A/N: This is a preview of the first chapter of the REWRITE of my story Pokémon: A Shapeshifters Story. The rewrite shall focus more on battles in general. Ian's Pokémon are also going to be more limited in battle. I deemed the rewrite necessary, but I shall maintain the original version as well. Okay, then. Pokémon: A ShapeShifters Story Rewrite chapter one PREVIEW, battle scene: Salamence versus Morpheon. ACTION!

"Salamence, use Hyper Beam!" an brown-haired boy shouted, causing the dragon to charge a beam that could level a small city. "Dodge, then use Faint Attack, then finish the combo by using ExtremeSpeed to dodge the Giga Impact." A tall, 16-year old boy spoke to his pink Pokémon. "FIRE!" "Now." The dragon fired the beam, but the pink Pokémon dodged so fast it looked like he vanished. The boy smiled as the Salamence roared in pain and the Double Team afterimage of his own Pokémon faded to nothing. {Master! Watch out!} said Pokémon screamed as the Hyper Beam approached the white-haired child. Said child just held his hand up, looking bored, and then the Hyper Beam struck. {NO! MASTER!}

? ? ? POV

{NO! MASTER!} I screamed as my Trainer got engulfed in red energy, which proceeded to split apart.

(Wait a minute… Hyper Beam doesn't SPLIT, it EXPLODES. What does it mean…)

Just as I thought about the possibilities a loud explosion wrecked the arena.

{No… Master…} I said, tears forming in my eyes. My master, while pretty cruel with training, always cared for us to the point of carrying me all the way from the top of Mount Coronet to the Snowpoint City Pokémon Center, keeping me warm with his jacket and shirt. And even after getting so many wounds from Pokémon and frostbites he kept going, so why did that Hyper Beam finish him?

"Stop crying and fight, would you?" A cold voice said from within the smoke. Then, a storm picked up, revealing my master with one hand on the ground, coughing up some smoke. "Finish the combo. NOW!"

I remembered my final order and used ExtremeSpeed to dodge just as an unordered Giga Impact slammed into the ground behind me. (That would've stung a bit…)

"This is getting out of hand. Iron Tail combo." Master ordered, so I shifted to Steel-type, my fur turning silver as my eyes became grey, and prepared Iron Tail. Salamence started firing Hyper Beams, so I dodged, using ExtremeSpeed and Teleport when needed, all while my master kept his inverted Protect up.

(Down, left , right, up, left, up, back, down, up and close IN!) I used ExtremeSpeed to close in, then unleashed the fury of my Iron Tail by jumping, spinning and ramming it BOOM, straight down on its face.

Normal POV

The white-haired Trainer watched with his patented emotionless gaze as his strongest Pokémon leveled Salamence with one hit. "Iron Tail." He ordered, so his pink Espeon-like Pokémon spun again and smashed the Salamence in the face again, horizontally this time, as it got Same Type Attack Bonus from the matching Steel-type attack.

The Salamence, heavily damaged and bleeding from his left cheek, tried to stand up again. Yet its efforts were in vain as mere seconds later the great dragon crashed into the ground.

I hope you enjoyed it. Oh, and I do NOT own Pokémon. Please review