My brother dashed down the hill, chuckling away to himself silently. Was I nervous? Of course I was! I was indeed nervous! The Academy was home to some of the best trainers out there! I sprinted after Fieritis, followed by Lucus who was cheering and skipping along, almost tripping over his own two feet. I hate to admit it, but I was rather slow then. I'm not so bad now; I've learnt to keep up with people over time. We ran down a bumpy, rocky forest path. In the corner of my eye, I could see a fairly big Pokemon battle field with a young trainer on either side.
"Riolu! Use tackle!" a small boy yelled, pointing towards an exhausted green pokemon on the other side. I couldn't clearly see what it was, but it was... green. I didn't stop to watch the battle however much I would have liked to, but rather I charged on towards the huge building. The ground below my feet felt much smoother now. It was smoothed stone instead of muddy dirty chunks of rocks. I slowed down, gawping at the palace like creation. Then I realised I had almost ran into Lucus and he looked utterly shocked. I bit my lip, awkwardly. The three of us burst out in laughter, hysterically. Proudly, we all looked up at the magnificent sign above The Academy's gates, exchanging looks as if to say 'Are we ready for this?' or something along those lines. The boys were walking alongside each other; I pushed in between of course, grabbing both of their hands, giggling away to myself as if I were going insane. Fieritis squeezed my hand, hard, and I did the same. I lifted up my foot and slowly placed it on the floor at the exact same split second as the two beside me, and then, we strode over the beautiful lift bridge and in through the gates.
I brushed myself down, removing any dirt of debris from my skirt, inspecting myself in the shiny marble walls. There was a bright red carpet, stretching down the length of the hallway we had entered with paintings hung high on the walls. I could also see several PCs embedded in the wall, which I assumed were for the Academy's students to call their parents or something like that. Lucus had been telling me about how you could store pokemon in those computers or something, which made me really curious but also really confused. Pretty cool if you ask me, pretty cool. I didn't believe it though. Lucus would have to show me. Boy, he knew a lot. I shook my head and shrugged it off.
"Clefairy!" a girl stroked the pink creature and it's ears went up. The girl whispered to it and it twirled around cheerfully. We'd been walking down the long hallway for what felt like a lifetime when we had found the reception room. I smiled and let go of Lucus' clammy, cold hands, noticing that I'd forgotten I'd been holding them that whole time. My brother had let go a long time ago. There was a skinny, old lady sat behind the counter, pushing her glasses up the bridge of her nose, leaning ridiculously close to the computer screen. She looked up at us as we approached her.
"How can I help you?" she had a fairly hoarse voice but it was still soft and kind. She didn't look like the kind type though, but I didn't want to comment; that would be rude. Fieritis stepped forward eagerly.
"My friends and I would like to register for this academy!" he beamed, the lady leaning even closer to the screen and once again, pushing her spectacles up her nose. "I've been degraded to a 'friend'?" I thought to myself.
"Names?" asked the lady. It sounded more like a demand than a request, which made me frown discretely. I don't know why but neither me or my brother had asked of Lucus' surname. We both hesitated, the lady seeming slightly agitated.
"My name is Lucus, I don't really remember my own last name though. My buddy here is Fieritis, and this is Scarlett..." I started swaying from side to side while I glanced around the room during the long silences between the ladies questions.
"Ah, yes, we've been expecting you already. The old founder came by a while ago to tell me that a boy named Lucus and two siblings called Fieritis and Scarlett should arrive to register around today." I was amazed that Koga... KOGA, knew who I was. But what I didn't understand was that we hadn't seen Koga while we had been with Lucus. Had he been stalking us? I chuckled to myself, once again, seeming slightly insane. I was still awfully tired. We'd been walking all day long and I was exhausted. My friends also seemed to be. They had more energy than me; I'd not had enough energy to even speak since we'd got to The Academy. The lady suddenly shot me a look, not directly at me but more as if she were looking through me, startling me.
"You may wait on the red couch right there." she pointed at the seats next to the Clefairy girl. "A person from campus will soon come to give you a tour and will show you to your dorms." I speed-walked over to couch and jumped onto it, making myself comfy, just about ready to fall into a deep sleep. The boys slowly made their way over to me and plonked themselves down. Fieritis was sat there, staring into space while Lucus was curled up in a ball, his eyes struggling to stay open. I nudged closer to my brother and leaned my head against his shoulder. He smiled, gently and softly, and I closed my eyes and the wait began.