Searching Without Shame (A Pokémon Fanfiction)

Chapter 5

(Note: My apologizes, this is the shortest chapter I've made since the first book, I had serious writer's block and got inspiration for literally everything BUT this chapter)

"So, as much as I love hanging with you people, why am I here again?" Hope asked loudly as he pushed between Mira and Amos in order to speak to the two older trainers. At the same time, his Mareep clinging to his back gave a loud, "MEEP!"

"The feeling isn't exactly mutual, but you said you met the Kalos Queen, right?" Danny added seriously, trying to contain his own frustration.

"Yeah, so?"

"You said you also met her traveling companions."

"Ya, and?"

"Hope, Danny has a Gardevoir that was apart of Team Flare, and we think that one of the Kalos Queen's companions was her previous trainer," Mira continued on, looking as if she wanted to pull his hair. "We're hoping that you can identify the trainer we found online and tell us if its him, and explain more about him before we contact them."

Hope twirled with one of the strings on his jacket before saying, "Well you're going all out on this person, ain't ya? Fine, you know how much I love talking about my clients. I don't exactly follow the rules of privacy."

Everyone but Margaret now looked ticked. It had just been yesterday that they found the leads on Deborah's past. The four trainers had taken the information on recent Team Flare attacks and the Kalos Queen's Team Flare incident to the Pokemon Center where they each began their own research. Mira and Amos worked on leads on finding Team Flare, while Danny and Margaret began using the Pokemon Center computer system to locate the Kalos Queen's three anonymous traveling companions. After finding some more leads, they called in none other than the annoying Hope to help identify the trainer.

"So, Hope, this is the one picture I could find of the Kalos Queen and her traveling companions, but I want to be absolutely sure," Margaret finally spoke up, turning around her swivel chair to face away from the computer and moved aside. "Are these the people you met?"

Hope stepped forward and leaned in to observe the picture Margaret had pulled up. The other three also came closer to see it. It was a picture of the Kalos Queen's coronation. In the middle was the Kalos Queen herself, Stella Knight. She looked absolutely radiant, the crown placed on her head while holding her trophy in her arms. Next to her were three others. There was a slightly younger young woman with blonde hair and an appearance that looked exactly like Mira's, while wearing a performer's dress. There was another woman slightly older and dressed in tomboyish outfit of a Marowak tank top and shorts that wold be seen as inappropriate for such an occasion. The last person was a young man around the same age as the Kalos Queen and punk woman. He was dressed in a little more formal attire than the punk woman, but he had a long galaxy patterned coat draped over his left arm while leaning on a cane he was grasping with his right hand. All four of them, however, looked as if they were having the time of their lives. Under the picture was a caption in small typing.

The newly crowned Kalos Queen, Stella Knight, with younger sister and fellow performer Raven Knight (left), older cousin Caramia Knight (right), and family friend as well as former coordinator rival Astro Gomez (far right).

"Yeah, that's them," Hope answered, pulling away from the screen and shrugging his shoulders. "All four of them visited me."

"And the guy is the one who lost the Gardevoir?" Danny asked quickly, his heart beginning to beat faster.

"Pretty sure, I mean the guy took a real pounding for that Pokemon, can't imagine anyone but the trainer doing that. They came to me and asked if anyone had heard or found a Gardevoir that had some connection to Team Flare. They gave me their story and information, and then left."