Zed woke up in his house, smiling at the still slumbering form next to him. A few minutes later, Bently, the Oshawott, woke up as well. Zed decided to go outside, where he met his new friends Cheren and Bianca. He hadn't told them what happened before moving to Unova. The memories pained him too much. Together, Zed and Bently traveled to the nearest town. Along the way, they met their newest friend, a Patrat Zed named Patricia. After healing up and stocking up on items, Zed followed Cheren to a gathering crowd. He was curious what was going on. What was the robed guy talking about? Liberation of Pokemon? Pokemon being unhappy? Could that really be true? Afterwards, the crowd parted. A lone figure, in the garb of a common trainer, stayed behind. He introduced himself simply as N, claiming Zed's Pokemon talked. He then challenged Zed to a battle, which Zed reluctantly accepted. N only had one Pokemon with him: a Purrloin. Zed, believing in himself and his Pokemon, sent out Bently. the Purrloin was almost beat, when all of a sudden Bently got hit by a scratch of fainting like he should have, Bently had a large gash down his back. He started shivering, then lay still. Shocked beyond belief, though unwilling to forfeit a fight, Zed threw out Patricia's poke-ball in rage. Patricia avenged Bently. after N and Cheren left, Zed slowly walked to the Pokemon Center with Bently carefully cradled in his arms. he had forgotten about the Curse. That night, he carefully laid Bently to rest, praying for his safe journey. In sadness, he didn't tell his mom what happened. He then caught a Lillipup which he named Lillian, despite it being male. Without a problem, he made it to the gym in the nearest town. Then he was stopped by Bianca. Bianca told him they had to battle to get stronger. She sent out her Tepig, while Zed chose to send out Patricia. The battle was good until the very end. hit by a powerful Ember attack, Zed watched in dread as Patricia withered to ash. Bianca didn't seem to notice this happening. Zed, reluctant to continue, threw Lilian's poke-ball. Lilian succeeded in beating Tepig. Unwanting to hurt Bianca's feelings, as she was a good friend, Zed never told her what happened. He continued along his path, defeating Cylan in the process. He was then called upon by Fennel to collect some Dream Mist from the Dreamyard. Zed was confronted by two familiar grunts he had seen earlier, behind the man telling the speech. the first succeeded in defeating a monkey Pokemon Zed had named Boln. Boln stopped breathing, and Zed nearly gave up the battle at the loss of another great friend. all he had left was Lillian, the Lillipup. Zed beat the other grunt to save the Munna they had trapped. in sorrow, after accepting Fennel's gift of the C-Gear, he payed his respects to his fallen teammates. This is where the story ends, for now.