Disclaimer: Pokémon is owned by someone very rich. GlitchyRed that I based this little one shot on... Well your guess is as good as mine.

Can you see it from my eyes…? Can you understand my pain…? I never did anything wrong… But maybe I never did anything right either… Otherwise… My name would still be commonplace. Am I even still needed? These days… No one remembers the boy who took down Team Rocket… No one remembers me… I guess I can't blame them… After all… You humans make us… You create us… You play with your games, your toys then throw us away for the next big prize. That's human nature I suppose…

I guess… I envy those that play my story… I am naught much more than a child's fond dream… No I'm not even a fond dream anymore am I? I stopped being tangible long ago… When the world knew my name… I was content to play with my partners… To roam the region of Kanto… Collecting gym badges, defeating my rival Green… I was content to collect all one hundred and fifty… Well one hundred fifty one if the player was lucky enough to run into Mew.

What changed it all…? I was no longer the hero in Gold, Silver, or Crystal… I was a final boss… The hardest guy in the game to beat… Standing on top of Mount Silver I waited for the player to challenge me. "….." I wasn't even given any lines. I simply stared out into the snow and more than once did I wipe away a tear from being forgotten… Then when the hero came they were always prepared and I almost always lost the battle. I held my Pikachu in my arms and cried. No one could save us from this downward spiral. No one needed me… This world had no use for lost dreams for fallen heroes.

I stood tall though in the hope that someday I'd be allowed back into people's hearts. I would be able to rest peacefully if I was given just one more chance to shine… Just one more time… That wasn't asking much was it? Just one more… Just once more let me be the one people looked up to.

It came several years later… I was given a design change but I cried tears of pure happiness… They had given me a new game… FireRed and my new companion was LeafGreen. I cried so much, the joy that coursed through me was undeniable. Finally I was allowed my life back. I found Pika in Viridian Forest and once again started my journey through the Kanto region happy and content…. Then a new game came out…

Once again… I lay forgotten… I lay in used game stores merely gathering dust as once again… I was deemed unnecessary… When Gold came for me… In his re-make I turned to him. "…" I didn't say a word as he defeated me with ease. My Espeon was gone… My team had been changed… I was more powerful than ever but I was still un-needed. I gazed at Gold, my eyes sorrowful and pleading, "…." He stared back at me and then one realized as I vanished… That I had died long ago…

I was never in HeartGold… Nor SoulSilver… I will never reappear again… Everyone… Now coos over this new guy someone who's supposed to be a villain… N. That's not a name! N is a letter… Red… Red is who I was… Red stood for so many things… Now… It and I stand for nothing anymore… You may see me from time to time… Blow the dust off an old card of Pocket Monsters: Red, Blue, or Yellow…. If you play it… You'll have the chance… To make me smile again… Play my story… Please… I beg you… Don't let me be fully forgotten…