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But I do own Vincent, and all the other characters that doesn't appear in the game

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A Grey life

Chapter 5: A New Classmember

You should know these things before reading my story

" " people speaking

( ) a person's thoughts

Translated Pokémon speech



"Okay Vincent. These meetings are for me to check what you think about the days at the Academy so far. And what you did your first time with your Pokémon. Because just the first hours can really tell alot what kind of trainer you are going to be."

Johnnys office was just in between the girls and guys dorms and was nothing much really. Just a desk in the middle of the room and a computer beside it. On the walls hung four plates and with a closer look, I could see that all of them contained eight different badges, Just like the ones Johnny had spoken of in a previous lesson.

I wasn't sure if I wanted to know wether I was a bad trainer or a good one. I just wanted to graduate from this academy and find that out for myself. Just as I wanted to know how i got here in the first place.

"Are you going to tell me what kind of trainer you think I am?"

"No, not now anyway. On the day of your graduation we let you decide if you want to know or not. But I won't tell anyone today."

"Fine then. You wanted to know what I think of the Academy right?"

"Yes, but I am even more interested in what you did with your Machop"

"First things first. This school is much better than my old one. The people are all serious about what they are doing here... well almost everyone."

"And who is it that are not so serious?" Johnny picked up a pen to take some notes

"Jak Davis. He is just fooling around and makes it hard to focus for some of the others."

"I will see what I can do about that. But now, what did you do with your Machop? I know you used the gym."

"Well, when you had left, we sat up an obstacle course for me to see how his speed and stamina is. Then I pulled out the ropes and took the time he used to climb it, using just his arms." Why did it feel uncomfortable speeking? He had never spoken much, but it didn't feel right.

"You didn't use the weights then?" Johnny was eagerly taking notes all the time

"No, we didn't. We hadn't much time but I think that my arms will be sore tomorrow and Slate looked like he enjoyed it."

"I see you listened to what I said before. It is important that you are a strong trainer if you want your Pokémon to be strong."

"Can I go now?" Not wanting to sit there anymore, I stood up.

"Yes you may."

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A couple of weeks passed, Vincent's knowledge and Slate's strength grew. They both became closer and closer each day because of all the tme they spent togehter. Since they all were going to be separated later, Vincent used the time when all the others hung out with each other to either be training with Slate, or just sit and talk with him, trying to make a stronger bond. But then, three days before graduating, something happened. On a gym class, without Pokémon, Johny walked in along with someone.

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"Class B. Let me introduce you all to Sara Futura. She has transfered here from class A."

¤-¤ Sara's POV ¤-¤

Her stomache was turning, just entering the gym hall with twenty other people she had never met. Everybody probably knew everybody, then she comes along, knowing no one... being an outsider sucked. But then again, it was only for three days. Then she would hit the road.

"Now come on people! Introduce yourselves." Johnny clapped his hands, getting the wanted attention

Never being good with names, Sara decided to focus more on the people who were easy to remember. A certain look. A certain name.

The first one to introduce herself was a short, energy filled girl with brown hair and warm, brown eyes.

"Hiya! My name's Wendy Sullivan." She had walked up to Sara and was shaking her hand.

When looking at the class, Sara could see four groups of people. The guys, and with a rather tall guy with a red headband and a smirk on his face in the front of them.

"Jak Davis" He talked like he owned the world

(Leader type...)

Then, most of the girls stood in a group and was trying to get another girl's attention, maybe trying to come up with the smartest thing to say about Anna, just to feel like a part of the group.

The girl in the middle was Anna Trefan, looking kind of superior in her sports bra and small shorts, she was the standard bitch... But hey... she could be wrong.

"And what are YOU looking at!?"

Nope... she was right

She noticed Wendy was not really in the bitch group. She was standing beside the group, talking to some girls that looked a little nicer than the ones under Anna Trefan.

Continuing her scan across the hall, she saw a guy standing at the line of ropes from the ceiling. He was by far the person who stood out the most. He was below average height but instead, he was wide over the shoulders and since he was wearing a sleeveless T-shirt, she could see the well shaped muscles on his arms. It was something special about the expression on his face. She was not sure but he looked really serious and his eyes were painted in a gray colour. The entire person was radiating a strange kind of energy.

She found herself staring right into those mysterious eyes of his, then he said his name.

"Vincent Grey"

Wendy came up to Anna and pulled her towards the smaller group of girls in the middle of Anna and Jak.

"Come on Sara, let's introduce you to the girls"

¤-¤ Vincent's POV ¤-¤

The new girl, Sara Futura had looked straight at him. And he had looked back. He didn't know why, but he had a hard time letting his eyes off her. She was about the same height as himself, maybe a little bit shorter, but not much. She had long, blond hair, tied up into a ponytail and sparkling, sea blue eyes. She was wearing a sports bra and a pair of loose training pants. He couldn't help but notice that when Wendy had pulled her away, she had a fit body and he could see her abs but it was not like his, a washboard.

"Allright people! Thats it. Now get back to work! Vincent, Jak and Lee. You climb the ropes up and down five times. And remember, you are not allowed to use your legs."

¤-¤ Sara's POV ¤-¤

The three guys placed themselves a couple of steps away from the ropes and waited for Johnny to give the sign, and the first one could start.

"Five times?! Can they really do that? The guys in our class has major trouble to do one!" Anna whispered to Wendy who already had been really nice to her.

"It is quite much huh? From the start, only Vincent could do that much and all the others was like your class. But Johnny has been really hard on us and now everybody can do at least one."

"GO!"

Everybody's eyes turned on the guy that just had jumped onto the ropes and begun their way up to the far away ceiling. Anna saw that Lee was the shortest guy, thereby the lightest. But he was too weak and climbed up to the rope one time, tried it again and came up to the ceiling. But when he had reached the ground, he laid down panting.

"I'm next!" Jak looked at Vincent in spite.

"Go ahead..." Vincent couldn't help but smile a little... Jak tried so hard to beat him in this rope-climbing. But so far, he had never won.

"GO!"

Jak was a fast runner, but he slowed down when it came to climbing the rope. He made it through the first two ups and downs okay. But then it just got slower and slower. You had to give it to him that he was really determined. When he reached the ceiling for the fourth time, he began his way down.

Sara thought his arms must have been totally worn out because when he let go of the upper hand to get a lower hold, he lost both hands and fell.

On the floor below, there was only a thin mattress and it would certainly not save him. When Jak began to fall, the entire room was filled with gasps and screams from some. He fell with his back first and Jak knew that he would not just stand up and walk away. He would probably break his back and be paralyzed if he lived.

Just when he was about to hit the floor, a pair of arms caught him. When he looked up, he saw a pair of grey eyes that could only belong to one person. Vincent. He sat Jak down and looked at Johnny coldly.

"I guess it's my turn now."

"Vincent, that was amazing! But it was not a smart thing to do. You could have broken your back!" He didn't know wether he was happy that one of his students still lived, or if he was mad because he wasn't there, or if he was just shocked.

"And if I hadn't caugh him, Jak would have broken his back. But, nothing got broken so I guess everyone is happy now." Vincent walked over to the ropes and looked at Johnny

"My turn now?"

Johnny just shook his head and couldn't believe what he had just seen and heard. One of his own students had caught a fellow classman from a fall of more than five metres. And he was still standing there, wanting to continue with the lesson like nothing had happened! It was too much.

"Class dismissed. I am going to take Jak to the infirmary. I want all of you to hit the showers. Vincent, you look fine so you can stay if you want to. But don't do what Jak did okay?"

When Jak fell, Sara and Wendy had grabbed hold of each other and were just now letting go. They didn't say anthing at all. Just looked at each other and went to shower and dress.



Just so ya know, I am gonna write Vincent as "he" instead of "I". I have decided that is is gonna be easier now when Sara has joined the game... ;)

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Yorun