Chapter 5: The Move
Phoinex sighed at the thought of Ben's request. His very words rang in his head: "The police want you to come and see if you can identify any of the bodies." He and the rest of his friends didn't know if they could bear to even walk up that mountain to the remains of Hogwarts, let alone look through the debris.
"Well… Do they need us now?" Selena started, finally finding the right words to say.
"I'm afraid so."
"But… but… Couldn't you see if they could give us a bit more time?" Asked Zoe desperately.
"I did, and I'm sorry, but I failed."
"It's- it's alright. You tried. I guess we have to go." With a sigh, Phoinex got up and waited for his friends to do the same, which they did. Then they turned to look a Ben and took deep breaths, a few tears running down their cheeks. They seemed to be trying to calm down and accept things, but Ben could see that they were failing, as he had to convince the police to give them more time. Slowly, and sadly, they walked out of the ice-cream parlor and out into the early-morning streets of Olivine City.
As the day before, the mist was thick and gray clouds were most likely still floating above the gloomy fog. Office Jenny gave them a nod with a sad expression on her face, as she turned to get onto her motorcycle. She started the ignition and rode off to the top of the mountaintop.
Phoinex took a glance at the spot where proud Hogwarts once stood. More tears sprouted from his eyes and fell down onto the cold pavement. But he had to go, and he knew it deep inside, so he released his Pidgeot, as did Selena and Zoe, and then The Typhlosion Trio flew off into the cold air, letting their tears fall far back behind them once more.
They landed too soon for comfort, and their eyes burned from the horrible pain that loomed inside their hearts. Selena walked along the ashes, and picked up a stick she found, sniffing every now and then just like her friends. In a far distance, they could see groups of police officers huddled around ambulances that The Typhlosion Trio knew contained dead bodies. Slowly, they walked toward the scene where they stood for hours, identifying dead people…
* * *
The Typhlosion Trio stood outside the office of Mr. Conner O'Malley. There was the sound of rustling papers and phones ringing al around them as to the fact that they were in an orphan agency. Mr. O'Malley was sorting out some business, and TTT was awaiting the news of who would be their new guardians. None of them had any other family, or so they thought, and they were so close, so they had Mr. O'Malley send them together, wherever it was he would send them.
"Phoinex? Selena? Zoe? I'll see you in my office now." Said Mr. O'Malley as his head peered out from his door. The children stood up from their seat and walked into the mans office where they sat in three separate chairs that stood in front of Mr. O'Malley's desk, and on the other side, was Mr. O'Malley sitting in a chair.
"I've found you three a guardian at last. His name is Mark Nadler. He's Selena's ants second cousin, twice separated." The three stood silent.
"Well… You'll be moving to his home in Pewter City tomorrow," and that sparked a reaction in Phoinex.
"Pewter City? No, no, no! We can't move to Pewter!" He protested.
"And why not?" Phoinex went silent again. Phoinex had a reason, a very secret reason that only Selena and Zoe knew. You see, his mothers ex lived in Pewter along with his half-brother, and they were horribly despicable people.
"I thought so," continued the man in charge of orphan affairs, "so it's settled. Go home today and pack your things, you are to move first thing tomorrow morning. Slán go fóill!" He looked and saw their puzzled faces. " 'Slán go fóill' means 'goodbye for now' in Irish."
"Oh!" They said together, dully as they stood up and left the office…
* * *
It was afternoon now, and the three children were now walking through National Park, their packing all done. Each one was looking down at the floor, very sadly putting a horrible gloom upon everything. On the other side of the park, Pisces could see them and approached them carefully.
"Would you like to talk about it?" Each one of their depressing faces looked up at him, so that he could see the sticky tear marks still on their cheeks. He hugged them all of a sudden, and could feel more tears dampening his robes. Abruptly, they let go of him.
"No, thank you, Pisces. We'll be alright…" Phoinex said.
"You see, the orphan agency has found us a new home, and well…" Selena added.
"We came to say goodbye," Zoe concluded. Pisces became speechless.
"M… Moving?" He finally was able to ask.
"I'm afraid so," Phoinex answered, "Tomorrow morning."
"Well… where to?"
"Pewter City."
"I'll come with you then."
"No, we couldn't let you do that." Selena replied.
"Tell me what's left for me here. My job's obviously gone, so I'd be easy to make a transfer to another city!"
"No, you have team rocket to fight."
"But we said we'd help!" Zoe complained. It seemed so long ago since they had met Pisces, when it had really been only a few weeks. But sometimes when big changes happen in ones life, other moments can seem far away. It's an odd affect.
"We can't stay now!" Phoinex argued.
"But we have to!"
"Can't we get Mr. O'Malley to let Pisces adopt us?" Suggested Selena.
"Pisces isn't exactly a citizen or has the proper paper work, does he?" Phoinex debated.
"Then I'll just have to come with you!" Pisces
said, a triumphant smile spreading across his face.
"But what if team rocket stays here? Then what?"
"I can orb or teleport with one of you!" Phoinex looked to his friends and then back to Pisces, trying to find some kind of reason for Pisces to stay.
"I guess it's settled… You're coming with us then..." He said, when he had looked through all the possibilities.
"Great! I'll get packing! So long, kids!" Pisces said as he dashed off to his home. Phoinex turned to his two friends and gave a deep sigh of unsureity. All though he knew they were doing the right thing, but it didn't seem like such a good idea.
* * *
An alarm clock rang from the nightstand beside Phoinex's bed. He slowly reached out and turned it off, his head hidden under a pillow. Today was the day he and sisters-to-be would move, and he still wasn't ready.
It was hard for him to be in the house his mother and father had been moving through just a few days ago, but there was no where else for now. Phoinex groggily stood up and walked to the bathroom where he showered, and changed into dark blue jeans, as usual, and a gold shirt. The phones rang all around the house, and he quickly walked to the nearest one, which was in his parents bedroom.
"Hello?" Phoinex said into the speaker.
"Phoinex?" Replied the voice of Mr. O'Malley from the receiver.
"Good morning, Mr. O'Malley."
"Ah, yes, god morning, meet me at the bank, there's one last issue to discuss."
"Umm… alright?"
"And get here quickly!" There was a beep sound as Mr. O'Malley hung up the phone. Phoinex could take his bike, but the quickest way would be to orb. This brought a dreadful thought to Phoinex that had kept him up a few days ago. He could have and should have orbed to Hogwarts when he heard the explosion. He had told Selena, and she had found a lot of reasons why that shouldn't depress him. One thing was that he was too worried to think correctly, and another was that he didn't know for sure Hogwarts had been attacked. But that was out of hid mind now, and not so dreadful as he orbed into Mr. O'Malley's office.
"Phoinex, we need to decide on a last name for the three of you. Now I know it'll be a hard decision, especially at this time since your last names are a sign of your identities. But you must decide on something." Phoinex looked to Selena and Zoe sitting in two of the three chairs with worried looks.
"We have a problem though," Zoe added, "All three of our last names match with our first names. All the pairs have a nice ring."
"Not nicer then the originals…" Selena muttered under her breath.
"Well, do we have to change our last names?" Questioned Phoinex. They could tell Mr. O'Malley was thinking hard on his answer.
"Not exactly…"
"Then?"
"I just thought it would be better that way. It's better then being called orphans."
"We have a name, The Typhlosion Trio," corrected Zoe.
"Alright then, if you say so, Typhlosion Trio. I guess this is goodbye for now then. I'll come to check on you within a week."
"What?!"
"I can't come with you to the train station, I'm sorry. It's far too busy here." The three children seemed shocked by what they were being told.
"Well, alright, goodbye." Zoe finally said.
"Goodbye, children," Mr. O'Malley said as he answered a phone on his desk and the three orphans left his office.
"… How do we get to Pewter?" Selena suddenly asked at they walked down the hall.
"I did some map studies at Hogwarts, so I've got it pretty much down in my head." Phoinex answered, pausing slightly at the word "Hogwarts".
"Ok, so how do we get there?"
"We'll ride our pokemon to Goldenrod City, and take the Magnet Train to it'd mid-stop at Indigo Plateau, and from there we use our pokemon to get to Viridian Forest, and I'll be in close enough range to orb us."
"Why can't we teleport?"
"Have you ever seen Pewter City?"
"Well, no, but we've seen pictures."
"Pictures aren't good enough." Phoinex said, as he released his Pidgeot outside the orphanage. Their luggage had already been delivered. His two friends did the same, and then TTT took off toward Goldenrod City, which they arrived at 11: 00 a.m. They rushed to the train station and quickly bought tickets for the Magnet Train, which would be a two-hour ride. When the 2 hours passed, they got off the train and released their Pidgeots again. They arrived in Pewter by four in the afternoon, after making it to the forest and orbing.
"Phoinex, are you alright?" Said Selena, as she noticed Phoinex stare at the approaching town of Pewter City.
"Ya, I'm fine."
"Alright…" She replied as they answered.
"Umm… who knows where Marks house is?" Zoe asked.
"That's what we forgot! We'll have to check in at the Pokemon Center and find out." Phoinex informed, as he made his way toward east. At the Pokemon Center, Zoe asked Nurse Joy for the address of Mark Nadler, and then The Typhlosion Trio took of again, to the next part of their lives.
* * *
Phoinex knocked on the door of 567 Cherry Avenue. The doorknob slowly turned, and suddenly the bright green door faded to reveal Mark Nadler. Mark was a tall thin man, wearing overalls with a black long sleeve shirt on, the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. His eyes were wide, and deep blue with a shining joy in them, while his hair was a stern black, neatly combed to the side.
"Why, hello there. I'm Mark, and you must be the Hogwarts orphans?" Zoe frowned at the name "Hogwarts orphans", but Mark didn't notice as Selena began to speak.
"Yes, were Selena, Phoinex, and Zoe, and we're the orphans from Hogwarts."
"Well, come in," Mark said, moving aside so as the children could step inside. "There are a few rooms upstairs, pick any one you like."
"Thank you," Phoinex replied, as he and the rest of The Typhlosion Trio walked up the stairs. Phoinex found a room with a cushiony blue bed and the end of the hall and lay down in it thinking, So this is home… But he didn't know short his stay at the Nadler residence would be.