Okay, this might get a little long but we'll see ^^'

Chapter 2 Acquaintances

As the trainer fell clutching her Pokémon she struggled not to scream. Her eyes were screwed shut and she tried not to let go of the research that seemed to catch the wind easily. She couldn't hold her scream in any more as she let out a shriek muffled by the wind, only she seemed to be able to hear it. Her Pokémon Kirila was holding on as tightly as she possibly could.

The boy had been only twenty feet or so away from her and he happened to look up. He saw something falling out of the sky but he didn't know what exactly what it was. The boy ran towards it anyways, with his Riolu right behind him. He had been wandering Eterna forest all day, how he found the energy to run towards let alone away from something was beyond him. He was almost right under it now and by time he could make out what it was a blue field was generated around it. They stopped falling completely about ten feet up in the air and he saw the girl open her eyes. She had blinked once or twice when the field around her faded and she met the ground. She was stunned by pain until she remembered she was holding her Pokémon. He ran towards her but his Riolu stayed behind.

"Are you all right?!" the boy asked while gasping for breath.

She didn't seem to hear him as she took off her pack and put what looked like a folder inside and brought out an assortment of berries. She cradled her Kirlia in her arms as she peeled off some skin off a berry that looked as though it should have been an Oran berry. He swore he heard her say, oh no, but he never asked.

"Is your Kirlia alright?"

She looked up and held her Pokémon closer after she ate the berry and then looked at the boy. "She should be alright in an hour or so, but…" She looked at her Pokémon, "but she used too much of her energy to protect me,"

He sat down next to her and they sat there in silence for what seemed like days until the tired Kirlia finally stirred. Her trainer smiled and sat up properly to take a look around, she was a bit puzzled as to where she was. "Where are we?"

He looked at her, his turn to be puzzled now and just stared at her for a while. "How can you fall out of the sky and not know where you are? …Wait never mind, point taken. Hmm, well I know that we are somewhere in Eterna forest but my partner Riolu and I might as well been lost when we first stepped foot into this forest,"

He saw the smile on her face grow wider, and she stood up still holding her Pokémon, he stood up too and watched as she started to walk deeper into the forest. "HEY! Didn't you hear me I said I'm lost, I don't know how to get out!" He saw her spin around and gave him a sly smile. "I know you said that you were lost, but, you have me now." She turned around and walked right in.

"You know you need a Pokémon center right?" he called out as he and Riolu tried to catch up with her.

"Yup…"

He looked confused, "Are you going to be walking all day?"

"Yup…"

"Do you know what direction you're going?"

"Yup…"

He was a bit frustrated now, "Are you going to answer all of my questions with, 'Yup…'?"

"Yup…"

"You seriously will?"

She turned around and faced him, "Are you always this annoying, to your Pokémon when they're traveling with you all alone?"

"Yup…" he said with a grin.

She smiled. "Touché!"

They were wondering the forest for about an hour now and he apparently had enough as he threw his hat from his head to the ground as he yelled, "That's it! Are we even getting anywhere? I don't even know your name let alone what in the world you were doing in the sky! So before I follow you any more can't you at least tell me your name?"

She turned around to face her new companion with a little surprise in her face, but she smiled and looked at her Kirlia now walking on her own. Kirlia sighed and handed over four beautiful clovers. "Thank you!" He was shocked, were they betting something? She turned and faced him again. "Sorry about that but Kirlia and I had a bet, she thought your eyes were brown, I thought blue and turns out I was spot on!" He was still shocked, his eyes?

She sighed," You're right, I was being rude. My name is Aurora, as you already know this is my trusted partner Kirlia, I'm from Canalave city."

He was still a little spacey but caught on, "huh? Umm, oh right my name is Riley, as you already know this is my partner Riolu, I'm also from Canalave city but m- my eyes?"

"Oh yeah, well. You're eyes are either hidden by your hair or…" She trailed off while picking up Riley's hat. "…or by this."

Riley took his hat and started to brush it off then proceeded to place it on his head then he saw Aurora making a face, "What?"

"Your hat…… It looks…… It's sort of funny. The color is nice but it looks like someone sewed a piece of fabric over the rim of a base ball cap and attached it to the actual hat. Is it a beret?"

This made Riley blush and he was about to say something about it until they both heard the cry of a Noctowl. "Oh dear."

Riley looked at aurora, "W- what it is Aurora?"

She sighed "it's going to get late very soon, that's what and Eterna forest can get pretty dangerous at night, that's also what."

Riley looked at the sky, it looked like it was only lunch time or something. "We should find somewhere to camp out for the night before it gets too dark to do anything, kay Riley?"

He didn't believe her but he figured there wasn't much to lose so he followed her into the darker part of the forest hoping for the best.