Years went by. My power soon reached a new level: I could now use any move an eeveelution could learn, and then some. Teleport was in my new set, so I played with it for fun at times.

One day, I found myself on a small island just off of the Alola region. Making sure nobody saw me, I turned into Vaporeon and started exploring. I soon found myself in what seemed to be a camp: there was a small fire and a tent in the middle of a clearing.

Do humans come out this far? I asked myself.

A group of Pokemon soon appeared out of the tent, but there were no humans. I made out a Blastoise, a Gible, a shiny Umbreon, and a Clefairy.

Maybe I should wait to see if they're friendly.

A Pikachu came and started playing with my tail. I tried to shoo it away, but my efforts only made it angry; it charged up an Electro Ball and shot it at me. I managed to jump out of the way, but I tripped on my landing and stumbled…

Into the Blastoise's shell.

"What was that?" he said, turning around and facing me.

I stayed silent, too afraid to say or do anything. Something about the whole group was intimidating.

He let out a little chuckle. "Scared, huh? There's nothing to be worried about. What's your name?"

"Tenkai," I said, slowly composing myself.

"I'm Baron," he replied. "This is my crew."

"Garret," the Gible said gruffly. "I kinda swallowed an Everstone at birth, so I can never evolve."

"I'm Chloe," the Clefairy giggled. "I may be small, but I pack a punch!"

"And I'm Alan," added the Umbreon.

I let out a little snicker. Collin had shared some stupid jokes with me over the years, and now one was popping up in my head.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing, it's just…" I doubled over in laughter. I barely managed to giggle out, "Alan, are you a cow?"

Alan let out an annoyed sigh while I laughed myself out. The others cocked their heads and said, "I don't get it," almost in unison.

"It's a stupid human joke," Alan explained. "Tenkai, if you're gonna stick around, please don't do that again."

"I will try my best, but I can't make any promises."

"I still don't get it," Baron said.

"It's better that you don't," Alan grumbled.

Baron gave a shrug. "Whatever."

Those 5 simple words...

"Alan, are you a cow?"

... Those words set me on a journey I never thought I'd take...

(Also yes ASDFmovie exists in my universe)

~Tenkai