A barrage of unintelligible words escaped April's mouth as the other trainer asked if she was alright. In a rather panicked manner, April scrambled to get up to her feet, apologizing all the while.

[b]"I'm so sorry! I was just fi-fishing and I... I don't know what happened!"[/b] She yelled, bowing down before the stranger. [b]"I hope your not hurt..."[/b] She added, her voice much softer as she lifted her head to get a look at him. He didn't look to hurt and his Flaaffy, who he had adequately named Fluff, seemed to have calmed down at his command. 

As if on cue, Hope burst out from the forest onto the path a little ways down the road. With a quick turn of her head she located her owner and raced over, quickly putting herself between the stranger and April.

[b]"Oh!"[/b] April called out, a bit surprised by Hope's sudden entrance into the scene. [b]"It's fine, Hope. He doesn't mean any harm. If anything, we're the ones who hurt him and need to apologize. So get crackin'. Apologize to the poor guy."[/b] She scolded her Dragonair, leaning around her to look at the pokemon's eyes. Hope tilted her head down to look at April before turning back to look at the stranger. She huffed before turning away and looking in another direction. 

April let out an exasperated sigh and looked over at the trainer. [b]"I'm sorry. She's usually very sweet."[/b] She explained. [b]"I'm April, by the way. And this is Hope. We we-"[/b] Just as she was about to explain what had happened, a loud grumbling could be heard from Hope's stomach once again. Another sigh escaped April's lips and she chuckled, shaking her head.

[b]"We were trying to get some food for lunch. I left without buying any food supplies for us and Hope's a bit.. hungry. It's a long story, but I somehow got launched while fishing..."[/b] She explained further, lifting a hand behind her neck to rub it, a nervous habit she'd picked up.