A.N. Hola, mis amigos. Bienvenido al segundo parto de "Pokémon DP Alternate." ¡Ojalá que ustedes les gustan!

Disclaimer: Yep, I do speak some Spanish! I don't own Pokémon!

Koya shakily sat up and looked at the girl that he had collided with. She was sitting up, with her red glasses askew across her face. He gulped and shielded his face from view, hoping to avoid another screaming scene.

"Hey, watch it!" The girl exclaimed. "You should look where you're going, you know…"

"Sorry." Koya mumbled keeping his gaze directed towards the ground.

"You got something on your face?"

"No!"

"So you're faceless?"

"I'm not faceless!"

"Then look up, for Arceus's sake!" She said, moving over towards him. "It's the least you could do after running into me."

"You're just going to yell at me!" Koya cried. Growlithe padded over to its Trainer, and nuzzled his arm comfortingly.

"Why would I yell at you?"

"B-Because I have green eyes!"

The girl regarded the boy in front of her strangely. Green eyes? Then, something inside of her seemed to click. "Are you part of the new family that was supposed to move in today?"

Koya nodded.

"So you're the son of that police officer, right?"

"How do you know about my dad?" Koya asked, looking up a bit.

She shrugged. "Eh, town gossip. People who live in Twinleaf Town are very gossipy."

"Are you?"

"Ay, here and there. Not as much as some people."

"Is that why they don't like me?" Koya asked quietly.

"Why who doesn't like you?"

"All those other townspeople."

The girl sighed. "It's a superstition here. The thing says that if a person has green eyes, they're untrustworthy, mean, and vengeful. And it's further reinforced by the fact that no one in town has green eyes."

"No one?"

"Well, except for you!" She laughed. "Which…is why they're…I guess…afraid of you."

Koya sighed and looked back down at the ground. "But…I didn't do anything wrong!" A few more tears began to fall down his cheeks.

The girl reached out and put a hand on the blonde boy's shoulder. "Don't be upset about it! There's nothing wrong with green eyes!"

Koya shook his head. "But they all hate me!"

"They're not the best people to make friends with anyway," she sighed. "It's probably best that they want to avoid you."

"How do you know that?"

"Uh…I've just…done…things. But...that doesn't really matter!" The girl laughed. "And…well, now that I've told you about the whole 'superstition' thing…will you look up now? I promise, I'm not going to yell…"

Koya slowly looked up at the person sitting before him, shaking some hair out of his eyes. "There. Are you happy now?"

The girl's own brown eyes seemed to glow when she saw Koya's face for the first time. "Your eyes are so COOL!"

"S-Seriously?"

"Yeah, seriously! They're so…so…different! And they're just great!"

"Thanks." Koya muttered, looking away.

"Hey, what's your name?"

"Koya."

"Awesome! I'm Phoenix!" She exclaimed, standing up.

Koya nodded and stood up slowly as well.

"Hey, where do you live?"

"W-What? Why would you want to know that?"

Phoenix shrugged. "For future reference."

"Uh…well, in that house over there." Koya said, pointing.

"The green one?" Phoenix asked, looking in the direction that Koya was pointing. "Oh, cool! This old lady used to live in that house, but she was really mean. She hated kids. And Pokémon! How could someone hate Pokémon?"

Koya frowned. "What happened to her?"

Phoenix shrugged. "I don't know. I think she moved out or something. But I'm glad she's gone! At any rate, you're much nicer than she is."

A small smile stretched across Koya's face. "Uh…thank you?"

"No problem!" Phoenix laughed. "Well…yeah. I have to go, but…" She looked over at Growlithe and smiled. "Want to have a battle tomorrow?"

"Seriously?"

"Yeah! I've got a Pokémon too, silly!"

"Okay, then."

"Yay!" Phoenix cheered. "I'll see you tomorrow!" With a wave, she turned around and ran off towards where the crowd had been just a few minutes ago.

Growlithe looked up at its silenced Trainer. "Growli, growli."

"What?" Koya asked. "Oh. Well…" he said as they began walking back towards their house. "I guess we have a new friend, Growlithe. And I know…" Koya said, looking down at his Pokémon. "I'm as surprised as you are."

A.N. This just feels so relieving. Stay tuned! -Sniv