Hello people of the internet. I am going to be editing this story because I currently cannot finish Not Alone (BF stole my Gameboy). I hope this is better than what it was prior.
I don't own Pokémon, of course, but I still hope this is as entertaining (or semi-close) to the original.
D'sak is pronounced Zack. I chose it because it's a combination of the most common names I used while writing: Sam, Ashley, and Krystal. The D comes from my name. So, that's how D'sak was born. Yay useless knowledge!
So here it is. The revised Locked Away
Chapter One: My Return to Childhood.
It was exactly 8 hours, 37 minutes, and 23, 22, 21 seconds until my 17th birthday. And because of a minor accident involving my car and being in drive instead of reverse, I was stuck in my room. I watched my TV ripped from its post on my dresser, my phone snatched away, and my iPod had been confiscated for what my mom called indefinitely.
Or at least until I could pay for a new garage door…
"But it's summer!" I remember yelling. "What am I supposed to do? There's not even school!"
"You can thank God that you are still alive, and that your father and I didn't murder you." She growled.
Literally. She growled. It's actually scarier than it seems.
So now I was on the floor, throwing a bouncy ball up into the air. My little brother had some friends playing with him right outside my open window, just to torment me. I normally would have slammed it shut, shouting a few choice words at him, but I was already skating on thin ice, and doing that would not help my current state of "still alive".
I did shut my window and I closed my eyes, lying silently in the darkened room.
Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
I opened an eye and looked around. When I wasn't able to find the source, I shut my eyes again.
Beep.
Beep.
Beeeeeeeeep.
It got louder and more annoying. I couldn't ignore it anymore.
Besides, if Mom heard that, she would come in, and I would get in trouble for having "contraband" that I wasn't supposed to.
I searched high and low until I got to my closet. Inside an old toybox sat the source of the beeping.
My Gameboy Advance.
I smiled as I picked it up. It was a birthday present from when I was 6 years old. It had disappeared half a year ago. Right in the middle of fighting the Elite Four too.
It had been turned on and Pokémon Leaf Green was in it. My little character just sitting there, waiting for me to command her, just staring at Gary Oak in the Indigo Plateau.
My fingers deftly maneuvered the controls. Even after so long of being untouched, I was still an expert. But I had no idea what my game plan was, it being far too long for me to remember where I left off.
Scrolling through my party, I recalled that I was doing a Nuzlocke Challenge: A self-enforced gameplay where you may only capture the first Pokémon in an area, and that any Pokémon that fainted was considered dead.
I smiled more when I checked out my trainer name. D'sak. A name I created that combined all the other characters I invented. Only I knew about it, and there was even an entire backstory to go with her.
I love backstories.
Then, the screen went black, and I feared that the batteries went dead. This was my only form of entertainment!
But the little power dot was still green…
I tapped at the screen, upset to think that it may have broken and died. Little white letters slowly appeared.
Do you wish to continue, D'sak?
"What the fuck?" I mumbled, tapping a million different button combinations.
It beeped loudly and displayed a new message.
Do you wish to continue, D'sakari Monroe?"
A little yes/no box popped up.
"Duh." I said, selecting the little yes.
Are you sure? This cannot be undone. You will be sucked into the game. Do you still want to continue?"
More little yes/no boxes
I rolled my eyes and hit yes again.
"I always get "sucked into" Pokémon games. So what? Let me get on with the damn game."
Suit yourself. Have fun. But remember that death is always watching.
"Death? Hold up. You never said anything about death before!" I yelled, but the game ignored me.
The screen got brighter and brighter until its light exploded out of the Gameboy and surrounded the whole room. I couldn't see anything anymore, and I closed my eyes.
What the hell was going on?