Arven In Wonderland

Arven should’ve known better than to come along to Unova on this whole sister school trip with Blueberry Academy in the first place. But Juliana was all for it…and if her previous study-abroad trips were any indication, being left behind once again would infect his ribs with a hollow, persistent ache that was sure to keep him up at night.So, on a bright and sunny summer afternoon, Arven found himself in Wonderland, Nimbasa City’s world-famous amusement park—and left behind anyway.As he sulked, feeling miserably sorry for himself, he wondered if Juliana was having fun with her other, braver friends on The Jabberwocky. He thought about whether he should have given in to her good-natured peer pressure, thrown his crippling fear of heights to the wind and gone with her on that death trap when she invited him.These days, Arven thought a lot of things he didn’t dare to say.Nah, he thought. Impossible…right?