'You finally came back after all this time!' Mew was teary eyed and was still hugging him very tight. She was completely overcome with emotion. Her patience had finally paid off.

"Yeah, I missed you too and all, but could you let go a bit? You're kinda crushing me here." Geo flailed his arms around as he struggled for air.

'Oh! I'm so sorry! I got carried away back there." Mew quickly let him ago. Her face grew flustered, but she still smiled. "I was just so happy to see you again after all this time'

"I sure am glad to see you too, Mew."

Mew placed her paw on his cheek and grinned widely. 'Look at you, you look amazing!'

"How come you're not surprised that I'm a pokemon?"

'You look hurt. How did you get all bruised up like that? Were you attacked by something?' Mew asked upon noticing the bruises on his head.

"I wasn't really attacked per say. I kind of did this to myself. It was very stupid how it happened." Geo said, recalling his failed attempts from earlier.

Mew put her paws on his cheeks to heal him. Her paws glowed and started emanating purple pulse-like waves. The pulses then healed his bruises in a short amount of time. 'Oh, Geo. You finally came back to life and you're already putting yourself in danger again.'

"Came back to life? What do you mean by that?" Geo asked, confused by her statement.

'Oh, it's a long story.' she solemnly lifted her paws from his face. 'You've been gone for a really long time. Too, too long.'

"I already know that. But tell me, what happened to me. And how did I turn into a pokemon?"

'What's the last thing you can remember before today?'

"I remember trying to run away from that guy, and then a huge tree fell…on me," Geo said, his eyes widening as he said that last part. "But that doesn't explain anything! Are you trying to tell me that-"

'Yes. You did die… you died in my arms. But you're alive again because I brought you back.'

Geo grew speechless. An expression of unbelief washed over his face. He was still trying to make sense of all of it.

'I don't really know how to explain it all to you. It'd be easier if I just showed you what happened.'

"Show me?"

'Just hold still for a moment.' Mew said, leaning her head towards him.

Geo was starting to feel awkward as he began to pull away from her. "What are you doing?"

'Relax. I'm just trying to show you what happened while you were gone.' Mew's face was a mere inches from his. Her eyes began to glow bright purple in color and with that, Geo felt her memories flowing straight into his mind. It nearly overwhelmed him.

"Woah! What…. those were your memories?!" Geo held his head and almost fell over from his dizziness afterwards.

'Are you okay?' Mew held him firmly in her arms before he fell.

"Yeah, I'll be fine," he said. "I can't believe it… You went through all that, just for me."

'Well, It was my fault that you died. If I hadn't been so stupid back then, then you would've still-'

"It wasn't your fault Mew." Geo interrupted. "You shouldn't be blaming yourself for this. If anything, I'm the one to blame. I was the one who got distracted and ended up under a tree."

'Are you going to be okay? Now that you're a pokemon?'

Geo looked down, he looked like he was deep in thought. "I don't… know. But I'm sure I won't have any problems. At least not with you around." He fell backwards to the soft ground. He was already feeling sleepy. It was already nightfall.

'Yeah. I promise that you'll never have any problems as long as I'm by your side,' she said with a nod. Mew found a spot next him and laid down there. 'I'll always be here for you Geo.'

"You know something, it's a bit weird that I'm able to understand you now without you using your telepathy and being in my head all the time."

'Oh, yeah… now that you mention it, It is true! I didn't use my telepathy at all! I hardly even noticed.' she chuckled a bit. 'But you're right. It is a bit weird.'

"I wonder how my mom's doing. The last time I saw her, I told her I'd be back home before sunset. Too bad I couldn't make it back." Geo slowly closed his eyes as he took a deep breath. "I just hope that she's alright."

'I can take you to see her anytime if you want...' Mew didn't get a response. She lifted her head and saw that Geo was already asleep. Mew smiled and moved closer to him. 'I'll just ask you again tomorrow then.'

)V(

Hours went by and morning came. Mew woke up from her sleep when droplets of water fell on her face. She opened her eyes and saw grey clouds above them in the sky. It had begun to drizzle.

Mew looked around the clearing she could not find Geo. She looked around again carefully and found him stuck to a tree and floating in his sleep. His tail got caught in between the branches; it was the only reason why he didn't float into space.

'Geo!' she called out as she approached the tree. 'What are you doing up there?!'

"What?" he mumbled as he began to wake up. He looked downwards and saw Mew way beneath him on the ground. "What the?!" he suddenly felt himself falling back down.

Mew swiftly stopped his fall with her psychokinesis. She then gently lowered him to the ground. 'That was a close one! What were you doing up there?!'

"I don't know." He blinked a few times. "What was I doing up there?" Geo asked himself while scratching his head. "I must've been sleep levitating." Geo face palmed. "Great, that's a thing that happens now."

'You levitated while asleep?!'

"I guess? Maybe it has something to do with the dream I had about flying an air balloon with two weird people and a talking cat." he muttered to himself.

'You should be more careful. What if you'd gone way up into the clouds and then gotten yourself struck by lightning!' Mew waved her hands around to show emphasis.

"Well… that didn't happen!" Geo shrugged with an easygoing expression on his face.

'It hasn't happened… yet. I really need to show you how to control your abilities as quickly as possible before you end up hurting yourself again.'

Geo's stomach growled as she said that.

She blinked twice and stared at him awkwardly. 'For now, let's get something to eat first. And what better way to start your day than with some freshly picked berries.' Mew swung her arm and smiled.

Geo looked at the trees around them to see if there were any berries there. "There are berry trees on this island?"

'Nope. But I know where we could find some.'

"Really? Where?"

'Somewhere far away from here. I can teleport us there in an instant!'

"Huh? Aren't there berries or anything to eat on this island instead?"

'What? No? None of these trees grow berries. Some used to, but I took them all down to make the island barren. I did that because I preferred to be alone here without anyone to disturb my peaceful solitude.'

"Aren't there others like you?"

'I don't think so. I was born on this island a long time ago. When I hatched from my egg, there was no one there for me. After all this time, I'm the only one left of my kind. At least, as far as I can tell.' She fondled grass as she spoke.

"Oh, that must've been rough for you."

'It was. For more times than I can remember, I've questioned my own existence. I would ask often myself why I was born, what purpose did I serve, and other questions like that. But now, I have you, Geo. And I don't feel alone anymore. I finally have a purpose, and you're my purpose now.'

Geo just stared at her. His mouth agape and his eyes full of wonder and newfound admiration for Mew.

Her face then grew red. 'Quit staring at me like that! You're making me feel nervous!'

Geo then chuckled. "Sorry, you just looked really cool just now."

'Anyway, we should probably get going. I'm beginning to get hungry myself.'

"Alright. I'm ready when you are."

Mew then held his hand and swirled her finger in the air. 'Okay then! In three, two, one, here we go!' and they disappeared in a flash of light.

)V(

When Geo opened his eyes, he found himself in what appeared to be a garden housing different berry trees. The place had very soft, loamy soil. There were some berries that Geo was able to recognize immediately and there were a few that he didn't even know about.

To top it off, it was in the middle of the day in the place where she took them. So, it must've have been in a region far from Faraway Island.

"Where…are we?" Geo looked all around the place. When he inhaled, his nose could pick up the sweet scents of different berries. If he wasn't already hungry before, he sure was then.

'Dunno. I stumbled upon this place not too long ago. I sometimes drop by to grab some berries.' She plucked out a random kee berry from its stalk and gave it to him. 'Here, try this one, it's really good.'

"Uh, thanks," Geo collected it from her and stared at it in his paws. He took a bite out of the berry and she could tell from the way his eyes gleamed that he liked it.

'It's good, right?'

"Yeah, it's really great!" Geo said as he finished the rest.

'I knew you'd like it.'

"I wonder who owns this place though. If this place belongs to someone, wouldn't that mean that we're stealing food that isn't ours?" Geo felt a bit anxious. He noticed the way the berry trees were arranged. It was too artificial to be a naturally occurring berry plantation.

'Oh please. All the food in nature is free for the taking. No one is going to show up. And If anyone does show up, I'll just fly us out of here. So, you have nothing to worry about.' Mew's then plucked out a couple more berries and stuffed them into her mouth. 'Speakghg obf flydfing, wghy domfn't tleagh yoguh hau it's done?'

"Uh, I can't understand you if you speak like that…" Geo gave a her a blank stare.

Mew then swallowed the berries all at once and tried again. 'I said, speaking of flying, why don't I teach you how it's done?'

"Here? Now?" Geo asked.

'Yeah silly. The sooner you get the hang of it, the better. Besides, your body was not built for ground travelling. As long as you're like me, you'd very much prefer to fly around.' Mew smiled and gave him a reassuring look.

"I don't know… what if I never get it?"

'Don't worry, it'll be easy and fun! you just need to watch me do it, and learn.'

"You just want to play teacher, don't you?" Geo said with a hint of doubt in his tone.

'What? I'm doing it because I care for your wellbeing and progress obviously." she answered with a coy expression. 'Now then, do as I do, my humble student. Just think of me as your trainer. '

I knew it Geo sighed. He rose his head and said, "Alright. Show me the way, oh Great Master Teacher Mew."

'Oh don't call me that, it's too embarrassing. Mew is just fine.' She closed her face playfully. 'But seriously though, you should do as I do.'

"Alright." Geo laughed. "How do we start?"

'Okay. First thing you need to know is that you can only fly if you want to fly. You just go up like this.' Mew then hovered up with ease. 'And ta-da!'

Geo nodded, pretending to understand what she'd just explained. He tried to imitate her movements and lift off. But he couldn't. "It's not working Mew," Geo grumbled. He kept jumping up and down to no avail.

'Hmm, maybe it's because you still think of this like a human would.' Mew suggested. 'You have to think like a pokemon. Be a pokemon, mentally.'

"I should stop thinking like a human? Can I really do that?" Geo looked at his paws. He wasn't quite liking the idea.

'Trust me Geo, I know you can do it. I believe in you.' Mew held his hand in order to comfort him. 'You were able go up in your sleep. What stops you from doing it when you're awake?"

"Okay, I'll try again. Here goes nothing." he took a deep breath and tried to focus with his eyes closed. I should think like a pokemon. Okay, I can do that, I should just think of myself going off the ground. I was able to this morning… well more or less anyway. But I can do it now.

Mew's eyes widened as Geo began to go off the ground little by little. 'That's it! Keep it up Geo! ' Mew smiled widely and nearly leapt.

"I'm really doing it!" Geo opened his eyes and smiled cheerfully. He was steadily trying to remain afloat, But then he ended up going back to the ground again. "Ugh, I blew it."

'No, you did great! If you keep this up, you'll be flying through the skies in no time!' Mew said, patting him on the shoulder.

"That'll be really cool." Geo nodded.

'I have an idea!'

"Oh yeah? What is it?" Geo asked, curious to know.

Mew flew up to the top of the tree closest to them. ~Remember that game we used to play where to tried to see who could climb a tree the fastest?~

Geo folded his hands and his brows drew close. "Oh, you mean the one you always won? How can I ever forget?"

Hearing that prompted her to chuckle. ~Well we're going to play it again, only this time, you have to get up here before I finish eating this berry.~ she showed him the figy berry.

"That's it? Alright then. Seems easy enough." Geo smirked and put his hands on his sides.

'Oh and you can only win if you get here by flying. Understand?'

"O…kay, I think I may be able to do that…" Geo didn't so confident anymore.

'Just put it in your mind that you really want to reach me where I am, and you'll be here in no time.' Mew began to go higher up into the tree until all Geo could see was a vague shadow of her from the ground.

"Wanting to really reach you huh," he muttered. "All right, I'll try." Geo fixated his vision the tree and exhaled.

)V(

And so, Geo kept on trying to get up the tree to where Mew was. He would sometimes fly up to the first branch but would fail to latch on to it and fall back down to the leaf littered floor. Each time he fell, he would get back up, even more determined and fierce, and give it another shot.

Meanwhile, Mew was busy eating one berry after another as she waited for him to get to the top. She was also enjoying the view of the bright blue sky and calm clouds, and that almost made her forget all about Geo.

'Ugh, I'm so full. I don't think I can eat another.' she accidentally dropped the berry she was holding. She watched it fall all the way down the tree. 'How long are you going to take, Geo?'

"Hold on, I've almost made it!" he said, holding onto the branch she was sitting on. He somehow made it to the top while she was distracted.

"I've finally done it." Geo panted as he climbed up the branch. He looked pretty messy and worn out from all his falls.

'Oh no! what happened to you?!' Mew exclaimed, helping him up.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just fell down a few couple of times. But I'm fine now," Geo said.

'I'm so sorry! I should've paid more attention to you.' Mew immediately began to heal his bruises for him. 'Wait, did you get here by climbing all the way up or did you fly up here like I asked you to?' she asked with a raised brow.

Geo then smirked. He got up and started hovering on his own. "Look at me, I'm flying!" he started doing flips in the air.

'Oh my! You really outdid yourself!' Mew clapped and laughed.

He then lost balance and fell downwards. Mew, quickly caught him and gently lifted him down to the ground.

"Thanks for that. I'm really tired right now." He looked carefree and easygoing as he smiled.

She gave him a berry. 'Don't worry, you should take a break for now.'

"Who's there?!" a voice yelled.

~Someone's here, quickly Geo, turn invisible and follow me!~ she told him through telepathy as she concealed her presence, about to dart off.

"Wait! I don't know how to turn invisible!" Geo whispered, stopping her before she could leave him helplessly behind.

~But this is an emergency! ~ Mew complained.

"That doesn't mean I can magically know how to do something I have no idea how to do."

~Fine! for now, let's hide over there.~ Mew pointed to a spot in between two close trees. She held his hand and pulled him there, where they took cover and waited.

"Hmmm, I know I heard something from here," the gardener said, momentarily walking past them. They could see his feet from where they hid and were really hoping that he doesn't notice them.

"So, what's the plan?" Geo whispered.

~I'll create a diversion and then get us out of here when he's not looking.~

"But how are you going to do that?"

~watch.~ Her eyes then started glowing faintly.

The gardener then heard some rustling sounds coming from the opposite side of the garden. "Aha! I know where you're hiding now!" he started walking towards the noise with a smirk on his face.

~Now's our chance. Let's go~ Mew said holding him and darting off. She then teleported them away as she flew away from the garden.

"Hmm, guess there's nothing here either. Maybe I was just imagining things." The gardener said to himself after reaching the place the noise was coming from. He got back up and went back to searching.

)V(

'Phew, that was a close one.' Mew laughed while holding her stomach. 'By the way, what's with all the berries you're holding?'

"What? I barely got to eat any earlier. So, I helped myself to these" Geo stuffed one into his mouth as he sat.

Mew simply watched him and chuckled. 'Oh, silly you. Oh yeah, I wanted to ask you something yesterday.' Mew landed in front of him.

"You did? What did you want to ask me?"

'Do you still want to go and visit your mother?'