Ellie just stood in the field watching Chloe train with her pokemon. All of her pokemon were just lazing around. After they ate dinner last night they went to the pokecenter and crashed. They hadn't even cared how early it was, walking all morning and then dealing with idiots through out the day was really tiring. Well, that was at least Ellie's reason. She was still tired, as soon as she woke up Chloe dragged her out to a field at the edge of the city so that she could practice.
"I still don't see why we had to come out all the way over here. We didn't even eat anything," Ellie said, taking the chance to lay down in the grass.
"I mean come on, there was a field behind the pokecenter," Ellie added.
"There were lots of people there. I want to keep my techniques to myself, after all I'm a rookie. Surprise is probably my best bet," Chloe replied.
"I still don't get this whole contest craze. I've never heard of them in Johto anyway," Ellie said.
"That's because last year was the first year. There wasn't very many participants last year, but this year plenty of people have come from other regions to compete. It's going to be a really fierce competition," Chloe explained, not taking her eyes off of her pokemon. Ellie sighed and stared up at the sky.
"I still don't get it," Ellie replied.
"I still don't get you. You are friends with Lance, and you guys act like you've known each other for a long time. It's no mystery that Lance grew up in Blackthorn, although the rumor says he was born in Kanto...so are you from Blackthorn? If you are, why don't you train dragons?" Chloe asked.
"You have a lot of questions don't you? Let's see. I was actually born in the Hoenn Region. My family lived there until my parents got the great idea to move to Johto so they could live in Blackthorn and be closer to their 'dragon' roots. I remember everyone fawning over me when I started to train dragons. I have to admit, I wasn't actually in control. My pokemon and I hated each other, we just stuck to each other to get stronger. Eventually because of several reasons, I couldn't stand it anymore so I ran away," Ellie explained, slowly but surely. Chloe just stood there for several moments, not saying a word.
"You're a run away?" she finally asked.
"Oh it's fine. My parents know. I have their blessing...er well sort of. It's more like they are waiting for me to 'learn my lesson' and come back to do what they say," Ellie replied.
"Then this is my next question, didn't you have a Dratini with you at the tournament?" Chloe asked.
"Oh, yeah. I sent her back home. It was never my intention to keep her. I only took her with me for protection but then I sent her back to my parents. She'll be happier there," Ellie replied, once again. She never looked at Chloe, but instead just stared at the sky.
"I don't get it at all, why don't your parents support you?" Chloe asked. Ellie sighed and sat up.
"People like my parents and Clair have a...obsession with dragon pokemon. They think they are better then everyone else and that includes when it comes to pokemon. My parents just want me to follow in their steps like the generations before them. It doesn't mean that they are bad people, it's just traditions take over their life. Of course, you have perfectly normal people among them. Like Lance for example. He knows that dragons aren't perfect. My Grandpa is the same way. He just wants people to be happy with pokemon, even if he does seem a little gruff," Ellie said.
"Who is your grandpa?" Chloe asked.
"Now, that would be no fun at all," Ellie said, winking.
"I can't tell you that so easily, or it wouldn't be a game. Besides, I'm tired of talking about dragons. Although I will let you on this tiny bit of gossip. Clair is totally full of herself, and her outfit was actually just a costume until she decided she liked it. Now she goes around wearing the same types of clothes, it's a shame really. It's no wonder she can't get a guy. Especially when she goes around claiming she is the best dragon master ever, considering she isn't," Ellie said, with a small smile. Chloe was too busy laughing to catch it though. Her plan to change the focus of their conversation was a success. Ellie laid back down on the grass.
"Besides, shouldn't you be training. I'll be here dozing with my pokemon," Ellie said, closing her eyes. She heard some shuffling and then Chloe giving out commands. The smile stayed on her face even as she drifted off into a small nap, joining her pokemon.
She was awakened later by Chloe.
"Don't you need to get ready for the press conference? I mean, we should eat lunch first but Champion Lance never said when he was coming so you might want to be prepared for him showing up randomly," Chloe said. Ellie just stood up and stretched out.
"All right, did you get some training done...Wait it's already time to eat lunch?" Ellie said, looking around. Chloe just nodded and returned her pokemon back to their pokeballs as Ellie went about the task of waking up her sleeping pokemon.
They were about to leave until Ellie found herself staring at a face of an idiot, well make that idiots.
"Really? Did you not learn your lesson yesterday. Honestly, if I had known there were this many idiots in Olivine I would have gone somewhere else for my vacation," Ellie said, facing the creeps from yesterday.
"Ew, are they stalking us?" Chloe asked from behind her.
"I would say it looks that way," Ellie replied.
"Why would we stalk an ugly thing like you. We just want a battle as payback," one of the men said. Ellie recognized him as the one she had kicked.
"I already told you I'm on vacation, and this girl here has to save her pokemon for the contest. So I refuse," Ellie said, picking up Sienna. Her other pokemon gathered around. She just sighed and told Chloe to stand back as the men released their pokemon. Her pokemon were out numbered, especially since Sienna couldn't really battle.
"I really didn't want to deal with you, but if you resort to dirty methods I'll just have to prove my pokemon can beat yours. Nila, Luna, Ariana, and Hazel do you mind? These pokemon are fairly week and from the area around us. They probably just went and caught them. I doubt they have had any training," Ellie said. Chloe just stood back and watched as Ellie's pokemon quickly disposed of them without a scratch.
"You're like a prince!" Chloe exclaimed as the men ran away once more.
"I don't know if I should take that as a compliment," Ellie said, laughing. She quickly checked over her pokemon and when she was satisfied they moved on walking to a place to eat.
"Honestly, I wonder why those guys keep bothering us," Ellie said, as she quickly downed a couple cheeseburgers and fries. Chloe ate more carefully and slowly.
"Maybe they really hate losing to a girl?" Chloe suggested before Ellie ran off to get ice cream.
"How do you eat like that?" Chloe asked, surprised.
"Aren't you worried about gaining weight?" she added on, staring at Ellie's stomach.
"Huh? Oh, I don't know. I just got sick of barely eating and besides I'm usually running around everywhere so I burn off the calories. You know speaking of that I need to go shopping. All my clothes and shoes are in tatters," Ellie replied.
"Uh, we should probably do that before the press conference," Chloe said. Ellie looked over to her pokemon that had finished eating almost as quickly as she did and then to Chloe's pokemon that were taking their sweet time.
"I'll leave Nila, Ariana, and Hazel here to guard you. I'll take Sienna and Luna with me. Sienna because I don't want to leave her, she may freak out, and Luna in case those guys come after me again. If you get done eating just...stay here. I won't take long," Ellie said, before telling her pokemon the plan.
She waved goodbye to Chloe before exiting the cafe with Sienna in her arms and Luna down at her side. She quickly got to work, ignoring the stares and whispers, as she hit several shops to find a couple outfits. She stuck to her theme of purple for the most part. She had to admit it was her favorite color. Thankfully, she had gotten quite a bit of money from battling so it didn't leave her with an empty wallet. She changed in the store and threw her old clothes away, opting to wait to get some warmer clothes for until she got to Mahogany. The trip back to Chloe was uneventful, so was the trip back to the pokecenter. They stayed in the lobby and watched TV as Ellie waited for Lance.
They were watching a story about the League opening in a month for challengers when all of a sudden Chloe had a outburst.
"Aren't you worried you won't get all of your badges in time?" she questioned Ellie. Ellie looked at her and tried to choose words very carefully.
"I really have no desire to challenge the Elite Four or Lance for that matter, so no not really. Besides the League is opened half the year. I always wondered why not the whole year, it would save me the trouble of looking at Lance's face all the time," Ellie replied. However, she didn't notice the strange silence that had overcome the Pokecenter.
"I can answer that. We, being the Elite Four and I, can not battle all year long like that. We do deserve some time off. Although, I'm a bit hurt you won't be challenging the Elite Four. With your background you may defeat a couple of them. Not that you would ever get to me," an all to familiar voice stated from behind her. Ellie just groaned and didn't bother to answer him.
"Speaking of the devil himself," Ellie said, standing up.
She waved goodbye to Chloe and followed Lance out the door. She was led out to some building where a staff of people were hurrying up to get things ready. She was then forced to go through some procedures and other annoying stuff until she finally told them to leave her the hell alone. At this point she could really care less. She really just wanted to get it over with so she could go home. She was quickly told to put her pokemon away to which she argued till she got her way.
She heard Lance say something about being stubborn but she didn't bother to say anything back. Her pokemon stood proudly by her side even as the reporters filtered in. She quickly returned all of them except Sienna who was situated comfortably in her arms, as always. Lance glanced at her but just shrugged as they turned to face the reporters to clear up the misunderstanding. She could only think of how much fun this would be, sarcastically of course.