UP FROM HERE - Chapter 4: Boundaries
~LeafeonGold
The trio's day was just about over, and as they were walking down the now vacant hallway (They walked home) Alan joined up with them. "You three are going now?" Alan asked. "Yup." Amber said. "Do I have to come here tomorrow?" Marco said, with an unsure look on his face. "You have to," Chloe said, "and stop procrastinating over a supply list.""I bet you 50pokè that it is taller than me. It was a long list, and I am short.""You aren't that short!" Chloé said. Just then, a teacher came out of her classroom. The teacher, a shiny Luxray; tapped Chloé on the shoulder.
Chloé, who turned around fast enough to slap Marco with her hair, said "Hi. You are , right?" She nodded. "Can you help me? I have a student that will not leave." Marco started, "Why don't you get the prin-""We'll help." Chloé cut him off. "Can I tag along?" Alan asked. "I guess you can tag along." Chloé said. Inside the classroom, there was Minccinio in a desk in the middle of the room, making a pouty face. Alan recognized her immediately. "...Have you been following me all day?" The Minccinio stopped pouting for a moment and looked up. "I might ask you the same thing. You seem to have been following me and staring." Alan's face turned hot when she said that. "Well, I was only doing that because I have seen you everywhere today, and I thought you were stalking me or something..." Marco smirked and went outside the classroom, and to his surprise, Amber was gone!
The young Growlithe had decided to walk home by herself, because she doesn't like waiting. 'I just wish they would actually focus on one thing and stick to It.' she said to herself. About one intersection away from her house, she passed by a very large hedge, and something inside it spoke. "Hello there." The hedge said. Amber suddenly stopped and looked around; but to her dismay saw nothing. She started to walk again, but when she moved, the hedge spoke again. "Hey! You're just going to ignore me like that?" Amber looked at the bush. "W-w-who are you?" Looking closely, she noticed a black and red tail swishing to side to side on the other side of the bush. Amber then replied, "Identify yourself or I shall torch the hedge." Half startled, A Zorua popped its head out of the hedge. "Hi there fellow Traveler. I'm Pederia. What about you?" [Amber has a whatisthisidontevenknow face] "I'm Amber. What were you doing in the bush?""This is my favorite spot to sit"" OK... You do that" she said, as she walked away.
After coaxing the Minccino out of the class the four of them left. "My name is Diamond." "Nice to meet you." Marco held out his paw. When Diamond reached for it, she was shocked and her hair puffed up. Marco withdrew his paw when he felt the shock. "Oops sorry. I forgot for a moment about Positive and Negative Charges..." He scratched the back of his head. Diamond, half in shock, and half in surprise, fixed her hair and said "That's ok, only this once..." Chloé playfully shoved Marco and they kept walking. The then found out Diamond only lived around the corner from all of them. Chloé noticed Alan staring at something shiny. "What'cha looking at?" Alan tilted his head. "It looks like a gem." Sure enough, it was a partially exposed diamond that looked like someone attempted to bury. Alan picked it up, brushed it off and put it in his bag. "This one's a keeper." he said as they went to their houses.
Later that night, a shadowed figure approached the school building. It looked up at the building and in its shadow moved closer to it. It playfully smiled. "Here I shall stay here" It then approached the building, and noticing a basement window ajar, climbed in. It walked up the stairs, and through Dark Hallways poking its head in and out of doors. It climbed up on top of a wooden desk and with a sigh, curled up and fell asleep.