Chapter 4: The Frightening Children
11:40:00 AM, Santalune City, Kalos
Collin walked out of the hotel, and headed towards the boutique. He was walking around in pajamas, and pajamas are not suitable attire for the nature of the mission Collin was embarking on.
Plus, he didn't want to embarrass himself in front of the mystery person that would be joining him on his journey, but he would probably end up doing that anyways.
Collin entered the boutique, where the shopkeeper laughed a little to herself at Collin's current threads. After sorting through endless shelves of ladies' clothing, Collin finally found himself an outfit: a black hooded sweatshirt with red trim, a dark red T-Shirt, a pair of khaki cargo pants, black socks, and gray skate shoes that reminded him of Vans back in America. He paid for the clothes, and put them on promptly after realizing that he had wasted enough time.
A few minutes later, Collin was on the road to Aquacorde Town. He walked for a bit, and was reminded of his sad physical condition.
''Great, I'm even more out-of-shape than I expected,'' He thought to himself.
After more walking, Collin heard the words that would strike fear in any rational being.
''I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!''
11:40:00 AM, Route 1, Kalos
Serena was already on the road.
This new adventure excited her, even if it did involve some danger. She wasn't sure what ''firearms'' or ''artillery'' were, but she was still excited to see some in person.
Apparently Arceus didn't have enough time to explain everything.
She continued down the nice, flat, paved road for a time, and an hour or two later, she was in Aquacorde Town.
Serena decided to spend her spare time in town with her trusty companion, Fennekin. Fennekin saw that Serena was very excited, and a normal Pokémon would be excited if their trainer was.
But Fennekin had a bad feeling about this new adventure.
12:32 PM, Santalune Forest, Kalos
''Listen, kid, I know what you are thinking, and I'm not going along with it.''
Collin was serious about this. He didn't want to waste valuable time on some trivial battle.
''But if I see you, I have the right to battle you!'' The young trainer was obviously determined to battle.
''Okay, let me spell it out for you: I. DO. NOT. WANT. TO. BATTLE. YOU,'' Collin responded
The young trainer said something that chilled Collin to the bone:
''Hey guys! There's some dude over here that's too chicken to battle! Let's chase him with our Pokémon!''
Suddenly, a small gang of ten year-olds emerged from the brush by the road, with their threatening and imposing army of Fletchlings, Weedles, and other normally weak Pokémon. Collin wasn't scared at first, then he realized something:
He had no Pokémon. Collin verbalized his feelings in the only way he knew how.
''Oh….OH SHIT!''
Collin made the wise choice. He started running away from the kids.