Asteri and Obscurum

By: dreamseeker09 and The Wolf of the Forest

Chapter 3 (ds09)

Disclaimer in the prologue if anyone asks.

Tia was determined to get as far away from the snotty coordinator and he even worse Glameow as possible. She hurried through the airport terminal, Pachirisu holding on for dear life and her small backpack slung over one shoulder as her vibrant hair flew out behind her. She was almost outside, just a little bit further-

BAM!

She felt herself hit something hard and then she was falling backwards; a second later feeling herself hit the ground roughly. In the same moment Pachirisu leapt from her shoulder, small talons and teeth bared and flung itself at the thing, the person who she had crashed into, already disgruntled from the long airplane flight.
By the time she had leapt to her feet, the small squirrel pokemon had its bushy tail wrapped around the boy's throat, in some sort of shrewd attempt to strangle him. And yet, even in this dire moment, Tia couldn't help but notice that the boy she had crashed into was…rather good-looking. He had pretty green eyes, perfect skin and chocolate brown hair that suited him perfectly. And to top it off, he had good fashion sense. She snapped out of it. Daydream over.
"Pachiri-," she moved forwards to try and pry her pokemon away from the handsome stranger but was too late. Before she could do anything to stop her small, furry companion, Pachirisu had used a weaker version of discharge, shocking both the boy it was wrapped around and her in the process.
'Great,' she found herself thinking, 'just great. The first good-looking guy I meet and my hair looks like a bush. Thanks, Pachirisu.'
So, her hair sticking out at all angles due to the static electricity, Tia carefully walked up to the boy and promptly picked Pachirisu off of him. The small squirrel looked rather smug. The boy, however, did not look too phased by the electric attack.
"I'm so sorry!" she blushed bright red so that her face was almost the colour of her hair, trying hard not to glare at Pachirisu. "My Pachirisu's always doing that to strangers…she's really sorry too!" She looked into the stranger's green eyes…they didn't seem too angry, more contemplative; brooding, dark, almost haunted.
"That's okay…" the boy replied almost hesitantly, lightly brushing off his clothes. He looked at her, "Are you a new trainer in the Fortaux region?"
She nodded slightly, still red, but now intrigued. "O-oh…yes, I am," she stuttered, "I just arrived from Hoenn and I'm about to start my adventure in this region…"
The boy nodded, "I see," he said and then he smiled very slightly, "my name is Lorege." He held out a hand.
Tia stared at it for a moment, before smiling as well and shaking it. "Tia," she said simply.
Lorege pondered for a moment, before asking: "So, do you want to have a battle?"
Tia, now recovered, nodded and her face broke into a grin. This was something she could understand – something she enjoyed and had loved ever since she left for her journey. "I'd love to," she said simply.

So, what do you guys think so far? Review please, because without devoted readers, we wouldn't be this far already. ;) And I WotF would like to thank dreamseeker personally for working on this with me. I believe it'll be the best of both of our works.