Restoring Hope

"Oh…because of the spirit that lives in it…..it needs souls to thrive…." He said, trying to recall his guardian’s warnings. Fantina was always one to be vague with her warnings, so he wasn’t quite sure what triggered the spirit to attack. "Sorry..that’s all I know about it…"

"The spirit there..." Paige trailed off, frowning a little. Unlike how most might react, she didn't seem too afraid of it. Mostly because...well, she had seen so much during the war, a little ghost didn't seem that awful. She'd even been to Lavender Town, once, and that had been pretty spooky. "...Well, that sounds pretty dangerous. Now you've just got me curious about it, rather than spooked out, y'know." she pointed out with a smile.

"That doesn't seem impossible to me at all...after all. Red took down Team Rocket, and Brendan and May took down Team Magma and Aqua..." Paige shrugged. "So it isn't impossible to think of."

"Oh...well still. It's a bit brazen...but even if you meant my group, that'd include me! I'm kinda sorta a part of it, after all."

"Oh yes! We rule much the same way as it was before Lux appeared. We even hand out stuff to people who lost things during the war. Goldenrod was attacked and set on fire, for instance. We're still handing out stuff to survivors of that."

"Well...it's true," she frowned a little. "He musta thought Lux was right..." the girl offered a shrug to him. "But...it's better, now. My sister helps run The Republic, and I know she won't ever give up at making people's lives better after everything that happened. Lux and Nox aren't gonna show up again."

"..Mmh, I don't think so. People like Red and others like him were with Lux. Some were with Nox. It was real messy...it only ended when The Republic came and slowly but surely took over towns the others controlled 'cause the others didn't view them as a threat."

"Well...by that, do you mean how did it start, or how did it end? Because it started with a bunch of people infiltrating the leagues and taking over as the official power because they thought things were very chaotic. They wanted to bring order, and instituted very harsh laws; we called them Lux. Then a rebel group formed called Nox and they began fighting, for years and years."

"Well it was really big...strange that you didn't hear about it. It was going on for years and everything...it was really horrible. Lots of people and pokemon died."

"You really...dunno?" she frowned. Strange...this exact same thing had happened with someone else. Someone who WOULD have known. "About the civil war...? I would've thought news would've reached Kalos.."

"Oh! I wasn't talking about that...I didn't even know about what was going on in Kalos. I was talking about the stuff that recently ended in all the other regions."

"Technically we're all on a journey...'the grand journey of life', I think my sister would say. But uhm...I'm not really traveling in that sorta sense...more like I'm traveling to make sure everything is okay now after everything that happened recently."

"Wow...you have a lot of friends, don't you?" Paige asked, a smile on her face. It was nice to have a lot of friends. It was not something she had ever really experienced though...not many people lived in Dewford Town, and during her journey during the war, there wasn't a lot of time to make friends. She giggled a bit at the description he gave of the professor. "Wish I coulda gone on a journey like that."

"...You're right, it is impossible to miss him," Paige said, eyeing AZ. He was truly a big guy, huh? Easily bigger than the other people in the picture. "...Who're the rest of the people in that picture with you?" the girl decided to question, glancing over to Xander.

"His pokemon...d-died?" she stuttered it out. She was familiar with how it felt, after all. But...if it died, and yet was still living...did it come back? But that was impossible. "...I guess I'll try to meet him. He sounds interesting."