J-Awesome_One

Idk about orchestra. Maybe heavy metal? Or at least hard rock. But yea. The hype is awesome!

As soon as I made it to the Railnet, I went up to the counter. The clerk could see that I was out of breath and asked me if I was ok. I told him that I was but I needed a ticket to Route 2 quickly. It was urgent. He printed up the ticket, I handed him the money for it and was soon on the train. As I was riding on the train, I was worried about what Venam was gonna say to me. I was definitely way later than I should have been if Karrina didn’t hadn’t made me do that whole thing with the mad scientist. After a half hour train ride, I made it to the train stop. As soon as I stepped foot out of the train, Venam was there with Ren and she did not look happy. Matthew: Uhh… He- Venam: Where the hell have you been?! We’ve been waiting here for over an hour for you! Matthew: It wasn’t my fault! Karrina had me do some kind of stupid initiation thing to get into her club before she’d give me the TM. Venam: You really think she’d do something like that Matthew? Matthew: -gibberish sounds- That’s what she did! Ren: Look, all that matters is that he’s here now. Isn’t that right Venam? Venam: -sighs- I suppose you are Ren. Matthew: Did you guys find her? Or any clues that she’s been here? Ren: Unfortunately no. Venam: We’ve searched everywhere here but there’s been no sound of her. Matthew: You don’t think she got captured… do you? Venam: Hell no! She’s too smart to be captured like that. I know she’s got to be around here somewhere. Ren: Since she’s no where around here, we were about to take a look inside Amethyst Cave? Matthew: Amethyst Cave? Where’s that? Venam: It’s at the end of the route here. Me and Ren are gonna go ahead there now. Please don’t come there late like you did here. Matthew: But I… Ugh. Fine. Go ahead. Venam and Ren ran ahead to the cave. I made sure I had everything and started to be on my way. Just as I took a couple of steps forward, someone came rushing past me, pushing me forward a bit. After catching myself from falling, I looked up and could see a girl with a big grin on her face. She didn’t seem at all sorry for what she did. Matthew: Hey. Do you think maybe you can watch where you’re going next time? ???: -laughs obnoxiously- Sorry kid! But you snooze you lose! Matthew: Hey! I ain’t no kid! And what do you mean by that? ???: Can’t say but I gotta run! Bye! -runs off- Matthew: -feels my pockets- Geez. What a… Wait a minute! I felt my pocket where my wallet usually is but this time, it wasn’t there. I pulled my pocket inside out just to make sure but it wasn’t there. My wallet was missing. Then it hit me. That weird girl that ran into me and she said “you snooze, you lose.” Did she take my money? She must have. Why else would she do that? I ran after her going the way she went. It didn’t take long for me to find her. She was behind some rocks. Matthew: Hey! You took my wallet! ???: You sure about that bucko? Matthew: Yes! Yes I am! ???: Even if that were the case, you can’t get past here now can you? Matthew: Heh… -laughs- ???: What’s so funny? Matthew: Vanaminca! Rock Smash! I brought out the PokeBall that contained my Seviper and it came popping out of the ball and smashed the rocks in front of me into a million of pieces with its tail. I returned it back to my PokeBall. The girl looked on in shock. She then bolted again and I chased after her. I came across a bridge and could see a weird looking tree on it. It looked seriously out of place. I walked up to it and it started to speak. ???: Cha cha cha! Chitty Chitty chee chee cha cha~! Matthew: What the- ???: Yo! What’s that?! Too slow! Laterz! -runs away- Tourist: Did that tree just… I ran after her again, leaving the confused tourist pondering about his existence in this life. This time, it took me a while to find her but I eventually did. She was still disguised as the weird tree. I kept pestering her until she revealed herself to me. ???: Damnit man! You just don’t give up! Matthew: You took my wallet! Why would I give up that?! ???: But it’s just a wallet! Like come on… Matthew: It’s my money! ???: Ohh please! You’ll make that back with profit within a few days! Hell. Probably just a couple of hours. Matthew: I… Uhh… Not the point! ???: Ugh! This is so annoying! Whatever! Time to go again.~ Teleport! Matthew: Ohh no you- Before I could finish my sentence, the girl literally disappeared in front of my eyes. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The girl was no where to be seen anywhere close the area. I had to search the area again. It took me a bit longer to find her but I finally did. She was in front of the entrance of, what I presumed was, Amethyst Cave. I snuck up behind her and scared her! Matthew: Hey! ???: Ahh! Ohh sheesh. You scared me! Matthew: Yea! Now how about my wallet?! ???: -laughs and then starts to laugh maniacally- Matthew: What the hell’s so funny? ???: You man! You’re a riot! Matthew: Wh… What? Nim: The name’s Nim. Don’t forget it! Matthew: I don’t care about the name! Give! Me! My! Wallet! Nim: -chuckles- I’m sorry bro but I don’t actually have your wallet. Matthew: What do you mean?! Of course you do! Nim: Have you checked your back pockets? I was annoyed with her trying to stall for time to somehow steal my wallet successfully but I decided to humor her and feel my back pockets. To my shock though, I could feel something in them. I grabbed the item and pulled it out and looked at it in shock. It was indeed my wallet. It was with me all along. But how was she able to grab that out of my regular pocket and put it into my back pocket without me noticing that? Matthew: H-How did you- Nim: Told ya.~ It was a nice prank though wasn’t it? Matthew: If I wasn’t in a hurry, maybe. Nim: Ohh well. So you know my name but I think you should know that I already know yours. Matthew: You know my name? Nim: Mhm. It’s Matthew. Matthew: But how did you know that? Nim: I was behind Venam when you 2 were having your Gym Battle. Matthew: But… I didn’t see anyone there. Are you always watching her battles? Nim: Yep! She’s not very observant so it’s easy. But you really caught my eye when I saw you battle her. I had to see you for myself! Matthew: Well… you’re seeing me. Can I go now? Nim: Hmm… Not unless you battle me. Matthew: …You’re not gonna let me pass unless I do battle you aren’t you? Nim: Hit the nail right on the head! Matthew: -sighs- Fine. Let’s get this over with. -Grabs a PokeBall- Nim: -chuckles- Ohh you’re so funny. Matthew: Why? What’s so laughable now? Nim: We’re not gonna battle here. Matthew: Then where we gonna battle? Nim: You’ll see. Teehee. The girl held out her arms. Suddenly, she started to float up above the entrance of the cave. I couldn’t believe what I was witnessing at that point in time. Her whole body seemed to shine with a golden color. There was a flash of light. When it faded, we were in a completely different area. The ground was a purple color and the air felt different that usual. This crazy girl teleported us somewhere else. There was also a battle field symbol on the ground. I looked over and saw her kneeling over, trying to recover her breath. Matthew: Yo wait! Are you ok? Nim: Y-Yea… N-Note to self, it takes double the amount of energy to bring more than 1 person. Matthew: Ok. Where the hell are we? Nim: I’m so glad you asked! I liked to call this place the Altered Dimension. Matthew: The Altered Dimension?… Are we not on earth right now? Nim: I don’t think so. Matthew: … What the fuck?! Nim: In this place, my Psychic powers are much stronger than usual. Now… no whining and no complaining! Matthew: But you just teleported me somewhere that isn’t on fucking Earth! Nim: Shh! You’re going to be thrown into situations that aren’t favorable. You’re going to have to get used to it! Matthew: But like this?! Nim: No! It’s battle time! Before I could respond back to that, Nim threw out 2 Pokemon. Apparently this was a doubles battle. I could only do 1 thing and that was to proceed with the battle. I sent out my Frogadier and Seviper and the battle started. I was easily able to overcome Nim’s Pokemon and come out with the victory. Nim: D-Darn. You’re too strong for me. I mean you took down Venam easily but I didn’t think you’d take me down easily. Matthew: Well thanks. That was actually pretty good training for my Pokemon. Nim: Well you won fair and square. You’re really something. Matthew: Think you can take us back then? Nim: Yessiree! I’ll bring you back home. Just like the 1st time, Nim floated up off of the ground and started to glow a golden color. A bright flash of light blinded my sight. When my sight came back to me, I was back in front of the cave entrance. This whole ordeal was very weird but for some reason, I felt like it was a good thing I met that person. Before I entered the cave, I swear I could hear Nim say that I better save Melia. I smiled hearing that and entered Amethyst Cave. POKEMON TEAM! CHARACTER RATES! TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM!

I made it outside of the Gym and could see an orange haired girl looking around the area. I was wondering what she was doing but I would soon get my answer. When she spotted me, it looked like some relief came over her and she walked over to me. ???: Hey. Is your name Matthew? Matthew: Yea. I take it you’re Karrina? Karrina: Mhm. Venam called me and told me you were in need of the Rock Smash TM. Matthew: I am. Thanks for getting here really fast. I need to get to Route 2 as quick as possible. Karrina: Yeeeeaaaaa. About that… I don’t just give that TM out to anyone. Matthew: Wh-What? Karrina: I only give it out to official members of my crew. Matthew: Ugh. I don’t have time for this. I’ll be a member of your crew. There. Now can I please have the TM for Rock Smash now? Karrina: Hmm… Tell you what. I’m about to do a small job down at the Junction Bridge. Matthew: What does that got to do with anything? Karrina: If you be quiet and listen to me, you’ll find out. I’ve gotten an inside scoop about a mad scientist using his experiments to harm Pokemon. And if that is indeed true, then I have to go over there and put a stop to his deeds. Matthew: Again, what does this have to do with me? Karrina: You’re gonna help me. Matthew: Say what now? Karrina: Yes. You will accompany me there on this little mission of mine. Matthew: -sighs- You’re not gonna give me that Tm if I don’t do this huh? Karrina: Mhm. Matthew: Fucking- Gah! Fine. But we need to hurry up! Melia could be in huge trouble. Karrina: -talks quietly to herself- She won’t be though. Matthew: What was that? Karrina: Err… Nothing! Now come along Matthew. We must make haste . Who knows what this mad scientist has done to those unfortunate Pokemon already! Karrina grabbed onto my arm and pulled me with her as she ran to this Junction Bridge. I was severely annoyed with her that she was making me do something so time consuming while I needed to be with Venam and Ren searching for Melia. I know Venam would give me a mouthful next time we meet but I’d just be honest and tell her that Karrina had me do a stupid thing for her or else I wouldn’t get the TM. After a couple of minutes of running, we arrived in front of this weird lab like place. Matthew: Is this the place? Karrina: It is. We need to get in there and stop that mad scientist. Matthew: Alright. Then let’s get in there and- ???: Huehuehuehuehuehue. Matthew: Take care of… this already… Karrina: You heard that too right. Matthew: I… I did. Karrina: 1 thing’s for sure. That laughter can’t be from a sane individual. Let’s get in there. Karrina kicked in the glass door, somehow not busting the glass into millions of little pieces and the 2 of us walked in. There was some kind of lake inside but we didn’t really pay attention to that. We looked around for this mad scientist but it didn’t take long for us to find him. We could hear someone yelling at him for leaving the door unlocked but when we found him, we didn’t see anyone else with him. But we did hear the name Dr. Jenkel. So that must have been his name. When we walked more into the building however, we could see a Musharna hooked up in a weird flower like machine. A weird man with purple hair was standing near it. Karrina got all angry when she saw the Pokemon inside the device. Karrina: Hey! That Musharna is the Pokemon! What are you doing to it?! Dr. Jenkel: Huehuehue… Looks like you 2 saw too much! But it’s ok! Really! YES! IT’S QUITE. ALL. RIGHT. Matthew: What the fuck is wrong with you? Dr. Jenkel: Now you 2 can be apart of my experiments! Karrina: Yea right! As if! Dr. Jenkel: You don’t have a choice in the matter sweet cheeks! Matthew: Ehh… That’s just wrong. Karrina: WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME!?!?! That does it! Matthew, this is gonna be your entrance exam into my group! Matthew: Wait. What are you saying? Karrina: You’re gonna deal with this. Take out this guy and save that Musharna! Matthew: You’re not gonna help me at all? Karrina: Of course I will! I’ll be here for support!~ Matthew: You really urk me Karrina… But whatever. We’re gonna set that Musharna free you weirdo! The battle bewteen me and the mad scientist began. Everything was fine until he brought out the Musharna. He pressed a button that was on his wrist and Musharna started to change its form and soon, it looked like a different form of its original self. It looked like a kind of Mega Evolution. Luckily though, my Pokemon were strong enough to beat this Pokemon and win the battle. After that, I commanded my Pokemon to aim their attacks at the machine. They did and soon, the machine blew up into tiny pieces. Karrina: Alright Matthew! You did it! Matthew: That was a surprising turn of events. Musharna: -angrily- Mu Shar Na! Karrina: Wait a minute… Is that Musharna mad at us? Matthew: That makes no sense. Why would it be mad at us? Dr. Jenkel: To answer your question, you just destroyed the machine it was in. It was probably enjoying a nice massage. Karrina: You mean… you’re not harming Pokemon? Dr. Jenkel: Of course not! Not all mad scientists want to make Pokemon or people suffer! Matthew: But what was the point of having that Pokemon in the machine then? Dr. Jenkel: You see, my modification to this machine cause the 2 to sort of have a symbiotic relationship. Matthew: So we did all of this… for nothing?! -angrily looks over at Karrina- Karrina: -nervously laughs- Oops… Dr. Jenkel: But hey! You lot are cool! Should come back sometime! I have chips and drinks! Matthew: No way in hell I’m ever coming back. Come on Karrina. Let’s get out of here. Karrina: Yea. What he said. -leaves the building with Matthew- Sooo… That was somethi- Matthew: You just wasted my time Karrina! Karrina: Ok. Ok. I’m sorry. Not like it actually means anything though. I think I bought enough time for… Matthew: What are you talking about? Karrina: I… Nevermind about that. Anyways, you did what I asked you to do. And you did it pretty well. So here it is. The TM for Rock Smash. Matthew: Thank you. It’s about damn time. Karrina: Good luck with saving Melia. I hope for the best outcome. Matthew: Thank you. I gotta hurry now. I ran as fast as I could over to the Railnet but I stopped when I was about to pass the Help Center. I remembered there being 1 more request on there that I didn’t finish. I remembered what it was about. It was a request for a battle. I was already late and I wanted to test out my skills after obtaining my 1st badge. I went inside and read the request. I had to go inside the hotel and go to the 3rd floor and battle this individual. So I went there and looked for the person. There was a couple of battle areas on the 3rd floor. I could see a girl standing at 1 end of the area and I went on the other side. She looked excited to see me. ???: Ohh! Did you accept my help request? Matthew: I did. I had just recently won my 1st Gym Badge and I wanna test my strength against someone and you seem pretty strong to me. Novae: Ohh my. That sounds exciting. Well my name is Novae. I’m from the Alolan Region. Matthew: I’ve heard great things about that place. I’m actually from the Unova Region. But hey. I’m kind of in a rush so do you mind if we start right now? Novae: Of course! May the stars shin upon us today! The 2 of us grabbed our PokeBalls and threw them out onto the field, starting the battle. Novae was a pretty good trainer but eventually, I came out of the battle victorious. Novae looked pleased though with the outcome of the battle. Novae: Wow. You’re strong Matthew! Matthew: You’re pretty good too Novae. Novae: I’m gonna be honest. This was my 1st ever battle against an actual trainer. Matthew: Wait. Really? How did you train your Pokemon then? Novae: I battled a lot of wild Pokemon. Whenever I tried battling trainers, I’d just freeze up and I wouldn’t be able to do anything. Matthew: Well you seem to have done a pretty good job today. Novae: Thank you Matthew and thank you for battling me. I’ll let you go do whatever you have to do. I must be leaving as well. Matthew: I’ll see you later then. Hopefully, we can have a rematch someday. The 2 of us entered the elevator and exited the hotel together. Novae went towards the center of the city. I made my way to the Railnet. I knew I was late for searching for Melia but I had what I needed to make it through Route 2. Now it was time to find and save Melia. POKEMON TEAM! CHARACTER RATES! TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM!

The 1 above Souta. Is that Super Saiyan Melia?

Thanks! And yea. It's still a "let's annoy Venam" trope... and also, I don't really have a nickname for it. E10 is probably gonna be on the shorter side but after that, it should go back to being medium/long length of episodes.

???: Hey. Hey Matt. Wake up. Matthew: Mer. Gimme 5 more minutes. -snores- ???: Come on Matt. Wake up! Matthew: I’m still tirrrrred. ???: Ohh no! Team Xen is here! Matthew: -jumps off the couch and lands ass 1st onto the ground- Where?! Where are they?! Ren: Awake yet? Matthew: Now I am. Ow. That seriously fucking hurt. Ren: -chuckles- I bet it did. Now come on. Get your ass up and upstairs. Venam wants to talk to us. Matthew: Fine. Ren went up the stairs to go into Venam’s room. I groggily got up onto my feet and started to walk up the stairs. I went into Venam’s room and joined the 2. Venam stared at my bed head. Venam: Wow… That’s some serious hairdo Matt. Matthew: I just woke up. Fuck you. Ren: So what did you want Venam. Venam: I just wanted to go over today. After last night… Matthew: Yea… Everything’s a mess right now. Venam: Matt, you go get ready for our Gym battle. Ren: I’ll head over to the Railnet and go to Route 2 and begin searching for Melia. Venam: Good. I already called Karrina. After our Gym Battle, you’ll meet up with her and she’ll give you the TM for Rock Smash. Matthew: Right. We gotta do everything we can to save her. Venam: Exactly. Alright. Let’s move out everyone. Ren and Venam exited the house and went to the places they were supposed to go. I quickly got myself together and followed suit. I walked inside the Gym. I looked around. It seemed pretty nice. And since I knew Venam was here, I knew I wouldn’t be kicked out of here. I looked over to the corner of the room and could see the Gym Guide Panel. I remember Jan telling me about it. I walked over and pressed the button. Suddenly, a hologram figure of Jan popped up. I jumped back, not expecting that. Jan: Matthew? What’s wrong? Why’d you jump back like that? Matthew: I didn’t expect you to pop up like that. Jan: Ohh. I see. Well, I can see you’re at Venam’s Gym. And kind of early too. Matthew: It’s uhh… It’s important. Jan: I see. Well I’ll give you the info you need to know about Venam. 1st, let’s go over the field she’ll be using. It’s the Corrosive Field. A field that boosts the power of Poison-Type moves. In addition to that, non-Poison-Type Pokemon are damaged upon switch in. So be careful of that. Matthew: Alright. Doesn’t seem too bad. Anything else I need to know? Jan: Well, her ace Pokemon is Seviper. A dastardly snake with the power to tear away hopes and dreams. While it may not seem like a massive threat to some, it’s deadly to newcomers. A pleb stomper, if you will. Not only does it ecell offensively but it also has a nasty Glare that will cause you some problems. It also has some excellent weakness coverage. Don’t be caught of guard! Matthew: Hmm. I see. I think I’m ready to- Jan: Wait! I’m not finished. Matthew: What else is there to know? Jan: Venam has a signature move. Matthew: A signature move? Jan: Mhm. Every Gym Leader has 1. Her move is called Venam’s Kiss. Matthew: Of course it is. Jan: It’s a standard Poison Type move and it can’t poison you. So you don’t have to worry about that. And with that, NOW I’m done. Matthew: Alright. Thanks Jan. I think I’m ready for the Gym now. Jan: Great. Good luck Matthew. Jan’s hologram disappeared. I went and tried to get through the 1st room of Venam’s room. The person I saw yesterday called me over to him and explained to me that I had to defeat the trainers in the room. If I was victorious, they’d give me a color I would have to make in order to progress to the next room. I would have to mix some gases in the containers and then mix them to get the correct color. I was able to get through all 3 rooms relatively easily. Just as I was about to go into Venam’s room though, the trainer there stopped me. Matthew: What is it? I really don’t got that kind of time. Gym Trainer: Venam told me to tell you to put these colors in order in this room. Brown, White and Orange. Matthew: Huh? What happens when I do that? Gym Trainer: Just do it and see what happens. I was puzzled as to what Venam had planned for me but I obliged and put in the colored gases. When it was done, a door suddenly appeared right in front of me. The Gym Trainer signaled for me to go down in. I did and finally came to an alleyway outside. Matthew: Wow… What is this place? ???: Nice isn’t it? Matthew: Ahh! Ohh… Ohh Venam. It’s just you. Venam: -chuckles- Sorry for the scare. Matthew: What is this place? Venam: I guess you can call it my Gym Graveyard. Matthew: Gym Graveyard? Venam: Mhm. My 1st ace used to be my Venipede and I modeled my Gym after that. Then I started to like my Seviper more and I modeled my Gym after that. 1 day, Jan and Zumi said that they were gonna change my Gym again. I gotta say, it’s pretty sweet. Matthew: -sees the other 2 Gyms- I wish I could have seen them back then. Venam: Yea. They were pretty… awesome… Umm… Matthew: What is it? Venam walked up the steps and onto the little bit of grass in front of us. I looked at the ground where she was looking and could see an already hatched egg on the ground. While wondering what Pokemon came out of the egg, the both of us heard a hissing sound. We looked across from us and could see a Seviper. Matthew: Hey! Keep your Seviper under control Venam! Venam: But… my Seviper is in my PokeBall. Matthew: Wait… Is this the Pokemon that came out of that egg? Venam: I assume so… That explains some of the sounds I’ve heard the past couple of months though. Matthew: You- WHAT?! A couple of months?! Venam: Whoops… My bad. Seviper: -looks angrily at us- Sevipeeerrrrr! Matthew: I’m guessing it’s not your biggest fan. Venam: Sorry… Seviper: Seviper! Seviper lunged itself out at us. I went to grab a PokeBall containing 1 of my Pokemon but instead, I accidentally grabbed and empty 1 and threw it towards the Seviper. The ball collided with the Pokemon’s head and the Pokemon went inside the PokeBall. It shook for a couple of seconds and then stopped. I got up and picked the ball off the ground. Venam looked at the ball and me. Venam: Did you just catch it by accident? Matthew: Apparently so. Venam: Well… It would make a good addition to your team. Matthew: And I have the perfect name to give it. Venam: And what’s that? Matthew: Venamica. Venam: …Ok. I’m gonna go back to my Gym Arena before I clock you in the face. Venam angrily went back to her Gym Arena. I snickered to myself, put the ball onto my belt and went back up. I then went through the next couple of rooms until I was facing Venam on the battle field. I couldn’t lie. It looked pretty sick. Venam stepped closer to me. Venam: Welcome to the Gym Arena Matthew! Matthew: Wow… This place is awesome looking. Venam: Thank you. It took me a while to get used to it but I like the look of this as well. Matthew: I know everything right now is hectic but… I’m still getting excited for this match. Venam: To be honest, I am too Matthew. Been a while since I felt like this. But enough talk! I am a Gym Leader and even though the stakes are high… I won’t hold back! Not 1 bit! So bring your best! Matthew: Ha! Be careful what you wish for Venam! The the battle start! The 2 of us threw our PokeBalls up into the air and my 1st Gym Battle ever started. Maybe it was because I had a Ground Type on my team or maybe it was because I somehow trained my team to well but this Gym Battle felt very easy. I kind of felt bad for Venam but I still had fun. It was still an important battle. After defeating her last Pokemon, she returned it back to her Pokemon and looked up into the air. Venam: Heh… Matthew: Venam? You good? Venam: I’ll admit Matthew… No 1 has thrashed me in a Pokemon Gym Match as much as you have today. Matthew: I… I still had fun. I didn’t mean- Venam: No no. It’s fine actually. This loss makes me want to do better. Better for me. Better for you. Better for Melia. Matthew: That’s a good way to look at it. Venam: Besides, this was probably the better outcome. Here. Catch. -throws over a badge- Matthew: Ahh! -catches it- You didn’t have to throw it! Venam: -chuckles- That’s the PoisonHeart Badge. Congrats on winning it. Matthew: Thanks Venam. I appreciate it. Venam: But now that that’s out of the way. You know that this is just the beginning of the day. Matthew: I know. Now I gotta get the TM for Rock Smash and make it over to Route 2. Venam: I’m curious though Matthew. Matthew: Uhhh… Curious about what? Venam: Everything that’s going on with Melia. I know you 2 were hanging out when everything started but… Do you honestly care about her? Matthew: …I can see why you wanna know Venam… Let me tell you a quick story. The day before yesterday, I was on a ship. The S.S. Oceana. Venam: What? But they said no 1 was found in that wreck. But they said that only 1… person… Matthew: Yes. That 1 person that got away from that whole mess was me. They took my mother Venam. And now they’re trying to take someone else that I consider a friend now. So yes. I do care about her. Venam: I feel better about you helping now. Let’s do this. Don’t take too long Matthew. Matthew: Don’t plan on it. Venam went to a teleport pad that was near where she was and disappeared. I too exited the room and started to make my way back to the entrance of the gym. I know that we needed to hurry up and save Melia before Team Xen could get to her. POKEMON TEAM! CHARACTER RATES! TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM!

Melia and I boarded the train to get back to Gearen City. By the time we arrived back to the city, nightfall had come over the city. As we walked back to the lab, I had a bad feeling at the bottom of my stomach that something was gonna go wrong. We made it to the entrance of the lab building and walked inside the actual lab. Before we went up to the desk of the Professor however, we could hear him talking to someone else. Melia suggested that we hid for a bit and see if we could find anything out from this little conversation. I agreed and we hid as we listened in on the conversation. ???: You know I don’t appreciate being hung up like that. It was very rude and I should report you for misconduct. Professor Jenner: People walked into the room Madelis. What did you want me to do? Madelis: I don’t know. How about lock the door? That would’ve prevented all of this from happening. Not that it particularly matters. Zetta should be picking Melia up very soon. Matthew: -thinking to myself- So I was right. Jenner was involved in this whole thing. But… why? Why do this to his own daughter? Professor Jenner: Yes… Madelis: Hmm? Why the glum look on your face? You knew this was going to happen. From the moment we gave you the job of looking after Melia as she grew up, we made it very clear. Melia was only going to be with you temporarily. And once she grew up, you’d have to return her to us. Professor Jenner: I haven’t forgotten. I’ve never forgotten. Madelis: Hmm… Well for your sake, I hope that is the case. I told you that getting attached would ruin you and it looks like it has. Look at it this way. It’s a sacrifice. We’ll have our lives back after this. It’ll all be over… in due time. I don’t know why I didn’t see it coming but Melia slowly got up from her hiding spot, walked into the middle of the room and spoke up. This Madelis character and Professor Jenner looked in the direction of where the voice was coming from. Jenner looked very pleased to see that Melia was alright. Madelis however looked severely pissed off. I decided to reveal myself too, just in case Melia needed some kind of protection. Professor Jenner: M-Melia! You made it! Thank goodness! And Matthew too… I knew it was wise to leave it in- Matthew: No Jenner. Just stop. Professor Jenner: Huh? Madelis: Jenner! What the hell are you playing at?! Melia is supposed to be at Goldenwood Forest! What is she doing here?! Professor Jenner: Uhh, erm… She- Madelis: Just shut up and be quiet! Melia: I knew the moment I found the Snag Machine in the briefcase. Matthew: Jenner, I put the pieces together. I know you intentionally made me go there just so that I would protect her to be safe. Melia: You did all of this because you knew! You knew this would happen! And yet… You sent me on my way… And you got Matthew involved in all of this too?! And now I learn that after all of these years… You aren’t even my real father! You never told me the truth! Professor Jenner: Melia… Please just… Matthew, can’t you try to get her to listen to me? Matthew: Are you kidding me? I don’t blame her for how she’s feeling right now. You deserve what’s coming to you right now. And you got me roped into all of this! You know I was on the S.S. Oceana! You know what happened to me just yesterday and you made me do this?! Fuck off! Melia: Matthew, I’m so sorry my fa- No. Jenner did this to you. This was all a set up. Madelis: Ugh! Enough of this useless talk! I don’t understand what’s going on but I’m ending it! Come to me Houndoom! Out of Madelis’ PokeBall popped out a strong looking Houndoom. I went to reach for my own PokeBall but Melia stopped me. To her, this felt like her responsibility. She wanted to stop this person all on her own. I didn’t know how smart that was of her to do but I decided to let her do her thing. She called out her Togepi and the battle started. Unfortunately for Melia, the Houndoom was way too powerful for her to handle and she eventually lost. Madelis stood there with a smug look on her face. Madelis: That was pitiful. You were foolish to think that you could even begin to face me. Impudence will get you nowhere if you don’t have the strength and beauty to back it up. Matthew: Urgh… You son of a- Melia: Don’t you dare talk down to me… Matthew: Melia? Madelis: Your Pokemon are all weakened and I only used 1 of mine. Do you really think you can take on the rest of my onslaught. Melia looked into Madelis’ eyes and I could see fear in hers. She started to tear up. Her Togepi was still standing but just barely. Out of desperation, she had Togepi use a Metronome attack. Everyone stood still for we didn’t know what move would be used. Suddenly, I could see Melia and her Togepi starting to fade. She went to reach out to me but she disappeared before she could grab onto me. Matthew: Melia… Melia?! Madelis: Of for the love of- You have gotta be kidding me… This is JUST fantastic. You Jenner! I’m not letting you get away! Matthew: Shut up Madelis! You caused all of this! Madelis: And as for you Matthew, I wouldn’t stick your nose into our business. If you do, you will feel the wrath of Team Xen. Madelis pulled out what seemed to be a walkie talkie of sorts and spoke into it. From the sound of it, she was ordering the Team Xen grunts to search the whole city for Melia in order to capture her. In other words, Gearen City was being taken over by Team Xen. Madelis put away her walkie talkie. She turned towards the Professor and gave him a standing ovation for trying to save Melia but it was to no avail. She turned towards me, gave me a mean look and then walked out of the room. I couldn’t believe everything that had just happened. Jenner was working with Team Xen, Melia disappeared and now Team Xen had taken over the city. Professor Jenner: This… This is a disaster. Matthew: You don’t fucking say! Professor Jenner: Everything that’s happened… It wasn’t supposed to go this way. If Madelis hadn’t come now at all times… Matthew: Dude, why would you even consider working for Team Xen?! This is so ludicrous! Professor Jenner: I- Matthew: And now Melia is missing?! This is just all types of fucked up! Professor Jenner: Matthew, I- Ren: Professor! Professor, this is bad! There are Team Xen Grunts all over the city! Matthew: A little late to the party Ren! We know that already! Ren: Huh? How? Professor Jenner: We’ll explain that later. This is all really bad. Ren: Venam is fighting off as many as she can but- Professor Jenner: You 2! Listen to me very carefully. Team Xen is after Melia and if they find her, it’ll be over for all of us. I need you 2 to leave and find her immediately! Ren: Where would she even go? Professor Jenner: Well, West Gearen and the forest are off limits. She could’ve only gone in the direction Route 2. Matthew: Yea. As long as she still teleported somewhere in the city. Professor Jenner: Now’s not the time Matthew! The Railnet east of here will be able to take you to Route 2 without any problem- ???: That’s enough. Just then, a different colored Gothitelle popped into the room out of nowhere. I thought maybe the Gothitelle was speaking to us but it seemed like it was coming from somewhere else but where it came from, I had no idea. This whole situation just kept getting worse and worse. The voice was focused on Jenner. For some reason, it seemed like it was determined to not have me do anything dangerous while I was here. Just then, a black hole of sorts popped up in the back of the room. Jenner held onto the desk for dear life. Ren tried to get to the Professor to rescue him but the Gothitelle wouldn’t let him. Ren: Grrr! Damn it! Get out of the way! Professor Jenner: No! Matthew, Ren… I know it’s selfish of me but- Matthew: Look, if you’re gonna tell us to rescue Melia, you don’t have to! But I’m doing this for her! Not for you! Professor Jenner: That’s… Aaa- AUUUGGGGHHHHH!!! -gets sucked into the black hole- Ren: No! Professor Jenner! ???: And as for the 2 of you, ESPECIALLY you Matthew, I implore you to stay out of this. If you really do decide to go after Melia, the only path before you is despair. I won’t stop you if you wish to do so but don’t come to me for help when things don’t go your way. You’ve been warned. Well Gothitelle, we’ve been here long enough. Let’s go! Then, just as fast as the Gothitelle came here, it disappeared. That whole situation was messed up. I thought the Professor was a bad guy but I didn’t think he deserved that. Ren ran up to me, demanding an explanation. I couldn’t blame him for wanting to know. 1 of his closest friends was in danger. I told him everything with how Team Xen was trying to kidnap her and the stuff about Shadow Pokemon and Dimensional Rifts. When I was done, I could see the shocked look upon his face. Matthew: Ren? Ren, are you ok? Ren: That’s… a lot to take in. Did all of that really happen? Matthew: It really did. It was really messed up. Ren: Then it’s settled. We can’t sit around and do nothing. Matthew: Right. We need to go and find Melia. Ren: But 1st, we need to rid Gearen City of all of these Team Xen Grunts. Matthew: Right. We could lower the risk of them finding her if we drive them out of here. Ren: And then we’ll go look for Melia. Matthew: Right! Let’s go Ren! The 2 of us ran out of the main lab room and towards the exit of the building. As soon as we made it outside though, Venam was right there in front of us. She seemed out of breath and very tired. Matthew: How you holding up? Venam: I’m… doing ok. I need to heal up my Pokemon. Ren: How many did you take down so far? Venam: Only about 7 of them but there’s a lot of them. I saw some of the other trainers trying to take them on but they’re not strong enough. Matthew: Damnit! Ok. Venam, go heal your Pokemon! Ren, you come with me. We’re gonna rid this city of Team Xen! Ren: Right! We got this! Venam: Ohh hell yea! Time for these Team Xen bitches to get the fuck out of our city! I’ll join you 2 as soon as I can! Venam ran into the lab to heal her Pokemon as me and Ren went looking for Xen Grunts. It didn’t take long for us to find some. Battles ensued but luckily, me and Ren were able to keep getting the wins over them. Some time passed and Venam soon joined the fight. It was a little easier now but soon, we were all tired out. It was in the middle of the night now and we were exhausted. I knew there had to be more out there but for now, we rested in front of Venam’s Gym. Matthew: -breathing heavily- Ohh man… How you 2 holding up? Ren: I’m… I’m alright. You Venam? Venam: Fuck… I’m so tired. I’m not too sure how much longer I can do this for… Matthew: What’s your Pokemon count? Venam: I just have my Mareanie with me now. The rest of my team are all fainted. Ren: And only my Froakie still has some fight left inside it. Matthew: Yea. I only have Blade as well. If there are anymore Xen Grunts here, it should be the last of them. We took out a lot of them tonight. Venam: I have a plan in case things take a turn for the worst. ???: Oh ho ho. Well they’re about to take that turn girl. Matthew: Ohh fuck! Ren: Team Xen! Me, Ren and Venam ran south of Venam’s Gym and could see 3 more Xen Grunts. They already had their Pokemon out so we sent ours out as well. Venam’s Mareanie wasn’t all that well rested for battle so it was just down to me and Ren’s Froakies to try to take on the 3 Pokemon in front of us. Male Xen Grunt #1: Tell us where Melia is and we’ll leave your city! Matthew: Hell no! Ren: And even if we did, there’s no way we’d ever tell you! Male Xen Grunt #2: Tell us where she is now or you all will suffer! Venam: Are we supposed to be scared of you lot?! Get real! Leave our city now! Female Xen Grunt: Urgh! Damnit, this isn’t getting us anywhere! Prepare to battle and prepare for a beating! The 2 on 3 battle started. Our Froakies were able to hold them off but they were starting to tire out. The Team Xen Grunts look very pleased with themselves as they noticed the state of our Pokemon. Venam then enacted her plan. She told us to have our Froakies come back near her and her Mareanie. We told them what to do and they followed our orders. Venam had them stay really close together. We watched as she placed her Mareanie right on top of the Froakie’s heads. Ren and I had no idea what she was planning. She then instructed her Mareanie to use Recover. It did but because the Froakie were underneath the Pokemon, they were the ones healed up instead of Mareanie. Soon afterwards, the Mareanie fainted from using the last of its strength to fully heal our Pokemon. Me and run smiled at each other and commanded our Froakies to use a double Water Pulse. They executed the move and wiped out all 3 Pokemon with that 1 attack. The Grunts were shocked at what they just witnessed. Male Xen Grunt #1: What?! Damnit! I didn’t expect them to pull off a move like that! Female Xen Grunt: We got no more Pokemon! We have to retreat! Male Xen Grunt #2: Right! Let’s go! -retreats with his teammates- Venam: Yes! It worked! Ren: Wow Venam. I didn’t expect you to come up with a plan like that. It’s almost scary. Venam: Well you know. -chuckles- Matthew: You 2 were great. Ren: Yea. If it weren’t for you 2, they would have done anything to find Melia. So thank you. Ren Froakie: Froakie! -starts glowing- Matt Froakie: Froooakie! -starts glowing Matthew: What?! No way! Ren: Are they- Venam: They’re evolving at the same time! Venam was right. Both Ren’s and my Froakie’s were starting to evolve. We watched in amazement but also exhaustion as they started to change their form. Eventually, the light started to fade and standing in front of us were now 2 Frogadiers. The 2 Pokemon looked at themselves and then each other and gave each other a high 5. It was a sweet way to end this whole ordeal. We then returned them to their PokeBalls. Matthew: Well… this turned out to be quite the night. Ren: Yea but… Melia. Venam: What the hell is going on around here? Ren: It’s pretty crazy but to give you the short version of it, Team Xen is after Melia. Matthew: And it turns out Professor Jenner was with Team Xen as well. Venam: What the fuck?! Why are they after her?! Matthew: I’m not sure but all I know is that she’s not here. We have to go find her. Ren: I want to as well but… we need rest. Venam: Wait! You wanna rest while Melia is Arceus knows where, running away from Team Xen?! We have to go out there and help her! Matthew: Venam… Trust me. I get what you’re saying. But we’re exhausted. I know you are. And if we try to look for Melia the way we are now, we’ll end up causing problems than resolving them. Venam: Urgh! Fuck. I hate to admit it but you’re right. Alright. You 2 will sleepover my house tonight. Matt, be ready for tomorrow. Matthew: I will be. We’ll find Melia and- Venam: No. That’s not what I mean. Ren: Uhh… Then what do you mean? Venam: In order for us to successfully save Melia, we need to get stronger. Matt, tomorrow morning, you’re gonna have a battle against me. Matthew: You mean a Gym Battle? Venam: Yes. So be prepared for that. Ren, you go to the Railnet and go to Route 2. You’ll search the area there for Melia. Ren: Alright. Sounds like a good plan… which is weird coming from you. Venam: Melia is my best friend. I will do anything in my power to help her. Ren: Ohh. That reminds me. You’ll probably need Rock Smash for Route 2. So after your Gym Battle with Venam, go find the local gang leader Karrina. She’ll give you that TM. Matthew: Alright. Sounds like a plan. Now let’s go to Venam’s house and get some sleep. The 3 of us groggily went to Venam’s house to sleep. Venam went upstairs into her room to sleep as Ren took the floor downstairs and I laid down onto the couch. Soon, I drifted off to sleep as did everyone else. Tomorrow was gonna be 1 hectic day. POKEMON TEAM! CHARACTER RATES! TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM!

Pretty sure Jackpot Starters have been gone since V10. So that's a big no on that 1.

Me and Melia ran through Goldenwood Cave as fast as we could to get to where we 1st entered the cave. I had a feeling I knew who was behind it but I was really hoping I was wrong. When we exited the cave, we could see smoke and a lot of the beautiful scenery that I saw when I was 1st here was now in ruins. Something bad happened here but I didn’t know what. There were some trainers that were discussing what happened. We tried to find out what happened from them but they knew just about the same as we did. Then, we heard an old woman yell for help. Melia and I joined the trainers. The woman came running up to us and she seemed very upset about something. Melia: What’s wrong? Old Lady: Please help me… Some thugs took my precious Furfrou from me. Matthew: Some thugs? No… It can’t be. Old Lady: They’re wearing black and red uniforms. Matthew: -gasps- No… No! It’s them! Arceus damnit! Melia: Matt? What is it? Do you know who it is? Matthew: It’s- ???: No need to introduce us but we thank for it. Everyone looked at where the voice came from. In back of the old lady, there stood 3 individuals in black and red uniforms. It was them. There was no doubt now. It was Team Xen. My blood started to boil with rage. These people took my mother and now they’re attacking this place?! For what?! I wanted to go over to them right now and knock them all silly but I knew I wouldn’t be able to do it. Matthew: -growls- You… You bastards! Melia: Wait. Team Xen did this?! Xen Grunt #1: So you’ve heard of us huh? We’re not some joke anymore I take it then. Xen Grunt #2: That’s great news! Great news indeed! Xen Grunt #3: Now if you all cooperate, we’ll get what we came here for and make our leave. Matthew: No! You won’t be getting whatever you’re trying ton get! Xen Grunt #1: Calm down kid. What’s gotten into you? Xen Grunt #2: Hey wait. Isn’t that the person that was the son to that Nancy woman we captured back on the S.S. Oceana? Xen Grunt #3: Yea. Yea it is. Well what do you know. We came here to just capture Melia but it looks like we’ll be taking 2 people with us then. Melia: Wait. You guys came here for me? Xen Grunt #1: Correct. We were sent here to kidnap a girl named Melia who would be in this area at this time. Xen Grunt #2: But since Matthew’s here as well, we’ll be taking the both of you. Melia: Matt… What happe- Matthew: I’ll tell you later but we gotta deal with the threat in front of us. Melia: R-Right! Xen Grunt #3: You 2. Come with us if you don’t want more Pokemon and people to be hurt. Melia: You’re crazy if you think we’re going to go with you lot! Matthew: You’ll pay for what you did to my mother and the people on the S.S. Oceana! Xen Grunt #1: -sighs- They never comply do they? Alright then. Take a look at this! The Xen Grunt took a PokeBall from their belt and threw it up into the air. A Pokemon came out but it looked really different. It was a Meowth but it was a different color. it definitely didn’t look like a shiny. It was all purple and looked like it was ready to rip anything to shreds. Matthew: What the… What the hell did you do to that Meowth?! Melia: Yea. Something’s different about it. Xen Grunt #2: What? They noticed? Madelis said that no 1 should be able to see a difference here. Xen Grunt #3: Well anyways, you’re right! This Meowth is definitely not a normal Meowth in the slightest. This Meowth has been subjected to an experiment thought to be long gone. Xen Grunt #1: Shadow Pokemon. Matthew: No way… Melia: Wha- Shadow Pokemon? That can’t be… Shadow Pokemon haven’t been- Xen Grunt #2: Obviously we’ve started the project back up again. Xen Grunt #3: Unlike Team Cipher, we have perfected Shadow Pokemon. Matthew: Those things were severely dangerous when they 1st showed up… Well I’m not afraid nor are my Pokemon! We’ll defeat you and get out of here! Melia: I… I wonder… Matthew! -throws the briefcase up to me- 6489! That’s the code to unlock it! Matthew: Huh? But what’s in it? Melia: I have a pretty good idea what it is but… just open it! Matthew: Ok! I tried to quickly put in the combination to the briefcase. I was so nervous though that Team Xen was gonna do to take Melia though that I kept messing up the combination. I finally was able to put it in right and opened it up. I was confused as to what I was looking at though. It looked like a weird mechanical glove. I picked it up and showed it to Melia. Her eyes widened as she saw the device. Melia: That’s… That’s… Matthew: What? What is it?! Melia: Put it on Matt and get down here! Matthew: Right! Urgh! Come on you! And… done! -runs down to Melia’s side- Melia… Is this what I think it is? Melia: Yes. I think it’s a Snag Machine. Matthew: …Your dad built this? Melia: He had to of. Matthew: Right. I know what to do then. Stand back Melia. -turns towards the grunts- Hey assholes. Prepare to be humiliated. Xen Grunt #1: -laughs loudly- You aren’t serious right? Do you really think you can beat me? Well fine! Just go ahead & try! The Grunt looked at me with such smugness, thinking that he would wipe the floor with me no matter what I used. I placed my hand on a PokeBall but it didn’t contain any of my Pokemon. It was an empty 1. I clutched it in my hand that had the glove on it and threw it at the Meowth. The Pokemon went into the Ball. It shook a couple of times before it stopped. I ran over to it, picked it up and then ran back over to Melia. This thing was the real deal. It was a Snag Machine. The Xen Grunts looked horrified at what had just occurred. Xen Grunt #1: You- You just… Give me back my Meowth! I raised that since it hatched from an egg! Matthew: Are you fucking kidding me dude?! Melia: If you truly cared for Meowth, you wouldn’t have even considered turning it into a monster. Let alone actually doing it! Xen Grunt #2: Grrr! This isn’t over! Let’s just see you 2 try to escape this forest. Xen Grunt #3: By the end of the day, you 2 will be ours. Matthew: Yea right! Now get the hell out of our sight. Xen Grunt #1: You’ll regret this! -leaves with the other 2- Matthew: Well you know they’re going to tell whoever is in charge of this attack about this. What do we do? Melia: We have to get through them. You 3, go into the cave. You’ll be safe there. Matthew: We’ll try to divert Team Xen’s attention away from here. When there’s not that many Xen Grunts, try to escape from here. Old Lady: R-Right. Come along young ones. Let’s leave these 2 to handle this mess. -goes into the cave with the 2 trainers- Matthew: You ready for this Melia? Melia: I’ll try to help out as best I can. I only had 1 Revive left and used it on Hapi. I can only help out so much right now. But as long as your Pokemon don’t faint, I can keep them going with the endless supply of Potions I have. Matthew: Alright. That’ll have to work. Come on. We’re gonna track down some more Xen Grunts and if any of them have Shadow Pokemon, we’re taking them away. Melia: Mhm! I’m right behind you Matthew! The 2 of us started to search for Xen Grunts around the Goldenwood Forest. Only a couple of them had some Shadow Pokemon but I was able to capture them away from the Xen Grunts. They all seemed shocked that I had a device that was able to do such a thing. Thanks to Melia and her briefcase full of Potions and Ethers, none of my Pokemon fainted. We finally made it back near where we were hanging out with the Vivillon before but there were 2 more Xen Grunts in front of us. It looked like there was someone standing on top of a little hill behind them. I knew these 2 wouldn’t let us pass them. Female Xen Grunt: Ohh look. There they are. Male Xen Grunt: Melia bad girl right? We capture them and sell them to high up? Female Xen Grunt: Uhh… What? We’re not selling anyone. If you mean we’re going to capture her and give her to our leader, then yes. You’re right Eli. Eli: Yes yes! That is what Eli mean! We kill girl too, yes Sharon? Melia: What?! Matthew: Sorry but none of that is gonna happen today. Sharon: Ugh. What am I going to do with you Eli? Melia: Listen to me. I don’t really understand your obsession with me, but we’re leaving whether you like it or not. Matthew: You can leave Melia. I need to find out what they’re doing to my mom. Melia: But Matthew- Sharon: See, that’s where the both of you are wrong.You won’t be getting away and you won’t be seeing this place ever again. And you Matthew… well, you might find out what’s happened with your mother when we take you too! Matthew: Urgh! You people really know how to piss me off! Eli: You give up and no resist us! Melia: Never! We’ll never give up! Sharon: Prepare to battle us pipsqueaks! Matthew: Hmph. Fine! I’m ready. Melia: I only have Hapi but… I’ll do what I can to help you Matthew! Sharon: -sighs- You 2 are so annoying. Whatever, let’s go. Matthew & Melia VS Sharon & Eli The battle started between us. The 2 of them seemed to focused their 1st couple of attacks onto Melia’s Togepi and because of that, it was knocked out relatively quickly. Which meant that it would be a 2 on 1 Pokemon Battle. I wasn’t scared though. I believed in my Pokemon and their abilities. We battled with all of our might and thanks to that, I was able to come out with the victory. Eli seemed displeased but the Sharon girl didn’t seem to care whether if she lost or not. Matthew: And just like that, you 2 are done. Sharon: Yea yea. You know, despite all my big talk, this is no real surprise. It’s boring really. Melia: What is? Sharon: To have things go exactly as you predicted. Ohh well. Doesn’t matter. We’re still going to try to capture you. Eli: Give up don’t we! Sharon: Uhh… Yea. Whatever he said. The 2 Xen Grunts took a step closer to us. I could tell Melia was scared but all I could do was stand there. I was considering just walloping on them, if I was able to do it myself somehow, until we all heard a Pokemon cry. Me and Melia realized who it was right away. It was the Garbodor from the sewers. It had somehow followed us all the way up here. Me and Melia were shocked that it had gotten up here somehow. Sharon seemed pleased that she didn’t have to focus on capturing us and instead focused on trying to get the Garbodor. It ran off, causing the 2 Xen Grunts to chase after it but not before mentioning the person on the hill’s name. It was Zetta. Matthew: So that fucker’s name is Zetta huh? Melia: It seems so. When all of this is over, we have to find Garbodor and thank it for saving us. Matthew: Definitely but 1st, we gotta deal with this guy. -walks up to Zetta- Turn around and face us dude. Zetta: -sighs- So Sandra and Eli weren’t able to hold you 2 off? Melia: Sandra? I thought her name was- Zetta: Their names matter not. -turns around to face us- But fuck. What are they feeding you? Power cereal? Matthew: Huh? Zetta: Well you made it this far. So I give you props for that. As you’ve heard the girl say before she ran off, my name is Zetta. No need to introduce yourselves though. I already know. Matthew… Wow. What a horrible name. Did your parents hate you or something? Matthew: Don’t… Zetta: Hmm? Matthew: Don’t you ever bring up my mom ever again. Do you hear me? Zetta: Ohh yea. I forgot. We have your mom back at our castle don’t we? Melia: Castle? What castle? Zetta: And you must be Melia right? Melia… so that’s what you look like. Matthew: That’s enough. Now you’re being creepy. Zetta: Things are starting to make sense now. Melia: Enough! Leave Goldenwood Forest immediately! Matthew: Not before you tell me more about this castle. Zetta: Psh. Please. Be lucky I told you that much. Besides, you’ll be joining her there soon when we capture the both of you. Melia: I don’t get it. If me and Matthew are the prime targets here, why attack the entire place. Zetta: …I pictured you to be a bit smarter. You already answered your own question so I think I’ll skip it. But what I’m interested in is that machine your friend Matthew has. Matthew: I assume you already know what it is. Zetta: Well I’m not that stupid. But tell me. Where’d you get it? Melia: That;s… That’s none of your business. Zetta: Ohh but my… Hmph. It’s definitely my business. See, that machine is a little troublesome. It kind of negates a huge part of what we’re doing. Now be a good brat and hand it over Matthew! Matthew: Never! I won’t do anything Team Xen tries to tell me to do! Zetta: No need to shout. Sheesh. Hurt my ears there. I didn’t expect you to just hand it over. But that’s precisely why I brought along… a little friend with me. I don’t suppose the 2 of you looked out onto the lake? Melia and I looked behind Zetta towards the lake and were horrified to see something weird on it. It looked like a weird portal or something. It somehow made the lake look like it was cracked. It was an odd thing to see for sure. Zetta then explained to us that what we were seeing at that moment was a Dimensional Rift. They were breaks in the universe that could create portals to other dimensions. They were something like a teleporter but Zetta thought that the sound of mass destruction sounded better. Matthew: What do you plan on doing with that… thing? Zetta: I’m glad you asked. If you put something inside of it, particularly a Pokemon… Something VERY interesting happens. It does take a lot of energy to conjur up 1 of these things however. It’s like… a last resort you know? I really don’t wanna use it buuuuut seeing as how you 2 aren’t giving up peacefully- Melia: We aren’t going to go anywhere with you! Zetta: Perfect! Let’s play a little game! Matthew, you and I shall battle right here and now. If I win, I take the 2 of you and that little Snag Machine of yours. If you win, I activate the Dimensional Rift. Sounds fair right? Melia: But… Wait! That’s completely unfair! We’re in a bad situation no matter what outcome! Zetta: Ding ding ding! The girl’s smart after all! Too bad for you though that my deals are final and are acted upon immediately. Sayonara. Matthew: Melia… Don’t worry. We’ll get through this somehow. Melia: Matthew… Matthew: Alright Zetta. I’ll show you how strong I can be! Matthew VS Zetta The battle between me and Zetta started. The 1st Pokemon he sent out was a Shadow Pokemon. I decided to use Togepi since it had gotten some training on the other grunts and had gotten somewhat stronger. When the other Shadow Pokemon had used their Shadow Moves on my other Pokemon, it always seemed like they took Super-Effective damage. But what Togepi took a Shadow Move, it didn’t seem too phased by it. Were Shadow Moves weak against Fairy Type Pokemon? Thanks to Togepi, I was able to weaken the Pokemon and snag it away from Zetta. The rest of his team was pretty tough but I was able to come out with the victory. I knew that didn’t bother Zetta much though. Zetta: Well would you look at that. You snagged my Shadow Pokemon like it was nothing. Matthew: You better believe it. I’m gonna save all of those Pokemon that you turned into a monster! Zetta: I’m… slightly impressed, though there isn’t much counterplay. Melia: Counterplay? The counterplay is that you don’t use Shadow Pokemon! Let alone create them! Zetta: -starts laughing maniacally- What shit advice. “Don’t use them.” I could’ve taken better advice from my ass but I’m sure none of us wants to go there. Matthew: Ohh shut up dude! Melia: Please. You’re wasting our time. You lost Zetta. Zetta: And how right you are Melia! Time for me to hold up my end of the bargain. Dimensional Right! It’s time to wake up! The entire area started to shake. Some trees were falling over, whatever remaining Pokemon that stayed in the area after the explosion started to escape and we could all hear a horrifying growl. Then, from the Dimensional Rift, a Gyarados appeared but it didn’t look right. It was Mega-Evolved. It honestly looked demonic. Melia and I stared up at it with shocked expressions present on our faces. Zetta was laughing the whole time. Matthew: That… That’s not- Melia: What the hell is that thing?! Zetta: It’s amazing isn’t it? Do you honestly think you can really take this thing? Matthew: I… I… Zetta: You know, I was gonna try to kidnap the both of you buuuut I’m really only here for Melia and you’re being a problem Matthew. So I’m gonna sweep him to the side for now. Melia: What do you mean? Zetta: You really don’t listen that well do you? Listen Matthew. The battle was nice and all… But quite frankly, you’re in my way and I’d like you to step aside. Matthew: Damnit… Damnit! It’s now or never! Melia, give me permission to let loose! Melia: You want me to… what? Matthew: Can I let loose on this dweeb?! Melia: Y… Yes?! Matthew: Ahh! It’s been a long time since I last felt this feeling! Zetta: Gyarados! Devour Matthew! N- Ugh… Uhh… Wh-What the… I had grabbed Zetta by the throat and started to squeeze as hard as I could. The Gyarados started to sucked in its breath, trying to get me to fly into its mouth. Melia hung onto the ground as hard as she could while watching at what was going on between me and Zetta. The grip on Zetta’s throat was growing tighter and tighter. He was starting to fall to his knees but that’s when it happened. He kicked my legs out from under me. I was now floating up into the air. I tried to keep my hand around Zetta’s throat so that I wouldn’t be swallowed up from the beast. I wasn’t strong enough though and was sucked into the beasts belly. The next thing I remembered was waking up on some sort of dock. I didn’t understand what was going on. Was I dead? Did that thing take me somewhere else? The only thing I could do was walk around the area and see what I could find. When I got to the end of the dock, I could see that the grass and ground was a weird red color. This definitely wasn’t the Aevium Region. Could this whole thing really be in that beats gut. I started to follow the path. When I got to the next area, I could see a weirdly colored PokeBall laying on the ground. When I picked it up, it asked to see my CyberNav. I was confused by what was happening but I complied and held my Cybernav next to it. When I looked at the device then, a new app was added called the Rift Dex. I was even more confused now. I entered the app and only 1 thing was shown. It was called Code: Evo. I clicked on it and read the info on the weird Gyarados I had just seen. When I got done reading it, I closed the app and started to think about what all happened today. Professor Jenner wanted me to accompany Melia to Goldenwood Forest. There was the Snag Machine in the briefcase just when we needed it. And now, this app that just appeared on my CyberNav was the 1 that was given to me by Professor Jenner. I was able to put it all together and come to a shocking conclusion. Professor Jenner was somehow involved with Team Xen. I couldn’t believe that the Professor of this region was involved with them. But at the same time, he seemed like he was trying to go against them? I couldn’t sit and ponder that now though. I needed to find a way to get out of here. There was another dock ion front of me. I walked up to the end of it and could see a Magikarp flopping on the dock. I pushed it off the dock in the the lake. It then started to ride up the waterfall in front of me and when it made it to the top, it jumped all the way back down, under the water. I noticed that it was glowing as it was falling too. I went closer to see if it was ok. Just then, the huge, weirdly formed Gyarados appeared in front of me. It looked like it wanted to fight. Before anything happened though, I could hear Melia from somewhere but I couldn’t see her. Melia: Wait! Matthew: Melia!? Melia! Where are you! Melia: Matt… I don’t know where you are or if you can even hear this… But I won’t let you face this alone! Matthew: Melia… Thank you. I’ve had enough of this! You want some of me you oversized shrimp?! Fine! Come and fight me! Matthew VS Dimensional Rift Gyarados The Dimensional Rift Gyarados roared a might roar and the battle started. It literally took me all 4 of my Pokemon to take down this monster but I was luckily able to do it. I was exhausted but I was happy that that thing was now defeated. It disappeared and I was able to hear Melia’s voice again. Just then, the entire place started to shake. I don’t know what happened but I fell unconscious and when I regained consciousness, I could hear a voice calling to me. When I opened my eyes, I could see Melia standing over me. She was relieved to see me ok. I stood up and shook my head. Melia: Ohh thank Arceus! You’re ok and awake! Matthew: Wha… What happened? Melia: Garbodor and I attacked the Gyarados but I don’t think we were able to truly defeat it. Matthew: Heh… Of course. Melia: Zetta saved it by turning it back into a Rift. I tried to bring Garbodor with me but it refused to come with me. Matthew: So that thing is giving us time to escape. Is that right? Melia: Yes. We owe it big time when it’s done. Matthew: We do. We should get going. Melia: Ok but you should be careful. You seem exhausted. Matthew: I am but we can’t rest now. Melia: Well we don’t have to worry about Goldenwood Forest for now. The police arrived and are trying to take care of the situation. Matthew: Alright then. Let’s head back to the lab. I have to talk to your dad about some stuff. Melia: Before we do… What was that before you got sucked into that Gyarados’ mouth? When you asked me to let it loose? Matthew: I’m… not too sure. When I get really angry, I wanna unleash it onto someone but I can’t unless someone gives me permission to do it. Melia: Really? Why? Matthew: Yes and I’m not sure. But for now, let’s get back. Something tells me this whole thing is far from over. POKEMON TEAM! CHARACTER RATES! TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM!

When I made it to the train station, I realized that there was no cop standing in front of the entrance this time. I couldn’t believe how fast those workers fixed the problem. I walked into the train station and was met with a familiar red-headed woman I had met late last night. Tesla: Ohh Matthew! Matthew: Tesla? What are you doing here? Tesla: I just got back from Goldenwood Forest. Matthew: Ohh. Nice. Tesla: So how are you doing? Are you ok? Matthew: Well… Let’s put it like this. I’m not in the best of moods but I’m a little better than when you 1st met me. Tesla: Well I suppose that’s better than being completely down in the dumps. I’m glad you haven’t lost hope though. Matthew: Of course not! I need to save my mom from those Team Xen assholes. Tesla: That’s the spirit. Your mother is still out there somewhere and we both must become stronger to rescue her. Matthew: Indeed. By the way, thank you for helping me with this. Tesla: It’s not problem sweetie. I wouldn’t feel right if I didn’t do anything to help. So by the looks of it, you’re heading to Route 1 & Goldenwood Forest? Matthew: Mhm. I’m going there to hang out with someone and train my Pokemon. Tesla: Aww. Making friends already are we? That’s great Matthew. Matthew: I think it is too. Tesla: Here. Let me buy you a ticket. Matthew: No no. You don’t have to do that. Tesla: Nonsense. With what you’ve been going through this past day, it’s the least I could do. Tesla went up to the clerk and purchased 1 ticket for Goldenwood Forest. The clerk handed her the ticket, she came over to me and handed over the ticket. She then leaned in and gave me a hug. It felt weird being hugged by basically a random stranger but for some reason, it felt comforting. After that, she left the train station and I got on board the train. It didn’t take long for it to get to Route 1. Once there, I departed the train and looked around the area. There were so many golden trees and the area just looked beautiful. I started to look for Melia but it didn’t take long for me to find her. Melia: There you are Matthew! I thought for a bit that you decided to not come here after all. Matthew: Naw. Sorry about the wait. Ren wanted to battle me. Melia: That doesn’t shock me. When he meets someone he considers a rival, he’s gonna want to battle them over and over. Matthew: Huh? He considered me a rival? Melia: Of course he does! He probably sees something in you that he wants himself. Now let’s head into Goldenwood Forest together! Melia walked ahead as I followed behind her. It didn’t take long until we were actually in Goldenwood Forest. Although, it looked more like a forest. Melia turned around looking at me and gave me a huge smile. Then, we started to go off to have fun. We 1st went and saw some really pretty, colorful Vivillon. Melia fed 1 of them some Pokemon food. Next, we were walking next to the lake when we could hear a fisherman whine about not being able to catch a fish. Melia took out the briefcase, opened it up and handed the fisherman some weird lookin’ bait. He used it and in a matter of seconds, had a Magikarp on the line. He pulled and pulled and finally pulled it out of the water. Only to have it plop down onto his head. Melia and I couldn’t help but laugh. Melia then saw a patch of grass below us. We went down to it. I watched her as she enjoyed looking at the flowers. Unfortunately, a lady came up to us and started to yell at us for playing around her flower garden. After walking to the other side of the lake, we could see some Finneon swimming near us in the water. Melia took out the briefcase again and threw some food into the water, which the Finneon gladly ate. While I was having fun, I didn’t see any trainers here to battle. Which was a big reason why I came here. Matthew: Uhh… Melia? Melia: Yea. What is it? Matthew: It’s just that… Well a big reason why I came here is because you said there would be lots of trainers to battle. Not that I’m not having fun hanging with you but- Melia: Ohh! No worries. See that cave up there? Matthew: Yea? What about it? Melia: That’s where the trainers are. Matthew: Really? Well why didn’t you say that sooner! Let’s go! We both entered the cave and I could immediately see trainers a little further into the cave. So Melia was right. The trainers were mostly inside the cave. Melia turned around and informed me that most of the trainers in here teamed up and would most likely battle in doubles So she asked if she could partner up with me so that we could take them on together and get to where she needed to go. I was kind of shocked she wanted to team up with me. I knew she had shiny Pokemon but I thought it was more of a collection and not what she battled with. I was curious to see her battle so I accepted. We started to make our way through the cave, battling loads of trainers. I could definitely tell that my Pokemon were getting stronger. I also was amused with what Melia used. They were mostly Normal Type Pokemon. When we finally got to the end of the cave, we both stared up at the wall in front of us that seemed to have some sort of inscription on it. Melia brought out the briefcase, dug through it for a camera and started to take photos of the wall. I could tell she seemed upset with this. Matthew: You ok Melia? Melia: Huh? Ohh. Yea. I am. I just… thought it was gonna be something more than this. I mean I know I’m not strong enough to on more dangerous tasks but this feels a little insulting. Matthew: Ohh. I see. I can understand that. Melia: -turns around and aims the camera at me- Say cheese! Matthew: Wha- -picture gets taken- Ahh! Melia! Don’t do that! Melia: -chuckles- That’s enough picture taking for now. Matthew: Sooo… do you know what this is? Melia: No idea. But it’s strange. My father doesn’t usually send me off to check on something like inscriptions. I usually study stuff like Pokemon behavior. Melia went up to the wall and touched it. Suddenly, the whole ground started to shake. I could hear the trainers in the cave Melia and I battled yelling as it did. The wall in front of us collapsed and Melia fell through into the other side of it. I ran inside to make sure she was ok. Matthew: Melia! Are you ok?! Melia: Ow… Yea. I’ll be fine. What happened though? Matthew: I have no clue. The ground shook and then a hole appeared on that wall. Melia: -stands up- Ohh…? Ok! Nevermind! Matthew: Huh? Nevermind what? Melia: This was worth it! We found a secret passageway deep within the depths of Goldenwood Cave. Let’s go search more! Matthew: Are you sure that’s a good idea? Melia: I think we’ll be fine. Come on Matthew! Melia ran back to the other side of the cave, grabbed her briefcase and ran back into the hole and farther into the cave. I chased after her. But since I wasn’t fast, I fell behind. I found a cave exit. Thinking maybe Melia went outside this way, I exited the cave and followed the path. It didn’t take long for me to find Melia. She had laid out a blanket on the ground. Matthew: -chuckles- Melia, what is this? Melia: Surprise Matthew! This place is just beautiful isn’t it? It’s not on a map or anything. We might have very well discovered a completely new area! Matthew: Is that a good thing? Melia: Of course it is! This region is less than a century old. There very well may be places we haven’t discovered. We accomplished a lot today. So let’s celebrate with a picnic! Matthew: Well… I am a been hungry right now… Alright. Why not. Let’s eat! Melia: Yay! We sat down and started to eat. Despite only being, I assumed, 15 years old, Melia really knew how to prepare food. It was quite delicious. We could see some Vivillon flying above us and watching us eat up on some trees. It was quite peaceful. I felt like I needed this after what transpired the last couple of hours. I felt relaxed. It was nice. Matthew: You know Melia, I wasn’t too keen on coming here except for the training but I have to admit, this is pretty awesome. Melia: -chuckles- Thanks Matthew. That means a lot. Matthew: Never thought I’d be in a place like this today. Melia: Me either. Hey. Have you noticed the statue of Arceus back there? Matthew: Huh? Ohh wow. Not until you just mentioned it. I wonder why it’s here. Melia: No idea but I’d love to find out why. You know, a day like this 1 only comes once a year. Matthew: You think this day is like that? Melia: Of course I do! Don’t you? Matthew: Ehh… Maybe. Melia: Plus… I feel like I’ve made another life-long friend. And that friend is you Matthew. Thank you for coming with me. Matthew: Ohh stop… It was nothing really. Melia: I mean it Matt. You made this day a memorable 1. Matthew: -chuckles- Well… I’m glad I could make it feel like 1. Melia: Today… This will be my last memory on Foria Island. Matthew: What? Why? Melia: I leave for Grand Dream City the day after tomorrow. That’s where I’m gonna become the Normal Type Gym Leader. Matthew: Wha- A Gym Leader?! Melia: Mhm. Matthew: Don’t suppose asking you for a battle now would count as a Gym Battle ehh? -chuckles- Melia: -chuckles back- No. I’m afraid not. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you before though. Matthew: Don’t be. You just met me. Not like I deserve to know something so big about you as soon as we meet. You seem sad about it though. Melia: Well… I’ll be going alone. Ren will still be working with my father and Venam will continue her Gym Leader duties in Gearen. Matthew: Ohh. I see. You’ll be missing your friends. Melia: Plus, I’m being thrown into a city I know pretty much nothing about. I’m pretty scared. Matthew: I’m sorry… I know how you feel though. Melia: You do? Matthew: Yea. I mean… right now. I have no clue about anything of this region except for what I’ve explored today. It’s all so confusing and big and… well you get it. Melia: Yes. Yes I do. Matthew: But I know that I have people here that seem to care for me. Ren, Venam, Professor Jenner, Amanda and you. Melia: But I won’t be- Matthew: I know but I’m just trying to make a point. Melia: I see. I guess that makes sense. Matthew: Yea… Melia: Hey Matthew? Matthew: Yea? Melia: After this, do you have anywhere to go? Matthew: Well I plan on challenging Venam for her badge when we get back. Although, depending on how late it is, that’ll either be today or tomorrow. Melia: I see. She’s a pretty strong trainer. Matthew: I don’t doubt it. Melia: Well maybe after that… you could come with me to Grand Dream City? I was in the middle of taking a drink of water when she asked that. I swallowed down the wrong pipe out of shock and started to gasp for air. Melia started to hit my back to help me regain my breath. I looked at her in shock after the whole ordeal was done. Matthew: Why me? Melia: Because… Well I don’t know. You’re a trainer and you have a more flexible schedule. At least I assume so. Matthew: Melia… I would trust me but what I’m doing now… Well, I need to stay here and train. Melia: Ohh… I see. Matthew: I’m sorry. Melia: No no. It’s fine. I really shouldn’t have asked you anyways. I mean like you said before, we just met. It got quiet after that. And I don’t mean just plain quiet. I mean awkward quiet. I could hear her sniffling. I looked over to her and could see she was tearing up. She was trying to hide the fact that she was crying but she wasn’t doing a good job of it. I felt bad for declining her but I needed to focus on training my Pokemon and getting more Pokemon for my mission. Then I had an idea that could cheer us both up. Matthew: -stands up- I challenge you to a Pre-Gym Battle Melia! Melia: -wipes away her tears- Wh-What? Matthew: You heard me! Me and you in a Pre-Gym Battle! Melia: -sniffles- B-But I’m not an official Gym Leader yet. Matthew: I know that. That’s why it’s a PRE-Gym Battle. Melia: O-Oh… Ohh! I get it. -stands up- Right. I accept your challenge. This will be good training for me. I’ll need to get as much practice as possible before I could even consider myself a true Gym Leader. Matthew: I’m sure you’ll do fine but I’m not gonna go easy on you. Melia: I’m not either. Although, I don’t have a full team of 6 so I hope that’s not a bother to you. Matthew: Why would it? Melia: Wait. Do you not know? Matthew: Know what? Melia: Every Gym Leader has a full team of Pokemon. Matthew: Wait. You mean every Gym Leader has 6 Pokemon?! Melia: Mhm. It’s part of the League rules. Matthew: Well that’ll definitely make things more difficult… but also exciting at the same time. Melia: I know what you mean. I do love to play researcher and all… but battling is where my soul is. Matthew: Then let’s see what you’re made of! The 2 of us grabbed a PokeBall and threw them out and the battle began. It was interesting to see the shinies she had on her team. They all seemed different than the ones from Unova. I wondered if there was a reason for it. Her Eevee had a different shiny color than mine. It was awesome to see. She actually put up quite the fight but I was able to come out with the victory at the end of the battle. We both returned out Pokemon back to our PokeBalls. She seemed pleased with the battle. Melia: Good battle Matthew. It seems I’ve still got a long way to go. Matthew: Well I don’t know much about Gym Leader stuff but I would say that was definitely 1 hell of a battle. You did great in my eyes. Melia: -blushes and chuckles- Thank you Matthew. For both the battle and today. You know… I want to give you something. Hold on. Melia went into her briefcase to get whatever it was she was going to give me. In a couple of seconds, I could see her taking out a big oval like object out of the briefcase. I wondered if that thing could carry anything. It seemed like it could. She walked over to me and placed the object onto the ground. I looked down and could see that it was an egg. But just any egg. It was a Pokemon Egg. I couldn’t believe what she was giving me. Matthew: M-Melia… Th-That’s a- Melia: Mhm! It’s a Pokemon egg! Matthew: Why are you giving me this? Melia: You made me feel better about everything that’s gonna be happening to me. You deserve it. Matthew: Yea but… you’ve been taking care of it. You should keep it. Melia: I have but it hasn’t hatched yet. Which is strange considering how long it’s been since I got it. Matthew: How long ago was that? Melia: Umm… I think like 6 months ago? Matthew: 6 months ago?! And it still hasn’t hatched?! Melia: No. That kind of has me concerned for it actually. Matthew: Maybe it- Huh? Melia: Wait… Is it glowing?! Indeed it was. We watched as the egg started to take form of a Pokemon. The glowing started to fade down and we could see the Pokemon more and more until it was completely visible. It was a Togepi. It took a few seconds for it to open its eyes but when it did, it looked up at me. It smiled and jumped up and down with joy. I knelt down beside it and patted its head. It really enjoyed that. Melia: Oh my Arceus! A Togepi! Matthew: Aww. It’s so cute. Togepi: Togepi! Melia: It’s so cute. It’s just like my Hapi. Matthew: Ohh yea. That’s what you nicknamed your Togepi right? Melia: Mhm. Togepi: Toge Togepi? Matthew: Hmm… I’m gonna call you Cheeri. Melia: That sounds so fitting for it! What do you think Toge- Errr… Cheeri? Togepi: Togepi! Toge. Matthew: I’ll take it that means it likes it. Melia: -chuckles- I agree. Matthew: -takes out an empty PokeBall- Well little buddy, welcome to the team. I tapped the top of the newly born Togepi’s head and it went inside the PokeBall. It shook for a couple of seconds before signaling that the capture was a success. I was happy that I had caught another team member. I didn’t expect to catch a Togepi out of all Pokemon but I knew with enough training, it’d become a force of nature. Melia and I started to put the stuff away. But as soon as we were about to put the blanket away, the whole area around us was showered with a weird green light. Then all of a sudden, we heard a loud ass explosion. Matthew: What the fuck was that?! Melia: I don’t know but it sounded like it came from Goldenwood Forest! Come on Matthew! We gotta see what’s going on! Matthew: Right behind you Melia! -thinking to myself- No way… It couldn’t be them… could it? POKEMON TEAM! CHARACTER RATES! TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM!