On The Isle Of Silora
A Pokemon Journey
Chapter 2 : Brokenbrunch City
The sun shown over the waking city of Brokenbrunch. This city isn't a tall buildings type of city, just a small businesses and shops kind of city. Near the back of the city was where you could find prof Dogwood's assistant, a short young woman, big glasses, yellow rain jacket looking lab coat, and light brown hair done up in a pony tail was running around looking about with a worried expression on her face.
When prof Dogwood came up with Drayven and Shawn, the young woman rushed up to her. "Oh thank goodness!" She said in a nasally high voice. She grabbed onto prof Dogwood's coat, pulled it to her face and nuzzled it. Shawn wasn't too sure what the little woman was doing or what to take of it. The woman stopped and suddenly jumped back. "Raaa! Prof Dogwood! How many times do I have to tell you to at least leave a note?" She yelled as she stomped the ground.
She looked down and she started to sob. "Why must you worry me so? I know you have things to do and some of them things takes you out of the lab, but there are people out there that would do you great harm. I may not be as strong as a Pokemon, but..." She said through tears as she looked up. "But I will do my darnedest to protect you. I can't do that if I don't have a clue where you might have gone." She said as her tears slowly dried up. Shawn looked away and thought of his mother that must be worrying about him now. A small tear trickled down his face.
Prof Dogwood placed her hand gently onto her assistant's head. "I'm sorry Sophie! Really! I am. I thought I'd be back before you woke up, but I found a young trainer that needed my help." Prof Dogwood said in a soothing voice. Sophie gave her a scowl with a light growl. "That's all good and well you help a trainer, but still... Please leave a note. And a trainer in trouble? Was it Nick again?" Sophie asked. Prof Dogwood lightly smiled. "No, we have a new trainer here to get his first Pokemon." She said.
She then turned her attention towards Shawn. She took notice that Shawn was looking away. "Shawn? Shawn!" She called. Shawn jerked a bit at hearing his name. He quickly wiped away his tear and turned around. "Come here please Shawn." Prof Dogwood urged. Shawn nodded and walked over to her. "Shawn, this is my assistant Sophie. When I'm not here, you can talk to her. You can also leave a message for me with her if you really want to get in touch with me. In those cases, she will get a hold of me and I will hurry back as soon as I can. Just to let you know, I'm not an Abra, I can't just teleport on a whim, so it may take some time in some cases. By some time, it can be days or even months. But for the most part, Sophie can help with most anything if I'm away." Prof Dogwood explained.
Shawn frowned slightly. Sophie sighed. "Just remember to tell me when you're going somewhere. Ok Lacey?" Sophie asked. Prof Dogwood lightly chuckled as she turned toward Sophie. "Yes! Yes! Of course. Hehe! But please, call me prof Dogwood when trainers are around. I told you this before, but it's not a big deal." She said. Sophie sighed again and walked into the lab. Prof Dogwood turned back to Shawn. "You ready to pick out your first Pokemon?" She asked. Shawn jolted a bit with surprise. He then smiled. "Yeah! Of course! Thank you prof." He said in a little bit of a cheerful tone.
"Ok, go right in. I'll be in there in a moment. Sophie will get you acquainted with the Pokemon you can choose from." She said. Shawn scratched his head. "Heh! I will be back before too long. I just got to take Drayven to his hut. So go ahead and go in ok?" She encouraged. Shawn got a confused look on his face, but soon shook it off and nodded. "Ok! Thanks again!" Shawn said. Prof Dogwood grinned. "No problem. See you in a bit." She said as she hopped on Drayven. Shawn waved to her then turned around and went into the lab.
When he got into the lab, the first thing he saw were bookshelves. He almost ran into one as he walked in because it was so close to the entrance. As he navigated through the bookshelves to find Sophie and meet his Pokemon, his eyes fell on a tall, dusty, bulky, old looking book. It sat by itself on the top of one of the last few bookshelves. He wonders over to it and was about to reach out and grab it when Sophie, what seemed out of no where, ran into him knocking him sideways and almost onto the floor.
"Oh! I am so sorry Shawn! You mustn't touch that book! It shouldn't even be out here. Prof Dogwood must've left it out after one of her all night studies." Sophie explained. Shawn looked at her as he rubbed a shore spot on his arm. "Owe. It's ok. I should be sorry. I shouldn't touch something that doesn't belong to me without asking." He said shyly. Sophie grabbed the book and it almost flopped onto the ground when she pulled it off the shelf. "Oh my! Why do I forget this thing is so heavy? I almost dropped it for sure that time. The noise from that sure would've freaked out the Pokemon." She said as she got a better grip on it and pulled it up and wrapped it into her arms.
"I'm going to put this away. Follow me. The Pokemon are in the direction I need to go." She said. Shawn nodded. Sophie made her way through the rest of the books to near the back of the lab. Shawn saw many pokemon all looking towards Sophie and him as they came closer. "Ok, you get acquainted with these Pokemon and I will be back. Ok?" Sophie asked. Shawn nodded. He was to awestruck by the Pokemon to say anything. Sophie lightly giggled. She then Hummed lightly as she went into a room in the back of the lab. "There are so many to choose from. I thought a prof only had three for a beginner trainer to choose from. How can I pick? They all seem so great. I'm not even sure what some of them are." Shawn thought to himself.