Kitten: I'm back, my What You Wish For fans! I'm finally done obsessing over Constant Flames and have fresh, new ideas for this FanFiction!
Ike: IT'S ABOUT. TIME.
Kitten: No back talk from you, mister, I'm still pissed off at you.
Ike: Heh heh, it's not my fault I'm better than you.
Me: WHY I OUTTA- *gets dragged away by Charizard*
Luke: *awkward cough* ANYWAY, Kitten doesn't own any of us. Deal.
*SSBB*
I freeze.
"Wait... What?" I ask dumbfounded. I hear a muffled sound on the other end of the line, then an alarmed squeak.
"Uh, Paige?! I don't think it likes me much! I went outside and its cheeks started to spark!" Jane says with a panicked tone. And Jane never panics.
"Uh," I stammer, wildly waving about as if to summon my magical... Acquaintance? Marth and Luke look over at me, confused by my odd gestures and confused questions.
"Yeah, it's growling at me now," Jane says in a strained voice, "Paige, what should I do? I don't exactly have a Sandshrew to help me here."
"Hold on," I say hurriedly, hearing and outraged and betrayed cry on the other line as I toss my phone onto the couch. "Wish! Get your magical ass out here and help me, NOW! Make sure Jane is safe and get me to that Pikachu!" No time for being nice. Besides, she's not exactly the sweetest berry on the bush.
I hear a snort come from nowhere, and suddenly, I'm in my cousin's back yard in a puff of smoke. I don't have much time to take in the surroundings though.
"CHUUUUUUUUU!" I hear the familiar cry, and white hot pain sears throughout my entire body a moment later, starting at my right side.
I've been electrocuted before, but only tiny shocks from static electricity and that weird luck-chance ball thing at the museum of science and industry.
This is much, much worse.
I feel my limbs seize up and my mouth opens in what I think is a gasp, but I can't hear anything but static at the moment, and my blood rushing to my head. I suddenly fall to the floor hard, collapsed on the ground. Pikachu stops suddenly, and I remain, twitching, on the ground, a half-cry/moan sort of noise.
Pikachu continues to growl, and I figure Jane is still watching with a shocked (Oh the irony...) expression, though I can't tell for sure, what with my eyes shut with pain and all.
"No, I don't kno- huh?" I hear Luke's voice cut off as her realizes he's not in my house anymore. Wish apparently brought him to help. I hope she feels terrible for getting me shocked like that.
"How'd we- Paige?!" I hear Marth's shocked (this word comes up a lot, now doesn't it?) voice and everything starts at once.
I crack my eyes open to see Luke hurriedly climbing the tree and glaring and growling at Pikachu, snapping at it to apologize while the rodent backs up with a pout of shame, looking guilty. Jane runs over stuttering and stammering to ask if I'm okay, skipping the how I got here part until I can guarantee Pikachu didn't kill me by electrocution. I guess the boys appeared behind me or something, because I can't find Marth, but I do hear additional footsteps.
"Paige, are you okay?!" Jane asks hurriedly, a hand partly on my hip and on my side. I squeak pathetically at the touch, squeezing my eyes closed again. "Oh my gosh, I didn't even see that..." I suppose she means whatever wound Pikachu inflicted with his Thunderbolt. I'm thinking it's a burn; I think that's what electricity does. Not going to check though.
"What happened?" This time, I'm less dying of pain and manage to identify Marth as behind me. Where behind me is still up for debate, but behind me and generally close. I can't help but notice that the whole teleportation thing is getting ignored. And the whole 'complete strangers interacting with each other' thing too. I'll blame the adrenaline for now.
I listen to Jane explain everything, a slightly panicked but calming down feel to her voice and only a few comments or interjections from Marth. Jane still has her hand on my hip, though not close enough to hurt by touching my burn. I re-open my eyes, looking to Jane and blinking quickly, still trying to chase away the tears still forming. I'm such a wimp, really.
Pikachu, now on the ground as Luke struggles to climb back down to the ground, looks over at me with a sad look, showing guilt and apologies. He (She?) slinks over and lays stomach first on the ground, her chin resting near where Jane was, seeing as Jane hastily scurried out of my line of sight as Pikachu drew closer.
"Pi... Pi Pika... Pi Ka Pika... Pi Pika Chu Chu..." Pikachu mumbles with a sad look on his (her?) face. Despite the fact that he/she just fried me, I can't help the smile starting to form. This is my childhood dream come true. Pokémon in real life, despite the pain, pleases me.
"H-Hi..." I say with a weak grin. "P-Please don't sh-shock me again..."
"Pi Ka Chu Pika!" It (Until I can find out his/her gender, he/she shall be an 'it') squeaks, jumping onto two legs and padding closer, head down.
"I don't know w-what you just said, b-but I'm n-not mad a-at you..." I say sympathetically, wishing I could sit up and hug her but to afraid to test moving yet. "I-I know that y-you're probably scared... J-Just don't shock anyone again..."
"Ka Chu!" It squeals with clear relief at being forgiven. It obviously didn't mean to hurt anyone, it was just protecting itself. A unceremonious 'thump' marks the time Luke finally jumps out of the tree and stumbles on his feet, coming over and joining my pathetic pity party.
"Paige, are you okay?" Yeah, Luke, fine... I'm just SO happy about being fried by a rodent...
"If I s-say y-yes, can y-you all st-stop asking th-that?" I ask with a weak sense of humour. Luke sighs in irritation and Jane in relief, obviously able to tell I'm fine.
"Are you sure?" I hear Marth ask from behind me. I'd turn and look but I'm too busy being a coward to do so. "It left a burn."
"She, thank you!" Luke says in Pikachu's defense, the electrical rodent apparently a female. Luke sees the panic on my face at the mention of my burn, and hastily continues. "The burn isn't bad or anything! It's only first-degree, Pikachu probably barely shocked you out of fear. Just run some cool water on it and it'll be fine."
"H-How do you know that m-much about burns?" I ask, looking up at him and starting to sit up and hissing at the movement until I'm finally upright. Luke has a small grimace/smile on his face as he pulls out a familiar red white sphere straight from my childhood.
"Charizard," he says with his grimace in place. An EXTREMELY awkward silence follows in which everyone is starting to think about the odd circumstances that brought them here and caused this until Luke once more breaks the silence, glancing at Jane awkwardly.
"So... You are?"
Jane seems to snap out of whatever reverie she'd been in, and glances over at him, obviously still not sure what happened.
"Jane. And you two are either dressed as fictional characters and magically poofed here, or this is a hell of a lot weirder that I think it is." I bite back a small laugh, and turn to face Jane, flinching at the movement but noting happily that it hurts a lot less than it did before.
"This explanation may take a while, I warn, looking down when Pikachu curls up at my side to listen.
Okay, I'm officially lost in my mental fangirl-ish screaming as I barely contain my hysterically happy giggles rising up in my throat.
Jane watches Pikachu and me with a small grin, pushing her long, brunette hair behind her shoulders. "We have time, my parents and siblings don't get home until four thirty, which is..." Jane takes out her phone, suddenly reminding me that I tossed mine on the couch before I left. "... An hour and fifteen minutes until four thirty."
"Kay."
*SSBB*
I manage to explain all the Brawl characters coming to life, but the second 'Wish' slips through my lips, Marth and Luke come to life with rabid questioning.
"Is that how we got here?" Luke asks with sudden interest in the conversation. "Because I honestly didn't think you actually had a magical being around you; I thought you were crazy. But now I'm having my doubts.
At the same time, Marth comments as well. "Link did say that he may have seen this being you're describing when Ike and I were fighting with Ness and Lucas..."
And Jane says at the same time as well, "a magical being? Really? This is all a bit farfetched..."
I hiss at all of them to shut up as loudly as I can, noting that taking deep breaths makes my side hurt a bit. "CALM DOWN." All of them shut up and stare at me, making me slightly uncomfortable but happy to finally have their attention again. "Yes, Wish brought you guys here after she brought me here. And yes, Jane, the whole 'Wish' concept is farfetched but it's what happened."
"I just find it hard to believe," Jane says with a frown. "But I know that SOMETHING had to happen."
"I happened! Stop hatin' and saying I don't exist!" Wish says with a huff, appearing in the middle of the little circle/square we've formed. She's sitting cross-legged with tight, yellow jeans on and a matching yellow tee. Her hair is tied back with an equally yellow hair tie, and the whole yellow theme is almost painfully bright.
Of course, this may just be the effects of the magic flash.
"FCVSDASDVFCJSAV!" Jane doesn't even make coherent words as she scrambles back, staring at the being in the center of our circle. Luke lets loose some colourful cuss words and has a similar reaction, though reaches for a Poké Ball as he backs up. Luckily, he doesn't release it.
Marth, on the other hand, looks just as surprised, but barely recoils. This probably has something to do with whatever elements he has going on in his game, but because I haven't played it yet, I WOULDN'T KNOW.
"Nice to meet you too!" Wish says brightly as Jane and Luke start to recover, said brown-eyed girl, sitting upright again but looking ready to bolt while Luke edges back again, Poké Ball in hand. I'm just glad Pikachu fell asleep. I'm glad she didn't shock me out of surprise again.
"You..." Jane says with a shaky stammer to her voice. "You're... Wish?"
"In the flesh!" She says happily in response to Jane, then completely changes the subject and wheels around to me, now floating an inch or two off the ground like a ghost. "Sorry about shocking you. I tend to do stupid things when someone angers me."
I snort, ignoring the slight sting to my side. "You must get mad a lot."
Instead of becoming offended, Wish grins. "Nope! That's what you love about me!"
I sigh, and Marth pipes up again. "Why'd you bring me here? I can understand Paige and Luke, but me?"
Wish giggles, adjusting the shades on her nose. "I didn't mean to. I just grabbed Luke's shirt's back and teleported. He must have been touching you in some way or another."
Marth frowns, as does Luke. "No he wasn't," Marth argues. Pouting like a child denied access to a PG-thirteen movie, Wish drifts over to Marth and lifts up his cape, examining it and pointing triumphantly at something.
"Shoe print. The proof is in the mud!" Jane giggles when Marth frowns in distaste, not happy with the print on his cape.
"Sorry..." Luke says sheepishly. "I didn't know..."
Marth waves the comment away, and Jane suddenly comments. "So why did Pikachu appear in my yard, forty five minutes by car from the other five?"
Wish shrugs. "I just teleported them randomly to anyplace Paige has even a faint connection to. As long as it's in North America," she says.
"Wait!" I say with an appalled look. "I thought you said the U.S.A! So I'm looking through a CONTINENT instead of a COUNTRY?!"
Wish grins. "Apparently."
As I continue grumbling to myself, Luke re-joins the conversation. "So can you just magically heal Paige?" That catches my attention.
"'Fraid not," Wish says with a shrug and a look that show no sympathy.
"And why's that?!" I ask in disbelief.
"I don't want to."
I should have seen that coming. "You suck," I hiss. Wish beams in approval of this statement.
"Wait, so does and Ike know you're real?" Marth asks. Wish shakes her head, though has a bit of a frown.
"No, but I'm sad that you don't think Paige is crazy anymore. It was funny," Wish says with a melodramatic sigh.
"He didn't think I was crazy," I say defensively, "he just didn't believe me!" Marth coughs awkwardly, and I huff in indignation. "You DID think I was crazy!" I say, offended. Wish laughs happily as Marth doesn't answer but looks a bit guilty.
"Ike still thinks you're crazy!" Wish points out after a second of my pathetic defensiveness.
"Yeah, he's still at your neighbor's house. He left early in the morning," Marth points out, jumping at the chance to not talk about my crazy.
"Yeah, I gu- Wait," I say, pausing and letting the gears in my brain turn, then swear when they finish. "Dang it! Ike and Link are all alone in my neighborhood! They're going to blow something up or something!" I hiss, getting to my feet and letting out a pathetic squeak when I move too fast and upset my shock wound. Pikachu wakes up, raising her head and looking around groggily with a small portion of her name spoken to show confusion.
"I doubt that," Luke says with a snort of disbelief. Jane springs to her feel as well, helping me up so I don't fall over hissing.
"I don't," Marth says in a way that's dead-serious. "Most of the electronics in the house are still foreign to all of us, and we still don't know what we can or can't put in the microwave without bad results."
And that's when an image of a tinfoil wrapped pack of batteries being microwaved enters my head. I know it's a pathetic idea considering they'd have no reason to do so, but still...
I glance at Wish in a pleading manner and the magical being grins, asking what the magic phrase is.
"Pretty please?" I guess hopefully.
"Nope," Wish says with a grin. "It's 'Wish is my God now', but I guess that's okay. Grab on." I sigh, though thank her, and grin down at Jane, seeing as she's shorter than me.
"Thanks for calling me, I'll talk to you later, okay?" I ask. Jane nods, then glances around at the brawlers.
"We need to have a sleepover soon," she says. I nod and grin, agreeing despite the oddness of the comment in this context. Luke bends to scoop Pikachu up, the electrical rodent then climbing onto his head and sitting there happily, causing me to coo and Jane to grin.
"Kay! Let's roll!" Wish says with her ever annoying and ever so happy grin, slinging her arm around Luke and I. Suddenly realizing Marth is in no way connected to us, I hurriedly reach out and pull him over by his cape, getting teleported halfway through the gesture.
Of course the motion carries through, and the three humans of the group end up heaped on ground of my neighbor's house, Wish floating in the air with an amused looking Pikachu in her arms.
"Ow ow ow ow ow..." I groan unhappily as Luke and Marth detangle themselves from the pile.
"What is with you and pulling on the back of my clothes?" Marth asks only-half joking as Luke struggles to his feet.
"Shut up..." I say sourly, making him help me to my feet and noting that there's less pain in bending over. "Okay, so we're in my neighbor's house. Where are Ike and Link?"
"Turn around and I shall show you," Wish says, looking behind us. The three of us turn simultaneously, Link and Ike staring at us agape. Their eyes are on the floating entity above us, unable to say anything in shock.
"Well, they didn't destroy anything," Luke points out, and Ike starts almost stammering.
"That's… She's… What is…" Ike starts and stops all those sentences, unable to finish them.
"Wish?" Link finally asks, staring at the magical, yellow entity.
"In the flesh! Happy to see me again, elf?" Wish asks happily, handing me Pikachu and floating over to Ike and Link.
"You mean… Paige ISN'T crazy?" Ike asks incredulously. I make a noise of indignation, Luke snickering beside me and Marth travelling past the two confused swordsmen to look around the house.
"Oh, she is, but I'm real." I 'Hey!' indignantly again when Wish says this, said entity grinning ear to ear and hovering about in circles around Link and Ike.
Marth comes back from his slight inspection of the house, reporting that he couldn't find any damage done to anything. I sigh in relief, now watching the amused, yellow girl taunt the swordsmen, the two a bit too confused to do much in retaliation.
I look down at Pikachu, scratching the rodent behind the ears and getting an appreciative 'Cha!' in return. The static of her coat tingles throughout my fingers and even trailing a bit up my hand and arm, but after the shock I received before; I think I'll be okay.
Overall, I'd say a productive day.
*SSBB*
Kitten: I HAD NO IDEA WHERE TO END THIS FREAKING CHAPTER. Sorry if the ending sucks…
Link: We're not even bantering now, now we're just going to thank you…
Kitten: But before we do! I have to mention that to accommodate Link on his strike, he now includes his own commentary in the thank you's with parenthesis.
Link: ANYWAY.
HyliansHero98: Favouriting and following me? Can I hug you yet? And thanks for the nice review! X3 You're welcome…
Archsage12: Dude, it's been FOREVER. XD And I responded! … Eventually… I know it's been ages since I updated, and Marth jokes amuse me too. X3 That's why I have to include them. Not much to say indeed, and HUSH UP, YOU! DON'T RUSH ME!
Multicoloured Musician: I know, it is the best alarm ever. It used to be my alarm, but then my CD player died… DX I promise I won't creep on you… Anymore… Kidding! XD Oh my gosh, I sent you on a half day quest through 'The Game'? XD I don't now whether to apologize or not! Awesome FanFiction… Paige is amazing herself with these short stories on command. XD And no, apparently not! I'M GOING TO HER CONCERT THOUGH. HGDASJG. Wish is hard to describe with words. She's just really freaking fun. XD Romance-ness? *giggles like the hopeless romantic I am* Yes, yes there will be. But I shall reveal nothing but ZeLink! ZeLink is a given. XD Social lives are quite fun on occasion! XD Well I hope you enjoy this chapter (I had such writer's block…) and I look forward to responding to you again! XD
Te unknown assassin: Yeah, I'm alive. XD Sorry for my failures, and I hope you ejoyed!
LegendofZeldaFreak: AHAHAHAHA, YOU'RE WELCOME. Thank you! I'm going for funny a lot of the time! XD The sob story was fun, and of course they're still failing with technology, it's hilarious that way. Oh, thanks for pointing that out. . I shall correct that. P.S. Wish. XD She's just awesome that way.
Thundray10: You know I love all of you reviewers, right? And yes, there has been discovery! Le gasp indeed! Though Jane is down with it. *failed gangster look*
Aggrocks09: *bows* I thank thee or adding this here story to thy alerts list. 'Tis a great thing indeed.
Hmikulak: I love you. I really do. I loved your review and was amused by it. Now, in response to it…
Ahahahaha, yay! I just squee'd in joy! And no, Wish and annoying are two sides of the same coin. They go together. And yes, poor Paige is probably not the happiest camper… And yes, Wish's teasing is really fun. XD Other points of view? Hmmm… That could be interesting… I may just have to try that out… Thank you, and I love you. *squeals happily* The following and the favourites just pleased me!
King zawahan the 1 n only: Oh no, that'd be a bit much for poor Paige. XD Of course something has to happen, and great to see you again! The sky is up.
Bluestorm1990: I am currently enjoying your username. Is it a reference to warriors or am I crazy? And thanks for the favourite and the follow! *hands you virtual cupcakes* Because cookies are out of stock.
Kagamine Len Fangirl: First off, nice name, anonymous guest. XD I enjoy it. I'm glad you think it's good, and I hope this satisfies the 'want to see more' part! Pit will come in, don't worry, he's important. I am busy with school and I'm doing my best, thanks Kagamine!
Spiritwolfe123: I love you too, wolfee. Thanks for the review and, the favourite, AND the follow! The review you left was awesome too! Of course it's 'Yeah, Pikachu!', Pikachu is a freaking dorable. (This is Link, I just want to say THANK YOU for FINALLY acknowledging the hard work we put in to thank you! You are the first person to do so! I almost want to give you a prize!)
Eevee prince: *face-palm* Ugh, Alex. Your reviews are so odd. I'm gong to respond to them now, despite the fact you're less than five feet from me in reality.
1st = Geez, Alex. No. Just no.
2nd = You don't even make sense some times. You're a strange, strange brother.
3rd = I never said you read comics! And we know, you're obsessed with 'The Game'.
4th = *face-palm* I CAN'T TELL WHETHER 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S' REFERENCE IS GOOD OR NOT.
Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing all of you, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
