Pokemon Ranger: Savior

Chapter Five: Duties of a Ranger

     Purple light....the overwhelming smell of flowers...I know that scent...

     Floaroma?...I used to visit that Town with my mom and brothers to get honey for the Combee in our backyard....I'm trying so hard to open my eyes, but they're so heavy.....

     A voice..deep, yet inhuman...alien, yet familiar...calling to me? Can't make out what it's trying to say...its as if I'm seeing the town with a purple veil over my face, everything is so dark....

     "...ena....erena...come to me..." I hear faintly from the sky. I look up, and I see two stars twinkling overhead, really pretty. Wait, they're too big to be stars, or too close? They seem to be...watching?....Eyes....They're eyes....fading black, all black....

~*~

     I wake up with a start. I'm laying sideways on a bench of green cushions, and a Plusle is hopping frantically on me up and down. I jolt upright and realize I passed out on the bench in the Ranger Base. Everything seems to be fine otherwise, just a little nap that's all. Must not have been very long either, because I think Joel and the Professor are still upstairs. I stretch and stand, no longer feeling nauseous. There are two Rangers idling nearby, so I'll go introduce myself to them.

     The whole while I'm speaking to them, I keep thinking back to that crazy dream I had. It felt so real, like I really was back home in Sinnoh. Even though I hadn't physically been to that specific town in a long time, it felt like just yesterday I was still a young child picking flowers and staring in awe at the bouquets in the shop while my mother buys honey.

     One of the Rangers' name is Keith. Hmm, I feel like I knew another Keith somewhere, and it was one I didn't particularly like. This Keith said he'd like me to remember his name. The other said his name was Lind. He told me he had heard a lot about me already. I remark to myself that firstly, I still don't speak much and must improve, and secondly this dream won't leave my head. I need something to distract me from it.

     The distraction then walks right into the front door. The three of us turn at the sound of the doors whooshing open, and a very pretty woman walks in. 

     "Hey! Welcome back, Aria!" Lind spurts out almost immediately. I notice both men were a bit squirmy since she walked in. I can only guess why. She has luscious golden locks of hair flowing around her face in curls, and her clothes accentuated her curves very nicely. Her uniform looked like a uniform, but not like any of the official Ranger uniforms. More like a scantily edited one, and it was white and purple.

     This walking angel Aria proceeds into the room so the doors shut behind her, then she glances at me. "Oh? That uniform...Are you maybe a Ranger from Ringtown? But i don't remember seeing your face before..." I nod, looking down at the somewhat big clothes on me and suddenly self consciously wishing it was more skin tight.

     "I'm Aria. I'm a Ranger here in Fall City." Again my eyes rove over her perfect figure, noting how her clothes don't match the Fall City uniform. She mistook this for confusion, for she continued, "...You've never heard of me? You really don't know anything, do you? Oh well, that's fine."

     "But, I only just got here..." I start to explain, but saw she wasn't paying attention. She crossed her arms and was examining her nails. She sighed. 

     "And who might you be?" 

     Her eyes finally on my face and not sizing me up, I explain, "I am Serena, and I only just arrived today."