Mona The Glameow did it, as always. The female catty pokemon always did something that put a halt towards the Windhelms' progression, like breaking something, hiding something, letting out really loud cries, and even 'accidentally' pulling out the wire to Oliver's alarm clock in his room with her very long and curly tail. Because of this, the teenager stayed in bed sleeping longer than he was supposed to be today. The soon-to-be pokemon trainer was supposed to meet up with five other people so that they could travel to Lumiose City together. Now it seemed like he would get there too late, thus having to travel all alone.
Oliver finally got up when Mona decided to come back in his room about one hour after the clock was supposed to ring (which was 8:00 AM) and jump on his body, letting out a loud cry while continuing to jump up and down. Oliver quickly removed the cover from his body, throwing it on the floor to the left of him as well as Mona who was on it. She gave him an angry expression and then ran out of the room, leaping down the stairs. Oliver didn't really care about his pet's feelings at that moment, since his rude awakening was caused by that feline. He was probably as angry or even angrier than her anyway, Until he found out what time it was.
Oliver looked around his room, which was very lit even though the light switch wasn't turned on due to the sun that came through, telling the boy that it definitely was later than he expected to be up. He looked forward at the shelf that his clock was on, only to realize that it wasn't going forward in time. His eyes then roamed to the outlet behind it that it's wire was supposed to be plugged into, noticing that it wasn't. Oliver mediately suspected the annoying cat, going on in his head about how he would get revenge, right before jumping right out of bed and getting ready to leave the house. He took a quick shower and changed his clothes, brushed his hair, brushed his teeth, and any other small things before he began to head downstairs.
The stairs led Oliver right into the living room, where he walked through the door on it's right wall, leading to the kitchen where his dad and mom were eating breakfast (their backs facing the microwave), with Mona sitting right in the middle of the table they were sitting in. Oliver took a seat and eyed both of his parents with a curious expression. They were both smiling though, glancing at him for a second to say hi, then going back to eating their food.
"Hey, why didn't either of you two wake me up? Mona pulled out the wire to my clock, so I didn't wake up in time," Oliver explained to his parents, eating fast so that he could get out of the house quickly. He began to look angrily at Mona now, making her very nervous. George, Oliver's father, decided to speak.
"Well son, you should have put your clock higher up on your shelf so that Mona couldn't touch it. If me or your mother woke you up, then it wouldn't allow you to learn your lesson," George replied, looking at his wife Sylvia to confirm that she felt the same way, to which she nodded. They both just then decided to hide the fact that they assumed Oliver was still sleeping.
"Yes honey, you have to learn how to do stuff for yourself, especially since you are will not be around us for months on end starting today," Sylvia added.
"I suppose you are right, but the other five I am supposed to be meeting with are probably fed up with waiting on me now. In fact, I should leave now. I will call you both when I arrive in Lumiose City. Cya!" Oliver said as he got up and got his back of packed lunches that his mother made for him and place on the kitchen counter, then he got his backpack that he placed in the living room. The young man put the packed lunches in his backpack then left out the front door, waving at his parents before finally heading out. Usually something this big would cause a parent and child to exchange words for a long amount of time, and it wasn't really different in this situation. Oliver already had a long goodbye chat with his parents the night before. They told him what to expect since they did the same thing at about the same age, going out to explore the Kalos Region.
Before heading out of the village, Oliver headed right for the market to get a few things. While on his way, he noticed that the village's population seemed to be dwindling every day, as there were only a few people he was able to see outside. He grew up in this place, and while he had friends, due to the size, he didn't have many. Sure this trip to Lumiose City was to get his two starter pokemon, but to Oliver it was much more than that. He wanted to make as many friends as possible, starting with the five that he was meeting up with. He may have spoken with one or two of them before, but generally none of them were his friends yet. Most of them probably came from other regions anyway.
Oliver was done getting stuff from the market, so now he headed right for the edge of town. Upon arriving, he saw all five of the people already there, as expected.
"Hey everyone! Sorry for keeping you all waiting!" Oliver shouted in excitement. He was smiling at everyone, glancing at each pokemon trainer (or future pokemon trainer) for a few seconds. He noted that he may have been the oldest of the group, which meant that he had to be a prime example. He was going to be as nice and friendly as he possibly could.
