Hello readers! I would like to thank KenitohMenara for letting me write a new story for the Perspectiverse. I would also like to recommend that you read other New Perspective stories if you like what you see here.

I do not own Pokémon.


Ricky opened his eyes slowly as he felt the sunlight behind his eyelids. He slowly rose from his place and looked around the dark cave for the other occupant, a Braixen named Fara. Sure enough, she was still asleep a few feet away from him on the green sleeping bag he insisted that she use. He smiled as he watched her sleep so peacefully, and the smile stayed as he started gently shaking her right shoulder.

"Fara, it's time to wake up. We need to eat our breakfast and get a move on." He said softly. The answer he received was her mumbling about wanting five more minutes. He chuckled and decided to let her have her five minutes while he got the Pecha berries out of his bag. He knew that they would have to get more supplies soon as they were almost out of food.

Ricky went back to where he slept and picked up two gloves with metallic protrusions over the knuckles and strapped them on his hands with leather straps. The noise finally roused Fara from her slumber as she sat up slowly and saw Ricky with the gloves. "What's wrong, Ricky? Why are you putting on your claws? Did you hear something?"

"There's nothing wrong. The Beast is not coming out right now." He said jokingly. He had made a name for himself across the region and the people and Pokemon started legends about him. They called him the Beast because he roared at anyone trespassing from a distance and left claw marks on stones and trees using the blades on his gloves, which acted as real claws. He also leaves a few traps around where he stays and trespassers think that hunters placed them to try and catch the Beast. He's been on the run for a while; so long that he lost count of the months before he met Fara.

Fara was abandoned by her trainer at the start of the revolution and left to wander. When she learned of what the other Pokemon were doing to the humans, she ran from cities and didn't want to be a part of it. She still respected the humans and was almost horrified at the infancy treatments the humans received. She was alone for 8 months after the war ended before stumbling into Ricky and learning that he was the Beast. She told him her story and he let her stay with him on the run. After two more months, they became as close as siblings and he promised to protect her no matter what.

Ricky wanted to be a researcher before the Revolution even started. His claws were even his first invention. He loved science and machines more than almost anything. He was an assistant to a scientist when the war started and he was told to flee. Ricky had to leave his scientist friend and partner Pokemon behind and he wonders where they are. Some solitude did not sit well with him, as he started to act like a feral animal, and truly becoming the Beast he was called. It was only when he met Fara and heard her story that he came back to his senses.

After breakfast was finished, they both started packing up to move to a new location. But something was eating into Ricky's thoughts about the time of year it was. "Fara, how long has it been since the war ended?" He asked. She looked back at him and looked straight into his blue eyes hiding behind his black hair.

"It's been about a year and three months." She answered. He nodded as he looked at a small brown box at the bottom of his bag before covering it with the supplies.

"Just two more months, then." He said softly. He proceeded to pick up the back and slung the single strap over his left shoulder. "Let's get going. We have to beat out the patrols before they get the guts to come here."

"Right." They both nodded and head out into the forest.

The trek through the forest was silent as they should not make any noise or be made known to the patrols. Ricky smirked as he saw traps he laid had been set off and tampered with, signaling that they had caught trespassers and they escaped during the night. A few hours later, they heard what sounded like footsteps and the two immediately picked up the pace to try escaping. The sounds kept getting louder and eventually they heard shouting around them. Ricky's hands balled into fists and the claws on his gloves sprang out and locked into place while Fara pulled out and lit her branch, both ready to fight. They hoped it wouldn't come to fighting, but would do what they could to get out of this.

They kept running before the fatigue caused them both to slow down and eventually stop, with Ricky falling to his knees. Ricky yelled at Fara to keep going but she refused to leave him. He tried yelling out again, but saw that the patrol closed in before he stood up and tried to stand in front of Fara. The fatigue and the pain of his travels finally caught up with him and he blacked out.


When he came to, he saw that he was in an unfamiliar room and he was alone. He tried to rise but he found that he was strapped to a bed. He looked at his hands and saw that his claws were gone. He started struggling and growling in anger and fear, his feral instincts returning. A door opened to reveal a Wigglytuff in nurse clothing entering. She gasped and tried to calm him down to no avail.

"Young man! Please, calm down! There's nothing to-"

"Where is she?!" He growled.

"Who are you talking about?" she gasped.

"My sister! Fara!" He roared. The door opened again and Fara came in with a worried look on her face.

"Ricky, it's okay! I'm fine!" She shouted. He didn't hear her words as he kept growling and roaring Fara's name. She eventually put a paw to his forehead and brushed some of the hair from his eyes. "Ricky! Look at me! I'm fine! Everything is alright." This time, she got through to him and he started to calm down. "Thank you. I'm still here with you."

He sighed and laid his head back down on the pillow before looking at the nurse. "I'm sorry for scaring you. Where are we?" he asked. The nurse smiled and nodded before going into explanation.

"This is the Icirrus city center. You can call me Wendy. The doctor has already examined you and said you should be good to go for adoption in a few days." She said. Ricky was almost impressed. He and Fara had been trying to get to a possible safe haven in Dragonspiral tower. Fara held his hand and glared at Wendy after the explanation.

"I won't go anywhere without him and I won't let him be turned into a baby. You might as well just put me up for adoption too, since Ricky is the only family I have." She said. Wendy looked at Fara in surprise and gasped.

"Miss, I have seen countless children who were happy with their new lives. While some of them have not gone through the regression, I have only seen positive reactions when they settle down with their families. As for you, you will have to take it up with the parents for them to adopt you. A representative from the HAA will be here in a little bit to talk to you about the adoption." Wendy explained calmly. Fara didn't say anything else but still held onto Ricky's hand. Wendy sighed before undoing the straps on Ricky and turning to the door. "If you need anything, don't hesitate to use the remote beside you to call for me or another nurse."

"Thank you, Wendy." Ricky replied. Wendy nodded before heading out and closing the door. Ricky heard Fara sniff and saw her crying. He gently squeezed her paw to comfort her. "Fara, like you said, everything will be alright. There's nothing to worry about. As long as we stay together, I swear that I won't let anything happen to us." She still had tears in her eyes as she nodded.

"You swear?" She held his hand tighter, looking for some kind of confirmation.

"I swear." He answered. She smiled as she wiped the tears off her face. All they could do now was wait for the HAA representative to come.