Second Chances

Chapter 3: First steps...

"Speech"

"Electronic Communications"

"Thoughts"

"Telepathy"

AN: Alright, onto Chapter 3. I had a bit of an issue writing the final part of this chapter, hence why this one took longer to come out than the last one. Hope you enjoy.

For the next month, I acclimate to my new life, studying up on the world of pokemon. It was quite the task, but I was up to it. Seeing as one of my favorite pastimes from my old life, was reading, I tore through the books quite quickly, learning about the 18 different types, abilities, and how Pokemon battling works.

During breaks, I would either train with Violet, or meditate, getting a grasp of my core, per mew's instructions. Getting a hold of my core became easier with each attempt, although it was difficult to maintain my hold.

Throughout all of this, I made myself useful around the Palace, helping Jenny with chores, as I felt it was my duty to help out, since they were helping me out so much.

While I was studying up on pokemon, I also made it a point to learn as much about the various regions, and learn any significant details I would need to know. Kanto and Johto, both had recently gotten over an attempted take over by a crime gang called Team Rocket, with their leader, Giovanni, going missing. Hoenn was still recovering from the antics of Team Aqua and Team Magma. Sinnoh, had apparently averted a crisis involving a group by the name of Team Galactic.

The Kalos and Unova regions, were surprisingly peaceful, having not had any noticeable gangs on the news. The Alolan region was quite secretive, and not much information was available from the lone computer I had access to. Not much was known about the Orre region either.

For now, either the Kalos region or the Unova region were the ones I had my targets set on, as they appeared to be the most peaceful currently.

When the time came, I applied for a trainers license, and took the trainers test. After earning top marks on the test (the test, as it turned out, was basically a commons sense test), I was given my trainers license, and I was set to begin my journey.

Standing in front of a full body mirror, I looked myself over, taking in the set of cloths I'd be wearing for the next year. Start at the bottom, I have a pair of (presumably expensive) brown colored hiking boots, with a pair of long, nearly knee high length socks (per my request), with a pair of grey colored tactical cargo pants, standard belt, and a plain grey T-shirt. On top of the shirt, I've got a black tactical vest, with slots for pokeballs, knives, and other gear. On top of all of this, I had a black and yellow jacket, with its own set of pockets.

All of this on my heavy, big boned frame. Mew may have made changes to my body, but I was still a good 220 lbs of bone and flesh. Staring back at me were my blue eyes, in my rounded, slightly pudgy face. Freckles adorn my cheeks and arms, giving me an apparently "cute" look, based on what I've heard from the other servants around the palace. And on top of my head, sat the curly red and brown mess that is my hair

Satisfied with my appearance, I set about gathering my things. A couple of extra sets of cloths, a sleeping bag, hygiene supplies, etc. All of it carefully put away into a large, grey colored backpack with yellow stripes going down the center.

With everything collected, I headed out towards the entrance of Cameron Palace, making a detour towards the throne room to say goodbye, then my first stop would be a couple of shops in Rota, then heading north towards Crown City.

Walking into the throne room, I see Queen Ilene and Jenny, talking with an older man, looking to be in his late forties to early fifties. I walked over, hearing Queen Ilene say "...is quite well liked by the local pokemon, to be sure. Ah, here his is..." as she sees me walk over, gesturing towards me. The man turns around, saying in a cheerful voice "Why hello there. I'm professor Oak, pleasure to make your acquaintance." as he walks over, holding his hand out.

I give him a stern handshake, saying "Likewise, sir. I'm Michael, Michael Canfield."

After shaking my hand, Professor Oak reaches into his whit lab coat, saying "I must say, you're the first trainer I've seen earn top marks on the trainers test in a long time."

After rummaging around in his coat for a moment, he says "A ha, here it is." and pulls out a red colored device, flipping it open, and points it at me, saying "If you would hold still for a moment please."

I straighten up, hear the snap of a camera, as Professor Oak says "And there we go, your official picture for you Pokedex's ID." He snaps it shut, and hands it over. I take it, flipping it over, looking at the just taken picture that dominates the main screen.

"Seeing as you scored top marks, I've taken the liberty to give you the National Dex data, seeing as you haven't yet chosen what region you want to start in" Professor Oak continues as he pulls out a piece of paper.

He hands it over, saying "This is your starting voucher. You can redeem that at local poke-mart in Rota for your starting gear."

I pocket the voucher, saying "Thank you, professor."

"Not at all my boy. I had a good feeling when I saw your test scores, and seeing you in person, I know that feeling was true" Professor Oak replies.

"Oh, one more thing" Professor Oak exclaims, reaching into his right side pocket, and pulls out a pokeball. He holds it up, saying "I know this is a bit informal, as normally you'd be given a starter pokemon by the regional professor of your choice, but this little one has been passed up by 3 separate trainers at Professor Sycamore's lab."

He hands the pokeball to me. I hold it up, looking it over, noting the fire symbol above the center button, and extend my arm out, opening the pokeball. White-blue light shoots out of the pokeball, forming a tan colored, fox like creature. After fully forming, it stretches, yawning as it looks around, before settling its gaze on me.

I open the pokedex, and aim it at fox. It beeps, and then starts saying "Fennekin, the Fox Pokémon. Fennekin expels hot air that can reach nearly 400 degrees. It likes to snack on twigs."A small list of stats appear, detailing her stats. I pocket the pokedex, and lower myself down onto one knee, saying "Hello there, little one. Would you like to join me on my journey?" as I extend my right hand.

The fennekin slowly walks over to my hand, sniffing it, before barking cheerfully and jumping into my arms. I stand up, running my left hand through fennekin's fur as she curls up in my arms. I stand back up, saying "She's, perfect." I say.

They all chuckle, and Professor Oak says "I see she's taken to you with ease. Good good, I hope you two have fun on your adventure."

He turns back towards Queen Ilene and says "Well, that concludes my business here. Thank you for your time, mam." and does a bow. He then turns to leave, saying "I do wish you the best of luck on your journey" to me as he walks past, heading out.

I continue scratching the fennekin, and walk up to Queen Ilene, doing a short bow, and say "I just wanted to stop by, to give my thanks for everything you've done for me." before straightening up.

Queen Ilene, with a smile on her face, says "You're quite welcome, Michael. Now, go out there and have fun. I expect great things from you."

I nod, and turn to leave, hearing her say "And don't forget, you have a home here, anytime." as I walk out the door.

Working my way around and out the palace, saying goodbye to the various servants, and finally stepped out onto the main road. I shake the fennekin awake, who had fallen asleep in my arms, saying "Alright, for now, I'm going to put you back in your ball, ok? Only temporarily."

She looks up at my face, yawning as she shakes her head in agreement. I hit the return button on the pokeball, returning her in a flash of red light. I put the pokeball in my vest, attaching it to one of the magnetic holders, and take a look around, waiting for someone. After a moment, I spot a familiar purple colored bat, quickly flying over to me.

Landing on my right shoulder, nuzzling up against my cheek, I hear her say "Are we finally going to go? Can I come?"

I reach up and scratch her chin, saying "Of course, you can come. I'm going to need you to stay on my shoulder until I get another pokeball to catch you with, alright. So no flying off until then."

"Okay..." Violet replies, settling down on my shoulder as I head out towards Rota.

Once in Rota, I make a beeline straight for the Poke-Mart. Walking in, I take a quick look around, taking in the sights. Signs, prices, and shelves of goods line the store, with a large counter on the left side of the door being where the cashier is.

I walk over to the counter. The cashier on duty perks up, saying "Uh, hello sir. What can I do for ya?" in a southern accent.

I pull out the voucher, handing it over as I say "I need to redeem this voucher here."

The cashier looks it over, running it through a scanner, and says "Ah, a trainers starting gear. Alright, hold on one moment" before walking over to a back room. After a minute, he comes back, holding a trainers belt, a set of 6 pokeballs, and a bag filled with other gear. He sets them up on the counter, saying "Alright, here you go. One trainers belt, 6 pokeballs, 6 potions and 6 antidotes. Can I get you anything else sir?"

I grab my stuff, saying "No thank you, that will be all. Thanks."

After putting everything in my bag except for one pokeball, I walked out.

Once out on the street, I held up the pokeball to Violet, saying "This here will catch you. Are you ready?"

Violet, who had been looking around at the various people and pokemon around, focused onto the pokeball, and answers by headbutting it. The pokeball opens and sucks her in. After a moment, the pokeball beeps, and I open it back up. Violet reappears back on my shoulder, shaking her head as she grumbles to herself.

Chuckling to myself, I shrink the pokeball and attach it next to Fennekin's pokeball in my jacket, and start exploring the town.

While exploring, I pull out my pokedex, and take a quick glance through each pokemon's registered moves and abilities.

Fennekin, technically my starter, was registering as level 5, knows the moves Scratch, Tail Whip, and Ember, with the Blaze ability. Violet, registered as a level ll, knowing the moves Screech, Supersonic, Tackle, and Gust, with the Infiltrator ability.

"I'll need to give Fennekin a name." I mumble to myself, putting away the pokedex and begin taking a more detailed look at the shops.

3 hours later

While perusing the various shops in Rota, I came to discover that in addition to the 3,000 Yen that starting trainers are given by the league, my account had an additional 50,000 Yen deposited. Checking in at the local bank, showed that it was transferred in from the Cameron Palace Treasury. Deciding not to question it, I went on a bit of a spending spree.

I bought a set of throwing knives and a pair of hachets, a fire starter kit, sleeping bag, 2 canteens, a rechargeable flashlight (one that you shake to charge), ration bars, pokemon food, and other items. Once all said and done, I had spend over 10,000 Yen.

By the time I was done with my shopping, Violet had decided to hop into her pokeball to nap, and I was left alone to my thoughts. Rota, the beutifal town it is, was on the south side of the lake, which meant going back across the bridge to head north.

Sighing to myself, I begin walking back towards the bridge, the first steps of my journey.

Later that night...

With the sun nearly down, I decided to set up camp for the night. I released Violet and Fennekin, both appearing in front of me in a flash of light. The 2 turn to look at each other as I say "Violet, this is Fennekin. Fennekin, this is Violet. Lets all be friends, ok."

Violet and Fennekin sniff each other, and begin chatting to each other. While they do that, I pull out my sleeping bag, setting it up against a log. This particular spot, appeared to have been used quite a lot by many trainers of the years, if the ancient looking fire pit in the center of the clearing was any indicator.

Turning back to my pokemon, I say "Fennekin, would you like a name?"

Fennekin turns towards me upon speaking, and trots over, sitting back on her haunches, and nods yes.

"Hmn..." I mumble, thinking of different names. After a moment, I say "How about Scarlet? Would that be a good name for ya?"

She perks up, and starts prancing around in circles, saying "Scarlet" over and over before coming to a stop in front of me, barking yes.

"Alright Scarlet, lets get a fire going, then we can have dinner." I say, pulling out a hatchet, and move over to the woods.

After gathering up enough wood (mostly sticks, with only a couple of large chunks), and getting the fire going, I prepared dinner.

I had gotten standard pokemon food of course. Rota didn't have much in the way of specialty food, surprisingly. Filling up a couple of small bowls, I set them out, calling Scarlet and Violet over to have dinner.

While they ate, I had a ration bar. Reminded me of MREs from my time, but more consumer friendly. As I go to take a bite at the halfway mark of the bar, a loud rustling noise to our left.

I rush to my feet as Scarlet leaps in front of me, growling towards the noise. Violet flies up to my shoulder, growling, her ears twitching back and forth.

From the bushes, a blue and black colored feline pokemon emerges, standing over 4 feet tall at the shoulder. It stumbles forward, appearing to be off balance, its eyes half open.

With the light from the fire burning bright, I can see that it is hurt, badly, if the large gash on its right shoulder is any indicator. The pokemon took one more step forward, before collapsing on left its side.

I pull out my pokedex as I rush over, taking in the various injuries it had sustained. In addition to the gash on its right shoulder, it had multiple lacerations on its side and belly, along with multiple puncture wounds, and even a couple of burns. Despite the injuries, it was still alive, but its breathing was labored.

I spring into action, grabbing my backpack as I run over to it. I set out my medicinal supplies, taking in what I've got, compared to what I need.

Its as I'm looking over its injuries, running ideas through my head, when I feel, a tingling coming from my core.

Feeling, a sensation I've never felt before, I set the medical supplies down, and sit next to the pokemon, my core calling out. I concentrate, setting my hands on its side, and pull at my core. Using my training, I pull and hold my core. I feel a tearing sensation in my chest, nearly unbearable, and then my hands feel energized. I project the energy, concentrating on the injuries, and I watch as a pink light flows from my fingertips, into the pokemon.

The various injuries heal before my very eyes, sealing shut as the flesh fuses together. After what feels like an hour, but was only a few seconds, the energy dissipates from my fingers, and I fall back, getting hit with a sudden wave of exhaustion.

Scarlet runs over, barking in concern. Violet screeches, flapping over and landing on my left shoulder, keening in concern.

"I, I'm fine girls. Just, tired." I say slowly, breathing heavily as I wait for the dizziness to stop, and grab my ration bar, scarfing it down in a couple of bites. As my exhaustion fades away, I begin putting the medical supplies back into my pack;

After putting those away, I take a seat next to the pokemon I healed, looking it over. Its breathing had stabilized, its wounds fully healed over. Scarlet, after giving the newcomer a once over, seats herself in my lap, with Violet taking my left shoulder.

I pull out my pokedex, and scan the pokemon before me. The pokedex, after completing its scan, says "Luxray, the Gleam eyes pokemon. Its eyes can see through anything. It can even spot its prey hiding in the shadows." Basic data comes up on screen, indicating height, weight, and gender, indicating its female.

"So you can see through anything, huh?" I say to myself. I put Scarlet down, who whines, wanting me to continue holding her. "Lets finish dinner first, than I'll hold you some more, alright" I say to her, pulling out a third bowl and an extra blanket I had gotten. I set the blanket over the luxray, and set down the third bowl a couple of feet in front of it, and put some poke food in it.

After settling everything, I sit back down, scarfing down another ration bar, feeling incredibly hungry all of a sudden. After the third bar, I call it good. I grab some more wood for the fire, making sure the coals will last the night, and snuggle into my sleeping bag.

Scarlet and Violet, having finished eating from their bowls, curl up on me, both of them keeping an eye on the sleeping form of the luxray.

Feeling the exhaustion setting in, I allow my eyes to close, passing out immediate.

Opening my eyes, I find myself back in the dark void of my dream-scape.

Nearly instantaneously, Mew appears before me, saying "Hello again Mikey, sorry about the delay. I've been busy."

Before I can reply, I feel a massive itch on the backside of my head, as Mew takes a look through my memories again, who says "I see you've made a new friend. And have tapped into your power."

She floats closer to me, her eyes shining, scanning me over, saying "Hmn. It appears your core has grown in size quite substantially since I've seen you. That's, interesting."

She then backs up, circling me as she says "Well, regardless, now that you've made the first step to accessing your own powers, its time for some training."

"Um, alright." I say, keeping track of Mew as she circles me. I had a feeling this was going to hurt for some reason.

Tree of Beginning

Back in the clearing, the clearing where the human known as Michael Canfield was teleported too, all was quite.

The calm night was interrupted, by the wind picking up, along with the sound of lightning as a circular portal appears. From it a purple colored bat like pokemon with gold highlights emerges, carrying a pair of pale skinned humans on its back.

The pokemon does a brief circle before coming to a rest on the edge of the clearing. Hopping off its back, the humans make their way to the center of the clearing.

"Alright, Mew's energy signature is far to the north. We need to get this done quick." Captain Phyco says, pulling out a scanning device, waving it over the area before coming to a stop in the very center of the clearing.

"Captain Phyco, it appears this is the spot the ultra energy on dimension originated from." Soliera says, keeping her eyes on the energy scanner.

"Indeed." Captain Phyco says, pulling out another device and connecting it to the scanner. The scanner beeps, data running across the screen.

Walking back to Lunala, Captain Phyco says "Alright, we're done here. We've got the energy signature, we'll track it from ultra space."

They climb back onto Lunala's back, who takes to the air, and flies back through the portal.

After passing through, the portal snaps shut with a clap of thunder, and the clearing is empty once more.

The next morning...

When I come to consciousness, I no longer feel pain from my injuries. I open my eyes, and attempt to stand, throwing something a blanket off from my side.

Looking around, I see I'm in a clearing, with a human made fire pit set in the center. Stretching, I can see the sun just barely clearing the horizon.

I see a human, curled up in a sleeping bag with a pair of other pokemon curled up with him. With my memories of the last couple of days fuzzy, I try to remember why I'm here. I remember my defeat as the alpha, and subsequent banishment.

I look myself over, checking for the injuries I remember sustaining from the fight, and only find fully healed scars.

My nose picks up the smell of food, and I find myself drawn towards a bowl filled with human made food. Keeping my eyes on the human, I sniff over the food, and begin scarfing it down.

While eating, I see the human begin to stir, along with his two pokemon. Finishing what was in the bowl, I sit down, and watch the human as he awakens.

The tan colored fox pokemon is the first to lay eyes on my, and it growls a warning. The bat pokemon screeches, and takes to the air, keeping a wary eye on me. The human, hearing his companions, sits up, looking me over with his...beautiful blue eyes.

"Where did that come from" I wonder, taking in the features of the human as he gets out of the sleeping bag. He is quite tall, as far as humans go, appearing to be light skinned, with curly brown hair on top of his rounded face.

After a moment of waiting, he edges forward, saying "Um, hello. I'm Mikey. I see you've eaten the food I set out for ya, how are you feeling?"

I stare at him for a moment, and say "I'm feeling quite well, actually. Thank you", thinking "Like it matters what I say, he can't understand me".

The human, Mikey, says "Good, good. You're quite welcome. You were quite hurt when you stumbled into camp last night."

"Wait..." I wonder, saying "Do you understand me?" as I tilt my head to the side, questioning. Mikey nods, saying "Yes, yes I do. Tell me, why were you so injured? Those injuries were quite substantial."

Looking off to the side, I contemplate. If he does indeed understand me, and if he was the one that saved me, that means I owe my life to him now. Looking him over, I search his eyes for any signs of deceit, and only see genuine concern, mixed with curiosity.

Making my decision, I say "I was defeated in battle, over a contest of strength, to determine who would be the new alpha of my pack. The new alpha, decreed that I was to be banished."

Mikey gains a serious face, and after a moment he says "I see."

Before he says anything else, I say "Are you the one that healed me?" standing up to my full height, and walk up to him, coming to a stop a few feet in front of him.

Mikey blinks, saying "Uh, yes, yes I am." as the bat pokemon screeches at me while landing on the humans shoulder, who reaches up with his right arm. The fox pokemon hides behind his legs, watching me with a guarded expression.

I bow, saying "Then I owe you a life debt. And as such, I ask to join you."

I hear the human searching for something, and hear the telltale sound of a pokeball expanding. I feel the ball touch the top of my head, and I feel the rush as I'm sucked into the pokeball. I hadn't felt this experience in years.

Knowing to let my energy relax, I wait for the pokeball to finalized my capture. When the pokeball finishes, I'm immediately released, appearing back in my original position, as I feel the tug of the trainer link set into place. Mikey, holding my pokeball, says "Alright, welcome to the team. This is Violet, and this is Scarlet", gesturing to the bat and fox pokemon respectively.

"I've had many names, but you can call me Azula." I say, watching as Scarlet comes out from behind mikey's leg, and says in a young-lings voice "I'm hungry".

Chuckling, Mikey puts the pokeball away, saying "Alright, lets all have some breakfast, then we'll head out on the road."

Letting a smile grace my face, I watch as Mikey pulls out some food for us, contemplating how my life will go from here.

AN: And here we are, at the end of chapter three. I hope everyone enjoyed it. I mostly enjoyed writing it, had a bit of trouble at the end. Next Chapter will touch up on what Mikey and Mew trained on, as well as introducing a new Character.

Now then, a couple of things.

Firstly, soneone, by the name of Pokepika's Haunnt, was kind enough to make a drawing of the main character in this fic.

To take a look, type in the address down below.

art/Trainer-ID-Mikey-740946971

And secondly, another thing regarding how many moves a pokemon can learn.

In this fic, Pokemon from lvl 21-40 can have 5 moves. Pokemon from lvl 41-55 can have 6 moves. Pokemon from lvl 56-70 can have 7 moves. Pokemon from lvl 71-85 can have 8 moves. And finally, pokemon from lvl 86-100 can have 9 moves. This applies to all but a select few pokemon, like Unknown or Wombuffet.

Lastly, this is about my upload schedule. In between work, making videos for my Youtube Channel, and life in general, I'll try to have an update at least once every month.

Anyway, that about covers everything here. I hope you all enjoyed, peace out.