Twins of kalos (5th place in Adventure) PWA 2018

Chapter 10: Skates.

Calem was laughing at me when I panicked about seeing a Pokémon on a flower that turned out to be it's home and source of energy. Trying my best to ignore him, I kept on looking around the flower beds for Z to ask around and see if any of the Pokémon know anything

We were nearly close to the big city, somewhere known as Lumiose, the largest city in the region, and also the fashion capital. It's a place Greg always talked about. It was his dream to make it to the point where we can manage to go all the way to the top, and the top happens to be the place close by. I put on a special outfit just for this moment, just in case I hear from Greg that I wasn't lying about keeping my promise

As I kept my eyes on Z, I wandered around to stare at the flowers. I remembered Serena and I would always go and find the "prettiest" flower and give it to mom. Because I don't have much creativity, I didn't know what was pretty and what was prettier than the other. I'd often give my mom the crappiest flower while Serena knew exactly how to make my mom smile

There was a specific flower that caught my eye. I kneeled down to touch it, only to hear a clicking sound go off. Calem took another Polaroid picture of me and shook the film

"Will you stop that?" I stood up, annoyed "when I said to 'take a picture, it'll last longer' I didn't mean it literally" I held my hips as he kept a smile like I was joking "why don't you take pictures of something else instead of me?"

"Nah, this is much better" he pointed his camera towards me again, trying to find a good angle.

"Excuse me?" He lifted his camera

"Like I said the other day... I take pictures of what I think is precious, I take pictures of what I think is beautiful" my cheeks started burning "those photographs in the studio was for artistic reasons, and taken with a very expensive camera. This camera was given to me by my dad. He told me to take pictures of what I liked" he chuckled "and I only take pictures of what I like with this camera" he took out his photo album from his bag and stored my picture inside "that frame from the studio was also taken by this camera. Taking these pictures makes me feel a little more..." he sighed and looked around, trying to pretend he wasn't trying to take pictures of me

It would be considered creepy to most people that he's taking and keeping photos of me, but because I was hidden with a scarf, it didn't bother me

I took out my glasses from my bag to put on, only to use them to not have others look at me. I don't use it like I would with my scarf. My eyes aren't something that will make anyone notice I was Serena's twin. My eye color and shapes weren't nearly as close as hers

While she had soft green eyes, I was given sharp blue eyes who knew how to use them for intimidation. I might have to order myself some sunglasses of same pair, since these were a little cracked, probably from the incident back in the forest, from Greg. It's been awhile since I've checked in with him anyways

I walked to the near by fountain in the middle of the route and took a seat to take out the skates from B's mouth and dump them on the floor. Somehow, I'm tempted to try them on... it takes me back to the time when Serena tried teaching me how to skate since she was so good at it. Since I have my own now, I want to at least see if those lessons worked during all these years, even if I sucked when she taught me and never succeeded

As I put them on, I noticed Z floating towards me. It stopped to look at Calem getting approached by two individuals in colorful scarfs and mask. They looked a little shady, and Calem just stood there, hurrying to put his camera away. Z got curious and hurried to snoop

"Z!" I loud whispered, trying to get it to get out of their conversation. I hurried up my skates and immediately almost fell, using the edge of the fountain for support. Z floated behind Calem, listening in on their conversation. I had to make my way over there to get it out of being nosy like it likes doing from time to time.