Author's Note: Yep, it's my second addition to my Typhoon Ridge League series. Everyone's grown a bit, Amanda's 15, Anna's 12, and Arielle's 10. And as always I don't own Pokemon, just Amanda, Anna, Arielle, and any other character you don't recognize.
Typhoon Ridge League
Part Two
7 years later
The dodrio squawked as morning dawned, and like so many other mornings they were completely ignored. The sun kept rising hour by hour until it shone directly into an upper story window heating up the bedroom inside.
Abruptly the door swung open, admitting Anna and Arielle. "Do you think she's still asleep?" Anna whispered.
Arielle shrugged. The two sisters grinned at each other mischievously. They slowly crept up toward the bed where their third sister lay sleeping. The blonde and the redhead flung themselves onto their older sister's bed. Amanda's blue eyes snapped open; she screamed and rolled over, causing all three of them to fall onto the floor.
Arielle dragged herself off the human pyramid and fixed her hair back to the smooth Nurse Joy hairstyle. "Well Anna?" She asked.
Amanda looked up from the floor, "Well what?" She demanded.
Anna got onto her hands and knees to look over her elder sister. "Do you know what day it is?" Anna asked smugly.
Amanda's eyes popped open. "Oh, so now you remember?" Anna taunted as she stood up beside Arielle; "We'll just let you get dressed."
With that, the two younger sisters exited the room, leaving Amanda staring after them. "Oh crap," Amanda said as the door closed, "crap, crap, crap."
The blonde started gathering clothes and throwing them on. She had waited five years for this. Both the older sisters had forfeited their first chances at Pokemon so Arielle would be able to join them on their journey.
Amanda finished dressing and walked toward the door, she paused and rushed back to her dresser. The coiled gold Ekans bracelet Tracey had given her lay on the wooden dresser top. Amanda gave a small smile at the memory and slipped the bracelet on her wrist. Maybe she'd be able to see him again. Of course he had moved to the Orange Islands. She smiled again. That just meant Anna would have to defeat the Orange Crew as well as Typhoon Ridge.
"Let's go!" Amanda said as she opened the door.
"Technically we don't need to go with you." Gloated Anna as she held up her own red and white pokeball.
Amanda gaped, "How could you not wake me!"
"Easy," Arielle shrugged, "we didn't go in your room."
"I'm gonna leave now." With that Amanda started sprinting down the hall.
Anna casually ran her fingers through her chin length blonde hair. "Might as well follow her."
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"Professor Oleander!" Amanda shouted while she pounded on the entrance to the professor's lab, "I'm here! I need my pokemon! Are you even there!?"
Anna leaned against the building and furrowed her brow; "She was here half an hour ago."
"Maybe the professor forgot about you." Arielle teased.
"She's saved my pokemon for five years," Amanda continued pounding on the door, "I doubt she would've forgotten. Professor Oleander! Where- aaaahhh!"
Amanda lost her balance as the door swung open and fell at Professor Oleander's feet. "Hi Professor!" Amanda smiled innocently up at the brunette.
"I didn't forget," Oleander smiled back, "I just wanted to see how desperate you'd become."
Amanda got up off the floor; "Adults have a twisted sense of humor."
"You haven't seen the half of it. Now let's complete the trio shall we?"
Oleander turned and walked down the hall followed closely by the three sisters. They were led to a large room with lab equipment in every corner, and in the center on a pedestal sat a polished pokeball. Without any comment Amanda ran up and took the pokeball from its pedestal. She opened it and the red flash formed into a tangible green creature with a bulb on its back.
Amanda wrinkled her nose. "A bulbasaur?" she asked.
"Five years ago I asked both Anna and Arielle which Pokemon would fit you best," Oleander explained, "they said you were stubborn and bullheaded. But, they also said you were loyal and protective of them. So the bulbasaur was obviously the best fit for your personality."
"Bulbasaur!" the pokemon voiced its agreement.
Amanda stared at her sisters and the professor. "I'm most certainly not stubborn!" she defended.
"Some of the time." Arielle muttered.
"Don't make me send Bulbasaur at you right now." Threatened Amanda.
"You can kill each other after you leave." Oleander stepped in; "Now I doubt your trio needs three pokedex, so which one of you should I give this to?"
"I'm training to be a nurse." Arielle declared proudly.
Oleander turned toward Amanda. Amanda blinked in surprise, "Oh, pokemon watcher. That is, that's what I'm gonna…do."
"And that leaves you." Oleander said as she handed the sleek pokedex to Anna.
Anna puffed up, "Yep!" she grinned, "I'm gonna kick some gym leader butt!"
"Very nice." Oleander said wryly.
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The good-byes were brief but heartfelt. The sister's family and friends gave them their blessings for the journey ahead of them. With the sky a bright blue and the sun a brilliant orb in it, the trio left the home they knew so well to the world they had only heard about.
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Author's Note: I was going to have the first gym battle in this installment, but I hate typing for things that go on for pages at a time. So the first gym battle will most likely be in part three. Also please review! And you might wanna go check out my Survivor intro too.