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Marth listened to the message and decided that he would indeed go, even without Claire. "Thank-you for your time," he said as he bowed courteously. He then stood up and began to run towards his second home, wishing he had a bike with him so he could ride it instead of running. He didn't want to waste anytime when there was an emergency like this.

He stopped when he came upon a cave and reached his pokeballs, letting his pokemon out to allow them to stretch. He had to tell them they had no food with them, but they were going to go home to get some along with some funds to help them get to their next destination. His pokemon were not happy about it, but they did not make a big fuss. They trusted their trainer and besides, they might find something to eat along the way. Still, they did not know what they might find. Marth then continued to run, his pokemon running at his side towards home.

After the introductions had been made, Andrew started walking forward, north on Route 205. "Are you two coming along? We're burning daylight, now!" His Weavile ran around from spot to spot, as if she were never satisfied with the one before. She looked back at Andrew with an impatient look, and from the way the Weavile moved around, it was easy to see just why Andrew was impatient sometimes. He kept up his brisk pace in a vain effort to keep up with his Weavile.

As Xavier introduced each of his female Pokemon, Fluerette nodded and shared a smile with each one. She wondered for a second if there was any significance in all his Pokemon being female. Perhaps it was just coincidence, but Fluerette thought it said much about the Pokemon's trainer. When he was finished, Fluerette hurried to introduce her own Pokemon, "Ah, and this is ... Roserade, my partner Pokemon." before Xavier called five out of six back into their Pokeballs, leaving Vivian, the elegant Gardevoir out. Roserade saluted formally to each Pokemon as they glowed red and disappeared into their pokeballs. Fluerette felt slightly embarrassed that she had no nickname for Roserade, but she couldn't exactly imagine Roserade with any other name other than Roserade.

With that done, Andrew turned and started to walk briskly down the path, keeping up to pace with his Weavile, who has skittering from spot to spot. Fluerette hurriedly walked to keep up with the two tall men. Her small legs didn't really come in handy in situations like this. She walked, or at least tried to walk alongside Xavier, who was heartily taunting Andrew. Then he looked at his Gardevoir, who stared deeply back at him, as if they were having a silent conversation. Of course, Fluerette thought. Gardevoir was a Psychic pokemon. She could talk telepathically to any human or Pokemon.

Fluerette watched them converse for a moment, a small smile on her face, then she said, "So, Xavier... are you just accompanying us to Eterna, or will you be helping us find Team Galactic?"

Fluerette's shoulders dropped slightly when Xavier told her he wasn't quite sure whether or not he would join them. He seemed like a very robust guy, handy to have along if the road they were taking were to be dangerous - which Fluerette had no doubt it was. Not that she couldn't handle it. He then proceeded to tell her how there were some people who'd formed resistance groups against the human-Pokemon hybrid experiments. Yes, she knew about that. Encountered a few of them while she was traveling, and a few that supported the experiments.

Xavier's next words only mildly surprised Fluerette. "At the same time, someone who had found out that I had conquered the Elite Four there approached me." Fluerette had a small inkling that he was a pretty strong trainer - after, he and Andrew seemed like good buddies, and if Andrew was that powerful, Xavier had to be somewhere around his skill level - but he didn't really look like one to be hardworking.

Once he finished, his Gardevoir spoke up, her crisp, soft, and beautiful voice gently echoing in Fluerette's mind. Fluerette smiled. "Have you had experience dealing with legendary Pokemon before?" Roserade walked by her side, keeping a close watch on their surroundings, as if it were a bodyguard.

It was morning in Canalave, and Darena was the first visitor through the doors of the library. It didn't take her long to pull out all the books on Mew again and begin devouring their contents. After a decent meal and a good night's sleep, she was ready to take on everything.

As her research went on, the table she sat at became obscured by books of every size. World atlases sprawled under pages of notes and open hardbound books. People raised their eyebrows in silent wonder at the spectacular chaos unfolding in front of Darena, and librarians glanced over in sinking apprehension, imagining cleaning up everything when the researcher left.

It was absolutely incredible, what she was learning. By now, she was certain that Mew could read minds at will, and hid from those who intended any harm. Since most people generally went after it to capture it, they never got close enough to see it. It liked tropical places with thick jungles, and there were a few locations where Mew sightings tended to stay around. By the time she gathered up her volumes of notes and carefully closed and stacked the books on the table, she felt like she could pinpoint its location pretty easily now.

My only problem is actually finding it. Who knows if it'll interpret my intentions as bad? I could wander around in its territory for years and never find it!

If it couldn't read her mind, that would be a different story. Maybe she should visit some Psychic-type experts to find out how Psychic Pokemon could read minds.

Maybe it's time to go back to Kanto. The Gym leader in Saffron is definitely an expert. I wonder if she'd make me fight a battle first to prove I'm worthy of learning...

With that thought, Darena somberly considered her Pokemon. She hadn't really focused on training them for battle. They were more used to assisting her in the field and on the road. Sometimes, if a wild Pokemon was overly persistent, they would battle, but she avoided trainers whenever she could help it. She didn't want to run the risk of losing and being murdered. All her dreams would be crushed in an instant.

She was walking through the streets of Canalave, considering her options. Eventually, she was walking near the docks, where she'd lost track of that rude woman from yesterday. Darena watched the Wingulls flying high overhead, then let her gaze drift to the boats moored in the harbor. An idea to just relax for the day and enjoy the city popped into her mind, but she immediately brushed it aside. There was no rest for her. She had work to do! She needed to organize her trip back to Kanto!

I wonder if there's a ship that goes from Canalave to a city in Kanto. Any city would be fine, and it would be a shorter distance for Swellow to fly.

Now she walked along the docks with purpose, intending on finding a boat to take her home.

Fluerette listened silently to Xavier as he explained, keeping a watchful eye on Roserade, who, in turn, was keeping a watchful eye on everything else. Fluerette never heard of Professor Juniper; she knew there was one top professor in each region - she'd met Professor Rowan once, but just fleetingly, while she and her sister were returning from a Galactic raid. He looked on in disapproval, and though Fluerette ignored his gaze, she could feel it piercing her back. She never dared face him again.

Xavier said how there were two legendary Pokemon that were found in Sinnoh: Darkrai and Cresselia. Fluerette looked up at Xavier, raising her eyebrows. He then went on to say that he'd heard Team Galactic dealt with them as well, and Fluerette looked back down. That was true. At least, when she was there, Galactic had been doing a study on the two legendaries, but didn't consider it a priority at that time and, thankfully, never put any plans to action.

Then, he said that it'd be more beneficial if he stuck with Fluerette and Andrew. Fluerette looked back up and smiled. "That's great. I think I feel just a bit safer now." She felt that that last statement was a bit much, but it was true. The more people in a party the better, in all aspects.

T I M E . S K I P - Eterna City, approx. 9 pm

It was night by the time the trio finally arrived in Eterna. As a daytime Pokemon, Roserade started getting drowsy around sunset, but refused to go back into its Pokeball. It slowed their pace by just a little bit, but Roserade was determined to try not to be a hindrance as much as possible, something that Fluerette admired and made note to praise later on when they were alone.

By now, they were all pretty tired, and trudged down the streets, looking for a hotel. Fluerette was missing the warm, hot cooked stew that Grandmother Ava always made, but she didn't say anything. She didn't to make Andrew regret his decision to let her come with him and think that she was too pampered. Finally, they came upon a hotel. Fluerette could have hugged it. It looked so comfortable and welcoming. However, she restrained herself and followed Andrew through the door.