☀️Champion of Alola: Rise from Betrayal🌙

24: I Am A Rock🪨

At school.

Kiawe: "So Ash, you excited for your 2nd Grand Trial?"

Ash: "You bet I am!"

Lillie: "Well I'm rooting for you." Blush

Mallow: "Oh, is that a blush I see?"

Lillie: "I don't know what you're talking about!"

Ash looked at Lillie and started thinking.

Dawn: "Hey guys."

Gary: "Hey, where have you been?"

Dawn: "Oh just talking with Principal Oak. I was asking if he was thinking about adding a class to the school."

Paul: "That would be contest, right?"

Dawn: "Yep. Turns out, he's been thinking about adding them for the longest time."

Ash: "Really?"

Dawn: "Well He said. (I've always found Pokémon Contest Whimsicott). His words not mine."

Gary: "Why am I not surprised."

Jori: "Oh by the way Lillie. Bonnie was telling us about a play she's taking part in."

Ash: "Yeah, you have to be there for your new little sister."

Everyone besides Gary: "Wait what?!"

Lillie: "Yeah turns out Bonnie is my little sister."

Sophocles: "Say what!?"

Lana: "When was this?!"

Lillie: "We found out yesterday."

Paul: "Wait yesterday. Why didn't you guys say anything?!"

Jori: "Guess it just slipped our minds." Shrug

Dawn: "How does something like that slip your minds?!"

Me: "We were all shocked, so cut us some slack."

Mallow: "Not gonna happen."

~3rd Person POV~

Later. Outside.

Bonnie: "Hey guys. Can we say hi to mom and dad?"

Lillie: "Of course, they'd love to see you."

Ash: "Any of you wanna come with?"

Gary: "Oh sure."

Paul: "I-I'm gonna prep up for my match with Hala."

Lana: "U-Um yeah, I promised I would head home as soon as possible."

Mallow: "I got help at the restaurant."

Kiawe: "I gotta help at the farm."

Sophocles: "I can come along."

Dawn: "Same here."

Jori: "Me too."

Lillie: "Great."

Later.

They were almost at the house.

Ash: "Hey did something seem a little off, with Paul and Lana?"

Lillie: "Yeah, now that you mention it."

Sophocles: "Did you use your aura to see if they were up to something?"

Jori: "Wait! You knew about our aura abilities?!"

Sophocles: "Yeah, I've kinda had a hunch for a while now. I used to study it when I was younger."