J-Awesome_One

White, black and tan.

I raced towards the area the cop had told me. As I was getting there, I wondered what type the Gym Leader would be using. Since we were in a city, I was guessing either maybe Electric or Steel. If that was the case, I would have an easy time with my Mudbray with me. It’d be super effective on both of those types. I came across a building that gave off a lab kind of feeling, just like the cop said. I couldn’t help but feel anxious and excited all at once. This would be my 1st Gym Battle ever. I walked through the entrance but instead of being greeted by a Gym Leader, it was, what I assumed to be, a trainer of the gym. He came up to me but seemed disappointed. Gym Trainer(?): Hello there. Can I help you with something? Matthew: Yea. I’m here to challenge their Gym Leader for their Gym Badge. Gym Trainer(?): Ahh. I see… Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I’m afraid that the Gym Leader isn’t here at the moment. Matthew: What?! Ohh you’ve got to be kidding me! Gym Trainer(?): I’m very sorry. It’s actually kind of typical of her though. Matthew: Do you know where she is right now? Gym Trainer(?): Hmm… Knowing her, she’s probably at home, annoying her mother with loud ass music. Just head south of here and head right. If you hear music, follow the sound. Matthew: Fine. Thank you for the information. I exited the Gym all annoyed. How can the Gym Leader not be at her Gym? Isn’t that some kind of violation? I decided to not think of it much longer or I’d make myself more upset than I already was. I headed all the way down the city I could and then took a right. Surprisingly, I could hear loud music playing. I started to follow the noise. It lead me right to a house. Strangely enough, this seemed to be the only house throughout the whole city. The rest of the buildings were either offices, libraries, hotels or something else important. Before I even stepped foot on the lawn though, I could hear screaming coming from the inside. ???: WAIT… WAIT… ???: Veronica, turn that music down this instant! Veronica: WAIT! THE BEAT IS ABOUT TO DROP! ???: I’ve had enough of your insolent bantering and noise pollution! The neighbors are furious! The police have come to this house at least 3 times this week! Veronica: SCREW THE POLICEEEE!!! ???: THAT IS ENOUGH! Veronica: H-Hey! What are you doing?! Turn the music back on! Wait wait! What are you- NO! Just then, I could see something being thrown literally through the roof and then land right in front of the front door. To my shock, it was a girl with purple hair and well purple everything really. I ran up to her to make sure she was ok. She started to move slowly when I got close up to her. Veronica: Urgh… Matthew: Whoa! Are you ok? Veronica: That wench… My own mother did this to me… Matthew: Really? The fuck does she eat for her to be able to chuck a young girl through the roof of a house? Veronica: Urgh… I think… I think I’ve been fatally wounded. Matthew: Ehh… You sure about that? I mean that does seem like it would hurt but I don’t about “fatally wounded” hurt. Veronica: Listen to me. Since this is the end, I need to ask a favor of you… Matthew: -sighs- Yea? And what’s that? Veronica: A Pecha Berry… from the Berry Emporium… I need a taste of a Pecha Berry 1 last time… before I go… Please… Matthew: You’re kidding me right? Veronica: Wh-What? Matthew: You really think I’m going to waste my time doing that? Veronica: You… You’re horrible… You dare turn down a wish from a dying girl? Matthew: …I was on the S.S. Oceana yesterday when it got taken over by some team called Team Xen. Not only did they sink the ship but they also kidnapped and/or killed the people on that ship, 1 of which being my mom. I have no clue if she’s alright or not. So I don’t have time to play games right now. The girl laid on the ground for a couple more seconds but didn’t say a word. She then started to get up unharmed, as I suspected. She kind of seemed embarrassed with what she tried to do. Or maybe it’s because of the story I told and she felt bad for holding me up. Whatever the reason, she had the look of sorriness on her face. Veronica: Damn dude… I’m sorry. I didn’t know… Matthew: It’s whatever. Just can we have like a normal convo right now? Veronica: Yea… Yea sure. Matthew: The name’s Matthew. Venam: And my name’s Venam. Matthew: Venam? But I heard the person in there say Veron- Venam: Ohh I know what you heard. I know you think it’s… that because of my mom right? Well it’s not. It’s Venam. Call me Veronica and see what happens. Matthew: Ok. Ok. Whoa. Calm down. I’ll call you Venam. Venam: Good! So what brings you here? Matthew: I came here looking for the Gym Leader since she’s not at the Gym. Venam: Ohh. Well hey there. I am the Gym Leader of Gearen City. Matthew: You’re the Gym Leader? Venam: Yep! Poison Type Specialist. Matthew: Huh. Didn’t expect the 1st Gym to be a Poison Type. Venam: Hey! I have a great idea! Matthew: Does that idea involve challenging you to an official Gym Battle? Venam: Nooooo. You should come with me and hang out with my friends! Matthew: I really don’t have time for- Venam: Pretty sure that there are also some trainers where we hang out too. Matthew: Well… I suppose my Pokemon can get some more training in. Venam: Great! Follow me. I followed as Venam lead me south of her house. In just a few short minutes, we were in front of some sort of building. There was some sort of bad smell coming from the place which really was making me want to not go in there but if there were trainers down there, I needed to battle them so I could get my Pokemon stronger. Venam looked behind us, snickered a bit and then laid down onto the ground, like she was back in front of her house. I was confused as to what she was doing until I heard a familiar voice. Ren: Venam? Is that you? Venam: Urgh… I’ve been fatally wounded by my mother… Matthew: -thinking to myself- Really? This again? Ren: Ugh. You’re doing this again ehh Venam? Venam: Before I pass, please get me… an Oran Berry from the… Berry Emporium… That sweet, succulent, beautiful, EMPOWERING taste of an Oran Berry. Ren: Stop it Venam. It’s me. Ren. You’ve tried this 1 on me before. Venam: PLEASE. Ren: Honestly, just get up Venam. Or should I say, Veronica… Venam: -shoots up onto her feet- NEVER CALL ME THAT! IT’S VENAM! Ren: Mhm. Just open the door already. Matthew: Ha! That was funny. Venam: Are you telling me that him denying a dying girl’s wish is funny to you Matthew? Ren: Wait. Matthew? You’re here? Matthew: Yes. How have you not noticed me? Ren: Well I was dealing with… this. Matthew: Ohh right. True. Venam: I feel like I’m being ganged up on. I don’t like it. But it seems you 2 already know each other so I won’t need to do introductions. -unlocks the door and heads in- Matthew: You’re friends with her? Ren: Yea. She’s a handful… a real handful but she’s a good friend. Matthew: Ehh… I guess I can kind of see it. Ren: Anyways, this kind of works out for everyone. Matthew: What you mean? Ren: Well with you being here and all. Sorry for eavesdropping but I heard the Professor talking to you about meeting Melia in the forest. Matthew: Yea. Stupid train isn’t working though because of the electricity or some shit like that. Ren: Well actually, Melia isn’t there. She’s down here. Matthew: And where exactly is down there? Ren: Ohh right. You’re new here. Have to remember that. This is the Abandoned Sewers. Matthew: Wait. If there are people there, how can it be abandoned? Ren: Well… I mean abandoned by the workers. Anyways, there’s an old power grid that the city uses. It was recently shut down by an unknown source. Melia decided she wanted to see if she could fix it herself. Matthew: Can she really do that? She looked like she was only 15. Ren: Don’t let her age fool you. Jenner is good with machines. I’d bet anything he’s taught her a good few things. Matthew: Well that’s good at least. Ren: Ohh yea. Can I ask you for a favor? And I promise this is an actual favor. Nothing like what Venam most likely tried pulling on you. Matthew: Everyone’s asking for favors today. But sure. Go ahead. Ren: I’m not too sure if I could get through this place myself. The trainer down there are more than likely stronger than me. At best, on par with me. Would you possibly team up with me and help me take them on. Matthew: Yea. Sure. I don’t have a problem with that. Ren: Yes! This will be great! With us team together, everyone will quiver in fear at the mere sight of us! Matthew: Uhhh… What? Ren: Uhh… Nevermind I said that. Let’s just go. The 2 of us teamed up. When we made it down the stairs, we were finally in the sewers. Somehow, the smell here was better than near the entrance. We started to make our way deeper into the sewers. Ren was right. There were a lot of trainers down here. With the 2 of us teaming out, we easily took out every single 1 of them. It was great knowing my Pokemon were getting stronger but it also felt good helping someone else training up their Pokemon as well. We finally made it to the end of the sewers. Venam was there waiting for us. Ren: Hey there Venam. Venam: Well it’s about damn time you 2 showed up! I’ve been withering away over here! Matthew: Ohh please. We weren’t that long… right? Venam: -sighs- Whatever. This is where we’re supposed to be. Matthew: So Melia is in there? Venam: Mhm. So don’t take too long to get in here! -rushes into the room- Ren: Always so impatient. Anyways, let’s go in or else we won’t hear the end of it from her. The 2 of us were just about to enter the room when the lights in the sewer flickered and stayed off for few seconds before flickering back on and staying on. Looking in front of us, we noticed that the door was now shut tight. We tried to open it but it was to no avail. Then Ren remembered about the generator being down there. We both went to where they were. There were 3 of them in total. Ren: Hmm… Melia told me how to do it once. I think she said something like… 3 + 1 + 2. But what does that mean? Matthew: I got this dude. Don’t worry. -turns on the generators starting with the 3rd, then the 1st and then 2nd- Ren: Hey! They’re on! Ohh of course. 3 then 1 th- Matthew: Alright dude. We don’t need a lesson on what you were thinking she meant. Ren: Ehh… You’re right. Let’s get back to the girls now. We exited the generator room and headed back to where Venam and Melia were. When we got there and went through the doors, we could see Melia messing with a big machine while Venam was lying on the ground again whining about wanting more berries. Matthew: Are you really doing this again Venam? Ren: I feel like you’re doing this to annoy us at this point. Venam: I’m sorry but it’s just SO boring here. Melia(?): Could you please stop Venam? I’m trying to focus here. Venam: Haven’t you figured out what’s wrong yet? Melia(?): Unfortunately, that’s a super negative. I can’t pinpoint the source of the error. It’s hopeless… I hate to say it but I’ll never figure it out. Maybe I should just- Ohh! Wait. Have we met before? You look familiar. Matthew: Mhm. You ran into me when I was about to get my starter Pokemon back at the lab today. Melia(?): Ohh… Right. Sorry about that. Matthew: It’s alright. So you’re name’s Melia I take it? Melia: Mhm. What’s your name? Matthew: It’s Matthew. Melia: Nice to meet you Matthew! Hopefully, we can become good friends. Matthew: I do too Melia. Melia: I was supposed to go to the forest to research some stuff but- Venam: Trip’s cancelled! Let’s go back home and do nothing. Melia: Well that’s a shame but I suppose I can go tomorrow. Hey! I know. Since we’re all here, we should check up on our experiment! Matthew: What experiment? Ren: Ohh. I remember now. You’re talking about this trash bags you left lying around here right? Melia: Yep! It’s been a few says. We should check it out. Matthew: What are you doing with trash bags? Venam: Explain it to the man Ren! Ren: You don’t have to shout at me Venam but sure. Melia was trying to see if the rumors about Trubbish and Garbodor are true. Matthew: Ohh! You mean if you leave trash bags out for days, they mutate into those Pokemon? Melia: How did you know that’s what we were doing? Matthew: I came here from the Unova Region. I kind of know these things. And spoiler alert. It does happen. Venam: Well there goes the surprise. Melia: What? But how can that be? Matthew: I’m not sure but I’ve seen it happen before. Melia: No. It can’t be true. Venam: Well if that’s the case Melia, then where are the trash bags you placed? Melia: Huh? Are they not here? Ren: I don’t see them anywhere. Venam: Well it’s not the only thing we’re testing. We’re here to put Melia’s hidden ability to the test! Matthew: Hidden ability? Melia: Venam stop. I don’t have any hidden abilities… Stop saying things that aren’t true. You’re embarrassing me. Venam: Are you kidding me?! You have a bunch of Shiny Pokemon! No 1 else has that kind of luck! Matthew: Wait really? That’s awesome! I too have a shiny Pokemon. Venam: Really?! You should show us when we get out of here. Matthew: Sure. No problem. Just then, on the other side of the area, a Garbodor came out of a door and stared us down. It looked a little different than how I remembered Garbodor usually being. Venam quickly answered my question when she shouted out that it was a different color than usual. So it was true. This Melia person was able to bring out Shiny Pokemon somehow. To be honest, that was actually kind of cool. Then we discovered that it was eating the wiring. Matthew: So is that why the power is messing up?! Melia: I think that’s a safe bet! Ren: Wait. The color of that Garbodor is different isn’t it? Venam: Ha! Told you Melia! Melia: Shush Venam! This isn’t the time for that! Venam: Wait. Where are the other ones I placed next to the big 1 though? Ren: Right in front of you. Matthew: Umm… Did that Garbodor just dive under water? Melia: Umm… Garbodor: -jumps on top of the machine- Garb!!! Melia: Eep! Ren: Melia! Get behind us! Matt and I will take care of this! Matthew: Right! Let’s do this dude! Melia: S-Sorry about this… The 2 of us stepped in front of Melia and the battle between us and the Garbodor crew started. The battle wasn’t all that hard since I was using Mudbray. Unfortunately, that kind of meant that I was knocking out Ren’s Pokemon because I kept using Bulldoze. However, in the end, the battle was over and me and Ren came out victorious. Venam also managed to catch 1 of the weakened Trubbish. Ren gave a stern talking to Garbodor and the other Trubbish. They seemed sad for what they did and were sorry about it too. They then went away. Melia: Well that was something. You 2 seemed like you got along pretty well in that battle! Matthew: Uhh well- Ren: Well if my partner here didn’t keep knocking out my Pokemon, I’d agree. Matthew: Sorry about that. Ren: -chuckles- I’m just kidding. I understand why you were using that move. I just have to train up my Pokemon more so they can withstand moves like that. Melia: Even if things did get bad, we wouldn’t have been in any danger. Venam: Why’s that? Melia: -takes out a briefcase- Because I have this! Venam: Wow!… What is it? Melia: A briefcase with the essentials inside like Potions and Ethers. But my dad said if we ever got into a real dicey situation, all we would have to do is put in a secret combination and we’d be saved. Matthew: Uh… huh. Ren: Alright then. Venam: Sure. Melia: In any case, we found the source of our power problems. I think some of the engineers should be here to fix the broken pipes and wiring around the grid. So things should be back to normal in no time at all! Venam: That’s great. I guess I’ll stay here and supervise. Ren: You supervising? Venam: Well it’s not like I can do anything else since my mom kicked me out of the house. Melia: Well you have fun with that. You just became a trainer right Matt? Matthew: Mhm. Melia: You should accompany me to Goldenwood Forest. There are lots of trainers there for you to practice your skills and become stronger. You should come with me. I mean I’m doing research but the training will certainly benefit you. Ren: Uhh… Actually, you think Matthew can meet me at the library before he goes with you to Goldenwood Forest? Melia: Why’s that? Ren: Just want to talk to him about something. That’s all. Melia: Well that’s fine with me. As long as Matthew doesn’t have a problem with it. Matthew: I don’t mind. Something wrong though? Ren: No no. Nothing’s wrong. Matthew: Alright then. I’ll see you later then Venam. Don’t forget about our future Gym Battle! Venam: I won’t! Melia, Ren and I came out of the Abandoned Sewers. Melia needed to get something from the lab, so she headed there. Ren took me up to the Magnolia Library. When we got inside, he challenged me to a battle. I was kind of surprised he’d want a rematch after we just got done battling each other earlier that day but I had an itch to battle him. So I accepted his request. He certainly toughened up the last couple of hours since I last saw him. I thought for a moment there I was going to lose but in the end, I came out victorious. We both returned out Pokemon back to their PokeBalls. Ren: Damn. I still can’t beat you even after the training we had in the sewers. Matthew: That’s the toughest battle I’ve had so far. Ren: Wait. Really? Matthew: Yes. It’s shown me I need to make my team stronger. But don’t feel bad man. You definitely have a strong team. Ren: Thanks Matt. So what are you going to do now? Matthew: I’m gonna head to the Railnet and wait for Melia there. If she’s not there already that is. Ren: Sounds like a plan. I gotta stay here and do some research. Ugh. I hate reading books. So you around Matthew. Ren went into another room of the library. I couldn’t blame him for not wanting to read books. I hated reading as well. I exited the library and made my way for the Railnet. I was getting excited thinking about battling more trainers in the Goldenwood Forest and to potentially get more team members for my team. POKEMON TEAM! CHARACTER RATES! TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM!

E4 already has those in it.

I started to explore the city as much as I could. I wanted to see all the sites this city had to give. It was quite impressive with what I was seeing so far. It would have been awesome to come live here with my mom but fate didn’t have that in mind. My mom was somewhere with that crazy Team Xen. But I was now on a mission to train my Pokemon so they would be powerful enough to stop them. And I had to start with defeating the trainers of this city. There were quite a lot of trainers here which surprised me. Even in some of the office buildings, which was weird to me but anything to make my Pokemon stronger. 3 hours had gone by and I had explored most of what the city had to offer except for 1 place. A building called the Chrisola Hotel. I figured there might be some trainers inside that would want to battle. So I headed inside. As soon as I got inside, I could definitely tell this was a place for the rich people, which most likely meant I probably wouldn’t be finding any trainers in here. As I walked up into the room, the clerk behind the desk, yelled out to me. Clerk: You there! Boy! Matthew: Uhh… Me? Clerk: Yes! You! What are you doing in here? Matthew: Well I came in here to- Clerk: I know exactly why you came in here so let me make this simple for you. There’s no 1 a young hooligan like you would be able to afford our extremely opulent services. Matthew: Psh. Like I wanted to stay at a shit place like this. Clerk: What did you just call this place?! Matthew: You heard me! This place is hit! It’s full of rich snobs that think they’re better than everyone else just because they have more money than other people! Clerk: I’ve heard enough! Get out of here before- ???: Wheeeeeeee!!! Matthew: Huh? The clerk and I both looked in the direction where we heard the squealing noise of fun. As soon as I turned though, I could see something racing towards me with someone riding it. The thing hit me right in the head and knocked my ass back onto the ground below me. I was quite dizzy and had a bit of a headache but I was relatively ok. I didn’t appreciate what happened though. ???: Owie powie kazowie lowie! That hurt! Matthew: Urgh… You said a mouthful… Clerk: M-Ms. Blakeory! What on earth are you doing?! How many times must I tell you not to use the trolleys in such a barbaric manner! Matthew: -starts standing up- Yea. What he said. Ow. My head. Clerk: And even worse, you’ve gone and hit this hooligan with it! Matthew: You’re really sticking with calling me that aren’t you? Clerk: That’s what you are! I just pray to Arceus that they don’t file a lawsuit against us for this incident! Matthew: Relax moron. I’m not gonna do anything. ???: Yea! Quit worrying so much! He don’t even have a scratch on him! Matthew: May not have a scratch but you sure gave me 1 hell of a headache. ???: Besides, I should be mad at him if anything! Matthew: Say what now? ???: Yea! He got in the way of my trolley! So realistically, I should be the 1 suing him for damages! Matthew: … You’re joking right? ???: -chuckles innocently- But seriously, I’m sorry for slamming my trolley into you like that! It was an accident… Matthew: Ehh… It’s alright. No harm done. Well, not a lot of it anyways. My name’s Matthew by the way. ???: Ohh! My name’s- Clerk: Ms. Blakeory, stop wasting your time with this hooligan! Matthew: Alright. Now it’s starting to get annoying pal! Clerk: Quiet you! Ms. Blakeory, please tell me you didn’t forget about the helicopter you requested. ???: Helicoptor? Ohh shoot! When is it coming? Clerk: It’s here now! ???: Ohh CRUD! I totally forgot I requested that. And I still haven’t even packed yet… Damnit. Val will KILL me if I’m late again! What a bother! Ohh well. Who needs to pack when the world is your oyster! Because, well, you know what they say!~ Matthew: … Umm… Clerk: What… do they say? ???: Huh? Why would I know that? I was asking the both of you? Matthew: Soooo… You can see that she’s crazy right dude? Clerk: Yes but- Wait. Don’t talk to her like that! How dare you! ???: -chuckles- You’re funny. I like you. But I’m afraid I gotta go right now. It was nice crashing into you! -leaves the area- Matthew: That… was the weirdest interaction I’ve had with anyone ever. Clerk: Well now that that’s all taken care of, please take your leave. Matthew: I’m going to. Being near you has made my headache even worse. Clerk: Hmph. Go bother the people at the Help Center. They might enjoy your company. Matthew: Huh? What’s the Help Center? Clerk: Ugh. It’s a place where people put in requests for other people to help them. The building is right next to the library. Now get out of here! Matthew: Gladly. I couldn’t walk out of that Arceus forsaken place fast enough. But I was curious about this Help Center. It could possibly help me get my Pokemon stronger. I went to the back of the Gearen Laboratory building and walked upwards. I was surprised that the clerk wasn’t lying. The building was real in bright white and blue colors. I walked inside. It seemed like a very simple place. I walked up to the board and read what was on the piece of paper. A couple of them were already crossed off which most likely meant they were already completed. I decided to do the 1 called “Save Starly!” I was to meet the person that put the request in inside the Gearen Lab. I made my way there at once and found the person that put in the help request. The little girl was quite sad that her Starly was taken from her. Apparently, as her and her Starly were going for a walk, some thugs ambushed them and took the Starly, which is a rare Pokemon in Aevium. There was a possibility that they were gonna sell it for high money in some kind of bad place. She gave me an idea where to look. So I went down to the Oceana Pier to search for people that didn’t really look like they belonged there. It didn’t take me long as I soon found 3 dudes on bikes on a dock cornering the scared Starly. Thug 1: -laughs triumphantly- Alright boys! We’re heading to the Badlands! Matthew: I wouldn’t be too sure about that! Thug 2: Huh? Well lookie here boys. Looks like we have a bit of trouble here. Matthew: There will be if you don’t return the Pokemon back to its original owner. Thug 3: Is that supposed to be a threat? Psh. You don’t even look like an adult. Hold on boys. I’ll take care of this. Matthew: Ha! Suit yourself. The thug threw out his Pokemon and I sent out mine. It only took a couple of moves until I completely defeated the weak thug. The other 2 thugs seemed surprised that I was able to defeat 1 of them, as was the 1 I had beaten. Just then, a boat came rushing up beside the dock. The 3 thugs were just about to board the boat when all of a sudden, spiky rocks came rushing up through the water and straight into the boat. Whoever was driving that boat was most certainly dead. Then from above, we could all hear a woman’s voice. I saw the girl but I couldn’t believe my eyes. She was floating in midair! She slowly descended onto the ground near us. ???: Little dove, little dove, little dove, pity dove. I’m sorry to say but we can’t have peasants like you running around here. Matthew: How did you- ???: Hold on hun. I’ll be with you in a minute. Thug 1: Now listen here lady. Who do you think- ???: Do you honestly think you’ll just be able to do what you please? No. That simply just will not do. Thug 2: And who are you to tell us what to do? ???: My name is of no importance to you ruffians. I can’t believe you no good thugs would try to steal this poor pigeon. For your punishment, you’ll serve as my loyal servants. Thug 3: Us? Being your servants. Ha! Don’t make us laugh lady. We ain’t gonna do anything y- Ahh! Wh-What the- What’s going on?! The 1 thugs bike levitated off the ground just a bit but it was enough for it to go off the dock and across the ocean. And soon, the other 2 thugs followed suit. I didn’t know who this crazy ass chick was but I knew 1 thing for sure. I needed to stay on her good side. Starly ran up to us, all happy that it was saved. Matthew: You ok Starly? Starly: Starly! Matthew: Good. ???: Hello there little dove!~ Sorry to have kind of ignored you like that. Matthew: It’s really no problem. Thanks for the help. ???: No problem. Matthew: My name’s Matthew. Karen: The name’s Karen and I’m… 2nd thought, let’s keep that a little secret for now. Matthew: Uhh… Let’s keep what a secret. Karen: Very good little dove! Just giving out all the info in the beginning is boring and deprives mystery. So, did you like my little stone creation? Matthew: It’s very… uhhh… Karen: Beautiful right? Magic is a beautiful thing. A beautiful thing humans tend to push away because they fear it. Matthew: I mean… Probably. Yes. Karen: Tell me. Have you ever heard of the Garufa? Matthew: I’m afraid I haven’t. Karen: It’s not surprising. Let me give you a little history lesson. They were an ancient tribe that roamed the world centuries ago. They were able to harvest the power of Pokemon and seal their soul along with their Pokemon’s soul into a book. It allowed them to enhance their power and cast magic parallel to their Pokemon’s type. Matthew: That’s… That’s really… Karen: Oops! Look at me ramble. Don’t worry. It’s funny! Matthew: R-Right… Karen: Hmm… Do you think the driver survived this little… uproot do you? Matthew: I highly doubt it. Karen: Hmph. They probably had a family but who really cares about family anyway? Matthew: …I do. Karen: You do? Why? I find stone much more lovely. Matthew: So you’re a loner huh? Karen: You can say that. Ohh Starly, you are free now. Return to your trainer. The Starly hurried off back to its trainer. Karen proceeded to fix the mess that she had created here. She kind of made me uncomfortable when she was talking about how the girl would probably lose the Starly again. How could she know that? But it really creeped me out when she told me to go back to the Help Center and finalize my quest here. I didn’t know what else to say except for ok and I hurried off as fast as I could. I never felt that uncomfortable ever in my entire life. I hoped that I would never run into her again. I made it back to the Help Center and got my reward. Doing these things was good for getting items and money but I knew I shouldn’t waste too much time doing this. I decided I’d do 1 more and then I’d go to where Professor Jenner told me where Melia was. There was only 2 more on the list. I decided to do the 1 called “The Hidden Library.” It intrigued me. Again, I was to meet someone back at the Gearen Lab. I went there and found the person who put in the request. He told me that he was interested in this ancient Library that was never ending and had untold knowledge of ancient civilizations and Pokemon. He told me to get information off of 3 specific people. So I went off in search of them. I had to find a girl in a park, a leader part of a gang and of course, I had to go back to the hotel to talk to the clerk. Surprisingly though, when I asked him about the hidden library, he seemed to be more nicer to me. I still hated to him though. After getting all of this information, I went back to the lab and gave him the information I had gathered. All that I really knew was that it should still be intact, the library was closed off to everyone and that they weren’t found in the Gearen Tunnels. Whatever those were. The young man quickly came up with a hypothesis and it was that the library was submerged underwater. He seemed upset with the fact but happy with what he had learned. He thanked me for my help and went on his way. I went back to the Help Center and collected my reward which was a couple of Great Balls. Now I had some more PokeBalls to catch more members for my team. I decided that I did enough here and was about to go off to the train station when I heard 2 voices stop me. I turned around and could see a relatively young boy and girl. Young Girl: Excuse me but… are you a trainer? Matthew: You mean me? Uhh… I mean I just started today but I am. Young Boy: Can you please help us? Matthew: I’m kind of busy. I have to go to the train station to see a… friend of mine. Young Girl: You won’t be able to if you don’t help us. Matthew: What’s that supposed to mean? Young Boy: There’s a bully that won’t let people pass without paying him. Young Girl: Yea! We like watching the trains coming in and out of the station but we haven’t been able to because of him. Young Boy: Will you please stop him from doing that? Matthew: Well that sound like an annoyance… Fine. I’ll help. Young Boy: Yes! Young Girl: Thank you so much Trainer! I went to walk over a short bridge to where the train station was supposed to be. Just like the 2 young kids said, someone came up to me and demanded that I’d pay them in order for me to cross the rest of the bridge. I declined and challenged him to a battle but with a bet. If he won, he could keep doing what he was doing and I’d give him all my money. But if I won, he had to live and stop doing what he was doing. He agreed, thinking this would be an easy battle. The match begun. Throughout my time training my Pokemon, this dude was the hardest battle I had. Luckily, all of my Pokemon survived but they came pretty close to fainting. The bully was surprised with how strong I was and ran away, saying he’d never come back since I was there. The young girl and boy came over and thanked me. They decided to show me the train station as thanks. I went o go inside but a cop was there. Matthew: Hey. Can I get inside? Cop: Sorry but no can do. Matthew: What? Why not? Cop: There’s an electrical problem here. The trains can’t move. Can’t have a crowd in here yelling at the workers and stuff. Matthew: What?! But Melia is supposed to be at that Goldenwood Forest place! Ugh. The hell do I do now? Cop: Excuse me but did you say Melia? As in Professor Jenner’s daughter Melia? Matthew: Yes. Why? Cop: Well I can confirm that she has not come here. Matthew: -sighs- Seriously? Cop: Mhm. I haven’t seen here anywhere near here. Matthew: Great. Juuuust great. Now what am I supposed to do? Cop: Well if you’re a new trainer, why not challenge the Gym Leader of this city while we try to get the electrical stuff to work again. Matthew: Yea… Yea, I guess that’s a good idea as any. Where’s the Gym? Cop: Have you seen the hotel in Gearen City? Go left of there. It’ll give off a lab kind of feeling. Matthew: Alright. Thanks. POKEMON TEAM! CHARACTER RATES! TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM!

Such a nice long read! And lots of battles! I like how you changed who saw the kill with Ame though. Very interesting. Can't wait for the next 1!

???: Hey. Hey! Are you ok?! Matthew: Urgh… Wh-What…? What’s going on? ???: Ohh thank Arceus. You’re still alive! Matthew: What’s happening? ???: Come on. You gotta open your eyes and get up. I slowly but surely started to open up my eyes. I could feel water hitting me in the face. When I finally opened up my eyes, I could see rain pouring down onto me from the clouds above. Then I remembered everything that happened on the boat. I got up on my feet as fast as I could but I realized that I was somewhere completely different. I turned around and was faced with a Talonflame and a red-headed woman. She seemed relieved that I was ok. But I wasn’t ok mentally. Augustus, the Piano Lady, my mom and everyone else on that ship were either taken away or killed and I had no idea if they were ok or not. ???: Were you on that ship? Matthew: You mean the S.S. Oceana? Yea… Yea I was. It was all terrifying. ???: What happened? Matthew: These people came onto the boat, they blew up a bomb on the ship, kidnapped people and then… Well I don’t know now. All I know is that my mom was taken. ???: Ohh wow. I’m so sorry that happened to you. I saw most of what happened go down though. Matthew: You did? ???: Yes. I tried my best to get there as fast as I can but… Matthew: Honestly, it probably wouldn’t have done much good. It’s lucky that your Talonflame was able to get me out of there when it did. ???: Why do you say that? Matthew: There were like a lot of Deoxys there. At least… I think it was Deoxys. ???: Wait. You mean the Legendary Pokemon Deoxys?! Matthew: Mhm. It was insane. ???: Still though. I regret not getting there in time. Matthew: It’s alright. It’s not your fault. But… I’m just so worried about my mom and… well everyone on that boat. Tesla: I am too. This is just so unnerving. Ohh! I totally forgot to introduce myself. My name is Tesla. Matthew: My name’s Matthew. Thank you again for saving me. Tesla: It’s no trouble. Although… I have a feeling that the S.S. Oceana is now resting at the bottom of the ocean… Matthew: Yes… Tesla: Well… try not to worry too much. I’m sure your mother will be fine in the long run. Team Xen aren’t exactly the most competent group out there. Matthew: Wait. Team Xen? You know who did this? Tesla: Mhm. I recognized their uniform. Hold on. Is this the 1st time you’re hearing about them? Matthew: Yes. I just came to this region and this all happened. Tesla: That makes sense then. Allow me to give you some information on them then. They’re a criminal organization that no 1 really knows much about. They’re usually all bark and no bite but- Matthew: Well they seem to have all the barks and bites now. Tesla: Hmm… I wonder if whatever they’re planning is finally going into action? Matthew: Well whatever it is, I’m gonna stop it and rescue my mom and everyone else. Tesla: I hope you do. But right now… you’re all alone now aren’t you? Matthew: I… I mean I have my Pokemon with me but… yea. I guess I am. Tesla: If you don’t mind me asking… what do you plan to do now? I hadn’t thought about that. After everything that happened, I was only focused on rescuing my mom and the people of the boat and getting revenge on Team Xen. But now that Tesla brought it to my attention. I was completely alone and I had no idea what to do to even start looking for my mom. Tesla could see the look on my face and she knew I had no idea what to do next. Tesla: If… I may make a suggestion, since it’s pretty late, you should get some rest. Then tomorrow, you should go to the Gearen Laboratory. Matthew: But where am I supposed to rest at? Tesla: Here. -hands Matthew yacht keys- These are the keys to my yacht. Matthew: Why… Why are you giving me these? Tesla: You can sleep in my yacht tonight. In the morning when you wake up, leave the keys on the table before you leave. Matthew: Are you serious? Tesla: Yes. I’m not gonna let someone try to sleep outside while it’s pouring rain. Matthew: Tesla… Thank you. Tesla: It’s no problem. Matthew: But wait. Where are you going to sleep then? Tesla: I think I’m gonna spend the night searching the wreck site for anymore clues or survivors. Matthew: Alright… You sure you don’t need any help? Tesla: I’ll be fine. Thanks for the offer though. Tesla went over to her Talonflame and hopped up onto its back. I moved out of the way so the Pokemon could take off. I watched them until they were out of view. I looked up at the yacht that Tesla came over on. I went to it and got on board. It didn’t take me long to find the resting area of the boat. I laid down on the bed and slowly drifted off to sleep. Nancy: Gah! No! ???: -laughs evilly- Now you belong to us Nancy! Nancy: Wh-What are you gonna do to me?! ???: -places their hand around Nancy’s throat- Anything I want! Nancy: N-Noo… Ugh… Matthew: Ahh! Mom no! I shot my body up out of bed. I looked around thinking I’d find that weird girl and mom in the room with me but no 1 was there besides me. Then I realized I must have had a dream. I sat back down onto the bed and put my head on my hands. I couldn’t stop thinking if that bitch had killed my mom or not. That dream felt too real. I looked outside the window of the yacht. I could see that the night had turned into morning. There was no more rain but seeing the sunshine eased my mood. I got ready for the day. Before I left, I remembered what Tesla said and left the keys on a table inside the resting area. I then got off of the yacht and tried finding my way to the Gearen Lab. It took me a bit to find where to go but I eventually came across a building that I had to get through in order to get to the actual city. Inside the building, there was a girl behind a counter. She smiled at me as I went up to her. Mable: Hello there! And welcome to the Aevium Immigration. My name is Mable. What’s your name? Matthew: It’s Matthew. What’s the Aevium Immigration? Mable: It’s where people not native to Aevium become official citizens of the Aevium Region! Now do you have your passport? Matthew: Uhh… I don’t have 1. Sorry. Mable: You don’t have 1? Hmm… What about a Trainer Card? Those can double as passports. Matthew: Yes yes! I have 1 of those! Mable: Ahh! Marvelous! If you would come with me for a second. Mable came from behind her desk and lead me to another desk with a woman behind it. She gave my Trainer Card to her. She put it inside of a computer. In a matter of seconds, I could hear the computer say the words “TRAINER CARD VERIFIED.” The girl returned my Trainer Card back to Mable and verified that I was now an official citizen of the Aevium Region. Mable then handed me back my Trainer Card. Even with everything that happened to me over the past couple of hours, I couldn’t help but feel excited for this moment. Mable then wished me good luck in my journeys. Before she returned back to her desk, I asked her how to get to the Gearen Laboratory. She told me that as soon as I exited this building, all I head to do was head straight up. I would be able to see the building as soon as I got out of here in fact. I thanked her and went on my way. When I made it outside, I could see the building almost instantly. It wasn’t even that far away from where I was now. I started walking up to the building. I looked around my surroundings. Everything here looked so peaceful and beautiful. I wish my mom was there to see all of this. I made my way to the building and went inside. As soon as I made it inside, I saw a familiar face that seemed very pleased to see me. Amanda: Matthew?! Is that you?! -runs up to Matthew and tackle hugs him- Matthew: H-Hey! What is the matter with you Amanda?! Amanda: I’m sorry. I saw the news early this morning and… Matthew: Ohh… So you know about the S.S. Oceana then? Amanda: I do. Matthew: Does anyone else know? Amanda: Some but I doubt any of them will know that you were apart of that. Matthew: I’d like to keep it that way for a bit if you don’t mind. Amanda: Yes. Of course. But now that we’re here, we can get started! That should cheer you up… right? Matthew: I’m hoping so. Amanda rushed up to the front of the building. I took my time walking up to where she was. I couldn’t help but be amazed with how the lab looked. Well I guess this part of the building wasn’t really a lab. It seemed more like an area for trainers. But it was still impressive. When I made it up to Amanda, she was talking to the receptionist behind the desk. She pressed a button and the little door ahead of us opened up. Matthew: So we’re going in there? Amanda: Mhm! Right this way Matthew! ???: Amanda! Amanda: Uh… Oh… I turned around to where I heard the voice. A young man was approaching us and he seemed very disappointed. This was the 1st time me and this individual had met so I assumed he was talking to Amanda. She seemed to try to be very laid back about the situation but she was definitely guilty of whatever it is she did. ???: Amanda, where have you been? Amanda: Uhh… ???: I’ve been trying to get in touch with you for weeks now. Why haven’t you gotten back to me? Amanda: Well… You see, I- ???: Also, that hat is new. Did you buy it during your trip to Grand Dream City? Amanda: Well… I mean… I’ve just been busy and stuff… That’s all! But yes. I did buy this hat at GDC. Stylish right? ???: Well, while you’ve been “busy” shopping, I’ve gone ahead and finished our project. I’d appreciate it if you’d go to Zumi and deliver it. She’s presently studying at the Magnolia Library. Amanda: See, I would SO totally do that buuuut I’m sort of busy with Matthew here. ???: A new trainer? Matthew: Yea. I’m starting today. ???: Hmm. I see. Amanda: Yep! Matthew, meet Jan. Jan, meet Matthew! Jan: Nice to meet you Matthew. Matthew: Nice to meet you too Jan. Jan: Amanda here is my sister. Matthew: Ahh. Must be easy living with her ehh? Amanda: Hey! Was that a joke Matthew?! Matthew: Of course not. -chuckles silently to myself- Jan: It’s… interesting to say the least. Amanda: ANYWAYS, my bro here co-manages the league with me! Jan: And by “co-manage”, what she really means is “Jan does all the work while Amanda plays outside.” Amanda: Ohh come on Jan. You know I’m more better with hands on stuff. And you’re better with the paperwork. Think about it. Do you really think it’s a good idea to pin me with all the legal documentation the league requires? Jan: Uhh… That’s… actually a good point. If you were to do that, you’d make sure everything burned down to the ground. Amanda: Hey! I wouldn’t be that bad!… But I see what you’re saying. Jan: Anyways, since you’re not willing to deliver this for me, I’ll do it myself. Amanda: Ok! You do that! Jan: See you 2 later. -leaves the area- Matthew: Well that was… something. Amanda: Mhm! But it’s back to business! I’ll meet you inside the actual lab ok? Don’t take too long.~ I watched as Amanda walked through the doors ahead of me. I took 1 last look of the area I was in. I wanted to see everything that was possible. Then I started to head for the door Amanda just went through. Just as I got there though, a blonde girl came rushing out of it and bumped into me, causing both of us to fall. Matthew: Ow! ???: Oh no no no! I’m so sorry! Matthew: It’s ok. Just watch where you’re going next time. ???: Yes. I probably shouldn’t have been rushing. But I really must be going. Again, sorry! The girl went rushing out of the building. I walked through the door. Amanda was there waiting for me. She led me up further into the room. I could hear someone talking to, who I assume was, the professor from a monitor but I wasn’t really paying attention to what was being said. Amanda must have startled the Professor there because when she spoke to him, he jumped and abruptly ended the conversation with whoever was on the screen. The Professor’s name was Jenner. Professor Jenner: O-Oh, Amanda! You startled me. I didn’t think you’d get here so soon. Amanda: So soon? We’re technically late Professor. In fact, we’re a whole day late. Professor Jenner: Well, in any case, welcome to my laboratory Matthew! Matthew: Wait. You know my name already? Professor Jenner: Of course I do. I have everyone’s name that has registered for the Aevium League. Matthew: Well I suppose that makes sense. You are the Professor. Professor Jenner: Yes. Also… How are you doing Matthew? Matthew: I’m… alright. Professor Jenner: You can be honest with me. I saw the news. Matthew: Ohh… I’m hanging in there. Professor Jenner: You’re very lucky to have escaped that whole ordeal. I’m glad you’re safe. Matthew: Heh. Yea. I think I’m the only survivor. Jan: Whoa… Professor Jenner: Ahh… Right… Well let’s brighten things up ehh? You already heard this from Amanda but my name is Jenner and I am the lead scientist here at the Gearen Lab. I was hired by Jan and Zumi- Amanda: You’re really trying to brighten up his mood with another 1 of these lengthy introductions? Professor Jenner: A-Ah… I suppose you’re right Amanda. In that case, please take Matthew and help him choose a starter. Amanda: Right! Come with me Matthew! Again, I followed Amanda over to the right of the lab. I could see what seemed like gated off sections of mini rooms. I could see 1 filled with luscious green grass. I could feel the heat from another 1 of the rooms. I could also see some kind of sand and water in the last of the rooms. I was impressed that they kept the starters in such luxury sanctuaries. Amanda stood by a computer and pressed the button. I could see the gates that were keeping the Pokemon in their respective areas being lowered into the floor. Amanda told me to go choose 1 that I wanted. I was nervous because I didn’t know if any of the Pokemon would even want to join me. I want into the grass sanctuary 1st. I stood in the middle of the area and looked at all the Grass Types. All of them looked up at me. Just like in my childhood. They turned away from me. I knew it. There was no way that I could assemble a Pokemon team. But I needed 1 now. I had to rescue my mom. I then went over to the Fire Type sanctuary. But again, they all turned their backs towards me. This time however, instead of feeling sadness, I was feeling anger. I needed at least 1 Pokemon to join me for this to even possibly work. If not, I wouldn’t be able to do anything. I angrily went over to the last sanctuary which held all of the Water Types. Most of the Pokemon again, turned their backs towards me. Only an Oshawott and Froakie didn’t. I was feeling just a bit more better because of that. But when I went to choose Oshawott, it slapped my hand away and turned its back towards me. That was it. No Pokemon wanted to join me. I walked out of the sanctuary, feeling angry but also defeated. Amanda could see the frustration on my face. Amanda: Matthew? What’s wrong? Matthew: None of them want to come with me. Amanda: Wait. What? No. That can’t be possible. Matthew: Well it is. They all turned their back towards me as soon as they saw me. Amanda: But that makes no sense. This has never happened here ever. There must be a reason. Matthew: It’s been like this since I was little. Amanda: What do you mean? Matthew: When I was 10, I was supposed to go on my Pokemon Adventure. But when I went to pick my starter Pokemon, they all turned their backs towards me. As if I wasn’t there. Because of that, I wasn’t able to go on a Pokemon Adventure like normal kids. Amanda: That’s… horrible. I’m so sorry Matthew. Matthew: You didn’t do anything wrong but I was hoping it would be different here. I guess it’s not. Ugh! Amanda: Umm… Matthew: What? Amanda: You may want to turn around. I turned around and to my surprise, the Froakie that was in the water sanctuary was behind me. I was shocked to see the little Frog Pokemon there. I slowly approached it and stayed in front of it for a couple of seconds. To my surprise, the Froakie didn’t turn its back to me at all. All it did was sit there, staring up at my face. I couldn’t believe it. This never happened before except for Mudbray. I knelt down beside it. Matthew: Froakie? Froakie: Froakie! Matthew: Do… you wanna be my starter Pokemon. Froakie: Froak? Froakie… The Pokemon stared at me for a while. It then suddenly jumped up onto my shoulder with a smile on its face. I couldn’t believe it. This Pokemon actually wanted to come with me. I never thought it would ever happen again but it did. I now had 2 Pokemon to train to take on Team Xen. It was small but it was better than just 1. Amanda handed me a PokeBall. I gladly took it and held it out to Froakie. It tapped the ball and went inside. The ball jiggled for a couple of seconds before signaling that the catch was successful. I stood back up and looked the the ball that now contained my Froakie. I was excited for it. Amanda: Maybe Aevium is for you after all. Matthew: I… I don’t know what to say. I didn’t… I never expected this to happen ever again. Amanda: Well Aevium is special like that. Always making magical things happening and stuff like that. Matthew: Really? Amanda: I have no idea. I just felt like I needed to say something uplifting to keep the spirits up. Matthew: -chuckles- Well it worked. Thank you so much. Amanda: Thanks? For what? All I did was make it able so you could pick a Pokemon. Matthew: I just… just accept it. Amanda: Alright alright. Fine. Matthew: How can I ever repay you? Amanda: Never really did anything buuuut… how about a battle? Matthew: A battle? Sure. I never actually had a proper battle before. So this will be good practice for me. Amanda: Alright! And I won’t use my actual team for this. Matthew: Alrighty then! Let’s battle! The battle between us started. I was very excited for this. Amanda threw out her PokeBall and out popped a Litten. I knew I had the type advantage with this 1, no matter which Pokemon I chose to battle with. But since Froakie just decided to join me, I chose it for my 1st proper battle. But it barely even started. 1 Bubble attack from Froakie and the Litten was down. Me and Amanda were surprised and shocked at how powerful the attack was. Amanda returned Litten back to its PokeBall. Amanda: Wow… Maybe I should have used my team for this. Your Froakie is sure strong. Matthew: I didn’t expect it to have such power. Nice going Froakie. Froakie: Froakie! Amanda: By the way, do you want to give it a nickname? Matthew: Ohh yea. Hmm… I think I’m gonna call it… Blade. Amanda: Blade?! Wow. That sounds badass. Matthew: I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic to me or not. Amanda: No no! I really mean it! Plus, with how powerful it seems to be already, the name fits it perfectly. Matthew: Well thank you. Alright Froakie. Return! Amanda: Well my job here is done. Professor Jenner should be able to finish off the rest of this process. I’ll see you later Matthew! I know you’ll do well! Matthew: Thank you Amanda! See you later! Amanda pressed the button for the gates to go back up and then left the lab. I walked back to Professor Jenner’s desk. He seemed pleased with what he had saw. The desk wasn’t too far away from where the battle took place so it wasn’t shocking that he knew how the battle went. Just as Professor Jenner was about to ask me to do something for him, the door opened up and I could hear a young man’s voice from behind me. He came running up to the desk, seemingly excited about something. ???: Professor Jenner! Professor Jenner! I’m back from my trip to Amethyst Cave! Here are the Pokemon you lent me. Professor Jenner: My my Ren. You sure got back here quickly. Ren: Yes sir. I got research on all the Pokemon you requested too. See? I told you that hiring me as your assistant was a good idea! I get the job done. Matthew: So are you an assistant to the Professor or something? Ren: Huh? Who’s this? A new recruit? You’re not replacing me already are you Professor? Professor Jenner: No no. This is Matthew and he just became a new Trainer. Matthew: Yea. Nice to meet you Ren? Ren: Hmm… Matthew: Uhh… What? Ren: A new trainer huh? If that’s the case, then let’s have a battle! Matthew: Speaking my language now. Let’s do this! The 2 of us threw out our PokeBalls but to our shock, the 2 Pokemon were both Froakie. It now had become a battle of who had the best Froakie. This battle was definitely harder than my previous battle, considering that his Pokemon actually got a hit on mine. But eventually, his Froakie was unable to continue battling which meant my Froakie and me were the winners. We both recalled our Froakies to our PokeBalls and shook each other’s hands. Ren: Wow. I didn’t really think I’d lose. Especially to another Froakie. You’re really good at this! Matthew: Don’t be so hard on yourself. Your Froakie was pretty tough. Wasn’t an easy battle to win. Ren: Thanks Matt. You know, that was actually my 1st battle with a Pokemon I actually own. Matthew: Still did good. This was my only 2nd proper battle in my life. Ren: Really? You seemed like a natural at it. Professor Jenner: Fantastic. Both of you will become great Trainers and great friends. I can see it. However Ren, I have another task for you when you’re ready. Ren: Ohh… Do you mind if I take on that task a little later? I promised some friends that I’d meet up with them after I came back. Professor Jenner: Hmm. Well you’ve done a great job so far. I suppose you can have the rest of the day off. Ren: Yes! Thank you sir! I’ll see you tomorrow. I hope to see you again sometime Matthew. Matthew: I do too. Later man. -watches as Ren leaves the Laboratory- Professor Jenner: Now back to the matter at hand before we got interrupted. Matthew: Ohh yea. You wanted me to do something for you. What is it? Professor Jenner: I should explain 1st. I have a daughter named Melia. I sent her to Route 1 and Goldenwood Forest a little bit ago. Matthew: Does she have blonde hair? Professor Jenner: Yes. Have you met her already? Matthew: I’m pretty sure I did. We ran into each other when I was coming in here a bit ago. And I mean we literally ran into each other. Professor Jenner: Yes. She can be quite excitable sometimes. Anyways, I have faith that she’ll be able to take care of herself but… I’d feel better if there was someone to look after her. Matthew: Are you asking me to like babysit her or something like that? Professor Jenner: I know… After everything that you went through yesterday, I shouldn’t even be asking this. But I’m just worried about her. That’s all. So what do you say? I thought about it for a moment. On 1 hand, I didn’t really have time to play babysitter and watch over this dude’s daughter. On the other hand though, it would allow me to train my Pokemon, possibly catch more team members and maybe make more friends. In the end, the pros outweighed the cons. Matthew: Sure. I’ll watch after her for a bit. Professor Jenner: Thank you so much Matthew! Here. I want you to have this CyberNav and Pokedex. I appreciate this so much. Matthew: No problem Professor. I’ll see you sometime. Professor Jenner: Of course. I’ll see you later. I exited the main lab area and back into the lobby. As I was about to head outside, Jan saw me and waved me over. He wanted to show me some things that I’d see on my adventure. He took me to another room in the back and showed me 3 things. The 1st was this weird wand thing that had a green glowing like on the top of it. It acted like a PC outside of buildings. The next thing he showed me was a Gym Guide panel. I could use this thing if I wanted some info of the Gym Leader I’d be fighting at that point. The last thing he showed me was kind of like the 1st 1 but this time, there were 2 and the tops were orange and red. I could heal my Pokemon with these but the red 1 was a 1 time use while I could use the orange 1 as many times as I wanted. This was actually quite helpful. We both exited the room and said our good byes, with him going into the lab. I walked down towards the front door of the building. As soon as I got outside, I grabbed the PokeBalls that contained my Pokemon. A 3rd PokeBall feel off my belt and onto the ground. I picked it up and was about to put it back on my belt until I realized that this was the PokeBall was the 1 my mother gave me before she told me to escape the boat. She gave me this ball for a reason. There had to be a Pokemon inside. I threw all 3 PokeBalls into the air and the Pokemon popped out of them. Mudbray and Froakie landed by the sides of me. But right in the middle was an Eevee. But I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. My mother not only gave me a Pokemon, it was also shiny. I knelt down in front of it and petted its head. It seemed to enjoy that quite a lot. I couldn’t think of how my mom got this though. Then I remembered that a couple of weeks before my mother told me about the move that Sylveon was feeling weird. It must have been preparing to birth this Eevee. This Eevee was the child of my mom’s Sylveon! I knew automatically what to call this little Pokemon. I called it Hope. It fit it so much. I started to tear up but this was not the time for crying. It was the time for a serious pep talk. Matthew: Alright you 3. Today is gonna be a day of training. Anyone who wants to battle us will gladly get 1. We need to get stronger. Not just for the Gym Badges but to save my mom and get revenge on Team Xen. Hopefully, we’ll get more Pokemon that will join our little team here. But for now, we move out. Are you all ready for this?! Mudbray: Mud Mudbray! Froakie: Froa Froakie! Shiny Eevee: Eevee! Matthew: Alright! Let’s do this then! POKEMON TEAM! CHARACTER RATES! TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM!

???: Hey! Wake up you! Nancy: Huh? Ohh! Crescent?! What are you doing in here?! Crescent: Who do you think you are to question me like that? Nancy: I-I’m sorry… But please try to keep it down. Matthew is sleeping right down those steps. Crescent: I’ve noticed. Anyways, you do understand the position you’re in correct? Nancy: Yes, I believe so but if I’m honest… I’m not sure if I’m ready. I know what you said about me before but I genuinely feel fear. Crescent: You? Feeling fear? Stop talking nonsense. I don’t want to hear about your faux emotions. Nancy: But I- Crescent: Silence. All I’m interested in hearing is you telling me that you’re ready to take this role. But I should apologize. It’s my fault really. Nancy: How is it your fault? Crescent: Obviously, I didn’t make your position clear enough from the beginning. Either you’re ready to fulfill your duty or you’re no longer any use to me. You don’t get the option to tell me if you’re ready or not. Nancy: Yes… Yes Crescent. I understand. I just think all I need is a little bit of time. Crescent: Well luckily for you, time is all you have left. All I want to see is Matthew smile. That’s all. Once we dock in East Gearen City, you’re to go to West Gearen City and live normal lives. -gradually getting louder- If I get even a small inkling of betrayal from you, I won’t hesitate to- Nancy: Shhh shhh! Don’t wake Matthew up! But you can trust me Crescent. I have no plans to do such a thing. Good. I’m glad to hear it. Crescent: Now that we’re clear on what to do, I will take my leave now. I expect to see you both at the banquet later today. Nancy: Yes. We will. Crescent: Good. -slams the door as she leaves- The sound of a door slamming made me jolt awake and fall onto the ground from the couch. I rose to my feet as fast as I could and looked around the room to see if I could spot the source of the noise but I couldn’t see a thing. As I looked up the stairs, I could see my mom standing next to her bed. She looked worried about something. Matthew: Mom? Is everything ok? What was that noise? Nancy: Uhh… Sorry sweetie. I had a bad dream and I woke up and accidentally knocked over the uhh… thing here. I already put it back. Matthew: Ohh. Ok. Sorry you had a bad dream. I was having a weird dream before I woke up. Nancy: About what? Matthew: I’m not too sure what it was about but you and someone named Crescent was talking about something. I have no idea why I dreamt something like that though. Nancy: Yes… That is weird. Matthew: Wait. It’s the next day right?! Does that mean we’re in Aevium right now?! Nancy: Yes it does. Matthew: Alright! This is awesome! Come on Muddy! Time to get up and enjoy the day as much as we can! Mudbray: Mud Mudbray! Nancy: -chuckles- Well you 2 have fun. I’m gonna go for a little walk on the deck. Matthew: Alright mom. Have a good day. Nancy: By the way, before the banquet starts, you should go see Augustus. Matthew: Why? Nancy: He used to be a trainer back in his day. He took on the Aevium League. Matthew: He did?! Nancy: Mhm. He might be able to give you some more useful knowledge before you start your journey. Matthew: Doesn’t sound like a bad plan. Alright. I’ll go see him later. Nancy: Good. See you 2 later! Mom got herself ready really quickly and walked out the door. I was even more pumped up now that I was actually in the Aevium Region. I got myself together and tried to keep myself busy. I was wanting the banquet to start already because that would signal that this boat journey would be almost over and we’d be at our destination and I’d be able to start my adventure. Well, if Pokemon wanted to be around me that is. I took a walk throughout the rest of the ship. It was quite big so that took a couple of hours. Then I decided to chill out by the pool for a bit. With Mudbray being a Ground Type, it decided to take a little nap in the room as I did that. Afterwards, I decided to just stay in the room until it was almost time for the banquet to start. Mother came into the room so she could get ready. She reminded me that I had to go see Augustus up in the captains room. So I started to go there now with Mudbray. As we were going there though, I could hear the beautiful melody of a piano being played. I went up the stairs and could see a Piano Lady playing the large instrument with a Jigglypuff on top of it. When she was done playing it, I applauded her performance. Piano Lady: Ohh! I didn’t notice I had an audience. Thank you very much young man. Matthew: Ohh it’s no problem. I don’t usually care for piano music but the way you played it was really nice and I had to listen to the rest of it. Piano Lady: Aww. You’re gonna make me blush. Matthew: You ever get tired of playing it? Piano Lady: Me? Getting tired of playing the piano? I don’t think that’ll ever happen. I’ll never get tired of the wonderful audience that takes their time to my music either! Matthew: I can see that. Piano Lady: Where are you off to? Matthew: I’m going up to the captains roo. I have to talk to him about something. Piano Lady: Just beginning your adventure through Aevium right? Matthew: Is it written on my forehead or something. -chuckles- Sheesh. Piano Lady: -chuckles back- My apologies. I should let you go on through. I need to get ready for the banquet. See you later… Uhh… Matthew: It’s Matthew. Piano Lady: Thank you. I’ll see you later Matthew. Matthew: Back at you. The Piano Lady got up from her seat and went down the steps that I just came up from. Her Jigglypuff struggled to stay right behind her. I resumed my walk up to the captain’s room. When I finally got there, I took a deep breath and opened the door and went inside along with Mudbray. Augustus was luckily there and he was in the captain’s chair. I didn’t expect a room like this to be so small. When he saw me, his face glowed up. Augustus: Ahhh Matthew! So you’ve come to my quarters after all. Matthew: Yea. Although, I didn’t expect this room to be this small. Augustus: -laughs out loud- Well I don’t mind it. Matthew: Ohh yea. O hope you don’t mind that Muddy’s in here. Mudbray: Mudbray. Augustus: Ohh don’t worry about him Matthew. I know him well enough that he’s a behaved Pokemon. So, are you enjoying your voyage to the Aevium Region? Matthew: Yes! I’m so excited. I wish the ship would dock really soon. Augustus: That’s the spirit boy-o. I was like that back in my young days as well. Matthew: Yea. Mom told me to talk to you before the banquet starts. So you challenged that Aevium League huh? Augustus: Well kind of. Matthew: Kind of? Augustus: Yes. I was never able to beat all 18 Gym Leaders. It was too difficult for me. Matthew: -thinking to myself- He quit before making it to the Elite 8? These Gym Leaders must be really strong then- Augustus: I can tell you’re deep in thought. Don’t worry about it Matthew. I have a feeling that you’ll be able to do this more easily than me. Matthew: Well I hope you’re right. By the way, I’ve been curious since I learned this yesterday. Why is there 18 Gym Leaders here? Augustus: Well for starters, this region is HUGE. It just makes sense. Plus, the league discussed it and they decided to have a Gym for every Pokemon Type. Matthew: Yea. That does make sense. Augustus: Also, Pokemon in this region are a little bit different than in other regions. Matthew: How so? Augustus: They will only obey you and continue to grow stronger if you keep impressing them. Matthew: Heh… So I’m screwed right off the bat then ehh? Augustus: Of course not. You can impress them by obtaining the Gym Badges. Anything else you need to know? Matthew: No. I think I know a lot of things about Aevium now. You’ve been a big help Augustus. Augustus: I’m happy I could help out Matthew. Now that that long and boring lesson is out of the way, I must make my way down to the banquet room. I’ll see you there in a few minutes Matthew. Matthew: Right. See you in a bit. Augustus walked out of the room and headed towards the banquet hall. I also then exited the captains room and went back to my room to get ready for the celebration. As I was getting ready however, I could hear a loud pounding on the door. It startled me. I had a feeling this wasn’t a good thing. I decoded to recall Mudbray and hide underneath the bed. My hunch was right as the door was forcefully pushed open. I could hear multiple feet walk into the room but luckily, they all stayed on the lower level of the floor. They started to talk but I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. ???: So when are we going to act out what’s planned? ???: Very soon. Nastasia’s about to arrive on the S.S. Oceana. ???: How exactly are we going to go about this? I can’t say I’m too good with handling with explosives. Matthew: -thinking to myself- Explosives?! ???: Don’t worry about that then. I’ll be the 1 who deals with that stuff. All we have to do is worry about when we get the signal. For now, let’s just lay low and try not to be noticed ok? Even if someone were here listening to us right now, they wouldn’t be able to find us. Now let’s separate. I could hear the footsteps again. They all went for the room’s door and then slammed it shut. I stayed underneath the bed for a bit just to make sure I wasn’t caught. I slowly made my way out from underneath the bed and checked the room if there were other people in there. There wasn’t luckily but now trouble was afoot. There were explosives on the ship and I had no idea what to do. I left the room and started to make my way to the banquet room. Before I could go in, mom stopped me. Nancy: Hold on dear! -runs up to me- Are you that eager to go in that you’re willing to leave your poor mother behind? -chuckles- Matthew: Uhh… Ummm… Nancy: Ohh don’t look so serious hun. I’m only teasing you. Let’s get seated shall we? Matthew: Y-Yea… Sure… Mom and I entered the room. Despite what I was feeling about what I had just heard a couple of minutes ago, I couldn’t help but love the room we were in right now. Everything looked so sublime and great. As soon as we got to our seats, Augustus made his way down off the stage and started to give his speech. Throughout the whole thing, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was gonna go wrong sometime soon. And I was right. As soon as he was done with his speech, 3 unknown individuals came barging into the room stopping the whole thing. ???: Sorry but I’m afraid you’re gonna have to postpone this little party of yours. Augustus: What? Who are you 3? What is the meaning of this? Matthew: Ohh no… ???: We’re going to need all of you to stay put and listen very carefully. We have explosives on board this ship. Any act of rebellion will result in a calamity none of you can afford. So let’s just get through this nice and easy ok? Matthew: Fuck… Fuck fuck fuck… Nancy: H-Honey? What’s wrong? Matthew: These 3 barged into our room a bit ago and talked about this but I didn’t do anything about it. I didn’t tell anyone to possibly stop this… Nancy: Hunny, this isn’t your fault. ???: You 2! Shut your mouths now! Nancy: Don’t you dare tell us what to do! Augustus: Are you telling me that you’re hijacking the ship? ???: -laughs evilly- Hijacking? No no. That’s too barbaric. We’re here to pick someone up. Nancy: No… No you won’t! G-Get Matthew out of here now! ???: Don’t make any funny movements! No one’s leaving this room, you hear? Nancy: Get them out of here right this instant! ???: I said don’t move! ???: Gothitelle, you know what to do. Gothitelle: Gooothitellle. Matthew: Huh? What’s going o- ???: Son of a… You’re all gonna regret this! The next thing I remembered was waking up in the captains room, lying on the ground. I had a slight headache but besides that, I was relatively alright. I looked around the room and realized that there were holes all around the room. The boat was also violently shaking. Just as I was about to leave, these weird tentacles with eyes on the end came popping out of the holes. I braced for an attack but they never did. It seemed like they were just observing me. I took the chance to run out of the room. It seemed just as bad outside as it was in the captains quarters. I ran downstairs and ran into the Piano Lady. I was so happy to see someone I relatively knew. Matthew: Piano Lady! Thank Arceus you’re here! Piano Lady: Hey! You’re the kid that disappeared out of thin air ain’t you? Matthew: Maybe but that’s not important right now. What happened to this ship? Piano Lady: As soon as you disappeared, some guy detonated an explosive on the hull of the S.S. Oceana. Matthew: Damnit! What do we do now? Piano Lady: I’m not sure. Water is gushing in at an alarming rate. And if we don’t find a way out soon… Matthew: Probably pointless to ask this but do you know what those tentacle things are? Piano Lady: No clue. They seem harmless but they also seem to be watching our every move. Matthew: Yea. I get that feeling too. It’s like they’re trying to observe us or look for something. I’m not sure why though. Piano Lady: Yea. But hey. You should go on ahead. I’ll stay here and help anyone that comes by. Matthew: Alright. Be careful. Piano Lady: You too kid. I left the Piano Lady on the upper floor as I walked down to the floor below. Things didn’t look good. The top of the ship was falling down onto the floor where we were and there was now water flooding into the ship. Not knowing what else to do, I ran into the banquet room to see if my mom was there. When I got inside, I didn’t find her but I found Augustus. He seemed to be very upset with the events that transpired just a bit ago. Matthew: Augustus! Are you ok dude? Augustus: Matthew! Thanks the heavens you’re alright. Me on the other hand… Matthew: I know things seem bleak right now but you gotta try to keep a level head. Augustus: -sighs- It seems like… this perfect day has taken quite the turn hasn’t it? Who would do such a thing? Matthew: I don’t know… I don’t know. Listen. Have you seen my mother? Augustus: Your mother? Hmm. I’m not sure actually. When the bomb detonated, it knocked me out cold. When I came around, everyone in the room was gone. Matthew: Fuck! Where the hell do I look now? Augustus: Maybe try talking to the people outside of this room. They may have seen your mother. Matthew: Alright. Seems like that’s the only thing I can do right now. What are you gonna do? Augustus: I think… I think I’m just gonna stay her in my own misery for a bit. Matthew: I don’t think now’s the time for that but… I’m here if you need me. Augustus: Soon… the S.S. Oceana will be at the bottom of the ocean… Thank you Matt. I turned around and exited the room and started to go towards the exit of the ship. More water had come in when I 1st saw it. 2 guys were trying to keep the water from gushing in but nothing was working. It seemed hopeless. Before I was able to ask if any of them saw my mom, what looked like 2 Deoxys came into the ship and kidnapped the 2 young men near the entrance of the ship. I fell backwards onto the steps, shocked at what I had just witnessed. I ran up to the stairs and ran down them. As I did, I could hear the rest of the passengers of the boat scream, begging for the Deoxys to let go of them. Then, silence. It felt very eerie in that ship at the time. As I was about to get inside of the Cargo Hold, some more holes popped up, having water come gushing in. I walked through the water and went inside the Cargo Hold. Almost immediately, I could see my mom and her Sylveon. It looked as though they were trying to stop the water from coming into the ship but to no avail. Matthew: Ohh thank Arceus you’re ok mom! Nancy: Huh? Matthew?! Is that you?! But I thought that- Matthew: I have no idea how I disappeared like that but I’m back here now to help us escape. Nancy: I thought you were somewhere safe already… Heh. Well all that matters is that we’re together again right? Matthew: Yes. Yes it is. But what do we do? Nancy: Hmmm… This ship won’t last very long Matthew. I’m afraid we’re gonna have to abandon it. Matthew: But what about the other people? Nancy: We can’t do anything for them. We gotta escape now while we have the chance. ???: -chuckles- What makes you think that you’re safe from our onslaught? Matthew: Huh?! Who said that?! Suddenly, these weird dots things formed on the ground in front of us, lines connected them together and then from out of nowhere, a woman appeared before us. The sight of the possible leader of this whole ambush started to make me feel angry. Just like that day 4 years ago. I was seething with anger. ???: We came here for 1 purpose and 1 purpose only. And you better believe me when I say we’re not leaving until we’ve fulfilled that purpose. Nancy: Are you the 1 who’s behind this attack?! Matthew: She has to be! ???: Hmm… Perhaps but that’s not something I’m comfortable sharing. The only thing that truly matters right now is your apprehension. Matthew: Wait wait. Hold on. You’re telling me you did all of this just to get to… my mom? Nancy: Is that true? ???: Well obviously. What? Did you think we came for Matthew? Maybe that’s what they made you think but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Matthew: But why? Why do you want my mom? Nancy: And why did you go as far as destroying the S.S. Oceana?! You’ve endangered all of these innocent people who have no idea what’s going on! ???: The answer is simple. We don’t want any witnesses. Better if we just wipe them all out. Matthew: Then you’re controlling those Deoxys? ???: Ohh? You saw those before? I’m surprised you’re still here then. Nancy: Someone could get out. They’d spread awareness. ???: They would but we’re not gonna let that happen. Besides, most people consider us quite passive anyways. It’s time. It’s time people woke up from this dream of safety they have going on. Nancy: Heh… So it’s going down like this huh? Matthew: You… You’re responsible for all of this! ???: Like I said before, maybe I am and maybe I’m not. Matthew: You are… YOU ARE! Nancy: Matthew… This is just like that night when… Matthew: Mother… Let me loose on this fucker… Nancy: No. No! It’s not the time Matthew! Matthew: Are you kidding me?! It’s the perfect time! Let me do it! Let me go wild on her! Nancy: No! But I have a different idea. Sylveon! Return! -returns Sylveon to its ball- Take my Pokemon. They will help you escape. Matthew: What?! But what about you mom!? Nancy: I’ll be fine as long as I know you’re safe and sound. That’s all that matters to me. Matthew: But- ???: Yeeeaaaa, no. Sorry but that ain’t going to happen. Just then, 3 Deoxys’ appeared between me and my mom, separating us from each other. There was no way either of us could take on these Pokemon. The situation seemed bleak until we all heard a voice from above saying “Look out below!” When we looked up, we could see a large object falling down towards us. We barely got out of the way in time but the Deoxys’ weren’t lucky enough as they were squished by the piano. With the girl temporarily disoriented from the falling piano, mother threw a PokeBall over the piano to me. I caught it but I was confused. Matthew: What? What’s this? Nancy: I was gonna give you this when you got back from the Laboratory but I think you need it more now than ever. Now listen to me! Get out of here! Hurry! Matthew: But I need to save y- Nancy: Just go Matt! Please! Matthew: I… Ok. I will. And I promise I’ll come back to save you! Nancy: I love you! Matthew: I love you too mom! -runs out of the Cargo Hold- ???: A bit of a setback but he’ll be captured soon enough. Nancy: That’s what you thin- Ugh… -collapses to the ground- ???: Should have done that from the beginning. Would have saved us a headache that we have on our hands now. I ran as fast as I could out of the Cargo Hold. I ran up the stairs and tried to get out of the ship where the pool was but to my dismay, there was another person there. He locked eyes on me as I came into view. ??? You there boy. Where do you think you’re going? Matthew: What the- No! Fucking hell! What do I do now?! ???: Did you think you were done with me? Matthew: Ahh! H-How did you- ???: I made quick work of your mother. And don’t be scared. I didn’t kill her… Well not yet anyways. Matthew: You… I swear you’ll pay for this some day! ???: Mhm. Now be a good little boy and come with us. There’s no point in fighting back. I placed a hand on Mudbray’s PokeBall. I know it wasn’t gonna be strong enough to take on these 2 but I didn’t have any other choice. Besides the PokeBall my mom gave me before I ran out of the Cargo Hold. Suddenly, there was a loud screech. I turned to see what it was and was instantly snatched up into a bird’s Pokemon’s claws. It picked me up off the ship and flew off with me into the sky. I was so exhausted with everything that was happening that I passed out and proceeded to stay like that for at least an hour. POKEMON TEAM! CHARACTER RATES! TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM!

MIRACLES! CAN! HAPPEN!

4 years later into my life and I am 18 years old. Still lived with my mother but I had gotten used to that. I have gotten those anger urges again as I thought I would. But my mother has stuck to her word and has never allowed me to let loose on people (young, old, woman or man) or Pokemon since the 1st and only time it’s happened. The urge to go travel was still there but the fact that I only had 1 Pokemon that wanted to be around me and actually acknowledged me meant that I wouldn’t really stand a chance in the Unova League. So I decided to stay at home and help mother around and eventually, I got a job. Luckily, having a Mudbray was pretty useful for this job. I had to do some deliveries throughout the Region. Sometimes, it’d take me a half hour to get to my destination and some other times, it’d take me a week. But if it weren’t for my Mudbray, it would take double the time. And also, thanks to this job, me and Mudbray had become even closer. And because of this as well, more than half the time, Mudbray spent most of its time outside of the PokeBall. I would put it back in when it’s necessary however. Although, I felt bad for it. I could tell just by looking at it that it had an urge to battle. It was stuck with someone that didn’t really have any battling experience. At least, not a lot of it. I’d train with Mudbray on some of the wild Pokemon while we did deliveries but most of the Pokemon were weak. Never really took long for it to be victorious in battle. 1 night, as we laid underneath the stars, I pondered if keeping Mudbray was the best thing for it. Matthew: -sigh- Ohh Muddy. I know you enjoy spending time with me. Mudbray: Mudbray Mud! Matthew: But… I can also tell that you yearn for a life of adventure and battling. And not the kind of battling I’ve been giving you these past couple of years. Mudbray: Mudbray bray? Matthew: Sometimes… Sometimes I wonder if I should just release you back into the wild. An actual Trainer can catch you and give you the life you deserve. The Mudbray walked over to me and plopped down beside me, laying its head on my lap. It then looked up at me with admiration. Then it leaped up onto its hooves, knocked me down, got on top of me and started to lick all over my face. I couldn’t help but laugh and feel better. That showed me that Mudbray would be by my side no matter what. It wanted to stay with me even if it meant it never would go on an adventure. I had to appreciate that and from then on, I never questioned whether or not if I should release it. A couple of weeks later, my mom wanted to talk to me about something. I was kind of excited for whatever she had to tell me. She seemed excited about this as well. The day came where she sat me down in the kitchen to tell me. Nancy: Alright Matthew. I have some good news. Matthew: Alright. What is it? Nancy: So I know we’ve lived here for most of our lives but… we’re gonna move! Matthew: We’re… moving? Nancy: Yes. Everything is already planned. We leave in 1 week. Matthew: Wait. You didn’t even ask me if I was alright with this? Nancy: Ohh come on honey. I thought you’d like it! I thought we’d go somewhere new and exciting. Doesn’t that sound great to you? Matthew: Well… I guess you’re right. Where we going anyways? Nancy: I think the Region’s called… Aevium. Matthew: The Aevium Region huh? Never heard of it. It does sound interesting though. Nancy: Yes. And I have another surprise for you. Matthew: What’s that? Nancy: They have a Pokemon League of their very own and I think you should sign up for it! Matthew: Huh…? But mom, you know that Pokemon- Well ok. MOST Pokemon don’t really like me for some reason. Why would I sign up for that? Nancy: I have a feeling you’ll be able to make Pokemon friends over there. And also real friends. Matthew: Yea… I suppose I don’t have many actual friends here. Should we get started packing up then? Nancy: Mhm. We’ll also be leaving by ship as well so prepare for a trip. Matthew: Ooo! A boat? I’ve always wanted to go on a ship before. Alright. Let’s get started then. Mom and I started at that exact moment picking up everything we could and putting them into boxes. I couldn’t help but feel overly excited. But I couldn’t help but think about how I would possibly take on this league I had just found out today. Wouldn’t Pokemon still treat me like they had here? I couldn’t let that stop me though. Throughout the next week, mom and I packed up everything we needed to start our new lives in the Aevium Region. The day we had to leave for the ship, we stopped outside of the house and looked up at it 1 last time. This was where I had spent all of my 18 years and now I was going somewhere else far away, I felt a little sad but I knew this was just a new chapter in my life. We got into the cab and it drove us to Castelia City. We waited there for the ship to arrive. Lukcily, we only had to wait for about 15 minutes before a ship came up to the docks. My mom, me and a couple of other people boarded the ship. Once on deck, I let out my Mudbray. It seemed so much happier out of its ball. Matthew: -chuckles- You like that better don’t you Muddy. Mudbray: Bray Mud Mud! Nancy: Are you sure its ok to let him out while on a ship? Surrounded by water? Matthew: Ohh don’t worry mom. He’s not gonna go by the edge of the boat. He’ll be fine. Nancy: Well I hope so. ???: Nancy? Is that you my dear? Mom and I looked in the direction we heard the voice coming from. Coming onto the deck was an old man in a proper sailor’s outfit. I could see the excitement on mother’s face. It took me a bit but then I finally recognized who it was. His name was Augustus. He was actually a captain of a ship but I never knew it was a ship like this. He came over the house a couple of times over the past couple of years and him and my mother would sit for hours talking about stuff. But the conversations would always end up with him taking about 1 of his many ship adventures. It was kind of cool that he would be the 1 driving this ship that my mom and I were on. Nancy: Augustus! How are you? Augustus: I am fine. The sea breeze makes this day a fine 1. And how are you and your son doing? Nancy: We’re doing fine. I feel like it’s been a while since we last saw you. Matthew: Yea. Missed ya old man. Nancy: Matthew! Augustus: -chuckles- Calm down dear. I take no offense to that. Ahh. And I see Muddy is here as well. Mudbray: Mudbray Mud! Augustus: It wouldn’t feel right to see you here without your trusted Pokemon Matthew. Matthew: Yea. Me and Muddy here have been through a lot. Augustus: So what brings you 2 here? Nancy: We’re moving to the Aevium Region! Matthew: Mhm. And I’m gonna sign up for the League here as well. Augustus: You are? That’s splendid! It saddened me to hear that you never went on a real Pokemon Adventure when you were younger. I’m happy you’ll be able to go on 1 here. Matthew: Yea. If the Pokemon here like me that is. Augustus: Ohh I’m sure they will. Nancy: Hey wait. Augustus, you were a trainer back in your day. Maybe you can tell Matthew some stuff about Aevium? Matthew: Yea! That’d be helpful. Augustus: Hmm… I will later. I think Matthew will find out a lot if information about Aevium when he signs up for the league here in the boat. Matthew: Wait. I’ll be signing up for the league on this boat? Augustus: Mhm. I can take you there if you’d like. Matthew: Hmm. After we saw our room. Nancy: Yes. I’d like to put some stuff away before exploring the rest of the boat. Augustus: Ohh! Yes! My apologies. My excitement over seeing the 2 of you here has made me completely forgotten to show you to your room. If you would, please follow me. We followed Augustus through the ship to get to our room. We only saw a portion of the ship so it was nice to see even more of it. It looked really awesome to be honest. We finally made it to our room that we would be staying at. Augustus opened the door and we all went inside. It was a small room but it looked very colorful. Mudbray and I checked the upper half of the room. We were having a blast. Matthew: Whoa. This room is awesome. Don’t you think so too Muddy? Mudbray: Mudbray! -nods head in agreement- Nancy: -chuckles- Ohh you 2 are such rascals. Augustus: I take it you approve of your room. Matthew: Hell yea! It’s great. Nancy: We love it. Thank you for showing us to the room Augustus. Augustus: No problem. I hate to leave since we just met up with each other but I must return back to the deck to make sure things are going smoothly. Nancy: Alright. Thanks again. Augustus: No problem. Ohh! Almost forgot. We should be docking in Gearen City tomorrow and we’ll be holding a feast to celebrate this voyage as well. I hope you 2 attend. Nancy: We will. Matthew: Are Pokemon allowed to be there? Augustus: Of course. Muddy is allowed to be there. Matthew: Good. Wouldn’t feel the same if he wasn’t there with me. Augustus: Ohh! Would you follow me Matthew? Matthew: To where? Augustus: I’m going to take you to the League registration. It’s actually not that far from your room actually. Matthew: Ohh! Awesome. Yea. Let’s go. Come on Muddy. Augustus: I’m afraid Muddy can’t accompany us. They do not allow Pokemon in there. Matthew: What? Well that’s dumb. Nancy: -chuckles- Don’t worry Matthew. I’ll watch over Muddy while you go register. Matthew: Alright. Thanks mom! -pets Muddy- See you in a bit buddy. Mudbray: Bray Mudbray. I walked down the steps and followed Augustus out the door. He was right. The registry area wasn’t that far from the room at all. It was literally just a couple of seconds away. The 2 of us walked into the area. There were a lot of computers in the room. I could see some potential up and coming trainers standing in front of them completing the registry to be able to partake in the Pokemon League for this Aevium Region. Augustus walked up to the clerk and told her that there would be another person registering for the League. She looked at me, smiled and pointed to a computer that was near me. Augustus wished me luck and exited the room. I stared at the computer screen. I don’t know why but I felt very nervous for doing this but I knew I had to do it. I pressed the red button on the keyboard. Suddenly, a girl’s face popped up on the screen, which honestly gave me a fright. Matthew: Ahh! ???: Hey. What are you screaming for? Matthew: Uhh… Sorry. I didn’t know signing up for the League meant video chatting with someone… Although, that explains why some of the other people in this room are talking to the computer screens, now that I think about it. ???: -chuckles- So, to start off this whole registration process, what’s your name? Matthew: It’s Matthew. What’s yours? Amanda: Ohh! I nearly forgot. I get so excited to do this that I sometimes forget to introduce myself. Well my name is Amanda. I’m a scout for the Aevium Pokemon League. Matthew: A scout? Amanda: Yea. I help guide new trainers at the start of their adventure. Matthew: Ahh. I see. That’s helpful really. Amanda: So do you know anything about the Aevium Pokemon League. Matthew: Not really. Except that it exists. Amanda: Ooo! I get to give you the whole rundown then. Where should I start? Hmm… Ahh yes. So I assume wherever you’re coming from that you challenged 8 Gyms and had an Elite 4 right? Matthew: I mean… Yes but I never went on a journey before this 1. Amanda: Wait. This is gonna be your 1st actual adventure? Matthew: If I can actually even start that is… Amanda: …I’m assuming that’s personal so I won’t pry into your personal life. Anyways, The Aevium League is set up a little bit differently than other regions. There are 18 Gyms and instead of an Elite 4, we have an Elite 8. Matthew: There’s a… WHAT?! That’s insane! But also sounds fun. Amanda: That’s what I like to hear. Alright. Now we need to get your information down for your League Card. Now I don’t want you to feel insulted by me asking this but I have to. Are you a boy or a girl? Matthew: Really? You can’t tell by just looking at me? Amanda: I know! It’s weird but we have to be a little more careful with this. We used to just go off based on looks buuuut then this 1 person identified as a boy even though they looked like a girl, they threatened to sue us for that… It was a big mess. So now we’re required to ask this despite if what you look like is obvious. Matthew: Alright. Alright. I understand. I am a male. Amanda: Alright. Let me type that in. Aaannnd there we go. Matthew correct? Just making sure. Matthew: Yes. I am Matthew. Amanda: Ooook. And your age? Matthew: I am 18 years old. Amanda: 18 huh? We usually get people that are a little younger but that’s alright. I think you’ll make for an interesting trainer anyways. Matthew: Why’s that? Amanda: Ohh. It’s just a feeling. Anyways, that’ll do for your Trainer Card! Once the S.S. Oceana docks tomorrow, meet me at Gearen Laboratory. From there on, you’ll pick your starter Pokemon and then you’ll be on your way to great things! Do you have any questions before I sign off? Matthew: Hmm… Ohh! Actually I do. Is it ok if I have a Pokemon with me already? Amanda: Of course! We don’t discriminate against Pokemon brought from other regions. Just understand that you will still need to choose a Starter Pokemon. Matthew: Ok. That’s fine with me. When do I get my Trainer Card by the way? Amanda: As soon as I log off, the receptionist in the room will give it to you. Then tomorrow, you’ll have to get it verified and then you’ll be officially recognized as being registered for the Aevium Region! Matthew: Sweet. This is awesome. Thank you Amanda. You’ve been very helpful. Amanda: Me? Helpful? HA! It’s been a while since someone’s told me that. But thank you Matthew. I look forward to meeting you tomorrow. See you! With that, the screen went to black. I did as Amanda had instructed me to do and walked up to the receptionist that was behind the desk. I told her my name and she went to a computer she had on the other side of the desk. I watched as she pressed buttons and a card popped out of it. She grabbed and handed it over to me. I had my Trainer Card which means I was 1 step closer to being registered for the Aevium League. I thanked her and exited the room. When I got out, I could see mom and Muddy there waiting for me. I walked up to them and showed them my Trainer Card. Nancy: Ohh Matthew. I’m so proud of you for taking this step. Matthew: Thanks mom. This is the 1st step to starting my adventure. Nancy: It sure is sweetheart. Matthew: -yawns- I’m tired. We should probably get some sleep soon. Nancy: Yes. Soon. Walk with me a little bit. I want to show you where we’re gonna have the banquet tomorrow before we get to Gearen City. Matthew: Alright. Mom led me and Mudbray to the front doors of the banquet room. I couldn’t explain it but I was getting a very exciting feeling just standing there, staring at those doors. Nancy: This is where it will be held tomorrow. Matthew: -chuckles with excitement- This is gonna be awesome. Nancy: It is? Hmm. You’re not usually 1 to be excited for these kinds of things. Matthew: I know. It’s weird for me too but… I can’t help it. I feel so giddy. Nancy: -chuckles- I’m glad. Matthew, when we wake up tomorrow, we will officially be in the Aevium region. Matthew: Ahhh! This is awesome! Right Muddy? Mudbray: Mud Mudbray! Nancy: Hey hey! Not so loud right now. People are trying to get some sleep. Matthew: -chuckles- Sorry mom. Let’s go back to our room and go to sleep. The sooner I fall asleep, the sooner it’ll be tomorrow. Nancy: Yes. I agree with you. Mom, me and Mudbray then walked back to our room. Mother took the bed upstairs while me and Mudbray took the couches on the lower floor. She had tried making me sleep on the bed but I thought it’d be best for her to have the bed to herself. As I laid there on the couch, I couldn’t stop thinking about how Aevium was gonna be and what the Pokemon there were gonna be like. POKEMON TEAM! CHARACTER RATES! TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM!

Here's an interesting question for the 3 of you. When the game is complete or near completion or... well anytime really, would any 3 of you ever livestream this game or like make a playthrough of it? It'd be kind of cool to hear what you guys thought of certain scenes or the Pokemon you chose for a certain area or whatever as you play through the game. I feel like it won't happen but hey. Miracles happen right?

Ok. Now that I'm out of work, I can actually do this. @Amethyst @Jan @Caz Y'all make some of the greatest Pokemon Fan Made Games out there and I can't thank you enough for them. @Candy @Q-Jei You both make some of the best fan-fics (I would say Story Written Runs but this just sounds nicer) I've seen on here and I can't wait to see the rest of them. @DerogatoryTrainer I know it's been a while since you done a reaction nuzlocke run to both Reborn/Rejuvenation but dude. I fucking laugh for like hours just reading yours. I can't wait to see you continue them and to bring more joy to me... despite maybe bringing misery to yourself... @MegaMew 1st time I've ever been a part of a Pokemon Fan Made Game so I thank you so much for letting me be apart of this awesome game. Can't wait til when the whole game is done and the awesomeness of Enigma is out for everyone to play and witness! Also can't wait to talk more plot with you about the game! @The Swordsman You're a pretty awesome person and if it weren't for you, my Rejuvenation Bug Mono Type Run playthrough & James and & Bonnie fan-fics probably wouldn't bee happening right now. You are great at doing sprites my friend! @Anyone who has watched my videos on YouTube. You! Yes you are awesome!