Author's Note:

Sorry this is so short! I was super busy :( I figured I'd post it anyway, I'll try to have a real chapter for next week.

Chapter 11: No Children in my Classroom

Excerpt from Dance of Fate, by Mira Lee

Zyra. She's an odd one. Her family was killed by raiders when she was young and she grew up in the forest. As such she understand Pokémon in a way no one else I've ever met does. She met Pecha and the two traveled together before coming to Lumiose. After Razan was captured, she was instated as the head of Nature's Guardians, which was turned into a faction of the Guardian Force. It was supposed to be a temporary position, but everyone liked her so much she became the permanent leader.

Planning their heist was going to take a significant amount of time, Mari was very clearly impatient, Katie seemed to hope everyone would just give up on the idea, and Ash was busy planning. No one was sure when they'd be ready, but it would probably take a couple weeks to prepare. So the girls continued on with their normal lives as they prepared.

Marie was listening to River's latest lecture when something odd happened.

"Hello students!" The door flew open and a woman walked inside.

River looked at her in surprise. "Zyra," she said.

"Hi River, how are ya?" Zyra asked.

Marie observed the leader of Nature's Guardians in interest. She wasn't one of Marie's personhoral heroes, but she was someone worth watching.

"I wasn't expecting you," River said.

"Thought I'd drop by," Zyra explained. "These are the students?" She looked at the class.

"Yep!" Ri replied. "And you're the leader of Nature's Guardians."

"That I am," Zyra agreed.

"Is Nevin with you?" Ash wondered.

"Nope. He's keeping an eye on the base for me. Starlight is here though," Zyra replied.

"Starlight?" Gabriel repeated. "Does that mean Eclipse is here as well?" He looked intrigued.

"Yep. And their daughter Nysa-Eon," Zyra confirmed.

"Can we talk to them?" Marie wondered.

Zyra shrugged. "Do whatever you want."

"Eclipse doesn't like talking to people, but Starlight is friendly," River explained.

"Where are they?" Ri asked, looking around as if expecting them to appear from out of the wall or come in through the window.

"Starlight's talking to Pecha. Eclipse went to bother Wyvrn I think. Not sure where Eon is," Zyra replied.

"Eclipse and Wyvrn in the same room? That sounds awful," Marie remarked.

"Yeah, it's probably pretty bad over there," Zyra agreed. "At least Volke isn't here."

"He's just over in Eterna though, isn't he?" Zair pointed out.

"He is?" Zyra wondered.

River nodded. "We're staying in Eterna while I work here."

"Huh, didn't know that," Zyra replied.

"You don't pay attention to my e-mails do you," River sighed.

"I don't know how to turn my computer on," Zyra said proudly.

"You don't?" Ash asked, looking horrified. Colin had a similar look of shock and horror plastered on his face.

"Is that even possible?" Hunter wondered.

"Hey Ri, do you know how to turn a computer on?" Marie asked.

"I just press all the buttons until something happens!" Ri announced proudly. Marie had no idea if the girl was joking or not.

"The power button is clearly labeled," Ash said in despair.

"Computers are pointless anyway," Zyra said with a dismissive wave of her hands.

"They are not," River retorted. "If you actually learned how to use one I think you'd find it very useful."

"I just get Nevin or Starlight to do all that stuff for me," Zyra replied with a shrug.

River sighed. "Why are you here Zyra?" She asked.

"Just stopping by," Zyra replied. "I'll go talk to Pecha when Starlight is done. I just wanted to see the little kids."

"You're not that much older than us," Zair pointed out.

"Doesn't make you not a kid," Zyra replied.

"It might make you one," Ri said with a grin.

Leo sat in the back of the average class trying to pretend like he was actually paying attention to Wyvrn's lecture about sentence structure. The subject was way too boring for him to give it his actual attention, but he was too afraid of Wyvrn to openly ignore him.

Oshawott was poking him repeatedly to try and assist his efforts to stay awake, but it was only a temporary measure. Eventually he'd fall asleep anyway. Luckily, he was saved by a visitor. The door opened and a low voice said, "Wyvrn."

Wyvrn turned and nodded at the person behind the door. "Eclipse," he said.

Eclipse walked inside the room, his eyes flicking over to the students before back to Wyvrn. "I wasn't expecting you," Wyvrn said.

"Starlight wanted to come," Eclipse replied. "Zyra's here as well."

Wyvrn's face darkened. "Crazy tree woman," he muttered.

"This is your class?" Eclipse wondered.

"Yes. I teach English," Wyvrn replied. Eclipse nodded uninterestedly.

"You're Eclipse?" Mari asked. "You fought with Razan didn't you?"

"Yes," he replied.

"What was that like?" Mari wondered.

Eclipse shrugged. "Don't you have a strange eye power?" Equinox asked.

"You mean this?" Eclipse lifted his eyepatch and a dark beam shot out of his eye, obliterating Wyvrn's desk. He replaced the eyepatch and the beam dissipated.

"That was my desk!" Wyvrn yelled. Kadabra made soothing sounds, but Wyvrn ignored him.

"I needed something to demonstrate on," Eclipse replied coolly.

It looked like Wyvrn was about to throw a punch when another person came into the room. "Hey Eclipse!" The new woman greeted. She was followed by a young girl. The girl was much younger than anyone else in the room, younger than even Tael by several years. She was hiding behind the older woman, though she was still visible. Her hair was a very dark color, appearing black at first glance but was actually purple. It was cut into choppy bangs that fell over her eyes in the front while the rest fell in layers to her shoulders. Most of her hair was covered by the Pikachu ear hoodie she was wearing. It was bright yellow and practically engulfed the girl, though the edge of her blue sundress was visible below the sweater, falling to her knees. In her arms was a Flabebe.

"Starlight," Wyvrn greeted. "Why is there a child here?"

"It's my daughter," Eclipse snapped.

"You've met her, why are you acting like you don't know her?" Starlight asked. She reached around to give the small girl a gentle pat on the head.

"She's so cute!" Faye exclaimed. "Hi there!"

"Does she play any instruments?" Leo wondered.

"She's not even ten yet. You're not seriously trying to get her in your band are you?" James asked.

"You can't start too early!" Leo announced.

"She's not joining your band," Eclipse said, looking at Leo suspiciously.

"Maybe when she's older," Starlight added.

"What's your name?" Mari asked the young girl.

"Nysa-Eon," the girl said quietly.

"That's a nice name," Faye told her.

"We usually just call her Eon," Starlight said.

"No children in my classroom!" Wyvrn announced.

"Does that mean we're dismissed?" James asked.

"Let's go then!" Faye exclaimed.

"No small children in my classroom," Wyvrn clarified.

"But she's so cute!" Mari protested.

"We were going anyway," Starlight interrupted. "Zyra wants to stick around for a few days though, so you'll all see us again. See you later!" She waved at them cheerily and Eon gave them a small wave as well. Eclipse just walked off silently.

Character Credit:

Nysa-Eon: Amy47101