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The little shop seemed empty and dark as Stella approached it. She wasn't quite sure she had gotten the right address. As she got nearer she saw lights inside and decided to go through the automatic sliding doors. So this was a shop. Immediately to her left, Stella noticed the checkout desk with a huge leafeon on top. The leafeon was sleeping, but the noise of the sliding door made it perk its head up.
"Wow. Easy now. I'm not a burglar." Stella placed her hands above her waist, showing that she was not armed.
"Hi! How may I help you?" A girl who looked like the older version of Gardenia, stepped out from behind a rack of flower pots.
"Oh. Hi. I'm Gardenia's friend, Stella." Stella turned uneasily towards the shop-keeper in fear of being attacked by the leafeon.
"Hmm. GARDENIA!" the girl shouted and Stella nearly jumped out of her skin.
"Rosie seriously, I can hear you from upstairs no need to be an exploud." Gardenia walked out of her room, her brown hair sticking up as if she had just awoken from a nap.
Rosie smirked and went back to tending the flowers with three treecko helping her.
Gardenia ran downstairs followed by a shroomish, a hoppip, and a male nidoran.
"Hey Stella." Gardenia greeted Stella. She was dressed in a white shirt and green overalls, barely any change from the blue school uniform.
"Hey Gardenia! Um…is that leafeon gonna hurt me?" Stella had been standing still since she had arrived in the little shop.
"Ha! Leafy? Hurt you?" Gardenia stopped to giggle for a little bit and continued, "nah, the only time you should be worried is if skeptile comes out. Then you know you're in trouble."
"Skeptile?" Stella gulped.
"Yeah. My mom's skeptile. He's really sweet, but just don't go around threatening us or his bad side will come out. Leafeon too chases robbers…but she's a bit lazier and older." Gardenia smiled, finishing her slick ponytatail. She then grabbed a red bandana with a white pokeball and placed it on her head.
"Isn't this a pokemon breeder outfit?" Stella had seen them before on TV.
"Yep. I'm training to be a pokemon breeder since Rosie's called the nursery." Gardenia gave Rosie a dirty look.
Rosie flashed a fake smile but then suddenly turned serious.
"I haven't introduced myself, how rude of me." Rosie stood up and walked towards Stella.
"Yeah, what good is an exploud's voice if you're not going to use it?" Gardenia jabbed at her sister.
Rosie shot her a look and continued, "I'm Rosie. Born of Tom and Delila Hawthorne. I'm 21 years old and I look after this nursery. Not to mention, I love raising treecko." Rosie extended her hand to Stella.
"Nice to meet you, Rosie. I'm Stella born of…Do I have to say it?" Stella asked.
"No." Gardenia said.
"Yes." Rosie smiled.
Both sisters shot each other venomous looks.
Neither had time to say anything as a noise from the woods caused the everyone in the shop to turn and look.
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