Enter Rose!

[Rose]

The gravel crunched under Rose’s boots, as she jumped off the train, dragging her trunk behind her. Her bags were extremely heavy and weighed her down a bit, but she shrugged it off and began to walk on the path that trailed to the huge gates of the Pokémon Academy. The trip to the place hadn’t been extremely bad. She had reached the station right on time and after avoiding a smelly fisherman who seemed to have taken to approaching students who wanted to join the Academy, she boarded the monorail carried her to the island. The only downside to the whole trip was that she had to sit next to some talkative high pitched girl who went on and on about what she was going to do once she defeated the instructors in the ill-famed laboratory. It was irritating enough to have to put up with that alone, not to mention that it was five in the morning, and Rose was highly deprived of sleep. Rose had ignored the girl the best she could, until she finally lost it and told her off, which resulted in some wailing and sobbing. Rose had got off the train as soon as it stopped and had begun walking towards her destination.

Rose shivered a bit. The sun wasn’t up yet and everything was cloaked in white fog. It was pretty scenic, but Rose wasn’t really paying attention to the view. She passed through the gates easily and soon reached a white building that looked like it had survived a cyclone. There was an air of abandon surrounding it, which made it look extremely uninviting. Rose was extremely unimpressed; she had heard a lot about the place, she had higher hopes about it as well. She hoped the inside wouldn’t disappoint her too much.

Rose set her trunk and her haversack down on the polished floor, the marble tiles sparkling under the lights, which had been switched on because the clouds that blanketed the sky outside did not allow even a stray beam of sunlight to escape. The room she stood in had no furniture. It was spick and span, with a few doors leading off to different parts of the strange building. Rose waited patiently, hoping that someone would show up soon. She was tired and highly irritable; she didn’t want to wait too long.

[Tao]

Rank: Yellow

Pokemon: Mawile, Elekid, Poochyena

[Rose]

Rose was getting impatient. She had waited long enough already. The people who were supposed to take the test should have been here by now, after all, the school had been forewarned about the early train. Rose frowned and tapped her foot impatiently on the polished marble floor. Finally she decided to explore the place. There was a door on her left, opening into another room. She was about to enter when she heard someone coughing softly behind her. She turned around, slowly, ready to glare at the man or woman who had caused her such inconvenience. A lady stood there; she looked extremely tired. She pointed at three poke balls and asked Rose to choose from among them. "You have been put into the yellow dorms.", the lady told her, huffing a bit. "That's it?", Rose asked, a bit surprised. When she had come in here, she had expected something more challenging than this. She thought she had to prove herself. This was just a waste of her precious time and energy. She glanced at the three poke balls for a minute, and finally picked up the ball containing the Elekid. After all,even if the Mawile was not affected by most types of attacks, it had no evolutions. She disliked Poochyena from experience and besides, she loved electric Pokemon. After pocketing the poke ball, she picked up her bags and walked away in the direction of the dorms without pausing to thank the receptionist.