Disclaimer: I own Andraia and Claudia...nope...nothing else...

Chapter 2

Andraia's mom stood there, looking at the pokemon in her daughter's room. Claudia closed her eyes, waiting for the yelling to start.

"What you doing with pokemon!" their mother demanded.

"Andraia gave me-" Claudia started.

"Not you!" her mother barked, her eyes focused on Andraia.

"You remember when I left earlier?" Andaria asked.

"Yes..." Her mother replied, impatient.

"This Caterpie came by and, and then he wouldn't leave."

Andraia looked over at her Caterpie and smiled. Suddenly, the Caterpie began shooting a white mist out of its mouth.

"Catperie!" she gasped.

The Caterpie changed shape and began a Metapod. Andraia grinned, picked up Metapod, and hugged him. Their mother sighed and shook her head.

"There's no way I can make you give it up, is there?" she asked.

"Nope!" Andraia grinned.

"Fine. You may go out on this journey. Claudia, you too." their mother sighed.

"You mean it! Really!" they gasped, surprised.

"Yes. I've realized that I can't push my beliefs about pokemon onto you girls."

Andraia and Claudia grinned and hugged their mother. With that, their mother left the room. Andraia sighed in relief and dropped onto her bed. Claudia dropped into a butterfly chair next to the bed.

" I can't believe that mom is actually letting us go!" Claudia grinned, her dark blue eyes lighting up.

"Yeah, but I feel bad now." Andraia sighed, rolling over to face her sister.

"Mom will get over it!" Claudia told her, "Well, I'm off to pack!"

Claudia raced out of the room to pack her stuff. Andraia laughed slightly and realized that she should pack too.

"Dinner!" called Andraia's mother.

Andraia put her book down and headed downstairs. Claudia jumped into her seat, still grinning. Andraia smiled and shook her head. Her sister had stopped smiling. Their mother sat down and looked at her two girls.

"You two are growing up so fast." she realized.

"Yup." Claudia smiled.

Andraia narrowed her eyes, and kicked her sister under the table.

"Stop it!" Claudia hissed, kicking her back.

"Girls, please." their mother sighed, "This isn't easy for me. You two are my babies. But I can't hold onto you forever. I want you two to promise me that you'll stay safe."

"We promise." Andraia and Claudia said in unison.

"Let's eat!"

After dinner, Andraia went back to her room to finish her packing. A soft rap was heard on her door.

"It's unlocked!" she called.

"Hey Andraia." Claudia smiled.

"What's up, Claudia?" Andraia asked, "Are you exciting that we're leaving tomorrow?"

"Um... about that..." Claudia said, looking at the floor.

"What's the matter?"

"I don't think I'll be going with you."

"What!"

" It's not you or anything, but I just want to do this on my own." Claudia pointed out.

Andraia felt tears sting her light violet eyes.

"Andraia, don't cry!" Claudia said, hugging her sister, "It's just that you've always been with me. You've always been the better one. I want to prove to myself that I can do this on my own."

"I understand." Andraia said, wiping tears from her eyes, "You can, but on one condition..."

"What's that?" Claudia asked.

"That we'll battle each other at th Pokemon League!"

Claudia grinned and stuck out her hand.

"It's a deal!" she replied.

Andraia smiled, and shook her sister's hand.

A/N: That sucks... I wouldn't want to be traveling on my own. Oh well, I hope you all are enjoying my stories... Keep readin!

TigressDevyn