The Epic of Cynthia

Chapter 7 - Do's And Dont's

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or these characters.

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Caitlin watched, half bored, as another Pokémon went flying into the wall and promptly went still. She then proceeded to roll her eyes as the trainer Darach was facing had the audacity to wear a look of shock. What was he expecting, the idiot. He headed into a battle against a Frontier Brain with no strategy whatsoever, as if expecting to somehow win. She almost pitied him. She didn't bat an eye as the trainer rushed his Brambleghast to the Pokémon center. Who cares if you have an exotic Pokémon from a far-off region, if you can't battle well, you don't deserve any attention.

Caitlin leaned backed in her viewing throne, relaxing into the high-quality velvet. She might not be the one battling, but it sure stressed her watching Darach. She knew he was an exceptional trainer, but she still found herself worrying for him even against impressively poor opponents like the last challenger. Her eyes slowly wandered around the room, carefully analysing everything, scrutinising it with her keen eye, looking for anything that was not up to her standard. Once satisfied, she rose, and waited patiently for Darach to reach her from the stairs.

"Excellent battling as usual, Darach." She praised, nodding politely at him, as he bowed in return.
"It was an honour, Mistress." He replied. He then turned and opened the imposing double doors, holding them aside as Caitlin glided through.
"I hope you learned plenty from watching me, Mistress Caitlin." Darach remarks, as the pair slowly marched through the grand corridors of the castle.
"Of course. Watching a professional such as yourself is most enlightening." Caitlin said, "The double battle in which you skill swapped Polteageist's weak armour was an ingenious strategy." Darach lightly bowed to this, before opening another large pair of doors, this time opening to Caitlin's large room.

"My language tutor will be here in an hour." Caitlin commented, as she moved towards the grand piano in the corner. "In the meantime, I shall be practicing the piano. After I'm done with languages, I should receive the results for the Poetry and Literature test I did. I'll call for you once I'm done, so we can proceed with mathematics."

"Of course, Mistress Caitlin." Darach said, a small frown on his face. "But are you sure you do not want to have some leisure time? You already did so much in the morning." Caitlin gave Darach a cold look, before turning back to the piano and sitting on the stool.
"Of course not. I need to be perfect." She stated, as she hovered her fingers over the piano keys. "You are dismissed."

Darach bowed, and left the room, closing the door gently behind him. He then quickly fixed his attention on a light blue lamp on a table that had fallen over. He narrowed his eyes at it slightly as he stood it up, and then looked back at the doors he had just closed. He shook his head and left as the sound of a piano started to echo through the halls.

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"Ok, that should be the last of them." Stella said, dropping a large stack of hay in the back of the truck. She received a cheer as the girl and dragon she turned to face fist bumped each other and got a small smile from the tall blond boy.
"Now, as this is last day before your leave, I want you to take the rest of the day off." Stella said as she opened the front door of the truck. "Go have a look around town, explore. You'll find a lot of stuff you wouldn't expect!" She then started the truck and drove off, as the two teenagers looked on.

"Well, if she said explore, she meant explore." Cynthia commented, as she turned towards the town. "And it would be nice to have another companion, want to join me Volkner?"
"Sure," He grumbled as he joined Cynthia walking towards town. "Don't have much else to do."

"Excellent," Cynthia grins, as she throws out a Pokéball, releasing Budew. "Budew, this is Volkner. We're going to spend some time together so it would be nice if you pull back on your mischief." Cynthia swore Budew rolled her eyes before launching herself at Gible and beginning another game of tag.