Dragon taming. Well, I never thought school could be enjoyable.
Jess was loving it. Everyone in the lesson had to have a dragon type with them - I have two, Light and Jess, but Jess is the only one I'm ever willing to ride. Light, although incredibly strong, didn't understand the true wonders of flying.
Drake seemed pretty happy to see me too. After my fight with Platinum I thought maybe his thoughts on me had changed - instead he seemd a lot happier around me. A lot more open. Alistor was not happy about that at all. He stood the other side of the forest clearing which the class used for training, watching me carefully. Almost like a protector. He was watching Drake more than me, however. As if he sensed something that I honestly couldn't see.
At this moment in time I was sitting on the grass with Drake, feeding a newly hatched Dratini from the palm of my hand. I must admit, I hadn't felt this relaxed, this human, in such a long time. I'm laughing, smiling, being open. And I must admit, I love it - and Jess seems to be loving my attitude towards it too.
Drake murmered with suprise as another dratini slithered towards me from near the trees, looking at me with big eyes. Around it's neck was a silver chain, and hanging off the end was a black claw like item. I watched it, smiled, then grabbed another handful of food, and held it out for the tiny dragon. It looked at my hand, then back at me, hesitating slightly, then slithering closer and eating out of my hand. I could feel myself smiling wider, and Drake stiffening up beside me.
He brought his lips very close to me ear, whispering to me quietly; "You really don't know how amazing that is...try not to scare her away." I smiled to myself, shivering slightly at the feel of his breath against my ear. I could see Alistor across the clearing, tensing up defensivly. I had to hope he wouldn't react and scare the little dragons away.
The thing is, I did understand how important the little dratini with the necklace was, and he'd find out why when I released Light. With a smile, I took my hands away - the food in them having been eatten by the dratini's, and then patted them both on the head. The pair looked at me with what I can only guess were happy faces, and then slithered off together, back into the trees. I shifted, getting comfy on the ground, before turning to Drake who was staring at me with open awe.
"So, where do they come from?" I asked, trying to hide how happy I was about being around dragon-types again. Jess came and sat next to me as Drake explained.
"Near the lake there is a cave system - we believe the dragons live in there, or at least that's the theory. Most of the kids don't believe it, but whenever we come to this clearing in the forest dragon types gather around those who have the skills to be a dragon tamer - call it a kind of natural sense or something. Either way, people found a cave enterence not far from here where the dragons come from - if you plan on becoming a tamer with this school's mark as proof, you have to go into that cave and tame your first dragon as an exam. If you pass, you gain the mark and can leave for the Dragon's Den in Blackthorn. Most people who take this class fail, though. So far, only five in the last ten years have passed - out of hundreds." I noticed a hint of pride in his voice as he said that.
"Oh, are you one of these five?" I asked, smiling sarcastically. Suddenly, his face dropped, not looking so happy.
"I passed everything they wished, but there was a...problem. I have to re-take my exam..." He stared up to the sky, watching Dragolia flying around. "I gained Dragolia on my exam - she was just a little Bagon then - but still, that was more of a pass than most. When I found her, she had a small necklace on - like that Dratini you were feeding - and it caused hell within the school. " He grimaced, closing his eyes with what seemed like pain. "The pendant on her necklace was a small flower - which is why I named her Dragolia - but it was that pendant that caused problems. The legend is that a few pokemon are born and given items by their Elders - not like their parents, but the highest rank in their race, almost like King's or Queen's of the pokemon world. The idea is that pokemon bearing a mark like these are incredibly important to wild pokemon - have skills or powers not usually present in their race. I don't know if this is true or not, me and Dragolia have been together for two years now, and I haven't seen her use anything that isn't common for her species. Maybe she lost it when I tamed her..." He drifted off, not looking at me.
"Time for a few home truths." I began, a smile spreading across my face. I flicked my hand up - Alistor walked towards me, Jess standing up, and I stood up too. "Your story has a few truths - yeah, these items are handed out to pokemon with special skills, but not skills that we humans..consider a skill." I could feel my eyes glowing. A few curious students started watching me talking to Drake, listening in. "We have leaders - those pokemon are leaders. Left in the wild, Dragolia would have been a pack leader. Important indeed, even for humans...you can trust on the dragon's help..." Jess was speaking through me, using her own knowledge on the subject. Finally, she whispered to me; Show them.
I unclipped each of my pokeballs, releasing each pokemon inside. Light, my Dragonite; Poison, my Nidoking; Aero, my Pidgeot; and finally Rage, my Gyarados. Rage caused the most gasps around the clearing as all eyes were suddenly on her.
Her red scales glinted in the sunlight. Pure white fangs glistened in her mouth. Even if she wasn't shiny, she'd be a magnificant creature. Yet it was the blood red scales that pulled everyones attention in. Rage was loving it.
Drake was the only person without his attention on Rage. His attention was on Light, or more, what Light was wearing. Around his neck was the same silver chain as the Dratini, except the crystal was clear, totally pure of imperfections.
"You never cease to amaze me, and its still your first day..." He whispered to me, as I cuddled Aero happily. She hadn't been out since properly for a long time...I apologied to her quietly with soothing words, while everyone gathered around Rage.
Wow. You'd think these people had never seen a Gyarados before. Red ones aren't even as rare as they used to be. Rage spoke aloud to everyone, using Alistor's psychic ability to translate into the student's minds. I giggled, turning to Drake, watching him. He'd walked up to Light, gently touching the necklace, then looking back at me, confusion on his face.
Things were going good. For once, today, I didn't feel threatened. It was then that Drake took me to the side, leaving the others talking to my pokemon. He stared at me, a smile on his face.
"So, the great desert Rose...what's your first day of college like?" He laughed as my face darkened slightly with anger.
"It's not even over yet, and I feel like I've made more enemies than possible, as well as showing off - I don't want everyone to look at me with awe. I don't even want to be here. Why do you think I stayed away from human life for so long?" I stared into his ruby eyes. "I want to be alone, with my pokemon - my friends, my family - they mean that much to me. More than you could ever believe. More than I ever thought. Yet here..people fawn over some of them, and congratulate me. They're impressed with me, and not them! Yet it wasn't me who fought for the league titles, it wasn't me who won the battles in the end - they did the work." I paused to take a breath. Drake took this point to but in.
"Rose, you have to remember - these people don't see pokemon like you do. You've been too far away from humanity for too long. Pokemon may not be tools, but you look at yours like family - nobody else does. Try and be pacient...one day they'll understand." He gently touched my face, looking into my eyes - ruby meeting emerald. I tried not to react, but I could already feel the shiver starting to run down my spine. He smiled at me, and I swear my heart was melting -
When Alistor decided to make his presence known. He moved between us, growling quietly at Drake, who shivered as we parted. He was obviously effected like me from how close we'd been... Alistor moved me away quickly, his eyes glowing purple, obviously holding in an attack. I turned to him, almost angrily.
Ali, what's going on? Am I not allowed to have friends?
Rose, listen to me. He wants to be more than friends, and your reacting back to everything he does! I can't..I can't let him take you away from us. Your not like other humans, I won't let him change you into one. Your you - don't let that change!
I turned away. Yeah, I can understand his worries - its my first day, and I'm in love - wait, in love? Thats a bit deep - with another human. I know I shouldn't be. And...well Ali and I...
"Rose!" I turned to see Snow and Raven running towards me and Drake. Snow flung her arms around me and hugged me tight. "So sorry about earlier! I..we...errrm...Well anyway! C'mon, the days almost over!" I looked to Drake. He smiled at me.
"We only do two lessons a day - two, two hour lessons, then the rest of the day is up to us. This morning we had an hour off because it was the first day back, and well, this lessons just flown by..right?" He looked at me with a smirk on his face. Yeah, flown by, could have been longer...with maybe Ali in his pokeball next time... I turned to my pokemon, who were still talking happily away to the other tamers.
"Oi, guys, you've got to go back in your balls for a bit! I promise we'll do this again some other time!" A general groan came from the group before they all returned without much of a protest. All except Jess, that is, who flew up and hugged me tight, knocking me to the floor.
Can I stay out? Please please please? She shouted using out connection - loud enough for the signals to bounce to everyone else. Laughs from the other students filled the air as I pushed her off me.
"Sure. If thats o-" I looked at Snow, her Frostlass still sitting ontop of her head. "Ok, yeah, of course its going to be alright." Drake smiled, calling to Dragolia who landed next to him. Raven's hitmontop wondered up next to him, looking up.
"So um...where are we going?" I asked, leaning against Jess. Snow looked to Drake, who looked to Raven, who looked to me. I didn't quite understand what was going on, so I looked to Jess, who looked at everyone with her ruby eyes.
"We usually head to the cafe in Goldenrod today. It gives Drake time to fly with Dragolia...but umm, we're not sure if you'll do ok with..a group of people like that..." Raven said to me. Drake smiled.
"Don't worry. She'll be fine. Trust me." Drake said happily, smiling at the others. "After all, she's with us. What could go wrong?"
About an hour later, we all met up Goldenrod. Snow was wearing a tight fitting white tank top and a short white skirt, both decorated with snowflakes. Long white socks covered her legs up to her knees, with turquoise trainers on her feet. Long white gloves covered her hands, up to her elbows. Her long white hair didn't seemed to be ruined at all from the long train journey. Raven seemed the complete opposite, wearing a black short sleeved top, a pair of jeans and black trainers. Fingerless gloves covered his hands. The pair had matching belts, the only difference being the colour - Snow's was white, Raven's was black. Clipped onto the belts were their pokeballs, three each.
Drake and I had flown over together - Raven and Snow both didn't own a flying type, or any pokemon that could fly, so we had the peaceful trip to ourselves. Even after the flight, he looked amazing. His dark red short sleeved t-shirt covered his shape well, leaving nothing to the imagination. His jeans were also tighter than they should have been, but really you needed that while flying..or so I kept telling myself. On his hands were crimson fingerless gloves, similar to Raven's. A dark red belt, similar to Snow's and Raven's, but with more detail, held his pokeballs - two sat there now, the same two I saw earlier in that day. His crimson hair had been re-spiked...his crimson eyes sparkled...
I tried to make an effort. Straight after college I'd raced home, changing into a neon green tank top, a pair of jeans, green trainers, changing my belt to a neon green one, attatching my pokeballs. I brushed my hair, then held my fringe back with a neon green rose. Long, fingerless gloves covered my hands up to my elbows. As always, Alistor's pokeball rested on a chain against my chest.
Fear spread through me as we landed. Its nice to see everyone, don't get me wrong, but there are people everywhere...I closed my eyes, trying to stop the world spinning. A hand brought me awake again. I opened them, looking down at Drake, who was smiling up at me. Jess giggled through the psychic link.
I'm soo telling Ali when he's out...she giggled again, and I tried not to blush, taking Drake's hand and jumping down off her back. Snow and Raven stood hand in hand, watching us, knowing smirks on their faces. Next to the, Frost and Raven's hitmontop sat, looking content.
"Right. Well, the cafe is on top of the department store. I need to stop and get Spinner," Raven pointed to his Hitmontop, "some more food, so I'll meet you guys up there." Drake and Snow nodded to him, then lead me away up towards the store. I stopped infront of the sliding doors, staring at them, watching people walking in and out.
"U-umm...do we have to..." I could feel myself shaking, backing away from the door. Jess placed her paws on my shoulder, trying to stop me, but I just..couldn't.
"Rose? Come on Rose, its ok..." Drake wrapped one of his arms around my waist, pulling me close. As he walked forward, I was forced to walk too or I would have slipped out of his arms... Fighting the want to run though was harder than anything else I've ever done. Snow smiled at me sympathetically, understanding my nervousness.
"Don't worry hunny...you will be ok. Your with us, after all." Snow smiled wide at me, and I tried to smile back.
The cafe on the top floor was amazing. Small palm tree's gave the open top area shade, the retractable roof pinned back to allow the sun to shine down on the tables. Almost every table was filled by teenagers or young adults, the whole effect giving the place a happy atmosphere. Yet this didn't stop my nervousness. Pokemon sat next to tables or on top of them, smiling and laughing just as much as their trainers. At least Jess would be welcome here...
After a few minutes of searching, Snow found us a table. Most of the chat I couldn't keep up with - it was about college life, and I still didn't understand it all. Raven turned up soon after us, sitting next to Snow. The table was one near the edge of the roof, giving us a fantastic view of Goldenrod, but it also meant that from where I was sitting, I was trapped between the drop and Drake. At least it wasn't a random person. I struggled to relax.
Jess managed to position herself hanging off the edge of the building next to me, clinging to the wall like a spider, watching the outside world and the world inside the cafe. She smiled at me, trying to help my relax. It took a while, but I finally got used to it. After all, nobody was causing trouble.
"Rose?" I turned to Drake, who handed me a menu. "Cmon, order something. We're starving." He laughed, smiling at me. I smiled back, finally relaxing, trying to think of what to order.
"Errm...someone else order for me?" I laughed, shaking off some of the tension, handing the menu to Drake. He flicked through it, then whispered to Snow, who went off to order. Everyone seemed happy.
Raven leaned forward, smiling at me and Drake, his eyes shining. He seemed excited, almost breathless.
"Hey guys... look, you know me and Snow have been dating since Juniors?" Drake nodded, I just sat there listening, interested. "Well, I thought...maybe I should ask her to marry me." Drake gasped, a massive smile appearing on his face. I sat back, suprised, but I couldn't help feeling happy for them.
"Isn't it a bit early to marry her? You know, your only seventeen.." Drake asked. I listened closer - I knew Snow was my age, but I didn't realise Raven was older. Raven just smiled.
"But I'm always going to be with her bro. You of all people know that." Drake smiled wider, then leaned closer to him and whispered something I couldn't hear. The pair suddely started laughing.
"Hey, what are you guys giggling at?" Snow appeared next to us, a tray in her hand full of drinks. She sat down next to Raven, who started blushing, and Drake leaned back next to me and carried on giggling. Snow shrugged, and handed out drinks. She gave me some weird blue looking one, Drake a green one, Raven a pink one and then places a normal glass of lemonade down for herself. I stared at the drink.
"Errm...what is this..?" I asked, sniffing it, then taking a sip. Raven started giggling. Drake looked at me as if he was considering something, then smirked. Snow seemed to mutter under her breath before giggling.
"I'm not sure? Here, let me taste it." Drake said. I went to hand him the glass, but instead he moved forward and kissed me.
The shock didn't stop the feeling. His warm lips on mine were almost..heavenly. His arms gently wrapped around me, pulling my closer, his warmth almost intoxicating. Everything in my mind froze, my only thoughts on him... His tongue gently running across my lips, begging for access...
Snow broke it up. "Oi! Loverbirds, stop it!" Drake pulled away quickly, blushing like mad. I just sad there, the world crashing down around me. What the...what just happened?
"S-Sorry..." Drake stuttered, blushing a deeper shade of red again. I found it so cute. Snow and Raven sat there giggling. Jess was in histerics on the side of the wall.
Ali's going to kill you! Jess said inbetween laughing. I blushed a deep shade of scarlet. I was not amused. Luckily, the food came - a waitress came around and dropped off the food. I took my time looking at it - it was just one big plate, with a plate each for us to put our food on. On the big plate was a big pile of what looked like chicken wings, chips and salad. The others cheered, while I just sat there an stared.
"Uhm... right, and what is the idea of this..?" I asked, watching them. Snow took a few chicken wings, then filled her plate with salad.
"Oh yeah, right this is a group meal. So, you buy one massive plate to share, and then everyone helps themselves. That way, theres no waste." She grinned at me as she bit into a chicken wing, smiling. Raven and Drake went straight for the chips.
"Don't be shy to help yourself by the way. We always do this if there's enough of us. After all, whats more fun than eatting together?" Raven asked, smiling at me. I could tell they were just trying to make me feel more relaxed, but I couldn't. I just didn't feel right -
Jess reached out and grabbed a chicken wing, giggling as she bit into it, watching me. I rolled my eyes, then helped myself to some food. It couldn't hurt, anyway... and I still don't know what I'm drinking, so it doesn't matter what I eat.
The talk around the table, this time, I could keep up with. It was about Spinner and Frosty and how they could work as a combo team for the pair to pass their duel battle exam. The pair would make a great team - Frosty could cover Spinner's flying weakness, and Spinner could...well, do anything he wanted. Drake was in the middle of a pretty good argument over using Mags instead of Spinner when the manager came around.
"Hey, guys sorry to be a pain...but do you mind moving on? Your taking up a table and we have other customers to feed..." He said, trying not to look embarrased about it. The others went to complain, I smiled.
"Hey, no worries. Here, sorry for taking up your time." I quickly handed them the money, then flicked myself off the side of the building.
Jess had known what I was going to do. I love making a show, when I can...it helps my nervousness, to shock people. Jess jumped off the side of the building as I did, positioning herself so I landed in a crouch on her back. We flew back up, to many gasps and shocked faces, all of them thinking I'd fallen to my death. I smiled wide.
Drake stood there shaking his head. Snow and Raven were giggling away. The manager did not look impressed. Jess grinned at him, then flew down with me, safely taking us to the floor. Drake, Snow and Raven exited the building soon afterwards. Raven was laughing, holding Snow's hand. Drake was grinning at me as if I'd just pulled off the most amazing trick ever.
"Well...I've always wanted to give him a shock, but that was just brilliant!" Raven muttered inbetween giggles. "Bet he won't kick us out again after that." Snow smiled at him, and then gave him a long kiss. Drake pretended to throw up.
"Cmon you, lets head back and leave those two to it...I think Raven has something very important to do!" Drake coughed after this, laughing as Raven waved his hand at him while kissing to make him go away. Drake whistled and Dragolia landed next to him. He jumped onto her back, then gave her a pat to fly. Jess jumped up and flew after them.
The wind in my face is one of the few things I enjoy. Flying with Drake, I decided, was something I enjoy just as much. Drake pulled up next to me, Dragolia breathing a small flame at Jess, playing around. Jess flapped her wings back, laughing.
"So..mind if I fly you home..?" Drake asked, a boyish smile on his face. I laughed, grinning at him.
"Sure. I'd love it..." He smiled wider, swooping me around and knocking me onto Dragolia behind him. Jess growled slightly in anger, but soon got caught in the playful atmosphere and dived after us, chasing Dragolia. I had to grip on to Drake to keep myself from falling, laughing as we flew away, Dragolia flying playfully away from Jess.
"I don't understand you!" I shouted into the wind, hoping Drake could hear me. "I thought you'd be the strong silent type, like you seem to be to everyone else, but your more immature than everyone else. Your...your just amazing!" I giggled into the wind, deciding he couldn't hear me over the wind...
We got to my hotel pretty quickly. I smiled, jumping off of Dragolia, turning to Drake. Jess returned to her pokeball without an argument, leaving us standing together, alone. Silence took us. Drake moved closer, slowly, wrapping his arms around me.
"Your amazing too..Rose. Thank you. I hope...I hope we'll see eachother more in College now. After all, its only your first day." A giggle escaped his lips, then he let me go, walking away slowly. "Who knows, I might even ask you on a date if you keep this up..."
My legs worked before my brain did. I ran forward, diving on him before he could walk away, knocking us both to the floor. I quickly placed my lips on his, kissing him with as much passion at I could bring forward in such a quick moment. He stared up at me in suprise, his ruby eyes glowing. My hands reached down to his, gripping his hands tight, licking along his lips, begging for entry...
He gave in eventually, opening his mouth, allowing me entry. I couldn't believe how sweet he tastes... his tongue battling for dominance against mine as he fought my advances. Finally, we both pulled away for air - I was panting, he didn't seem as...effected, as me. A smile broke across his face. I jumped up, standing, turning away. Unsure of what I was, no had, been doing.
"Well, I must admit. I didn't expect that..." Drake giggled, getting up and brushing himself off. "I'll see you tomorrow Rose..." He walked off, leaving me standing there, confused.
After everything we've been through...everything... I'm in the middle of this darkness, and she...she's out there, falling for him... and there's nothing I can do...
Ok, thats the third chapter...errm, may be longer than the others, and it took longer because I wasn't sure what to write. Light will play an important part, same with Dragolia and that little Dratini. Errm...comment if you want? I'll keep writting soon, but I'm slightly distracted with another story that's entered my head. It should only be a one shot though, so I'll try and write it and finish it off as soon as possible, then get back to this XD