"Aero! Take it easy alright? It's Chris' first time flying!" Red shouted to his Aerodactyl over the roar of the wind as the crew made their way over route 21 towards Cinnabar Island. Chris was clutching on to Aerodactyl so hard that Aerodactyl was wincing in pain.

Blue, on the other hand, was an image of cool as he stood on Charizard, deep in thought.

"Senior Blue?" Yellow asked, looking at the trainer who trained her years ago, "Is there anything wrong?"

"Charizard doesn't seem to be feeling well," Blue replied, his eyes focused on his partner, "Red! You go on ahead, I'm going to land for a bit!" He called out to his rival.

"Let's all land then," Red replied, "I think Aero's a little tired from carrying more than one person too!"

They picked a nice, small outcrop of land in the middle of the sea, and landed their pokemon there. Red patted Aerodactyl on the head, smiled and said "Thanks Aero, let's take a breather for now. I know it's not easy carrying three people."

"Pi, sorry I can't get back into my ball." Pika crossed his arms, and faced away from Red.

"Oh Pika, you know I don't mean it like that, come here, give me a nice hug!" Red motioned towards Pika. To his surprise, Pika closed one eye, and let off a huge thundershock.

"Yeow!" Red yelped, and ran around the outcrop with Pika chasing him.

"Hmph. Kids." Blue shook his head and turned towards Charizard, who was looking very frail and had his head on the ground, panting.. "Charizard, are you okay?" Blue put a hand on Charizard's head.

All of a sudden, Charizard was enveloped in a bright light. Blue jumped back, surprised.

"That's the light of evolution, isn't it?" Red said, watching in awe, "I never knew Charizard had a fourth evolution..." He mused aloud.

"He doesn't," Chris said, with a puzzled look on her face, "Professor Oak had already proven that Pokemon can only evolve the maximum of two times. I'd better call him." Chris took out her pokegear and punched in the Pokemon Professor's number faster than anyone could even recite.

"Professor! Something's happening to Charizard, and I think you should see it." Chris yelled into the phone. She called up the pokegear's video call function and pointed it at Charizard.

In the ball of light, Red could barely make out the shape of Charizard, but it seemed like Charizard was shedding its skin, revealing the silhouette of a boy. By the time the light had subsided, there was no sign of Charizard, but what lay on the ground in its place was a teenager, about Yellow's age, dressed in an off-white T-shirt and orange-brown cargo pants. He had striking orange hair, with two short stumps poking out from underneath it. On his back were two waxy wings, also orange in colour.

"Ugh." the boy groaned.

The four travellers looked at the boy, with a look of disbelief on their faces.

"He turned human too." Pika finally broke the awkward silence.

"Oh my, so it seems," Oak said, through the speakerphone, "So it is true that when a Pokemon has reached its highest peak of its evolution, it is possible for such a phenomenon to occur naturally."

"Professor?" Chris asked, confused.

"I uncovered some ancient documents handed to me by my senior, Professor Rowan in Sinnoh, after you left. I never really paid any attention to it, since it seemed far-fetched and impossible, but apparently not. I'm going to have to continue researching this then, I suppose. Chris, would you mind sending me the footage of that video?" Oak asked. Crystal nodded her head in agreement, "Alright then, I think you guys had best get down to Cinnabar quick." Oak said, before cutting the call.

Blue stepped forward and poked the boy with a finger, "Charizard?" He asked.

"Ugh. Feels terrible," The boy groaned again, "Like a ton of information just crashed my brain."

"I'm sure it did. Seems like you picked up an entire language in the spam of half a minute." Blue picked Charizard up by the hand.

"Blue? You can... Holy crap!" Charizard held his hands out in front of him.

"Welcome to the club, Pi." Pika said, patting Charizard on the back. Charizard replied by blasting Pika with a blast of fire from his hands.

"Seems you still have some firepower," Red smiled at Charizard, and held out a hand too, "Let's get along."

"Hmph." Charizard turned away from Red.

"Cold as ever, huh?" Red smiled sheepishly, and scratched his head.

"Charizard are you alright?" Blue asked his Pokemon partner, with a look of worry on his face.

"I can still fly, if that's what you're asking." Charizard replied, stretching his wings wide and knocking Red over into the sea.

"Hey! What was that for?" Red spluttered, and got himself out.

"Sorry," Charizard said sarcastically, "Let me dry you off." He let off a blast of fire in Red's direction and baked Red in a flamethrower attack.

"Ouch Ouch Ouch!" Red screamed, as he ran around, with the hem of his shirt on fire.

When he finally put out the fire, Red was scowling at Charizard while Yellow laughed from the side.

"Let's get a move on." Blue said, moving towards the sea.

Charizard grabbed onto Blue and they lifted off.

"You'd better not drop me." Blue told Charizard, with a hint of humor in his voice. Charizard ignored his partner's comment.

Red, Chris and Pika clambered on Aero and they, too, took off. Aero was clearly not doing very well with three people on its back and was flying rather slowly and low. Red called out to Blue to slow down, but Blue did not hear him due to the roar of the winds. They then decided to take their time, and meet up with Blue in Cinnabar.

"Maybe I should go capture a flying Pokemon," Chris mused aloud, "I can't always rely on Red like this."

"Can't you just loan a Pokemon from Prof Oak?" Red asked the Professor's aide.

"I don't like to rely on him all the time." Chris answered, clutching Aerodactyl even tighter.

After an eventful journey, they crew touched down in Cinnabar Island.

"Hasn't changed much, since the last time I was here." Blue thought to himself, as they made their way to the Pokemon Centre to get Aerodactyl rested up. The residents of Cinnabar Island stared at them, while they made their way through town.

"Umm, Senior Red, why is everyone staring at us?" Yellow asked Red, grabbing the hem of his clothes.

"I'd bet it's because of Pika and Charizard. Not everyday you see humans with pointy ears and wings, you know." He replied, taking her by the hand.

When they reached the Pokemon centre, they noticed someone standing at the doorway, arms crossed. The person was shrouded in a purple fog, so dense they could not make out his features. Suddenly, a voice boomed inside their heads, "Blaine is waiting for you."

They stood at the doors to the Pokemon Centre, shocked and surprised. All of a sudden, the person vanished.

TBC.