One early sunrise day in the Fudo house was going to be very different. Some time had passed for the Fudo siblings and they were growing up and were almost teenagers, and going through changes in their lives.
"10 years old... A decade... Where did the time go?" Mo asked as she took out a birthday cake with the number 10 on it.
"It certainly has flown by." Cherry replied, helping her with the cake.
"And hopefully Paul and Susan and their kids will come to the party." Mo smiled as they set the cake on the table.
"Did you manage to contact them?" Cherry asked.
"Oh, yes, it took a lot of work, but we finally found them," Mo smiled. "I'm very excited to meet their little family."
"Though knowing them, they won't be so little." Cherry smirked.
"True." Mo nodded as she brought out the frosting.
Atticus soon came by with a smile. "Mm... Cake."
"Not yet." Cherry told him with a smirk.
"Boo, you snore." Atticus rolled his eyes playfully.
"Just be patient, you." Mo told him playfully.
"Fiiine..." Atticus rolled his eyes before beaming. "Paul and Susan... I feel like I haven't seen them since their wedding."
"Ah, yes," Cherry smirked. "The Dumping of Derek the Doofus."
Mo began to put the frosting on the cake.
"I can't believe Vincent is 10 now." Atticus sighed.
"I cannot either." Felicity said as she helped her mother and uncle decorate.
"I know, he's so old," Akito smirked playfully as he and Estelle hung up some streamers before he let out a yawn. "Why so early in the morning though?"
"So then it'll be a surprise for your big brother." Mo smiled as she finished decorating the cake.
"All right, well, I hope Aunt Susan and Uncle Paul come soon," Estelle replied. "We can call them that, right?"
"Of course," Atticus smiled. "They insisted."
"That's good." Estelle smiled back.
After a little while, Paul and Susan soon came to the house, though they were sized like normal sized human beings along with their two children behind them, a son and a daughter, who wore special bracelets.
"I really hope these work during our visit." Paul said, showing his own bracelet with Susan.
"They should," Susan replied. "Dr. Cockroach tested them on Link and B.O.B."
"Besides since when has Dr. Cockroach's inventions never worked?" Their son asked.
"Well... He tried something from when I first met your father... But... I won't go into all of that..." Susan smiled bashfully.
Eventually, they came to the address and rang the doorbell.
Cherry soon came to the door and looked surprised. "Oh... It's you guys... Normal sized..." she then said.
"You can thank Dr. Cockroach." Susan smiled.
"Still friends with him?" Cherry asked.
"Mm-hmm," Susan smiled. "And Link... And B.O.B. And Butterflyasaurs."
"Well, that's good," Atticus smiled back. "Come on in. Oh, you two too." he then said, seeing a black-haired girl with a brown-haired boy.
Susan, Paul, and their two children soon came into the house for Vincent's surprise party.
"We've almost gotten everything ready." Cherry said.
"And who do we have here?" Mo smiled to the new kids.
"This is our son, Seth." Susan introduced.
"And our daughter, Victoria." Paul added.
"You're the spitting image of your father, only you have your mother's hair." Atticus smiled at Seth.
"That's what my grandparents say," Seth smiled back. "Nice to meet you, Detective Fudo."
"Ah... You're beautiful like your mother with your father's hair." Mo said to Victoria.
"Thank you, Mrs. Fudo." Victoria smiled.
"So then that must mean you have Uncle Paul's strength, right?" Akito asked her.
"Oh, yeah, I'm pretty strong for a girl my age and size," Victoria replied. "I'm mostly a bookworm though, especially studying."
"Victoria's very smart," Paul smiled. "Sometimes she scares me."
"Especially about these creatures they call Pokémon," Victoria said, taking out a handbook that seemed to have a Pikachu on the front cover. "I'm hoping to catch one to study it."
"You and Seth just might." Akito smiled.
"Dr. Cockroach told us a lot about them," Victoria said. "He's our tutor."
"So you don't go to school?" Felicity asked.
"Nah, school comes to us," Seth replied. "Mom and Dad think it's better that way."
"Besides Dr. Cockroach is better than any teacher." Victoria smiled.
"We'll take your word for it." Akito chuckled.
Eventually, Vincent began to wake up out of bed, feeling confused as he didn't see anyone as he got out of bed. "Where is everybody?" he muttered to himself. "I know they wouldn't leave without telling me..." He soon began to make his way downstairs. He looked all around and Snow White soon walked beside him, feeling just as confused as he did.
"Where is everyone?" Snow White asked.
"That's what I'd like to know." Vincent said as they came into the living room.
"SURPRISE!" Everyone else soon jumped out to him. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VINCENT!"
"That explains why we couldn't find anyone." Snow White said.
"Oh, thanks, everyone," Vincent smiled politely to his family. "You didn't have to do this."
"Of course we did and wanted to," Mo smiled back before hugging him and kissing his cheek. "Happy Birthday, my little man."
"Aw, thanks, Mom." Vincent smiled.
Seth and Victoria soon came over.
"Meet your new friends: Seth and Victoria Bunyan." Atticus introduced.
"Hello." Victoria smiled.
"Hey, man." Seth added, fist bumping with Vincent.
"Happy Birthday." Victoria added.
"Thanks," Vincent smiled. "It's nice to meet you. Huh... You're smaller than I expected."
Seth and Victoria then showed their special bracelets.
"Dr. Cockroach told us to wear these to shrink down and in our normal size," Seth explained. "We're actually pretty big like Mom and Dad, but we'll show you that later."
"Yeah! Let's party!" Felicity beamed.
"Yeah!" Estelle added.
And so, the party began with some games, also getting to know the Bunyan siblings better as Paul and Susan hung out with Atticus, Cherry, Forte, and Mo as their kids played together before they would have cake and presents.
"Vincent is 10-years-old... I can't believe it..." Mo sighed to herself.
"Well, kids grow up." Cherry said.
"It feels like yesterday we were just finding out we would be parents." Mo beamed.
"That was quite the unforgettable Spring Break." Cherry chuckled.
"Among other things." Atticus then added, remembering that very well, thinking about Sci-Twi's time in Equestria around that time.
"Drell even has that moment recorded." Forte told them.
"Of course he does..." Mo said sheepishly.
"So, you guys like working with the other monsters from when you were taken away before Susan could marry Derek the Doofus?" Cherry asked.
"It's pretty good," Susan replied. "We've met some interesting aliens in our line of work. We missed you a lot though."
"Guess it's better than Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space." Mo chuckled.
"True." Paul chuckled back.
"Or Night of the Living Carrots." Susan then added with a giggle.
They all then shared a laugh together from old times as they caught up with each other. Victoria seemed to be following some of the Pokemon she was able to meet and looked in her handbook.
"Victoria's pretty determined to catch a Pokemon to study about." Susan told the others.
"We can see." Atticus smiled.
"It's just been so long since we last saw each other," Paul smiled back. "We should do this more often."
"We would love that," Mo smiled to Paul and Susan. "Your kids seem nice too."
"They sure are." Susan smiled back.
Eventually, everyone began to sing Happy Birthday as Vincent stood in front of his cake before he soon took a deep breath and blew out his candles as everyone clapped and cheered for him.
"Now time for cake." Vincent smiled.
Mo began to cut the cake, giving Vincent the first piece as she passed slices all around to everyone. Everyone then sat down to eat together.
"So, Akito, any strange dreams?" Vincent asked his younger brother, knowing that most of his dreams meant something.
"Hmm..." Akito paused in thought for a few moments. "Oh, yeah! I saw a place called the Kingdom of the Vale."
"Sounds amazing." Estelle smiled.
"I saw this one Pokemon... I'm not sure what it was though." Akito shrugged.
"We'll get more into that later." Vincent suggested.
"Yeah," Akito smiled. "Today is all about you."
"Right." Estelle nodded.
"Thanks, guys," Vincent smiled as they soon ate his birthday cake. "This is a great birthday so far."
"Then we're sure you'll love your presents." Atticus smiled back.
Vincent beamed and clapped his hands out of excitement.
Of course, Vincent mostly was given art supplies such as new paints with paper and Jenny even sent in a French beret and he then wore it.
"Now you really look like an artist." Mo smiled to him.
"I sure do." Vincent smiled back.
"Think you can sketch the Pokemon I saw in my dream?" Akito asked.
"Describe it." Vincent replied, getting ready.
Akito then began to describe the Pokemon from memory so Vincent could draw it out and they could figure out what it was and they soon took a look to see what it was. It appeared to be a small, rabbit-like Pokémon with large, pointed ears which form the letter V with large, blue eyes and a round, cream head, which is comparatively large compared to its small, cream body, while the tops of its ears, crest, and extremities are all orange. Its bulbous arms and legs are rounded to make a sort of "cuff" before ending with small, three-fingered hands and two-toed feet. It has two pointed teeth that can be seen on its upper jaw. It also has two cream wing-like tails.
"Looks like a bunny." Cherry commented as she took a look at the sketch.
"It really does." Forte agreed.
"Curious..." Akito replied.
"Well, kids, it looks like you got another Pokemon mystery on your hands." Atticus said, trying to sound like Fred from Mystery Inc.
"Looks like it." Estelle said.
"Does this happen often?" Susan asked.
"Oh, yes," Cherry replied. "The children will go off once in a while to meet their friends, the Ketchum siblings, to go explore in the world of Pokemon."
"By themselves?!" Paul asked out of concern.
"They always come back," Cherry shrugged. "They've done these Pokémon adventures like six or seven times."
"So you're all okay with that?" Susan asked.
"Yeah, they do this all the time," Cherry replied. "Especially since Akito is the Ketchum sister's boyfriend."
Seth and Victoria then looked to Akito.
"It's true, I am." Akito smiled bashfully and proudly.
"Whoa." Seth said.
"Why don't you come with us?" Akito smiled. "Victoria, since you wanna meet some Pokemon, now's your chance?"
"Well, I guess I could..." Victoria smiled back. "If it's alright with Mom and Dad."
"You can go as long as you bring your brother with you." Paul told her.
"You wanna go, Seth?" Victoria asked.
"Yeah!" Seth beamed. "Let's hang out with our new pals."
Paul and Susan smiled that their children made some new friends already.
"This is going to great." Vincent said.
"I'm just surprised you're okay with the kids traveling alone..." Susan said. "I mean, when I was a little girl, my parents were very protective of me."
"Oh, Susan, believe me, I felt worried and scared myself, but after a while, I got used to it because I knew they were among friends." Mo replied.
"Well, that's reassuring." Susan smiled.
"I don't get like this, do I?" Mo asked.
"Uh... Well... Heh." Atticus chuckled bashfully about his wife worrying about the kids.
"Sometimes." Cherry said.
"Hmm..." Mo pouted a bit as she ate a little more cake.
Eventually, after the party winded down, Felicity got ready with her cousins to go see Ash and Emi again along with some other Pokemon friends.
"Here we go." Estelle said.
"I guess this is it, huh?" Victoria asked.
"Uh-huh!" Estelle smiled. "Adventure!"
"I wonder what Pokémon we'll encounter?" Seth said.
"Well, probably that one I dreamed up." Akito smiled.
"I can't seem to find it in my book." Victoria said, looking through her handbook.
"Maybe its information is in our Pokédexes." Estelle said.
Once they were ready, they soon headed out for their newest Pokémon adventure. Susan kept trying not to worry, but was failing so far, so the other adults tried to help her keep calm since they were used to their kids doing this by now.
"Maybe just to be safe two of us should go with them." Susan said.
"Susan..." Atticus, Cherry, and Mo sighed.
"Well, it's the first time Seth and Victoria have been on their own!" Susan pouted.
"All right, ya big baby..." Cherry rolled her eyes before looking to the others. "Who wants to go with the kids?"
'Susan soon raises both her left hand and Paul's left hand in 3, 2, 1.' Atticus thought to himself as he cued.
Susan then raised her hand, making Paul do the same.
"Called it!" Atticus laughed to himself.
"I guess that's why they call you 'Ace'." Cherry smirked playfully.
"Alright, you two can go with kids." Mo said.
"Thank you." Susan smiled in relief.
"There's nothing to worry about though... You better hurry up before they leave town." Cherry said.
Susan and Paul soon rushed off to catch up with the kids as they were about to leave town to see Ash and Emi.
"So, how are we getting there?" Seth asked.
"We're taking a bus! All the way to-" Akito proclaimed before checking Emi's last letter for the newest location. "Unova Region!"
"Cool." Seth and Victoria smiled.
They soon went to the local bus stop to take them to their newest Pokemon adventure.
"Wait! Don't leave yet!" Susan's voice called out.
"Mom?" Seth and Victoria blinked.
"I'm sorry, kids, but we can't let you go all alone." Susan said, coming over with Paul.
"Well, this wouldn't be the first two adults that would join us on our Pokemon adventure." Akito said.
"Is that right?" Paul asked.
"Aunt Gloriosa and Uncle Timber came with us one time when we met Deoxys." Akito replied.
"And that was before we met Rayquaza, and when we met Zorora and Zororark and Entei, who we have met twice, and Raikou and Suicune, who we have also met twice." Vincent said.
"Not to mention that Master of Illusions." Estelle said.
"Wow... You guys have been through a lot," Paul said before chuckling. "I guess you ARE the kids of Cherry and Atticus."
"Tell me about it," Felicity giggled. "Don't worry, Tante Susan, you and Uncle Paul can come with us, but you have nothing to worry about."
"I just want to make sure Seth and Victoria will be alright." Susan replied.
"And we understand." Seth said.
"Those all sound like interesting adventures though." Paul said to Felicity and her cousins.
"Well, we're interesting people." Felicity smirked playfully.
"Yep." Akito nodded.
"These Pokemon adventures mean a lot, huh?" Paul asked.
"Oh, yeah," Akito smiled. "I didn't know how to feel at first, but then I saw the girl of my dreams when we started."
"Aw!" Susan smiled back.
Akito blushed a bit as he thought about the first time he saw Emi. Eventually, the bus rode over and they all came on to get going to the Unova region, and where they were not only going to get to meet the new Pokémon, but also two legendary Pokémon. It was a bit of a long ride, but soon, they were in a forest, and Akito, Estelle, Vincent, and Felicity led the way. As they looked for the Ketchum sibling, they appeared to be having a hike together with their friends.
