A raven haired boy was running for his life away from a flock of spearow, a pikachu at his heels. The boy tripped over a rock and the pikachu turned at the sound, seeing his new trainer on the ground with the Spearow flock above him. When the spearow were at just the right angle, the small electric mouse let loose a massive stream of electricity at the flock and the boy.

'Ha! That's what you human scum get, along with the Rattata with wings, see ya!' The pikachu gloated, and the boy looked both confused and hurt at what the mouse said. The confusion came from the fact that somehow he could understand pokemon now and the hurt was from the fact that Pikachu would leave him to die there. A single tear rolled down the boys cheek, followed by many more; he let loose a cry of anguish, unknowingly pulsing his sad aura for help. The Spearow flock, stunned but mostly unhurt as the child had taken the worst of the attack, looked at each other in horror. For Spearow, flock was everything. If a member was hurt, the entire flock would come to help it, regardless of any danger. To betray a flock member, especially a hatchling, was unthinkable, and yet, that was exactly what that pikachu had done. Looking at each other, they simultaneously came to a decision. Rushing over to the boy, they did their best to help him, but there wasn't much they could do.

Thankfully, a small pokemon known as a riolu felt the aura pulse the boy was sending out. 'I'm coming!' The riolu shouted, looking frantically with his own aura for the origin of the pulse. Finding it, the small Emunation Pokémon followed the trail until he reached the raven haired boy. The small riolu gasped at the sight of the burns on the child. The spearow that surrounded him seemed to look sorrowfully at him and were trying to help him the best they could, but they were losing him. His aura was fading fast.

'Move, I can heal him using both my aura and my move Heal Pulse.' the jackal Pokémon told the frantic flock.

'Alright, move guys.' an older Spearow which the riolu guessed was the leader ordered. The flock quickly moved aside, allowing the riolu to do his work. Several hours later the riolu healed everything and the boy was as good as new.

"Why?" The boy choked, questioning both the riolu and spearow flock.

'Because you called for help.' the riolu responded in Pokéspeech, not expecting the boy to understand him.

"I did?" The human questioned.

'You understood me!' Riolu gasped.

"Yeah, it started when pikachu shocked me" Ash muttered, sadly.

'Yeah, and he seems a lot smarter now than he was when he threw a rock at me.' one of the spearow joked, in an attempt to lighten the mood.

"I'm sorry about that. I don't understand why I did that now." Ash apologized.

'Nah, it's okay.' the spearow said, waving him off with a wing.

"Are all of you okay?" Ash asked, looking at the spearow in worry.

'Yep.' was the chorus of replies.

'Hey, what's your name?' the riolu asked the boy.

"It's Ash Ketchum." he replied.

'Well, I'm Blade.' the riolu introduced himself.

"Hey Blade, do you want to be my pokemon?" Ash asked carefully, not wanting to upset his rescuer.

'Of course, plus now I can teach you about aura!' Blade said cheerfully. Smiling, Ash took out an empty Poké Ball. Blade tapped the center button and was sucked in without even a struggle. After the capture was complete, Ash immediately let his friend back out.

"I'm planning on keeping all my Pokémon out." Ash said, looking at Blade's confused face, Blade smiled and nodded; he thought that was a good idea.

"Come on, let's get to the Pokémon Center. Mom will be worried sick about me, especially after I tell her what happened" Ash sighed. After saying goodbye to the Spearow flock and thanking them for their help, our hero and his new Pokémon set off for the Pokémon Center.

Tune in next time to see what happens when he's there.