Chapter 9:
"You took your time getting here." Silver's voice spoke up, as Luce, Red and Alder reached the port of Virbank City. Luce rolled her eyes at her red headed boyfriend, before walking over to him.
"You could of woke me up, you know." Luce said, blushing slightly when Silver gave her lips a peck, moving back with a smirk on his lips.
"I could of, but it was more fun watching you arrive late." The red head said, shrugging his shoulders, a smirk still on his lips. Luce pouted before slapping his arm. Silver simply smirked at her before looking over at Alder and Red.
"What now?"
"I'll go get the captain of the boat. You three stay here. I'll be back in a few minutes." Alder said, before walking off. Red walked over to Luce and Silver, his Pikachu sitting on his shoulder. Luce smiled at the yellow mouse before petting his head.
"Pika! Pika!"
"So what are we going to do when we meet up with the others?" Silver asked, to which Luce thought for a few minutes.
"I guess go to all the places where N may be, or hope someone knows where he wants to meet. I wish he'd just reply to my calls, it would be much more easy if he did." The strawberry blonde replied, sighing as she began messing with her charm bracelet again.
"Let's just wait when we meet up with the others. I'm sure Cynthia has a plan ready." Red said, making Luce smile and nod.
"You're right." She replied, before seeing Alder and the boat's captain walking over to them.
"Alder here said you need someone to pilot you over to Castelia City. Glad I can help you!"
"This here is Gym Leader Roxies father. He can help you kids get to Castelia." Alder said, causing Luce to nod.
"Thank you sir." Luce said, smiling at the captain.
"It's not a problem, young lady. I'm glad I can help you!"
"Well, you kids better get going. Cynthia will be waiting for you at the dock." Alder said, turning around.
"Wait! You're not coming too?" Luce asked, confusion crossing her features.
"I'm afraid not. But don't worry. I know you'll be able to complete what you set out to do. Cynthia knows where your brother is, so there's no need to worry Lucinda." Alder replied, chuckling. Luce smiled and nodded.
"I understand. Thank you for helping us, Alder." The blue eyed girl said, before getting into the boat, where Silver and Red were waiting for her.
Alder chuckled as he watched the boat head off, before turning and leaving.
"Good luck kid."
The journey to Castelia City was quick. Luce thanked the captian before heading over to where Cynthia was.
"You shouldn't of just disappeared like that, Luce. It was very dangerous. You could have been caught by Team Plasma." Cynthia said, sighing.
"I know, Cynthia. But I couldn't just sit about and do nothing. I need to find N. He needs my help." Luce said, her eyes filled with determination. Cynthia sighed once again but then smiled.
"Well, we should get going then. N wanted to meet you the minute you got here. White and Black are waiting up ahead." Cynthia said, resulting in Luce nodding.
Following Cynthia, Silver walked beside Luce, while Red went to talk to Cynthia.
"Any idea where we're going?" Silver asked, looking at Luce. The blue eyed girl glanced at him and gave a nod.
"I'm assuming we're going to Relic Castle. It's the nearest place I would assume N would want to meet. Plus, it's in the middle of a desert. I can't see there being any grunts there, so it'd be pretty secluded." Luce replied. Silver nodded.
"That sounds like a possibility then." He then released a sigh. "This region is so different to Kanto and Johto." Luce released a short laugh, before responding.
"Well, they are quite far apart from each other. And if all regions were the same, it'd be boring." Luce said, grinning at Silver. Luce then looked forward, noticing they were nearing the gate to Route 4, where White and Black were waiting.
"Luce! I'm glad you got here safely. Cynthia thinks N should be up ahead. We should get going." White said, as Luce nodded.
"Let's go then. I don't want to leave my brother waiting any longer." Luce said, before she walked through the gate, heading towards Route 4.