This is why I stopped short on Delta Emerald. This story is part of the Pokémon High School genre. Can't think of anything else to say, so let's get into this new story.

Delta Emerald doesn't own Pokémon or any franchises mentioned in this story.

"Scotty! Get out of bed! School starts soon!" came the voice of a rather annoyed male Sceptile. "Aw, come on Dad! Five more minutes?" the voice of a much younger male Sceptile returned. "No! Today is the test for the Battling Team!" said the older Sceptile "You are not missing this! Let's go!"

Realizing there is no escape, Scotty rolls out of bed and gets ready for school. "Phone? Check. Bag? Got it. Anything else?" Scotty said to himself.

"Yeah. You left your intelligence on the table." Said the voice of a younger female Kirlia.

"Ha, ha. Very funny, pixie dust." said Scotty as his remark of his sister's banter.

"Don't call me pixie dust!" Scotty's sister yelled as she ran out of the room.

Scotty walks down the stairs and eats. After a quick breakfast of cheese toast, he walks out the door to head for school. His parents drive Luan, his little sister, to school. As he was entering the building, he saw a car he had never seen in his neighborhood.

"Must be a new student."

"You mean that strange car over there? I thought it was some creep." Came the delicate voice of Scotty's girlfriend, Gracie. Gracie was a sweet Meganium with the cheeriest of smiles.

"Dude, you talk to yourself to much." Said the rocky voice of Scotty's closest friend, Benjamin, or Benny for short. Benny was a Lycanroc who knew how to stand up for himself. He's also the second strongest battler in the school, right under Scotty.

"You need to take your own advice." Said a colder yet softer voice. This voice belonged to Benny's fraternal twin sister, Akari. Akari was a Glaceon that was a little talkative and optimistic.

"Hey, did you see the battle last night?" Scotty asked Benny.

"You know I did. Barry Bursyamo delivered such a powerful uppercut, I felt it!" Benny said, throwing his paw into the air.

"Yeah, you need to calm down before you uppercut yourself." Gracie said giggling.

They then headed inside talking and laughing.

In the strange car mentioned before, an older Salamence is sitting in the driver's seat while a younger Ninetales sits beside him. This Ninetales looks different, though. Instead of the usual gold fur, it's silver and the normal red tufts at the end of each tail are blue.

"Noxim." Said the Salamence in a rough and harsh voice.

"Yes dad?" said the Ninetales now known as Noxim.

"The battle tryouts are today, so you better get in. I know the move was tough- "

"You wouldn't know how hard the move is!" The Ninetales burst out before the Salamence could finish his sentence. "You spend all your money on alcohol! If it wasn't for me, we'd be homeless!"

Before the Salamence could retort, Noxim jumped out of the car and took off towards the building.

In their form room, Scotty, Gracie, Benny, and Akari were awaiting roll call. They were getting into a debate about whether Barry Bursyamo was better than his father, Brendan Bursyamo, when Mrs. Poidaughter, the Nidoqueen English teacher, started to speak.

"Everyone, we are having a new student join us today. His name is Noxim Ferno. He's had a rough few years, so please be kind to him." Mrs. Poidaughter said, happy to see a new face. "He should be here in a few minutes."

Then a suicidal tenor like voice filled the class. "Is this Mrs. Poidaughter's class?" said a strangely colored Ninetales in the doorframe. The Ninetales was wrapped in a hoodie that covered most of his face.

"Yes, it is." Mrs. Poidaughter answered. "Are you Noxim Ferno?"

"Yes." Noxim answered.

"Okay then. Take a seat wherever you'd like." Mrs. Poidaughter said.

Noxim shuffled to a seat in the back, sat down and waited for the bell to ring.

It felt like forever, but the bell finally rang for first period. As popular demand, gym class took up half of the day. But today, every student had gym all day. In the event of the battle team members being chosen, students went through a simulation. The simulation would test their reaction time, physical and special strength, and endurance. It would also give the students their level, which is very different from age. This was West Latias High's second year with the simulation.

"Alright students, you know what today is!" said the voice of a female Floatzel that the students know as Coach Yolda. "You will go through the same simulation you went through last year. You should all be a little stronger this year. Let's go ahead and get it started. Jerry Darma, you're up first." said Coach Yolda. Saying this, a male Darmanitan walks to the simulation.

Noxim, sitting behind everyone else, starts to look at all the Pokémon in the room. As he's scanning, he spots a pair of giant cerulean orbs staring at him. They lock into a gaze for a second before the Glaceon owning the cerulean orbs shot her head around.

After a little while, Benny was called up to the simulation. He completed it and made the best score so far, ranking in at 167 points, the max being 200. Akari was called next, who made a 125. Then Gracie with 109. A female Lurantis named Kori, who seemed to be close friends with Akari, went and made a 153. Then the star of the school, Scotty, was called up.

"You ready, Scotty? Think you can get a perfect score this year?" said Coach Yolda in a joking way.

"Aw come one, I only made a 164 last year." Scotty said in the same joking manner.

"Let's see what you got this year, then." Coach Yolda said a bit to excitedly.

Scotty got into the machine and it instantly scanned him and sent an exo suit type thing to cover his body. A virtual reality headset came over his face and the simulation began. Holographic forms of different Pokémon began to appear around Scotty. He did his work and got out of the simulation.

"Scotty, your score was a 173 this year." Coach Yolda said. "I can't wait to see how you do in tournaments this years."

"Thanks Coach Yolda." Scotty said walking back to the bleachers.

"That pretty much ends this. You can all have free time for the rest of the day." Coach Yolda said with a look of exasperation on her face. Based on their points, she'd have to evaluate at what level they all were at.

Before anybody could move, Akari's voice rang out. "Coach Yolda, you forgot the new guy."

"Ah, I thought I forgot someone." said the Floatzel. "Thanks, Akari. Noxim Ferno, would you please step into the simulation."

A little annoyed, but understanding, Noxim got up and stepped into the simulation. It scanned him and brought the mechanics around him. Feeling the metal that could have killed him years before, Noxim is immediately on alert. The headset straps around him and the simulation begins. The first holograph comes from behind at which he immediately jumps at and rips its head off. More begin to spawn and Noxim uses his tails to destroy. Seeing that he can't take as many as there are at the moment, Noxim's nine tails solidify into steel as he jumps and spins, making his tails act as blades. He takes all that are their out, but more spawn. He gets hit a few times, but brushes it off. A lot more spawn than before and Noxim unleashes the flames from his mouth. Black fire burns the holographs that are left and the simulation ends.

"That was," Coach Yolda stumbles on her words, "amazing! Your score is…"

I'm gonna cut it there. You didn't think I'd give you all the details in the first chapter, did you? I got the idea of this story from a writer named Awesome Sawss for his stories, That Glaceon and That Sylveon. It's also were I got the characters Barry, Brendan, and Mrs. Poidaughter. Go give him some love. I hope you guys will enjoy this story, because Delta Emerald doesn't have many views or follows. I'm gonna see about actually posting occasionally this time to. I say that a lot, don't I? If you want to know what Noxim's voice sounds like, listen ti Avalanche by Bring Me The Horizon. See you guys later! Peace!