This story was made by  tn9007723,  Angel, and me. Grace is owned by tn9007723, Pokemon is owned by Nintendo and Game Freak.


Herds of kids can be heard shouting as a car drives up, opening and finding Grace inside, waving to her mother as the car drives off leaving her on her first day of second grade at the Santalune City Elementary School. Walking towards her class, she hesitantly looked down at her paper, looking up in brief moments to find her way towards her homeroom.
“Alright everyone, sit down, find a seat at a table.” The teacher said, appearing to be Gardevoir, speaking in a sweet sort of tone to them as they took their seats, with Grace sitting closer to the door, farther away from everyone else. “My name is Mrs. Alexandria, but you can all call me Miss Lulu, now we’re going to go around and learn each other’s names.” Everyone else in the room nods, Grace having a hard time looking straight. Everyone else in the room stands up and says their name, sitting back down afterward. Once Grace’s turn came around, she stood up only to be shocked. “Now, what’s your name?” Miss Lulu asked, Grace frozen out of fear. “Please, don’t be shy.”
She sputtered her name out. “M-my name...my name is Grace.” Only right afterward she sat back down in her seat, pulling out something from her bag and holding on tightly to it.
A thought played back in her head, her father advising her. “Now, Grace, if you get scared, then you can chew on that, OK? Just… no big bubbles at school. But only as a last resort to get away from everyone else, OK?” She remembered the promise she made to him and stashed it back in her bag before anyone noticed.
Lulu had started talking about orientation for the students and how they’d have to bring their parents in, while Grace drifted off into a daydream, holding her backpack close to herself.
“Hey, see that new kid over there?” Said a Poochyena, pointing towards her. “Ever seen her here before?” Their friend shook their head. “How about we show who the tough kids are around here?” Grace picked up the conversation, snapping out of her daydream and stuffed a piece of the gum into her pocket, running towards the door.
“Um, excuse me, Grace, was it? Where are you going?” The teacher had seen her as Grace put her hand on the door. “Um...bathroom? I need to go badly…” Lulu sighed, smiling back towards the other students and let Grace run off. The other two students walked out the door, both saying they needed to “go” as well. “Well...children will be children,” Lulu said as she went back to teaching the class.
Grace had found one of the restrooms, finding a spare stall and locking herself in the girls’ bathroom, pulling the gum out of her pocket and unwrapping it as she gave it one more look before putting it into her mouth, chewing on it and calming down a bit. Of course, it being bubblegum, she had to blow a few bubbles with it.
“Dude, this is territory we don’t enter.” The Poochyena’s friend, a Zorua, panicked as his friend opened the door. “Relax, we won’t get caught. Besides, we need to show her who’s-” They hear heavy breathing, looking around to find the source of the noise. “You heard that...right?” Finding one of the stalls empty they look, finding Grace’s legs dangling from there. Grace had been powerfully huffing seeming like she is panicked. He whispered, looking at the Poochyena again “Dude, we need to leave, she’s having a panic attack, we can’t do that. We already did enough. Let’s go and get the teacher before-”
“No. Remember last year? We won’t get the teacher, and I won’t have this.” The Poochyena stood up while his friend was still on the ground in fear, as he used a card to open the door on the stall, opening it to a massive translucent orb of pink on the other side. “What...the heck…?”
Grace’s eyes were closed, still huffing into her bubble as it pushed up against the walls of the stall, getting as big as she was, still visibly shaking. The bubble felt like she was hugging her parents, still being warm even though it was somewhat sticky. Opening her eyes, she finds the two standing in front of her, all three of them blushing. In a panic, she over-inflated the bubble, popping it all over the two guys and hopping out of the bathroom, running back to her class as she cleans herself off along the way, leaving a trail of gum and spitting out whatever she had left.
“Not good, not good, not good! They-they saw! W-what do I say… how do I…” A thousand thoughts ran through her head at once, trying to figure out left from right as she made it to the classroom door. “Well...OK here we go…” She walks back into the classroom, finding everyone looking at her, nervously peering the room as she went back to her seat.
“Grace? Would you like to explain where the other boys went? They seemed in a hurry as well.” Grace fidgeted her hands together, looking around as everyone expecting an answer from her. “I...um…”
“Right here.” The Zorua said, carrying his friend in. “And...Max passed out. She ran back to try to get help.” Grace looked back, finding the two as Max was placed on the ground. “By the way...the name’s Alex.” He said, sitting down next to her.
“Well...I’ll go and get the nurse for him, everyone stay here please,” Lulu asked, grabbing a phone and walking over to Max who was still out cold.
“Thank you…” Grace said, looking at Alex. “I...I’m sorry I’m not good at talking to new people…” Alex patted her back. “It’s OK; we gotta adjust sometimes. And, that thing you did was cool. I won’t tell anyone, got it?” She smiled and hugged him, Alex being confused for a moment before returning the hug. “Besides...I needed a new friend.”
After a moment, an Audino came into the classroom, hastily carrying away Max as Lulu attempted to start class again. “OK...well that was a strange event. Now, how about we all go to the library to get some books?” Most of the crowd was cheering, following the teacher out the door.
Alex followed close by Grace, fidgeting his hands together, stuttering to ask Grace a question. “So...Grace...you...erm...what was that…”
“In the...bathroom you mean?”
“Yeah...what...how did you do that?” He tilted his head, very confused by how she achieved such a feat.
“Well...somewhat simple...I mean...my dad’s a candy maker…” She said timidly. “He makes gum mostly, but...a few other candies so he can make it into a full candy store. The place…” she looks down with a piece of gum in her and, “...it’s mostly known for its big bubbles.”
“Bigger than what you’ve blown?” He asked, looking at the piece she was holding. “And...how big...can those pieces get? I mean...how many did you use?”
“Only one when you...followed...me…” She looked down, blushing a bit out of embarrassment.
He stood back a moment, only to pull her away from the group. “One piece?!” He tried saying quietly. “That was what one piece did? Make a big...bubble like that? That almost got as big as you!” He looks around the room, seeing if anyone else is watching him. “Now...darn it I’m wondering if you have any more pieces...heck, what would happen if you added more pieces than one…”
“Well...more pieces means a...means a bigger bubble.”
“So...how big have you gotten it?” He says, looking at the piece of gum in her hand again, her fidgeting with it.
“Well...least twice my size is what I was told by my mom and dad when they saw me…”
He looked at her, mouth agape just by the sheer thought of it. “T-twice your size?! That’s-that’s bigger than the teachers here!”
She nodded, blushing a bit as she unwrapped the pink piece, putting it into her mouth and starting to chew. “Mffs...it’s kinda tasty...want one?” She asked, opening her backpack and pulling out another stick. He took a slight sniff, picking the piece up and taking it, putting it into his mouth. After a bit of chewing, she started to put the gum towards the front of her mouth, letting a bubble flow out, easily growing as big as her head in a single puff. She let out a slight giggle as the bubble grew in size, slowly with each breath it gets bigger to the point of reaching 2 feet in size.
He stared in amazement, looking at the bubble covering nearly half of his new friend’s body. Smiling behind her bubble, she uses both hands to lift it up a bit. “S-so...how...can I use...this to...blow as big as you can or…” She nods as he tries to get his gum to the front of his mouth, failing each time. “Shoot…I can’t…” He sighs, her moving around to see the bubble in front of him, as she sits right next to him, letting the bubble grow a bit before popping again.
She sat there giggling, the bubblegum stuck to the both of them. “S-sorry...I...I may have squeezed it too much…”
“Do you think the teacher would be mad at...ya know...the gum usage?” He grabbed some of the gum, peeling it off the both of them.
“I...I better hide it…” She nervously said, getting the gum off herself and putting it all back into her mouth, chewing it into a nice wad.
Just as if on cue, the teacher comes walking back with the rest of the class, the two sneaking into the rest of the group. “And here, we have our entertaining books, like comics and such. So you’ll be able to go here for free time.” “Do we get to have recess soon?” One of the students piped up. Lulu nodded, looking at the clock. “Seems like right now after you all eat lunch, you can go out and play.” Everyone was cheering as the crowd ran for the cafeteria.
“Hey Grace, after lunch, think we can try more of that cool gum?” Alex asked, hoping she’d say yes. As a response, she nodded, smiling back at him.
“For...being the first real friend I have here...thank you.” She said, hugging him. He looked around, hugging back and smiling, just as the two went to join the others for their lunch.