"Hello everyone. My name is Clara and this is my partner Ninetales. I moved from Kalos to Kanto in order for me to learn more about Pokémon, but before that, I had traveled Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova and Alola. My dream is to become Champion of the World," she concluded.

She sat back down and rested her head on her hand.

"Now, I do hope that you were wise when you chose your partner. He or she is going to be your partner for the rest of the year."

"WHAT?" Clara roared.

All the girls in the class turned around and gave Clara death glares.

Clara raised her hands in an innocent way and said," Hey, I'm not thrilled to be with him either."

"Ehem," the Professor cleared his throat and proceeded, "you have the rest of the class to meet your new partner. Your only homework is to get to know him or her better because tomorrow I will be asking questions about everything he or she has done."

And with that, everyone started their talk.

"So..." she started, "You already know my name, but I don't know yours. Would you mind telling me?"

"The name's Ash Ketchum and on my shoulder is my best friend, Pikachu."

"Well, nice to meet you Pikachu," she greeted the Pokémon before turning to me, "and you too, Ash."

"So, uh, how are we gonna do this? It's very obvious we won't be able to tell each other every single thing we've done right now. What if we meet in someone's house?" I suggested.

"That's a good idea for someone with a thick skull. If it's okay with you, can it be in my place? There's something there that will be crucial to my explanation."

What did she say?

"Yeah, sure. At what time do we meet? I was thinking after lunch. Is that okay?"

"Yeah, that's fine. I was gonna suggest that time anyway."

The bell rang, and all the students gathered their stuff to go to their next class. I was curious to see which class she had next, so I asked. "What class do you have now?"

"Well, right now I have Pokémon Origins with Professor Juniper."

"No way! Me too! Mind if we go together?"

She hesitated before saying yes. We started walking and began complimenting our Pokémon. We were halfway there when suddenly someone pulled me away.

"Ashy, what are you doing?" It was Serena. She had a furious and disappointed look on her face.

"Nothing babe. I was just walking with Clara and showing her around. She's new here and we have the next class together." I looked at Clara to see the uncomfortable look on her face.

"What class do you have, baby?" she asked.

"I have Pokémon Origins with Professor Juniper, why?"

"THEN COME WITH ME!" she yelled and took my arm, yanking me away from Clara. I gave Clara an apologetic look and followed my girlfriend. I heard Clara say goodbye to Pikachu and Pikachu gave a sad sigh.

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