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It took about five minutes for all of Mia's Pokémon to finish eating their food. Once they were done Mia called them all into their Poké Balls. However she didn't do this with Hawkeye, she said that she would use him to get to the town since it was easier to fly down there.

"But what about me?" Sora said pointing to himself.

"Oh I've got that covered," Mia smiled. A sudden gust of wind blew and a Pokémon landed on the ground. Sora looked to see the Pokémon resembled that of a dragon. It had two large red wings and had mostly blue skin.

"This is a Salamence that was nearby," Mia said petting the Pokémon on the head. It appeared to be enjoying it. "Using Aura I managed to ask if he would be kind enough to give you a lift down into town. You want to come over and say hi. He's pretty friendly."

Sora shrugged then came over and started to pet the Salamence on the head. His skin was rough but that didn't really bother him.

"Alright so ready to get going then?" Sora nodded. "Okay then climb aboard onto Salamence. Zorua you better either ride with me or hold onto Sora tight so you don't accidentally get blown away."

No worries, Zorua said. I'll ride with you.

Mia playfully rolled her eyes as Zorua jumped from Sora's shoulders to Mia's.

Besides, Meema probably told me not to talk to strangers. Since she hasn't met Sora yet, she might be upset about me going to town with someone she doesn't know yet, Zorua said.

"You know, I still haven't met your Meema," Sora noticed.

"She's probably watching the baby Pokémon here at the clearing," Mia explained. "She does that sometimes. She has a strong protective personality (trust me I know) so that's what she likes to do. The only reason she allows Zorua out of her sight is because she knows me. Any other case she wouldn't let Zorua out of her sight in fear something would happen to him."

"Wow, I see. Should we let her know that we're going into town though?"

Nah, I don't think we have to do that, Zorua said. Meema's probably busy looking after all the baby Pokémon since they can't really look after themselves that well.

"It's your call Zorua," Sora shrugged.

"Okay now that we've cleared all that up let's get going," Mia said climbing onto Hawkeye's back. Sora followed her example by climbing onto Salamence's back. The Salamence and Hawkeye then walked over to the edge of the cliff, spread their wings, then took off. When the Salamence took off Sora was glad he had such a tight grip on the Salamence's neck because the sudden force of him taking off probably would have thrown him off his back, though he did worry he was holding onto too tight at first.

"You okay back there?" Mia shouted over the roar of the wind.

"Yeah I'm fine," Sora shouted back. He saw Mia nod at him then turned her head forward. Sora did the same. However, as they continued flying Sora couldn't help but begin to enjoy the fact that he was flying. Naturally he had experienced flying before. Hell in Neverland he could fly himself. Even so, the feeling of flight always left him star-struck. Sora looked down below, and while it was a bit intimidating at how high up they were, he couldn't really feel at ease while up in the air.

Sora soon saw the town just up ahead. He was amazed he didn't see if before from the cliff back the clearing but he noticed that the thick forest surrounding it probably hid it from view. In about fifteen minutes the two landed in front of a large building that was built on a hill and had a large windmill. Though when they were close to the building while they were still in flight Sora noticed a whole bunch of different Pokémon within the fenced area surrounding the building.

"And here we are!" Mia grinned once Hawkeye and the Salamence touched land.

Well then let's get going! Zorua said jumping off of Mia's shoulder. After landing on the ground though Zorua did a back flip and while in midair it's body seemed to turn into purplish colored energy. When Zorua landed on the ground again Sora's jaw nearly dropped when he saw that Zorua had managed to transform into a nearly complete version of Mia. Sora remembered that the Pokédex said that Zorua liked to transform into other things. However, Sora nearly burst out laughing when he saw that Zorua still had his tail which looked pretty funny on Mia.

Come on let's go, Zorua said as he started to hop towards the building. However Mia grumbled, obviously not liking Zorua transforming into her, then pulled on Zorua's tail. That caused him to change back but he snickered regardless.

Mia then called back Hawkeye but when she tried to tell the Salamence it was okay for him to leave now he just growled.

"I think he wants to stick around," Sora frowned. Mia looked at him.

"That's right. You're reading Auras already, I'm impressed."

"Well thanks I guess," Sora said scratching the back of his head.

Mia shrugged then the they all walked into the building, though the Salamence stayed outside. Sora looked around to see a bunch of different computers everywhere and a few Pokémon lounging around.

"Grandpa! Grandma! I'm back!" Mia announced upon entering.

"Miakoda?"

The two looked to see an elderly woman wearing a blue dress and a white apron walking over to them.

"Grandma!" Mia said running up and giving the woman a hug.

"Oh Miakoda we weren't expecting to see you for another day or two. You told us you were hanging out in the mountains again."

"I know I know," Mia smiled.

"Evening ma'am," Sora introduced. "My name's Sora."

"Oh so you brought a new friend I see. It's nice to meet you my dear. Am I to guess you wish to be a Trainer?"

"That's right."

"Hmm, normally people who come to be a Trainer are those who just turned ten. Bit late aren't you?"

Sora looked flustered.

"Oh it's fine I'm just teasing you," Mia's grandma laughed.

"Oh grandma," Mia sighed.


Mia's grandma lead the three to the back of the lab where Sora met Mia's grandpa—Professor Dogwood. He was an elderly man who wore a red dress shirt, black slacks, and a white lab coat.

"Hi grandpa!" Mia smiled. "My friend here wants to be a Trainer. Do you think you can help?"

Professor Dogwood smiled. "I believe I can. And your name is?"

"I'm Sora."

"Alright Sora then, well usually the first step in becoming a Trainer is to select your starter Pokémon. Now the normal selection is either a Water-type, Fire-type, or Grass-type. However, I'm sorry to say that we don't have any Pokémon to choose from. Well we do have one Pokémon but it's a Flying-type."

"Do you mind if we see it?" Mia asked.

Professor Dogwood shrugged. He went over to one of the machines and pressed a button. Pretty soon a glass window opened up and a small tray with a Poké Ball resting on it slid out. Professor Dogwood grabbed the Poké Ball then let out the Pokémon inside. The Pokémon that he let out appeared on the table.

"Oh, it's a Spearow," Mia said taking out her Pokédex.

"Spearow—the Tiny Bird Pokémon. Spearow, unlike Pidgey, have a terrible attitude. They are very wild and will sometimes attack other Pokémon and humans. They are very protective of their territory and will flap their short wings busily to dart around at high speeds."

"And just like the entry states, this particular fellow certainly has an attitude," Professor Dogwood admitted. "He snaps at everyone, tries to attack all the Pokémon we have here, and so forth."

Sora looked at the Spearow with a raised eyebrow. The Spearow just kept his gaze away from all the people in the room and seemed keen on making sure he didn't make any eye contact with any of them. For some reason though Sora didn't really think the Spearow was a bad Pokémon with an attitude. Instead, he just got the feeling that the Spearow had some pride issues, like he thought he was better than the rest of them and wanted some respect for it.

Zorua jumped onto the table with the Spearow and sniffed him. The Spearow, however, didn't like that. In a split second the Spearow started to peck away at Zorua, who fled and jumped onto Mia's shoulders.

That was rude, Zorua whispered. He needs an attitude adjustment.

"Don't be rude yourself," Mia whispered back to him.

I'm just saying.

The Spearow just turned away and let out something that sounded like either a snort or a chuckle.

"Well aren't you a tough guy," Sora joked, petting the Spearow on the head. "And you like to show that off I'm guessing?"

The Spearow looked up at Sora with what he figured was a smug look.

"Careful you don't let that pride of yours go to your head now."

The Spearow started to squawk and such. Sora knew that it was protesting that he hadn't let his pride get to his head. Sora just laughed and told the Spearow he was just joking with him.

"My my, this is an interesting development," Mia's grandma said. "This is the first time he's act this way since he was brought here."

"Brought here? What do you mean by that grandma?"

"Oh it's just that a Trainer found this Spearow when he was injured and brought him here. We fixed him right up then kept him here for some observations since Spearow aren't found around this area."

"Well he doesn't seem as hostile now," Mia noticed. "So what about it? Think he'll make a good partner?"

"Hmm, what do you think little guy?" Sora asked facing the Spearow. The Spearow then nodded up at Sora. "Guess it's decided then. Looks like we're partners from here on out."

The Spearow let out a cry and even perched himself on Sora's shoulder.

"My my since that's all finished and done with," Professor Dogwood laughed. "Then I better give you these."

Professor Dogwood then opened a drawer and pulled out a Pokédex similar to the one Mia had and five shrunken Poké Balls.

"Here's your Pokédex and five Poké Balls to get your started. And here is Spearow's Poké Ball. You should register your information into your Pokédex as soon as you get the chance. Mia can help you with that."

"So that's it?" Sora asked. Professor Dogwood nodded. "Congratulations Sora, you're officially a Pokémon Trainer now. I wish you luck on your journey."

"Thank you, sir," Sora smiled.


"So Sora, you going to give your new partner a nickname?" Mia asked once they were outside. Spearow was still perched on Sora's shoulder while Zorua was still on Mia's shoulder. While they were leaving the lab Zorua made a comment to Sora saying he hoped he would fix Spearow's attitude. Mia flicked Zorua on the nose as a way of scolding him for his comment.

"Hmm, what about…Avis?" Spearow let out a cry. "Avis it is then, nice to meet you Avis."

"Alright now that you're a Trainer, you have to decide what to do. Now I already told you that you can either challenge the Pokémon League, compete in Pokémon Contests (such as myself), be a Pokémon Breeder, and so on."

"I'll think about it," Sora chuckled. "Though I'll be honest and say that I'm not really interested in competing in the Pokémon League or Contests."

"Okay then we should probably start by seeing what moves Avis knows at least. You can use your Pokédex to scan the moves he knows."

Sora nodded then took out his newly acquired Pokédex then scanned Avis. "Says here he knows Peck, Leer, and Fury Attack."

"Huh, not a bad start then. But we should stock up on supplies just in case. Especially some medicine since I'm already running low," Mia said. "There's a small Poké Mart down the street. We can get everything we need there."

"Then let's get going."

Mia nodded. Right at that moment the Salamence that Sora had rode into town earlier glided down from the roof of the lab and landed beside them. The Salamence let out a roar just as Avis cried out at the Salamence.

"Seems those two don't really like each other," Mia snickered.

"No doubt there," Sora chuckled sheepishly as Avis and the Salamence started to glare at each other. "From what I can tell they both have some pride issues."

Mia clapped. "Well I'll be, you're getting better and better at reading Aura by the minute. Man you seem to be a natural. Moving from that, we should go get going. The sooner we get some supplies the better."

Sora nodded as him and Mia started to leave the lab grounds, the Salamence following them, they made their way towards the Poké Mart that Mia mentioned. As they entered town though some of the people who waved at Mia gave Sora a bit of a strange look (due to the Salamence following him). As they walked Avis kept looking at everything by snapping his head in every single direction in attempts to see everything around him. Whenever someone got close though Avis dug his talons into Sora's shoulders causing him to wince.

"Lighten up Avis," Sora told him. "That is my shoulder you're digging your talons into."

Avis let out a squawk in apology.

"Just don't go picking a fight. I know you like proving your strength and all but sometimes it's better not to fight all right?"

Avis nodded and even released it's tight grip on Sora's shoulder. Few minutes later they arrived at the Poké Mart which was a simple two story building with a blue roof. Mia and Sora entered the building with Zorua and Avis (once again the Salamence had to wait outside much to his annoyance). Mia instantly went to the medicine aisle. She told Sora that he could look around for anything he thought they might need.

Sora did just that and headed off to look for a backpack first. Deep down he had no idea what he would need to be a Trainer but having a pack to keep whatever he would need seemed to be a necessity first.

"Man they have all types to choose from," Sora commented looking at all the backpacks. "Which one do you like Avis?"

Avis looked at all the backpacks then flew off of Sora's shoulder. He then flew over to a Hurley branded backpack that was mostly black but a had blue and black plaid pattern on the front. Avis picked up the backpack then dropped the backpack in Sora's hands.

"Hey, not a bad choice there," Sora smiled. Sora then checked the price tag on it. He was taken aback when he saw it read 3500 Poké. It just dawned on him that he didn't have any money on him whatsoever. Not that this world would take munny as a form of currency anyway. "Guess we're gonna have to ask Mia for some money."

Avis let out a squawk as he perched back onto Sora's shoulder. The two then continued down the aisles looking for anything else they thought they might need. Sora figured that he wouldn't have to look at any medicine since Mia already had that covered. Sora eventually ended up looking at what he read were called Seals. While he was looking at all the different Seals Mia came back.

"Got all the medicine we would need plus some herbs and a few other things. Now all we have to do is pay for everything."

"Uh I don't have any money on me so I can't help with that."

"Ah it's no biggie, I have plenty of money from helping out at my aunt's daycare. Come on let's go pay for all this," Mia said walking to the counter and Sora following behind. After Mia paid for everything, including Sora's backpack, they left the Poké Mart. As they were walking Mia split up some of the medicines and such then gave them to Sora to place in his backpack. While he was at it Sora stored his Poké Balls in one of the pockets of his backpack.

Just like before the Salamence joined back up with them once the two left the Poké Mart.

"You really like following us don't you?" Sora addressed. The Salamence just snorted but Sora knew he was right.

"Maybe you should catch him Sora," Mia joked. "Since he seems keen on following you."

"Okay so how exactly do I catch him?"

"Normally you have to weaken a Pokémon through a battle before catching it. Though since that Salamence seems to like you I think if you just threw the Poké Ball at him he might not put up a fight."

Sora shrugged then tossed the Poké Ball at the Salamence, who, in turn, allowed the Poké Ball to hit him on the head. A few seconds later Salamence transformed into red light that got absorbed into the Poké Ball. The Poké Ball then fell to the ground and rolled this way and that. Sora watched as it finally stopped—probably signaling that the Salamence had been caught.

"That was…easy," he commented picking up the Poké Ball.

"Course," Mia said. "The Salamence didn't really put up a fight like I said. He already wanted to come with you."

"So…where to now anyway?" Sora asked pocketing Salamence's Poké Ball.

"I was thinking of visiting my aunt's daycare first. Then we can figure out where to go after that."

Sora shrugged. "Fine by me."

"Then let's get going. It's about a ten minute walk."

Sora nodded as the two started walking. As they did Sora thought about what he could do to try and get back home to Destiny Islands. Seeing as how he can't use a Gummi ship to get back, since he obviously didn't have one, that left him with very little options. Tracking down a legendary Pokémon that brought him to this world in the first place seemed like the only and best option as of right now.

Avis let out a squawk as some random bird-like Pokémon flew overhead. Sora smiled then stroked Avis on the head. Oh well, until he could either find another way to get home or until he found Palkia, least he had some new friends to help him along the way.


And there you go, Sora's now a Trainer!

Avis-it's Latin for bird. Yeah, real originality there I know :P