Err... Don't mind me... It's AznHeart here, don't tell Gardevoir. She's already furious about Gallade interrupting her story! :) Anyways, I just want you all to know that they're not siblings! You'll learn their background, I just didn't want to confuse you. :) Oh and, the plural of all Pokémon is like sheep. One sheep, five sheep. One Jirachi, five Jirachi. (I WISH I had five Jirachi.)

OH MY GOSH! I can't believe Gallade could do this! And the worst part is I can't figure out how to delete his chapter... Gr! I want to blast that idiot into another dimension! I know, I should send him to Kanto! WAHAHAHA! EVERYONE'S TOO BUSY WITH PLATINUM, HEART GOLD, AND SOUL SILVER TO CARE ABOUT HIM THERE!

Oh, dear... I do believe I am starting to sound like him.
Oh well, the story must go on.

CHAPTER TWO: Training!
By Gardevoir

What kind of sane Pokémon Ranger wants their best friend, whom they rely on to save them in a pinch, to be a weakling? This is especially true in Almia. If you're weak, you're at home. On a farm. And while your caretakers are probably perfectly fine people, they are NOT Pokémon Rangers and probably prefer growing vegetables to saving the world, which defeats the purpose of trying to become a partner Pokémon anyways. I know a certain little Ralts who had to put up with THAT, but I doubt he'd like me to give out any details, so lets just say that he was very bitter every time a certain other Ralts came by with his master's rival because she happened to actually work HARD at becoming a good partner Pokémon, and didn't have to be stuck on a dumb farm. The moral of this story, which definitely has nothing to do with Gallade and I, is that if you don't want to end up stuck on a farm envying other Pokémon who are living lives of adventure, you have to work hard for it and do it right.

First of all, there's your type. I must admit, normal type Pokémon don't usually fare as well as fire, dragon, water, grass, or the ever popular psychic types. In fact, if you have a psychic Pokémon assist, you are immediately quite amazing and you will probably have no trouble in finding a ranger who adores your prowess. However, if you are like the many aspiring Zigzagoon, Bidoof, and Sentret in this world, do not fear. I once met a clumsy Munchlax who could never do anything right, and with hard work became a Ranger's best partner. I also know a certain Ralts who failed to use his abilities to the fullest, and ended up helping a klutzy father plant lettuce. As you can see, while they change your odds immensely, you can still become an excellent partner Pokémon (or a bored farm servant) regardless of your type.

Most importantly, there's your Pokémon Assist. While a Machop may have the same Pokémon Assist as a Lucario, fighting, that doesn't mean that they are both equally as good. Yes, a Machop could have a magnificent Poke Assist, and you might just stumble upon a Lucario who has no clue what it is doing, but that is extremely rare. BasicPokémon tend to have a shorter time limit for their Poke Assists, and their evolved forms tend to have longer time limits. Even if you have some sort of special Poke Assist like certain Plusle and Minun I know, that somehow can paralyze a Suicune or an Entei, it might not be very useful if it only lasts two seconds. I also know of a certain Ralts whom I have mentioned several times already who never worked at his Poke Assist and expected a Ranger to adore him even though it lasted only 0.5 seconds. Yes, a Ranger did love him and took him under his wing, Airen I think his name was, but with all his defeating bad guys and defending the town, he hardly had any time for the impatient Ralts. As a Kirlia, and soon a Gallade he had some better luck, but by then most of the evil had been ridden of and he had missed a lot of excitement.

Despite that, there seems to be a trend going around, and many Rangers just adopt some partners for their cuteness. As a result, if you can't seem to evolve without finding some weird stone, then perhaps you should work on your lovableness instead.

If you're ugly as my Aunt Purugly (No offense, I still want that birthday present, Auntie!) and your Poke Assist time limit is shorter than a millisecond, you still have hope! You can travel off to Fiore or Oblivia, and any ranger who adopts you is stuck with you. While you may be a bit of a drag to them, the bright side is that with you they will have to learn to take full advantage of their Ranger skills instead of relying solely on your Poke Assist to help them out of a jam, like a certain female ranger whom I love, but is quite the bit lazy. Your Ranger will become quite the good, hard-working one and I am sure that he or she can train any dorky Pokémon to be an excellent partner. You may bewondering why a certain Ralts didn't take this option, even after his best friend suggested it to him, but it turns out he declined her requests every time, saying that being close to her was more important to him than becoming successful or famous...

Anyways, I've dwelt on that story much too long, which you should know has NOTHING to do with me or Gallade, whom I definitely despise more than everything and whom I was never, ever friends with. In fact I never, ever felt ANY feelings toward him, at all. In fact, that Ralts happened to live in... Japan. In fact, that story was PURELY fictional. I made it up on the spot. There we go. No reason to believe anything otherwise. And no, Meowth, you CAN'T charge interest every fifteen minutes, I'll have you know.

Sincerely,

Gardevoir