"Pictures of the sky! My life is so great!" Singsonged a girl with faded blue hair. She flew in the air with her Talonflame nicknamed Birdmouse. The bird Pokémon had her trainer on it's back as they soared through the beautifully colored sky, high above the clouds.

Spreading her hands out as if they were wings, the girl smiled as her female Talonflame flew around. The bird Pokémon took a daring move and swooped down, heading towards an ocean, at a fast pace. Tucking in her wings, the bird Pokémon bolted down towards the water before extending her wings to glide above the ocean. The girl on Talonflame's back stared into the water as her Pokémon and her soared above it.

"My life is so great!"

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"Locket? It's time to wake up." A voice sounded.

Huh? It was just a dream?! What a bummer!

Yawing, a girl with faded blue hair rose from her sleep. A trail of salvia trickled down the corner of her mouth as the girl stretched her arms above her head. Nothing could feel better than getting a wake up call - NOT!

"What time is it?"

"It's only 7:30 a.m. Boy, did you sleep in. Judging by the drool on your chin you probably had a good dream, am I right?" Asked a girl with pink hair tied in two neat pigtails on the tops of her head. The girl got up from her friends bed before walking over to table covered with breakfast.

"Yeah, thanks for waking me up Aria. I can't wait to check out Reflection Cave!" Cheered Locket. After everything she'd gone through in the past few days, taking a break to look at a cave full of mirror like walls seemed like fun.

"Ches!" Squeaked a short green Pokémon. The spiky nut Pokémon peaped his head out from under the covers that he shared with his trainer. The little Chespin looked absolutely full of energy! The color of his green coat gleamed in the lit room.

"Chespin! Did you sleep well?" Asked Locket. She noticed her feline Pokémon klinging onto Chespin's right arm in it's sleep. Smiling, Locket pet her Pokémon's heads.

Getting out of bed, the gray eyed girl grabbed a piece of toast from the table that Aria sat at. The toast was buttered to stretch out across the corners.

Taking a breif moment to find the best looking side, Locket bit into her toast.

Through her chewing the performer looked around the room for Armor. Ever since the night before it seemed like he was trying to avoid her. Perhaps it was because of the way he always gave help but never recived it.

"Aria? Where's Armor?" Locket asked when she had finished eating her toast.

Giving a glance to the door, Aria got up from her seat. She grabbed her things and Locket's wrist.

Taking the hint, Chespin jumped out of bed with Espurr now awake. The tiny feline levitated her trainer's backpack out the door with the rest of her friends.

Without a single word spoken the group made their way to Reflection Cave. Once the trainers stood in front of the cave entrance the gymnist let go of the performers wrist.

"Armor said that he wanted to go to Reflection Cave for a bit to find things out - alone. He also said that as soon as you woke up that it would be okay again for us to join him again." Aria stated flatly.

Concern filled the once excited gray eyes of Locket's. Hopefully her friend was okay and wasn't upset because of her.

"Why have us join him after I woke up? Is it something I did or say to make him upset?" Locket asked. Worry filled her voice as she looked into the cave. "We have to find him so I can apologise!"

"Wait! It's probably nothing that has to do with you. Let's just assume that he wanted to catch a new Pokémon to show us. Or he wants to find out what might have happened to- Locket?" By the time the pigtailed girl looked up from her talking Locket was gone.

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"I wonder if I should've stuck with Aria?" Locket said to her Chespin.

Looking around the cave, mirrors made of crystal were everywhere. The way they were positioned made it look like there were hundreds of copies of same thing.

"Purr purr espurr." The tiny feline Pokémon meowed. Chespin gave a weak smile as he took his partner's paw into his own. The two Pokémon held onto each others paws as they walked in front of their trainer.

Light echo's of the small groups footsteps bounced off the walls. It was strange how the cave seemed so much like a haunted/fun house.

Glancing at a mirror the trainer stopped in her tracks. Her hand extended to touch the the mirror only to pull back.

What was that? For a moment I thought I looked just how I used to...

Not hearing his trainers footsteps any more the spiky nut Pokémon stoped in place. He gently pulled Espurr with him to stand beside their trainer.

"Pin?"

Both Pokémon stared up at their trainer in confussion. The way the performer looked at them made the two hump up to hug her.

Fear was plastered on the girl's face which only transformed to calmness at her Pokémon's hug.

"Thank you both. I'm okay, I just thought I saw something from long ago."

The three friends pulled away from their hug. Smiles were amongst each of their faces.

Kneeling down, Locket cupped each of her Pokémon's cheeks.

"I think... It's time I told you both about my past."

Locket closed her eyes tightly. Even though these were her friends, she still expected them to be ashamed of her.

"The truth is... I'm a runaway princess from Sinnoh. I snuck out and ran until I was off of Sinnoh. All my life U was restricted from being me, from having any say so in what I wanted in my life. Now I'm here, and I always feel guilt and scared that when I return or get captured... What does my family think of me now?"

A weak smile formed on the Pokémon's faces. Together the two Pokémon embraced their trainer with a hug.

"Thank you both."

Standing up, the performer carried her partners in her arms. The task at finding Armor was still at hand but could wait. For now all that mattered was getting out the cave.

"I wonder which way I should try?" The gray eyed girl asked to nobody in particular.

In the girl's current location everything looked the same. Mirrors were surrounding the her - several copies of herself circled her.

I'm okay, they're just mirror. They're just mere copies of myself.

Not ready to let any anxiety take over, Locket stared straight at her copies. She didn't need to feel scared this was herself she was dealing with.

This is all in your head. You shouldn't feel guilty or scared, whatever happens can happen. I'm safe as long as I have my friends.

Suddenly a scene of direction flooded through the performer's veins. She quickly followed the path that told her mind where to go and soon ended up outside of Reflection Cave.

"We made it! We're in Shalour City!"

The sun shone brightly outside the cave as the Chespin trainer came out.

Footsteps from behind followed suit once Locket took a step towards the city. Turning around the girl smiled. Aria and Armor emerged from the cave with smiles.

The pigtailed girl ran up to hug Locket. While Armor watched from behind. He held a piece of paper in his hands.

"What'cha got there?" Asked Locket when she was released from her hug.

Blushing, Armor shoved the paper into his pocket. He shook his head before looking past his friends towards the city.

"It's nothing. Hey, there's a showcase here tomorrow, you should enter!"

At the mention of a showcase, Locket's eyes lit up. She squeezed her Pokémon, that were still in her arms, and bounded towards Shalour City.

Still standing outside the cave, Aria nudged Armor with her elbow.

"You gonna show her that paper any time soon?"