Adventures in Kalos

By: Aubrie1234

Drew's POV

After May's Flabebe and Dawn's Ralts had their fun, we continued to walk until it got late. As we set up our camp, Aubrie was preparing the food and saying that there were also lots of sights to see in Kalos and that she hoped we would get to see them all while we're journeying together. I doubt that. Usually May or Dawn get to see things like that, but that's because they were with Ash. How does he do that, anyway? What I mean is how does he always get girls to travel with him and how does he get to see amazing things? I just don't get it. Suddenly, my thoughts were interrupted by Aubrie, who stopped me from continuing to help Paul pitch up the boys tent.

"Supper is almost done, guys. Don't take too long on that tent or you won't get any food." she told us. I rolled my eyes. Did she honestly think we wouldn't get this done by the time it was ready? We were almost finished anyway. And, from what I had noticed so far, she and Paul had gotten off to a rocky start, along with Harley and Dawn. If you ask me, Solidad, May, and I were the only sane ones here. Yes, even May. Even though she's almost as dense as Ash is sometimes, she's still as sane as the rest of us.

"And Aubrie, what type of contest are they having in Aquacorde? I forgot to check before I left Hoenn." May asked her.

"I think it's a double performance contest. And Paul, did you do your homework and see what type of gym Santalune's is?" she asked the purple-haired trainer slyly. Uh-oh. This has the word 'fight' written all over it...

"Of course I did."

"Then what type does the gym leader use?"

"...Grass?"

"WRONG! Bugs, dummy!"

"I'm not a dummy. You're more of one than me."

"Oh, am I now?"

"Yes, you are."

"...WRONG ANSWER!" Aubrie then started to chase Paul around the campfire. I sweatdropped as I watched. That also left me to finish the tent by myself, too.

"How many times are you two going to do that on our journey? As much as Brock does with Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny? I hope not, otherwise we might have a murder here..." May sighed, also sweatdropping and watching them.

"It's not MY fault! She keeps chasing me!" Paul shouted to her, pointing at the girl behind him.

"COME BACK HERE, YOU PLUM-HEADED INSULTER!" Aubrie yelled, chasing him around the fire again and ignoring his words.

"Aubrie, could you at least stop chasing Paul until we get this tent set up? I'm starting to-" I started to ask, but was stopped when I found myself face-to-face with a very steamed redhead. I gulped quietly, thinking she might turn her anger on me.

"NO. CHANCE. Now," she said before turning back to Paul and started to crack her knuckles, "Let's have some payback, shall we?"

"Paulie's got himself in big trouble this time!" Harley snickered as we watched Aubrie advance on the Torterra trainer. I think I feel sorry for what was about to come, but he deserved it. Never should have insulted her. I turned away and tried to finish putting up the tent myself, but I heard the cries of pain from Paul and the maniac laughter from Aubrie. Even after I finished putting up the tent I didn't turn back around until Aubrie said: "Done!" When I did, I saw what Aubrie had done to the guy and flinched. He was covered in bruises and his right arm was at an odd angle. I think she may have broken it.

"Owwwwww... Everything hurts..." Paul groaned in pain.

"That will teach you never to get me mad ever again, Paulie." Aubrie told him before going back to the food she had made. I slowly walked over to Paul and looked him in the eyes upside down, saying: "For one thing, you've got a broken arm. Two, I don't think she'll go easy on you next time."

"Don't you think I know that, Gardenhead? Now, help me up." he hissed, then asked me. I sighed (hearing but ignoring the new nickname for me to add to my list of nicknames) and pulled him up by his left arm, being careful not to move or damage his other one any worse. Solidad then came over with bandages and other things that I didn't recognize, but I thought were for making a cast.

"This is going to hurt, but at least you'll have your arm in the right place afterwords, Paul." she told him before setting to work. I looked away from them.

"Aubrie," Dawn asked, "Don't you think that was a bit harsh about what you did to Paul?" I think she was going to continue but was interrupted by a howl of pain from Plum-Head.

"I told you it was going to hurt. Now hold still!" Solidad told him again as she continued her work.

"Well," Aubrie said to Dawn, "He deserved it. NO ONE insults me! Not even Little Howler over there." As she said the last sentence, she pointed to Paul.

"I'm not 'Little Howler'. The name is PAUL."

"Yeah yeah, Mr. Iceblock. Tell that to me again when you forget how to howl." Paul tried to grumble under his breath but hissed in pain again as Solidad did something else. Remember, my back was turned on them the whole time. I decided to turn back to them at that point. When I did, I saw Paul's arm now covered in thick bandages that made it stay in a right angle, along with hanging from a sling that went from behind his neck back to underneath his arm to hold it up. Solidad was just finishing up wrapping his arm when she said: "There. Don't take it off until a few weeks from now."

"Yes ma'am." he told her politely. I knew that was because he was only slightly, if ever, kind to people he respected. And, from even how long I knew him, that was rare. But Harley didn't know that, so he looked really mad. But he kept it under control and turned away. Boy, was he jealous! A few weeks ago, I had found out from Mr. Cacturne himself that he really liked Solidad, but he hadn't told her yet. I had suspected it after the first few meetings I had with both him and Solidad, but I wasn't sure until then. If his jealousy lasted throughout this trip, it was pretty likely Paul was going to get beat up again and that Solidad and Harley were going to start dating. I'm sure of it. Then, we all sat down around the fire while Aubrie gave us our food. As we ate, she continued to explain Kalos and a few times we asked about things she mentioned. Like what was happening now.

"Where's the next contest going to be after Aquacorde, Aubrie? I want to know so that we know where to go after the contest." May, a.k.a. Airhead, asked.

"It's going to be held in Vaniville Town, May. And there's something I need to do over there."

"What are you going to do? Visit someone or something? After the contest, I want to get to the next one as soon as I can. Lingering around somewhere will just get my fangirls to notice me and really don't want that." I told her. I shivered slightly at the mention of the stalkers. They were horrible! Never gave you a second to rest or anything unless they got your attention, which was even worse! Stalkers...

"I need to visit my mom, Drew, and I also need to get some things." Mom? She never mentioned she came from Vaniville. Hm... Are there even more secrets she's hiding?

Later on, we finished up and almost everyone went to bed. I wanted to stay up a while before I went to bed, and Aubrie was also up. As we sat around the fire, I heard her humming something. I turned my head and saw her leaning back on her hands with her eyes closed, humming an unknown melody. After a while, my curiosity got the best of me.

"Aubrie," I asked, getting her attention and making her stop humming, "What were you humming?"

"Well," she started, "Sometimes, I like to hear, sing, or hum a song before I go to sleep. I was just humming 'Whats Going On' by the Four Non-Blondes. Since you were the only one up besides me, I thought you wouldn't mind my humming." If that was what it was, well... Her voice sounded so nice. Maybe she wouldn't mind if I asked...

"I liked it. Could you quietly sing the lyrics, please? I want to know how it goes." I asked shyly. I know this was probably something personal with her or something, but I just wanted to hear it again. What a siren...

"Hmm...alright. But I'll change the lyrics slightly, since I don't like saying some of the words. This is how it goes:

"...Twenty-five years and my life is still trying to get up that great big hill of hope. For a destination. And I realized quickly when I knew I should that the world was made up of this brotherhood of man. For whatever that means. And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed, just to get it all out what's in my head and I am feeling a little peculiar.

"And so I wake in the morning and I step outside and I take a deep breath and I get real high and I scream at the top of my lungs: 'What's going on?'

And I say: 'Hey hey hey hey.' I said: 'Hey, what's going on?' (x2) Ooh, ooh ooh. (x2)

"And I try, oh do I try. I try all the time, in this institution. And I pray, oh do I pray; I pray every single day for a revolution. And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed, just to get it all out what's in my head and I am feeling a little peculiar.

"And so I wake in the morning and I step outside and I take a deep breath and I get real high and I scream at the top of my lungs: 'What's going on?'

And I say: 'Hey hey hey hey.' I said: 'Hey, what's going on?' (x4) Ooh, ooh ooh, ooh.

"Twenty-five years and my life is still trying to get up that great big hill of hope. For a destination..." she sang. I was almost hypnotized by her voice; It was even nicer than May's, but she still wasn't as cute or beautiful as May... Wait, did I just tell myself that?

"That was the whole song. Did you like it, Drew?" she asked. I nodded sadly and happily; I both liked her voice and hated for her to stop, but I also wanted to stop myself from trying to woo her. May was my girl, not her. Got to keep telling myself that and I'll stay on track.

"Well, I think it's time for both of us to go to bed. I'll put the fire out." I told her. She nodded back before carefully crawling into the tent she shared with May and Solidad, trying to not wake them up. I put out the fire and did the same, except going into the boy's tent.

If what Drew thought was true, then the boys might accidentally fall for Aubrie's beautiful singing voice. Boy will the girls be mad, especially Aubrie. She doesn't want a boyfriend! Isn't that good enough for you? Anyway, see ya next time! P.S., Listen to that song! It's great!