Yeah, chapter 18, in which Linole or Ziggy still has his old name… take it away, Ziggy!

Ziggy (looks at the screen): What am I supposed to do again?

Me (sweat-drops): You're supposed to annoy me with all of your naïveness and insults...

Charlie (interrupting): Now, I'm seeing that you're not very good at this...

Ziggy: Sorry, just got a little out of control... Anyway, what's up with this chapter? Why do we have to annoy the writer? When will this fan fiction end?

Charlie: Now that's more like it...

Me (sweat-drops again): Oh, well, while I answer Ziggy's questions, why not read Chapter 18?

Random Fact Of the Story: Okay, so, I'm going to be doing this again, since you may (no, not the character May... lol) get confused with the whole Drew thing... Anyway, this is the same Drew from the anime in which he is May's rival. But in this fan fic, we'll make him Phil's friend when the two of them were younger and even now but he'll be May's rival once the four trainers get to Lilycove.

New Feature: Some things that may (please for the second time, I'm not referring to the May character in my fan fic!) guide you in this story

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(italicized text) - flashback

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- Pokémon translated talk

If the greater than and less than characters don't appear, probably there's something wrong with this website!

Disclaimer: Please note that I don't own Pokémon. People around who make fan fictions about Pokémon do this, so I'm going to it also... What? There may be people who will tell you I own Pokémon?

Please see how I'm emphasizing on the may word so much.... Thank you....

(If the asterisks above don't appear, then there's something really wrong with this site that's viewing this fic....Note: I'm also posting this chapter at Fan , so don't even ask why I keep making these notes about the keyboard characters...)

Anyway, here's chapter 18, after all of those notes and intros above....

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Chapter 18 - Time To Do It All Again!

Last time we left...okay this line is getting boring....Anyway, back to where I was narrating.... Phil had met his childhood friend Drew while touring Battle Frontier. Phil had also introduced to Drew all of his new friends that he was going with on his journey. Drew had noticed quite a lot on how much Avegaille was crushing on him but he didn't want to let his friend know it right now. As for May and Brendan, both of them had sent back all of their Pokémon into their balls as they wanted to go to the next Battle Frontier event, which was in front of them.

As for Avegaille, she was still having a little trouble just talking straight to Phil. Charlie, Ziggy, Gil and Tike were just right behind her, watching her every move.

"Avegaille," Phil said as he looked at Avegaille's eyes.

"Huh?" Avegaille looked at Phil as she saw how much Phil is looking at her.

" Okay, this is getting out of hand... " Charlie murmured to his team mates.

" You're not thinking they're going to kiss right in this public place? " Ziggy asked out of curiosity.

" Yuck! That's even more disgusting than eating a Wrumple, " Gil grossed out.

" How does a Wrumple taste like? " Tike asked, wondering as he looked at Gil.

" Why don't you ask Sean, he'll know how a Wrumple tastes like, " Gil suggested as tried to look around for Sean but couldn't find him. He turned back to Tike. " Sorry, I couldn't find him... Maybe some other time... "

" That's okay, " Tike said as he turned back to the trainers who were about to make a romantic scene.

Well, it wasn't a romantic scene exactly... These Pokémon could be so exaggerating! (looks at Avegaille's Pokémon with a mean look)... Phil just wanted to thank Avegaille for the things she did to him to make him this happy. He also told to Avegaille how he met Drew in the first place, while he was in Lilycove.

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There was a house set at Lilycove City, particularly near the view point of the sea. Next to it was another house. And in these houses live two boys with their parents. Both families have never met each other until now...

While a young Phil, about five years old, was playing outside his house so that he can see the beauty of the city, he saw a kid sitting on the porch of his house. The kid was really bored and couldn't find anything else to do. This kid was the young Drew. Phil approached Drew even if he have never known him yet.

"Hi, I'm Phil," Phil introduced himself. He was holding a Pokédex that he borrowed from his father. "Are you doing anything?"

"No, and by the way, my name's Drew," Drew replied as he stood up. He noticed the Pokédex Phil was holding. "Cool gadget... What is it?"

"It's a Pokédex," Phil replied as he showed the device and gave it to Drew for a while. "It automatically records the data of any Pokémon you have seen or caught."

"I wish I could get my own starter Pokémon soon, it'll be so fun to travel the world, facing danger in your adventure," Drew said out loud. "Then, maybe if I grow older, I could be the next Pokémon Champion."

"Hey, look at what they're doing over there," Phil exclaimed out as he saw a construction site which was in front of the Pokémon Center.

"It must be that new building," Drew said as he looked at the construction site. "I wonder what kind of business they're holding up there?"

"We'll just have to wait, now won't we?" Phil asked as he looked at Drew.

Years have passed a lot as Phil and Drew got older until they reached the age of eleven. This was the only time when Phil had to move to Littleroot Town to start off his journey. Before he left, he wanted to know if Drew is still continuing his dream as a Pokémon Champion but that changed when the new Contest Hall was finished in Lilycove when they were seven. Drew didn't want to be a trainer anymore but rather to be a coordinator. Phil was happy for him for making such decision as he left with his family to finally say goodbye to his friend and move on...

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"Anyway, that's just about it..." Phil finally said as he finished his story. He looked at Avegaille. "How about you? Do you have any friends in Cinnabar Island that you have left behind and want to see again?"

"No, actually, I never had any friends while I was in Kanto," Avegaille replied with a slight anger in her face. She folded her arms across her chest.

"I don't even want to know why," Phil just said after hearing what Avegaille said.

Then, Drew tapped Phil on the shoulder as Phil turned around and looked at him. He and his Roselia looked very determined.

"I know that my second job is a trainer, but I can still be as good as a trainer," Drew started to Phil. "So how about it? A match just between you and me..."

"You want to battle?" Phil asked, very confused.

"I don't care if one of us loses, I just thought it would be fun," Drew said without a worry. "And to see if we could still make out promise..."

"Oh, yeah, once we got out starter Pokémon, we would battle..." Phil said out. He took out a Pokéball from his belt. He sent out Terk. "All right, go Terk!"

"Roselia, do you thing!" Drew exclaimed as Roselia went into the battle scene.

" Whoever wins this battle, I don't know what you get, but anyway... Let's get this battle started! " Charlie declared out. Drew couldn't understand a single word he was saying.

"Translation, whoever wins this battle, he doesn't know what you guys would get but anyway, let's get this battle started!" Avegaille translated out for Drew.

"You're creeping me out..." Drew looked at Avegaille in a paranoid way. "How can you understand Pokémon talking? It's so unnatural..."

Avegaille just shrugged as Phil and Drew started the battle. Although Phil doesn't have a type advantage to Drew's Pokémon, he did have a move advantage against him.

"Roselia, use Petal Dance!" Drew called off.

"This is a battle, not a contest..." Phil said as he sweat-dropped, by seeing the beautiful appeal that Roselia's move made. He looked at Terk. "Terk, use Fury Cutter!"

"Yeah, like I don't know that," Drew said sarcastically.

Terk began hitting Roselia a lot, with each move getting stronger. Drew couldn't do a thing but watch his Roselia faint. Drew wasn't disappointed after that, knowing that he could use some more training to his Roselia.

"Thanks Phil, that was a great battle," Drew said as he took out Roselia's Pokéball and sent her back.

"I was hoping that I could battle you one day when we're getting the Pokémon League Champion Title, but I guess that'll never happen, seeing you becoming a coordinator," Phil added off.

"How about contests? A trainer can still become a coordinator," Drew remarked. "I'll see you and your friends in Lilycove." He took out another ball from his pocket as he sent out Masquerain.

"Hey, wait, the battle isn't over yet!" Phil called off after seeing that Drew had another Pokémon. But it was too late. Drew had already flown off with his Pokémon to go back to Lilycove.

"He's kinda weird himself," Avegaille remarked after Drew left. She looked at Phil. "By the way, since it's still your birthday, you should enjoy the events here..."

"Yeah, you're right," Phil agreed as he looked at Avegaille. "So, you want to do the events here together with me?" He smiled as he waited for Avegaille's answer.

Avegaille blushed as Phil asked her that question. She didn't know what to say next. Her Pokémon quickly went in front of Avegaille as they looked at Phil.

" Hmm, I think this is it... " Ziggy whispered to everyone.

"Okay, I think we can go now," Avegaille replied after some thinking. She took out all of the Pokéballs of her Pokémon to send them back. "Just as soon as I send my Pokémon back to their balls."

"I should probably do the same," Phil said as he took out Terk's ball and sent him back to his ball.

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Well, the day has passed and it was almost night time. So, anyway, the four trainers had enjoyed whatever the events are in Battle Frontier. They decided to stay at Slateport's Pokémon Center for the night since it might take them a while to get back to Mauville at this time. Well, the rooming system is the same though. May and Avegaille stay in one room while Brendan and Phil stayed in another. Maybe it's better this way.

While Brendan and Phil are in the other room, May and Avegaille were talking about of what they did while they were in Battle Frontier, since both of them haven't talked much earlier. All of their Pokémon were out from their balls also, making their own conversation. May was sitting on the bed that was going to sleep on while Avegaille was standing and looking through the window. Then, she heard what Charlie was narrating to everyone, so she decided to come closer to hear more of it.

" So, anyway, there she was, trying to- "

" Just what are you trying to narrate to us? " Terra asked, interrupting Charlie's story. " Is this about your trainer? "

" Please, Terra, you're putting off the fun out of my narration, " Charlie pointed out as he looked at the Combunsken.

" Whatever. " Terra turned around away from Charlie.

" Anyway, like I was saying, there she was, trying to make her way out of the building when this Pokémon suddenly appeared right in front of her, " Charlie narrated out. The rest of the Pokémon in the room was listening to him.

" Then, what happened? " Ziggy asked as he was getting excited to see what happens.

" Then, a man comes out from out of nowhere and tosses out a Pokéball to this Pokémon, " Charlie continued. " The man had captured the Pokémon even without weakening it. Now, everything else seems to be a blur to me after that... "

"I'll tell you what happens next, my dad scolded me for going to the abandoned mansion in Cinnabar Island after that incident," a voice from behind Charlie added. Charlie looked up and saw his trainer behind him.

"I thought you couldn't go to that abandoned mansion," May reminded Avegaille. She was also listening to Charlie's story before she knew it was Avegaille in Charlie's story.

"Yeah I know, but I was so hard-headed back then, I still decided to go there without a Pokémon," Avegaille said as she turned to May. Then, she looked at Charlie again. "And Charlie was the Pokémon who attacked me!"

"No wonder he knows how much you sneaked in to the mansion," May remarked as she watch Avegaille gave Charlie a mean look.

" What? I was a wild Pokémon back then, " Charlie said to Avegaille innocently.

"Sure you are," Avegaille said sarcastically to Charlie. Then, she turned to May. "My mom was so furious when she found out about me trying to explore the abandoned mansion she grounded me for two months."

"Okay, I've got nothing else to say," May finally said to Avegaille. She stood up from the bed that she was sitting on. Then, she started to pace around.

" What are you doing? " Terra asked as May stopped pacing.

"Just trying to think up of something," May replied to Terra. Then, she looked at Avegaille. "Hey, Avegaille, do you know at least someone of your age back in Cinnabar?"

"I don't recall much." Avegaille started to think of whatever happened to her in Cinnabar Island. Then, it finally came to her. She didn't spend much of her time in Cinnabar but rather at Viridian City, where she studied at Pokémon Trainer School.

"Well..." May looked at Avegaille excitedly. All of the Pokémon inside the room were also looking at Avegaille, waiting for her to tell whatever things she has to tell.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell," Avegaille finally said, breaking the silence. Everyone looked at her even more attentively. "It all starts when my parents decided that I should learn more than what I am seeing..."

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In south-west of Kanto, there stood an island. And if there's an island, you might think of two things, if it's deserted or a vacation spot. Well, this island is neither one of those things. It's almost like a city. And this island is Cinnabar.

One of the distinguishing features of Cinnabar is that there were a few families living in it, since the island's mostly occupied by the research lab and the gym. The most main attraction of the island is the old abandoned Pokémon mansion. Because it is so abandoned, wild Pokémon now live in it, which makes it a dangerous place.

Inside one of the houses of Cinnabar, there was a young girl who was in her room, crouching down on the floor, just trying to wait for something to happen. It was young Avegaille. Back then, she was wearing eyeglasses. Avegaille was getting bored, seeing that she couldn't do anything around the house. And she can't go outside either because she's grounded for sneaking into the abandoned mansion.

Then, the door of Avegaille's room bursted opened as her parents came inside. Both of them seem to be very excited. The expression of her parents made Avegaille really confused.

"Avegaille, guess what?" Mrs. Amethyst asked as Avegaille lifted her head and looked at her parents.

"I'm not a mind reader," Avegaille protested as she looked at her parents again. She looked directly to them even more until something came to her. "Wait, you're going to enroll me to a school?" Her parents looked at each other and shrugged as Avegaille stood up from the floor.

"Hmm, smart for a psychic girl," Mrs. Amethyst murmured out. "Yeah, we're going to enroll you to a school in Viridian City."

"Well, its sort of a punishment, actually," Mr. Amethyst added. "You're going to be staying there for a year."

"Okay, at least I'll won't be bored, doing nothing in this house," Avegaille said. "When do I leave?"

"Tomorrow," both of her parents said together.

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"You have weird psychic powers?!" May asked as she looked at Avegaille in a paranoid way. Then, she looked at Avegaille in an excited matter.

"Don't push it," Avegaille murmured as she looked at May. "And no, I don't use my powers to cheat! I don't even know how I got these powers in the first place..."

" Wait, I'm going off the topic here, but what happens next to the story? " Terra asked as she looked at Avegaille in an excited matter.

"Wait, before you start, is your powers also your reason why you can command how your Pokémon to attack without talking?" May asked.

"Well, um, uh, no," Avegaille replied. She was started to get freaked out by May's questions. "They just attack, don't know why either."

" There's too much loyalty from them," Bell interrupted May and Avegaille. She flew into May's head. " If we were that loyal to you, we would do any attack to win for you. "

" I always thought it was something else, " Sean murmured to himself. Then, he looked at Gil and Tike, who were getting along pretty good. He decided to join them.

"Okay, so now, back to the story," Avegaille interrupted everyone.

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Leaving Cinnabar Island and traveling through the seas until reaching Pallet Town, Avegaille and her parents just got on the bus to get to Viridian City. Upon reaching Viridian City, Avegaille met a girl the same age as her when she got out of the bus, carrying a suitcase. Her new outfit was her school uniform for the year she's going to be studying in Pokémon School. The girl approached Avegaille as Avegaille tried to calm down from all of her nervousness.

"Um, hi," the girl greeted. She was wearing the same outfit as Avegaille. Her long brown hair was all settled in a ponytail, although she still has some hair hanging around her forehead. "You're going to be studying here too?"

"Yeah," Avegaille replied as she nodded. "I'm Avegaille and you are?"

"Blue," she replied. Avegaille's reaction to the name made her feel a bit confused. "I know, it's a weird name but my parents love to give out color names..."

"Okay, I now know why," Avegaille finally said.

"There aren't many students in Viridian," Blue remarked. "So, it'll make it more fun, seeing that everyone can interact with each other."

"Yo, Blue!" a voice from behind Avegaille called out.

"Oh, Gary, what do you want now?" Blue asked sarcastically as a boy in another uniform, wearing long pants and a long sleeved shirt, approached her. The boy was also wearing a necktie.

"Let's just see if you can survive this school for one year!" Gary snorted as he laughed maniacally.

"Okay, you're creeping me out here," Blue interrupted as Gary stopped laughing. "Just because you're Professor Oak's grandson doesn't mean you already know everything about Pokémon."

"Prof. Oak?" Avegaille asked, getting confused..

"Geez, where'd you come from? Cinnabar Island?" Gary asked as he looked at Avegaille.

"Yeah," Avegaille replied. She was started to get even more nervous.

"Why don't you pick on someone else, you jerk!" Blue exclaimed furiously as she looked directly at Gary.

"Yeah, that's right, why don't you pick on someone else, you big jerk!" a voice behind Blue called out.

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End of Chapter 18

Well, basically, this story is full of flashbacks, if you can't get what the title means. Anyway, that's the end of it.

Ziggy (interrupting): Is Avegaille really psychic?

Me (sighing): Well, yes, but it's still developing, so she can't control it...

Ziggy (disappointed): Oh, and I wanted her to tell me the winning lottery numbers before it gets announced.

Me: She doesn't use those powers for cheating ,okay?

Ziggy: Okay...