A/N—I'm baaaaack! X3 I told you that I'd bring you another Cecilia fic soon. NEVER DOUBT MY WILLINGNESS TO JUST KEEP WRITING, JUST KEEP WRITING, JUST KEEP WRITING, WRITING, WRITING—*brick'd*

Sorry. I've been getting even more increasingly off-topic lately. I've also been alluding to movies a lot lately. If you saw a Toy Story reference in the last chapter of Long Division, then you see what I mean.

Well, enough with the off-topic-ness. Here it is: the first chapter of the newest installment in Cecilia's story: Safe and Sound. (Yes, I did name it after the song that Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars recorded for The Hunger Games. Haters gonna hate. *sunglasses*)

"She's Sinnoh's next big author and memorable face—and she's only seventeen years old. Hi, I'm Roxy for the Pokemon Variety Hour—only on Jubilife TV—and tonight I'm sitting down with the author of the novel Safe and Sound. She's from Snowpoint City and is the younger sister of the city's gym leader, Candice. Ladies and gentlemen, Cecilia Chance!"

I sat down on a cushioned seat on the opposite end of a small, round table with a copy of my novel standing upright on it. Adjacent to the other side was a teal-haired reporter wearing a black satin tank top that was tucked into a white pencil skirt. Spotlights beamed down on the stage so there was adequate lighting for the cameras. They highlighted my nervousness, in my opinion, but nobody seemed to notice or care. I'd never been interviewed before then.

"So Cecilia," Roxy asked me, "this novel...What inspired you to write it?"

I thought about it for a moment, then answered, "Well, I went on a journey in Unova a few months ago—about a half of a year ago, to be exact—and I went to do research for Professor Juniper, who was a young, up-and-coming professor in the region. The places I saw and the friends I met...well, it was all very inspiring to me. The region was so diverse, and it kept me thinking, Wow, there are so many adventures one person can have here. And that's when this came into the picture. Ta-dah!" I gestured to my book nervously, thinking, Oh Arceus, why the hell did I do that? An awkward smile came across my face. BAKA. BAKA. BAKA, I scolded myself again.

"But it's incredible where you got all of these concepts from; I read the book and I was simply taken away by the plot line!" Roxy looked into the camera for a moment and spoke to the people watching, "If you haven't picked up a copy of Safe and Sound yet, here's a quick synopsis. Safe and Sound tells the tale of Naomi—a foreigner who ends up on a journey to the imaginary Nemokamai Region, where she befriends an undercover International Police agent named Vasara. Together, the two travel across the region as they uncover secrets about both each other and a mysterious young man named Novus, whom Naomi ends up falling in love with. Naomi and Vasara also must thwart the evil plot of Team Genyu, whose goal is to separate people from Pokemon. I didn't give away too much, right?"

"No," I told her, "you did a good job with the synopsis."

"Thank you for the lovely compliment. Now tell me, where did you get the idea for Team Genyu and Novus?"

"Well, to be honest, there was a group of people there called Team Plasma with similar ideals to Team Genyu, but they didn't really get anywhere with their attempts to brainwash the masses, and eventually I stopped seeing them pop up everywhere all together." Don't roll your eyes. Don't roll your eyes. "I did meet a mysterious teenager who showed up at my side every-so-often, but he wasn't—lower the volume for a moment if you don't want to hear this spoiler—affiliated with Team Genyu in the least. Many of the characters were based off of people I had met. I met strong, brave trainers like Vasara and rude, calloused figures like Karusu. In a way, my novel was based off of my journey, except with a more interesting story behind it."

"How riveting! It's pretty incredible how you get all of these ideas from such small details." Roxy looked at the cameras. "I'm afraid that's about all the time we have for today." She looked at me again. "Cecilia, thank you so much for stopping by."

"No problem. It was a pleasure to be here."

Roxy focused on the camera again, "Coming up: a new episode of Ketch Appy, followed by Sinnoh Hot Hit Tunes. Thanks for joining us, and see you next week!"

Three...two...one...

"Alright!" the director yelled. "That's a wrap."

-x-

Okay, so I never really took N leaving very well. When I first returned home, I sat in my room most of the time and kinda just sulked for about a month. Then, my seventeenth birthday came around, and my sister got me a journal, which gave me the idea to write a novel about my experiences in Unova. Of course, I had to change everyone's names and everything, but overall, the novel was a literal depiction of my hell-of-a journey. I never expected it to become so popular—or for me to write it as fast as I did—but hey, fate hasn't let me down before, right?

I had to lie at the interview—several times, to be exact. Nobody could know that all of that really happened, except for the people who experienced the drama first hand. Even most of Unova wasn't aware of what really was going on with Team Plasma, so lying was not exactly a bad idea. Candice and I knew the truth, but nobody else in Sinnoh did.

When I was being interviewed, I was in the middle of a month-long book tour. It was nice to see much of Sinnoh that I hadn't seen before, but it wasn't as exhilarating as going off on my own. However, my next story wouldn't begin until I returned home from the tour...

-x-

"Rise and shine, Cecilia!" my mother's voice called up the stairs. At first, I didn't want to get out of bed. Then, the aroma of sizzling bacon made its way up the stairs. I couldn't resist; I was only gone for a month, and I still missed my mom's home cooking.

I sat down at the table and began to eat my breakfast—fried eggs and bacon. It wasn't very elaborate, but it was one of my favorite things to eat regardless. "Cece, how was the book tour?"

I hadn't even been back for a day, so it made sense that my mom was already asking me questions. "It was good. Arceus, I never expected being a famous author to be as unfamiliar as Unova."

"Well, I'm very proud of you, Cece."

Sliding down the railing of the staircase came Candice. She was dressed and ready for another day at work. "Morning, everyone!" she greeted as she sauntered to the kitchen. She sat down next to me and began to eat her breakfast, which was the same as mine. "Great job with the Jubilife TV interview, Cece."

"Thanks, sis." Just the thought of that interview made me think about N again. "Hey, can I come with you to the gym today? I'm not really doing anything."

"Sure! I don't mind in the least. Maybe you can be the ref—"

The front door swung open. My dad frantically darted into the house. He was holding something wrapped in a blanket. "Honey, what's going on?" my mom asked.

My dad explained, "I was on my morning hike, when all of a sudden I came across this unconscious trainer lying face down in the snow. He was surrounded by Pokemon who were trying to keep him warm. He has a pulse, but he's lucky that he does."

"Well, put him on the couch already!" my mom instructed. "I'll get some more blankets from the closet."

As my mom ran to the closet in the hallway, my sister and I ran over to my dad and helped him put the body on the couch. "Does he have frostbite?" Candice asked.

"His nose looked a bit red, but I don't think so. Let's check just to be sure."

When we unwrapped the blanket, we found a kid with pale skin and green hair. A black and white baseball cap was tightly affixed on his head. No way, I thought. I blinked a few times just to be sure I wasn't seeing things.

It was N.