[Christina Douglas]

((Lilith Sinclaire ))

"Hmm...." Christina mumbled as she stared at the book in front of her. She had been in the library for hours already and showed no signs of moving anytime soon. Poli was also staring at the book from her shoulder, though her expression was more happy looking than Christina's. Whether or not the Poliwag could read was a different matter all together. Possibly merited further study at a later time. An interesting research topic at the very least. How would one go about testing-

Christina then heard a yawn that broke her concentration and brought her back from that tangent of thoughts. Puma was by her feet, curled up looking bored. She was probably about to take a nap. No matter, Christina would entertain the Eevee when she was finished here. She reached down and petted the pokemon's head. "Almost done for today, just a bit longer," she whispered to Puma. Puma sighed in response. She knew that "almost done" didn't mean done anytime soon.

Christina then brought her attention back to the book she was currently looking at. The table she was at was littered with dozens more, some she had already read through. Others she was about to get to. She had decided if she was going to be at this academy, then she would start looking up its history as well as the history of Harmonia Island. After all, the landscapes on the island were all fairly unique. She wondered what circumstances came about to create those landscapes, as well as how such a variety of pokemon came to inhabit those areas. Christina had gotten very absorbed in learning about this topic today, as she did with most topics she ended up researching. If there were other people around, she surely didn't notice them at the moment.

Soon, the passage she was reading made a reference to another book. Needing more answers than the current book was providing, she looked at the other ones scattered on the table to see if it was there. It wasn't. Christina sighed. That meant she had to go searching for it now. She got up from her chair, stretched out a little bit, and then began searching bookcases for the book. Hopefully, this search would be short so she could go back to learning the topic at hand.

[Lilith Sinclaire]

A huge grin spread against Lilith's lips as she entered inside of the library. She had been looking forth to making a visit to one of her favorite places all day. However, she had to take care a few errands first. Now, it was finally time for the young raven-haired girl to spend some time in the library studying some of her favorite subjects. "Mallory, I know that you enjoy pulling pranks and being mischievous quite a bit. However, I'm going to need for you to be on your best behavior while we're here in the library," She explained to her playful Misdreavus. She had debated on returning her Pokemon back into her Poke Ball, but fought against that decision after remembering how long the Ghost Pokemon had been trapped inside of her Poke Ball all day while she worked hard on completing her errands. "Please, I would hate to have to return you back to your Poke Ball." She added in a more stern tone this time. The Misdreavus smiled and nodded her head at her trainer's order. "All right. Let's get to work." She smiled as she strolled deeper into the library. 

She made her way towards the historical books shelves. She figured that she since was still fairly new to the Harmonia Island she would spend a little more time learning about its rich history and folklores. She bit down on her bottom as she started strolling through the various books on the shelves. There were so many options that she honestly did not know which book to start with first. While Lilith was busy searching for books to read, Mallory decided to entertain herself by phasing in and out of the various bookshelves surrounding the library. Luckily, she did not startle anyone, at least not at the moment.

A few minutes of searching for a book to read, Lilith had managed to grab three books in her arm. All of them, which were related to the origin of Harmonia Island and Gray Haven Academy. She was just about to turn away from the bookshelves in order to find herself a quiet and less crowded place to sit until she noticed that her Pokemon had managed to sneak off. "Mallory, where are you?" She whispered, turning her attention towards the last spots that she had visited a few seconds ago. While looking for her Pokemon, another interesting book had captured her attention. "Hmm, what is this one about?" She asked quietly as she extended her dainty fingers out to retrieve the book. However to her surprise, someone else was also reaching for the exact same book from the other side of the shelf. "Mallory, is that you?" She whispered, attempting to peep through the small opening of the shelf. A couple chuckles soon sounded off beside her as her Ghost Pokemon faded into view. "Oh, I guess not." She giggled in an awkward manner as she continued to tug on the book a little more. 

[Christina Douglas]

Christina wasn't having much luck finding that book the other one mentioned. Finding other books that focused on the history of the academy or the island wasn't an issue. It was just this particular book seemed to not be here. Maybe someone had already grabbed it? If so that was a shame, but didn't matter too much. It just meant she'd have to revisit that particular subject at a later date.

She started to turn away from the shelf, but then her luck changed. Out of the corner of her eyes she spotted the book. It was here after all. She reached out and grabbed it. However instead of coming out of the shelf, she felt some resistance. That was strange. She would have pulled harder, but then she soon heard a voice. She didn't really hear what they said, but it was enough to confirm someone was probably on the other side of the shelf.

"Are you interested in this book as well?" she called out as she let go of the book. She tried peeking through the bookshelf, but couldn't tell who was on the other side. There wasn't much time to think about it however. Poli was poking at her cheek, trying to grab her attention. Christina turned towards the little Poliwag to see what she wanted and then noticed Puma had started running towards something on the other side of the shelf. What was that Eevee going to get into now?

Christina rushed over to the other side and saw presumably the other person who had her hands on the book. The girl had a Misdreavus with her and below the ghost pokemon was Puma, trying to paw at it. Christina couldn't help but sigh and be a little embarrassed. She calmly walked over as she called out to her Eevee. "Puma, leave the poor Misdreavus alone." She knew the poor Eevee hadn't had a chance to run around today, but that didn't mean it was okay to paw at any random pokemon that happened by. She then turned over to the girl and apologized."Sorry, she hasn't had much of a chance to run around today,"

[Lilith Sinclaire]

Lilith blush-gray eyes widen a bit as she heard a feminine voice coming from the opposite side of the book shelf. "A-Ah yes, I'm quite interested in this book." She replied in her soft and friendly voice. Once she felt the other girl release her grip on the book, she took it upon herself to go ahead and pull the book out from the shelf. Lilith glanced down at the cover of the book and smiled as she gently rub the cover of the book with her dainty fingers a couple of times as she read over the title of the book. 

She soon turned her attention away from the book, after hearing that familiar voice from behind the book shelf a couple of minutes ago. She chuckled softly as she turned her attention towards the source of the voice and noticed that a cute little Eevee trying to paw at her Misdreavus. "Oh, no worries. Mallory doesn't even feel a thing. Right Mallory?" She giggled a bit more as she glanced over at her Pokemon. The Misdreavus also found the Eevee's playfulness to be a bit adorable, too. Mallory let out a cheerful cry before floating around Puma in circles as if she was trying to start up a game of tag or something with the smaller Pokemon. "I understand. Mallory hasn't had much of a chance to run around either." She smiled, turning her attention back over towards Christina. "I'm Lilith. Lilith Sinclaire. I'm a Mana Student here at the academy." She introduced herself. Normally, she would have found herself feeling a bit timid about new people. However, this time things appeared to be a bit different. For some reason, she felt quite comfortable about this girl. Perhaps, it was because she could sense that two of them already shared a common interest with each other.

"I take it that you're also interested in reading this book, too?" She asked, holding up at the book and showing it to Christina. "If so, then you're more than welcome to check it out." She stated as another friendly smile curved against her lips. "I was planning on reading it, because of some research that I've been working on, but I could always come back here later to check it out." She stated, extending the book towards Christina.