Howdy folks! This is my first fanfiction, or at least the first one I plan on finishing for once. I've recently obtain my own copy of Pokémon White (I had played through my sisters copy of Black) and my friend Celeste suckered me into FerrisWheelShipping. I really wanted to write about it because I've had little plot bunnies hopping around in my head. For the most part I'm going to update after I finish a section of the game, so that I can get it as close to the game as possible overall. Eventually I'll be adding in parts that aren't in the game, and I'll probably add Pokémon to places where you don't usually find them for the sake of shaking it up. The rating may go up eventually, but we'll see. For now I'm keeping it at a safe T because that's the game plan for now. Anyway, I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I don't own the Pokémon franchise, nor any of the characters.
I laid on my bed staring at the ceiling. Cheren sat at my desktop rolling the chair back and forth absent mindedly. I crossed my arms and huffed, pulling my hat down over my face and half considered taking a nap. It was pretty obvious Bianca didn't intend to show up anytime soon. Cheren stared lustfully at the blue box with a pretty green ribbon. Inside were the Pokémon we would become partners with. That was as soon as Bianca decided to get here. The front door slammed, frantic footsteps came from the stairs. Bianca nearly tripped on the last step, clutching her bag to her chest breathing heavily.
"I'm really, really sorry guys." She dropped her bag to the floor and let out a deep breath. I smiled and sat up in bed tipping my hat back up.
"It's okay Bianca."
"Honestly Bianca, we all know you have no sense of time but today is important," Cheren stood up and folded his arms giving her a condescending look, "you've kept us waiting for over 45 minutes." He sighed and let his arms fall back to his side. "Never mind, at any rate you're here now. So let's pick our Pokémon," he looked at me and gestured to the box, "it's your house Hilda, it's only fair you get to pick first."
I pushed myself off the bed and stood in front of the box that was sitting on my desk. I took the card off the bow and read it out loud.
"Hey guys, these are the Pokémon I'm giving you to start your career as trainers! There are three Pokémon, one for each of you. Settle who gets each one nicely! - Professor Juniper." I carefully slid the green ribbon off the box and opened the lid. Three shiny Poké Balls sat inside, I grinned and grabbed all three. I pressed the button on the first ball and it grew in my hand. I pressed the button again and released the Pokémon. A bright white light landed on the floor in front of me, and a green snake like Pokémon took its shape.
"Sniiivy." It looked around the room with bored eyes and crossed its arms. "Snivy." It concluded tilting its head up. Bianca giggled.
"He looks like you Cheren!" Cheren scoffed, but he grimaced when he noticed he was indeed in a similar position as the small Pokémon. I suppressed a smile and opened the second Poké Ball. A small orange pig was released, it snorted and wagged its tail looking around excitedly.
"He's so so so sooo cute!" Bianca squealed clasping her hands together.
"Tepig! Te-pig!" It replied happily closing its eyes and smiling. I opened the final Poké Ball and a little otter stretched its arms yawning loudly, it looked around curious of his surroundings.
"Osha?" He asked questioningly looking at his two friends next to him.
"Sni, snivy." His grass companion replied looking bored and seeming to shrug.
"Pig. Te, te te, tepig!" The fire type chortled and bounced.
"Okay Hilda, they're all out," Cheren eyed each Pokémon in turn, "take your pick." I folded my arms, tapping my chin with one hand and pursing my lips.
"Which one, which one." I contemplated over the Snivy, but like Bianca said he was too similar to Cheren; I could barely deal with one let alone two. The Tepig was so bouncy and bubbly, he was turning every which way to look around the room. He seemed such a good match for Bianca, she also had seemed to take a liking to him. That left the Oshawott. He turned around to look at me and blinked before smiling.
"Wott. Osha, osha osha. Oshawott." He nodded at me and tapped the scalchop on his stomach. "Shaaa." He nodded again and put his flippers behind him, rocking back and forth on his heels. He seemed to be done with whatever he had been telling me.
"I like him, I'll take this little guy." I leaned down and picked him up. He smiled and kicked his small feet.
"Oshaaaaa!" Bianca rushed over to grab the Tepig and lifted him in the air, spinning around.
"Yay! I'm taking this one!" She squished him against her and he chortled again squealing happily.
"Tepiiiig!" The Snivy, slowly walked over to Cheren. He walked around him eyeing my friend up and down. He sniffed and stood in front of him with his arms still folded. Cheren peered down at him, he pushed his glasses further up the bridge of his nose.
"Snivy." They nodded at each other in understanding. I rolled my eyes, they sure were going to get along.
"Okay we should go over t-"
"Hilda let's battle!" Bianca said hurriedly putting Tepig back on the ground. Cheren snorted.
"Bianca they're weak but we still can't battle inside a house."
"Exactly! They're weak so they won't cause much damage." Cheren looked at her without saying a word. Before he could give her a counter argument she was pointing at me.
"Hilda! I challenge you to a Pokémon battle!" I laughed and set my Oshawott on the ground. I stepped back and pointed back.
"I accept your challenge! Oshawott, tackle Tepig!" My Oshawott darted without hesitation at his friend and slammed him into the ground.
"Oh no! Tepig it's okay, tackle him back!" He picked himself up off the ground and charged at Oshawott, who attempted to run away but instead got smashed into my trash can.
"Shaaa!" He yelled as the can fell on top of him and my balled up papers and other trash fell on him.
"Don't let him get you down tackle again!" Oshawott brushed himself off and ran after Tepig, they chased each other all over my room, jumping on my bed, knocking over tables and even bouncing off the walls to beat each other onto the ground. Eventually Tepig collapsed on the ground, he sighed and gave a weak call.
"Piiig…" Oshawott tapped his scalchop and put his flipped on his hips.
"Osha!" He exclaimed triumphantly.
"Oh poor Tepig!" Bianca knelt beside her Pokémon and patted him, "it's okay, you did your best!" Cheren coughed and tapped his foot. Both Bianca and I looked up at him.
"I don't know if you noticed or not but…" He gestured to my room. It was in shambles. My bed sheets were on the ground in a ball, my desks were all over the place along with my papers, my DVD cabinet was open and half my movies were scattered on the floor. Even my TV was out of place. I rubbed the back of my neck sheepishly.
"Mom's gonna kill me." Bianca laughed.
"Cheren you have to battle Hilda too!" I held up my hands.
"Whoa now, we've already destroyed my room enough."
"That's the point, it's already destroyed I don't think it can get much worse!" Cheren shrugged.
"I think I can prevent the battle from getting too out of hand. First you both need to heal your Pokémon." He pulled out some potions and sprayed both Tepig and Oshawott. Tepig got up and wiggled his tail feeling a lot better. Oshawott stretched his arms again before giving Snivy a prebattle glare.
Snivy gave him a condescending look back. Cheren stood back and pointed at me like Bianca had.
"Hilda! I challenge you to a Pokémon battle!" I didn't even bother replying, I pointed at Snivy and yelled.
"Oshawott, tackle!"
"Snivy, dodge!" This battle went much differently, no matter how many times Oshawott tried to touch Snivy he always managed to slide out of the way. Every time Oshawott would pause to turn around Snivy would retaliate with his own attack. Eventually the battle ended when Oshawott fell over onto his face and started crying a little. Snivy stopped and returned to Cheren, a sly smile on his face.
I crouched down next to my Pokémon and gave his back a pat.
"Don't cry Oshawott, you win some you lose some." He sniffed and looked up at me picking himself up off the ground. He wiped some tears out of his eyes and gave me a sad look.
"Osha…" I smiled and picked him up to hug him.
"We'll beat Cheren next time."
"You wish," he laughed, "anyway we need to go tell your mom about your room." He started walking down the stairs, Bianca followed him to the top step.
"Come on Hilda, I feel really bad about what we did." She frowned and held Tepig before walking down the stairs herself. I looked around the room and sighed. I was really not looking forward to getting chewed out for destroying my room. Oshawott looked up at me and tapped my cheek with his flipper.
"Osha. Wott." He gave me a wise nod and then snuggled against me.
"I guess it's time to face the music huh?" I walked down the stairs myself. Catching the tail end of the conversation.
"We'll clean the room ourselves." Bianca said clutching her Tepig. Mom shook her head, but she didn't look very angry.
"No, it's fine I'll clean it myself later." I reached the bottom step and she turned to look at me. "You three should go see Professor Juniper and thank her for the Pokémon." Cheren nodded and looked at Bianca.
"Let's go then."
"I need to go back to my house first." Bianca said, although she didn't seem very happy about it.
"Thanks for having us over!" Cheren shouted as they both left. I stopped, I was alone with my mom. Now, surely, I was going to get yelled at. She walked over and smiled at me. The calm before the storm.
"I'm not mad at you Hilda," she said scratching Oshawotts cheek, "I remember my first Pokémon battle. It's a lot of fun. I know you didn't mean to mess up your room. It's fine I'll clean it up when I get the time. Just go see the Professor with your friends." She smiled and walked back to the kitchen table. "Oh wait before I forget," she picked up an Xtrainsceiver off the table and handed it to me, "you're going to need this." She winked at me as I strapped it onto my left wrist. She waved at the door. "Now get out of here."
I hurried past her giving her a wave before jogging to the Professors house. Cheren stood outside looking impatient, Snivy imitating him. I puffed out my cheeks trying not to laugh.
"Go check on Bianca," he said, "she's taking too long." I rolled my eyes. It's been five minutes, Cheren seriously needed to chill. I complied anyway.
"I'll be back in a second." I walked to Bianca's house returning Oshawott to his Poké Ball. The door to her house was open so I peered inside. I winced when I heard her dads booming voice, retreating behind the door again.
"You're not leaving! I'm not going to let you! You're far too young to be leaving the house, you're too young to be training Pokémon!"
"But dad, tons of other regions give kids their first Pokémon when they're ten or eleven!"
"Honey, I really think it's ok-"
"No! She's not leaving and that's final!" I heard Bianca's mom sigh in defeat, footsteps suddenly rushed towards me. Bianca smacked into me and I nearly lost my balance.
"S-sorry Hilda," Bianca pulled her hat down so I couldn't see her face, but I could tell she was getting ready to cry, "let's just…go to the Professors okay?"
"Okay, I'm right behind you." She quickly walked back to Professor Juniper's, probably trying to get there before her dad came after her. Cheren opened the door to let us in when we arrived and we gathered into the Professors laboratory.
She turned away from a large machine she had been looking at and opened her arms in welcome. "Hello you three, my name is Professor Juniper."
"Professor we know who you are." Cheren stately bluntly. Juniper scolded him, but still smiled.
"Now Cheren, it's your first day as trainers don't you think there should be some formality here?"
"Yeah Cheren just shut up for like two minutes okay?" I asked smirking. He huffed at me and turned back to the Professor, his mouth forming a small line.
"Like I was saying, I'm Professor Juniper and I would like to welcome you three to your first day as Pokémon trainers!" She beamed at us before continuing, "Being a trainer requires lots of travel and work, but I'm sure you'll all be exceptional! Now, since you'll be traveling I have a favor to ask of you."
"You want us to use the Pokédexes right?" Cheren cut in before she could continue her speech.
"Well, someone has been reading my works and spending time studying Pokémon!" Juniper said clapping her hands together seeming quite pleased.
"Know-it-all." I muttered under my breath.
"That's all he does Professor," Bianca said giggling, "he locks himself in his room with books and reads all day." Cheren tugged at his jacket seeming a little embarrassed.
"That's not all I do." He said trying to look anywhere but at any of us.
"No, it's wonderful Cheren! Knowledge is power. At any rate, Cheren is correct and I would like you three to take these Pokédexes and attempt to complete them. That will require extensive travel but it would be of great help towards my research." She turned back the machine she had been looking at earlier and pulled out three shiny Pokédexes. She passed them out and stepped back letting us look at them. "Would you three be willing to do this?"
We looked at each other and nodded, then directed our attention back at her.
"It would be an honor Professor." Cheren said.
"This is going to be so cool!" Bianca said staring at her Pokédex. I looked at the Professor and smiled.
"Of course we'll help."
"Great!" she said grabbing a bag and heading towards the door, "I want you three to meet me on route one." As she exited we stopped not quite believing what was going on.
"We're really going to do this," Bianca started looking down at her Pokédex again, "we're going to travel Unova. We're going to be real trainers." Cheren snorted stuffing his Pokédex into his bag.
"About time too, there are seven year olds with Pokémon."
"Shut up Cheren," I said rolling my eyes, "they may have Pokémon but they don't get to travel. Plus most of them get Pokémon from their parents. We're seventeen, we have a lot more freed-" I stopped giving Bianca a sideways glance, she was looking down at her feet, her arms hanging at her sides.
"Never mind, it doesn't matter so stop complaining all the time Cheren." I walked out the door, Bianca following behind me. My mom was waiting outside and I stopped surprised.
"Did she give you the Pokédexes?" I opened my mouth about to ask her how she knew but she continued without letting me speak, "I know all about it, the Professor told me what she was going to do," she smiled, "since you three are going to be out adventuring I want to give you these." She held out three maps. "These are town maps, it's always helpful to know where you're going." She smiled as we took them. Bianca took the map from my mom but look displeased.
"Don't worry Bianca, you just go with these two. I'll talk to your dad later." She smiled and her and she perked up a little bit.
"Thanks mom." I gave her a hug as Cheren and Bianca gave her quiet thanks yous themselves.
"Now get going you three, don't keep the Professor waiting." I watched as she headed back to the house, not noticing Bianca and Cheren leaving me behind.
"Hey no fair, wait up for me!" I hollered running to catch up to them. Cheren was sighing at Bianca when I caught up.
"Hilda, Bianca is insisting we all step out onto route one together."
"Oh shush Cheren, it's our first step on an adventure we should do it together!" I shrugged.
"I don't see why not. Don't be a kill joy." Cheren rolled his eyes at us but stopped arguing anyway. Bianca linked arms with us and grinned.
"Okay guys. One. Two. THREE!" We all jumped at once and landed past the sign stating we were entering route one.
"Okay we did it, we crossed onto route one together. As if we haven't done it a hundred times before." Cheren walked away from us. I puffed out my cheeks and lowered my voice to a baritone, swinging my arms around in front of me and stomping on the ground in place.
"I'm Cheren and I'm a big loser who can't let loose and have a little fun every once in a while, blah blah blah, books, blah blah blah, Pokémon." Bianca laughed at my imitation before tugging on my arm.
"Let's go before he yells at us for goofing off." We caught up to where the Professor and Cheren were waiting for us.
"Okay! Now that you're all here I can show you how to capture while Pokémon." She pulled out a Poké Ball and released a Minccino.
"Aww, it's so cute." Bianca said bending down to pet its head. Professor Juniper smiled.
"Yes, she is very cute. Anyway, a wild Pokémon can attack at any time when you're not in a city or town. When you encounter a Pokémon you wish to capture you need to first weaken it, and when you think it's weak enough you throw a Poké Ball. Putting it asleep will make it even easier to catch." A Lillipup was sneaking up on the Professor, bending low and wiggling its tail. She heard it snap a branch and whipped around.
"Minccino, attack." The Pokémon let loose an attack on the Lillipup without hesitation. The small dog was knocked onto the ground and let out a pitiful yelp attempting to stand back up. The Professor tossed a Poké Ball high into the air, a white light poured out of it and enveloped the Pokémon. The ball landed on the ground and shook. Finally it clicked shut and the red light on the button turned green.
"And that's all there is too it." She turned around, recalling Minccino back to its Pokéball. Even Cheren looked in awe at her. We hadn't actually seen a real capture as many times as we've walked around route one, seeing that it wasn't exactly a major road to get anywhere.
"Here, I have some Poké Balls for you guys." She pulled them out of her bag and handed each of us five. "I want you all to follow me to Accumula Town, I have more to show you." Cheren and I started to follow her but Bianca caught us by our collars.
"Wait you two, I have an idea! Wouldn't it be fun to see who has the most Pokémon by the time we get to town?"
"Sure I guess." I replied with a shrug.
"Okay, whoever has the most Pokémon including the one the Professor gave us wins." Cheren started jogging away before Bianca even finished.
"You're going down Hilda." He called as he ran towards town. I nearly chased after him but contained myself, I was so not letting him win. Bianca smiled and started jogging herself.
"Come on Hilda!" I sighed, those two were always running off without me. I decided to walk through the forest at a leisurely pace myself. I was taking in the sun light filtering in through the tree branches; I paid more attention to the wild flowers that grew in patched along the tree line. I took a special interest in the tall patches of grass, knowing a Pokémon was probably hiding in them somewhere. Route one was a totally different place when you knew you wouldn't be seeing it again for a long while. I heard a chuckling sound coming from behind a tree ahead of me. I crept forward, trying to avoid making too much noise. A Patrat was standing at attention, its paw shielding its eyes as it looked for danger. I quietly released my Oshawott, hushing him before he could greet me.
"Okay guy, listen to me. We're going to capture this Patrat." I whispered.
"Osha." He replied quietly nodding.
"Now tackle!" I yelled causing the Patrat to stand up straight and squeal looking at me. Oshawott bounded at it and slammed it against a tree. The Patrat squealed again, and attempted to shove Oshawott back, but he smashed into him again without even a command. Patrat fell to the ground panting, I took my chance and threw a Poké Ball. The white light captured the Pokémon, and the ball landed with a soft thud onto the grass. The red light immediately turned green.
"We did it Oshawott!" I bent down and gave him a squeeze.
"Sha." He sighed happily patting my cheek.
"You know. I think I want to give you a nickname." Oshawott looked at me quizzically. "Yeah I think I'm going to name you," I paused thinking, "Fivel." He looked at me again and then chortled hugging my face. "You like that? Fivel? Well Fivel it is then." I set him on the ground and picked up the Poké Ball that the Patrat had been captured in.
"I think we're going to name this one too." I opened the ball and the Patrat came out sitting on the ground. It rubbed its head and sighed.
"Pat…"
"Hey buddy," I bent down to the Patrats level. "sorry you had to take a beating like that." I frowned, "Anyway, I'm Hilda your trainer." The Patrat looked at me, and lifted itself off the ground.
"Patrat." It nodded and saluted. I laughed and saluted back.
"So now you need a name. I sort of need to know if you're a boy or girl first. Are you a girl?" The Patrat sniffed and saluted again. "Okay so a girl. Hm. Lacy, I'm going to call you Lacy." She looked at me and gave me a small nod before scuttling over to Fivel.
"Pat. Paatrat."
"Wott. Sha, osha." He tapped his scalchop and nodded. They seemed to be talking about me from the way they kept giving me glances. I waited for them to finish before returning Lacy to her Poké Ball.
"What were you saying about me Fivel?" I said giving him a stern look with my hands on my hips. He imitated my posture and gave me the same look I gave him.
"Wott, oshaaa. Sha." He stared me down daring me to reply. I laughed.
"I was joking, but it must've been serious from that look you just gave me." We walked further into the small forest before seeing the ground shift from grass soft dirt.
"Took long enough." Cheren said, his Snivy standing next to him offering Fivel and I a disdainful look.
"It's nice to see you too."
"So how many did you catch Hilda?" Bianca and her Tepig both looked excited.
"I caught a Patrat, so two."
"Aw, it's a three way tie." She looked moderately disappointed. A ringing noise sounded from all three of our Xtransceivers. I lifted my arm and saw I was getting a call from the Professor. I clicked the accept call button and was brought into a four-way call.
"Are you three getting along well with your Pokémon?"
"Sure are Professor!" Bianca said cheering up.
"I'm in front of the Accumula Town Poké Center, I'll see you soon." The call was hung up.
"Guess we better head over there." Cheren left without as. As usual. Bianca and I entered the center a few seconds after Cheren.
"Hello again you three! This is the Poké Center," she gestured around, "this is the place you want to go when your Pokémon need a rest. Which you should do right now." We put our Pokémon back into their balls and handed them to her. She set them on a tray and Nurse Joy took them to get healed up. She quickly came back and our Pokémon were returned to us. I let Fivel out of his ball again as we continued our tour. Professor Juniper explained the PC system to us and then introduced us to the Poké Mart. Finally she left us, saying that if we need her to give her a call on the Xtransceiver, and to head to Striaton City to meet a friend of hers . Bianca waved for Cheren and me to go on without her.
"I'm going to stay here for a little while, I want to pick up some more Poké Balls and maybe a Potion or two."
As Cheren and I left the Poké Center we heard a trumpet blast and a lot of commotion coming from a crowd a little ways away from the center. We looked at each other, I pursed my lips.
"Let's go check it out." I followed Cheren to the small platform and pushed our way through the crowd to the front. A group of people dressed in strange, medieval looking clothing stood on the stage. A trumpet blasted again and two of them parted to let an even more strangely dressed man stand front and center. He wore a long cloak, it had a large gold collar that wrapped around his neck, with what looked like blue gems adorning it. A large P was stitched on the front near his chest. The cloak itself was blue and yellow, with a pattern that resembled eyes emblazoned on the front. The strangest part was the visor covering one of his eyes, it glowed dark red and seemed to pulsate light. He looked around and then began speaking, the crowd instantly grew silent.
"My name is Ghetsis, I represent Team Plasma. Today, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to talk to you about Pokémon liberation." The crowd started tittering. "We have always been partners with Pokémon, and many people believe we and the Pokémon want this. But is that true? Is that what Pokémon want? Pokémon are used and abused by us, we push them around and use them as tools. Can anyone claim this is not the truth?" People were whispering amongst themselves.
"He's right though."
"Do my Pokémon really feel that way?"
"I don't believe this crack pot for a second."
"Pokémon are very different from us. They have so much potential. We have so much to learn from them. We are responsible for letting these beings live to their full potential! How must we do this? That's right, Pokémon liberation!" I heard several gasps from behind me. "Pokémon and humans will only be equal when that day comes that all Pokémon are liberated. I shall leave with these words as a parting gift. I implore you to consider the relationship between people and Pokémon. Consider what is right for our friends. Thank you for your attention." Turning around, he and the strangely dressed men walked off the stage and away. People were in a frenzy.
"There is no way he's right."
"He's not taking away my Pokémon."
"I don't know, I think maybe he is right in some way…" The crowd slowly dispersed, people leaving in various states of confusion. Cheren and I stared at each other not believing what we were hearing.
"That Ghetsis man is crazy. Pokémon want to be with us," he huffed and folded his arms, "I know they do."
"Do they?" A quiet voice from behind us asked him. We whipped around and saw a tall boy standing behind us. His long green hair was in a ponytail and many bracelets adorned his wrists. His hands were in his pockets, and his face was partially blocked by the black hat he was wearing. "I'm not sure I believe that."
"And who are you?"
"My name is N."
"My name is Cheren, and this is Hilda." Cheren unfolded his arms giving N a strange look. "You don't really believe what the Ghetsis guy was saying do you? He's crazy, of course Pokémon want to be with us." I put my hand on my hip and pointed at him.
"Yeah, I wouldn't let him plant any seeds of doubt in your mind. I think he's up to something dirty." N looked straight into my eyes without saying anything. I suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. His eyes were soft but also calculating, he studied me for a moment and then spoke.
"Your Pokémon thinks highly of you. It's strange." I was startled by his words but tried not to show it, instead raising an eyebrow.
"You know what Fivel is thinking?"
"Oh, you name your Pokémon. It's a strange thing to do, chaining them down like that." He looked at Fivel, who looked back at him with his flippers folded. N directed his gaze at me again, "Very strange." His gaze wavered to look somewhere behind me, he had a far off look like he wasn't completely there.
"Very, very strange." He blinked and he was back to reality. He touched the brim of his hat. "I must leave now. It was a pleasure to meet you Cheren, Hilda." His eyes shifted to mine and he paused after saying my name. "I have a feeling we'll be meeting again soon." He turned and walked off, leaving Cheren and I in front of the platform alone once again.
"N…" Cheren paused watching him leave, "he's an interesting fellow. Although I think that Ghetsis character got into his head. A shame."
"He was a little…creepy." I shuddered a little bit, the thought of his stare making me feel uncomfortable again." Bianca bounded up to us, her Tepig scuttling behind her.
"Who was that guy you were talking to?"
"I don't want to talk about it, he gave me the creeps."
"I'll tell you about it later Bianca. Anyway I think I'm going to head to Striaton City like the Professor said, I'm going to take the Pokémon gym challenge." He started to walk away and Bianca hurried after him.
"See you at Striaton Hilda!" She waved as she left. Fivel and I stood alone. I looked down at him and smiled.
"Guess it's just you and me huh buddy? Let's go to Striaton too."
"Osha." He nodded starting to walk in the direction Cheren and Bianca left. I didn't walk after him right away. I was consumed in my thoughts. What did that N guy mean when he said we'd meet again? I shook my head, that was highly unlikely on all accounts. I decided to forget about it and jogged to catch up with Fivel.
Wowza. I like that I get to make up Hilda's character for the most part since the player doesn't actually say anything. My main worry is keeping everyone in character. Since it's the first chapter I'm not too worried about it, I'm just thinking ahead. Until next time friends!