I let out a huff and my fringe blew of my face. Moving is always such an effort. I lifted up another heavy box and struggled under the weight of it. My Blaziken who was helping me to move everything into my new apartment, rushed over at the sign of my struggling. The Pokemon relieved me of the box, rather easily. "Thanks Amber." I muttered to the Pokemon that I had by my side since the beginning of everything of my run away journey. I picked up a smaller box and moved it to the living room of my new apartment. Amber turned back to me and was looking at me in a questioning manner. I pointed to my bedroom and the Pokemon nodded and set off.

As it came back into the living room I threw a pokeblock in its direction. I pushed my hair back over the top of my head. Once all the boxes were moved to their respective places, I decided that it was enough for now. I thanked my Blaziken again and called her back into her pokeball for a well-earned rest. I decided that it would be a good idea to head outside to explore my new town.

First, I need to change… I went into my bedroom and grabbed my favourite pair of black jeans. I paired this with a nice red blouse that fitted my figure quite nicely and it had a cute bow at the collar. I fitted this with a comfy pair of ankle boots and grabbed my black shoulder bag. I stepped outside into the sunlight of Mossdeep city.

I locked my door behind me and turned to face the town. There were only a handful of other houses behind mine; I'd deliberately picked somewhere quite quiet. There's the standard Pokemon Center and a Pokemon Mart. There was a small market, a gym and the Mossdeep space center. I walked to the edge and looked at the crystal clear sea that was surrounding me on all sides. That was the real reason I came here. I'm studying to be a marine biologist and I'm very interested in the diving opportunities around here. I watched the trainers swimming and surfing on their Pokemon. That was me, until I decided to start studying again. It still is me occasionally. Can never say no to the allure and adrenaline of a Pokemon battle it's always going to be a part of me. I've got my eight badges; maybe I'll challenge the elite four someday.

Since there were only five other houses asides from mine I thought I'd knock on the doors of my neighbours and say hello. The first house I knocked on was a family home. Eliza was a lovely woman in her late thirties, who reminded me very much of my own mother. Her husband was a quiet and reserved man call John. They had two children. One was a small boy, who couldn't be any more than four years old. The next was older than the first; she must have been around fourteen. She was talking incessantly to her mother about an idol that was meant to be returning soon. Her little brother pulled on my jeans. "M-Miss, do you have P-P-Pokemon?"

I nodded and bent down to his level. "Yes, I do, I have lots of them. They're my precious friends."

He held out a pokeball. "T-Then battle me! Our eyes met, we have to!"

I chuckled a little and looked over to the mother. She nodded in approval.

The boy threw a pokeball. "Go Rattata!"

I pulled a pokeball from my belt. "Go Hazel!" I called out as I released my Eevee. The cute pokemon looked between me and its opponent and back again. I gave it a wink and nodded my head. She nodded back and took off at Rattata. Eevee batted the Pokemon gently with its paw and waited for a counterattack. The Rattata came at her with a tackle and Hazel feigned falling over and pretending to faint. The little boy cheered and swung his Rattata around.

"Yay! We won!"

I beckoned to Eevee and she came running towards me and ran up my arm and onto shoulder. Hazel nuzzled into my cheek and I nuzzled her right back again. The woman came over and rested a hand on my other shoulder. "That was very kind of you, thank you. You must have a fantastic connection with your Pokemon. You didn't even need to say anything!"

I nodded. "Me and Hazel here have been together for a while now, since Johto. We know each other pretty well. Isn't that right?" I scratched the evolution Pokemon under the cheek and she made an affectionate noise.

Eliza smiled at me. "Today's your first day here then, huh? Where are you from, if you don't mind me asking?"

"I'm from Littleroot town, but Johto originally."

"Wow, that's quite a distance! Are your parents okay with that?"

I nodded. "I really wanted to come here, I'm studying marine biology and the waters around Mossdeep are different from anywhere else around here. There's so much wildlife to see and document. My mother wasn't brilliant about me moving so far, but I've got a Pokemon that knows fly so I can always make visits. As my dad puts it, 'I'm old enough and ugly enough to make my own decisions.'" She laughed at that.

"You do look quite young though, you can't be anymore than twenty."

"You've pretty much hit the nail on the head. I'm twenty in a month."

A little while later, I was on my way out the door. "It was lovely meeting you May! Please don't be a stranger, you're welcome here anytime!"

I waved behind me. I reached up and stroked Eevee on the head as we made our way to the next house. I knocked on the door, but there was no answer. "I guess they're not in."

A couple of teenage girls walked up to me, they were the same age as the girl at Eliza's house. "If you're after an autograph from Steven, he isn't here yet. He's coming later. We're waiting for him!"

"Okay…" I muttered as I stepped back from the front door.

"You don't know who Steven Stone is?!" The first of the girls exclaimed. "He's such a dreamboat! Hoenn's silver haired dreamboat!"

"Right then." I muttered again.

"Wow! You seriously don't know him?! You're a Pokemon trainer, aren't you?" I looked at Eevee. "Where have you been living all this time, under a rock?!"

"Umm… " I rubbed the back of my neck. "I stopped seriously travelling and training a couple of years back now."

"I guess that explains it then Kate, he only got seriously popular a year and half ago…"

"Well, when he gets here, stay back! We saw him first!"

I waved my hands in front of my face and decided I was going to leave the stalking girls to it.

I went back into my house and decided that I was going to do some surfing and exploring around the outskirts of Mossdeep city, see if I can find any good places for a dive whilst I'm waiting for my new scuba diving equipment to arrive. "For that though… I'll need to change again. I changed into my black bikini and slung my brown belt across my waist. I attached my pokeballs to this. As I made my way down to the beach, I got a few glances. "Well, can't be blamed, walking around in a bikini isn't a standard thing to do after all."

I got to the beach and called out the water Pokemon I had with me at the moment, my Milotic. I jumped onto its back and Hazel climbed on top of my head. "Let's go, Mizu!" I called down to the beautiful aquatic Pokemon. Mizu started off slow whilst I got my balance right on its body. "Keep still Hazel!" I called with a laugh to the Pokemon on my head. "I don't want to fall!"

Hazel let out a cry and I looked up to see people watching me from the edge of Mossdeep. I couldn't really make them out, they were a bit too high up, but I waved anyway. I continued with my route around Mossdeep and found a few nice dive spots plus Shoal cave, which will all be brilliant for exploration once I get my new equipment.

After I was finished I told Mizu to take us back. The majestic Pokemon did as much and I stroked her face. "Thanks a bunch!" She cooed affectionately and nuzzled my hand. She then pushed it and I almost fell over backwards. "Why, you cheeky thing!" I shook my fist and the Pokemon just looked incredibly amused. Hazel was laughing at me too. I laughed. "Come back Mizu." I clipped the pokeball back to my belt. Hazel moved back to my shoulder and I made my way back up the steps.

A girl and a boy both around the age of eight, came running up to me. "Miss, you were so cool!"

I ruffled the girls head. "Thank you."

"What type of Pokemon was that?"

"It's a Milotic. I raised it from a tiny fish this size." I gestured with my hands how small the Feebas was when I caught it.

"Wow!" They said in unison, right before they ran away. I made a shrugging motion and Hazel copied me. That set us both off in a laughing fit. I kept walking a little further and it wasn't long before I met with a reasonable sized crowd. This must be what those two girls were on about.

I scanned the crowd; it was mostly composed of teenage girls. There were a couple of girls who seemed closer to my age but they were few and far between. It didn't take me long to find the guy they were all fuzzing over. I mean, he stands out. Mainly because he's the only guy in the crowd. He was dressed in a very nice black, purple and white suit dress suit with a red cravat. He had messy silver hair, he was pretty handsome. I'd give him that. I smiled and waved at the guy as a gesture of good faith, but I don't think he saw. It wasn't long before I found myself confronted with the two girls before.

"How dare you!"

I blinked, slightly taken aback by this affront. "Excuse me?"

"We told you Steven was ours and here you are, marching up in a bikini of all things!"

"R-Right." I glanced over at Steven. "Might want to reign in your fangirls!" I called over the din.

Steven glanced my way and blinked. I laughed.

"Goodbye girls," I called over my shoulder as I made my way back to my place. I had to push through the crowd a little bit to get to my house, as a few of the people were practically on my doorstep. A guy who had just joined the crowd grabbed my wrist and wolf whistled at me. "Hey girl, fancy giving me your number?"

"No, I don't I'm afraid." I tried to pull my wrist free.

He wasn't letting go. "Aww, come on. Don't be like that."

"Let go of me." I said through gritted teeth. People started to turn around. "Please refrain from forcing yourself on me in such a disgusting manner."

The guy finally let go of my hand. I shivered and looked out the corner of my eye to see Steven glaring at the man, but the man didn't even notice.

I rubbed my sore wrist and finally made my way into my house. Once inside, I changed into the same outfit as before and decided to start unpacking the kitchen, so that I could cook dinner. Once I unpacked most of it, I checked the time on watch. It was half eight. "Time to get stuff in for dinner I think." I glanced over at Hazel who was batting a ball back and forth. "You coming with Hazel?" The Pokemon perked her ears up and nodded her head before running into my arms.

I walked out and locked the door behind me. I dropped Hazel down to the ground and the little lynx like Pokemon followed obediently by my side. I walked over to the market. I have to be quick, it shuts at nine. I picked up a basket and began to browse the aisles. I decided to just do pesto and pasta for tonight. I also picked up some other bits and pieces along with breakfast and lunch tomorrow.

Hazel jumped onto the shelf and knocked a satsuma into my basket. "Is that a hint?" I called out to her as I rubbed her head. "I'm guessing you're going to want me to peel it for you as well as buy it?" The Pokemon gave me a mischievous grin. "Fine, but only because you're the cutest thing ever."

"You've got one cunning Pokemon there."

A/N Please review! This is my first Pokemon fanfiction and I'd love any comments/constructive criticism you might have! Thanks a bunch for reading.