One day it went all wrong. Zed, a young kid of five, witnessed something he never thought possible. He had borrowed his dad's Zigzagoon to show off to some friends. It was all right, until they challenged him to a battle. Zed accepted. He lost. When he went over to check on his dad's Pokémon, it was lying unusually still. He started crying. When his dad came to pick him up, he saw what had happened. The Zigzagoon was badly mangled. It had died.
Many years later, Zed became a trainer. His family lived in Johto at that time. E had been called by the professor to receive his first Pokémon. Eager to have a friend, Zed accepted. He didn't know he was cursed. Zed trecked through the Johto region, making many friends. Then he got to he first gym. Zed went straight for the leader, Falkner at the time. He sent out Blaze, the Cyndaquil the professor had given him, and started the battle. It went well until Falkner brought out his Pidgeotto. Before Zeds eyes, Blaze was torn to shreds by a powerful Gust attack. He nearly fell off the platform in shock. He desperately threw out the first Pokémon that came to his mind, a pidgey he named Flappy. He beat Falkner, but at the cost of a friend. Days later, after he had gotten over his friends death with the help of his friend Lyra, he faced against a mistaken Police Man. Flappy, now a Pidgeotto, was sent out. Bad luck struck Zed again, watching as his friend was burnt to ash by a growlithe. In fear, he tried sending out his other Pokémon, all meeting the same fate. Upon losing, he ran home in tears, dropping an unhatched egg behind him. He would have died that night if Lyra hadn't helped him. She suggested to move to a much newer region, one she simply called Unova.
He rests there now with a new partner, an Oshawott named Bently, praying he will never face a horror like that before.