Ch.2: First Day!
Author's Note:
Hey guys I'm back with another update to this wonderful story, but first we have some questions for Dream and Serena. And then I have a little response for a review I received for the story.
Serena: Questions? What kind of questions?
Me: You'll see, anyway, these questions were submitted by reviewers so be mindful of that. This time around we have questions from Shadow Snivy. Ok Serena, first one's for you. It's pretty easy. What's your favorite color?
Serena: Huh? We're getting randomly interviewed I guess, but ok. My favorite color is purple.
Me: Alright, next question is for Dream. What's your best guess as to why you have your powers?
Dream: Umm...Heh. Can I get another question? *hand behind head*
Me: Ok sure. What's the best thing you ever made with your ice powers?
Dream: Huh? Oh there was this one time where I made a giant statue of Serena out of ice. *eyes widen* Ya know what? Scratch that, ehehe! *deep blush*
Me: Oookaaay. Serena, has anyone called you an embarrassing nickname before?
Serena: Oh yes! My mother called me her "little spark" for years. Then my friend Ruby randomly decided to call me Renly.
Ruby: It was one time!
Serena: What kind of name is that anyway?
Me: Ok ok, no reason to bring Ruby in early. Dream...ooooh hehe. Here's a good one. Who do you think is the best character from any Team Eviolite series. You can only pick one, so I'd choose wisely. O_O'
Dream: Uh oh. Umm...I-I choose Eve!
Eve: Yes! *high threes Dream* Don't worry, I'll protect you from the others. ;)
Me: Wow. Serena, if you could describe Dream in one word, what would it be?
Serena: Cute! Wait, did I just say that out loud? *mega blush*
Dream: Yep. Eheheh... *blushes equally*
Me: Learning a lot today aren't we? Dream, Shadow Snivy wants you to attempt an extremely painful yoga pose in the next authors note.
Dream: ...ok?
Me: Alright Serena. If you could describe yourself in one word, what would it be?
Serena: Ok well...I would have to say "sympathetic".
Dream: True...
Me: Ok Dream, last question. Do you have any grand parents? Lol.
Dream: What kind of question is that? Of course I have grand parents. If I didn't, I certainly wouldn't be alive today. Lol.
Serena: Alive to be cute... *eyes grow wide* Ok what is wrong with me today?! *blushes*
Dream: *face-palm*
Well that wraps up the questions, now on to the response to the review.
The Silver Eevee: This update has been made faster in part by you, but be glad ya didn't shadow ball me. That's Eve's thing and she'd be pretty mad at you. ^_^'
Serena: Yeah she probably would. *laughs* Were is she anyway?
Eve: Right here! *Shadow Balls SP18 in face*
Me: Ugh...thanks for your *cough* interest in the story, ehhhh.
Dream: Wow, ya know. I like her. Hehe.
Serena: What?!
Dream: S-s-sorry!
Eve: Aww, thank you. But I'm taken. Hmm, you should date the vulpix girl though. You two look like you could have chemistry. ^_^
Serena and Dream: W-what do you mean?
Eve: Heh. See? You even speak at the same time! :)
Serena and Dream: *blush heavily*
Dream: I'm starting to wish our writer was awake...
Serena: You really think we have chemistry?
Eve: Why of course! You two look so cute together!
Dream: Ok, why are we still discussing this?
Serena: Uhh...No reason. *nervous smile and a blush*
Me: Eve? What have you been doing? Don't give my characters any ideas!
Eve: Oh I won't. *winks at Dream and Serena before walking off*
Me: Ok...So with that out of the way, we can finally begin the-aaaahhhh! *gets hit with a shadow ball*
Eve: Let's begin the chapter! Yay!
8:00am, Melodos High School, Serena's POV:
Walking through the halls, it was as if the entire school was staring at me. Or at least that's how it felt, and I knew exactly why. The reason ticked me off. It seemed that you couldn't even walk with Dream without someone giving you odd looks. They didn't look at Dream, but they sure did notice me. It's like Dream didn't even exist to them, and that just irritated me even more. Why did they have to treat him this way?
I felt Dream tap my shoulder. I turned my head to see a concerned look on his face. I guess he was worried about me because of how everyone was looking at me. I gave him a reassuring look as we continued on down the hall. "It shouldn't be long until we reach our first class." At least I hope so. The sooner we get out of this crowd, the better, and we didn't want to be late.
Our schedule had eight periods on it, with seven classes and a period for lunch. School ended at four, so it was about a good eight hour school day. Our first class was geography. Then we were supposed to go to math, types and move match-ups, lunch, music, biology, battle prep, and history. I was shaken from my thoughts when Dream tapped my shoulder again.
"Uhh Serena. I think we're here." He told me, looking down at his schedule. I looked at the room number next to the door and then at my own schedule to confirm it.
"Yep. This is the room. Let's go in and find a seat before we're late." I replied with a nod of my head as I put my schedule away. Walking into the room, I was relieved to see that there weren't very many pokemon there yet. In fact, the only other person there besides us was...Ruby? Oh man. I just realized that I had no idea how I was gonna phrase the "introduction" of my new friend. Ruby was one of the nicest pokemon around, but I had no idea how she'd react to Dream. When she noticed me, her eyes lit up and she waved at me excitedly. I tapped Dream's side as I began making my way towards her. Dream followed.
"Hey Ruby! Hey...Dream..." She faded off, looking at me with a confused expression for a second. She seemed to think over it briefly before her expression widened into a big smile. "So ya made friends with Dream huh? That's great! It's so nice to see that I'm rubbing off on you!" She turned to Dream with the same smile while I just stood there and blinked in surprise. "Nice to meet ya Dream! I'm Ruby!" Dream seemed just as surprised as I was, but he shook her outstretched paw without hesitation. Who would blame him? Today was the first time he had made friends in his life.
Anyway, Ruby was a nice and kind hearted fennekin who was friends with almost everyone, leave aside jerks like Burn and his two goons. I don't know why I was so worried. She was one of my two best friends here at the school.
"What was wrong there Serena? You looked worried. Did you honestly think that I would be mean to Dream?" She asked me with a small laugh. I just smiled.
"Sorry. I'm just a bit overwhelmed with how everyone else treats him that's all. Anyway Dream, she's already introduced herself but this is my best friend, Ruby. Trust me, she's one of the nicest pokemon you'll ever meet." I introduced her.
"I'll take your word for it. Now let's sit down before anyone else gets here. Not everyone is so nice." He said as he picked a seat next to Ruby who happened to be next to a wall. I sat next to him just as other pokemon started walking through the door. Apparently we had been pretty early. Luckily, no one payed us any mind as they made their way around the room and found their seats.
"So when did you two meet?" I heard Ruby ask Dream. I had a feeling that she was going to pry every bit of information out of us. I just hope she doesn't ask about anything related to his ability.
"Oh, umm. See Burn and his two goons attacked me on my way here, and Serena helped me out. No one's ever stood up for me like that." He replied. She smiled.
"Hmm. Seems like someone really cares about you." She said to him while taking a moment to look at me and wink. I just rolled my eyes and smiled, though I could feel my cheeks grow warm. Ruby was really nice, but she always had a way of embarrassing me.
"Yeah. Thanks to her I now have two friends." He replied, referencing to me just as an espeon with slightly dark blue eyes walked in and stood at the front of the classroom. That's Mrs. Jade, the geography teacher here at the school. My mother was a personal friend of hers, so I already knew her, but no one knew where she came from. She wouldn't say, not even on her job application from what my mother told me, and she kept her last name to herself. She used her first. I found it quite odd, but she was a teacher. Probably nothing much to worry about.
"Welcome students to your first day back after what I assume was an eventful summer break for you all." She spoke in a kind yet calm manner. "I am Mrs. Jade and I will be your geography teacher for the remainder of the year." Just then, the door flew open only for a riolu to run in, trip over his own feet and crash into a trash can near Mrs. Jade's desk. Ugh. Figures...Ryan's late and making a fool out of himself. I had no idea we were all in the same class. I looked to my side to see Ruby laughing, of course the whole class was too, but her laughing was noticeably sentimental.
"I'm good!" Ryan said, lifting his paw into the air while still face down near the trash can. Mrs. Jade walked over to him with a small smile on her face, though I'm sure it wasn't because of his tardiness.
"So glad you could join us today Ryan." She said to him in a calm composure. Ryan looked up at her from his position on the floor. His expression was comical.
"Oh, so you've heard of me?" He joked. I could hear Ruby snickering at his silly behavior.
Mrs. Jade looked at him with an honest expression. "Ryan dear, every teacher's heard of you. Now get up." She smiled as she helped him up. "Go pick a seat and don't be late tomorrow." She informed him.
"Will do Mrs. J!" He said before he spotted us and walked over. Mrs. Jade just shook her head. When he spotted Dream, he paused for a second, but proceeded to sit behind him, probably so he could talk to Ruby and me. I still hadn't talked to him about Dream. "Hey Serena. Make a new friend while you were away?" He asked in a lax tone. Heh, at least that went well. I honestly didn't know what I'd do if my friends didn't support my friendship with Dream.
I looked back to him. "I'll tell ya later, but I'm pretty sure you've already heard of Dream." He nodded, smiling in confirmation before turning his attention towards the front of the class. I looked over at Dream and smiled. "Looks like my friends are on board."
He turned to me and smiled back. "Thanks." I nodded just as Mrs. Jade cleared her throat to get our attention. She didn't seem like too serious a teacher, which was good, but her ominous profile was kind of offsetting.
"Before we get started, I'd like to announce that club sign ups begin today, so don't forget to register yourself before your targeted club runs out of spaces." Yes! Club sign ups. I always signed up for the school choir. Hmm... I wonder if Dream could sing...
My thoughts were broken up when Mrs. Jade continued. "Now without further ado, we will start our first lesson. And, just as a kind gesture for your first day, no books will be required for this lesson and I won't give any homework." She smiled at all of us. Everyone cheered at that news. Once everyone had quieted down, she turned around and pulled a giant map down from the white board. (A/N: Just imagine one of those giant maps you can pull down and retract that mounts at the top of a white board)
She then turned back to us and began to speak. "Now our first lesson will focus on a famous landmark in Krakto, a warrior continent far to the north-east of here whose national sport is arena based tournaments. This landmark in particular is one of the world's tallest peaks, Kila Mountain. Now this particular mountain's harsh temperatures and airless altitudes towards its peak prevent many from climbing too far up, but it has been said that it holds secrets only explorable at high altitudes." She explained. She then pointed to a specific point on the map. "This is Krakto, and Kila Mountain is located just north-east of a massive town and tourist hotspot, Modasa Town, and when I say massive, I mean it. This town is characterized by its bright lights, countless shops, casinos, and hotels. Kila Mountain's fame is what keeps this busy place up and running."
Upon inspection of the room, it seemed that half of the class was already bored. Tai, a frogadier in our class, was asleep on his desk as it seemed, and the others didn't seem too focused either. Looking over to my side, I was surprised to find that Dream was completely engaged in the lesson. He seemed genuinely interested. I'll have to ask him about that after school. Besides him, there were a few others who were paying attention including a tyrunt named Leon, Rina the silver riolu, Collin the charmander, and Kody, another riolu.
"Kila Mountain is also a dormant volcano, so while there's no danger of eruptions, the mountain is quite famous for it's relaxing hot springs and lava pools for certain fire types." The lesson continued for the next hour and a half before the bell rang, signifying the end of class.
After being dismissed, Dream, Ruby, Ryan and I met up in the hallway to talk. Ryan immediately turned to Dream. "So Dream. I've heard things about you, and I gotta say that you're really lucky to have met Serena. I'm Ryan, the pleasure is all yours." He said as he extended his paw out towards Dream. Ruby just smiled and rolled her eyes. Dream seemed pretty amused, crossing his arms and smirking at Ryan's rather...interesting introduction. I tilted my head at this out-of-character action. Hmm...
"Heh, so I see." He replied, closing his eyes before reopening them and shaking his paw. "And it's true. I am lucky to have met Serena. She really helped me out against Burn and she's pretty much my first friend...ever. Not to mention she introduced me to you guys." Ryan just smiled at him.
"Heh, well it's certainly no shocker why she helped you, I mean she's been fo-" I instantly slapped my paw over his mouth before he could continue any further. I didn't exactly know how he found out about...that, but I wasn't gonna let him tell Dream about it. And yet again, I felt my face grow warm.
"Ehehe. Well Dream and I have to get to class. We'll see you guys later." I said quickly in a nervous tone as I grabbed Dream and walked off, leaving Ruby and Ryan to their own confused expressions.
10:00am, Dream's POV:
"So what was that about?" I asked Serena as we walked down the hall to our next class. She turned to me with a surprised look on her face.
"H-huh? O-oh, umm... I was just w-worried that we'd be late for class. Yeah, that's it. And Ryan's kind of a chatterbox." She replied hurried in a nervous tone. I decided to drop the subject because it was making her uncomfortable, but something about what Ryan was going to tell me made her really nervous and I was kind of curious on the matter. And the way she interrupted him was strange as well. Oh well. Maybe she'd tell me later.
I looked at her with an unconvinced expression. "It's fine Serena. I won't pester you about it." I assured her with a laugh. This seemed to calm her down a bit. "Let's just focus on school right now. So is Ryan always like that?" I asked her, changing the subject. She just laughed at my question.
"Heh, yeah. He's a clumsy jokester and nearly everyone likes him because of his go-with-the-flow personality as he calls it. That trash can incident today was just the tip of the iceberg. To be completely honest, I'm pretty sure Ruby might have a crush on him." She replied. That caught my attention. Ruby and Ryan? Wow, first day with friends and there's already romance drama.
"Well that's certainly something interesting to think about. Oh hey I think this is our next class. Let's go." I told her as we entered.
1 hour later:
We only had math for an hour, but I was kind of glad about that. Out of all of the subjects at school, it was my least favorite. We didn't really do anything in class, so it made for a rather uneventful hour other than a teacher introduction and a basic rundown of the year lesson-wise. Our teacher was Mr. Palmer, a leafeon. He was more of a serious teacher than Mrs. Jade and it didn't exactly go to help the least favorite subject situation, but I could deal with it.
Anyway, our next class was called types and move match ups, which was basically, well, a class that taught the basics of pokemon type match ups like water and fire as well as defense against those with a type advantage. What I personally liked about this class was that, like battle prep, we got to be physically active and use attacks. It also took creativity to defeat a type advantaged opponent.
"Hey guys!" A familiar voice shouted from behind us as we exited Mr. Palmer's classroom. We turned around to see Ruby run up to us. "Where ya headed?"
"Oh hey Ruby. We were just heading to types and move match ups. Dream and I just so happened to have the exact same schedule, so we always stay together. You?" Serena replied. Ruby produced a wide smile at that response.
"Sweet! Looks like we have the same class this period. And you two having all the same classes. I've heard of coincidences but I've never seen that before. I suppose anything's possible though." She responded. "So, shall we get going?"
I nodded and we were on our way to our next class. This school was actually quite big with three floors and plenty of classrooms on each...probably about fifty to sixty on each level. It was a wonder that we didn't get lost. As we were walking, Ruby suddenly turned to me and spoke to me quietly.
"Tell me Dream... Does Serena seem happy to you?" She asked me to my own confusion. Regardless, I thought about it for a second and quickly came up with something to say.
"Well, I haven't seen her frown since I met her. In fact, she's been pretty ecstatic if you ask me." I replied. Ruby looked away with a faint smile on her face. "Why do you ask?" I asked her.
She looked back over to me and sighed. "Oh, it's just that Serena has this dream of adventure, but she never has time to even venture outside of town. Except to go home of course. With a principal for a mother and her valedictorian status on the line, not to mention music, she's got a lot to do. It was beginning to effect her...but when I saw how upbeat she was this morning, I was surprised." She explained. Suddenly an idea found its way into my mind.
I smirked at what I had just been told. "Heh, I think I know of a way I can make that happen. They don't call me Dream for nothing." I replied enthusiastically. "My plan does require me to have a talk with the principal however."
"Well good luck with that. Being a principal, Serena's mom is pretty strict as you would probably guess, and I'm not too sure how well she'd take to her daughter going off somewhere with a boy." Ruby explained. This didn't really seem like much of a concern to me, the principal part at least. I couldn't even count how many times I'd been to that office for things that my ability had apparently caused. No one knew about my ability of course, but I still got blamed for it all.
"I didn't really have that in mind. I was planning on talking to Serena about her staying over at my house since we live along the same route to school. Then she goes and asks her mom and it might be a bit easier. I know it won't happen if I tell her I'm taking Serena all over the place, so we can just leave the question at that and I can surprise Serena with my plan on the way home." I explained. Ruby nodded in approval.
"But how do you know that Serena's mom will trust her staying over at your house?" Ruby asked again. I just laughed.
"Trust me. With how many times I've been to her office, my parents and Serena's mother should be best friends by now." I replied just as we arrived at our destination, types and move match-ups. Serena turned back to us.
"Man, you guys sure were chatty back there. I'm glad you guys are getting along. Guess I couldn't really hear you over the crowd though." She said happily once she faced us.
"Yeah...The crowd. Ehehe. That's why you couldn't hear us. It's not like we were-ow!" I replied nervously before Ruby stomped on my foot. Serena just looked at us strangely before shaking her head.
"I swear you two are the strangest pokemon I've ever met. Come on, let's go before we're late." She turned around and walked in, laughing lightly while doing so.
1 hour later:
After an hour of learning the basics of types, which was pretty much review from last year, it was time to head to the cafeteria for lunch, or as I liked to call it, the flower room. Of course the flowers that my ability had caused to grow all over the place had long since been removed, but I just liked to name the places of my various ability accidents, like the arctic zone (my math class from last year), or the destroyed garden. You can probably guess what that one is. Mom was pretty mad about that.
"So uh Dream? You seemed really interested in what Mrs. Jade was talking about in Geography. Why exactly is that? You didn't seem nearly as interested in any of the others so far." Serena asked me on our way to the cafeteria.
"Oh, ehehe. You noticed that? I guess I should really get used to people noticing me. Well truth is that I love to learn about new places. I want to travel around the world some day. As long as I've got places to go and new things to see, I'm happy." She seemed excited by that answer, and I'm pretty sure I know why.
"Wow. Well you certainly won't have any trouble getting around with those quick feet of yours. Going that fast felt so awesome. That explains why you always have perfect attendance and are never tardy." It took her three seconds to think about what she had just said before she froze and her face grew bright red.
"Uhh, how did you know that I have a perfect attendance record?" I asked her, confused. Ruby just stared at her looking slightly amused.
"U-umm, well. I...I might have taken a look at some of my mom's paperwork and found your file. I'll have to admit, I get a little curious at times." Serena admitted, still looking quite embarrassed. I didn't get it. Why look at my file? I couldn't be that interesting, could I?
At that point Ruby decided to break the ice and change the topic. "Ok guys, enough of this boring attendance file stuff. I'm hungry. You guys coming or what?" She asked before walking ahead, stoping only to look back at us to see if we were following.
"...Curious huh?" I laughed.
"Shut up." Serena replied, smiling playfully as we entered the cafeteria.
Upon entering the cafeteria, we immediately spotted Ryan over to our right. He wasn't too hard to spot considering that he had slipped and crashed into a table right as we walked in. I looked near him to see the cause and found it. "Wet floor..."
"Of course. Let's go see if he's ok." Ruby sighed as she walked over in his direction. We followed and were soon met with the sight of Ruby attempting to remove a badly disoriented Ryan from the floor.
"Umm, you ok Ryan? You look like you just got slammed on the head with an iron tail. If not you should really consider taking dancing lessons." I joked as I looked at how he was trying to maintain balance. He didn't seem as amused as the others.
"Ugh, haha very funny-woah." He said falling slightly before catching himself on the edge of the table. "Ok maybe I should consider slowing down a bit."
"I'd say so. Wet floor signs aren't too kind to people in a rush." Ruby agreed while helping him get to his seat. He gave her an annoyed look when he sat down.
"I swear they wet the floors specifically for me to slip on them! That sign is always there!" He complained, making both Serena and Ruby laugh.
"That sign just appeared here today. This is the first day of school." Ruby's response just seemed to annoy him more, but he let it go.
"So how ya doin' so far Dream? I don't believe we've had time to actually talk yet. How about you guys sit down and we can get to it?" Ryan asked us before grabbing a berry from the basket of fruit on the table and eating it. We went ahead, sat down and did the same.
"So Dream, I'm just gonna go out on a limb here. Those things they say about you...the blizzard, the flowers...they're true aren't they?" Right then and there I did a mental face-palm.
"Uhh-"
"What? T-that's crazy. People can't just make blizzards and flowers appear out of nowhere am I right? Ehehe." Serena interrupted nervously, causing a few strange looks from our two friends.
I just held up my hand casually. "No, Serena. It's fine. If they want to know, then so be it. They are our friends." I said in a calm tone that seemed to confuse her.
She wasn't the only one that was confused. "Know about what? What are you talking about?" Ruby asked me.
I just smirked. "Hmm." I voiced before I flicked the edge of the table and the basket of fruit split into two copies, one sliding towards Ruby and Ryan's end. They both looked at a loss for words at what just happened. "Wow, interesting. I didn't think that it'd actually duplicate like that." I said simply as if this sort of thing were normal, which it was...for me at least.
Ruby and Ryan just stared at me. "You mean you just...You did that?" Ruby asked me in a shocked tone. I simply nodded. "But how?! That was amazing and...impossible. You didn't even move or anything."
I raised my finger at that statement. "Ah, but I disagree. You see, I flicked the table." I replied with a smile. I'll have to admit, I was having fun with this.
"And how is that supposed to tell us how you did that?" Ruby asked me with a quite confused expression on her face. Ryan was busying himself studying the two baskets of fruit, pretty much distracted. Serena seemed to be amused by this little display as well.
"Because that's how I imagined it. It's like a dream huh?" I replied. Ruby still just looked at me like I was crazy.
"What are you..." Her eyes suddenly lit up with realization. "The blizzard and the flowers...that really was you! And your saying that you just imagined it?"
"Uhh, well yes to the basket. Not exactly sure on the whole blizzard and flower accidents. They could have been just stray thoughts that got loose." I replied.
"Accidents? Wait, so you're saying that those two incredibly impossible instances were flukes created by loose fragments of your own mind?" Ruby asked me again. Ryan was paying attention now. Apparently he had lost interest in the fruit baskets.
"Exactly, though the way you phrased it sounds a bit weird. You see, I have a bit of an...incredible imagination. You could even say that whatever is in my imagination is reality...because it's true. I can make it true." I said as I made an apple appear in my right hand.
"So you can creat things based on your imagination?"
"Yep. But I don't just have the ability to create things. I can also do things. For instance, Serena and I got to the school from the forest in under five minutes. Just in time to get to class. I ran us here...fast."
"Wow." Came Ruby's response. "Well now we know your secret but I don't understand why you don't just tell everyone about this."
"Because if I did, I'm afraid that people might be afraid of me. They already think I'm bad luck." I replied.
"Ugh, well I still can't believe that people treat you this way. Superstition is one thing but you can't just hate or avoid someone because of it. In fact, we should probably just stay off the topic altogether. It just puts me in a bad vibe." Ruby vented. I can imagine that she rarely got angry, so this must've really set wrong with her. "Anyway, well thanks for being truthful with us, although you didn't have to toy around like that. You could've just been upfront with us in the first place."
I smiled. "But what fun is that? I couldn't just tell you. It was mine and Serena's secret. She's the first one I told." I said before taking a bite out of my apple.
"Heh, fine. I guess that's justified." Ruby gave in.
"So I was actually right about something for once? Wow. I'm usually dead wrong when I go out on a limb like that and it usually ends up with my complete embarrassment. That trash can stunt in Mrs. Jade's class today was just the tip of the ice burg." Ryan finally spoke up. "Anyway, it appears that you two don't leave each other's side much. What's up which your schedules?"
"Well, they're exactly the same interestingly enough. We were quite surprised when we found out." Serena explained.
Ryan nodded in understanding. "Ah, well you two are lucky then. That sort of thing doesn't happen too often and I didn't quite take Dream as the musical type at first glance. Anyway, we should probably get going. Lunch ends in about two minutes and we still need to find our next classes." He said as we quickly ate a couple more berries and fruit and headed off.
Serena's POV:
The rest of school went by with a rush, and before I knew it, it was the middle of last period and we were in history taught by a gardevoir named Mrs. Laurienne. She allowed us to call her Mrs. Laura if we wanted to because her name was a bit long. We were in the middle of discussing the history of another country, and of course Dream was listening to the whole thing intently. It was about a country somewhere in the world called the Nation of the Twin Fangs. (AN: One little announcement: This was part of an epic series. Yay for reference! :) Make a guess)
"The Nation of the Twin Fangs was once divided by a two sided war fought over artifacts known as plates. These plates were in fact the same ones that are said to have derived from Arceus. Now, it was initially the power contained within these plates that caused the two sides to form and wage war. The war lasted for years on end, that is until the country's future leader, Shade showed up and ended the war. No one is sure how he ended it, but we do know that the plates are somehow being uncovered in various places around the world today." Mrs. Laura explained.
"Shade then went on to rule the nation along with his wife Shine, bringing on a new age of peace and prosperity. A rebellion soon followed however. There were apparently rebels who didn't want the war to end, so they formed a network of tunnels underneath the nation where they plotted to destroy the peace and bring back the war. The country was nearly destroyed in the ensuing uprising, but two individuals were said to have confronted and defeated the leader of the rebellion and it quickly dispersed. The country is still peaceful today under the rule of Shade's daughter, Shana. Her head of guard, Flare stands by her side to assist in keeping the peace." She finished just as the final bell rang.
"Ok class, further research into this topic won't be necessary for the test but I strongly encourage it. It will certainly come in handy." Mrs. Laura suggested as we stood up from our desks and began making our way towards the door. I decided that this was the best time to go sign up for my club, but before I could do so, Dream stopped me.
"Uh Serena, can I ask you something?" He asked me. For some reason he looked a bit nervous.
"Umm sure Dream. What is it?" I asked back. I wasn't particularly in a hurry. Not many students signed up for choir and I didn't exactly favor the option of blowing Dream off.
"Oh umm, well I'm sort of afraid to ask this because your mother is, well, the principal, but do you think you could stay over at my house?" He asked, which kind of surprised me for a second. "I-I mean it's not like you have to, but-" I put my paw over his mouth.
"No, it's fine. I'll ask my mom. It's just that your question caught me off guard, that's all." I replied with a reassuring smile. "I'm not saying it'll be easy though. Come on, I have to go there to sign up for my club anyway." I said before walking off.
My mom's office was in the middle of the second floor and it was pretty hard to miss. To be honest, I was quite nervous about this question myself.
When we reached the office, I turned back to face Dream. "Maybe you should stay out here. I've never asked my mom this question before." I suggested. Dream nodded before I turned around and entered the office. The room was fairly sized, nice and organized. There were filing cabinets lining the walls and a clock on the wall to my right. There wasn't much of anything else but a desk that my mother was currently sitting behind filling out paperwork.
My mother looked up from her paperwork and smiled at me. "Why hello Serena. How was your first day?" My mother was strict, but other than that she was a pretty great mom.
"Huh? Oh, it was great. I actually made a new friend." I replied, trying not to reveal my nervousness.
"New friend? Well that's good. I never thought I'd see you guys add someone to your group." Ruby may have been friends with everyone, but 'our group' consisted of only Ruby, Ryan, myself and now Dream because I wasn't all that social. "So did you just come to say hello, or is there something else you need? Club sign ups are outside the office and you're usually one of the first to sign up for something."
"Oh, well actually I did come here to ask you something. Umm, would it be ok if I stayed over at someone's house today?" I asked her carefully. Her ears perked up at the question.
"Stay over at someone's house? That's the first time you've asked that. Might I ask who you're talking about?" She asked me. I honestly didn't know how this was going to go.
"Oh, umm well it's actually the new friend I told you about. He doesn't really have many other friends and I just wanted to see if you'd let me spend some time with him after school." I replied. I was kind of nervous about mentioning the fact that I wanted to spend the night at a boy's house. Turns out I was right to be.
My mother just sighed. "So your new friend is a boy. I'm sorry Serena but if I haven't met him and his parents formally I have to say no." My hopes started to fall at that point.
"But mom, he's really nice and surely you trust me enough to be careful who I choose to be friends with. You'd trust Ryan."
"That's because I know Ryan and his parents. I'm afraid this is a different situation." She replied.
"But-" I started to say when the door suddenly opened and Dream stepped in.
"Umm Ma'am, if it's a problem, I understand. I'm the one that asked her to ask you, but it's fine if you don't approve." Dream told my mother respectfully. My mother froze at the sight of him.
"Wait, so you...want to spend the night at Sky Dream's house? He's your new friend?" My mom asked slowly.
"Umm, yeah. I met him on the way to school today." I replied. She seemed to smile at this.
"Hmm. You may go."
"What?" I asked, surprised.
"You may spend the night with Dream any time you like. Just let me know and don't be late for school the next day. Ok?" My mom explained, surprising me yet again.
"O-oh, umm, of course. I won't be late. Thank you!" I thanked her with a smile on my face. She simply closed her eyes with a light laugh.
"Your welcome. Now you two go have fun before I change my mind. And don't forget to sign up for a club." We both nodded before exiting the office.
"Well she sure flipped fast." Dream commented after we had closed the door.
"Yeah it's weird. She never does that once she makes up her mind. Anyway, the club sign up sheets are right here." I said as I walked over to them and put my name down on the sheet that said 'Choir'. "Got anything in mind?"
He just smiled at me and took the pen that was placed on the desk for people to sign up with. "What do you think?" He asked rhetorically as he put his name down for choir as well. I was surprised to say the least.
"You can sing?"
"Well it's not something that I really share but yeah. I never felt the need to. I prefer playing an instrument really. I've never signed up for a club before either. What? Do you not believe me? He asked me with a laugh.
"Huh? Oh, no I didn't say that. It's just surprising." I replied. He seemed to understand.
"Yeah, I get that. I don't exactly look like a singer. But why don't we get going huh? I kinda want you to meet my parents." Meeting his parents. I'm pretty sure why he wants me to meet them. He's never brought a friend home and they're probably worried about that.
"Ok, let's go then."
4:30pm, Melados Town:
As we were walking through town, Dream turned to me and attempted to start a conversation. "So Serena. How much do ya know about this town?" He asked, confusing me slightly.
"Umm, well I've been living outside of it and going to school in it all of my life so I'd say fairly well. Why?"
"Hmm... Nope, that's not enough. Come on, I've got things to show ya. I've spent a lot of time walking around this town by myself on the weekends and during the summer. I know quite a lot. We only have time for one place today though." He said before walking off. I just smiled and followed as he took me down a couple of streets, stopping at a small building on the west side of town. He stopped and turned to face me.
"This is the best flower shop in town. The florist here, Bella, is one of the nicest pokemon in town. She might even be able to compete with Ruby. Come on." He said as he entered the shop.
An incredible aroma of fragrant flowers of all kinds greeted us as we walked in. There was a bellosim behind a counter at the back of the room and everything just looked beautiful. It was a wonder that I didn't known of this place until now.
"Why hello Dream. How's my favorite customer?" Bella asked Dream as we walked up to the counter. Favorite customer?
"Everything's been great, thanks. Anyway Bella, this is my new friend Serena." Dream introduced me. I guess it would seem that I didn't know much about his personality. He's a lot different that I thought at first. Not that that's a bad thing.
"Oh, well hello Serena. As you already know, I'm Bella and I own this shop. It's nice to meet you." She greeted with the same wide smile that Ruby always had. "Anyway, what are you here for today Dream?" She questioned.
"Oh, well I was just showing Serena the shop today, but..." He said before he wrote something down on a notepad that was on the counter and slid it to Bella. She read what was on it and seemed surprised. She seemed to look at me suspiciously before heading back into a sort of back room and coming back with a gracidea flower. Dream pulled out some poké and put it on the counter as she handed the flower to him.
"There ya go. Thank you for your business as always Dream." She thanked him. I was a little interested in the reason why he bought a flower right this moment.
"Thanks Bella." He thanked her back before turning to me.
"So Dream, who's the flower for?" I asked him out of curiosity. He just laughed.
"It's for you of course. Gracidea flowers are supposed to show gratitude. I wanted to thank you for being my first friend. I figured since we were here, I'd get you one." He replied, catching me off guard.
"For me...?" I managed. He just laughed, probably noticing my surprise. For the millionth time today, my face grew warm, but this time I felt extremely happy instead of embarrassed. "Oh..." I voiced before I quickly gave Dream a hug. "Thank you Dream!" I thanked him rather joyously. It was a small gesture, yes, but no one has ever bought me flowers before, much less a boy, and he did that right up front.
"Heh, no problem. I was thinking you could wear it in your hair." He suggested, pointing to the red curls of fur on top of my head.
"Oh, great idea. Umm...could you help me?" I asked as I let go of him. It was kind of hard for me to both reach up there and tie the flower into my hair.
"Sure." He took the gorgeous flower and gently tied it in my hair next to my right ear. "There ya go."
Bella laughed lightly over to our side. "Well that was certainly a cute display. You two remind me of when I was in high school." She commented. My face grew warm with embarrassment. Dream was noticeably embarrassed as well.
"Ok Bella, well we'll see you later. We were on our way home when we decided to come here so we better get going." Dream said before we began making our way over to the door.
"Alright. It was nice to see you Dream. Thanks for stopping by!" Bella called out as we exited the shop.
Just Outside of Town:
"So you're Bella's favorite customer huh?" I asked him just as we had hit the outskirts of town. He gave out a small laugh and nodded.
"Yeah. My mom sends me there all the time to pick up the flowers and plants that she orders for her garden. I'm quite the returning customer you could say." He explained. "Anyway, I don't really want my parents fretting over me for how long it's taking me to get back, so how about we run?"
"Please?!" I practically begged. I absolutely loved the rush of going that fast.
"Heh, Alright then, hop on my shoulders." I did as he instructed and in an instant, we were out of there.
Interestingly enough, I didn't even feel close to falling off when we were going this fast. I didn't even feel any g-force. I guess Dream's ability made that possible. He kept me safe. In a matter of minutes, we were there...or so I thought.
"Uhh, Dream. This isn't a house." I said when we came to a stop in front of some trees. He just looked back at me and smiled. He then walked through the mass of trees and suddenly we were standing before a massive, beautiful waterfall. "Wow...Dream. What is this?" I asked him in complete awe as I slid off of his back.
He turned to face me. "Surprise. From now on, since you're allowed to stay at my house whenever you want, I'm gonna take you all around this area to see things that you normally have no time to see. Ruby told me that you dream of adventure, so as my name implies, I'm making it happen. This waterfall is one of my favorite places to visit. Normally it takes me about a minute to get here, but I kind of got lost because of the unfamiliar route." He explained. I just about broke down. I couldn't believe how nice he was.
"Dream..." I closed my eyes, smiling before opening them again. "Thank you. You don't know how much this means to me. I've always wanted to see this kind of stuff."
"Well hey, you've been so nice to me. Why shouldn't I be nice back? And I can't resist bringing a friend along because, well, you know." Came bis response. "Now as you can tell, this waterfall is pretty well hidden behind these trees and isn't easily heard. That's one of the things that I like about it. It was a secret. It's also incredibly beautiful of course." I nodded in agreement.
"But the really cool thing about this waterfall is at the top. Up we go." He said before a tangible cloud suddenly appeared below us and began to lift us into the air. We continued to rise until we were higher than the waterfall and then the cloud began moving towards the top of the waterfall. There was a small pool of water at the top of it where water was gushing out of the top slightly. We jumped off of the cloud when we got close enough and landed in the center of the pool with a splash. The cloud disappeared soon after.
Looking out from where I was standing was the most amazing view I had ever seen. I could see for miles in any direction. Most of what I saw was the vast forrest that surrounded this area, but there was also a crystal clear lake visible in the distance, some mountains a fairly large distance away, and one of the hugest trees I had ever seen in my life. There were rarely any mystery dungeons in this part of the world, but I wonder if there are some out there in those woods or maybe the mountains. Also visible from this height were a couple of rivers and streams that ran through parts of the forrest. We didn't live near a coastline sadly, so no beach.
"This is so awesome!" I exclaimed as I took it all in. "Can we come here sometime at sunset? I want to see how it all looks under that kind of light. Oh, and tomorrow, how about that lake over there?" I asked him in an excited tone. He just held up his hands, laughing slightly as he did so, to try to calm me down.
"Ok ok, calm down. Sure, I'll take you to see the lake. And maybe we can come here at sunset on the weekend." He answered. I nodded.
"Ok, well I guess we should be getting to your house now. I don't think we should make your parents worry about you." I said as I took one last look at the fantastic scenery before me.
"Oh yeah... That's probably a good idea. We've gotta go!" Dream realized as he created a cloud and we set off.
Dream's House:
When we finally reached a house, 'finally' as in one minute later, I slid off of Dream's back and we walked up to the door. "Now Serena, naturally I should warn you that my parents might be a little, umm, excited that I brought a friend home, so please try not to be freaked out by them ok." Dream warned me before he out his hand on the door knob.
"I'm sure it'll be fine Dream." I replied as he opened the door. There was an impatient servine standing behind it looking worried when it opened.
"Oh Arceus, there you are Dream. Why are you late getting home? You're never late. You had your father and I worried and...oh. Who's this?" The servine that must've been Dream's mother asked. She seemed more interested in me than Dream's tardiness now.
"Oh, sorry I'm late Mom. Anyway, this is my friend Serena." He introduced me. She seemed a bit surprised for a second.
"You made a friend?! Dream honey, that's great! Hello Serena, nice to meet you!" She greeted. She seemed a little to excited, but then again I could see why.
"Nice to meet you too umm..."
"Just call me Jenna." She finished for me.
"Ok, well Serena. Why don't you go on ahead to my room while I talk with my parents about something. I'll be in right after you. We have to get situated before we can make conversation. I can hardly believe that your mother would like us in the same bed. Luckily, I can fix that." Dream suggested to me. I simply nodded. "It's straight that way, turn left and first door to your right."
Dream's POV:
"You brought a girl home? Dream, do you-"
"Ugh, mooooom, no. She's just a friend. My first friend can be a girl ya'know. Where's Dad anyway?" I asked my mom.
"Oh he's sleeping right now. I know, so much for worrying right?" She replied, laughing slightly. "Anyway, so where did you meet her?"
"Oh, I met her on my way to school. She stopped Burn from messing with me and she prevented me from having to use my ability to escape the situation. I told her everything because I trust her. I also have two other friends named Ruby and Ryan because of her." I replied, receiving quite a bit of surprise from my mother.
"Well, you've certainly had an eventful first day. Anyway, I'd say you better get in there before your guest get's restless. I'll try to get your father up to meet her." She told me while laughing. I laughed along before I walked to my room as well.
Author's note:
Whew! I finally finished the next chapter of Imagine. First day of school and some bonding. References...answer what you think they are in your reviews. I am still doing questions for my characters in author's notes and will continue to do so, so please submit them for Dream, Serena, Ruby and Ryan in your reviews. :)
Dream: Yeah, I'm gonna try the yoga pose in the next author's note. Not gonna try now because I kind of need to run somewhere today and I don't need to pull something before then.
Me: Ugh fine. I guess I'll just end it with that disappointment then.
Serena: Wow, that was a quick author's note.
Me: Hey, don't break the fourth wall and throw around that term! Anyway, see ya guys next chapter! :)
-SnivyPro18