CHAPTER 3:
Entering the gym, Fennekin looked up at me. Half with amusement and half with worry as we walked through the hallway filled with Bug pokémon pictures on the walls.
"What?" I asked him and Fennekin sweat dropped. I blinked quizzically at him.
"Oh, that thing earlier?" I asked. Fennekin nodded once at me. "Hmph. He started it." I stubbornly said.
My pokémon seemingly gave me a sigh and started to skip around the place, seemingly waving away the earlier situation since he must've known arguing with me would've been really tiring.
Well, that hat guy did have it coming to him.
With that attitude, I'm sure he'll be bumping up very angry pokémon trainers who'd love to beat him to a pulp.
I sighed and looked around, deciding to just focus on the battle at hand. Looking around the place, it wasn't as spectacular as my friends would say.
Some of them have been able to fight gym battles actually, but none of them didn't seem to find the idea of challenging the Pokemon league appealing and managed to chicken out when it came to the second gym challenge.
As we walked around the halls, I realized all the pictures were filled with bug pokémon. I blinked, tilting my head quizzically a bit.
Maybe Viola's a bug lover. I shuddered a bit. don't take me wrong, Pokemon are great and all but…seeing the frame of a Venonat staring directly at me, the one thing that came to mind was an evil purple furball.
Right when Fennekin and I were about to enter through double doors, we heard a very loud gasp that echoed through the empty halls.
Fennekin and I froze up as I felt another shudder crawl up my spine. I really don't like weird sounds popping up in the middle of empty places.
From next to me, Fennekin growled (which was totally more cute than scary) and jumped in front of me, his bushy tail wagging furiously as he seemed to protect me. I know some people think it's sweet and you'd start to think he's so brave and all that, but right now, all I can think of is:
"Awww! You adorable little thing!"
"Whaaaaat?" a high, girly voice rang, making me slowly walk back in slight worry.
Uhh, are the people disappointed that I'm the one challenging? I know I'm just a beginner and all but, ouch.
"You're kidding me! That was him?!" the voice echoed. I blinked, realizing the voice was coming from inside the double doors.
"No wonder he was so strong!" the girly voice shouted once more.
I knit my brows. Him? Who is this person talking about?
Right then, the doors burst open with such BAM!, it made me jump in my skin and Fennekin yelp and scuttle behind me, his eyes wide with fright.
Yes, my brave pokémon.
And now, standing in front of me was a girl probably about my height. She had bleached, mushroom shaped hair and large, bright green eyes.
She was wearing simple light green pants paired with a white tank top and black running shoes. Apart from that, she had a camera nice enough to show it was really expensive dangling from her slender neck.
She blinked at me and I blinked back.
I then tried for a smile. "Ah…um…" I muttered.
Yeah, I'm not good with making friends by myself.
"Oh!" the woman gasped and smiled kindly at me. "Are you perhaps a challenger?" she asked.
Once she asked if I was going to issue a battle, something in me flinched. And immediately, one thing popped in my head.
Am I ready to fight a gym leader? If I choke on this one, well, that's just gonna be embarrassing.
As the silence droned on, I glanced at Fennekin and saw he was as smug as ever. He just sat there, looking up at me and maybe waiting for me to say 'yes, I'm a challenger.'
In the back of my mind, I could see myself going pale and simply saying I got lost and quickly turning on my heel like a coward. It was a thought that was slowly turning very appealing…but there was another voice in my head.
"Hmph. I should've known you wouldn't have a backbone."
I vein popped angrily in my head and I inwardly growled, making the girl tilt her head questioningly at me.
With a deep breath, I nodded, pulling my chin up with a twitchy smile.
"Yes, I'm here to challenge."
"I'm Viola, the gym leader here." she said as she led me into the room.
"Are you perhaps a new trainer?" she asked with a smile. I smiled back at her and thought: "Isn't it obvious?"
"Yeah, actually. I'm Sarah Eden from V-Vanilla town." I stuttered.
Viola knit her brows at me. "Umm….do you mean Vaniville town?" she asked with a slight chuckle.
"Yes! That…" I trailed off, sweat dropping. Hey, I'm new here. Don't blame me for forgetting about my new home.
She laughed a carefree laugh at me and headed to the other side of the battlefield.
"Anyway, I just battled with this guy earlier." she started.
I blinked at her and tilted my head a bit.
Must've been that bastard just now.
"He was really strong though. I couldn't even land one attack on that Pikachu of his." She smiled, laughing a bit as she sheepishly rubbed the back of her neck seemingly in embarrassment.
"Well then, I'm gonna guess that you just moved here. Anyway, I hope you're ready for this battle!" she smiled, pulling out a pokeball from the small pack hanging from her belt then throwing it up and down the air.
Staring at her, I froze up and easy felt my self-confidence trip and fall down the abyss of I CAN'T DO THIS.
I gulped, seeing the very confident motion and felt my stomach do a roll.
You must be laughing at me. Well yes, I'm frightened as hell. I never said I was a brave warrior!
Entering the place, I craned my neck to see it was something like a greenhouse.
Only, it was bigger and truly amazing.
Here and there, big and small plants of all kinds were sitting at the sides. Looking around, I could see there were small Wurmples and even Kakuna inside the mini forest, playing and wiggling around. But what caught my attention was the wide and large battlefield in the middle of everything.
Seeing that white chalk box and the pokeball like shape in the middle was probably enough to make me freeze up and collapse right in the spot.
"What have I gotten myself into?"
Hey there! sorry for the short chapter and after a superbly long hiatus. T_T I'm busy with school now. (Frick that by the way) But I'll do my best to update this story of mine. Hope you guys would wait for me!
