Riley's POV

"We should go into Satalune Forest!" Farkle suggests. We had eaten lunch together at a café in Satalune City, and now all three of us had agreed to do some training before we headed back to Lumiose.

"Satalune Forest?" Maya asks.

Farkle nods excitedly. "There's lots of cool Pokémon there. And Maya and I can finish our battle."

"That sounds cool," I tell him. "Let's go!"

I jump up and grab Maya's arm. "Ri-"

"Shh!" I whisper. "Listen to me. Don't use Froakie when you battle Farkle."

"Wha-"

"Froakie is a Water Type. His moves are like a sprinkler to Farkle Jr." I tell her.

Maya nods. "Okay. . . that actually makes some sense," she smiles. "I'll use Skitty."

"Are you two ready?" Farkle asks, walking over to us. I nod.

"Yep. Let's go!"

We walk out of the city and down a short path into the forest. As soon as we're kind of deep, Farkle turns around. "Maya, I—"

"Challenge me to a battle, blah blah blah- I know." Maya interrupts. "Go, Skitty!"

"Weedle, it's your turn!" Farkle says.

"WEEDLE?" Maya and I ask. Farkle lets out a caterpillar Pokémon. Skitty should have no problem beating this thing.

I am right. The battle ends in, like, two minutes. Skitty easily beats Weedle. I high-five Maya and walk over to Farkle.

"Fennekin versus Farkle Jr.?" I ask him. He nods. I go back to stand by Maya. Fennekin happily comes out of her Pokeball. I smile down at her. "You ready to battle?" I ask her. She nods.

"Fennekin!" Fennekin says happily. Farkle lets his Chespin out.

"You can have the first move, Riley," Farkle says.

"You sure?" I ask. He nods. "Okay then, Fennekin, use Flamethrower!"

"Farkle Jr.!" Farkle yells.

"Well, that battle ended quickly," Maya mutters. I smile.

"Fennekin's a fire type. She scorched Farkle Jr."

Maya raises an eyebrow. "Since when do you know so much about Pokémon types?"

"Remember the night we watched Pokémon with Auggie?" she nods. "Well, I looked up a little bit about Pokémon. . ."

"Normally, I would tease you, but it has come in handy, so I'm going to thank you instead," Maya says, smiling.

Okay, guys. Sorry it was so short. But this will be my last update for a while. I tried not to leave too much of a cliffhanger. . . Well, thanks for reading!