Chapter 15

"What Now!?"

"So Rosella, have you gotten everything?"  Lance asked me as I picked up my backpack.

"Sure have."  I replied.

"Good.  Now there's one thing I need to give you."  Lance handed me a piece of paper that had his phone number on it.

"That's in case you need to get a hold of us while you're on you're journey.  Now we have to hurry, the boat to Lilycove City departs in an hour, and we still need to get you to Olivine City.  There isn't a moment to lose!  Let's go tell the others goodbye and then I'll take you to Olivine City."  Lance said.

We told the others goodbye, then Lance and I flew to Olivine City on Aerodactyl.  We arrived in Olivine with 14 minutes to spare.  Lance got me a ticket to Lilycove and then told me to go on and board the ship.  I did as he instructed.  Once on-board, I waved at Lance, who waved back to me.  About 5 minutes later the boat pulled out of port and we were on our way to Lilycove City.  I walked to my cabin, where I would spend the remainder of the trip until we arrived in the Lilycove City harbor.  I called out Togetic to give me some company, and together we sat or hovered as we waited as we drew ever so closer to Lilycove City.  Several hours passed and finally there was an announcement over the speaker system that said that we had arrived in Lilycove City.  I got up from where I had been sitting, and told Togetic to follow me as we walked or flew out of our cabin and disembarked the from the ship. Once off the ship, I wasn't entirely sure where to go, but I figured that the Pokemon Center was a good place to start.  So off I went with Togetic flying by my side, in search of the Pokemon Center. 

I hadn't gone far when I heard someone exclaim,  "Oh, my god!  Look!  There's Rosella!"

I thought, "Great….. so much for a quiet arrival," I thought as I was stopped by a pair of reporters named Gabby and Ty. 

Not too far off, Archie heard all of the commotion and he also heard Rosella's name mentioned, and he thought, "Hmmm…. where have I heard that name before?"

It took me almost 20 minutes before I could get away from Gabby and Ty, because they were not about to let me walk away from them without doing an interview.  So I had to go through my whole life story, leaving nothing out.  Off in the distance, Archie was listening intently as I told my story.

When I got to the part where Lance and Lorelei had adopted me, he thought to himself "Aha!  So that's where I've heard her name mentioned!  I have got to get a quiet word in with her, if I get the chance."

Finally Gabby and Ty were satisfied, and they let me go.  Archie followed me, without my knowledge.  It wasn't too long until I found out that I was entirely lost.  Since I didn't know where the heck anything was. 

As I was pondering what to do next, Archie approached me and asked, "You're Rosella, aren't you?"

I jumped.  Since I hadn't heard him approach.  Then I turned around to face him, and I noticed that he was the Leader of Team Aqua.  One of the very teams Lance had warned me about only that morning.

I replied, "Yes, I am."

Then I asked, "How did you know who I was?"

Archie merely laughed and said, "My dear, when you're adopted by someone as famous as Lance and Lorelei of the Elite Four, the word travels fast."

Not knowing what to do, I merely pondered what I should do now.