Lost and Found

“Life is hard when you’re a total joke to everyone”

“My story begins in a place full of wonder… No, it doesn’t, it begins in a foggy forest.”

I am Greninja, we are supposed to be practicing on the poké school grounds but I don’t. I stand in the clearing of the foggy forest next to the school, where I practice my water shuriken but I fail every time. I know what you’re thinking, sure it’s hard to make a big water shuriken but me…I’m different. I hear the leaves rustle and a branch snap.

“Great,” I say sarcastically

“Hi Nina,” Says the Greninja that came out of the bush.

“What do you want Diana?” I huff at her.

“Oh don’t be rude, we just want to have some fun.” She says with a smirk.

“We?” I ask, then it hits me. “You brought The Ninjas,” I say mockingly, as The Ninjas- the Greninjas that follow Diana around-appear from the fog. “What do you want Diana?” I ask, even though I already know what she wants.

“You know what we want Nina.”

“For the last time leave me alone Diana,” I say harshly as I try to walk away, but The Ninjas surround me.

“And where do you think you’re going?” She asks with a smirk.

“I ALREADY TOLD YOU I DON’T WANT TO BATTLE YOU” I scream as I push my way out. I run far from Diana choking on my tears, I run until I can’t breathe nor run. Remember when I said I was different, well I meant literally. I can’t make a water shuriken, I am the weird Greninja that wears a sweater and I feel different like I was not meant to be here. I know it sounds weird and you might think that I’m crazy but I swear I’m not. Sometimes I just wish that I knew what this feeling meant and what it really was. I thought about this as I cried, I wished that my mother would appear from the fog and tell me it was going to be alright but, alas that wasn’t going to happen because she was dead. Soon enough the worst possible thing happened to me, Diana found me.

“Why did you run away, you coward?” she asked cooly. I didn’t respond. “Hello, are you deaf because I’m talking to you, moron”

“ She is probably too stupid to speak.” says one of her sidekicks.

“ You should probably ask your mom how to talk.” says Diana “ Oh wait her stupid mother is dead I forgot haha.” Diana laughed. That’s when I finally snapped after all these years I snapped.

“ OKAY FIRST OF ALL I AM NOT A MORON, SECOND I MAY BE A COWARD BUT AT LEAST I AM A NICE PERSON AND I DON’T NEED TO MAKE OTHER POKEMON FEEL BAD TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF AND NEVER TALK ABOUT MY MOTHER AGAIN YOU BITCH! SO YOU CAN SHUT YOUR SPOILED, ENTITLED RICH ASS UP!!!” It felt so good to finally stand up for myself.

“HOW DARE YOU CALL ME SPOILED AND ENTITLED YOU BITCH!!” She shouted at me.

“ Just leave me alone Diana I don’t like you, I never have and I never will so just go away,” I said calmly.

“Fine but this isn’t over Nina you will battle me whether you like it or not,” she said as she headed back to school grounds. After that argument it made me think about my awful past. I grew up an only child and without a father, my mother always made sure I never felt alone but eventually, it wasn’t enough and I asked her about my dad, she wasn’t pleased but she told me that he was an awful man and that I wasn’t planned but she was glad she choose to have me. I asked her why she dated him and what she told me was not what I expected to hear, she told me she didn’t date him that he had raped her which led to me, my heart broke at the thought of my father and I asked if I had any siblings she told me that I didn’t. I didn’t believe her but I didn’t ask any more questions because she was tired and sick. After remembering this it made me hate Diana more, she had both her parents but I had none, to be honest, I was always jealous of Diana growing up. I always dreamed about having a family but I never got it, and will never have it. My life was a mess but I loved my mom. She was amazing, the way she took care of me, and had three jobs but, she still had time for me. She made me feel like I was a princess like I was the only thing that mattered in the whole world but it always ended short because she got called into work or she was tired but, I loved every moment while I had it. I will never forget how she made me feel and she always acted tough even when she was feeling like her whole world was falling apart. I always wished my mother would talk to me but she died when I was only sixteen, I have to live on my own now. Even though it has only been a year it feels like a lifetime has passed, I remember waking up every day for the past year hoping it was all a horrible dream but, I was sad to find out it wasn’t. My life was just miserable except for the moments I spent with my mom. I started working at fourteen and I hated my job so much, I always wished I could quit but I couldn’t not if I wanted to stay with mom, but enough about my past let’s focus on the now. As I head back to the school grounds I hear something in the forest I think it is Diana and her pets so I just ignore it, then I hear my mother’s voice call my name. “Nina”

My mother whispers.

“Mom?” I say with tears in my eyes, then I see the fog in front of me take the form of my mom.

“Hello my beautiful child, how are you?” she asked.

“I hate it here.” I admit ‘’I have no friends and everybody has pity for me even the teachers.”

“Oh sweetheart it will get better,” she says

“I wish you were here with me,” I confess as the tears start to stream down my face.

“Don’t cry princess, I will always be here with you my lovely girl,” she says sweetly.

“I love you mom,” I say as I start to cry.

“I can’t talk anymore but know that I will always love you and nothing will ever change that,” she says as she starts to disappear.

“NO MOM PLEASE I NEED YOU!” I shout as she slowly turns back to fog, the last words I hear from her are the words “I love you Nina I always will.”

“No mom please I need you” I whispered into the ground as I collapsed from exhaustion. I ended up passing out and when I regained consciousness It was dark, I realized it was night and I was going to be in so much trouble the next day at school.