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The twenty-three kids sit in silence for a moment before Gary speaks up. "OK, we're going to all say our names and our creatures know. For example, my name's Gary, and this is Squirtle."
Nemona stands up proudly. "My name is Nemona. This is my partner, Pawmi. These guys are my friends, Penny, Arven, and Y/N. These are their pokémon partners, Eevee, Mabostiff, and Sylveon." Nemona sits back down, giving a bit of ease to the others and to you since you didn't have to introduce yourself.
The girl who scolded Bede earlier stands up. "Well, my name is Gloria, and this is my partner sobble. This is my brother Victor and his partners Scorbunny and Grookey. These three are Marnie, Bede, and Hop. These guys are their partners, Wooloo, Morpeko, and Hatenna."
Gloria sits back down, making the two siblings in orange stand up. The girl speaks up. "My name is May. This is Torchic, my partner." May sits back down, leaving her brother.
"My name is Brendon, May's brother. This is my main partner, Treecko, and our shared partner, Mudkip." Brendon sits back down and gives the green haired boy next to him a small nudge.
"Oh, right. I'm Wally, and this is Ralts."
The blue haired girl with the blue penguin on her lap stands up. "My name is Dawn. This is my friend, Piplup. These two are my brother and friend, Lucas and Barry. Along with Turtwig and Chimchar."
Dawn sits back down as Lucas and Barry give small waves. One of the black haired boy coughs, adjusting his tie, drawing attention to himself.
"Well, since we're introducing ourselves. My name is Cheren. These guys are Snivy, Tepig, and Oshowott."
"And I'm Bianca!"
A blonde haired girl speaks up in excitement. The other green haired boy stands up as well and speaks up.
"My name is Hau, and this is Rowlet!"
"Let! Rowlet!"
Rowlet chirps happily. Hau places a hand on the two blonde siblings next to him.
"O-oh, I-I'm Lillie, and this my Vulpix, Snowy."
"Vul!"
Snowy smiles, but the other blonde doesn't look too happy to be here. Which is understandable since all of you are stuck there, waiting for Gary's grandpa.
"My name is Gladeon, and this is Umbreon."
The last two are the black haired boy in blue and the brown haired girl in pink.
"My name is Serena. These guys are Fenekin, Froakie, and Chespin. This guy, right here, is my friend Calem." Serena introduces the two of them.
You all give a small smile to each other. Except for a few who seemed like they don't exactly how to smile. Those people are Gladeon, Marnie, and Penny.
You have to sort of admit. It's kind of terrifying to meet new people. But meeting people who had the outlawed pokémon as well makes you feel a little bit better.
Finally, the old man everyone has been waiting for arrived, Samuel Oak. Next to him is two women. One with pink hair in a nurse uniform with a pink pokémon at her side. The other is a woman with blue hair in what looked to be a police uniform with a red and black dog at her side.
"Hello, sorry to keep you waiting. I'm Professor Samuel Oak." The old man introduces himself. "I called you all here about your special connections with these strange creatures. Or, as some of you call, pokémon."
Everyone's attention went to the three on the floor above them. If you wanted answers, this can probably be the only chance you get for help.
"This isn't a trap to turn us into the heroes, is it?" Gladeon asks, glaring at Gary. His Umbreon, along with all the other pokémon in the room besides Gary's Squirtle and the two pokémon with the nurse and officer's pokémon, quickly got into an attack position as you and the other kids got into a defensive position.
"Calm down, I assure you that I won't be turning any of you into the heroes." Professor Oak says in a reassuring tone. "We would actually like to help these creatures, or pokémon, to finally be in a safe place. If you'd like to join, please stay. If you don't want to, feel free to leave. This entire meeting will be our secret."
The pink haired woman and her pokémon steps forward. "If you decide to join, Chancey and I will make sure to take good care of your health. Jenny and her growlithe will make sure that everyone will be safe. Especially with the pokémon."
"How about you let us discuss it with each other before we make our decision." Penny suggests, glancing at you, Nemona, and Arven.
"Please do. We don't want anyone to feel forced into this." Jenny says, making you feel comfortable. "If you chose to stay, you will be provided housing here for you and your partners."
Arven grabs you and Nemona by your wrists and drags you both to the corner with Penny and the pokémon following you. The four of you form a huddle to discuss.
"Alright, since we're all in somewhat a small group thanks to Nemona, I say we all should try to stay on the same terms as each other." You suggest to the other three.
"I have to agree." Penny speaks up. "However, they could have a lot more information about pokémon that can be useful to us. We can use this to our advantage. I say we join."
Arven glances at the other groups who are discussing their decisions. "It's risky, but worth a shot. Besides, they seem to be on our side, and this could be our only chance to study these guys without them being harmed."
Nemona smiles at her three friends who are communicating with each other. "I say we all join. They haven't given us a reason not to trust them. Especially since they have pokémon of their own."
The four of you nod at each other. You glance at Eevee, who's playing with Penny's Sylveon. You pull away from the others before speaking up.
"Professor Oak, the four of us have decided to join."