Chapter 3

I weakly opened my eyes as I stirred painfully. Slowly my vision came back to me. I frowned when I recognized myself lying in my brother's bed. 'What am I doing here? How did I come here?' I looked around and gasped when I saw my brother next to me and my mom sleeping with her head on my dad's shoulder, who was also asleep. I saw my brother smiling at me. "What happened?" I asked, not realizing that I was in my Latios form, although I didn't know that I was a Latios.

My brother chuckled as he heard me make small and weak squeals and coos. "I hope you realize that you are in your…uhm…true form," He said, not knowing how to call my strange body.

I raised an eye and looked at myself. Somehow I felt very weak, but I saw that I didn't have any injuries. My brother chuckled. "You don't remember what happened to you?" I shook my head in response and let out a sad coo. "It's alright, you'll probably remember when I start to explain, but first, let's wake up mom and dad," David walked over to them and shook dad slightly. "Dad, wake up. Michael finally woke up," I looked confused at the 'finally' but shrugged it off. Dad raised his head, the movement causing my mom to wake up also. When they saw that I was looking at them they looked away in shame, not able to look at me without remembering what happened.

David nodded and returned to his spot next to me. He chuckled and patted my head. "First of all, Michael can't remember what happened so I guess we better explain it to him, and hopefully he'll remember what happened so we don't have to repeat everything,"

Now I was totally confused. 'What on earth could have gone so wrong that they don't even like saying it?' I thought to myself. My answer came rather quickly when David started to explain. "Michael, remember when we came back from that flight we made? Mom caught us, well, more specifically, she caught you while you were in this form of yours. Well, let's just say she didn't believe it was you," I gasped very loudly when suddenly my mind started to work again, and everything that happened to me came back in one moment. I growled at my parents, slightly mad. I looked away, making my mom start crying. I groaned to myself, even when I was mad at them, seeing my mom like that was just too much for every kid. I looked at David and squealed something, which he could surprisingly understand. "Mom, Dad, I think Michael is listening to what you have to say."

Mom stopped crying and walked over to me, together with my Dad by her side. She smiled weakly and patted my green feathered head. "Oh honey, I'm so sorry. I know that nothing can make the things I said right but…I'm sorry Michael." She said as she hugged me tightly and began to cry.

My dad also hugged me. "Sorry I tried to shoot you son. I wasn't thinking at all and I should have believed that it was you."

I sighed deeply, seeing my parents break like this was something very rare. I hugged them back slightly, groaning a bit at the effort it had cost me but I did it anyway. "I forgive you two," I said.

Everyone in the room jumped up in surprise. I raised an eye. "What is wrong with you all? You look like you have seen a ghost." My family's jaws had all dropped and were staring at me with wide eyes. I couldn't help but laugh at their expressions.

"You...you…spoke in telepathy!" My brother ended almost yelling, making me raise an eyebrow.

"Huh? I did?" I asked, once again not realizing I was indeed doing it. My mom, my dad, and David just nodded. "But…how? I couldn't do it before."

David hummed in thought. "Maybe…something triggered inside you when you used all that power when you raged. I tell you, that was most definitely the most powerful thing I'd ever seen in my life."

I sighed again. "Well, that could explain it. Oh, now that I can talk, what did you mean when you said 'finally' awake?"

My dad scratched his head. "To be honest, you were out for three days."

I widened my eyes. "I WHAT?" I yelled out in telepathy, giving them all a good headache due to the power of the shout.

"Hey! Keep it down will you?" Mom said while clutching her head, trying to ease the pain. "Yes, you were out for that long. David and Gerald were able to carry you to David's bed since yours is completely demolished,"

I blushed in embarrassment when I remembered I was able to lift everything around me and just expel it like that in just a matter of seconds. I grunted as I forced myself up, having little problems apart from being a little tired. Sleeping for that long helped a lot on that part, although it was probably the only good thing that resulted from being asleep for three days. I steadily flew back to my room, having a lot of trouble flying through the small hallways. When I got there I gasped audibly. Everything I had previously owned was demolished. I looked up and raised an eyebrow when I saw a large open gap in the ceiling, right through the roof. 'I did that?' I thought to myself. 'Damn I'm probably a lot more powerful than I thought.'

David showed up from behind me and laid an arm around my neck and he chuckled slightly. "You were impressive. That power was amazing, just look at the ceiling." He said with a smirk. Then he looked down. "There is something you should see Michael." I looked at him and nodded and followed him downstairs. Once we were in the living room David turned on the TV and proceeded to play a recording of the news from two days ago. My gasp was easily heard by my family when I saw the news reporter commenting about a beam of light that shot clean through a house. Then they showed the video of my bright green Luster Purge. I gulped. "I guess I should be more careful now. People will immediately think it was me that did that and we don't want them to find out what I am right?"

"Of course we don't," David said.

"Hey, I'm going out for a walk. I'm going to be back in an hour or so. Don't worry, I'll be fine." I said as I then turned human again. Without letting David respond I opened the door and walked out into the busy streets. I started to run through the crowd, a strange feeling guiding me somewhere. I couldn't place the feeling but it felt…right. I just knew it was safe to do so I kept running, somehow the feeling increased and decreased while turning around at corners. I kept running after the source of that feeling but never could keep up with it. I ran around for a good half hour before stopping and panting heavily from the long run. 'Damn it. It's just too fast.' I thought to myself.

"You are different than the normal humans." A female voice said. I widened my eyes. "Who said that!" I yelled, earning a lot of weird looks from people passing by. A few laughed at me but kept walking. Now that I thought of it, that voice…it wasn't being said. I recognized it because I had already used it a few times with my family. 'Telepathy.' I thought to myself.

The voice returned into a cute giggle. "That's right, telepathy. How did you know?" the voice asked me.

'You can read my thoughts? And I know because I did that just an hour or so ago.' I thought in reply to the unknown voice.

"Don't be afraid. I'm here to help you." The voice replied. "I know you are different."

I groaned. 'Different.' I muttered in my mind. 'You mean I'm a monster, right? And how do you know this and how do you know telepathy?'

"Don't think you're a monster! You just don't know what you are." I heard the voice scold me in my head.

"Then what am I? A freak? And you still haven't answered my other questions." I said to the voice.

"Please don't think you're anything like that. I will explain everything to you. But first, I know that you are different because…I'm also like you, well at least almost."

I frowned in confusion. 'What do you mean?'

"Ok, this is weird talking like this. Go inside an alley, turn into a Latios and go invisible and fly straight up. I'll meet you there" the voice answered.

I looked even more confused as I walked to a nearby alley. 'What the heck is a Latios?' I thought to myself. Assuming that she meant my true form, I changed into it, turned invisible, and flew straight up, just like the voice ordered me. Once I was high up in the sky and above the clouds, I stopped and went visible again with a bright shower of light. "Are you here?" I squealed, not knowing if the source of the voice could understand me.

Then something in the air rippled which made me look with suspicion towards it. Then, all of a sudden, a bright blue shower of light appeared and another creature like me flew in the air. It looked a lot similar to me, but there were a few differences. It didn't have pointed ears like mine, but instead had more rounded ones that lay backward. The pattern on her head was also different, a shield-like form instead of my teardrop pattern. Her eyes weren't as narrowed as mine. She had big round amber-colored eyes but she did have the same white circle in her eyes just like I had. But the biggest difference was the color of her feathers. Instead of mine green feathers, she had red feathers and instead of a bright yellow triangle on her chest, she had a blue one. At the places where I had greyish white colored feathers, she had pure white feathers, giving her a nice shine in the bright sun rays. My jaw dropped when I saw her but I was surprised she was looking with the same face I like did. But I ignored it. "Never thought I would meet someone like me," I muttered.

"Never thought I'd meet a shiny Latios." She said while looking with her big eyes at me.

I sighed. "So I thought you were going to explain what I am?"

She shook her head to get her mind straight again. "Oh yeah, right. Well like I said, you are a Latios. Latios are just a small part of all the amount of Pokemon that exist in the world. Pokemon are…creatures that can control different elements like fire, water, electricity, and so on. They exist in many kinds, different from you and me. I am a Latias, the female counterpart of a Latios, which is why I look so similar to you."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. 'There are more of me?' I thought bewildered. "But…why didn't I know this? Why do I live in this world and not with my kind?" I asked Latias in curiosity.

She sighed deeply. "That I don't know, I'm sorry. But if you would like it I can take you to my brother in the secret garden of Altomare. I'm sure he'll be pleased to meet you."

"Altomare? I never heard of that before," I said.

She giggled. "You couldn't have heard of it. Humans are almost unable to get there and if someone managed to get into the pokemon world, it's just impossible to go back. It's just a rule that can't be broken, but I don't want to explain this further," She stated, stopping the subject because that was actually how far her knowledge went on that fact.

I frowned. "Then why did you come here instead of staying with your brother?"

She gulped a bit when she remembered she had yet to inform Latios about what had happened. "Uhm, let's just say I like to come here,"

"How did you find me?" I asked her, feeling incredibly stupid at the moment from not knowing a thing about this pokemon world.

She looked at me with her sweet eyes. "Well like I said, I like to come here. When I was walking true the streets I saw a television shop giving an emergency broadcast. I saw you firing a luster purge and I immediately found it my job to find you and guide you to my world if you would like that."

I sighed deeply. "I... I can't. I'm sorry but I can't just leave my family." I didn't care about my friends, because I didn't have any. I was putting on a façade.

However, she saw right through it. Looking at me with eyes filled with compassion, she said, "You hate it here do you?"

I gulped. 'How the heck did she know that?'' I thought, making Latias giggle. "Remember," she tapped her head. "I can read thoughts. I know that because I can sense emotions. I felt that you had a deep sorrow and would love to come with me but you can't because you don't want to leave your parents. You know what, talk to them. I come back here at the same time and place tomorrow to hear your final decision. Just discuss with them and come back here to tell me the outcome ok?"

I nodded weakly, not able to get over the fact I had a chance to go to my kind and I had to refuse it. But…tomorrow is another day. She also nodded and was about to fly away but stopped. "Hey, do you have a name? I know that humans do that,"

I smiled. "The name is Michael," She also gave a big grin. "Ok Michael, I see you tomorrow," She said and shot off like a bullet. My eyes widened when I saw her speed, my face turning green with envy. "No way would I ever go so fast," I said to myself. I went invisible and flew down to my house, entering true the roof in the ceiling. Once inside I changed into a human, knowing the small hallways are a little difficult to fly around in my Latios form. I quickly rushed down and saw David, my mom, and my dad waiting near the door. I laughed. "Waiting for me?"

They all jumped into the air from being startled by me. "Don't do that!" David yelled. "Where the hell did you take so long?"

"Ok, you'll never believe this, but I met someone like me," I said with a big smile. "She explained that I am a Latios, a Pokemon, and that there are many more of my kind. She asked me to come with her but I refused, saying I didn't want to leave you guys. But she said that I had to discuss this matter with you and that she would come back tomorrow to know our decision and that I still could go with her then," I explained quickly to them, unable to hide my excitement.

David sighed. "Michael what did I tell you? I told you had to go with her immediately when you found someone like you,"

I looked at him. "I know, but I couldn't just leave and leave you guys worried. Besides I want to hear what mom and dad have to say about this." I said while gazing at my parents who were visibly shocked. But then my mom and dad looked at each other and nodded. "Michael, this is the only way you'll be truly happy isn't it?"

I smiled weakly. "Unfortunately, yes. I'm sorry mom and dad but I just feel like I don't belong here. So can I go with her?"

They smiled. "Yes, you can. You should have left anyway in a couple of years, you're fifteen after all," My mom said.

Latias flew quickly back to Altomare, 'I can't believe that after three days of searching I've already found him. But I didn't expect to find a shiny Latios,' She smiled brightly as she remembered me. 'I hope they'll let him come with me, where he truly belongs. But I wonder how Latios will react,' She shivered with apprehension when she remembered she had to explain the situation. The last few days he had reprimanded her to not leave the secret garden since it wasn't safe outside, but she hadn't listened and had flown off anyway. After an hour of flying, she saw Altomare getting in vision. She turned invisible and flew down into the secret garden where she went visible again. "BROTHER!" she yelled throughout the garden, not sure if Latios was there.

She heard someone groan from behind some bushes and she giggled when she saw Latios very tiredly coming out of the bushes. Latios in contradiction to me was a normal Latios, meaning he was blue where my green was and had a red triangle on his chest. "What that necessary? Waking me up like that from my midday sleep?"

She pouted. "If you weren't so lazy all the time you wouldn't need a midday sleep." She scolded him.

Latios sighed. "Why did you yell like that anyway?" he asked Latias.

She fidgeted in the air. "Well…uhm…remember that…Lorenzo and you forbid me from…leaving the garden?" she stammered out, nervously. of what his reaction would be.

Latios narrowed his eyes. "Yes sister, I remember that. I told you that you couldn't fly to the human world under any circumstances," He said, only making her feel more guilty. He sighed and narrowed his eyes even more. "You didn't leave, did you?" he asked daringly.

She gulped. "I'm sorry but I…" she was just about to tell me that she had met me but she was cut off by her brother. "Latias! Both Lorenzo and I warned you! You can't leave just because you like the amusement parks so much!" he groaned and closed his eyes, seeing the complete city. He searched for the aura of Lorenzo which he quickly found at the museum of Altomare where the DMA was placed and where he tends to give free info about what happened to Altomare and his amazing history. "Lorenzo, Latias has flown to the human world again," Latios said in telepathy.

Latios saw Lorenzo sigh deeply. 'That girl will never learn will she? Hold on, I'll be there in a minute, there is a close entrance to the secret garden from here. See you in five minutes ok? Just keep Latias there.'

Latios nodded. "I'll do that," He opened his eyes again and saw Latias nervously floating in the air. "I called Lorenzo to see what we'll do to your attitude sis, you have to understand that you just can't leave this. We have a duty here,"

Latias was about to talk but Latios glared at her, clearly asking her for another reason to make her punishment even worse. She sighed and decided to wait until Lorenzo arrived which only took a few minutes. Soon an older-looking man came into the garden, looking slightly angry. "Latias, care to explain?" he asked her.

She smiled, happy to have the chance to finally defend herself. "Well I already told you I saw a luster purge fired on one of the TVs right?" she said. Lorenzo and Latios rolled their eyes, they hadn't believed a thing of it but Latias bravely continued. "Well, I found that Latios. He's a shiny Latios, one that doesn't even know there are many more pokemon, heck, he didn't even know what a pokemon is," she smiled brightly to Lorenzo and Latios who looked at each other. But soon they started laughing loud. "Oh c'mon sis, a shiny legendary? And he doesn't even know it?" Latios laughed loudly.

"Latias you have to see this from our point, what are the chances of finding a shiny pokemon? And you say you saw a shiny legendary? That's impossible!" Lorenzo chuckled.

Latias pouted. "But it's true! I saw him and explained it to him. I asked him to come with me but he didn't want to leave his parents without talking to them. I told him I was coming back for him tomorrow,"

Both Lorenzo and Latios stopped laughing. "Oh no you don't," Lorenzo said.

Latios nodded also. "You aren't leaving anymore Latias. This has gone far enough,"

Latias widened her eyes and squealed angrily as she flew off inside Lorenzo's house which had a passageway into the garden. Both the blue eon dragon and the elderly man sighed and shook their head. "You don't believe it either, right?" Latios asked.

Lorenzo chuckled slightly. "Not one bit. This is just an excuse to leave again. To be honest I don't see what humans have anything more than us. I mean we have amusement parks too,"

Meanwhile, Latias squealed angrily inside Lorenzo's home, she had trouble keeping herself under control, but right when she was about to lose it Bianca came inside. "Latias? What's wrong?" Bianca asked the red dragon, which was her best friend her whole life already.

Latias once again explained how she found me. Bianca smiled. "Congratulations Latias, you did it!" she hugged Latias tightly which she returned as tightly. "Thank you Bianca but Lorenzo and brother don't believe it. I wanna go after him tomorrow but they don't allow me to. But I'm going anyway," She stated.

Bianca gained an irritated look, took Latias' claw, and guided her out, going to Lorenzo and Latios who just had finished a conversation. Before Bianca could speak Latios held Latias in place with a harmless yet powerful psychic. He flew closer and widened his eyes, making them shine brightly, and then tapped her head. Latias suddenly felt very light for a moment at the touch before going back to normal. Then Latios looked up and made his eyes shine blue again as he put up a powerful psychic field around the secret garden. "It's done, Lorenzo. She can't leave now." Latios said.

Latias frowned and shot up in the air, trying to leave. But while she was flying up she felt an immense power pushing her back, making it unable for her to continue flying up. Giving in to the power she was pushed back at a reasonable altitude. All of this happened without harming her but still effectively blocking her passage out of the garden. Bianca growled to Latios and Lorenzo. "What's wrong with you two? For once Latias finds something useful in the human world and you just laugh at her?"

Latios and Lorenzo frowned at her. "Don't tell me you believe her also. Latias is lying, Bianca! Don't be a fool." Lorenzo said.

Bianca pouted. "Latias never lied once to me. I'm sure she's telling the truth."

Latios shrugged. "Sorry, Bianca but Lorenzo and I think otherwise. I made sure she can't leave for now until she has calmed down and stopped doing such things ok? This is only temporary,"

Bianca and Latias pouted more and walked back inside. Lorenzo and Latios shook their heads. "girls," Both muttered in their own language.