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Author notes: ^...^ = a thought '...' = something from the pokédex [....] = pokémon translations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flashbacks go in between these ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chapter Five - Destiny

"Who are you? What do you want? Where is my Ditto?" Matt called out in anger. "So many questions." muttered the voice. "I will answer none of them," it stated firmly. "Huh?" replied a very confused Matt. "I am one of the Pure. My purpose is to provide information to you, but only if it is necessary." "Do you know where Ande is?" asked Matt. "Yes, but that is not important right now." "Then what are you going to tell me?!?" cried Matt. "I will tell you nothing. You are not yet ready for what I must tell you. You must first learn to listen. I will return when you are ready." "Hey wait!" Matt yelled. Matt's voice echoed off the stone walls. He got up off of the cold floor and explored the shadows surrounding the edge of the cave. There were no apparent exits. Matt sulked back to where the Snorlax lay. He sat down and started stroking its short black fur. "I wonder what your name is," Matt said softly. "I'll call you Lob." Lob the Snorlax smiled in its sleep. Matt felt a tingle in the back of his head but it only lasted for a second. "You are now ready," said the voice. A man stepped out of the shadows. He had long silver hair that flowed down the front of his dark purple robe. As he stepped forward his hair shimmered in the dim light. Matt sat attentively as one of the Pure informed Matt about the history behind his special gift. He was told about a race called the Ancients. Hundreds of years ago, one of the Ancients foretold a trainer of wild pokémon. Many had been sent to wait for this trainer. He was one of them. It was his job to tell this trainer all about his gift and to provide any other information he could to help. "What does all of this have to do with me?" asked Matt. "Don't you see? You are that trainer!" Matt sat there for a moment in stunned silence. "How, how do you figure that." he finally stammered. "Come with me and I will show you." The Ancient took Matt deep into the shadows and through an unseen door. The room they were now in was small and very quiet. "Now call him," said the man. "Call who?" asked Matt. "Your Snorlax, who else." "He is NOT my Snorlax. He just follows me around and causes trouble." "He follows you around because he subconsciously knows who and what you are. He causes trouble because he is still a very wild pokémon. You named him so he is yours." "What do you mean I 'named him'?" "You looked at him, thought of a fitting name and he accepted it." Matt was still confused about the whole deal of training wild pokémon. He decided to go ahead and try to call the sleeping Snorlax. The sooner he proved just how crazy this guy was, the sooner he could leave. "Wakeup Lob, come here," Matt called to the Snorlax. The sleeping pokémon hopped up from the ground and disappeared in a small flash of light. A few seconds later, Lob the Snorlax reappeared in the same room as Matt and the Ancient. "Snorlax!" it cried happily. "See, he's yours," said the man. "Ok, he's mine," said Matt, "Now what?" "Take this," said the man. He handed Matt a small clear sphere. As soon as Matt took the sphere, it turned a dark crimson. "When you press on the sides of the sphere, a list will appear that contains all of the pokémon that are yours." Matt pressed on the sides of the sphere. A small glowing rectangle appeared about a foot in front of his face. Printed in red at the top of the rectangle was the word 'Lob'. "Go ahead," said the man, "touch his name." Matt touched Lob's name and a small picture of Lob appeared. Matt peaked around the picture at the real Lob. He smiled at Matt. When Matt looked back at the picture, it too was smiling. Next to the picture in small blue letters were Lob's stats. He knew Metronome, Surf, Body Slam and Rest. He is also at level 50. "I was being followed by a level 50 pokémon!?" Matt cried Lob just started laughing.