Tiffany Parker


”Dorms dorms dorms” I whispered idly to myself, scanning the map for directions to the ‘tower’ that I was assigned to, a place called: Solaria. “What kind of name is Solaria? It sounds like some kind of legendary Pokemon.” I wondered out loud, glancing over at the little green Pokemon who had crawled up to be perched on my shoulder, with my hair cascading down her leaf it was almost impossible to determine where my hair ended and where Chiko’s leaf began.

“Well if we can’t find it by nightfall we can always sleep on one of the benches” I laughed, causing Chiko to let out a soft groan as she buried her head into my shoulder. I let out a similar sigh, how did my older sister survive so easily, the campus was so vast and it was so easy to get lost in.

My attention slowly turned to the name Solaria, it seemed so unique that I just had to know if it was a Pokemon. “Solaria, Solaria, Solaria” I began to repeat the word over and over again as I folded the map back up, and brought out the pokedex from my back pocket, my attention focused entirely on it. There was Snubbull, Solrock, Spearow, but no Solaria, then again it could be one of those rare Pokemon that was kept in secret!

“Hey watch…” I tore my face away from the Pokedex just in time to run face first into something blue and scaly! I let out a scream in shock as I stumbled backwards, Chiko clinging for dear life as I tried to regain my balance. “You can’t just walk around with your head buried in your Pokedex” The woman smiled, holding a blue Pokemon who’s name I believe started with T, the Pokemon rubbing it’s snout which I must have ran into.

“Sorry I was just..” My mind flashed back to the Pokedex and I realized how silly the whole event was, I was in high school and I was looking in my Pokedex for a Pokemon that didn’t even exist. “I was just looking for Solaria tower!” I slid my Pokedex back into my back pocket, hoping she would buy the quick subject change.

The girl blinked for a second before seeming to realize I was one of the new freshmen “Oh, continue on the walkway, take the second left, and then the first right after that.”

I gave her a quick thanks and rushed past her, now if I could only get to my dorm with out running into anyone or anything, or making it look like I was completely clueless about Pokemon, maybe my stomach would untangle from the knot it had slowly twisted into when Rachel left me while I was getting registered.

“Well this is it..” I ran my fingers over the doorknob to the assigned room, inside would be the room where I would be spending my first year away from home, my first room outside of my parents house. The very idea caused me to slightly shake in excitement and fear. “Ready Chiko?” I glanced over at her, only for her to open her mouth in response, showing she was hungry.

I could only smile back, I was hungry as well but first thing first we needed to settle in. With a quick turn of the knob I opened the door and took my first step into my new life.

“Hello room mate!” I called out

Ugh glad the holidays are over and I can start RPing again