Pokemon Quest installment 7 is out!
This is a long one. A new character will soon be introduced! Now sit back, grab a lemonade, and enjoy the reading.

"So you got a Torchic, huh?" Katarina asked him, petting his companion softly. "That's pretty cool."

"That's right," Zane said, holding up a Pokeball. "And an Absol." He had already caught Absol with no resistance at all coming from either party, but she seemed to prefer walking around than staying in her Pokeball.

"Cool!" Katarina cheered. "Have you thought about nicknaming them?"

"Oh, Arceus, not this again," Zane groaned. Katarina was a fanatic about nicknames. Every Pokemon her brother, Rick, had ever caught, she had nicknamed.

"Yes!" Katarina whispered in a state of bliss. "Nicknames make each Pokemon feel special! You have to!"

"Well, I thought about naming Absol 'Sol,' but-"

"Zane O'Harris!" Katarina shouted slapping him several times. "That is so unoriginal!"

"Shut up, Kat!" Zane laughed as he blocked her blows. "I like it, and that's all that matters!"

"What if Absol doesn't like it?" Katarina said with a fire slowly becoming extinguished from the initial reaction of the name.

"She loves it!" Zane laughed, then looked at Absol. "Right, Sol?"

"Sol," she said, nodding. Sol was very intelligent, and usually could actually hold a conversation if she could find a way to communicate back. She liked using alphabet blocks to express thoughts.

"See, Kat?" Zane asked, looking her in the eyes with triumph. "And it's better than naming a Solrock 'Luna.'"

"Shut up!" She screamed, hitting Zane every time she spoke a syllable. "I was half asleep! And I couldn't tell!" She stopped hitting him. "Plus it's better than staying in torn up clothes for 18 hours. We need to get you some new clothes."

"I know..." Zane muttered. "I don't really think any of my clothes are durable enough to have a journey with."

"Well let's go shopping!" Katarina yipped with glee. "It'll be so fun! I can tell you some good stories on the way!"

"Oh no," Zane muttered as he was being dragged away by Katarina. "Shopping... With a girl..."

Alrighty folks, there's the story.

Thank you so much for reading this. It really makes my day.

-Count Blaziken III