I sat down on the couch; phone in hand. All the Pokemon seemingly followed me. Principal Oak's Vulpix and Snowy sat on the couch with me. Snowy on my right, and Principal Oak's Vulpix on my left.

I put my phone down, and pet both of them. It was amazing, because they both felt so different. Snowy was cool, and the Principal's Vulpix was hot.

"That's a rare sight," my dad chimed in. "You hardly ever see two regional variants side by side like this." He sat down to my left. "It was nice of Principal Oak to get in on the trade project." He said.

Rotom Dex then came over, and took a picture of the two Vulpixes on my lap. "Brand new data! This is amazing!" He squealed.

I giggled a little. "I never even knew there was such things as regional variants. I actually learned alot today in Pokemon School." I said, as I continued petting the two Vulpixes.

"That's good," my dad said. "But Emethyst, I hope you know I'm going to be a little harder on you than the others." He said, as he put his hand on my shoulder.

I rolled my eyes subtlely. "I kind of figured." I said, as I continued petting the two variants. Both of their fur were equally soft, and it seemingly felt like I couldn't stop.

Just then, Haunter appeared behind my dad. He then began tapping him on his right shoulder. My dad then shuddered uncontrollably. "Ugh!" He said, then made a weird face.

"What's the matter, dad?" I teased. " Can't handle a Ghost type?" I laughed. Haunter laughed along with me.

My dad then snapped out of his ghost induced shakes. "Of course I can," he said. "Just haven't been beckoned by a Haunter in a long time." He then scratched the center of Haunter's head. Haunter looked like he was enjoying it, and even began floating upside down. My dad laughed, and so did I. "Your Haunter is an interesting one to say the least." He said.

"That's a Haunter from Lavender Town for you. I've had my run-ins before." Ash said as he walked into the living area, smiling bashfully, as he remembered a long lost memory.

"Oh really? Do tell." I said, looking over at him now interested.

Ash then smiled even more bashfully now. "Eh it's a story for another time." He said. "How are you and Snowy getting along?" He asked, as he sat on the other side of the couch.

I shrugged. "I think we're getting along great actually. She seems to like me, at least." I said. I continued petting the two Vulpixes.

"Do you think maybe Lillie has been able to touch Froslass yet?" Ash asked, as he looked out the window.

That sparked a rememberance in my head. I had almost completely forgot about Froslass, with everything that happened earlier. I then looked down at the megastone. "I wonder how they're doing?" I thought.

***

Lillie was now in her night clothes. She sat at her desk, and wrote in her journal, something she had been doing for a while.

"Today was a good day. I met Professor Kukui's daughter, Emethyst for the first time. I never knew he had any kids. She seems really nice, and has two amazing Pokemon; Froslass and Haunter. We ended up swapping Pokemon. She has Snowy, and I have Froslass. I've been working hard at trying to touch Froslass, but something just keeps holding me back. I don't know why I'm so scared, but I want to get through it."

Determined, Lillie set her pen down and closed her journal. She turned around in her chair. "Froslass?" She called out. Froslass then rounded the corner into her room, and came over to her.

"I'm really sorry about earlier." Lillie said, as she looked at her. "I really want to touch you, but I don't know what keeps holding me back. Can I try again before we go to bed?" Lillie asked her, almost pleadingly.

"Fros." Froslass said, as she floated closer; close enough for Lillie to easily touch.

Lillie recoiled a little, but she stuck her hand out reluctantly. She tried with everything she had to touch Froslass's head. Her hand was not even an inch away; when Froslass got tired of her hesitating. Froslass stuck her head in Lillie's hand. However, this didn't go very well.

Lillie screamed, turning completely white. Hobbs then came running in the room.

"Ms. Lillie! Are you alright?!" Hobbs exclaimed, as he came over to Lillie; trying to help her snap out of her petrification.

Lillie immediately came out of her fear, and nodded her head. "Yes Hobbs, I'm fine. Just tried to touch Froslass before I went to bed." She said sadly, as she looked back over at Froslass. She then got frustrated. "Ugh I know I can do this!" She squealed in anger. "Froslass is an ice type, just like Snowy! Why can't I get over this fear?!" She yelled in frustration.

Hobbs sighed. "Ms. Lillie, baby steps. This is a start, but why don't we go to bed and work on it together in the morning?" Hobbs said, reassuring her. "I will help you anyway I can."

Lillie wanted to keep trying, but she knew Hobbs was right. She sighed in defeat. "Okay, Hobbs. Good night." She said.

"Good night, Ms. Lillie." He said, as he then turned away and walked out of the room.

Lillie watched him walk out of the room, with tears welling in her eyes. She felt defeated, but she wanted more than nothing to touch Froslass. She just didn't understand how she was going to overcome this fear.

"I guess we'll try again tomorrow, Froslass. Get some rest." Lillie said to Froslass, teary-eyed. "I'm really sorry you have to see me like this." She said, apologetically. Lillie then walked to her desk, and turned out her lamp. She then turned back around and climbed into bed.

"Froslass." Froslass said sadly, as she went to float out of the room. However, Lillie's deep sobs stopped her dead in her tracks. She turned around, to see Lillie curled up under her covers, sobbing deeply.

"You be good for Lillie, okay? Treat her as if she were me." Emethyst's voice echoed in her head. She reluctantly thought what she would do if this were Emethyst crying.

Froslass took a deep breath, and floated closely over to Lillie. She examined her, as she saw the tears flowing from her closed eyes like a waterfall. She also noticed she had a Clefairy doll; which reminded her of Emethyst's Gengar doll.

Lillie continued sobbing, but she was slowing down now and getting quieter. Which meant that she was probably close to crying herself to sleep.

Without hesitation, Froslass got in the bed with Lillie. She didn't get under the covers. There was just enough room for Froslass to lay. Froslass took her humanoid left arm and draped it over Lillie. The covers acted like a shield in a way, to where Lillie barely noticed.

Lillie immediately stopped sobbing, and drifted into a sound sleep.

Froslass then smiled, as she laid down and closed her eyes as well. She didn't know if this counted as Lillie touching her, but it was pretty close.

All was quiet, and they both drifted into a deep sleep.