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[h3][color=662d91]~Abigail Blanchett~[/color][/h3]

By the time the group had reached the edge of town, the sun was already starting its descent. If Abigail had to guess, it was around three or four 'oclock. Well, better late than never as some people said. She'd be lying if she had said she had been dreaming about this day for a long time. Unlike other trainers, she made the decision to become one on a whim, after finishing trainers school. Really, she had always thought she was gonna follow in her fathers footsteps and become an Investigator, or at least a policewoman. A trainer? She had never actually considered...

She had mixed feelings about going on a journey, but for the others, she just but on her usual smug and confident self. Honestly...she had her reservations. Yeah, the danger and adventure sounded fun. As did becoming the strongest trainer in the region, that was her goal after all. And she was going to do that too, right? She would do this, and succeed just like she had at everything else before this, and prove that she was good enough to get what she wanted.

....hah, who was she kidding?

This wasn't the first time in her life she wasn't sure about something. At least though, she had learn to hide her misgivings and second guesses well enough.

[color=662d91]"Hah...well, you've come this far..."[/color]

[color=f49ac2]“Abigail, wait up!”[/color]

Melody's voice caught her attention, immediately silencing her and any negative misgivings she may have been having.

[color=f49ac2]“Aren’t you excited? Our Pokemon journeys are starting, and you’re on your way to being the best trainer in the region, huh? I’m going to challenge the gyms too. I mean, I probably won’t be as good as you, but I’ll do my best.”[/color]

Well, someone sure of themselves...

[color=f49ac2]“Mareep’s gonna help me, too. We’re going to be an awesome team, just you wait!”[/color]

Abigail visibly scoffed at the idea of them being a 'team'. She had no intentions of being a 'team' with anyone. The only reason she was even travelling with this obviously delusional girl was that she was being forced to. Still, perhaps Melody could be useful in some way. She'd make a pretty good sparring partner, at least hopefully. She seemed to be confident in her skills. 

[color=662d91]"Hmph."[/color] She said, giving her hair a little flip. [color=662d91]"I don't recall us ever being partners."[/color] She replied a bit harshly, giving Melody a long look. [color=662d91]"But hey, you watch my back out there and I'll watch yours, alright?"[/color] That was about as 'friendly' as she planned on being with these other trainers.

With that, she pushed past Avery who was standing there like an idiot. Well, whatever. Not her problem. She had her own things to worry about.

With a confident smile, she took her first step onto Route 29 right after the other trianers. Any immediate misgivings she had been having disappearing as a feeling of overwhelming happiness overcame her. Yeah...she was going to do it. And these other trainers, were not going to slow her down.

[h1][color=39b54a]~ROUTE 29~[/color][/h1]
[color=662d91][h3]~Abigial Blanchett~[/h3][/color]

It had been about thirty minutes since the group of seven trainers left town. Abigail had situated herself into taking a non-leadership position, staying near the middle of the group as they traveled. With luck, by this time tomorrow they'd be in Cherrygrove. They had got started a bit late, so they were probably gonna have to camp tonight unless they wanted to travel at night, which was probably a bad idea considering the number of wild pokemon.

Still, that left one question.

Where exactly, were they going? They could go north through dark cave, if the map served right, or continue west to Cherrygrove.

[color=662d91]"Alright, so where are we going?"[/color] She asked the group. [color=662d91]"I say we go north. Blackthorn would be a good first stop."[/color] Not to mention she had a particular interest in the pokemon along that route, unlike the ones here that she didn't particularly like so much. Just some weak normal an bug types...

Nidoran, who she still needed a name for, had decided to stray a bit from the beaten path, inspecting all of the trees and shrubbery he could get his little paws on.

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