Prologue:

In the beginning there was no hate, only happiness. Each family raised their children well and coexisted with many a pokemon. There was no sorrow or suffering. This was the way for many years, but there can be no good without evil, even if that evil has not yet shown itself. But that one night, evil hit us like a merciless tidal wave…

It came….like a silent pain…

My heart was beating heavily and I heard the pounding in my ears like the sound of a stampede as I ran as hard and as fast as I could, my Dratini, who I named Scylla, ran at my side, the image of my slaughtered family lingering in my head. A never ending stream of tears ran down my face. Beads of sweat chasing each other down my face and neck. Behind me, I smelled the smoke of the burning houses, the cries of fear and agony coming from the people and pokemon alike. The long grasses tore at my shoulders while crawling shrubs tangled my legs, yet I ran on. I had the strange feeling that as I ran, the moon was pursuing me and the ground was rising up to meet me but it was all in my imagination. I finally reached the mountain path and followed it.

At the top of this mountain lay an entire open view of my beautiful village, and when I reached the top, my heart was not prepared for what I was about to face. I was frozen in place, shocked and horrified at the events unfolding before me.

I fell to my knees and allowed myself to fall apart. Scylla let out a sharp cry of despair next to me. I felt ill as if poison had invaded my system, as I watched my village crumble. There, in the middle of all the chaos, a dark shadow stood, as if it were the leading cause of it all.

"I'll get you." I whispered with all the hate that I possessed.

"I'll find you. I'll get you. And I'll kill you!" I shrieked.

The dark shadow swung it's gaze to me, as if it had heard every word; as if I was an annoying intruder in it's perfect world of death and destruction. My heart beat like a drum as I saw it's deep red eyes fixed upon me. I couldn't breathe. It was like being in trance while looking at a fire, at wall paper, thinking nothing; feeling nothing, but staring as if in deep sleep, your lids closing as you watch the fire dance. I heard my name coming from somewhere afar. I staggered as I felt weightless. The voice was coercing me softly.

"Silph…Silph…Silph…"

I woke up.

Part 1
I was covered in sweat and my heart was still beating a million miles per hour.
I looked around and I saw out of the corner of my eye that the sun was peeking up. Silph? I did not understand the meaning of going to Silph in Saffron City. And I certainly did not remember that being a part of that day. It was just so strange and I couldn't put it together. Once I caught my breath I sat up in my bed, reaching my arms up and stretching. A yawn escaped my mouth as I looked out the window next to me, Scylla, my Dragonite was already up and at em', flying in the sky, waiting for me to wake up. I got up, stripped and got into the shower. Once out I got dressed, brushed up a little and walked out.

Outside, the sun was had just risen, and the skies were a clear blue, with a few stray clouds. Living alone in a place like this was really not bad at all. It was very peaceful, but sometimes it got very lonely not having any human presence, only having that of your pokemon, but you got used to it. And I certainly wasn't about to complain living in such a beautiful home.

I was only 16 years old and I was one of the best dragon type pokemon trainer of the region, next to Clair, the Gym Leader of Blackthorn City. But even I had to admit I was much better and also much prettier than her...Trainers of all ages sometimes came here to seek advice, to have me train their pokemon, or just to observe me train my own dragon pokemons. At times I even trained with them (the pokemon). I had trained dragon types such as dratini, kingdra, Vibrava, flygon, Altaria, Salamence, and many more.

Winter was turning into spring, and everything was beginning to come alive. It was the perfect day to train. As I looked at the surrounding mountains and the vast forest in which I was living in, my mind wandered back to that nightmare. That day was this day today, three years ago. My heart filled with pure vengeance as I thought more and more about it, and before I knew it, I was a mile behind my house near the training grounds where Scylla awaited. She gave me a solemn look. Scylla was caring, sweet, understanding and loyal. We go back a long time. She knows better than anyone and felt everything I did. I shrugged it off as I usually do, but the feeling of retribution was still in my heart. Scylla was not for it at all, and she let me know it. She nudged me with her massive tail but not hard enough to hurt. I sighed and gave her a hug. "I'm sorry." I said. "But today is that day…"

Not far from Scylla was Thorn, my newly acquired Gabite, whom sat on top of a giant boulder. He was the petulant stubborn one, but he did listen to me for I was much the same as he. We connected in many ways. His previous master had been an arrogant fool, who captured pokemon to do his bad deeds for him. If I had not known better, I'd say he was from team rocket. He came to me and demanded I trained 'that weak little thing of a pokemon' and when I refused he simply said "fine. He is your problem now," and marched out. Ever since then I have trained this cute little Gabite and treated him as my own. He is a very clingy pokemon. I was currently in the process of training him. He is actually abnormally strong for someone of his level. I should expect him to evolve soon enough.

"Okay, Scylla." I said, voice firm, pointing at the giant boulder where Thorn sat.

It was time to get to work.

"Use Hyp-"

I was cut off by Scylla's cry. It was a strange cry, as if it were a warning.

"Cut it out. this is no time for funny bus-"

Then she took off. Anger began to flow into me. "Where do you think you're going?"

As I said this, Thorn also reacted and started throwing himself at the boulder.

They were out of their minds! Scylla circled the skies and held onto her head as if she were in pain. Thorn continued his mysterious attack on the boulder. I began to get worried. "Are you guys ok!?" I had to scream, she was too high up into the sky, and he was making a lot of noise from running himself into that big rock. It was as if they were possessed by some sort of evil spirit.

Then I spotted something over Scylla that looked to be a bright mist. The strangeness of its brightness and the sudden gust of wind that slapped my bare arms made me shiver, not with cold but something deeper and more intense.

I became afraid.

It turned here and there and came my way. I staggered backwards and began to run. But as fast as lighting it caught me and I was surrounded by it….It was like a silent pain…. Nothing feels wrong, but I want to scream & stop this feeling – or whatever it is… I feel out of it. How else to put it? I'm fine, but not fine. Nothing aches, yet everything aches. I feel utterly joyful, & utterly doomed & depressed. And then, that distant, familiar voice from the nightmare came again…

"Silph…Silph…Silph…"

It sounded so sweet, so beautiful, and so angelic, with several tones like a harmonic choir.

"Silph…Come to Silph and all will be revealed…Silph…"

The last thing I heard were the cries coming from Scylla, so far away. And then the darkness came, and I was falling into a bottomless pit filled with fire.

I felt different. I was changed somehow and I knew I would never be the same. My body had a tingling sensation, a cool sort of burning, running from my legs, my arms, my core, everything. And I let it capture me.

I awoke with a start, peevish and stiff. I stood and shook myself head to tail… Wait. Head to tail? I turned and looked at a fluffy thing sticking out of my unfamiliar bum, and turned over and over, enthralled in this funny situation. I sat and looked down my backside and saw dark maroon spikes going down it, and dragon/bat like wings. I looked down at my legs and saw that I had four legs and four paws, instead of my human lets with feet with small claws. I saw that my clothes were lying not too far from where I was. Fascination quickly turned to anxiety. I sat up on my hind legs and stared at the paws on my front legs.

"Oh dear…what have I become?" I whispered, my words quivering with fear.

"A Pokemon!"

I jumped with a start as I was startled, and there stood Scylla, towering over me with a goofy grin on her face, and as usual, not far from her stood Thorn.

"w-w-what did you just say?" I questioned her, quite a bit shocked at not only the answer, but of the fact that I understood her.

"A Pokemon. You asked 'what have I become' and I answered 'a Pokemon,' Master."

At this she seemed thrilled, and her infectious excitement was impossible to pass up. I laughed and jumped with glee around her.

"You can talk!"

"I have always been able to talk. You just never understood, even though I understood you."

"Well excuse me for not being able to speak pokemon!"

"I should be the one to say th-"

I cut her off.

"This is so cool! I'm a pokemon!"

"Oh brother…" muttered Thorn, rolling his eyes in displeasure, but I knew, in fact, that he was secretly amusement.

I continued to jump around, wag my tail in the air and chase it, wiggle my long ears, feeling on my dragon horns, flapping my dragon wings, etc. as Scylla watched in amusement and Thorn in annoyance.

"I have never seen a pokemon like you before, Master." said Scylla with great apprehension.

"Yeah I didn't recognize me either." I replied still playing around. "Maybe I'm a new species!"

"I wonder how this happened…"

At this I became somber and sat up straight pondering the situation.

"I just don't know…But whatever happened, Silph has something to do with this. That is where we must go."

At this she nodded in agreement, and silently we took off, me and thorn on Scylla's back. What awaits us at our destination? What exactly am I, if I am a pokemon at all, and what kind? What is the purpose of this phenomenon and why did it happen to me? There were so many questions going on in my head, but the answers are yet to come, and until then I must be patient. Until then, we are off in a mysterious adventure, and what challenges await for us in our journey, I will also have to wait and see. I let out a long, exasperated sigh. So much waiting for such an impatient person such as I.

Watch how Anemone and her partners Scylla the Dragonite and Thorn the Gabite trek the challenges in their pursuit to SILPH! Exciting comings and goings await the adventure seekers, for special task!