BlizzardNinja's Corner:
Well, how are all of you doing? I don't know about you, but I've been pretty busy since I last updated. Exams, Valentine's Day, my birthday, and now my winter break are almost done! It's been fun except for a few low patches. I hope you all had a fun February as well.
If you've watched the Sochi Olympics at all, what do you think? I'm excited that Canada is doing really good and that my local team won the gold medal for their respective sport. Congrats to all Olympians and their families!
Anyways, it's time! Nick and Felix get to finally meet their starters! What kind of antics will they have while trying to get accustomed to each other? Read to find out!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon, the series, games, or any of the merchandise associated with it. They are fully owned by Nintendo, Game Freak, and the Pokémon Company. However, the original characters that I create are made and thought of by myself.
Now with the author's note and disclaimer out of the way, chapter four is here! Hope you all enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 4: Nice to Meet You, Partner!
Today was the day that Nick and Felix would become official pokémon trainers and will get to choose their first pokémon. We all stood in front of Professor Elm's lab and let the moment sink in before Nick gulped and slowly raised his hand to press the doorbell. After he pressed the button, we could hear the bell echoing inside the lab and a loud bang followed by footsteps quickly but unevenly coming towards the door we were waiting at. The twins looked at each other nervously as I slowly backed up with a smirk. Raveena soon followed my lead and tried to hide her nervousness of being at Professor Elm's door.
As Elm opened the door, I quickly snapped the flash button of my camera to catch him off guard and capture the twin's initial reaction to meeting one of the quirkiest and hectic Pokémon professors. Speaking of Elm, he was standing in the door with wide eyes, a lowered jaw, frazzled hair, and a ruffled white lab coat over his pale green scrubs he like to wear around his lab. There was a small pichu on his head with a little smirk as it let sparks fly off its cheeks as Elm flinched. There was also a pichu in one of his lab coat pockets with its head poking out and a small smile on his face.
Raveena slowly started to back away from the professor while trying to hide the fact that she wanted to run away from the hectic professor and his messy lab. Professor Elm was famous for studying pokémon breeding and strange pokémon abilities, as well as for being a nervous wreck. With the later association came the well-known fact that most of the pokémon at his lab would try to pull some sort of stunt since Elm was not good at commanding and training them. Of course, this misbehaviour helped lead him to some of his most noteworthy discoveries such as discovering that pichu is the pre-evolved form of pikachu, that pokémon hatch from eggs, and being credited as one of, if not the most, talented student that Professor Oak ever had. The two would often meet up or talk over the phone and discuss their latest theories and discoveries about pokémon.
"H-hello boys and girls," the professor started after everyone's initial shock wore off. He then directed his gaze towards the twins. "I assume you must be Felix and Nick?" He questioned as he attempted to fix up his appearance.
Nick stepped forward and began his introduction, "That's right! I'm Nick, this is my brother Felix, and these are our sisters Raveena and Laila!" He pointed at each of us as he told the professor our names and relation to each other.
"I see," Elm commented as he led us to the main room of his lab. "Laila, was it? Please don't take my picture without asking."
"Sorry, I just wanted to capture the twin's initial reaction to meeting you for the first time. After all, this is a day that they should remember," I replied.
"Yes, I suppose it is and that being the case, I'll allow you to take a few pictures in the lab to capture the day for them. Make sure to show your mom the pictures after though. Clair must be pretty lonely if all of her kids left home at once. Have you at least called her since you left?"
We all gulped before guiltily lowering and shaking our heads no. 'I guess he brought up a good point and that we should try to give our parents a call once in a while. They probably are lonely and would be happy to hear from us. However, it might be a lot harder to reach dad.'
"Oh, I see," Elm replied and then tried to comfort us, "but that is the life of a traveling pokémon trainer I suppose. I'm sure she would understand, but it would still be nice if you would give her a call when you can."
"Yeah, we should do that," Raveena agreed before nudging Felix, "so what are you waiting for Felix? Get on it already!"
Felix gave Raveena a dirty look and a scowl as he readjusted himself on his crutches. Realizing that she had almost pushed him off balance, Raveena apologized to him and tried to help him readjust before having her assistance declined by Felix.
Professor Elm soon stopped in front of a white door and turned back towards us, or more specifically the twins. "Well boys, are you ready to meet your first pokémon?"
Nick and Felix let out calls of excitement as they both stared at the door intently. They had both been wondering for a while which starter they would choose and what they would be like. Elm smiled and reached for the doorknob. Just as he was about to turn it and open the door, the door was yanked inwards pulling Elm along with it. Elm clung to the door knob with all his strength before having to let go and falling a little before landing on the ground. A young girl with short brown hair, a pink t-shirt, and short black dress stood in the doorway with an annoyed look on her face.
"Are these the guys we've been waiting for?" She questioned Elm as she looked uncaringly at him while he was slowly getting up from the floor in front of her.
"Y-yes, Karla, that's them," Elm confirmed with a shaky nod. Both of the pichu that were riding on him glared at her with sparks flying from their cheeks. Glancing at each other, the pichu quickly hopped onto Karla at the same time and shocked her. Smirking, one of the pichu quickly grabbed the red bow tie on the front of her dress while the other grabbed the red bow tie from her hair, untying them. They then ran off to different parts of the lab leaving a steaming mad Karla behind. Seeing her frazzled got me, Nick, and Felix to laugh which further aggravated Karla.
"I'll be back in a few minutes and then you can pass out the pokémon, okay?" Karla informed Elm and somewhat us before she headed to where I presumed the washroom was.
Elm brought us over to a small sitting area in the corner of the room where he had the starter pokémon set up. After we were all sitting down, we all looked at Elm intently before Raveena finally started to ask him what we were all wondering.
"Okay, seriously, why do you let her talk to you and act like that towards you? I mean, you're doing her a huge favor by giving her a starter pokémon and she's walking all over you! What are you thinking? How can you let her do that to you?" Raveena started to drill Elm with questions.
Elm started to rustle nervously in his seat before answering us. "Well, you see, it's not really that easy. Karla is my niece and she's always been direct in how she talks and acts. She's especially like that when it concerns something of importance to her, like getting her starter pokémon. She flew here from Goldenrod City last night to come and pick up her future pokémon. She woke up at six and has been staring at the pokéballs most of the time. I told her that since your mom contacted me first, the two of you would get to choose your pokémon before her."
"Still, that's not a good enough reason for her to be so cruel and mean to you," Raveena commented.
"I suppose so. I still think she's just excited and nervous about the whole thing though. Especially since she may not get the pokémon she wants," Elm confessed.
"What?" Nick gasped as he sat forward in his seat. "Why would that be?"
"Well, normally, I give all of the starters to new trainers before the Silver Conference begins. I then go and watch the Silver Conference live at the stadium. This means that I get a shipment of starters after the league is finished. Since the league just finished, I should have gotten another shipment of starters by now. Unfortunately, the breeders I normally get the starters from have been experiencing difficulties that have resulted in the shipment of starters being late. Most other breeders in the region are able to breed the typical Johto starting pokémon, but few have the required pokémon and facilities to do so. Even if they do, they have to pass an inspection from the Pokémon League and Board. If they are not certified for breeding their selected starter or are not expecting to have to send a batch of them to my lab, few of them are able to do so. That's why this delay is extremely problematic," Elm explained to us.
"What kind of difficulties could result in all three of the breeders for the starters being unable to send some to you? Also, how are we able to get starters from you today if you don't have any left?" Felix asked the professor as he doubted that the professor's claims were true.
"What? You don't believe me?" Elm asked in shock as he was slightly hurt at the insult.
"Not really," Felix confirmed. "We just met you and it's already obvious that you're a mess and your lab is hazardously messy. I wouldn't be surprised if you lost one of the starter pokémon in your disastrous lab." We all gave Felix a glare to tell him that that was uncalled for and that he should apologize to Professor Elm. Felix didn't seem to care about what we thought of his comment.
Elm gasped as Felix's words stung him. "It may be true that I keep my lab somewhat messy-"
"Oh, it's more than somewhat messy," Felix cut in and was then elbowed in the side by Raveena.
"Anyways," Elm continued in a somber voice with downcast eyes, "the main breeders we use for the starters have all been experiencing difficulties as of late. The totodile breeder lives on a small island in the Whirl Islands called Jaws Island. They're the only ones who live there. With that fact, it is understandably hard to travel to the Pokémon Centre on the nearby island. It's also difficult and lengthy to get a repairman in to fix their transporter. The cyndaquil breeder lives in the mountains and there have been rockslides occurring lately. They've been busy trying to clear the road and protect the eggs so they are not able to send any cyndaquil to me for a while. Unfortunately, the chikorita breeder was hit the hardest from an unforeseen circumstance. The chikorita breeder had a group of ursaring attack her ranch. Some of the ursaring got past her guard pokémon and started to attack the chikorita she's been raising. Some of the chikorita managed to fight off the ursaring by working together and evolved. The other chikorita and the eggs that were outside were not so lucky. As a result, she has very few chikorita remaining that are suitable to give to beginning trainers and has to slowly rebuild her pokémon egg outdoor nursery."
We all gasped and looked down sadly as we thought about the poor chikorita. 'They must have been so scared. I couldn't imagine having to watch that,' I thought to myself feeling a pain in my heart.
Nick smiled sadly as he looked up at the professor, "if the breeders aren't able to send you any starter pokémon, than how are you going to be able to give us a starter today?"
"I held on to one last batch of them so that the two of you would get to choose the starter you want. I then got a phone call two days ago from my brother asking me to give Karla her starter today. I would usually have some backups in case multiple trainers want the same starter but as I already said the shipment from the different starter ranches have been delayed by at least a few weeks. As a result, she may have to choose a starter pokémon other than the one she's been wanting since she was a little girl or wait here for a few weeks to get her desired starter pokémon. She knows that, and all things considered, she is definitely not taking it well," Elm reassured us with a small smile.
There was a small gasp behind where we were sitting as Karla slowly approached the professor. She had tears flowing down her cheeks and a bright red nose at the moment. She stopped in front of him and looked at him desperately. "Is what you just said about the chikorita true, uncle?" she asked with a sad quavering voice.
Elm stood up and hugged his niece. "Unfortunately so, but at least some of them made it right?" He asked her, desperately trying to think of something to cheer her up.
"I guess so," she relented before breaking down into tears again. Elm was silently panicking as he tried to think of a way to cheer her up.
We all looked at each other and silently agreed to try and think of something to help cheer up Karla and free Elm from his torture. Not long after we began to try to figure out a way to help them both, Felix stood up and hopped away from the sitting area and went to the table with the three pokéballs on it.
"Hey Elm, these are the starters you saved for us, right? Can we choose our starter pokémon now?" Felix hollered to all of us, but mainly Professor Elm.
Elm's eyes lit up as he caught on to Felix's plan and he confirmed his observation before silently mouthing "thank you" to Felix.
"Well, Karla, Nick, Felix, the three pokémon in front of you are soon going to be your partners. Before I give them to you, how about I introduce them to you and then you choose which starter you want?"
The twins and Karla all happily agreed with the plan as we all stared intently at the pokémon he was about to show us.
"Let's begin the introductions with the water starter, Totodile," Elm decided as he grabbed the water starter's pokéball and let it out. Totodile came out of the ball with a toothy smile before saying its name and spraying a light amount of water into the air. When the water landed on him, he shook it off before smiling even wider. The remaining water droplets on his scaly skin made them blue of his skin and the red spikes protruding along his spine stand out even more compared to the dry yellowish-tan strip on his belly between his arms.
Karla smiled in amusement at it but didn't seem overly joyed about it. Felix and Nick were both in awe of the little water pokémon and admired how he looked and acted. Raveena backed away from him before desperately trying to dry the water droplets that had landed on her dress. As she started to move her hand faster to try to dry it, the totodile became more immersed in the movement of her hand before it jumped towards her with his jaws open. Luckily, Snatch noticed where and what the totodile was planning and stopped it by using iron tail to send the totodile flying in another direction.
Elm apologized and decided now would be a good time to introduce the next pokémon. He decided to show us cyndaquil, the fire starter next. Cyndaquil came out and turned his head towards each of us in turn before yawning and lying down to go to sleep. This cyndaquil slept in an odd position by curling up in a ball and tucking its head towards its belly. It then began to shift until it found a comfortable position with its little arms steadying his long snout and having his feet spread flat out behind him.
The twins and Karla were dumbfounded by how relaxed and lazy this cyndaquil was. Raveena began to coo over how cute it was when sleeping. I had to look away because watching cyndaquil sleep, especially with the dark navy blue fur on his back absorbing the sunlight, was making me tired and made me want to return to bed. Elm just smiled and shook his head at the cyndaquil's lack of energy.
"The last pokémon I have for you to choose as a starter is chikorita, the Johto region's grass type starter," Elm concluded as he released the little quadruped grass pokémon. The little green pokémon began to hop around sporadically on its little legs while waving the leaf on its head around. The grass pokémon then looked up and shouted out happily as it hopped off the table.
Karla became awe struck and let out a happy cry as she looked at the chikorita. Elm smiled and shook his head at the energy and excitement that chikorita had. Raveena smiled at it but was not as thrilled when compared to her reaction for cyndaquil. Nick, Felix, and I were slightly overwhelmed by the amount of energy it displayed. Obviously, chikorita would be the most energetic of the three starters.
After a bit of chasing, Elm got the pokémon back on the table and settled as they looked at us. In a sense, we were inspecting them but they were inspecting us as well. Chikorita was settled down on the left side of the table, cyndaquil was sitting in the middle with his head looking up at Professor Elm, and totodile was on the right side of the table slowly trying to make a picture out of the water it had squirted out earlier.
After a few moments of looking at them, I asked Elm if I could take a few pictures of the pokémon before they were given to my brothers and Karla. After being given an affirmation, I decided to take a picture of all three of them doing their own thing as a group. I then took a picture of each of them doing whatever they pleased. Chikorita raised its leaf and smirked at me, cyndaquil continued to just stare at me before eliciting a yawn, and totodile was immersed in his drawing until I called his name and was given a toothy grin. I then asked them to give me one more picture of them sitting nicely together, which they accommodated with little fuss.
"Have you taken all the photos you want to of the group of starters?" He asked me.
"For now I have, yes. I want to take some group pictures at the lab's entrance after they choose their pokémon though," I informed the professor.
"That sounds okay with me, but you'll have to let everyone choose if they want to be in the pictures. Now, before I give these three young trainers their starters I wanted to know if either of you have some advice to give them for their journey," Elm asked curiously.
"I think they should pick the one they want and try to bond with them as fast as they can," Raveena replied.
I paused to think for a few moments about what I should say to them. Finally, I thought of what to say, "I think it would be easy to just say which pokémon you want, but the pokémon have to be accepting of you or there will be some resistance from them. It's about a balance of respect and trust. Don't be upset if that balance isn't there right away, it is something that has to be worked on and built over time."
They all silently stared at me in shock. Apparently, I had given some advice that was more meaningful than they had expected for me to give them. I could tell that even Snatch was surprised by the way he widened his eyes. However, I guess he liked the answer since he soon let out a happy cry and hugged my head with his little arms. Looking at the starters, totodile let out a content noise as he smiled at me. Chikorita waved off my comment by flicking her leaf. Surprisingly, cyndaquil was awake and nodded before letting out another yawn. Apparently, I'd just gained some respect from the three of them as well.
Elm looked at the pokémon and then at us. "So, Nick and Felix, since Clair asked me to hold them for you, I think you two should get the first pick for your starter pokémon. Who wants to be the first to choose their pokémon?"
Felix glanced at Nick but surprisingly, Nick had already stepped forward. "Professor, I want totodile to be my partner!" He exclaimed with a bright smile as he looked at the little water pokémon. It smiled and let out another small stream of water.
Felix looked at Nick in shock. Ordinarily, the twins would look at and talk to each other before deciding something important. Felix seemed somewhat hurt that Nick didn't stop to talk and consider his opinion on the matter.
Professor Elm looked between the two with a nervous smile. "Well, if totodile is who you choose, okay. Remember, totodile is the water starter and he enjoys being in the water. If you're near a body of water be sure to let him out for a swim and keep him well hydrated," Professor Elm lectured Nick as he handed totodile's pokéball and a pokédex to him. Nick's pokédex was a red rectangle with a black circle near the bottom. When flipped open, there were two screens. The top screen was an LED display screen while the bottom screen was a touch screen. He then turned to Felix and waited to find out which starter he would choose.
Felix looked unsure as he glanced continuously between the yawning cyndaquil and the bouncing chikorita. He didn't look very excited to choose either of them and it was soon made obvious that his first choice had been totodile. Karla stared intently at him and was straining to stay in her spot instead of running to grab the starter she wanted to choose. Finally, Felix sighed and turned to her, "Karla, it's obvious that you know which pokémon you want, so you can choose yours first."
She stared at him as her eyes widened and her jaw dropped. "Are you serious?" She questioned him hopefully.
Letting out another sigh, he confirmed her hopes, "Yeah, you can choose before me."
Karla let out a happy squeal and gave Felix a tight hug that made him blush. When she realized what she was doing, she let go of him and blushed as well. "Sorry about that, Felix. I just got overly excited. I'd like the chikorita please," she said as she had a huge smile on her face and was struggling to stay somewhat calm.
Elm chuckled and nodded before giving chikorita's pokéball and a pink pokédex that was similar to Nick's to her. She began to hug the pokéball and twist in her spot with her eyes closed. Noticing her actions, she again stopped and blushed before looking at her partner pokémon. She looked somewhat hurt when chikorita was giving her a weird look and had taken a step back from her previous position.
Elm walked over to his desk and grabbed something before returning to his previous spot. "Felix, I want to give you something extra for your generous actions towards my niece. Also, before you ask, Clair told me that your favorite color was dark blue so I found a pokédex that color for you," Elm told him as he put an envelope, a dark blue pokédex like the others, and a pokéball in Felix's hands.
"Thanks, professor, but what's in the envelope?" Felix asked.
"Open it and you'll find out," Professor Elm said with a smile as one of his assistants nodded approvingly at him. Karla started laughing as we looked at them confused about what was so funny.
"The last time I was here, I mentioned to my uncle and some of the lab assistants that we should try to work on making him control his long explanations and take more breaks to focus on things other than his research once in a while. Apparently, they've been working and helping improve how he explains and talks to new trainers," Karla explained with a smile.
"Well, that's interesting," Nick said with a shrug before he turned to Felix with a giant smile, "now open the envelope already, Felix!"
Felix carefully separated the envelope and soon pulled out what was inside. There was a package with the emblem of a ship on the front of it. When Felix opened it, there were four vouchers for a free ferry ride to and from Alto Mare. According to the ticket, we could board the ship at either Cherrygrove City's dock or Union City's dock. Cherrygrove City was nearby and just down route 29. Union City on the other hand, was a good distance away and was between Violet City and Azalea Town. Actually, Union City led to the route 32 entrance of Union Cave which we would have to travel through to get to Azalea Town.
"W-why are you giving these to me? They must have been expensive," Felix asked the professor as he looked at him surprised.
"I was given them as a gift by the director of the Silver Conference actually," Professor Elm clarified. "I was going to use them as a vacation with a few of my researchers but I soon remembered that I get seasick easily."
Professor Elm's researchers all looked at us with joy when they heard about being given a free vacation from him but were soon disappointed as they heard the rest of his sentence.
"Don't worry everyone. I have a different vacation in mind for us," Professor Elm told them before smirking, "but of course, you're going to have to work hard to show me that you want the vacation."
The assistants gulped and soon returned to focussing on their work. They were working more diligently than they had previously been. This somewhat annoyed Elm but amused the rest of us.
"Well, if you're sure than thank you Professor Elm. One question, when and where do we have to board the ship?" Felix inquired.
"The ship docks and leaves Cherrygrove City and Union City every Saturday of the month. It remains docked in Alto Mare's pier during the week and your stateroom will be accessible to you during your whole stay in Alto Mare which means that you don't have to book a hotel room or try to get a room at the pokémon center. Just be sure not to accidently board the wrong ship. Also, it is good for this year and can be exchanged at the pier's terminal. However, keep in mind that the ferry only runs until November so the last chance you'll be able to use the ferry tickets is when the ferry leaves from Union City on the second last Saturday of October," Elm explained.
"Cool, thank you Professor Elm," Nick, Felix, Raveena, and I said together.
"You're very welcome. Now I think you should head back to the pokémon center. After all, it's already six and I don't think any of you have eaten yet."
With that said we all went outside and said our goodbyes to Professor Elm, Karla, and Elm's assistants. Before we left, I managed to get a couple group pictures taken and quickly reviewed them as we headed towards the Pokémon Centre for dinner and a good night's sleep. As we walked, cyndaquil was resting in Felix's bag and totodile was admiring the scenery of New Bark Town while Nick was carrying him in his arms.
"I hope we'll have some fun adventures together, totodile," Nick told his pokémon happily. Totodile let out a happy sound in response before returning to looking around.
"I want to say that we'll have fun adventures together too, cyndaquil, but you seriously need to stop sleeping," Felix commented as he looked at the crashed out fire pokémon that was turning in its sleep.
After having a good first dinner with cyndaquil and totodile, we had all returned to our room in New Bark Town's Pokémon Centre. As I looked at Nick and Felix with their starters, I realized something.
"Hey, are you two going to give your pokémon a nickname or just keep calling them cyndaquil and totodile?" I asked them as my curiosity peaked.
"Well, I never really thought of it, actually," Felix commented as he stared at his cyndaquil.
Nick looked at totodile as well. "Do you two even want to have a nickname?"
Totodile showed a toothy grin and cried out happily at the idea. Cyndaquil was still awake from dinner and nodded as it mumbled happily to itself about the idea of a nickname.
Felix looked at his pokémon and asked for its opinion on his name idea, "Hey, cyndaquil do you like the nickname Cinder for you?" Cyndaquil was quiet for a few moments before it let out a happy cry and nodded at the name choice. "Alright from now on we'll call you Cinder," Felix told it and hugged his pokémon. It tried to wriggle free at first but after a few moments, it settled into Felix's arms.
Nick was flipping through a contest book for some ideas when he saw a picture of a croconaw. "Totodile evolves into croconaw and then feraligatr right?" He asked.
"Yeah, that's how the evolution chain for totodile is. It's weird but of the starters in the Johto region, it tends to take totodile the longest to evolve into croconaw but the shortest time to evolve into its final form," I confirmed his observation and gave him some more information on his starter's species.
Nick looked at his totodile before he smiled. "What do you think of the nickname Bam Bam or Bam for short?" Totodile smiled at the name before grabbing a pillow from the bed it was on and starting to smack the pillow against the mattress. Nick laughed and told his pokémon, "I'll call you Bam Bam or Bam, depending on which I'm in the mood to say."
Bam let out a happy call as he began to smack the pillow around with an increased effort. He accidentally got too into it and ended up smacking Cinder with the pillow. Cinder glared at Bam and opened his mouth as he prepared to launch an attack.
"Cinder, don't!" Felix cried out but he was too late as Cinder released a large plume of smoke from his mouth directed at Bam. The smoke quickly started to fill the room and ended up setting off the smoke alarm.
Quickly, Raveena ran to the window and opened it to let some smoke out. I crawled to the door and motioned for them to follow me. When they were near and low on the ground, I opened the door and we all hurried into the hall. As soon as we were out, I shut the door again and we walked down the hall.
We waited in the lobby as the other trainers staying in the Pokémon Centre exited their rooms and gathered in the lobby as well. After a few minutes, the firefighters of New Bark Town arrived and directed us all to leave the lobby and to wait outside while they inspected the whole centre. When they were finished, one of them who I assumed was the captain approached Nurse Joy and the Officer Jenny standing with her and informed them of where the smoke was and what they assumed had happened.
We gulped as we saw Nurse Joy pull out a list and point to a certain line on the paper. Seeing the other two who were looking at the list nod we became nervous about what was going to happen. Nurse Joy scanned the crowd carefully and her eyes narrowed when she saw us. She then turned and said something to Officer Jenny and the presumed fire captain. Next thing we knew, they were slowly approaching us as the crowd separated from us and watched us intently.
I felt like I was being put on trial as the huge crowd focussed their gaze on us and the three notable authority leaders of New Bark Town neared us. When they stood before us, Officer Jenny scanned all of us with her eyes.
"Is there anything we can help you three with?" Raveena asked in her best innocent imitation she could pull at the moment.
"Are you four Raveena, Laila, Nick, and Felix Blackthorn who were staying in room 3D of the Pokémon Centre this evening?" Officer Jenny asked us in an authoritative voice as she eyed us carefully.
"Yes, that would be us," Raveena replied as calmly as possible while looking at Officer Jenny in the eyes.
"Would any of you care to explain what happened in your hotel room tonight that set off the smoke alarm?"
Felix stepped forward and quietly confessed, "sorry, officer. That would be my fault. You see, my brother and I just got our starting pokémon earlier today. We were getting ready for bed when we decided to give them both nicknames. I guess his totodile got overly excited about his new name and as a result, ended up hitting my cyndaquil with a pillow. In response to being hit with a pillow, my cyndaquil used its smokescreen attack and consequentially set off the smoke alarm."
Officer Jenny looked at all of us skeptically, "If what you're telling me is true, than it should be your brother's fault and not yours."
Felix nodded but clarified why he had previously spoken, "that may be true but it was my cyndaquil that used smokescreen inside of our room and sequentially set off the smoke alarm because of it. His totodile may have been the initial cause, but technically speaking, it was how my cyndaquil reacted that set off the smoke alarm and thus my fault for not being able to stop him."
The three adults looked at each other as the crowd was silently watching. They no longer seemed to be judging us but merely interested about what each would have to say next.
Finally, Officer Jenny spoke again, "if that's the case, then alright. The both of you must start training your pokémon and get them to behave and listen better. Until they are well behaved and well trained, I want the both of you to keep your pokémon in their pokéballs when sleeping in any Pokémon Centre. Is that understood?"
"We understand, and I'm sorry for my totodile's behavior as well," Nick said as he too stepped forward and stood beside Felix.
"Okay, very well, have a good night. You can all go back into the Pokémon Centre now," Officer Jenny informed us as she returned to her cruiser and drove away.
Raveena walked over to the fire captain as he was walking away. "Well, since you know what room we're staying in, maybe you could stop by for a visit," she suggested to him as she winked flirtatiously at him and began to walk back towards us. Judging by his reaction and the shaking of his head as he walked back to the fire truck, he wasn't going to take her up on her offer much to our relief.
After returning to our room, we were about to go to sleep when I thought of something and turned over to face my brothers who were about to fall asleep on the other bunk bed.
"Hey guys, tomorrow Snatch and I will show you the basics you need to know to survive being a pokémon trainer. So have a good sleep tonight," I told them as I turned back to my original position.
"After Laila shows you some of the basic needs and places a trainer needs to know about I'll help you both begin training your pokémon. Maybe I'll even referee a battle between you," Raveena added and then went back to sleep.
'By the sounds of it, tomorrow is going to be a busy day of showing the twins about the basics of being a pokémon trainer. This should be interesting,' I thought to myself as I drifted off to sleep for the night.
A few hours after we had all fallen asleep, Felix remained awake as he lay restlessly in his bed staring at the pokéball of his very first pokémon, Cinder. Sighing, he decided to quietly get up and leave the room without telling any of us. An hour later, he returned with a small smile on his face holding his pokéball carefully and with pride. He quietly went back under the covers on the bed and fell asleep like the rest of us already had.
