In this chapter, things start to change a bit. Shizuka is starting to act like the snob she is starting now. Yeeah. Enjoy the chapter, and please, do review (:

Disclaimer : I do not own Pokemon besides my OCs.

The cold weather began to roll in Sinnoh. The golden leaves of the trees were slowly falling down the ground. Iris was walking to school when she stopped in the middle of street and looked up and stared at the sky. It was a clear blue sky. The sun was still rising, but it was beautiful. As she stared at the sky, she could see her own breath. It was cold. Iris was about to continue walking when she heard Candice calling her name. She turned around and saw Candice running towards her.

"What is it?" Iris said coldly.

Candice was panting. "Let's walk to school together!"

She was smiling like there was nothing wrong. Iris continued to stare at her, not agreeing to this. She began to walk again.

"Whatever." Iris said as she walked.

"That's such a cute coat you're wearing! I bet you got that from Hoenn, right? Am I right?" Candice continued to smile.

"... You're weird." Iris started to speed up.

Candice chuckled. "Your personality is like that of a boy. You seem shy and anti-social."

"I'm not shy. I just happen to hate being around people who are bubbly."

Candice stopped in her footsteps. Iris continued to walk, not caring at all. Candice clenched her fists.

"Don't be so mean, Iris! I'm just trying to be your friend! Is this how you treat everybody?" Candice cried.

Iris continued to walk without turning back. "Finally, somebody snapped."

"... What ...?" Candice ran up to Iris and grabbed her wrist. "You don't care about anyone but yourself ..."

"I stopped caring a long time ago." Iris freed herself and continued to walk.

"... You're not this mean ... right? I just ... want to be your friend ... is all. Isn't Gardenia your friend too? Flint? Denji? What about them?" Candice tried to keep up with Iris.

"They're just there."

Candice didn't know what to say. She was hurt. "Fine. If you didn't want to make any friends, you could've said so." Candice decided to walk alone.

Iris stared at Candice, who was frustrated and upset. Iris didn't care. She hated feeling bad about others. The morning was still cold and the golden leaves of Autumn continued to fall down. The wind blew past Iris causing her bangs to fly back, along with her white wool scarf. Iris looked up. The sky was as clear as ever. Through her heterochromia eyes, she could see the vast world. She wants to see it someday. And that's all she cares about.

Dawn was sitting on the rooftop of the school eating her lunch. She liked sitting on the rooftop. From there, she feels like she can see all of Sinnoh. She closed her eyes. Oh, how she wished Lucas was here too ... Just then, she heard someone opening the door. It was Lucas.

"Hey Dawn! I was looking for you!" Lucas walked over to her.

Dawn opened her eyes and blushed. "Hi Lucas. I was ... just eating my lunch."

Lucas sat down beside her. Funny, she was just thinking about him and now, here he was.

"Aren't you cold, Dawn?" Lucas asked.

Dawn shooked her head. "Nope. I'm perfectly warm!" Dawn gave him a gentle smile.

Lucas blushed slightly. He then turned his head away out of shyness. It was quiet. There wasn't much to say. It was already late-October. Halloween was coming up.

"Have you talked to Barry lately?" Lucas asked.

Dawn turned to Lucas. "Uh, no, actually."

"Haha, I see. I heard he's gotten used to being team manager." Lucas chuckled.

"That's hard to believe." Dawn giggled.

"Planning to do anything for Halloween?"

"... Well ... Trick-or-treating ..." Dawn said shyly.

"You still trick-or-treat? Well, at least there are some people out there who still go." Lucas smiled cheerfully.

They both looked up at the sky.

"Gorgeous." Dawn said.

"Yeah ..." Lucas quietly said.

The moment was ruined when Barry came. He was panting, it seemed like he was looking for Dawn and Lucas for awhile.

"There you two are! I oughtta fine you two, y'know?" Barry cried.

"Calm down, Barry. Why were you looking for us?" Dawn asked.

"I wanted to eat with you guys. The classroom's completely empty and the only person there was Paul ..." Barry suddenly turned to stone.

Lucas and Dawn stared at him, wondering if he was alright.

"What are you guys staring at?" Barry asked.

Dawn giggled. "Nothing, Barry. I'm glad you're getting used to being team manager."

Barry suddenly went back to being depressed. "... Oh yeah ... That ... OTL"

"... I don't think I should've said that." Dawn sweat-dropped.

Denji was talking to Flint outside of their classroom after school.

"Maaan ... I really hate history. It's such a snore." Flint yawned.

"You've probably been staying up too late doing whatever you're doing these days." Denji said calmly.

Shizuka was walking down the hallways talking quietly to herself. Over the past few weeks, she was trying to ruin Dawn's life, but none of her plans have worked. Every time she tried to do something, Lucas would always be there to 'save' Dawn.

"Tch ... That Dawn ... I'll sabotage her life if it's the last thing I do!" Shizuka shouted.

Flint and Denji turned to see Shizuka, who then immediately noticed them as well.

"Oh, Denji-senpai! Flint-senpai!" Shizuka came skipping over to them.

"Heey, if it isn't Shizuka! How ya been?" Flint rubbed Shizuka's head.

"I've been doing great!" Shizuka smiled.

"Really? We just heard you shouting ..." Denji smirked.

Shizuka turned to stone. "Well ... heheh ... you know me! I tend to do ... stuff like that ..." She tried to laugh it off.

Iris came walking out of the classroom. She saw Shizuka standing in her way.

"Hm?" Shizuka turned to Iris. "Who are you?" she said snobbishly.

"The person who'll beat you to death if you don't move." Iris said, threateningly.

Shizuka moved out of the way and gave Iris a dirty look. "Geez, don't be such a jerk about it."

Iris ignored Shizuka and continued to walk.

"Seriously ... what's with Iris? Always dissing people everyday." Flint sighed.

Denji suddenly remembered how he was locked up in that storage room with Iris. It was scary and he remembered having terrible nightmares about it. Denji shivered.

"Anyways, I'm going home." Denji yawned. "See ya, man."

"Huh? You're not going to say 'good-bye' to me, Denji-senpai? Don't be so mean ..." Shizuka ran up behind Denji and wrapped her arms around Denji's neck.

"Sorry, Shizuka. It was rude of me. See ya later." Denji freed himself and smiled back at her.

Shizuka then thought of a better idea. If she couldn't have Lucas, then Denji is as good as hers! She turned to Flint.

"Does Denji-senpai have a crush on anybody?"

"Huh? What? Naw, I don't think so ..." Flint scratched his head.

"Well, what about that Iris chick?"

Flint burst out laughing. "Hell no! Iris' heart is as cold as ice. She's already obtained the nickname 'Ice Queen'."

Shizuka was unsure about this. "Hmm ... Well then ... I'm off. Bye bye, Flint-senpai!"

Iris was at her locker and was just about to leave when Riley came walking up to her.

"Hey, Iris. Walking home?" he smiled.

"No. Flying home." Iris said sarcastically.

Riley chuckled. "Now now, no need to use sarcasm! I'll walk with you. You know what? Let's hang out for a bit."

"No thanks."

"Why not?"

"I don't think the ugly blonde would like it." Iris shifted her eyes to a shadowy figure hiding by the corner of the wall.

It was Denji. He heard their conversation.

Don't tell me ... that guy likes Iris? Wait. Why do I care?

Riley walked over to Denji. Busted.

"Oh? Were you listening to us?" Riley cheerfully smiled.

What the ... this guy is creepy. "Of course not." Denji lied.

Riley laughed. "It doesn't matter. Let's all go get a coffee together!"

"I don't drink coffee." Denji and Iris said at the same time.

Both stared at each other.

Wow, that was awkward.

And so ... The three of them decided to go to the local cafe ...

"Wait! I want to come to!" Shizuka called out.

The three of them turned to see Shizuka running towards them.

"Well, if it isn't Snobby McSnob." Iris said.

"Excuse me?" Shizuka replied, in an angry tone.

Iris shrugged. "Whatever. Let's go."

Shizuka stared at Iris. She smiled. You're going to be a much easier target, Denji-senpai. She turned to look at Denji.

(A/N): Short chapter. I didn't know what to write about so I sort of wrote this on the spot. I already have ideas for future chapters, but for the time being, I'm going to write out chapters at the top of my head XD Please review! (: And yes, I know Iris is still cold-hearted. No, she won't be softening up any time soon.