The next morning, I wake up with Teddy sleeping by my side, as I watch him happily sleeping, I remember last night conversation, it was only thanks to Teddy being with me that I managed to calm myself enough to fall asleep.

“Wake up Teddy”, I try to push him a little, but he just pushed my hand away, “Come on, didn’t you want to meet my friends?”

I hear him mumbling his name as he opens his eyes and tries to get up from bed. Meanwhile I check my pokedex looking for Teddy’s information I got last night when scanning his pokeball.

Teddiursa (Teddy)

Level: 12

Type: Normal

Gender: Male

Moves: Fling, Covet, Scratch, Baby-Doll Eyes, Lick, Fury Swipes, Counter, Play Rough.

So you finally learned Play Rough, since last year Teddy has been tutored by my mom’s Ursaluna, his own mother, that’s going to be really useful these days.

“Hey Teddy, how good are you with Play Rough?”

Teddy cutely gets down from the bed and looks at me with a smile while raising his paw and saying, “Teddi-ted”, which I interpret to “Just wait and see”, at least, he looks quite confident.

After taking a shower, we leave to have breakfast in the cafeteria. The place is looking more chaotic than before, as the building is divided into different areas, and the first-year area is full of pokemon for the first time since we started school.

I see some kid trying to handle his Hippopotas, who seems somewhat nervous with all the people and pokemon in the cafeteria.

I have Teddy in my arms, he seems very well behaved and stares curiously at the scene in front of us, at least until he notices the ladies serving breakfast, the drool in his face is all I need to know, so I stand in line and wait for my turn.

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“Gabriel Santos, companion Teddiursa”, says the woman, “Honey flavored kibble for the little one, and standard breakfast for you”, she explains while handing the tray with our food. Seeing as I can’t grab it with Teddy in my arms, he stands next to me while licking his paws while staring intently to tray in my hands.

Walking to our table, we find Flavio and Melody already there, next to them a blue eyed Vulpix with snowy white pelt and a colorful birdlike pokemon I haven’t seen before, so that is what a Hawlucha looks like.

“Teddy, say hi to my friends Melody and Flavio”, I signal towards them as Teddy proceeds to ignore me while waiting for his food, “I’m sorry, this little glutton will ignore everything until he has eaten his food”, so I set his plate on the ground, where he sits and begins munching on his food while making sounds of delight, making my friends and their pokemon stare at him.

“What a cutie!”, says Melody while holding Vulpix in her lap and slowly handing her some kibble which the little canine pokemon eats.

“Well, I don’t know if he is affecting you or you are affecting him, but gluttony seems to be a shared trait for both of you”, Flavio says and begins to laugh with Hawlucha following along his trainer.

I have no good retort to that comment, so I take a seat and begin eating my food while ignoring my friends.

“So, I talked with a second year I know and she told me to take my pokemon to the center and ask Instructor Joy for a full analysis”, explains Flavio, “It’s supposed to update our pokedex with more detailed information of our companions, apparently we would be doing it anyway on Wednesday but there is no rule saying we can’t do it before the class”.

“You seem to know a lot of girls, don’t you?”, says Melody with a displeased expression on her face.

“Oh, come on Mel, I’m a social kind of guy”, he says while grabbing her hand, “besides I know a lot of the boys too”.

Wait a minute, when did these two get so close? Are they dating already?

Seeing my surprised expression and remembering I’m there, Melody quickly takes her hand away while looking to the side, a slight blush on her face. Meanwhile, Flavio grins at me.

“Should I ask?”

As Flavio is about to speak, Melody covers his mouth with her hand and glares at him, then she turns towards me and says, “not now”.

An awkward silence remains for a moment, but Flavio is a natural mood maker and changes the subject, “Do you have anyone in mind to challenge this weekend?”

“Irene”, I say without hesitation, I don’t even know what her pokemon is but I know she is someone I will have to beat.

Melody and Flavio look behind me, and I realize there is someone standing there, as I turn around the little redhead is looking at me, “Good to know, I was about to challenge you anyway”, I notice the green canine pokemon following after her, an Electrike I think, the little creature looks fiercer than his trainer, they definitely suit each other.

“Where is your pokemon?”, Irene asks as she notices me gazing at her companion, my eyes move towards Teddy who is lying on the ground while patting his stomach with a satisfied expression on his face, she follows my gaze and sees Teddy there, for the first time her façade crumbles and the confusion in her face turns into disbelief as she stares at my companion, “Really?”

“What?”, I ask, but I understand where she is coming from, Teddiursa are typical playmate pokemon and are not known to be good battlers in their infant stage.

Irene keeps quiet, then sighs, “Meet me tomorrow at five in front of the Battle Hall”, then she turns around and leaves with her Electrike scoffing at Teddy, reflecting exactly how his trainer feels.

“Damn you Teddy”, I mutter as my companion is obliviously licking his paws.