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A somewhat nice-looking car pulled up to the station. The driver, dressed in a suit, got out and opened the rear door behind the passenger seat and helped out a young girl with lavender hair reaching down her back. She had a bright smile as she stepped out, a Noibat quickly fluttering out of the car behind her. The girl took in a deep breath while the driver went to get her bags out of the trunk. "Ah! It feels so good to be back here! Smell that beautiful sea air again, Buster!" "Noi!" the Noibat chirped excitedly as it fluttered around Niara. She had her suitcase and a duffel back and backpack brought to her. "Thank you! I hope I can see you again soon!" She hugged the driver warmly, making it clear she personally knew this driver. He nodded and bowed to her briefly after she let go of him and went back to the car to driver away.

Now Niara was back ar Ordell Academy. "Ok! Now I just gotta get to my dorm again and take extra steps to make sure I don't get sick again... Like last time... Mm..." She groaned in annoyance as she remembered why she disappeared halfway through the previous school year; a particularly crippling illness. She was very thankful her family was in the medical business to help her recover from the sickness. But it didn't seem to drain her excitement.

Niara was so glad to be here again. She stretched as she stood at the platform waiting for the train. She decided to alleviate her boredom by watching other kids arriving. She watched a boy come out of a car with a Ralts. It made her smile and when his father left, Niara stepped over, taking a skip and a hop and stopping right next to the boy. "Thats an adorable Ralts! Reminds of when I first got Mitus, who’s a Kirlia now. What’s their name?" "Noi!" the Noibat chirped once again in his own greeting as he fluttered in place beside Niara. "Oh, and I’m Niara! Niara Elaise Aeroth. It’s nice to meet you!"

Now Niara was smiling bright as she looked to the boy and awaited his response. Her stuff was under a watchful eye so she didn’t have to worry. Right now, she wanted to be social like she usually is. She didn’t think it was too early to start making friends at school!

Niara gave her smile to Grace as she finally looked to her. Niara loved how cute this little Ralts was. "I love that name~ It's quite fitting." She then looked to the Noibat and held out her hand for the small creature to land on her writs. Niara pat his head as he cooed and flapped his wings once. "Noi!" "This little Noibat is Buster. I picked him up last year before I... Well... Before I had to leave school early in the year." She gave a nervous smile. "Getting sick in the middle of the school year does not really work out well..."

She smiled to the pokemon on her wrist who chirped excitedly at her before fluttering off in surprise at the sound of her luggage falling over behind them. Niara turned to see a blasé-looking Chespin standing behind a mess of a suitcase, backpack and duffelbag. "And that one over there is Mickey... He's a more recent addition to my little group of pokemon friends." She gives him a little smile while the Noibat stares indignantly at the Chespin from a crossbeam above.

"I think that's fine, if you really want to. I'm sure they'd both appreciate it. I'd have Mitus join me out here, but he's a little embarrassed right now." She smiled nervously as she mentioned her original pokemon. Indeed, Mitus was quite embarrassed right now. Not so much about being a Kirlia, though that was certainly part of it. But because Niara had put an accessory on him that he really didn't want to be seen in. "Buster, Mickey! Come say thank you to Brian!" The Noibat flew down to land on the arm of the bench and Mickey stumbled over the mess of luggage to stand by the bench, both nodding to him and verbally thanking him as pokemon do. "I'm trying to make sure they all stay well-mannered. Mickey has the hardest time of it, honestly." "Ches!" the Chespin cried out in protest as he pouted at her exposing his flaw.

"So where are you from, Brian?" She laced her fingers together behind her back as she leaned forward curiously, watching over her pokemon to make sure they weren't going to do anything rude to a stranger doing something nice for them.

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Brian nodded with a smile when Niara mentioned him helping her make sure her Pokémon had good treats in the future. "I don't mind at all," he said. "I like sharing what I know, if possible." He smiled at the gusto that Buster dug into his poffin with, but when Mickey examined the poffin, smelling it before taking a bite, then scarfing it down in one bite, he couldn't help chuckling. "I'm glad he likes it so much," he said.

When Niara mentioned that she hadn't been to Hoenn before, but spent most of her time in big cities or at home, he blinked. He was surprised when she said she was from London, though it really shouldn't have surprised him all that much. It stood to reason that kids from all over the world might come to the Academy. "Hoenn's pretty quiet, most of the time," he said. "The only things that get a lot of attention are the League and the Contests."

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Brian smiled when Niara said that Hoenn was a place she might like to see. "I think ye'd like it, Niara," he said. He listened as she said that London was a fun place, and that her dad would take her with him when he went on business meetings, since she was supposed to take over her family business when she was old enough. It sounded like an interesting idea. When she sat down next to him, Brian was surprised when Grace jumped from his shoulder to land between him and Niara, looking up at the girl with a curious gaze. He didn't stop the Ralts, as he knew it would be good for her to interact with other people.

When Niara asked if he was going to take over his family business when he was ready, he nodded. "Aye, I'd like to," he said. "Honestly, my parents don't just run a daycare. They're breeders, as well, and I'd like to learn everything I can before it's time for me to take over for my parents." He paused for a moment, then spoke again. "If ye don't mind me asking, how did you get yer Pokemon?" he asked. It would help him learn more about people to know how they had caught their Pokemon, and give him insight on how each person was different.