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(Alex)

"Thanks, mom!" I yelled as I left my house. My mom had given me permission to go on a journey, as long as I told her that I wouldn't do anything crazy, although I couldn't make any promises. She had given me an extra 2000 Pokédollars as a present, so I could buy myself extra potions or other healers. I calmly walked back to the Hicksbrook, surprisingly not having any trouble on the way back. I'm glad I didn't have to deal with any more Beedrill.

When I got back to the town I saw Peyton sitting at the gate... with Sean? Why was he out here? "Hey Alex!" Peyton exclaimed with a smile on his face. He waved me over. "Are you ready to head out?"

"Sure Peyton, but I've got one question," I said before stopping. I crossed my arms. "Is Sean coming with us? Cause' I thought it was going to be just us. Besides, isn't he an adult?"

"Actually, he's still technically a teenager, even though he acts like an adult," Peyton told me, " Sean had showed me his trainer card to me earlier and proved it. Since I had gotten age out of the way, I decided to take his request and bring him along."

"Would there be anything wrong with that Miss Garcia?" Sean asked as he jumped down off the fence posts, a confused expression on his face.

"Not really, but there are some requirements." I told him.

"And, what would those be?" He asked.

"First of all," I said sternly, "you have to refer to me as Alex, and nothing else. Second, don't do anything stupid while you're traveling with us. Third, don't be so professional. Got it?"

"Of course... Alex." He said smirking. He helped Peyton down as they began walking in my direction. He started to grin as he rubbed his hands together. "Well, let's head out. It's been awhile since I've gone on my own journey."

Once we were about three miles away from Hicksbrook, Sean started to open up a little. "Hey guys. Don't freak, but did you know that I was the champion of the Sinnoh region?" He said.

"Hold up!" Peyton said, backing into a tree. "How the fuck were you a champion as well as a professor, all at the age at 17? Besides, isn't Cynthia the champion?" I hope they didn't have to talk about her. I have a history with that woman that I would rather not mention.

"Well, I'll answer your first question, Peyton," thank God they didn't go into detail. "When I was around your age, I was obsessed with training my Pokémon. Everyday I would go into the wild and get my Pokémon stronger. And, after I trained, the bond between us got a lot stronger. I thought I was ready to take on the gym challenge. Wh-" "How many Pokémon did you have, Sean?" I interrupted him. I had no idea he was a trainer, so I wanted to know what he thought a good team was.

"I had a full party of six. My favorites were Machamp, Scizor, and Feraligatr. My three others, which I also thought were awesome, included a Flareon, Jolteon, and Vaporeon." I jumped with joy after he said Vaporeon.

"Do you mind showing me the Vaporeon?" I pleaded Sean.

"Sure, but don't annoy it. It doesn't usually like to meet to meet new people." He reached into his bag that he had brought with him, and pulled out a timer ball similar to the one he used earlier. "Vaporeon, time for you to meet some new friends!" He exclaimed as he threw the Pokéball into the air. When it was at its peak height, it exploded into a cloud of fireworks.

"W-what the hell was that?" Peyton said, trying not to cough his lungs out.

"It's called a seal. You can put them on your Pokéballs in the Sinnoh region." He said as he tucked the ball back into his pocket.

"Do they only make the cough-inducing fireworks kind, or are there others?" I asked him.

"In the Sinnoh region, they make hundreds of seals. This is the one I chose to use for Vaporeon's Pokéball." He sat down on the ground and started to sort things in his bag. I looked down at his Vaporeon was sitting in front of me. I kneeled down to take a closer look. It had yellow ears with purple surrounding them. Its eyes were an onyx black, along with his nose. I took a look at it's, or his as Sean tells me, body. It had a light purple frame with a darkened purple tail. After I looked at it some more I realized that it wasn't a normal Vaporeon. It was a shiny!

"Sean! You never told me that you had a shiny Vaporeon!" I screeched, trying to hold in my inner fangirl. I started to rub the Vaporeon like it was my pet. I had never thought that I would get to meet a shiny version of my favorite Pokémon! Today must have been lucky for me.

"Wait, what? What in the world is a shiny?" Sean said, rubbing the back of his neck, his face turning red.

"You've got to be shitting me right now! How on earth do you not know what a shiny is, yet you're a professor!" I yelled. Why was he a professor when he didn't know what a fucking shiny was?! Even I know what it is!

"Sorry Alex, Jeez! I've never heard of a Pokémon be referred to as 'shiny' before now. Do you mind telling me what it is before you explode again." He said, backing away from me. I think I may have overreacted a bit. I sighed.

"Sorry about, umm, overreacting there Sean. I've just never met anybody who didn't know what a shiny was, especially a professor. Anyways, a shiny Pokémon is an almost-impossible-to-find version of the original Pokémon. They were discovered a long time ago by a man named RED on his journey through the Kanto region." I told him. He seemed to have reached an understanding because he was looking at his Vaporeon like it was some kind of god.

"Wait, Alex. You're telling me that if the Pokémon looks different from its normal form, then it is classified as a shiny? If that's the truth, which I hope damn well that it is, then you might want to check this out." He said, slightly chuckling. He threw out two of his other normal Pokéballs, and out came the other two eeveelutions he owned. When I realized that they were shiny as well, I couldn't contain my excitement.

"How in the name of all that is holy did you get these!" I yelled, rubbing my face into their soft, shiny fur. I'm glad that I allowed him to travel with us.

"Umm, guys. I'm still here ya' know." Peyton said, trying to get into the conversation. We decided to ignore him.

"Thanks for showing me these wonderful beauties, Sean. I'm glad I got to finally see a shiny in person, not to mention being a Vaporeon." I said as I went to pet the Flareon and Jolteon one last time.

"No problem, Alex. Thanks for showing me what the hell was with these things. I thought these things were mutated to be like this, and that was where I got the idea of genetic fusion from if you were wondering." He said, smiling. I realized that I hadn't paid much attention to them, so I decided to check out what was special about the Flareon and Jolteon. Instead of them being purple like Vaporeon, the Flareon and Jolteon resembled the colors of bright gold and green. They had those colors spread all across their body's, not in specific parts.

"Now, back in the ball you three. You've had enough time out." He told his Pokémon before sending them into the machines they had came out from. He was about to take his Vaporeon back when I yanked his hand.

"Do you mind if you keep it out a little bit more?" I asked Sean, trying to be able to spend more time with this anomaly my favorite Pokémon.

"Uh, sure Alex. Can you get off me now? It's kinda weird to have you leaning on me." He said, trying to politely yank his arm out from my grasp. For a person at his age, he was awfully polite.

"Yeah, sorry about that. I just really want to get to know your Vaporeon if you don't mind."

"Whatever. Just don't hurt it. I wouldn't be able to forgive you for that." He told me, looking me straight in the eyes. I realized he was actually serious, so I listened, even though I wouldn't hurt the Vaporeon on any circumstance. I was about to start playing with the Vaporeon when Peyton spoke up.

"IF YOU GUYS WILL ACTUALLY PAY ATTENTION TO ME, WE'RE NEAR THE NEXT TOWN!" Peyton yelled, giving us no choice but for us to listen to him. He continued, "According to the map, this is Ironside City, home to the 'steel-hearted gym leader'."

"Lemme' see that map, Peyton." Sean said as he grabbed the map out of Peyton's hands.

"Hey! Gimme' that back!" Peyton exclaimed, reaching his hands around Sean; trying desperately to get his map back. I thought it was pretty funny to watch them wrestle over a piece of paper.

"Umm, Peyton," Sean chuckled, looking down on his friend, "you were reading the map upside down. Instead of arriving at Ironside city, we are actually a mile away from Ocularus (aw-cue-ler-us) town." Sean said, bursting out with laughter. "I thought you said you could read a map!" He said before running out of air, gasping for more.

"Yeah, well, I never said I wouldn't make a mistake." Peyton said blushing. "Just give me back my map." He grabbed his map that Sean had dropped, scolding him. He looked at the map some more, then he turned to me.

"Alex, do you mind healing my Pokémon at the town for me?" Peyton asked.

"Why do you need me to do it?" I asked, crossing my arms. I bet he was just being lazy, and relying on me to do his 'chores'.

"If you heal my Pokémon, i'll get us a spot to rest in at the local inn. Do we have a deal?" He said, giving me his hand to shake.

"Deal, but none of the hand shaking stuff. You know how I hate formalities." I said as I waved him away. I went over to Sean to pick up his Vaporeon. I wanted to get a chance to could closely examine it.

"Be careful. I'm not going to let you drop my prized partner." Sean said, hesitantly putting out a hand below his Pokémon, just in case I did drop it.

"Relax *grunt* Sean. I got this." I told my friend as I put it on my shoulders. To my surprise it wasn't nearly as heavy for me as I thought it would be.

"Hey Sean, isn't your Vaporeon supposed to be heavy? Like, around 63 pounds (29 Kilos) kinda heavy." I asked him.

"Oh yeah, about that. When I was young, my dad got me this Pokémon as a gift from a breeder. The breeder had said that he put some chemicals in it to help it grow. I guess this was one of the side-effects." He said, shrugging.

"Well, I'm glad he did, because now I can carry you wherever I go. That was, if you were my Pokémon." I responded, smiling at the Vaporeon.

"Poreon!" It exclaimed, a grin on its face. It must be happy when it's carried around outside its Pokéball..

"Hmm…" Sean said, thinking. "I've rarely seen my Vaporeon this happy before. It usually hates other people, but enjoys being with you." He looked to be in deep concentration, and he stayed like that or about 20 minutes, so we decided to walk in silence. We had walked about half a mile when Peyton broke the silence.

"Sean, have you ever seen Arceus before? I heard that it goes to Hicksbrook a lot." He asked.

"Only once, Peyton. It usually hides from the public, since there are so many people wanting to see it." He responded.

"Then how did you see it?" I said, joining the conversation.

"I was out in the forest one day, training of course, when I saw a light in the distance. I kept walking and came across a beautiful lake. It had countless species of water Pokémon in it, including Vaporeon (I almost screamed when he said that). Above the lake was a Pokémon, shining in the light. I took a closer look, and to my surprise found Arceus. But, when it noticed me, it shot off into the sky, not to be seen for a few weeks. This happened to be the first week I had been in Hicksbrook." He said, acting like he just told the best story ever.

"That's crazy! You're one lucky guy to have seen Arceus." I said, nudging Sean in the arm.

"I guess I am." He said, striking a heroic pose. I shook my head at his dramaticness. After a couple minutes of meaningless dialogue, we went back to silence.

When we came across a different terrain, I took a look around the path and realized that we had entered a new route. There was a sign ahead of me, and it said how far Ocularus town was, and what route we were currently in. I ran up to it to take a closer look, and saw that we were just a fourth of a mile away from the town, and that we were on route 673. I ignored the fact that the route we were currently on was not close to the number 673. I continued to follow the group until we came across some yellow tape blocking the road. It had, "CAUTION, PATH BLOCKED" written in big, bold letters. This was gonna be fun.

(Peyton)

"Is the damn path seriously blocked?!" Alex yelled, throwing her hands up in the air. She tried to find a way around it, but was stopped by an officer guarding it.

"We should hurry up and find a separate path," Sean said, "no use waiting around here."

"Right. I'll see if there is any other routes on my map." I said, taking out my map. I was checking our area when I suddenly had a flashback. The world went dark, then I was in my room. Everything was grey and darker than I remembered, but maybe that was just because it was a memory.

I was going down my stairs and found a box on the floor. It said, "open me'. I opened it. It had a brand new iPhone 6 sitting inside! I closed the box and went back to my room. I was sitting down when the image went blurry again. Out of the blue I was transported back to the real world. I forgot that I had a cell phone! "Hey Alex, let's see if my iPhone can give us better directions." I told her, reaching into my pockets.

"What's an iPhone?" She asked, a look of puzzlement on her face. Didn't she remember?

"Remeber? It was the thing I got for New Years Eve last year. You were there! How could you forget?" I asked, becoming confused.

"Wait, New Years Eve? What are you talking about, Peyton? What is all this nonsense?" She said, scowling at me as if I was messing with her.

"Here, i'll show you," I said, putting my hand into my back pocket. I reached around, but found nothing. "It should be here! That was where I had put it last." I told them, a little embarrassed.

"Peyton," Sean said, shaking my shoulders, "you're imagining things." He said.

"But I-" "Just drop it before Alex gets even more confused." Sean said, stopping me from continuing.

"Fine. Whatever…" I said as I looked back at my map. I could have sworn that that had happened. But, apparently it didn't. "The map says that if we go into the forest, there will be a secret path people only used for emergencies. I think we could count this as an emergency." I told them, pointing to the left. If you looked deep enough, you could see that there was a path in the middle of the trees.

"Sounds like a plan, Peyton." Sean said, prying Alex from the police tape. She had been trying to sneak around it. "C'mon Alex. Just follow us."

"Fine, i'll go." Alex said, ducking from behind the tape. "Just promise, that we won't have to deal with anybody on the way."

"Promise. Besides, not very many people know about this path. Trust me." I told her as I stepped over a few bushes. I honestly didn't even trust myself. What if that masked murderer came out from the trees and jumped us? I would never forgive myself.

thirty minutes later

We had managed to get through most of the forest without any problems. We had come across a few wurmples, but Sean's Flareon easily dealt with them. We were nearing the halfway point when I saw a light in the bushes. Oh God don't let it be him, I thought as I peeked in. What I did see though, was a Charmander sitting down and eating an Oran Berry. I swiftly stepped back and took out a Pokéball. This was my chance to catch a Pokémon.

"Guys, I'm gonna catch a Charmander." I whispered, pointing to the brush.

"Really! Let me see!" Aex said, ruining my entire plan.

"Char?" It said as it poked its body out of the green. Its eyes widened when it saw us. It jumped out and tried to run away, but I stopped it.

"Are you fucking serious, Alex?!" I yelled at my friend as I threw my Pokéball at the Pokémon, trying to catch it before it ran away. Luckily the device got to it before the Charmander was able to sneak into the bushes again. It sucked the Pokémon in, not letting it escape.

"Yes!" I yelled as I threw my fist into the air. "I finally caught my first Pokémon!" I turned around to Alex. "No thanks to you, Alex. You're lucky I have really good reflexes, or you would be in soooooo much trouble right now." I said, scolding her.

"You know," Alex said, looking down at her feet, acting ashamed. "I would be sorry... if it wasn't so funny!" She looked up, a big grin on her face.

"That's it!" I yelled as I ran towards her. I'm not gonna just let her do that kind of stuff.

"Catch me if you can," She said, running farther away, just out of my grasp.

"C'mon guys! Don't make me run after you. I just want to relax!" Sean told us, trying to catch up.

"Stay out of this, Sean!" I yelled back at my friend. I turned around to see Alex taunting me, but that's not what surprised me. Behind her was a hooded figure, pulling out a knife from his belt. When he held it up, it didn't shine whatsoever. It seemed to pulse with… DARKNESS! It was the masked dude that I saw at the Pokémart! It de-hooded itself to reveal a mask similar to the one from earlier. Alex was still making rude gestures at me when the man was about to go in for the kill. He raised his knife hand, but froze when he noticed me. His eyes widened as he re-sheathed his knife, running off into the distance. He was so silent that Alex didn't notice, and apparently neither did Sean.

"Alex," I said walking up to her, grabbing her arm, "let's all get out of here, this place is starting to really creep me out. You too, Sean." I started to walk towards the exit, which was now just a few hundred feet away.

"Fine, but can you go a little slower? You always run off when i'm not ready." Sean said, trying again to catch up.

"Whatever, let's just hurry up and get our asses into town." I said, and kept walking. I hope I don't ever have to deal with that son of a bitch ever again.