I took a glance at the bottom of my Wattpad bio the other day.

Biking Over Skyarrow Bridge 🚴🌉

Joined Apr 2014.

https://discord.gg/DZxMjkZ

Two things come to mind when I read those statements.

1.) I really adore the new camera perspectives they introduced in Black and White after HeartGold/SoulSilver. Skyarrow Bridge was amazing when I first crossed it. I personally opted out of BW when it first came out FOR HGSS because I didn't want to learn more Pokémon (this was my 13 yr old logic).

Lost that HG version btw. Makes me cry. My Jolly Feraligatr is gone forever 😢

Played Black later. Currently, I have a Serperior 😎

2.) Really? Apr 2014? Isn't that when CoordinatorIza & Gremlin joined Wattpad? 😂😂

Seriously though. That's about four years ago.

No, I'm not celebrating an anniversary. Idr what day it was. I'd have to guess around my birthday...whenever Blue Lightning was super popular (ahh those were the days...Claire Parks and Jirachi).

Anyway the point is...wow. A lot has happened round these parts since then.

I was inactive for most of it 😂 so...haha no reminiscing of many past events today.

BUT THINK ABOUT IT. Tag(s), rant(s), holiday(s), and announcement(s) later, here we are. Four years later. Friendship(s). Crush(es). Award(s) (or lack of them). Disappointment(s). Life, basically.

And GenerationsDebut of course!

Here's a small message to the Pokémon fandom community (aka, time for a tag spam 😂):

People come and go. The stronger memories stick longer. But eventually those Bonds (Cora-chan) break. Even with a Heart of Steel (ImberLapis) or a even a Crystal Heart (_Pepper_Sprinkles_) sometimes it isn't strong enough. As I look at my Shattered Lives (RedPandaWorld) of offline and online colliding, I realize something. Those lives...they're Worlds Apart (anunnamedgalaxy). One is just a Flicker (Torterra657) of a distant Lantern (izayoix) to the other. And as I look back on both of my lives Back to Back (azule-), Intoxicated (LittleTyrunt) on Reminiscence (Stormlocke), I don't think I'd have it any other way. This is the best way it could've happened. Through all the Misadventures (DI_Gremlin) on Wattpad, The Climb (blue___22) I have been on gave my life that Spice (GingerAndy) it needed.

It's amazing...all of these people in the fandom...I don't think I can imagine The World Without Them (UnisonRaider). All these people, they're Someone Worth Fighting For (MysticalTactician) in my opinion. To the Death (ansekii__) even.

When We Were Younger (glitterandasphalt), I realize that the False Hope (LapisLazulli2) I had was everyone else Finding Hope (Synshadow). They were chasing their dreams, enjoying themselves, while I was wallowing in mine. And I ended up silently leaving. Why? I was stuck in a bad time then. But now...after experiencing it for so long...after experiencing the community...I was Jaded (WriterRaichu at the time.

It's only a matter of time When Dreams Are Fulfilled (Typovo) for me. My dream isn't to have an exorbitant amount of PWA awards (one would be nice though) like I thought it was back then.

It was just to make an amazing story. Something so amazing that, when I'm gone (which I hope won't happen anytime soon), people will still mention it. They will still read it. Despite Wattpad being deleted from my device, notifications will still pop up. I want to leave a mark. I don't want people to forget.

(If I didn't mention anyone...sorry! Your titles were too difficult to work with on such short notice!)

So I'm here to thank you all. Thank you, community. You all made my life a little brighter and something to look forward to in my dire times. With ups and downs, it made it so real. Even if it was all online...it doesn't matter. I can't wait for what awaits while I'm here...and while I'm not.

If I had to describe it, my IRL family is like grains of sand.

How? you ask.

Because they stick together! Often near my butthole...😂😂

The people of this community though, are like blades of grass. 🌱🌱

How? you ask again.

Because they're all so grounded—but at least grass STAYS AWAY FROM MY BUTTHOLE!

You all are incomparable. Like a...

To finish, there's a flower called Myosotis, which is more commonly known as "Forget-Me-Nots" to non-botanists (like myself).

Can you see where this is going?

That's what I hope to achieve here. To not be forgotten. I want people to help me if I ever get amnesia.

Sure, getting awards can help that, but I don't think it's everything. It may sound cliché, but I just want to be remembered (hopefully for good and not bad).

And hopefully a fruitful future with GenerationsDebut will assist me in that as well.

So here's a song to finish it off. I'm telling you now...for all those people who don't care enough to read the lyrics (I picked it especially to prove my point).

Forget Me Not

Stacy! I'd like to take you to a movie
In a world without a death wish
On a night under the fireworks in heaven
Oh but Stacy!
Baby, you can take me anywhere
Because I get a lot of low downs
So just put me in the cold ground and visit
Oh, but what if
What if my soul was still trembling?

Would you put your black dress on and visit my bones?
And bring my Football top and a scarf for the cold
Playing melancholy songs that somehow made us
Feel a whole lot better
Well, I waited on the kingdom come and the trumpet blow
In the cold, hard ground there's some letters you wrote
Would I get any rest from the wreck that I was with the living?
Or would you just go on?

Stacy! I never thought I'd miss the small talk
I never knew the gift the day was
I just used to hear the time clock, whistle stop
Sleep and get back up again
Stacy! I never thought I'd miss the hard love
I wish I took the time to miss you
While we were sitting only right there under heaven
Oh, but what if
What if my soul was still trembling?

Would you put your black dress on and visit my bones?
And bring my Football top and a scarf for the cold
Playing melancholy songs that somehow made us
Feel a whole lot better
Well, I waited on the kingdom come and the trumpet blow
In the cold, hard ground there's some letters you wrote
Would I get any rest from the wreck that I was with the living?
Or would you just go on?

Could you promise me something if you find someone?
That you'll forget me not
Never feel too much
Even if they do all the things that I couldn't do for you
And I'll promise you something if I find someone
That I'll forget you not
Never feel too much
Even if they do all the things that I couldn't do for you
Oh, but what if
What if your soul was still trembling?

And I would put my black suit on and visit your bones
And bring a Football top and a play that you wrote
And an English song by a band that you love
Here comes the sun, little darling...
And the kingdom come and the trumpet blow
In the cold, hard ground there's some letters you wrote
Would you get any rest from the wreck that I was with the living?
Or would you just go on?

(Would you put your black dress on and visit my bones?
And bring my Football top and a scarf for the cold)
Please forget me not
(Playing melancholy songs that somehow made us
Feel a whole lot better)
Would you just go on?
(Well, I waited on the kingdom come and the trumpet blow
In the cold, hard ground there's some letters you wrote)
Please forget me not
(Would I get any rest from the wreck that I was with the living?)

For those who read it and got to the end here...haha thanks for reading it and getting to the end here!

Link time! (no not the Hylian Hero of Time)

Anyway thanks y'all! Peace out! And Forget Me Not!

-GT

(P.S. thank you LapisLazulli2 for wishing me a happy birthday. For all those who didn't know, it's today (the 4th). And ofc my crush is on hiatus)