April let out a small chuckle at the group before swiveling on her heels to face the direction of Santalune. [b]"Were you interested in taking on the city's gym? Viola's actually a good friend of my family. A lot of her pokemon were breed by my father, Rick Stone. He's a pretty well known breeder around here."[/b] April explained as they made the short trek back to Santalune. [b]"That's how I met Hope, through a breeder. At least, that's what my father tells me..."[/b] She continued, trailing off as a bad memory or lack there of became apparent.

[b]"Anyway!"[/b] She shouted, spinning around to walk backwards. [b]"How did you meet your pokemon? I'm interested to hear the stories!"[/b] She asked, wanting to push the topic of conversation away from herself, though she was the one that started it off that way.

Hope simply rolled her eyes as she followed April close behind. The pokemon treat had gone by fast and she hadn't been able to fully enjoy it like the other pokemon seemed to have. It made her a bit jealous and a bit more standoffish than she would have been previously. It was moments like these that she sort of wished she could just disappear into a pokemon and ignore everyone. But, April had to be protected so Hope stayed, despite the... newcomers. She had to hope that they wouldn't stick around for very long.