Chapter 2: Professor Sylvan and the Delta Pokemon

After they head outside the house, they find that Mew gives Lillie a flute called Quartz Flute, which can help her if she has some DNA from other Pokemon or people, especially cultists. Lillie nods and then takes the flute, and then Mew goes back into the Pokeball for rest.

"I could swear I saw Mew here, just now!" They see a grey-haired boy rushing towards them. "Did you see it? A tiny pink Pokemon? It was floating really close to you!"

Lillie feels uncomfortable, and then Ash steps forward before Gladion does, much to the latter's surprise. "No, there is nothing like that."

"Oh...I could swear I-" The boy tries to say but Gladion cuts him off, "Sorry mister, it must be your imagination."

Then the boy sighs and says, "My name is Damien. I'm an aspiring Pokemon Trainer! And you are..."

"I am Ash." Ash says.

"Lillie." Lillie says with a bow.

"Gladion." He shows his pose.

"Oh, Ash, Lillie, and Gladion? Got it! You come to Tenlor Town at the perfect time! The Augur- the greatest man in the world, of course- is coming today! You know who the Augur is, right?" Damien says excitedly.

"Augur?" Ash is confused. "What is that?"

"Huh? How could you not know about him? Have you been living under a rock?" Damien asks in shock.

"Actually, we are from another region." Lillie says. "So we don't know anything about Torren and Augur."

"Okay. He's the guy who protects the region! He's my biggest hero!" Damien says.

"Hero?" Gladion raises his eyebrow.

"The mayor and the townsfolk have been preparing ever since this morning." Damien says.

"So that is why Professor Sylvan wants us to come..." Lillie whispers to Gladion as he nods.

"I'm excited! I was just running errands before he arrives!" Damien says. "I know, why don't you help out? We are assigning jobs in the Town Hall! You know, cleaning and so on." Damien says as he rushes off.

Ash turns to the two siblings, "Should we go?"

"Might as well." Gladion says as Lillie nods. Then Gladion whispers to Ash, "Why did you step in front of Lillie when that guy gets so close to her?"

Ash blushes and says, "I don't know, something just come over me."

Gladion raises his eyebrow, but he doesn't say something. As they go to the Town Hall, they see Damien with two people at the side of the table.

"I finished cleaning up the road, is there anything else I can do?" Damien says as the three approach him. "Oh, and this is Ash, Lillie, and Gladion. I met them outside, they offered to help, too."

"Hey wait a sec, we didn't-" Ash is cut off by the man. "Nice to meet you, Ash, Lillie, and Gladion. Well, Damien, I think we're pretty well finished. As long as you have your gift for the Augur ready, I think you're done. You do have your gift, right?"

Damien is sweating as he says, "Oh... Well...um...I may have... forgotten."

"Of course you have..." The man says. "You better find one, and fast. I heard you could find a Rare Stone in one of the caves in the forest. Of course, you'd need a Pokemon to go safely..."

"No, absolutely not!" The woman yells. "Not a chance! Damien is not ready to get a Pokemon! He's still a child!"

"Mom, please!" Damien begs, "Everyone else in the town already got theirs and have left!"

"And you're not going to follow them! You'll get yourself killed!" His mother says.

"And why do you care? It's not like you're my real mother or anything..." Damien mutters.

"I raise you since birth! You are not capable of raising a plant, let alone a Pokemon! You're irresponsible, antisocial, and you can't even-" His mother yells at him.

"That is enough." Ash's outburst shock the whole people in the room. Damien's dad sighs, "Look at you, you're embarrassing us..."

"Maybe you should give him a chance." Ash says to the woman. "I was also the same, my mother didn't think I could raise a Pokemon, but unlike you, she decides to put faith on me, you should do the same as well."

This causes the woman to lose her words, Damien's father says, "You said your name was... Ash? I'm sure you've handled Pokemon before. Would you be willing to help him through the forest to the cave to help him find a gift for the Augur?"

The three of them look at one another, then they nod. "Wonderful! I am very grateful. So it is settled then. Ash and his friends will help Damien to get a gift for the Augur, and if Damien shows responsibility, perhaps he can keep the Pokemon afterwards. Well? How does that sound?"

The mother huffs and says, "Fine. He won't, though."

"Great, now let's go." Damien says as he pulls Ash away, with the siblings following him.

"Wait, where are we going?" Ash yells as Damien finally stops his feet. "Oh, we are going to the Professor's Lab, so I can get an Eevee. She has a bunch of Eevee from her days as a trainer..."

"I guess why not?" Lillie says.

"I really hope that I don't mess this up..." Damien mutters without their knowledge. "Hey, Ash, Lillie, and Gladion... thanks for agreeing to do this with me. It really means a lot."

Ash nods and then frowns, he starts to remember the past as they walk towards the lab.


Once they arrive there, they see Professor Sylvan confronting a man with black suit. The man has three Pokeballs in his hands and says, "Listen, Professor. These Pokemon...they're freaks. No other Trainer would want them, and we can't keep them any longer. All I want is for you to take them. You already keep a bunch of Eevee as is, surely these three won't be a bother?"

Sylvan says coldly, "...why do you care about them? I know what you've done."

The man sighs, "It's true, I'm merciless. I've done some awful things. But there's no reason for these Pokemon to die."

Damien says, "Umm...hello?"

The man sees them and Damien says, "I'm Damien, and I'm here to get a Pokemon so we can go into the forest safely."

The man just stares at them, then he says, "Sylvan, if you don't take these Pokemon, I'll release them, and they're sure to die in the wild. If you want, you can just give them to these kids, right?"

Sylvan stares at him and says, "Put them on the table."

"Very well." Then the man place all three Pokeballs on the table. Then he looks at Ash. "Excuse me, please." Ash looks at him. "You seem so familiar." Then he leaves.

"What is that all about?" Ash asks Lillie. "I have no idea."

Sylvan sees Lillie and Gladion, she says, "Lillie, Gladion, you two were running off, I am so worried about you."

"Sorry." Lillie says. "But what is up with that guy?"

"He was one of my colleagues in university. He's a smart man, and a great scientist...He is also the leader of the Cult of Perfection."

"A...a cult leader?" Damien says. "Those people are evil, Professor! You shouldn't be talking to them, let alone be accepting gifts from them!"

"I know." Professor sighs.

"By the way, this is our friend Ash." Lillie says.

"Ash? As in Ash Ketchum? The son of the first Augur and the one who has been declared dead along with his mother?"

"What? He is the son of the first Augur?" Damien is surprised.

"You know my father?" Ash asks.

"Yeah, he is a great man, he helps defeating the cults, until last year, he got missing...and what happened to you and how are you still alive?"

Then Ash sighs as he proceeds to explain the betrayal. Damien and Sylvan are mad about his friends.

"How can they do that? You have done nothing wrong!" Damien says.

"I know." Ash says. "As I got home and discussing with my mom about what to do, then they come."

"They?" Sylvan asks.

"The Cult of Darkrai, they barge into my house, destroy it with fire, and they put us into sleep until I woke up a few hours ago." Ash says. "In fact, I was about to be killed until Lillie and Gladion infiltrate the base and saved me."

"Wait, you charge into their base and you are still alive?" Damien gasps. "Dude, you are as strong as the Augur."

"I know..." Lillie sighs.

"Now that is over, tell me, have you ever heard of something called Delta Species?" Sylvan asks.

Ash says, "Delta Species?" He opens his backpack and Pikachu flies out into the air. "Is that a Delta Pikachu?" Sylvan asks as they nod.

"Excellent. You see. Delta Pokemon are based on a phenomenon in the Holon Region, which is far away from here. They're Pokemon that have different DNA than normal Pokemon. Simply put, they're typed differently than normal. For example, Pikachu were usually Electric Types, but now it is a Flying and Fairy Type."

She sighs as she opens the Pokeballs. "These Pokemon are Deltas. I'm not sure what type they are, but they seem to be experiments of Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle. They're scientific marvels. I would love to keep one to study."

Ash says, "Professor. After the betrayal thing, I don't think I can put my Pokemon in Professor Oak's lab, can I put it here instead?"

"Of course." Sylvan says, "But I want to know, where did you get your Delta Pikachu?"

"You may not believe me, but Arceus is the one that changes my Pikachu into a Delta." Ash says.

"Wait, you met an Arceus? The god Pokemon?" Damien yells. But Lillie covers his mouth.

"Quiet, someone will hear you. You don't want Ash to be targeted by the cultists again?"

"Okay, I am sorry." Damien says as Lillie stops covering his mouth.

"Anyway, normally, I will give out Eevee as the starter, but Damien, why don't you pick a delta Pokemon?"

Damien says, "Well...I don't know what to do...I don't like the idea of Pokemon made by a murderer...but I don't like the idea of these Pokemon left alone forever..."

"It is true." Ash says. "Pokemon are beings like us as well."

"That is why I am going to choose Bulbasaur." Damien says as the Bulbasaur gives a nod.

"Why don't you two get one as well?" Sylvan asks the Aethers.

"Are you sure?" Lillie asks as she nods. Then she picks a Charmander who is female and cute for Lillie, and then Squirtle for Gladion.

The remaining Eevee looks at Pikachu and she blushes, Pikachu also blushes as well, he asks Ash if he can take the Eevee, Ash agrees and then Professor Sylvan gives him the Pokeball.

"By the way, before we go out into the Shade Forest, how about a battle?"

"Why now?" Ash asks.

"It'll be the perfect time to test out new Pokemon." Damien says.

Eevee jumps in front of Ash and he asks, "You want to battle girl?" She yelps and then they all head outside to battle.

"Eevee, Tackle!" Eevee charges forward and then Damien yells, "Bulbasaur! Fairy Wind!" The Pokemon shoots out a wind and stops the Pokemon.

"Great, Confusion!" Damien yells. "Dodge and Swift!" Eevee dodges the attack and then shoots out stars, in the end, Bulbasaur gets hit and faints.

"Urgh...I lost..." Damien says in frustration.

"It doesn't matter if you win or not." Ash says. "What matters is that how much you learn and how to improve it. I am sure you can win."

Damien says, "Thanks Ash. Wow...you really are a great battler."

"Thanks." Ash says.

"Now before you leave, I will give you these. The Pokedex." Ash, Lillie, Gladion and Damien get one each and then thank the Professor.

Eevee is chatting to Pikachu happily, then Ash tries to recall her, so Eevee hides behind Pikachu.

"So you don't want to be in the Pokeball?" Ash asks as Eevee nods, then Ash smiles, "You don't need to if you don't want to."

Then Eevee nuzzles Ash and Ash hugs back. Then they bid farewell to the Professor.

Gladion asks, "So where are we going?"

"We are going to the Tenlor Cave located in the Shade Forest, there, we can find the present for Augur." Damien says.

"Great, now let's go." Ash says as they go there.


Damien has made his appearance as well as Rekura, the story line will be the same as the game, but with more characters in the run. I hope you like this chapter and the next chapter will be about the ambush.