The necklace of Mabel pulsated with the purple light and a faint beeping sound emitted from it. As she got closer to Mindy both the pulsating and beeping got faster. When Mabel spotted Mindy she flew straight towards her and when she was close enough the pendant died out. She landed in front of them, gently lowering the two Pokémon.

"We're done shopping," Mindy told her Pokémon. "And we picked up some friends, but they will stay hidden as long as we are in public."

[i]"Guarding them is not easy sometimes,"[/i] James agreed, which reminded him of something and he walked closer to Fez. [i]"Doesn't Dausiin have a Guardian?"[/i] he whispered. [i]"Miss Penalopy prefers to hang out close to humans, it's been a while since we mingled with the other legendary Pokémon."[/i]

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Saruya followed Harry and kept her eyes on the Butterfree. [i]"Benny! Did anything happen?"[/i]
[i]"They won the gym battle."[/i]
[i]"Nothing else?"[/i]
Benny flew alongside Saruya now, flying back to where Michael and Niccia were. [i]"No. Did something happen?"[/i]
[i]"We'll explain."[/i]
Benny nodded and stayed with her, flying as fast as he could to keep up with the Arcanine. 

Michael watched the strange Arcanine approach and his jaw dropped when he heard Sparky exclaim his name. "Is that Harry?" 
He noticed Saruya too, with Benny flying alongside her. Both Arcanine seemed to be in a hurry, but their body language didn't show any sign of happiness to see them. "Something is wrong..." he muttered.

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"Two water with a straw then," Andy said, the waiter faithfully registering the order on his device. "That's it."
"Okay, coming right up," the waiter said as he finalised the order and walked away. 

Andy turned to Frosiien and Varina. "Yes about that whole guardian-thing. Varina, I don't know what your tasks used to be, but hanging out with me will probably mean you will have a lot less to do. Although I may need some occasional protection from professor Maple's wrath..."[i]"Wrath he probably deserves,"[/i] Kim added. [i]"Professor Maple is really not a bad person, but their personalities conflict sometimes. She takes everything serious and Andy, well, doesn't..."[/i] She didn't want Varina to get a bad impression of the professor even before meeting her.