It was a mid-August night; the night of a meteor shower. My mom had taken Jo and I outside to watch, when she started telling us about how it's always wise to wish upon a shooting star. She told us about all these times she'd wished upon a star, and her wishes had been granted-- one of them being her having Jo. I was like, yeah right. It's all just a coincidence... why would anyone believe in that sort of superstitious stuff? But for whatever reason, I decided to make a wish... not anything ridiculous, like wishing to become a Pokemon (=P). I wished that I could find a shiny.
Later that night, I was in bed, chaining in Pearl. And you know me, I have absolutely no luck with chaining. I was chaining Shinx, as I've had my eyes on a shiny Luxray for a while. I got up to twenty one (quite a rarity), and then I noticed something unusual... a patch of grass wasn't sparkling, it wasn't shaking... it was glowing. It glowed a brilliant white twice, and then stopped as the Pokeradar theme began to play. My heart raced; this could only mean one thing! Being careful as to not step on any of the patches that shook or sparkled, I made my way over to the glowing patch. And there she was... a golden, shiny Shinx, no higher in level than four. I started screaming out, 'Shiny Shinx! Shiny Shiiiiiinx!' even though it was late at night. Without hesitation, I chucked a Quick Ball at her. It shook once, twice, three times... Click! And the shiny Shinx was mine! I was still screaming and cheering. Without putting any thought into it, I named my newly captured shiny 'Lightning'. Now that I look back at it, I probably could've given her a more appropriate name... perhaps Star, or Meteor?
Regardless of whether you believe that me wishing on a star influenced me finding the shiny... it's a pretty cool coincidence, no?