Marianna walked at a leisurely pace down the street, whistling a cheerful tune as she strolled along through the woods, already breaking past the tree line, the town of Petalburg City already in view. There weren't many others around her, people or pokemon, what few there were gave the teenager a fairly wide berth, and why not? After all most people did so when they saw a large Pinsir, even one walking behind his trainer, the large bug type clearly happy to be out of it's ball, even if its mouth couldn't make the smile to show it. "Having fun Spike?" Marianna asked, glancing behind her at her partner, "Piiiiii!" Spike answered with a happy cry.
It didn't take but a few more minutes to make their way to the pokemon center, especially with what few people were out and about making way for the somewhat odd pair along the sidewalk. She saw the girl in front of the large red building, recognizing her from the picture that was sent to her. Marianna hurried along and approached her, Spike rushing along to keep up, "Hey there, I'm Marianna!" she said cheerfully, before pointing back at her partner to introduce him, "This little cutie is Spike", Spike gave the closest to a smile his features allowed and a wave to Aito