“I can’t believe you didn’t know”, both Flavio and Melody keep staring at me. How am I supposed to react to the knowledge about my mother being a well-known trainer, even if it was years ago.
“Your parents were quite incredible”, the tone of her voice is quite enthusiastic as if she is talking about one of her idols, “they faced each other in the finals of different tournaments all over the world, rumor has it they were rivals since their early days here in the academy, can you imagine how surprising it was for the world when they got married? They even made a movie about their story”.
Meanwhile Flavio is trying to keep his voice down, “That is not all, they even helped defeat some criminal and terrorist organizations”.
“Yes! It was all on the cartoon show! I remember watching their adventures every Saturday morning”, the excitement on Melody’s voice is overwhelming, a movie? Cartoon show? How come I never knew about it? This is so confusing, to me my mother was always there at home taking care of my little sister and me.
Well, she did talk about my father and his job, how he would go on adventures, I even remember my dad talking about beating the bad guys, he was my hero after all. But my mom? I need to talk to her.
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“They suddenly disappeared more than ten years ago, I’m guessing it was when you were born”, I zoned out a little while Flavio was talking, my parents stopped travelling when I was born? I guess that’s normal, pokemon trainers do have to stop and settle down at some point.
“But my dad kept travelling, that I’m sure of”, when I was a kid, my dad would often leave for weeks at a time, I remember seeing him off as he flew away on his Corviknight. Mom never let me go flying with him, she said I was too young for that.
“It wasn’t public, at least he was no longer participating in competitions”, he comes closer to me and whispers, “maybe you should speak with teacher Jordan, he is a friend of your family, right? There might be a reason your mother didn’t tell you”.
We have our first battling class today, and teacher Jordan will be there, he did tell me to go ask him if I had any questions. “That’s a good idea, there is no point in speculating”.
Then, I notice the little redheaded girl leaving the cafeteria, most students are walking out, I look at the food on the table, I haven’t finished yet, neither have my companions, “Damn it, it’s time for class!”, panicking I grab a piece of bread and bring it to my mouth, then quickly stand up and begin walking. Flavio and Melody follow me, leaving their food behind, making me question my choice for a second, but nope, it is food, and I don’t waste food.
We are the last ones to arrive, it’s a semicircular building big enough to hold a hundred students and their pokemon. At the center of the room stands the teacher, her purple hair stands out at first sight, her gaze is slightly intimidating as she points us towards our seats.
“I believe that’s all hundred of you, everyone take a seat so we can begin”, I’m surprised by her no nonsense attitude and the strength behind her voice, she seems like the kind of person who goes straight to the point.
It is a tiered classroom design, cinema-style, Flavio and Melody walk to the upper area and take a seat, I sit next to them.
“My name is Helena Knight, your teacher for this class, Pokemon Training 101”, her gaze slowly moves across the room, “you can refer to me as Instructor Knight”.