Before I knew it, it was Monday. I woke up early feeling much better, with no more scratchy throat and chills. I had spent Saturday night and all of Sunday sleeping because of the medicine. However, I woke up feeling renewed and refreshed. I was happy, and was ready for whatever life threw at me.

I had just gotten out of the shower, and decided to actually look the part today. I had straightened my hair, and braided my little bit of side bangs and clipped it up to keep my hair out of my face somewhat. I even gave myself a French manicure, something my mom and I used to do alot. I did, however want to stay comfortable, so I opted for my Lavender Town sweatpants and my Haunter tank top. My sweatpants were fitted, and showed off my figure just a bit.

"Vul?" I heard Snowy's familiar little voice say. I turned around see her standing by me, as if she were captivated watching me get ready. I smiled over at her.

"I'm sorry we couldn't hang out that much after I got sick." I said, as I looked at her kind of sadly. "But you get to see Lillie today." I said. I did really miss Froslass. I wonder if Lillie ever managed to touch her?

I decided to put a little makeup on, just so I appeared more brighter and wide awake. I put on some eyeliner on my top and bottom lash line, and then some mascara. My skin color had come back, so there was no need for blush or highlight. I did however apply a little pink liquid lipstick to my lips.

"You're taking a long time to get ready this morning." I heard my dad's voice say behind me. "You're gonna miss breakfast." He said.

I turned around to face him. "It's okay, I can last until lunch time." I said, as I put the last little bit of lipstick on my lips. "Besides, don't want to ruin my lipstick." I said.

"Oh," my dad said. "First time I've ever seen you like this." He looked at me a little nervously, as if he didn't really know what to say.

"I clean up pretty nicely, what can I say?" I said, a bit uppity. But this is the first time in a month I was actually feeling good about myself.

"Well it's good see you're finally coming around, but um, Emethyst.. Don't you think the makeup is a little... I don't know, too much?" He asked, nervously.

I felt my nose scrunch and my eyes widen. "You're joking, right? This is actually less than what I used to wear..." I said. My mom used to let me wear almost a full face of makeup, as long as it wasn't too heavy and didn't look ridiculous. The only time I can think of when my mom stopped me was when I blacked my eyes out full like a Zigzagoon one time. She had an instant fit, and immediately told me to wipe it off.

My dad sighed. "Okay Emethyst, I'm sorry. This whole thing is still kind of new to me." He said, as he did realize he did over react a bit.

"Oh! Um," he then said. "I did get you something.." he said, as he turned to walk down the loft.

I looked over at the loft steps, not knowing what he was about to return with. I didn't like surprises that much. He then climbed back up the steps with what looked to be a backpack. A Gastly evolution themed one, to be exact.

I gasped in excitement as I ran over to my dad. "Aw thanks Dad, I love it!" It almost matched my suitcase, except the background was black instead of dark purple.

"I noticed you didn't have a backpack on your first day of Pokemon School. So I went out and got you one when I went out to get your medicine. When I saw this one, it just screamed you." My dad smiled.

I took it from my dad, and put it on my back to see how it looked. Haunter then appeared, and noticed it as well. "Haunt haunt haunt!" He clapped, as he floated around.

"You like it too, huh buddy?" I said happily.

I then saw Ash's familiar red and white hat come up the steps. "Hey, Emethyst! Good to see you're feeling better." He said, as he walked over to me. Rotom Dex and Principal Oak's Vulpix wandered at his side.

Haunter then floated over to Ash, and began making his weird faces. Ash laughed, and scratched the center of Haunter's head. "Hey, Haunter! How are you doing?" He asked, smiling.

I was surprised. "Oh yeah, how did he do for you?" I asked, remembering that Ash had taken care of Haunter for me while I was sick. I never found out how he did.

"He was a character, but he wasn't that bad. We trained together; he has great potential." He said, as he continued scratching his head. "Everytime he did a move effectively, I gave him head scratches."

Haunter was now floating upside down with his tongue hanging out, enjoying the head scratch.

"Wow," I said. "I have never seen Haunter take to someone else training him." I was genuinely surprised. Haunter sometimes wouldn't even listen to me if I bribed him with treats. I never thought about the head scratch thing... Stupid me.

"Ash has his own unique way of training his Pokemon. You should watch him." Rotom Dex said.

"You two might want to get a move on. We gotta hit the trail here soon." My dad interrupted. "Olivia is probably on her way to the Pokemon School." He said.

That instantly reminded me of everything. The box, and the questions I had. I glanced underneath my bed, to still see the box peaking out from behind my covers discretely. I hoped and prayed Olivia could answer the questions I wasn't comfortable asking my dad just yet.

"Right, dad." I said. "Just one second though, I just have to grab a quick thing." I tried to play it off as best as I could, as I pretended to look for something.

"Okay, we'll be waiting for you at the door." My dad said to me, and smiled. He and Ash then climbed down the loft stairs.

As soon as they were downstairs, I pulled the box out from underneath the bed, and grabbed the photo, and a few of the CDs and tapes and put them in my backpack. I then grabbed my phone charger and phone, a change of clothes, and my small cosmetic bag, for my dad did say that we were going to be staying in Akala Island for a few days.

"Emethyst! Come on!" My dad called out.

"Coming!" I called out, as I zipped up my backpack, and slid the box back underneath the bed. I slipped my sandals on, and threw my backpack on my back.

I climbed downstairs to meet my Dad and Ash. We all walked out the door together. The smell of saltwater and hot sun hit my skin.

I took a deep breath, for I didn't know what today was going to throw at me, but I was ready.