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This is a sort of... "Mini chapter." I'm kind of busy lately, so another chapter won't be up for a while. BUT DON'T WORRY! I'm not stopping the story :) I'm just taking a little break for a while. I'll be back soon! I promise.

The Key to the Voices:

"Hello? Are you there?" - This is normal speaking.

"Hello? Are you there?" - This is telepathy, or known as speaking with the mind.

Hello? Are you there? - This is just a character's own thoughts. No one else can hear them, unless they have telepathy.


They made it to the Pokémon Center, and walked in. Decidueye had only been in a Pokémon Center once, and he doesn't even remember the details that much. He sat on a small chair over by the small looking café type shop. Alicia sat down in front of him and looked at him. "So… while we wait, do you want anything?" Decidueye shrugged his shoulders. Alicia sighed. "Well, I'm thirsty so I'm getting something. What do you want?" Decidueye looked at her with a confused look. "Well? Wait a second, have you ever been here?" Decidueye shook his head. "WOW. You need to try something here, wait a minute…"

She ran over to the café and talked to the old man standing behind the counter. Decidueye only assumed that she was ordering something to drink and watched as the old man poured her two cups of something. She said 'thank you' and walked back over to Decidueye, being careful not to spill the drinks.

"Here, try it," she said, smiling. Decidueye just stared at it, not wanting to drink it. "You better drink it," she said as she took a sip of her own drink, "I paid 198 poke-dollars for that, so drink it. NOW." Decidueye wanted to at least know what it is, but wanted her to stop staring at him. So he picked up the cup carefully, and held it to his mouth. He took a sip, and the cold liquid went down his throat.

Decidueye started coughing. He set the cup down a little too hard and pushed it away from him. Little yellow drops of the drink fell out of the cup and Alicia looked at Decidueye, shocked. That was one of the worst things he has ever tasted. "Y-you-?" Alicia couldn't believe it. "YOU DON'T LIKE PINAP JUICE?" she yelled a little too loud, and everyone in the Pokémon Center glanced at her for a moment. "Everyone likes Pinap Juice! WHY DON'T YOU?" Decidueye was still coughing and held his throat. Alicia calmed down and looked at him with worried eyes. "Uh, are you okay?"

The one berry that he hated most.

The one berry that made him gag.

Pinap berries.

And she bought him a full cup of it.

Decidueye hated Pinap berries the most, mostly because of the taste, but also because they made him feel sick. He learned this when one of the Pokémon in Ten Carat Hill brought him one and let him try it. He did, and felt sick for a long while. Decidueye angrily looked at Alicia, and she made a fake smile, trying to hide her fear. "Ha ha, well… I didn't know you didn't like Pinap Juice. Sorry…" she took a napkin and wiped up the spilt droplets. Then a voice was heard from the nurse behind her.

"Excuse me," the nurse said, smiling in the warmest smile that Decidueye had ever seen. But then again, he didn't really care because he felt really sick. "Your Tocannon is doing just fine now," she said as she held out a tray with one pokeball sitting on it. "Thank you for your patience."

Alicia took the pokeball and put it in her purse. "No, I want to thank you!" she said. The nurse just smiled and did a little bow. Then she turned around and walked off.

"So, bow man," Alicia said, still concerned. "Are you really okay? I didn't poison you or anything, right?"

Decidueye cleared his throat and stood up. He didn't want to stay in one position for too long, or else he might not ever get up. He pointed to the exit and started to walk over there. Alicia looked at him with a confused look, but shook her head and followed behind him, after chugging down her leftover Pinap juice.

They started to head over to the Pokémon Trainers' School, and stopped in front of the entrance. "Alright!" Alicia said, making fists with her hands. "We need to find Ilima and ask if we can do the trial now. Okay? That is our mission. I'll look outside and you look inside. Got it?" Decidueye noticed that she was super excited and energized. Probably from that Pinap juice… he thought, grimacing at the thought of it. But before he could respond, Alicia was already running over to the students around the school, asking where Ilima was. He sighed, and walked in, still feeling a bit sick from that juice earlier.