Emma was angry. She had had to move from the Sinnoh region to Kalos. The job her father had meant she had to move to Aquacorde town, but hopefully she could actually go on her trainer journey this time, and maybe make some friends. Her dad worked as a doctor in the Pokémon center, and a job opening had come in Kalos. She looked around her new room, smiling as her Turtwig, Ivy, pressed his nose against her leg.

"Emma, time for school!" Her dad's shout came through the open doorway as his Starly, Alex, flew around his head. "Alex, stop that," he laughed, batting as his Starly playfully flew around his head in circles. Alex stopped, but her dad's Shinx, Damien, started pawing at his shoe. "Okay, seriously guys, stop!"

"One second, dad!" she called back in a sassy tone, causing her father to sigh. Emma heard her dad muttering something disparaging about teens.

She emerged in a dark green dress that went down to her knees. It matched her necklace and headband, and she wanted to look her best, so she could make friends. Her long brown hair flowed down her head in a cascade, except for the kink that she could never comb out. She tried to flatten it, snorting when it popped right back up. Emma threw on a backpack and ran out the door.

"Sorry I'm late," she panted as she ran into the Trainer Preparation classroom. There were kids of all different ages there, from seventeen to ten. "I'm new, and I got lost. My name's Emma."

"No problem," the teacher said. "My name is Miss Leclerc. We were just learning about the different starters in the different regions for our Trainer class today. I see you have a Turtwig?"

"Er, yes," she said. Great start, Emma. "His name's Ivy," she said, scratching his head.

"Are you from Sinnoh?" An eleven year old boy piped up. "I went to Sinnoh once, and I got attacked by a swarm of Combee. A really scary Vespiquen was in front, and I almost died!"

"Jean, what did we say about speaking out of turn?"

"Not to do it," the boy muttered, looking at his desk.

"Have you been in a battle before, Emma?"

"Yes, I almost had my first badge from Roark in Oreburgh city when I had to move." Emma said bitterly, scuffing her foot on the floor.

"Would you like to show the class a Sinnoh starter in action? My Bunnelby is around level ten." the teacher asked.

"Uh…" She looked at Ivy, crouching so she was eye level with her Pokémon. "Ivy, would you like to battle?" Turtwig vigorously nodded his head up and down. Ivy was level ten as well. "Okay then, Miss Leclerc. I accept your challenge."

She nodded. "Go, Bunnelby!"

"You can do it, Ivy!"

"Ivy, use Withdraw!" Emma commanded.

"Bunnelby, use quick attack!" Ivy withdrew too late as the priority move hit.

"Ivy, use tackle!" Ivy charged at the Bunnelby, hitting him in just the right place to knock the Bunnelby across the room into the wall. Miss Leclerc's Bunnelby seemed to be on his last legs.

"Bunnelby, use double slap!" the teacher ordered after some thought.

Ivy braced himself for the hit, barely being driven back an inch for each time the attack hit.

"Ivy, Absorb!" Small orbs flew from Bunnelby to Ivy, and as the Bunnelby slumped to the ground, some of Ivy's wounds seemed to heal.

"Uh…" Miss Leclerc said sheepishly, glaring at the class who was giggling at the new kid beating the teacher as she dug around in her purse to pay her student money for winning the battle. "Here are your winnings, and here's a super potion."

"Thanks, Miss Leclerc," Emma said, spraying the medicine over Ivy as the teacher gave her Bunnelby a Max Revive. She put the money in the front flap of her backpack.

"You're welcome. You can take a seat in that desk there." She nodded and sat down, taking out her notebook, starting to copy down what the teacher had written on the board.

"Well, class, what did you think of the Sinnoh starter, Turtwig? First, what type is it?"

A girl in the back of the room answered, "Grass type."

"And what are the weaknesses of the grass type?"

This time, a little boy piped up. "Fire, Ice, Bug, Flying, and… uh… Poison."

The oldest boy in the back shared a look with Emma, as if to say "Why do I waste my time in this class with these easy questions?"

Miss Leclerc interrupted. "Okay, now for a quiz over what we just learned." A collective groan rose from the class.

Emma looked at the quiz that had been passed out. It looked very easy.

1)What is the middle evolution of the Kanto water starter?

Wartortle.

2) What is the first form of the Johto fire starter?

Chikorita.

3) What is fire weak to?

Rock, Water, Ground.

4)What is water strong against?

Fire, Ground, Rock.

5) What type does Piplup gain upon its final evolution?

Steel.

The bell rang and she hurried to her next class, history. There, she was assigned an essay over the history of Mega Evolutions, which they had covered in class. Emma had never heard of Mega evolutions, but it seemed like they could add a real challenge to a battle. She struggled through Geometry, and in biology she was assigned a research paper on how type resistances and weaknesses evolved. By the end of the day, she was almost dead on her feet. She ran back to her house, and stopped as a voice came through the alley. She turned around and saw five men, each looking like a member of a gang. She gulped nervously as Ivy ran in front of her, lowly growling.