Chapter Three

On the road to Arw City

Sam swallowed, his eyes showing a faint glimmer of fear. “Uh oh.” He muttered. He started to back up, back into the stairway when he was grabbed by Professor Rowan.

“It’s ok. Don’t worry, we won’t bite. At least, I’m sure Professor Elder and I won’t. I can’t vouch for the others.” He said a reassuring look on his face.

“You gave us quite a scare when the computer started beeping and whirring.”

Sam relaxed a bit. “I’d better be all right. By Jirachi, they gave me a scare.” He jerked a thumb over his shoulder to indicate Lanette and Bill, who had gotten up and were dusting themselves off. They gave Sam a wrathful glare, and then started to talk to Professor Oak in quick whispers. He looked doubtful, and then started whispering back.

“Don’t worry. I’ll vouch for you. Don’t you know better than to take pokemon from a P.C with your Pokedex? You can do it, but they haven’t perfected the method yet.” Professor Rowan said, a frown creasing his forehead. He looked over at Lanette, Bill and Professor Oak. “That can’t be good.”

Sam looked as well. “Do you mind if I go into hiding? I don’t really want to be in the middle of a revenge plot by two computer geniuses.”

Without waiting for an answer, he bolted down the stairs.

Behind him, Rowan sighed. “Kids these days, it’s all rush, rush, rush. No stopping for anything. That’s probably illegal for them.” He muttered to himself. He sighed again and turned to Professor Elm. “He’s a good kid really, he just doesn’t think sometimes. Did I ever tell you about the time he tried to teach a Persian and her kittens to swim?” He asked Professor Elm, conveniently forgetting that he was the one that did that.

Sam rushed down the stairs and skidded to a stop in front of the Pokemon Centre counter. “Are they done yet?” He said, looking wildly around, as if he was being haunted by a pack of Gengar, Misdreavus, Duskull and Ectoparus chasing him.

Ectoparus were the ghost pokemon that originated in the Poligem region. They looked like innocent little puppies, until someone turned their back to it. After that, they followed that person until it was caught or the person died.

Nurse Joy looked at him blankly. “I thought they must have killed you, but that’s what anyone would think with all those screams rolling down the stairs.” She turned to her computer. “Your Nymbis is fine, but Mudkip will need to stay for about an hour. Until then, I’ll show you to your room.”

She pulled herself out of her chair and grabbed a key off of a hook near the computer.

“You will have room-mates though. All the rooms are filled up. That’s what usually happens when our region hosts the Pokemon Trainer Contest. Not to mention that lots of old trainers are flooding into the region, looking for easy pickings.”

Sam nodded. As long as my roommates aren’t- He thought, and then stopped abruptly. An orange backpack and a yellow backpack were at the foot of each bed. Why do those two seem to follow me ever-?

“Hi Kid.” Said Nick. He was lying on the bottom bunk of the left hand bed. Katrina was digging through her backpack.

“Are you stalking us or something?”

His Pichu was curled up on his stomach, snoring every so often A few stray sparks rolled off the baby pokemon and jumped up to Nick’s hair. While his hair was already straight up, any hairs that had managed to stay done were now going up, one by one.

“No. I think you two are stalking me.” Sam said, he slung his backpack up onto the bed above Nick. With care, he slowly took out the Pokemon Egg from his bag. Then he grabbed the egg container he had picked from the Poke-Mart. He placed the egg on the cushioning, and then put the glass lid on it.

Katrina looked up with interest. “Cool. Where’d you get that? What’s in it? Is it a dragon type?” She asked, excitement radiating from her.

“I’ve got an egg too. I got it from my Uncle. It’s a Dratini. I love Dragonites. They’re really cool and really powerful. It could also carry me when it evolves.”

Sam stared at her, unsure as to which question to answer first. “Um, I got it from my big sister. It will either be a Polienix or a Magnetix. And it will be a dragon type if it evolves into a Dracoria.” He said. He turned back to the egg. He programmed what type of Pokemon it was into the base of the container. The container then generated the perfect heat for the egg.

Sam stepped back from the incubator. He jumped up on his bed and looked through his pack for ‘The Encyclopedia of Johto’.

Once he found it (Right at the bottom) he opened it up, back on his page.

Name: Miltank

Number: #241

Type: Milk Cow

Element: Normal

Height: 3’11”

Weight: 166lbs

Evolution: Final Evolution

Evolved From: Milkalf

Attacks: Stomp

Recover

Bide

Rollout

Body Slam

Heal Bell

Milk Drink

Pokedex Information: A Pokemon favored by Whitney leader of Goldenrod gym, it’s a tough opponent. During battle, it will make it impossible for the opponent to hurt it by curling into a ball and using Rollout.

During the Milkalf season, their milk becomes more nutritious. When drunken, their milk can restore Health Points and get rid of exhaustion.

When Sam was about to turn to the next page, a shadow appeared on the book again. Sam looked up. Instead of it being Hope, it was Nick.

“Whatcha doing?”

“What does it look like?” Sam asked irritably. Without waiting for a reply, he turned the page.

After reading half a page, he looked up again. Nick was still staring at him. “WHY ARE YOU STARING AT ME?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?”

Nick jumped back, and then grinned.

“Maybe it’s just me, but I thought you’d like to watch an egg hatching.” He pointed to Katrina, who still held her egg in her hands. The egg was pulsing, throwing off a white wave of light every couple of seconds. A couple of cracks were on the top of the egg.

Suddenly, a flick of shell came off. Through it, they all saw an eye. It flashed out of sight to be replaced by a tail. It squirmed through the hole, slowly making it wider.

Sam jumped off the bed and grabbed Nick. He pulled Nick into the adjoining bathroom, and then shut the door except for a tiny crack. Sam crouched and Nick stood. Through the crack, they saw the egg throwing off more egg shell. Finally, the shell cracked in half to reveal a Dratini. The unusual thing was that this Dratini was orange!

Sam stared while Nick’s mouth fell open. Katrina gaped, and then jumped as the Dratini let out a large yawn. It turned to her, and then twined around her waist.

Sam slowly opened the door, and then stepped into the room. “A shiny Pokemon? How lucky can you get?”

Shiny Pokemon were rarer than normal Pokemon. A LOT rarer. Shiny Pokemon were sought after by Pokemon Collectors. The problem was that not many Pokemon were shiny. This is why people in possession of a shiny Pokemon were in more danger of any criminal teams.

Katrina continued to smile. “I know. My Uncle doesn’t even have a shiny Pokemon. His mother does. She has a shiny Healtia.” She must have been referring to Nick, because none of Sam’s Mother’s Pokemon was shiny. Not to his knowledge anyway.

The Dratini continued to circle around Katrina’s neck. Dirden, her Frezint looked down from the top of her bed, glaring at the Dratini.

“Oh great, competition Keep away from her kid. I’m the one guarding her, not you.” Dirden said, fluttering his wiry blue wings.

He blew a small, blue ice flame at Dratini and then curled up to sleep.

The Dratini looked up at where Dirden had been before. “Daddy?”

Sam smiled. When a baby Pokemon hatched, the first thing it saw, it instantly thought was it’s mother. The second it thought was it’s father. It thought that Katrina was its mother, now it either thought that Dirden was its father, if Dirden appeared again.

If he didn’t, the next thing Dratini saw definitely WOULD be its father. In his mind of course.

Naturally, with Sam’s luck that day, Dratini would look around, and looked right at Sam. Sam backed up, ramming right into Nick who was standing behind Sam. “Daddy? Daddy!” Dratini squeaked happily. He started wriggling towards Sam, but didn’t know that it couldn’t fly. Sam reacted instantly. Just as Dratini was about to hit the ground, it found itself levitating. Sam placed it gently on the bed, and then released it.

“No, I’m not your father.” Sam said firmly, before walking out of the room in a half run, half jog.

The Dratini tried wriggling after him, but was instantly grabbed by Katrina.

Dratini struggled to wriggle in the direction that Sam had gone, but Katrina kept a firm hold on it.

“I don’t think so. You’re staying here young, um.” Katrina trailed off.

She looked puzzled, and then pulled out her orange Pokedex. She flicked it open, activated the stats area and pointed it at the Dratini.

Dratini

Lv Five

Met: Pokemon Centre, Comed Town

Male

Mischievous nature

Katrina snapped the Pokedex shut with a smile.

“A boy huh? That might not fit in with my team. Except for you and Dirden. Hey, Dirden?”

Dirden squeaked in agreement.

<Downstairs, Pokecentre, Comed town>

Sam sat down. The chairs were comfy, probably bought for that exact reason. He sighed, and then jumped. His Pokenav had just started ringing. He pressed the button on his Pokenav, and then jumped again as his mother’s head was suddenly shown. It was beamed up into view like a hologram.

“Sam! Hi sweetie. How are you?” She paused, looking me over from head to waist. That was all she could see of me. “One day out of my household and you seem nearly dead! How did you manage that? IS THAT A PIERCING I SEE?!?!?!?!” Sam winced, he had forgotten about his ear. But now that he was reminded of it, he noticed that the ache had come back.

“Um, no. It’s a sticker. One of the girls at the ceremony decided to put them on everyone. I’d forgotten about it.” Sam lied quickly. A little white lie wasn’t too bad. Was it? He silently scolded himself. He should have known that his translator would be one of the first things his mother would notice.

His mother leaned in closer. “It looks like a Poketrans to me.” Poketrans or Pokemon Translator, they’re the same thing however you look at it. “It looks just like the one that Ani’s gotten for her pokemon. Hers are purple though, not blue. Are you sure it isn’t real?”

“Very sure. My ear would be aching right now if it was. A dull, throbbing ache.” Sam said before mentally kicking himself.

He psychically twiddled with the buttons that controlled the reception. “Uh oh Mum, you’re breaking up. I’d better go. That phone call must be costing a ton.”

“It might be, but I don’t care. And stop playing with the buttons. You DID get your ear pierced. Your eyes are also glowing. It doesn’t matter anyway. What Pokemon did you choose?” Fiona asked. Sam knew that she was probably plotting how to punish him for getting his ear pierced.

“Er, I chose Mudkip. I also found an Eevee and caught a Nymbis.” Sam said, frowning. He hadn’t realized that he already had so many Pokemon! And it was his first day! Not to mention he had the Polienix or Magnetix egg in his backpack.

“A Mudkip? Your sister chose a Chikorita. I guess you prefer the water types. How did you manage to find an Eevee? Or a Nymbis? It took your father two years to find one and it’s taken you one day! Wait till I tell him!” Fiona said, a grin appearing on her face as she thought of Brett’s reaction.

“The Eevee I found when it tried to steal some food from me. It ran away, then when I caught it, I found out she had a broken paw and was poisoned. I think I irritated some Nymbis while chasing Eevee, so, they followed me. Only one found me. I managed to catch it.” Sam said, thinking back to the events that day. It had seemed like a month ago, but it was really three hours ago.

“Ok. I’ve gotta go now before Josh gets back. He’s been impossible to live with for the past two days.” Fiona said, rubbing her head. Her head suddenly disappeared as she terminated the connection.

Sam rubbed his head as well. “I know what she means.” He looked up as Nurse Joy walked into the room. “Hi.”

“You look as cheerful as a Cheeron.” Joy informed him. “Your Pokemon are healed. Except for Eevee. She wants to see you, actually. Do you want to see her?”

“Uh, ok. Can you take me to her? I haven’t got a clue as to where she is.” Sam said. He was thinking ahead now. Once he had gotten Eevee back and caught her, a long stay at Professor Rowan’s laboratory would be good for her. She needed to relax. After being on the street for a while now, she definitely needed a rest.

“That was I intended to do. I don’t want you interrupting another crucial experiment. Or worse. We’re operating on a Drakeon in theatre three. The trainer would be heartbroken if her Drakeon were stuck with a cellphone inside of it.” Nurse Joy said with a grin.

Sam made a face at her and followed her, accepting Artemis’s and Zeus’s Pokeballs from her.

The walls of the hospital stayed the same. No matter where they were, they remained a bleached white. You’d think that they would make the place seem more cheerful. Sam thought to himself.

They finally reached Diana’s room after five minutes of walking. Diana lay on a cot, looking grumpy about her roommate, an unusually large and unusually smelly Gloom.

Sam wrinkled his nose as he walked in. The smell was almost overpowering. Sam turned to Nurse Joy.

“Why is she in the same room as a Gloom?” Sam asked, unintentionally rhyming.

Joy winced as a new wave of smell came towards them. “We didn’t have anywhere else, unless she wanted to share a room with a male Arcanine. She said no, so we put her here.”

Joy explained, the expression on her face indicated she would have preferred the room with the Arcanine.

Sam winced as well. He put up a hand and created an invisible wall between Diana and the Gloom. He was starting to get a headache from using his powers. Sam reached over and flicked on the air conditioning. Within minutes, the air was breathable.

“THNAK YOU!!! That Gloom was about to find a vase in its head.” Said Diana. She flicked her brown tail, her broken paw in a splint. Her brown and white coat looked better now. It had been brushed by someone, before it had been tangled and rubbish had littered it.

Sam smiled. “Aren’t you glad I found you then?” He asked her. Diana’s response was to twitch her ear, which accompanied a ‘What drugs are you on?’ look. That was obviously due to the remnants of Gloom’s smell.

Sam sat down beside her, in the chair that was beside the bed. He reached out slowly, and then stroked Diana’s back. Then he scratched beneath her chin.

Diana purred in response. While classified as a canine type, Eevee could also purr.

“So, how do you feel? Better? Less hungry?” As if in response, a Blissey walked into the room with a plate of food. The Blissey placed it in Sam’s lap, and then walked out. Sam rolled his eyes.

So much for the hospital treatment. He thought to himself.

With a sigh, he picked up an apple. He placed it in front of Diana, just in reach of her.

She reached forward and bit it with her mouth. She dragged it closer to her, and then took a bite.

“So, I was thinking of taking you on my journey. If you wanted to, that is.” Said Sam. “But you’d need to rest up in Professor Rowan’s lab. After that, we’d be going to defeat the Diamond league.”

Diana listened quietly, and then said, “You won’t leave me, will you? Or forget about me.” She looked down, a mournful expression on her face.

Sam leaned forward. “No, I’d never do that. I’ve seen how abandoned Pokemon look. You’re lucky that I found you now. Others don’t get found for years, during which they start hating humans more and more. I can see why.”

Diana smiled slightly. “Ok, but if you forget about me, I’ll evolve into a Heleon and find you.”

Heleon were the Light evolution of Eevee. Thought of as the servants of Mew, they were thought to bring great luck. The problem was, to evolve an Eevee into a Heleon; you’d need to find a piece of Dawn Stone, a stone so rare it was practically a myth.

If you also fell into the bad books of a Heleon, you’d need to be lucky and have an Umbreon, or you’d pretty much be dead from the bad luck you were given. Umbreon released spores that counter the power of Heleons.

Sam smiled. “I won’t do it. I promise. I’m already shaking in my shoes.” He wasn’t really, it just sounded good. And it might get Eevee in a good mood again.

There you walk, proud and free, reaching out like you’re needing me

A helping hand, to make it right, I’m holding you all through the night

I’ll be the one,

Who’ll make all your sorrows to right; I’ll be the light,

When you feel like there’s nowhere to run, I’ll be the one

To hold you, and make sure that you’ll be all right

I’ll keep you warm, and I want to, take you from darkness to light

I’ll be the one

< 9:00 pm, Pokecentre>

Sam lay back on his bed, his arms folded beneath his head as he rested on them. Artemis was lying next to him while Zeus was floating above his bed. The newly named Drake the Dratini was curled up next to Sam’s head. Drake had managed to climb up to the bed using his newly discover Bite attack. The wooden bed now had bite marks all the way up it. Every time Drake inhaled, his orange scales glittered in the light. A small wheezing noise came from across the room, where Dirden had claimed the other bunk bed.

From beneath him, a small “Piiiiii.” Showed that Sparx the Pichu was sleeping. An occasional lightning bolt played across the floor.

Gentle, so that he wouldn’t disturb the Pokemon, he got up and then got down from the bed. Once he was safe from the revenge of newly awoken Pokemon, he started being naturally noisy.

He walked into the Games room of the Pokemon centre. With a quick look, he headed towards the left corner of the room where two other people were sitting, playing a Gameboy. He swiped his trainer card into the E-reader of one of the spare Gameboys, and then turned it on, a link cable trailing from the game to a socket in the wall. The progress he made on any game would be saved on his Trainer Card, so that he could play them later from where he left off.

With a sigh, he brought out his Pokemon Sapphire cartridge that he owned. He removed the E-reader and placed it in the Gameboy. A few selections and his progress was saved on his Card. He continued to do the same thing to his Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, Ruby, LeafGreen, FireRed and Emerald Pokemon games.

After that, he started playing.

Half an hour later, he walked away from the Game Corner, happy because he now had a Jirachi on his Sapphire version. And he only had to trade his Milotic for it!

In the opposite corner of the Game Room, was a Nintendo 64 and a Gamecube, both of which had Pokemon games in them. Other games were also there, but Pokemon were the ones mainly played.

At the opposite end of the Game Room were card tables, where people could play the Trading Card game. A pen had also been set up so that people could play with Pokemon marbles.

In the final corner were seats, plenty of them, and CD players.

Sam strayed out of the room, heading for the next room along. In this one was a trading machine. While people could trade pokemon by simply swapping Pokeballs, Pokemon stats would show that it didn’t belong to you, so if you were getting checked on by a Nurse Jenny, you were in trouble. Swapping using the machine made the Pokemon legally yours.

Sam sighed; he didn’t want to trade any Pokemon right now. He continued on to the next room. This room was the phone room; Sam had already been here, so he didn’t need to go in. He passed right on. The final room was the Conference Room, people gather here to talk, trade tips and things like that.

Except for right now, there seemed to be a shouting match going on between two people, one being Nick. Sam walked through the door and stopped. Nick was red in the face, yelling at the person that Sam remembered as Kai.

“YOU’RE AS STUPID AS A PSYDUCK AFTER ITS HAD ITS HEAD CUT OFF!” Yelled Nick, his face a deep red colour.

“YOU’RE SO FAT THAT A SNORLAX TOLD YOU TO GO ON A DIET!” Kai yelled back, his face as red as Nicks.

“AND YOU ARE AS UGLY AS A SNORLAX IS AFTER ITS BEEN HIT BY THE MAGNET TRAIN!” Nick was going purple now.

“AND YOU’RE SO FAT THAT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE SMUGGLING A BLISSEY!” Kai was still red, but was starting to go slightly purple.

“YOU’RE SO BIG-HEADED THAT THEY HAD TO BAPTIZE YOU AT THE CERULEAN GYM!” That stirred up a bit of laughter from the crowd.

“YOU’RE SO FAT THAT YOU’VE RECENTLY BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A HABITAT FOR PIDGEOT!” That one set everyone laughing. Not Sam though, he had seen enough fights at school to know what they could do.

That one set Nick off. With a roar of fury, he picked Kai right off of his feet and threw him at the door, and right at Sam. Sam blinked, in a choice of a split second, he cushioned Kai’s fall by trapping him within a Psychic Bubble. This also caused a roaring to start in Sam’s ears. He had used up all his Psychic Powers for that day. With a sigh, he slipped into darkness.

< 10:30 am, 17^th of Echotrance, 2004 A.P.W>

Sam blinked his eyes, and then shut them again immediately. The searing lights above him blinded him.

Suddenly he gasped and sat up, his head connecting with Nick’s.

“OOWWWWWW!” Sam complained. The lights hurt his eyes, now Nick had hurt his head.

Nick grinned. “Took you long enough. You had me worried Kid, I thought Kai had knocked you out or something. Which reminds me, I hope you’ve got enough strength today, Kai’s still locked in that bubble of yours. They’ve tried everything to pop it.”

Sam felt a surge of pride at that. “My name is Sam, and who are they?”

Before Nick could answer however, Artemis jumped into Sam’s lap. Zeus floated into the room, Drake perched on top of him.

“Daddy!” Yelled Drake happily, he bounced on top of Zeus, causing rain to fall out of Zeus with each bounce. “Daddy, daddy, daddy, where’s Mummy?”

Sam blinked, and then groaned. He sank back on to his bed. He had forgotten about Drake.

“I’m not your father, and I haven’t got a clue where Katrina is. Now stop irritating me.” Sam said, sounding tired. He had a migraine, an award for knocking heads with Nick.

As if she had heard her name, Katrina wandered into the room.

“He wanted you, anytime you’re not in his sight he starts sulking. After that he starts crying. Do you know how loud he is when he’s crying?” Katrina said, shooting a glare at Drake. “I haven’t had a bit of sleep all night.”

Suddenly Diana bounded into the room, her paw clacking on the floor as she walked on a brace.

Pokemon can heal faster than humans, but they can’t heal THAT quickly.

Sam stared at Diana curiously. “How come you’re up and about?”

Diana leapt up on the bed. “I had a milkshake thing. It had the egg of Joyce mixed in it. Joyce is the Center’s Healtia.” She said, explaining it to Sam. “Nurse Joy said she’d bring in a milkshake for you when you wake up.”

Sam smiled and sank back into his pillows. He would definitely need that particular sort of milkshake. Healtia eggs could almost raise the dead.

Nurse Joy appeared in the room, carrying the milkshake. Nick was behind her, bouncing Sam’s bubble into the room. Tai followed Nick, distressed at his brother’s predicament.

The bubble was a deep, pure hue of sapphire blue. Sam grinned, now he knew why he loved blue so much. If you ever got strong enough to create a psychic bubble, it would show you what colour your power was. And most of the time, a person’s favorite colour was the same as their power.

Psychic colors also seemed to indicate the area which a person was most skilled at. Red meant that you were really good at psychic attacks, green meant you were good at reading peoples minds, blue meant you were good at transport, levitating and teleporting, purple meant that it was mind attacks you were best at, orange meant you found moving thing around easiest and rainbow meant you were skilled at all of them.

Nurse Joy smiled. “A levitator are you? Aren’t you lucky? Most people would give all of their teeth to levitate.” She placed a large, metal cup beside his bed. Then she placed three small bottles beside that. “Vanilla, Strawberry or chocolate?”

“Vanilla please.” Sam said. He stroked Diana’s back, and then scratched Artemis beneath the chin. Zeus floated down, his load bouncing higher and higher, making Zeus going lower and lower. Sam reached up and grabbed Drake, and then patted Zeus.

Drake wriggled in delight, he wrapped around Sam’s hands, and then slid on to his chest. With a sigh, he curled up.

Sam smiled wryly, and then accepted the milkshake from Nurse Joy. He took a sip from the straw, and then his eyes lit up. Within a minute, the drink was gone.

Sam now had a stupid grin on his face. “So, when am I allowed out?”

“Now if you want. But you’ll need to release Kai here first. Otherwise he won’t be able to go on his journey.” Nurse Joy said. Sam looked past her, Kai didn’t look too worried. In fact, if Sam couldn’t do it, it seemed he would be happy to stay there for the rest of his life.

Sam flicked his fingers, concentrating on the bubble, willing it to open. A small slit appeared in the side, and then the bubble disappeared entirely.

Sam sat back, tired. Suddenly a wave of energy flooded him as the Healtia egg milkshake started working.

“Ok, let’s go!”

<11:45 am, Outskirts of Comed Town, Dictioy>

Sam marched along, in a bad mood. Because of Drake, Katrina had to go along with Sam. That also meant that Nick was coming too.

Artemis was lazing on top of Sam’s backpack, watching the scenery go by, occasionally shooting down any Jorei, a small, flying parrot type Pokemon that were stupid enough to have stayed nearby.

Jorei looked like Pidgey, except they had longer wing and longer beaks. And instead of brown, they were a brilliant collage of colors. And instead of three toes on each foot, they had five.

Dirden was perched on top of Katrina’s head. He fluttered his wings at any person or pokemon that got too close.

Nick walked along, his usual grin on his face. Sparx was sitting on his shoulder.

Katrina jogged up to Nick; she had to take three steps to his one. “So, where are we headed?”

She asked, panting at the effort of jogging. When she traveled, she either went by vehicle or flew on one of her uncle’s dragon types.

“We’re heading for Arw City. The Gym there is fire, so Sam’ll have an easy time because of Artemis and Zeus. How come he gets a Nymbis? I’ve wanted one for ages and he gets one on his first day. What do I get? A small Caterpie.” Nick complained. After Sam had rushed to the Pokecenter, Nick had started looking for the Caterpie that had sprayed Sam.

“Leave it alone, it’s not its fault that it’s small. Anyway, it will evolve soon. And then it’ll evolve soon after that.” Katrina said in between gasps. She was REALLY out of shape. That’s what I get for sitting at home all day, watching Poke-T.V. She thought to herself.

Are you two going to hurry up or am I gonna have to come back there and make you hurry? A voice broke into their minds, making them gasp.

I’m coming, don’t rush me. Katrina thought back furiously.

Well hurry up. I’ll rush you if I want to. Sam retorted. With a snap, he broke off the connection.

Katrina scowled at Nick. “Isn’t there a law against intruding into other people’s minds?”

“I don’t know. If there isn’t, there should be. Imagine what Sabrina could have done a few years ago.” He was referring to a few years ago, when Sabrina had almost gotten total control of Saffron City. She was stopped by Silph Co and the Elite Four. That was when Silph Co had invented the Telepathic Wave Translators, or TWT. It was finally Will, the newest member of the Elite Four at the time that had stopped her. He was a Psychic Trainer too, though nowhere near as powerful as Sabrina. He had needed five TWT’s in the end to defeat her.

Katrina shuddered; she had been in the Elite Palace, visiting her uncle when a messenger Pidgeot had smashed through the window to deliver a message. Messages where ranked according to their urgency. Pidgey, a simple message. Pidgeotto, a summons or a slightly urgent message. Pidgeot were reserved for true emergencies.

Do you want me to trap YOU in a bubble? If you don’t, HURRY UP!!! Roared Sam’s voice in their minds. With a squeak, Katrina ran towards him, Nick followed close behind her.

When they had caught up to Sam, he gave them a scowl. “This is why I like being by myself.”

Katrina pulled a face. “Ok, fall off a cliff and see how much you like being alone then.”

Sam rolled his eyes and continued walking.

They walked in silence for a few hours; the only noises were Pokemon and the wind.

A sudden ringing broke the silence, making them all jump. Sam looked around, and then realized that the Poke-Nav around his neck was vibrating. He pulled it off of its cord and activated the Phone option. With a flash of light, Ani’s head appeared.

“Hi Sam! How’re you doing? Did you get your ear pierced?!?” This wasn’t an angry question. That was a humorous question that Ani asked with a smirk on her face. She had been waiting for years for the day that Sam would do something exciting, like dye his hair or get a piercing.

Sam sighed, she had been wanting him to get is ear pierced for years. There would be no living with her now. “Yeah, I guess you talked to Mum about it?” He asked wearily.

Ani was as stubborn as he was, but they looked nothing alike. The only way that they were alike was by the fact that there was a mole in the exact place on their necks. Apart from that, Ani had mouse brown hair, blue eyes and a cocky grin was always on her face. Her eyes leaned towards aqua, because she had green flecks in them. Sam’s eyes were an icy blue.

She was also shorter than Sam, which was no surprise since most of the females in their family were smaller than he was. To stir them up, he’d usually refer to them as the ‘Seven Dwarfs”.

Ani nodded. Suddenly she moved aside to reveal her Anticairon, who was looking worried.

“How’s my baby?” She asked, sounding more worried than she looked. Sam moved under the shade of a nearby tree and placed his pack down. He reached in and pulled out the Egg Capsule and then put it in the line of sight of Anticairon. She looked a bit more relaxed.

“Good, you do know how to take care of eggs. If you were carry it, I’d be flying over right now and taking it off you!”

Sam smiled. “Well, it’s a good thing I’m more responsible at 13 than Ani is. Did I ever tell you about the time she was in Kyeema, in the Metone region? She-!” Sam was suddenly interrupted by Ani, who suddenly appeared again.

“Yes, well, anyway. That was three years ago. And I didn’t burn that much of the bushland.” She trailed off, muttering the last sentence. “Anyway, we’ve got to go. See you soon Sam!”

With a small, electronic beep, she flicked off her Poke-Nav.

Sam frowned. “What did she mean, ‘see you soon’?” He asked himself. Then he shrugged. “Doesn’t matter, let’s go!” He looked around, and saw Nick and Katrina far up the road.

“GET BACK HERE!!!”

Pokedex

Jorei

Parrot Pokemon

Flying / Normal

Evolves at lv 16 to Joranitai

This tiny parrot pokemon is very popular as a household pet, due to its ability to learn to copy phrases constantly repeated to it. It is very intelligent and has been known to wake up a household’s occupants in the case of a burglary or a fire.

Heleon

Light Dog Pokemon

Light / Holy

Evolved from Eevee

This legendary dog of light isn’t as rare as the Legendary Dogs of Johto, but just as elusive. It has the ability to bestow Good Luck on those who deserve it and Bad Luck on those who don’t. It can only be captured by a trainer who was not done anything bad.

Drakeon

Dragon Dog Pokemon

Dragon

Evolved from Eevee

A tale of old states that Drakeon’s posses great attack power, sometimes destroying whole cities. That legend makes it a favorite of Pokemon Trainers who prefer brawn over brains. A rare pokemon, it is a worthy addition to any pokemon collection.

Milkalf

Calf Pokemon

Normal

Evolves to Miltank /w/ love

A small pokemon prized by farmers, it is the pre-evolved form of Miltank. The small horns on a Milkalf’s head are made of the purest silver, which means they are very soft. At about six weeks, the old horns drop out and are replaced by ivory ones.

Ectoparus

Baby Kraken Pokemon

Ghost / Water

(None)

A pokemon dreaded by sailors, it has long been feared because it can pass through ship’s hulls. While they don’t have the size of a Kraken, many band together in the colder parts of the year and make an entirely new pokemon altogether. The ending result is a pokemon that is truly the Kraken pokemon.

Healtia

Miracle Pokemon

Normal / Holy

Evolved from Blissey

Know by many because it evolves from the popular Chansey, it is respected by Humans and Pokemon alike. Its eggs carry a miraculous healing power that can bring anything back from the brink of death. A drink made by its egg is one of two known antidotes to the pokemon, Finetite.