Hey everyone and happy Thanksgiving! I decided to take a break from OMAA this week and publish a new chapter of A New Age. Don't worry I will be going back to OMAA after this chapter. On to the reviews.

Mades: I want to thank you for all of the help you gave me on fixing the first chapter. I probably wouldn't have noticed my mistakes and you helped me get them corrected.

Monpoke: thanks for reviewing the first chapter. You are right when you said that I published it a little to early. I just get to excited when I finish something new. I did the exact same thing with OMAA's first chapter.

Everyone knows that if you've got a brother, you're going to fight.

Liam Gallagher

Chapter 2

Family Troubles

Emily's POV

The house looked much like it did on the outside. The carpet had all but deteriorated. Wallpaper was peeling from the walls. The wood floors constantly creaked, but it was dry and we got away from the weird creature that had been chasing us. Austin had found a room that seemed to have taken the least amount of damage from the decay and set up two sleeping bags for us to sleep in.

"What are we going to do with Devin? We can't just put him on the floor." I said.

"I only had two sleeping bags, but I found a few blankets in that third bag over there. We can lay them out on the ground; then we just make sure he stays put." Austin replied. Austin began to lay out the blankets on the ground, and I laid the sleeping Devin on top of them.

"Your brother is wrapped in his shirt. Is there anything in that bag that he can wear?" I asked.

"Yeah, I found these when I pulled out the blankets." Austin held up a pair of Pokémon themed pajamas.

"He isn't going to be happy when he wakes up." I said.

"I know, but it's the only thing I found in the bag. There were three pairs of these and that was it. Let me see Devin and I will put him into these. Man that sounds weird." Austin muttered.

"This whole thing is weird! We have been changed into little kids, chased by things that shouldn't exist, and to top it all off, your brother can barely talk anymore!" I yelled. I began to cry for the first time today. I half expected Devin to wake me from this nightmare, but he didn't come. Looking up, I saw Austin holding Devin. Tears were running down his face as he watched me cry.

"I know. Believe me, this isn't easy for me either, but we will have to make due until we figure out a way to get back home." Austin whispered. He carried Devin and closed an old door behind him. I looked at the bag that had all of the papers in it. I carefully pulled a few of them out and began to read. The first page was just a birth certificate. The next two were the same. The fourth was a notebook of some kind. After the first few paragraphs, I realized that whatever we were doing was going to be a lot hard than I had thought. I began to read even further as the details of the paper explained pretty much our entire journey.

"I see that you found our itinerary. Have you finished the entire thing yet?" The sudden sound of Austin's voice startled me, and caused me to fall back.

"Austin, you freaking scared me!" I yelled.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. So what do you think?"

"I think that I'm not even done reading yet." I replied.

"Basically, we watch out for these two kids and the three Pokémon, and we help them find a regular Mew." Austin explained.

"A what?" I asked.

"A Mew. It's a Pokémon that is supposed to have created every other Pokémon in the world. Anyway, we have to find them, then help them when they get into trouble." Austin explained.

"Why do I have to be involved in all of this? I didn't ask to come to some strange planet with strange creatures that can turn you into a kid!" I yelled.

"Actually, this is supposed to be another version of earth. This world even has a Las Vegas and Hollywood."

"Austin, I you don't want me to put my shoe through your face, I would suggest that you shut up." I growled through gritted teeth. Austin quickly closed his mouth and placed Devin quietly on one of the sleeping bags.

"It's getting late. We should go to bed. I want to make my way to civilization as soon as possible." I nodded in agreement and found a comfortable place inside my own sleeping bag.

"I thought that you were going to sleep in the sleeping bag." I said as Austin began to cover up with the blankets.

"Devin is my brother. He may be extremely rude and obnoxious at times but he doesn't deserve to be on the nasty floor. Besides, I think what happened today is enough punishment to last a lifetime. Night, Emily." he answered.

"Night, I guess." I replied.

Devin's POV

"No n-no don't...don't do it. Please! Stop! Mommy!" I yelled as I bolted up out of my slumber. I was drenched in sweat which made me feel like I had just gotten out of the ocean. "Did I really just say that?" I asked myself as reflected on my dream. I looked around the room and quickly noticed that I wasn't in my room anymore. I was inside an old rundown room with two windows. Both of the windows were cracked causing the moonlight to be fractured as well. I moved the sleeping bag around in order to get out. When I stood up, I was extremely wobbly. Something didn't feel right. The moonlight had given me more than enough light to figure out what it was. I was in a strange, rundown room. Everything seemed to be a lot bigger, and I was in a pair of Pokémon pajamas. I reacted just like any other teenager who wakes up in a strange place.

"What's going on? Where am I? What am I wearing?" I yelled. My high pitched voice caught me off guard and I covered my mouth. I slowly uncovered my mouth and tried to talk again. "Testing, testing." my voice was the same high pitched voice that it was before. The shock over my voice caused me to not notice that two people had begun to arouse.

"Devin? Are you ok?" a young girly voice asked. I stopped dead in my tracks.

"W-who's there? What's going on? I demand to know!" I trembled as a flash light was turned on and shown in my face.

"Devin, just settle down and take deep breath. This is going to be kind of shocking at first." the second figure sounded a lot like Austin.

"Austin, what's happening? Stop shining that light in my face." I asked. Austin hesitated.

"Devin, why don't you go back to sleep. Dawn will be in a few hours. We can tell you when it's light out." he said.

"Tell me right now! What is going on?" I asked furiously.

"Devin, trust me. You will want it to be light outside." Austin flicked off the flash light and laid back down. Not having any other choice, I did the same.

I couldn't sleep. My brain was on overdrive as it tried to process what I had seen and heard. Nothing I thought seemed to make sense. I remembered the lab, the weird alien fairy and some sort of pocket watch, but after that, I can't remember anything. My overworking brain, had finally worn itself out about an hour later and I fell asleep.

Light shined through my eyes and aroused me from my tormented sleep. I tried to keep my eyes closed, but someone shook me fully awake.

"Hey Devin, how are you feeling?" Austin asked. I blinked at him for several seconds. I couldn't believe what my eyes were telling me.

"I'm still dreaming, aren't I. Ok Devin, I'm going to close my eyes and this will all disappear." I muttered to myself.

"Devin, just open yours eyes and stand up." Austin said with a sigh. I stood up and opened my eyes. I had to look up a little just to see Austin's face.

"What the heck! What's going on? How did you get so tall? Where are we?" I asked in full blown panic.

"I didn't get tall, you just shrunk down a bit. Look, do you remember that weird fairy thing?" Austin asked. I nodded. "When you ticked it off, it turned you back into a five-year-old."

"That is impossible." I said firmly. "This is all a bad dream. None of this is real!" I yelled in denial.

"Devin, shut up and listen to what your brother has to say! It's because of you that we are all stuck like this anyways!" I turned to face the new voice.

"Emily? Is that really you?" I asked out of shock.

"Of course it's me. Who else could it be? If you need proof that this is no dream, then I'll give it to you!" she said. She walked up to me and whacked me upside the head.

"Ow! What was that for?" I asked as I rubbed the back of my head.

"You just answered your question. IF you were dreaming, you wouldn't have felt that." All of the new information was causing me to have a headache. I looked at my girlfriend who stood a good inch or two over me now; then I looked at my brother who stood at least four or five inches over me.

"If I am truly five years old; then how old are you guys?" I asked nervously.

"Emily is eight and I am eleven." I nearly passed out. Not only was I a younger age, but I was younger than my younger brother.

"One last question, where did these come from, and how did I get these on?" I asked as I motioned at the pajamas I was in.

"They came from that bag over there. I put you in them last night." Austin said quietly.

"I don't know what's worse, waking up and finding out that my younger brother is older than me by six years, or finding out that he put me into a pair of Pokémon pajamas." I muttered dazedly. Austin walked over to his bag and pulled out a set clothes.

"Here, put these on. We need to leave as soon as possible." he said. I took the set of clothes and stared at them. There was a pair of denim jeans, the tag read 5 T. The shirt was navy blue with one of those Pokéballs emblazoned on the left chest pocket.

"The pants I can wear, but the shirt I can't. I hate Pokémon and I don't want anything to do with them." I said stubbornly.

"You better get used to it, because Pokémon are sort of a big deal here." Austin replied.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I mean that we aren't in the normal world anymore. Here Pokémon really exist." Austin declared.

"Bull crap." I stated simply.

"Seeing as how I was chased by one while carrying you, I would have to say that your brother is right." Emily spoke up.

"You both are delusional. Being turned back into a kid is one thing, but saying that there are a bunch of made up animals around is completely different." I replied.

"Just get dressed and we will show you." Austin sighed.

"Why should I?" I challenged.

"Because I'm older than you!" Austin yelled. I didn't know what to say. I looked down at my body. My muscles were barely visible. I looked like any other kindergartner.

"Maybe physically, but you and I both know that I am your older brother. No magic trick will ever change that." I said through gritted teeth. I stomped off and left Emily and Austin in the worn down room.

Austin's POV

"At least we know that he is as stubborn as ever." Emily said as Devin went into what was once the bathroom. "Did you really feel the need to say that you are older? I mean come on, you aren't older."

"Do you know how long I have dreamed to say those words to him? Ever since he started picking on me about playing the Pokémon games, he has been abusing his power of being the oldest. Now he is a little older than a toddler and I'm the oldest." I replied as the realization dawned on me.

"What about Jonah? Technically he's the oldest now." Emily replied.

"He isn't here so he doesn't count. By the way, how are you holding up?" I asked I tried to change the subject. Emily only shrugged.

"Fine, considering that I'm eight again. Where are we going to go first?"

"It's a place called Celadon City. I really don't know which way it is until we reach another town, but if we make it there within the next two weeks we will find the people we need to help there." I said.

"How do you know that they will be there?" Emily asked.

"Because the notebook over there has every stop that these three make for the next few months. That means all we have to do is find out where we are then we head over to where they will be." I replied.

"Sounds simple enough, I hope we can hurry up though. I really want to go home." Emily sighed.

"I'm not sure if I do want to go home. Look at me! What do you think they are going to think when they find out that their oldest son can't even reach the sink faucet! This whole thing is insane!" Devin came out of the bathroom fully dressed. He had a grave look on his face. "I was awake for the watch remember? If all of this isn't a dream, then what that creature said about not being able to mess with the watch again is true. If we do make it home, we won't be Devin, Emily, and Austin the mature ones. We will be Devin the kindergartner, Emily the third grader, and Austin the fifth grader. If we do get home, expect two things to happen. First off, our parents will quit treating us with dignity. Second, we will be forced to go back to school in order to make everything seem normal. They will cover this up and bury us." Devin brought up several good points. How would our parents react? Would the government cover up the accident?

"In the end it doesn't really matter. All that matters is that we do what we were brought here to do and then we get home. Until then, quit complaining and let's find those kids."

"Easier said than done. Do you seriously think that people will just let three kids run around the country side? Last I checked, kids aren't allowed outside after curfew. We all qualify as "kids" now." Devin shot back. "Let's face it! We are stuck in this place for the rest of our lives."

"Quit being so melodramatic. We have an exception to the rule." I opened up the papers bag and pulled out three sheaves of paper. "These right here give me the privilege of being a Pokémon trainer. That means I can go anywhere in the region without any problems. Emily gets these. These allow her to be a junior trainer. As long as she is with me, then she can travel around. This last set is for you. Basically, they say that I am your legal guardian and that I must keep you close to me at all times."

"What! That's not right! You aren't even close to being an adult! How can you be my guardian? I shouldn't even need a guardian!" Devin yelled. "Hand me those papers! I want to see them!" Devin lunged at the papers, but I easily raised them over my head and out of his reach.

"I will not give them to you, because you are acting like a two year." I said.

"I want to see if that's what those papers really mean." Devin said through gritted teeth. He tried to jump in order to reach the papers but they were still out of his shortened reach. After a couple of minutes of jumping around, I felt pretty smug. For once I was on top. I was the one that controlled everything Devin would have to listen to what I had to say and there was nothing he could do about it. My smugness went flying out the window when a sharp pain shot up my right leg.

"What was that for?" I yelled as Devin kicked again. "Ow, will you stop that?"

"No not until you let me read those papers!" Devin yelled.

"Emily, a little help here would be much appreciated." I said as tried to keep Devin away from my legs.

"It's no wonder why the fairy thing said that this would lower our chances. You both are acting like children. Austin, just let him read the papers." Emily said as she watched us fighting.

"Fine. Read the stupid papers. It won't change what's on them." I conceded. I handed Devin the papers and he began to scan through them. It was clear when he had finished, because he let out an audible groan.

"Are you satisfied?" I asked.

"This isn't fair! I was born way before you! I hate this!" Devin began.

"I don't want to hear your pity party. I just want to know if you understand where you stand." I interrupted.

"I stand about three feet to short." Devin muttered.

"We can deal with this later. Let's get moving." I said.

Emily's POV

By the time we started our journey to civilization, it was already noon. Austin and Devin bickered relentlessly and I had just about had it. I tried probably hundred different things to keep my mind off the immature boys, but it didn't help in the least. I tried to count the clouds, look at the trees, and count all of the new creatures I would need to learn about. I even tried to think about what would happen between me and Devin, but that picture quickly got erased.

"Why would we go to the left? That part of the woods looks like it hasn't been used in fifty years." I heard Devin say.

"The right doesn't look all that different." Austin retorted.

"You idiot, if we go to the left, we will most likely get lost! I'm not going to die in some godforsaken forest as a kindergartner!" Devin yelled.

"Maybe becoming young again has damaged your brain, because if you think that the right is cleaner than the left than you are highly delusional." Austin insulted.

"Who talks like that? Who even uses the phrase "highly delusional"?" Devin asked in mild irritation.

"I do, so shut up!" Austin yelled back.

"I pick the right. You two can either follow me or stay here. I really don't care. You both talk as though you know best but the truth is that neither of you have any common sense. Instead of working together like brothers should, you two are to busy fighting! You both cling to this raft of being older when quite frankly, you both are acting your ages!" I yelled as I stomped down the path.

"I told you. I told you that you were acting like a little kid."

"That's not what she meant and you know it." Devin replied.

"Let me rephrase that. Devin is acting his age and you are also acting his age!" I yelled back. Without waiting for a response, I walked off.

Austin's POV

As it turned out, the right path was the correct one. It led us through the woods and onto a main walkway. It took us a couple of hours but we could see the edge of a small town. Somehow, Devin had begun to get tired, so I had to carry him. I mentally wrote this down as one more thing that I could hold over his head. I looked at my smaller brother in quiet observation. He was somewhat small for his age. His dark brown hair had become extremely light brown. His muscles from when he was nineteen had all but disappeared. He looked so helpless and weak. Guilt flooded me as I thought about the way we were arguing in the forest. Just days before I was wishing that I could have a brother that would stand up for me, instead of tearing me down. Here I am now treating my on brother the way I hated to be treated.

'Devin, I promise that I will try to treat you the way I would have wanted.' I vowed mentally.

"Come on Austin. We are almost there." Emily spoke up as I took a short break.

"Alright, I'm coming." I replied.

Celebi's POV

"So Bee, why do you care so much about some kid that Mew got ticked at?" Jeffric asked as we floated around the Hall of Origins.

"Do you remember those two brothers in Kalos. The ones that brought down Rocket's Flare?"

"The Eevee and Vulpix ones right? I remember hearing about them, why?"

"It turns out that their brother was transformed into a Pichu shortly after they were found. That Pichu is with a Jolteon named Zan. They both ended up with Katlyn Ward who was regressed to the age of seven while helping her brother. Her brother was transformed into a Vulpix about a month before that. There is something going on and I think I have figured out what is." I said solemnly.

"That last one was transformed by my mate, I don't exactly see how that connects to the Pichu, Eevee, and Vulpix." Jeffric replied.

"Not going to say "wife" today, Jeffric?" I teased lightly.

"I still feel weird about saying mate. I won't ever get used to it if I don't say it." Jeffric confessed as he blushed slightly.

"It's been how many centuries and you still can't decide what you are going to say? You realize that we are just giving you a hard time, right? Mate is equivalent to a human wife." I laughed lightly.

"Bee, you are getting off topic." Jeffric reminded.

"Stop calling me Bee. Anyways, the Eevee boy, Evan was transformed directly because of the Rocket's Flare. That organization was a coalition between Team Rocket and Team Flare. The Pichu, Jack, was body swapped because of Team Rocket. Caleb, Katlyn's brother was transformed by Mew, but now Team Rocket is after both Katlyn and Caleb." I continued.

"Hold up, I don't understand. Why would Team Rocket be after this Caleb and his sister?"

"I'm getting there, just hold on. At first, Team Rocket was after Zan because he was a test subject, however their attention has shifted from the Jolteon to Katlyn and Caleb. The reason being that they somehow figured out that Caleb and Katlyn are connected to Mew."

"So?" Jeffric asked.

"I'll let the expert explain this part. Mewtwo you can come out now. It's not like I can't see where you are hiding." I called.

"I really hate your future seeing thing." The savage heart Pokémon said as it floated out from behind a pillar.

"You are a psychic, you should know by now that I can do that. You remember your brother-in-law, Jeffric so I shouldn't have to remind you.

"If you even so much as look at Mew cross-eyed, I will completely annihilate, human."

"As overprotective as always I see. You know that I would never do anything to hurt... whatever you call her." Jeffric retorted.

"Mewtwo, shut up and explain what happened between Mew and Team Rocket."

"They had captured her and taken her to one of their research facilities. There, they extracted her DNA. With that they created me. During the short time that they had her, they tried many other horrific experiments on both people and Pokémon. Eventually she managed to escape. After that, they have been hunting for her ever since." Mewtwo explained begrudgingly.

"I guess I still don't understand." Jeffric replied.

"Some of Team Rocket's newest advances in Pokémon genetics came from Mew. When she got away, their genetics research plateaued. If they could recapture Mew, their research would take off again. Your mate made a deal with Caleb. If he found her, then Team Rocket would have no problem catching her once again." I said. Jeffric looked at me in horror.

"Tell her to come back! Tell her not to let that kid find her!" Jeffric yelled.

"I can't. This point in time is in flux. It could go any way right now. If we bring her back here, it could very well send Team Rocket on a hunt for the Hall of Origins. If that happens world wide war could break out between the organizations and the various governments. It would literally be the end of the world as we know it." Jeffric looked at me with worried eyes.

"What can we do?" he asked.

"Right now? Nothing. All we can do is wait and see if Austin, Emily, and Devin can complete what they were sent here to do." I replied.

I hope that this chapter was a little smoother for y'all. I really think that this will turn into a really good story. I am not sure if I am going to make this into a story that continues through the time of OMAA or if I will finish it off where Austin, Emily, and Devin appear in OMAA. One thing I do plan on doing is making a story that happens after OMAA just about them. I will just have to see how it works out. One last thing, I was wondering if anyone would like to make a story cover for OMAA and ANA. If anyone would like to be sure to PM me and we can talk about what to do. This is shieldliger001 signing off.