A/N: Since there were no reviews or suggestions I'll just go with what I had planned anyways. I'm almost thinking this is a filler chapter to a certain extent, however I also wanted my characters to try and take a break from rushing around everywhere. This chapter is also shorter than I expected originally, but that's because I needed it to fit with the next chapter's beginning. Normal typing is human language, italics are pokemon language.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any characters from Pokemon. I do not own the Dimensional Scream. I don't own the "Valzoa" from Aedis Eclipse, although I have used some of his traits for my own character. I do not own the chaos emeralds from Sonic the Hedgehog or any Sonic character. However, I have altered the purpose and powers of chaos emeralds to suit my fanfiction stories. I do own Jack (one of many I'm sure), Brent, Muragal, Valzoa, Bartholomew, Dustin, Charlotte, Golden Rise, Gold Feather, Tunipor, and the chaos badge.

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A Miracle and Explanations

Brent's POV

A bright flash of light envelops us all. I look up, searching for the source of light, and find that it's my chaos badge. Then, yellow lights start to come out from my body, as well as Dustin's and Gold Feather's. I can feel my own energy draining away, and I wonder what the badge is trying to do. A new blue color emerges from Squirtle and circles around with the yellow light orbiting the badge. The badge glows brightly once again and fires an intense beam of yellow and blue light into Charlotte's body!

When the beam fades we see that Charlotte is still on the ground, but she looks completely healed. Except for small little details, such as her tail is still not lit and there's now yucky purple gunk surrounding her body. If I had to guess I'd say that would be the beedrill poison. The purple gunk is lifted off of the ground and the badge starts to absorb it. It slowly takes on a purple shade, but after it absorbs the last of the poison it turns a bright green. Then it glows brighter and more violently before it-.

KABLAM!!

Oh Arceus, are we still alive? I open my eyes and see four badges hovering in the air where there used to be one. One badge goes to me, another goes to Dustin, the third to Gold Feather, and the fourth to Charlotte. I take the badge in my human hand, I don't remember transforming back into a human, and I pin the badge to the inside of my jacket again.

Then Charlotte sits up and yawns, stretching her arms into the sky. She first sees Dustin and pounces on him. "Dustin!" She takes a look at Gold Feather and me. "And my other friends! You guys saved me somehow!"

She stops hugging Dustin and runs up to hug me. Then she hugs Gold Feather. The bird replies, "Gold Feather is glad that clan sister has recovered!" I'm surprised at the amount of emotion coming from the bird. It looks like she cares more about us than she let's on.

She stands there, smiling at us. That's when I notice that her tail is still unlit. "Hey Charlotte, do you feel all right?"

She faces me more directly, "Yeah, I feel great! Why, can't you tell?"

Dustin gasps, "Charlotte, your tail flame is still out!"

Charlotte turns around quickly and notices her flameless tail. When she turns back to us she looks surprised, yet not too worried. "Well, that's certainly really odd. I feel great, really. Maybe it just needs a chance to build up some fire again."

Dustin slowly walks up to Charlotte before hugging her tightly, "Well regardless, I'm so glad that you survived! I didn't want you to leave us; I wouldn't know what to do without my best friend in the whole wide world!"

I decide that we should get moving, but I didn't want to break up their time together. So… While it may not be the brightest thing to do since I still feel a little tired, I try it out anyways. I scoop up both Dustin and Charlotte in my arms and head down the road.

What an odd sight I must look, a shiny spearow on my shoulder and I'm carrying both a squirtle and a flameless charmander in my arms. Odd thing is, they didn't really feel that heavy either. While we all enjoyed the comfort of being around each other, my mind turned towards other things.

Why did my badge turn into 4 separate ones? Was bringing Charlotte back one of its special abilities? How is it that Charlotte is feeling fine even without her tail flame? Is there a way for me to turn into and out of squirtle form at will? That would be rather convenient. Oh, and where the heck is Jack?

Imagine my surprise when I find a hole in the path I am walking down. As I peer inside I find Jack sprawled at the bottom, unconscious… Okay, I can forgive Jack now. I'm sure he would have come back for us if he hadn't fell down this hole and had gotten knocked unconscious.

Now that I think about it, "I wonder how this hole got here in the first place?" I notice my badge flashes before…

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12 years ago…

I see a long red haired woman and a short blue haired man covering up a hole with some sticks and leaves. I think they're making a pit fall trap.

A meowth that walks on two legs asked them, "Jessie, James! Did you guys finish digging the hole yet?"

The woman replies, "Calm down Meowth, we'll capture that twerp and the pikachu! We've created the perfect pit-fall trap!"

The blue haired man speaks up next, "But Jessie, wouldn't the twerps be heading for Mt. Moon instead of back through Viridian forest? Even as we speak he's fighting for that badge down at Pewter gym."

The woman, Jessie I think, smacks the man on the head. "Listen James, we're digging two holes! We finish the one here and then make the one on the path that leads to Mt. Moon. That way we'll be prepared ahead of time for them!" She gives off an eerie laugh.

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…ok… That was a really odd experience. So, because I basically asked how this hole came about, the badge showed me how it was created and for what purpose. And for some reason, it just so happens that after 12 years of people going up and down this road only Jack manages to fall into it? Right…

Some things in the world just don't make any sense. Oh well, on to business. I fish out my rope from my backpack. Meanwhile I ask, "Hey Dustin, you think you can wake Jack up for me? It would be a lot easier to get him out if he's conscious."

Dustin nods his head and blows a small stream of water onto Jack's face. Jack wakes up sputtering, "Ouch, hey! Where am I? Who put this hole in the road?"

I'd rather not explain it so instead I say, "Hey Jack! Grab a hold of the rope and I'll try bringing you back up!"

He grabs hold of the rope and I pull him out, with the help of Dustin, Charlotte, and Gold Feather. We end up panting on the dirt after that ordeal. Jack says, "Thanks for getting me out of there. I'm also glad to see that you made it out of that beedrill-infested forest. Now let's get a move on to Pewter City!"

With hand in the air, Jack is off again to the stone city. The rest of us duly follow him. It's rather late in the day now. I think we'll have to wait until tomorrow morning before we can challenge the gym leader.

When we arrive at the Pokemon Center I ask Nurse Joy to take a look at all of my Pokemon. I also ask her to take a look at Charlotte so that she can tell me if anything is wrong. Soon she returns with the all of our Pokemon, besides Charlotte, and both Jack and I take our Pokemon, respectively.

Jack tells me he's going to turn in early to get ready for the gym battle tomorrow. I think I'm going to have a talk with him in the morning. I'm pretty upset about how he ditched Charlotte back at the forest, but I'm too exhausted to keep up the argument tonight.

I'm sitting down on the bench in the lobby, Gold Feather is in my lap sleeping, and Dustin is on the floor pacing. I find it really cute how he cares so much about Charlotte. I decide to take another look at my chaos badge to see if I can figure out any more secrets it may hold.

It appears that the abilities are for the most part voice activated. I contemplate a bit before I say, "I wish I knew the official terms and descriptions of this chaos badge's abilities; at least the ones that I have learned so far."

To my joy, the badge starts to glow. Immediately after the glowing fades, a transparent screen appears before me. On it has several names and descriptions.

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Chaos Badge Abilities Discovered So Far: 10

Empathy: Allows the user to communicate with all other life forms through the language of emotion. The exception being life forms without emotion, those require the ability known as Apathy.

Costume: Allows the user to transform into and out of a Pokemon/life-form at will. Energy restrictions may apply.

Mimic/Tutor: Allows the user to copy any technique he has witnessed. Allows the user to pass down the copied technique to another being easily.

Desperation: Sacrifices user's and/or volunteer's energy in order to perform energy expensive techniques.

Miracle: Energy expensive technique that can repair all physical damage done to the user or to someone else.

Copy Elemental Soul: User creates a copy of his elemental soul to give as a gift to someone else. Certain elemental souls have healing properties.

Poison Immunity: After analyzing a sample of poison, the user will never again be victim to it.

Chaos Badge Creation: The extreme emotions of the user and his friends will harness enough energy to create new chaos badges.

Dimensional Scream: The user is able to look either into the past or into the future of a certain person, place, or object. (Note that the Dimensional Scream can only be accessed in Pokemon World Dimensions. Research has slightly improved the ability by giving the user a date of reference. Not reliable when used on others who use chaos badges.)

Menu: Allows the user to access the chaos badge's transparent menu to gain access to different options.

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I close the menu, extremely happy. It answered so many of the questions that had been floating around in my mind. On the other hand, what did it mean by Pokemon World Dimensions? Does that mean there are other dimensions out there?

Before I can muse further, Nurse Joy walks into the room carrying Charlotte in her arms. She says, "Your charmander is completely healthy and fine. The reason her tail is unlit is because the Water Soul she was given earlier is still activated. I almost think it's trying to protect her."

Dustin runs up to Charlotte as Nurse Joy puts her down. He embraces Charlotte in a tight hug again. Joy looks at them and smiles, "Ah, I understand now. Your squirtle must really care about your charmander. Only then would his Water Soul want to protect your charmander so stubbornly."

Filled with curiosity I ask her, "I kind of get the gist of that, but what does having a Water Soul mean for Charlotte?"

Joy replies in her 'teacher' voice, "At its barest basics it means that your charmander cannot use any fire attack, like Ember and Flamethrower, while the Water Soul is activated. Instead, she'll end up using water attacks like Water Gun or Bubble Beam. Eventually she'll learn how to switch between her elements so that she can switch between water and fire attacks mid-battle. Later on when she learns how to harness both elements in harmony with one another, she can combine the two elements in her attacks."

Amazing, but I had to scratch my head a bit before I asked her, "Combine Fire and Water? Wouldn't those two elements just cancel each other out or something?"

Nurse Joy waggles her finger, "That's what the usual person thinks, however we are talking about harmonizing elements. Meaning the two elements will work together to be better than it would normally be alone. For instance, Fire-types get really hurt if they fall into a pool of water normally. If harmonized with a Water Soul, a Fire-type could swim underwater just like a water-type. In addition, they could use their fire attacks effectively underwater as well. Those are the basics, but there's plenty more possibilities out there for you to discover!"

I whistle, "That's really cool! Thank you for telling me all of this, but won't you get into trouble? Professor Oak said that we trainers had to learn all of this stuff on our own."

Joy answers easily, "And you did learn how to Copy Elemental Souls, I checked your badge and you already have 10 abilities registered. I'm allowed to explain the abilities you've already discovered in order to give you a better understanding. Pokemon League rules have changed quite a bit in the last year or so. You and your Pokemon will need all the help you can get."

I thank Nurse Joy and she retires for the night. I bend down to talk to the Pokemon, "Charlotte, I'm glad to hear that you're doing fine." I give her a small hug and she smiles at me. "Anyways, it's getting pretty late. Let's go to bed guys."

We head off to the room I believe Jack is sleeping in. When we get there I climb into one of the bottom bunks, Dustin, Gold Feather, and Charlotte take the top of my bunk. I yawn and I'm pretty sure that sleep overtook me quickly.

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Jack's POV

All right! A brand new day! I'm going to head out and conquer Pewter City gym with my Charmander, Pidgey, and brand new Weedle! Unfortunately, as I moved to jump out of my bed I hit my head on the top bunk and collapsed onto the floor loudly.

Brent looks at me sleepily, "And just where are you off to so early?"

After I pick myself back up I respond, "I'm off to go challenge the gym leader of Pewter city!"

Brent snaps awake and shuts the door quickly, but quietly. Then he turns to me, "I need to have a talk with you before you go anywhere."

I stare at his stern face a bit before replying, "Okay, sure. So what's bugging you?"

Very seriously he replies, "I'm worried about your relationship with Charlotte. You two aren't getting along that well and that's not really a good thing."

At first I feel really angry with him. Who is he to tell me how to handle my relationships with my Pokemon? But then I sigh because I realize that he's been keeping close to Charlotte for a while now, so he probably notices these things. "You're right. I try to tell her what to do, but she doesn't listen to me. I don't understand why."

Brent sighs before asking, "Do you ever try to take serious time to understand her?"

I snort, "Of course I do, but it takes time for such bonds to develop I've heard."

He shakes his head and says, "When I said serious time I meant like hours if need be. Do you ever try just talking to your Pokemon? At the least you could try asking them 'yes' or 'no' questions so that you can get a better understanding of their personalities. You want to be friends with your Pokemon after all, right?"

I nod my head, "So, instead of going to the gym you think I should talk to my Pokemon today and maybe do a little training?"

He nods his head this time and adds, "That sounds like a plan, but put more emphasis on the talking than the training. I think I'll tag along, I want to hear what they have to say as well."

So instead of heading off to the gym like I wanted to, I'm heading out to the grassy field in order to talk to my Pokemon. I'm not exactly sure what he wants me to accomplish in one day, though.

Dustin, Gold Feather, Golden Rise, and Charlotte are already out. I decide I should introduce them to my newest team member. "Okay everyone, say hello to our new buddy! Come on out!"

My Weedle appears in front of the group. He then freaks out and starts heading towards the nearest bush. "Hey wait! Weedle come back here!" I bend over and pick up the scared little bug. "Its okay Weedle, nobody's going to hurt you."

Brent says, "So that's why the beedrill attacked us." He sighs a bit before addressing my new partner, "Hey little guy, you doing okay? What's your name?"

My Weedle makes odd sounds and Brent chuckles a bit, "Tunipor? That's quite an interesting name you've got there."

I take another look at Brent with my eyes wide open, "Wait, you can understand Pokemon?"

Brent answers, "Yep, its one of the abilities of the chaos badge."

I feel a little angry at him, "Why didn't you tell me? How did you unlock that ability anyways?"

Brent replies, "Well, everyone keeps telling me that a trainer has to discover these abilities on their own. I'm trying to show you how to unlock the abilities right now!"

Huh? Oh wait, so that means, "I think I get it. If I take some time to talk to my Pokemon now, I'll be able to unlock the ability right?"

Brent nods, "Well, that's how it worked for me at least."

Interesting. I turn to Charlotte, "Okay, so Brent tells me that I should talk to you. Anything that you want to tell me?"

Charlotte hugs Dustin in a friendly way and starts saying, "Char, char charmander mander char."

Uh… I'm drawing a blank here. "So… you're friends with Dustin huh? Well, that's cool." Charlotte sighs and shakes her head. "Oh, that's not what you said? Gee, this is harder than I thought it would be."

Brent encourages me, "Just keep trying, I'm sure you'll get it eventually. Why not say a little bit about yourself?"

I nod my head a bit, "Well, I've always dreamed of becoming a Pokemon Master just like my hero, Ash. He's traveled all over and he's made a lot of Pokemon friends. I also noticed that we're kind of alike. I want to be just like him."

Charlotte nods her head, "Char, char der mander." I think she's saying she's listening, but I can't tell for sure.

I think a bit before I continue, "You know, I'm glad Brent brought this up. I heard that a long time ago, Ash and his charmander got along pretty good. But after he evolved into charmeleon and charizard, he wouldn't listen to Ash anymore. I don't really want that to happen. So I'll try to-."

A voice yelling out interrupts, "Everyone, come quick! Ash Ketchum is being challenged! Its on TV right now!"

Ash Ketchum?! I get up as fast as I can and yell, "Come on guys! Let's go see Ash in action! Then you'll know why he's my hero!"

I dash on ahead of them and rush to where the crowds of people are gathering. It turns out they're all running to the Pewter city gym. Once we enter we see a huge screen that shows the battle as it's going on live at Indigo Plateau.

The gym leader announces, "Wow, I didn't expect a crowd this size to show up. Well boys and girls, this battle should help give you some pointers on what to expect at league battles. It should be a good learning experience, especially since the challenger is an avid user of the new chaos badges."

Brent comments in my ear, "This is a really good opportunity to see what abilities we don't know about yet. My badge says that I've discovered 10 abilities so far, but there's got to be a lot more!"

I turn towards him and notice that all of his Pokemon are sitting either on or around him. Even Charlotte! I ask her, "Hey Charlotte, don't you want to sit with me?"

She stares at me for a while before shaking her head. I feel a little disappointed, but I'm about to watch Ash kick butt!

Hah! The day somebody beats Ash and becomes the champion is the day magikarp are proven be better than useless!

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A/N: I've already written a LOT of the next chapter. Let's just say that if you like the way I write battles then you'll like next chapter. If you hate it, you have my sympathies because I don't know how to write it better.

Um, please read and review. I want to be a better writer, and I think I need some helpful and constructive critiques. Should I use anonymous reviews? I guess I'll try it out for a while. Although, I can't reply to you if you don't sign in.