(a fic by me "Trifong" towards my success of obtaining 1000 ralts-line, Mad Hatter Trifong is owned to me, Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir & Gallade are trademarked by pokemon.)

=+Days at Trifong Ranch+=

=Chapter 1: greeting the New Year=


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Today marked the first day of the year over at Trifong Ranch as the sun peeked over the yellow roof of the barn and the sounds of the roster's morning call reached inside the wooden walls, in a few seconds the sounds of yawning lit up the area as the doors opened as hoards of Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir and Gallade left their rooms and made their way upstairs into the eating area,

"What do you think the master has for us today?" Asked a Kirlia towards the Gardevoir "I don't know but I do hope it's special since it's the first day of the year" replied the Gardevoir as everyone wandered into a wide open area,

It was very big, the floor was made of oak which matched the dark red walls, just then they all looked up towards the gangway to see a purple Gardevoir wearing the usual white dress,

"Morning everyone!" She called out "morning NoVA!" The rest called back, NoVA nodded and smiled at them,

"Now that you're all here, I shall go and call the master so he can prepare breakfast for you" said NoVA,

She then walked off to the door and made her way towards the master's bedroom, she couldn't wait for breakfast as well since her stomach began to growl, she giggled to herself as she then finely reached the master's front door, the door was unlike the ones downstairs for it was purple and had the familiar diamond shape carved in the centre,

"Master, everyone is awaiting you for breakfast" NoVA said through the door as she knocked at it, just then the door opened reviling the bedroom,

She walked inside and looked around noticing that things here were still the same, the dressing cabinet filled with strange gems and face paint still laid there, the wardrobe where he would keep his precious suits to her right, and the comfortable bed she loved to jump on in the corner just next to the wardrobe and the white door that lead to the bathroom just near the dressing cabinet,

"Master, are you in here?" Asked NoVA, suddenly there was an answer "in the bathroom NoVA, hang on" and at that moment the door opened and out came the master of the ranch,

His name was Trifong, a human who NoVA adored ever since she meet him as a trainer while she was a Ralts, he was tall and firm, a dark blue suit that looked metal was worn all the time for him, his face didn't show much except the left side was painted purple while the other was creamy pink, beaming green eye that looked like it was from emeralds, he had nice long golden hair reaching the back of his neck and the one thing that gave Trifong his name was a charming purple top hat with little pink swirls and at the centre a mysterious red gem that seemed to glow sometimes,

"So sorry to keep you waiting, I gone and palled an all-nighter" said Trifong straightening the red bow at the collar of the suit, "it's ok, after all you did go up on stage and announce the countdown and sang a few songs to get things going" NoVA replied as she walked up to her master and helped him with the bow and then gave him a quick kiss on the cheek,

"As long as you're still the same old Trifong I know from last year" giggled NoVA as Trifong laughed as well,

"Indeed" he said and all of a sudden he heard NoVA's stomach growling even louder "oh look at you, you should've had more at the snack bar yesterday" laughed Trifong and went over to open the door,

"Well then, shall we, I got a nice breakfast planned to fill that empty belly of yours" he suggested bowing at her while showing her to the door "yes Trifong, let's be on our way, I don't think I can keep my appetite silent no more" replied NoVA and headed towards the door as Trifong walked out behind her and shut the door behind them,

"Time to make this the start of a new year then" said Trifong straightening his suit as they then came to the door leading to the eating area.


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Trifong wasn't surprised when he heard the crowd all talking and moaning from beyond the door, it was as if he was standing in the middle of a game convention,

"I'll give them the opening speech then?" Asked NoVA "can do, since this is the year 2010, why not" replied Trifong as NoVA opened the door and walked out onto the gangway,

All the Ralts-line looked up to her as silence immediately filled the room; NoVA looked back over at the door to see her master giving her the thumbs up,

"Ladies and gentlemen, today marks the year 2010 which as you should know is a year to be proud of, it has been great fun with us and the master, but now we hope to have a greater amount of fun for the coming months, so now it give me great pleasure to greet our master to this fine day and of course breakfast, so here he is, our master, Trifong!" NoVA called out to everyone,

They looked up and cheered out loudly as the familiar young lad in the blue suit walked onto the gangway waving his hand down to the excited crowd down below, he then took his rightful place beside NoVA and placed his hands outward to them asking for silence, eventually the sound of applauding died and Trifong had now had the chance to speak,

"Good morning everybody!" He called out "good morning Trifong!" Everyone called back and applaud some more and then stopped afterwards,

"Now as you know, yes it is the year 2010 and I too have been proud over the years and I hope you have as well" he said and notices a few Ralts-lines nodding their heads in agreement,

"but hopefully this year we will have some great times ahead of us, now I haven't got any trips planned yet but I can tell you that once I do they will be enjoyable for all of you" he added until he heard a distant Kirlia in the crowd,

"Will we be going to Centre Parcs again?" She asked as her mom and dad looked down at her "in due time my little Kirlia, I need to find the right booking and a good price for us to be able to go, but thanks for suggesting" replied Trifong as he gone and made the Kirlia blush,

Then he was reminded what he also needed to do thanks to NoVA's stomach again, "oh right, now thanks from a reminder from NoVA here, you lot must be starving now, alright can everyone except ten strong minded Ralts-line please stand to one side of the eating area please!" Trifong called out once more,

Soon every group or Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, and Gallade crammed their way to the left side of the room leaving at the centre four Gardevoirs, three Kirlias, two Ralts and very surprisingly a single Gallade, even Trifong never would've seen the day,

"Well, well my friend, you take time to focus on the mind then?" Trifong asked to the Gallade, but he didn't answer, instead he slid his feet back and forth feeling very nervous as the other nine looked at him with interest, a Gallade would usually rely on strength alone, but this one said otherwise,

Trifong decided to just let them get to work, reaching his hand towards a series of large doors a strange force opened up revealing tons of wooden chairs and tables, then Trifong reached into his pocket and pulled out a stopwatch,

"Ok guys and dolls, the record time still stands at one minute and twelve seconds let's see how well you do ok, now get into position" he said as the ten remained where they are,

"Right, on your marks, get set" he counted down and saw their eyes beginning to glow blue "go!" Trifong called and pressed the button starting the clock,

In an instant the chairs and tables flew out of the storage and were placed all around the room, the ten Ralts-line swung their arms from left to right as the furniture flew over their heads, up above Trifong and NoVA watched in amusement, they believed this just might be the fastest time yet to be seen this year.


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Time flew by and the once empty hall had now been turned into huge dining room, Trifong took another look at his stopwatch, the timer had just gone past the one minute mark, he thought he would just go and inform them about it but then he knew that if he did it would put them off so he just stood there and continued watching them,

Very soon the last chair which was controlled by the lone Gallade was in place and when Trifong notice that nothing was left he stopped the watch "that's it my friends, everything is in place, now if you would like to step forward please" said Trifong applauding them,

The ten soon made their advance and looked up as Trifong looked down at his stopwatch, their hearts began to beat faster when they spotted his eyes widening and cracked a smile, he then looked down at them,

"Lads, lasses, the time was one minute and twelve seconds to beat, you did it in..." he paused noticing them twiddling with their fingers with anticipation,

"One minute... and nine seconds! You beat the record time!" Trifong called out as all the Ralts-line on the sidelines clapped and cheered them for their outstanding performance, the ten shook each other's hands and then looked back at Trifong,

"now that the room is all set can everyone take their seats while I go to the kitchen and bring the food in" asked Trifong as everyone including NoVA who jumped off the gangway and gently floated down to the floor below went to find a seat for them and her master Trifong,

meanwhile in the kitchen Trifong looked at an entire row of food that were all over the place, some of them were even floating in midair "right" he said putting his hands together "lets fill those upset stomachs of theirs,"

He peeked outside the door to see everyone all sat down and waiting for the food to come, he smiled and slowly closed the door and then turned to the food, he closed his eyes and held his hands out towards the food, at that moment the red gem on his hat began to glow as the plates began to glow with a bright red aura, very soon the door swung open alerting every Ralts-line as the food then came flying out and about over their heads like it was a day at the Royal Air Force, then they flew down to the tables like bombs as the Ralts-line gazed upon what was on their plate, is was something they have never seen in quite some time, a full sized English breakfast, they all then looked over at Trifong as he came out the kitchen and took a seat next to NoVA,

"What are you waiting for then? Eat away" he said as the sounds of cutlery colliding with the plate was heard all over, Trifong looked over at NoVA who just took a big bite out of a slice of bacon,

"Well, how is it?" He asked "it's lovely, you did a fine job" replied NoVA and went straight back to eating her food, Trifong shrugged to himself and began to eat his before it got cold, he was quite proud himself since he sometimes burned breakfast,

after a couple of minutes everyone had finished their meal Trifong then tapped the fork against his glass turning their attention towards him, "alright everyone, time to go outside and enjoy yourselves today" he called out and not a moment too soon everyone got up and quickly made their way outside for some fresh air,

He then looked at all the tables and sighed, they gone and left all their plates "NoVA, why don't you go outside as well, I'll stay and clean up" he said placing his hand on NoVA's shoulder "can I help you? And then we both can go outside" she asked already getting her plate, Trifong smile and grabbed his plate as they both then used their psychic abilities to carry as many plates as they could, "so what have you got planned for today then?" she asked as she got the door as loads of plates flew inside, Trifong just smiled, he wanted to keep things hidden for today


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Outside was still slightly on the cold side but still the sun was shining brightly, all the Ralts-line were off doing their usual stuff, just mucking about, this would include things such as, blasting one another out of a cannon, kicking the bounce-back ball about until someone gets sent flying, landing attacks on training bags just to claim a few blocks of candy, and falling down pitfall traps, everyone was having a blast all except for one Kirlia sitting over by the fence,

Her name was Cosmos, unlike all the other Ralts-line she wanted to learn what humans like Trifong really do in life other than being trainers, a year ago she agreed to disguise herself as an average school girl named Rhianna and head off to a school that Trifong went to when he was young,

"it won't be long now" sighed Cosmos feeling a bit down since she only had five more days until she would have to go back there again, she looked below her feet to see her blue school bag with the kingfisher logo stitched on it, she opened it up and took out some worksheets and went over them again, her sheets contain mostly B's but she also had a couple of A's in there as well,

"I just hope the wish I made yesterday comes true" she said to herself, she then saw someone coming her way so she crammed all her work back into her bag and looked only to see NoVA and Trifong heading towards her,

"Oh it's you guys" Cosmos said brushing a sweat off her forehead underneath her green hair "yes it's us, why look so lonely today?" Trifong asked as he and NoVA went to sit next to her,

"nothing" she replied tucking her head to her chest, "don't be afraid, you can tell us anything" NoVA said rubbing Cosmos's hair, she went for her bag and pulled out her work and showed it to them "I don't think I did a good job" she moaned while Trifong and NoVA scanned her work,

"Don't be silly, this is great work from you, what could be wrong with all this?" Asked Trifong feeling proud for his little Kirlia's work "it's just that I think my friends are doing much better than me" she replied when she then received a gentle pat on her head from Trifong "don't be like that, I know you can do very well with your work, besides who going to be my smartest little Kirlia?" He chuckled and ruffled her hair a bit, she giggled as well as NoVA from the looks of things,

"aww look what the master gone and done to your hair" NoVA said to her, Cosmos pulled one of her lengths of hair to the front and slightly went red at the sight of seeing a few splits "ah that's what I forgotten to do" said a worried Cosmos as she leapt off the fence and made a run for it back into the barn,

NoVA looked back over at Trifong who had just raised an eyebrow from that scene "it's the New Year, there was a slight chance she would have forgot" she said and jumped off from the fence, "where you off to then?" Asked Trifong as he too hopped of the fence "I need to go check on a few things, I'll be back in a while" she replied waving goodbye to him,

After saying goodbye to his right hand Gardevoir Trifong then thought about what he could do just to kill time "I know, I'd better check that room below" he said to himself and made his way back inside the barn, once he made it back into the eating area he notice that all the chairs and tables were back in the storage room, and in the centre stood NoVA,

"Finished tiding up?" He said, NoVA jump a bit and quickly turned round, her hand was on her chest horn "don't do that" she said panting a bit, "sorry, I thought you knew I was here" he replied scratching the back of his hair, "what you doing here anyway?" She asked as she watched Trifong walking over to a door on the right "I need to check that room" again he replied and waved to her as he opened the door and descended into the darkness leaving NoVA alone.


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"Now where was that light switch?" Trifong said to himself moving his hands across the wall, he walked on further thinking that he would've found it by now, but then all of a sudden he tripped over the edge of something and then tumbled down what felt like a small set of stairs and landed on his front at the bottom,

Slightly in pain he pushed himself up off the floor and dusted his suit off even though he couldn't see in the dark, which is then the lights mysteriously switched on "now how did that happen, is there something wrong with the electricity?" He questioned and looked to his left, along the enormous corridor was a long line of doors that started from 0 to 500 while on the right would continue up to almost 1000, "why did I even make all these rooms knowing that most of them live as a family" again he said and turned towards the left corridor and made his advance,

after a long walk he finely made it to the 200 section and slowly went by the doors "ah here it is" he said and stopped at one door that hasn't been open in years in fact it was boarded up and locked down tight, the door number was 206, "I really need to try and rid what's inside this room, otherwise this could be spread across the land, I can't let this infect them all" he said and then heard soft footsteps approaching him,

"Is that you again NoVA?" He asked, but it wasn't, instead it was a little Ralts as normal but was also wearing an Australian hat, almost as if he was off hunting, "no, were you expecting her then?" The Ralts asked, "nope, not really, but I would like to thank you for keeping an eye on this room over the years Star" thanked Trifong as he took another look at the door "I just wonder how it even got here" said Star putting himself in a thinking stance,

"Well I went to the library about this just the other day" Trifong then mentioned "and what did it say?" Asked Star "turns out that this number has a connection to what they call The Devil's Playground, by the sounds of it, it doesn't look good, if it were to spread, just think of all the lives we could lose" Trifong added, this picture a horrifying sight, a ranch filled with blood and insides, it wouldn't be a ranch, it would be a slaughter house, "never mind though, we held this place ever since we found out about it 2 years ago, so right now there's nothing to worry about" he said and looked at Star who gave a slight smile back,

"Okay then, now is there anything else you need me for?" Asked Star, he then laughed to himself when Trifong pointed up to the roof saying that he had an idea "you don't suppose you know where VoRTEX is?" He asked "the last time I saw him was that he was heading back to his room, don't know why though" Star replied as Trifong took his hand as they began to walk back along the corridor leaving room 206 behind,

"He must still be at it then" said Trifong "what, more quests? You haven't given him once since that time where you sent him into space to look for more of those gems that you taken a liking to" mentioned Star "I still need a bit more info from them minerals, they seem to have something different from the gems I know to men" explained Trifong as they finely reached the stairs,

"I guess I'll leave you to it, if you need something, NoVA is still upstairs, ok" he mentioned "ok thanks for that" Star thanked, but before Trifong could take one small step Star had one more thing to say,

"Something you forgot to say?" Trifong asked "can I borrow the keys to the silo? Might want to check on our power supply" Star asked back, Trifong reached into his pocket and pulled out a bronze key "you catch on quick, one less task for me to do" chuckled Trifong as he randomly pushed Star's hat down on him covering his mouth, with that silly goodbye made he headed up the stairs to carry on with his tasks just before Star pulled his hat off "he hasn't changed at all" laughed Star.


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Making his way upstairs leaving Star behind Trifong entered the eating area only to now notice that NoVA wasn't no longer here "I really ought to quit predicting things" he shrugged to himself and looked up at the gangway, using his magic abilities he done a great leap up onto the gangway and landed with both feet all with a little bit of help from the gem on his top hat,

he took it off revealing the rest of his golden hair, looking at it remember how much he been using it and its powers "I just wonder if those gems VoRTEX found are even better" again he said to himself and put his hat back on as he made his way through the door that would lead to his room,

Upon reaching his bedroom door instead he turned to the right and went down a small corridor that lead to two more doors one of which now had an engraving of a sword "now when did we do that?" Said a puzzled Trifong scratching his forehead and then knocked on the door, "just a second" said a voice of the other side of the door, Trifong waited and then he heard a loud thud from behind the door "ouch, I must've polished the floor a bit too much" again said the voice "are you ok in there?" Trifong asked one more time;

Instead of an answer the door opened revealing the unusual Gallade "oh it's you, what brings you here?" Asked VoRTEX "wall I was going to see how you were, and I think I got here just in time, what you doing back there?" Trifong asked back and tried to look over the Gallade to get a glance of his room but VoRTEX moved his body about and blocked his view "nothing just having some time alone that's all" he said as Trifong stopped looking "if you are, then what are you hiding? You better not have taken those gemstones from that planet I sent you to, I still need to examine them" he asked one more time "I'm telling you it's nothing" VoRTEX replied for the last time as he slightly began to sweat,

Trifong wasn't about to give up yet so he then decided to form a plan, he left the worried Gallade alone and went up to his bedroom door and towards the corridor that would lead to the eating area "oh NoVA what a surprise, I have a small job for you" he said pretending that NoVA was with him, the play soon came to fruition as VoRTEX looked at him as he continued to speak to himself in a way to make him think that NoVA was really there, as soon as the curious Gallade reached the master a sly smirk appeared on his face as he quickly turned round and zoomed right past VoRTEX as he spun round and landed on his rear, he could only look in fear as Trifong ran up to the door and swung it open, however it wasn't what Trifong would have expected, he thought his room would be fill with small boxes containing the materials, instead all he saw was a fresh smelling clean bedroom, then Trifong looked down to notice the smooth floorboards so shiny and clean that he could clearly see his reflection of his face,

he soon heard VoRTEX walk in, his face was slightly red with embarrassment "I didn't want you to see it, you think I'm a disgrace to all Gallades now" he said lowering his head in shame almost poking him with his head horn "now don't you use that tone on me lad, remember you're a proud race and you do it with dignity, yes you may put a few of them off with your cleaning but remember your in my world now and nothing is more embarrassing then not knowing how to have a good time" he mentioned,

VoRTEX remember when Trifong opened his ranch to them and mentioning that one golden rule, "no frowns, no broken friendship nor bonds, we're her together to embrace the world of joy, follow them and the world shall grant you joy" as soon as VoRTEX snapped out of it Trifong had already left him "now where did he go?" Wondered VoRTEX.


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Back in his own room now Trifong was resting against his work chair, his chair he had for years was padded with thick dark red leather and supported with oak which were still smooth, "hmm now let's see what we got here then" he said and looked through piles of paperwork, all this included the price of food, child care, electricity, water and heating,

"uggh this is a real pain, I swear this new law giving these bill a boost" he groaned rubbing his eyes together, his bill almost hit the £10,000 mark, he would be lucky to even make it through the month "even if I do my best as a Lawbot executive I'm still falling behind on my average balance amount, I need to find a quick boost… that doesn't involve steroids" he sighed and lobbed the paperwork to one side knocking something onto the floor as it gave a loud bonk,

Trifong leaned over his desk to see that he had knocked over a purple triangular shaped gem, he got up and went around the desk and picked it up, he then went back over and sat back down and held the gem in front of his face "now how do you suppose these gem got to another planet? Also who cut them into shapes? I may have to take VoRTEX out there with me and look for some life forms" he said and pulled out his monocle and examined the gem, it all seemed plain inside for now so it did count as an ordinary gem,

"as long as it's worth a load off the bill then I'm alright with that, I just need to grab some more, but the Bejeweled Carrier took a few dings from the journey back, VoRTEX said that the asteroid surrounding the planet set a course for the ship, could that have been a sign?" He then thought as he scratched his chin until a knock on the door was heard "Trifong can I come in? I heard a noise and I was wandering if you were alright" said the voice "yep come right in" Trifong replied,

the door open as VoRTEX walked right in "hmm, guess I was just hearing things" VoRTEX said scratching his head "nope your heard it alright, you heard this gem fell to the floor" again replied Trifong holding the gem up "oh it was that, must be very hard to break if it didn't even lose a shard" again VoRTEX said and walked up to the desk,

"Any luck with that then?" He asked, Trifong just looked through the gem also seeing the Gallade's eye on the opposite end "nope, nothing at the moment, I tried breaking it in many way, but that didn't work" he sighed, "did you use the thumbscrew?" VoRTEX asked again "yes I did, it broke the thumbscrew instead, there seems to be no way to break it" again sighed Trifong and placed the gem back on top of the paperwork but VoRTEX wanted to have a go,

he asked him and he agreed to it, VoRTEX grabbed the gem and used his telekinesis to lift the gem up and in range, he extended his elbow blades as it then began to shine in a bright purple coat, he took stance and then unleashed a powerful Psycho Cut as it landed directly at the gem, his eyes then widen as all of a sudden the wave bounced off the gem and headed back towards him, immediately VoRTEX dived under Trifong's desk along with Trifong as well as a huge crash was heard,

Soon they both peeked over the desk to check on the damage, the only thing that was damage was Trifong's bedroom wall, a big gash like hole had travailed down the wall and ended on the opposite side of NoVA's bedroom wall, very soon NoVA looked through it to see Trifong and VoRTEX looking at the other end,

"I did say I always wanted to see what the master was up to" NoVA giggled to them, "hmm this is going to cost me" said Trifong turning a bit red seeing NoVA waving at him "I'm so sorry Trifong, I'll help you fix it" apologized VoRTEX "it's ok, it's not too bad, why don't you run down and fetch us the kit" Trifong asked and soon enough VoRTEX was on his way.
                                

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Minutes passed after VoRTEX had left to get the stuff to repair the damage and while he was away Trifong walked up to the gem and picked it up off the floor, "incredible" he said, the powerful psychic ability VoRTEX used didn't lay a mark on the purple gem "what's incredible?" Said NoVA from behind him,

Trifong jumped as he juggled the gem trying to keep it still but it just made it fall out of his hands and before it landed on the floor a purple hand reached out from under Trifong's arm and caught the falling gem, Trifong looked behind him to see the purple Gardevoir smile warmly at him "you find this funny don't you" said Trifong narrowing his eyes at her, she just giggle warmly and handed him back the gem and wrapped her arms around him "I find everything about you funny" NoVA said resting her chin on her master's shoulder,

"How'd you get in? The door didn't even open" he asked "silly boy, you forgot that huge gash in the wall, I came in through there" replied NoVA pointing to the hole that VoRTEX made, Trifong sighed forgetting that was there, "oh that, well it's still going to be repaired soon anyway" he said "aww do we have to? It makes it easier to sneak into your room when you're away" moaned NoVA, Trifong's eyes widen, now he knew who's been making off with his stuff while he was away at work,

"Never mind, now would you please let go of me before your embrace becomes part of an iron maiden?" He kindly asked as he breathing became difficult, with that the Gardevoir lowered her arms as Trifong gasped with relief, he then straighten his suit and went back over to his chair and sat back down "I don't know what I'm going to do" he groaned looking at the load of paperwork and bills to cover all 1000 of his Ralts-line,

"But what about your job as a Lawbot executive? I thought you were doing a great job on that" asked NoVA looking down at Trifong's paperwork "I am, I'm getting paid well but it still isn't enough, I need something to help me get more" he replied and planted both hands on his face in stress, NoVA looked at his master, he was under a lot of pressure, something that she wouldn't like to see, she began to think of a cure to the problem and then an idea struck him "Trifong, I have a solution" she said,

Trifong removed his hands off his face to see the Gardevoir in front of his desk "why don't you make me a Lawbot executive? I'm sure you can teach me how to become one" she asked looking at his suit which had the Lawbot badge below the collar, Trifong was surprised, he never thought that she would put herself at work "you sure about this? I mean, you're a Gardevoir, I don't think you're going to like the boring work I do" asked Trifong "I'm sure I can manage, as long as you're here to teach me then I'm fine" NoVA said giving him a kind smile, "ok then, I may need to ask Big Wig about signing you up" said Trifong feeling much better now,

With NoVA working with him they would get paid twice the amount of his normal wages "so when can we start?" Asked NoVA getting impatient "sorry NoVA, we need to wait another week till we can start work again, but I'll be happy to give you an introduction someday" replied Trifong,

NoVA now became more excited, she then walked around the desk over to him, Trifong could only watch as NoVA sat on top of him "must you treat me this way" said Trifong feeling uncomfortable on the legs "what, this is my way of saying thanks" she replied and took Trifong's top hat and placed it on her head and turned to face him "look at me, I'm almost just like you" she giggled and gave him a blank stare  "is that supposed to be me?" He laughed and tickled the Gardevoir by the hips; she burst out laughing as she almost fell off the chair taking Trifong with her and landed with a thud.


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While Trifong and NoVA continued to act silly Cosmos wasn't far away to hear the Gardevoir still laughing away, Cosmos was just sitting at her work desk in her own cute little bedroom that was just next to NoVA's room but was lucky not to have a huge hole in her pink and white striped wall, the little Kirlia looked at her homework which was a set of math calculations,

"almost done, now to do the division" she sighed to herself looking down at the last page of her maths homework, then for no reason she flopped down onto her desk "it's not fair, for the past three day it's just been me and this worksheet" she moaned and lifted her head off the desk, she then notice the school mug she got at the end of the year, on it was her whole group and standing by her side stood Robbie and Kira her two best friends "I hope their doing alright, I kind of miss them now" she said and put on a serious face and turned to her work,

"right there's no way I'm leaving this to tomorrow" again she said as she grabbed her pencil and started writing at a fast pace, and after a lot of rubbing out and mashing buttons on her calculator she had done the last of her homework and with that she got up and went over to her white bed and fell forwards onto it with a thud and rolled around thinking of what to do,

That is until she heard another loud bang coming from the master's bedroom, the startled Kirlia got up and headed out the bedroom door and made her way to the master's bedroom door, and without a moment of delay she opened the door to see nobody here,

"Is anyone there?" Cosmos called out, just then Trifong got up from behind the desk followed by NoVA still wearing her master's top hat both acting like a pair of kids hiding from someone "oh hay Cosmos" Trifong said to the curious Kirlia "what have you two been up to?" She asked,

Trifong looked at NoVA who just looked back at him with a silly grin on her face, she knew she started it all "oh we were just playing some games" NoVA said back at her, this only made the Kirlia more curious "what games?" Again she asked, NoVA didn't know what to say, if she went out saying she was mucking about with the master then Cosmos would get the wrong idea, but before she could say anything Trifong butted in,

"she and I were just playing copycat, that's why she's wearing my hat" he said and asked NoVA for his trusty hat back, "oh, well that's ok then, I just heard a loud bang that's all" apologized Cosmos and bowed down at them "no need, I know a girl like you would always want to know, by the way are you ok today? You seem… down" asked Trifong looking at her eyes to see them half open "I just had to do some homework that all, I may have worked a bit too much" she sighed rubbing her huge red eyes together, "you could use a time out, NoVA why don't you take her to Clear Valley Peaks? I keep an eye on things" suggested Trifong,

NoVA couldn't pass up that invitation since it's been long since they last went up there, Cosmos agreed to the invitation as well so with a small hug for the master she and NoVA left his bedroom, Trifong then went to look out his window to see the purple Gardevoir and Kirlia moving through the horde of Ralts-line towards the small wooden gate leading out of the ranch, "like a mother taking her daughter to school, now that's more like it other than me taking her to school, ah who am I kidding I don't have one nor do I need one" he said to himself then looked around for anything suspicious in the crowd,

But as always everything was calm, "guess that just leaves me to check on our power supply, Star did say he was going to the silo where the generator is kept, I may as well see if we got enough throughout the month" again he said and headed out of his bedroom and made his way to the silo.                   

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Upon leaving the barn Trifong was soon crowded by his fellow Ralts-line, lots of squeals lit the place up like if it were a concert "ok settle down now" chuckled Trifong as he felt himself being tugged and patted all over the place, he tried to push his way towards the silo but the horde of green haired beings kept blocking the way, Trifong started to struggle for a way out until he came up with a plan,

"Hay, which one of you lot wishes to walk with me to Clear Valley Peak?" He called; soon there were a lot of agreements shouting on top of one another, this made Trifong smile to himself "ok, first one to grab the gem from my bedroom and hands it to me get the offer, ok ready, go!" He said and in an instant loads of Ralts-line bolted to the barn as Trifong made a run for it into the silo undetected,

inside was dimly lit by some floor lights below his feet, around him was still chillier then before and the loud humming of his handmade generator was still functional, Trifong approached the keypad in front of the generator and opened a folder to bring up its performance, everything seemed fine except its remaining power supply which was below 25% "damn, I only got one week's worth of electricity till everything goes pitch black" he said,

Trifong and a few of his Ralts-line worked together to make this powerful electric making machine so he wouldn't have to worry about charging for the electricity bill since he now generates his own, the generator was a large glowing cylinder that almost touched the roof of the silo, it's base was littered with thick black cables that linked to the keypad, right now it was glowing a dull blue light meaning that it energy was very low, if it were at full capacity then it would instead give a bright aqua light, just then Star came out from a dark corner "oh there you were, I was wonder where you went" said Trifong "I was just checking the cables and the keypad for any hazards" he replied and went to stand by his side as they both looked up at the generator towering over them,

"It's not looking good is it?" Star said looking as the generator was slowly losing its glow "you got that right, and it's difficult to find anymore Nevermeltice, especially now that the ice types are back now for the winter" replied Trifong scratching the back of his head, "so what do we do?" Star asked one more time, the Ralts looked at his master pause for a moment but even with time to think he couldn't seem to find a way,

"I really don't know, it looks like I'm going to start paying again" he sighed as he lowered his hat over his eyes in disappointment, there was a long silence inside the silo, the generator was still humming away until Star decided it was best to leave "should we leave this place for now?" He said, Trifong sighed and turned and looked down at his friendly Ralts "yes, let be off, any more and my mind will go off into a world of black and gray" replied Trifong as he and Star left the silo and wondered about outside for a bit,

"Umm, now what?" Questioned Star who was also wondering where all the other Ralts-line went off to "why don't you fetch VoRTEX for me and we'll meet up over at Clear Valley Peak with NoVA and Cosmos?" Trifong suggested, the young Ralts nodded his head and headed over to the barn while leaving Trifong alone in the open, this felt funny to him since this was what it looked like before he opened it to his lovable beings, "man, since when did I ever get this, it's felt kind of peaceful when it was up for sale, £15,000? ha money well spent, I got a good job, is willing to do what it takes to keep them happy, and I get to spend more time with my right hand Gardevoir" he said to himself and looked towards the gate, "I guess I'd better get going" again he said making his way across the landscape and advanced right up to the gate, he then climbed over it and took one last look at his ranch before setting off to Clear Valley Peak.