IMPORTANT! This is a Collaboration/Crossover work with
Elite Shade's story: "Adrienne's New Perspective"!
It is highly recommended you read BOTH chapters for an optimal F.U.N. and D'awww factor!
Johns New Perspective Chapter 4
The next morning...
"Hey, mom? Where are we going today?" asked Alex as they all set on the table with their breakfast.
"Well, we are going to visit Uncle Luther and Auntie Sarah today." said Judy with a smile. She know her son loved to visit his aunt and uncle. Mostly because Luther owns his own gaming company and has always the newest games before release. And Sarah writes great stories which he loves to read.
"Awesome! I wonder what new games uncle Luther has this time?" exclaimed Alex cheerfully.
"But before we go there, I have an appointment with some reporters about the kidnapped Pokemon." explained Marcus.
"And besides the new games, I think there is someone else that will be interesting to meet." said Judy.
"Who?" asked Alex confused.
Judy and Marcus smiled and Judy explained: "You remember how Luther and Sarah wanted a child to take care of? Well, congratulation! You have a new little cousin!"
Alex eyes become wide and a smile grew on his face as he heard that. "REALLY!? I have a little cousin? That is even MORE awesome then a new game! I hope he or she likes video games."
Marcus and Judy laughed at the excitement of her son. Judy regained herself and said: "They got a little girl. You both maybe heard of her already. As she was on the run, she was known as 'The lady knight' but her real name is Adrienne. And I'm sure you both will get along just fine."
Marcus looked at the clock on the wall and said: "I think we should go. We both have an interview with some reporters regarding the kidnapping. And it seems word about the human boy who saved the hostages got out."
Judy looked a bit worried and asked: "Do you think the reporters will try to get to him in the hospital for information?"
Marcus thought about it: "I doubt they will do anything as long as he is in the hospital. But I still will assign someone in case he wakes up and try to run away."
Judy smiled a bit devilish at her husband and said: "Oho! And here I thought you wanted him to run away."
Marcus looked at his wife with a deadpan expression: "I want him to be safe. It would be too dangerous for him when he tries to run before he is fully healed. When he is fit again, I will talk to him and try to convince him to give us a chance. When he still wants to life in the woods, we should allow it. Since I doubt we could really stop him..."
Judy lost her smile as she started to clean the table from the Breakfast. Alex was already up in his room and got dressed.
"You really think he will not only fight to run away but that we are not able to stop him?" She asked.
Marcus sighed: "Judy. He alone took out a whole criminal base. There were at least 40 grunts and he knocked them out in less than 2 hours and rescued every single Pokemon. Then he carried an injured Braixen while he himself had a serious wound. To answer your question: No. I don't think we will be able to stop him. At least not without a serious battle."
Marcus took his own dish in his mouth and moved it to the sink for cleaning.
"I just call Saul Shadowlake. I think he will be perfect for the job and can convince him to at least stay until he is fully recovered. Then we are on our way to Castellia city." said Marcus and got to the phone.
"Alright. I will just put something more fitting on in the meantime." said Judy and goes to their bedroom to change clothes.
Marcus dials the number and he heard it ring on the other end.
"Shadowlake here. What can I do for you?" Came the always calm voice from the Greninja.
"It's Marcus here. I have a job for you when you have time." Said Marcus.
"You are my boss. You just need to tell what to do." Said Saul.
"Maybe. But that doesn't mean I can't ask nicely." Said Marcus.
"I think you should act more professional in your position as leader of the HAA security Team." Came Saul's replay.
"When the situation requires it, I will act more Professional. But back to the reason why I called. You were informed about the young human who rescued the hostages from the rocket base and is currently staying in the Pokemon Center in Mistralton City?" Asked Marcus.
"Yes, I read the report. Not sure if I should be impressed that he took the base out alone or concerned that he didn't got help or even informed us about the situation." Said Saul.
"Well, you will probably get your chance to talk to him yourself." Said Marcus.
"What do you mean, sir?" Asked Saul.
"We wait in the moment for him to wake up. But I'm sure, once he is awake, he will try to run away. I want you to keep an eye on him and stop him when he tries to escape. Convince him to at least wait until I got a chance to talk with him." Explained Marcus.
"I understand sir. But what is when I can't convince him and he tries to escape? I'm sure I could force him to wait, but I don't think that's what you wish." Said Saul.
"No. Don't force him. When he wants to leave, then you will follow him and keep an eye at him. That's the condition when he wants to leave without causing a scene." Said Marcus.
"Understood sir. I will be on my way now. I report when his condition changes." Said Saul.
"Alright. Give a status report to me this evening. Until then Saul." Said Marcus and both hung up the phone.
"Are we ready to go?" Asked Judy as she came down from their bedroom.
"I just need to put my uniform on and we are ready." Answered Marcus.
After 10 minutes they stood before the Castelia News studio where the interview was held.
Marcus turned to his wife and son and said: "You both can go to the park and have some fun. This interview will maybe take a while."
"Thanks dad. See you later then." said Alexander and run ahead.
Judy gave her husband a kiss on the cheek and wished him luck before running after their son.
Marcus entered the Building and was already greeted by the Medicham receptionist.
"Hello, sir. they are ready and just waiting for you. It's on the second floor, room 114." Said the Medicham.
Marcus nodded at her and said: "Thanks Linda. I'm on my way then."
He reached the door with the number and a nametag of *April Clawhauser* and knocked on it.
"Come in." said a female voice from inside.
Marcus opened the door and saw a Wartortle in a green shirt and blue jeans sitting at a desk and tipping something on the pc. On a hook at the wall was a yellow Raincoat.
As she looked up, she saw Marcus and smiled at him: "Ah, mister Sanctos. Nice to see you had time by the amount of work you certainly have. Please, take a seat on the couch."
Marcus greeted her and took a seat on one of the two couches who faced each other. April finished her tipping and took a notepad and pencil and got over to Marcus and sat down on the opposite couch.
"Well, you certainly know why I requested this interview, right?"Asked April.
"It has no doubt to do with the mass kidnapping a few days ago. I'm willing to answer as much questions as I can Mrs. Clawhauser" Said Marcus.
"Thank you. And please, just call me April. I have already a few questions prepared which I'm sure the readers would like to get answered." Explained April.
She flipped a page on her notebook and started: "Question number one: How goes the investigation regarding the head behind this mass Kidnapping?"
"Well, we are still going through the information we could safe from the mainframe of their base. The leads so far point to Giovanni. The leader of the biggest crime organization, Team Rocket. But we don't ignore the possibility of maybe a different leader."
April scribbled his answer on the notepad and continued.
"Question number two: Does you have any information about the motive for this mass kidnapping?"
"So far is the motive for this kidnapping unknown. We are still analyzing the recovered data for information but it looks like they wanted to use some kind of brainwashing to take control of them." Answered Marcus.
April's eyebrow rose at hearing that. "Shouldn't that information be classified? It sound like it's dangerous information." Asked April.
Marcus smiled and answered: "I believe that to tell the truth is important when you answer a question."
April smiled herself at this answer and scribbled it down. "Question number three: Is it true that a rather young human teen was involved in the rescue of the Pokemon?"
Marcus sighed. He know this question would come sooner or later. It wasn't really hard to guess where this question come from since he bolted with an injured human teen on his back in the Pokemon center on the same day of the kidnapping.
They still had not a little bit of background information on the boy.
"Yes. There was a Human teen involved in the rescue. But I would like to know what you already know about this?" asked Marcus.
April thought about that and said: "Well, I fear my information's are rather limited. I only know it's a boy and he was dangerously wounded as you yourself brought him to the Mistralton City Pokemon Center. As I interviewed a few of the Victims, they refused to know anything about a human being involved and said it was only the HAA that rescued them. That leads to another question: why does the HAA want to keep this kid a secret?"
Marcus sighed and thought about that. The boy clearly doesn't want to be known he was involved. But his injury makes it now nearly impossible to keep it a secret. And it's not like he can give them much information either.
"Well, It is true that a Human Teen was involved in the rescue of the kidnapped Pokemon. But I fear we have so far no more information on him as you. We know he calls himself John Doe and he seems to try not to draw too much attention. He wants to stay Anonym and so far he is doing an excellent job with it. Even the other regions have no further information on him." Explained Marcus. He hopes he makes the right decision...
3 hours later and the interview ended. April thanked him and Marcus got on his way to meet up with his family.
It took him half an hour to arrive at the Park. He smiled as he saw Alex chasing some laughing children.
"He really loves to play with them." Thought Marcus. "I should maybe talk with Judy about that..."
He walked over to his wife who sat on a bench and watched their son playing with the children while talking with some of the other parents.
"We couldn't be more happy with our little David. He struggled at first, but after he gave it a real try, he accepted his new life really well." Tells a Nidoqueen the gathered parents.
Judy smiled at this. She loves to hear how the human children are accepting their new life's and how much happier they are with their new families. Of course, there are some who are still struggling to this new world. But she was sure it was the right choice for Humans and Pokemon to life as one family.
"I see you have your fun." said Marcus as he walked over to his wife and gave her a loving kiss.
"Hello, hon. How was the interview?" asked Virizion and returned the kiss.
"As you know me, I answered every question truthfully. I just hope it was the right choice to tell them about the boy." he said with a dubious look in his eyes.
Judy looked her husband in the eyes and smiled. "I'm sure this is the best choice. There are already rumors about him going around and I think it's best when they know more about him."
Marcus sighed and smiled while saying: "You are right. I shouldn't doubt my choice and stay to it."
His wife nodded and turned to Alexander who was buried under a pile of laughing children. Human and Pokemon alike.
She smiled and called out: "Alexander! It's time to go or we will be too late."
Alexander and the kids all said "Awww..." but they got off from him and he said his goodbye to them before joining his parents for the way to the Scorches and his new cousin.
They arrived a few minutes later at the Scorches house. Marcus knocked and moments later was the door opened by Sarah who greeted them and invited them inside.
After the greeting, they moved to the living room where Luther sat on the couch and bounced a girl on his knee who was wearing a Pink shirt and Pull-Up.
"Well hey there Marcus! Judy! How's it going Alex?" Luther said happily while still bouncing Adrienne on his knee.
"Hiya Uncle Luther! It's going great! Is this my new little cousin?" Alex said excitedly as he trotted over to Adrienne and Luther.
"She looks really cute like that." he thought and had to hold himself back from scooping her up and cuddle her.
"Yep! This is little Adrienne!" Luther said, picking her up by her armpits to show her off.
"Adrienne," Luther said happily addressing his still stunned little hatchling, "this is your new cousin, and that's your new Auntie and your new Uncle."
"Hi, I'm Alex!" he said happily and couldn't resist to tickle her free hanging feet with his tail. She happily giggled and kicked her feet in a try to escape. He stopped as Judy came over to great her new little niece.
"Hello there sweetie! I'm Auntie Judy, and I'm so happy to welcome you to the family!" Judy said as she then started to affectionately nuzzle Adrienne, who Luther was still holding out under her arms. This tickled as well making Adrienne laugh some more.
"Oh, you are just the absolute most adorable baby girl I've ever seen!" Judy squealed in delight as she redoubled her nuzzling efforts. "Who's a cute wittle baby? You are! Who is? You! Yes you are, yes you are!"
The happy tickling was interrupted as Sarah floated over and explained they were not fully babying Adrienne and taking it slowly.
Judy looked at the blushing face of her niece and said: "I'm sorry sweetie. I was just so excited to see you there, in your little training pants, and I couldn't help myself." Judy resumed her affectionate nuzzling, and Alex resumed tickling her.
Luther sat the embarrassed girl on the couch with a light crinkle and showed Alex the latest game of his company.
"Sarah, I'm really sorry for that. I shouldn't have just assumed you are fully babying her." said Judy.
"It's no problem. Mistakes like that happen. And I have to say, she is maybe taking the babying slowly, but she loves the attention she gets. And I think... this is more like to give her a happy childhood with loving parents." said Sarah as she remembered what Adrienne had said about her "other" parents not caring about her.
Judy smiled as she saw the love in Sarah's eyes as she looked at her daughter who was still sitting on the couch.
"I agree with you. And I think there is no one more suited to give her a second, and more happy, childhood. And maybe Alex could help you out sometime. Having a little girl to take care of can be sometimes tiring and Alex is an experienced Babysitter who would love to take care of his little cousin. But for now, how about you tell what has all happened since you became a mother?"
Marcus took this chance to go and greet Adrienne himself after his wife and son were finished with occupying her. He noticed Adrienne was a bit nervous and he noticed, he had a serious face. But then he smiled warmly at her and nuzzled her himself which caused her to giggle more.
"Hello there sweetie! I'm your uncle Marcus. I would like to apologize for my son and my wife, but when they heard about you, they were both very excited to meet you." He said now looking her in the eye, smiling. Adrienne smiled back.
"Besides, I don't think that they were prepared for how cute you actually are in person." he said happily nuzzling her some more. Adrienne giggle and blushed some more. Just then, Alex trotted back over to her.
"Hey Adrienne, wanna play a game?" he asked excitedly.
Adrienne calmed down and found her voice again. "S-sure, uhm...Alex?"
"Alright!" he said excitedly as he picked her up with his tail and carried her over to the TV, where Luther was just finishing setting up the console. He looked up and chuckled at the sight of Adrienne, still in her trainers, being cradled in Alex's dexterous tail.
"Have fun you two. And be sure to tell me if you see any glitches."
"Will do uncle Luther!" Alex said happily. Adrienne just blushed some more. Luther chuckled again as he tousled Alex's main and then leaned down to kiss Adrienne on her forehead, before walking over to where the adults were happily chatting.
Adrienne had assumed that when Alex got to the TV, he would set her down, and they would play. She was actually only half right. After getting their controllers, he then sat himself down first, and then Adrienne down on her crinkly bottom. She blushed as he kept his tail securely wrapped around her.
"You ready Adrienne?" he asked.
"Yes!" Adrienne said, looking excited to play with her Keldeo cousin.
Before they started, Alex asked "Do you need to go potty first?" His experience as Babysitter tells him it would be better to ask.
"I'm good!" Adrienne said.
"Alright then!" Alex said happily as he started the console up.
They immediately got started on Mythos, the name Luther had currently changed Gate Walker to.
"I think I should go easy on her. I'm an expert when it comes to Video Games." Thought Alex.
This thought was soon removed as he saw Adrienne's own expert skills in the game. She clearly had the advantage as she had played this game before.
They played together in an Arena against more and more difficult enemies. The crowd cheered and throw sometimes items and gold in the Arena for them to collect.
While they were deeply into playing their game, Luther and the adults were watching them have fun together, with Alex's tail still wrapped around Adrienne protectively.
"That is just one of the cutest sights I've ever seen!" Judy gushed while Sarah discreetly, so as not to interrupt their game, snapped a few pictures.
"She does indeed seem like a sweet little girl. I think that she's very happy here." Marcus said while looking at them. He smiled as he said it, then a slight frown came over his face.
"I wonder if the boy, John, would accept this life so easily like her." he thought.
Judy watched her son and niece playing together and then turned to Luther "So Luther, Adrienne looks like she's very good at that game you made." She said casually.
"Oh yeah, she and I play it all the time." he said proudly.
"So your saying that your playtime with your new daughter consists mainly of you two vegging out in front of the TV, playing video games?" Judy said with a hint of an oncoming scolding in her tone.
"I...w-w-well...I mean we're just getting her comfortable..." Luther trailed off, looking Mareepish.
Judy sighed. "Luther, a little girl like Adrienne needs to be outside playing, and getting some fresh air! I think after they finish their match or whatever it's called, she and Alex should spend some time playing outside in that darling little sandbox I saw in your yard. Has Adrienne even played in it?"
"I...w-w-ell...I was getting to that slowly..." he trailed off again.
Judy just sighed again and thought with a little chuckle "He is as terrible as some of the children."
Marcus was still thinking about John and how he would react when they suggest to him being adopted in a lovely Pokemon family.
"Uhmm... alrighty then!" Luther said enthusiastically, in a desperate attempt at avoiding any further scolding. It just so happened that at that exact moment, Adrienne cheered loudly and stood up while Alex groaned.
"And that's how you fight a troll!" she said excitedly.
Judy looked over as Adrienne was standing up with her fists in the air in Victory. "She wants to be a big girl but seems to be open for trying the babying." She thought as she noticed her nieces wet trainers.
"Oh and Luther?" Judy asked as a smile formed on her face.
"Yes?" he asked tentatively, afraid that he was going to walk into another scolding.
"Would it be alright if I took care of changing little Adrienne? Her trainers look pretty wet from here, and I think that she would be better protected, as well as even more darling, in a diaper."
"Uhh... well..." Luther said as he looked to Sarah. She looked to Adrienne and then back to Judy.
"Well Judy," she said gently, "if Adrienne agrees then of course yes."
Judy smiled and then walked over to Adrienne and Alex.
"Aww! Okay, best two outta three?" Alex asked.
"You're on!" she said.
Judy pranced right on over and stood in between them and the TV.
"Actually you two, we were talking and decided that it would probably be best to take this playtime outside!" she said happily as she started to herd Adrienne and Alex by gently nudging them away from the TV.
Alex picked Adrienne back up with his tail, and started to carry her towards the front door.
"Whoopsie! First I think Adrienne needs a quick changie though!" she said happily as she made two vines from a vine whip grow off her body, and scoop her niece out of Alex's tail.
"That is of course you wouldn't mind being changed by your auntie sweetie?" Judy asked while looking her in the eye with a glimmer of hope for a bit Auntie-Niece bonding.
Adrienne blushed but said slowly: "I guess it's okay."
When Judy heard her agree, she smiled brightly and kissed her niece on the head. She then trotted up the stairs while carrying her niece in her vines.
"Oh don't worry sweetie, you'll get to play with Alex some more. I just wanna make sure you're not getting a diapee rash though!" she said as she gently nuzzled her before laying her down on the changing table.
Summoning more vines, she made quick work of tearing open the sides of the used trainers, wiping her, and then holding up another pull-up and a diaper.
"Alrighty then sweetie. Now, I know you prefer you cute little trainers, but I really think that you would be better off today in a nice and cozy didee! But it's your choice." Judy explained while looking hopefully at Adrienne.
Adrienne looked at either undergarment, and pointed to the diaper and blushed.
Judy said nothing as she used her vines to lift Adrienne's bottom up, while sliding the now open diaper beneath her. She made sure to powder her thoroughly, before taping her back up.
"There we go, all squeaky clean and ready to play!" she said while nuzzling her some more.
Adrienne was very embarrassed, but said nothing, just blushing some more.
Judy saw the Pacifier clipped to her shirt and couldn't resist to pop it in her mouth.
"Awwww! You are just so cute!" Judy said as she carried her back down, cradled in her vines.
As they descended the stairs, Adrienne saw Alex talking with Luther Sarah and Marcus about something that seemed to make him really happy.
"You can count on me!" he while raising a front hoof and saluting with it, causing Luther to chuckle and ruffle his mane again.
"We sure can! Oh! Here comes Adrienne!" he said with a bright smile upon seeing her. She smiled back as she took her pacifier out.
"Are you ready to play some more with your cousin?" he said as he took her from Judy and lightly bopped her nose.
"Yep!" she said excitedly.
"Great! So let's get you two over there so your Auntie doesn't scold me some more!" he said happily. Adrienne giggled, thinking that he was just kidding. She didn't notice him quickly looking over his shoulder before setting her down in front of the sandbox.
Alex noticed that Adrienne was embarrassed and decided to try a game that was a bit more for "grown-ups" and started drawing lines in the sand.
Luther then gently sat her down, and tousled her hair a bit.
"You two have some fun now!" he said, glancing over his shoulder again before heading back to the adults. Adrienne didn't notice that though, she was too busy listening to Alex explain the game he had come up with.
"Alright! I thought of a really fun game if you wanna play it!" Alex said as he nudged a red ball over to Adrienne.
"Uh...sure!" Adrienne said as she picked it up and looked at what Alex had drawn in the sand. There was a great big line dividing the, as she now noticed, quite large sandbox in half. There were a series of circles with small, yet clearly well made, sandcastles at the center of each one, on either side of the line, and Alex explained how this was part of the game.
"Okay, we each have a side. We each have a ball. While staying on our respective sides, we take turns trying to knock down each other's sand castles with our own balls. The winner is the first one to knock down all of the other's sandcastles! Easy right?" he asked proudly.
"Uhm...sure! But how did you make so many sandcastles so fast?" Adrienne asked, truly amazed.
"Well I am a water/fighting type you know?" he said happily trotting over to his side. Alex let Adrienne go first, since she was "younger". Her red ball destroyed the very castle she was aiming for, and she cheered.
The adults sat in the gazebo and watched their children play their little game.
"We are sorry to up and just spring this on you, but neither of us can change the dates for our meetings." Luther said to Marcus and Judy. "Besides, I don't like the idea of putting Adrienne in the daycare at work, what with Tania causing three more complaints from employees about their children being babied when they weren't supposed to be. And we're afraid that something similar would happen if we ask Mattie to babysit Adrienne for us."
"I can imagine." Marcus said, chuckling.
"It's absolutely no bother to us or to Alex though!" Judy said as she continued to watch the kids play. By now, Alex had already taken three of Adrienne's castles, and she had four of his.
"Besides, he likes babysitting. He loves getting opportunities to show how responsible he is. Not to mention, I can already tell that he and Adrienne are going to have fun together!"
Adrienne's red ball destroyed the last of Alex's castles, and she still had two left on her side. He then immediately went over to her and said something to her. She blushed briefly, and then nodded. Alex smiled as he picked her up with his tail again, and sat her on his back. He then started to trot around the yard, holding Adrienne securely with his tail the whole time. Adrienne had the biggest smile on her face and giggled loudly.
The adults all smiled at that, while Sarah and Judy cooed. Sarah then whipped out her camera again and started to snap pictures left and right. She got several perfect ones of Adrienne riding Alex, with the brightest smile she had ever seen, in just her shirt with her binky attached, and a diaper. Adrienne in that moment, looked absolutely carefree and happy. It truly warmed all four of their hearts to see such a sight.
"This is truly what's best for Adrienne." Judy thought as Alex started to canter, making Adrienne giggle some more. "She's safe, happy, loved, and being taken care of... I can't just let John go back to the woods!" Judy thought, a determined look now in her eye.
After a few more laps around the yard, Marcus flagged them down with a hoof and called them over to where they were sitting.
"Well, it certainly looks like you two are just having the best time!" he said as they walked up, Alex now insisting that he cradle Adrienne in his tail some more.
"But we were thinking about going out to lunch as a family, what do you two say to that?"
"Sounds like fun to me!" Alex said. "What about you Addie?"
Adrienne blushed at Alex's nickname for her. "Okay, sounds good to me too." she said.
"Well then I think we need to get a certain little Jewel dressed before we head out then."
Sarah said as she floated over and plucked Adrienne from Alex's tail, and floated with her daughter cradled in her arms upstairs.
Judy looked over to Luther and said: "You have a really darling little girl. I can tell she loves it here with you and Sarah as her parents."
Luther blushed at the compliment and rubbed the back of his head as he said: "Thanks Judy. Sarah and I are really happy to have such a wonderful daughter. Every day she makes us so happy when she just smiles at us and calls us mom and dad. We would do anything to make her happy."
Judy and Marcus smiled at this. They know Luther and Sarah would keep Adrienne happy and safe.
Luther then looked to Judy and said: "Judy? I have a question for you."
Judy was a bit perplexed by that but nodded for him to continue.
"You are the head of the HAA in Unova and sees many Pokemon Families with their human children. But have you ever thought about having a human child yourself? I mean, you both would be great parents. Alexander is the best evidence for that and he would surely love a little brother or sister."
Judy looked wide eyed at Luther. It's not like that thought never occured to her. She saw how happy the other families are with their children (after they accepted their new life) and thought about how it would be if her and Marcus would be parents to a human child. Alexander would be surely happy to have a little brother or sister to play with.
"Well, it's not like we haven't thought about it. But with our jobs and working time... we are just not sure if we could handle it." said Judy.
"I think you both could easily handle it. Not only are you both the leader of the HAA in Unova, but you are both Legendaries. That must count for something, right?" said Luther with a chuckle. "Just think about it."
Once everyone was all ready to go, out they went into the city. They walked for a few blocks, Adrienne being given a Grumpiggyback ride on Luther, before they finally arrived at the restaurant that they had in mind.
'Le Chandelure' read the sign written in fancy calligraphy over the entrance. When they entered, the atmosphere was one that no one would be expecting. On the outside, the entrance suggested that the decorum was one of upscale casual, yet when they entered, it just seemed like a normal restaurant. Then Adrienne and Alex's eyes both lit up when they saw, across from the main dining area, an arcade. Luther chuckled at their expressions, and handed each of them a roll of quarters as he set Adrienne down.
"Have fun you two!" he said as he rubbed their heads, ignoring the look Judy was shooting him. Adrienne and Alex both laughed as they then quickly headed over to the flashing lights of the arcade. Adrienne noticed that she was walking with a slight waddle, the diaper was actually pretty bulky. Alex saw his little cousin walking a bit unsure and wrapped his tail reassuringly around her. She smiled, and they continued to the arcade.
Soon, the four adults were seated, and they looked over the menus. After a while, just before the food arrived, Alex and Adrienne had returned, having spent all of their quarters.
"You two look like you've enjoyed yourselves." Marcus said happily, for they had two of the biggest grins on their faces.
"You bet! Adrienne set three new high scores!" Alex said happily. He glossed over the fact that he was competing against her, and she had won most times handily.
"Well we ordered a little while ago, for you two as well, and the food should be arriving any time now."
No sooner had Marcus finished explaining that to them, before a Chandelure waiter arrived bearing all of their dishes. Judy and Sarah both had salads, Adrienne noticed that her mother had small chunks of what appeared to be crystals sprinkled on hers. Luther and Marcus both had steaks, Luther's being well done and covered in spicy Cheri berry sauce, Marcus with what appeared to be small metal filings on his.
Adrienne and Alex both had some chicken strips with a side of fries. As the waiter looked Adrienne over, and commented on her cuteness, he then asked if they would like a booster seat or high chair for her. She blushed, while Alex nuzzled her to make her feel safe.
"Oh, no thank you." Sarah said while Judy softly cooed at how cute it was for Alex to be so protective of Adrienne. They then ate their meal happily talking about several things before Judy brought up something that Adrienne hadn't thought about in a long time.
"So, have you two decided on whether or not Adrienne should start school next semester?"
Luther and Sarah looked at each other, realizing that they had both completely forgotten about her schooling.
"It's alright if you don't wish to enroll her, if she's getting the full baby treatment that is. But surely, if she's going to be a big girl, then she needs to go to school." Judy said.
"Well...I suppose that's true." Sarah said tentatively, looking a little worriedly at Adrienne. She hoped that this wouldn't be a sensitive subject for her.
"Well, it's not like you won't have options for her. The schools these days all cater to the age lifestyle of the children who enroll. Adrienne can still learn all of her lessons in a preschool setting if she wanted. And even if she didn't want that, but still decided to continue to wear her diapers, she could still attend regular classes and the teachers would still be understanding of that as well."
"Really?" Luther asked, not knowing much about this.
"Oh yes, I have a friend who works as a teacher, and I'm sure that she can sent you some brochures to look over if you'd like."
"Well...we could give them a look." Luther said, still unsure about the waters that they were treading here.
Alex then turned to Adrienne. "Hey, maybe you and I will be in the same class next semester!" he said excited at the prospect. Adrienne smiled back, and everyone at the table relaxed that she clearly wasn't outright objecting to it. They continued on with their meals. After they had finished, and paid, Adrienne yawned loudly, and was then cradled in Sarah's arms as they left.
"Well, we had a lot of fun meeting our cute little niece, and we look forward to her birthday next week!" Judy said as she nuzzled Adrienne again, soon joined in the nuzzling of the girl by Alex, who also started to tickle her with his tail. After Adrienne had finished her laughing and kicking, several Pokemon passing by cooing at the cute display, Marcus then went up to her and nuzzled her some more.
"It was a pleasure meeting you sweetie. We're all very happy that you're part of our family now."
"I'm happy I am too uncle Marcus!" she said as she gave him a hug around his neck from Sarah's arms.
"But we've actually got to get home now. A certain Keldeo has some important training to do before the day is out."
"Really Dad?" Alex asked, his eyes lighting up at the prospect.
"You betcha!" Marcus said, tousling his mane with a hoof.
They all then said their goodbyes and went their separate ways.
"And, Alex? What do you think of your new baby cousin?" Asked Judy.
"I think she is awesome! We had a lot of fun playing together. I can't wait to see her again. It's like I have a little sister!" Exclaimed Alex.
Marcus and Judy stopped for a moment and thought about what Luther had said. Were they really able to take care of a human child?
Marcus smiled then looked to Alex and said: "Well, when you are the big brother, then it will be your job to protect you little sister. So, let's start the training right here with a run home!"
"Alright dad!" Said Alex and both run alongside towards home.
Judy chuckled as she saw them running together and thought: "I already have two kids. But could I take care of three?"
They returned home and Alex immediately got in the backyard to a small clearing for their Training.
Judy got to the phone to prepare a present for her little niece.