"A few weeks ago, I turned old enough to get my first Pokemon. I chose a Mudkip. We did everything together.
"Yesterday, I tried to catch a Pokemon. I went for a Poochyena, thinking, 'This will be easy!' Something went wrong. Somehow, the Poochyena was stronger than it was supposed to be. Mudkip fainted. I put him in his Pokéball -"
"I thought you didn't use Pokéballs," I interrupted.
"I don't anymore, and you'll see why if you listen. Anyways, I put him in the ball and ran to the nearest center. It turns out that the ball had a fault in it. Mudkip died before I made it to the center.
"This thing," he grumbled, picking up a ball off of the ground, pulling out the potion from inside, and crushing it in his hands, "killed my best friend. I was devastated. I ran out in the storm to Route 104, looking up at the cliffs, thinking about jumping. Then I found you on the ground, barely breathing."
He shed a few tears. "Such a cute little thing, your life has probably just begun. I scooped you up and ran you over to the center, where they put a splint on your leg."
"Where does Alpha come in?" I asked.
"Alpha used to belong to my father," Collin answered. "Before I got my first Pokemon, he released a few of his. He told me that if I needed help while adventuring, I could go to one of them. The next day, he disappeared; my mom says that he became part of the Elite Four."
His story moved me,almost to tears. I started to glow.
"Tenkai, you're evolving!" Collin gasped, setting me down.
Yup, these chapters are short...
Young me didn't know how to break things up right...
~Tenkai