Dedication through Light and Darkness
Chapter 3: Dorm Test!
"Welcome to the Fire Red dorm! Girls dorms are on the right and boy's dorms are straight ahead."
As Jyharri and Sydnie arrived in the Fire Red dorm they were greeted by a robot. The robot had a screen for a head that displayed a woman dressed in red. The robot floated around the entrance room greeting everyone that entered. The room was fairly large. Pictures of different fire type Pokémon lined the walls. The colors of the walls were a shade of yellow, matching the carpet.
"I guess I'll see you later," Sydnie said to Jyharri as she walked off towards the girls dorms.
"Yeah," Jyharri said. "See ya later."
As Jyharri walked straight to the doors leading to the boy's dorms, he saw a familiar face out of the corner of his eye. Turning to see who it was, he realized it was a picture.
"Wow," Jyharri said staring at the portrait. "Lance Blackthorn."
The portrait had been of a man around his mid 20s. His red hair was slicked back and spiked up at the same time. His black cape flowing behind him matched his red and black jumpsuit. A large dragon looking Pokémon stood next to him. Its skin was a shade of orange, save for its underbelly which happened to be tan and the underside of its wings which were a shade of green.
"I hear his Dragonite is very powerful," said a voice from behind Jyharri.
Jyharri whirled around to see Bart standing behind him.
"Your name is Bart right?" Jyharri asked him.
"Yeah and you're Jyharri," Bart replied. "What dorm room are you in?"
"I have no idea," Jyharri said.
Bart laughed and walked to the doors to the boy's dorm.
"Come on then," Bart said, motioning for Jyharri to follow.
As Jyharri walked up to Bart the doors slid open. The boys walked through the doors into a hallway. The hallway's walls were the same shade of red as the Fire Red blazers. At the end of the hallway there were three elevators. Next to the elevators was a list of names. Bart ran his finger down the list about two names and said, "You're in room 512, same room as me."
"Let's head to the room then," said Jyharri, pushing the up button on one of the elevators.
There was a ding as the elevator reached the first floor. As the boys stepped inside they pushed the number five on the elevator panel. When the elevator reached the fifth floor Bart led Jyharri around a bunch of hallways to a door with the number 512 on it. The door had a device next to it that looked like a scanner. Bart put his hand on the device and the door opened.
"What in the world," Jyharri said amazed.
"The administration installed who would be living in the dorms in the device," Bart said. "They then got your handprint from either your parents or the government and also put them in there."
"That's awesome," Jyharri exclaimed. "So the only people who can get into a room-"
"-Are the people living in that room," Bart finished for him.
As the two stepped into the room Jyharri noticed it didn't look like much of a room, but like a small house. The area they were in resembled a living room. A red couch was against the far wall, two red chairs on either side. A screen was embedded into the right wall, a fireplace underneath. Across the room to their left was a hallway. As Jyharri peered down the hallway he saw four doors, three on one wall and one on the other. A small kitchen area was to the left of the hallway. It was complete with a stove, dishwasher, and etc. The walls in the room were, of course, red. The floors were that of hardwood, the usual brown color. Jyharri ran to the couch and jumped on it laughing.
"You had better go claim your room," Bart told him. "The one closest to the exit is mine."
"Well I would if I had my suitcase," Jyharri told him.
"It's in the hallway, along with our other roommate's things."
Jyharri got up off the couch and walked into the hallway to find his black suitcase next to a yellow one. Jyharri picked up his suitcase and headed into the room at the end of the hall. He opened the door to enter into a medium sized room. A bed lay against the wall on Jyharri's left next to a window. The red sheets on the bed were spread smooth as silk usually was. A brown wooden dresser was placed in the right corner, six drawers lining the front. Jyharri sat his suitcase on his bed and peered out the window. Waves were hitting the shoreline of the island. A ding was heard throughout the dorm. Jyharri ran out of his room to see Bart opening the door. Outside the door were three boys, all seemingly sixteen or older. They all wore the Fire Red blazer with grey pants.
"We heard two first years are living here," said the boy on the right, flipping his long blonde hair.
"Yeah," said Bart. "So what if we're first years?"
All first year students have to pass their dorm test," explained the boy on the left. His black spiky hair made him look a porcupine.
"The ones who make the test are the fourth years," said the short brown haired boy in the middle. He had a very heavy Australian accent when he spoke. "That's us."
"What's this test then?" Jyharri asked. "Is it a battle?"
"No, it's a scavenger hunt," said the boy in the middle. "You can work with whoever you want and you can use your Pokémon too."
The boy on the left handed Jyharri and Bart a list of items. As they scanned the list they saw a lot of unusual items.
"A Bone Club," Jyharri read. "Only Cubone and Marowak hold those. How are we supposed to get one of those?"
"That isn't for us to decide," the boy on the right said.
"When you finish call us," said the middle boy. "I'm Drake and this is James on the left and Cody on the right."
"Call you on what though?" Bart asked.
"You'll see," Drake told him handing him a piece of paper with a number.
As the three fourth years left Bart put the number in his pocket and walked out of the room motioning for Jyharri to follow.
"Where are we going now?" Jyharri asked.
"To go get our schedules," said Bart. "How did you forget?"
Jyharri scoffed and followed Bart to the elevator. The walk back to the main lobby seemed shorter than the walk to the dorm. Arriving in the lobby, the boys were greeted by the same robot that greeted them when they walked in about an hour ago except this time it had a smiley face on its screen. Looking around the lobby Jyharri spotted a girl leaning against the wall next to the door that led to the dock.
"Sydnie," Jyharri called out surprised to see her.
"Took ya long enough," she told him.
As she approached him she punched him in the arm.
"What was that for?" Jyharri asked, pretending he was hurt.
"I told you that I would meet up with you when we need to get our schedules," she told him. "I've been here for forty minutes!"
"I'm sorry, we got held up," he told her.
Sydnie gave him an 'I don't believe you' look. Jyharri sighed and showed her the list.
"They gave you that too?" she asked.
"Who Drake," Bart asked. "Yeah he gave it to us. That's why we're here now instead of forty minutes ago."
Sydnie punched Bart in the arm now. "Don't get smart with me."
Bart smirked. He took another look at the list and walked off, waving goodbye to Jyharri and Sydnie. Jyharri turned and faced Sydnie, smiling.
"Why are you so happy?" Sydnie asked him.
"We made it," Jyharri said. "We are at one of the most prestigious Academies in the country. Now let's get started on this scavenger hunt."
"Right," said Sydnie as she nodded. "I think we should start from the top of the list and work our way down instead of going all over it."
"Ok, first on the list is a seed pod," Jyharri read from the list. "What is a seed pod?"
"I think they mean those yellow things on the backs of Sceptiles," Sydnie guessed.
"Where are we supposed to find one of those?" Jyharri asked.
Sydnie pulled a round yellow orb out of her pocket and held it up to Jyharri's face.
"Where did you get that?" he asked curiously.
"I have a Sceptile," she explained. "I looked on the list before hand and got all the things on here I had before hand. I have this, and the Pecha Berries. I guess we should go look for the rest of the things."
Jyharri smiled at Sydnie and led the way out of the lounge and to the docks. Once back on the main island Jyharri instantly went to the student store on the East side of the island. As he stepped into the store a smell of freshness entered his nose. The spotless floor, walls, and counters almost blinded Jyharri when he walked in.
"Welcome to the student store!" said a man around his thirties. "I'm Dan and I'm sure we will be seeing a lot of each other."
Jyharri had noticed that Dan had a scar on his left cheek in the shape of a claw. Trying not to stare, Jyharri's eyes darted to the side of Dan, now looking at the floor. All he could see of Dan out the corner of his eyes was his short silver hair.
"I'm Jyharri," he introduced himself.
"Ahh, I've heard of you," said Dan.
"Really?" Jyharri asked excitedly now looking Dan in the eyes.
"Yeah, you're one of the kids who was in that battle on the ship," Dan said. "They told me you were a troublemaker, but you don't seem like it."
"Thanks," Jyharri said. "You wouldn't happen to sell berries, would you?"
"Why yes we do," said Dan stepping behind the counter.
As Dan bent down behind the counter, Jyharri heard a rapping noise. He turned towards the entrance to see Sydnie at the window. She seemed to be holding up a sack with some white powder in it. Jyharri held up one finger telling her to wait.
"What kind of berries do you need?" Dan asked, pulling up a silver container.
"Oran Berries," Jyharri replied.
Dan pulled out a small key and opened the box and shook his head. "I'm sorry but we're out."
"Do you know where we can get some?" Jyharri asked.
"The south side of the island should have trees filled with them," Dan told him.
"Thanks," said Jyharri walking out of the store.
"Well?" Sydnie asked him when he walked out the store's door.
"They were out, but the South side of the island should be packed with em," Jyharri replied.
Jyharri turned on his heel and took off towards what he believed to be south.
"Almost there," Jyharri said wheezing after running across the island for about thirteen minutes.
Trees were in his line of sight. They were about seven kilometer in front of him. As he reached the trees, Jyharri hunched over trying to catch his breath. Reaching up into the trees he pulled off about three red berries.
"Three Oran Berries," Jyharri said to himself. "Perfect."
Jyharri stored the berries in his right pocket and jogged back in the direction he came. After about six minutes he saw Sydnie and stopped her.
"Here," he said, handing her the red berries.
"What are these for?" she asked.
"They're the Oran Berries," Jyharri told her.
"These are Tamato Berries," Sydnie said, laughing.
"But I got them from the south side," started Jyharri.
"You went north," said Sydnie. "I wanted to see if you would act like all men and you did. You should have asked for directions."
"Ah man!" Jyharri grunted sprinting in the opposite direction he went.
Having reached the south side in about twenty minutes, the sun had begun to go down.
"It's almost sun set," Jyharri told himself, picking the Oran Berries off the trees. "I got my three."
As Jyharri was about to leave he remembered Dan. He remembered that his shop didn't have any Oran Berries.
"Ah man, why do I have to do the right thing?" Jyharri asked himself as he pulled out his shirt and started to fill his shirt with Oran Berries.
By the time Jyharri had gotten back to Dan's shop, the sun was almost not visible. Jyharri knocked on the shop door with his elbow.
"Dan," Jyharri called out towards the shop. "It's Jyharri."
The door slowly opened to reveal the silver haired man with a smile on his face. "Yes?"
"I brought you these Oran Berries," Jyharri said, showing the Berries in his shirt.
"Thank you so much," Dan said. "You saved me a trip to the south side of the island. Now I won't have to deal with those mean, Neanderthals that we call third year students."
"E-excuse me mean?" Jyharri asked.
"Oh yeah," said Dan. "There is this group of five third year students who claim they rule the south side of this island. They say whoever steps foot on their side is going to have something terrible happen to them."
"What exactly is t-these terrible things?" Jyharri asked, stuttering.
"Well, last year, when they were second years, one first year student stumbled his way into their territory and the next day all that was found was his underwear and homework."
Jyharri's jaw dropped, as well as the Oran Berries he was holding. The berries splattered the ground where Jyharri stood, turning it blue.
"I got to go," Jyharri said. "I'll see ya soon though."
As soon as Jyharri walked about three meters he started to run towards the dock at the middle of the island. Dodging people and plants alike, Jyharri made it to the main building before bumping into four shadow-like figures, all taller than him by at least a head. As Jyharri regained his vision, he looked them up and down and saw that three of the people he bumped into were in Ocean Blue and the other in Thunder Yellow.
"We heard you were on our side of the island little red," said a voice from behind Jyharri.
Jyharri wheeled around and was now face to chest with a big Leaf Green third year. His shoulder length blonde hair blew in the little breeze that picked up. The size of his hands were the almost a quarter the size of Jyharri's. His green eyes pierced through Jyharri like a sharp spear.
"I see you are speechless so I'll start the introductions," the Leaf Green student said. "My name is Chad."
Jyharri tried to speak, but all that came out was a little stutter. What are they going to do to me? Jyharri thought nervously. I can't believe I'm going to die my first day.
"Here's how it goes down here," Chad started. "You step foot on our side and we beat you within an inch of your life. You do it again and the same thing will happen until you get what we are trying to say."
Laughter and cracking knuckles were heard all around Jyharri. Not even noticing, the group surrounded him!
"Ready boys," Chad said. "Let's teach little red a lesson!"
As all the older boys lunged at Jyharri, he closed his eyes tight. After a couple of seconds Jyharri had wondered why the pain hadn't hit him yet. When Jyharri opened his eyes he saw that boys were less than inches from him but stopped.
"You have nothing to worry about," said a voice close to Jyharri.
After looking around for a bit he saw that Drake was standing a few meters from them, a floating Pokémon next to him. It had a somewhat fox-like appearance. As its gold body floated in the air, its legs stayed crossed. Its long gold mustache came down passed its silver spoon holding hands to its knees.
"Drake," Jyharri said as he ran from the middle of the group to his new friend. "How are they stopped?"
"My Alakazam has them in his Psychic attack," said Drake. "They're not going anywhere until I want them to. You better get back to the dorm."
"Thanks Drake," said Jyharri as he ran towards the harbor.
As Jyharri stepped into the Fire Red lounge a fist hit him in his arm. Jyharri turned to see Sydnie with an angry look on her face.
"Where were you?" she asked him angrily.
"I was out getting the Oran Berries," he told her as he pulled the blue berries out of his pocket.
"Well, did something happen to you because you took a long time," Sydnie asked now looking concerned.
Jyharri saw this worry in her face. "No, nothing happened," he lied.
"Well that's good," Sydnie said now smiling. "Here, I got this for you."
Sydnie put into Jyharri's hand a paper and a device that resembled a cell phone.
"What are these?" Jyharri asked.
"Your schedule and school PDA," she explained. "With the PDA you can call, and text anyone on the campus. You can also manage your calendar with your daily schedule and everything. I already registered my number in there."
"That's pretty sweet," said Jyharri examining the PDA.
"Also I checked your schedule and we have Battle Skills, Catching Pokémon 101, and lunch together," Sydnie told him.
"Right," said Jyharri. "Well it's been a long day and I think we should both get some-"
Before Jyharri could finish his sentence the front doors slid open and Drake fell onto the floor, his shirt and face bloody. Jyharri and Sydnie rushed towards him and bent down next to him. His breathing was very slow.
"Sydnie go get a nurse!" Jyharri shouted.
As Sydnie took off into a hallway Drake smiled.
"I'm ok," he said. "I just need a cloth, some cool water, and my bed."
As Drake tried to stand up he started to fall again only to have Jyharri catch him.
"Nonsense," Jyharri told him. "We're going to get you help."
Just then a ringing noise was heard. Jyharri looked around and figured out it was his PDA. Someone had just sent him a text message.
"Who is it from?" Jyharri asked himself.
As Jyharri looked at his PDA it did not tell him who sent him the message. As he read it Jyharri was shocked. The message read, "You're next little red."