OUR BIRTHDAY PARTAAAAYYYYY

[Sam]

Well, that was it. The final touch. Sam's hand fell and she stepped back to admire her handy work. Pictures of everyone hung from the walls, streamers of all different colors hung from the ceiling and the walls. A stage with a raffle box and some larger boxes stood to the side. A disco ball hung from the ceiling. A feast was set out on tables draped with the rainbow. This was going to be a memorial night.

The first to enter was Rose, a girl with brown hair, a serious face, but pretty, nice, despite her angry demeanor. She walked in and recognized Sam immediately. Her face lightened and she ran forward to shake her hand. "Sam, so nice to see you!" Sam smiled joyfully. "And you too, Rose!"

The next was a pair of young adults. The man was taller than the girl, but their faces looked slightly alike and they seemed as if nothing could tear them apart, with the holding hands and the girl leaning slightly on her boyfriend's arm. Sam nodded towards them. "Ah, James and Katherine! So nice that you could show up today!" James answered in his smooth voice. "The place looks amazing, Sam."

Rose was looking Katherine in the eye. There was something behind her perfect smile, the way she was almost on top of James. Her eyes. The back of them. Rose could see nervousness, fear, maybe even a bit of anger. It confused Rose. She knew that Katherine wasn't a Malum. If she was, however, there would be no reason to be afraid. This was the party in which all the inhabitants of Aero came together in peace. She couldn't be Malum anyway. James was an official Aeroian. No one from the other side would ever be so close.

A Grovyle hopped in quickly, her eyes darting from side to side, as if something would attack her. When she was fully into the party room, she calmed down a bit, but kept up her guard. "Kaitlyn, no reason to be afraid. Kaitlyn locked eyes with the human who said this. Sam, she knew. An understanding reached her and she opened her mouth to speak. For some reason, she already knew Sam would understand. "It is old habit. The way of nature. Grass type instincts." Sam smiled. "Yes, humans can understand Pokemon in this room only." She turned to the others.

"Well, we just gotta wait for everyone else to arrive, right?" A flicker of a different kind of emotion came over Sam. James, Katherine, and Kaitlyn failed to notice it, however, Rose noticed it right away. Longing. Doubt. Fear. Anxiety. Something was wrong. Sam was acting a little strange, as if she was anticipating something dreadful coming up. Rose huffed. Nothing came to her. She just had to wait and see.

[hawkeye]

"Ooh! What's this?!" Hawkeye walked into the room, eyes wide, looking everywhere. She then looked at everyone in the room. Some she knew, some she didn't. She was wearing a bright purple dress, glittering as it moved with her body. She wore silver flats, and had her long, bright blonde hair flowing with the speed of her feet. A necklace with a gold hawk in flight hung over her neck, and a ring with a tiny robot on it that light up when touched. She walked over to Sam and hugged her. "Hola Senorita!(she doesn't speak spanish but says it anyway since it sounds cool) What's up?" She ran past a Grovyle, bumping her on accident. "Oops!SorrySorrySorrySorry!!" she made her way to Rose saying, "Sveiki!!(Lithuanian.google it.)You look good!" and ran off to see James and Katherine. Once she got there, she saw Katherine with confusion. So she just ran over real quick to say hi. "Merhaba!(Turkish)Nice shoes! Oh and are you Katherine? Nice see'n ya! Name's Hawk!" After all the heys and hellos, she saw Violet pop in, looking nervous. She wanted to cheer her up so she darted over to hug her."VIOLET!!" She looked like a deer in headlights, but she didn't care. Hawk clashed with her, and gave her a big hug. She felt something in the air, but what could happen?

Violet walked in to the room. She thought she got the address right, but she wasn't sure. But as she walked in, she gasped. Hawk was running toward her screaming her name."SHI-" but too late. She squeezed her until she had no air in her lungs. "Hey Hawk...Whats...up??" She loved Hawk, really, but she didn't feel pumped right now. Streamers hung everywhere, along with pictures of different people and pokemon hung on the wall. One picture was of her, and it she looked pretty good: better than what she was wearing. Simple red dress with a necklace. On it was a Braviary, strong and proud. But then her eyes moved to the occupants. Some of the people (and pokemon) were right in front of her. Suddenly, she stiffened. She only knew Sam, Rose, and James, but everyone else was a blank. She was bad at socializing, considering majority of her life she was with birds, but she learned over time thanks to her adopted family. She felt something weird as she walked to the middle of the room. Was it anxiety? She didn't know for sure, but it was a strong feeling. She walked up to Sam and tried her hardest not to mess up. "Hey Sam! Nice deco!" "Deco?!" She yelled in her head. "Really?!" Oh, if only Braviary were here. He would calm her down. She walked over to Rose, in hope of not looking stupid. "Hey Rose! What's up?" She finally walked away and saw the other people she didn't recognize. When she past Grovyle, she understood him completely. New to her, since she only understood her own pokemon, but she had to admit that was cool. And she realized he was feeling just the same. So for the heck of it she mumbled to him, "Trust me, I know how you feel." She then kept moving until she saw Katherine. "Hey! Nice to meet you! Name's Violet!" Wow. Something was going in her head. Mixed feelings showed all over her face. She then recognized James next to her and said quickly, "What's up James??" And walked away from them all. She heard a caw from outside the room, and she recognized it in a heartbeat. "Bravi!" She mumbled frustrated. "I'm fine! I don't know if you should be here now..." She saw a swoop outside the window and gave a hand motion meaning "shoo!" Once he left, she sighed. This was some party, with some emotions in the air, and awkward conversations, it was something. But she stood there with one thought in her mind, "What's next?"

[whitedragon]

OOC: awww, come on hawk. Let's enter ourselves!

All right, it was time to get this party STARTED. Dragon bounced in (literally) in his usual white t-shirt with a cheeseburger on it and words that read "Keep calm and eat a Burger." It really didn't match the dress pants he was wearing, or the black dress jacket draped over his shoulders. A huge smile on his face, he skipped up to the group that had been created in the center of the room. "Come on, Sam, where's the music? The dancing? The lights?" He laughed. "Well, the night is young. We got time." He turned to the others, a smile still on his face. "Katherine, lovely Katherine, nice to see you! James! How's it going? Rose, my dear! What a pleasant surprise! Kaitlyn, my good friend! And Violet, looking as beautiful as ever!" He turned towards the door as someone else walked in. "Ah! Alexander, I thought you were right behind me!"

Alexander walked in with a nice dark blue tuxedo that Dragon had suggested. More like forced on. There was his usual scowl, his dark, almost black eyes. Once again, he had a headache. Not because Dragon had been dancing around him all day, getting him ready for the party when he hadn't even left the house with his best clothes. What is with that T-shirt? He didn't intend to talk a lot, but if someone said something to him, maybe he could find something interesting to talk about.