In answer to the most recent comments: Yes I will be continuing it and aiming for at least 1-2 chapters per week depending on time allowances. And yes Alexandria is aware she is female now which would be fairly difficult not to notice, although I figured being a pokemon would be more of a shock to her at the moment, although I can devote this chapter to those reactions if you would like. Suppose its better sooner then later. Lastly, all pokemon speech will not be italicized as requested. Enjoy chapter 12 everyone.
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Alexandria lay dizzily in her trainer's arms while they sat down in the bleachers watching the next battle unfold between she Pikachu she had met earlier, and a Charmander who appeared to be well trained. The strange sensation she had felt during the battle beginning to wear off by now, although her body was still fairly drained while she sat up slightly to have a better view. Quietly purring without realizing it while her trainer softly pet her head, and despite the fact she would never admit it, being pet did feel quite good, that was to say after she had gotten over the reason why she was being pet among other highly embarrassing moments, sensations, and feelings change had shown her already in two days.
A couple of the other trainer's pokemon seated around Cassandra and Alexandria, including an Eevee and well-groomed Vulpix, had gathered around the two victors while their trainer's praised Cassandra on being the victor and having such an adorable, yet powerful, pokemon. "Yey! She is awake!" the Eevee barked in delight while he wagged his tail happily and sat on the bleacher row directly below Alexandria and stared up awkwardly at the lovely little mew. "Man you're as strong as you are cute… Your name is Alexandria right…?" the Vulpix asked without really giving her a moment to respond, "My name is Cinder… Do you maybe want to go and play, or something, alone after the matches are all done…?" he asked curiously in an effort to gain a little bit of attention from the lovely mew. His face grinning widely when he noticed the deep streak of blush crossing her face upon hearing his comment, to which he figured, showed her interest.
Mystified that these other two pokemon were talking to her, and that she could actually understand exactly what they were saying, was truly odd for Alexandria while she rested in her trainer's lap partially watching the second match unfold below. Relieved that she was in the stands in time, as opposed to being down there on the field where she had learned first hand it was a whole lot more dangerous. She smiled faintly at the younger Eevee, although that was short lived as her face nearly turned red with embarrassment when she heard the Vulpix's comment and instantly stared down at the feet shyly. "Well I um… Well… You see…" she stuttered completely speechless and entirely uncertain how a normal female pokemon might handle a situation like this, without hurting his feelings or making herself look like a complete idiot, not that she had not done a good enough job of that during her match even if she had won.
The Vulpix barked happily while he listened to her stuttering, and taking it as a sign of her agreement he wagged his tail proudly while a few of the other males glared at him spitefully. "Yippi! Miss Alexandria likes me!" he cheered happily, only to be tackled by the Sandshrew who took great pleasure in pinning him down while proudly staring up at Alexandria while the rest of the pokemon broke out in cheers. Nearly a dozen males, and three of the female pokemon were crowding around the little mew by now, the females all a little bit envious of all the attention the mew was receiving from the boys, and it made them want to win their next matches all the more. "We want to play too…!" nearly all the males cried in unisen which only served to make poor Alexandria blush all the more and wish she could just go invisible.
A female Pidgy narrowed her eyes slightly at the boys, and in particular the Taillow she had shown some interest in after watching his match, sent a Gust right at the Taillow and the group of males nearby him to make them all be quiet. "You boys are all soo lame! She clearly does not want anything to do with you all, and why would she when she is a legendary and we're all just normals…?" the Pidgy chirped mainly out of envy towards the mew and all the attention she was receiving. Honestly, who would have thought everyone would have gone this insane over one pretty face, who was not even interested at that, they should all start paying more attention to her she figured smugly. After all, realistically what were the chances any of those silly boys had with a mew, especially when that human boy and Storm would be winning the whole thing regardless of how hard any of them tried to win it was simply natural.
Rapidly shaking his head angrily, the male Chimchar retaliated with an Ember aimed at the Pidgy which made her screech in alarm and fly upwards causing many of the males, and a few of the females, to laugh and return to speaking with Alexandria and entirely ignoring the Pidgy. "Ignore the drama-queen… She is only jealous you won your first match and she lost! Besides, you don't really look down on us all because were not like you, do you Miss Alexandria?" he asked quietly and nearly everyone silenced upon hearing the question since they all had been wondering the same thing not that she would have been wrong to say that she might a little bit. Compared to her they were all worthless and weak, but that still did not stop a number of the males from trying to be friends, or maybe even more, with her since she was the loveliest pokemon any of them had ever seen. The fact she might beat that cocky and know-it-all Storm only made them love her all the more in addition to her sweet, shy, and friendly personality which enthralled them all.
"Hmm… Well… It's not that… I'm just really tired so I think I might take a nap after the matches…And yes my name is Alexande… Alexandria…" she replied quietly while she nervously played with the edge of the ribbon and silently wishing they would all simply leave her alone. "Besides… I'm not really interested in anything but friends here…" she added in under her breath. The very idea that these males all thought she was cute was a bit unnerving given she had been a male human a few days ago, although having them act like love-sick animals towards her simply made her blush all the more out of embarrassment. Up until now she had thought that having to be a pokemon was the worst part of this whole ordeal, but now that she had boys flirting with her she was beginning to wish the Scyther had simply put her out of her misery.
Cassandra laughed quietly at all the attention her little mew was receiving from the pokemon, figuring they were all congratulating her on the victory over the Scyther she thought it was quite cute. Softly petting her head still she turned to speak with a few of the other trainers who had gathered around her, primarily the 1st year girls, who were all busily inquiring as to how she managed to get such an adorable pokemon like a mew in the first place. "Oh, my daddy said she was a gift from the Pokemon League since they owed him a favor… We're going to try and win the whole tournament… Right Alexandria…?" she asked scooping her mew up into her arms softly so the other trainers could see and all gush over how cute she looked with the long pink ribbon streaming from between her ears.
Several of the younger girls started to awe while they gently pet Alexandria, although with all the hands doing so at the same time it was quite aggravating than anything else for the poor little mew. "She is soo adorable Cassandra… If you ever want to trade my Eevee for her just let me know…!" one of the younger first year girls commented adoringly, which was soon followed by about a half-dozen other offers all of which Cassandra rapidly turned down and pulled her mew in close for a loving hug. Lightly straightening the pink ribbon and groomed down the patches of raised fur with one hand while she rocked Alexandria back and fourth in a soothing motion which invoked a few calmed mewls from the little mew.
Squirming slightly, she soon sighed in defeat and pouted slightly while a few of the other 1st year students all pet her softly, which was more uncomfortable than anything given their approach and the number of hands petting her head, back, and fur in general. Mewling quietly she felt like she wanted to just cry, that was until she heard the announcement speakers crackle and a voice come in loud over the intercom while the match board displayed the winner of the second round which received virtually zero responses at all from the audience who were all crowding around Cassandra and Alexandria by now. "Well that concludes round two everyone! The third match will be between the round one winner Cassandra and her adorable mew Alexandria, versus Emily and her shocking Pikachu Claire… The match will begin in fifteen minutes and then we will take a quick lunch break while this matches winner moves on to the top sixteen…!" the coordinating instructor announced and received a fair bit of cheering from the audience who were eager to watch the dynamic duo in action a second time. It was not everyday a trainer, or pokemon, got to see a true legendary pokemon in action under official battling rules and regulations, it was truly exciting.
Two of the upper-class trainers simply smirked at their boyfriends, "Do you think that she could really beat that Nathan and Storm… I mean everyone has been saying he is Christian's younger brother and Cassandra won't really have an advantage against him I don't think…" one of the elder girls said quietly while taking a moment to glance over her shoulder with a sigh. Since the Academy had been founded nearly fifty years ago, the entrance tournament had yet to have had a female champion, and by the sounds of things this year would be no different regardless how much some of the older girls desired a change. All of the coordinating instructors did their best, but the boys simply entered into and left the academy with an almost holistic view of girls and their ability to be trainers given the long line of male champions from all levels in the school's entire history. And the only first year trainer with a chance against Nathan was entirely clueless.