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Chapter Six: The City of No Goodbyes

Riley and Aurora walk the packed streets of Jubilife City and watched as people were running right passed then in a rushed pace. They looked at each other and saw how obvious it looked that they were living in a forest for longer than either of them would've liked. They were rather silent to each other when they entered city and either one of them didn't have the courage to break the silence. Only once had Aurora said something which was pointless as a conversation starter, "We look like rubbish," Riley glanced over to her but that was it.

"We should look for a Pokémon Center, we could probably use the rest" Riley finally said to Aurora after their small hike around the city.

Aurora looked at Riley, gave a smile and nodded in agreement. She then took her hair out of her pony tail and looked back at him with her brown hair hiding her face slightly and gave a laugh, "I'll race you there, then we might finally get to that battle I owe you!" and she took off with Kirlia not too far behind.

Riley smiled at the challenge and ran after her. They were both astounded as to how much energy they still had left after their adventure. But by time they got to the doors of the building they collapsed on the stairs right outside. It was a tie and they were panting as though they had just run a marathon. Aurora however, being used to things like running a lot and climbing or whatever she had to do to get around places, caught her breath before Riley. She held out her hand to help him up, and they walked in.

"Hey Aurora, I told you that once we got here I would get Prof. Rowan, so I have to get a hold him first. So could you bring my Pokémon up to the desk please?"

"Of course Riley, I don't mind," and Aurora took the three Poké Balls that he had. Riley then walked away to try and call Prof. Rowan.

Aurora walked up to the desk with many thoughts racing around her mind: Riley and I finally got to a Pokémon center, but now he can call Prof. Rowan. What if he wishes to do the same things that Tony wanted to achieve with the research? Riley is trustworthy but is this Rowan? I guess I'll just have to live life a bit more to find out… She handed over the Pokémon to Nurse Joy and prayed for the best after she reserved the last open room for the night.

Aurora was sitting with the Pokémon in the lobby by time Riley came running back to tell Aurora some news. "He said he can get here by noon tomorrow! He was rather excited to hear that you may have research that even criminals may want! Even more excited when I told him that you can communicate with the Pokémon and create aura," he was out of breath now and had his hands on his knees to try and catch it. Then he looked at Aurora, "You still don't want to meet him?"

She looked at him, "Well… Once Bitten, Twice Shy, is the way the expression goes. That's exactly how I feel now Riley.

He sat down next to her and thought for a bit, "… Well at least you are going to meet him, right?" Aurora nodded indicating that she would, "Too bad we don't have a place to stay, I asked Nurse Joy and she said all of her rooms are full," He heard Aurora giggle a little, "…. What?"

She bit her lower lip to try and stop laughing, "That's because I rented out a room for us to stay in when you had your phone call!"

Riley stared blankly at her for a while, "Now you tell me?"

"Yes! Now come on, we should get some sleep."

After they settled in their room for the night, Riley had difficulties falling asleep. He had grown so used to the sounds of night in Eterna Forest, the hard ground, and cold air that the warm aired silence and comfortable bed was almost sickening. He might even miss the calls of a Misdreavus that filled his ears, which he hated so much, now and then. However when he did finally fall asleep that night, he had a dream that he was back in the forest with Aurora and she was teaching him how to use aura. He even got so good that he challenged Aurora to an aura battle, but he lost. He didn't care though; it was exciting compared to when they entered the city. In fact after the battle he found himself in the middle of the city, surrounded by Darkrai every where he ran, they were whispering something to him but he couldn't hear what they were saying. He was alone and he got to the edge of the forest when he saw a pair of terrifying eyes. They lept out of the forest and revealed a Lucario. It was going to land behind him, but when Riley turned around, he woke up.

He had some beads of sweat running down his face, and when he sat up, a wet cloth fell of his forehead. It was damp, and warm from being on his forehead, he used it to clean up his face. His white T shirt however was still damp and it was clinging to his skin, he was cold now. He was about to get up when Aurora walked in. She stopped and looked at him, "Oh good, you're awake now. You were more than likely having a nightmare, and a darn good one at that. I woke up in the night and you were panting and wheezing, you even had a bit a fever."

"That explains the cloth, but not the dream,"

"Well Riley, my ears are open if you want to talk,"

He shook his head, "Naw, I'll be alright,"

"Okay then, Prof. Rowan is here already. I suppose I should go meet him properly then. See you in the lobby then?"

"Sure, I don't see why not. Be there in ten, kay?"

Aurora smiled and nodded then turned around and left.

Riley got dressed, packed up his pack, and grabbed his Pokémon and left out of the room. He jogged down to the lobby, but they weren't anywhere to be found. He thought it was a bit odd, so he walked over to Nurse Joy for answers. "Excuse me, Nurse Joy?"

"Yes?"

"I was wondering, have you seen Prof. Rowan and a girl, her name is Aurora and should've been with him."

"Oh yes! You must be Riley then. I'm sorry but I'm afraid they left maybe four minutes ago. Prof. Rowan had a crisis at the lab and they had to leave A S A P. Aurora had a message for me to give you, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was, I'm sorry,"

Riley turned around and ran out the door to see if he could catch them, but the city was too packed with people to find them. So he stood there staring off into the city, alone again. He called out his Pokémon Riolu, and they started towards Canalave City.