Seth, Kip, Gaby, and Lily had left Lilycove City and were now in it's eastern waters. Lily was riding on Red, her Charizard, Gaby was riding on Dragonsong, her Dragonite, Kip was on Aurora, his Lapras, and Seth was riding low on Flyer, his Flygon. They were riding casually, Gaby and Lily both staying away from the boys and close to each other for safety. They boys, not wanting to be loners, had moved closer to each other, and each group was now talking with their partner.
"So anyway, how did you become a Pokémorph?" Lily asked Gaby, looking over at her.
"I was taken from my home when I was 11 and woke up 2 weeks later in a glass cage. I don't know what they did to me, but I didn't like it. Somehow, I don't really remember to well, I broke out and landed on a beach. Then I met Silversong, on that very beach. He helped me through that first year, getting used to my powers and stuff, until I met Affection, then Slicksilver, then Sapphire, then Dragonsong, and finally Trouble. I've been on the run for 5 years, and until I went to Lilycove, I hadn't been in a town for that amount of time. No one ever accepted me. What about you?"
"Pretty much the same. 3 years ago, they found me on the streets. I'm an orphan, and I was living in the wild. Well, they found me and experimented on me. I was unconscious most of the time, and I managed to survive, being the 9 successful Morph since you. Anyway, one day one of the scientist tried to take me out by himself, and I broke out. I managed to steal my Pokémon back and get away. I also snagged a couple of these invisibility things that made my wings and tail invisible. But my feet gave me away, which is why I always wear long, baggy jeans. I lived in Lilycove for 2 years, and nobody found out my secret. And now I'm here." There was a pause. Then Lily spoke up again. "How did Kip and Seth find you, anyway?"
"Long story," Gaby said.
"Go ahead!"
"Alright." Gaby explained everything that had happened from when the Team Members attacked her to the present. When she finished. Lily smiled.
"Wow. So you went from alone to company in a week. And the Rocket's got you again? But I guess you couldn't leave him. He showed up at exactly the wrong time. So that explains your hair."
"Yup."
Over by the boys, they were having a conversation of their own.
"Do you have any idea where we're going?" Kip asked, looking over at the girls, who were beside and in front of them.
"No clue. I'm just playing follow the leader," Seth said, also looking over at the girls. He sighed.
"What?" Kip asked.
"Them. They'll never like us. Girls are always like that."
"They are?...Wait, how would you know?"
"Past experience. Oh, come on, you can't tell me you've never had a girlfriend before, Kip!"
"Then I'll just keep my mouth shut!"
"Dear God, what have you been doing with your life?!"
"Staying away from girls, that's what! I don't even like Gaby!"
"Oh really? Then explain why you blush whenever you look her in the eye?" Kip made no answer. "Aha! You do like her!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Shut up, Seth!"
Seth burst out laughing. Kip lifted his leg and kicked Seth off his Flygon with a splash. The girls turned around and saw Kip moving away from Seth on his Lapras and Seth climbing back on his Flygon. They laughed.
"What hyper-violent thing were you guys talking about?" Lily asked, still laughing.
"Girls!" Seth said, also laughing. Kip couldn't help but smile. Lily and Gaby both had sweat drops(Anime style). Gaby listed Seth up with Telekinesis and dunked him back in the water. Then she placed a thoroughly wet Seth back on his Flygon.
"Good one, Gaby!" Lily said, giving her a High-Five across their Pokémon.
"If you don't mind me asking, where are we going?" Kip asked Gaby once they were moving again.
"Uh..." Gaby said. She hadn't thought of that. She usually just flew around. Now she had to find a place to go?
"I don't know. Wherever the wind takes us, I guess," She said.
"You mean you don't have a destination?" Kip asked.
"Give me a break! I'm still getting used to this company thing! You forget, I haven't been on this Giant Island thing too long!"
"Hoenn," Lily said. "This continent is called Hoenn."
"Right, Hoenn then. I don't know my way around it like I know Johto or Kanto!"
"Sorry!" Kip said defensively. "I'm not accusing you of anything. I was just curious, that's all."
"Uh, Gaby?" Seth said.
"What?"
"Where are we gonna sleep? Night's not far away, only about an hour or so. We need to find a place to sleep, or at least a place for our Pokémon to rest."
"Right...Um...How about that island right there," Gaby said, pointing ahead. There was a small island, only half an hour away if they kept at this pace.
"Sounds good to me!" Kip said.
"Me too!" Lily agreed.
"Why not?" Seth said.
Half an hour later, they reached the island. They went ashore. Kip returned his Lapras for the time being, and the rest of them let their Pokémon run around for a while. The island wasn't all that big, after all.
They gathered up a couple sticks and a small log. Lily made a fire with the tip of her tail. She was a Charizard morph, after all. They all sat around it. For the first time, the boys were relatively close to the girls, though Gaby and Kip still stayed away from each other.
They found many berry trees on the island, and Kip finally paid his debt and gathered as many berries as he had eaten when he had first met Gaby. Seth laughed when Gaby explained why Kip had been away from her in the first place.
"Well, I guess we should turn in," Lily said. She lifted into the air and flew over to a nearby tree and settled on one of the branches. Everyone but Gaby looked surprised.
"What?" She asked.
"You can fly?!" Seth asked amazed.
"What did you think these wings were for, decoration?" Lily said. Seth shrugged. Gaby floated over to a different tree and settled in that. Soon quiet breathing filled the area.
