[2] The Daughter of Nurse Joy: Adventures in the Orange Islands

Valencia Island

Cora, Alain and Mairin soon reached Valencia Island.

Mairin looked outside the blimp's window, "Wow, looks like a tropical island."

"Well it did say in the brochure that the Orange Islands are a lot of islands." Alain commented.

The blimp soon landed on the ground, and the gang got off the blimp. Then they started walking down a path.

"Say Cora, how do we get to Prof. Ivy's lab?" Mairin asked.

"I'm afraid I don't know," Cora replied, "We need to ask someone."

Kilala spotted something and points to it, "Espeon, esp! (Cora, look!)"

"Hm?" Cora looked in the direction where Kilala was pointing at and spotted a Pokémon Center, "Maybe we can ask my aunt there for directions."

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They entered the Pokémon Center and asked her aunt, Nurse Leah Joy, for directions.

"Um excuse me, aunt Leah, could please tell us the way to Prof. Ivy's lab?" Cora asked.

"Oh it's very easy, Cora. You go straight out of the Pokémon Centre," Nurse Leah Joy pointed forward, "take the first left and it's the big white building at the end of Bayview Road."

"Thank you, aunt Leah." Cora said.

The gang left the Pokémon Centre and thanks to Nurse Leah Joy's directions, they found the whole building.

"Here we are." Cora said, knocking on the door but got no answer.

"Maybe no one's home?" Mairin guessed.

"Hello? Is anyone home?" Cora called out.

Suddenly, the door opens, and they are met with three girls, all who were wearing round glasses.

"Welcome, who might you all be?!" The three spoke in unison.

Blinking a couple of times, Cora slowly responded, "Um, we're here to see Professor Ivy. Who are you three?"

"I'm Charity." The girl with pink shirt said.

"I'm Faith." The girl with green shirt said.

"And I'm Hope." The girl with orange shirt said.

"And we're Professor Ivy's assistants!" They ended together.

"I see. Where can we find Prof. Ivy?" Cora asked.

"If you want the Prof.—" Hope answered.

"—She's at the bay—" Charity responded.

"—Looking after the Pokémon." Faith finished.

"We'll take you to her right now!" They said in unison.

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The three girls let them inside, where they lead them to the beach. What instantly caught their attention when they got there the first thing they saw was a Gyarados coming out of the sea. Mairin was about to freak out until they saw a woman petting the water Pokémon.

"I think you're all better and stronger every still day." The woman smiled as the Pokémon gives her a low growl in approval. The woman had shoulder length purple hair, she was in the sea water, swimming with the Gyarados, a Cloyster and a Poliwhirl as well.

Her action had everyone stunned and amazed.

"Professor!" Hope called out.

"Three friends of Prof. Oak are here," Faith continued.