Word – Human Talk
Word – Telepathy
(Word) – Pokemon speech
(A/N: The trainers in this story will have devices that will allow them to understand pokemon, so just deal with it.)
Beginning of the "First Encounters" Story Arc
Brothers Reunited At Long Last
The morning star's rising arms streaks past the trees of the forest and shines upon four familiar teens that are sleeping like hibernating Ursarings during winter. As the four teens and many of their pokemon continue to sleep, the blue otter with the shell on his stomach slowly opens his eyes and wakes up to a beautiful sunrise that is somewhat obscure by the trees.
Oshawott gets to his feet and raises his arms in the air as his way of stretching them, in line with is daily morning routine. He goes off wandering before he finds a small stream that looks perfect for a morning swim. Walking over, he puts his foot in to check the temperature and, upon finding the water at a lukewarm temperature, hops into the stream. Oshawott starts swimming laps from one side of the stream to the other, much like he regularly does every morning. On his tenth lap, Oshawott's ears perk up upon hearing something.
"Remember… say…"
Although he looks around for the source of the strange voice, Oshawott sees nothing that could have made that could speak his tongue.
"Oshawott, breakfast is ready!"
That voice he knew very well and he decides that he is done swimming laps. Upon getting out, he shakes off most of the water off his body, before he goes back to the group.
"(Man)," the black and orange pig muttered, "(Does Oshawott always have to do his morning swim every day? It's starting to get annoying not seeing him in the mornings.)"
"(Don't worry about it, Tepig,)" the brown bunny with fluff answered, "(His morning exercise is how he usually gets ready when he needs to wake up.)"
"(That's easy for you to say, Buneary,)" the green snake exclaimed, "(You're able to sleep soundly through the night, unlike the most of us.)"
"(Way to be hypocritical, Snivy,)" the black and white flying squirrel teased, "(You talk about not getting any sleep when you don't appear to be sleepy.)"
"(Put a sock in it, Emolga,)" snapped Snivy, tired of hearing the dual type mock her, "(It's hard to get some decent sleep when you snore worse than a Snorlax!)"
"(Who does what like a Snorlax?)"
Snivy and Emolga looked to some nearby bushes as Oshawott comes back into the clearing after his morning swim. His arrival had unknowingly caused the dispute between Emolga and Snivy to dissipate as he approached the group.
"(No one, Oshawott,)" the yellow mouse told the absent minded otter, "(Snivy and Emolga were having another bickering fest again.)"
"(Oh, thanks for clearing that up, Pikachu,)" Oshawott replied, sufficient with the answer. However, Pikachu suddenly found both Emolga and Snivy giving him death glares at how he answered the otter's question.
"Remind me to have us teach our pokemon some manners later," Ash Ketchum commented to Dawn, Iris, and Cilan as they eat their breakfast.
"I won't make any promises," muttered Cilan, who was busy trying to eat his meal.
"…look at the…"
Oshawott once again looked around him, trying to find the source of the mysterious voice. Seeing no one near him and shaking his head, he turns to see his trainer walking five feet ahead and runs to catch up.
"Oshawott seems to be a bit absent minded," Dawn comments, as Oshawott goes by Ash's legs and walks ahead of the teens.
"Maybe he's just not as focused as the rest," Iris suggested, with Oshawott turning to her and giving her a glare. True, even he himself had thought that he wasn't as focus as he wants, but that still doesn't mean that he wants his focus called into question.
"(I'm not absent minded,)" Oshawott protests, as he turns around and walks right into another teen's leg. Walking back a few feet, Oshawott looks up to see a teen with hair the color of chocolate, eyes that are the same color, and shoes that are brick red in color. The teen's forest green jacket only allows a small area of the trainer's black shirt to show through, while his pants are a dark shade of grey. He has a dark green watch-like devise on his left arm, while a red and white cap with a black poke ball on it rests on his head. A green pack with a strap is position across his back, completing his look for the region.
Kneeling down to Oshawott's height, the teen asks the otter, "Hey, you okay?"
As if acting on experience, the young otter shakes his head before giving the trainer a stance similar to if Oshawott had entered the army.
"That's good to know," the trainer states, before getting back to his feet and turning to Ash, "You're Oshawott seems to have his head in the clouds."
"Yah, he does seem like that sometimes," Ash tells the trainer, "By the way, my name's Ash."
"Hey Ash, my name's Tanaka," the trainer states as he introduces himself, "Although I would like to get to know you all better.
About a few hours later, the five teens stop to rest near the route they have been taking and get ready to have some lunch. So far, Tanaka has told the other four trainers that his adventure has been going for a few years, trying to improve his pokemon before moving onto the next city.
"I think I should take my pokemon out," Tanaka thinks out loud, before taking out six poke balls and throwing them in the air. As the new forms took shape, their appearance makes them more unique than other pokemon. The first one that shows itself is a shiny Liepard, with the fur of the big cat a dark red color. The next pokemon was a Herdier, but the dog has a black color around its neck with a name tag.
The third pokemon that forms is a shiny Tranquill, immediately followed by a Drilbur with a bandana on its neck and a Leavanny wearing a red vest. The last pokemon to show itself is a Dewott with nothing special about him, which one could say makes him more unique.
Upon seeing its trainer, the Herdier runs over to Tanaka and tackles the teen to the ground, where the dog proceeds to lick the trainer's face.
"Okay, Rex, okay," Tanaka tells his pokemon as he tries to get up, "I missed you too, but that doesn't mean you have to lick my face off!"
"(Does that usually happen?)" Buneary asks the shiny Liepard, who has lied down next to the brown bunny.
"(You have no idea,)" the shiny Liepard calmly states.
"(Usually our trainer has to get Rex off with treats,)" the Drilbur states, having sat down a few feet away from the shiny Liepard.
"(Say, what are your names?)" Pikachu asks.
"(Sarah,)" the shiny Liepard calmly purred.
"(Shelby,)" the Drilbur clarifies.
"(Rex,)" the Herdier barks.
"(Ann,)" the Leavanny states with happiness.
"(Sam,)" the Tranquill chirped.
"(Xeon,)" the Dewott clarifies.
"(I heard that name before!)"
Upon hearing the voice, Xeon looks to Ash's Oshawott and stares at one of his own kind in his unevolved form. The two pokemon look at each other, before the two start to copy each other's movements. The two otters start jumping from tree to tree, before the two otters both land on the ground, only for the two to jump past each other and land where they previously were.
Xeon lifts his left foot, and finds a slash that Oshawott created using his scallop. Oshawott does the same thing, finding a similar mark under his left foot.
Xeon turns around, before stated, "(Even after all these years, you still remember how we usually greet each other.)"
Oshawott, turns around and runs straight to Xeon, before jumping up and embracing the dewott in a hug. The dewott returns the hug, as Oshawott exclaims, "(It's wonderful to see you again, brother!)"
"(The same goes for me, Luke,)" Xeon happily states, "(Everyday not seeing you grow up feels like an eternity!)"
Everyone is in both awe and shock, but mostly in shock at the sight of what just happened. As the two brothers finally stopped hugging and Xeon places Oshawott, or "Luke", down, Tepig breaks the silence by asking, "(What just happened?)"
"(I have no idea,)" Buneary answers, as Sarah the liepard and Ann the leavanny went up to the brothers.
"(Maybe you should tell them, Xeon,)" Ann suggests, with Sarah nodding her head in approval.
"(Yah,)" Oshawott adds, "(And you could tell us about the adventures we had when we were younger!)"
"Crazy, huh," Ash tells Tanaka, as the pokemon listen in on the dewott's story, "I never knew Oshawott has a brother."
"Well, Xeon did talk about his brother from time to time," Tanaka comments, "He started talking about him about two weeks after I chose Xeon to be my starter."
"So they were with Professor Juniper," Cilan states, with Tanaka nodding his head, "If that's so, then why didn't Oshawott tell us about his older brother sooner?"
"Your answer is as good as mine," Tanaka answers, as we focus in on the story being told by the Dewott.
"(…and the Krokorok runs into the tree, and he forgot that he was going after our friend Sewaddle!)"
Several of the pokemon start laughing, including Oshawott, after hearing how Xeon and his brother protected their caterpillar friend from an angry Krokorok. After everyone calmed down, Xeon added, "(Anyway, the Krokorok was doing better since I last saw him, so I'm guessing he got over it.)"
"(Your brother is awesome, Oshawott,)" Scraggy tells the young otter, "(How come you never told us about him before?)"
"(Well, he's the only family I have left…and…)"
Xeon looks at his brother in worry, as Oshawott's smile fades away and is replaced with a sad frown and with sad eyes. Xeon has seen this before, and this is not a good sign.
"(Sarah,)" the dewott asks his companion, "(Could you take Luke over to the trainers? I think he would be better off with them for the moment.)"
"(Sure,)" Sarah agrees, and begins escorting the young otter to Rex, who was lying at his trainer's feet. After Oshawott and Sarah lay down next to Rex, Xeon states, "(I can't believe I couldn't get him out of there fast enough from what happened to our family.)"
"(What do you mean?)" Axew asks.
"(It happened when we were both younger,)" Xeon explains.
Flashback
A young Luke and Xeon (both oshawotts) were playing in a small river when a shadow appeared over them. Looking up, the two saw a three headed beast flying over them. The two oshawotts ran out of the river and bolt through the woods until they reach a clearing. There, a shiny Dewott and a shiny Zangoose ran to the pair. Just before the pair could explain what happened, the three headed beast came onto the ground and ran towards the small family. The Zangoose pushes the other three away, where upon the beast clamps one of its heads on the white pokemon's throat and kills it. The beast then lashes one of its other heads at the dewott, clamping down on the otter's shoulder. The dewott mouths to Xeon to run, which the young oshawott does with his brother being held close to Xeon's chest. As the pair run, the beast cries out in bloodlust.
"(That's terrible,)" Buneary states horrified, "(Did that beast ever come back?!)"
"(I never heard anything from those woods,)" Xeon answers with a sadden tone, "(But I have tried to make sure Luke never remembers what happened after that. That's why I really missed him.)"
"Looks like it's getting dark," Tanaka thinks out load, "We might have to rest here for tonight."
"(Sounds…great…)" Oshawott mumbles, before going off into the dream world.
