, I think it is about time for you to. You have to fulfill the prophesy."
I spit out my coffee. (author's note- what coffee? I didn't say anything about coffee...)
"Wha- What prophesy? What the hell are you talking about??"
"Oh, you'll just have to find that out by yourself now, won't you?"
Well, I knew I wouldn't get anything else out of the cryptic cat, so I decided to take a stroll through town.
I walked out of my cottage and down the main path. As I walked up to the sign that said, "Farleville", I saw Sissy, one of my Skitties, sitting on it, looking as if the owned the whole town, as felines often do...
"Hello, Sissy. Are you staying out of trouble?"
"Maybe, maybe not," She replied mysteriously. "I may have something in store for the future... You will just have to wait and see."
"I am sure it is going to get both of us in big trouble, whatever it is. But, I can't do anything about it one way or another, so I will just have to take the brunt of it, as usual."
"Hee hee hee... Remember to get my buttery bagels..."
I sighed. That cat couldnt go a day without bagels... It was going to be a long one... I continued. As I walked into Joan's shield shop and general store, I felt like I was being watched. I sighed again.
"Come on out, Little Sidney."
"Aww, come on. You didn't even act like you were scared..."
"Well... I was a little scared."
"Really? You were?"
"Yes, actually. I was actually scared this time. I just wasn't as scared as I could have been because I
was expecting it. You always stick around Joan's, then you follow me in. You should be more random."
"Okay, I will take note of that. Thanks, S.W.!"
"Heh, you're welcome L.S."
He went home. I walked up to Joan, and said, "Hey Joan. You got any magic shields?"
"Yes, you got here just in time. The last one is right here."
"what does it do?"
"actually, I don't know. It just showed up on the doorstep one day, sparkling, so I just took it in and put it on a shelf. It might not do anything but sparkle, and it costs 500gold. You still want it?"
"umm.. yes. Actually I do."
"okay here you go!"
"and here you go."
I walked out of the armory, and down the path. I got to the fountain, where many people gather to sell their wares, and I heard something that I was interested in.
"Selling a map of the magic realm! Monster tested, Wizard approved. Made by the magic council of wizards themselves!"
"How much for the map?" I asked.
"Four hundred gold," the salesman replied.
"I have four hundred gold. Is it a deal?" I inquired.
"yes, it is a deal."
"good."
We made the transaction. I milled around the fountain some more, until another vender seduced my impulsiveness. "Selling enchanted jewelry of many calibers, ask me for details."
"what necklaces are you selling?"
"I have just st-... I mean, acquired... The human-sized sapphire necklace of the giant Trasinar, only 250 gold."
"what does it do?"
"nobody really knows."
"well, I guess I'll take it."
I didn't know why I bought all that stuff at the time, but you can guess why, and I can guess you are right, and I did. I walked back home. I heard snoring... I looked around the house, and I heard it was coming from my bedroom. I walked up to the bed, lifted the covers, and I saw my laziest Persian, Big Sidney. I gently petted him, and he purred in his sleep... So cute...
"zzzzz..... There... was a...ZZzzzzz... visitor.... She... zzzZZZZZZzzzzz... Left a note... Kitchen...ZZZzzzzzz..."
"Okay, kitters. Go back to sleep."
"Will... ZZZzzzzzzz.... Do.... ZZZzzzz...."
I went to the kitchen, and there was indeed a note. I read it aloud-
"Hello, there Stormy. You do not know me, but I know you.
We have been monitoring you for about three months, as you can see.
You have felt a direct side effect of it, repeating dreams foretelling the future.
By now, you have been compelled to buy supplies. You have probably gotten all but the rarest. if you will see me at my house in the desert, I will supply you with all but the last one.
The witch of the desert"
And that, my friends, is how I started my first quest.
Well? Do you like it? It is my first fiction. I want feedback!