"Serena, we need to talk," her father says, entering her bedroom.
"I know! I'm starting my adventure in a couple months and I'm nowhere near prepared!" Serena responds, searching through her closet for her bag.
"Serena-"
"It's not like I don't have time to prepare though. I can always buy stuff along the way," Serena continues.
"Serena-"
"-and my Pokémon will need their own food, but that all depends on their type-"
"Serena!"
"What?" Serena frowns, clutching at a skirt she was moving out of the way. Doesn't he know how important this is to her?
"Team Rocket is back." Her father holds his head in his hands.
"No." Serena stomps her foot. "No!" Team Rocket coming back means that she's going away.
"Rena, please."
"No! They were defeated by Gold five years ago and Red a year before that. They can't be back!"
Her father stands and hugs her. She pushes away, backing out of his arms.
"I've been monitoring the situation for a year," he says in between her protests of "no." "I kept hoping it wasn't true, that it was all rumor. I said I'd give it a year for them to either make it or break it. You remember what we agreed to the last time they took over."
"I don't want to leave you!"
"Sweetheart, I know." He opens his arms to her again, hugging her when she begins crying. "But you don't know how scary it was when they first took over. We almost lost you."
"But I'm going to lose you!"
"I'll still be here. I just want you to be safe."
"But-"
"No 'buts.' You're going to live with your mother until this all blows over."
"But I was supposed to have my adventure here."
"What's the point of having an adventure in a place you already know?"
Serena's crying quiets as she holds her father for a minute longer.