Disclaimer: I have nothing to my name, especially not pokemon. If I did, a Gardevoir would be sitting with me, helping me write this. Also thanks to everyone thats encouraged me to keep going, and for helping me fix any problems with my previous chapters. You guys rule.

Edit: Changed the chapter to the way it was supposed to be originally. Feedback on the way it looks now is always welcome.

As usual: (thinking), ("communicating mentally"), (-"pokemon communicating mentally"-), -sound effect-

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A brown haired boy in a blue shirt and brown shorts, who couldn't be more than five, was sitting against a tree on a hill, enjoying his day out of school.

"Ahhhh, it's such a nice day today, and it's even better since we don't have school today."

The boy stretched before picking up the toy he brought with him. The toy was a plush Ralts his mom gave him when he was younger. It was his favorite toy, since it was all he had left to remind him of his family, and it's also the closest thing he had to a real pokemon. He stared at it wondering why no pokemon wanted to be with his partner, when he heard a twig snap. He turned and saw a tall black haired boy wearing a white tank top and blue shorts walking up the hill, while an Ekans slithered behind him.

"Hey orphan, are you still playing with that piece of junk? No wonder you don't have any friends."

The boy insulting the brown haired boy was John, and the Ekans was his partner, Fang. John always bullied the boy for not having a pokemon, and told him repeatedly that he'll never have one. Due to him being a jerk towards everyone, he was always alone, so he tried to get rid of his anger by torturing the boy.

"You only say that because no one wants to be your friend, and everyone likes me."

He glared at the boy before looking at Fang and saying, "Fang, use Poison Sting!"

Upon hearing this the boy jumped up and out of the way, moments before the poison needles pierced the ground where he was sitting.

John pointed at him before yelling, "WHY DON'T YOU GET LOST! SOMEONE AS WORTHLESS AS YOU DOESN'T DESERVE TO LIVE HERE!"

His Ekans fired another barrage of needles at the boy as he ran down the hill towards the forest. A girl walked up behind John and smacked him upside his head.

"You do know you're going to get in trouble for this, right?"

"Why should I care? He's just a worthless orphan. No one will miss him."

The girl shrugged before telling him, "He was right. No wonder no one likes you. One day someone's going to get sick of you and teach you a lesson, and I'll bet my allowance that it'll be him."

John fought the urge to sic Fang on her, but held back knowing her Growlith would kick his ass.

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The boy continued running through the forest, trying to think about what he should do. Lost in though, he didn't notice the tree root sticking out of the ground and tripped over it, hitting the ground hard. He laid on the ground crying, confused about his situation. He knew without a partner he wouldn't survive out here, and even though he hated his home, it was still his home. He got on his knees and wiped the dirt off his face and clothes, when he noticed his Ralts doll was missing. He looked around frantically for it, looking on the ground, in the trees, when he heard a rustling in some nearby bushes. He took a few steps towards it before stopping, not knowing what was making the sound. The rustling continued until he heard a soft voice coming from the bush.

"Ralts."

A Ralts walked out from the bush dragging the doll with it, when it stopped and looked at him. He couldn't believe that a Ralts was standing right in front of him, and what shocked him more is that this wasn't Ralts territory. He almost jumped for joy, when he noticed the blood dripping from its side. He walked up to it slowly and kneeled down, trying not to scare it off. It limped towards him, and stood right in front of him and looked up at his face.

"Are you okay?"

It whimpered before nodding, then held the doll in front of it. He took the doll, then looked back at the injured Ralts.

"Do you want to come home with me? I don't have much, but I can probably fix your side up."

It stared at him for a few moments, before smiling and nodding to him, "Ral Ralts!"

He picked it up and started heading back towards the town.

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It was already dark by the time they got back to his home, and the Ralts was asleep in his arms, snuggling with the doll. He ran towards his home, trying not to get spotted by anyone that might be outside, when he got to the entrance. He walked in and quietly shut the door behind him, trying not to wake up the Ralts. He laid it on his bed and began hunting for something for the two of them to eat. He grabbed a few oran berries out of a bowl he kept in his makeshift kitchen, and grabbed one of his old shirts. The Ralts woke up hearing him walking on the creaky floorboards, and started looking around the small house. It looked like the whole house was only two rooms, with the second room being the bathroom. He walked over to the bed and sat next to the Ralts, setting the berries next to it.

"These berries can will make you feel better. I have plenty here, so eat up." he told it as he shredded up the shirt.

It grabbed the a berry and nibbled away, while the boy walked into the bathroom. A few minutes later he came back out to check on the Ralts, who had just finished another berry.

"You have enough, Ralts?"

"Ralts."

"Alright then. Do you want a bath?"

It cocked its head to the side, confused about my question, "Ralts?"

He picked it up and carried it to the bathroom, bringing the shredded shirt with him. It looked around the cramped room and started to wonder to itself.

(Do humans really like to live in such small dens?)

It didn't get to wonder for to long, as it found itself inside a large sink filled up about halfway.

"Raaaaaalts." It sighed as it relaxed in the water.

"I'm glad you like it." He said to it before he grabbed a washcloth and helped wash the Ralts.

After its bath was over the boy unplugged the sink and picked the Ralts up in his arms. He grabbed a towel and sat on the toilet, and began drying the Ralts. It looked up at him and smiled, enjoying the treatment it was getting. After drying it off, he grabbed the shredded cloth and began wrapping its side up.

"There, all done. You feeling any better?"

"Ral ralts!"

He yawned before looking down at the Ralts and asking, "You wanna go to bed?"

"Ralts"

He picked it up and went walked out of the bathroom and up to his bed and set the Ralts down on one of the pillows at the headboard, before lying down and resting his head on the pillow next to it and pulling the his blanket over himself.

"Good night Ralts"

It yawned before it hopped off the pillow and crawled under the blanket, then laid down next to him and smiled..

"Ralts."

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Over the next few days the boy and the Ralts were inseparable. He pretty much stayed away from everyone, not wanting anyone to find his new friend and trying to catch it. Today the boy has to go back to school, and not wanting to leave the Ralts alone, he decided to take it with him to school. I should say, he decided to take 'her' to school, as he found out that 'it' was a 'she' the other day. He grabbed a small blue rucksack and strapped in around his left shoulder, with the sack itself under his right arm.

He put the Ralts in the sack and gave her a few berries before saying to her, "Now, you'll need to be quiet when we're at school. I don't want anyone catching you, especially that jerk.". She felt a hint of anger radiate from him, but it soon subsided.

He got excited when he found out school would end early today, since a tournament was going to be held today for the kids in school that had pokemon. The though crossed his mind that he could use the Ralts, but didn't want to risk anything happening to her, since she was still recovering. His class felt like it was taking forever, when the bell rang, signaling the day was over. He was one of the first people to get to the gym, where the tourney was taking place, so he found a good seat and waited for it to start.

After an hour the tournament was coming to a close and the final battlers were a boy and his Poliwag, against John and his newest pokemon, and Elekid ha named Surge.

"Poliwag, use Bubble!"

The small blue pokemon sprayed a stream of bubbles at the Elekid, which didn't seem to affect it at all.

"Surge, end it with Thunder Punch!"

"Le lekid!" It yelled while running towards the helpless Poliwag, spinning its arms until they began to spark. It punched the Poliwag with an electrified fist, sending into the wall behind it and knocking it out.

A coach walked over to John before yelling out, "The match is over. Our champions are John and Elekid!"

All the kids in the bleachers stood up and cheered while the boy was at the door and walking out of the gym. He couldn't stand seeing the one person he hated getting all this praise. The Ralts popped her head out of the bag and tried her best to cheer him up, when they heard someone laughing behind them.

"Heheheh so orphan, did you like my match? I did better than you and your pokemon could ever do. Oh wait, that's right. You don't have one. Hahahah!"

The boy ignored his laughing and taunts and started to walk away, when he noticed his rucksack was a few pounds lighter. He turned around in time to see the Ralts yelling at John and the Elekid.

"Ral ralts, ral ral alts RALTS!"

"What's this? You do have a pokemon. This is just perfect. Not only do I become the town champion, but I get to beat you too. This day couldn't get any better. Elekid, use Thundershock!"

Its arms began to spin as sparks flew off the prongs on its head. A bolt flew towards me, but was soon stopped by Ralts using Safeguard. After the spark dispersed, the Ralts turned to me and nodded, like she was telling me to fight.

"If you're sure about this, then we'll fight. Use Double Team!"

She ran towards the Elekid, and in an instant she started to multiply.

"It figures someone as lame as you would use such a lame technique. Use Brick Break on each copy!"

As it began to swipe at each copy, I noticed a crowd starting to form around us. I couldn't lose my first battle in front of all these people, and I refused to lose to him.

"Ralts, use Confusion!"

She put her hands on her temples and closed her eyes, before a light purple aura surrounded the Elekid and lifted it into the air.

"Now send it flying!" I yelled as she threw it into the air. It hit the ground, leaving a small crater where it landed.

Johns jaw dropped as he stood there in shock, before pulling out a pokeball and recalling it. A girl walked up to John and stood next to him with her arms crossed and a smug look on her face.

"I told you he would pay you back one day, John"

He growled before muttering to the girl, "SHUT UP! JUST SHUT THE HELL UP, DITA!"

He stomped off muttering things kids his age shouldn't be saying, while everyone had surrounded the boy and his Ralts, cheering and yelling his name.

"DARRIN! DARRIN! DARRIN!"

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"Darrin? Wake up you Slakoth!"

"Huh? Who's talking?" I said as I sat up.

I looked at the person talking to me, but all I saw was a green and white blur. I rubbed my eyes trying to clear them up, but to no avail. The person sat next to me and put their hand on my face.

"Now close your eyes and relax."

I did what they asked, and in a few moments they pulled their hand away. I opened my eyes and they were completely clear. I looked to the person that helped me and saw a beautiful Gardevoir sitting next to me.

"Se...Serene? Is that really you?"

"Of course it's me silly. Who else could I be?" She said in a playful tone.

I looked around the room I was in and aw a large white room, with machines and a tv. in the corner of the room, a fold out seat by the bathroom, and then I noticed the large bed I was laying in.

"Where are we?"

"In Celadons pokemon center."

Tears began to well up in her eyes before she said to me, "I though I lost you. You were in such bad shape after the battle. You've been asleep for the past 3 days. Everyone was starting to think you weren't going to wake up"

(I was in a battle?)

I tried to recall the events from a few days ago, but my mind was to hazy to remember. Feeling drained I laid back in my bed and closed my eyes, almost falling asleep instantly.

"Darrin, are you feeling okay?"

I looked up at her wearily, "Yeah. I'm just tired."

She looked at me relieved, "Okay then. Good night."

She got up and started walking to the chair by the bathroom when I called her, "Hey Serene?"

She turned to me with a confused look on her face.

"Could you sleep with me, please?

She blushed and nodded, then walked over to my bed and laid down next to me. I closed my eyes, and fell asleep in no time.

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Another chapter has come and gone. This one turned out longer than I thought it would, and if you didn't figure it out already, he was dreaming about when he first met Serene. Hopefully this chapter cleared up a few questions any of you might've had. Just because this one was about his past doesn't mean I'm going to give away to much. Once again, some feedback is always nice. Can't think of anything else, so laters people.