Orange Islands

Chapter Three

While on Nessie, I took off my bandages to see my finger tips are still not healed. Once we land on Mandarin Island I recalled Nessie and a trainer ran up to me demanding for a battle. After the third battle it was already lunch and the battle demonstration will be starting soon. "Maybe I should have waited until the lecture was about to start to land. One battle after the other."

"I can see you are having yourself a grand oh time."

"Good to see you Lorelei. How has everything been going."

"Quite well. You know as long as I have been an Elite Four you are the only one to ever challenge us to private matches."

"I guess that is not hard to believe. Everyone probably wanted to show off how amazing they are and their win. Well if they win. Even if you are the first Elite Four to battle you are no walk in the park."

"How kind of you to say. Yes, everyone thinks that since I am the first I am weak. Even if I make fun of Bruno he is still strong, and I respect him for being the second person the challenger battles. Now how has things gone on with Lance." My face heats up at the emails we have sent each other. We have been in contact since I left Kanto a month ago. Which reminds me I need to go check my emails at the Pokémon Center. "Everything has been great."

"Ahhh. Now give me some juicy details I have seen him sending emails many times last month and I helped him pick out that hat you are wearing."

"You did?"

"Of course, he needed help choosing a gift for you and I suggested a hat, and something to match your hair. Which it does quiet well."

"I had no idea. But we keep in touch and.....well...."

"Come on tell, he has been looking happier ever since he got back flying with you after the battles."

"Well, he asked me to enter a courtship with him." Lorelei stood up and grabbed my arms spinning me around. "I knew it Bruno owes me twenty bucks now. I told Bruno he would ask after both of you left. But he said no that he would give it a month. I won." By the time Lorelei stopped spinning me I could see three Lorelei. "There are three of you now."
"Ohhh. My bad. Well my lecture is about to start why don't we head on over?"

"Once my head stops spinning." After I could only see one Lorelei we headed over to where she was giving the lecture and demonstration. I sat in the first rows closer to the battlefield and watch her beat three trainers in a row.

Lorelei invited me to her house and we had tea. "You know while I watched you battle I seen your personality change from when you are battling and when you are not."

"Oh. You did. So, how do you describe my personality?"

"Like water. When in battle you are like a raging storm and take no mercy, but outside you go with the flow and you are calm."

"Though I am a ice type user most of my Pokémon are part water and ice. I guess I took on the characteristics of water. But from what I can tell you will take on the personality of dragon, ghost, and flying type Pokémon. You have the courage, intelligence, and your confident, but not overly so. You hate to be caged and wise beyond your years."

"I don't know about confident, but the wise beyond your years is true. I gained the intelligence from my father and the talent from my mother. Though young I was able to help my father with his work, not with everything but with most."

"If you don't mind me asking, what happened to your hands?"

"Back on Navel Island you had to climb a mountain without the help of Pokémon and Maren fell. And.....welll.....I jumped to catch him and when I went to catch myself I went sliding down, scraping my finger tips."