Bedtime story
 
Mom : "Now I want you kids to behave while grandma babysits you tonight! Me and
daddy will be back veryyy soon!"
 
Dad: "If you�re nice to grandma, she might give you a few surprises before you
go to sleep! That is, hoping grandma DOES put you little rascals to sleep
tonight!" *he winks jokingly to grandma, she replies with a smile*
 
Grandma: "Alright now kids, say goodbye to mommy and daddy quickly or they�ll be
late to their very important party! Let�s hope daddy remembers where his house is
when he comes back tonight!" *she winks at dad, he fakes a smile and diverts his
look from her*
 
Boy and girl: "Goodbye mom! Goodbye dad!"
 
They all hug and kiss, then the parents leave the house.
 
Grandma: "Alright kids, who�s up for some TV?"
 
Boy and girl: "Yayyy!"
 
 
Once again grandma was asked to babysit the kids tonight, she doesn�t even know
why she accepts anymore, she wishes she wouldn�t live that close to her daughter.
The kids� parents have been going to parties almost every damn week now. The kids
aren�t too bad, as long as they�re sitting pretty in front of the TV, god bless
cable, but grandma would still love to do something else of her Saturday nights.
 
She�s been spending her free time writing stories for a couple years now, keeps
her occupied and keeps the brain cells moving. She never shows them to anyone
though, even her daughter doesn�t know she likes to write. It�s just a hobby she
developped with time.
 
She looked at the clock, it was a little past 9 p.m. Since they�re only around 3
years old, that�s usually when she puts them to sleep, besides she was getting
kinda sick of watching the same old tapes of Pok�mon episodes the kids recorded
and never tire of watching. So she closed the TV and made the kids brush their
teeth before sending them to their room.
 
 
Boy: "But grandma! We want to stay up longer, we�re not sleepy yet!"
 
Girl: "Yea!"
 
Boy: "Pika Pika-chu! HAHAH!"
 
Girl: "Pi-pi-kachu! TEEHEEHEEHAHAH!!"
 
Boy: "*snort* HAAAAHHAHAHAHA" *he threw his pillow at his sister*
 
Girl: "Stop it, you could have hurt me with that!" *pouts*
 
Grandma: "ALRIGHT...alright, how about a nice little story, eh kids?"
 
Kids: "Yayyy! Wheee!" *they both jumped and wiggled on their beds while grandma
revealed her book.*
 
 
The story she was about to read them was a story she wrote especially for this
occasion, she felt like a change in her usual writing style and decided she�d have
a little fun with the kids! It was rather short but long enough for the kids to
enjoy as a bedtime story, she thought. The kids� room was lit only by the
nightlight shaped as a Pikachu, the kids� favorite Pok�mon. The kids inched closer
to the side of their beds to be able to hear grandma better on her wooden chair
placed right between the two beds. She opened the book, silence was. During this
small instant they could hear the wind blowing hard outside; a snowstorm was
raging outside, the snow rattled at the small window and sudden strong gusts of
wind sometimes shook the window�s frame a little.
 
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Once upon a time, a group of pok�mon friends were enjoying the soothing rays of
the sun and comfortable warmth of the summer together. The gang consisted of but
four friends; a fire-type, Charmander, a grass-type, Bulbasaur, a water-type
Squirtle and an electric- type, Pikachu. Char was the most energetic of the bunch,
he was always on the move, ready for action. You could always count on him for a
fun day in the sun! Squirt was a bit more reserved, even though he wasn�t the most
enthusiastic, you could always rely on him for a helping hand. His friends were
the most important thing to him!
 
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Boy: "Did Pikachu like him too?"
 
Girl: "Yea!?"
 
Grandma: "Of course, they had been best of friends since as long as they can
remember!"
 
*the two kids looked at each other with gaping smiles and giggled for a few
seconds*
 
Grandma: "So as I was saying:"
 
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Bulba was the joker, always coming up with the most hilarious remarks! He tried
to look tough to the others, but his friends knew he was just a big softy inside!
And Pikachu,
 
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Boy and girl: "Yayyy!!!"
 
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Pikachu was the leader of the group, his inate sense of leadership and great
personnality gained him the unconditional attention from his friends. Whenever
there was a doubt about what to do next, they could count on Pikachu to come up
with a fun new adventure to experience!
 
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Girl: "Is Pikachu Ash�s Pikachu?"
 
Boy: "Yea!?"
 
Grandma: "I don�t think he was, they were just a group of..."
*she sees the looks on the kids� faces go from excited to deceived*
 
"Oh I remember now! Of course he was Ash�s Pikachu! The one and only!"
 
Boy and girl: "Hahahahahaha!"
 
*They started to bounce on their beds for a few seconds before grandma continued
her story*
 
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That day the sun was shiny as a plate of gold, the blue sky was clear and the
wind was cool. Our group of friends had played in the clearing during the whole
afternoon! They were so exhausted that they decided to lay down on the ground and
look at the sky for a few minutes.
A conversation started in their pok�mon language as they wondered what they�d do
next.
 
"I don�t feel like going back home so soon!" Char said. "I wanna spend the
evening with you guys! What do you guys say?"
 
The gang agreed with a loud �yay�!
 
Bulba proposed that they go running after that cloud that looked a lot like a
delicious pineapple! They all laughed hearthily at Bulba�s joke. Pika then
proposed that they should first find some food for their dinner, or they�d get
really, really hungry! There was a big forest near route 121 not far from here,
they�d surely find tons of tasty fruits there, Pika thought. The idea was accepted
by all as they stood up and walked towards the forest.
 
After they carefully crossed route 121, making extra sure there was no bikers or
cars coming through, they entered the deep forest in search for their dinner. Char
couldn�t contain himself, he was skipping around, singing in front of the others.
He loved the feeling of going to new places and see new things. The sun�s rays
were filthered by the trees over them, it shielded them from its sweaty hot rays.
The group could barely stop walking; Char was always a couple meters in front of
them and they didn�t want to lose him! After a while of walking they had still not
found a lot of fruits to eat, they did find a few but their bellies were still not
filled enough! Pika shouted at Char to slow down a bit, the sky was now of an
orange tint, day was soon going to turn to night and they�d have to go back to
their homes! Deceived by the results of their search for some fruits, Pika decided
it was best for them to turn back and head out of the forest before it got too
dark.
 
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Grandma took her eyes off her book to see how the kids were following her story
so far, they were completely hypnotised by it, their eyes were glittering at the
thought of hearing about their beloved Pikachu�s adventure. She complimented
herself, but realised getting the attention of 3 year olds wasn�t really a brain
buster. She went back to her story.
 
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On their way back out of the forests, the day finally turned to night as the sun
gave his last rays of light. But our friends were not out of the forest yet! They
were getting worried, even Bulba didn�t feel like making a joke right now!
After a few more steps into the dark forest, they saw a dim light coming through
the trees, maybe someone would help them find their way out! As they approached
the light, they started to hear the crackling sounds of wood burning. Pika told
the others that the light probably came from a camp fire, and that surely someone
would be nearby!
 
The forest was very dense, but they managed to enter the small area where the
fire was. It was ridden with dead leaves, the trees surrounded the camp fire but
allowed for a few campers to make camp there for the night as it was one of the
few spots where you could lay down on the ground and not have a tree in your way.
In a way, the warmth of the fire gave out a cozy feeling to this place, the gang
decided to stop there until someone returned, luckily there was even 5 small logs
placed around the fire for them to sit on!
 
They were not even seaten yet and a figure jumped out of the woods towards the
fire! Bulba jumped from fright, but quickly concealed his surprise not to lose
face in front of his friends.
 
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Boy: "Who was it? Was it a Pok�mon?"
 
The girl opened her eyes wide at this remark then looked back at grandma for
comfirmation
 
Grandma, trying to keep her cool: "Don�t worry, I�ll tell you in just a bit!"
 
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Who was this stranger who just appeared? He came closer to the fire, his figure
became clearer as the orange flames lit up his body. Our group of friends only saw
two losanges moving in the air at first, but when they looked down, they saw a
large round head and yellow fur, it was a cute little Pichu carrying some small
branches for the fire! He looked surprised to see them and dropped the wood at his
feet, the whole gang sat up to go meet their new friend, maybe he could help them
get out of the forest!
 
 
"Hello! I�m Char! Always on the prowl! Grrar!" Char said, in a friendly tone.
 
"And I�m Bulbasaur, but you can call me Bulba, since I can�t �soar� very well!",
said Bulba, jokingly.
 
"I�m Pika, glad to meet you Pichu!" spoke Pika.
 
"Oh...and I�m Squirtle, hey...So, do you know the way out of this forest?" said
worried Squirtle.
 
The Pichu told them that he knew the way out, but not at this time of the day!
He would be able to help them tomorrow when the sun would rise again. But until
then, he invited them to stay with him through the night, they would have a blast
playing together around the fire!
 
They all forgot their worries and sat around the fire to tell each other scary
stories that had to do with ghost Pok�mon coming back to life to haunt innocent
Pok�mon! Pichu remained somewhat silent during the evening, he was a spectator,
enjoying the show. He laughed a lot, and sometimes fell off his log on his back
because he laughed too hard! After Bulba�s story, there was a short silence, they
could hear each other�s bellies rumbling, they had still not eaten anything for
dinner and were starving! Pichu suddenly jumped off his log to alert his friends.
It seemed like he knew exactly what to do, after telling them to wait he ran into
the woods.
 
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Girl: "Did he go get cookies?"
 
Boy: "Cookies don�t grow in the forest! Don�t they grandma?"
 
Grandma: "No...no they don�t..."
 
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Everyone looked at each other with a puzzled look, what was Pichu going to bring
them? Even before they could think of what he could bring back, he jumped back
into the circle of friends, panting. He told them that dinner was ready, and that
he�d call each one of them when their turn came, they�d have to be patient! He
suggested that Pika started telling another story to make time go faster. Pika
smiled and agreed to the request. Pichu then ran back into the woods, a few
seconds later, he shouted the name �Bulba�. Bulba grinned at his friends, and
slowly strolled off into the forest with pride, he turned around before before
entering the deep forest and sticked his tongue out at them! Char threw a small
rock at him out of frustration then crossed his arms and poutted.
 
Pika thought it would be a good time to start his story before anyone got more
mad at Bulba! To have fun with the situation, he made up a story about a beast
wandering into the woods, capturing Pok�mon who wander too late in the woods to
make them play his boring game! Char and Squirtle were laughing very hard when
Pika told them the beast had captured Bulba and was playing a game of chess with
him!
 
Back into the woods, the laughs were muffled by the leaves and trunks littering
the way to Pichu�s voice. Bulba finally got to him, but he couldn�t see anything!
A flashlight turned on at this moment, blinding Bulba.
 
"Wow! How did you get your hands on this!? This is so awesome!" shouted Bulba,
amazed at the human technology.
 
He walked near the flashlight laying on the ground when Pichu told him to check
out what he had in his paw. Bulba turned around and came closer to see what Pichu
was holding.
 
In his fuzzy paw were some delicious looking berries! Bulba smiled at the sight
of them, finally something to eat around this old crummy forest! Pichu told him he
picked them up especially for him and offered him one of them. Bulba let Pichu put
the berry in his mouth, it was marvelous: not too sour, not too sweet, the perfect
berry! But one wasn�t enough for hungry Bulba! He asked Pichu for more...
 
 
 
 
But Pichu didn�t answer, Bulba asked again but Pichu only looked deep into his
eyes, like waiting for him to say or do something, Bulba didn�t know what to do.
 
A few seconds later, Bulba started to feel strange, and before he could say a
word, he was shrunk to the size of a prune! He looked up at the now gigantic Pichu
and asked him what was going on.
 
"It�s another super invention I stumbled into! Now that you�re this small, you
can enter the special little coaster ride made especially for these occasions!"
whispered Pichu in a now very deep voice.
 
Bulba suddenly became very excited at the thought of trying this new ride! But
he couldn�t leave behind his friend Char, Bulba knew that Char loved rides more
than anything, so he asked Pichu if Char could also try it after him.
 
"Don�t worry, all of you are going to go through it!" said smiling Pichu.
 
At this moment Pichu quickly snatched Bulba and threw him high into the air over
him. Bulba was still shocked from the throw when he landed deep into Pichu�s wide
opened maw. Pichu then promptly closed his maw and swallowed our little friend
Bulba down! The wiggling bulge in Pichu�s neck quickly disappeared into his belly,
where Bulba died of both asphyxiation and acid burns.
Pichu then looked down and talked to his belly.
 
"Now wasn�t that a fun ride?" did he say, smiling. His stomach responded with a
hearthy growl.
 
 
Back at the fire, Pika was ending his story, Bulba had beaten the beast at its
own game, and it never ever threatened Pok�mon in the forest again! Both Char and
Squirtle were laughing so hard some birds nearby flew away in fright! At this
time, Pichu walked out of the forest alone, Pika asked where Bulba was...
 
"He saw an amusement park in the distance and, before I could convince him not
to leave you guys alone in the forest, he was already riding the main
roller-coaster!", blurted out Pichu at the same time his stomach growled again.
 
"An amusement park?! Here?" screamed Char in excitement.
 
"Yea there�s one a bit further in this way, I could show you if you followed me,
it�ll just be a sec!" proposed Pichu.
 
And thus Char and Pichu went back into the forest while Squirtle and Pika were
left alone yet again. They were both very bored and didn�t know what to do
anymore, not to mention they were also very tired and hungry! They watched the
fire silently for a few minutes then heard a distant laugh in the direction where
Char and Pichu went, Pika got worried and decided to venture into the forest to
see what was really going on! But before he could take a step, Pichu walked out,
alone again.
 
"Where did you take Char? He was with you a few minutes ago!" said worried Pika.
 
"Oh he still is, I mean, when he saw the amusement park, he couldn�t resist to
join Bulba in the big water slide ride! He seemed...seems like a very energetic
and impulsive fell*orp*!" muffled Pichu.
 
Pichu invited the two of them to follow him to the amusement park where everyone
could meet and have a good talk about leaving their friends behind! Pika accepted
but started to be cautious about Pichu, maybe he was not as nice as they thought
he was.
 
Pika was ready to enter the forest, but Pichu stopped him, they had still not
eaten yet and he had grabbed a bunch of berries for them in the forest when he
came back. Pichu handed them out to his friends, but Pika refused...He asked Pichu
to eat one of them first, to be sure he wasn�t feeding them poisonous berries. As
soon as he asked, Pichu popped one into his mouth, chewed and swallowed.
Everything seemed fine, so both Pika and Squirtle grabbed one berry each.
 
Squirtle didn�t think twice about eating his berry, he looked back at Pikachu
with a content look and asked him why he didn�t already eat his. Pikachu looked at
his berry, then at Pichu. Pichu seemed a bit worried, he asked Pikachu to eat the
berry before it melts in his paws! Pika finally decided to eat the berry, at this
time Pichu sighed of relief and then looked intensively at Squirtle.
 
Squirtle started to feel a bit uncomfortable and blushed a little when he saw
that Pichu looked at him like this! He asked if there was more berries like this
around, because only one wasn�t going to be enough for poor old Squirtle!
 
Pichu didn�t answer, he placed a foot in front of the other, getting ready to
run towards Squirtle it seemed.
 
"What are you doi...!!!" Squirtle had shrunken in the blink of an eye and fell
on the sand right next to Pika!
Pichu pounced on him as fast as he could, grabbed Squirtle in his paws then
jumped back to where he was. He opened his maw, stuck out his tongue and dropped
Squirtle right into his throath, then quickly swallowed him, all the while looking
at Pikachu. Once the lump in his throat was gone they could still hear muffled
screams coming out of Pichu�s stomach. Pichu then talked to Pika with a scheming
voice:
 
"Don�t you want to try out the ride too? I�m not giving you a choice, after all!
Hahahaha!", at the sound of these words, Pika started to charge at Pichu to try
and attack him, but after his first step the berry he ate took effect and shrank
him down.
 
He fell on his face, stood up and looked around to realise that Pichu was now a
giant in front of him.
 
"Oh no! What did you do to my friends?! Is it the berries shrinking us like
this? But...I saw you eat one with my own eyes! Why aren�t you small like me?"
screamed Pika in his now squeaky voice.
 
A moment of silence came after Pika�s words, all they could hear was the
crackling of the flames next to them and the wind through the branches.
 
Pichu then spit in direction of Pika, a bullet came crashing in front of
him...it was the berry, still intact. He had faked eating the berry and kept it in
his cheek so he could fool Pika and Squirtle into eating theirs.
 
"You monster! You trapped my friends in your belly! I�m not going to let you do
this! If you don�t take them out now...I�ll...I�ll go save them myself!" Pika said
in the most determined voice he could.
 
A smile appeared on the side of Pichu�s mouth: "Well be my guest, little hero!".
He made the ground shake by walking close to Pikachu then laid on his belly and
put his face right in front of Pikachu. Slowly, he opened his now humongous maw,
the fire�s flames lit up his mouth with a dim orange dancing light. Pika was
afraid, but he knew he could save his friends from the belly of this Pichu! After
the initial fright of seeing Pichu�s maw wide open in front of him, he gathered
his strengths and let out his most shocking thundershock attack right into Pichu�s
mouth! The attack made it to Pichu�s upper palate! Pichu then let out a howling
scream, surely Pikachu had hit him good!
 
"Ouch! You�ve weakened me a lot with this attack! But...as long as you don�t do
an attack like this from inside of me, there�s no chance that I�ll ever spit out
your friends!", did weak Pichu say.
 
"You�re done for Pichu! Give me back my friends before I decide to attack you
from within! I don�t want to have to hurt you more!", said hero�c Pikachu!
 
"Oh woe is me! Why did I have to try and trick such a determined Pikachu! Try
your attack and we will see who is more powerful!" said Pichu in a dramatic voice
before opening his maw once again.
 
Pikachu looked straight into Pichu�s breathing throat and showed a mad face, he
took a few steps forward and placed a foot on Pichu�s tongue, since he couldn�t
fit while standing up, he crawled onto it. At this moment, Pichu closed his eyes
in satisfaction and felt the small Pok�mon plunging for his doom by his own free
will on his tongue.
 
Pikachu was now soaked in Pichu�s drool, he crawled until he reached the end of
Pichu�s tongue where it connects with the throat. Before he could push his way in,
Pichu turned around on his back to enjoy the situation better, Pika then took a
deep breath and pushed himself into Pichu�s throat, Pichu didn�t swallow, he was
all too willing to let Pikachu do all the work for him.
 
Inside Pichu�s throat, Pika could barely breathe! He had to push hard against
the sides of the gullet to be able to gather a little air to breathe. On the
outside, Pichu was concentrating to not swallow Pika too fast, but he couldn�t
bear it. When Pika was about halfway to his stomach, his peristaltic reflexes
entered into action and pushed Pika down faster with a loud gulp. A screaming Pika
was heard outside of Pichu�s neck before the bulge ended in his stomach.
 
Once Pika was in Pichu�s belly, he tried to get up many times, slipping in the
digestive fluids that flooded the stomach every time, but when he finally did it,
he let out the biggest thundershock attack he ever did in his life! It lit up
Pichu�s stomach with intense light.
 
From the outside, Pichu suddenly blushed from pleasure and arched his back when
the faint attempt at hurting him with electricity was made from inside his
stomach. Pikachu tried as hard as he could a few more times, but every shock was
lighter and lighter, until he was exhausted both from his efforts and from the
toxic atmosphere that surrounded him. Pichu finally sighed and relaxed his back on
the ground and put a paw on his filled belly.
 
When Pikachu tried his last thundershock, he opened his eyes and saw what was
around him, he could see all his friends, gathered in a now semi-digested ball of
food being pelted by the contracting walls of the stomach, their flesh was slowly
tearing itself off from their skin, showing parts of their skeletons and organs.
The light from his last thunder attack faded, all was now black, organic sounds
surrounded Pika as the stomach walls were pushing him against his decomposed ball
of friends. A bubble of air was pushed into the throat and slowly rised up to
Pichu�s mouth. The last thing Pika felt before becoming part of Pichu�s body was
the vibration of Pichu burping, sending ripples through his body.
 
Pichu then stood still, and drifted into a beautiful night of sleep. The next
day, he woke up slowly and decided to take a walk into the forest. Never had he
ever encountered such a bunch of clueless preys, but, patting his belly, he
thought they were surely the most interesting dinner he ever had.
 
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Grandma: "The end! What did you kids think?"
 
The kids had not interrupted her for some time now, she looked at them to see
the terrified looks on their faces.
 
Boy, trembling with fright, on the brink of tears: "Wh...What happened to
Pikachu Grandma?"
 
Grandma: "He died a horrible death, digested by Pichu!"
 
The kids then started sobbing, holding their pillows as hard as they could.
 
Grandma: "Well I hope you all enjoyed my little story! I�m looking forward to
telling you more the next times I come babysit you two!"
 
Before the sobs became worse, she stood up and walked towards the door.
 
Grandma: "Oh right! I bought a little present for the occasion! I�m sure you�ll
love it!"
 
She unplugs the Pikachu nightlight and puts her own: A cute Pichu nightlight,
looking straight ahead towards the kids.
 
She closes the door. The kids, still sitting on the corner of their beds, start
to cry silently, petrified by the Pichu nightlight looking at them with a glowing
light. The wind outside then intensifies and whistles against the window.
 
 
Strangely, the next week, grandma wasn�t called in to babysit the kids...
 
 
The end