[IC] A Trainers Ambition [SporkoBug and Calle]

[SporkoBug]

Charcoal nodded at Mabel's words about checking the rooftop. He glanced to his drooped wings when she asked about flying.
"It's.. Exhilarating." He said, a small smile appearing on his maw, "It's amazing being flown around, I've done that with Jycii a couple times before today but... Being able to fly myself is... Amazing."
"I think it's amazing that you've evolved! You're a Charmeleon now! Niccia will be so happy!"

Gavin took off after Penalopy after Mindy mentioned to follow her. "God damn it Pen!" he growled to himself, he felt his tail slowly come loose from around his pants.
Fez moved and lifted James off the ground as he followed after his trainer.
"What is with it with Legendaries and playing games!" He grumbled angrily, bouncing along quickly.

"Water makes my glitter cloud disappear which means I can get hit by fire moves!~" Sparky said with a sway of her tail, she looked to Missy, who followed after her friend quietly.
"Being wet isn't very fun for me." Missy started, "I prefer to be dry to be completely honest. Water makes me fluff up when I dry off; and that's not intimidating."
Niccia giggled at Missy's words, looking to Michael with a small smile. Today was going well, she enjoyed everything happening. She wondered if the others were having as much fun.

Varina listened to Kim's words with widened eyes as she moved along, "That sounds right! Frosiien is very kind to trainers who manage to travel her terrain! Out of the three bird siblings she's-" She froze and fell silent at the sight of the Delibird and his trainer.
Frosiien's eyes went to Varina and her eyes narrowed instinctively, before she looked at the Furret and the memories flooded back.
"Little one!" She said happily, stepping towards Kim and knelt down with her arms out, "That means..." She looked to Andy with a gentle smile. "It is good to see you stable and awake, young trainer."

[Loksfjoer]

After Mabel landed she put the little ones down and examined every inch of the rooftop, but there weren't any other Pokémon there. That was good. She sat down and looked at the other two. "You look good," she said to Charcoal. "Blaze will be surprised when he sees you again."

Penalopy waited in the alley for the others to come, sitting on a garbage container. The girl was first to enter, followed by the adorable Gavin.
"Meloetta," Mindy said as she carefully approached the Legendary. "I can't believe it."
"Melo?" Penalopy said, pretending for a moment she couldn't speak the language, although she was one of the few legendaries that didn't need a human form to speak their language. She looked perfectly happy when she waved at Gavin.
"She's been really excited ever since she spotted Gavin," James said. "I'm sure she will calm down after she talked with him."

"Pfft, Whahahaha!" Bear almost doubled over as he laughed. "I want to see that! Quick, someone pour water over Missy! I want to see her as a little fluffy furball!"
"We're not going to do that," Michael said.
"Remember when Andy used the hairdryer to dry you?" Benny asked.
"Shut up!"
"You fluffed up pretty well yourself," Benny teased, flying a little higher to avoid the jumping Bear from grabbing him.

Andy looked at the woman, he had no idea what she was talking about, but that didn't matter. "I did manage to get up this morning," he stated with a grin, "quite an accomplishment if I say so myself." He put a hand in his side. "But as flattering as it is, I'm not that young. I mean, I know I still look the part," he added with confidence in his voice.

[SporkoBug]

As soon as Ixia got placed on the roof she immediately faceplanted into the grass.
"Mmmm I love you ground." She said happily, "I missed you so much."
Charcoal placed his feet on the roof, flexing his feet before he looked down at himself.
"I evolved." It slowly dawned on the Lizard Pokemon that he had, in fact, evolved. He flexed his wings; "I can actually fly." He said with a bigger smile.

Gavin stared at Penalopy with widened eyes.
"What are you doing here?" Gavin asked, forgetting he had suddenly slipped to the Pokemon Language.
"Gavin!" Fez started before he looked up at Penalopy, his eyes widened slightly and placed James on the ground. "Careful about Mindy finding out..." He trailed off when Gavin spoke, sighing slightly.

Missy turned to almost growl at Bear before Sparky pressed her left paw into Missy's face, shaking her head. Missy looked back to the Joltsodour before she nodded once.
"Right. Don't anger him."
"Exactly!" Sparky said proudly, before she looked back to Michael with a sway of her tail. "When are we fighting?"

Frosiien gave a gentle smile to Andy as he spoke, slowly standing to face Andy eye to eye, her stunning blue iris staring at Andy.
"Forgive me." She started with a small smile, "I am Frosiien, I never introduced myself when we originally met."
The ice that formed around her slowly seemed to all piece together to visualize a large picture of Articuno across the books, ground and walls; with her wings fanned out.

[Loksfjoer]

"I'm glad for you," Mabel said with a smile on her snout. "Don't overdo it though, it takes time to build up endurance for long flights. Most flying Pokémon start with wings, but Blaze and I both learned that even though we evolve with all the muscles needed for flight, we couldn't fly long distances from the first day."

"Just travelling~" Penalopy said, almost singing the words and she jumped up, landing lightfooted on Gavin's head a moment later. "Why do you make it sound like its a bad thing?" she asked, tapping his head with her hand. "And when will you introduce your ladyfriend to me? Hmmm?"
Mindy frowned as she looked at Gavin, that was a strange language. It almost sounded like... Pokémon?

"When the gym leader accepts our challenge," Michael said to Sparky. "We're almost there and then we can see if the gym leader is available for a battle. I can't promise when exactly we can battle."
He was proud that Missy had stopped and remembered why she shouldn't pick a fight with Bear. He seemed to be in a good mood now, so they had to try and keep it that way.
Up ahead he saw a building that was different from the rest. "That should be it," he said, pointing to it.

Andy looked at the image of a majestic blue bird around Frosiien. "Right," he said. "Well, that was some years ago, I'm surprised you still remember." He grinned. "Although I understand it is hard to forget someone as awesome as me." The grin that had formed during the boast turned into a modest smile. "But thanks again for helping me that day."
He recalled waking up in the cave, surrounded by Jynx. And when he left the next day he had seen Articuno outside. He was fairly sure he had thanked her for her help and even took a picture of her, but she had left pretty quickly. He examined the woman in front of him, he had always considered Articuno a majestic bird, but in this form she looked even better.

[SporkoBug]

Charcoal nodded at Mabel's words; thinking to himself as he flexed his wings. He started to settle down after everything had happened.
"Right. Don't push myself." He said with a small nod, sitting down on the roof properly. He closed his eyes and breathed slowly, "I never thought I could evolve... They mentioned there was a low chance of me ever evolving..."

Gavin gave a frown to Penalopy as she landed on his head, moving to gently pull her off his head.
"This is Mindy, she's a friend." He said, motioning his hand towards Mindy before he looked back at Mindy and Fez.
Gavin's eyes widened as he realized what was happening; "Shit." He said, Fez facepalming slowly.
"You're an idiot." Fez uttered quietly.
Gavin cleared his throat, "Mindy, this is Penalopy. She's... James'.... Trainer." He said slowly.

Niccia looked over to the building with a small nod and a smile. "Ready you guys?" She asked, looking down to Missy and Sparky; who both jumped and let out a happy bark.

Harry lifted his head now that the two trainers and the other Pokemon were out of sight, standing up slowly with a stretch. He looked over to Saruya with a small smile.
"Shall we go for a walk~?" He offered with a gentle smile.

Frosiien with a small smile, "My apologies for not staying around when that happened." She started with a bow of her head, "Not a lot of handsome trainers manage to climb into my territory in the way you did."
Mitch rolled his eyes and waved gently at Kim before spotting Varina. "Guardian."
"Not anymore, Darkrai left me to die. Andy saved me." The Spiritomb replied, Mitch gave a nod, glancing to Frosiien for a moment.

[Loksfjoer]

"They don't always have the answers," Mabel said. "Even the brightest professors can still be amazed by our capabilities. At the same time, Humans often surpass my expectations too. What they lack in strength they make up for resilience and determination. They are able to bring up the best in even the weakest Pokémon, it's amazing. I think even Arceus could learn a thing or two from those physically weak creatures."

"I am!" Penalopy said in human tongue.
But Mindy had her eyes on Gavin. "I've been around Pokémon enough to know how their language works. Either Mewtwo was kind enough to teach you the language, or..." She looked at what she first had thought was a belt. "Your 'belt' is sagging and the tip is loose," she informed him.
"Oehhh," Penalopy sang. "Busted~"
"Miss Penalopy, you're not helping Gavin..." James sighed.

Michael looked at the Fletchling, who nodded as well. He watched the building ahead, it almost looked like a Poké Ball, with the white base and the curved red roof. He went straight to the door, actually feeling nervous about what they were going to do. Maybe he wasn't cut out to be a competitive trainer, but he did want to try this gym.
But the door was locked. Maybe she was late...

"Let's do that," Saruya agreed. They others could take care of things by themselves, she had no doubt. Especially with two old Pokémon with them. As she understood it, Benny was around for quite some time, but she had heard from her mother that Pokémon who got taken care off by humans often lived longer, depending on how the human cared for their Pokémon.
She started walking, ignoring the humans that looked at them. Seeing two Arcanine without trainers, one of them with an odd colour, would surely attract attention. "Let's leave the city," she said, crouching down slightly so she could leave in a burst of speed. "I'll race you to the edge."

Andy grinned. "Not gonna lie, if you had looked like this back then, I would have stayed longer in your territory. But maybe we can catch up over a drink-" He got smacked by Kims tail. "I mean, I do have some things I need to do now, but afterwards perhaps."
"Seriously," Kim muttered. "If I don't look after him..."

[SporkoBug]

At the mention of Arceus, Ixia's ears pricked up and she slowly opened her eyes. "Niccia has told us a lot about Arceus..." She sleepily mumbled before falling asleep again.
Charcoal nodded at both Mabel and Ixia's words. "Humans are strange creatures." Charcoal added, "I've only been around Niccia so I guess it doesn't count because she's not in fact... Human."

Gavin froze up as Mindy pointed it out. He sighed and looked around the Alleyway to make sure they were alone.
He moved his hands to unclick the bands on his tail; his tail flicking as it dropped into view.
"Is it safe?" Fez asked, Gavin looked down and nodded.
"I trust her." Gavin started before he looked towards Mindy again. "I... I am Mewtwo." He said with a small wince, hoping she didn't yell at him. "I'm sorry that I had to hide it; I'm sure you understand..."

Niccia looked around at the lack of Gym Leader, blinking to herself before she knelt down to Sparky and gave her a rub on her head. "You ready darling?" She asked, Sparky bowed slightly and wagged her tail.
"I'm ready! I'm so ready! I'm more ready than you expect me to be!" Sparky barked, wagging her tail happily.
Missy looked around the Gym and gave a bit of a stretch, yawning slightly. "I'm ready." She said as she looked up to Michael, swaying her tail quietly, "We can surprise them with the attacks I know!"

Harry grinned before he stood up, he stretched quietly before he crouched as well.
"Let's go." He said, waiting for her to sprint before following after her. He ignored the others looking at them, he knew he would be safe, especially with Saruya.

Frosiien smiled towards Varina before she looked back to Andy.
"I mean, I could never turn that down." She said with a bit of a sly smile. "What are you looking for here? I should be able to help you." She asked, Mitch looked at his Legendary with widened eyes, he had never seen her be so.. relaxed around a human, especially not a trainer.
"You're telling me." Mitch said as he looked to Kim with a frown, "Frosiien is very hard to look after."

[Loksfjoer]

Mabel smiled when Ixia drifted into sleep again, she had never met Arceus, nor heard much about him, she just knew he existed. She turned to Charcoal. "Humans are weak," she told him. "Some can get physically strong or fast, but a Pokémon will still defeat them. They don't have any attacks, and if they do something that looks like a Normal move or a Fighting move it's still nothing compared to what a Pokémon can do. Therefore we must always protect them. But you should be careful, because humans can be evil too. And what they lack in strength, they make up in ingenuity. They can build things that counter their weaknesses we couldn't even dream of building."

Mindy stared at Gavin. "You don't... look like Mewtwo. You don't look like a Pokémon. How can you..." It did explain why he seemed to be unsure about some basic things like buying clothes. "I...I think I need a moment..." she muttered, turning around to leave the alley. This was unbelievable. How was she even supposed to react? A legendary Pokémon looked like a human. This couldn't be real.
When she was outside the alley she took in a deep breath and took her phone. Honestly, there was only one person she could call right now to help her understand what was going on here.

"She'll be back," Penalopy said to Gavin. "But you should tell me how you find such a pretty companion."

Michael heard his phone ring and picked it up. He looked at the number before picking up. "Hey Mindy, have you found something for Gavin?"
"Ehm, I'm not sure if we can find pants for him, because... he has a tail," Mindy said.
"Oh."
"I'm not making this up, you have to believe me."
"I do, don't worry. I know."
Mindy blinked and looked at her phone before she brought it back to her ear. "You do?"
"Had he told you? Who he really is?"
"He said..." it was still unbelievable, it was hard to even say it. "He said he's Mewtwo."
"You can believe him." Michael looked around to make sure no-one was close enough to hear him talk. "Niccia is Mew. Gavin can explain, you should hear him out." If Gavin trusted Mindy enough to reveal his identity, Michael was certain Mindy could be trusted with that as well and maybe it would help her.
"I've seen Meloetta too," Mindy said softly.
"Really? I'll tell Niccia, I'm sure she'll like to hear that." He smiled to Niccia, knowing she couldn't hear what Mindy said, but he'd tell her after this call.
"Right. I'll ehm," Mindy clearer her throat, "I'll go back to Gavin, hear him out. I kinda left him. It's mindblowing, isn't it?"
"It is, I'm sure he'll understand."
"Right. I'll see you later. Say, ehm, say hi Niccia."

Mindy disconnected the call, took a deep breath and turned around to face the alley. She took a Pokéball and let Blaze out. She looked at the Charizard. "I really need you with me, buddy," she said. After another deep breath she returned into the alley, going back to Gavin and the Meloetta.
"So, you're Mewtwo," she said, fiddling with her hair. She felt far from comfortable with two legendary Pokémon with her. At least she had Blaze with her, who stood silently behind her.
"Mewtwo?" Blaze asked, looking from Gavin to his Marowak, then taking in the Mime Jr. and Meloetta.

After the call ended, Michael turned to Niccia. "Gavin told Mindy who he is," he said to her. "She sounded flustered, but it's quite a bit to take in so unexpectedly. Oh, and Meloetta is in town, Mindy said she saw, ehm, is Meloetta male or female?"
He put his phone away, looked at the locked gym and then glanced around to see if the gym leader was approaching or not.

Saruya started running through the city, to the outskirts, going for the forest. Of course they had to make sure to be back at the Pokémon Center before their trainers would worry about them, but for now she wanted to walk freely and enjoy the good company without humans staring at them.

"Newspapers," Andy said. "Or a computer where I can look up regional news. My brother has recently gone missing, so I'm going to see if I can find some clues about what happened. After that I have no obligations for the day. But what brought you to the library? This is one of the last places I expected to come across you, although any human city was pretty low on the list of places where I would expect to run into you."
Meeting her in this form was also unexpected, but definitely not unwelcome.

[SporkoBug]

Charcoal gave a small nod, "I know, I've seen it before." He stated with a small frown, he fanned his wings out slightly before he closed his eyes. "Thank you." He said quietly towards Mabel, without any more explanation.

Gavin's face twisted into a worried frown as Mindy left away. He looked to Penalopy with a small furrow of his brow. "She's a friend of Niccia's Boyfriend." He said rather bluntly, "We were forming a friendship. And now that's ruined."
"Gav-" Fez started before Gavin waved his hand to cut his Guardian off, turning away to face deeper into the alleyway.
"Don't 'Gavin' me Fez." He started, holding back the angry tone in his voice, "There's a high chance that I've lost the only proper human friendship that I've ever had! I had plans to tell her! Just... Now isn't-" He froze as he heard Mindy's voice, he closed his eyes and breathed in.

"Yes." Gavin started calmly, still refusing to look at anyone else at this point, gritting his teeth. "I am Mewtwo."
Fez looked up towards Blaze before smiling and gave a wave. "Hiya!" He said with a stretch.

Niccia smiled back at Michael when he smiled to her. Her tail flexed slowly before she tilted her head at the mention of Gavin talking to Mindy.
"Oh good!" She said happily before hearing she was flustered. "That's not good that she's flustered."
She listened to his question, "Meloetta is female, both of the Meloetta's are female~" She said before she smiled, "But it's good that at least one of them are here! They'll be here for Starfall!"

Harry followed after Saruya quickly, he ran smoothly after her, catching the glances from other Trainers; Not that he minded.
He felt the energy in his body bubble, it felt like his cells were bubbling and twisting; He paid no heed to it just yet, nothing he hadn't felt before. It was just more of a powerful feeling this time.

Frosiien tilted her head at his words, she gave a gentle smile. "I'm doing research." She said quietly, "Anything on Darkrai really."
Frosiien gave a small smile at the second sentence "I do not stray away from my Mountains." She started, "But the boys were... Busy, and I was the best candidate to come and check things out. I doubt that Ho-Oh would be able to survive anywhere near a human city again."

[Loksfjoer]

"My pleasure," Mabel replied, making herself comfortable on the grass. "If you two have enough of relaxing here I can take you for a fligt," she said, to make sure the two Pokémon knew they didn't have to stay up here if they got bored. She was certain their trainer wouldn't mind, and Mindy would call her back when either of them wanted them back.

Meloetta's eyes widened when Gavin mentioned Mew had a boyfriend and she almost jumped up to go check him out.
"Please miss Penalopy," James said, recognising the look in her eyes. "I'm sure Gavin will introduce us soon enough. Let's stay here for now."
When Mindy returned Penalopy had her full attention on Gavin and Mindy again.

Mindy nodded slowly. "I do understand now why you seemed to react a bit... strange to normal things. You definitely need someone who knows how to be human if you walk among us. So if you still want to get those pants," she gestured to the exit of the alley, "we can go look for a pair."
It was still hard to believe she was actually talking to Mewtwo, up to now she had only heard stories about him.
Blaze nodded a greeting to Fez, but kept his eyes on Gavin. Mewtwo or not, if he'd harm Mindy he'd rip his arms off.

Michael nodded, but someone running in their direction caught his attention.
"Hello!" the pink haired woman with bunches called to them as she waved. "I'm sorry I'm late!"
"I guess," Michael began, "this is the gym leader.

When they had left the city Saruya slowed down and walked between the trees. This was much better. A part of her couldn't stop worrying about Michael and the little Pokémon he had with him, but she knew she could trust him to take care of himself. And they wouldn't be gone long.
"Have you ever been to a Starfall before?" she asked Harry. She had realised she knew very little of the world of legends, this gathering could be annual, or maybe every century. She had no idea how old Legendary Pokémon could even become.

"I have an expert of Darkrai with me," Andy said, gesturing to Varina. "But if you want to know what humans know about Darkrai, I've read up on Legedary Pokémon Lore. I know pretty much what has been written about Darkrai and I'd be happy to tell you." He showed a confident smile. "You know, in case my stunning good looks weren't enough reason to go drink a coffee with me."

[SporkoBug]

Charcoal stayed quiet when Mabel finished mentioning she would take them back to Niccia; he wasn't finished relaxing just yet. Ixia was asleep on the roof now, which caused the now-Charmeleon to smile before he looked over the city- watching everything happen.

Gavin closed his eyes, looking back to Mindy with a small smile. "I would love to." He said gently, "You can understand why I didn't mention it," He continued.
Fez looked to Penalopy with a small smile; "They're both heading to Starfall if you'd like to meet them!" He said.
Gavin looked back to Penalopy before looking back to Mindy, "Shall... We get going?" He asked, looking up towards Blaze with a shaky smile. "I will keep her safe. I promise."

Niccia glanced towards the girl who ran in before she smiled.
"It's not a problem!" She said with a small wave, "We didn't have to wait too long."
Missy and Sparky both looked around Niccia's legs towards the woman before glancing towards each other in minor confusion.

Harry slowed with Saruya, pausing slightly before he shook his head. "No, I've never been." He said with a small sigh, "Niccia has told me small amounts of what happens but she hasn't been for a while either."
He slowly stopped moving before he looked around with his ears upright and forward.
The sound of footsteps echoed around them echoed from the shadows, two pairs of eyes appeared around them, one of either side.
A small chuckle from echoed from one of the shadowy figures. "Look at here sis!" A males voice echoed around, "A couple of dumb puppies! Ahah! Check it out!"

Varina nodded when Andy motioned to her. "I can tell you what you need I hope!" She said, Frosiien gave a gentle nod before she looked to Andy again.
"Well," She started, smiling a bit more, "You have be charmed young trainer; After the library, how about we get a drink?" She said with a bit of a wink.
Mitch sighed and looked towards Kim. "Of course this happens now." He said with an eyeroll.

[Loksfjoer]

Mindy nodded slowly. "Of course," she said, showing a smile now. "Let's get you those pants now." She watched Gavin say something to Blaze she couldn't understand, but she saw the Charizard nod. That made her feel better.
It was still hard to believe she was actually talking to Mewtwo, now that she was getting used to the idea she had around a ton of questions for him, but that would have to wait.

Penalopy floated to Gavin and hang in front of his face. "Are you going to-"
"Pokémon language, miss Penalopy," James quickly said.
"-Starfall too?" she asked as if James hadn't said a thing. The Mime Jr. sighed.

"Starfall?" Mindy asked.

"I'm Whitney," the gym leader introduced herself. "Here, let me open the gym." She unlocked the door and went inside first, turning on some lights as she walked further. "Are you here for a battle?" she asked.
"We are." Michael said.
"I can only take on one now. After that my Pokémon will need a moment to rest or heal." She had a happy smile. "Otherwise the next battle wouldn't be fair, would it?"

Saruya looked around to pinpoint where the voice came from. "Dumb puppies?" she repeated. "Who said that. Show yourself!" she barked. Her body was tense, ready to jump into action when needed.

"Perfect," Andy said. "I'm going to do my work before Kim gets mad at me and I'll meet you in a moment." He winked and turned to where he saw something that looked like a newspaper shelf.
"Yes..." Kim sighed. At least Andy seemed focussed on the reason they had come to this place. She didn't walk with him, as long as Varina stayed here she'd stay with her.

[SporkoBug]

Gavin gritted his teeth when Penalopy asked about StarFall, he breathed in before he looked towards Mindy and motioned for her to follow. "StarFall is the gathering of Legendaries." Gavin started as he started to walk off, Fez slowly following after him. "It happens usually once every year or so." He continued, glancing back towards Mindy with a small smile, "Although it's been a bit shaky the last hundred or so years due to Darkrai going haywire."

Niccia gave a nod to Whitneys words, she looked towards Michael with a tilt of her head.
"Who first?" She asked with a small smile, looking to both the puppymon who stopped playing to stare at the woman.
"Battles!" Missy barked excitedly, Sparky let out a small howl of happiness at Missy's words.

The first voice laughed again, a tall figure stepping forward with a lower head. A large Mighteyna stepped out of the shadows, a large scar over his left eye. "Hahaha! Yeah! Cause you're puppies, and You're dumb!" He laughed, looking to the shadows again before he turned back to Harry and Saruya. "Sis come on out! ahah!"
Another, slightly shorter, more slender, Mighteyna stepped from the shadows; unlike her brother her fur was a darker black and her nose a deep purple. "I get that brother." She spoke smoothly, looking to her brother before back to Harry and Saruya. "I'm surprised we found some Descendants."

Frosiien gave a small smile, "Of course." She said before she looked to Mitch, "Come, we have more books to look at."
"Of course Ma'am." Mitch said before bowing his head towards Kim, "Goodbye Miss." He looked to Varina, "Goodbye... Ex guardian."
Varina sighed at Mitch's words, before she looked back to Kim as the Legendary and her Guardian left.

[Loksfjoer]

"Okay," Mindy said, although the answer raised even more questions she decided that would be for another time. "This way," she said. She exited the alley and turned in the right direction.
"Come on James," Penalopy said as she floated behind Gavin and Mindy, but she turned invisible when she exited the alley. The Mime Jr. walked with Fez, relying on his other senses to keep track of the legendary he was supposed to guard. At least she had the sense to hide from view when they walked among humans, but it did make it harder to know where she was going.

"I don't mind," Michael said and he looked at the two puppy Pokémon. Both were equally excited about the upcoming battle, he wished he could share that. "I guess it will depend on who can control their enthusiasm the best," he added, looking from Missy to Sparky. "Unless..." He turned to Whitney. "Can we do a double battle? Two versus two?"
Whitney gave it a thought and nodded. "We can do that, sure. Two Pokémon, two rounds, so a total of four Pokémon. Agreed?"
Michael turned to Niccia. "What do you think? Gym leaders usually don't start with their strongest, so I want to give Anthony a chance to fight first, Missy is stronger than him."

Saruya took on an aggressive stance. "Who are you?" she growled, her snout rippled as she bared her teeth. Whoever these Mightyena were, she was ready for them.

Kim nodded to Mitch in return and when they walked away she turned to Varina. "Let's go back to Andy," she said and she started walking slowly to make sure Varina could keep up with her.
Andy had found what he was looking for and had a stack of regional newspapers on the table, going back till the last time he had heard from his brother. He read through them with a serious expression. When Kim saw that she sat down on the floor, she didn't want to disturb him.

[SporkoBug]

"Niccia mentioned that she was going, and by the sounds of things they think I'm inviting Michaels Uncle." Gavin started, "But... I hadn't actually said it yet, and it is a very important thing for Legendaries to extend a hand to the Humans for them to join StarFall..."
He shrugged softly, "I wasn't expecting to actually invite anyone but I was hoping it was by my own means..." He sighed, he looked to Mindy and gave a small smile. "How far are we from the pants store?"

Niccia looked to Michael with a small smile, "And if she does, we just get Missy in there and Anthony out." She said with a nod, looking to Sparky, "You ready darling?" She asked, Sparky let out a yip and bounced around slightly.
"Yeah! Yeah!" She started, moving to stand in front of Niccia.
Missy looked to Michael as she heard her name mentioned, she listened to his words and nodded, sitting beside his feet moving to groom herself quietly.

"Who are we?" The male laughed, laughing loudly before he looked to his sister. The female watched Harry and Saruya quietly.
"Answer her." Harry Snarled, the female grinned slightly.
"We're hunters, obviously," She started, "Hired by Darkrai himself to hunt down descendants and kill them. No one will stop him from winning this. He will get control of Mew and then not even Arceus ca-"
She was hit with a frozen shark of ice, Harry has shot it at her, and now he crouched with frozen smoke flickering from his mouth.

Varina followed Kim without speaking, her mind going back to what Mitch said to her.
She didn't speak as Kim watched Andy, she kept her eyes over the entire area of the library, at least the part that she could see.
Mitch looked over to Frosiien with a small frown.
"Do we trust this human?" He asked.
"His heart is warm." Frosiien said with a small smile, Mitch rolled his eyes. "He seems like a good kid. I'd love to take him out for a drink."
"Just don't go too far."
"I won't my darling." She knelt down and tapped her finger on Mitch's beak.

[Loksfjoer]

Mindy listened to Gavin and mulled over his words. "Not far," she replied to his question. "And, you know, you shouldn't feel pressured into anything. If you don't want to invite anyone then don't. It is your choice. No-one may decide for you if you should take someone and who that would be if you decide you will take someone." She smiled at him. "So do what you want, I'm sure they'll understand."

"You're up, Anthony," Michael said and the Fletchling flew forward.
"Okay!" Whitney said, throwing two Pokéballs in the air. "Let's start this. Eevee and Dunsparce!"
The two Pokémon emerged from the Pokéballs and while Eevee seemed excited, the Dunsparce barely reacted. "Let's start this! Quick attack Eevee and Defense Curl Dunsparce." As the Dunsparce curled up, the Eevee ran to Sparky.

"You won't get us," Saruya said and she unleashed an Ember attack. These two wouldn't get their paws on them.

Andy continued reading, but so far there was nothing helpful here. He wouldn't give up just yet though, there were still plenty of newspapers to go through. He scanned the titles to look for unusual things that had happened in the are before and after the moment his brother had been reported missing.

[SporkoBug]

Gavin listened to her words and gave a small nod. "Thank you." he said with a soft smile. It felt weird, he had never been so close to a human before; All of the Humans he knew wanted to use him for their advantage... But Mindy was different, she was kind, caring, and gentle. She didn't seem to push him to do anything; Well, apart from clothes shopping.
"So. What sort of pants do you think would work?" He asked, glancing back to Mindy again with a smile. "I want something with strength, preferably some pockets."

"Brace yourself Sparky!" Niccia said as Sparky took a few steps towards the Eevee, freezing on the spot and tensed her body, "Get ready!" Niccia called out. Sparky narrowed her eyes and flattened her ears.
Get closer. She thought to herself, Run at me.

The Male bounced back at the flames, crouching before giving a small laugh.
"Oh ho ho ho. Com'on sister, what're we gonna do?" He asked, looking to the larger Mightyena.
The Female Mightyena didn't seem to be phased by the flames, shaking off the rest of the ice before she straightened her neck and let out a low, evil laugh. "Is that all you got?" She asked, before she breathed in, before lifting her muzzle up as a small ball of shadow started to form in her maw.
Harry acted on instinct, moving to step in front of Saruya as the attack was charged. The female Mightyena moved swiftly, throwing the Shadow Ball at Harry and Saruya; The Shadow ball twisting in shape but it hit Harry Square on, a large cloud of shadowy smoke filling the area around the four canines.

Mitch sighed at Frosiiens touch, moving over to where the other Two Pokemon he had spoken to were. He stopped near Varina and sat down quietly, moving to reach into his bag and pulled out a Pecha berry and offered it to Kim.
"I see both of our... Humans are busy researching." He stated quietly. "I should say, I'm sorry for not being there to help you all that time ago."
Frosiien gave a bit of a stretch as she walked through the bookshelves, looking around quietly. "There has to be something here..." She started, "The Dragons had mentioned it would be here."
She stopped at a bookcase and stared at it, looking up and down the shelf before she narrowed her eyes. "Something is... here..."

[Loksfjoer]

"Hiking trousers," Mindy replied, "there is a variety so we have to check what they have. They generally are sturdy and have pockets. Some come with detachable lower legs so you can turn them into shorts." She stopped to check her phone to see if she still was going in the right direction. She wouldn't want to be without a Pokédex, because the user-made apps for identifying Pokémon on smartphones were subpar compared to that, but the map-app she used was actually pretty good. "Right, this way," she said.
It wasn't long before she spotted the outdoor/camping store and pointed at it. "That's the place. You'll find lots of supplies that are good for travelling on foot or camping."

The Eevee continued the quick attack and ran into Sparky.
"Attack the Dunsparce, Anthony!" Michael said. "Do a Quick Attack!"
The Fletchling flew as fast as he could and dove into the Dunsparce, who couldn't evade the attack.
"Oh no!" Whitney said. "You okay, Dunsparce?" The Dunsparce nodded. "Do a Screech!"
As the Dunsparce did the attack, Anthony shook his head and flew back.

"Harry!" Saruya said, again flames etching around her snout. She opened her mouth and breathed a gold-rose-coloured flame at the opponents. The Sacred Fire was large enough to hit both opponents. She had wanted to do a regular Flamethrower, but instead her instincts had taken over, the sacred fire that was of Ho-oh, that runs through its child Entei, also ran in her blood.

"Thank you," Kim said as she took the berry. She listened to what he had to say. "But everything worked out, Andy survived the blizzard and that's all that mattered." She giggled. "I think he enjoyed being pampered by those Jynx, they had made soup for him and everything. But he would have died if Articuno hadn't come when I called for help and I'm so grateful she came."

[SporkoBug]

Gavin gave a small nod, "Hiker pants." He repeated with another nod. "Right, those shouldn't be too expensive either." He said with a smile.
He looked to where she pointed and moved to start walking that way, "Hey Mindy?" He asked, glancing back at her, "Thank you for this."

Niccia winced when the Eevee made contact with Sparky, thinking she didn't activate the move fast enough. Sparky dug her feet into the ground before pushing the Eevee forward, crouching slightly.
"You don't bowl me over that easily." Sparky growled before her fur bristled and the air around her seemed to shimmer. Her ability had slowly activated, but wouldn't fully activate until an elemental move was thrown at her.
"Flamethrower!" Niccia called to Sparky, who tossed her head up to pull in the air into her mouth before letting out a small jet of flames towards the Eevee.

As the smoke cleared, the air around them suddenly dropped in temperature. Harry had lowered himself for the ground. He stood up, his form changed slightly; His mane fur was a deep purple, and was slightly more prominent than before, His back still had the dark blue and black stripes, but now a soft layer of white fur flowed down his chest and belly.
He shook his head as ice seemed to slush off his newly formed ice nubs on his forehead- Not exactly horns, but they were prominent. He let out a low growl as he shook his body and turned his head towards the Mightyena.
The Male Mightyena lifted his front paw and stepped back slightly, his tail swaying meekly behind him- His sister on the other hand stayed watching with a sneer.
"So, Suicune Ay?" She started, crouching slightly, not worrying about the singed fur down her back, "Quaint." She said before she stepped forward and leaped for Harry.

"She tries however she can to help. The Jynx are usually more than happy to comply." Mitch said with a bow of his head, "Luckily he didn't fall to the elements in her brothers territory. That could have been a bigger problem." He said.

"Something is-" Frosiien was cut off.
"Heya Froyo~" A cheeky voice came from beside her, the woman flinched to see Hoopa just staring at her.
"What are you doing here!" Frosiien asked in a hushed tone.
"Came to check up on you of course~"
"Last I heard you had been caught by a trainer!" Frosiien crossed her arms, the Hoopa only laughed.
"Caught? No no. We had a... Mutual agreement. I help him out he helps me- A win win in both cases really. So, whatcha lookin' for?" Hoopa asked, rolling over to float on his back with a raised eyebrow.

[Loksfjoer]

Mindy looked back when Gavin called her name and smiled when he finished his sentence. "It's my pleasure," she assured him as she went to the shop. "There are some things I'm going to check out in that store too, my parents deposited some spending money on my account, I'm certain I'll find something nice that will make travelling a bit easier."

The Flamethrower scorched the Eevee, but she stayed on her legs.
"Okay Eevee!" Whitney exclaimed. "Use your swift now, on that Fletchling!"
The Eevee fired several stars to Anthony, who wasn't prepared for it and got hit by them.
"And Rollout, Dunsparce!" She added.
Whitney's Dunsparce curled up in a ball and rolled over the field to Sparky.
"Anthony, Pech the Eevee!" Michael ordered and Anthony flew in to peck Eevee on the head with his beak.

Saruya looked at Harry, he looked different, but he still had the same eyes. As the Mightyena leapt, so did she, jumping up to use Take Down on the Mightyena. As if she'd allowed that bitch to lay a paw on Harry. The boys could battle it out amongst them, she had her eyes set in this Mightyena.

"She came when Andy needed her, I'm forever grateful." she couldn't begin to imagine how it would have been in the area of her brother. After a glance to Andy, she turned her attention to Mitch again. ""I'm really sorry about that flirting though, I don't know why he thought that was a good idea. He knows she's a legendary Pokémon, but he just ignored it. Please forgive him."