Alice watched Skye as he declined the battle in the end. Maybe it was because he noticed the others leaving? He walked off, along with everyone else, except Jack and the guy who was challenging everyone. Alice stood up and walked along the shore, with her Pokémon following silently behind her. She didn't care if she fell asleep in class, and she didn't care if she got in trouble. Heck, the teachers weren't going to show up; when they did, nothing happened during class. A short worksheet was given out and the day was done. Alice didn't care about anything here anymore. She realized that she had left her little sister for no reason, if all she was going to do here is mess around. But what else could she do, if she was unoccupied the entire time?
Suddenly, Alice noticed a bright red dot flickering in the distance. It looked almost like a small meteor that had somehow crashed down from space. She recalled Bean and Savannah, picked up Jem, and ran over to it. "Hya!" the red glowing dot said. Alice looked at it in confusion. The light flickered again and lit up even brighter, this time giving off all the colors of the rainbow. Jem blew fire on a pile of driftwood, so the surrounding area was lit up. It was a Staryu! It was trembling as if it had been severely injured. Alice squatted down in front of it and narrowed her eyes. It didn't look too bad. If anything, the poor thing was just paralyzed. Alice took a pokéball from her belt and tossed it onto the Staryu. Absorbed into the red and white capsule, it shook one, two, three times until it stopped and was still. Alice picked up the ball and tossed it, releasing the Staryu again.
"Hya… hya…" it said weakly. "Don't worry, we'll help you, Buck," Alice said to it. Jem looked at her questioningly. "Its name is Buck because of Starbucks. Get it?" Alice explained. Jem stared back at her silently. "Oh whatever, Bean would find it funny." Alice put Jem down on the ground and picked up Buck. She ran as fast as she could; as fast as she would whenever she went for sprints. Running into the center, Alice handed Nurse Joy the injured Starfish.
"It'll be fine in no time. Staryu can grow back their body parts if they're ever severed, so a little jolt of electricity won't do a thing," Joy explained after gingerly observing it. So, Buck was shocked by something. Maybe a Lanturn. "Would you take my other Pokémon too?" Alice asked, handing over two more pokéballs. She looked at Jem and he leapt onto the desk. "Sure thing. You can wait over there." Alice walked over to one of the chairs and sat down. Leaning against it, she fell asleep for who knows how long. "Chansey! Chansey!" Nurse Joy's Chansey exclaimed. Alice's eyes flickered open. "Huh?" she asked, dazed by having just woken up.
"Your Pokémon are ready to go," Nurse Joy said with a grin. Alice walked over and took Buck, Jem, and the two other pokéballs. Taking out Buck's pokéball, she recalled it. "Thank you," Alice replied gratefully. She eyed the Chansey then looked at Nurse Joy again. "I thought the nurses used Audino now," Alice said, sort of glad that somebody still used Chansey. "Oh, many do. But, I've always preferred Chansey, especially since my bond with this one is so strong," Nurse Joy explained happily. "Chansey! Chansey!" Chansey agreed. Alice thanked her again and left for the Suicune Dorm, glad that she at least caught a Staryu in this, shall we say, unproductive day.