CHAPTER ONE
"Yes...
It's a small word... yet, it can mean so many things, and do so many things. It can mean 'okay', it can mean, 'I'm feeling down'. It can make you friends, and enemies... but, best of all; it can take you to places you never dreamed of..."
xxx
"I can remember the first thing that word did for me.
I had woken up in an alien environment... I didn't know where I was, what I was... the only thing I could remember was my name, and that I was a human. I was unsure of my surroundings, so I latched onto the first friendly face I saw. I later found out his name was Everbloom, -or Bloom as I eventually called him- and he quickly became my best friend, and life-long partner. We went
down a Mystery dungeon; Tiny Woods, and eventually found a small curled up insect, Caterpie. He was terrified, and it took a lot of coaxing, and promises, to get him to come with us. We were heroes. His mother had been worried sick, and had showered us with gifts, but the only thing Bloom said was,
'I'm just happy he's okay.'
After that, he asked me the question,
'How would feel about forming a rescue team with me?'
My answer was a half-felt, mumbled,
'Yes...'"
xxx
"The second thing that word did was make me a refugee, on the run from the law. I hadn't done anything wrong, I hadn't committed any crime, killed any Pokémon, or even stolen anything... it was just because of him.
From the moment he first met me, he hated me... why that is I still don't know, but I knew he disliked me, loathed me with a passion, after seeing him glare at me.
He then tried to make our lives miserable, first by stealing our rescue team requests, then trying to make us race to save a Pokémon. We still got there first, and it was our team, Team Solar that saved Metapod, not his team.
But, the worst thing he did was find out my secret.
He soon found out about an old legend, featuring a cowardly human, and he believed that I was the human in it. He made the legend known again, and the day after I had heard about it, he leaped.
Bloom and I had rushed into Treasure Town, after hearing that something had happened. As soon as we arrived, Gengar sprang, and after getting the townsfolk angered, he asked me the question,
'Isn't it true that you're that human? Kekeh!'
My answer probably wasn't the best thing to say at the time, but, I answered with a feeble,
'...Yes...'"
xxx
"After that, there was last event that word caused for me... Saving the world.
We had been told by Xatu that the world would be destroyed by a giant meteorite. Everything I had come to known and cherish would be wiped from the brink of existence. I knew what I would say.
Even before he asked me the question, I knew my answer would be yes. Bloom, Surge, Fevan and I would save the world.
He asked me the question, 'Save the world will you?'
My answer?
'Yes.'"