My name is Athena, and I am a Mewtwo. Many things have happened to me, and many things have occurred because of me. Some of my story you may already know... or think you know. To truly understand my story, you must truly feel what I have felt, see what I have seen, and know and I have known. All stories have a beginning, and mine is no exception.
The first thing I ever saw in my life was the glass of the cylindrical compartment surrounding me (although I would not learn of this until later. Beyond it was a white tiled floor, marred only by the creature at one of the strange objects nearby. Floating in the air next to him was a small, pinkish-white creature, which suddenly turned in my direction. "Mew! Mewmewmew! Mew... MEW!" "Huh... what is it, Comet? What... she's finally conscious!" Both of them rushed over to me, Comet floating and the other creature running. "So, you're finally conscious... that's good. My name is... well, I gave up my name a long time ago... but you wouldn't understand what I mean by that just yet. My companion here is named Comet, and she is a Mew."

I asked the first question that came to my mind almost instantly: "What exactly is a Mew?" The creature smiled and said: "I'll explain that later... right now I need to finish up a few more tests to make sure it's safe for you to come out of that container." "Why wouldn't it be safe for me to come out?" "That too I will explain later... don't worry, this won't take long." It didn't; a little while later the cylinder started to open for no apparent. However, I quickly learned that the creature had made the cylinder open via the controls on one of the consoles... and was told in turn what each word meant when I asked. I also learned that I was a clone, cloned of the creature's DNA and Comet's DNA. "Does that mean that I am just a thing to you, something that you worked on and nothing more?" I was surprised to hear myself say this, yet somehow I knew what those words meant. However, I was was surprised by the creature's response: "Of course not! What you are is a miracle... for 4 years I and Comet have worked here to ensure that you would come into this world... but initially that was the case." "What changed that? I don't understand what you mean by that." "It's time for your first few lessons... exactly who and what you are, and how it is possible that you changed from being a mere experiment to us to being something so much more... something so very much more."

I learned many things those first few days: what humans were, what Pokemon were, what I was... so many things. "So I am called a Mewtwo? Is that my name?" "What would you like to be named?" "I... I don't know. What do you think I should be named?" The human shook his head and said: "No... that is something you must decide for yourself. One's name may appear to be an insignificant thing... but take it away and you then only realize what you have lost. I shall make many of the decisions for you... but your name is not one I will decide, and as you grow older, I shall make fewer decisions for you." I then asked a question, not knowing that the answer to it would be one that I would never fully understand until it was too late. "Why is that? Why would you make fewer decisions for me as I grow older?" "As you grow older, you will become stronger, wiser, and more capable of being completely independent from the two of us. Despite not having been born into the world, Comet and I view you as if you were our child, our own flesh and blood... the latter is an expression by the way." "What's an expression?" My father answered that question too. Yes, that's right, I viewed that human as my father, and Comet as my mother... once I learned the meaning of those words. I would learn more than this in the days to come... including lessons about the darker side of this world.