Innocence's Pearl
Prologue: From There to Here
Wingull flew overhead with an occasional pelipper tagging along and diving down to scoop up a Magicarp or Febus from the water, their cries piercing the otherwise silent morning. A massive cruise ship cut it's way through the crystal blue water pearl white smoke billowing from one of it's smokestacks. A woman with dusky red hair and crystal blue eyes stood on the deck her eyes gazing out over the ocean one hand idly playing over the several red and white spheres belted around her waist. Pulling one off her belt she enlarged it and called out a humanoid creature, the creature's slender form leant against the woman who ran a hand over her long turquoise hair a soft smile on her lips.
"Are you ready for this? Are we, ready for this?"
The woman gazed down at the concerned rosy eyes of her companion and smiled, "We are Pearl, We've all trained hard for this, and we're as ready as we can be. If we fail than so be it but I don't intend to."
The newly named Pearl looked back at her companion, "And if you do fail?"
"Then so be it," the woman replied her tone firm, "If Arceus' will is for me to fail then I know I gave it my best shot, that we gave it our best shot."
A whistle blew and the woman smiled down at the gardavoir beside her the two engaging in a brief kiss before the woman recalled her to her pokeball. Hiking her backpack onto her shoulders the woman exited the ship once it docked at Ever Grand City and made her way into the nearby pokemon center. Handing her pokedex to the Nurse Joy manning the counter the woman responded to the nurse's raised eyebrow.
"My name is Keyra Lang and I'm here to challenge the Elite Four."
Nodding the Nurse typed in some information after scanning Keyra's pokedex, handing it back the pink-haired nurse smiled, "You have a month to make it through Victory road, Your Challenge will be one week after you exit victory road to give your team time to rest. The journey won't be easy."
"With all due respect mam, no journey worth it ever is."
The nurse grinned across the desk at Keyra, "With that mindset I think you'll go far. Now if you'll excuse me I've got others to attend to."
Turning away from the desk Keyra made her way out of the center and stopped a moment to admire the crystalline cave in front of her before turning and facing the sea once more. Casting her eyes towards the sky and noting there was plenty of daylight left she nodded knowing there was enough time for her to make progress before nightfall. Releasing her team for one final pep talk before the next phase in their journey Keyra reflected how she got here from where she began.