Category: Pokémon
Rating: M
Couples: ?/OC
Warnings: AU, hint of rape/character death
Chapter: 6
Copyright: Characters & places © By Game Freak, Plot © by me
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True to statement, Allortan did not take his significant other to the restaurant that friday. He did take his daughter though, the green-haired woman sitting beside him as he talked business with the two Champions.
They struck up a friendship of sorts over the weeks as the League planned their move. By the time they made it, Diantha and Allortan had formed a formidable team, having been seen several times in public. Predictably, rumours soon started circulating that they were starting to become an item, not helped by Allortan never appearing with any other woman aside from his daughter in public.
"You know, after that Team Flare and the whole trail-thing, I almost appreciate this drama." Diantha snorted lightly, playing with the empty Pokéball of her Gardevoir. The Pokémon herself was hanging out with several others a short distance away.
"You are not helping matters, certainly." Olympia pointed out, sitting cross-legged on the bench. "He is never seen with another and neither are you."
"I hang out with Steven! And other League members..." The Champion countered.
"They are technically your employees… or from another region." Malva muttered, fiddling with her Holocaster. "People rightfully assume that would make them a bad match… Allortan on the other hand..."
"Yeah, yeah..."
"To speak of other matters..." Drasna joined them as well. "People are starting to wonder if the charity-event is still a thing considering everything is happening?"
"Should be." Diantha answered. "Even more now in fact, what with someone having to pay for Lumiose's damages."
"I thought you were going to do that?" Viola smirked, reaching for her drink.
"I'll help, but I am not going to pay for everything." The actress stated. "Didn't they calculate that the total damages came out to like several billion?"
"And that was only property damage." One of the others added. "At least the roots disappeared. I would not want to imagine having to deal with those."
"Thank Arceus for contractors."
"Out of curiosity, did they ever figure out what the charity-event will be this time around?" She reached for her drink.
"Not last I checked, but there was this thing that distracted me."
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Several days later, a memo was passed through the League. There would be an internal inquiry as to how two Champions – Steven and Diantha – had missed Team Flare rising to power until it had been nearly too late.
Delegations from all regional Leagues were expected to be there for the event. In Sinnoh the initial announcement arrived in the middle of the night, meaning most of them only saw it the following morning. One who did see it almost immediately was Hearthome's Gym Leader. Fantina was a night-owl – and a morning person – to the point that most of her colleagues wondered if she even knew what sleep meant. Currently she was taking care of her Pokémon, being distracted by the sound of her computer while tending to her Mismagius.
"Well, that's interesting." She recalled the purple form, heading over to the dimmed screen. "Let's see what they want."
The Coordinator put the last of her Pokéballs to the side while scrolling and reading through the text. They made those things far too long for her taste.
"Trés dramatique..." Such drama in her home-region. She had seen the reports obviously and family had provided her with recorded footage of the incident itself, but to think that things had come to such a head over it all. She hadn't really believed it when word came that Diantha was getting sued over it, but now it was painfully obvious.
"Well, guess we will not be seeing much of Cynthia now..." One hand toyed with an empty Pokéball on her desk while reading. "Wonder how long it'd take…?" Last time there had been an enquiry, Cynthia had been gone for months.
Fantina reached the bottom of the document, revealing pictures of Diantha, Steven and the League-member who was heading the enquiry.
"Such scars..." She toyed with a loose strand of purple hair, having already gotten bed-ready. "Bit familiar though."
One could hear a pin drop when she realised why he was familiar. The next moment, her neighbours could hear loud and angry Kalosian from her house. Thankfully, her walls were well insulated.
Hearthome's Gym Leader was snarling, having jumped up from her chair. "Why did they not warn me of this!? How do you miss this!?" Flashes of light appeared behind her, her Pokémon having sensed their trainer's dramatic change of emotions. "Pardonne-moi, my dears. I did not intend to wake you." Fantina struggled to calm down. "Bad news. Where's my phone? I need to rant at someone. I would have preferred some warning about this."
Her Gengar helpfully brought it over, purple smoke coiling around it. "Merci."
She stared at it. How could they have missed this?
Fantina slumped against the desk.
Calling her family could wait. There was someone she had to get to before the news of this enquiry broke… which would be in the next morning newspaper.
"Return, s'il vous plaît."