[b][u][color=f49ac2][h3][center]~Melody Hemlock~[/center][/h3][/color][/u][/b]
[color=00a651]"H-hi, And again, I'm really, really s-sorry,”[/color] said Peggy. Was she always this nervous?

Abigail was inching away from her, Melody noticed. She thought about moving even closer, just to see what would happen, but…

Oooh. Abigail was talking again.

[color=662d91]"Tch. I can introduce myself,”[/color] said Abigail. [color=662d91]“Abigail Blanchett! Remember it you two. I'm gonna be the best trainer in the region! And you losers better not slow me down or I'll have my Nidoran here thoroughly thrash you.”[/color]

Best trainer in the region? Well, Melody could believe that. Of course Abigail would be amazing! She was just so cool! It was hard to believe that she’d fail at anything that she wanted to do.

Did that mean that she was going to be doing the gym battling thing? Right then and there, Melody resolved that she’d do them too. She had to prove herself worthy of being Abigail’s best friend, right?

And then she suddenly had an armful of Nidoran. Tesla squeaked out a protest, having been landed on, but soon seemed to give up, and snuggled deeper into Melody’s arms. Was he… dozing off?

Wait, was the Nidoran dozing off too?!

That… that was so [i]cute[/i]!

[color=662d91]“Nidoran!”[/color] said Abigail, sounding somewhat surprised.

[color=f49ac2]“Aww, look at them!”[/color] Melody cooed. She dislodged one arm to carefully pat the Nidoran, trying to avoid dropping the two or touching its spikes. [color=f49ac2]“They’re adorable!”[/color]

Okay, she’d better start using two hands again. She held the two carefully in her arms, trying not to fawn over them [i]too[/i] much.

[b]“Okay, if I could just have everyone's attention!"[/b] said Professor Elm. [b]"I am glad to see all of you are getting along with your new partner, and with each other."[/b]

He started talking about supplies, and being careful, and… blah, blah, blah, Melody knew all this stuff already. They said it on every TV show, after all. [i]Don’t go into the tall grass! Always travel in groups![/i] Yeah, she got the picture already.

As for the supplies… well, she already had a first aid kit, and a map… she didn’t think she could read one well enough to be of much use. Maybe she’d take a Repel? Oh, but… she needed an arm to do that. Okay, never mind.

She hummed, rocking the two Pokemon in her arms gently. Oh, they were so [i]cute[/i]!