—-Katarina's Point of View—-

'It's been about two months since I've started this farm and yet it's gone nowhere as it's wilting, Geordo and Keith have been helping me still no luck and at this rate I'm wondering if I can manage to become a farmer, I wish I had someone with green thumb to help me.'

I then closed my diary and started getting dressed to continue work on the fields, when I arrived I had seen Geordo waiting for me and so I ran over to give my friend a hug, "Geordo, are you here to help again?"

Geordo nodded and said "Of course, Katarina, what fiancée wouldn't help their beautiful bride to be?" before getting on a knee and trying to kiss my hand

I instinctively pulled away, it is kinda weird to have an eight year old kiss you when you're seventeen mentally

I then turned my head and noticed that Keith was running towards the garden and so I ran to give him a big hug "Keith, are you gonna help again?"

Keith nods and says "Yes Sister, my training is over and I thought you might've needed help!, and protection" with the latter half of the sentence being much more silent

'What would I need protection from? Driftloons? Me and Onion are so much stronger now!'

I was distracted from questioning Keith's words by Geordo, as he had said "Well Keith, as you can see, I am aiding my fiancée and so your support is not a necessary" but I'm sure he didn't mean anything bad from it since he gave Keith a nice smile

'But that's not true, there aren't too many people' and so I told Geordo "Oh come on Geordo, there's no need to refuse Keith's help, the more the merrier. Right?"

Then Keith had gave Geordo a nice grin before asking me "Sister, If you'd like, would you like even more help with my Dratini?"

Geordo had made a face that most would probably never notice, but I could tell that it was a hint of dread. I decided to save Geordo by telling Keith "Dratini doesn't have the stamina like Tyrunt or Chanterelle and doesn't have any hands like Durian"

Thankfully, Keith understands and gets to work as I give him and Geordo some equipment and start tending to the wilting plants.

This had went on for awhile with Keith and Geordo eventually taking a break and I had sent out Onion so Tyrunt could take a break and play

Eventually, Anne had entered the farming zone and told all of us there "Geordo, your carriage has arrived" and with that being said Geordo had nodded towards Anne and looked at us and said

"Well, Katarina… and others, It is time for me to depart" and left, taking Tyrunt with him as they walked away together

But Anne hadn't escorted him like usual and Anne quickly explained why "Lord Keith, Lady Katarina, the Duke and Duchess Claes has summoned you to the Dining Hall"

And so we me and Keith had went to the Dining Hall, 'Is it time for lunch?, brunch?, maybe dinner- no its too early for dinner, ooh maybe it's a snack, but why would they have Anne call us for food like that?"

My thinking had been interrupted as I heard the loud sounds of the door opening 'so dramatic' and we entered the Dinner Hall

"Both of you, take a seat" said mother

'Oh no, is mother gonna scold me for the farm and for Keith's involvement, oh no is she gonna scold Keith too'

But father hadn't stopped to let me panic as he turned to Keith and said "Keith, you now have two months worth of proper etiquette and you have shown a significant improvement in your manners as a result"

Father then turned to me and said "Katarina, you have…. T-This past month you…."

He then cleared his throat and continued "Due to the reasons I have stated, your mother and I have come to the conclusion that you are both eligible for your grand debut into Noble Society"

'I kinda wanna prepare for going to the forest and to avoid doom so I should try and get out of debut thing so I can have more time' so I was about to try and make some excuse but Keith had talked before I could "There shall be plenty of delectable and exotic pastries and cuisine" and with the promise of good food, I kept my mouth shut

Mother had then told us "Katarina, for the love of Arceus, be good and Keith, watch Katarina"

'Wait aren't I the big sister, why do I have to be watched, but the sweets' and so I didn't say a word and Keith had nodded to accept the order

Then father ended the conversation, telling us "Now then, prepare your clothes and try to catch up on some last minute etiquette as you shall depart tomorrow"

Both me and Keith nodded and father had said "You are both dismissed"

—The next Day—-

I was sitting on my bed with Anne next to me and all of my Pokéballs in front of me, I was in deep thought 'Who's gonna stay out the Pokéball and who's staying inside?'

"Lady Katarina, I shall remind you that Normal Type Pokémon are for peasants and so I advise that showcasing Durian should be avoided" Anne said

'So even Types are stereotyped and Durian has been wanting to eat the exotic foods all night.'

"Next, Dragon Types are deemed as meant for nobles and are meant to always be with their masters, therefore, Lady Katarina should have Onion be near her"

"Got it"

"Lastly; Although Venipedes are Bug Types, another peasant Typing, they tend to be considered as an exception with Scolipede being viewed as Rose with thorns, elegant yet harsh when needed" Anne explained

"So basically, Onion and Chanterelle are coming with me"

"Yes. If you'd like, Purprea can replace Chanterelle since Toxels aren't Bug or Normal Types and so less hotly debated as to whether they belong with nobles'' Anne clarified

"Okay Anne, but can I have some time to tell my Pokémon the news, Durian had been excited to eat new foods after all"

"Very well, My Lady" and with that, Anne left

'Hee he heh, now it's time for my plan' and I moved over to grab a massive satchel from the side of my bed, the satchel was a dark red with black straps and covered in matching black feathers along with very soft fur that was coloured grey on the inside

I pressed the buttons on two of my Pokéballs and out came Durian and Purprea from the fading of the light, then I told him "Durian, Purprea, inside the bag"

And unlike Nebby, Durian obeyed and crawled into the satchel but Purprea just crawled over to me and taped his Pokéball, returning him in the process

'With this, I can sneak food for Durian. I guess the Pokéball is more comfy to Purprea though' then I grabbed my satchel and placed Purprea's Pokéball into the satchel and told Durian "Keep that Pokéball safe, alright?"

Durian then nodded his head and said "Munchlax!"

Then I went over to the door and opened it, I turned back to the satchel to see Durian was sitting up with his head to the side, I made a shush sound with my finger over my lips and he quickly layed back down and closed the bag with himself

I then peered my head through the crack of the door and said "Hey Anne, I'm ready to get dressed now, oh and can I get a hat for Onion when you're done with me?"

"Of course, Lady Katarina" and she opened the door and went to the closet to get me dressed

After awhile of her pulling me around like a ragdoll to get me dressed and having other maids coming in and leaving so she can get the requested hat for Onion, I was finally free and was able to look into the mirror

I was wearing a bright red dress, there was Garchomp Scales that were painted black to serve as accents for the ends of the skirt area and the shoulders of the dress and there was the fur of a Mamoswine around my neck that was dyed to be, you guessed it, black

'Little dramatic for a eight year old, but I guess nothing is too fancy for nobles'

I looked down to see that Onion and Chanterelle were also looking at themselves through the mirror

Chanterelle had a simple red bow tied around her 'neck?' with the bow part being obnoxiously big and shiny, Chanterelle doesn't seem to like her new accessory as she was trying to shake it off by twisting her body like a dog trying to dry itself off

Onion, on the other hand, looked pleased with her simple black Sun Hat with a red bow that was customised to fit her body

'Goomys need tons of water, that's what the anime and Pokédex Entries told me and a Driftloon did kidnap me like it's Pokédex Entry so'

Since me, Onion and Chanterelle were now ready, I grabbed the bag and but a water bottle for Onion and a few flowers for Chanterelle to eat since she really seems to like eating them like a rabbit

"...Si-sis…. Sist… Sister!",

"Huh w-what, Oh Keith, are we there yet"

"Yes Big Sister, we have a arrived to the household of the Hunts, now let us leave our carriage and greet our host"

I gave out an uncontrollable yawn before I said "Yah sure" left the carriage, grabbing Onion in my arms and having Chanterelle walking behind me

I walked over to see four girls of varying heights and ages with the tallest and the tallest girl in the front, although the thing that caught my eye was the Arctibax next to the tallest girl and the two Frigibax behind two of the smaller girls

The tallest one then told me and Keith "I am Lilia Hunt, the eldest Hunt sister and the girls behind me are my younger sisters and the Pokémon next to me is my Arctibax, you two must be the Claes siblings correct?"

Before I was made to scramble up some fancy response, Keith had said "Yes, It is a pleasure to meet you, Lady Lilia Hunt" and he made a slight bow in respect that I copied

After that all the other Hunts made their own confident introductions with the smallest, probably my age, giving the shyest one, I think her name was Mary

Unlike the others, Mary didn't have a Frigibax or Arctibax near her or any Pokémon nearby for that matter

Anyways, my thoughts were stopped by the biggest big sister as she said "Lady Katarina, Lord Keith, would you like for me to escort you inside?"

'A chance to get an evolved Pokémon like that? Count me in' and so I told "Of course" and followed her

While we were walking inside, I decided to strike up a conversation by asking the girl "Hey Lilia, how'd you get an Arctibax?, any tips or training styles?"

The girl only smirked and said "Well, it's only natural that I have such a magnificent Pokémon, afterall a Pokémon is reflective on how magnificent their trainer is"

'I asked for training advice, not life advice'

But the girl continued to bragging, saying "And a lack of immediate control only means that the master must be a pathetic idiot"

It was at this point that I noticed Keith started to look uncomfortable and I didn't particularly agree with her opinions either, plus it wasn't getting me any closer to getting any of my Pokémon to evolving so I just tuned everything out 'thank you Math class' but not before telling Keith "Don't worry, 'He' just needs more training" and must've worked since Keith just smiled and nodded at me

Eventually the girl had to stop bragging because we were finally went inside and she had to leave to continue greeting guests

Unfortunately for me, there were tons of other kids who forced me to start mingling and saying stuff "Oh my goodness is that a Goomy?" And "A Venipede, bold choice" although I'm not sure what they meant by 'bold'

Anyways after a while of tiring conversations, I eventually got near the buffet table. I put Onion on the ground next to me and looked to the buffet table to see that there was plenty of untouched and delicious looking food, "Why hello there food, what's that?, you're lonely! Oh no let me help you~" then I started stuffing my face with tons of meat, sweets, veggies and everything in between, I don't even remember the colours of some of the food I ate

'Oh wait, I forgot about Durian' so I looked to my left and right and grabbed a leg of chicken and slowly moved it closer and closer unti- "Sister!"

'Oh no it's Keith' but Keith continued, "Sister, were you about to put that chicken in your bag to eat it later?"

"…no" and technically I wasn't lying since it was for Durian, but Keith only started glaring like mother before saying "Sister, Is Durian inside your bag"

I gulped in nervousness before telling Keith "no~" and instinctively looked away
Keith wasn't tricked by my fantastic acting, as he told me "Then you don't mind me checking your bag, right Sister?"

And he grabbed my purse to check and said "oh, Sorry for doubting you Big Sister, looks like you do have some self control after all"

"Okay but- wait what" I blurted out

"Yah, there's nothing in here but your Pokéballs, a water bottle and some flowers" Keith explained as and he extended his arm to give me my satchel

Out of rapidly increasing worry, I snatched the bag out of his hands although Keith didn't seem to mind and left as I frantically grabbed all my Pokéballs and opened them one by one, no light came out

I looked down and erratically said "Oh no. Chanterelle, Onion, Durian and Purprea have gone missing"

But when I looked down all I saw was Chanterelle's Ribbon next to Onion's hat 'They're all missing!' and I put my satchel on and ran out of the room to try and look for all my Pokémon

—-Onion's Point of View—-

I was outside, somewhere?, and there was Purprea right in front of me and Durian to my side

Purprea then said "Okay, the teams are, Onion and Durian versus Me and the Thug" with her signature tried voice

"Hey!" Chanterelle said, but I ignored her and said "Yup" with Durian saying the same

Purprea then continued "Okay, the rules are that no one can swap runners until we reach the fountain and no one can attack to opponent directly but you can use non damaging moves or traits like slippery slime or sticky webs to slow the enemy, got it?"

And we all said "Yes"

And we all got into positions, Durian was on all fours, like usual, and I opted to ride on Durian while Purprea had jumped onto Chanterelle's back

Chanterelle complained, saying "Ugh, Purprea get off your heavy as hell"

But Purprea countered saying "Man Up"

"I'm a girl, idiot"

"Woman Up"

Chanterelle then growled and glared at Purprea, most likely because talking wasn't working

Purprea then said "On marks, get set, Walk Fast"

And with that odd signal, Durian and Chanterelle started running

Chanterelle was the fastest of our group so she was in the lead but because of Purprea weight, she wasn't impossible to outrun even with Durian and Durian was unaffected by my weight since I'm pretty light

After a few minutes of running, Chanterelle started to lose some speed and slowed down, that gave Durian some much needed time

'While Chanterelle's Stamina is nothing to scoff at, Durian can still last longer'

It was at this point that I decided to add a little spin to this race "Hey Chanterelle, loser has to do whatever the winner says, deal?"

Chanterelle only smirked and said "If you wanna do my bidding, that's fine by me"

"Okay then" and I threw some slippery slime from my antennae towards the ground ahead of Chanterelle to slow her down

Purprea shouted "Chanterelle, Slime ahead"

And Chanterelle had jumped over my slime with Durian narrowly avoiding it as well

Purprea had turned to face me and Durian before saying "Hey Durian, imma take your bed when we win" and spit out some of her poison across the entire a path

Unfortunately for us, Durian couldn't stop in time and got covered in Purprea's special poison and the poison was so slippery that Durian couldn't stop himself from sliding around and off course

I tried to get Durian to stop sliding around with my antennae pulling him backwards, since we could get lost, but there was no stopping him and my interference only caused Durian to start rapidly spinning faster and I was starting to get really dizzy

"Onion! Can you seeee anything?!" Durian said and unfortunately, I couldn't because I was also being spun around like I was Voltorb

After while, I was thrown from Durian's back and slammed head first into wall and landed on Durian's head, luckily I didn't pass out

"Hey, Durian you okay?" …no reply

"Durian?" And I used antennae to lift his face up for me to see more clearly, there wasn't any blood but he wouldn't open his eyes or respond, luckily he was still breathing when I put an antennae above his mouth to check if he was breathing

'Oh so you just got knocked out'

"Okay big guy, we got a bet to collect" so I moved over to his back and started lightly slapping Durian's head with my antennae "Come on Durian, you wanna keep your bed don't you?"

After while I heard the sound of leaves crunching and moving, my antennae instinctively perked up and I turned to source of the sound and that was when I saw it

There was a miniature horde of Snover with a Snover in the front who had Cowboy Hat, the rest did have any accessories though

The Cowboy Snover then looked directly at me and Durian and said "Lookie here boys, a trespasser, looks like my birthday came early this year"

'I don't think I can handle all of these stupid Snover in a fight alone'

"Durian, wake up!" I yelled as I started frantically smacking Durian with harder and harder slaps so he could just wake up already "Come on, Durian I need backup"

—-Katarina's Point of View—-

"Chanterelle, I got some Roses and Lantanas for you!, Come on seriously" unfortunately this call, similar to others ones I made, didn't work and I continued wandering around, searching for my Pokémon

I looked up and saw that there was a water fountain up ahead, 'Maybe I could get a better few even If I am only slighter higher' so I ran to try and get to the fountain where I could climb up and get a nice view

When I reached the fountain I heard a noise from the opposite side "Venip"

'Wait I know that sound' I rushed over to look at the other side and there she was "Chanterelle! Purprea!"

I immediately ran over to hug them both and picked them up in my arms "Why'd you guys run away?! This isn't our house so it was really hard to track you down"

The two of them looked down, most likely in shame, as they meekly said "Ven" and "Xel"

'Oh no, not the cute bows of shame' unlike mother or mama, I couldn't stay mad for long so I told them "It's okay, you'll have plenty of races when we get back, just don't do this again, unless we prepare beforehand, alright?"

They both nodded and so I crouched down and put Chanterelle and Purprea on the ledge of the fountain before telling them both "Now then, Do you guys know where Durian and Onion are?"

Chanterelle nodded and hopped off the ledge while Purprea decided to climb into my satchel and rest, "Of course, classic Purprea"

I stood up straight and told Chanterelle, "Lead the way!"

And she started running like there was no tomorrow with me running behind her

We ran past beautiful flowers and around a puddle of purple poison, probably Purprea's poison considering how their past races went back at home, and we were about to go past the puddle but I stopped when I heard someone say "Apollo!, Apollo!"

"Hey Chanterelle, let's go ask for directions, maybe Durian and Onion wandered off where we aren't going"

Chanterelle stopped and just gave me a slight glare before walking over to me, showing that she'll probably follow me

We walked down a small hill and saw the owner of the voice I heard

It was a girl, probably my age, and she was wearing a yellow dress with a big orange bow tied around her waist, "Hey there, who are you looking for?"

The girl must've been surprised as she had jumped a little but that didn't stop her from replying "A-ah, I um, I am looking for… n-nothing important"

I decided not to push further since it was probably fine, "Oh okay. Well anyways, you're Mary Hunt, right?"

"Y-yes, that's me"

"Well Hi, I'm Katarina Claes and I wanna ask if you've seen a Munchlax on all fours or a Goomy wandering around?"

"N-No I haven't seen any Pokémon with those descriptions, sorry, um can I inquire as to why you have a-asked me?" Mary meekly said

'Oh no more noble speak, maybe I shouldn't tell Mary, her sister gave me a lecture on instantly controlling your Pokémon, but Mary seems different enough' so I just told Mary "Those are my Pokémon, I kinda lost track of them. It's a bit embarrassing right?"

But Mary only shook her head slowly and said "N-no it's not and I- um, I-" but before Mary could finish her statement, Chanterelle had headbutt my leg and usually when she does this it's to remind or warn me of something 'Oh right I just needed directions'

To ease Chanterelle's worry, I decided to end mine and Mary's chat but not before telling Mary "Hey Mary, before I leave to continue my search, you wanna tell me what Apollo is, just in case I find it or them?"

Mary started to stutter out a reply, "A-ah um, Apollo is my, Noibat" with the sentence getting quieter on the latter half of the of it

"Well why didn't you say so before?!" I said, then I extended my hand out and told Mary "Why don't we look for our Pokémon in a mini Search Party, okay?"

Mary looked to have visibly hesitate for a moment but then grabbed my hand and nodded before facing the ground

—-Onion's Point of View—-

"Go away! We were invited" and I shot out another Dragon Pulse towards a group of Snover which caused some to knock themselves into others and some of the Snover fainted but the vast majority were fine and I was starting to get tired from shooting all these Dragon Pulses 'If only I had more stamina'

The Cowboy Snover then said "Heh, looks you're all tuckered out now, Boys Aim!" and The horde of Snover opened their mouths and the inside of their mouths started glowing green, 'Must be a Bullet Seed'

I braced myself for impact as the Cowboy Snover yelled "FIRE!" and the last thing I saw was a wave of seeds coming towards me

Katarina had told me that as a Dragon Type, Grass type moves would hurt less and while the individual seeds didn't hurt, there was plenty of seeds that made sure didn't leave unscathed

"HEY!" yelled a mysterious person, I heard it loud and clear and with the voice arriving, the barrage of bullets ended

I looked up to see the source of that voice and I saw a small Noibat, no bigger than me but with a face that was slightly red with anger

The Noibat continued, shouting "Idiots!, that's probably a guest from the party going on and could you stop being so loud, it's interrupting my music practice!"

I looked down to see that the horde was quite unimpressed and with the Cowboy Snover having a smirk on his face and said "Listen brat, why don't you play THIS!" and summoned a dozen Ice Shards that were charging towards the Noibat

Then, in the blink of an eye, the Noibat had dodged all the Cowboy Snover's Ice shards and proceeded to fly up high

I overheard a random Snover from the horde say "Guess the coward ran away" but he was quickly proven wrong as the Noibat had dived back down at with stupid speeds and white streaks of light around him as the Noibat crashed into the Cowboy Snover

The Noibat was now on top of the belly of the Cowboy Snover who looked worse than me right now, I then saw like five other Snover use Ice Punch and try to hit the Noibat from all sides but the Noibat just dodged up and the Ice Punches had hit the Cowboy Snover and yeah I think he's knocked out

The Noibat now used a move I recognised, Air Cutter, as the Noibat had rapidly started flapping his wings and shot out white and glowing blades of air at random groups of Snover, some of the blades had hit the ground causing some dust to form

And when dust settled all I could see was half of the Snover horde fainted and I saw the Snover scramble to grab some of their fainted and run away, but they left the Cowboy Snover behind

"Yah! Run away you cowardly fools!" Screamed the Noibat

'Woh, Cool', The entire scene was very cool in my eyes and so I couldn't stop myself from asking Noibat, "Hey, how'd you get so strong? What move did you use for the Snover with the hat? What's your name? Do you have a trainer or are you a travelling wild Pokémon?"

"Listen kiddo, I'm not looking for some sarcasm right now, I'm already running behind my plans" said the Noipunk

I attempted to defend myself, saying "I was just trying to some questions and you don't look much older than me"

But the Noipunk snapped back "Oh no~ I'm running late~"

"Fine, could you at least give me a name if you've got one" I said

The Noipunk paused for moment before saying "Ah what the heck, alright, my name is A-"

But he was interrupted by a girl saying "Apollo!"

—-Mary's Point of View—-

I ran over to Apollo and told him "Apollo, why did you run away and I saw a bunch of Ice Shards in this area, are you okay?"

Luckily, Apollo looks fine since he was able to fly onto my shoulder without problems 'I guess it is a good thing that those Ice shards lead us here, or I would have still been searching otherwise'

Now that I was relieved to see Apollo doing okay, I looked over to see a curious sight; Lady Claes was grabbing a Goomy from the head of an unconscious Munchlax and her Venipede was smacking the Munchlax with her tail

The Munchlax immediately woke up and jumped on its feet but, strangely, the Munchlax had fallen into an odd crouching stance on all fours, Lady Claes didn't seem fazed by the odd position as she only laughed and said, "Ah yes, Durian always wakes up from Chanterelle's tail slap"

'Although, I have never seen a tamed Munchlax before since they're a peasant Pokémon with it's Typing but I didn't expect my books to be this wrong'

'Now that I think about it, Lady Claes said that the Munchlax and Goomy were her Pokémon and if that Venipede is also hers then' then I unconsciously whispered out "does that mean she's already gotten an engagement present this soon?"

Unfortunately, Lady Claes had heard me and said "Hmm?, what was that Mary?"

'Oh no, It is rude to talk behind a lady's back, I have to remedy this before she does something mean' so I quickly blurted out "I-I never said anything to demean or slander you, Lady Claes, I was simply admiring about how you managed to enchant Prince Geordo so quickly that he would gift you a Pokémon"

Lady Claes had given a bright smile and told me "Geordo didn't give me anything Pokémon related, except for a really fun Pokémon battle, and you haven't even seen my fourth Pokémon yet"

She then opened her satchel and grabbed a purple blob from it and proudly held it out, Lady Claes then said "Introducing, Purprea!" with a dramatic voice as if she was the reporting the most important news of her life

I couldn't help but chuckle softly and that seemed to be Lady Claes's intended response as she had smiled brightly

Lady Claes then asked me "Hey Mary, do you have any Pokémon?, besides Apollo of course"

I paused for a moment 'Oh no, what if Lady Claes thinks that I am pathetic for not being able to control him or angry for having my Pokémon harm hers, but then again she didn't laugh when I lost Apollo so maybe' I decided to finally answer by nodded and pointing towards my Pokémon on the ground

"My other Pokémon is this Snover, with the hat on him"

Lady Claes looked surprised but I continued, "This Snover is quite aggressive and likes to fight with Apollo constantly, and he might have caused your Goomy and Munchlax to be in this condition, I am really sorry!"

And on instinct, I braced myself for the ridicule and anger that was all too common whenever Apollo and Snover made a ruckus

"Mary" Lady Claes said "I totally had a similar problem, not this bad but still, Chanterelle and Durian used to pick fights all the time and Chanterelle and Purprea also Chanterelle and Onion, huh it's mostly just Chanterelle, anyways having a lack of control over your Pokémon is super common, you just need a little training and you can have your Snover and Apollo be best buddies, oh and"

after that she started rambling even more but I couldn't quite pay attention as my thoughts were starting to get louder and louder 'She doesn't hate me, doesn't lothe my existence or think I'm useless, she doesn't think I'm stupid or annoying, none of it'

I could feel myself tearing up so I had to wipe my forming tears, then I heard Lady Claes say " also Keith has, Oh shoot! Keith! He doesn't know where I am, he's probably waiting for me!"

Lady Claes then grabbed her Venipede, Goomy and Munchlax before saying "Mary, I gotta go but, if you want to, we can try and mend the rivalry between Snover and Apollo?"

'I can see Lady Claes again' I was near speechless and so I just nodded and that seemed to be enough as Lady Claes ran away saying "See you tomorrow, Mary!"

—-Katarina's Point of View—-

It was now the next day since my debut and I was excited, because me and Mary were walking to my Training/Resting/Farming/god, I need better name/Resting zone, I was in deep thought 'Keith and Geordo are nice and fun to play with but having a girl-friend is nice and I can test my theory on getting Pokémon to cooperate, just in case Chanterelle and Durian were a fluke'

Eventually, we arrived to the area and I immediately got started "Mary, to start this training you've gotta give me an idea of Apollo and Snover's personalities"

"Well Lady Claes, Snover was a very recent gift from my family, hence I do not know enough about Snover other than the fact that he loves to fight"

'Dang, but I feel like I've heard about something similar before but I can't remember'

Mary continued, adding "I do know more about Apollo's personality, he loves listening to music and he is usually practising his ability to make music, but, whenever someone is making a ruckus and or interrupts either of his hobbies, Apollo gets very frustrated which is usually the cause for Apollo and Snover's fights"

'Hmm, Purprea and Durian had a similar situation, Durian kept eating the shells that Purprea used as drums to play music'

"Hey Mary, if you don't know what Snover's hobbies are then why don't we just ask Snover?"

Mary looked at me with confusion and paused for a moment before asking "Lady Claes, Pokémon do not speak Sorcerian"

"I'll explain later just come with me" and I grabbed Mary's hand and went over to Keith training area

When we got there, I scanned the area until I saw him "Keith!, Can you help us, we have a problem?"

Keith immediately went over to me and Mary and asked us "What's the problem, Sister? Also, who is that?"

Mary was out of breath from the running we did so I answered for her "Keith, this is Mary. Mary, this is Keith. Now then, Keith, you have psychic powers that allows you to talk to Pokémon right?"

Keith looked over to Mary but nodded so I continued "so, can you talk to Mary's Snover about his hobbies since Mary doesn't know them?"

Keith looked at sympathetically before telling me "Sister, I wish I could but I can only talk to Flying Type Pokémon or Bird-like Pokémon, sorry"

"Oh alrig- wait a minute, can't you ask a Flying Type to ask Snover and then have the Flying Type tell you?"

Keith answered, saying "Well I could, but you don't have a Flying Type and neither do I since Dratini isn't Flying Type yet"

'And Ho-Oh is supposed to be a secret'

Mary meekly raised her hand up as if she was in class and said "I-I have a Flying Type"

"Oh right, Apollo, but how are we gonna convince Apollo to ask Snover that?" I asked

Keith then said "How about bribing Apollo with something so he'll do it?"

"Yah, that's a good plan. Okay Mary, get Apollo and Snover out so they can be friends"

Mary grabbed two Pokéballs and threw them on the ground, the light came and went and there appeared Apollo and Snover with his Cowboy hat

Keith then closed his eyes and I saw his body starting to have a magenta glow around it, his hair had started to stand up with pink accents at the ends and when he opened his eyes they were no longer blue but purple

'So this is what psychic powers look like on humans'

Keith then crouched to Apollo and asked him "Hello there, could you ask that Snover what his hobbies are?"

Apollo then responded, saying "Noibat, bat bat noi" with a glare

Keith then looked at me and said "Apollo said, I would rather perish than suffer a conversation with that imbecile, although that isn't word for word"

"Hmm. Hey Apollo!" I said and Apollo looked at me curiously, once I saw that I got his attention, I continued "If you do us this favour then we'll do whatever you wanna do next"

Apollo looked down for a moment before saying "Noi" and flew over to the Snover who had been hitting the ground this entire time

Apollo and Snover exchanged a few words and Keith had to tell Apollo that Snover will get to do whatever he wants if he complies and eventually we got the hobby that Snover wanted to do

"A Pokémon Battle" Keith said, he then closed his eyes, his hair turned back to pure blond and the glowing had faded away and the blue had returned in his eyes when he opened them

I turned to Mary and said "Okay then, Mary, you're in luck because I've got a little experience in battling so this'll be fun"

Mary looked shocked and responded with "Well Lady Claes, I have never had a Pokémon battle before so hope you won't mind"

'Well that's not fair, hmm' and then I thought of it "Hey Keith, you wanna battle Mary in a double battle instead of me since you're also a newbie"

Keith thought about for a moment before saying, "Okay Big Sister but I'll need another Pokémon"

"You can just borrow one of mine, come on, let's go to my training area so we can start" I told him

Keith nodded along with Mary, we waited for her to grab Snover and Apollo before leaving

Keith was standing across from Mary, Keith decided to use Onion for this and so he threw two Pokéballs into the area, Onion and Keith's Dratini came out

Keith decided to start with the first move, saying "Onion, use your D-Dragon Beam thing" Onion turned towards Keith and gave him the most confused face I've ever seen

'Oh wait a minute, Kieth had never seen me command Onion to use any of her moves in Sorcerian!'

While I was panicking, Mary had said "Snover, use Ice Punch on Onion!"

I looked over to see if Snover did it and… nothing, Snover just yawned and just layed down

Keith then said "Onion, do your best on your own!" And Onion nodded

I saw Onion open her mouth and I saw a beam of dragon looking light shoot out from her mouth, 'oh I recognise that, Dragon Pulse!"

The Dragon Pulse had went on course towards Apollo but he managed to perfectly dodge it, Onion didn't give up and continued to shot out a series of Dragon Pulses towards Apollo, I noticed that overtime, Onion's Dragon Pulses were getting more fast and accurate with every attack she made

Keith got my attention again when he said "Dratini, use Flamethrower on Snover"

The Snover managed to narrowly dodge the attack, but in the process, had bumped into Apollo

Apollo started yelling at Snover but he eventually looked away and said something to Onion

Snover then readied his fist and it started glowing white and then, almost instantly, Ice had appeared and Snover punched Apollo

Apollo was knocked to the ground but quickly got up and raised his wing, the wings then turned white and started glowing, Apollo then flew up before crashing a wing into Snover

Mary said "Please stop it you two" and the Pokémon did stop, but they were glaring at each other, like when a family is playing Monopoly, that game does stuff to you

Mary then said "Thank you, now then. Snover, use Ice Punch on Onion and Apollo, use Air Cutter on Dratini"

Snover prepared his Ice Punch like before while Apollo prepared his Air Cutter, then, Snover punched Apollo again but Apollo dodged and used his Air Cutter on Snover

Onion had then used her Dragon Pulse again but this time, she used Dragon Pulse on Snover and that knocked him out

Then I heard Keith say, "Dratini, use Twister. Onion, attack with… something"

Dratini followed Keith's orders and proceeded to rapidly spin his tail and that caused a tornado to be summoned and I saw Onion visibly sigh before she inhaled, opened mouth and shot out a purple beam of light, probably Dragon Breath

Both moves went straight towards Apollo and Apollo couldn't dodge and when the Tornado had settled down, Apollo was clearly fainted

—-Onion's Point of View—-

I heard Master Katarina say "I'm gonna go get Anne so she can heal everyone" and then left

I decided to use this time to have a little chat with Apollo, so I went over to him and said "Wow, your dodging was perfect, I couldn't get a single hit in!"

Apollo looked a little shocked but replied nonetheless, saying "Thanks man, but don't sell yourself short, your aim and speed kept getting better and better"

"Heh, thanks. So now that you know I'm not a jerk, you wanna tell me how you're so fast~"

My comment must've made Apollo mad as his face and even ears started going red

'I don't get it, my tone was exactly like how Mom's tone was with Dad and he liked how Mom said it'

"Look, what I meant to say is; I wanna be able to dodge attacks like you!"

It seemed to work as Apollo's redness lowered and he said "Oh. I suppose I'm just like that but I also have to constantly dodge that stupid Snover with the dumb Cowboy hat so I just got really good at it"

"Yeah, that Snover has no chill, like I tried to tell him that I was just a guest and he still attacked me!"

Apollo just nodded and said "Well looks some maid arrived to heal me, see ya Lady…"

"Onion" I said

Then I heard Apollo start to chuckle and eventually he bursted into laughter as he said "Hahahaha, that's your name!"

'That's the name Master Katarina gave me"

So to defend Master Katarina, I smacked Apollo with medium intensity

"Ow. Alright- Alright fine I'll stop, see ya Lady Onion" Apollo said, although he seems fine since he left with a smile on his face

—-Katarina's Point of View—-

When Anne's Audino was finished healing all the Pokémon, Anne went over to me and asked "Lady Katarina, would you tell me why the guest's Pokémon were fainted, since you are aware of how much the Dutchess hates your 'Battling Addiction'?"

'Oh no, not a scolding' so I ran towards Apollo, Onion and Snover and grabbed them and held them in one arm and grabbed Mary's hand with the other and started running away from the area but not before saying "Thanks Keith! BYE!"

A few minutes later and I noticed that Mary was getting tired from all this running so we stopped at a tree where I told her "Sorry for making you run, how about you pick the spot for the next activity"

Mary took a moment to catch her breath, then she answered "I am perfectly fine Lady Claes, but, why don't we go inside since we don't need battlefield levels of space for music?"

I nodded and gave Mary her Snover and let Noibat fly above us as we went inside

We went into a room that I use for my mandatory piano practise, 'Music, Music. Who in my party likes music?' And then I finally remembered 'oh right, Purprea!' So I grabbed my Pokéball and sent her out

"Okay Purprea, bows your time to shine, wanna make some music with Apollo?"

Purprea just shrugged but went over to where Apollo was perching and said something, I don't speak Pokémon, and they looked to have agreed on something

Purprea then went over to my direction and I felt Purprea attempting to push me and so I started walking to wherever she was trying to push me and I ended up on the Piano

I saw Mary have a similar issue but with Apollo trying to pull her her hair, Mary didn't look harmed though, and she ended up next to me

Then I saw Purprea pushing Snover to the drums in the back and Apollo directing Onion on how to play the flute

Then, Apollo had a mic pointed to his ears and Purprea had a mic of her own

Me and Mary waited until we saw a sign, the sign came from Onion as she turned to face us and used her antennae to point at me and Mary; me and Mary agreed on a simplified version of Hallelujah or as this world called it 'Endless Collisions'

Me, Mary and Onion all played our part very softly so Apollo and Purprea could enjoy the spotlight as much as possible and that seemed to work as they had seemed to be genuinely enjoying themselves

Then I started hearing Snover play the drums and it got louder and louder and he started hitting the cymbals without rhythm and it looked like it was starting to get on Apollo's nerves but Purprea had managed to calm him down

That was until I saw that Snover had tore a hole into the drums as Purprea and Apollo also noticed it

Apollo stopped making sounds from his ears and said something to Purprea and Purprea nodded to Apollo, Onion had jumped down from the seat she was on and started rushing towards Purprea and Apollo

I decided that if Onion was worried enough to stop playing then I should be as well and so I got up and grabbed Purprea and noticed that Apollo had charged towards Snover but Mary had stopped him in time

'Aw man, another failure', as I was lamenting about another failure, eyes started to wandered over to a nearby window and I noticed that the sun was about to go into sunset and so me and Mary didn't have much time until she had to leave

'I don't want Mary to only see this playdate as just a failure' and so I looked over to Mary and asked her "Do you wanna just relax and chat for the rest of the playdate?"

And Mary nodded so we went back to the Training zone, also called the Resting Zone

When we arrived, I decided to send out the rest of Pokémon and told them all to go play, including Snover and Apollo

I saw that Apollo and Chanterelle were in starting positions, most likely for a race. Purprea was talking about something to Onion, knowing their personalities they were probably betting on the race, and Durian was picking the flowers around him usually because he notices that Chanterelle is always hungry after her races and Snover was sent back to his Pokéball

I looked over to Mary, she was looking over at the sight of the Pokémon playing with a happy smile on her, and I told "Hey Mary, I'm sorry we didn't get any progress with Apollo and Snover, guess my integration of Chanterelle weren't a very flexible model afterall"

Mary turned to me and with a sympathetic look on her face, said "Do not be sorry, Lady Claes, it is to be expected considering that Snover was chosen specifically to make trouble for me and Apollo"

So I asked Mary, "Why would Snover be chosen to brother you, didn't you say that it was a gift from the Hunt household?"

Mary looked down and asked me "Lady Claes, if I tell you why, will you believe me?", I could her voice starting to crack as if she was holding back tears

Noticing the sudden severity, I told her "Of course I will, but only share as much information as your comfortable with" and I gave her the most comforting smile I could muster, despite my evil face

Mary rubbed her eyes before telling me, "That Snover has always hated me, even before he was given to me and all my sisters do is use Snover as a casus belli to bully and demean me!" It was at this point, that Mary had started to cry as she continued "a-and all Apollo is trying to do is defend himself against Snover or is just reacting to his aggression but my sisters keep saying that Apollo is far too thuggish a-and that he should be released. I don't want to get rid of Apollo, he's like a brother to me a-and"

It was at this point that I had heard enough and I decided to try and give some comfort to Mary by giving her a hug; at first, she could only say "Sorry" and "thank you, Lady Claes" through cries, then it developed into Mary only crying softly and then it was only stifling and then I heard nothing but Mary softly breathing as she went limb… wait limb

I moved back onto the ground and saw that she had somehow managed to fall asleep

'I guess it is getting late'

"Psst, Apollo" I said with a hushed tone, Apollo noticed me and had flew over to me and landed onto my shoulder and I left to go ask Anne if Mary's Carriage has arrived to pick her up

Turns out, the Driver had just arrived to pick up and so I lead him to the Resting Zone where he picked up Mary and had Apollo perched on his shoulder

but just before they left I asked the driver "Hey, could you tell Mary that she's welcome to visit anytime she wants, oh and that I believe her whole heartedly, since she fell asleep before I got the chance to tell her"

The driver chuckle and nodded and said "Of course, can do" before leaving

—-Mary's Point of View—-

Two days have now passed since I went to Lady Claes's home for the playdate and I have now arrived once more

I was sitting on a red sofa with some Roses in my hand; Yellow Roses of course, although some of them have tipped red, most are pure Yellow

'I hope the driver wasn't just taking pity on me or was lying about what Lady Claes told me and I hope she likes these flowers from my garden'

Eventually, my waiting had ended as Lady Claes had entered the room with Chanterelle trotting behind her and said "Sorry for the wait, Mary, and are those flowers?"

I nodded and handed them to Lady Claes "As a thank you for listening to me and offering to help again"

Lady Claes had told me "You didn't need to do this, it was my pleasure, but thank you Mary, these flowers are beautiful! They must've been grown by a very talented gardener"

I unconsciously blushed from getting a compliment so suddenly, but I clarified "Those are actually flowers from my garden"

Then, Lady Claes looked at me with excitement as she put the flowers on a nearby table and grabbed both my hands before asking "You did! Mary, do you wanna come see my farm, I've been needing some help with a problem recently?"

'Oh god, she's touching me' but I managed to stammer out a response "A-ah um, yes I can help you!"

"Great" Lady Claes said but before we left, Lady Claes had noticed that Chanterelle had managed to get on the desk and was eating my flowers

"Chanterelle! Those were a gift" Lady Claes said before lifting Chanterelle away from the bouquet, she then turned to me and said "I'm so sorry Mary"

"It's alright quite alright and look, there's still some Roses left" I said as I pointed towards the bouquet, most of it was gone with only the red tipped Roses left

"Great, then let's go fix my farm!" Lady Claes said as she grabbed my hand and lead me outside

'Wait, did she just say farm?'

Lady Claes did indeed say farm as I quickly noticed her shrivelling crops in rows reminiscent to the fields I'd seen on the rare occasions of when I would travel, although it was always short in passing as I would be through a carriage window

I crouched down and inspected the crops that were wilting 'Hmm, while I'm not a specialist on crops or farming, I can tell when a plant isn't getting enough Sunshine thanks to my flowers so'

"Lady Claes, I recommend you move your garden to a more sunbathed location, like over there" and I pointer towards an empty spot, free from and obstacles that might block the path of sunshine

"Thank you Mary, I'll get to work immediately"

Lady Claes grabbed a hoe leaning on the tree and started forming a new plot of land to farm on, she then slowly moved each seed and asked for instructions on where to cut off the dying leaves so she can keep her crops and after Lady Claes had finished water them, it was up to time to see if it was enough

But then I noticed a book that was leaning against a tree and I asked Lady Claes, "Can I read this?" and she nodded and told me "Yah, sure thing!"

The book was on strategies to promote plant growth and after awhile of reading, I noticed an interesting page

'Various species of Poison Type Pokémon can have enough control over their poison that they can turn it into a powerful fertiliser, notable examples are the following'

"Lady Claes, I found something that might improve plant growth"

Lady Claes then read the passage and list of Pokémon and said "Oh, I remember this. I read it before I got Purprea and Chanterelle, must've forgot about, let's try it out now" and she grabbed a Pokéball a threw it out with Purprea coming out from it, then Lady Claes called Chanterelle over to and Chanterelle promptly run over

After what felt like an hour, Purprea and Chanterelle managed to master the technique and put it to the test by only having one of the areas be covered

Once we were done, Lady Claes looked to me and said "Hey Mary, have you ever used Poison for your gardening"

I truthfully told Lady Claes "Unfortunately no, I wish I could but my family doesn't breed any Poison Types"

Lady Claes then paused for a moment before asking again "What about trading Pokémon? I know you love Apollo, but what about Snover?"

I sighed, 'It seems like Lady Claes doesn't know much about noble traditions, she's almost like a commoner, then I again, it is kinda charming' and told her "Ice Types are an important symbol of the Hunts, therefore, I am not allowed to give away Snover to just anyone and I cannot give him back to the household without major backlash"

Lady Claes then smiled at me and asked "What if I gift you one of my Poison Types?"

This caused me to burst into a heavy blush, 'I-Is she implying what I think she is, because that'd mean that Lady Claes is p-pro-proposing to me' and with that thought in my head, my blush got even redder and I could feel my heart pounding faster and faster

But Lady Claes didn't seem to notice as she continued to ramble on about who I should choose but I wasn't concerned about that

'I have to turn her proposal down, I am to be married afterall and the paperwork has already been signed and the prince doesn't seem that bad and- and' but then I looked over to Lady Claes's face as she was rambling on about something, her beautiful smile and those excited yet curious eyes '-and I don't think want to refuse this gift or anything Katarina asks of me, I want to accept this and her attention and her smile and her love and affection and everything and give everything I have to her, maybe even get married and I'll say'

"I do" I blurted out

"Oh so you want to have Purprea instead?" Lady Claes asked

"Oh- um, could you repeat what you said?" I said

Lady Claes looked a little surprised but then said "Oh, I said that Chanterelle seems to love your flowers but Purprea seems to like Apollo the most, so which one?"

I thought about it for a moment, 'accepting a gift from someone who isn't your fiancée is already scandalous so I think I should choose Chanterelle since Venipedes are more popular with nobles'

"I choose Chanterelle, only if she accepts of course"

"Nice choice, I love her but I'm sure you'll be a fantastic trainer for her, do make sure to show her off whenever we meet up though" Lady Claes said while giving me the most beautiful and comforting smile

—-Chanterelle's Point of View—-

Master Katarina went up to me and asked me, "Chanterelle, I'm sorry for doing this behind your back but, would you like to join Mary and become her Pokémon?"

I was immediately overwhelmed with anger 'She's just going to throw me away! How dare she!'

It seems that Master Katarina noticed as she tried to clear it up saying "I know you must feel hurt since I'm going to give you to someone else but I want to explain something, Mary only has Apollo in that big mansion of hers and if Apollo is forced to leave then what will happen to Mary, she'll have no body left so please, protect Mary when I'm not there and make sure Apollo doesn't do anything stupid alright?"

I thought about it for a moment, 'Will I still be able to see Durian?'

So I drew a picture of Durian on the ground and pointed towards it

Luckily, Master Katarina realised what I meant and said "Yes Chanterelle, you will obviously see Durian and Purprea and Onion and me"

Her eyes then teared up but she wiped her tears and said "Do you want to say goodbye to everyone?"

And I nodded, feeling some tears form in my eyes as well

Katarina then stood up and threw her Pokéballs down, releasing everyone from their Pokéballs

Purprea was the first to notice as she asked me, "Hey what's going on, you look like you're about to cry"

I managed to hold my tears and told Purprea "I'm uh, I'm leaving to go be with another trainer"

They all collectively said "What!" and I explained "Well, I'm being gifted to Mary so I'll still see you guys, just you know, less. So let's gets theses cheesy goodbyes over with huh"

I started with Onion "Onion, you're always making stupid bets on my races and you give a mean right antennae, I'll miss that stupid smile of yours and your dumb deals though"

Onion couldn't help herself but cry as she said "And I'll miss you too!"

Then Purprea "You always give me a headache with your snarky comments, pranks and laziness but still, we are sisters even if not by blood and I guess your singing ain't too bad and neither were your jokes"

Purprea gave me a sad smile and said "Well your anger, attitude and honesty still need work, but I'll miss you too sis"

And lastly, Durian.

"Durian, you are obnoxious, weak, spineless, Slow, lazy and so much more terrible things. You are, quite possibly, the worst Pokémon or person I've ever met" then I moved inches to his face and said "Is what a liar would say" and then I closed the distance "I love you~"

I then ran over to Katarina and pointed towards my Pokéball, she grabbed the Pokéball, pressed the button and the last thing I saw was the red light engulfing me

—-Katarina's Point of View—-

I grabbed Chanterelle's Pokéball and went over to Mary, I held it above her and told her "Take care of Chanterelle for me, okay?"

Mary nodded and said "Of course I will, Lady Katarina"