MASKED MEMORIES October 31.This day. I hate it. With such a passion. Last year, 2009, I lost my friend trying to defend her father from getting shot by the burglar that entered their house that evening. We had just came back from trick or treating. I couldn’t bear it. I just watched through the window as she had tried to fight the burglar. Next thing I knew, I ran away when the burglar saw me. She told me to run away. I shouldn’t have listened. I panicked so much. I didn’t if I should stay and help her or just listen to what she said. I chose the heartbreaking option. I ran. I ran. I ran so much. I was crying while I ran. I didn’t care about the candy I had. I just dropped it. I dared not turn around and look at that house. I felt like I betrayed my friend. I finally made it to my own house. Before I could even grab the door…I heard a gunshot. I froze. Chills went down my spine. I dropped crying on my porch. I didn’t know what to do. Then, my mom opened the door and found me rocking on the porch. She hugged me tightly, and asked me what was wrong. I couldn’t answer. I thought I lost my voice. She urged me to get in the house. I just lied down on the couch. My pillow was almost wet trying to contain my tears. The room was silent. I just remembered her face when she told me to run. I cried even more. It was 11:49 at the time. I was at home still. 20 minutes before, I had left my friend with a burglar. I hear the ambulance passing by my house. I felt a really bad feeling. I told my mom I was gonna be out for a bit. I ran. Ran as fast as I could. I hoped the ambulance wasn’t aiming for my friend’s house. Unfortunately, it did. The doors were open. The police were there, handcuffing the burglar and throwing him in their car. I had seen some nurses enter the house. I followed them. I was blocked by the police. I struggled. I couldn’t. The sight I next saw could have had me enter a mental facility. My friend. She had a gunshot wound in the middle of her chest. Her father was okay, but he was crying so much. At this point, I fainted at the sight. When I woke up, I was in my bed. I checked my phone. It was October 30. "Just a dream", I thought. A horrible one at that. Good grief. It’s been a year since that incident. I miss Kaye so much. She’s been my best friend ever since we were kids. Though I managed to get new friends, Kaye cannot be replaced from my heart. We always talked about pokemon on a daily basis. "Oh yeah, I was wearing a psyduck costume, and she was a Bellossom. Her favorite…", I thought. I’ve since burned my own costume, since I felt I needed to remove every memory I had of that incident. Except for Kaye, of course. She’ll always be special to me. Today, I was expecting my copy of Black to come from the mail. I was so excited, I immediately took a bath, ate my breakfast and ran outside with a chair. I brought my DS and some snacks and waited. Sort of an overly-excited personality, but it’s a game I’ve been dying to have. It was 7 AM. The mailman usually passes by 10 minutes in. So, I just lazied around on my HeartGold game, and just said hi to random people if I felt like it. They’d all be transferred to Black. That’s what I decided. So I can restart my copy of HeartGold, because I really want to get a feel with Chikorita, but I didn’t want to restart just yet because I had so many rare pokemon on it. Even that Mew from the event a few weeks ago. So, as I was fixing myself onto my DS, a shadow itself on my body. I looked up and there he was. The mailman. I did not hesitate to ask if he had my order. He said no. I immediately frowned. "Nah, just messing with ya!". Good ol’ mailman. What a douchebag at times. But, I thought nothing of it. I ran inside my house and immediately pulled out the glorious copy. Reshiram is so cool, srsly. I named my character Luke and chose Snivy as my starter. Along the way, I’ve gotten hold my things like a Kokoromori, a Lepardas, a Burungeru, and a Mebukijika. I reached the point where I was supposed to defeat some plasma grunts in the Ancient Castle. I flew to Raimon City. As I landed, the city was a bit…dimmer than usual. It was the afternoon in the real world, and my DS had the same time. I thought nothing of it though. It’s been some time since I’ve visited the city, because the only thing I had to do had been done. So, I passed the Subway Station, but before I could enter the southern gate, a text box came up. "Get" Huh? What did that mean? Maybe it was part of the plot? So I went through Unova’s Route 4 and made my way to the Resort Desert. I forgot I didn’t have any Repel, so I got into a battle. It was a shiny Shinpora. Wow, lucky me! I managed to catch it! I named it Ezekiel. But there was something weird about it. It was already at level 50, even thought the pokemon there barely reached a level past 30. It’s nature was “Antagonistic" and it increased both it’s offenses, but lowered nothing. Hmmm…kinda weird. It had a move called “Revolver", which was a OHKO move. Other than that, it had Air Slash, Reflect and Light Screen. Oh well, I hardly read up anything new in Black and White. Let’s just say I had a self-induced spoiler meter at the time. So I made my way to the Ancient Castle’s entrance, but before I could even enter, Cheren stopped me. He said some random gibberish (actually Japanese, but same shit), but, particularly, when he finished his speech, the text box was still up. I pressed A multiple times, and sure enough, it acted as if there was something more to his text. I pressed it, like, 20 times? Then, I finally got to something. "Away". Hmmm, did it somehow connect to something he said? I’ve no idea, though, so, I forgot about it. Maybe just telling me to beat the grunts and meet him later or something. I made my way into the castle, but I still forgot to use a repel. I encountered a Desumasu. It was a female. I was supposed to automatically send out my Erufuun, but instead, the Shinpora, which was at the bottom of my party, got sent out instead. It was flapping really fast. Honestly, much more different than the other Shinpora I’ve seen. Although I had a legitimate amount of badges at the time, it didn’t listen to my selection of running away. Instead, it used Light Screen. Though before the anticipation of selecting another “run" option, the wild Desumasu fled. That’s funny, I thought only Safari Zone pokemon flee.Oh well, it was just a Desumasu anyway. I already caught one anyway. So, brushing that off, I went down the previously blocked stairs. Beforehand, I talked to the girl that gave me a fossil. "From" From who? Did you get this fossil from somewhere? Geez, why’d you give it to me then? Oh well, I already revived it, so tough luck. I descended the stairs, and for each room I visited, I encountered a female Desumasu every time. I think it’s just me, but I keep seeing its mask-thing get droopier every time I encounter it. Now, what appears to be the final room I fell down in, I was expecting to see Geechisu or something. What was weird was the sand was bright red. The game’s view moved forwards, without me walking, and it showed the apparent sprite of what appears to be a… …Desumasu. I dunno. This could’ve been a guardian or something. I walked up to it, and sure enough, it initiated a battle. The next thing I knew, tears just escaped through my eye. The Desumasu’s name was Kaye. Shivers. Intense shivers went down my spine. Before the interface came up, a text box showed up. "HERE!". It’s as if this “Kaye" said it. Wait a minute. Now it makes sense! "Get away from HERE!" I was gonna burst. That’s the exact same thing Kaye said on the day she was killed. Wow, I really, really could not believe this. It’s like the past coming back to haunt me or something. My Shinpora was sent out, and it used Revolver. I didn’t order it to. The Desumasu fainted. I could not believe it. Should have I done something? I couldn’t do anything. Oh dear God, it was happening all over again. Instead of going back to the overworld, the screen faded to black. What happened next was what appeared to be a video of sorts. It was bobbing up and down, as if someone was running around while holding a camera. I instantly recognized the place in the video. It was Kaye’s house. She was running around the house, as if she was trying to get away from something. The camera appeared to have turned around, and it showed me the burglar that killed her holding a gun. The view quickly went back to the front, and showed her going up the stairs. She went inside her room and immediately locked it. She was swishing around her head, and she appeared to have grabbed her phone. She selected my name from the list, but before she could even press the call button, she just dropped the phone. Then all of a sudden, she was “looking" at her hand, and there was blood. The view then showed her dropping onto her carpet. From that point, the screen went black. A lone Desumasu sprite then showed up in the darkness, and a text box came up. "Hey there, I know you’re creeped out. I’m still Kaye. I just you to know that you’ve been the most unforgettable friend I’ve ever been in touch with. I know what happened horrified you, and I’m sorry for forcing you to leave me with guilt. But you should know that I am in a better place, and you shouldn’t worry about me anymore. Now you know what happened at my house, and I want you to know that I’m always watching over you. Enjoy your life as much as possible. I don’t you going emo over me!" I welled up so much. This was probably her last “talk" with me. But I felt happy that she wanted me to be safe after all this time. And she connected with me through my game. I feel so happy she’s still watching over me. Now, the Ancient Castle lost the bloodied stain on the sand, but there was a white flower on the spot where the Desumasu was. The Shinpora in my party had apparently disappeared. I exited the castle and decided to go back to the center. I opened my computer and wanted to withdraw a sixth member or something. In the box, was a Desumasu. It’s name was Kaye. I smiled. Desumasu "It was born from souls of people buried in ancient tombs. It retains memories from long ago”. Thank you Kaye. I love you so much. ~Typhlosion
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:50:07 +0000
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