Whitespace. Omori had been living here as long as he could remember. He was a 12 year old, monochrome boy. He wore black and white shorts, knee high black socks, a black tank top, and a black knit cap. He looked around the white void. There was a black outlined square, a laptop, a tissue box, a sketchbook, a Purloin, a black light bulb, and a door. Omori stared at his laptop. Then looked at the light bulb. He stared at the door. He approached the Purloin, named Mewo, who simply said "Waiting for something to happen?"

Then he heard something fall. He ventured through Whitespace while Red Hands, known as Hands~kun, tried to bring him back to the square. Omori found a shiny knife. Then, he allowed Hands~kun to take him back. He opened the door, and entered Neighbor's Room. Upon entering, he saw his friends, his friends Pokémon, and his Pokémon. Omori's Pokémon, a Ralts, Mawile, and Musharna, ran up to the monochrome boy. His friend Aubrey, a young girl in a nightie and a purple casual cap, ran over the cards they were playing with her Azurill, named Bun Bun, close behind.

"Omori! You're here! We were playing cards, wanna join us?" She asked. Then she turned around and noticed she messed up the cards.

"Oh, maybe not…" She said

"What the heck, Aubrey?!" Kel yelled. Kel wore Pajamas and a cap, mostly purple, though the front was white with some pins.

"Now now, no need to fight." Hero said. Hero wore striped Pajamas and a hat that gave the appearance of Blue hair, though his natural purple could be seen on the bottom.

Omori went over to Kel.

"Check it out! I caught a Nacli!" Kel yelled, and showed off a Pokéball. Kel's Spinda was dancing and gesturing to it.

"I'm gonna name him Hector!" Kel yelled.

Omori went over to Hero.

"Hey there, it seems your Pokémon missed you." Hero said. Ralts was hiding behind Omori, Mawile was trying to get Omori's attention, and Musharna was just floating. Hero's Dolliv laughed a bit. Omori went to Aubrey.

"That Kel is so annoying! He stole Mr. Plantegg! Can you find him for me?" She asked. Omori grabbed a watermelon, broke it, and inside was Mr. Plantegg. Omori gave it back to Aubrey.

"You found him! Thank you Omori!" She said.

"What!? I thought I had a good hiding place!" Kel yelled.

"Well some people aren't jerks…" Aubrey said. Azurill and Spinda tried to separate there trainers. Hero stepped in.

"Guys, let's not fight. Mari and Basil are waiting for us." He said. Omori began to lead the group out, as an Ekans gave him an allowance.

Outside, the kids left from a stump. Aubrey got stuck, so Kel pulled her out. They went to the playground, where they saw many kids and Pokémon, including Mari and Basil. Mari wore a school uniform and a purple hat tied in the back, and Basil wore a green shirt, overalls, a flower crown and a white sun hat. They were sitting on a picnic blanket, all there Pokémon out of their Pokéballs. Mewo the Purloin was on Mari's lap. Her Pawmi was playing with the picnic basket. Mari's Vaporeon was curled up, asleep. Her Illumise was flying around, dancing as her Krikitot made music. Mari's Flittle was hoarding berries. As for Basil's Pokémon, his Roselia was making a flower crown. Basil's Flabèbè was hiding in his hair. Basil's Cherubi was happily wandering. Omori and the gang approached.

"Oh hey! You're just in time!" Mari said as the group went to the picnic basket. Everyone let out all their Pokémon. Hero's Volbeat danced with Illumise. His Milcery just happily played with his Sinistea. Audino tried to calm everyone down, to no avail. The Tandemaus snuggled each other. Kel was holding his new Nacli and showing it off. His Snom was riding on his shoulders while Spinda just started knocking things over. Aubrey's Minccino wasn't happy about this, and Audino had to stop Minccino from attacking Spinda. Aubrey's Nidoran ️ ran around. Omori's Ralts shyly approached Mari, while Mawile tried to steal berries from Basil.

"So what were you guys up too?" Hero asked.

"We were just looking at my photo album!" Basil said. He took it out. There were lots of photos. From Kel drinking milk, everyone making flower crowns, Hero and Mari winning a double battle, and Omori asleep and more. Kel tries to get Basil to take a picture of him, but Basil explained he prefers candid photos. Basil offered to have them go to his house, while he returned all put Roselia to there Pokéballs. As the others did the same, Mari said she would sit this one out. Before they could leave, though, the group was stopped by Berly and her Druddigon.

"Hey, you're not leaving! I wanna play hide and seek!" She said.

"Again? Really?" Kel asked. A glare from Druddigon shut him up. Berly rounded everyone up. Omori was forced to be the seeker. He hated being alone, but at least he had his Pokémon. He found everyone except Basil when Berly rounded everyone up again.

Kel went to a tree he saw Basil go near earlier. The tree went away, revealing Boss holding Basil.

"How could you guys play hide and seek without me?!" He yelled.

"Boss! Put Basil down!" Kel yelled.

Boss simply threw Basil's flower crown and hat away.

"My headgear!" Basil yelled.

"Stop bullying Basil! What did he do to you?!" Aubrey yelled.

"You think this is about Basil? This about you leaving me out even though I taught you all how to play! You're not even doing it right! How can you play hide and seek without Pokémon battles?!" Boss yelled. He sent out a Granbull and attacked Omori, Aubrey, Kel, and Hero.

Omori sent out Ralts!

Aubrey sent out Bun Bun!

Kel sent out Spinda!

Hero sent out Dolliv!

Boss body slammed Kel. Kel hit him with a ball. Meanwhile, Granbull used Bite! It was Super effective on Ralts. Bun Bun used Water Gun. Omori attacked Boss with his knife. Aubrey cheered on Omori, making him happy? Dolliv used Absorb. Spinda used tackle. Ralts used Psychic. Granbull fainted. The Pokémon joined in attacking Boss. Eventually, Boss used his ultimate attack, fainting all the Pokémon and turning everyone but Omori into toast. Omori did not succumb. Boss got upset. He dropped Basil. Basil comforted him, as Boss tried to keep him safe during the fight. He took down the sign banning him, and Omori led his friends to Basil's house. After fighting Sprout Moles and learning about emotions, they reached Basil's house. But Aubrey and Kel had a fight, knocking over Basil and scattering his photos. They gathered the photos and put them back. When Basil went to get something, he dropped a photo. He looked at it. His eyes turned red.

"I didn't take this. Wait thats right! Mari, she's-"

Everything went black.

Omori awoke on Whitespace. A heartbeat could be heard. He took out his knife.

STAB

Omori collapsed.

Hey, so I'm back from hiatus! Woohoo. Anyway, I know this chapter isn't that interesting. The next chapter though… that's where the interesting stuff starts. Thank you all for reading, please read and review! Also, everyone's hat is a reference to a playable Pokèmon character. Omori has Victor's hat, Aubrey has Selene's Sun/Moon hat, Kel has Red's original hat, Hero had Brendan's hat, Mari has May's hat, and Basil has Florian's Scarlet hat.