Author's note: this chapter is going to be mostly dialogue.

at the door was Alex, except he wasn't blue or tiny or made out of light, but then i remembered that Ryan said it was something called a hologram, anyway i went over to say hi.

"hey Ryan good to see you man, how ya been."

"i've been good how about you i haven't seen you in a long time."

"yeah we both haven't. wait what's that behind you? no way, dude you got yourself a charmander!? that's awesome, what's his name"

"his name is Emburn and i found him in the woods when i was exploring for a bit." Alex looked really excited about this.

"you know what this means right? it means you can now start your very own pokemon journey and start being a really awesome trainer." I didn't know what journey Alex was talking about but it sounded exciting and fun. and by what Ryan said next it totally confirmed my suspicion.

"oh my Arceus you're right , i can't believe i didn't think of this before. but before i start my "amazing" journey how about we catch up some more."

"sure sounds good to me. oh wait i forgot to show you my first and only pokemon also, come on out shredder." he then pulled out an orb just like the one i was caught in, and in a flash of light a treeko was in front of me.

"woah this is a new place, where are we Alex." then he saw me

"JEEZ what are you doing here."

"this is where i live and your trainer is apparently friends with my trainer. Anyway my name's Emburn" i stook out my hand err claws? in a handshaking gesture.

"mine's Shredder, nice to meetcha. sorry about that little spazz out earlier you just startled me"

"it's fine i understand."

"oh it looks like you two just became friends huh Emburn?" Ryan and Alex looked down at us then back at each other and laughed.

"well it seems Emburn needs no introduction to Shredder, but anyways i know a really good restaurant downtown and pokemon are allowed, so shall we go?"

"yeah sure seems fun." we then left and entered a shiny smooth log with fur and spongyness on the inside. Shredder and i were put back in our orbs, and i was back in the plate covered walls, but as before they changed into a forest, all while hearing what was going on outside the orb. eventually i heard the small rumbling that continued throughout the entire time i was in my orb stop, then the forest changed back to plates and i was released into the outside. i gazed in awe at what was around me, tall shiny structures, others with some shinyness and some rock, and others that were almost all rock.

"well now Emburn i see you're not used to the city, but don't worry we'll be stopping in these parts a lot. oh hey Alex there's the restaurant." he pointed to an opening painted in black and we went inside. it was a little dark but there was enough light to see and at the front there was an older human, female by the looks of her, and she greeted us and sat us down at the table.

"jeez dude either you have a ton of money or this place is cheap."

"don't worry its not cheap but not expensive and it has great food."

"well i hope you're right. what do you want shredder." Alex placed something that looked like two boards on one side and thinner boards on the inside all coiled together, he placed it in front of shredder who then pointed out what appeared to have said. 'multi berry sorbet.' Ryan then placed the same thing in front of me and i saw something real good, it said 'Tauros serloin cut steak' that was something i haven't had in a long time, so i pointed it out and then they ordered the food to a different human but this one was male and he wore a white top with a black bottom covering his legs. after a little bit of waiting the food came and i being very hungry and anticipating started to chow down, but i didn't make a scene or anything like that, i just ate fast.

"so Alex is there anything else you decided to come by to do other than seeing me?"

"nah, i just wanted to catch up on some old times and show you shredder. so a wild charmander huh? man those things are rare, i haven't seen one before until now, well he's not exactly wild anymore but it's close enough."

"so Emburn what lab did you come from?"

"huh? what do you mean lab"

"like which professor did you come from, like me i came from professor birch, but considering you're a charmander and from what i heard, you probably came from professor oak's lab."

"i honestly have no idea who you're talking about, i'm from the wild." Shredder nearly spit out his food, but he managed to keep it in, realizing that we're at a public place.

"the wild, are you serious!?" his eyes were very big with surprise and excitement

"yeah i'm serious, Ryan found me while i was out exploring the woods."

"but wait won't your mom start getting worried that you're missing?" i didn't say anything nor did i need to, my expression spoke for itself.

"oh, uhh wow, i'm really sorry dude i didn't know-"

"it's ok, i didn't tell you anything so i probably should have known this was gonna pop up. but let's not get back to that subject and enjoy the food... which i kinda already ate... all of it, while you guys are only about halfway done, dang it, i eat too fast."

"haha, Emburn you have got to learn to enjoy your food buddy, you can't just wolf down whatever's in front of you, just like the pancakes this morning." after that little situation, everyone finished eating and Ryan "paid" i think it was called, then we went back into the what Ryan called a car then went back home. it was getting pretty late and Alex had to leave soon because he lived far from here.

"it's been good seeing you Ryan, it was fun catching up and i hop we meet again some day. bye Emburn it was nice meeting you, come on shredder let's go"

"see ya around Emburn."

"bye Shredder"

"see ya Alex." then they left, going back to wherever they were from, and Ryan and i were left alone again, but he had an interesting expression.

"what are you thinking Ryan?"

(Ryan's ears) "char charmander?"

"it's nothing buddy, just that tomorrow we're gonna start off on our journey to become the best in the region." he seemed very happy about this, and so i just smiled and went along. as i lay in my bed i thought about tomorrow, 'best in the region huh, well that's gonna be a blast.' i then closed my eyes and dreamed of a powerful charizard flying around the world proving he's the best, that charizard was me.