A/N: PLEASE READ

Just letting everyone know, all of my stories are going to be on hiatus for a while. This is because my baby is due soon and its going to be quite a while before I can update again so I really hope you guys enjoy this chapter. If I have some more time before I go into labor (which I seriously doubt) there's a possibility that I may update another chapter. Anyway, enjoy!

Go Home Seathroul!

Shane stepped to the front of the line that his Pokémon were in. He had planned on swapping out one of them out for his Blastoise during the previous year, but he decided to go back on it due to Blastoise's destructive nature. However, he felt confident as he was more mature than he had been and that controlling Blastoise wouldn't be too much of an issue. Even though the tournament had been cancelled due to the recent events at Louhearst, Shane felt that Blastoise would still be good to have for protection. He had decided that either Victreebel or Rapidash would be the best candidates to leave at home since they were both very fond of his mother.

"Which one would you like to keep you company?" Shane asked her.

Laurina glanced at the two Pokémon before deciding on Victreebel. She had given Rapidash to Shane as a gift, but she knew that she always got along better with Victreebel. "We'll have such an enjoyable time Victreebel," she stated as she began petting the grass Pokémon.

"Is that okay with you, Victreebel?" Shane asked curiously.

"Victreee!"

Victreebel nodded her head in approval rubbed against Shane before she was led away by Laurina. Once they were out of sight, Shane recalled his other Pokémon before setting his eyes on Blastoise. The Pokémon simply stared at his trainer with a stern look on his face, but for the first time, Shane didn't feel intimidated. He had raised Blastoise from a Squirtle and he had always had a very callous attitude towards other trainers and Pokémon and was known not to follow orders. The only reason Shane didn't release him was because of his outstanding power

"Listen," he began in a firm voice. "I know we have had our differences, but too many things have happened lately. I want you to know that I'm not the same person that I was. I still have a lot to learn, but I'm not going to give up. So, we should be on equal terms. I won't go overboard complaining about strength or anything like that. What do you say?"

"Blaaastoise…"

Blastoise simply nodded his head in agreement as a faint smile formed on Shane's face.

"I see you are taking this new 'change' of yours seriously…"

Samuel Clarke strolled up to his son with a look of indifference on his face. Shane simply stared at his father in confusion. "What are you talking about?"

"Well, Shane, you've become quite the…hero of Louhearst," Samuel replied. "Finding two of your peers near death in the same week and alerting the paramedics both times is quite unlike you. I am not disappointed though. You've matured and that is a good thing. However, before you go back to school, I want you to remember one thing. Loyalty…"

"Loyalty?"

"Correct. I am pleased with your improvement, but do not forget whose side you are on."

Shane nodded his head and took a deep breath before reciting the familiar words.

"Blood is thicker than water…"

With the academies starting up again, Professor Pine had taken over for Dean Horace and was preparing for the arrival of the Seathroul students over the course of the week. She decided that it would be easier to divide the transfers into three groups and gradually integrate them into Louhearst instead of just shoving everyone through the doors when tensions were still high. There were several students that she needed to speak with, specifically Zack Winters.

The young man sat in her office with an indifferent expression on his face. Louhearst was the last place he wanted to be and she knew it. However, Professor Pine was going to try her hardest to be both friendly and stern with him. "Listen," she began. "You've been through a lot."

"If I had a dime for every time I heard that," Zack muttered.

The professor sighed as she continued. "I can't imagine what it must have felt like, but if you want to talk about anything my door is always open. I know you have therapy this week, so you'll be with the last group of students arriving here on Friday. Now, I need to talk to you about your son."

"I already know," Zack said irritably. "I have to help Ronnie take care of him or I go to jail. Trust me, I've been hearing it for nearly three weeks."

"Well, Zack, it's only a punishment if you choose to see it in that way," Professor Pine told him as she turned to face the window. "I watched Joey from time to time when his mother was busy with her studies. You should be lucky to have such a beautiful little boy. I know I would be…"

She turned back to face Zack and noticed that he had started to become uncomfortable. Professor Pine groaned to herself as she realized what she had done. She always had problems keeping her professional life and her personal life separate.

"Um, can I go now?"

The professor nodded her head and the young man headed out of the office. He looked around in disgust as he headed for the exit of the school. He would rather be anywhere other than Louhearst. He hated the colorful atmosphere, the stuck-up looking students, and everything else about his new school. However, he knew that the real reason that he hated Louhearst was the fact that it was a hundred times better than Seathroul.

"Ugh, I wish we were anywhere else other than this pathetic excuse for a school…" he muttered to himself.

"You and me both…"

He looked forward to see a familiar looking young man. He knew him from somewhere, but he couldn't remember. Zack squinted at the young man before his eyes widened and a grin formed on his face. "Oh, you're that dude we jumped back in Cherrygrove!" he said to Ethan. "Man, I'm way passed that. How about we just let it go."

"You could actually apologize," Ethan shot back.

Zack frowned at him. "You want an apology? Fine, I'm sorry I kicked the shit out of you. There, I said it. Now get out of my way." Both boys knew that the apology was nowhere near sincere, but Zack didn't care.

"Actually, I wasn't talking about that," Ethan told him as the two boys stood face to face.

"Ugh," Zack scoffed. "I don't have time for this…"

He started to walk off, but Ethan blocked his path once more. He glared into Zack's eyes as a furious expression formed on his face. He tried to control his anger as he began speaking. "You stood there while your friend murdered my friend in cold blood," he said in a low, threatening voice. "You can ask for forgiveness for everything you've done. For abandoning Ronnie, for beating me up, and for killing Emma even though you could really care less, but what about my friend? She can't ask for her life back…"

Zack didn't respond. He knew there was nothing he could say and he definitely wasn't going to get on his hands and knees and apologize for something that someone else did. Vic was the one who had killed Emma Jacobs, but judging from the reactions he had gotten from several of the Louhearst students, it seemed as if they believed that all of Seathroul had stabbed the girl. Zack knew that the 'war' was idiotic, but he was only in for the fun. He kept telling himself over and over that no one was supposed to actually get killed. Zack glared daggers at Ethan. He had tried to make peace with the younger boy, but it was hopeless. He simply shoved him out of his way and continued towards the exit…

Rietta stepped into the ruins of her garden along with her Mismagius, desperately trying to hold back her tears. It was the first time she had been allowed to see it and with the morning sun shining brightly, the destruction was highly visible. Rietta looked from the trampled flowers to the large branches on the ground around the cherry tree. She looked at the pieces of the destroyed bird bath and over to the west gate. She remembered how her mother talked about getting it fixed, but had never gotten around to it. It dawned on Rietta that Emma could have made it out if the gate were fixed. The rain had washed away all traces of Emma's blood on the white gate, but there was still an aura of uneasiness that Rietta could feel.

"Hey, you wanted to show me something?"

Jett entered the garden through the east gate, his Magmar following close behind him. Like Rietta, this was the first time Jett had laid eyes on the destroyed garden. He managed to retain his calm attitude as he moved around the garden.

"This…" Rietta started. She took a deep breath. "This is where it happened. This is where Logan and Shane found Emma…"

Jett sighed as Rietta's Mismagius moved closer to her. If there was anything that Jett wanted, it was to help all of his friends feel a little better and hopefully take their minds off of all the tragedies that had been occurring. He knew it would be difficult to deal with Rietta alone after everything that had happened, but he felt that it would be best to be as settled as possible. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a set of keys and held them in front of Rietta's face.

"Magmar, take Faye to the car," he told his Pokémon. "We're going to go for a ride."

Rietta stared at him in confusion as the two Pokémon headed out of the garden. "Where exactly are we going?"

"To that café across the street from the Department Store," he answered. "Classes aren't starting up again until next Monday after all three of the Seathroul groups have been transferred, so everyone's going to be hanging out there."

"Well, I'd rather not…" Rietta snapped.

"Too bad," Jett said as he grabbed her hand and led her out of the garden. "You're driving! You're birthday's coming up in a couple of weeks and you need to be able to drive by the time we get to Ecruteak."

"I don't even have my license yet…"

Jett simply ignored her as he crammed Magmar and Faye in the backseat and jumped on the passenger's side. Rietta reluctantly took a seat in the driver's seat as an annoyed expression formed on her face. Jett stared at her for a bit and found something unusual about her eyes. They had a somewhat sullen look in them and he realized that her skin was a bit paler than usual. He guessed that the recent events had taken a toll on her.

"What are you looking at?" she said, interrupting his thoughts.

"Nothing. Are you ready?"

"Yeah, I guess. Any words of encouragement?"

"Just four," Jett replied. "Try not to suck…"

Rietta glanced over to Jett as she continued driving towards Central Goldenrod. Traffic was light and as much as she wanted to get the driving over with, she knew they would be in trouble if she sped especially since she didn't even have a license in the first place.

"I just want to ask something," she started. "On the expedition, we have to walk to the next location, so how does everyone get their cars from one place to another when we move to a different town? Like when we get to Ecruteak, how are you going to get your car there?"

"The Alakazam that Dean Horace have around the school transport all the cars to the parking lot of the building in the next city. I don't know if there actually his or not, but there still here while he's on vacation or whatever he went."

"Vacation?"

Jett nodded his head. "Professor Pine's in charge while he's gone. I can see why he'd want to get away from all this for a while. The reporters have probably been hounding him just as much as they've been harassing you. I just wish Cynda would call me about Logan. Z.K. told me that she's been in and out of some kind of trance...and…"

"And what?" Rietta asked him as she turned to face them. "What's the-"

She was cut off by the sound of a loud horn coming from an oncoming eighteen-wheeler. Jett quickly grabbed the wheel and spun the car back into the correct lane, ignoring the screaming Rietta. They pulled into the café and Jett immediately hopped out of the car.

"Rietta, what the hell?"

"My bad!" she yelled as she tried to catch her breath. She tossed Jett the keys as she recalled Faye to her Poké Ball. "I-I'll go see if I can find a table."

She made her way inside the café as Jett recalled Magmar. He found himself pretty concerned about Rietta and wondered what was going on with her. Something was definitely off with her, but he couldn't figure out what it was. He noticed Rolen and Mike chatting with one another near Rolen's car and walked over to his band mates. "Sorry it took so long to get here. I was almost killed by Rietta's driving. You guys get my message?"

"Yep," Mike replied. "I'm still up for practicing. In fact, me and Rolen are about to head over to that new music store in a few. I don't know about Roux or Ethan though. They're in the café, but I didn't want to bother them…"

"They'll come around," Jett said. "There's just a lot going on right now and we need to make sure we don't pressure them with any band stuff." He pulled out his phone and stepped to the side to read the text message that he had received.

"Is that Sonia?" Mike teased as he glanced at the screen on Jett's phone.

Jett grinned and nodded his head as he answered the text before putting the phone back in his pocket. "I told her to come hang out with all of us here. It'll get her a better chance to get to know some of the Louhearst students and hopefully help us with this whole Louhearst-Seathroul stuff."

"Wait," Rolen interjected. "Wasn't she friends with that freak that killed Jacobs?"

"Vic?" Jett answered. "Please, she's never even talked to Vic."

"Alright, whatever," Rolen said. "Cooper, let's get going…"

The two boys shook hands with Jett as they got in Rolen's car and drove off. Jett headed inside the café and found Rietta at a table with Roux and Ethan. Before he could make his way over to them, he was approached by Z.K. She grabbed onto his arm and dragged him into the nearby broom closet. Closing the door behind them, she took a deep breath.

"Listen, Z.K." he started. "I have a girlfriend, so we shouldn't be-"

"Shut up and listen!" Z.K. interrupted. She took another deep breath before speaking. "I…I kissed Becca…"

"Come again?"

She moved closer to him. "I kissed Becca…"

"Hot…"

Z.K. ignored him and continued speaking. "I have to tell someone. It started because I bought her a gift since her birthday was the same day as Logan's, but she didn't tell anyone. So, she came over to the Martins place while I was there by myself and we got in a fight. We apologized to each other and then…we kissed. I've been avoiding her all day, but I have to know if this means that I'm…"

"Don't jump to conclusions," Jett assured her. "Lucky for you, I'm an expert on this subject. First thing first, how long did the kiss last?"

"I don't know. Six or seven seconds…"

"That's kind of a lot. Was there any tongue used?"

Z.K. frowned at him. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah, I'm totally serious. Look, Z.K., I'm trying to help you."

"Okay, there might have been some tongue…"

Jett leaned against the wall in silence. He stared at Z.K. for a few seconds before deciding to speak. "Honestly, you're going to have to talk to Becca about this. You can't keep avoiding her especially since you two share a room. If you like Becca and she likes you back, then go for it. If you felt it was a mistake, then you need to let Becca know that."

"Wow, Jett, that actually sounded…smart…"

She gave him a peck on the cheek before walking out of the closet. Jett reached inside his pocket and read his text message before smiling to himself and answering back. The young man made his way over to the table and took a seat in the chair across from Rietta. She was in a conversation with Ethan and Roux about the Seathroul transfers.

"That psycho's in jail," Ethan started. "But what about Zack Winters? I mean, he saw Emma get stabbed and nothing happens to him. All he has to do is take care of his son, something he should have been doing in the first place."

"I just don't see why we have to merge with Seathroul," Rietta added. "It's just going to make things worse. That school is full of maniacs."

The three continued conversing as Jett continuously checked his phone. When it finally rang, he immediately answered it.

"Are you here?" he said into the phone. "Okay, cool, I'm inside. I'll be the hot guy just in case you didn't know…"

He hung up the phone and continued smiling to himself as Rietta, Roux, and Ethan stared at him in confusion. "Who was that?" Roux asked curiously.

"Oh, that was-"

"Jett!" Sonia called out as she made her way to the table with a large bag in her hand. Jett immediately jumped out of his seat and wrapped his arms around the Seathroul transfer. She handed him the bag and Jett arched an eyebrow as he peered inside. "It's the entire Pokémon Zombie collection as well as Nightmare on Sycamore Street and I even got Sevii Islands Demon. It's an old classic from like the eighties. Since classes don't start up until next Monday, I was thinking we could watch them together with our Pokémon?"

"Definitely!" Jett replied as he continued looking at the movie cases. "I can't believe you're in to horror movies. Okay, like for real, we need to get married as soon as possible. Oh yeah, let me introduce you to my friends."

The two took a seat across from Rietta, Roux, and Ethan and the entire table fell silent. Jett arched an eyebrow at his friends as Sonia stretched out her hand at Rietta and Roux. "Sonia," she greeted as the two girls reluctantly shook her hand.

"Roux…"

Rietta paused and took a deep breath. "Rietta. It's nice to finally officially meet you. She glanced over at Jett only to receive an annoyed eye roll from him.

"So how are things over at Seathroul?" Ethan interjected.

"Well, the first group of transfer students are done packing and they've started moving their stuff to Louhearst," Sonia explained. "The second and third groups are mostly just hanging around campus, but other than that, everything's going fine at Seathroul."

"Really?" Ethan continued. "Everything's okay? Last time I checked, one of your students was in jail…"

The entire table fell silent once again as Jett's eyes wondered across the room. He could tell that the tension was thick, but Sonia managed to retain her coolness. "Listen," she started. "I'm really sorry about your friend, Emma. It was a total tragedy and it shouldn't have happened…"

"I'm sorry," Ethan replied. "I didn't mean to take it out on you. It just happened out of nowhere. I mean you've never even talked to the guy who did it…"

Before they could continue, Ethan noticed Ronnie walking up to the table, desperately trying to hold her drink, talk on the phone, and push Joey's stroller all at the same time while her Mr. Mime followed behind her with her school books and a baby bag. Ethan got up and helped her to their table.

"I got to go, Grandma!" she said into the phone. "Okay, love you too."

Ronnie hung up the phone and took a deep breath. "Sorry it took so long for me to meet up with you guys. Grandma just talks and talks and talks, Joey screams at the top of his lungs, and I don't know how Mr. Mime has as much patience as he does."

"Mr. Mime!"

He smiled at his trainer and helped her organize her belongings with his telekinesis. Mr. Mime separated her school items from her baby gear and placed her drink directly in front of her.

"Thank you so much," Ronnie said as she recalled him to his Poké Ball. "You're the sweetest." She turned her attention back to her friends. "Hey, Sonia, I didn't expect to see you here. Are you with the first group of transfers?"

"Yeah," she answered as she moved closer to the stroller. She peered inside at the sleeping baby. "He gets cuter every time I see him. He looks just like you."

"Thanks for the flattery," Ronnie replied. "But we all know who he really looks like. Speaking of his dad, what group is he coming in?"

"I think Justin and Derek told me that Zack and most of his gang are coming in the third group of transfers on Friday. So-"

She was cut off by two Seathroul girls approaching the table. Rietta immediately recognized the first girl. It was Briana Zeno or 'Breezy' as she wanted to be called. She groaned to herself as she remembered how much trouble she had been on the tour. The other girl didn't look familiar. She had blond hair with pink highlights, fair skin, and brown eyes that seemed to be focusing on everything at one time.

"Hi!" Breezy said to the table. "We just wanted to introduce ourselves to you all since we're going to be under the same roof." She smirked at Rietta. "I'm Breezy, but I'm sure some of you already know. This is my friend, Mikayla."

Mikayla waved flirtatiously at Jett. Sonia could tell that Breezy was up to something, but she couldn't figure it out. "What exactly do you want?"

"I just wanted to meet your new boyfriend," Breezy said in a seemingly innocent tone. "He's pretty cute. Oh, one more thing. I wanted to ask you how Vic is doing."

"I wouldn't know…"

"Really, Sonia?" Mikayla added. "We thought you would know. After all, Vic was your friend. Isn't that right, Breezy?"

"I'm not sure," Breezy stated as Sonia was met with glares from Rietta, Roux, and Ethan. "I think they were more than friends at one point, but even after that, they were still on good terms while she kept going through all the guys at Seathroul. Maybe we should ask Ronnie. After all, she was at Seathroul last year so I'm sure she remembers. Wait, look at the time. We hate that we have to leave after opening a can of Wurmple, but it's important…"

The two girls shot evil smirks at Sonia and Ronnie as they headed for the exit. The table fell into yet another silence before Ethan finally stood up and faced Ronnie.

"You knew…"

"Wait Ethan-"

He stormed out of the restaurant and Ronnie scooped Joey in her arms before following after him, leaving the other four alone. Sonia ignored the glares from the Louhearst girls as she tried to explain herself.

"Listen, Jett," she began. "I lied when I said I never talked to Vic. We went out for a bit last year, but I broke up with him because he was a psycho. I only stayed his friend because I thought I could help him, but I was wrong. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I just thought that you wouldn't want to go out with me if you knew the truth."

"Well this is a surprise," Rietta hissed as she scowled at Sonia. "So, Jett, who are you loyal to? Your dead friend or your new little Seathroul skank?"

Jett's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. Rietta had never been the nicest person, but that comment was unbelievable. He was more shocked than angry that she had said something so hateful. He turned to Roux, who had an equally shocked expression on her face. She had been noticeably quiet the entire day.

"Roux…" Jett said.

"Sorry, Jett," she replied. "Rietta's right. Emma and Logan-"

"What?" he interrupted. "I'd expect this from the Wicked Witch of the North, South, East and West, but not you."

"What do you want me to say?" Roux yelled. "She lied to us about being friends with that psycho."

Jett stood up. "And seeing how you two are acting right now, I can see why she lied. Come on, Sonia, let's get out of here." The two of them started to walk off, but Jett suddenly turned around and made direct eye-contact with Rietta. "You don't even care about Emma or Logan, so I don't know why you're putting up this act. You never cared about either of them. You just want everyone to be miserable and alone like you are. By the way, I just saved your life again, but obviously no gratitude is required. Just leave me alone…"

Shane and Jewel sat in Professor Caper's empty classroom with the other second years gathered around them along with their Pokémon. They had been discussing the arrival of the Seathroul transfers and for the first time, Shane found himself in a position of praise amongst his peers. He definitely didn't want any of the Seathroul transfers at Louhearst and he wasn't going to try to hide it at all.

"They said a third of the students that went to Seathroul were criminals," he explained to the second years. "So out of four-hundred, around one-hundred and thirty-three of them are thugs. We're getting two-hundred and Eastluroh's getting two-hundred so that means about sixty-six of them will be just like Vic Lawson."

"We don't want them here," Jewel added. "And we shouldn't have to hide it. Think about it. More students mean more roommates and most of us already hate the roommates we have. All of them aren't bad and that's a given. We've met good Seathroul students."

"We also tried to end the war like three times," Shane continued. "But they just kept coming back and harassing us and ended in the worse way possible. There are some good Seathroul students, but they didn't try hard enough to keep their reputation clean. We let our guard down at the party and Emma Jacobs paid for it with her life."

Jewel continued speaking as Shane hopped out of his seat and headed towards the back of the classroom where he met up with Rietta and Roux. He smirked at them and the two girls rolled their eyes back at him.

"You're so dramatic," Rietta stated.

"But I'm right," he replied. "And you know it. Where's Mitchell? If anyone would be on our side, it's him."

"He'd rather be with his new Seathroul girlfriend," Rietta answered. "Who by the way used to go out with the guy who killed Emma and pretty much caused Logan's suicide attempt, but obviously he doesn't care…"

"Too bad," Shane said as he turned his attention to Roux. "What do you think? Should we like protest or something?"

Roux sighed and shrugged her shoulders. She didn't know what to think. She wanted to side with her friends especially for Logan, but she knew in the back of her mind that the hate was pointless. It wouldn't bring Emma back or wake Logan up. She wondered what was going on through Rietta's head and thought about what Jett had said about her. It didn't seem to have any effect on her or at least she didn't show it. Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the intercom.

"All students please report to the auditorium…"

Shane nodded his head. "Here's our chance…"

Professor Pine stood at the podium in the auditorium of Louhearst with her Vileplume and Bellossom on opposite sides of her. She had hoped that they could give her the encouragement she needed to address the Louhearst students and welcome the first group of Seathroul transfers. She wanted to prove herself as a worthy dean while Horace was away. The students were filing in as Professor Caper led the transfers on the stage.

"It is so good to see all these familiar faces," Professor Pine began. "And new faces as well. Now I understand you've all been through a lot this month. Both schools have had their share of problems, but now is the time to come together. Louhearst, I want you all to give a big welcome to the Seathroul students…"

She was immediately met with a series of boos and hisses from the students in the chairs.

"Go home murderers!"

"You're not welcomed here!"

"Get out of here Seathroul!"

"Go home Seathroul! Go home Seathroul! Go home Seathroul!"

The chants continued and only worsened when the Seathroul transfers began shouting back at them. Jett headed out of the auditorium with a few of the Seathroul students following behind him as the others began filing out of the auditorium. The two schools met up in the courtyard and Jett found himself staring face to face with Rietta.

"Are you serious?" he told her. "You're all being completely ridiculous."

"Look around, Jett," she started as she gestured to all of the Louhearst students surrounding her. She pointed at the Emma Jacobs Memorial Garden to the east of the courtyard before turning her attention back to Jett. "All of these people are loyal to Emma and Logan like you were before you decided to side with Seathroul. These guys killed one of your friends which lead to your other friend's suicide and all you can think about is a girl."

"You know what," Sonia suddenly said. "I know why Jett told me that you only have like two friends. Anyone who puts up with your bullshit must be out of their damn minds. You're pathetic…"

The two girls moved closer and glared into each other's eyes. Students from both sides immediately began pushing and shoving the girls into each other and in a matter of seconds, the Louhearst students and the Seathroul students were in a brawl. Slaps, punches, and kicks were flying all over the courtyard and it resembled more of a fight between two gangs than anything. Professor Pine quickly led the staff into the skirmish.

"That's enough!" she shouted. "Break it up! I said break it up!" The students were not complying and she knew what she would have to do. "Vileplume, Bellossom, use Stun Spore!"

"Viiiilepluuuume!"

"Bellloooosssom!"

The professors held their breath as the orange mist enveloped the area. The students began dropping to the ground like flies until only a few of them were standing. Rietta and Sonia still had their hands buried into each other's hair as they began wobbling. Sonia threw one last punch at the younger girl, hitting her directly in the eye as they both fell down. Professor Pine's face twisted in anger as she stepped over the pile of students. She had never been the slightest bit upset with the students in all her years at Louhearst, but today was different. She was absolutely furious and made no attempt to hide it.

"As soon as you're able to stand, I want Louhearst to head back to their dorms and Seathroul to go to the gym until further notice. Keep all of your Pokémon in their Poké Balls unless authorized by a professor. I want you all to know that punishments will be handed out and that I am extremely disappointed in your behavior…"

Professor Caper sighed as he glanced around at his second year students. Even when classes weren't in session, he still felt that they were his responsibility. "Just tell me," he started. "Tell me what exactly the point of your protest was? Shane?

"Revenge…" he answered simply.

"Revenge?" the professor questioned. "Was revenge worth getting a month of detention?" He turned to Rietta as she placed the ice pack over her left eye. "Was revenge worth getting a black eye?"

"After what they did to Emma and Logan…" she muttered.

Professor Caper shook his head and move directly to the center of the classroom, making sure everyone could hear him. "One kid killed Emma," he told them. "One kid. You can't blame the entire school for that or Logan's suicide attempt."

"Emma is gone and Logan may never wake up and people like Jett are just pretending like it didn't happen," Rietta defended. "People are dying around us and people like Jett are just in denial."

"You aren't doing yourself any favors by continuing the hatred," Caper responded. "And you're definitely not doing Emma or Logan any favors. Do any of you think Emma would want this? I remember how she came to me after Ethan was attacked and asked me if I could set up a peace summit between Louhearst and Seathroul. She wanted peace and the least you can do for her is to respect her memory…"

He opened the door to the room and ushered the students out. They knew that the professor was right and it took a brawl and getting a month's worth of detention for them to realize that if they kept the war going with Seathroul, there would just be another casualty on their hands. Jett watched as Rietta approached him. Her face still had a haunted look on it, but it was overshadowed by the large ice pack that she held against her eye.

"Listen," she said. "I'm sorry for everything I did today. You were right…"

"Come again?" Jett replied.

"You were right," she repeated. "This war with Seathroul has done nothing but get people hurt and continuing it is just stupid. Definitely not worth a month of detention."

"Did you get that epiphany when you got hit in the eye?"

Rietta smirked at him. "I'm surprised you know what that epiphany means."

"I'm smarter than you give me credit for, Rietta."

"Friends?"

Rietta stretched out her hand at Jett and he nodded his head as they shook hands. "We're friends, but you're on thin ice…" They laughed aloud, but Rietta could see that he may have been serious. "Glad you came to your senses. There's something we need to do…"

Ethan zipped Togepi in his coat as he made his way through the blowing winds of New Bark Town. The bus from Goldenrod had taken a few hours and his phone had been ringing nonstop. It was mostly text messages about the Louhearst-Seathroul brawl that had taken place in his absence and he wondered how things were going with everyone. He didn't know what to do and he figured there was one person that could help him. Entering the New Bark Town Cemetery, Ethan shivered at the sight of all the tombstones. He had a small fear of graveyards, but he wasn't going to let it hinder him.

"Here we are," he said to Togepi as he stopped in front of the newest tombstone. "This is this one."

"Togepiii…"

"Hey, Emma," Ethan said to the tombstone. "Don't know if you're busy, but I needed someone to talk to and you were always the best one to go to for advice. Seathroul's in our school, but you're not and it sucks. I know I can't hate everyone from Seathroul. Ronnie came from that school so there must be more good people than bad. I miss you, Emma, but maybe we'll all meet someone from Seathroul who's just like you. I know you wouldn't want us to continue all this nonsense…"

"We thought we'd find you here…"

Ethan looked up to see Jett, Rietta, and Roux approaching him along with Rietta's Alakazam. "Hey," he said as a smile formed on his face. "No fair. I was on the bus for like two or three hours and you guys used Astro to teleport."

"Call us lazy," Jett responded as he put a hand on Ethan's shoulder.

"We were wrong about Seathroul," Rietta told him as she pointed at her swollen eye. "There are good and bad people at both schools and I've got the shiner to prove it."

"Emma wouldn't want us to keep this drama going," Roux added. "And…what's the deal with Togepi?"

Ethan looked at her before turning to Togepi. His skin had a greenish tint to it and he was struggling to maintain his balance. The small Pokémon began coughing madly as the confused trainers looked on. Rietta's eyes widened in horror as she turned her attention to Astro. Like Togepi, his skin had the mysterious green tint to it and he was coughing madly. She placed her forearm on his head as he struggled to maintain his balance.

"He's burning up!"

"Togeee…pii…"

"Alaaa…kaa…"

The two Pokémon immediately collapsed onto the ground and the graveyard went silent…

A/N: Uh oh, Louhearst and Seathroul may be at peace (somewhat anyway), but now something's up with the Pokemon. Hate to leave you guys with such a big cliffhanger, but you know how it is. I'll miss you guys while I'm away, but I'll be back.

Other stuff: Be on the lookout for a new fic by my brother, SOS Radio. Its about an academy at sea that travels around the world on a ship. If you want to read funny reviews of Louhearst, check out 'Sebastian's Corner' at my forums. If you guys want to talk to me, send me a PM or go to the forums since I'll still be on for a little while longer before I have my baby.

Also: Enjoy Pokemon Black and White!

Later!