"Brr... it's so cold..."
The group pressed on toward the church at the summit, braving the biting wind.
The church was called Dawn Church because of its ingenious design: no matter the time of year or season, whenever the sun rose, its first ray would pass precisely through the church's rainbow glass and fall upon the statue of Ho-Oh in the center.
Only when they finally reached the summit did they see the magnificent building.
The sky had begun to pale, and crowds already surrounded the church. They were all tourists who had come to see the first ray of sunlight.
Very few intended to go inside to watch, though. For one thing, few believed a Legendary Pokémon like Ho-Oh really existed. For another, rather than watching sunlight stream in from outside while sitting in the church, everyone preferred to stand on the summit, watch the sun rise, and take commemorative photos.
"Whew..." Teacher Zhou breathed warm air onto hands already somewhat numb from the cold. "Move around a little to warm yourselves up, everyone. The sun will be out soon."
"Brr... so cold..." Bai Yun tugged at Cheng Tian's clothes. "A-Tian, how about we shelter from the wind inside the church first?"
"It really is cold. Come on, let's all four go inside."
Inside the church was noticeably warmer than outside. Quite a few tourists were sheltering from the wind there too. Cheng Tian and the others found a public bench and sat straight down.
As time passed, the sky outside grew brighter and brighter, and people had already begun exclaiming.
"Hey! It looks like the sky's brightening outside! The sun's coming up! Let's go!" Bai Yun and Lin Lin hurried out to watch the sunrise with most of the others.
"Come on, let's go too." Cheng Tian had