Okay I REALLY want to write some one-shots to this story, but I can't reveal any future characters yet. Well one of them will be available for me to write within the next few chapters after I bring in another character. I am taking a break from writing to fix my grades in school and to draw more pictures for Jason and crew along with a few other things. I will not be drawing pictures for Claus and Blake as they are for your imagination only so how you see them is how they are as you read this. Enjoy.


Chapter 17: Home At Last

I dived into the water and tried to swim. It was much harder than as a human for some reason, though my tail did kind of work as a propeller. After reaching the other end and looking like a retard for trying to swim when I should have known that Treeckos do not swim that way, I walked out of the water as soon as my feet touched the ground. I ran into Mauville and stopped at the borderline of the city.

Mauville...it looks exactly the same as it was before I was dragged away. There were still the gambling addicted people, the now homeless people from gambling, and the now rich people from winning the grand prizes. I always thought that the casino should not have allowed trading the coins in for money. It wasn't always like that though, a few years back they used to only have prizes that were bought when you had enough coins for them. After some strange people bought the casino they changed that and ever since then the city became more violent as more and more gamblers arrived. They even have a low gambling age limit so that trainers can waste their money in that hellhole. If there is one thing that I have benefited from these people, is how to beg. I wonder if Berry is still here, I should apologize for what I did to him that day. He's also one person I could get some information out of. Although I should probably go to our teachers, they would know. I just hope they can keep a secret. First things first, to my house. I headed towards the north side of the housing area, sticking to the alleyways to avoid attracting any attention. Most pokemon who walked around alone usually had something to signify that they were owned. I never took my scarf from Claus so in the eyes of passing trainers, I am just a wild pokemon passing by. I made it to the back of my house without any problems. Being able to climb on walls made things a whole lot easier. As I walked out to the front I saw someone staring at my house as if remembering something. He wore a familiar black hoodie which I instantly recognized as Berry. I was tempted to hurt him. What? I said I should apologize, I never said I would. I fired a small energy ball at his feet, apparently it was much stronger than I had thought as the explosion knocked him back.

"What the hell?! If this is karma then this is taking it too far." I heard him mutter. Karma? Is he actually feeling some sort of remorse for the bullshit he put me through? Wait if this is supposedly karma for him, why is my death the punishment?

"Are you actually feeling bad about my death? What happened to Berry the biggest asshole in school?" I asked as I approached him. The look on his face was priceless when he realized who said that.

"H-How are you talking?! Treecko can't talk even it taught to!" Looks like he actually has been studying.

"I'm different that's how. I always have been which was what you all hated and picked on me for." I wonder if he knew it was me.

"I never saw you before so how would I have picked on you?"

"Oh really? Well of course you haven't seen me before, but you've seen Jason before. You and your friends used to jump him every now and then."

"How do you know that?!"

"Is it really that hard to figure out?"

"How the hell am I supposed to know how a fucking talking treecko knows about what I did before?"

"Who else would know about this?"

"Just my friends...and Jason...What does this have to do about how you know what I did?"

"Everything." I really should stop being so complicated all the time.

"What do you mean everything?!" I walked up to the front door of my house as he said this.

"Come here." He hesitated. "Just come here and open this door." He stepped up next to me and jiggled the doorknob.

"It's locked. Why do you want to get in here?" I tapped several spots on the door until I found a hollow portion and slammed on it. This was how I got back in whenever I forgot my key. For some reason hitting that spot would unlock the door.

"Try now." He opened the door. The entire house had been cleaned out. They left nothing at all. I explored the house for anything that could have possibly been left behind.

"I'm gonna go, this is B&E and I'm not planning on going to jail." And with that, he left. Shoulda told him who I was before he left. Oh well there'll be more chances later on. I checked every room of the house for anything. My searched ended in failure.

"Damn they took everything." I said to myself. I decided to check the basement. The basement was empty too. "Man they cleaned out the entire house. They even changed the walls...wait a minute." One section of the wall was different. It looked weaker as if there was an opening there. I tapped that wall, it was hollow. I fired an energy ball and destroyed it. Behind that wall was another stairwell leading down. Where ever it led to had to have been important. I proceeded down the stairs, swatting at any cobwebs in my way. I wonder if my parents knew about this passageway. I finally reached the bottom of this stairwell. The room was pitch black with no light from any windows. Luckily energy ball has more than just one use and can be held in place. There was a desk and chair in front of me. I climbed onto the chair and looked onto the desk. There was a sheet of paper, a note.

By the time you will have found this, you will have already been kidnapped and placed into the body of a genetically altered treecko. I know you are upset that your life has been ripped away from you. This is a chance for new opportunities, to meet new people, to do what no other human has done before. You were given a gift from arceus herself. That new body of yours has abilities no one has ever seen before. The more you absorb the stronger you'll become. What you do with it is you choice. Stay strong and never give up. Today is the day your new life begins. Go out and make yourself one to be remembered.

Love, Your Mother

The last note from my mother. I felt a lump in my throat and tears swelling in my eyes, this was the last I would hear from her. A tear trickled down my cheek and the lump in my throat felt larger. No longer able to fight it back, I let it out. Bawling in the darkness eased my pain. I have never bawled before, a little sniffling and a tear or two at most, but never bawling. I sat there in that chair for at least ten minutes crying and remembering about my mother who died when I realized, I don't know how she died or even IF she died. I know the first thing I'm going to do. I'm going to find out what exactly happened to my mother. Wiping the tears from my eyes I summoned another energy ball for light. I jumped down from the chair and turned around. In my face was a large demonic mask, I could tell it was a mask because the light emanating off my energy ball made it shine though I will admit, it did make me jump.

"Who the hell...you didn't hear me crying did you?" I asked whoever it was behind that mask.

"I saw everything. You look so cute when you cry." The voice was feminine so I assumed whoever this was, was a girl. The mask floated to the side and my jaw dropped. I couldn't believe who it was standing there in front of me, this was so unexpected!

Yeah more info, Jason finds the last note and cries. Next chapter will also be full of information. "What happened to Claus and the others?" You may be wondering, that will be revealed soon.

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