"YOU MADE IT!" Aphrodite squealed, lifting me off the ground and hugging me. The Explorer bag fell off my shoulders and she let me go to pick up my bag.

"But...it never said what Platform the train was on." Drusilla realized.

"Greyson we should go with you so you don't get lost-"

"He can find his way Aphrodite." Drusilla reassured her mate, nuzzling her cheek. "Besides, he has a partner. She can't be dumber than him!"

You'd be surprised.

A knock was heard and I opened the door to see an elated Sonya with her Explorer bag.

"I can't believe this is really happening!" Sonya gasped excitedly. "C'mon Greyson! Why're you still standing there? Hundreds of teams are getting on the train as we speak!"

"Bye Moms." Drusilla and Aphrodite hugged me tight smothering me.

"Our contacts are in your phone in case you need to call or text us Grey." Aphrodite cooed. "Bye my little kitty son!"

I shook away flustered but gave a small smile at my parents before I turned to Sonya.

"What about your parents?" I asked her.

"Just my Dad." Sonya replied. "Yeah I said goodbye to him."

When she passed by me she refused to look me in the eye and tried to move on ahead as eager as she was before. I followed her and we arrived at the train station where many young Pokémon were lined up towards a...wall?

"There's no platform there, wait stop!" I cried reaching a paw out to a Pikipek flying straight at a brick wall that divided two platforms. And shockingly, the little bird Pokémon disappeared into the wall.

"Is it magic?" Sonya asked in awe.

"Yes."

It was that Lycanroc again, only he had his two teammates by his side who were alsoMidday Lycanroc: a male and female.

"Oh, h-hey." Sonya greeted them rubbing the back of her head with her flipper. "You're part of a team?"

"Yep, we're Team Wolf Rangers." The Lycanroc we met before said. "We're juniors, and my name is Archer. This is my brother Granite and our friend Cindy."

"Um, we're going to be freshmen." Sonya chuckled nervously, then she gave a salute. "We're going to be Team Tsunami!"

"Awesome, it's always good to have new exploration teams." Archer smiled. "Now if you excuse us, we should be getting on the train."

Archer waved his tail to his teammates and the three Lycanroc ran in a single line disappearing into the wall labeled: Platform 49 & Three Quarters.

"Well, we should do the...Sonya what's up with you?" I asked looking at her dreamy expression. She snapped out of it and looked at me defensively.

"What do you mean?" Sonya asked blushing.

"You looked all lovey-dovey eyed till I called out to you. We're attending Crow Sky Guild to become the best explorers, not to swoon over boys." I growled. "Now let's go."

Sonya's POV

The nerve! I was allowed to have feelings! But how did that dog get me hot like that? Archer should be just another student at Crow Sky Guild, maybe Greyson was right.

Greyson ran towards the wall and disappeared into it and I prepared to as well. Then my heart starting racing as I painfully remembered my father's words...no. Don't think about it Sonya, you won't see him. Ever again.

I shook off the thoughts and sprinted as fast as my flippers would allow me and surprisingly I made it through the wall as well to see a beautifully bright red train that didn't look aged at all but brand new!

"It looks incredible!" Greyson purred my exact thoughts. We put our explorer bags in the back of the train with the rest of them and I looked at the phone Greyson was carrying in his mouth. Was that the newest Slakon Interactive Smartphone?!

"Your Moms gave you newest Slakon phone?" I asked Greyson.

"Yep, they also gave us 15,000 Poké in savings for Team Tsunami." Greyson explained, making me gasp in surprise. "What about your parent?"

"He...Carol's parents just gave me the essentials. No phone." At all. "My Dad didn't give me anything."

Greyson looked nervous and uncomfortable, and why wouldn't he be? I just implied that I had a neglectful Dad and an absent Mom. Well, she wasn't absent by choice.

She's dead.

Me and Greyson got on the railcar labeled as Omega Wing where all the freshmen teams went. I saw Archer and his team get on a railcar labeled Beta Wing. So each grade has their own Wing? So cool!

We sat in a seat where all the freshmen eagerly talked about how they couldn't wait for their first day of Crow Sky Guild. Sitting in the seat across from us was a team made up of a Comfey, Morelull, and a Stufful.

"I can't believe we're on the CSG Train!" The Comfey squealed, then she turned to me and Greyson. "You two must've come from Kleoite Village! How boring must it be being there! That's why my aunt moved."

"Well, it's not too lively there." I admitted. "What team are you three?"

"Team Lovely Trio!" The Comfey declared. "I'm Poppy the leader and this Morelull is Lilac and this Stufful is Gabrielle! What are you two!"

"We're Team Tsunami." Greyson said.

Another thing was on my mind, Archer and his team couldn't of possibly been from Kleoite Village because it was impossible to not know everyone there because the village is so small. So where did the Wolf Rangers come from?

"Hey...hey Sonya! Get out of la-la land, Poppy is trying to talk to you!"

"Oh! I'm sorry what was that Poppy?" I asked the Comfey.

"I was saying Lupfort City is going to be a big step for villagers like you two!" Poppy pointed out. Oh yeah, I was so hyped to go to Crow Sky Guild that I didn't think about how crowded it'd be at the city it's in. I'd probably need a phone soon.

Greyson pulled out headphones from his explorer bag and hooked it up to his phone and put the ear buds in his cat ears and curled up into a ball on his side of the seat next to the window while I looked at the brochure in my flippers.

I would finally have a destiny at Crow Sky Guild, leaving the past behind.