So, I couldn't remember if I published a chapter of ANA and two chapters of OMAA or only one chapter of OMAA. In the end it didn't matter because I was having some writer's block on how to start the next chapter of ANA. This chapter took my mind off of ANA for a bit. Anyways, it is Spring Break here in Texas. I am ready for the break. I had to take the TSI test on Thursday and I had a Geometry test on Friday. I took the TSI test in order to get into dual credit classes for English Comp I and II, Government, and Economics. I am happy to say that I passed the test and will be allowed to take those classes. With luck, that gets two of my college credits out of the way. Anyways, enough of my babbling and on to the reviews.

Monpoke: I am not sure what you mean, but no I did not change any titles.

Rayrudan: Ha ha, That does seem like something Giovanni would pull, but I'm not that mean so I won't let it happen to poor doctor Mitchel's grandson. Or will I? Lol.

Caitou zzzzzz: My interpretation is that Celebi must protect the time line with out getting directly involved. If every one of the legendaries got involved in a conflict, then it would literally be the end of the world. Hence Austin, Devin, and Emily. Their job was to get Katlyn and Caleb to Mew, which they did. However, she didn't say how many times.

Phillip Harbindinger: I don't like the idea of an incompetent team. If they were incompetent like their game counterparts then in reality, there would be no team. Besides, in the anime and manga the teams are somewhat competent with Jessie, James and Meowth the only truly incompetent ones. Thanks for letting me know about the to/too mistake. At least it is a sign that I am making less and less to/too mistakes

Mades: Raum is German for room. Raum des Willens means Room of Will.

I saw this quote and couldn't help but to use it. It describes me pretty well.

The desire to write grows with writing.

Desiderius Erasmus

Chapter 38

Caleb's POV

The darkness ended; surrendering to the cold glow of LED lights above me. I tried to move around but I was restricted by a heavy cloth. I looked around as best I could and could barely tell that I was back in the room at the Pokémon Center. I didn't feel like I was on a bed and I definitely didn't feel like I was on the ground. That left only one other option. I began to blush a deep red. I tried to protest but only one or two words came out somewhat understandable. 'That stupid Mew. She jacked up my speech didn't she!' I fumed as I tried another tactic. I began to squirm and wiggle to at least let whoever know that I was ready to be put down. I sighed in relief when a voice expressed my discomfort.

"Katlyn, he is awake, and I think he wants down!" a voice said excitedly.

"Great. Just great." Katlyn muttered. She seemed dismayed. Definitely not the way I thought she would sound.

'If Katlyn isn't holding me, who is? Please say it isn't Emily. That is flat out embarrassing.' I thought as I felt my body shift a little. In the new position, I found that I could see the person carrying me. It turned out to be Teresa. I sighed out of relief, and tried to talk again. I wanted to ask about being put down but the only word that came out halfway correctly was 'down'. I sighed again and looked at her with pleading eyes. A few seconds later, Katlyn appeared. The weird thing is that she didn't seem any bit bigger.

"Hey Caleb. I don't know if you still remember me or not so blink twice if you understand me." Katlyn said to me.

'Why do you not know if I remember you?' I questioned as I blinked twice. Katlyn sighed despondently.

"In a way, I wish you didn't remember me." she muttered in response. "I guess the first thing that you should know is that you are human again. The bad news is that Mew wasn't able to finish.

'What do you mean, Mew wasn't able to finish? I don't have a tail do I?' I tried to scream. Instead, all that came out was babble.

Katlyn somehow guessed what I was saying, "No, there aren't any Vulpix appendages attached to you. Although your hair is a dusty red color. What I mean is that Mew kind of got captured when she went outside to get Sam."

'What? You have got to be pulling my leg.' Katlyn looked at me sympathetically.

"MK, could you go get that mirror I told you to get earlier." the little fur ball floated into view.

"But I couldn't find it!" the little Mew whined.

"Boys. You are all as blind as bats." Katlyn moaned as she walked off to find the mirror.

"Hi Caleb. How's it going?" MK asked me. I began to respond but suddenly stopped. "Oh that's right. Your sister said you might not be able to talk. Just think and I'll read your thoughts.

"So let me guess. Your mom didn't finish so I am stuck not being able to talk because she didn't finish. Am I right?"

"Yep, that is the gist of it." MK said almost too cheerfully.

"So that means Katlyn is tell the truth that I am not totally fixed. MK, could you do me a favor and broadcast everything I am about to say to everyone here?" I asked with swaying calmness.

"You bet! Just think it and they'll hear it." MK said with a small salute.

"Good. Katlyn! Get me out of Teresa's arms right now! If you make a single baby joke I will freaking murder you in your sleep when I can! I have a lot of pent up anger inside me at the moment, and if you don't want me to release it, I would suggest hurrying!" I yelled as loud as possible in my head. A few seconds later, a startled Katlyn came into the room. She looked at me as if I was possessed.

"H-how did you do t-that?" Katlyn stammered. I stared at her in utter disbelief.

"It's a lost art Mew taught me while I was in that other room." I said in a believable tone.

"Really?"

"No not really! Are you that dense? MK is the one doing this!" I yelled, causing Katlyn to flinch.

"You don't need to yell." Katlyn complained.

"I'm not yelling! My thoughts are yelling! Your thoughts would be yelling too if you wake up in someone's arms as a freaking baby, without the ability to talk!" I vented. I didn't notice at first but my body began to tremble. I stopped my thoughts for a second as I realized what my body was about to do. A few seconds later, I let out a loud wail. I shocked myself at my cry. I couldn't control it either. It was as if I was disconnect from parts of my body.

"Teresa, let me see him." I heard Katlyn say over my crying. Teresa easily shifted me into Katlyn's waiting arms and I stared up her as I sobbed. She began to shush me and tried calming me down.

"Katlyn! I'm not actually a baby! Put me down!" my thoughts exploded. Katlyn didn't even flinch this time instead she just sat on the bed and continued to comfort me. After a few minutes of me crying, I stopped to my relief. "Katlyn, can you put me on the bed now? I can at least handle that." I asked. Katlyn paid no heed. "Katlyn? Can you hear me?" I asked. Again, she did not respond. I looked around as best as I could and realized that MK was no where in sight. I sighed and just let Katlyn hold me. I was too tired to be embarrassed or angry anymore and I quickly feel asleep.

Katlyn's POV

"Teresa, do you think you could watch Caleb, while I go to the store?" I asked with a small sigh. I knew Caleb wasn't going to like this but it really can't be helped.

"You better find Sam before you do anything. We wouldn't want any trouble." Teresa replied. I rolled my eyes and knocked on the bathroom door.

"Sam? We need to go to the store and pick up a few things for Caleb are you coming, or what?" I asked hurriedly.

"I'm coming, just give me a minute. MK decided to explore the kitchenette and found a jar of peanut butter that someone left behind. He got it all over himself and me." Sam replied.

"So that's why Caleb stopped yelling in my head. How long do you think you guys are going to be?" I asked.

"I'd say about fifteen minutes. He made quite the mess." Sam replied.

I just messed around on my phone for the first few minutes. I contemplated on calling my parents but decided that would be best after we got what we needed for Caleb. Caleb slept peacefully on the bed with Teresa watching to make sure he didn't roll off. He was so small that I could hardly recognize him. He reminded me of all the times I treated him badly as a kid. Some of it was because we were siblings and it is natural for siblings to fight. However, I had a large resentment for him. I always felt that he had ruined my relationship with my parents. They were always watching him and it made me jealous. In a way, I felt that it was my fault that things happened this. Of course, I can never know how things could have been.

Sam came out with a rather annoyed look on his face. He had a soaked towel in his hands and his shirt was completely covered with peanut butter. MK floated out with a pout. His fur was covered with soap and water. I couldn't help myself when I burst out laughing. Sam began to grumble and went off to search for a clean shirt. MK just hovered around me.

"What made you decide to make such a mess?" I asked with a snicker.

"It smelled good. I didn't know that it would be hard to get off." MK muttered. "Then Sam decided that he had to help get that stuff off of me."

"Maybe you should spend more time with Sam. It would drive him up the wall." I laughed.

MK looked at me with a smirk and a wicked gleam formed in his eye. "Good idea! Maybe I can help him with his problems with Marik!"

'What did I just do.' I asked myself as the little Mew floated after Sam.

After another ten minutes, we were ready to go. Sam grumbled as we walked down the streets. MK, who took on the form of a Pikachu, was perched on his shoulder; annoying the crap out of him mentally. By the time we made it to the store, Sam's face was a deep shade of crimson.

"Katlyn, you better hurry and get the things you need because I am about to kill him." Sam muttered angrily.

"Alright, I'll try to hurry." I muttered with a chuckle.

I led Sam down several aisles until we came upon the one with all the items we needed. Sam grabbed a cart and I began tossing things into it. I picked up things ranging from clothes to bottles. I knew Caleb was just going to enjoy the bottles. He just loved them when everything began.

"You should get this shirt, Katlyn." Sam smirked. I began to chuckle. The shirt was a neon blue, and read "troublemaker" on it.

"I don't think he would like that to much." I replied.

"Yeah, probably not." Sam agreed. Sam face seemed to spark with remembrance "Hey did you call your parents?"

"No, I thought about it but decided to get this stuff first. Get this stuff checked out and I'll call them up." Sam nodded and I pulled out my phone. After hitting my parent's speed dial, I placed the phone up to my ear and waited. The phone rang for several seconds before someone picked up on the other end.

"Katlyn! It's about time you called! Your Mother and I have been worried sick! Is everything ok?" My Dad exclaimed.

"Hey Dad. Things… things didn't quite go as planned." I confessed softly.

"I see. So you weren't able to change back. I can tell by the sound of your voice. Is Caleb back to normal, or is he still a Pokémon?"

"He is… human, but Mew was… unable to return him to his proper age. He is about as old as his Vulpix body was." I answered carefully.

"Katlyn, stop beating around the bush. Now tell me, what happened to your brother?" Dad deadpanned. A loud boom in the background made Dad's voice twice as menacing.

"Was that thunder?" I asked nervously.

"Yes, there is a severe thunder storm heading our way it's not quite here, but it is causing some major damage out to the north. Now stop stalling and tell me what happened to your brother."

"He is a baby!" I said quickly.

"I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. What did you say?" Dad asked incredulously.

"Dad, he is like a seven month old! He is literally a baby! I'm not saying that he is a wimp! I mean that he is literally a baby!" I nearly yelled into the phone earning looks from several of the store's patrons.

"Honey? The county just issued a tornado warning it looks like that storm is getting pretty bad. They are shutting down all of the roads. Honey? Are you ok? You look pale." I heard Mom's voice say over the phone.

"Katlyn, stay in Lavender Town. We will be there as soon as we can." Dad said quietly.

"Yes, sir." I said as I hung up the phone.

A few minutes later, Sam came over with an overwhelming number of bags. He seemed to be struggling so I took a few off of him.

"So how did it go?" Sam asked when I didn't say anything.

"My dad took it better than I thought he would." I mumbled. "They said to stay here. They are probably going to be here in a few days.

"If they are driving, it shouldn't take them that long." Sam pointed out.

"Yeah, well as luck would have it, there is a huge storm just north of them. The county has a tornado warning at the moment. So it will either be sometime tomorrow or the day after before they get here, if not longer." I added.

"Great, well I am not doing any cleaning. He is your brother. He is your responsibility." Sam said steadfastly.

"Gee, thanks. I'll be sure to remember that whenever you ask me for a favor."

"Yeah, yeah. Let's get this stuff back to the room. I'm tired of everyone staring." Sam said with a roll of his eyes.

Devin's POV

We returned to a nearly empty room. The only occupants were Zan, Teresa, and a sleeping Caleb. I began to pack up a few things just in case we decided to leave. I had a feeling that Austin would get his way. However, that was no reason not to be prepared if we did decide to leave. Austin frowned when I began to pack, but I didn't care. A few minutes later, Teresa began to shift uncomfortably. Hope was moving around, wanting some attention. Teresa looked around only to find that Austin and Emily had moved off out of the room.

"Devin make sure he doesn't roll off the bed while I feed Hope." Teresa said as she quickly placed him next to me. I looked down at him in mild amusement. Teresa picked up Hope and began to rock her gently. Teresa then walked into the kitchenette and went about getting the things for Hope.

Zan, who had been asleep when we got back, was now wide awake. He jumped up onto the bed and glanced at Caleb. Somehow he knew who it was and a weird kind of smirk formed on his muzzle. He laid next to the sleeping baby like a guardian and watched him carefully.

"I really wish that MK or Lawrence was here. At least that way we would be able to know what you were saying. Zan's narrowed dangerously and I knew not to disrupt him again. We just sat there quietly as we waited for Teresa to return. The door to our room began to open. Zan looked over at it curiously. Katlyn and Sam walked in with an arm load of groceries. MK, floating above them whooshed to and fro excitedly.

"Hey, Caleb! We brought you some things from the store!" the little Mew shouted. I groaned as Caleb's eyes struggled awake.

"MK, we didn't want to wake him if he was asleep! Now he is awake and we are going to have to listen to him cry!" Katlyn yelled angrily. Caleb began to thrash about angrily about the accusation, and began to jabber incoherently. His dark blue eyes told all of his pent up anger through his harsh stares. His stares turned soft though as he realized that nobody understood. He looked up at MK pleadingly.

"Fine, but you are going to have to stop the yelling. It makes my head hurt." MK huffed. "You are on the air."

"I don't cry!" Caleb yelled. I flinched, not expecting the sudden angry thoughts in my head.

"Will, you stop yelling? It hurts my own head as well as everyone else." MK said irritably.

"Sorry." Caleb muttered. He then looked at Katlyn as best he could. He was lying on his back so he had very little room to turn his head toward us.

"Oh for the love, Caleb." Katlyn sighed. She scooped her tightly wrapped brother up and held him firmly.

"Katlyn! Put me down!" Caleb whined.

"I don't care if you get embarrassed. Right now I just don't care. Also, I want my jacket back, so we need to get you dressed." Katlyn said with an iron will. Caleb's eyes widened as Katlyn grabbed a few of the bags she had brought in. She marched straight into the bathroom and closed the door. "MK! I want you to stop the telepathy thing until I come back out!" Katlyn shouted through the door.

"Alright!" MK replied. He then began to float around us.

"You guys need to hear this! Katlyn can't hear him, but I'll make it to where you can." MK snickered.

"What? What's he saying?" Sam and I asked.

"Katlyn, stop! Don't come near me with that! Stay away! Somebody help me!" Caleb's voice filled my head.

"Caleb, stop squirming! The faster you are dressed, the faster we can get done with this." Katlyn said impatiently.

"It sounds like she is murdering him." I whispered. Sam smirked and then began to laugh. I joined in until a loud wail pierced the laughter. Caleb was crying. I covered my ears to block out the sound, but it still hurt my ears. The piercing cry turned into a soft sob then became low whimpering. The door opened and Katlyn carried Caleb out. I didn't see what was so bad about his clothes. They just looked like miniature clothes that I would wear. He had on a small pair of khaki shorts and a small red tee shirt. He also had a pair of socks on, and some small black tennis shoes. Katlyn sighed and placed Caleb on the bed in a sitting position. Caleb, amazingly, stayed sitting up. He was pouting and his eyes looked as though they were ready to burst back into tears.

"What did she do to you?" I asked the seven month old.

"I don't want to talk about it." He replied in my thoughts. I looked at Sam who had a big smirk on his face. He leaned over and began to whisper in my ear.

"Oh for the love of all things living, I put these on him." Katlyn said with a roll of her eyes. She handed me a plastic package.

"Diapers? Oh that sucks. Glad I'm not you Caleb. Being five again is bad enough, you have to start all over." I snickered. Caleb looked downright pitiful. His bottom lip was puffed out and he looked as though he would start crying any second.

"If you make him cry, I will make you cry. You got that?" Katlyn said through gritted teeth. I gulped and nodded.

"Hey Teresa." I said quickly as the mother dinosaur came back into the room.

"Devin, what did you do?" Teresa asked me suspiciously.

"I didn't do anything! Why does everyone assume that I did something wrong?" I whined.

"Because, you rarely ever greet me unless you are trying to change the subject of something." Teresa replied.

"He is giving Caleb a hard time." Katlyn said with a roll of her eyes.

"Devin Lee, do I need to get your brother?" Teresa asked threateningly.

"No! Please don't! He is already mad at me for the whole wandering off incident! I don't need him on my back for something stupid!" I exclaimed.

"Then you better knock it off." Teresa deadpanned.

"Hey guys, I stopped letting Caleb talk to everyone. Do y'all want me to let him speak?" MK asked.

"Not just yet. I want to make some rules concerning Caleb."

"Shouldn't we wait for my brother and Emily?" I asked.

"Where did they go?" Katlyn asked in annoyance.

"I don't know. I think that they wanted to talk somewhere alone." I replied. I pulled out my phone and tried to call them, but neither of them answered their phones.

"They aren't answering." I said as I put my phone down. Katlyn gave an irritated sigh.

"I guess we are going to wait for them."

Austin's POV

The cafeteria of the Pokémon center was nearly empty which was understandable since it was starting to get late. We sat quietly next to a darkening window as nighttime approached. Both Emily and I were downtrodden. Torn between the choices of staying or leaving. I still wanted to stay and help. Emily wanted to help, but she was leaning towards going home. I couldn't blame her. I missed my parents a lot, but I still thought that we needed to stay and help. What kind of people would we be if we just left someone who needed help? I knew our parent's thought we were dead. I would think we were dead if I were them. Emily stared out the window intently. The darkness had not set in just yet and the streets were still full of people going about their business. It was a Friday night so I assumed that the night had just begun for most of the people that were out and about. They walked about; going on with their lives. I wondered how many of them knew that there were things that could ruin their lives with a twitch of their finger. How many of them knew that there were things to worry about besides their taxes, or terrorist? How many knew that one thing they did outside the safety of their cities and towns could result in the destruction of their world as they know it? I sighed at these thoughts. If it is true here, it had to be true in our world too. I looked over at Emily. She had similar thoughts running through her mind. She seemed depressed and saddened, and there wasn't much of anything that I could do.

"Austin, I miss my parents. I want to see them and hug them, and I don't want to stay here forever. It is an amazing world, but it isn't for me." Emily said softly. I didn't have anything to say. I just sat there waiting for her to continue. "Do you actually think that we have to save Mew?" I nodded slowly. "He he, of course you do. I think we need to work this out then. I think it is too dangerous. If we weren't forced here then I wouldn't have pulled any of the stunts that we had to pull. I think… I think me and Devin will stay with Caleb and help. I don't want to face those guys in their home field. They had stunners the last time, whose to say that they won't have real guns?"

"Alright, that is probable the best idea anyway with Devin the way he is. I'll talk to Katlyn about what they are doing." I replied with a faint smile tugging at my lips.

Caleb's POV

After Katlyn forced me into the diaper, I sat on the bed pouting. Katlyn didn't seem to notice. Instead, she seemed more surprised that I was sitting up. I guess it was a big deal since I was technically seven months old, but I didn't see why it interested her so much. MK began to hover next to me and stared at me. Even Zan showed signs of interest.

"I told you that you should have stayed a Vulpix." Zan said with a smirk. I looked at MK who just shrugged.

"How was I supposed to know? I thought that I would be normal, or at least old enough to talk, not a defenseless baby." I thought hotly. I looked over at Katlyn who seemed to not know about our conversation.

"Come on Caleb, my mom said that there are a lot of humans that would die to be in your position." MK said innocently.

"He is right, but I think they would probably want to be a few sizes larger if you catch my drift." Zan laughed.

"I hate you. I hate you both." I pouted. Zan laughed, but MK seemed upset. Zan noticed this and looked at the little Mew quizzically.

"What's wrong with you, kid?" Zan asked. MK looked as though he was about to cry. I realized what I had said and thought of something to say.

"MK I'm sorry, I didn't mean I actually hate you. I was just upset. You can't imagine how hard all of this is for me to cope with. If I seem upset with you, it's not because I am really mad at you I'm just mad at this whole situation." I explained. MK's mood changed back to his normal, giddy self.

"I figured that when I became human again, that you wouldn't want to talk to me." I told Zan. Zan looked at me with a large smile. His one good eye shined brightly.

"I am hurt that you would think that. The truth is that I only act that way to Katlyn, to get her goat. I see how it bothers her and I find it hilarious. I respect your sister very much. If you tell her that I will deny every word of it." Zan smirked.

"Zan? How long do you think that I will be this way? Do you think that my sister will just hand me off to my parents and leave?" I asked sadly.

"Caleb, your sister loves you very much. She will never leave you like this without trying to help you." I sighed in relief. That relief didn't last very long however. "I wouldn't put all of your hope into getting a few years older. I heard about what was supposed to happen. You can hope that it happens but don't get too upset if things don't work out. Life is to good to throw away when you put too much hope into something."

"Is that why Jack is always so happy and not always upset?" I asked.

"Yes, that is why he is so happy." Zan replied.

"You guys are getting really boring. Let's play a game!" MK exclaimed.

"What kind of game would you like Caleb to play? He can't exactly run around." Zan questioned.

"What can human babies do to have fun if they can't run?" MK asked with a tilt of his head.

"I have no clue. Most babies just watch people to learn things like talking and walking." I said glumly. MK's ears fell. His former excitement completely disappeared.

"Even if you could play, I'd say that you wouldn't have any time to do anything. Emily and Austin just came through the door." Zan said.

Katlyn's POV

As soon as Emily and Austin came in, I made sure everybody was in the same room. It was kind of weird seeing the room full of kids. When I was seven years old the first time around, I stayed with my parents. The idea of having no parents around never even crossed my mind. Inpatients seemed to spread like a disease. In order to prevent a riot, I began to speak.

"Guys, we need to make some rules concerning Caleb." Everyone looked at me strangely and Caleb gave me an almost horrified look.

"What do you mean?" Sam said quizzically.

"I mean, that we have to be careful with what we do and say. My parents won't be able to come for at least two days. I checked and thankfully our house missed a majority of the bad weather, but the airport as well as the main interstates are closed down for the next day or two because of damage."

"I think she means that no one should be talking about Caleb outside this room until we can get to her house." Austin helped.

"Exactly. If we are forced to take Caleb out in public, no one is to speak to him like an adult. MK is not to allow him to speak mentally, and we must avoid any question concerning parents." I said. "Caleb, I know that this is going o be hard for you, but for now you don't exist until Mom and Dad get here."

Caleb let out an audible groan and looked at me pleadingly. He obviously wanted to speak but MK already started with 'no telepathy' rule.

"MK, you can let him speak in here. Just not out in public." I sighed.

"Oh ok." MK smiled and began to rub his head.

"Katlyn, I hope you know what you are doing." Caleb said quietly.

I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter. I thought that it should be a little humorous since the last few chapters were somewhat serious. Let me know if y'all thought it was funny or not. I am always open for suggestions and feed back. This is shieldliger001 signing off.