OMG À LA 2! I love you guys! I now have 22 OCs! Keep them coming! I still have more girls than guys though D:

This one took a bit longer, but that's only because I was waiting for reviews while having a problem with FF. The problem was that I didn't receive the reviews you guys sent, or the Story Alerts, or Favorite Alerts, or New Chapter Alerts. All I got were PMs and non-alert related e-mails. That sucked for me. I even contacted FF support but their help didn't do anything, so I'm stuck without e-mails for a while until it's fixed (and trust me, I've tried EVERYTHING. Changed passwords, changed e-mails, went to Help, tested Hotmail, check THEIR help area, tried the password retrieving feature to see if it sends e-mails, etc.) The good news is that I can manual check for updates and reviews, so there's no big problem stopping me. Once I figured this out, I found 6 reviews I hadn't gotten via e-mail and they helped lots in organizing characters XD

Coincidently, this happened the very same day my aunt came to get her dog (the one I was dog-sitting) and that I played video games the whole afternoon with my 20-minutes-walking-neighbor/best friend. That is just weird.

SO ANYWAY, teams and roommates are created, but can be changed if desired!

And if your OC still isn't in this chapter, then he/she's coming up somewhere! I swear everyone's going to appear in this story!

And of course, there are going to be questions at the end of this chappie!

Thanks to everyone who send me reviews and PMs, they make my day shine brighter every time!

I hope you guys enjoy this one!

-JESSICA'S CHAPTER-

"You were great, Sparky," I petted my Ninatales after I unleashed her from her Pokéball. She stretched her paws before settling down at my feet and pressing her chin on my knees comfortingly. I tried my best to smile for her, "All we have to do is wait..."

"What are you doing?" Maybe the lack of sleep was bothering me because I swear it was Sparky that said that. Maybe I should take a quick nap just in case...

"Huh? Sparky? You speak?"

"What are you talking about?" The voice sounded far away, which seemed odd since she was right in front of me. In fact, the voice sounded to my left... and was it just me, or did it sound a bit manly...?

I turned to my left just in case and spotted Cedric there, smiling at me, leaning slightly on the head of the couch of the seat next to mine. I blinked in confusion before asking, "Oh, so you were the one talking to me?"

He chuckled in amusement, "Yeah. I'm just wondering what you're doing here."

I turned back to Sparky and petted her. I could feel that he was still observing me. "I'm just waiting for their return."

There was no need for further explanation, seeing as we were on the same boat. Still, why did he have to add this teasing sentence: "At one in the morning?"

That hit a certain nerve but I didn't try to show it, letting my bangs hide my eyes, "What about you? You're exceptionally happy at this time of night."

I felt him shrug, the action making the couch move slightly with him, "I can't sleep."

"So you're annoying others, who—oh, I don't know—would like peace and quiet?"

"Oh yes!" His voice quivered into amusement, "Especially those!"

That comment made me roll my eyes and smile a bit. I guess the boy could be witty when he wanted to.

"Oh hey you guys!" Alexis chirped as she entered the lobby where we were seated, her Absol following with a small Ralts seated on its back happily, "Couldn't sleep either?"

I nodded back, feeling Cedric doing the same. I grimaced at him and, when he noticed this, he stuck out his tongue at me. Taking this as a challenge, I made a face back and he replied by copying me. I glared at him for this and he smirked back.

Alexis chuckled as she past us, "So this is what happens when you put two completely immature people in a room together." I think this was rhetorical, so I didn't dare but in that I wasn't being immature, "Anyways, I'm taking Shadow and Psychic out for a walk, okay? Don't kill each other while I'm gone now!"

Apparently Cedric was still feeling playful because he stuck out his tongue at her back, resulting in getting hit over the head by the great moi. He turned to me accusingly, by I whistled innocently as if I hadn't done such a thing. He turned back to looking outside as if he believed that I did nothing. He was oddly sullen though. He's in my classes, since we're both juniors, and never once I've seen him look so worried.

"What's wrong?" I heard myself ask. The little slip-up wasn't a big deal though, but it did snap him out of his reverie.

"Oh, nothing!" He chirped, his smile looking out of place, "I'm just tired. I think I'll go to bed now."

Something was telling me to let it go, but something as easy as that was impossible for me to do once I was involved. I quickly twisted in my seat to grab the material of his sleeve, Sparky's head bobbing off my knees to the couch, where she cuddled against as she prepared for a nap. I felt him freeze under the clothes and I tugged him back to look at me. "Tell me what's wrong!"

He scowled at me and pulled his arm free, "Nothing! It's not of importance!"

"It is!" I scowled right back and crossed my arms in determination to figure out what was in that head of his, "It's important for you! You shouldn't keep things bottled up inside—" I pressed a hand on my chest right bellow my collar bone as an illustration, "—it's not good for the soul!"

His eyes softened, but with that, I also felt his inner resolve strengthen, "You're a great friend you know."

"I've been told," I dismissed his words, "But I'm also stubborn. Now tell me what's wrong!"

He crumbled under my strong will in an instant, "...I shouldn't have let her stayed at the center... I'm worried because it's her first..."

This was news to my ears. He was worried about a girl? The flirt-but-never-serious-about-anyone is actually serious about a girl? What has this mystery girl done to him that could have led him to have feelings for once? I've got to figure out who it is!

"Who is it?" I all but jumped at him to know.

"It's—"

"Guys!"

DARN! Just when I was going to know his weakness!

I turned to the intruder and my eyebrows raised in alarm, "Bree? What is it?"

"Jillian, Addison and Chanel have arrived!"

"What?" Cerdic exclaimed for the both of us, running over to the girl as if his life was in danger, "You serious?" When he received the confirmation of a nod, he bolted out the doors that the girl arrived from. "Let's go!"

"What's with him?" Bree asked with a raised eyebrow.

I shrugged and nudged my fire Pokémon awake as I got up. She yawned at me in greeting and licked my fingers that were playing with her fur. "I think he likes one of them."

A lofty smile graced the lips of the girl in front of me. I smirked back and she guided me to where the others were, at the center room of the museum, where all the fossils were displayed on the floor.

It was grand and vast—not to mentioned closed to anyone who doesn't go to the school—with the walls a slightly darker shade of blue than it usually is—seeing as the lights were off—with fancy pillars and glass windows high up. In the very back, there was a translucent green circular room where a large machine with, what seemed like, no controls lay dormant, with strict rules that the students never go near it. Rumours have it that it's a defence mechanism that was once activated to protect the city from disaster, long years ago.

"Chanel!" Cedric's cry brought my attention back to him. He was fussing over the girl laying practically dead on Addison's back, "What happened to her?"

"Shh!" Addison and Jillian shushed at the same time, the former reprimanding him, "She's sleeping, idiot!"

"Ah!" His voice lowered to a whisper, "Sorry!"

I didn't fail to notice the sly looks Jillian and Addison shared, before sending the same ones to us as we arrived. I wiggled my eyebrows back and mouthed, explanations later.

"Hey guys!" I greeted with a small wave, and then exaggerated when I spotted them looking exhausted as hell from a sleepless night, "What happened to you? You look like you got trampled by a bunch of Dodrios!"

"Gee thanks..." Addison replied in a bland voice, yet it was bit awake with emotions, "Way to boost my self-esteem..."

"No problem." I grinned teasingly, "So what did Nurse Joy say?"

"We're not exactly sure," Jillian began, "but she did say that we arrived just in time or else it might've been too late." She nodded to Addison, "So we asked them to transfer it at the Pokémon center here, but she'll still be in intensive care for a couple of weeks."

Bree sighed in relief next to me, "That's good!"

"Yeah!" I automatically agreed.

Addison grunted and adjusted Chanel on her back, "Can someone take her from me or wake her up? She's starting to get heavy!"

"I'll take her!" Cedric immediately saluted before ushering himself to her side and taking Chanel bridal-style. He nodded to the group before flying off to the side doors, his voice fading away, "I'll bring her to her room...!"

"Hey wait!" Bree yelped before chasing after them, "I'm her roommate! I won't allow you to enter our room...!"

I blinked and turned to the remaining duo, "And then there were three..."

"Not really," Jillian gave a thin exhausted smile, "I'm going to bed."

Addison yawned into her hand and nodded in agreement, following the smaller girl to the path the Cedric and Bree had taken and leaving me all alone in a large—suddenly eerie—room. My eyes flittered about, finally landing on the large, suddenly spooky, fossils a few meters away from my feet.

"Yeah..." I said to the empty walls, my words echoing back at me. I rushed to the hall where the others disappeared, "I think I'm going to go to bed too."

-LINEBIATCH-

"Good morning!" I chirped as I entered my classroom, practically slamming the door open as I did so. I spotted Chanel in her seat and was about to bounce over and demand to know how she made such an impact on Cedric, when her head suddenly fell harshly on her desk and light snores starting coming from her. I chuckled to myself in amusement before sliding into my own seat, pushing down the skirt of our uniform so that no one would see anything inappropriate and then pulling Forest, my Leafeon, into my lap.

I turned around in my seat and beamed at the person who occupied its seat, "Good morning, Lei!"

The girl with black hair pulled into a ponytail with a purple ribbon paused in her drawing, lifting her head to smile at me, her Froslass hovering too close for comfort at the window as it peered outside, "Good morning."

Like Chanel, LeiMei's a great friend of mine, and we get along so easily because we both love to draw Pokémon. With the added bonus that we're both nice and have a quick temper. I've never met someone who's a lot like me, yet looks so different. It's refreshing, instead of the very intense aura I get from my roommate most of the time.

"How are we doing on this very lovely day?"

She smiled in amusement and turned her sketchpad towards me, "Here, my latest creation."

"Awesome!" I chirped before grabbing the book and lifting it up to the light of the sun through the window, though it was hard to get since her Froslass was in my way. Stupid teachers and being green and barely using the lights... (It had been explained at the start of the school year that they avoided using the lights from the school to avoid bringing attention to us so that no one can figure out that there's actually a secret school in the museum.)

"Oh wow!" I gaped in awe of her drawing, which was of her Froslass right before she used the attack Icy Wind, the orb of ice in her hands as her ghost body fluttered delicately.

"Thanks!" Lei smiled before snatching the drawing from my hands, "But it still needs work..."

"Tch. Lie. It's awesome." I rolled my eyes at her before placing my elbow on her desk and leaning my chin in the palm of my hand, making sure not to squish Forest at the same time, "You know, it's too bad you couldn't go on that mission with us. The race was soo fun! ...even if I lost..."

Lei shook her head and started tweaking her drawing, "I don't have a Pokémon to race with, you know that."

"You could've been in the bleachers with Addison, Bree, and the others!"

"Give it up woman, it already past."

"True..." I hummed to myself, trying to think about something to say, "Oh yeah! You know that mother Ampharos I told you about?"

"Oh yeah..." She lifted her head back up to me enquiringly, "Did she survive?"

"Yeah she did!" I resisted doing a victory dance and petted my Leafeon, "I knew she would! I mean, just think of the babies! They'd be all sad and lonely without their mother!"

Lei nodded in agreement, not pausing in her pencil strokes. I felt jealous of this, and wanted to pull out my own sketchpad, but resisted doing so, seeing as our teacher entered and saved me. She commanded for silence and the class' attention before starting on our day's lesson.

Oh life, how average must you be before I die of boredom?

Just this once, do surprise me.

-LINEBIATCH-

With classes over in the morning, that leaves us for lunch and then three more hours of honing our skills in mock battles, contests and relentless training, whichever way we felt like going about. Lei and I were both coordinators, so we always practiced together to out-best each other in competitions and spars. I don't know about our Pokémon, but we enjoyed it.

"Go Forest, use Magical Leaf!"

Once Lei heard my command, she immediately chose how to retaliate, "Counter with Icy Wind!"

Forest let out a war cry and twirled around to whip her tail in her opponent's direction as she glowed with a bright green energy. Leafs flew out of her tail by invisible shedding and fluttered in the air loosely before a light purple glow circled them and they shot straight for the Froslass. Frost (that's the name of the Froslass) twirled around when the leaves were mere centimeters away and then shot the quickly summoned orb of frost forward. A blast of chilly wind covered the entire field before it vanished. In its place, the petals were still in mid-air, but they were falling down hard by the sparkling ice that settled upon them.

This was the opportunity to get more points. "Break those leaves with Leaf Blade!"

Lei sent me a dirty look, "Don't let her get close, Frost! Use Ominous Wind!"

My grass Pokémon's tail glowed with bright green energy as she ran towards the quickly falling dark purple and green leaves. Our enemy thrust her hands above her head as the air started to become slightly vile. She then lowered her hands and directed the disturbing air at us with a gust of wind. I cringed at the smell but leaned forward to try my best to get the perfect timing for my Pokémon.

The Ominous Wind was a few seconds away from getting to us... "Now Forest! Jump!"

"Feon!" My Pokémon growled as it leapt, swinging its body in midair so that he can smash the incoming leaves into a thousand glittering pieces. I covered my nose with the sleeve of my white jacket as the purple air came closer.

Not willing to let go of my lead, I called, "Finish it with Synthesis!"

He landed on four paws in the middle of the stage, his landing moving the Ominous Wind away from him a little and making it look like some colourful smog. He glowed with an inwardly green crystalline effect that reflected on every little shard of destroyed leaf and ice that remained in the air and on the floor. Forest whipped his head up in the air and let out a little cry of justice, which made me smirk in amusement in the end.

"Victory goes to Jessica!" Quincey, our referee, exclaimed as he lifted his left arm—which was our side of the field—as the other coordinators cheered.

"Way to go, Forest!" I squealed and ran over to my Pokémon, lifting its fat body (I'm joking, he's not fat) into my arms and twirling him around until he got dizzy.

"LeAfEoNnnnn...!" He moaned when I returned him to the ground. He stumbled on his paws a bit and I scrunched down to watch him while giggling until Lei joined us.

"Nice one!" She held out her hand to shake and I did so, "I'll have to think of something better next time!"

I grinned at her challenge, "We'll just have to see about that!"

"Okay, okay, our turn!" Our referee gently ushered us out of the stage as he took his place to the right while another boy joined him to the left. Alexis jumped up to take the spot as referee as the ex-ref called to his opponent, "I hope you're ready, Darren! I've gotten better, so you better watch your back!"

Darren is one of the best coordinators in the school so it's a bit hard to match up to him, but somehow Quincey takes this as a challenge to be better and takes every opportunity he has to battle against him. The two are fierce rivals, but they're also roommates and best friends, apparently they both don't take their bickering to heart and laugh to make up for it. I have yet to understand how a guy's mind works.

"I don't believe that! All you do all day is sit around doing nothing!" Darren replied and tossed his first Pokéball to the field, "Go Happiny!"

The pink ball of cuteness bounced on its feet and twirled happily, the crowd of coordinators falling in love with her almost immediately. Using such a cute Pokémon, I guess Darren was also serious about not losing, huh?

Quincey looked surprised—and also like he was blushing at the cute Pokémon—before he retorted, "I-I don't sit around doing nothing! I'm thinking of combinations!" He took his turn to unleash his own cute Pokémon, "Let's go, Sugar!"

Oh man, you can just feel the cuteness oozing from these two coordinators.

"Coordinators at the ready..." Alexis waited for the nods before lifting her arms above her head, "Begin!"

"I'll start," Darren said and then pointed dramatically to his opponent, "Use Metronome, Happiny!"

"Pi pi..." Happiny hopped happily before it flicked its little paws back and forth, unleashing a giant shot of pulsing water. "Haaaappiiiiiny!"

"Woa!" Lei, who was seated next to me, gasped, "It's using Water Pulse!"

Before Quincey could reply to save his Pokémon, Sugar was pushed to his feet by the water, looking a bit disoriented. Once Sugar came to, he jumped up to his paws and shook himself off, sending a feral growl (but having the opposite effect) to his opponent.

"Attract!" I don't exactly know what happened next, but the Skitty said something to the Happiny, resulting in a squeal and hearts appearing in her eyes. I looked on with a sweatdrop, wondering what the heck was just exchanged between the two of them.

"Sweet kiss!" Darren replied and his Happiny oh so happily gave a sexy wink to the cat Pokémon before pouncing the poor creature and attacking him slobbery kisses.

I bit back a snicker and whispered to Lei, "I guess this is what happens when Pokémon flirt."

She giggled along with me until someone came rushing in for our teacher (who was in the battling arena scolding two trainers for starting a fight) "Miss Bianca! Miss Bianca!"

Bianca paused and turned to him, "What is it?"

Everyone stopped what they were doing to turn around in their seats and look at him, wondering why he came to the room running and panting. What could be so important that he had to interrupt our training?

"The headmaster wants to see you! He said it was really important!"

Bianca turned sullen and nodded, "Understood. Zak, you are in charge of the trainers, and Darren, the coordinators. I'll be back."

With that note, she disappeared with the young flustered boy and left us all alone to ponder about what just happened. I wonder if the others are having similar situations... I mean the breeders go from the Infirmary to the Daycare center to practice medical techniques and breeding tactics, and those who go into training their Pokémon personally (as in by themselves) are found at the workout center, which is the room right next to the breeders, so they both have the same teacher, Mister Roth. Do you think maybe they'll call for him too?

"I wonder what's going on..." Lei said to the air like the many who were asking similar questions.

"Same here." I agreed distractedly as I looked at Darren and Quinsey who were sharing equal shrugs. I quickly flung my hand in the air, "Daarreeen!"

He sent me an annoyed look, "Yeah?"

"Can I go to the bathroom?"

He raised an eyebrow, probably not believing my excuse to escape class, but nodded anyway, "Make it quick before I get into trouble."

"Can do!" And flew from there as soon as possible, rushing down the long hall in the direction of the infirmary.

The hall was grand like the center room of the museum, and had the same details and designs, the only thing different were the lockers and the lack of fossils at my feet. As I turned a corner, I immediately swore and turned back around to hurry and hide behind the window-less door. If I told her I'm going to the bathroom, I just know she wouldn't believe me. Said room was in the opposite direction.

"What was that?" I heard someone ask as she turned the corner I just came from, "Who's there?"

I held my breath and hid further in the shadows, hearing the footsteps fade as they kept going in the direction I came from. I breathed a silent sigh of relief before sliding from behind the door and dashing as discreetly as I could into the hall I planned to go down.

"Hey you! What are you doing?" The voice of the person whom I had just avoided barked from behind as she started after me. I swore again and sped up, taking a sharp corner to the right and skidding along the way. I bounded into the Daycare and noticed in relief that the breeders were here today. I hurriedly slid behind the first person I saw and accidently startled the Mareeps in the play pen next to him.

"Hide me!" I hissed at his back. I didn't see or feel his reaction but he must've agreed or else he wouldn't have stilled. The footsteps that were behind me paused at what I guessed was the door and disappeared again. I peeked from my hiding place to make sure and then sighed in relief. "Thanks Andrew."

"No problem. Why were you running from the Hall Monitor?"

"I snuck out of class."

"Ah..." He smiled smugly in my direction. Don't tell me, he's proud?

Andrew's a friend of a friend. I've seen him a couple of times, we said hi to each other, but other than that, we practically never socialized. I do know he's a trainer though, so I have no idea why he's here in with the breeders. Maybe to learn some new skills?

"Whatever." I huffed and peeked outside the door to make sure the hall monitor was gone for sure this time. "Has Mister Roth been called to the office?"

He narrowed his eyes at me, probably wondering why I was asking, "Yeah..."

I nodded to myself, "I knew it."

His dark eyes were getting suspicious, staring daggers into my head, "You knew what?"

"I'll explain later." I waved him off, "All I know is that we might be in trouble."

He crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow in disbelief. "In trouble? From what exactly?"

"I don't know, something!" I received odd looks, "I told you, I don't know everything!" I twirled on my heel and fled the classroom, this time heading for the Head Master's office. "Later."

"Wait one second! I'm coming along!" He ran after me, easily catching up with those long legs of his, "Where are we going?"

I didn't bother reject him, or else we'd probably kill time arguing about it, "The Head Master's office."

He nodded, "Got it."

-LINEBIATCH-

"Shhh!" My partner shushed me when I complained I couldn't hear a thing from the other side of the door that my ear was pressed against, "They might hear us!"

I zipped my trap and pressed my ear to the door again, straining my ears to hear something. Anything! To think I might need a stethoscope.

"...that means?" A voice near hysterics that I recognized to be Bianca's snapped, "Do you know what that means?"

"...do." I barely heard this one. He must be further away.

"...Grandpa, how can you let us do nothing?"

"...no proof—"

"...do! It's right there! They've been spotted entering the museum and staring at the DMA for much too long and—!"

"...book has been stolen. We know, Bianca. You need to relax." A new calmer voice but in, I recognized it from Roth's from the times I went into the Training Center.

"...I relax, Roth? I don't want it to happen again!"

"What's going to happen again?" I wondered aloud, glancing at Andrew for an answer. He shrugged back at me and pressed his ear back to the door. I zoned back in.

"...three... listening..." A barely audible voice that I tried to integrate mumbled. I shoved my ear closer to the door to try and hear better but it suddenly was pulled off its hinges, making both me and my partner fall to the ground at the feet of the assailant.

I looked up into the furious eyes of Bianca, the worried ones of old man Lorenzo, the wary of Roth's, and oddly enough, the welcoming eyes of Head Master Lance. I just knew we were in trouble.

"Jessica and Andrew? I didn't expect to see you two together!" Bianca exclaimed, a bit less furious in our presence, "Now let's see..." She leaned threateningly close to us, "Were you eavesdropping on our conversation?"

I gulped, all words lost in my suddenly dry throat.

We were screwed.

ALRIGHT ALL OC OWNERS (even if your OC didn't make it's appearance today), TIME FOR YOUR SOMEWHAT DAILY QUESTIONS!

1. Do you want your OC to work at the Museum? What about the Library?

2. What do you want your OC's chapter to be about? (If you haven't answered this question before)

3. What would your OC do if he/she was suddenly blamed for something that they didn't do?

4. Is there a certain fact you want to keep secret about your OC until the very end (or not revealed at all)?

Now all that's left is...

PRAISE TEH BUNNEH!

P.S. Does anyone know the Muffin Man?

~MARLUNA!