Born into an Inferno: The story of Rylte

Once upon a time there was a sad little boy by the name of Jonathan Langley. He was always depressed for reasons unknown. Jonathan lived among a group of townsfolk, so primitive that they still thought a pocket watch was a good idea. I should also mention that they were all depressed as well, again for unknown reason.

The People were so concerned about their chronic depression that they did nothing about it and instead focused their efforts on maximizing the amount of green paper they could move from one area of the town to the next. And so the problem remained; lots of people were mean, and most of them miserable, even the ones with pocket watches.

Those people remained to be miserable and depressed until one little girl developed the ultimate plan to help everyone overcome their chronic depression… only to be lost a few moments later when the volcano the town was situated on exploded. That of course only led to further depression.

But this story is not about them.

This story is about an egg. My egg in fact. My egg… and the little boy who carries me around wherever he goes hoping that I will hatch soon. For his seventh birthday Willow asked his parents for a Pokemon. They gave him an egg.

Willow Alexander, the seven-year-old boy who carried me everywhere with him was a happy little boy, unlike Jonathan Langley. Willow was the type of child who got everything he wanted from his parents, but unlike most he was able to take "no" for an answer… he always knew he could try again later. It one of the reasons how he got me.

I don't know what he looks like yet, but I know already that we won't get along. Partly because he keeps calling me a Gyarados… and partly because I don't like snobby children.

"Mom I can feel my Gyarados kicking!" I heard Willow cry happily as he ran around the house.

"That's nice dear." His mother replied. She knew I was a Riolu, but didn't tell him? What gives? Can you even get Gyarados from eggs?

For the past two months I have wanted nothing more than to tell this stupid kid I am not a Gyarados… that and to taste these 'donuts' Willow gets all excited about.

Overall my life has been very uneventful so far…

A few hours later Willow was getting tucked in by his mommy, who also felt compelled to tuck me in too.

I hated getting tucked in.

It is fortunate that Willow decided he was hungry and decided to get up to raid the fridge, taking me with him as always.

But with all good fortune… bad will surely follow.

The next day we went to see a doctor, Doctor Leglise. Leglise was, as they say, only human. In other words he was a carbon based bipedal life form descended from an ape. More specifically he was forty fat and shabby and worked in the Veilstone City Hospital. Leglise was also a very lazy man and if it were up to him he would bypass the whole checkup and take the nearest bypass home.

Bypasses are devices which allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast whilst other people dash from point B to point A very fast. People living at point C, being a point directly between, are often given to wonder what's so great about point A that so many people from point B are so keen to get there and are often given to wonder what's so great about point B that so many people from point A are so keen to get there. They often wish that people would decide once and for all work out where the hell they want to be.

But enough about Bypasses back to the topic on hand; Willow's family has taken me to a hospital for an examination.

The moment I discovered that I was the one being examined I wanted to be at point D. Point D wasn't anywhere in particular, it was just any convenient place a very long way from points A, B and C.

"I have the results…" Leglise spoke suddenly. "I've discovered why your egg won't hatch."

And now for a nap.

Chapter End.