Patron Quadrilogy: The Rainbow Wings of the Land and the Silver Wings of the Sea

Trouble at the Festival

May 20

Raina

Location: Above the outskirts of Ilex Forest near Ecruteak City

Date: May 20

One year has passed after Owen and I became the Patrons of Ho-Oh and Lugia. We're both thirteen now, and we have more control of our powers. Owen can control his fire to be harmless, lukewarm, or burning. I guess his practice of keeping a fire burning for the whole night for some months really paid off. I, on the other hand, can make water cold or scalding, and can make anything out of water. I can also manipulate air. Like all of the other Patrons, we went to the meetings on each solstice and equinox as always. We got to meet Brendan again, who told us he was the Patron of Groudon, and Red, who's the Patron of Mewtwo. Now, Owen and I are going to Ecruteak City to go to a festival dedicated to Owen's Legendary, Ho-Oh. I just hope that nothing goes wrong at the festival.

I closed my journal shut, putting it back into my bag. I turned around, only for Owen to yell, "Tropius, land!" His Pokemon started diving down so fast that I thought we were going to hit the ground. I yelped, hugging Owen for dear life and for Arceus herself knows how long I was holding Owen for until...

"Uh, Raina? You can open your eyes now."

"Eh?" My crimson orbs slowly opened up to notice four things. One: Tropius landed safely on the ground. Two: Owen and I are in one piece. Three: I was hugging Owen of all people. Four: Owen was giving me a strange look. Wait. Since when did I ever care about getting strange looks from my best friend? I shook that thought away.

If Lady Creation wanted to make things even worse, Owen smirked at me. "You can stop hugging me unless you still want to, Rain. I've been told I'm huggable." I blushed, getting off. "Sh-shut up, you idiot! It's not my fault that Tropius nearly scared me half to death!!" I snapped. That wild brunette of my best friend merely laughed. "I'm only messing with you. Now, let's get going to the festival!"

-X-

Location: Ecruteak City

After ten minutes of walking, we reached Ecruteak City. And let me tell you, it was colorful. There were stalls selling all sorts of things as people walked by. Men and boys around Owen and I's age bought or won gifts from some stalls to give to women or girls in brightly colored kimonos as young children in yukatas chased each other, their laughs like tinkling bells.

"It's so...lively here," I said. "Everyone's enjoying it in their own way." Owen looked at me and grinned. "You ready to enjoy it too?" I smiled. "I thought you'd never ask, Owen."

And so we did. We played games we never played before, ate food we've never eaten before, and looked at things we've never seen before. We made sure to act normal to ordinary people so they wouldn't suspect anything suspicious from us. We spent an hour with each other until we decided to split up since Owen wanted to see something . While he went there, I decided to continue playing games and looking around the festival.

-X-

Owen and I should've never split up.

After playing games for an hour, I decided to grab something to eat. I was just finished buying some food and walking around until I saw a man with long purple hair wearing a Cacturne Suit and talking to one of the stall owners.

I know that this would've been a normal sight for me to see if I was still a regular person. But, now I am a Patron and that guy has a bad aura coming from him. I hid behind a stall close to the one he was at, eavesdropping in on the conversation. "I'm looking for two kids," Cacturne Man told the stall owner. "A boy and a girl. Have you seen them?" The stall owner shrugged. "It depends. What do they look like?"