Welcome - Ch.11 The Girl In The Mirror

After Lily waved good-bye to the trainer, now called Red, and Squirtle, she found a door that said '4-E' printed on it, unlocked the door, and entered.

Her room (like every room) was incredibly luxurious. The queen-sized bed had enough room to fit four of her comfortably and the sheets were so soft it was like wrapping yourself in clouds. The mattress and sheets sat inside of a nice frame that was polished wood painted a comfortable ebon-black. The head board went about a foot above the bed's top, behind it on the wall was a semi-circle of white and black checkered tile and around that was a soft-white wall. Next to the bed on both sides stood a small black end-table, on both rested a lamp, but only one had a digital clock.

The floor of the room was covered in a soft, black carpet that was nice and gentle which reflect the sun's light brightening the room a bit. At the far end of the room stood a desk that held up a lamp and a computer. In the corner of the room stood a chair, covered in a soft-to-the-touch black fabric and across from the bed stood a wardrobe. All of this was contained in a large 17x17 foot room.

Lily admired her for a little bit, and placed her suitcase on the bed and went to the bathroom to wash her hands, since she got some of the dirt from Squirtle.

The bathroom floors were glistening white tile, the counter-top around the sink was a smooth, cool, black marble, and the faucet and dials were shiny stainless steel. The mirror above it was flawless, and on the opposite wall hung a towelrack with three fresh, soft towels draped over it. At the end of the bathroom was a white-marble bathtub/shower combo, and there was, of course, a toilet...a very clean one at that.

She turned on the cold water and let it run over her hands as she began to scrub them with the soap. Leaning down, she splashed the water to her face again and again. It felt really good to her. Maybe she could stand under an icy shower, that's what she thought.

When she dried her hands and her face with one of the towels, she looked at the mirror and almost screamed.

She whirled around to see if someone was behind her and whipped back to stare in the mirror again, and it was still there: a girl, besides herself.

The girl looked about the same age as her and she had long white hair and a pair of light-blue eyes. She also wore a white silky dress.

Lily blinked rapidly. The girl in the mirror blinked rapidly too.

"Is that girl me?" Lily thought to herself.

She opened her mouth and to her surprise, the girl in the mirror opened her mouth as well and showed long, sharp canines. But when Lily touched her teeth with one of her fingers, they felt small, smooth, normal. She began touch her her face next then saw the girl's fingers turned into claws touching her face.

Lily's eyes shot wide open with shock and confusion. She glanced around to make sure no one could see her like this. She didn't even know what to do if someone found out about this. She felt normal, but she looked like some kind of freak.

Then, there was a knock on her door from the hallways which made her flinch.

"Lily? You in there?" she heard Richard's voice.

She touched her teeth one last time to make sure if they were still human teeth, and she rushed to the door and opened it.

"Hey, Richard." she said to him.

"Hey, Lil- Uh...Lily? Are you okay? You're sweating a little." Richard said to her.

"I am? I guess it must've missed a spot when I was drying my face." said Lily. She was actually lying. She was sweating because she was nervous about what would happened if she told Richard about the girl in the mirror.

"Anyways, Richard. Did you found your room?" she asked him, even though that was a stupid question.

"Hmm? Yeah, I did. The bedrooms in this place are really awesome!" Richard exclaimed.

Lily looked at the floor. She started to get more nervous. "Uh...Richard?"

"Yeah, Lily?"

"While I was in the bathroom, looking at the mirror, I saw-"

"Attention to all newcomers, please report to the Battle Stadium. Thank you." the two of them heard Master Hand's voice over the speakers.

"I guess it's time for our demonstration." Richard mentioned. "Now what was it you were going to tell me?"

"N-Never mind. It's not that important." Lily replied.

"Okay. Well, c'mon. We don't want to be late for the demonstration!" Richard exclaimed.

Before the two of them started walking, Lily saw something in the pile of dirt, the same dirt Squirtle got some in his eyes from earlier. She reached out her hand and picked up the object. It was a pokeball.

"A pokeball? I wonder who it belongs to." she thought and put in her pocket and began walking with Richard to the Battle Stadium.