I think I'll update this at least once a week, maybe sometimes more than once, maybe sometimes not. but I'll try anyway.
In today's chapter... well, it'd be faster if you read it yourself! Enjoy reading!

I woke up around 11 AM. damn, I overslept! Tia, I-
I look around, Tia is nowhere to be found.
...I'll ask mom.

Mom: "Tia? Oh, right. your girlfriend. you know, Lati... she seems a little weird to me. also, why did I-"
Lati: "Mom, this is more important. where is she?"
Mom: "She said something about going towards Petalburg city. says the roadblock is cleared now. no idea how she'd know that."
Lati: "Did she leave a message?"
Mom: "She left a note on the table."

Dear Lati...

I'm sorry I'm leaving
again so soon. I already
did what I had to do here.
We'll meet again soon.
Reflect upon your dreams,
and you'll know where to go.

Your girlfriend, Tia

P.S. General doesn't like
his name. ask him yourself.

"Reflect upon your dreams"? what does that mean? wait... does she know about the weird dream I had last night?
In the dream... a red pokemon appeared... and it led me towards a city... wait... Petalburg City? does she expect me to go there?
Ah well, first things first. I let general out of it's ball. Hey, do you like your name? General shook his head.
"Well, what do you want it to be?"
...I got no answer out of him. how stupid do I look anyway, talking to a pokemon like thi-
"Splash."
Did Gene- I mean Splash just say that? thinking about it... this isn't the first time I thought I heard him speak.
I try talking to him again.

Lati: "Well Splash, you want this name then?"
Splash: "born with it."
Lati: "Since when can you talk?"
Splash: "Since when can humans understand us?"

wait, so he doesn't really talk human? I can just understand him? wait... Tia seems to know a lot about me... I'll go look for her.

Mom: "Lati, where are you going now?"
Lati: "Just somewhere mom. I'll notify you if I don't come home tonight."
Mom: "Lati, wait!"

I shut the door, just like that. I still don't really know her, anyway...
just when I was about to leave littleroot town, May ran up to me.

May: "Lati, about yesterday..."
Lati: "I don't have time for this."
May: "Well someone sure is in a bad mood! I just came by to say sorry, and this is what I get? well, I'm not really sorry anyway!"

she ran off again. I don't understand her... was it something I said?
the wild pokemon seemed a lot less violent today, so it was a breeze walking to Oldale town, but there was no red pokemon.
I was just about to leave Oldale town already, when I noticed a funny feeling in my stomach. Splash laughed.

Splash: "Haha, looks like someone is hungry!"
Lati: "...Shut up."
Splash: "Ah well, it can't be helped. look, go to the building with the blue roof. that's a mart. you can buy things there."

I looked inside my wallet. 3000p. I'll manage.

As I walked inside, I thought I saw Tia, but then she seemingly disappeared behind a pile of cans.
I couldn't help but notice Splash trying to contain his laughter.
one quick stop later, I had 2 sandwiches in my hand, a few pokeballs in my bag, some reserve food items and I also got Splash some food.

Lati: "Well, on to Petalburg then..."
Splash: "I think Tia might be there... just a hunch."
Lati: "Well she couldn't have gotten too far, right?"
Splash: "Hahaha... If only you knew..."

Well, once again, I hope you enjoyed reading another chapter. I realise most of it was probably unneeded to advance the story, but I just couldn't stop writing it. besides, it's my story~!
This was originally supposed to be a mid-chapter, but I revised it and it got a little too big to be a mid-chapter, so I added more story to it. this probably decreased my material slightly for Chapter 3, but I'll manage!
See you next week! early, or late.