Hey guys. It's nice that the battles are over because now I can begin what I started this writing this story for. At least for a while. I actually wrote this chapter a few days ago so this is kind of like a free day off writing ticket. Also, I want to thank VoreMistress for helping me with ideas. Thanks a lot! Anyways, here's your quick chapter now that I'm getting back to schedule.

Chapter 13: Coincidences

"Hey." Gold frowned, munching on a strawberry.

The day after the final battle between Calem and Red, the Legends resumed their daily activities and were now dispersed through the kitchen and the living room. Gold was winning the eating competition against Diamond and Nate, Black was flirting with Hilda, Lyra joined the conversation between May and Dawn, and Red was watching the BuzzNav news in the living room with Leaf and the Kalos duo.

"Have you guys noticed that there's a sort of pattern between all the Legends?"

Calem frowned too. "Like what?"

"Well for one, we all wear some sort of headwear." He pointed at everyone's heads.

"Mine's the best, by the way." He smirked with his arms crossed.

"Nah." Nate shook his head. "Even I must admit that Red's hat is the best." Everyone nodded at this.

"Diamond's is the worst." He added, making Diamond grumble at everyone's silent approval.

"So, where did you all get your hats? Now that we're bringing that up." Calem asked.

Before Red could speak, Leaf answered. "Red's is from his father and mine is from his mother, who gave it to me as a gift when I got adopted into their family." She squeezed his hand on the couch.

"I got mine from a bug trainer I beat. Instead of paying me when he lost, he just threw the hat at me and ran away. I then decided to color it with my favorite colors." Gold shrugged. "Lyra's hat was from her mom, I think." Lyra nodded with slight anger showing on her face.

Before she could say anything though, May started.

"I got mine when I started my first job as a breeder. Ruby's hat is from his father."

Ruby smiled. "Yeah. He used that hat to cover his short hair when he was young because he thought he looked weird without it. Now that he's settled down and he has a family, he gave it to me."

"Ahem." Diamond looked around.

"We bought our hats along with our scarves and outfits." He shrugged and looked at Dawn, who did the same.

"I actually got my hat for my 7th birthday." Black started. "Before that I used a weird hat that was too big for me," For some reason he darted his eyes at Nate. "So I gave it to someone else on my journey to beat the Unova league. I wanted a hat just like Red's for my birthday, (since he was my idol) and then I colored it myself, much like Gold did. I didn't meet Hilda until I went to the Subway, so I don't really know when/how/why she got her hat."

"My hat was a special reward at the Subway. They said it was from a famous trainer who beat the whole Subway in a day. They gave it to me as a reward because I beat her record. I still don't know who she is though." Hilda let out a sigh.

"You done?" Nate grinned. "Alright then. Let me tell you the tale of my marvellous hat: I was only 9 when the new Unova Champion, Iris, decided to go through each town and city. When she arrived at my small town, she noticed me behind all the flashing cameras and came up to me.

'Hey little brave boy.' She smiled. 'You know, you kinda remind me of an old friend. Here, have this.' She said before giving me this hat." Nate pointed at his hat.

"'It belonged to my friend before he became a big boy and left his town to become the Unova Champion. He said he didn't want it anymore, so he gave it to me when he defeated me when I was a Gym Leader. I think you're going to grow up and become a big boy just like him. So here. Take care of that hat for me. Bye!' She smiled as she left. Rosa grew jealous of the hat and cried about it so much that my mom made her a hat just like mine, only you know, girly." Rosa rolled her eyes at this.

"Later, when I defeated the League twice, I finally decided to tackle the Unova World Tournament. It was there that I met Black, who froze upon seeing me. Turns out, it was the hat the used before his 7th birthday. He gave it to Iris because he thought it was ugly and he didn't want it anymore. He offered me a hat like his, but I refused it because my hat," He smirked, "is awesome." Black and Diamond simultaneously rolled their eyes.

"And that's the story of my awesome-"

"Stupid."

"Hat." He leaned back.

"You done?" Calem half-smiled, copying his phrase.

"I got my at a sale on one of my trips to Lumiose with my mom. Apparently it was free because it had been there for months and nobody wanted it. The sunglasses were my father's, by the way. He gave it to me before he left on another one of his tours when I was...5, I think. Later, I visited Lumoise again, this time at the "Regional Sale" they were having that year. It was a different region every month and each month they had 50% discount sales for any outfit. I visited there during the Unova year, so I got a Unova-inspired outfit. The tag read:

'Inspired by a famous Pokémon Master of Unova, this outfit shows just how cool you are.'

"Serena came later though." Calem nudged her.

"I went there with my mom and the group during the Kanto region, so I got an outfit that came with the hat and sunglasses too. I remember it read:

'Inspired by a famous Pokémon Master of Kanto, this outfit is as beautiful as a leaf on the summer breeze.'

How could you not buy it? It came with a bonus hat and sunglasses!."

"Fantastic. Now can I continue?" The Legends realized that there were more patterns that Gold hadn't talked about.

"Alright. Apart from the fact that only one of us has a father in his house, there is also the fact that most of us are named after colors/minerals and we were all born in a small town with nothing but houses and sometimes labs." They nodded, frowning.

"Let's not talk about the father thing." He darted his eyes at Red, who looked like he wanted to murder the table. "So, why are most of us named after colors or minerals?"

"Maybe it's because all our moms have the same taste." Nate proposed.

"Or we're named after colors because it's the first thing we saw when we were born." Red muttered just loud enough.

"Red!" Leaf seemed furious at this.

"Maybe they named us after minerals because they think we're precious?" Ruby shrugged.

"What if it's something super mundane like the color of their favorite Pokémon?" Dawn chuckled at the idea.

"We can all agree that that's a mystery then. But what about the towns?" Gold asked.

"Poverty." Red immediately answered, making Leaf even more angry.

"Red..."

"Our moms probably wanted a calm and peaceful place to grow up in." Rosa answered.

"Imagine if we were born in the big cities like Lumiose or Castelia." Black smiled.

"That would've been crazy." Diamond shuddered.

"Imagine how different we would be." May added.

"I don't want to." Calem looked horrified.

"I guess we'll never know." Nate shrugged.

"Maybe not." Red stared off in the distance.

Was that chapter short? I don't know. For now, I have enough ideas to last me up to chapter 44, which should be enough until a new pokémon game comes out and I have the time to play it. I'm so excited for Krystal's arrival I feel like I want to skip all the chapters in between. Jeezus that's going to last a while. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed your quick little chapter and see you next next time!