The familiar sound of the morning Starly chirping in the trees filled my ears as I woke up. I sat up in bed, yawned and rubbed my eyes, and gathered my thoughts. I remembered: I had met my father's spirit last night and he bestowed magic upon me. I had some type of magic called Dimension Magic, but I hadn't tried it out yet. I looked around and saw my Pokégear lying on my dresser. I looked at the time and then wondered if the magic would work on it. I didn't remember dad telling me how to use it, all he said was, "I'll leave that to you to find out." Come on dad, couldn't you be a bit more helpful? I thought. I tried for a few minutes, and then somehow, someway, I got it to work, but of course I wasn't paying attention while doing it. I was hoping to strike lucky, and I did, I destroyed the particles of the Pokégear, but unfortunately, I didn't know how to bring it back, or what dad called Summoning. I didn't know entirely what I was doing. I was pretty excited, but confused at the same time. I started waving my arms and hands around like an idiot, until a few more minutes later when I found out that if I held my hands parallel to my waist and spaced my hands apart, then I could Summon the Pokégear back. I knew how to Destroy and Summon!

Suddenly while looking over at my bag, the biggest grin appeared on my face. Not a stupid or sinister grin, just an, "I've got an idea" grin.

A few minutes later...

"Oh, good morning Vincent!"

"Good morning mom. Hey mom, do you want to see something cool?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"Watch this." I showed her my Pokégear and then I Destroyed it and Summoned it.

"...! Where did you learn that?"

I didn't want her to find out that I met dad's spirit last night, so I said, "I, uh, discovered I had it within me this whole time."

"Hm. Just like your father." She nodded. I breathed a sigh of relief internally.

"Mom, I have great news." I decided that I was going to tell her about my journey.

"What's that?"

"I'm no longer depressed, which means that I'm going on a journey to destiny. I've figured it out, mom! I figured out how to resurrec-I mean, to avenge dad!" I honestly thought that she was going to say no, but to my surprise, she gave full support for me.

"Okay. I understand. Good luck out there. Remember, I'm always rooting for you." I hugged her and said goodbye, and headed out the door without my bag. I had left my bag upstairs, because I had emptied out its contents and Destroyed it to be Summoned later. Well, except for my scarf. I put that on along with my fedora.

How can I explain Summoning? Well, I have a clear picture in my mind of what's been Destroyed, and when ever I want to Summon something, I concentrate on it and Summon it. And Summoning is really quick too. How do I keep track of everything I Destroy? I don't know. Think of the item screen from A Link to the Past except a million times bigger. In my room, I Destroyed everything in my bag, even my Pokéballs, so I Summoned Fearow's ball and told him to fly south to Jubilife City.

In Jubilife City, I stocked up on items at the mart except for Pokéballs. I stocked up on mostly healing items, some other gear for the journey, some food, and anything else you'd pack for a trip. If you're confused about what the Destroy/Summon may look like, just think of an endless storage space. I got back on Fearow and took a look at the map dad gave me. It was a big map but there was a little line that he drew, probably from when he used the map. The line started from Kanto, and then went north over some islands and along a large continent. Then the line sorta went crazy and became all wavy due to a mountain pass and then even more north, the path traveled out to a country labeled Fiore and there was a circle around a dot labeled Magnolia. Jeez! That's like, halfway around the world! I thought. But I wanted to become strong. I wanted my Pokémon to become strong. I showed the map to Fearow and showed him where to fly to. He got the comical white face but then I encouraged him by tellling him that he could do it and he could do anything he set his mind to. He nodded and then we took air.

The rest of the day was pretty much airborne. Fearow kept building his stamina as we flew across the sky like a jet. He reached immense speeds that I couldn't calculate, and he didn't get tired for the whole trip. The sun started to set over the horizon before we flew over the islands depicted on the map and after that, we flew through the night until we reached the large continent. I withdrew the tired Fearow and struggled to keep awake as I pressed onwards. Eventually, I did get tired and took a power nap, only to wake up a few hours later and continue on with my journey.

Most of the journey was just walking a bunch. Oh joy, leg day. More like leg three quarters of a year. On my journey, I saw many beautiful sights, I experienced new challenges. I visited many towns and cities along the way, and I met new people. I pressed on and on and on with determination and perseverance.

I came to the mountain pass depicted on the map and faced the challenge of scaling the large, rugged mountain range. I decided against having Fearow fly me to the top. I took it on by myself and learned independence. After weeks of rough climbing, and trial and error, through many mistakes, I finally made it to Fiore. What a nice name.

I traveled across the country and soon got used to the massive amount of magic energy present. I looked on the map and followed the route to the town of Magnolia. The trip to Magnolia took another several weeks, and in that time, I turned 17 years old. A week after my birthday, I traveled across a rocky path and when I looked on the map, I saw that I was in Magnolia, or at least the outskirts. In the distance, I could see a little building at the edge of the town. Could that be the guild that dad told me about? There was only one way to find out.

I walked into town bravely. A few people looked at me as I walked towards the guild. Once I got to the guild, I stood at the entrance for a long time before walking in.

"Hey, who's this guy?" said a female voice. I was startled by this sudden voice speaking and turned around.