The Pok?mon Academy

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Nat looked at the drawing. It was amazing. "Wow Ali!" she breathed. "You have some serious talent! Who's that in the picture?" she asked, pointing to the small girl.
 
Ali wasn't expecting to be questioned about his sister, but gladly accepted the praise.

"She's my younger sister, Julia, she's taking Rustboro's Visual Arts program right now, the one I was telling you about earlier…" He told her, digging through his pocket now for his wallet. He quickly drew out a picture of a very young girl with silky blue hair, a fair skin colour, and deep, sea-blue eyes.

"She's taking Singing and Drama essentials, along with a few other courses that had to be thrown in for acceptance into the program… But she really only wanted to do Singing and Drama," He told her, knowing himself that Julia was sure to be successful in the future.
 
"She certainly has interesting eyes," Nat said quietly. "Are you two close?"
 
"Um… Sort of…" Ali stated, kind of wanting to leave the subject alone.

"…It's a long story, but in a nut-shell… She didn't like my dad very much… And she actually went missing at the age of 4… But just last year-around the time of the incident… My brother and me managed to find her-she didn't want to come back, but… We managed to get her back home…" He told her, not wanting to go too in depth with the situation. There were too many secrets within his family that he never wanted anyone to know about… But he had a feeling that his new friends were going to find out sooner or later… Hoping it would be later, he paused, and waited for a reply from Nat.
 
"Well, she's lucky to have a brother like you who would go looking for her," Nat started. She looked to the ground. "I've always wanted a sibling..... I'm an only child. I've always been jealous of thoes kinds of bonds."
 
Ali laughed softly, looking down at Nat who seemed a bit timid.

"Trust me, they aren't always that great…" He told her with a smile from ear to ear.

"I'm sure being an only child isn't that bad… And you aren't really missing out on much-friends really are family… Heh, you might as well think of me as your older brother from now on, I'm sure we're going to be great friends!" He told Nat with a surge of confidence.
 
Nat smiled. Friends was better than nothing, right? Maybe someday it would work out.

It was then that Nat realized the sun had sank. She looked up at the stars. "The stars are really bright tonight..." she mused, shivering slightly from the cold.
 
Ali noticed Nat shivering, after having the stars pointed out to them. He politely took off his over-shirt, and handed it to Nat,

"It's pretty thin, but I guess it's better than nothing, he told her, dropping onto the grass, and looking up at the sky.

"You're right… They are really bright…" He put his hands under his head, and gazed up at the sky, not thinking about anything else…
 
Nat took the overshirt, surprised at Ali for a second. She then lowered herself to the grass, also looking tword the heavens.

She was quiet, musing to herself. She began to see the constelations. She expertly located Gemini, Orion, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Taurous. She couldn't believe she remembered all of that. It seemed ages ago that she and her dad had looked at the stars together.....

Dad. The thought brought back many memories. Being eaten alive by mosquitoes, studying sky maps dutiously, laughing around a campfire. Nat could almost smell burning wood and fresh pine. She smiled as a single tear ran down her pink cheek. These were happy memories, and they brought no remorse. It was nice to be able to think of her parents ond not be sad. Perhaps she has begun to heal after all.
 
Anna flopped on her bed and Leo seemed to look off into space. Anna looked in concern to her partner and placed her hand on the newly evolved Espeon's head. Suddenly her psychic powers where put into use and Anna saw Ali and Nat outside. Weridly enough Anna experenced jelousy. She pulled out of the psychic trance and stared up to the celling.
"What's going on with those two... is Nat trying to steal Ali? I can't let her... I love him... but at the same time I can't bring myself to stop her...," Anna sighed looking to Leo. "So what should I do buddy?"
"Espeon, esp, eon," Leo said turning his head to Anna.
"WHAT?!?!?!", Anna screamed. She knew what Leo said, he wanted her to confess her true feelings for Ali. "I can't do that.... I love him too much to...", she sighed.
Anna grabed her purple sweatshirt and ran outside to see Nat and Ali.
"Hey guys!", Anna huffed and puffed falling to her knees next to Ali.
 
Ali easily placed himself in a comfortable position on the grass, his under-shirt keeping him tightly placed in one spot. Before he knew it, the whole scenario became a dream… Or at least it was going to be. Anna came running outside, just before Ali was about go to sleep. He sat up, yawning, looking over to Anna.

"Hey…" He told her, stretching, half-asleep.
 
Anna fixed her position on the grass, and suddenly Leo appeared next to her, stretching out to falling asleep on the grass next to Anna, she scratched the Espeon's head and yawned looking to the sky. She shivered despite her heavy sweatshirt being on.
"Wow... it's REALLY cold out..," she yawned. She looked to Ali and suddenly felt weird. Not weird like sick or scared... weird like 'falling in love weird'. She sighed, and continued to shiver looking up at the sky.
 
Ali looked at himself, seeing he only had one shirt left on him, so he tried making up for it by wrapping his arm around Anna at an attempt to keep her warm.

"You okay?" He asked her, looking down at the grass now.

"Why were you so keen on rushing out here? Did something happen?" He asked again, waiting for a response.
 
Anna's face went bright red as Ali asked the question, she didn't know what to say. She could just flat out tell him that she loved him, but it seemed as he gave her no choice.
"Well... um... I got a little psychic jolt and saw you guys out here... and well umm... I want to tell you something...," she started to say.
Leo looked up between Anna and Ali and made a small smirk and went back to sleep.
"I wanted to tell you.. that um...," Anna continued to studder.
 
Ali had a tiny idea of what Anna was trying to tell him. Looking over to Nat, and remembering what Skye had told him, Ali immediately stood up, and grabbed Anna's hand.

"Why don't you and I take a little walk first…" He told Anna, heading to the gates.

"I'll see you tomorrow Nat," He said as his hair rustled around with the wind.
 
After being dragged by Ali to the gates, away from Nat, Anna took a deep breath.
"Ali, I love you," she said quickly, as though as it sounded like one word. She started to blush and a single tear fell from her eye and she wiped it away. She had no clue how Ali was going to respond to it. She stood there, feeling like she couldn't breath, feeling colder than ever.
 
Ali felt a bit awkward seeing Anna make such a big deal out of it.

"Well… Um… I love you too, there's no reason to get upset over anything…" He told her in a reassuring tone.

"…Does this have something to do with Nat?…" He asked her, almost positive that she had more to say to him than, 'I love you'. She'd told him the same thing many times before, knowing that this time was no different.
 
"It's just.. that I know she likes you... and I can't stand to see her hurt, but I love you so much," Anna said.
She felt wetness on her hands, to find herself crying. Why, she didn't know. Maybe it was because she loved Ali with all her heart and didn't want anyone to take away the only person she truely cared about. She took a step to Ali wraped her arms in a hug around him, feeling safe doing so, like nothing could go wrong.
 
Nat watched the two walk away. The shirt Ali had given her offered no warmth any longer. She noticed Princess was still sitting with Ruby, she she left the shirt with it and headed into the buildings. She couldn't stand it, but she knew she had no chance. They loved each other, and there was nothing Nat could do to stop it.

She then realized how much she really cared for Ali. She thought about her mom, and what she would say. "If you really love him, you'll let him be happy.... called a voice in her head. It was her mother's voice, and she was right.

She cast one last, fleeting glance at the pair, and rushed into the building. Tears streamed down her face as she rushed to her dorm room. Ruby could hardly keep up with Nat's ever lengthening strides.

Nat slammed the door behind her and flopped on the bed. She began to sob. She cried about her parents, about Ali, and about Tim. She wondered it she was cursed. Perhaps she wasn't meant to be happy. Her life seemed to be one tragety (sp?) after another. She realized her pillow was getting soaked and she slowly calmed herself down.

Sleep eluded Nat all night. She was continually having aweful nightmares about being alone. Tomorow was going to be hard, but she would have to keep face. She loved Ali, and wanted him to be happy. And his happiness was with Anna, not with her. It was a hard decision to make, but she knew she had to let go.
 
Ali woke up the next morning in the same outfit he was wearing last night, very tired, feeling as if he had gotten close to no sleep at all. Not wanting to get out of bed at all, Princess slowly nudged him, pointing to the shirt he had lent Nat on the floor beside him. A bit depressed, he got changed into a navy-blue hooded shirt, and a pair of jeans, getting ready for his next few classes. He picked up Princess, as well as his bag, and headed down to the dining room.
 
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