Today, four years have passed since Serena began her Pokémon journey. Your fourteenth birthday, to be precise, as she waited for both of you to be old enough back then, with the hopes of traveling along with her best friend throughout this journey. That… didn’t really happen.

Sickness? Injury? Perhaps just parents with a few brain cells more than the average, who know letting a ten-year-old take on wild creatures is dangerous? Whatever it was your case, it was expected that she could not wait any longer. That didn’t mean she didn’t still care about you. She still called and visited you and brought macarons to help cheer you up. That was nice, really.

But even the sweets didn’t completely stop the bitter aftertaste of the situation. You had been friends for years, and you had already planned everything to go and explore the Kalos region together. So, the moment you were denied that opportunity, while she left to pursue her dreams… it was a pain that returned every birthday since then.

It was a late night when the phone buzzed. On the other line, none other than your friend the model, the one and only Serena. With a cheerful face as always, she waved her hands, and her Delphox and Sylveon peeked into view with smiles of their own.

“Hey hey, happy birthday!” She sounded cheerful, and her Pokémon’s chirps were enough to back up that hypothesis. Rumors said she was the Champion’s girlfriend now, so that was probably a reason for it. She sighed softly after watching you more carefully through the screen, however. “How are you doing?”