A Dragon's Tail
Tail 1: Rachael's Tail – Contamination
Tail 1-2: Principality of Leafburg
All students in the classroom made a racket as two Pokemon walked into the room. Rachael could noticed that both of her friends, Honey and Cheryl, were awestruck after seeing the duo.
"Oh…. My…. Arceus…" Cheryl mumbled.
"They…Are…So…" Honey mumbled.
Rachael looked around the room and saw that other girls all had the same reaction Honey and Cheryl had while the boys seemed to be disturbed by them.
Rachael then looked at both Pokemon who had just entered the classroom. The first Pokemon is a Sceptile in the exotic wooden armor. The second Pokemon is a Scyther in a black garb. He also wore a black mask covered the lower half of his face.
"Oh… My heart… is going to burst!" Honey spoke.
"They are so handsome!" Cheryl said.
Rachael agreed with both of her friends. Both Sceptile and Scyther were so handsome! Despite the fact that half of the Scyther's face was hidden, she could tell that he must be a very handsome Pokemon!
But…
Despite both Sceptile and Scyther being the exchange student from the same city, and both of them came to this school together, they didn't seem to be… friendly with each other very much.
Both Sceptile and Scyther stood in front of the whole class with their arm crossed with a wide amount of space between them.
"Now, Now…." Teacher Butterfree fluttered up between the Sceptile and the Scyther. "These two Pokemon will be your new friends. And why don't both of you introduce yourselves?"
After the Butterfree finished her short speech, both Sceptile and Scyther stepped forward and were about to say something before they quickly faced each other with a grim look on their face.
"P…Please, both of you…" Teacher Butterfree tried to calm both of them down. "L…Let's introduce yourselves first. Sceptile, you can start first."
The Scyther made a grunt in his throat while the Sceptile had a snide look on his face for a bit before he stepped ahead and started speaking for the first time.
"Good morning to you all. My name is Jasper Floratree the Sceptile, and I am pleased to meet all of you, especially the beautiful girls of the Forezon School."
Hearing the word of the handsome Sceptile made the girls of this class went wild. They screamed wildly as the Sceptile finished his introduction, while the boys just clapped their hands. The Scyther, on the other hand, made a grumpy noise in his throat again.
"Thank you Mr. Floratree." Teacher Butterfree spoke as Jasper the Sceptile stepped back. "And Scyther, it's your turn now."
The Scyther stepped forward and started his introduction with an unclear voice from behind his mask.
"Salutation to the students of the Forezon School. My name is Zenpai Bugslash the Scyther. It's an honor to meet all of you."
The Scyther's introduction ended with the boy students clapped their hands and the girls screamed wildly again. Rachael could see Jasper made a hiss as Zenpai the Scyther stepped back.
"And that's your new friends from the Leafburg City." Teacher Butterfree spoke up. "I hope that you all will be a good friend to them."
"Of course!" The girls spoke out while the boys just nodded.
"And now…" Teacher Butterfree looked at Jasper and Zenpai. "Mr. Floratree and Mr. Bugslash, please take your seat."
Teacher Butterfree's word ended, followed by a wild calling from the girls.
"Jasper-sama! You can sit here!"
"Zenpai-sama! Come here!"
"Jasper-sama! Please come and sit with me!"
"Zenpai-sama! I have a seat for you!"
"Quickly! Honey! Rachael!" Cheryl spoke to both of her friends who both sat beside her, and there're empty seats left to Honey and right to Rachael. "Call Jasper-sama and Zenpai-sama here!"
Rachael looked at both Jasper and Zenpai. It seemed like they still haven't decide where to sit yet…
Rachael was about to call both of them when… both of them looked at her… at the same time! This filled Rachael with a strange feeling!
'W…What is this?!' Rachael thought to herself. The feeling she had now… It was the feeling she was having before… And this was also the feeling she was longed to feel it again…
Jasper and Zenpai then walked up to where Honey, Cheryl and Rachael sat, and Jasper decided to sit left of Honey while Zenpai sat right of Rachael!
"Aww…." Other girls in the class became disappointed when Jasper and Zenpai didn't choose to sit with them, while Honey and Cheryl's face became very red.
"Hey there, babes…" Jasper started speaking to Honey and Cheryl. "What's your name?"
"M….My…n…name is Honey…." Honey tried her hardest not to show her craziness.
"I…I…a…am Cheryl…" Cheryl was also in the same state Honey was.
"Honey and Cheryl… So…Sweet… Both of you…" Jasper winked to them, making Honey and Cheryl blushed harder than before.
Rachael noticed that while Jasper asked her friends' name, Zenpai mumbled something.
"Typical grass-face…"
"And now…" Teacher Butterfree spoke up. "Let's begin today's class!"
"… And the name of the continent of Symmetria comes from the equilibrium between the force that supports itself…"
After Teacher Butterfree's homeroom ended, today's class started with Teacher Leafeon's geography class.
"And now, I will talk about 7 nations on the continents of Symmetria…" Teacher Leafeon opened the map of the continent of Symmetrian and hanged it on the blackboard. "30 years ago, the continent of Symmetria wasn't like this…"
'What?!' Rachael thought after hearing that. 'How could that be?!'
"…But because this is geography class, I will not talk about it. Let's talk about today's Symmetria." Teacher Leafeon then started by pointing a stick at the map.
Rachael looked at the map. The continent of Symmetria is a land shaped like a rectangle without its lower-left edge and upper-right edge. There is also a large peninsula on the upper side of the rectangle that led to the northeast of the mainland. The peninsula is a square-shaped land with its smaller tip led to the northwest of the main continent. There is also the archipelago southeast of the peninsula, east of the mainland. From the map, this continent was divided into seven regions.
"First, this nation…" Teacher Leafeon pointed to the nation located southernmost area of the mainland continent. "This is the Theocracy of Venturnome, the land with a vast plain and beautiful scenery. This is a home of Fighting, Psychic and Fairy type Pokemon."
"Next…" Teacher Leafeon moved to the nation on the eastern edge of the mainland continent, northeast of the Theocracy of Venturnome. "This is the nation we are in, the Principality of Leafburg, the nation of thick wood, abundant forest and greenery grassland. As you know, our nation is a home of Grass and Bug type Pokemon."
Rachael then noticed that when Teacher Leafeon talked about grass type and bug type Pokemon, Jasper and Zenpai glanced at each other with a menace look on their face.
"Next…" Teacher Leafeon then moved to the nation on the northwestern edge of the mainland continent that also lay across the northern edge of the mainland continent. "This is the Fireview Kingdom, the nation of the blazing volcano and rocky mountains. This is the home of Fire and Rock type Pokemon."
"Next…" Teacher Leafeon moved to the nation on the peninsula northeast of the mainland, but not the peninsula's tip that led to the northwest of the mainland. This nation connected to the Fireview Kingdom to the southwest. This nation also included the archipelago southeast of the peninsula too. "This is the Queendom of Riverbrine, the nation of the serene river, tropical sea and freezing glacier. This is the home of Water and Ice type Pokemon."
"Next…" Teacher Leafeon moved to the small nation in the middle of the Principality of Leafburg, the Fireview Kingdom and the Queendom of Riverbrine, on the northeastern of the mainland. "This is the Republic of Civilight, the nation of the sparking thunder and rich mineral. This is the home of Electric and Steel type Pokemon."
"Next…" Teacher Leafeon moved to the largest nation on the continent of Symmetria, lay on the western edge of the mainland in the middle of the continent. This nation connected to the Fireview Kingdom to the north, Theocracy of Venturnome to the southeast, Principality of Leafburg to the east and Republic of Civilight to the northeast. "This is the Dustorm Empire, the nation of a scorching desert, deep valley and the breezing plateau. This is the home of Ground and Flying type Pokemon."
"And the last nation on the land of Symmetria…" Teacher Leafeon moved to the smallest nation on the continent of Symmetria, which is on the small tip of the peninsula that led to the northwest of the mainland. This land only connected to the Queendom of Riverbrine to the southeast. And there's a big island west of this land. "This is the Shadowlost Territory, the nation of dark wasteland, toxic island and haunted zone. This is the home of Dark, Poison and Ghost type Pokemon."
"Yawn…" Rachael let out a yawn as this class was so boring. She looked around the class and saw that over half of the class were now asleep. Honey and Cheryl, however, were still awake as their attentions were on something else (Jasper). Jasper also seemed to be uninterested in the lesson as well. Zenpai, on the other hand, was the most enthusiastic student in the class.
"Teacher Leafeon." Zenpai raised his blade-like arm.
"Yes, Mr. Bugslash, what is it?" Teacher Leafeon looked at Zenpai.
"What about the Normal type Pokemon and the Dragon type Pokemon?" Zenpai asked.
"Normal type Pokemon is the most adaptive type of Pokemon…" Teacher Leafeon answered. "So they could live in any nation on the continent of Symmetria. The Dragon type, on the other hand, is rarely seen on the continent of Symmetria, so there is no record about their habitat."
Zenpai nodded. He seemed to be satisfied with the answer he received.
"Next…" Teacher Leafeon continued teaching. "We will talk about the ruler of each nation. First, the Theocracy of Venturnome is ruled by…."
Rachael couldn't hear anything more as she couldn't hold her conscious for any longer. She then fell into a sleep.
"Ah!"
Rachael woke up from the slumber. She then looked around and realized that Teacher Leafeon's geography class was already over. Most students already left the classroom, saved for some. She then realized that both Honey and Cheryl were already gone.
"What?! Why didn't they wake me?" Rachael spoke with a pettish voice and made a child-like frown. She then quickly put away her stationary and notebooks.
"Ah!" Rachael exclaimed softly and a notebook fell from her bag. But just before it hit the floor, someone grabbed it.
"Here." Zenpai the Scyther handed the notebook back to Rachael, careful not to let the notebook getting damaged from his scythe-like arm.
"T…Thank." Rachael thanked as she received the book and quickly put it away in her bag.
"And…" Zenpai continued speaking. "We sit next to each other for the whole class and I still don't know you. What's your name?"
"M…My name is Rachael Lustermist the Latias. Nice to meet you!" Rachael spoke with a cheerful voice.
"Nice to meet you too, Rachael." Zenpai bowed to the Latias a bit before Rachael remembered something.
"Hey, Zenpai-sama, have you seen my friends, Cheryl the Cherubi and Honey the Combee, who was sitting next to me?"
Hearing the Latias' question quickly changed the Scyther's action. He seemed to be disturbed by her question. "That grass-face took both of them to the canteen already."
"Grass-face?" Rachael repeated Zenpai's word. "Did you mean Jasper? Why did you have to call him like that?!"
"Because he is a grass type Pokemon." Zenpai answered before he left the classroom.
"…" Rachael said nothing and left the classroom to go to the canteen.
The afternoon's mathematics class went by very slow, but it was finally over. Now that today's class was over, all students put away their belonging and prepared to head home.
"What will both of you do after class?" Cheryl asked Honey and Rachael. Now most of the students already left the class, include Jasper and Zenpai.
"I think I will get me some more honey!" Honey answered.
"And I will help my mother with the farm." Rachael answered.
"Okay! See you soon!" Cheryl said goodbye and left the classroom.
"See you tomorrow!" Honey said goodbye and flew out of the classroom too.
After both of her friends left the classroom, Rachael then moved out of the classroom and headed back home. But at the exit of the school, she ran into somebody.
"Hey there, cutie pie…" Jasper the Sceptile greeted. He was leaning his back on the wall of the school when Rachael reached the exit.
"Hi! Jasper!" Rachael greeted the Sceptile.
"Such an honor for a cutie pie like you to remember me!" Jasper walked closer to Rachael. "Would you mind letting me know more about you?"
"Sure!" Rachael said without thinking too much. "My name is Rachael Lustermist the Latias! Nice to meet you, Jasper!"
"Marvelous!" Jasper said. "A cutie pie with a beautiful name! You are such a pure flower of the Leafburg Forest!"
"Thank!" Rachael revealed an innocent smile.
But before Jasper could speak anything more, another voice could be heard by both Latias and Sceptile.
"…Even with an innocent girl, your hideous habit remains as disgusting as ever, grass-face."
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: Here we are. Two new characters appeared, Jasper Floratree the Sceptile and Zenpai Bugslash the Scyther. Both of them will play the important role in this first tail and throughout the whole story.
I am sorry if the map description in this chapter is not very clear. But guess what? The map of the continent of Symmetria is actually based on a place in the real world! Can you guess where?
And it looked like Jasper and Zenpai are not very friendly with each other…
A special thanks to Ridin Valon for helping me with the error correction.