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

A Summer Day Out

July 31

Raina

Location: Above Slateport City, Hoenn

Date: July 31

Exactly two months and ten days have passed ever since Owen and I left the Johto region for now. We've been training with each other to get even stronger. It was my idea. Since Owen was weak against Water-Type moves, I decided that we could train together. We also train with our Pokemon and spar with them. For now, we haven't ran into any trouble or threat, like Harley, which is reall y lucky. Yesterday, we met Brendan in Littleroot Town. Owen and I got to catch up with him and tell him about our adventures in Johto and how we became Patrons (We left out the stuff about Harley. He has his own problems to worry about and we didn't want to add our problems to his). Now, all three of us are going to Slateport City to hang out. It's been way to long since we last saw each other! 🌸

I quickly snapped my journal shut, putting it away. I turned back to my two best friends. "How much longer till we get there?" I asked them. Owen huffed. "Calm down, Rain! We're almost there! Arceus, are you really that excited?" He muttered. Brendan laughed. "Is she always like this?" Owen gave Brendan an amused look. "Usually I'm the excited one and Raina's the calm one, but today it's the other way around, Brendan. She isn't usually this hyped up."

"Just because I don't express my emotions doesn't mean that I'm emotionless like Silver!" I argued. "I'm just psyched because Brendan's able to come with us!" Owen put his hands up in defeat. "Alright, alright, you win. I'm sorry, okay? Now, if you're done raging, let's go. Tropius landed." I nodded, getting off of the Pokemon and grabbed my two best friend's hand. "Now, let's have one heck of a good time here!"

-X-

Location: Slateport Shopping Complex

"Sweet Lady Creation . . . this place is huge." Owen said. "Well, Slateport is one of the largest cities in Hoenn, so it does make sense to have a mall here." Brendan told him. I looked at Owen, to see the his blue eyes were widened. "I take it that it's your first time in Slateport, Owen?"

My best friend looked at me. "You've been here before?" I nodded. "I think I told you . . . I lived at the orphanage here for five years until I ran away and met you in Petalburg City four days later." "That makes sense." Owen said. Brendan looked at me. "You lived at the orphanage?" Owen flashed him a warning look as I sighed. "I don't really like to talk about it, but my father disappeared with my older brother when I was five and then my mother got murdered five months after my dad left with my brother."

Brendan looked down. "Oh, sorry for asking . . ." I shook my head. "It's alright, Brendan. I'm actually kind of relieved getting that off of my chest. It feels kind of lighter now." "More importantly . . ." Owen raised an eyebrow at me. "You have an older brother?" "Yeah, I do . . . sorry for leaving that out, Owen," I said to him. "I think he's a year older than Brendan . . . you are turning 20 in November, right?" The Patron of Groudon nodded. "Yep." "So my brother is turning 21 in December," I concluded. "But enough about that. Where are we going to first, Brendan?" "The movie theater. I heard there's a new movie there." "Then what're we waiting for?" Owen asked. "Let's make like a Sudowoodo and leave!"

-X-

Five minutes later. . .

Location: Slateport City Movie Theater

We arrived at the movie theater. "Three tickets for Pokemon Heroes : The Beginning." Brendan told the person at the counter. The man nodded, giving him three slips of paper as Brendan gave him the money.