Miss. Cleur had made the mistake of allowing her class to choose their partners. Immediately, the class broke into pandemonium, with people arguing who should be in pairs and who could be the group of three. Already, students were asking her if there could be more groups of three and based off of the noise next door, the class teacher next door had also made the same mistake.

Seeing as how the class was not getting anymore quiet, she took out a single pokeball from her waist and brought out her Klinklang.

"If you will." She gave permission to her Klingklang who seemed to be excited. On cue, it began to spin its gears in a rapid fashion that emitted a piercing noise that eventually slowed down once all students had turned to the noise in annoyance and confusion. With a "Thank you.", she returned Klingklang to its pokeball and addressed the class.

"Okay." She paused, glancing to her right to see a box in the corner of the room which she retrieved. "Now that I have all of your attention, I'll change it so that you can form groups of two to three students. When you are ready, take a seat in your groups so I can distribute your e-handbooks."

This time, her students were more graceful with sorting themselves into groups. Without hesitation, Mari had already convinced Eden and Cali to be in a group of three. Rachel and Harold mutually decided to stick together.

"Holly, you want to join me and David? We'll go through every nook and cranny and know this school inside and-" Adrian had turned around in his seat at the first row to speak with the girl at the third row of the classroom with a grin. David however looked hesitant to have Holly join them, but he didn't necessarily want her left out.

"No." She stayed in her seat and turned to Kyle and Ebisu. The former being next to her and the latter on the opposite end of the row. "I'm...with them." She decided. Ebisu in turn had made eye contact with Holly and appeared to be reluctant as he sighed whilst moving to a seat closer to Kyle and Holly. Kyle however seemed to be the victim in this scenario. He looked at both Holly and Ebisu who were on both sides of his desk as he sat there awkwardly, accepting that he was to be with them when exploring the school.

"I think we're ready miss." Airra flashed a smile to the class teacher. She had stuck with Josef and Jun who seemed satisfied with their group arrangement.

Miss. Cleur nodded and placed the box on her desk. "These…" She dug through the foam inside the bag and pulled out a sleek black tablet. "Are your e-handbooks."

The e-handbook that was referring to had a design that similar to a smartphone, though it was obviously bigger and didn't appear to have many buttons besides one on the side.

"These e-handbooks will be very useful during your time here at P.E.C." Miss. Cleur pressed the single button which turned the device on. On the screen was the picture of Airra. "The handbooks will provide your basic information. Name, class, class number, and class teacher."

She pressed a tab on the screen that said 'Map'. 'You can also find the school map here when you go exploring - or if you get lost."

She went to another page that showed a simple schedule that lasted for five days. "This is your class timetable. I'm sure you already know that you have class from Monday to Friday. You can also find the date and time on the corner of the screen." She pointed to the bottom right corner, which indeed showed said information.

"You can also find the school rules, but you can go over that yourself. The e-handbook also sends you important messages such as appointments and time slots for events such as tournaments. This also acts as your student card, so you can get your three meals a day. When I call out your name, please come collect your e-handbook. Airra…"

The process of distribution was relatively quick, being a small class of thirteen. In no time, the class had received their e-handbooks and were ready to go.

"Finally." Miss. Cleur placed a ballot sheet on Eden's desk which was closest to the door. "Take one sheet on your way out. There are stamps at every location on the paper so just stamp the location you visited as proof that you properly looked around school campus. Come back when you're done so I can dismiss you for lunch."


"So where do you think we should go first?" Cali asked Mari as the two were looking through their e-handbooks and the currently blanks sheet of paper that Miss. Cleur wanted them to complete.

"Considering how all floors have the same design, we don't have to go upstairs or here." Mari had her glasses on as she read through the stamp locations and e-handbook. "All that's here and on the upper floors are club rooms, science lab, home ec room, computer room...ah, we do have to stop by the library so why don't we go there first? It's on the fifth floor and we can ignore the rooftop."

Cali nodded. "Sounds like a plan." She then turned her head to a toilet door and screamed. "Eden, hurry up!"

The two girls were waiting right outside of the boys' toilet despite the peculiar looks they received from other classes' male students who wanted to go to the toilet.

"Hey, Mari." Cali poked Mari's shoulder which prompted her to turn around. "Do you think the class is divided right now?"

The way Mari put away her things along with the expression on her face made it very clear that she was thinking the same thing. "Do I?! Our class is basically water meeting oil! Nobody is interacting outside of their groups!"

Cali had grasped Mari's hands as the two were bouncing in agreement. This led to more looks of confusion on passerbys faces which the two ignored yet again. "Me too! Oh my gosh, it was so tense during the briefing with Miss. Cleur I'm surprised she didn't notice anything!"

"We need to do something before it's too late!" Mari decided, making an air fist. "The Sinnoh squad shall save the class!"

"...Sinnoh squad?" Cali tilted her head in confusion.

"Yeah! You, me, and Eden are from Sinnoh!"

"What is this about a Sinnoh squad and why are you already assuming I'm joining in whatever plan you have in store." Eden had emerged from the toilet with a look of worry on his face towards Mari who shrugged it off. He was still carrying the egg incubator from earlier, afraid of leaving it in the classroom.

"We're gonna make the class get along. Now let's head to the library!" Mari clasped both Cali and Eden's hands as the group headed up stairs. Cali shrugged as she went along with it whilst Eden yelped in surprise as he held onto his egg incubator in a tighter manner.

The trio had originally been walking at a fast pace during the first few floors. But by the time they arrived on the fifth floor, only Eden was left standing as he had let go of Mari's hand to walk at his own pace in order to keep the incubator safe.

"Water…" Mari gasped for air as she stumbled to the water fountain that was fortunately empty for her sake. Cali shortly followed her, though she was slightly less exhausted. "Hurry up...will you…"

She stopped to rest her hands on her knees, creating a hunched position as Mari drank the water as though it were nectar. Eden sighed as he joined the duo once he caught sight of them. It was then Cali's turn to the water fountain as Mari slumped on the floor to catch her breath.

"You guys…" He said in both concern and disbelief, watching the two girls stand up properly in their own time.

"We're at a new school, Eden." Mari took in another breath of air. "Of course we'll be excited."

"I can't wait to see the library!" Cali clasped her hands together in joy. "I bet they'll have a bunch of history books on other regions too!"

Surprised, Mari and Eden turned to Cali as she walked at a slightly faster pace than the other two towards the library which came in sight. On the door, was a big sign that said 'Quiet Please' in bold letters.

"Wow, history?" Mari opened the door and let her two companions in. "Figures, since you grew up in Celestic Town."

"I simply love studying history." Cali began to traverse through the history section whilst Eden went to stamp their ballots to signify their arrival at the library. "Celestic is a great place to expose myself to Sinnoh history, but I would have loved to have visited the Canalave library. They specialize in Sinnoh history books too."

A student librarian shot the talkative history fanatic a look of annoyance as she continued to browse through the selection of books.

"Oh wow, the 'Floral History of Floaroma Town." Cali grabbed the book off the shelf. "'Sinnoh Conspiracies: Canalave Nightmares'?" She ignored the second book and put it back on the shelf.

"Hey." Eden went up to Mari who lounging at the computer area at the library with three stamped ballots. "Since Cali probably wants to look around, should we plan where to go to next?"

"Absolutely!" Mari earned a 'shush' from the head librarian. "Okay." She then reduced her voice to a whisper. "Why not the canteen when we're done here?"


"What do you mean 'let's go'!?" Holly seethed at Ebisu with a glare plastered on her face. "We just arrived!"

"Guys, everybody's looking at us…" Kyle whimpered between his two groupmates in fear. Holly and Ebisu were clashing with each other and it was gaining degrading looks from other first years.

"I don't care about what they think of me." Holly crossed her arms. "We just arrived at the canteen, and you just want to stamp the ballot and leave?"

"I suppose you do have ears." Ebisu sighed. "I just fail to see the excitement of a simple canteen. Every high school has one, is it not so?"

"You guys…" At this point, Kyle sat down on one of the many canteen tables in embarrassment.

"It's a new school for crying out loud!" Holly snapped her fingers in front of Ebisu in annoyance. "Can we not, I don't know, look at the menu for example?"

Ebisu took one glance at the canteen layout and gave Holly two ballots with a stamp representing the canteen. "Very well then. Clearly, our ideals prevent us from reaching a consensus. I shall go ahead, and we can meet back here when we are done so we can report back to Miss. Cleur together."

"Do you have a stick up your butt or something?" Holly snatched the two ballots and handed one to Kyle who accepted it without question. "Fine. We'll meet back here when we're all done."

Ebisu nodded his head as he departed from the canteen. Seeing as how their feud was over, the other first years went back to looking around the canteen. There were several posters on the wall featuring the many dishes and lunchboxes the school was capable of preparing.

"Come on Kyle, let's go." She walked off to the counter and let a stuttering Kyle follow her trail.

The school canteen was still serving breakfast, with many metal trays half empty with standard breakfast food. Such items included baked beans, hash browns, bacon, and pancakes galore. Kyle took in a whiff of the scents as smiled. If he hadn't eaten breakfast, he would very well treat himself to a nice plate of school breakfast.

To his surprise, Holly grabbed a tray and plate as she began to grab various foods with the metal tongs for each respective item. She grabbed three pancakes, two hash browns and slices of bacon, along with a yogurt drink to wash it off. She turned to Kyle as she went to go scan her e-handbook to claim her meal.

"What? I haven't had breakfast yet." She admitted with a casual expression. "Do you want anything?"

Kyle passed on her offer but obliged to sit down on a nearby table as Holly carried her tray from the counter. Her e-handbook was back in her pocket as she grabbed a knife and fork, along with a tiny cup of maple syrup. Once she had finally settled, Kyle decided to address the previous elephant in the room.

"Why did you and Ebisu go off?" His cheeks flushed in embarrassment as he recollected the earlier events of Holly and Ebisu's shouting match.

Holly seemed to have expected the question, as she placed down her utensils calmly to answer his questions.

"Did you not see the way he looks at everyone who tries to talk to him?" She took a quick sip of her yogurt drink before continuing. "He gave me that look as well! Like he didn't come here to make friends." She waved her arms in annoyance. "I swear to the original dragon I will get in his face if he gives me that look again."

"You know you really don't have to do that." Kyle attempted to reason with her solution as she went through her breakfast like a Latios.

"Look, I get it." Holly grabbed a napkin and wiped the crumbs off her mouth. "You probably find me to be a bully of some sort. But like," She paused to finish her yogurt drink. "Some of these people really rub me the wrong way. Adrian, for example, really gives me egotistical vibes. He acts like the world revolves around him and I don't like it! I try to put him in his place and I have David defending him."

"I mean, maybe you have it the wrong way." He suggested whilst pointing to a corner of his lip to tell Holly she missed a spot. "Maybe he isn't so bad. He seems nice. Didn't he offer you to join him and David?"

"I don't want to be with Adrian who's self-centered, and I don't want to be around David who probably dislikes me for who I am." She decided. "Look, Kyle, you don't have to stay with me if you feel that uncomfortable. I noticed that your hands are shaking a lot."

Kyle didn't even notice that himself. He looked down to see that his hands were indeed shaking as though it were an earthquake happening outside. He took a deep breath and relaxed. He looked back up to see that Holly's expression had softened. She also looked to be...guilty?

"Does she feel bad about earlier…?" Kyle pondered before shaking his head. "I'm fine. I'll stick around."

"Cool." Holly grabbed her tray and stood up deliberately as though the conversation earlier was irrelevant. "Where do you want to go next?"

"I was thinking the general office."


"So why do you think Holly hates me?" Adrian asked David as he stamped their ballots. They had already passed by the canteen and were going through the stops in a random order.

The general office was basically the reception office. You had your typical desk with the school receptionists. There was one male receptionist who was currently going through some files at the back, making him unavailable. The room itself was very sophisticated, with marble walls and a glass display with school trophies and achievements. Such prizes ranged from participation awards in special programmes, to school trophies from inter-school competitions.

"Can we not talk about her?" David sighed once again. He was cool with Adrian but he was a bit too much sometimes. "She's just negative energy at this point. I really don't want anything to do with her."

"Maybe it's because she's jealous that I look like a relative of Beheeyonce." Adrian speculated as the two exited the general office. "Where to next?"

"I'm pretty sure it's not because of that." David deadpanned, before answering Adrian's question.

"I was thinking the gym? I really want to check out what the school has to offer."

"Sure, sure. Hey, isn't that Ebisu?"

David squinted his eyes to see Ebisu by himself making his way across school grounds towards the gymnasium. He had taken off one of his several coats due to the oppressive heat that was early September.

"You're right, but why is he alo-oh, right." David answered his own question, recollecting his group mates. "Shall we invite him to join us?"

'Sure!" Adrian agreed and began to skip towards Ebisu in a sloppy fashion.

"I wonder what goes on in his head sometimes…" David mused as he caught up with his partner.

"Hey, Ebisu!" Adrian stopped in front of the Hoenn native with both hands waving and a dorky smile on his face. Ebisu seemed to have been taken aback slightly at his energy but was composed in the end.

"Ah, salutations, Adrian, David."

"Uh, hey Ebisu. Are you headed towards the gym?" He motioned towards the building they were all walking towards.

"That is correct." Ebisu nodded as they arrived to see the stamp on a desk in front of the entrance. There were other first years trying to open the many doors but failed to do so.

"Why won't it open?" Adrian hopped on the bandwagon and proceeded to pry the door open to no avail.

"They only open the gym during class and clubs. You can also reserve the gym but you will require a teacher in charge for assistance." Ebisu had scrolled through the school rules available in the e-handbook and showed it for others to see.

"I see some battlefields over there." Ebisu then pointed at the side of the building where there were four unoccupied battlefields with the standard pokeball design at the center. "Apparently the size is nothing compared to the one at the stadium though."

A fair distance away from the gym and school as the school stadium in all of its glory.

"It's huge!" Adrian and David gasped at the size. "This makes the Pokemon World Tournament look like a joke!"

Whilst the two Unova natives were awestruck by the stadium, Ebisu had stamped his ballot and was checking for which location to go to next.

"Where do you plan to go to next?" Adrian peered over Ebisu's e-handbook which had the school map loaded on the screen. "Let's go together!"

"You want to go with me?" Ebisu asked in disbelief. He had a faint look of surprise on his face as he attempted to remain a stoic expression. "I do not wish to pull myself down, but I am not exactly a...fun, person to be around."

"But you dress funny." Adrian argued back, making David stare at him in horror. "If you dress funny, I look more stylish! Plus, you get to hang around someone who looks like a relative of Beheeyonce. I look better, and you get popular, so it's a win-win." Adrian flashed a thumbs up before pointing at the dorms building which was connected to the school.

"Let's go there! I want to check out where we're gonna stay for the entire year!"


"Remind me why we're here again…" Airra asked her two partners as they approached the front desk of the dorm building. Airra, Josef, and Jun had breezed through the multiple stations to stamp their ballots with the dorms being their focus.

"We want to get a head start with unpacking while everyone's out looking for stamps." Josef answered quickly as the receptionist attended to them.

"First years?" She asked them with a smile. The receptionist was a short woman with a pixie cut and brown hair. She wore a simple white sweater and black skirt as she typed some keys into her computer.

"Yes. We're from class 1-C."

The receptionist nodded her head before asking another question. "Class numbers?"

"Uh…" Josef turned on his e-handbook to load his information.

"Thirteen." Jun replied immediately, lucky with the convenience of being the last number in the class.

"Number one for me." Airra added with a grin, also lucky of being the first one in the class.

"I'm number four."

"Girls' dorms are located on this side." The receptionist gestured to their right hand side. "And boys are on the other side of the building. Please note that it is not allowed to trespass into the other side. Your room numbers have been sent to your e-handbooks, and they will also act as a key for the lock."

"I suppose this is where we split up." Airra concluded before remembering an important task. "Oh, but weren't we supposed to stamp our ballots?"

"You can stamp your ballots here." The receptionist took out the stamp and placed it on her desk. "You can come back and stamp it when you're done with unpacking. Miss. Arcanas, allow me to escort you to your room. Mr. Kaiser, Mr. Yang, if you require my assistance you may wait for my male colleague to return from his break or escort yourselves." She gave a polite bow before taking Airra with her to the girl's section of the dorm building. Airra gave the two boys one wave before hesitantly catching up with the receptionist.

"Let's go then." Josef and Jun made their way through the spacious halls as they looked at each door to see that the room number was printed on a metal plate on the top of each door, with the names of the occupants on the side. Every door had a pokeball design around the peephole which Josef thought was a nice touch.

"Looks like this is my room." Josef came to a stop, and was slightly disappointed he and Jun weren't roommates, but he could live with it. "I'm gonna be living with...David. He was the one with that loud guy from Unova as well, right? Adrian, I believe?"

"That seems about right." Jun nodded his head slowly. It seemed correct to him. Although it was a small class of thirteen, it was still a difficult task to memorise the names of all his classmates in one hour upon meeting all of them.

"See you later then." Jun walked off to his room as Josef scanned his e-handbook, gaining entrance into a bare room.

The dorm bedrooms were simple, furnished with the basics. Two regular sized beds on each side of the room, with one bedside table for the two roommates to share. At one corner of the room was a single desk with the slanted design and a chair - all wooden with a cushion on the chair. The beds were already covered with white bed sheets along with the pillowcases, and the two closets had hangers provided along with drawers for other clothing items.

"I suppose we'll have to buy our own pillows if one isn't enough." Josef didn't mind the basic living conditions. He had given the mattress and pillow a tight squeeze and found it to be very soft and comfortable.

Next to each bed was the luggage of the student. Josef immediately dashed to his two suitcases and proceeded to unpack. He followed the suggested guidelines for packing on the school website.

His first suitcase had two weeks worth of clothing. When he was done with the first week, he could go to the washing facility to take care of laundry. The second one contained everything else that he didn't carry in his regular bag, like toiletries, a pile of books, and packets of sweets. The first thing he reached for was a packet of sweets. One of his many favourites, 'Totodie Rolls'.

As he reached into the bag, the pokeball on his waist burst open and out came a Jigglypuff who eyed the packet of sweets in excitement. He gave out a hearty laugh as he rubbed the Jigglypuff's head.

"Of course you come out when there's sweets." He joked around before handing the Pokemon a roll. "There you go. It must be nice to be out of the pokeball now."

The Jigglypuff squealed in delight as it devoured the candy.


"I don't recognise this name." Airra stared at the second name for her room in confusion. On top of her name, was 'IKEDA Sakiko'.

"Ah, that's a second year student." The receptionist smiled at the sight of the name. "She's a very sweet person, but I suppose you'll have to meet her yourself when she's done with classes and such for the day. Just scan your e-handbook there and you're good to go."

Airra went ahead to do as she was told, and turned around once the door was unlocked. "Thank you for your help, miss…"

"Please call me Miss. Ikeda. Have a good day Miss. Arcanas." The receptionist turned to leave Airra to her business.

"She seems quite nice." Airra smiled at Miss. Ikeda's mannerisms. "I wonder what Sakiko looks like."

The rooms at the girls' side of the building held the same design as the boys' rooms. In the corner was here stuff, but she decided to look at the bathroom instead.

She peered inside to see a generously sized bathroom, with a shower in one corner, and the toilet just next to it. There were already toiletries set up, definitely being Sakiko's belongings with a curling iron on the sink with a bottle or two of foundation. There was a stack of toilet paper rolls under the sink, and a bottle of shampoo and soap already in the shower.

She looked at the time on her e-handbook. Eleven o' clock. There was still a fair amount of time until lunch but it was best for her to hurry if she wanted to fill out the rest of her stamps ballot.

She made a beeline for her bag and proceeded to unpack her toiletries, finding suitable spots in the bathroom for her belongings. The clothes could be taken care of later, and she would have to place her belongings another time, for she brought a telescope she would have to set up later.

"I'll go meet them now." She decided and headed back to the front desk. She noticed a familiar name or two on other doors, those being her classmates until she finally reached the front desk. There, she found Josef and Jun stamping their ballots. Josef noticed her and waved her over while Jun gave a friendly nod as he finished up.

"Hey." She took the stamp from Jun and stamped her ballot. "I hope I didn't keep you both long."

"You're just in time." Jun took a drink of water from the water machine, throwing away the paper cup into the bin. "I just unpacked some stuff."

"Uh, yeah, me too." Josef nodded in agreement while wiping his mouth with his hand.

"Good to know. Oh, and my roommate is a second year!" Airra added as the trio exited the dorm building.

"Woah, a second year?" Josef looked amazed. "Wouldn't they pair you with another first year?"

"I think it has to do with how our class has an odd number of students. There's only five girls while we have eight boys in total." Jun threw his two cents in the conversation. "But anyway, I'm with Eden."

"Ah, that shy kid? I'm with David."

"I'm pretty sure Rachel is the shy one in our class. She acts like she would get a heart attack if a Combee flew into the room." Airra giggled. "But where to next? There's not many places left to go, is there."

"Yeah, we only have about three more I believe." Jun loaded his map. "Let's check out the Care Centre."


"This place is amazing." Rachel stared in awe at the all the machinery in the Care Centre. Machines were being used for all sorts of healing purposes. A water purifier was cleaning the pond where the centre was keeping water type Pokemon injured in the wild. A powerful freezer to create an area for ice types. "Do they have electrical charging stations?"

"Right there it seems." Harold pointed to where a Pachirisu was resting with two wires attached to the cheeks. He was clearly not as interested at where they were, but he was surprised to hear Rachel speaking above fifty decibels so he let it slide.

The Care Centre was located at the end of the island and school. A building acting as a sanctuary for sick Pokemon with access to a small artificial island where wild Pokemon could rest at. The Pokemon on the island were available for students to catch but they required permission from a teacher to explore the island.

"You can also heal your own Pokemon if they get sick." A nurse approached the duo with a Blissey following right behind her. "My name is Nurse Joy, and I am in charge of all medical operations at the Care Centre of this establishment."

"Great!" Rachel reached into her waist and took out one of two pokeballs and handed it to Nurse Joy. "Please help Plus. He has an electricity problem again and I saw that the centre has machines for these cases."

Nurse Joy took the pokeball graciously and placed it on a cart for Blissey to take away.

"Can you come back after lunch? I'm sure by then your Pokemon will be in perfect health."

"Thank you Nurse Joy." Rachel sighed in relief and was thankfully oblivious to the fact Nurse Joy went after Blissey who took a wrong turn and was headed off to the ice type section.

"So that's why you insisted on going here." Harold understood her constant begging to go to the centre. "I didn't know you had two Pokemon, but I guess it's because they were hidden under your sweater."

Rachel giggled before taking out her second pokeball. "They're a Plusle and Minun, so I don't really have a choice. Plus, they're brothers so it would be awfully cruel to separate them."

"Wait, you nicknamed your Plusle…'Plus'?"

Rachel's cheeks held a pink tinge as she waved her arms frantically. "Please don't mind the nickname. You can call them Plusle and Minun if you want to, but I'm staying loyal to my eight year old self."

"That's cool. That's cool." Harold brushed it off with a smirk. "...So you want to explore that island?"

"Harold!" Rachel whispered in her loud voice. "That's against the rules!"

"But that's what makes it fun." He joked around as the two exited the Care Centre. "Maybe I'll just ask Holly. She looks like she'd be up for it."

"As long as it's not me getting in trouble." Rachel calmed down, but jumped up in alert as the school bell rang. They looked at their e-handbooks to that the time was half past twelve.

"I guess that's our cue to return to Miss. Cleur."


"I suppose it was too tall an order to ask you all to cover the ENTIRE school in just two hours." Miss. Cleur giggled in embarrassment. "But at least you had fun judging by your faces."

It was true. What was originally a tense classroom had dissolved into a more relaxed atmosphere. Everyone seemed to have become more comfortable at school and enjoyed exploring the facilities.

"With that said, congratulations to Adrian, David, and Ebisu for completing the ballot with all stamps!"

Adrian seemed to be the most pleased with their achievement, making an air fist out of joy. He gave a high five to David and Ebisu, with the latter leaving him hanging. Holly snickered at Ebisu's look of confusion when Adrian attempted a high five with him.

"I suppose I shouldn't keep you all waiting too long now. You're all dismissed for lunch and the rest of the day to explore and settle down properly. I'll see you all tomorrow morning. Goodbye class."

"Goodbye and thank you, Miss. Cleur." All voices of the class chimed out of order and in different volumes.

They had survived their first day of school.


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