"RIIING!" I was training with my Pokémon when the phone rang. I ran to the phone. "Hello?"

"This is Champion Lance. All the gym leaders of the Kanto and Johto leagues will be meeting at the Indigo Plateau at 11:00 am tomorrow. Will you be there, Janine?"

"I will." I hung up. Why was there a meeting? Was Team Rocket attacking? That seemed unlikely, because Ethan and Lyra, two kids from Johto had stopped them after Team Rocket arose from the dust. They were not too much younger than me, maybe a year or two. Anyway, it could be something special, like a party. I like going to parties. I continued to think of possibilities while I was training and throughout the evening.

The next day I woke up early, as I usually do. Instead of my usual training, I allowed myself to get ready for the meeting. I wore my best outfit, even though Lance probably just wanted to tell us something, and gave myself a little time to relax.

At 10:30, I let Crobat out of its Poké Ball to fly me to the Indigo Plateau. "Crobat, fly me to the Indigo Plateau, please." With me holding on, Crobat set off. It knew the route well from me repeatedly visiting my father. He's one of the Elite Four, the best trainers in the region, and in the case of Kanto and Johto, in both Kanto and Johto. Under them are the gym leaders. My father used to be a gym leader until he was promoted, leaving his former job to me. I've been a gym leader for about six months, right behind Falkner, a Johto gym leader, who had been a leader for a year. He and I argue a lot, every Monday to be exact. Lots of people have seen us argue, and they think we might be in love. I've thought of it a couple times, but neither of us have done anything. Looking down, I thought of the wonderful things in my world and how lucky I was.

At Indigo Plateau, I entered the building and asked where the meeting was.

"Hello? I'm here for the Pokémon League meeting, where is it?"

"Downstairs in the meeting room on the right."

"Thanks."

I headed down the stairs to the meeting room, easily finding it. When I got there, I was told to sit on the left side. It seemed like Kanto was on the left side, Johto was on the right, and the Elite Four were in the back. Once all the gym leaders were in the room- the Elite Four were already there and I'd talked to my father- the meeting started with Lance speaking.

"Hello, Kanto and Johto gym leaders and Elite Four members. I've called you here to make an announcement. Our Pokémon Leagues will be going on a special cruise south of Johto."

Everyone cheered, and Lance told everyone to be quiet. "Shhh."

"We're leaving on Monday. Meet at the Olivine Harbor at 9 am."

Lance then continued to lecture us on what we were to do when we were there. "There will be a meeting with some other Pokémon Leagues there, and we'll also have a lot of time to relax." Then the meeting got into the boring stuff. Lance talked on and on and on about stuff like challengers and that. Overall, the meeting lasted about an hour. Once it was over, everyone started talking. I decided to eavesdrop on my father. He was talking to Karen and Bruno, two of the other Elite Four members. They were talking about the boring stuff that adults talk about like news and that. I decided to talk to some of the other gym leaders. I said hi to Jasmine, who was talking to Whitney.

"Hi, Jasmine. What's going on?"

"Nothing much, Whitney and I were talking about what to do there."

"I'm a bit scared of boats. They give me the creeps."

"It's OK. Let's change the subject."

Whitney jumps in with a new topic. "How have your gyms been going?"

I don't like to talk about the gym because that's kinda boring. I groan. "Ugh. Well, the gym's been going very well."

"Good to hear." Whitney just ends the conversation and walks away. Jasmine does too, and I start towards the door. All of a sudden, I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around to find myself staring at Falkner. "What?"

"Hi…" Falkner doesn't seem to have much experience talking to a girl.

"You OK?"

"Yep…" He slightly blushes.

I giggle. "You're turning pink!"

Falkner then turns bright red. Obviously he has a crush on me. I just smile and walk away, thinking of what had happened. Now I know Falkner has a crush on me. I mean, I sorta like him, but not that much. Then Falkner chases me. "Hey! Wait up!"

I turn around. "What?"

"Um, what do you think of this cruise idea?"

"I like it, but I hate boats."

"OK. I'm OK with them, but Misty sure likes them." I turn to look at Misty, who was talking to Erika, Sabrina, and Clair.

"Yep, that would seem reasonable." I turn to face Falkner again. "She is a Water-type trainer."

"So, you know what you're going to do there?"

"I don't know. Probably have to see what's there first."

"Me too, I don't really know."

Falkner said goodbye and I left the room. Once I was outside, I flew back home with Crobat just as I did coming here. I looked down over the Kanto region, seeing Viridian City and the cycling road on the way to Fuchsia City. When I got back, I went to the gym, seeing a few challengers. I battled them one by one, and only one of them was able to beat me. Ariados was able to knock most of everyone's Pokémon out, but one Charmeleon defeated Ariados with a powerful Flamethrower. I took my Pokémon to the Pokémon Center after the last challenger, Nurse Joy putting the Poké Balls in the machine. After they were healed, I started to pack for the trip, even though it was three days away. Today is Friday, and the trip starts Monday. I like to get a little packing out of the way every day. I packed some outfits and those sorts of things first. Stuff I like to bring and Pokémon will wait until the night before the trip. I then followed my normal daily schedule, working at the gym and taking short breaks every once in a while. That night, I thought of the trip and what to do. I was probably going to hang out with some friends of mine. I closed my eyes, thinking of the trip… and Falkner.