Chapter 4 Biggest Wish

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1st Pov

"Huh? It's Daisy, Daisy Oak"

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready. (Lose yourself Eminem)

'Oh my god! I'm not ready for this, I'm going to meet the legend himself!'

He unconsciously hugged Ditto harder.

"Ditto!"

He was awakened out of his stupor by the pokemon cry. He relaxed his arm and tried to clear his mind of useless thought. Closing his eyes and breathing slowly helps him calm down a little bit.

'Ok Eddy you got this, just relax and everything is going to be okay.'

"Hah… I'm ready, please guide me to Professor Oak"

I asked her as he looked into her eyes. She nodded and walked in front of me to show me the way. Few minutes go by as she shows him around as she passes by a few notable places. She knocked on a white door and spoke,

"Grandpa, he's awake. Can we come in?"

"Daisy? Just open the door."

We walked in the room with Ditto in my arms and there I saw the man, the myth, the legend. Samuel Oak, the first face you see when you start to play pokemon, the one who gave you one of the starter pokemon when you start your journey, the creator of Pokedex, and a former champion. He was famous on earth for his quote "Oak: This isn't the time to use that!" when you try to use a bike in a building.

"Hello boy, is everything alright?"

He caught me staring at him and asked me out of concern. I immediately shook my head.

"No sir, I just want to thank you for saving me and Ditto."

I bowed in 90 degrees.

"It's fine, I can't really leave you there. You even ran here to save a pokemon. Right Ditto?"

"Ditto!"

"See? And just call me Professor Oak."

He smiles gently at me. I dropped my gaze.

'It's really confusing, why are they so kind to me? Shouldn't they ask me something in return? Usually I was asked to work for a piece of bread? Do they want something from me? Are they hiding something?'

"It seems to me that you are confused, boy. You can ask me if you don't understand something if you want."

"Um… what do you want from me?"

"I'm sorry?"

"I mean what do you want as compensation for saving me? Do I need to pay you or maybe work ? I don't understand."

Professor Oak opened his mouth but no word could flow from it. He scrutinized me for a few seconds. Scrawny body, tattered clothes, trembling body, Cold? No, afraid, hungry, reserved, unenergetic, wary, signs of trauma.

" Where is your parents, boy"

My body flinched at his gaze.

" She… she is not near me."

"Your father?"

" I… don't know"

"Hm… did your mom know you are here?"

"No… she don't"

"Can you describe her?"

He wanted to contact her so he needed some description.

"Um… she has long black hair, she likes to drink, she..."

I never saw her face as she always hit me if I tried to. I always look away to avoid her anger. The only thing I remember was a picture of her with a guy on a table, but there was a tear from her head to his feet. I can only glance at her hair in the picture before she sees me peeking. I never got a chance to relax at home because she always forces me to work. The only closure I have was the playground.

There was never anyone screaming at the playground. Only smiling children with their parents. I always tried to listen to their conversation. My favorite game was imagining myself as one of them. Playing games with their friends, holding their parents hand, laughing with them, and hugging… I still don't know how it feels to hug someone. Maybe I should try hugging Ditto. If it can transform into a human then maybe it is possible. Yeah that could work, then maybe we can try to play. As I was deep in my daydream, professor Oak asked me again,

"Kid, I never heard you call her mom. Did you have a fight with your mom and ran away?"

"Huh? No… it's just you know, she doesn't like me so I was not allowed to call her that. I should've worked harder for her, maybe... that way she can smile at me for once."

Daisy was stunned after hearing me, her motherly nature was growing as she heard my wish. She tried as hard as she could to not run at me and give me a hug. Suddenly a hand was on my hand. Professor Oak was looking at me with the softest smile I ever seen.

"Kid, you should stay here for a while. What's your name"

"Ed… Edmond"

"I see, then I'll call you Eddy. Eddy, do you want to stay here for a while?"

His hand starts rubbing my hair slowly. I don't know why but I start to close my eyes. I unconsciously pushed my head to his hand as if I was afraid he would stop.

' This… this is nice. I don't know why but I kind of like it'

"Yes… please take care of my professor."

He smiled and took his hand off my head. I was disappointed.

'Maybe this is happiness, I think I understand it now, patting is happiness.'

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One week later

I started helping Professor Oak in his laboratory. Either it is as mundane as carrying some stuff or treating pokemon that he was trying to study, I help at everything. Professor Oak tried to tell me to play but I declined as I have to repay him for what he has done for me.

Do you guys know there is other food than bread? I don't. After he asked me to stay, Professor Oak's family instantly invited me to have a meal with them. I was greeted with the warmest smile from them. It made me feel warm. They gave me a plate full of different kinds of food. I asked them about it. When they found out I was only being given bread for as long as I can remember, they started to get angry. I was afraid so I apologized to them. I don't know why but they asked me to not apologize and gave me more food. It tasted really good. Now every time I eat only bread, Daisy would drag me to her house and have a meal.

' I don't understand why they would be so kind to me. Maybe I should help them more'

So I started helping her family too. They don't seem to like me. Every time I tried to at least wash the dishes, they would force me out of the kitchen.

' Did I do something wrong?'

I asked them but they just told me to rest sometime. They complained that I can never be seen resting. They even got mad at Professor Oak. The next day I was caught helping in secret and Professor Oak immediately pushed me out of the lab. Daisy grabbed my hand and guided me to meet some kids in the town.

I got to meet a lot of people and learn how to play. It was fun but I just felt even more indebted. So I pleaded to the professor to let me help him sometime. He agreed and taught me how to take care of pokemon.

The pokemon that I took care of seem to be doing better than others, they seem to like me and greet me every time I meet them. Without me knowing, I smiled for the first time in forever. They reminded me of a dog I took care of. But the dog was kicked by 'her' when she found out I was slacking and was taking care of it. I hope it has a better life elsewhere.

"Eddy"

"Yes professor?"

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

"I think I want to take care of pokemon"

"Why not being a pokemon trainer"

"I don't know professor, I just don't like them being hurt"

'It seems to me that Eddy is still traumatized by Ditto previous condition'

Professor Oak thought for a while.

"Why not be a pokemon breeder?"

"Huh? What is that?"

"Pokemon Breeders typically concern themselves with raising Pokémon for health and friendship, rather than for competitive fields like Gyms and Pokémon Contests. However, they can participate in grooming competitions such as the Pokémon Beauty Contest. If you are not sure, you could learn be a pokemon breeder for a while. If you change your mind and want to be a trainer, just tell me."

"Yeah… that sounds good."

Since then, I was given some teaching about pokemon every time I helped Professor Oak. I got to practice grooming and checking pokemon health with his guidance.

I sometimes go to the forest to do some chores given by Professor Oak with Ditto by my side. But I always felt like being watched and wild pokemon never attacked me. Ditto doesn't seem to notice so maybe it's just me.

Just like usual, I went back to the lab after doing some observation, I carried Ditto in my arms and walked back at a slow pace. Unbeknown to me, a pokemon seems to glare at my direction. More specifically at Ditto. It points its arm at Ditto as if trying to attack it, but stops as it sees me smiling at Ditto. The pokemon teleports out of there and waits for the next time I go out again. Patiently.

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What's up fellow degenerate?

As you all are smart enough, you would've guessed the identity of the pokemon. Well the next chapter will be the pokemon POV. I am sorry to inform you but there will be no lewd in the first few chapters. I tried to make a story that you can at least enjoy so it needs to be written with some care. Maybe I can make a compilation of my wildest chapter but It would not be exciting.

So be patient with me okay. I am just a human, I can't write all of this at the speed of light. I wish I could but no sadly I can't.

That's all my rambling, stay safe everyone. Have a good day!