Lapras Valley High (It starts! LSUs Welcome!)

[Kurosakura]

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Tana Renais and Reannon
Freshman, 14, Solaria, Medical
Perplexed

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The door to the room busted open, and in came a girl shorter than Tana (if that was even possible!?) with long green hair and hazel eyes. “Hello room mate!” she declared, and Tana just stared at her dumbfounded, nearly dropping Reannon, her beloved Nidorina, as she lifted her up. “I’m Tiffany, and this is Chiko, my Chikorita! What’s your name?”

The little green Pokemon yelled out an energetic, “Chiko!” and Tana smiled nervously.

“Ah… um… hi…” she replied and sat Reannon on her lap, hugging her closely almost as if she wanted to hide her own face behind her companion as she sat up on her bed. “I-I’m Tana… and uh… this um… my Nidorina… Reannon…”

“Nido nido!” she grinned toothily and raised a clawed paw.

Tiffany bounded in and around the room; looking around with such awe, amazement, and enthusiasm that Tana nearly fell off her bed instead of hopping off in a futile attempt to escape. “Hey Chiko, look it’s so big! Wow, look at the view!” the smaller girl exclaimed as she ran to the window. “This campus is huge! How many… whaddya call ‘em? They’re big and blue and white and they weigh a ton! I think it started with a W…”

“Wailord?” she asked timidly, wanting to shrink away.

“Yeah, that’s the one! How many Wailords can fit here, do you think?”

“Um…”

Her roommate gasped and looked over at her apologetically. “Oops, I’m sorry, got carried away again! My older sister’s here, too, and so I’m excited to finally be in the same school as her!” she rambled on as she unpacked some of her stuff, Tana had already put most of the important stuff away (or what she herself thought was important, anyway) and left some boxes filled with some of the smaller knickknacks piled up neatly within her closet.

“Y-Yeah, that’s understandable…”

“My sister is really amazing! She’s really smart and talented and she’s senior class president and…” she seemed to look dejected for a moment and then continued with that energetic attitude of hers, “Never mind. Do you have any brothers or sisters that attend LVH?”

Tana shook her head.

“Oh… well, have you picked on your major or area of focus yet?”

“I… um… I’m majoring in Medicine… I think…”

“I didn’t pick yet, but I think I still have time!” A loud rumbling filled the room, and Tiffany laughed nervously. “Ehehehehe… I guess I’m a little hungry…”

“Um… why don’t we go get dinner? If we leave now, hopefully we’ll get there before everyone starts crowding in…”

“Yeah, let’s go!” Tiffany exclaimed and grabbed Tana by the arm, dragging her out of their room with Reannon rushing to catch up.

“D-Do you even know where you’re going?” Tana squeaked as they went down the fifth unknown hallway.

“It shouldn’t be too hard to find, I think we’re getting close!”

“B-But… i-if we’re getting close, then we should be able to smell the food…”

“Don’t worry about it everything will turn out fine!”

“U-Um… Tiffany… we’ve gone d-down this hallway twice already…”

“Really?”

“Y-Yeah…” Tana was about to continue, but it seemed that Tiffany crashed into an upperclassman, and a really cranky-looking one at that. Her Charmelon seemed good-natured enough, though.

“Ow! What’re you—Tiffany?! This is Flaria, not the cafeteria; didn’t I tell you not to bother me?! I have a lot of work to do, and I don’t need you messing things up for me!”

“I-I’m sorry, Rachel…” her roommate whimpered, seeming as if she were on the verge of tears.

The upperclassman rubbed her temples for a moment, looking seriously pissed off. The Charmeleon, on the other hand, groaned. Tana took this moment to get a better look at her, in case she needed to escape from her at any time. She was pretty tall, had black long hair, and hazel eyes. When it seemed like she calmed down, she spoke. “You’re heading toward the cafeteria, right? I happen to be going the same way, so I’ll take you there. You’re her friend, so make sure she stays out of trouble, got it?” she commanded sternly, pointing a finger in her face.

“What’s with this girl? I hardly even know her or Tiffany!” Tana bit back a nasty remark. “I-I… u-um… o-okay…”

Rachel looked pleased with herself and took a step forward. “Good, now let’s hurry up before all the good stuff’s taken!” Tiffany was surprisingly quiet during the walk to their destination, and Rachel didn’t seem like one for conversation.

When they finally got there, Tana gasped in awe and exchanged an excited glance with Reannon. The cafeteria was huge, and the aroma of food made her hungrier than ever. She got onto the nearest line with Reannon close by and loaded a modest selection of food onto her tray: a Caesar salad topped with chicken and some ranch dressing, a bowl of fruit salad, a bottle of pecha berry juice. The petite girl wormed her way through clusters of students and finally ended up near the vending machines to get food for Reannon when she realized that she’d separated from her new acquaintances. The two wandered around for a bit before noticing a boy with a distinctive black buckled coat and light brown hair. He was alone at a table and had a large spread in front of him. She shuffled her way over to him and smiled shyly, blushing faintly. “Um… do you mind if I sit here?”

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