Chapter 4: the return to human society

Max woke up, bleary-eyed, to the sight of that girl- no, Mew, he reminded himself- mew's human self peering at him, obviously worried.

"Are you alright?" She asked, as she started checking him for any sign of injury.

"Yeah… I think so..." Said Max, rather groggy after his short trip to the land of nod.

"But …how?… why?…human?"

"Well" said Mew cheerfully, "I'm a psychic type, and a legendary pokemon too. It's quite simple to change my form into a human disguise. Latias does it too- although hers is less advanced…

"Whoa whoa whoa. What-ias?"

"legendary eon dragon. She and her brother Latios guard Altomare!"

"errrrrrrrr…o.k.?" Max was still confused about the whole human thing, but he decided to just go with it. And what was with the whole cheerful attitude thing? Two seconds ago she was worrying about him! Joey had gone to scout ahead, according to mew, so the two continued on, southward through the forest. Suddenly, Max noticed that Mew had forgotten to get rid of her tail.

"Hey! Mew!" he yelled, hoping to catch her attention.

"What?"

"You've still..Heh heh..You've got …heh heh…a…a….!" he just couldn't control himself. The sight of Mew's human form, hands on her hips, with a large mew tail (which must have grown in size as well as the rest of her) poking up behind her right shoulder, was just too much for him. He found it hilarious!

"Alright mister, what's so funny!"

"T-T-Tail! Wha-ha-ha –ha-haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Mew whirled around. Unfortunately, so did her tail and it ended up hitting her in the head. Finally she managed to get a hold of it, bringing the tip of it into her field of view, and saying "Bad Taily!" At the same time- it quickly faded from view. Max raised an eyebrow, grinning. "Taily?" Mew blushed.

"Well it's just a... I mean, it's only…. What are you laughing at!" Using psychic, she made him plunge into the ground. Face first.

"Ouch! That must've hurt"

Mew and Max looked up, to see Joey perched in a tree.

"Joey!" Exclaimed Mew "what's up?"

"Just a heads up-Look!" Joey gestured ahead with his wing. Above the trees rose several small columns of smoke- Viridian.

Walking through Viridian, Max couldn't believe the wonders it displayed.

"Hey there, young man!"

"Hmm?" Max looked up to see a kind-looking man in his twenties, wearing some sort of blue outfit with a name-tag, and holding a red and white ball in one hand.

"would you like a Pokeball? It's a special free promotion for the Pokemart!"

"What's a Pokeball? Or a Pokemart?"

Shocked, the Pokemart clerk explained all too the young boy.

"… and all you need is a trainers license from Professor Oak in Pallet and-"

At this, Max's eyes widened, suddenly alone in a black void, with the word Pallet echoing around him, he began to scream.

Mew fought through the crowd. After leading the distraught boy away, she shouted back

"Sorry! Bad Memories!" She had heard about Max's reaction to the word 'Pallet' from several whispers flying around the crowd. When he calmed down, and Mew had explained to Joey in quiet tones why Max had 'gone as crazy as a Caterpie in a Beedrill nest' as he put it (Joey, not Max), they discussed this new information about trainers.

"If you get a license, you can make friends and help them get strong!" Was Mew's reasoning. But Max would not budge.

"I am NEVER going back! I hate it there, She-" he broke off with a strangled sob.

Suddenly, an idea popped into Mew's head.

"I know!" she shouted, startling everybody around her. "We can go to pallet's -don't worry, it's all right... –Outskirts, and once I can see where it is, I can teleport us to the lab and back, without having to walk through the town!" Max brightened up considerably at this new idea.

"Will it work?" he asked

"Sure! Why wouldn't it?"

Max jumped up, making mew jump in surprise as well.

"It's Settled!" he yelled! "We are going to professor Oak's lab!"

And with that, the happy trio set out southwards towards pallet, none of them even guessing close to the events that would come to pass because of them choosing the path that would lead to sorrow, joy and pain…..

A/N

Hi again! Sorry for the super long delay, I just can't find inspiration right now…

On a happier note, I've finally created my profile, and included a short sketch featuring me and the characters on this story, and a poll! Please vote, as this one asks where this story should be posted! Oh, and please review!