Fond Memories (Mod)

[Maid Melody]

Miguel walked up to the castle from the forest and smiled at the sight of the castle that he had once taken so many trips to as a boy. He often remembered coming here many times when he wasn't busy with schoolwork just to practice his swordsmanship. The castle had always been open to visitors back then, but seeing it now made Miguel a little sad. Of course pokemon had made the castle its home, but it would never be the same as it was before the revolution.

Now entering the castle, Miguel took out his sword in one fluid motion and started to spar invisible enemies with it, reveling in his memories of the past as he imagined a large crowd watching him spar only to quickly and effectively disarm his opponent before pantomiming the finishing blow. The rush of the heat of battle filled Miguel as he practiced, not mindful of anything or anyone but the sword and the room full of opponents that he needed to combat in order to rescue the fair maiden kidnapped by the rogue knight.

[Ezio]

It was a warm and peaceful day in the castle, a wave of serenity seemed just to flow all over the area. If one were to look out a window into the basking light of the sun, one will be able to spot a bunch of Hoppip floating by in the wind.

However further along a Burmy is seen, looking quite happy with its eyes closed humming what sounded like a song it had once heard.

[Maid Melody]

After a while of practicing with his sword, Miguel replaced the sword in its sheath that was slung across his back and bent, hands on his knees, panting with excursion. Standing up, Miguel wiped the sweat off his forehead with the back of his hand and looked around. There was a window from which sunlight was entering in from and there seemed to be a faint melody coming a little further away past the window.

Miguel closed his eyes and listened to the melody, curious as to where it was coming from. Walking along the corridor, he stopped in front of the window and opened it, amazed at the sight of the hoppip. For a while, he just stared at the hoppip, wondering if he could coax one to come closer to the window so that he could catch it. No doubt Rosa would be enthralled at the sight of one. After a while, Miguel took out a pokeball and opened it, releasing Grace his Tabunne out onto the wide window ledge.
"Grace, I'm going to find the source of the mysterious music. Can you try and coax one of those hoppip to come over to the window? I believe young Rosa would love to see one of those."he said in a kind voice, waiting to see what the Tabunne would do.

Grace was entranced by the sight of the Hoppip floating by in the wind; it was all she could do to nod when Miguel asked her to try and get one of the Hoppip over to her. Shaking her head to concentrate, Grace began to use the move Make Friends in hopes of ensnaring at least one of the Hoppip in the mysterious dance.

Miguel smiled as Grace began to dance and walked on until he found the source of the music; a Burmy was humming a beautiful melody. For a while Miguel remained quiet, not wanting to interrupt the beautiful melody or to startle the pokemon.

[Ezio]

As the Hoppip happily floated by the almost all took no notice of the Tabunne, except for only a few yet only one managed to float near the window. Upon managing to land on the windowsill, the young Hoppip smiled cheerfully at the Tabunne's dance. "Hop hop hoppip" it cried out gleefully.

As the Burmy continued to hum its tune, it had no idea of the audience it had and just kept humming along without a care in the world. Even if it knew someone or something was listening, this Burmy wouldn't care, it loved music after all.

[Maid Melody]

Grace was more than delighted that one of the Hoppip had come over to her and smiled at the Hoppip.
"Tab, tabunne tab." she said in a kind voice, greeting the hoppip before dancing yet again, wanting the hoppip to dance along this time.

Miguel listened to the Burmy for a while longer before kneeling down beside it, hoping that it wouldn't be frightened away by this.
"You have a lovely voice Burmy..." he said in a quiet, gentle voice before falling silent once again.

[Ezio]

Closing its eyes, the Hoppip's smile got not get any bigger is it begun to dance along. "Hoppip Hoppip Hoppip hop!"[/i] it cried as it bounced and dance around, appearing to try and copy the Tabunne's movements. "Hoho hooooooooopiiiiiip!"[/i] the Hoppip shouted out of the blue. It had slipped and was now about to fall off the windowsill. If one doesn't react fast they might not be able to catch it.

Gasping lightly as the Burmy heard the man, it smiled once again as it heard the compliment. "Buuuurmy Buuurmy"[/i] it sang aloud.

[Maid Melody]

Grace's expression became one that looked like D8 when the Hoppip fell and she immediately concentrated and used Psychic on the Hoppip, lifting it up to bring it back inside and away from the window. Hopping off the window ledge herself, Grace set the Hoppip down in the safety of the castle walls and sighed in relief before going over to the Hoppip, concern in her eyes.
<"Are you all right?">she asked in a concerned voice before using Healing Beam on the Hoppip, just to be safe.

Miguel smiled and hummed along with the Burmy before looking down at the Burmy again.
"I know someone who would love to listen to your beautiful singing voice, would you like to come with me...?"he asked in a kind voice, waiting for the Burmy's reply.

[★ Ryuujin !]

With a soft groan, the Hoppip sat itself up and rubbed his head with a tiny paw. <Y-yeah... I think so...> Looking up at the window that it had nearly fallen out of, he shivered before turning to face Grace with a large smile, <Thank you so much... I dunno what would've happened if I fell out...> With that, he scooted closer to the other pokemon and hummed softly.

"Burrr?" She hummed in a thoughtful question. What exactly did this human mean, come with him? As in... explore? No, that was doubtful. This was a human. Soon enough, she figured it out, he wanted to catch her. What would traveling with a human be like... good? Only one way to find out. Looking back up at the human, she smiled softly and sang out with a nod "Meeeeee~"

[Maid Melody]

Grace smiled at the Hoppip, relieved that he was all right.
<"You're welcome~. I'm just glad I could help~.">she said in a cheery sing-song voice.
When he scooted closer to her, Grace blinked and looked down at him, smiling as he started to hum.
<"Would you like to dance some more? Then I can introduce you to my friend when he gets back~!">she asked in a cheery voice, waiting for the Hoppip's answer.

Miguel smiled gently, pulled out a pokeball, and held it within the Burmy's reach, waiting to see what she would do.

[★ Ryuujin !]

With a tilt of her head, the Burmy looked at the pokeball before looking up at the man. With an idea of how these worked, she took a shot in the dark and reached up, pushing the button on the ball before it sucked her in, clicking shut without any struggle.

img]http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/6/67/Spr_4d_412.png[/img]
Name: (You Choose)
Species: Burmy
Gender: Female
Ability: Shed Skin
Personality: Young and slightly naive, this girl would rather spend her time singing and socializing rather than battling or arguing. Friends are the most important thing, without them, there's no point to being where you are. Move on and live is her style, and she truly follows it.

With a sudden grin at her proposal for dancing, the Hoppip nodded enthusiastically. <I would LOVE to dance some more!>, the word 'love' was emphasized with a clap. Standing up, he continued his humming with a twirl before bowing to her and offering his paw to help Grace up. <Join me!>

[Maid Melody]

Miguel looked at the pokeball and smiled for a moment as he thought of a name for the sweet Burmy.
"Cherilyn is your name now, my friend..."he said in a kind voice before walking back through the hallway once again to the place where he had left Grace before.
The sight that met Miguel's eyes, made him smile in delight and amusement. It seemed that Grace had indeed enchanted a Hoppip who was now helping the Tabunne up. Miguel said nothing but continued to watch in silence.

Grace laughed in delight when the Hoppip agreed and took the hand he offered to help her stand up. Now at her full height, the Tabunne looked down at the Hoppip and giggled before starting to dance beside him.

[★ Ryuujin !]

Looking up as the Tabunne stood up, the best that could describe the face of the poor boy was T__T;. Here he was, trying to be a gentleman, and it completely backfired. With a sigh, he made sure to quickly recover from his shoot down and grinned at Grace, before spinning around again. In mid spin, he paused suddenly, catching sight of Miguel. Staring at the man with mouth slightly agape, he finally blinked a couple times before grinning, waving at the human.

[Maid Melody]

Miguel chuckled at the reaction of the Hoppip and walked over to where Grace and the Hoppip had been dancing, kneeling down and petting Grace.

Grace had stopped when the Hoppip waved and turned around to see Miguel watching them. Waving at Miguel, she smiled when he came over to them and made a purring sound when he pet her before looking at the Hoppip.
<"This is my friend, Miguel.">she informed the Hoppip, smiling.

Miguel smiled at the Hoppip and nodded his head in greeting.
"You seem to be quite the gentleman Hoppip, helping Grace to her feet like you did just now. What do you say to coming with us? I'm sure Grace would enjoy that too."he said in a kind voice, looking over at his Tabunne as he did so.

Grace nodded excitedly.
<"Yes! Come with us! We'll have lots of fun dancing together! Nobody else dances with me like you did!">she said in a kind, excited voice.

[★ Ryuujin !]

<Your friend is a human, hn? He looks nice...> As he said this, he made his way over to the human to sit before him, looking up at him. "Hop, hoppip!" He responded joyfully with a smile to the compliment before the question clicked in his head. Go with them and be able to spend more time with Grace? HECK YEAH! "HOPP!" He sang out joyfully, rather enthusiastic at the offer.

[Maid Melody]

Miguel chuckled and withdrew a pokeball, holding it in front of the Hoppip while Grace watched, looking at the Hoppip with excitement in her eyes.

[★ Ryuujin !]

With a large grin and a hum, the Hoppip leaned up into the ball and was pulled inside with a giggle. Almost instantly, the ball clicked shut, capturing the small pokemon inside.

[img]http://www.gtsplus.net/files/images/sprites/hgss2fn/187.png[/img]
Name: (You Choose)
Species: Hoppip
Gender: Male
Ability: Leaf Guard
Personality: Enthusiastic and full of life, there's nothing this boy loves to do more than dance and have fun. He's quite the intrepid explorer, loving to go to new places and find new things. He often picks up small trinkets or other shiny things and has a habit of keeping them. He seems to have taken a great liking to Miguel's Tabunny, Grace - to the point where it may be a crush. When they're out together, he follows her like a puppy.

[Maid Melody]

Miguel looked at the pokeball for a moment, thinking of a name that would suit the little Hoppip before smiling.
"Alven is your name, my friend." he said in a kind voice before pocketing the ball with a smile.
Standing up, Miguel looked around the area for a little while before looking back down at his Tabunne.
"Well Grace, shall we continue?"he asked in a kind, calm voice.

Grace looked up at Miguel and nodded before going a little further ahead, humming a cheerful tune and twirling every so often.

Miguel chuckled at Grace as she twirled the first time and followed the Tabunne, wondering what other pokemon they would meet next.

[★ Ryuujin !]

Up ahead, there seemed to be a bit of a commotion, things falling over and crashing, and a quick hiss as it settled, followed by a yowl. Moments later, two cat like pokemon, of obvious different species, came rolling around the corner, a ball of fur and fangs. The two cats, one a Skitty, the other a Glameow, seemed to be fighting, but over what?

[Maid Melody]

Grace was the first to see the two cat pokemon fighting and immediately sent a psycho shock at the ground between the two before grabbing the Skitty with one paw and the Glameow in the other.
<"You two cut it out RIGHT NOW! You should be ashamed of yourselves, attacking each other...! Now, I'm going to set you down and if you start fighting again the one who starts it will get tossed into that fountain over there. Understood!?">Grace yelled at the two pokemon, obviously angry.

Miguel heard the fighting and ran around the corner just in time to see Grace break up the fight and start yelling at the two pokemon. Without a word, Miguel watched, interested in what was going on.

[★ Ryuujin !]

Looking at the bunny pokemon, the Glameow scowled before hissing softly as she was set down, spinning on her heels with a twitch of her tail. Sitting down, she raised a paw to lick it, as if saying she had no reason to justify why they were fighting. It's not like they knew anything about it, after all. As the Skitty was set down, he took a couple steps back and laid his ears back with a huff. Of course, Grace didn't know what their scuffle was about... but it doesn't matter, he was kinda glad she stepped in. The Glameow was a bit of a bully after all, it was kinda nice to be saved, <Thanks... I suppose...> He spoke quietly, looking at Grace.