"A Group of Misfits"
A/N
This is where the real plot begins and although the idea that a Meowth could be related to Mew or Mewtwo is a little 'Farfetch'd' :) Bear with me it'll all make sense soon. The song, in case you care is Bonnie Tyler's "You're The One"
"In Another Life"
Meowth's Story
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Part I "A Light in the Dark"
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Some people, with more hearts than brains say that Poke'mon are not born evil but turn bad if they are trained by a bad person. I don't believe that, or at least I didn't believe that, now I'm not so sure.
Perhaps if I tell you about it, you can make up your own minds.
I'm a Meowth and I was born in Saffron City, the biggest city in Kanto, and I was born alone, my mom or dad I can't remember, or the fate of any of my other brothers and sisters. I know that my mother died when I was still very young, too young to take care of myself or my siblings, I know there was nothing I could do but I still feel guilty. Sometimes I wonder if they found happiness or if they died, or perhaps suffered a worse fate. Yes, worse than death, I certainly know all about that.
When I was still a young kitten I lived by stealing what food I could get my paws on. Now there are 'experts' who will tell you that Alakazam is the smartest Poke'mon, but I think anyone who can survive rough in a huge city is far brighter than some spoon monster.
Despite my street smarts, I was captured by the police force in an anti-Team Rocket crack down. Now at this point I had never heard of Team Rocket, but that was all to change, far too soon I would know about them.
Thrown into jail I shared a cell with a young woman and her two Poke'mon, an Abra and Nidoran. Just my luck, a poison type, a thief who got caught and an 'I'm soooooo smart' psychic type. I don't know why I hate them so much, but ever since I was little, ever since my mom died I've had such strange dreams about psychics, but that's a story for another day.
Anyhow, the girl introduced herself as Nicola and told me that if I wanted to help them escape I could join up with them, and anyway, she said that Meowth's are very popular in Team Rocket. I didn't have anything else to do, and I had no intention of facing the 'justice' system of identical officers, so we hatched an ingenious escape plan
The guard came to feed us right on cue
"Alright Poke'mon back in Poke' Balls!"
"Alright, Wizzard, Conner return!"
"And the flea bag"
"He's not mine, and I don't have any spare Poke' balls"
"Fine, but you'd better not try anything"
"Now Meowth! Pay Day!"
I used the pay day skill, however, our guard was not impressed by the coins, and called out for his partner to stop us!
"Growl-Growl get them!"
And then, from deep inside I felt a power, light came from my eyes, and both guard and Growlithe dropped into a deep sleep.
"Meowth! How did you do that!?"
I had no idea, and we decided to run rather than wait any longer, but as we left I could have sworn that, floating, and smiling above our sleeping foes was a small, pink cat, who looked very much like my mother...
We ran, we left Saffron, and the streets I had grown up on, and moved on to the next town, Celedon City. For a group with our superb criminal talents, this was an ideal hangout and place to make money. There were shoppers with far more money than street sense that came from all around the world, and we were waiting. Conner, the Nidoran and myself would play at cute Poke'mon and do tricks, on the guise of entertaining tourists. Meanwhile Nikki would pick their pockets, and Wizzard the Abra would warn us, using his psychic powers if trouble was coming.
My feelings towards the little spoon monster were growing warmer, since the incident in Saffron jail, where I used my own psychic powers I did not feel so ill disposed towards the little guy. Although none of us could figure out where my powers had come from, nor did I tell my companions about my vision of my mother, somehow I doubted they would understand. This was not a one off though, my dreams of her grew more vivid over the next few days. But every time it was the same, she was fighting a green man in order to protect a kitten, which was not I. Every night she would fight and she would lose, and every night she would turn to me and say "Your destiny is to be there, to protect your brother from himself and stand witness to the fate of our world".
I never understood at that time, and still I do not, once I asked her what she meant, but she just said "You will know in due time".
I was happy when I was with Nikki. I know that Ivysaurace doesn't believe that I could be happy as a criminal, but I had never known anything different.
Anyway we were making a good living, moving up in the world and stealing a baby Houndour from some idiots claiming to be Team Rocket members, as it turned out, they were. Three days after we were walking home when we were jumped.
"Prepare for trouble"
"And make it doubl...hey what's the world for five of us?"
"Umm, pentagonal?"
"Okay, and make it pentagonal!"
The leader, a man in a suit stopped his cohorts from anymore arguments.
"You kids are in deep trouble now, stealing a Poke'mon from Giovannai is very foolish". We were outnumbered, and looking at the Poke'mon they had we were out classed too.
"So how about you give Houndour back and we will kill you quickly?"
Nikki stood paralyzed with fear, Conner was crying and Abra, I took back any nice things I said when he hid in his Poke' Ball. They advanced on us, and then I felt the power of my mother inside me, the warm pink light.
"Teleport" I thought, and then, in a flash my friends were gone. The Rockets, although surprised kept moving in on me, and then, I saw in my mind, the other Poke'mon, the one who had been called my brother. He was taller than a man, and had a lashing purple tail, and glowing, cold blue eyes, his power was not warm like my mothers, but frozen, and blue, like those eyes.
The energy inside me was unbearable, as his power flowed through my veins "Blizzard!" The Rockets and their Poke'mon were frozen solid, and I ran, from Celedon, and back to Saffron City and the gloomy cellar where I was born, where I dreamt of ice, and my brother. His words woke me with a chill, "You cannot escape your destiny my brother, our mothers' blood runs in your veins" but then, just as I was coming round from my sleep but still not quite awake, the other figure, the green man from my dream spoke "As does mine"
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Part II "Win when you Lose"
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I Don't know why I returned to my childhood home, or why my dreams were so vivid that night, and to this day I don't know how I used the powers of my mother and brother. More than this, I did not know where I had teleported my friends, for all I knew they could be anywhere. This meant that I was all alone, in a world rapidly filling with enemies, between Team Rocket and the police force, I was a marked cat. Without my friends I was forced to rely on my natural brains to survive, luckily I have more natural cunning than most and soon left Saffron, and all my memories behind me. (or so I thought)
I journeyed to Vermilion City, with the hope of leaving Kanto forever, however things did not work out as I planned. I figured sneaking aboard a ship would be easy, I'm a cat after all, stealth comes as standard and you always get cats aboard ships so I didn't think there would be any trouble, I was very wrong. To be honest, my plan was technically flawless, but I never got the chance to try it out. You see on the way to the docks, I just couldn't resist, when I saw a group of stupid looking kids, with more money than brains. Although they were of the "Hi! I'm a Poke'mon trainer and everyone is my friend" school of thought, so brains were not in great supply.
Anyway, I casually walked past them, using my claws and my slash attack to slice open the biggest backpack in the group, then grabbing all I could carry, I ran into a convenient alley way to lay low. And that was when my life changed, that was when I met you.
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Another rainy morning, people rushing by, my head is still in the clouds
As I dream with open eyes. Suddenly, out of nowhere, he can into my life
Like we'd known each other, for quite a while.
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You and your Raichu were in a battle against a member of Team Rocket, and although Raichu had already taken out a Zubat and as I saw you, had just finished of a Fearow, he was now exhausted. While I was watching the Rattata the Rocket called took him down with a powerful 'Super Fang' attack.
"Damn! I'm outta Poke'mon!"
"Ha! You lose kid, give me all your cash"
He looked round and saw me, I saw the look of fire in his eyes, so strange to see such passion and anger in a human. The strangest thing was one eye was green, for some reason making me think of a storm in the woods, this clashed with the ice blue of his other eye. He looked me straight in the eyes and whispered "Help me out?"
I charged, vowing this Rocket would pay for what his kind had done to Nikki, I briefly wondered where this sudden anger had come from, but then was forced to defend myself.
"Ratty, Quick Attack"
"Meowth, Fury Swipes"
The rat Poke'mon hit me hard, and I didn't know how to use 'Fury Swipes' to defend myself. I started to wonder what was I doing here. After all I don't know how to fight in a battle, I'm a thief not a fighter!
"Finish him! Ratty, Hyper Fang!"
"Meowth use…um…anything!"
Oh yeah, that's helpful, I know the 'Pay Day' and 'Thief' attacks.
And how to use your claws! Was it me who thought that?
No, I didn't have time to think, only to react with one powerful 'Slash' I took the Rattata out with a single blow!
"I'm blasting off again!" the Rocket said as he fled from us.
That's for you, Nikki, I said to myself.
My thoughts were interrupted by the boy speaking to me.
"Do you want to come with us? We're fighting Team Rocket"
I wonder even now why I joined you, I guess it was those eyes, they reminded me of something, that I couldn't quite place.
But I joined you, maybe it was those eyes, maybe it was to fight Team Rocket. I still don't know. I won't ever forget though that when we were leaving, Raichu added, in the language of Poke'mon
"He fights them to avenge some girl he used to know"
I thought of Nikki, and Conner and even Wizzard, and then I knew, I had found my place. It was all perfect until the green man spoke in my mind
"You are a fool care so much about that human girl. Mark my words Son, she will be the death of you"