May I Introduce Myself? -- Khloe

[Brittani Derosier]

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[atrb=style, border-bottom: 3px solid #a08f87][style=color: dbd2cd; font: italic 22px/10px Tahoma; text-shadow: 0 0 3px #513c40; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center]And I'm talking to myself at night[/style][style=font: bold 19px/17px Tahoma; color: ddd3c7; text-shadow: 0 0 5px #443135; letter-spacing: -1px; text-align: center;]because I can't forget[/style]

[atrb=style,padding: 0px 26px; border-top: 8px solid #3e2e31; border-bottom: 8px solid #3e2e31;][style=color: 3e2e31; font: 11px Tahoma; text-align: justify; background: #e1d7cd; padding: 15px; opacity: 0.97; border-left: 1px dotted #907c73; border-right: 1px dotted #907c73; height: 300px; overflow: auto] Working as a member of the Elite Four is harder than one would think. Constant challenges from trainers who just honestly weren't ready would tire out any member, whether rookie or veteran. Since Brittani was fairly new, she was the second member people faced, so many of the weaker ones weren't filtered out yet. But Brit had the day off, and a trip to the Orange Islands sounded pretty nice. She could bet it wouldn't actually be a bit of a vacation, but it got her away from her big, rocky stadium that she seemed to be trapped in nowadays. But work followed her everywhere. The main attraction of the island was the Pokemon gym, and Brittani had to admit that she was a bit curious. She had only challenged the gyms in Sinnoh, and met a few of the leaders here and there from the nearby region of Hoenn, though most of the leaders everywhere probably knew who she was. So why not introduce herself, possibly participate in a battle or two? Though she was a bit tired of the constant battles, she wouldn't put down an offer if one was made. Pushing open the door to the gym, Brittani sucked in a breath quickly, looking around. "Hello? Anyone here?" She wasn't sure if the gym leader would even be interested in talking to her. She didn't know what people were like on the islands at all. [/style][style=color: 3e2e31; font: 11px Tahoma; text-align: justify; background: #e1d7cd; padding: 5px 15px; opacity: 0.97; border-left: 1px dotted #907c73; border-right: 1px dotted #907c73;]WORD COUNT. ▷ 243 words. WHO'S NEXT. ▷ Khloe. NOTES. ▷ Not so happy with this, but oh well. [/style]

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[Khloe Dale Woodward]

Silver stood at the edge of a large pool she was working on training with her pokemon. sleeping on her shoulders among her silver hair was her constant friend Victory her Furret. In the water was Silkie and Clutch her Vaporeon and her Dewgong. Lying around the arena resting was a Federalist & Swanna. Her Kingdra was in the pool as well but hidden at the bottom sleeping. "Silkie use Hydro Pump, Clutch dodge and dive into the water.

She was trying to make Clutch faster so she was working on his speed. He was a bit slow so she wanted to work on his ability to dodge. Silkie used a powerful Hydro Pump. It was going straight for Clutch. But at the last minute Clutch dodged it by diving into the water. It was than that she heard someone call out. "Back here come on back," she shouted. Jumping down from the stand which was sort of like a diving board she walked over to towards the front door which was just out of site from the pool. She stood next to her Swanna and bent down checking her over. Swanna had been injured pretty bad in the last battle and she wanted to make sure she was ok. Nurse Joy said she would be fine but she still wanted to make sure. It was about than that Victory woke up and scurried down her arm and jumped to the floor. She stood on her hind legs and looked up as she saw a woman walking towards them.

[Brittani Derosier]

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[atrb=style, border-bottom: 3px solid #a08f87][style=color: dbd2cd; font: italic 22px/10px Tahoma; text-shadow: 0 0 3px #513c40; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center]And I'm talking to myself at night[/style][style=font: bold 19px/17px Tahoma; color: ddd3c7; text-shadow: 0 0 5px #443135; letter-spacing: -1px; text-align: center;]because I can't forget[/style]

[atrb=style,padding: 0px 26px; border-top: 8px solid #3e2e31; border-bottom: 8px solid #3e2e31;][style=color: 3e2e31; font: 11px Tahoma; text-align: justify; background: #e1d7cd; padding: 15px; opacity: 0.97; border-left: 1px dotted #907c73; border-right: 1px dotted #907c73; height: 300px; overflow: auto] Brittani was starting to have second thoughts about visiting the gym as she spotted a large pool in the center of the place, and she took a few steps back. She was deathly afraid of swimming, and she had a feeling that it would be involved somehow, no matter what she did. "I'm just gonna..." Brittani took another few steps back, almost exiting the gym again. But she looked up from her feet and saw a woman who looked around her age staring at her, along with a bunch of pokemon, some water types, which made her shiver. "S-sorry I disturbed you, I... uh... I'll leave if you want me to." Brittani fiddled with the hem of her blue dress, not making eye contact. "I... I'm Brittani Derosier, and I just... I thought I ought to meet you, considering... y'know." She shrugged, letting out a nervous laugh. She was rambling and she knew it. Brittani looked around nervously but continued not making eye contact. The whole idea of even going near the pool sent shivers down her spine and she hated it. Why was she so scared? It wasn't like the gym leader would push her in. Would she? Oh, Arceus, she hoped not. She didn't know how to swim, and she would drown, and then her pokemon would never see her again, and someone would have to replace her... Her mind was running away again. Brittani sucked in a breath and tried to meet the woman's gaze shakily, twiddling her thumbs. [/style][style=color: 3e2e31; font: 11px Tahoma; text-align: justify; background: #e1d7cd; padding: 5px 15px; opacity: 0.97; border-left: 1px dotted #907c73; border-right: 1px dotted #907c73;]WORD COUNT. ▷ 252 words. WHO'S NEXT. ▷ Khloe. NOTES. ▷ N/A.[/style]

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[Khloe Dale Woodward]

Victory scurried across the floor to the girl once she was a tail length from her she stopped and stood on her back paws again. "Fur,furret, furr, furr, furret."

Silver slowly walked forward once she made sure Swanna was ok. Just one look at the woman told her she was terrified. It took until she said her name that she realized who she was. "Oh I know you there um..." she snapped her fingers a few times, "the second member of the Elite Four right? You didn't disturb me I was about to take a break any way come on in. It's ok i won't push you in the pool," she laughed softly but it never reached her eyes.

Did you come here for a battle? You won't have to go in the water for a battle." Reaching into her pocket she grabbed a remote and pressed a button and from either side of the pool rose to fenced in stands for each trainer to stand in. "The metal fence around it prevents the trainer from falling out. And it will go high enough in the air to see the whole pool. If you want I can help you get adjusted to the pool first."

[Brittani Derosier]

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[atrb=style, border-bottom: 3px solid #a08f87][style=color: dbd2cd; font: italic 22px/10px Tahoma; text-shadow: 0 0 3px #513c40; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center]And I'm talking to myself at night[/style][style=font: bold 19px/17px Tahoma; color: ddd3c7; text-shadow: 0 0 5px #443135; letter-spacing: -1px; text-align: center;]because I can't forget[/style]

[atrb=style,padding: 0px 26px; border-top: 8px solid #3e2e31; border-bottom: 8px solid #3e2e31;][style=color: 3e2e31; font: 11px Tahoma; text-align: justify; background: #e1d7cd; padding: 15px; opacity: 0.97; border-left: 1px dotted #907c73; border-right: 1px dotted #907c73; height: 300px; overflow: auto] Well, she had gotten herself into quite a sticky situation. What was she supposed to do? There was no way she would go near that pool. But she couldn't say that. The leader seemed to know about her fear of water somehow, though, and it made Brittani feel slightly uncomfortable. Though she was sure plenty of people knew, the water master seemed to be treating her like she was younger and ranked below her due to it. Even though that's what she was acting like. Brittani frowned, thinking of how she could get herself out of this. "Well... I was actualy h-here because this is my day off..." Her eyes flickered between the trainer and the water pokemon, watching carefully to see if they made any sudden movements. "B-but if you want to battle... Maybe we could... I just... Away from the pool?" Brit's eyes glazed over slightly as she recalled the last time she had went to the beach. She had gone with a boy as their first date, and he laughed at her fear, pushed her in playfully, not knowing she couldn't swim whatsoever, and she had to be rescued by him. One would think that could lead to a heroic, romantic moment, but no. The boy was just angered and annoyed. Needless to say there was no second date. She shook her head. "I'm being stupid... S-sorry." Looking down again, Brittani murmured, "Sure... I guess." She wasn't really sure, but she couldn't prove herself a shy girl. Even if she was. She took a few steps back into the building, shaking more as she got closer to the pool. [/style][style=color: 3e2e31; font: 11px Tahoma; text-align: justify; background: #e1d7cd; padding: 5px 15px; opacity: 0.97; border-left: 1px dotted #907c73; border-right: 1px dotted #907c73;]WORD COUNT. ▷ 272 words. WHO'S NEXT. ▷ Khloe. NOTES. ▷ N/A.[/style]

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[Khloe Dale Woodward]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=style, background: url(http://i52.tinypic.com/2e30eg5.jpg); width: 450px; padding: 20px; margin-top: -30px; border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px, bTable][atrb=style, color: 1d1921; padding: 10px; background: #fde8f9; opacity: 0.4; font-family: Tahoma; word-spacing: 1px; border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; border: 1px dashed #a291b2] I AM SO LONELY AND SO SAD... ○ ○ ○ Silver felt bad for the girl, she herself had no idea what she would do if she couldn't swim. She loved the water and she loved water type pokemon. When she saw Furret go closer to the girl she whistled and Victory came running back. "Sorry about that Victory likes meeting new people." Victory's ears twitched and she went back down on all fours and ran back to Silver and jumped back on her shoulder. She chirped softly than curled back up in a ball. "We don't have to battle, it's just most people who come here either want swimming lessons or a battle. More so the second than the first. I'm Khloe Woodward, but everyone just calls me Silver. You can call me what ever you want." Silver walked back to the pool and shoe'd her pokemon away. She than pressed a button by the pool and the floor rose until the water would only come up to about her waist. "If you want to try and learn how to swim I can teach you. There is no way you would drown. KJ my Kingdra is always watching under water for any kind of trouble when I give lesson's. As are all my other pokemon. There always alert during lessons. So having five water type pokemon and me watching out for your safety should make it easier. Six pokemon if you count Swanna. ○ tagged Hannah/Brittani ○ word count 246 words ○ notes notes here ○ ○ ○ YOU'RE THE REASON I'M FEELING SO BAD... Template by JAWN of AA, OTE, DMB and TC Edited by Hannah

[Brittani Derosier]

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[atrb=style,padding: 0px 26px; border-top: 8px solid #3e2e31; border-bottom: 8px solid #3e2e31;][style=color: 3e2e31; font: 11px Tahoma; text-align: justify; background: #e1d7cd; padding: 15px; opacity: 0.97; border-left: 1px dotted #907c73; border-right: 1px dotted #907c73; height: 300px; overflow: auto] Brittani could tell that the leader was thinking about how she loved to swim, and yet Brittani was deathly afraid of it. By the look on her face, the dragon trainer could tell that she couldn't exactly comprehend the hatred and fear due to the fact that she probably spent most of her life in or near the water. But to Brittani, flying on her Dragonite or Salamence was the best thing in the world. Preferably above land, and not the ocean. The Furret began approaching her, and Brittani immediately kneeled down, smiling brightly and cooing softly. She outstretched a hand for the pokemon, showing she wasn't a threat, but she was called back. Brittani stood up slowly, dusting herself off awkwardly. "It's... it's quite all right. She's pretty cute." The small pokemon went back to her trainer nonetheless, and seemed quite content. She began explaining that anyone who came either wanted to battle or to learn to swim. In all honesty, Brittani wanted neither, but a battle was better than learning how to swim. So her name was Khloe. Brittani smiled slightly, still a bit scared. "Nice to meet you..." She shifted her feet."I'mm Brittani. But I already said that..." She was being so awkward and she knew it. "And I bet you, uh... Already knew that anyway." It made her feel the slightest better when Silver made the pool shallow, but it still frightened her. She did not want to learn how to swim, but she really had no choice. Gripping the first pokeball she could find in her bag, she released the pokemon. Out came Dragonite, yawning. "I hope you don't mind. Not that I don't trust your Pokemon, but Dragonite is the closest to a water type that I have. She knows Aqua Tail." Brittani grinned sheepishly. But Kingdra was a water and dragon type, which did make her feel a bit better. But maybe she could come up with another excuse. Ah, that's it! As Dragonite rubbed her eyes and looked around, taking in the surroundings, she said, "Oh, but, I just realized, I don't have a swimsuit." Brittani didn't bother bringing one in her bag as she never went anywhere near the water. She did have a towel, but that was in case it rained, or Dragonite got careless and flew threw a particularly wet cloud.[/style][style=color: 3e2e31; font: 11px Tahoma; text-align: justify; background: #e1d7cd; padding: 5px 15px; opacity: 0.97; border-left: 1px dotted #907c73; border-right: 1px dotted #907c73;]WORD COUNT. ▷ 393 words. WHO'S NEXT. ▷ Silver. NOTES. ▷ Feel free to be like, "Oh but I have extras!" And still force her to do it. That was my plan, haha. [/style]

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[Khloe Dale Woodward]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=style, background: url(http://i52.tinypic.com/2e30eg5.jpg); width: 450px; padding: 20px; margin-top: -30px; border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px, bTable][atrb=style, color: 1d1921; padding: 10px; background: #fde8f9; opacity: 0.4; font-family: Tahoma; word-spacing: 1px; border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; border: 1px dashed #a291b2] I AM SO LONELY AND SO SAD... ○ ○ ○ Khloe smiled, "Thanks Victory was my very first pokemon. I've had her for a long time she's my best friend. But she can be a little troublesome at times." Reaching up she patted Victory's head. When the girl introduced herself yet again she laughed softly. "Yes I know you already told me. But I knew who you where as soon as you stepped in here. Well it took me a few minutes to realize which of the Elite Four you where since I rarely ever leave my island." When Brittani called out her Dragonite she smiled no I don't mind at all. If it would make you feel better you can let all your pokemon out. They can mingle with mine while your in the pool."

[/b] Going to the edge of the pool she whistled. With in seconds Kindgra arose out of the water.

KJ heard the whistle and knew he was wanted. And since the pool had been made shallower he knew a swimming lesson was about to take place. As he looked around he looked for a child. But what he saw was a woman around his trainers age. "King, Kingdra, draa."

Khloe turned around to Brittani and smiled, "Oh don't worry I have extra's I always keep extra's. Silkie can you show Brittani to the changing room where the swim suits are?"

Silkie sat lying by the pool when she was called the Vaporeon got up and ran over to Khloe. Once told what to do she ran up to the woman and cried out cheerfully and gave a light tug on her pant leg to tell her to follow her. She than headed towards the changing rooms.

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○ tagged Brittani
○ word count 297 words
○ notes notes here

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YOU'RE THE REASON I'M FEELING SO BAD...

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[Brittani Derosier]

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[atrb=style,padding: 0px 26px; border-top: 8px solid #3e2e31; border-bottom: 8px solid #3e2e31;][style=color: 3e2e31; font: 11px Tahoma; text-align: justify; background: #e1d7cd; padding: 15px; opacity: 0.97; border-left: 1px dotted #907c73; border-right: 1px dotted #907c73; height: 300px; overflow: auto] Of course Silver knew who she was. At least it wasn't as harsh as having a complete first impression. The water-trainer had no doubt seen her on TV, battling at some point, so she would have seen the better side of her. Not the scared side she was seeing now. "Oh... Well..." Brittani laughed half-heartedly. Dragonite smirked at her, and the trainer glared back in response. "Fresh..." She muttered, playfully scolding her pokemon. As she was told she could send out the rest of her pokemon, Brittani's hand was already searching through her bag for the remaining five balls. One by one came Salamence, Garchomp, Altaria, Axew, and Hydreigon. "Now guys," She started, "I want you to be nice and treat Silver and her pokemon with respect, all right? Just because most of you," She smiled at Axew who was still rubbing his eyes, "Are bigger than them, doesn't mean you're better. Brittani ended her speech with a pointed look at Garchomp, and froze as the Vaporeon pulled on her. She inwardly groaned. Of course she had extras, it was a water-type gym, after all. In the changing rooms, Brittani changed into a white polka-dotted bikini unhappily. She stepped out slowly, looking around. She walked to the edge of the pool where Silver stood, and let her toes hand over the edge. She was still very unsure, and felt similar to that of a normal person about to jump off of the roof of a building. But she wasn't exactly normal. Dragonite came and stood next to her, nudging her side. "Dra, dra, dragonite." The pokemon encouraged, nudging her. In result, Brittani fell into the pool with a loud splash. Her arms flailed, and her eyes were closed as she tried to breathe. "Dragonite!" The Pokemon cried, half laughing, half worried. Brittani's eyes opened and she realized that her pokemon was trying to explain that she could easily stand, which she was already doing. "Oh... Oops." Brittani muttered, shaking.[/style][style=color: 3e2e31; font: 11px Tahoma; text-align: justify; background: #e1d7cd; padding: 5px 15px; opacity: 0.97; border-left: 1px dotted #907c73; border-right: 1px dotted #907c73;]WORD COUNT. ▷ 329 words. WHO'S NEXT. ▷ Silver NOTES. ▷ ...[/style]

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[Khloe Dale Woodward]

Typhoon the Feraligator glared at the dragon types and snapped his jaws together letting out a low rumbling growl. He than turned and stomped to the pool and dove in sending water splashing everywhere. He hated the lesson's the water was always so shallow he liked it when it was deep.

Silver watched Typhoon and sighed he always acted this way when a lesson was about to start. Grabbing Typhoons poke'ball she called him back inside it so he didn't cause any trouble. "You shouldn't have any trouble now that I called Typhoon back in his ball. He can be pretty naughty and knowing he was in the water during lessons makes me uncomfortable ever since he grabbed someone and pulled her under water real quick. Ever since I call him into the poke'ball before the lesson starts. The rest of my pokemon are very good and well behaved."

While Silver waited for Brittani to get changed she walked around the pool making sure everything was in place. When she came out she smiled and nodded as she walked to the pool. When the Dragonite pushed her in she couldn't help but smile. "Looks like I'm not the only one who has a pokemon that can be naughty at times." Silver tugged her shirt off and shorts she had a silver swim suit on underneath. She slipped into the water as well. "Ok lets start with something simple. Grab the edge of the pool and let your body float to the top than kick your feet slow and smoothly." Silver showed her what she meant.

[Brittani Derosier]

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[atrb=style, border-bottom: 3px solid #a08f87] And I'm talking to myself at night because I can't forget

[atrb=style,padding: 0px 26px; border-top: 8px solid #3e2e31; border-bottom: 8px solid #3e2e31;] After the whole incident, Brittani was not a happy camper at all. Though it was funny, the water still frightened her greatly. And Khloe's story about Typhoon didn't help. If she was pulled under, she would end up drowning, and that would mean dying, which meant she would never see Janell or Alyssa or Noah or Goro... She shook her head. She better not think about that, otherwise she would never get herself to do this. "Oh, she's a handful, for sure." Brittani flashed a shaky, cheeky grin at her pokemon before turning back to the gym leader. What did she want her to do? She had to hold onto the edge and kick. That wouldn't be too hard, right? Silver made it look so easy, she had a feeling that it wouldn't be. Brittani did as instructed, but trying to hard to float, and started flailing once again, and stood back up after only a few moments. "I-I don't think that I can do this, I'm sorry." She ran a worried hand through her hair and tied it up into a ponytail with a random scrunchie she had on her wrist. WORD COUNT. ▷ 192 words. WHO'S NEXT. ▷ Silver NOTES. ▷ Just throw this in the garbage. I know.

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[Khloe Dale Woodward]

Seeing how nervous Brittani was even though Typhoon was put in his poke'ball. "Ace can you take Typhoon home and put his ball on the shelf than return please."

Ace let out a cry and grabbed the small ball in her beak than flew up through the open window in the ceiling and left.

"Hope that helps some." When the girl failed at kicking she looked at her. She was to stiff she had to relax. "Clutch float just below the water. Brittani place your weight on him let him take your weight and try to relax. Your to stiff you need to relax if your to stiff you'll be unable to float." She laid down on her stomach on the water a few feet from Clutch and relaxed. She easily floated on top of the water. Once she showed her what to do she stood up and smiled. "Now you try it's ok you can trust Clutch and I'll be right next to you. Clutch is my biggest help when training. Especially when it comes to the floating part. remember just relax.

Dewgong slid into the pool and swam over to Silver than went under water and floated

[Brittani Derosier]

❝ Which way is right, which way is wrong?

How do I say that I need to move on? ❞

Tags: Silver | Notes: ... | Words: 326

Brittani wanted nothing more than to bolt out of the water, and run for the hills.

But Silver clearly wouldn't let that happen.

How was she supposed to relax when she was deathly afraid of the water that she was currently standing belly-deep in?

With a humph, Brittani tried to do as the gym leader told. She tried kicking again, with the Dewgong floating below her. At multiple points, her stomach bumped the rubbery surface of the pokemon's back, and she would wince, realizing that it meant that she wasn't doing it right. It was mainly just the Pokemon holding her up, and she had a feeling that Clutch wasn't that happy.

She kept at it, legs kicking desperately, her thoughts wandering elsewhere. She couldn't think about what she was doing, otherwise she would fail again.

What was Noah doing right now? Probably battling a trainer in his stadium, like she should be doing. She thought about his pink hair, and how one morning she had seen it ungelled and poofy, and a small laugh escaped her lips, and she tried to cover it with a yawn. It didn't work.

For a second, Brittani managed to float by herself, but the second that she realized it, she started sinking again. "Arceus!" She muttered, trying to think again.

Janell was at home, not wanting to visit the gym, because of the long trip over. She would have been desperately bored, and Brittani wouldn't do that to her.

Another second more of floating, and then sinking.

Goro would be on his farm with his two Wurmple, doing who knows what. She never asked.

As she thought more about Goro and his farm, her heart started to flutter and distracted her kicking. She started to sink, nearly putting all her weight on Clutch. Grunting, Brittani moved to the side of the Pokemon. "I-I really think that this isn't going to work. Water and I just don't like each other."

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[Khloe Dale Woodward]

As Brittani tried to swim her mind wandered. She wondered what Killian would look like today. Where he was and what he was doing. Would he be a trainer like he planned on? Or did his dreams change when they where separated. Tears slid down her cheeks. She missed her brother so much she would give anything to see him again. It was hard to know that they may never see each other again. It had been fourteen years since she saw her twin brother.

He was still alive she could feel it deep inside her heart. He was looking for her just like she was looking for him. She just had to believe they would find each other again someday.

Just than Khloe was snapped from her wanderings when Brittani laughed. She looked over to see her still struggling. She dipped under water real quick to erase any trace of tears. When she came back up Brittani was speaking. She gave a nod. "I'm beginning to see that. It's ok don't worry not everyone can switch. Clutch you can get out. Victory go grab a towel for Brittani."

Clutch who was getting bored was glad it was finished. This person was much heavier than the children he was used to. He dove under water and appeared at the other end of the pool before jumping out.

Victory ran off when he reappeared he was dragging two towels by the teeth. He stopped three feet from the pool and dropped them.

Khloe climbed to the ladder grabbed one and wrapped it around her and grabbed the other to hand to Brittani. "Do you mind if I ask you something?" She didn't wait, Khloe asked everyone who passed through her gym this question. "In your travels have you met a guy about twenty one years old with silver hair by the name of Killian Woodward? He's my twin brother we where separated fourteen years ago. I ask everyone if they met him so far I have found no one who has met him." She was afraid to look up and see the look everyone gave her when she asked them this. No one she ever asked had ever met him. She was starting to think he wasn't on any of the Islands around here.

[Brittani Derosier]

❝ Which way is right, which way is wrong?

How do I say that I need to move on? ❞

Tags: Silver | Notes: ;;; | Words: 206

Thank goodness she wouldn't have to swim anymore! Brittani breathed a sigh of relief, and looked around at her Pokemon, glancing at the water but staying away for the most part. It was too shallow for them, and Axew was on Garchomp's back, so Garchomp didn't want to risk going in the water like that.

She accepted the towel graciously, stepping out and away from the water, and drying herself off as she listened to Silver speak. It was nice of her to try and get her to swim, but it just wouldn't work out. She had known it from the beginning.

But who was this Killian? She was sure she had never heard of the man that Silver was describing. She gave Silver a sad, sorry look. "I haven't... I'm sorry." Brittani felt truly bad, she knew it must be hard for Silver to not see her brother like that. She couldn't imagine what it would be like, even though she didn't have any siblings.

And it was a little sad that she asked every single person, she was that desperate. Brittani patted her eyes gently with the towel, trying to cover up any stray tears. The poor girl had lost her brother, after all.

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