Author's Note: As for why everything is underlined in chapter 1, I don't know. I guess things got glitched up. Sorry about that. Also, sorry if chapter 1 sounded a bit rushed, I had a brilliant idea and I wanted to get it down while the idea was still good.

Story 1 - Chapter 2: Shock

As with most every reborn pokémon, I was renamed in my new life. Unfortunately, I can't for the life of me remember the name my second parents gave me (I do remember that it was a traditional tribe name that was hard to pronounce). So therefore, I will refer to myself as the name given to me by my trainer (major spoiler, I know, but get over it).

Also, I would like to point out that when I am talking of my pokémon parents, I will say Mother and Father, and when I refer to my human parents, I will say Mom and Dad.

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I awoke in the arms of my panicked Blaziken mother. It appeared that I fainted upon discovering my change of gender. This caused my new parents much distress, but when they saw me wake up it calmed them down.

"You gave us such a scare there, Lexi. Are you sure you are alright?" Mother asked me.

"Yes, I'm fine." My new voice disgusted me to be perfectly honest. I sounded like a 6 year old girl. Some things you just have to deal with I guess.

"Well please do be careful. If anything were to happen to you, I don't know what I would do. Your father and I waited for you for so long…" Mother trailed off there.

I faked a smile, which was pretty impressive considering I had a beak. I could tell Mother still wasn't over what happened, she needed me right now. I walked over to her, with some difficulty, and sat with her. We talked, and she looked happy. Personally, I was uncomfortable. Watching your parents burn to death and you dieing with them is something you don't get over very easily, but I can't let my mother know something is bothering me. Right now what she needs is comfort, and I think I owe that to her. She did technically give life to me after all.

A couple weeks passed after my rebirth. I discovered that my parents lived on a farm where starter pokémon for Hoenn are bred. It was the same supplier of starters that my school in Littleroot used.

"Ron, Jill, Lee. I wonder what those guys are doing…" I thought out loud. I was sitting on a hill near the barn we lived in. Mother didn't really want me to go to far from the barn, but Father was a bit more relaxed. Anyways, the hill was my favorite spot to sit and think, and trust me, I had a lot of thinking to do. Today my friends were on my mind. Ron, Jill, Lee, and I have all known each other since we were kids, I knew my death was hitting them hard. We were so close, I could even tell you what they probably did when they found out.

Lee got serious, and quiet. He wouldn't talk more than what was necessary, and he stopped trying to do crazy stunts. He'd just go to school, and then he would skate around town to take his mind off it. Ron became work crazy. He would spend every second of free time at home working on something for school. That's what helped him deal with stuff. Jill, it probably hit her the worst. She would pretend that everything is ok, but when no one is looking, she cries. The pain builds up in her, until it gets to the point where she just can't take it anymore. I just wish I could see them, tell me everything is ok, tell them I'm alive.

"Hiya Lexi!"

This unexpected sound made me jump, high. When I hit the ground I turned around to be greeted by Kurt, the Mudkip who was born on the same day as me.

"Watcha doin?" He asked.

"Just thinking about stuff." I replied.

"What kinda stuff?" If I had hands I would have punched him. Everything has to be explained to the very last detail to Kurt. However, despite his desire to know stuff, Kurt was dumb as a log. He was my best friend on the farm and he helped me become who I am today.

"Nothing you would understand, so let's just drop it. Do you know where Crystal is?" Crystal is Kurt's sister, she was also a good friend. Sadly she was tagged as one of the few pokémon they keep to breed more starters, so I knew when they sent us off to Littleroot that would be the last time I saw her.

"Those big humans with the white coats took her to play some games. Lucky…" I didn't have the heart to tell him they weren't playing games. Sometimes you have to let people think their little fantasies are real, even if they are stupid.

"Oh, ok then. What about Driftwood? Where is he?" Driftwood was a Treecko who was born a day before Kurt and I, so he thinks that that makes him our 'fearless leader' when in reality he was a big mouthed coward. All in all, he was a cool dude.

"Driftwood is out in the meadow, training with his dad."

"Darn. So I guess it's just you and me then." I didn't know how long it would be until the day they shipped us to Littleroot, but I had a strange feeling it was soon. It already looked like they had enough pokémon to supply for the graduating classes. Kurt, Crystal, and Driftwood were the only pokémon on the farm who were kind to me, so I wanted to spend as much time with them as possible before we were separated. Let me tell you, it's hard when you lose all of your friends, and the thought of it happening again scared me.

"Yeah, you and me. So what do you wanna do?"

"Hmm, I dunno. How about… tag!" I shouted as I tagged Kurt and ran off. It may sound childish, but 1) There was literally nothing to do on the farm, especially with fewer pokémon to play with. 2) I was technically 2 weeks old, so I'm allowed to act childish if I want.

I was immediately followed by Kurt, screaming his head off about how unfair I was. I just laughed and looked around for a good base. Unfortunately, I was still getting used to running with these legs, so I tripped right as I found a good tree to use. Kurt used this opportunity to tag me, therefore earning the right to pick a base since I failed to do so (we had some very specific rules despite being so young, though many did come from me). Of course, he chose…

"Watering hole is base!"

Ugh, with his base of choice I saw there was no way I was going to win, so I decided to cheat. All pokémon on the farm are forced to train with their parents on how to battle. This is where I learned that I had an egg move, Agility. Mother made me promise not to use any move outside of our private training, but what she didn't know wouldn't hurt her. I stopped for a second to focus my energy, then I rushed after Kurt at lightning speed. However, he got so much of a lead on me that it would be a real race to see if I could catch him before he got to the pond.

"I'm almost there." He said, pushing his little body to the limits.

"Oh no you don't." I said, wanting only to win. He was within reach, and I knew he wouldn't get to base. Just a little closer and… WHOOSH! Before I knew it, I was snatched up from out of nowhere.

"Yes, I did it!" Kurt shouted as he reached the watering hole. Meanwhile, I still had know idea what was happening.

"Let go of me! Put me down!" I shouted. It was only when I bothered to look up did I quiet down.

My gaze was returned by the cold stare of my father.

"You're in a lot of trouble young lady." With that he carried me off towards the barn, where the only thing that scared me more than Father happened to be. Mother.

"Lexi, I'm very disappointed in you. You gave me your word that you wouldn't use any attacks out of our training. I trusted you to be responsible, but you've shown me that I was wrong to trust you. You are obviously too young to act responsibly unsupervised, so from now on you are not allowed to leave the barn without your father or myself watching you."

I opened my mouth (beak if you want to get technical about it) as though I was about to say something, but no words came to mind. So I just simply walked to the corner of our pen, sat down, and thought about what has happened. I've been given a second chance to live, and what have I done with it so far? I gave up my whole identity, I even changed gender, just to live again, and what do I do? I get grounded. Why did I get this opportunity? What am I supposed to do with my new life? Do I even deserve to have this second chance?

I spent the next couple of hours just questioning my existence. To anyone else though it looked like I was just staring at a wall. When the people brought us our food and I neglected to eat, my mother started to worry.

"Lexi, are you ok?" She asked sitting next to me.

"I'm fine." I said without looking at her, still deep in thought.

"Lexi, I just want you to know I'm not punishing you because I'm mad at you, I'm doing it because I care about you." If I had a nickel for every time I heard that.

"I know."

"Alright, I just wanted to make sure you understand that I do love you, and nothing will ever change that."

"I love you to Mother." With that I joined her for the rest of dinner. At the same time my thoughts shifted from my life's purpose to my parents, both human and pokémon. What's going on with my human parents right now? I got a new life, did they? Or are they maybe in Heaven? I still can't figure that one out. It's just another question for another day. For now I try not to dwell on the past.

As for my pokémon parents, it amazes me how much they are like my human parents. Dad was always tough, but caring and supportive, just like Father. Mother is so loving, always putting me first. Mom was the same way. Mother and Father were great parents, somehow they were able to put with me. They gave me an inch, I took a mile, and their only concern is that I'm ok. There are no words to describe how grateful I am for all four of my parents. It was that night I decided to tell them that I was a reborn human. I just had two questions. Would they believe me? If so, would they still love me? I can say how much that they cared about me all I want, but when you drop a bomb this big you can't help but have that fear. Regardless, they had the right to know that their daughter is currently on her second life.

"So you can't come out and play anymore?" Kurt asked. I was explaining to him, Crystal, and Driftwood the terms of my punishment.

"Not unless I'm with my mother or father."

"That stinks." Driftwood said.

"But we were gonna go explore the human's lab together…" Crystal whined.

"I know, but it's my own fault, I should have listened to my parents. I'm really sorry Crystal." I hated to disappoint my friends like that. We all go along so well, and I hated that I was letting them down.

"Driftwood, it's time to sleep dear!"

"Coming Mom! I gotta go, bye Kurt, bye Crystal, bye Lexi." Drift used the sticky pads on his hands and feet to climb across the barn back to his pen.

"How does he do that?" I asked nobody.

"We have to go too, c'mon Kurt."

"Ok, bye Lexi."

"Bye."

Now I was all alone. Walking back to where my parents nest was in our pen, I knew tonight was going to be the night. In my past life I was a procrastinator, that was something I wanted to change in this life. I wanted to hit this challenge head on.

"Lexi, there you are. It's sleep time, so get in your nest." Mother told me.

"Mother, Father, I need to tell you something…"

"What is it?" Father asked

"I have a secret. This is actually my second life. Mother, Father, I am a reborn human."

"What are you taking about?" Mother asked.

"I used to be human, but I was murdered, and after I died I met Moltres. She told me that she would give me the chance to live again, as a pokémon."

"Lexi, you probably just had a bad dream" Father tried to explain to me.

"Look into my eyes. What I'm telling you is true, I used to be human. And there is more. When I was human, I was a boy." Best to get it all out there at once

"I… I… I…" My mother fainted.