From: Ncnc123 <ncnc123@aol.com> Subject: [PW!] Kidnapped Date: Sunday, August 15, 1999 3:11 PM Forest headed downstairs where his grandparents were seated at the kitchen table. They had come into his bedroom and said that they had to tell him something in the tone they used when Forest had done something wrong. He walked down the remaining steps and took a seat at the table. His grandfather was the first to speak. Forest's grandfather was an old man, about 77 years old. His grandmother was about 69 years old. Even though they were old, they had still been good parents to him, ever since their daughter had dumped him with them when he was three. They were a little overprotective, and they hadn't let him go out Pokemon training when he was 10 years old, but to make up for it, they gave him a Paras which had been his only friend for years. "I assume your wondering why we called you down here son," Forest's grandfather said. He folded his hands and looked at Forest. "Yes, sir, I was," Forest said, sinking a little lower in his chair. He thought he was in trouble. "We have something very troubling to tell you Forest," His grandmother said, as tears started to roll out of her eyes. Forest's grandfather whispered something to his grandmother, but she shook him off, shaking her head. "When our daughter left us to take care of you, we were a little suspicious, since she had never told us about you, and had never seemed pregnant before. We knew she was involved in illegal activities, but we didn't know of what sort. We always suspected that you had been kidnapped, but we never had any proof, or looked for any, until we saw this article in the newspaper." Forest's grandfather handed him the Celedon City newspaper, where several pages off the front-page, on page 46, there was a small article. Forest took the article from his grandfather and started to read it: Pokemon Thief Identified -------------------------------- The Pokemon thief who stole a Mr. Mime from one of the local trainers has been identified as 15-year old Splash from Cerulean City. He was last seen on a train heading for Viridian City. Splash was adopted from an adoption agency in Saffron City along with his identical brother Forest. His other brother, Shock, had been lost from the center one year before Splash and Forest were adopted. Forest has been missing and presumed dead for 12 years. Splash is not believed to be a member of Team Rocket, but it is not confirmed. There was also a picture of Splash, almost identical to Forest. Forest was too stunned to speak. His grandparents weren't his grandparents at all. "We want you to find your brothers," Forest's grandfather said. "I took the liberty of getting you a pokemon trainers license and some pokeballs." He handed them over to Forest. "We are sorry," His grandmother said. Both his grandparents started to cry, and Forest tried to reassure them. "You'll always be my grandparents," Forest said, not sure if he believed it. "Go, get packed," His grandmother said. Forest stood up and headed upstairs. He tried not to think of all he had to absorb. His grandparents weren't his grandparents at all. He had brothers. Forest entered his room and started packing. He packed some shirts, shorts, a blanket, pillow, and some other things. Soon, he was almost ready to go. Forest grabbed his Paras' pokeball and called it out. "Paras?" Paras asked him. "Guess what Paras!" Forest said, somewhat sadly. "We're finally going on our pokemon journey!" "Paras, Paras?" Paras said. "You want to know why I seem sad?" Forest said. Paras nodded. Forest sighed and sat next to Paras on his bed. He then told Paras what his grandparents had told him. "Paras," Paras said when Forest had finished. "Yeah," Forest said. "Come on Paras, let's go." Forest picked up Paras and headed down the stairs. His grandparents were still sitting at the kitchen table, crying. "I'm going," Forest said. He watched as his grandparents stopped crying long enough to wish him good luck, and they told him he was always welcome in their home. Forest left his grandparents sitting at the table and headed out the front door. He put Paras down on the ground and returned him to his pokeball. He took the newspaper that had the article about Splash from his pocket and read it again. Splash was heading for Viridian City. Shock's wearabouts were unknown, so Forest decided to try to find Splash. TBC……..? ---------- AIM: ncnc123 e-mail: ncnc123@aol.com http://members.xoom.com/ncnc123/ ----------- It took me 3 months to figure out how to set my signature, and only now do I realize that I have nothing to say in it.