Ch. 0.2 Erika

In Goldenrod city inside the radio tower a woman in a suit is waiting outside a recording booth alongside an older shorter man.

    “I apologize for Erika’s lateness” the woman says looking apologetically at the man.

    “It’s no problem she probably just over slept; she has been working harder lately.” The man says looking at the woman.

All of a sudden a yell is heard down the hall way.

    “I’m here, wait for me, don’t start yet!” A girl with long pink hair in a white and red outfit runs towards them alongside an Audino who’s trying to keep pace.

The girl reaches them and starts panting tired from the run.

    “Erika you’re late, I told you to be here at eleven not eleven thirty.” The woman says scowling at her.

    “Sorry, I’m so sorry, I lost track of time visiting my aunt at the Pokémon center while dropping off my Pokémon.” Erika says catching her breath.

    “It’s okay dear just as long as you made it.” The old man says smiling at her.

    “It doesn’t matter Erika, just get in there already.” The woman says yelling at Erika.

Erika rushes into the booth alongside her Audino while the other two stand outside watching. Inside a red haired woman with thick glasses sits inside alongside a microphone.

    “Hello there every one DJ Mary here and today we have a special guest, Erika the latest contest Idol fresh off her third place win in the Johto grand festival.” The woman says looking at Erika.

Erika sits down in front of another microphone and after catching her breath.

    “Hello everyone sorry I was late, but I’m here to answer all of your questions.” Erika says talking into the mike.

 The two girls start talking with Erika answer various questions given by Mary.

    “Now we’re going to open the line for our listeners to question Mary.” The woman says talking into the mike.

 Soon various calls start rushing in and a large number of phones start to ring.

     “Now we have Kerry from Azalea town.” The woman says answering the phone.

    “Hello Erika, where did you get your Audino?” A voice says over the phones.

 Audino starts looking nervous and puts its head in its hands.

    “Anna was a gift from my aunt in the Unova region, Anna’s a bit nervous about the attention so please no more questions about her.” Erika looks at the Audino who looks back before relaxing.

    “Now then Erika we have another question before we have to wrap up, what’ll you do next?” Mary says pointing the microphone in her face.

    “I’m not entirely sure what to do next but I’ll be ready soon.” Erik says happily answering Mary.

    “That’s all the time we had folks see ya next time.” Mary says before the recording stops and she takes a big exhale.

Erika leaves yet followed by Audino whose tailing her, suddenly their approached by the woman in the suit.

    “Congratulations Erika that wraps up all your business in Johto, now you can take a break for a while before we head to Sinnoh.”  The woman says to Erika.  “What’s wrong Erika?”The woman says noticing Erika’s exhaustion.

    “I’m tired we’ve been running around all over the place I wanted to take a break but now I think I might quit, I mean I tried so hard and I only got third place.” A frustrated Erika sits down on a nearby bench while Audino tries to cheer her up. “

    Okay Erika you need to be revitalized, so I have an idea.” The woman looks down on her with a smile on her face. “There’s a festival in the Sevi Islands called the triple seven festival, it could be a nice time to relax and catch your bearings before you burn out.”

Erika looks up at the woman and looks confused at the prospect, before starting to get excited about the trip.

    “Okay I’ll do this, and I can visit all my aunts in the Sevi Islands to.” Erika says as she rushes out if the building with an excited look on her face.

    “Look at her, she’ll have some fun and come back with much more energy.” The woman chuckles to herself while people look at her confused about her laughter.

Next Time: Ch. 0.3 Avery