[color=orchid][center][h1]Sophia Danvers[/h1]
[h3]Mesalon Pokecentre[/h3][/center][/color]
[@Heckno12] [@AbysmalDemon]

Opening her eyes, Sophia groaned. The light streaming in through the window was giving her a headache. She sat up, wincing. Everything hurt... The reason why rushed back to her. The Aerodactyl with the tainted aura. The attack. The narrow escape.

She was lucky to still be here, as were the others. She'd been checked over at the hospital, and the worst she had was some bad bruising. Most of the others were relatively alright. Rheese, though... Oh dear Arceus, Rheese...

Staggering out of bed, Sophia got ready as quickly as her aching body would allow and headed out. She couldn't shake the feeling that the whole thing had been her fault. If that disaster of a battle between her and Alexis hadn't happened, the group would never have ended up in this situation. As it was... The paramedics, even though she'd been told they'd survive, had several fractures and burns. Rheese was also going to be ok, according to the doctors, but still, she had to see that for herself.

[color=orchid][center][h3]Mesalon Hospital[/h3][/center][/color]

As she turned a corner, the hospital came into view, along with a crowd of people gathered outside. She scowled. Among the shouts, she could make out a name. Detective Hammer. Ugh, this was the last thing anyone involved needed.

[color=orchid]"Out of the way!"[/color] she ordered, holding her head high, looking down her nose at the screaming fangirls as she pushed past. [color=orchid]"Hmph! Move!"[/color] She fought her way through the crowd to the door, yelping as somebody elbowed a bruise on her side, and rushed to the desk.

[color=orchid]"Where's Rheese Laudat? I've got to see him!"[/color] she panted. The nurse clearly remembered her from the previous day, as she told her, in a somewhat tired-sounding voice, which room her friend was in. Room 103, on the first floor. Sophia sprinted to the room, ignoring the pain that flared up in her limbs and sides, and burst in. There Rheese was, on the bed, concious. Beside him stood the boy with the Beldum. 

[color=orchid]"Rheese! Are you ok?"[/color] Sophia approached his bedside. The other trainer was babbling with relief. [color=orchid]"Uh... yeah. Let's just say we ran into a little trouble along the way,"[/color] she explained to him. [color=orchid]"A little crazed Aerodactyl-related trouble."[/color]

[color=chocolate][center][h1]Amber Pine[/h1]
[h3]Mesalon Pokecentre[/h3][/center][/color]

[i]Right in the path of the Aerodactyl lay a teenaged girl, dark blonde hair caked with mud. Wrapping her arms around her Omanyte, she hunched into a little ball as a beam of light burst from the Aerodactyl's mouth.

[color=chocolate]"Coral, no!"[/color] Amber tried to rush forward, but it felt as if she were wading through water. She could only watch in horror as, with a shriek, the girl was engulfed in the blast. [color=chocolate]"Coral!"[/color][/i]

Amber woke up drenched in sweat. Sitting up, she exhaled in relief, her heart thudding. It was only a dream. Her sister was alright, safe at home in Kanto, having yet to start her own adventure. Amber herself and the rest of the group, though, almost hadn't been.

Being a trainer would have its risks. She'd accepted that. Yet she'd underestimated them. Even though she knew that not all trainers were responsible, that there was criminal activity everywhere, and that being around Pokemon was in itself not always safe, she hadn't fully considered the implications. To think she'd been close to never seeing her mother, her father, her sister again... This was what her journey meant. This was what Coral's future journey would mean. Danger.

Even so, she wasn't going to give up her dream. Or expect Coral to give up hers, not with everything it meant to her.

After showering and dressing, she let out both her Pokemon, feeding them snacks. [color=chocolate]"Sorry you had to get involved in that,"[/color] she said as they munched on their food. [color=chocolate]"Especially so early."[/color]

Once they'd finished their breakfast, she returned them and left the room, wandering along the hallway, looking for the other people who had been involved.