Hey, there everyone! Here's chapter two of my first Ranger Story!
Cast: *With sarcastic tone*Hooray…
Well, we better get on with this chapter now, shouldn't we?
Cast: YES.
By the way, I don't own Pokémon.
2. The Test
When night came, Spencer approached Sven when they were in the dorms.
"Hey, Sven. How's your day been?" He greeted.
Sven blinked a few times before sketching a thumbs-up on his sketch pad.
"I guess that means "My day's been great", right?" Spencer asked him. Sven nodded quickly. "By the way… You need to come with me for a sec'."
Something must've clicked in Sven's brain. He quickly shook his head.
"Oh, come on… I'm not gonna kill ya." Sven shook his head again. It was clear he wasn't going to move without the use of force… So Spencer called Joel, Cameron and Chris over who had to literally drag Sven out of the room, with Sven clawing at the floors as though he were saying "You'll never take me alive!"
After dragging him out the boys' dorm (gaining some rather foul looks from the girls, Elita and Wendy in particular), the boys dropped Sven on the settee, earning a glare from the new boy. The lights were off, causing an ominous air to hang around the school. Spencer noticed something odd about Sven: his eyes were glowing bright blue in the dim light, and his pupils were white. He was going to point it out, but Joel interrupted him.
"Sorry for dragging you out like that, Sven." Joel apologised. "We just need you to take this test all the new students take."
Sven narrowed his eyes at the blonde boy, distrust burning in his glowing, light blue eyes.
Chris, who was standing next to Elita, stepped forward.
"You have to take the test with the person you sit next to." He began.
"You just have to find the three Stylers we've hidden. One's in the library, another in the staff room and the last being in Ms. April's room." Amy finished.
"Sorry for not telling you about this earlier… We just like keeping it a surprise." Wendy added with an apologetic tone. Sven had immediately taken a liking to Wendy. Unlike her brother, she wasn't irritating and didn't seem that bothered by, what Spencer called, his "Vow of Silence". It took a while for Sven to trust Spencer, as he usually stuck with Joel or Cameron who seemed more eager to show him the ropes than poke their noses into his background.
Elita trotted up to Sven. Sven looked up at the lavender-haired Ranger-to-be with blue eyes. Elita didn't seem to notice his odd eye colour.
"So I guess you're with me for this test, then." She chimed, cocking her head to one side.
Spencer gave Sven a rather irritated look, as though saying "She never uses that cheerful tone with me! How come you end with the Nice Elita and I end up with the Mean Elita?!" Joel noticed this and snickered.
"Jealous, Spence'?" He snickered, resulting in a glare from Spencer.
Sven got up off the settee he was forced to sit on and stood beside Elita. Elita was quite tall, and Sven was dwarfed by her. He didn't seem to care about his size, so no one poked fun at him for it.
"We better get going. This test'll take the whole night if we don't." Elita smiled.
The Rangers-to-be headed down the stairs, with Elita leading the way. Elita had to use the banisters whilst walking down the stairs. Sven, oddly, didn't. He walked down those stairs as though it were the middle of the day.
He must have pretty good eyesight to see where he's going in the middle of the night… Elita mused, watching Sven take steady, yet quick, steps down the stairs.
Elita beckoned Sven towards the library, where the first Styler lay hidden.
Their way was blocked by boxes, and Elita was going to get a Bidoof to shift them… only for Sven to pick them up and place them to one side with ease.
He's pretty tough for a new student… He doesn't look that muscular, either… Where'd he get such strength from? Elita wondered as Sven set the last box down and picked up the Styler that lay on the table.
Elita then led him to the staff room. There, a Pichu clutched the Styler in little paws. It didn't seem the skittish type… more like the playful and trickster type.
Pichu scuttled away when it lay eyes on the two Students. It poked its head around one corner of the staff table, snickered, then hid behind the table leg. Sven's footsteps were silent. Elita didn't even know he had moved. It seemed Pichu didn't either. It jumped when it felt Sven brush his hand against its back.
It gave him a look which immediately said "Aaawww… Ya got me!" before handing Sven the Styler. It then bounced towards the boxes it had turned into a little den before curling up and falling asleep.
Sven had found Miss April's room rather easily. Elita didn't have to guide him. Boxes littered the room. Some of them occasionally shuffled, but the others remained as silent as the moon which watched over the world.
"The other two were easy, weren't they? Here you've got to find which b-" Elita was cut off when Sven lifted up the correct box.
Elita gave him a look which said "How the hell did you figure that out so quickly?!" before leaving the room, Sven behind her.
Sven had found himself led into the basement, which was strictly off limits. The look on Sven's face was that of worry and… fear? Elita didn't know what emotions graced his face, but she could clearly tell he was nervous about heading down the stairs.
"Come on, Sven! Kincaid's not here! He's asleep!" Elita reassured, whispering.
Sven shook his head.
Elita rolled her eyes.
"Look… all you've gotta do is put these Stylers by that pot over there," She then gestured to the plant pot that sat beside Kincaid's research room. "And you're done."
Sven raised a questioning brow, but didn't object. His footsteps were still silent. Elita wondered how he did it. He looked about, wary about his surroundings, before placing the Stylers beside the plant pot and returning to Elita's side.
"There. Wasn't so hard, now was it?" Elita smiled. Sven just gave her a blank look.
"Gaaaasssstttllllyyyyyy…" A voice moaned. (A/N: I have no idea how you spell Gastly's name. Is it "Ghastly" or "Gastly"? SOMEONE HELP ME!)
"Huh? Did you say something, Sven?" Elita asked, her eyes wide.
Sven shook his head.
"Gastly!"
"Gaaasssssttttttlllllyyyyyyy…"
"Ok! This is getting really creepy now!" Elita whined. Elita was the type of girl that was hard to scare… and these mysterious voices were clearly scaring her.
"Gastly-Gas!" About five ball-like Pokémon shrouded in purple gas circled the two Students. "Ggggaaaaasssssssstttttlllllyyyyyy…"
"Ok, guys! C-calm down! W-we're not trying to hurt you or anything!" Elita stammered. She was surprised Sven wasn't frightened of the Ghost Pokémon. She turned around to see Sven playing with them. All he was doing was reflecting light off of the pendant he wore, which created a shiny spot on the wall. The Gastly were following it, with the occasional snicker or giggle.
After a few minutes of light-chasing, the Gastly got bored. The floated up to Sven, boredom painted onto their faces.
"Gaaaasssssttttt…" They moaned. Elita roughly translated it as "We're bbbooooorrrreeeeddddd."
Sven stood there, running through ideas to entertain the Gastly. He quickly came up with one: Charades. He didn't say anything, but the Gastly probably knew what he was thinking. They nodded and turned into people, Pokémon and Demons. One turned into a Kangaroo Demon, another into a Weasel, one into a Ranger, another into a Buizel and the final one into a Shinx.
Sven just looked at them. They smiled before returning back into their normal forms.
"Gastly-Gast!" They chimed. It was as though they were wanting Sven to play Charades with them. Sven shook his head. He gave them a look which said "Sorry. I can't today. How about tomorrow?"
The Gastly muttered amongst themselves before nodding an returning to where they came from.
Elita and Sven headed back up to the dorm area, where the other students were waiting.
"What took you so long, guys? It took over half an hour!" Spencer asked with an impatient tone, referring to the fact the tests usually took a lot less time to complete.
"Sorry… Sven was just entertaining some Gastly." Elita replied. Sven's face went blank and he turned to the boys' dorm. It was impossible to read his emotions.
He quickly headed back into the dorm without letting anyone know.
"What's with him?" One of Kincaid's Students asked.
"He's most probably tired." Wendy replied before letting out a yawn. "Well… I'm off to bed…" The girls and boys exchanged goodnights and headed off to their dorms.
The boys found Sven sitting on his bunk. He seemed pretty worried about something. It looked like he was stroking two creatures. When Joel climbed up the ladder on Sven's bunk, he found an Umbreon and Vaporeon lying with him.
Sven gave him a look which asked him not to tell anyone. Joel nodded before climbing back down. The boys all headed off to bed, whilst Sven and the two Eeveeloutions lay awake.
The Umbreon nudged his gloved hand whilst the Vaporeon remained perfectly still, its head on Sven's lap.
Sven scratched behind the Umbreon's ear, earning him a quiet purr which Sven gestured to be shushed.
Sven lightly nudged the sleepy Vaporeon awake, who let out a yawn before standing up. The Umbreon hopped out of the bed, followed shortly by the Vaporeon, then by Sven. The trio then crept out of the dorm and into the school yard.
Well, there's the second chapter done!
Sven: *In American McGee's Alice Cheshire Cat Voice* About time, too, Beardie Girl.
… Why did I even let you play on that?
Wendy: By the way, reviews are always welcome and updates will be quick!
