~ These Creatures Are Friend-Shaped ~
There was only so much Grumpig could do to make sure that Yennefer made it to her lessons on time. The girl did not want to wake up, and went back to sleep even after the Pokemon levitated her out of bed and helped her change into the green robes of the student mage uniform.
"Grumpig!" the Pokemon yelled, shaking the young mage.
"Okay, fine, Mom, I'm getting up," Yennefer grumbled.
In the end, Yennefer shuffled into class late, in the middle of Tissaia's explanation of their first activity.
With a deep sigh, Tissaia scolded both the girl and Pokemon for Yennefer's lateness.
Glancing around the room, Yennefer noticed that most of the other students didn't have a Pokemon partner with them.
Yennefer's first few tries at levitating the rock did not produce so much as a tremor. When she bit the flower, out of frustration as much as making an attempt to extract its power that way, her rock suddenly shot up off the desk, seeming of its own accord.
... then Yennefer noticed the purple glow around the rock, which hadn't appeared on the other rocks that the other students had levitated. She glanced at her Pokemon and noticed that the pearls on Grumpig's head were glowing with the same purple aura.
"Stop that," Tissaia said. "She has to learn to do it herself."
Grumpig's pearls stopped glowing. Yennefer's rock dropped back to the desk.
Tissaia's Zubat shrieked at Grumpig, and the pearls lit up again. Zubat immediately ducked under the high collar of his partner's gown at the threat.
"Why is he always afraid of Mom?" Yennefer asked.
The other girls in the class all laughed, and Yennefer didn't realize exactly what they were laughing at until Tissaia said, "You nicknamed your Pokemon 'Mom', piglet? How... quaint, and yet appropriate."
And Yennefer realized that, oops! She called her Pokemon partner 'Mom' in front of the entire class.
"Yeah? So?" she said defensively.
The rectoress was decidedly unimpressed with her pupil's retort.
"And to answer your question," Tissaia said, "it's because he's a poison type."
The rest of the class laughed again at Yennefer's reaction to this statement.
"Ha ha, she doesn't even know about Pokemon types!"
~oOo~
Pokemon team recap:
Yennefer: Grumpig (Mom)
Tissaia: shiny Zubat