Chapter 1

Alex's POV

"And that's a rap" I said as I dashed out of school. I was about to the doors; I might get out in time I thought. "Hey freak" I shuddered at the sound of this voice, my local bully Chris and his friends had found me again. He has been on my case since grade school, why you ask? Short answer: I'm different, long answer: I'm a shifter. Shifters are humans that are born with the ability to turn into a Pokémon, in my case a Lucario. It is a hereditary trait in my family, but most of the time it's a random gene. 1/1000 is the normal odds of someone having the gene, but if someone in your family tree has it the odds go up. My mom is also a Lucario shifter, but she tends to hide that. Honestly it's not that bad if no one knows. However, I barley ever spend time in my shift from, due to the fact that shifting excludes clothing. Every time I shift I have to rip my shorts and poke a hole in my shirt; it's no fun so I have to wear shorts with elastic all the time. "So freak what are you gonna do today, huh" he taunted me. I sighed "dude just leave me alone" I said as I slammed my locker shut. "Or what" he laughed. I said nothing and headed out the school. I knew what he was doing; he was trying to get me to shift, which can happen if I lose my temper enough. I was just outside the school when I got thrown to the ground out of nowhere. I tried to get up but I got kicked in the side. "Come on freak, why don't you defend yourself huh. I could only curl up into a ball as I was beaten by his friends. Eventually the onslaught stopped, and then I heard Chris say" making it tough huh, well how about this he said as he grabbed my only pokeball out of my bag and opened it. My Eevee appeared and he grabbed it saying "I guess I'll try him next. That was it, I felt nothing but rage at that moment. I shifted in an instant. Just as he swung at my Eevee I lunged at him. I punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground and knocking out one of his teeth. As his friends ran off I readied an aura sphere in my hand fully intending to slam the ball of energy in his face. Luckily for him I came to my senses and stood up. I shifted back to normal and recalled my Eeeve just as the principal arrived on the scene. "What is going on here?" he demanded. Chris stood up and said "this freak attacked me" Principal Adams looked at me and said "you, office NOW" he yelled as Chris ran away balling.

"You beat up a student, he lost a tooth and has a broken nose" I sighed as my mother responded "the other student was attacking him and his Pokémon" the principal raised his hand silencing my Mom "maybe so but he is used his powers and severely injured a student and that is unacceptable, consider yourself expelled" my jaw dropped open. My Mom stood up and said "let's go home Alex" I nodded and stood up; there was nothing left to say.

As we drove home my mom said "I want you to know that you did nothing wrong" I sighed and said "I know, but what now" my mom just sighed. We drove the rest of the way in silence.

As we ate dinner we said nothing. Then I felt it, a presence. Lucario have some psychic abilities, not as much as an actual psychic type but I could tell when I was near a powerful psychic. "Do you feel that" I asked. My mom nodded "yea I feel it too". Then there was a knock at the door my mom walked to the door and opened it. There were two people in the doorway, the man was in a black suit and a red tie, his hair was black with just a few hints of grey. The boy behind him was my age he was wearing sunglasses at night for some reason, other than that he looked completely normal. The man was holding a black cane with a sliver handle. He had a gentle smile on his face, his aura seemed happy and calm. he finally broke the silence "hello my name is professor Andrew Malcom, may I come in". My mom seemed nervous "why" she asked timidly. He looked at me and said "I am the headmaster of a special school, and I'd like your son to enroll"…..