Ellie woke up with a start. She was very disoriented and she couldn't figure out where she was. She frowned, trying to organize her thoughts. She looked around the tiny room and her bag that was beside the bed. She looked down at the clothes she was wearing and something clicked.
"Oh yeah. I'm in Cherrygrove." She said aloud to no one in peculiar. She noticed that her wounds on her hand had opened up and soiled her bandages in blood. She supposed she could ask that adorable Chansey to re-wrap it this morning before she left.
"Dratini!" a call came from beside her.
"Good morning Azura. Are you ready to get a moving? We can't stay here all day," she said, with a wide smile. She kissed the tiny Pokemon one the head and recalled her to her Pokemon.
"Speaking of which where is Nila?" she said, all of a sudden worried. She hurried up and ran a brush through her hair and put it in her infamous side ponytail. She quickly shoved her glasses on her face, grabbed her traveling bag, and threw on her shoes. She looked once again in the room, distressed that she couldn't find her new Pokemon.
She ran out to the lobby and shoved the key on the desk.
"Have you seen my Totodile, Nurse Joy? She wasn't in my room whenever I woke up," she said, frantically.
"Sorry miss, I have not." was the reply she got. The Chansey from yesterday came up to her and pointed towards the door.
"Um you saw her go outside?" She asked. The Chansey nodded but made her stay put to disinfect her bite wound and rewrapped it.
"Thanks, cutie!" She said before running out the door.
"NILA!" She called, looking around everywhere. She didn't care that she was being stared at, or that she looked like a mess still wearing her clothes from yesterday which were winkled from sleeping in them. She finally spotted a Totodile by none other but...Lyra? That annoying girl from yesterday? She clenched her fists and stalked over.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH NILA?" She yelled, drawing attention to herself. She didn't really care that people were gathering around the two.
"Oh Hi Ellie. Totodile, Chikorita, and me were playing together? Isn't that right?" Lyra said, laughing. Both the little green and blue Pokemon nodded in agreement. Ellie returned Nila to her pokeball.
"Aww why did you do that? We were having fun! Oh I know! We should battle. Chikorita here is pretty strong. A one on one battle, okay?" Lyra said jumping up and down and clapping. Ellie flashed a grin.
"Okay." Ellie replied, showing a sweet smile. She called out Azura and Lyra looked at the Dratini. She would teach this girl what happened when you messed with her pokemon. She didn't need to worry about having to find her pokemon. What would have happened if Nila was taken by a thief instead? What would she have done?
"Awww it's soo cute! I feel so lucky to see such a rare Pokemon! I thought you were kidding when you said you had one yesterday!" Lyra exclaimed.
Ellie was shocked to see what a change then occurred in Lyra. The happy-go-lucky girl all of a sudden got serious and the grin disappeared. Ellie just glared, and then yawned. This would be no contest. Okay, so she lied to Professor Elm and Azura really wasn't weak or a baby and she felt a little bad about it but it wasn't like she was going to abuse Nila. She needed another pokemon, who knew when Azura would turn on her like all the others.
"You may go first, Lyra." She said simply. She figured she would humor the girl for a little while longer. After all it seemed like Lyra thought that she was incredibly strong and that this battle would be no contest. Ellie thought it almost laughable but realized that she was thinking the same thing, except Ellie knew that she was right.
"Chikorita use tackle!" the pigtailed girl ordered.
"Azura,wait until she is close then use wrap." The grass Pokemon came close with all of it's might to tackle the Dratini but Azura soon had it stuck in a wrap attack curling it's tiny body rather tightly against the grass Pokemon.
"Now, Azura. Use Flamethrower but make it was weak as possible," She said, much to the surprise of Lyra. The Dratini complied and let out an attack that looked more like an Ember than a Flamethrower. The Chikorita tried ran back over to Lyra without avail. The Chikorita fainted as the extremely weak attack hit the green Pokemon.
"Sorry to burst your bubble but Azura is stronger. Chikorita should be fine just get her to a pokecenter, okay? I hate to seriously maim such a cute Pokemon," Ellie said, staring as Lyra became frantic over her hurt Pokemon. Lyra returned the grass Pokemon to it's pokeball and ran to the pokecenter without another word. Ellie then noticed the crowd that had gathered.
"You have a Dratini!"
"Sooo cool!"
"Battle me!"
"No battle me!"
Ellie sighed and returned Azura and pushed her way through the crowed. She defiantly did not want to battle anyone else. They were just going to get in her way and she had no patience to deal with them. Although she knew it would give her money, she still didn't feel like battling again today. She realized with horror that Lyra hadn't paid her the prize money of winning. She sighed but realized she might as well get over it, she had no desire to end up talking to that hyperactive freak again.
"I'm sorry, I'm not battling anybody else." She called to the crowd before escaping to the edge of the small town. She let out both Azura and Nila so that they could play in the water. She herself laid on a blanket in the sand watching her Pokemon play in the water. She warned them to stay close to shore because she didn't want to get in the water to save them. She didn't really like swimming that much, even if she was decent at it.
Ellie carefully kept the sand and water away from her hand and watched Nila. She hoped the Pokemon wouldn't bite her anymore. She defiantly did not want a lot of injuries during her travels. She propped up her head with her good hand and began to drift off into an uneasy sleep. She didn't noticed when Lyra glared at her and walked north out of Cherrygrove muttering something about a cheater. Eventually Ellie's own growling stomach woke her up and Nila started to pull on her socks.
"Oh right, food. I'm sorry guys! I totally forgot. There's got to be a good place to eat around here right?" She said standing up. Ellie picked up her blanket and shook it out then folded it back up and placed it in her bag. Ellie recalled her Pokemon with the promise of food and got to walking around. She noticed several glances and whispers as she walked. She silently cursed herself for bringing attention to herself. That was one thing she did not want to do.
"Is there any place my Pokemon and I can get some food at?" Ellie asked an older man, as polite as possible. She realized that treating people like dirt probably wasn't the best way to get what she wanted. Even if she had run into several trainers back home who did treat people as if they were beneath them in every way possible. Even when you defeated them in battle they still had an attitude.
"Oh yes, right over there is our only restaurant in town. It's Pokemon friendly and has very good food!" the man answer, smiling at Ellie.
"Thank you very much, sir." Ellie replied, smiling back. Ellie waved goodbye and then walked over and opened the door of the restaurant. The first thing that hit her was the wonderful aroma of cooking food. She then noticed the dingy accommodations but she shrugged it off. She asked for a table and sat down looking at the menu. She ordered some food for her and her Pokemon before relaxing.
As soon as her food was brought out to her, Ellie mouth began to water. It all looked wonderful! Heck, she probably could have eaten the Pokemon food and would have been happy. Instead of this she called out of her Pokemon and let them get comfortable on the providing cushions made for Pokemon to eat on.
"Now Azura and Nila, don't get the cushions dirty!" she said, with a smile before digging in to her gigantic omelet. She didn't think they could get anymore dirty however, but she was to hungry to say anything more. She took a bite and nearly squealed, it was that good. The mouthwatering egg, bacon, cheese, and mushroom combination was almost to much for her to handle. She gently reminded herself not to get use to it. Even the toast tasted ridiculously good! Azura and Nila were having an equally amazing time eating their food. Ellie would really need to remember to feed her Pokemon and herself more often then once a day especially sine they would be burning calories all the time.
