I'm back everybody with the second chapter of 'If I was in Pokémon?'! I'd like to give thanks to all of you that are still reading my fic and I've even received a message for new ideas! I'm plotting as we speak (Dramatic chuckles) Anyway, if you remember from the last chapter my OC, Nicholas, finally picked out his Pokémon, Charmander, and surprisingly... she can freakin' talk! And she has an attitude as well. In this chapter we'll continued with what happened last time.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon

Chapter 2: What the….!?

"YOU CAN TALK!?" Nicholas screamed in shock as Charmander blew out a small puff of fire and opened one eye. "Yeah, so what?" She said bluntly, not caring if he secret was known to the teen. Nicholas shook his head furiously.

"But you can talk! Pokémon aren't supposed to talk!" He shot back quickly, his feet kicking him away from the talking lizard.

Charmander shot him a dirty look and bared her fangs. "Why? Do you think Pokémon are too stupid to learn your language?" She asked hotly, her tail flame burning brighter. The teen's eyes widened as Charmander took a warning step forward, sparks flickering from her mouth. Nicholas quickly waved his hands as sweat poured down his face. "No, no, no, not at all!" He said quickly, not wanting to be on the receiving end of another Ember.

"It's just I didn't expect my first Pokémon would be able to talk! That's all!" Charmander snorted.

"Of course. You just thought I'd be a weak and dumb Pokémon, happy to be taken by a total stranger and forced to battle for his amusement." She snapped, expecting the human would be shaken up and caught. That was until Nicholas narrowed his eyes. The teen stood up on his feet and pointed at the Pokémon in front of him.

"Now listen here," He began, his voice stern actually catching Charmander off guard. She had expected him to run away in fear, but here he was, standing up to her. Her surprise worn off quickly and her eyes narrowed as well. "Or what? You're gonna give me back to Oak?" She dared and Nicholas bit his lip. He had that idea at first, but he had already made that promise to the professor.

He didn't like breaking promises.

Nicholas shook his head and glared back at the Charmander. "No, I won't. I'm not a quitter and I'm not gonna start because some Charmander with an attitude wanted to give me shit." Nicholas said. Charmander's eyes widened. "I've wanted to be a trainer since the age of 5 and you won't keep me from that. So either get you act together, or else." He threatened and Charmander blinked.

"Or what?" She dared, actually wanting to hear his response. "If I heard correctly, it's illegal to abuse Pokémon of any kind." She stated with a smirk.

"Who said anything about abusing a Pokémon?" Nicholas said with a seemingly evil smile. Charmander's eyes widened as he took a step forward. The lizard took a step back with each step he did forward. "W-what are you gonna do?" She stuttered in slight fear as Nicholas' shadow loomed over her. He didn't say anything and his smile only got darker. Charmander whimpered lightly as she put her arms above her head. "Stay back!" She yelped before she only felt a finger poke her chest.

"Be happy." She heard. Charmander opened her eyes to look at a grinning Nicholas. "What?" She said simply before his finger poked her again. "Be happy." He repeated as his finger started to tap her chest over and over again. "Be happy. Be happy." He repeated as Charmander's right eye twitched.

Annoyed, Charmander slapped away his hand. "Stop that!" She shouted and only felt another finger poke her side. Nicholas had continued to poke and say 'Be happy', only making Charmander even more annoyed. "Is this your plan!? To annoy the hell out of me!?" She yelped when Nicholas poked a certain spot on her side. Both went silent after hearing a small yip from the large orange lizard.

Nicholas mouth slowly curled into a devious grin and Charmander's eye twitched. "Don't even think about it." She warned and saw a hand moving towards her. "Do it and I'll burn you to ash." She threatened, but Nicholas didn't stop. "Be…." Nicholas started before his finger was caught in a tiny hand.

The human male blinked before the tiny hand clenched harder. Nicholas flinched before a yelp appeared from his mouth. "Gah!" Charmander started growling in anger as her hand started to bend the finger back. "I will break it, then bite it off." She threatened and Nicholas nodded quickly. "Okay, okay!" He cried before the female Pokémon let go. Nicholas took his hand away quickly before shooting Charmander a mock glare.

"You're evil." He pouted.

"Shut up." Charmander demanded before Nicholas stood up.

"Oh come on, be happy! Stop getting angry at me and help me!" Charmander heard his plea, but only crossed her arms and spun around on her heels. Nicholas groaned in annoyance. "Ugh, what did I do? I only said hi the second we met!" Charmander shook her head. "It doesn't matter what you did. I don't like humans." Nicholas blinked in confusion.

"Why? What did we do?" Charmander's eyes flashed in anger before her growls turned into snarls. "That's none of your business!" She screamed, making Nicholas take a safety step back.

"Charmander…" Nicholas began slowly, noticing her tail flame has gotten a bit bigger. Not a good sign. "Look, while I may not know what humans have done to you, but I'm not like the humans you're talking about." The lizard gave him a side glance added with a snort. "Oh really? How are you different?" She asked hotly.

Nicholas gave me a small smile. "Well for starters, have I actually gotten angry at you?" Charmander opened her mouth to say yes, but remembered what happened a few moments ago. He didn't really look angry, only faking it. When she stayed silent Nicholas continued.

"Okay, next; I don't hate Pokémon at all. Not even if they killed someone." He answered honestly making Charmander turned around to look at him in full view. Her eyes looked calculating, as if she was trying to find out a puzzle. 'Is he serious right now?' She thought with narrowed eyes. There was no way a person cannot not hate a Pokémon. Especially if they killed someone! If anybody got wind of a Pokémon injuring a human, they'd be captured and taken away or worse. Be put down.

But here was a human, saying so. 'If he doesn't hate Pokémon, then he must fear them.' She thought until she remembered what happened in the lab. She attacked him with her Ember and Scratch attacks, but when she went back into her Pokéball, she managed to see how he was smiling and laughing as if it was a harmless joke.

And then when he kept poking her, she threatened to burn him, but he still continued. Even when she threatened to break and bite of a finger, he didn't get pissed!

'Who is this human?' She thought in wonder.

Nicholas smiled as he noticed how much attention she was giving him. "I guess I have your full attention for once, hm?" He teased lightly. Charmander didn't notice a small blush on her cheeks. Nicholas took notice of her embarrassment immediately and leaned forward with a grin. "So let me ask you this. Why would I become a Pokémon Trainer if I didn't like Pokémon?" He declared and Charmander stared at him.

'Seriously, who was this human?' Charmander thought again and Nicholas held up a finger.

"Since you're silent, I'll have to say the answer myself." Nicholas put a thumb against his chest and smirked. "Because I'm not afraid of Pokémon. Not one bit." He declared and Charmander quickly pointed a clawed finger at him in disbelief.

"Now that's a lie! There's absolutely no way a human can't fear a Pokémon!" Charmander declared.

"I'm not gonna lie to you. I've loved Pokémon as far as I could remember. There's no way I can hate or fear Pokémon in any manner." Nicholas said as he tapped his chin. "Well, maybe I'm a little scared of Ghastly." He mumbled and Charmander stared at him in shock. Once again holding out his hand, Nicholas kneeled down on his right leg and smiled.

"So how 'bout it? Give me a chance and become friends? I promise that if something happens to make you hate me, I'll let you go free." Charmander heard the sincerity in his voice and looked back at the hand. On one hand, she wanted nothing to do with humans, but on the other this human was telling her that he really wanted to become friends with her. And he'd let her go if something were to happen. She weighed both options and thought it over. What did she have to lose? She can go on an adventure into the world either way and even learn things about humans. Especially about the one in front of her. Charmander continued to stare.

Pretty soon, she gave a sigh and put out her hand as well, connecting both of their arms by their hands. Nicholas' eyes lit up in excitement. "Okay, I'll give you a chance. But only one chance. Take that away and I get to go free." She said and Nicholas nodded. The boy stood up and almost exploded in excitement. "Finally! Now we can get going on our journey!" He exclaimed, almost yelling. "But we better hurry. It's already noon." He said, looking at the position sun in the sky. Charmander only gave a small nod, but didn't have the same enthusiasm as her trainer.

When Nicholas was about to run down the street, Charmander grabbed his left pant leg. She tugged and the human male looked down at her. "What is it?" He blinked and Charmander sighed. "First off, do you even have a map to tell us where to go?" Silence. Then Nicholas sweatdropped and walked past the Charmander to Oak's gates. The boy held his hung slightly low and he pressed the intercom button. Before he could even speak,

"You need a map, don't you?" A chuckling voice said and Nicholas rolled his eyes.

"Yes Professor." He deadpanned. "Okay, hold on." When he said that, Nicholas heard a beeping sound and looked next to the intercom button. There was a thin slot that had glowing lights around it. To answer Nicholas' wondering thoughts, a paper was printed out and pressed out. Nicholas caught it and pressed the intercom button again.

"Thanks professor."

"You're welcome."

Nicholas heard chuckling, but instead of Oak it was from Charmander. The small orange lizard smirked at him. "You're an idiot. You know that?" She deadpanned and Nicholas sweatdropped. "To be friends, we have to be nice to each other. Not be mean." He said and Charmander continued to chuckle in amusement. When Nicholas looked down at the map, his eyes scanned the sheet. "Okay, so we're here…" He mumbled.

Nicholas looked up from the map and spoke to his Pokémon. "The next town we're going to is Viridian City and we'll rest there before going to Pewter City, where the first Gym leader is. You ready?" Charmander nodded and turned around to begin walking. When she took her first step, she heard a beeping sound and turned around quickly. Nicholas stood there with a goofy grin and his Pokedex in his hand. "I almost forgot to do this. I can't go anywhere without knowing your capabilities right?" He stated and Charmander huffed. "You could've asked me, ya know." She mumbled and heard Dexter begin speak.

Species- Charmander

Type- Fire

Sex- Female

Next Evolution- Charmeleon's

Moves- Scratch, Tackle, and Ember

Info- Charmander, the Flame Lizard Pokémon. Charmander's tail represents its emotions and life force. Whenever a Charmander is angry or ready to fight, its tail flares up. When the flame on its tail goes out, it dies. Charmander are a prideful race who will fight anyone and anything. They don't give up easily.

Nicholas whistled. "So you know Tackle attack as well? This is a good start." Nicholas said as Charmander puffed out her chest. "I'm a Charmander. We like to get stronger by fighting." She said, her ego showing.

Nicholas chuckled. "I guess you're right. You did look strong when I met you though. Or maybe that was because of your… temper." He said with a sly grin and Charmander's mouth lit up slightly. "Oh, so I can't tease you back? That's so abusive." Nicholas mumbled, but with a smile. Charmander huffed and started walking down the road. "C'mon. I for one want to see the world." She said and Nicholas nodded. "Hey, hold up!" He said, chasing after his starter Pokémon.

Walking along Route 1…

"Wow, I never knew it'd be so pretty…" Nicholas whispered as he continued to look at the scenery. He looked at all the exotic flowers and trees. The trees were standing tall and healthy, blocking most of the view to the sky. He heard the sounds of roaring and squawking and even saw a few different Pokémon run around from bush to bush. Most of them being Rattata or Caterpie. When he heard the sounds of rustling from the top of trees, he saw a flock of Pidgey take off into the sky, their brown and white feathers falling down like leaves in the fall.

"Wow…" Nicholas said in awe, looking at the majestic Flying/Normal Types. Charmander rolled her eyes with a huff. He's been watching every little detail for the past 40 minutes doing nonstop noises of 'oohs' and 'ahs'. Sure even she was a little intrigued at the scenery, but she already knew the Pokémon and already got sick of being excited 30 minutes ago. She looked at Nicholas to see him look at the Pidgey fly so he, his head went back and he almost fell.

She had a small giggle. Her trainer was kinda funny to be with, even if they were just 'partners'. But she stopped herself in time before her trainer heard her. She didn't want her Trainer to know that.

"So, do you know where we are?" Charmander finally asked, breaking the silence the two had. Nicholas snapped out of his awe and blinked. "What?" He asked, not catching what she said. "I asked where we are." Charmander said again and Nicholas pulled out his map.

"Hm, the map says that we're currently walking on Route 1 and if we continue straight, we'll end up in Viridian City." He answered, taking his face away from the map when he was finished. Charmander looked at the sky. "That's good. I just hope we hurry up so we don't get stuck in the dark." Nicholas looked at her with a raised brow and a smirk. "But even if we did, we'd be okay because your tail is a natural light." He said and Charmander snorted. "Yeah, for different Pokémon to attack us out of nowhere." She stated and Nicholas chuckled nervously, realizing his mistake. "Oh right." After that, they continued to walk in silence.

As they kept walking, Nicholas began to get too uncomfortable with the silence and spoke again. "So, uh, how does it feel to be a Pokémon?" Nicholas finally asked, getting the main question off his chest. He really wanted to start conversation and get their bond stronger by getting to know each other. But he still wanted to know the answer. Charmander sighed, already seeing it coming. She already knew that the reason to why the world had professors were because they wanted to study Pokémon and learn everything about them. Since she was a talking Pokémon, this gave Nicholas the chance to ask what the world was thinking.

And since Nicholas was the one asking, she had a choice to answer him or hold off and deny his thoughts. She smirked, liking to have that kind of power of him. But eventually she chose to speak, just to humor him and herself.

"Better than being a human." Nicholas deadpanned. He already knew that, being able to use different attacks depending on your element.

"Okay… what I meant was, how does it feel to be able to use fire and evolve?" Charmander looked at her trainer while her feet continued to walk down their path. "Well I didn't evolve yet, but I can easily say that it's amazing to be able to change at a faster rate than humans. Especially if a get a pair of wings." She said, already imagining herself as a full grown Charizard flying through the skies. Nicholas envied the lizard Pokémon. Sure, you're cute and nobody takes you seriously when you're a Charmander, but when you're a large ass Charizard that can fly and burn through anything…!

"And the feeling of using fire, is well… how do I put it?" Charmander continued, tapping her chin while thinking of the right words to use in her answer. "To use fire makes me feel like I'm strong enough to make a difference in things. To protect myself and fight." Nicholas smiled and nodded. "I can totally understand that. I mean, I used to be bullied when I was little and I would appreciate having that ability. Though I could say I'd probably burn everything down when I get excited." He chuckled at his joke and Charmander could see it as well. To see a small black kid running around shooting flames from his mouth at people.

"By the way, what does it feel like to be a Pokémon and have different rights than humans?" Nicholas asked and Charmander smirked.

"Well it's good to not have to have a job and I can fight to add more excitement to my life." She could've gone off listing lots of things, but she just started off with the simpler ones. Nicholas muttered, "Lucky Pokémon" under his breath. Now he really wanted to be a Pokémon.

"Now this we're talking about how does it feel to be whom; what about you? It's not fair if you only learn about me." She said, actually interested enough to want to know his past. She also wanted to see if their bond would get strong enough to make her see humans in a different way, but she also wanted to know his past to why he doesn't fear Pokémon at all. Charmander saw Nicholas smile.

"Well let me truly introduce myself. The name's Nicholas Burton and I'm 14 years old. Today is my Birthday." He said until his eyes widened and he cursed under his breath. Charmander blinked. "What's the matter?"

"Professor Oak didn't say Happy Birthday to me." He pouted earning a sweatdrop from the talking Pokémon.

"Okay… back to your backstory." Charmander suggested, making Nicholas realized what they were talking about.

"Oh yeah, sorry about that. Anyway, my likes are Pokémon, Video Games, and Pizza. I hate war and abusers of Pokémon." He didn't notice the small flinch Charmander's body created. "My hobbies are playing games and reading. My dream is to create an equal world for Pokémon and humans alike." Charmander's eyes widened.

"That's a big dream." She mumbled and Nicholas nodded. "I see you're impressed." Charmander couldn't help, but nod. "Never before have any of my last trainers said they wanted to create an equal world." Nicholas snorted and scratched his nose. "Well I'm not like those people, now am I?" He said with a shot chuckle.

"Now, when I was little," He continued. "I always loved Pokémon, but I've hated humans at the same time." Charmander stopped walking in surprise. Nicholas stopped as well and looked at the small Pokémon. "What?" Charmander blinked. "You said you hated humans as well." She said slowly, not sure if she heard that right. Nicholas nodded.

"Of course I did. I did say I hated war and Pokémon abusers, right? Well as a kid, I've heard of news reports of people using Pokémon as tools to fight innocent people and for crime while others hit their Pokémon or abandon them, leaving them to die. I've always hated people like that and I'd actually kick the shit out of someone if I ever saw it with my own eyes." He said with total honesty. Adding to her shock, the flame lizard didn't hear a smidge of deceit in his tone.

Charmander looked up at him in awe. She was totally wrong about him! 'I guess he isn't like other humans.' She thought as Nicholas chuckled at her expression. "I'm surprised you're this shocked. I mean, have you ever heard of a human saying he hated others because of their actions?" Charmander shook her head no. "Wow, I'm on a roll then. I already said it and I'm gonna say it again. I'm not like other people." He laughed and Charmander had a small smile growing on her face. While the trainer was laughing and the smiling Pokémon stared at him a bit impressed, they both heard a rustling in the bushes on their left.

Nicholas' head whipped to the side when he heard the noise, already alert to the nearby sound. He stood up quickly and took a step back in caution. "Charmander," He warned, already seeing the Fire Type getting ready for a fight, her tail glowing lightly. When the rustling stopped, a large, slender figure popped out the bushes. Nicholas gasped in surprise.

Slithering out of the bushes, was a battered and bruised snake like Pokémon. The body was purple with a pair of yellow eyes, a yellow ring-like detail around the neck and a yellow tip of the tail that looked like a rattlesnake's. The body looked more of a worm than a snake, but the movements, slit eyes and forked tongue gave away its animalistic features. Nicholas quickly took out his Pokedex and turned it on.

Hearing the beeping noise, Nicholas heard the info of the mystery Pokémon from Dexter.

Species- Ekans

Type- Poison

Sex- Male

Next Evolution- Arbok

Moves- Poison Sting, Dig, and Wrap

Ekans, the poison snake Pokémon. Ekans usually eats the eggs of bird Pokémon and hypnotizes their prey with their eyes and/or body movements. In battle they are cunning and mischievous, very difficult to fight against. The venom in their poison sacks are terribly dangerous and can paralyze and/or kill a Pokémon the size of a Rhyhorn.

After Dexter's voice shut off, the Ekans fell forward onto the ground, his eyes clenched shut in pain. Nicholas gasped and ran towards it. "Shit, this is bad! Charmander look at his wounds!" Nicholas exclaimed as he took notice of the red bruises and cuts littering over the snake's body. Ekans hissed in pain, but he still looked unconscious. Nicholas turned to his starter Pokémon. "The Pokémon Center is only 2 miles away! We can make it there quickly if we run!" He said as Charmander nodded in understanding. After Nicholas carefully picked up the injured Ekans, they both began to run down the path to the next town.

Behind them hiding in a bush was a large cobra like purple snake, it's forked tongue slithering out of its mouth in an angered way. The large snake left the bush and began to slither away.

There, the second chap is up and finished! Nicholas and Charmander had begun on their journey with a bad start in partnership, but after a deal and learning things about each other's pasts... mostly, they've grown to like each other's presence. But with an unexpected appearance of an injured Ekans on the brink of death, how will they continue?

Find out next time on 'If I Was In Pokémon?'!

(PS- I'm still open for any ideas that readers have to add to my story. Like I've said before, I've got a person asking me to make an OC companion later in the story. I'll will gladly read over ideas and think of appropriate moments to place them. I'm even thinking of relationships between human/human and Pokémon/Pokémon. Please review!)