Waking up next to Sunny never bothered me before, but today was different. It was awkward. After last night, I wasn’t sure if we were a couple, if we were just friends, or what have you. It’s confusing.
When Sunny wakes up, she acts like nothing ever happened last night. At least, not that I can see. She is very unpredictable on the inside. I figure that the only way I’m going to get answers is if I confront this situation head on.
“Hey, Sunny?”
“This seems familiar. Yes?”
She’s right, this is how last night started. “Well, about last night…”
“I’m a terrible kisser, aren’t I?”
“WHAT?! No, it’s not that! It’s just…why? Why did you do that? I know you’re random, but it’s a controlled randomness. You had a reason.” I finally got a huge weight off my shoulders. Now, for a reason.
Sunny blinks, then slaps me with a wing. “You are really dense, are you? WHY would I kiss you? Because you are the first pony that I like in a romantic sense, as opposed to a platonic sense! THAT’S WHY!”
Ooooooohhhhhhhhh. Dang, I royally messed up. I mentally facehoof, as outside I try to defend myself. “OKAY! I’m sorry! I’ve just never done this before. I just didn’t know exactly what you meant when you did that. For all I knew, it was just another one of your moments.”
Sunny looks amused. “You thought that because you said you’d never kissed a mare before, I accepted it as a challenge?” I nod. “Why am I not surprised? Now, are you satisfied? Or still confused?”
“Are we a couple or still just friends?” Hey, I’m a curious colt. And not very tactful.
“I don’t really know, actually. I guess we’re just us.” Sunny replies in a confused tone.
Dang, not even Sunny knows. “That’ll work, I guess.”
“OK! NOW HURRY UP OR WE’LL BE LATE!!!!!!” Sunny yells at me. Thankfully, I went to sleep as a Pegasus, so it’s not quite as bad as it could be. Still, message received.
The morning class was boring as all get out. I think that’s going to be normal. I had a ton of spare time, between my mom doing paperwork, my mom running a Gym, and my mom refusing to get a babysitter. So I read. Mostly about Pokemon. Thus, I know almost anything as far as facts go about each Pokemon.
The afternoon, however, is the fun one. Field class. Which means some good old fashioned Pokemon battles. Learning on the fly. What could be better? (Sunny would probably just say something like a triple layer cake with three different flavors and chocolate frosting all over. And as long as one of those flavors was mango, I would agree.)
Flurry splits us up, between the ones with Pokemon, and the ones without. She then tells us to let all our Pokemon out, and just see exactly what we have. After a flash, I see an assortment of Pokemon that one would expect for some beginners. A few Pikachu’s, a few Charmander’s, a few Snivy’s, and the like. Last up is Sunny, who lets out her Togepi. Nopony really pays her any attention, until I see her pull out a second Pokeball. Wait, she has a second one? What is it?
A moment later, she flashes the ball, and we all get treated to the sight of a Tyranitar. It towers over all of us, standing at 6 and a half feet tall, and almost seems like it’s challenging us to fight it. The rest of us, to our credit, only jump back a step. Vaporeon and Glaceon don’t seem fazed, but then again nothing usually does, and they have the type advantage.
Flurry hears the commotion, and turns around to see a Tyranitar with Sunny on its head. “What the-“she shoves her hoof into her mouth to keep from teaching new language “is going on here?!”
Sunny, with her usual expression on her face (a smile), answers in the way nopony expects. “It protected me from a horde of Blitzle, and hasn’t left me since.”
Everypony else stares slack-jawed. I, however, ask her something very important. “Why didn’t you use it when Togepi was stolen?!” I am slightly upset, in case you can’t tell.
“Because the building wouldn’t support it! Duh!” Sunny explains as if it’s all better.
That countered my argument. Flurry, however, looks it up and down, and says “This thing is incredibly strong. The last time I saw another Pokemon that strong was Starlight Glimmer.” She then pulls out a Pokeball, and her Dragonite flashes into existence. “Mind if we fight?”
Bring it on! Nothing has stopped me before! Tyranitar says in response, even though only the Pokemon and I can understand him. Sunny, however, looks like she’s a bit apprehensive. “The problem is, I’ve never fought in a battle with him without him destroying the surrounding hundred feet. So, I’m going to have to decline your offer, Professor.”
A chorus of “Awwww, come on!” rings around the clearing. Tyranitar, however, flings Sunny off of his head, and gets into a fighting stance. Apparently, Sunny isn’t in charge with this. I back up to what I deem to be a safe distance. This could get messy.
Tyranitar immediately leads off with a Dark Pulse. Dragonite gets out of the way by taking to the sky. I soon realize that Dragonite has the advantage of mobility. Sunny had better think of some way of countering that.
As for Sunny, she just lets out Togepi, and now starts to take control. “Rock Throw.” She says. Tyranitar chucks a rock at Dragonite, but Dragonite again gets out of the way. Now, Flurry decides offense is the way to go.
“Dragon Tail!” Immediately, Dragonite rushes in, with a glowing tail, and starts to swing it at Tyranitar.
Tyranitar, however, is taking none of it. He simply grabs the tail as it’s swinging, and uses Slam on Dragonite over and over again.
Flurry looks a little stressed, but quickly thinks of something. “Dragon Breath!”
Dragonite starts shooting an energy beam right at Tyranitar. Sunny, however, tells Tyranitar to use Dark Pulse. The two moves clash, but Tyranitar isn’t a very great special attacker. Eventually, the Dragon Breath reaches Tyranitar, and knocks it over. Dragonite then lands, and Flurry shouts “Sky Uppercut!” This could hurt for a Rock and Dark Type.
However, before Dragonite can attack, it gets hit by a Hyper Beam out of nowhere.
Technically, it didn’t come out of nowhere, it came out of Togepi. But that’s a minor detail. I had noticed Togepi using Metronome earlier, and apparently it turned into Hyper Beam.
Anyways, Dragonite falls over as well. Tyranitar manages to get up first, and uses Rock Throw. A direct hit! But then, Dragonite uses its own Hyper Beam, and proceeds to K.O. Tyranitar.
The students cheered as Tyranitar went down. It was loud, so it hurt my ears. Sunny quickly ran over to Tyranitar. She doesn’t even notice that Togepi is glowing. The rest of the class does, including me. I try to gesture at Sunny to turn around, but she’s too focused to see that Togepi is evolving.
After the light dies away, I see what Togepi has now become. First off, it just about doubled in height, so while not as tall as a pony yet, it isn’t a baby. Other noticeable changes, it grew wings, and its shell has disappeared, but the blue and red triangles are now a part of its white fur. And the name change. Can’t forget that. Now, its name is Togetic.
Sunny finally realizes that all of us (including Flurry) are staring behind her. She turns around, and sees that she now has a Togetic. I quickly cover my ears in anticipation for the shout of joy that is undoubtedly coming.
It was in vain. Her shout probably shattered windows, and my ears were assaulted by the sheer about of joy. Fortunately, she was a Pegasus, so she didn’t break anything again. Thank Luna.
Flurry now attempted to regain control over the class. She was failing, however, since every single student ran over to Sunny and her Togetic. I walk over to Flurry and ask “Should I get their attention?”
After a nod, I turn towards the mob of students, and Screech. Surprise, it worked. They turn around after rubbing their ears, and see me and Flurry waiting there.
“Thank you, Cloud. Anyways, that was a Pokemon battle. If you plan to compete, you will be a part of many a battle. But that doesn’t mean you are in charge. Pokemon aren’t stupid; well, maybe Slowpoke; and they act without your guidance. Your job as a trainer is to coach your Pokemon. Think of yourself as a hoofball coach. You can tell them how to play the game, but in the end, they play the game, and they do it how they see fit in the heat of the moment.
“Now, let’s split up. Grab a partner and look at each other’s Pokemon. No fighting yet. Just look at what they are and how they work.” Flurry finishes.
Sunny immediately grabs me and drags me over to the far side of the field. After we both let out our Pokemon (fortunately, Tyraniter is awake), I yet again ask Sunny about why she didn’t show me Tyraniter before.
“Silly, because I have to keep some secrets for a little while. And we haven’t exactly had an opportune time to let him out.”
“Ah. Well, we know each other’s Pokemon quite well, so what will we do?”
“Simple. We go into further detail!” Sunny cheers. Well, this was going to be fun. We spent the rest of the class going into detail about each of our Pokemon.