Bridging The Gap; The Final Records In Unova: An Autobiography

More Than Meets The Liepard Part 1 Of 2

"Me and Ella are more like neighbors than we are actual friends," Trixa explained as the three of us traveled through the woods of Route 2 together. "I saw her a lot growing up, and we even went to the same school, but we never really hung out."

My eyes were on the path before us, walking in front of June and Trixa, each girl on either side of me.

"It had already been set that I'd be receiving my Starter Pokemon when I turned ten. About two months before that day, I ran into Ella. We said hi and whatnot, and I was going to continue on my way, but she stopped me and asked me to take a walk with her! I'm such a shy person and I really don't have any friends at all besides my family. That's why traveling with you two is so cool! No one ever wants to hang out with me! I guess I'm sort of antisocial or something."

Antisocial, I thought sarcastically. Yeah. That's the problem.

"But, anyway, Ella wanted to walk with me, and I was stunned," Trixa continued. "I agreed, and she asked me how I felt about Pokemon. Of course, I told her how much I adored them, and loved them, and wanted to cuddle all the cute little Pokemon in the world, and travel the world to meet as many as I could! She told me that she was considering traveling as a Pokemon Trainer. She didn't want to be one when she had turned ten, but she said that this year, she'd been considering it, but just wasn't sure."

My mind wandered away from Trixa's words for a moment and dwelled on Ella. Her eyes. They may have very well been my most favorite thing about her. I thought about them every time I thought about her, which was quite possibly every day. She could very well be the most beautiful girl on the face of the planet. A movement in the grass near me pulled me from my thoughts and made me turn around, but there was nothing to see but trees and grass.

"She's only two years older than I am," Trixa went on. "My mom and dad and five year old brother waited with me and Ella for a cab at Mistralton City and give me kisses and hugged me. I got to meet Ella's dad, too. He was there to say goodbye to her. Ella and I traveled in the taxi for about three hours before we reached Nuvema Town."

Silence greeted us as Trixa finished her words.

"I wonder where she went to," I said in a low voice.

"She's pretty cute, eh, Gary?" June smiled widely, nudging me in my ribs lightly with her elbow.

"Huh?" I cried out, feeling my face getting hot. "I dunno. What? What? What? I don't know! I wasn't looking!"

"That's rather rude to not look at someone when they're talking to you," Trixa mentioned innocently, staring at me. "Ella and you were talking together. You should have looked at her. I think you ought to apologize the next time you see her."

I frowned at her and looked away. "Yeah, sure," I muttered, extremely embarrassed by the bizarre turn this conversation had taken. As we continued to walk, and I could feel June's eyes on me, knowing she was smiling.

Trixa looked around her surroundings, gazing at the many trees and the grass crunching beneath our feet.

A strong gust of wind blew against us, making it a little bit harder to move forward.

"Weeeeeeeee!" Trixa exclaimed, and started spinning against the wind, moving forward into it, her arms extended.

June and I stopped at the same time and watched as Trixa spun around in a happy daze, her eyes closed and mouth wide in a happy smile.

"Should we do something?" June asked quietly.

"Yeah," I nodded, and pulled out the Town Map, scanning it quickly. "If we head back to Accumula Town, we can take a detour that leads to a place called Minousse Town."