Sorry for not updating earlier, I was pretty busy with school. To make it up to the readers, I'll upload two chapters today.
Telepathy
Thoughts
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon.
After lunch, Lyra headed to the school garden. She needed to head to the chemistry lab for her practical chemistry class, and the chemistry labs were at the other side of the campus and the only way to get there was to cut through the garden. Even thought Lyra isn't a science major, she needed to go for classes like Pratical chemistry and Pratical physics, as these were compulsory subjects. Lyra's Espeon walked beside her. All of a sudden, Espeon gave a cry. She had sensed someone; Lyra sensed someone's aura too. [1] It had been following her ever since she left the cafeteria.
"I know, you're there." Said Lyra, not turning around.
"You sure a smart to find out that someone was following you." Said a voice.
Lyra turned around only to find Ethan grinning at her.
Lyra folded her arms, "What do you want, I still need to get to my class."
"Impatient aren't you, well I'll get straight to the point. Meet me tonight at the rooftop after dinner." Said Ethan, staring right into Lyra's eyes.
"What for?" Asked Lyra?
Ethan looked down for a while, "I need your help. It's important."
"Alright." Said Lyra, her eyes narrowing.
"Thank you, but please don't tell anyone about our meeting tonight." Said Ethan, as he gave a sigh of relief.
Lyra stared at Ethan before nodding. With that, Lyra left for the chemistry lab with Ethan following her. Lyra wondered for a moment why he was following her, until she realized that Ethan was in all her classes or rather she was in all of his classes. Lyra returned Espeon into its Pokéball, since she couldn't bring them into the chemistry lab. Lyra took out her door card; it's a key to open the doors to the computer labs, music rooms and other special rooms. Every student has one, so that they wouldn't be late for class if their classes took place in special rooms. But if students wanted to use those rooms after school, they would have to inform the General Office about it and book the room for a certain time slot.
Lyra looked for her name on the paper pasted on the board. She groaned inwardly when she saw her name next to Ethan's.
Ethan gave her a grin. "Looks like we're partners."
Lyra rolled her eyes and walked to her seat with Ethan following her. Lyra could hear a few girls complaining that she was Ethan's partner. Lyra could feel someone glaring at her. Lyra groaned inwardly.
"I'm stuck with Ethan as my partner for Pratical Chemistry. Not that it's bad that I can keep an eye on him, it's just that I can feel people glaring at me because of this." Said Lyra, through telepathy.
"You're not the only one. I'm stuck with grass head for Physics." Said May.
"Ash is horrible in History, I was asked to sit beside him so that I can help him. His fangirls aren't helping!" Replied Misty.
"I'm supposed to help Dawn in math, it doesn't help that I'm seated at the front. I can't keep an eye on her properly in if I sit in front, and not to mention next to Dawn. Her fanboys aren't making the situation any better." Sighed Kenny.
"My situation is kind of different, Sky picked me to be his partner for Oral Communication class. Needless to say I was pretty surprised, I'm not sure what he's up to. I can't read his aura, it's so foggy. It's kind of like he has lots of inner conflicts." Said Skyala.
The five Oaks cut their mental conversations when the bell rang and their teacher Ms Gardenia entered the lab. But what Skyala said gave Lyra something to ponder about, but Lyra sent those thoughts to the back of her mind and concentrated on the lesson. Miss Gardenia started to explain the experiment that they were going to do. They would be testing for the reactivity of metals. Miss Gardenia handed out the worksheet that they needed to complete within a hour, they needed to get the answers to questions by doing the experiments. Lyra put on a pair safety goggles as did many other students including Ethan. Lyra read the question carefully and took out a pencil to make notes and a pen to write her answers.
Question:
Metal X displaces Y from an aqueous solution of metal hydroxide Y. Another metal W is able to displace X from its metal hydroxide solution.
a) What will be formed when metal W is added to a solution of Y?
b) Hence, determine the reactivity of the three metals. And explain weather the three metals are able to react with water and acid.
c) Using the above results determine the identity of the three metals.
Lyra took a test tube and poured a bit of solution Y, and adding a piece o metal X later on. Lyra watched the test tube carefully and picked up her pencil to make some notes. Miss Gardenia was impressed by how Lyra handled the test tube and the reacting reagents. The others were also impressed by her skill in handling the liquids. Lyra set the test tube that she was holding on a test tube holder and pulled another empty test tube. She poured solution X into the empty test tube before adding a piece of metal W. Lyra set the test tube into the test tube holder and picked up the first test tube. Lyra shook the test tube for a while before checking for any changes.
Lyra picked up her pen and wrote her answer down. After writing her answer for the first test tube, she set it back and picked up the second one and repeated the same process.
Ethan snuck a glance at Lyra while she was doing her experiment. He had to admit that she indeed knew what she was doing. Ethan shook his head and went back to doing his own experiment. Ethan saw Lyra taking a seat on her chair as she worked on the last question. Lyra took a look at the list that they were given, and read it carefully before moving her pen. Following her lead, Ethan took looked at his own list. Ethan sighed, chemistry was never his best subject he thought that the chemistry during his first two years were hard, but the last two years of chemistry were even harder.
Lyra caught Ethan staring at her; she gave him a smile before pointing to the list, as if giving him a hint. Lyra stood up and walked past him to wash the equipment that she had used earlier. Ten minutes later, Miss Gardenia was asking everybody to hand in their worksheets and wash the equipment. The washing of equipment and handing up of worksheets took fifteen minutes, and Miss Gardenia dismissed the class when the bell rang.
Lyra quickly headed back to her dorm, she needed to be quick since the dorms were at the other side of the campus, away from the chemistry labs. She headed back to her dorm and found Skyala waiting for her.
"Misty and May aren't back yet." Said Skyala.
Lyra nodded and set her bag down on her bed. Lyra decided to change clothes, since she was just in the chemistry lab. She didn't want to wear clothes that might have been splashed with chemicals. Lyra chose a black tank top with a silver translucent top, 3/4 jeans and a white mini skirt. She also changed into a pair of pink sneakers. Just as Lyra left her dirty clothes in the laundry basket, Misty and May came into the room. Lyra picked up her bag while Misty and May left some of their stuff behind. Lyra pulled out the car keys from her bag and the four girls headed to the parking lot. Kenny decided not to go, he decided to go and explore the school instead. He thought that he might be able to find a place for their Pokemon to train in secret.
The girls found their car; it was a silver seven seater car. Misty and May got into the back seats while Skyala got into the front seat beside the driver's seat. Skyala and Lyra handed Misty and May their bags, so that their bags wouldn't get in the way. Skyala was setting up the GPS while Lyra started the car. Lyra followed directions from the GPS and drove to Hearthome Mall. Lyra parked the car in the car park and Misty grabbed a trolley. The girls headed to the supermarket which had an entrance that was directly connected to the car park.
"What should we buy first?" Asked Misty.
"Let's get the food later; we'll get the other stuff first." Said Skyala.
The others agreed and Misty pushed the trolley to the soap powder and detergent row. They need them to wash clothes. They also picked out tissue paper, eating utensils and Pokémon food before heading to the food section.
"We should buy some instant noodles in case we're hungry in the middle of the night or we don't want to go out for dinner." Said Skyala.
The girls picked out six different packets of noodles and headed to get some sweets and biscuits.
"Girls, we shouldn't get so many snacks. They can be there to help keep us awake while we're doing homework, but not eating them as a meal." Said Lyra.
In the end, they took two packs of sweets and three packs of oat biscuits. They also took a few bottles of drinks before heading to the counter to pay for their purchasers.
Later that night... Lyra's POV
The girls had returned and finished unpacking their purchases. May and Misty lay on their beds resting while Skyala was washing the dirty clothes. Lyra glanced at the clock before, picking up her bag.
"I'll be heading to the library to do my work. I need to borrow materials from there. I won't be joining you guys for dinner." Said Lyra.
"I see, would you like us to bring food back for you?" Asked Misty?
"Sure, thanks." Said Lyra, as she left the room.
It wasn't a lie that Lyra had homework to do in the library. She needed to do map work for her geography class, which she had missed because Sky and Ethan had showed her and Skyala around the school during the lesson, her teacher said that she could borrow the maps from the library. Lyra decided to do her homework before going to meet Ethan. Lyra walked into the library and approached the librarian.
The librarian smiled when Lyra approached her. "What can I do for you?"
"I need to borrow some maps for my homework." Said Lyra.
"I see, can I have your name and your teacher's name?" Asked the librarian?
"Lyra Oak, I'm in Miss Erika's class." Replied Lyra, looking at her schedule for her teacher's name.
The librarian checked for Lyra's name and smiled. "Hold on for a moment, while I get your materials."
She disappeared into the room behind her; she emerged from it a minute later. She handed the map to Lyra. "Here you go, but please take care of it. And return it when you're done."
"I will thank you." Smiled Lyra.
Lyra picked out a table and opened up the map and placed her bag on the chair. She took out her homework and started on it. Lyra gave a yawn by the time she had finished her work. She glanced at the library clock, it showed 7.47pm. Lyra folded the map and packed up her stuff.
"Thanks for the map." Said Lyra, handing the map back to the librarian.
"No problem, thanks for returning it." Replied the librarian, leaving to keep the map.
Lyra left the library and headed to the school's rooftop. The rooftop was a place that every student could go to, some preferred to study there rather than in the library. Some students stayed there during lunch doing work or hanging out with their friends.
When Lyra reached the rooftop she got a surprise. It wasn't what she had expected it to be. She thought that the rooftop had a few tables and chairs for students to sit at. But she was wrong, the rooftop was huge. It had picnic tables for students to do their work and eat at the same time. An area for plants and flowers managed by the gardening club and a nice spot for star gazing. Lyra stared at the sky and smiled. It was nice seeing the stars out.
"You like it here?" Asked a voice?
Lyra knew that it was Ethan as she was able to sense his aura.
"I do, I love looking at the stars." Replied Lyra, setting her bag down on one of the tables.
Lyra walked towards the edge and gazed at the stars. Ethan followed her.
"So, what did you want to talk to me about?" Asked Lyra, getting straight to the point.
"Nothing really, just wanted to meet you." Grinned Ethan, giving Lyra a peck on the cheek.
Lyra retaliated by smacking him away and giving the boy a glare.
"Why can't handle a bit of PDA?" Asked Ethan?
"Not when it's coming from someone like you." Retorted Lyra coldly.
"Aww, going cold now are we?" Said Ethan mysteriously.
"This guys is testing my limits." Thought Lyra.
Just as Lyra was thinking something jumped behind her and grabbed her, making her unable to move. Ethan grinned and Lyra realized that a large Pokémon was holding her. Lyra noticed that a Garchomp was holding onto her like she was a hostage.
Lyra glared at Ethan. "What's the meaning of this?"
"Just a little game to warm things up." Smirked Ethan.
"So this is all a game to you, what about all of the people you've hurt." Retorted Lyra, she was glad that no one was around other than them.
"I don't care about them." Laughed Ethan coldly.
"You're lying, you do care about them. So why are you doing this?" Thought Lyra, after reading his aura.
"Look, I don't want to fight you. Please turn yourself into the police." Said Lyra.
"You have no choice but to fight me, whether you like it or not. Garchomp!" Said Ethan.
Ethan's Garchomp tightened its grip on Lyra, Garchomp's sharp claws managed to scratch Lyra's neck.
"Seeing as this is our first meeting as spies, I'll let you and your friends off. But I'll not hesitate to attack the next time we meet." Said Ethan, breaking the silence.
Ethan motioned for his Garchomp to release me before leaving the rooftop. Lyra fell onto the ground while staring at the retreating back of Ethan. Lyra touched her neck and found that it was wet. Garchomp had probably scratched her earlier. Lyra picked up her bag and left the rooftop. She released her Espeon who walked beside her, after seeing its trainer's bruise.
Lyra smiled and patted her Espeon. "Don't worry, I'm fine."
When Lyra opened the door, the others came up to her frantically. Misty noticed Lyra's bruise and helped Lyra to her bed after the latter had nearly collapsed after walking in.
"We were so worried when you didn't come back after two hours. We went to the library, but the librarian said you already left. Where were you?" Asked Kenny?
Misty cleaned and applied medicine in Lyra's wound, before putting a band aid. Skyala handed Lyra some water while May put her bag on the table.
"I met Ethan on the rooftop and he attacked me." Said Lyra.
"Why did you go to the rooftop in the first place?" Asked May?
"He asked me to meet him there before class started; he said that he had something important to tell me. I read his aura at that time and he was sincere. But in the end he attacked me." Replied Lyra.
"Will you be alright to attend class tomorrow?" Asked Skyala?
"I'll be fine; I want to keep an eye on him again. There's seems to be more than what meets the eye." Replied Lyra.
May handed Lyra a container containing three slices of pizza and a cup of strawberry milkshake. "You should be hungry by now, especially after that."
"Yeah, eat your dinner first. Then take your bath before going to sleep. Anyway, I have to get back to my dorm. It's nearing our curfew." Said Kenny.
Skyala opened the door for him and Kenny's Umbreon followed its trainer out. Lyra started eating her dinner while thinking about her "talk"/encounter with Ethan. He had been really different from when she was showing her around the school. If he had wanted to attack her, he could have done it during lunch, but did he choose to attack her at night? Lyra sipped her milkshake and thought about it. She patted Espeon who was lying on her bed. After finishing her food, Lyra grabbed her sleepwear and went to shower. After showering, she packed her bag for class tomorrow. Skyala handed Lyra the hairdryer, so that she could dry her hair. Skyala took Lyra's clothes and placed them with the other dirty clothes. Misty helped change Lyra's band aid to a new one. After all that was done, Lyra collapsed onto her bed and fell asleep immediately.
The next morning...
Lyra was awoken by the sound of her alarm clock. She stood up groggily and saw Misty feeding their Pokémon. None of their Pokémon were really large, but they had to take turns eating so that they won't take up so much space.
"You're awake, feeling better?" Asked Misty.
Misty was dressed in a cobalt blue tank top with a sky blue translucent top, 3/4 jeans and blue sneakers. She was currently feeding Lyra's Pokémon, the other Pokémon have already eaten.
"Yeah, anyway did anything else happen last night?" Asked Lyra.
"We've checked the place, but nothing seemed out of place." Said Misty.
Misty helped Lyra remove her band aid and saw that the bruise wasn't that red anymore.
"You can't wear a band aid, people will wonder what happened." Said Misty.
"Can you cover it with some cream?" Asked Lyra.
"I can do that, but you can't keep doing that every day you know." Said Misty.
"Just for today and tomorrow I suppose, until the bruise is less visible. How is wish Leaf were here, she could heal me!" Said Lyra. [2]
Just then, Misty slapped her forehead. "How could I forget? We can get Skyala's Leafeon to heal you; we could also use your Milotic or May's Chimecho." [3]
"I suppose that could work." Said Lyra.
"I'll go get Skyala and May." Said Misty.
Misty walked over to the other side of the dorm, calling them over. Skyala is Lyra roommate but she had gone over there to sleep last night so that she wouldn't disturb Lyra. The dorm could fit four people; there were two beds at each side of the dorm. Misty was feeding the Pokémon when Lyra woke up. Their Pokémon slept in the middle of the dorm; luckily not many of their Pokémon were really large, so most of them could sleep in the dorms. Some of their Pokemon like Blastoise, Milotic, Meganium, Kingdra, Skarmory, Serperior, Emploeon, Seaking, Staraptor, Starmie and Blaziken had to live in a special part of the school, where a Nurse Joy would take care of them as they were either too big or needed to live in water.
May and Skyala walked over with their Glaceon and Leafeon following them. Lyra's Espeon and Misty's Vapoureon also came over to Lyra's bed.
"Morning Lyra, feeling better?" Asked May?
Lyra nodded and Skyala's Leafeon sat on her lap with its tail touching her bruise. Leafeon glowed a warm pale green, using its Synthesis attack. Lyra's bruise mark gradually disappeared until it was completely gone.
"Thanks Leafeon." Giving the said Pokemon a hug.
Lyra patted her Espeon's head and the latter jumped onto the former's lap.
"Anyways, you better shower now. Kenny will be waiting for us to eat breakfast." Said Skyala.
Lyra nodded and Espeon sat on the floor with the other eeveelutions while its trainer went to bathe. Lyra came out of the bath twenty minutes later. She was wearing a baby pink shirt with a black pleated skirt, a jean jacket and silver ribbon heels. She blew her hair dry using the hairdryer and combed her hair. Lyra decided to let her hair down and pinned it to the side with a sakura hair pin.
"How do I look?" Asked Lyra?
"You look great, come on let's meet up with Kenny." Said May.
The four of them returned their eeveelutions and picked up their respective book bags. Misty and May went to their side of the dorm to lock the door while Skyala and Lyra did the same for the side. They met up with Kenny in the cafeteria; he had already found a seat for them. The girls went to get their breakfast, which consisted of waffles with different kinda of toppings. Fruits for Misty, maple syrup and butter for Lyra, chocolate syrup for Skyala and chocolate ice cream for May. Kenny opted for pancakes and sausage. Lyra groaned inwardly when she saw Ethan and others approach them.
"Mind if we sit here?" Asked Dawn?
"Not at all." Replied Misty, giving a shrug and resisting the urge to slap Ethan for what he had done to Lyra yesterday.
Breakfast was pretty quiet other than Dawn and May exchanging coordinating tips, with Kenny and Drew occasionally joining the conversation. The ten of them got up and headed to their classes when the bell rang. Throughout breakfast, Ethan kept sneaking glances at Lyra's neck.
Ethan, Sky, Lyra and Skyala headed for their English class. Drew, May, Misty and Ash headed for their math lesson. Dawn and Kenny went for their history class. Skyala kept her distance from the two boys, by walking behind Lyra. They entered the class and met their teacher, Miss Ivy.
"Welcome Miss Oak! Please take your seats next to Sky and Ethan!" She said.
Lyra and Skyala nodded. Lyra sat next to Ethan and Skyala sat next to Sky. They waited for the rest of the class to come in to start the lesson. Miss Ivy asked the class to take out their vocabulary practice test book. She assigned four exercises for the class to do for the lesson. Skyala took out her pen and started doing the practice exercises. Lyra didn't look at Ethan, but rather concentrated on her work.
Meanwhile with May, Drew, Misty and Ash...
The four of them were sitting at the same table doing their math worksheet. Their textbooks and calculators were in the table. Their math teacher, Mr Lucian wasn't around. But they were given worksheets to do, in normal times Ash and Drew would have given their work to the fangirls to do, well mostly Drew anyway. But there was a relief teacher taking over the class and they would have to hand up their worksheets by the end of the lesson.
"I hate math!" Complained Ash.
"Is there a subject you don't hate?" Asked Drew?
Misty and May ignored the two boys and continued with their work.
"Woah, you girls are done?" Asked Ash, twenty minutes later. He still had a long to go in finishing the worksheet.
May nodded and stapled all her work together. Misty did the same and she handed them to the teacher.
"You could have at least let us copy your answers." Whispered Drew.
"In your dreams grass head!" Retorted May.
"We can help you if you like." Said Misty.
"That would be great." Grinned Ash.
Misty explained how to do some of the questions and left the boys to do their own work. When the bell rang, the boys miraculously managed to finish their work on time. When the boys returned, their relief teacher gave them another worksheet as homework. Misty and May shared a look of amusement, as the boys groaned at the mention of homework, and followed the boys for their gym class. May and Misty changed into their gym clothes and went to find Kenny, Lyra and Skyala.
Their gym teacher Crasher Wake gathered the class. "Today's lesson will be a relay race. You will have to complete two kilometers distance. One kilometer run and one kilometer freestyle swim. You can have two Pokémonwith you for the while course, no flying types are allowed, as well as Pokémon that can levitate."
The five Oaks shared a look and picked out their Pokémon. Lyra picked her Milotic and Espeon. Blaziken and Lanturn were May's choices. Misty chose her Starmie and Vapoureon. Kenny chose his Umbreon and Kingdra while Skyala chose her Leafeon and Floatzel. Ash had decided on his Pikachu and Totodile. Drew picked his Absol and Golduck. Ethan chose his Feraligatr and Furret. Sky chose his Herdier and Carracosta. Dawn chose her Piplup and Pachirisu.
The class lined up at the starting line with their first Pokémon beside them. The boys took the lead first, but after 300 meters, the Oak family managed to catch up. They were on par with the Ethan and the others, save for Dawn, who was lacking in stamina as compared to the others. The Oak family had been trained to withstand such distances. Their Pokémon ran beside them, Sky had managed to cross the end point of the running route first. He returned his Herdier and sent out his Carracosta into the water before jumping into the water. Ethan, Drew, Ash, Kenny, May, Misty, Skyala and Dawn followed behind. They released their respective Pokemon and jumped into the water.
Sky had the lead for the first few meters, but Misty, Lyra and Skyala managed to catch up to him. The three of them were fast swimmers. Misty eventually over took Sky at the third lap, as they needed to swim four laps to complete the one kilometer and came out first. Needless to say that Sky was surprised at Misty's speed in the water. He had rarely been beaten in sports especially swimming.
"She's good." Said Sky, referring to Misty.
"They all are." Said Ethan.
"She's still so fast, especially after what happened yesterday." Thought Ethan.
When the last person had finished, Crasher Wake called them over and praised the class.
"You've certainly improved." Said Crasher Wake.
The bell sound meant that the lesson was over. The gym had a special bell, as classes ended fifteen minutes early so that students can go and shower after gym.
"There goes the bell, please remember to report to your respective battlefields on time for the preliminary battles this afternoon." Said Crasher Wake before he dismissed the class.
The four Oak sisters went to shower and change before meeting up with Kenny. Kenny sent everyone a picture of the battle schedule for this afternoon's preliminary battles. They were all in the same battle arena, Arena B, but different fields.
"I'm at Court B." Said May.
"Mine is Court G." Said Lyra.
"I'm at Court A." Said Misty.
"I'm at Court D, while Kenny is at Court E." Said Skyala.
"I hope we don't battle each other so early in the tournament, it won't be fun." Grinned Kenny.
"Let's back to our dorms." Said Skyala.
"Don't we have lessons after lunch?" Asked May, confused.
"Classes end early every Wednesday, usually the teachers have a meeting. But today, the teachers will be using the time to prepare for the preliminary tournament later. It also gives us more time to plan and rest our Pokémon." Said Skyala.
"No wonder we have extra work today." Said May, referring to the math homework that she and Misty had.
"Yeah, I've more English to do." Said Lyra.
"And I have a History essay to write." Said Kenny, rolling his eyes.
"But first let's get some takeout from the cafeteria." Said Misty.
The five of them headed to the cafeteria and got takeout. They got a box of seafood salad, a tray of sushi, a box of fried rice, a box of fried noodles and five vanilla milkshakes. They headed back to the dorm, and Kenny followed them. They also stopped by the Pokémon Centre to drop off their Pokémon for some treatment, so that they'll be ready for the tournament later.
At the dorm...
Misty got out the bowls, forks and spoons while the Lyra and Kenny set up the table. Skyala and May were packing medicines for their Pokémon for the battles later. May and Skyala washed their hands and headed to the dining table.
"Looks good." Grinned Skyala.
"Let's eat!" Said May!
Everyone grabbed a bowl, fork and spoon and took the food that they wanted to eat. Lunch went by pretty quickly, after cleaning up they left the dorm, and locked the door. They five headed to the Pokémon Centre to collect their Pokémon.
"Here you go. Good luck for the tournament." Said Nurse Joy, handing them their respective Pokéballs one by one.
"Thanks Nurse Joy." Said Kenny, as they left the room.
The five of them joined many students who were also heading to the battlefields. The five went to find their respective battlefields. Skyala was the first to battle among the five of them. Skyala spotted Ash among the students at Court C. Skyala was up against a girl named Macy, a fire type trainer. Macy chose her Slugma and Skyala chose her Lopunny. The battle ended in less than five minutes, Lopunny was too fast for Slugma. Lopunny hit Slugma with a Water Pulse attack followed by a thunderbolt attack, effectively knocking it out.
Skyala gave a small smile and went to shake hands with her opponent. She still needed to win two more battles. The format of the preliminary tournament was very simple; each trainer had to win three battles. Losing even one battle causes the trainer to exit from the tournament. After the preliminaries comes the main tournament. Only 96 trainers will be able to advance to the main tournament, the list will eventually be narrowed down to 32, kind of like a Pokémon League Tournament. But the real attraction of the tournament is the teacher's tournament, where the teachers are drawn against each other for friendly battles. It's not every day that you get to see your teachers battle against each other.
Three hours later...
Skyala smiled as May's Blaziken defeat another trainer's Mawile. It was May's last match, Skyala's last match ended more than half an hour ago. The others were done too, the two of them met up with Kenny, Lyra and Misty at the bleachers. After all of your battles are over, you're allowed to return to our dorms or watch the other matches. The results and battle pairings will be revealed the next day during lunch.
(A/N: I'm lazy to write out the other battles, so I'm just cutting it short.)
"The five of us are through to the main tournament, things are sure to get interesting." Grinned Kenny.
"They sure are." Smiled Misty.
Misty inwardly groaned when someone shouted her name. Misty and the others knew that it was Ash and the others.
"You guys are also through to the tournament right?" Asked Ash?
"Yeah." Replied Lyra.
"Good, cause I want to battle you again. You guys are good, it doesn't matter who. But as long as I battle one of you." Said Ash.
"I think that goes for all of us." Said Drew, tossing a rose to May.
May caught it and gives a blank look and Drew rolled his eyes. "It's a gift, I was able to see your battle abilities, and you're pretty good."
May rolled her eyes, "Thanks, but I suppose battling runs in the family."
The other five Oaks gave a laugh.
"Anyway, I better head for my special class." Said Skyala.
"Oh yeah, you guys are here on that "Gifted Talents" program." Said Dawn.
"Don't the rest of you have a class?" Asked Sky?
"All of our classes are in different days." Replied Lyra.
"We'll meet you for dinner then." Said Ethan.
Lyra nodded, although she was surprised at Ethan's statement. If she was surprised, Lyra was able to mask it well. Skyala left the others as she went to her special class, Sky offered to walk her there as he was supposed to meet Mr Roark, the teacher in charge of the special science class. Skyala nodded and left the arena with Sky. The pair walked in silence until Skyala spoke up.
"Did you know that Ethan attacked Lyra?" Blurted Skyala.
Sky was genuinely surprised, and Skyala could tell that from his aura.
"Did he?" Asked Sky?
"Not really, but he did ask his Pokémon to attack her." Replied Skyala, biting her lips.
Skyala had hoped that she wouldn't reveal too much information; Sky could have been faking it just like Ethan did with Lyra. You might lie but your aura never lies, so Skyala was on her guard about asking Sky.
"Why are you doing all this?" Asked Skyala softly.
"I can't tell, but I don't want to fight you. But I have no choice." Replied Sky.
They stared into each other's eyes for a moment, as if looking for an answer from each other. They soon became aware of their surroundings; they had arrived at Skyala's classroom. Sky pawed something into Skyala's hand and entered the classroom. Skyala stared at it blankly before entering the classroom.
"Miss Oak, you're early. Please have a seat while we wait for the other students." Said Mr Roark, as he handed a pile of papers to Sky.
Skyala nodded and choose a seat next to the window. Skyala looked at the item that Sky had pawed into her hand earlier. Sky had left the room by now and Mr Roark was busy writing something on the board. Skyala realized that Sky had handed her a name card of sorts. Skyala rolled her eyes when she read what was written on the card. The card contained Sky's number and a short message, "Text me". Skyala saved Sky's number in her phone and put away the name card in her bag. She pondered for a while weather to text Sky or not. Eventually she texted him a simple message, "This is Skyala."
It didn't take long for Sky to reply her.
"Ethan had never done such a thing before as far as I know." Typed Sky.
"I see, but can you tell me why you're the other side. I can tell that you don't want to fight." Replied Skyala.
"Sorry, but I can't. Not right now, but maybe in the future." Said Sky.
Skyala didn't reply back, she put away her iPhone in her bag. Mr Roark was about to start class anyway, most of the students had arrived when Skyala was texting Sky. Today's lesson was pretty simple; Mr Roark wanted to know the topics weak that they were weak in, so that he knew what to teach them as where to focus more. Mr Roark handed out a questionnaire for the students to fill up.
Mr Roark had dismissed the class after half an hour. Initially the class was supposed to be one and a half hours, but due to the tournament the class was shortened to half an hour. Skyala packed up her stuff and left the classroom, she decided to go to the library for some peace and quiet as well as to do her English homework. To her surprise, she found Sky there arranging the stack of papers that Mr Roark had given him earlier.
"Do you need any help?" Asked Skyala, as she sat at opposite of Sky.
Sky was surprised to see Skyala, he hadn't expected Skyala to be here.
Sky grinned sheepishly, "I suppose, I do."
Skyala grinned and helped him with his work. Apparently he was supposed to check and arrange the worksheets by register number. Skyala wasn't in Sky's Science class, Lyra was. She was in Ethan's science class. It was the opposite for Practical Science. Within twenty minutes, they had finished arranging all the papers.
"Thanks, if it weren't for you I probably would have to do that till dinner time." Said Sky.
"No problem." Replied Skyala, as she took out her English homework.
Sky stood up and picked up the papers, saying that he had to give them to Mr Roark. He returned fifteen minutes later, with his own homework.
"What are you doing back here?" Asked Skyala?
"I thought you might like some company, seeing that you're the only one here." Replied Sky.
Skyala took a look around the library, he was right. They were the only ones in the library other than the librarian. Skyala smiled and returned to her homework. Sky started on his homework and the two occasionally asked questions to each other.
Half an hour later...
Sky yawned as he closed his book and Skyala laughed softly.
"Shall we go for dinner?" Asked Sky, glancing at the clock.
Skyala nodded and packed up her stuff. The par stopped by their lockers to keep their books before heading the cafeteria. Sky rolled his eyes when Skyala chose two bowls of seafood and fruit salad, apple pie and a strawberry milkshake. He chose ham and pepperoni pizza with extra cheese, tiramisu cake and a glass of coke. They headed to their usual seat and started eating. Even though they've only met just two days ago, it was like they had known each other like childhood friends. Not that Sky would say it out loud, he enjoyed Skyala's company. Like he had found his childhood friend again, same with Skyala.
"It's funny, how we can talk like this when we've just met two days ago. It feels like I've known you forever." Laughed Skyala.
Sky didn't say anything but gave a smile instead. The other approached them with their food.
"The two of you are early." Said Drew.
"We were doing our homework in the library together; so we decided to come here together." Shrugged Sky.
May sent Skyala a secret smirk and the latter sent the former a secret glare. The other sat down and started eating, with Misty complaining that May and Ash eat too much. Which was true, the amount of food on their plates was about the same.
"June, you eat too much." Smirked Drew.
"It's May!" Retorted May.
"Whatever April." Shrugged Drew.
May was seething; she couldn't stand people making fun of her name. But May knew that Drew was playing mind games with her and calmed down.
"Well, two can play at that game." Thought May.
May ignored Drew and continued eating. Drew blinked when May didn't give a retort, as he knew that May was pretty angry. He was puzzled but didn't show it, although Lyra could read his face as it gave off a small hint that he was actually surprised.
Lyra can actually read people pretty well; Misty and Skyala are pretty good as well. The three of them have pretty much the same element, just in different states. Ice and vapor are still water, just in different states. Lyra was quiet as she ate her seafood salad, Lyra enjoyed seafood a lot, especially if they were grilled or made into a salad. Lyra took a sip of her vanilla milkshake, and Ethan stole a glance at her. Ethan attempted to start a conversation with Lyra, but failed as he couldn't say anything.
After dinner, the two groups went back to their respective dorms. Dawn and Kenny headed to the hall for a special night assembly, it was a sudden thing. [4] Sky pulled Ethan aside as Ash and Drew lay on their beds.
"Skyala told me what happened last night. Are you crazy?" Asked Sky, when Ash and Drew weren't listening.
"No." Replied Ethan.
"Then, why did you do that?" Asked Sky?
Ethan didn't answer and Sky gave a sigh. "I don't know what you have against her, but you can't do that. Doesn't it go against your conscience?"
"What I do is none of your business; I just want to get things done. The sooner the better." Said Ethan coldly.
"You're a really bad liar." Thought Sky.
Sky didn't say anything else and left Ethan alone. Sky got out his phone and texted Skyala. There was actually a reason why Sky wanted to get close to Skyala, other than getting rid of her like he was supposed to. When Sky had first seen Skyala, he was shocked. She looked a lot like his childhood friend, the daisy hairpin she wore today heightened his curiousness. The thing is, Sky had given his childhood friend a daisy hairpin similar to the one that Skyala had. Sky wanted to find out the truth, thus decided to get close to Skyala, but he did treasure his friendship with her though.
[1] - They are aura guardians, see Chapter 1
[2] - Leaf is back in Nimbasa City
[3] - For the list of their Pokemon, see Chapter 1.
[4] - Dawn and Kenny are sophomores. May, Misty, Drew and Ash are juniors. Ethan, Sky, Skyala and Lyra are seniors.
I just realized that I kind of made Ethan into some sort person with dual personalities. But it fits the storyline; well some of you may be confused about Ethan. Since he acts differently with different people, but all will be explained in later chapters. I'll probably not update until end of November, because of school and my O Levels are in mid November. But I'll continue to write more chapters during this time. Please review!