Chapter 31
"New Surprises, Every Day!"
Steven's dad looked at me, and I merely waited for him to speak.
Finally he said, "Steven told me that you were the adopted daughter of Lance and Lorelei of the Elite Four. Is that right?"
"That's true." I replied.
"Though if you don't mind my saying so, it still seems a bit awkward every time someone mentions that." Rosella added.
Steven looked at Rosella curiously. Steven seemed to be fighting back the urge to hug Rosella. The only thing that kept Steven from hugging her was the fact that he had only just met her, and also because he didn't want to frighten her away when he really wanted to get to know her better.
"That's understandable." Steven's father said.
Now Steven asked, "What happened the first day you arrived in Lilycove?"
I replied, "After getting off the boat, I tried to find the Pokemon Center. Though somehow when I was searching for it, I ended up being captured by Archie of Team Aqua."
So what happened?" Steven's father asked soundly slightly worried.
"Well, he was dragging me off to their base, when Maxie of Team Magma intervened to stop him. Maxie battled Archie, won the battle, and then forced Archie to let me go. Why he did that, I'll never know."
Rosella felt that it was wise to keep her training sessions with Maxie secret. It wasn't that Rosella didn't trust them, it was mostly because she didn't want them to get the wrong idea about what had happened.
"Hmm…. I wonder why Maxie rescued you? He isn't usually known to rescue kids captured by their opposing Team." Steven's father said.
Steven looked just about as puzzled on this matter as his father did.
Now Steven's father asked, "Rosella, why don't you challenge the Gym Leader here? I'm sure Steven would like to see your battle style."
"That's true." Steven said.
"I would like to see how you battle." Steven added.
"It was nice meeting you, Rosella." Steven's father said.
Now Steven led Rosella back to the entrance, and then took her to the gym.