Me: Alright, Alibi, do the disclaimer.
Alibi: Why?
Me: Because you're narrating, idiot.
Dawner: Oh, I'll do it!
Me: Go ahead, Mister Grumpy-Pants doesn't want to do it.
Dawner: RedAbsol does not own the Pokemon franchise or any affiliated entities. She does, however, own the rights to character portrayals, the library mentioned in this fic (seeing as how there's no library in the actual game), and me and Alibi. This story is a work of fiction, based off of a work of fiction; it is not written for profit or material gain, and was only written because RedAbsol was bored.
Me: Thank you, Dawner.
Alibi: *monotonously* Enjoy.
It's snowing in Anistar City and I watch as my trainer, a tall blonde wearing a long pink coat over her normal outfit, shifts on her feet as we wait. A large lump of snow slides off of the roof above us and lands on my head, shaking, I accidentally shower her in the freezing powder.
"Alibi!" she gasps, turning to look at me and I shuffle nervously. "I know that you didn't mean to, sorry. I'm just annoyed that he's taking so long to get here." The 'he' my trainer is referring to is our next-door neighbor, a boy who constantly gets on my dark type nerves named Calem.
This black haired trouble maker had moved in in early July, disrupting my used to be peaceful world. And if that wasn't bad enough, he had caught my trainer's attention with his annoyingly good looks. He had asked Serena and I to meet him near the Anistar Sundial, but so far he was a no show.
"Grrr," I growl as I smell his equally annoying Meowstic through the rushing snow and Serena places a hand on the top of my head, trying to calm me down.
"I'm so sorry for being late, Serena," pants Mister Annoying, coming to a stop in front of us.
She brightens and I growl again, louder this time. "It's alright, Calem. I'm just glad that you were able to make it."
"We almost didn't, Mamoswine Path was blocked off due to the snowstorm yesterday and it took a while for the Abomasnow to clear it. Thanks for waiting," he says, moving in closer to my trainer and I move between them, barking at the boy.
"Oh! Hi, Alibi, I didn't see you there, you blend in so well." Calem says, bending down to pet me but I bite towards his extended hand and the boy backs off.
"Alibi!" Serena snaps, then turns and apologizes to the black haired boy.
"It's alright," Calem says, taking Serena's hand in his. "Do you want to go to the library?"
"Sure!" Serena brightens and follows the boy towards the library located near the sundial. I start after them but feel a paw on my back and spin around. Calem's Meowstic, known as Dawner, has a paw resting on my back and is looking at me with pleading eyes.
"What?" I bark, annoyance towards the white Psychic type building.
"Please, hear me out, Alibi." she pleads, looking at me with her abnormal wide green eyes.
"Fine," I grumble. "Can we at least go inside though?" Dawner nods and follows me as I trail behind our trainers into the warm embrace of the library stacks.
"Cut Calem some slack, Alibi. Before we moved to Vaniville Town, he had no friends whatsoever." Dawner explains.
"What?" I gasp, lifting my head from my front paws in shock.
"That's right. Everyone he was acquainted with were only nice to him because of his mother's fame as a Rhyhorn Racer." she says, nodding and I glance over at the two teens talking over a book.
"So, Serena is his first friend? That's terrible," I say quietly, sincere for one of the first times about the boy.
"It is, but when your trainer and Tierno, Trevor, and Shauna decided to welcome him so warmly, he decided it was a time to let go of the past and move on. It doesn't help that he likes Serena more than just a friend." Dawner says, moving closer to me slightly and, even though I notice, I allow her to do so.
"Hmm, I do suppose that I haven't given him a lot of time to explain himself. I'm sorry, Dawner; all of my life, it's been Serena, her mom, and me and you guys changed all of that." I apologize, putting my head back down on my paws.
"It's alright, after all, it gives Serena and Calem more time to spend together."
"What are you talking about?" I question sharply, turning to look at the Meowstic.
"Well, don't look now, but they're kinda kissing." Dawner snickers, raising her paw to point at the two.
"Blah," I groan, covering my eyes with my paws. Dawner laughs louder as the two make out beneath a sprig of mistletoe.