[PRP] Sea Glass

[BlackFireKitsune]

The sun's rays shone down on the sands stretching along the beach, unhindered by clouds as it cast short shadows beneath objects and beings below. A cool breeze rolled off the waves and up the shoreline, passing over an assortment of pokemon and their trainer, who hardly noticed as the wind misplaced a lock of her hair. She was too busy hugging her Umbreon to her and watching the surrounding pokemon. While most were in or around the water, a couple remained near or on the bench upon which she sat. A Zubat hung from the back, in the shade, and a Rapidash stood nearby, her eyes closed and a pleased expression on her face as she enjoyed the heat of the sun. The faint sound of bickering and cackling could be heard as well, though its source was invisible at the moment.

Sera removed her hand from Anastasia to pull her phone from her bag and check her messages - something she'd forced herself back into the habit of doing - to see if there was anything new, then slipped the device back into her bag and hugged both arms around the dark-type again. While she had taken to wearing clothes that covered practically all of her immediately after the accident, she'd progressed to wearing outfits similar to what she wore currently - a short-sleeved top and a pair of light capris, which was much more suited to the current weather, although she still disliked the fact she had nothing to hide her missing hand and the scars around it.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Be careful, her Uncle had told her as she left the house, it was what he had always said to her when she had gone out to train pokemon, it was recently however that she noticed a much more serious tone in his voice. While as before he said it out of habit, now he made sure to put an emphasis on it.

Tucking a strand of hair behind her ear in an attempt to keep it from the slight curls of her hair into her eyes.
A heavy nicker from beside her drew a curious gaze to the large gray specked creature trotting up next to her, long pink poofed ears draped down his side from the smaller pokemon sitting sideways on his back with her back to Rosie.
The Lopunny lifted her chin over her shoulder, one pink eye glancing down at the trainer next to them as a poof covered hand reached up to pull away one side of the headphones she was wearing.

Pastin nickered again, leaning his nose out toward Rosie who finally smiled and reached up to pet him.

"Raaaai!" Kiss Kiss, who was perched up high in the great antlers of the Sawsbuck threw her arms into the air, waving them energetically when she spotted not just a familiar girl, but a familiar group of pokemon.
Yup! that was Sera alright!
Celestia and Greathorn watched as the Raichu leaped off of his antlers and dashed down the beach toward Sera, practically pouncing on Anastasia as she closed the distance.
"CHUUU~!"  

[BlackFireKitsune]

Both trainer and pokemon noticed the oncoming pokemon and their trainer at roughly the same time - half because they were expecting Rosie, and half because of Kiss Kiss's enthusiastic cries. The brunette smiled lightly as the electric-type pretty much launched herself onto Anastasia, and moved her arm so she could pat the Raichu's head a little. "Hey Kiss," she greeted quietly, watching as Anya's ears perked straight up and her bright blue eyes widened.

She asked as she stood in her excitement to see the pokemon again, though she didn't budge from Sera's lap. Even as eager as she was to see Kiss and all of Rosie's pokemon again, she didn't want to leave her trainer.

Luna's ears perked forward as well, and she moved a few paces towards the group. the darkly colored Rapidash said, and though she focused mostly on her sister, her next question was posed to them all, Honestly she had expected - and hoped - to see her, all of them, shortly after Anastasia was returned, and had been quite disappointed when she learned that Rosie had left for another region for a few days. At least they were here now, though.

While the pokemon began conversing, Sera raised her gaze to her friend, her smile brightening to a grin as she hugged Anastasia again, "I got her back!" Of course Rosie knew already - they had spoken on the phone at length before the blonde had left for Johto - but it was still almost like a dream to finally have her beloved Umbreon back. The thought struck her that she was probably being rude, since Rosie had just gotten back from the other region, and she attempted to remedy that as she unwittingly parroted her Rapidash's question, "How was your trip?"  

[Blood_Goddess]

Kiss Kiss flattened her ears when she was pet on the head by Sera, giving off a gentle purring before she nuzzled a heart shaped cheek back into the girls hand.
Blue eyes shot open wide when the Umbreon spoke to her about evolving She lifted a paws up to her cheeks, beaming at the complement. The Raichu then threw her arms back around Anastasia, hugging her tightly

Celestia stepped past Grealhorn and Pastin as she moved to greet her sister, elated to see her again.
The large bright eyes of the Rapidash shifted over toward the brunette holding Anastasia, a gentle smile crossing over her lips.

Pastin greeted with a deep bow as the other princess came over, thought he rabbit on his back simpy snapped the headphone back into place over her ear and watched with mild interest as the hooved pokemon conversed.
Greal, with his usual scowl grunted in greeting, stopping just behind Celestia as she stopped.
For him, that was certainly polite, seeing as he usually didn't crack a smile.
Pastin stepped up next to Celestia's other side.

Celestia smiled looking at Pastin.
Pastin nickered heavily and shook his head.

Aware of the injury to her side but not letting it stop her anyway, Rosie hurried forward as soon as she caught sight of Seraphine, though not before taking a second to scoop up a tiny ball of white that had been tumbling over her feet in the sand along side Vahy'n.
With the Vaporeon close at her heels Rosie stopped next to her best friend and lit up a smile at them. "I know~ Ohhh its so good to see her back with you!" Rosie explained, lowering herself into her knees and setting the young Cyndaquil on her lap.

Vahy'n stepped up next to Rosie, giving Anastasia a kind look.

"Oh, my trip was good, It was nice to see Grandmother again." the blond shook her hair out of her eyes, the wind not letting up on trying to push it across her face. "how have things been with Anastasia and you?"  

[BlackFireKitsune]

she cooed lightly, nodding a bit as Kiss explained, her ears tilting back a bit. Yet something else that had happened while she was in captivity - it was rather distressing, how many important things she missed during the year she was gone. The hug, however, brightened her mood - not that it fell far anyway - and she happily nuzzled the Raichu as she hugged her, since she didn't have arms like Kiss did with which to hug properly. The Umbreon said earnestly, then looked to Vahy'n, her ears perked forward again. It was so good to see the Vaporeon back with her rightful owner; yet another thing that happened while she was gone. Just how many things had she missed...?

Luna nodded her head lightly, her ears still perked forward in interest. she affirmed with another small nod, then glanced to the rest of Sera's team out by the shoreline, The last part was said as the Rapidash turned her gaze back to her owner and the Umbreon in her arms, though she turned her head to aim another smile - this one with a rare hint of amusement - at Celestia's and Pastin's words. She asked, tilting her head lightly, curious of her sister's thoughts on the matter. Training... Did Celestia train with them, too? That was something she'd never done, nor had Sera really tried to make her, but it was a topic that she'd begun to give more thought to over the past several weeks.

As Rosie moved to join her, Sera moved her hand out to the girl's shoulder in a poor excuse for a greeting hug, and nodded. "That's good. Why did you go so suddenly? And they've been really good," she said, brightening again as she once more wrapped her arms around the Umbreon and gave her a light squeeze, to which the dark-type cooed and nudged her shoulder before moving to continue her conversation with Kiss Kiss. "I think she's still getting used to everything that's changed while she was gone. We still lived in our big house back then, and I didn't have a few of the pokemon I do now." She also had both hands and both parents back then, too. Her pale gaze dropped to the white ball in her best friend's lap, and she couldn't help the small frown that formed on her face as she tilted her head a bit. "...what's that?" It looked... a little weird.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Kiss pulled back a little when Anastasia spoke to Vahy'n, the electric type lowered herself back against her long back feet, sitting on the bench with her paws against one of Seraphine's legs bright eyes looking between the Eons as they spoke,

Vahy'n offered the younger eeveelution a gentle smile, it had been... such a long time since Vahy'n has seen Anastasia, it had been hard to remember what the pokemon looked like.
she replied.
There was a moment of silence between the two of Rosie's pokemon.


All three, (or all four but it didn't seem like Pop was paying attention) looked content and with varying displays of pleasure that Sera and her team were doing better. From the warm but gentle gaze of the elder sister, the proud head held high as blue eyes of Pastin looked over the beach.
Greal... well, he didn't really look much different, but he was probably pleased too.

She said.
They did not get to see a lot of Rosie during the day, as she was rarely at home, but it had been a nice change.
Pastin agreed
Celectia nodded with agreement.

Rosie returned the light greeting up, with an arm extending out to touch her friend's back. "Oh, Grandmother heard about what happened at the Convention. She asked Uncle to bring me over so she could talk to me." she explained with a sheepish smile "She wasn't too pleased to hear that I had gotten hurt."
As Rosie moved to lower herself back down, she paused by Anastasia, reaching up to gently brush her hand over the Umbreon's head, before placing a gentle kiss at the heart shape over the dark type's forehead.
"Lots of new friends" Rosie said with a smile "You'll get used to everything in no time, it will feel like home in no time~"

The Cyndaquil had been staring up at Seraphine and the Umbreon with her mouth gaping slightly, staring in slight awe at this new person. When the green eyes looked down at her the Pokemon gave a startled hiccup and squirmed a little in Rosie's lap "Quiiiil!"

delighted, Rosie placed a hand on the pokemon's belly trying to settle her down.
"This is Ballet!" Rosie introduced. "I got her just yesterday! Well, she was a gift actualy."  

[BlackFireKitsune]

The dark-type nodded her head, instinctively calming a little as she spoke to Vahy'n. Mention of Mieu caused her to perk up a bit, too. she said, then elaborated after a few seconds, the Umbreon admitted, her ears flattening. Her ears once again perked back up, and she tilted her head curiously, That would have made things... so much easier. But still, if it meant having to wait longer, she would've still run away. She'd much rather be here now than still be there, waiting to be returned. She'd much, much rather be here with Sera now. very glad to be back,> she responded quite readily and wholeheartedly, even nodding as if to affirm her own statement, then continued, Such a story made her perk up happily, very glad to have a chance to talk about the experience with others - especially that Luke, of all people, had brought her back to Sera -- and they were friends! It was almost beyond belief.

Luna said with a warm smile as her sister explained, though her brow furrowed slightly in thought as she continued, A pause, and a small, wry smile as she added a slight attempt at humor towards Pastin,

Sera frowned at the thought. "Well, getting hurt sucks anyway, so I know why she didn't like that. But what did she want to talk about that she couldn't just ask over the phone?" Why did it require such a sudden, urgent visit? Certainly a phone call would've been quicker, easier, and less expensive for everyone.

Anastasia cooed happily at the attention from Rosie, nuzzling into her hand before stilling with her ears slicked back so the blonde could plant a kiss on her forehead. "Breee~" She trilled happily, her tail waving a bit as her ears perked back up once again. "Breon!" New friends, new places, new experiences - so many new things, and so many things she'd had before but hadn't had for a year, like so much positive attention. Not that she minded one bit, of course.

When the small pokemon cried out and squirmed around in Rosie's lap, Seraphine raised a brow. "Ballet?" She asked; she almost wondered 'what kind of name is that' until she remembered who she was speaking to, and didn't bother giving the passing wonder any thought. "What is she? And who gave her to you?" Maybe her grandmother when she visited -- but wait, wouldn't her grandmother have given her something when she first arrived, and not when she left...? And was Rosie even there to receive a gift yesterday? Probably not... Well, she was out of guesses, so she shrugged internally and awaited an answer to her question instead.

Anastasia, on the other hand, tilted her head and crouched down in Sera's lap so she could get a better look at the small white pokemon. "Breon?" She asked, her tones quieter than before, since the poor thing looked a little frightened. It was a feeling she had been well acquainted with during her time with Team Rocket, and thus a feeling she could completely sympathize with.  

[Blood_Goddess]

It had been a while not since the fire type had been returned to his trainer as well. It seemed that either had been mistreated, once again that was fortunate, She knew what the alternative could have been.
What surprised Vahy'n the most was hearing how Anastasia had gotten away.
Kiss seemed amazed too, The Raichu leaned forward toward the Umbreon

the gray specked Rapidash conceded, tilting his nose to the side and thinking it over.
Celestia smiled She looked to her sister She explained to her sister. Though Pastin was much like Rosie in that sense, he took this very seriously.

"It was more then just me getting hurt that she wanted me to come over." Rosie admitted "She's head about the last time that I was hurt too, and since both were becasue of Faleen in some way." She let out a light sigh but looked back up at her friend with a smile "It was a good excuse to see her again, but what she really wanted to do was sit me down and have a talk about joining a school in Johto," she grinned sheepishly "So pretty much it was just Nana trying to talk me out of being a pokemon trainer... Mostly."
She didn't seem very worried as she explained his though.

Well, from the question that Sera was asking it was clear that Ballet was not a gift from Sera. "She's a Cyndaquil. and I don't know, there wasn't a name or anything, she just, appeared in my box."

Ballet stopped and stared at the Umbreon looking down at her, her mouth falling open again before she twitched and tried to sit up with a sharp "Cynda!"  

[BlackFireKitsune]

Anastasia simply nodded quickly in response to both their questions and comments, and even though she wished to talk of it more, she refrained from doing so unless either of them asked.

Luna nodded her head in understanding, though frowned lightly.

"Oh?" The brunette frowned, listening to her friend. Well, it made sense that there was something else to require Rosie to go all the way to Johto. At the mention of Rosie joining a school in the region, Sera's eyebrows rose and she immediately asked, "You told her no, right? That you're staying here." There was absolutely no way Rosie was going to a school in Johto. No way. Not allowed, ever. The explanation of the newest addition to her team relaxed her somewhat from the thought that her best friend could leave Kodo for school, and her pale green eyes shifted down to the white creature thoughtfully. "That's... weird. A present from someone?" That's what it sounded like, anyway.

Anya's ears perked straight up again at the Cyndaquil's sharp cry, and she lowered her nose a bit more to try and sniff at it without leaving Sera's lap. "Breee?"  

[Blood_Goddess]

Pastin said glancing over to Grealhorn who nodded in agreement the Sawsbuck added, turning to look to Luna.
Celestia smiled

Rosie giggled at Sera's quick addressing of Rosie going to school out of Johto "Of course I did, I wouldn't ever leave Kodo." lifting her shoulders a little she giggles again, before lifting her blue eyes back up to her friend, giving her a content smile. "Sheeee wasn't to happy with my choice though, I really expected that, but, I think after our family record she's learned to expect it in a way."

Looking back down at the Cyndaquil, Rosie helped sit her up on her own, letting the young white pokemon crawl up and sniff back at Anastasia, before losing her footing and tumbling forward into the grass.
"Yeah... from someone." She confirmed, smiling softly.  

[BlackFireKitsune]

Luna echoed as she tilted her head in obvious confusion, looking between her sister and Pastin. Confused as she was though, she was quite curious, and at Celestia's question, she quickly replied, Her gaze shifted to the brunette on the bench, then back to the hooved trio,

Oh, good. Not that she was worried, of course; nope. "Good," just in case Rosie wasn't sure of Sera's opinion of that. "You're not allowed to move away to Johto." That said, she nodded a bit, and frowned. "Well, that's too bad for her then, because you can make your own choices," said as she completely forgot how not two seconds before she'd told her she couldn't move away.

"From... someone?" Sera mimicked, blinking a couple times and frowning. "Do you know who?"

As the Cyndaquil fell to the ground, Anya jerked her head up a bit in surprise, and then debated her next move at length. Finally deciding to leave her spot, she carefully hopped off Sera's lap so she could peer at the small fire-type and see if she could offer it any assistance. It was such a strange-looking creature, one she'd never seen before.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Pastin nodded gently though it was Grealhorn who explained, the stag inclining his head up a little
Celestia looked to her sister with gentle eyes

She smiled, feeling bad to have worried her friend, but tickled by how she seemed so adamant about Rosie not leaving.
No, no need to worry about that Sera, Rosie certainly didn't have any intentions of going to Johto.
"Its okay, She knows,"

Rosie watched as Ballet squirmed back into her belly, and bumped her head against Anastasia's leg. seemingly startled by it she looked up sharply and plopped into a sitting position.

Vahy'n smiled, lowering herself onto her front legs and watching Anastasia with the Cyndaquil
The fire type just opened out mouth again, but no sound came out.

"I think I have an idea... but I can't be sure." She said, reaching up to tuck her hair behind her ear and looking back at her friend. "Luke was the only one that knew I wanted a Cyndaquil though."  

[BlackFireKitsune]

The darker Rapidash seemed a little surprised at the explanation, as evidenced by her raised brows and slightly widened eyes, as well as her tone as she spoke. She frowned lightly and shifted her gaze to her own trainer for a few moments, then back to the others, It was quite different, to be sure, and she wasn't sure if that was a good or a bad thing. Considering pretty much every single one of Rosie's pokemon trained often, and only two of Seraphine's did, when both had quite a few... Well, quite possibly it wasn't a good thing. It meant only two of them would be able to properly defend themselves, or battle at all. Hmm.

The Umbreon smiled warmly down at the Cyndaquil, her ears still perked up. she said gently as she lowered herself down onto her belly so she'd be more at the small fire-type's level.

Sera nodded, glad for the reassurance that Rosie would not, in fact, be leaving Kodo. What confused her though, was that Luke gave her the Cyndaquil. Huh. She had no idea Rosie had wanted one. "That was nice of him to get one for you." It was a little too white for her, though, personally. "Why did he get it for you?" It wasn't her birthday, nor was it any holiday during which you gave gifts to others...  

[Blood_Goddess]

Pastin asked seeming a little surprised, though he didn't look very surprised for long longer as he recalled that he had never actually seen Seraphine training or even battle in the first place.
A slight frown crossed his features, looking troubled.

The Cyndaquil was able to tilt her chin back down as the Umbreon laid down, still staring with an awed look as she replied. <... Hi. I'm Ballet... Pink!>
She pushed herself to her feet and stumbled over to the Umbreon, tripping over her paws and draping over the Umbreon's

"Well, I don't know for sure, he never did say... but I'm pretty sure." When she asked why Rosie shook her head, "I'm not sure."  

[BlackFireKitsune]

Luna's ears twisted back, though she felt as though her newly-formed opinion was at least a little validated at his response. With how many pokemon were in Seraphine's care, more than two of them should be training. Maybe even all of them should be training... At Pastin's question, she turned to look at the group near the water's edge, Her tone while talking of the former held a bit of respect, though was mostly neutral, while her tone when she spoke of the latter had a bit of distaste.

Anya grinned, her tail waving back and forth a bit over the sand. the dark-type affirmed, smiling down at the small fire-type.

"Huh... That's weird," Sera replied decisively. Luke giving Rosie a gift, but not giving it to her personally and not even telling her about it... Was she sure Luke had given it to her in the first place..? No, but it sounded as though there weren't many other options for who could've given it to her. Huh. Weird.