[Note before starting - this was a dare on the Serebii forums. The theme had to be bubbles, so I went for a platonic Lana x Mallow Drabble. The original name was "Memories Encased in Bubbles", but the title length disallowed it. Enjoy!]

"Pastries! Come and get your amazing pastries!"

Mallow didn't know how long she had been doing this for. Probably at least an hour or two.

But she wasn't too concerned. She'd heard about a market going on in the Castelia City Square, and she had wanted to promote her bakery, so she hadn't hesitated to head over there as fast as she could and set up a pastry stall.

"Come and get some Paniola Pastries!" She cried out to the crowd.

Barely anyone heard her.

Exhausted from trying to announce her existence, she sat down in the chair she had set up. This gave her an opportunity to look around at the events happening.

There wasn't too much that interested her, but two kids near the back alley earned her attention. They were blowing bubbles with one of those cheap bubble bottles that people gave away at fetes as rewards.

The bubbles reminded Mallow of herself when she was younger, back in Alola.

She remembered what it was like to attend the Pokemon school, before she eventually quit a year early to pursue her baking dream here in Unova. She remembered what it was like to sit and talk with all her classmates.

And she remembered what it was like to be with one certain special friend of hers.

One who had the dream of creating the perfect bubble a human could sit in.

Mallow wished she knew if that old friend of hers ever achieved that goal.