Yellow stepped nervously off the ferry along with other new students that arrived on the island where Dexter Academy was built on. To say she was nervous was an understatement.
She shouldn't have agreed. Not to this.
Never in her life had she been around so many humans before. And to think that these were only this year's enrollment!
Judging by how the island was made of solely the inhabitants of Dexter Academy, the school population must be big.
She really wished that Mew had gone with her but the feline Pokémon told Yellow that she would visit sometime later.
"Pikapi!" Chuchu assured the blonde. "Deep breaths Yellow, deep breaths. Everything's going to be fine."
"R-right..." said girl gulped down a lump of nervousness and pulled her straw hat down on her head. Taking a deep breath, she headed into what she considered to be her life in hell.
There were no guides to where they were supposed to go. All they were told to do was to find their dorms since their belongings will be automatically transported there through Abra's teleport express - but even then, the instructions were a little vague...
"Hey! Hey you!"
Yellow didn't know whether that was directed at her or not so she just decided to continue walking aimlessly.
"Oi, person with the straw hat! I'm talking to you!"
Well, it seems like she was being addressed to after all.
Yellow looked around for the owner of the boisterous voice, only to realize that it was from behind her.
"M-Madeleine... " came a timid response. "You didn't have to get the attention of everyone here..."
When the blonde looked over her shoulders, she saw a person waving at her with a blurring speed and her first impression was how hyperactive the girl was.
From Yellow's perspective, she have long brown locks sailing with the wind as she walked towards her in brown boots; Her steel gray eyes as lively as energetic as that of a child's when given candy. She wore a simple white v-neck shirt under a brown jacket and brown green shorts; a bag slung over her shoulder.
There was a shorter girl tugging at the brunette's sleeve, trying to get her to stop giving them attention of about one hundred pair of eyes; her crystal blue eyes showing self-consciousness as she looked around. She has short raven hair that barely passed her shoulder blades. She wore a forest green turtle neck sweater that went along with the brown pleated skirt.
There was someone else walking to the left and a little behind the two. It was a boy with short, jet black hair with icy brown eyes. He wore a loose black hoodie with a yellow shirt underneath; his hood covering most of what looked to be purple headphones. His hands were tucked into the pockets of the black pants that he wore which was long enough to partly hide his brown sneakers. His overall appearance made him look nonchalantly and probably is.
The girl called Madeleine stopped right in front of Yellow, beaming at her. "Are you knew here? You must be! We're new students to this school too!"
Yellow blinked at how fast the brunette had just spoke. Did she drink too much caffeine?
"Um..."
"Oh silly me!" Madeleine bonked her head in realization. "We haven't introduced ourselves have we? My name's Madeleine Narin, the quiet one over there is Nicolas Gilbert - my best friend - and this one here is Lannettia Harmonia. We met her on the ferry but we're going to search for the dorms together and then explore! You wanna tag along?"
"Err..."
"Great!" Madeleine chirped before Yellow could even give an exact answer. "Oh by the way, what's your name?"
"... Amarillo del Bosque Verde." At least she was able to answer that.
"Too long!"
"... Yellow is fine."
"That's weird, that's a color. Okay Yellow," the brunette ranted before making a grab of the blonde by the hand. "let's go~!"
"W-wait, Madeleine!" Lannettia cried out as the energetic teen dashed off, leaving a rooster tail trail behind, before chasing after them. Nicolas only sighed before strolling after, already used to Madeleine's behaviors. Maybe he should just find a spot to sleep until Madeleine comes back for him or something.
Yeah, that sounded like a good idea right about now.
...
Yellow didn't know what just happened. One minute she was at the dock, next she was pulled by a hyperactive girl who was probably on too much caffeine, and now she was lost. It all went by so fast that she didn't know how to react.
It seemed as though Madeleine had a short attention span to everything since she was distracted too easily and Lannettia was her caretaker even though they had only met a few hours ago.
Soon, she had lost sight of Madeleine and Lannettia when the former decided to see the commotion that was happening on campus, which involved explosions and a lot of yelling.
...
"... This place is too big." Yellow commented as she now considered herself lost. She was in a courtyard of some sort, with a gushing fountain in the shape of a Kingdra and vines climbing on the walls and trees.
Yellow looked frantically around for any sign of help, map, anything at all! "C-Chuchu..." Yellow started in panic. "W-what should we do?"
The Pikachu perched atop Yellow's head looked in every direction in a vain attempt to help. She wasn't familiar with the new surrounding and there were too many different scents to distinguish. It was by far too foreign to what she was used to.
Chuchu shook her head in futile. However, her keen senses perked up and her eyes twitch in anticipation. Chuchu then hop off of Yellow's head and burst into motion, leaving a flabbergasted in her wake.
"C-Chuchu?!" the blonde called after the yellow mouse and chase after her. "Where are you going?!"
Yellow chased the Pikachu until she was almost out of breath. She stopped just around a corner, out of breath. She supported herself by arching forward and placing her hands on her knees, panting. Before the blonde could wrap her mind around what was going on, a chuckle broke the still air particles.
"So that's where you ran off to, Pika."
"Huh?" Yellow piped, tired. She looked up to see Chuchu and a doppelganger getting familiar with each other. Since when...?
"Hey are you okay? You seemed out a little out of breath there."
Yellow raise her head further to meet intrigued cardinal eyes.
"Uh... why do we have to do this again?" Pearl muttered. He was sneaking a peak around the corner to see whether there were any signs of danger but fortunately, there was none.
His munching friend beside him responded something incoherent since his mouth was stuffed with food.
"Dia! You just ate!" Pearl complained, resisting the urge to whack his friend on the head. Maybe if he did, food might come flying out of Diamond's head since he's mind was always on breakfast, lunch, and dinner... and snacks in between.
Diamond forced a large swallow to get the food down his throat. "But that was half an hour ago! Besides, Senior Crystal told us to greet her in her place since she's busy at the moment."
"Why does it have to be us of all people?" Pearl said in exasperation. Looking around once more, they started walking towards the harbor where the shipping of students was.
"Well, most of our seniors are kinda busy with the welcome ceremony and such," Diamond reasoned. "We finished with the food preparations early so that's that. Besides, Crystal said that she's our age so it would make sense that we go."
"... Our age huh..." Pearl mused. He then looked to his side to see Diamond gone and when he pull his gaze over his shoulder, Pearl saw Diamond to be about five meters behind.
The blonde's eye twitched in annoyance before his impatience burst. "OI DIA! STOP BEING A SLOWPOKE AND HURRY UP! WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAYS YA KNOW!"
"Coming!" Diamond responded in the distance, used to his friend's antics.
...
Diamond and Pearl waited by the ferry as new students walk down the plank, all excited about their new school year. Per usual, Pearl was tapping his foot in petulantly as he glared at his watch.
"What is taking this person so long?!"
"Pearl, just wait a little longer."
As if he hadn't heard Diamond's request, Pearl continued on his quelling impatience. He really wasn't the type to wait for anyone or anything in general. He wanted to get this over with but this person that they were supposed to meet was taking their sweet time. The ogling of passing female students wasn't helping either.
They were starting to get a crowd of them.
"UGH!" Pearl yelled in frustration, grabbing a fistful of his golden hair. "IF SHE DOESN'T APPEAR IN THE NEXT TEN SECONDS, I'M GOING TO FINE HER!"
"Pearl -"
"Pardon," interjected a calm and polite voice. In front of the two boys was a girl around their age, with platinum black hair along with silver-gold eyes. She stood with hands clasped in front of her and her Rapidash behind her. She stared at the two for a moment, as if scrutinizing them. She then averted her gaze in favor of surveying he area, noticing the gathering girls and possible glares she was receiving.
Interesting. Platinum muse.
"Um... excuse me." Diamond spoke after a moment, breaking the girl's musing. "Are you, by any chance -"
"Never mind that Dia!" Pearl pushed him out of the way, fuming towards the girl. "Do you know have any idea just how long we have been waiting here?! Ten minutes! I could do some many things in that time spent waiting here! You better have a good explanation for this because being tardy is inexcusable!"
Platinum bore a bland expression as Pearl ranted.
Diamond laughed nervously, trying to yank his short-tempered friend away."S-sorry, my friend is just a little miffed right now."
Seeing how Pearl was still complaining, that was an understatement.
"Anyways, my name's Diamond Lucas," he then pointed to his friend. "and that's Pearl Ryker. You must be the one that Crystal -"
"You're soooo slow with this Dia!" Pearl interjected and then pointed at the girl. "You! What's your name so we can get on with it!"
Platinum stared at Diamond and Pearl, her intrigued gaze hardened when she was pointed at. They may seem interesting but their attitude might need some improvement. If this is what she will have to deal with at this educational facility, then she will up her defense.
"Please remove that away from my face, it's quite rude." The girl responded coolly with a hint of conceit.
"What?!"
"I told you Pearl! Now she's mad!"
"As for my name, I do not give my name to mere commoners." She continued, aggravating Pearl even more while Diamond panicked. "Now I would appreciated if you two do your jobs properly and escort me. This is getting absurd."
Pearl was about to retort and say something rude again when Diamond clasped a hand over his mouth while making a hasty reply. "S-sure! Right this way!"
Diamond pulled Pearl along with him so that could leave the harbor. Platinum followed behind on Rapidash; her eyes darting from side to side, noticing girls fantasizing towards Diamond and Pearl while more send glaring daggers her way.
She glanced at the backs of the two boys in front of her, chattering as if their conversation had never happened. She didn't understand.
... Why was she making enemies already?
"... you?"
Diamond's question snapped Platinum out of her mulling. Was it addressed to her? She wasn't quite sure. "Pardon?"
Pear sighed in exasperation, placing a hand over his face and sliding it down. "Why are you so complicated? What are we supposed to call you by if you won't tell us your name?"
Diamond laughed nervously, hopping that his short fuse hadn't been set off again. "Now now."
Platinum contemplated the dilemma. "That would be... problematic."
"Thanks, Captain Obvious." Pearl deadpanned.
"Oh!" Diamond piped, having to have thought of something. "How about we call you Missy?"
Even though the name may not suit someone such as herself, she did like the ring to it. She suppose... she wouldn't mind them call her by another name.
"Very well." She merely answered, careful not to let her satisfaction betray her voice.
"Missy it is then!" The raven haired boy chirped as he walked backwards so he could talk with the girl face to face. "Welcome to Dexter Academy Missy! If you have any questions, just be shy to ask okay? Pearl and I will help you whenever you need it."
"Don't pull me into this!"
Platinum watched as Diamond and Pearl exchanged a friendly banter, mainly Pearl yelling and hitting Diamond with a fan that he got out of nowhere.
A soft giggle brought the altercation to an abrupt end as both Diamond and Pearl stare at Platinum strangely.
"... Did you just giggled?" Pearl ended up asking in disbelief.
"..." Platinum elicit a straight face. "I did not."
"Liar!" The blonde accused. "You just did, didn't you? We heard you loud and clear!"
Platinum remained unfazed by the allegation. "Do not make assertions that you cannot prove." She then patted Rapidash to resume clopping.
Diamond and Pearl exchanged looks, wondering if they had arrived to too early of a conclusion about the new one thing was sure, Missy was an enigma.
"Madeleine!" Lannettia shouted, hoping that the girl in question would respond. But to her dismay, she received nothing but odd looks from the surrounding students. Why was she doing this? What good did it give her to gain all of this unwanted attention.
She wished she could just bury herself in a hole.
Just as she closed her eyes in defeat, she hit something - or rather, someone.
Lannettia recoiled back but managed to stay on her feet.
"Ah, so sorry. I didn't see you there."
The ravenette pried over her eyes to meet a boy with ruby red eyes with... is that white hair or a white hat? "I-it's fine..."
The boy seemed fidgety, as if he could sense some kind of impending danger. Lannettia eyed him weirdly before bring forth the question. "... Are you okay?"
"Oh uh..." He tried to find a clear answer. "You see... I'm hiding."
"From what?"
As if on cue, about a dozen girls shrilled aloud, enough to bring pain to one's ears. "COME BACK RUUUBBBYYY-SAMMMAAA!"
Ruby gulped, agitated, pointing in the around the corner where the squeals had came from. "That."
"Oh..." Lannettia blinked, kind of understanding the situation but not really. "You're name's Ruby?"
"Errm..."
"I'm not... one of them." Lannettia supplied, seeing that Ruby was hesitant. The information elicited a sigh of relief from the boy with namesake eyes and a nod.
"Yes, I'm Ruby Dane. And you are...?"
"Lannettia Harmonia."
Ruby placed a hand on his chin, deep in analytic thought. "Say... have you ever consider being a model?"
"H-huh?"
"I mean, you may be a bit small but I know of a few outfits that would fit you just perfectly to enhance some of your cute features." Ruby went on, framing Lannettia with his thumbs and index fingers. "Hm... maybe a blue dress to match those eyes of yours or maybe..."
Lannettia sweatdropped as the strange fashionista ranted of what would fit her what and what doesn't. "Ruby, I don't think -"
"YER GONNA GIT ET NOW!"
"What was that?" Lannettia asked, slightly scared by how loud and feral that voice had been, which was followed by an explosion.
"Not again..." Ruby sighed in exasperation.
"Ruby?" The ravenette questioned as he mumbled something along the lines of 'barbarian.'
Another boom came and a familiar long haired brunette drop landed right in front of Ruby and Lannettia out of nowhere. "Oh hell no!" She exclaimed, standing up straight from her landing crawl.
"M-Madeleine?!" Lannettia exclaimed upon recognizing the brunette.
Said girl's ears perked up at the mention of her name. She switch her attentions the ravenette for a split second. "Oh hey Lanni! I've been looking for you after you left me!"
"What?" Lannettia said indignantly. "You're the one who ran off without -"
"Hey, is that a hat on your head or did you dye your hair white?" Madeleine interjected, completely changing the subject when she saw Ruby. She was leaning in towards the boy, examining what is on his head.
"It's a hat..." Ruby trailed while trying to get edge away from the strange girl that just dropped out of the sky.
"Really? It looks so much like real hair!"
She was about to reach for it when Ruby withdraw completely away, clutching on said article protectively. "No. I just clean this hat so I rather not want any dirt on it."
Madeleine's eyes glinted in the light for a split second as a smirk curved her lips. "Oh really?"
She was about to make a pounce on Ruby when an attack flew her way. She jumped out of the way, the scorching hit the opposing building instead of her and the other two.
"HEY! THAT WASN'T FAIR!" Madeleine exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at the figure from afar. "MY GUARD WAS DOWN!"
"AIN'T DAT PART OF DA WHOLE BATTLIN' STRATEGY?!" The short haired brunette shouted back, annoyed yet having fun."CATCHIN' YER OPPONENT WHEN THEY AIN'T PAYIN' ATTENTION!"
Madeleine mulled that over for a moment. "Huh... it would make sense." she then quickly unclip one of her pokeballs she had remaining and toss it through the air. "Aggron, Rock Slide!"
The Aggron launch several pieces of rock upon coalescing out of the white flash of light.
"Crush dem with Rock Smash Toro!"
The Blaziken lunged upward at the falling rocks with his talons at the ready. In a fury of movement, Toro was able to smash through all of the rocks and send them back to Aggron. However, his aim was slightly off and the fragments scattered everywhere.
"Watch it Sapphire!" Ruby complained, ducking with his hands protectively over his hat as a rock was aim at him. "You're going to dirty my clothes!"
"What da - WAT AR YA DOIN' T'ERE PRISSY?!" Sapphire responded loudly. "STAY OUTTA MA FIGHT, YA H'ER?!"
"What?!" Ruby retorted back. "It's clearly you who had came here! I was already at this spot to begin with you barbarian!"
A vein visibly popped on Sapphire's head as she barred her fanged teeth. "WHO AR YA CALLIN' AH BAR -"
"Aerial Ace!"
"Flamethrower!" Sapphire quickly countered. "And I'm talkin' 'ere!"
"You're the one who said that I should catch my opponent when they're distracted!" Madeleine exclaimed as her Aggron agilely dodge the fire attack, causing the fire to light a few trees and bushes. "Switch to Earthquake! And your accent is horrible!"
Ruby muttered along the lines of 'at least someone else was bothered by that.'
Aggron stopped his aerial attacking favor of landing roughly on the ground, creating a large tremor that was enough to cause some cracks here and there.
The Blaziken was caught in the turmoil and crumbled into the shaken up rock bed.
"Gotcha!" Madeleine cheered with a fist pump. "Took half my team but -"
"Toro, git outta t'ere with Flare Blitz!" The injured fire type Pokémon flared up in the heat, firing burning as brightly as his fighting spirit. The combustion succeeded in creating enough of a rocket boost to pushing Toro out of being half buried in the ground, sending a few chunks askew - if they weren't already.
"... That tricky little bird man." Madeleine watched as the Blaziken went airborne and was then followed up by a Fire Blast.
"ENOUGH!" A authoritative voice ring through the area. The previous potent Fire Blast now resolved to smoldered into nothingness as Toro relented his attack.
"Hey!" Sapphire groused. "What was dat for Crystal? We were just startin' to git into et too!"
"I don't care if you're having fun," replied an angered blunette with anti-gravity pigtails. "Just look at what you two have done to the school grounds!"
She pointed to the burning trees that some students tried to put out with the use of their water types and the destruction to the school facilities and the ground also had to pay a hefty price.
"I swear Sapph, I told you not to battle recklessly outside!" The blunette scolded. "You could've at least asked to use a proper battle field!"
"Ehehe..." Sapphire laughed sheepishly, rubbing the back of her neck. "S'rry Crys."
"Barbarian." Ruby coughed, but unfortunately for him, Sapphire heard it loud and clear.
"Why ya little..."
"As for you," Crystal rounded up on Madeleine as she let the usual altercation happen happens. "Do you not know the school policy?"
"Err..." Madeleine blinked, holding up her hands in defense. "I... don't...?"
Crystal arched a brow. "School rules stated that Pokemon battles outside of class are prohibited unless authorized by the staff. Students are not allow more than one Pokémon out at a time and it cannot be larger than that of an adult human. That Aggron of yours is clearly out of the question here. Do you realize wthat the consequences of this will be?"
It was at this point that Lannettia came to the rescue.
"I'm so sorry for my friend's behavior!" She bowed in apology. "We-we're new students to the academy so we don't know how the school runs."
Crystal blinked, then don an understanding look. "I see... then I guess that this could be overlooked. But do be careful next time around okay?"
"How is your hair staying up?" Madeleine asked instead of answering to Crystal's request.
"... Pardon?"
Lannettia facepalmed as Madeleine pulled on Crystal's pigtails and upon releasing it, it bounced right back to the same position.
"You don't even have any hair gel on it! Amazing!"
"..."
"I'm so sorry!" Lannettia apologized again, pulling Madeleine away like a mother dragging away a curious child.
Crystal feigned an awkward cough. "Try that next time and I won't be so forgiving." She said, eyes glinting with a threat that made Lannettia gulped. They really were starting on the wrong foot - or rather, Madeleine was and she was being dragged down with her.
"By the way, what are your names?" Crystal queried.
"Lannettia Harmonia," the ravenette informed and then gestured to brunette besides her. "And she's Madeleine Narin."
Crystal smiled. "Nice to meet you two, I'm Crystal Kotone and those two over there is Ruby Maple and Sapphire Birch."
"AH! I forgot!" Madeleine exclaimed suddenly, immediately returning Aggron and then latched onto Lannettia's arm, pulling her away at a rushing speed. "Gotta goooo!"
Crystal stood, looking around what once to be a clean and charcoal-less area.
"... They left me with the mess."
He felt himself being brought out of his sleep by a shake, not violent but enough to stir him awake. It was then followed by the repeating call of his name -or his nickname at least.
"Ni...k... Nic... Nick!"
Nicolas pry open an eyes to meet the playful pout that Madeleine was putting on while holding onto his purple headphones.
"About time you wake up!"
He yawned silently and sat up, stretching.
Through still with sleepy eyes, he surveyed his surroundings. It was a small area with a overview of a part of the school surrounded by the sea with the sun radiating brightly in the sky. The wind current was soft and he could hear the distant chats from somewhere... He must have taken a nap on one of the school roofs.
Nicolas switched his attention back to the brunette, his expression nonchalant. He gave both Madeleine and Lannettia a head tilt though only the former could understand what he meant.
"We just got here but you took forever to find!" Madeleine whined, hands waving amount childishly. "Five whole minutes trying to wake you up! I was going to tell Magnezone zap you!"
Nicolas half rolled his eyes and fold his arms skeptically.
Madeleine pouted indignantly before attacking the boy with rounds of light punches that weren't meant to hurt while Nicolas held her back by merely blocking her head. "For Arceus's sake Nick! At least make a sound so that I know that you can talk! It's like I'm talking to myself here and your silence is worst than a mute because I know you can speak!"
He heaved a breath and pat Madeleine on the head as if she was a Lillipup which silenced the brunette instantly. He looked up to the clear sunny sky and then back. "Bad day. Too much sweets." His voice raspy as if he hadn't used it in a long time.
His chestnut orbs switched attention to Lannettia, who flinched slightly. Noticing that, Nicolas realized that he had unknowingly gave her a cold look. Madeleine told him that he always had this hostile look in his eyes but it was his default face, no changing that.
Nicolas softened his gaze and sent her an apologetic look.
"U-um... i-it's fine!" Lannettia laughed nervously. Well, she may not understand most of the things like Madeleine does but at least she could recognize some facial expressions.
He nodded again but realized that he needed to say something else. "Sorry to have let you look after Madi by yourself."
"You make it sound like I'm a handful." Madeleine commented offhandedly.
Nicolas retracted his hand from the petting and gave the brunette a look.
Madeleine pouted indignantly. "Whatever."
The raven haired boy sighed and pushed himself up, taking his headphones back and putting it over his ears.
"Nicolas?" Lannettia queried, wondering what the boy was going to do.
"Auditorium." He merely informed before being the first to start walking to the exit.
Alrighty! More characters are introduced! Oh, and the OCs are not mine - just saying - and I got a few more to put in as well. I'll try to update faster than the speed I have been going for a while now but don't quote me. I can't be too sure.
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