A/N After having played Pokémon Emerald for well over 200 hours, I figured it was time to transfer my Pokémon to my DS card. Even though I'd still have them on my DS, it still felt like I was losing a valued member of my family. So, I thought about what it must feel like for the Pokémon being transferred and how the pixelated character felt, and this came into being. There will be only two chapters; the first focusing on the trainer, the second on the Pokémon. Enjoy.
I'd finally reached the highest summit that I, as a trainer, could attain. I'd been with my team through so many trials and tribulations, we'd become so close, so inseparable. It only seemed right that they should be able to continue, to reach higher than I could ever reach.
They are Pokémon, the beings we use to reach our own individual dreams. But who was to say they, too, didn't hold their own dreams? Who were we to hold them back? If I had learned anything on my journey, it's that everyone has a right to reach for the sky however they want, human and Pokémon alike.
That's why I was sending my team, my family, to my friend in the Sinnoh region. It would be a fresh start for them. They could continue their journey to greatness, without my weakness to hold them back. My friend was a well respected trainer in the Sinnoh league, so I had no doubts that they would be well taken care of. Yet, I felt... incomplete. Once I sent them to Sinnoh, there was no chance that I'd ever be able to see them again.
I felt like I was breaking my soul, no, my very being, into pieces. It was painful, and elating at the same time. I'd especially miss Nova, my Blaziken I'd had since she was a Torchic. She had single handily taken down every gym and the league by herself. I'm not completely modest, so I'll point out that I had trained her to be so strong, as a trainer should. But she carried herself through every battle on the balls of her feet, never failing to hit an opponent when it counted.
Giving her up was like taking the first step to becoming a Buddha. It had to be done to keep her legacy going. She deserved to keep going, more than I did. Besides, it was about time for me to retire from the league. I was too young to be the Champion officially, and I'd become a legend on the Battle Frontier.
Saying "good bye" is almost as hard to say as "sorry".