Snype turned red a bit after Thyme's statement as well as the kiss she had returned to him. He gave off a calming smile. He was happy that things were going alright this time. Snype tipped his hat momentarily and leaned closer to Thyme.

"For me, like is an understatement... because... I love you for who you are Thyme. I mean that." Snype said, tightening his grip on Thyme's hand. Snype had finally gone of and said it officially while it was clearly obvious. He really did love Thyme.

Drizzle

Drizzle grinned happily and bowed to Vaper when the song ended. His smile widened when she asked if he would come with her. Figuring that Brian could do without him for a little while longer, he nodded.

"Sure! I think Bri can take care of himself for a little while," Drizzle said. He turned and walked after her. This was turning out to be a good day after all.

Brian

"Vaper? That your pokemon?" Bri said quietly. He noticed that Adria was trying to grab a drink, and his hand moved automatically. He reached over and grabbed a cup and placed it in her hand.

"H-here..." he said, flushing deeply. He blinked several times and looked at his feet. What was wrong with him? He had no idea why he was so flustered by talking to her. It was even more than normal for him.

Thyme

"I love you too," Thyme said quietly before thinking about it. Then her eyes widened and she took a few steps back. She was shaking like a leaf. What had she done!? She had opened her heart. The few times she had done that before had not ended well for her.

"I... I, uh..." Thyme said. she stepped back a few more times. She really did love Snype, and that was not a good thing. It always ended badly. She was either dropped for someone better, or outright hurt for no reason. So far, only Brian hadn't turned his back on her, but to her, Brian was more like her child than anything else. She simply stared at Snype, trying to figure out what to do next, still shaking. Still scared. Always scared.

Quin

"Oh come on! That was a mistake! I won't do it again!" Quin protested. In truth, he was too strange to attract a girl, and he knew it. He just liked messing with people in this matter. He grinned and climbed up on Zemda, who was swaying her head in time to the music as people tried to dance around her. Quin knew very well that she was in everyone's way. He just didn't care.

"You really think she's good at singing? Heh, thanks!" Quin said happily. Zara cackled but said nothing. There was nothing to say. Zemda was a good singer. And Zara knew it. Zemda crooned happily at the praise and Logana leapt off of her head and landed on Quin, a little jealous.

Snype was glad to hear Thyme's words... she really did love him. But soon after, her eyes widened giving off fear. She took a couple steps backwards and looked at Snype, worried. Now what was wrong...? Snype could probably make a few guesses but he decided not to bother. Snype stepped up to Thyme slowly. The music had stopped anyways.

"Thyme...? What's wrong? Was it something I said...? If you want to talk about it I'm here..." Snype said, worried for Thyme, whatever was on her mind. Snype held out his hand to her.

Vaper

Vaper smiled at Drizzle as they walked. "I think you'll like Adria" she said happily. "and thank you for a wonderful Dance Drizzle" she added as they walked smiling more. As they got closer she saw a boy handing Adria a drink. "Who's that?" she asked Drizzle.

Adria

Adria smiled and nodded "My Vaporeon, she's the only Pokemon I brought here with me, my other two Pokemon I left at the Academy." she said smiling blushing as Bri handed her a cup of punch "T-thank you" she said taking a sip of the drink.

Thyme

"No... It's nothing you did. It's just... This is going to sound really stupid, but every person I've ever said that to... They just... Forget it," Thyme said. She shook herself. She was being stupid. She scanned the room, looking for something else to do. She realised she was still shaking a little bit, and tried to relax. There was nothing she could do about it right now. But she'd have to be on guard, as usual.

Brian and Drizzle

Brian nodded. He looked at Adria again.

"Um... I brought all of my pokemon... But I don't know where Drizzle and Thyme went... But the rest of them are with me... And you're welcome..." Brian said quietly, his voice shaking a bit. He spotted Drizzle walking over with a Vaporeon. He assumed it was Vaper. She turned and asked Drizzle who he was. Drizzle looked at him and smirked.

"Well, looks like we both found our way to our trainers after all. That kid is Brian. Brian, this lovely lady is Vaper," Drizzle said happily. He walked over to Bri and leaned against his leg.

"Oh, um, hi Vaper. Adria, my Buizel, Drizzle just came back," Bri said. Drizzle looked at Adria, marveling that some humans actually were as small as Brian was.

"Hi there! I've heard a lot about you! But you probably can't understand a word I'm saying," Drizzle said, waving his paw at Adria. He grinned at Vaper.

"Um... Drizzle says hi," Bri added lamely.

Snype walked a bit closer to Thyme and put his arm around her. "Forget the words? I... well... I can see what you mean... it tends to happen alot. The last thing I want to do is betray somebody like that... sometimes stuff happens and they lose all rational thought... something that I pray doesn't happen to me." Snype said to her. He had no plans of leaving Thyme. He promised himself he wouldn't at that moment. If anything did happen that would possibly seperate him from Thyme. Like the end of the school year... he hadn't even thought about that. Though that wasn't going to happen for awhile. They still had plenty of time to be together for the time being.

"Don't worry Thyme! If I can keep secrets just as well, then don't expect me to forget anything you've said to me! You have my word on that Thyme... I promise." Snype said to her.

Adria and Vaper

Vaper smiled at Bri and Drizzle "So we have Drizzle, it seems like they like each other" she said to Drizzle before looking at Bri "so you can understand me? that would make Adria's life easier if she could" she said to Bri before nuzzling against Adria's leg making the girl giggle.

"Where did you go off to Vaper?" Adria giggled petting her before taking another sip of the juice. She smiled "Hi Drizzle" she said extending her hand down.

Vaper chuckled looking at Drizzle "that's her way of asking if she can pet you Drizzle" she said sitting next to Adria.

"My other two Pokemon are a Spheal I hatched from an egg given to me back home by the gym leader. Then I caught Vaper here and my Seel."

Brian

"Um, sure I can understand you. Why wouldn't I?" Bri said quietly to Vaper as Drizzle chuckled. He walked over to Adria and let her pet him. He was a very friendly pokemon. He chuckled to himself.

"Heh, you may be right there Vaper. Seems that way to me too," Drizzle said with a cheerful smile. Bri frowned, deep in thought.

"Um... Well... I actually have seven pokemon... Thyme was my first one. She's a Snivy. Way back when I was three I found her tied to a fence. After that, she followed me around until I was old enough to become a pokemon trainer. Then I have Duster, my Minccino. I caught her the first day of school. She's very silly. And then Drizzle, who I caught a few hours after Duster. You know him. Hm... Then I caught Nova, who you also met. He had gotten mad at Thyme after she wandered into his territory... And tried to kill her. He's changed quite a bit now... And also Frost, my Sneasel. He showed up and threw snowballs at me and Drizzle, eventually deciding to join me. Also, I have Leena, my Misdreavus. After my best friend was kidnapped in the haunted Dorm, she helped my find him and rescue him. That was also where I hurt my leg... After that, she decided to come with me as well. And finally Bouncy. She's an Iglybuff I hatched from an egg a teacher gave me. Those are my pokemon. We've had some tough times together," Brian said. One thing that always made him feel a little bit more confident was talking about pokemon. He smiled bravely at her and pulled out Duster's pokeball. She would love to meet Adria.

"Would you like to meet Duster? She's another really friendly of my pokemon," Bri offered. He had no idea where Thyme was.

Thyme

Thyme Sort of stood there with a blank look on her face. However, she reached up and put her arms around Snype. She was still terrified he would leave, terrified he would decide she wasn't worth his time. But she still couldn't help that she really did like him and want to be with him.

"Snype... I hope we stay like this forever..." she whispered, her expression softening. When the day came and she was alone again, she would deal with it. But it was too late to protect herself now. She had fallen for him. She vaguely wondered where Brian was. Then she had another thought.

"Hey, Snype... Weren't you just all worried about Mark? Well... Our dance is finished. And I really have nothing better to do. So..." she said, leaving the question hanging in the air.

"I hope we do too..." Snype replied as he patted her back. He couldn't bear to think of a heartbroken Thyme... Snype prayed that they would stay like this for a long time to come. She then asked about Mark. Was Snype really in any possition to worry about Mark? Sure Snype cared for him but honestly, Mark was mature enough to be able to take care of himself as well as face the situation head on. Snype was there to assist the situation and it wasn't like Selene was going up to the kid and beating him up. Mark would call out for Snype anyways...

"... I think Mark will be fine. He'll whistle out to me like before if he needs me... guess I should have thought about that earlier. He's 14. He's mature enough to take care of himself..." Snype paused for a moment. He then chuckled hysterically.

"Of course, if I ever left the kid alone for too long, he'd end up getting himself into a hell of a mess anyways! Sure lets go check up on Mark! It's that or checking on Bri first. I doubt you'd wanna spend the rest of the day having Drizzle flirting on you. Hehehe..." Snype joked.

Brogan
Smirking in response to Calnith, Brogan sighed and tilted her head to the side slightly as she watched him silently. Moments of silence passed before she took a sip of champagne and nodded slowly.

"I don't think I'm big because of my Father. My Father has given me his legacy, I know I'm big because of what I will be in the future with my own work. But that is neither here nor there. Calnith, you and I both know that when it comes to scheming and plotting in this Academy we are unrivalled." she straightened up and walked over to him with a wide smile, holding out her hand with a slightly raised eyebrow.

"I suggest a truce. I have enough enemies in this world, and whilst we won't ever be the best of friends I believe that if we pool our collective talents together we will achieve so much more than if we worked against each other as rivals. I am certain that you have a number of targets to crush in this place...Selene perhaps? Well, luckily for you I have information on her that...may well prove useful for you...and anyone else that you or I decide to destroy won't stand a chance if we work together. But," she shrugged slightly, "I completely understand if you don't wish to team up with me. Perhaps...lastly...it would interest you to know that Team Rocket is...well known to HoTa corp...from within the organisation...."

Selene
Taking a sip of the punch, Sel nodded firmly. "Yes, that is definitely fruit punch..." she trailed off as she looked at Bri...to find him talking to a girl!! He seemed to be doing well, although he looked and sounded incredibly nervous...and as he returned Nova, it seemed as though his Growlithe hadn't exactly been helping.

With a bright smile, Sel walked up behind Bri and squeezed his shoulder lightly.

"Good job mate," she whispered, clearing her throat and smiling at the girl he was talking to. Sel hadn't noticed the cane either. "Hey! I'm Selene, a friend of Bri's...I'm going to go...talk to a friend now...you two have fun," she grinned and lightly punched Bri in the arm playfully before walking away with a calm smile on her face...stopping short as she turned her head and saw Mark and Valorie sat right in front of her. Valorie seemed...shaken wasn't even the word, she seemed as though she were recovering from an intense panic attack.

Sel was torn - part of her wanted to stride over there, get Mark away so she and Valorie could talk...but then she loathed to put Valorie in that situation, sticking her straight in the middle of something that, although about her, ultimately didn't involve her. Sighing, she walked away, wondering where Vince had gotten to...perhaps he would be up for that dance after all...

Maxwell

Maxwell and Geneviève swept around the dancefloor almost as if they were a wave. Moving with a flow so natural, yet so improvised. "Love you Maxy." Geneviève whispered to him, "And I love you, my darling." Maxwell smiled, "I wish this moment could last forever." he continued. Kinda cheesy, but whatever. It was truly how he felt.

Quillie

[Heh, seems you evolved Quillie, good for you pal.] Zard said with a smile, [You're right, I won't bother you. I'm kinda tired myself actually.] he yawned and sat down on the ground.
[Good.] Quillie said, he laid down and began to snooze lightly.

Slackey

Slackey looked at Quillie and Zard for a moment, they did look peaceful when they were sleeping. Slackey didn't know what to do at first, but then he saw all the people dancing, and he felt like it too. He went up to Sapphire who just sat there looking at Geneviève and Maxwell. [U-um... Excuse me Sapphire, but... Would you like to dance?] he said a little nervously.

Wilson

Wilson saw Drizzle and Vaper dance, and he saw them go towards where Vaper's trainer and what looked like Brian was standing. He smiled, "Nice job Drizzle!" he thought, Wilson was about to go back to the others when he noticed his stomach growling. "Hmm, maybe I should see if there is anything to eat..." he thought, the others seemed like they were sleeping and Maxwell was only focused on Geneviève, a perfect opportunity to get some snacks!

Wilson sniffed the air, he could smell the scent of chips coming from a table. He ran over there quickly just to find that the bowl of chips was too high up for him to reach. "Maybe someone has dropped something on the floor..." Wilson thought, he looked around under the table, there he found some chips and something that seemed like pokemon-food. He scarfed it down at almost lightning speed, but he was still hungry... Wilson sniffed around the floor to see if he could find some more, but to no luck. He sighed, but suddenly, he caught a scent of something. He ran towards the source of the scent, stepping on a few people's feet, but he didn't care. All that mattered was to find the origin of that scent.

After running for a short period of time, Wilson felt the scent get stronger and stronger until...
*BAM*
Wilson found himself on the floor, he had accidentally run into somebody. When he looked up he saw the boy that had helped him earlier, Jason was it?
"Swi! Swinub, swi!"[Hey there Jason! Sorry that I ran into you, but I just smelled something really good this way, and now... Well... Here I am!] he said with a big smile knowing that Jason couldn't understand him, but he just liked to have a conversation with somebody.

Heh... talk about formal. Luckily Mark wasn't the kind of idiot who would get jealous of the first person who walked up to the girl he liked. He was an extremely patient person and he didn't mind the extra company. He seemed nice enough and... admittingly better dressed then Mark that's for sure. He happily accepted the drink that the student had offered.

"Thanks man. Was actually getting pretty thirsty myself. Heh. Name's Mark." He said. Mark decided to sit down next to Valorie, of course, giving her plenty of comfort space at the same time. She was overwhelmed enough and he didn't exactly want to pressure her any further. He looked down at his drink.

"Fruit punch... how cliche..." Mark thought to himself while taking a sip from the cup. He was tempted to explain his recent fight with Selene... but for some reason the timing seemed wrong.

Kenshin Ren
Kenshin still seemed a little nervous as he tried to lead the dance with Mackenzie. He wondered what it was she wanted to say but, well he was still to shy bothering with that right now. Besides, she sorta looked like she was enjoying dancing with him so he didn't want to ruin the moment by trying to pry.

After she gave him that bit of information Kenshin let out a sigh of relief and seemed slightly happier. "T-That's c-cool! So w-w-we're both new here!"

He let out a small soft laugh. "I-I'm a bit r-re-relieved," he said with a small smile, but then that happy face sorta turned back into a worried one as he remembered he still had a girl he was talking and dancing with. "O-Oh I'm sorry. I-I'm not good at making friends so. . . I was a little worried I wouldn't meet any new students here either."

He blushed from embarrassment, hoping the first possible friend he's made at the academy now didn't think any less of him for his behavior. He was. . . definitely different from most boys, that much is for sure.

Takumi Ryuuhiko
Takumi held out one arm in front of him as he bowed to Mark and Valorie. "A pleasure to meet you Mark, and you as well madame."

He straightened himself back up as he looked at both of them. "Your name is Valorie correct? The Trainer who battled with Lance today?"

He then proceeded to continue his introduction whether Valorie answered that or not. "My name is Takumi Ryuuhiko. I was once a member of the academy back when the Lugia Dorm was still established 3 years ago. I've recently transferred back to the academy into the Suicune Dorm this year. May I ask what dorms you both are members of?"

He sat down in the chair next to Valorie opposite of Mark, but had moved the chair so that he could face both of them with his arms crossed while keeping a calm expression on his face. Not even his black hair or red eyes had the appearance of being intimidating at all with how calm his face looked.

"I like you! You're weird but I still like you!" said Gen as he danced around to the music. He chewed on the ice a bit more and swallowed it."CupCream here has been a crucial member of my team ever since I caught her. She usually broke up the fights between Darrumel and Shock with her Icicle Spear, though I've been shocked or scarred more than a few times." Gen said as he sat on a table near him.
"Oh yeah, can you tell me every teacher working here, that would be great!" asked Gen as he took a glass of water from a tray and finished it of.

He then saw a another man wearing a blue suit. He asked if the man was a teacher at the Academy."Yes, my name is Kyle Walters." replied the man.
"Quin, what subject does this man teach?" asked Gen.

Xavier

Xavier was still running. He was so embarrased at that moment he couldn't bear it. His amulet was burning but it wasn't helping. He had to find Maria he dashed through the crowds looking for her when he saw her dancing with an Umbreon.

"Maria!" He cried.

Maria

Maria was shocked by Umbers reaction and frowned when he explained the story of his evolution.

"Oh I'm sorry I..." Maria began.

"Maria!" Maria heard her trainers voice in her ears.

"Xavier what're you?!"

Xavier & Maria

Xavier grabbed Maria and ran.

"I'm sorry Maria but we gotta go!" Xavier said.

"What?! What could it possibly be that requires you to interupt my moment?!?" Maria screeched.

Xavier twiddled his thumbs.

"Well I needed somebody to talk to 'cause I'm feeling kind of down..." Xavier said.

"Maria?" Maria looked like she was going to explode at Xavier last statement.

"Are you..."

"You selfish boy!!! I'll slaughter you!" Maria cried and she jumped into Xavier.

Xavier fell over and the two started tumbling around the dancehall as Maria attacked Xavier and Xavier tried to squirm away.

Various tibits of conversationg could be heard by the people and pokemon in the room. Things like...

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" and "Your dead you stupid human, DEAD!"

Xavier was finnaly sent flying by Maria with quick attack.

A few people ooed and awed thinking that the boy flying through the air was entertainment.

Xavier landed in a fairly unpopulated corner of the room. He faceplanted and slid belly down across the room before he stopped. He pulled himself and saw Bri talking to Adria across the room.

"Oh my God.... even the little kids are getting together and I'm all alone..." Xavier muttered to himself.

"XAVIER I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!!!" He heard Maria scream.

Xavier was once again flung a few meters however just as Maria hit him he barely managed to return her.

Xavier flew through the air and was waving and flapping like a maniac trying to straighten himself.

He found himself plummeting towards another awkward situation. Selena was standing right where it looked like he was going to land.

A few moments before impact Xavier managed to let loose a cry.

"Selena watch out!" He cried as he braced himself for either an impact with another human, or the cold stone floor... again.

Umber

Umber heard Maria apologize he said: [Its okay, I shouldn't-] but he was cut off when Maria's trainer suddenly came up to them. He took up Maria and started to run away from where Umber was standing. After awhile he heard Maria scream:
"What?! What could it possibly be that requires you to interupt my moment?!?"
[Maria, its okay!] Umber yelled, but she didn't seem to hear him. [Maria!] he yelled again, but he didn't get any response.

Umber saw terrified how Maria attacked Xavier, he started running towards Maria and Xavier. Umber didn't like this situation, it was just like that time with Zard. The painful memories came back to his mind, but he just shook his head. He had more important things to do than growel in things that should stay in the past.

Umber ran up to Maria and blocked her path to Xavier. [Maria, stop this!] he yelled at her, [Why are you doing this? Because your trainer interrupted our dance? Thats no good reason to try to injure him!] he looked at her with a serious look on hi face as his red eyes started glowing.
[Do you really want to injure him?! Do you want to do what Zard did to Maxwell?! Do you want to cause him pain that he'll have to live with for all his life?!] Umber yelled as tears started to develop in his eyes. [Maria...] he said quietly, [Don't...].

Brian

Bri jumped when Sel showed up, seemingly out of nowhere and grabbed his arm. His eyes widened at what she had said but she had walked away before he could even think about responding. He accidently dropped Duster's pokeball and the small grey mouse popped out. She yawned and looked around, seeing Drizzle, Vaper, Adria, and Bri. She smiled and climbed up to Bri's shoulder.

"What's up?" she said to the world in general as she parked herself on his shoulder. She turned her head and began gaping at Brian.

"You cut your hair!" she said as though this was the first time she had seen it. Which it was.

"Erm, yes Duster, I cut my hair. Anyways. This is Adria and Vaper. Adria, Duster is my Minccino, and she's sitting on my shoulder... And that girl was Sel, one of my friends... What on earth?" Bri said, his voice trailing off when he saw Xavier being attacked by his own Eevee.

"Duster! Go help him!" Bri said. Duster hopped to the ground and charged over to where Umber was standing in between Xavier and Maria.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Duster called out as she prepared a Thundershock. But she didn't launch it.

Thyme

Thyme chuckled to herself. She wished she could leave Brian alone. He always had a way of getting himself in trouble. He was like a magnet. She smiled at Snype.

"You pick... Drizzle I can deal with. It's Jub that gets on my nerves the most. But I can deal with him too. We'll probably find Mark talking to that yellow haired girl he likes so much... What was her name? Vicky? I can't remember. Human names confuse me too much to worry about," Thyme said honestly. She shook her head and smiled again. Either way she went, it would be annoying. She hoped they could all go home soon.

Quin

"Arcino is my best battler, but Zemda here has been with me the longest. She's awesome, it's true," Quin said as he relaxed. Zemda crooned happily at his praise. Logana pouted and Quin patted her head.

"Of course, Logana is a crucial member of my team too!" Quin added as an afterthought. That cheered Logana up immensly. Quin then thought about what else Gen had said. Come to think of it, he didn't know any of the teachers either.

"Hell if I know. I just got here last night. I had to ride Zemda here, because ninjas made me miss the boat," Quin said. He laughed, remembering how Arcino had faught off both of them. The Grovyle was strong, no doubt about it.