Chapter 3 :Undefined

A power plant. Hundreds of Magnemite and Voltorb were fleeing, smoke following them from the building. Electricity sizzled and cracked. Danger! Danger! The words spoken by a tall man, dark hair, blue eyes. A hint of kindness and awkwardness. He started screaming out, his infant child, crying on the floor as the power plant's roof started to crumble above him. A loud screech occurred from behind him, as a large flying Pokémon, electricity coursing through it's veins, towered over the boy.

"Toby!"

The boy's mother, crying, ran further into the building, desperate to keep her child from harm. Her husband soon followed, faster then the woman, in a fatal attempt to save their child. In the end, it was too much, the roof gave way, crushing all under its hospitality. Darkness. Death. The smell lingered in the air as the incident occurred.

7 years later, the boy, now growing up, argued with the majestic creature, his guardian.

"Why?" The boy screamed. "Why do you hate me so much yet won't leave me alone? Why don't you tell me anything?"

The legendary Pokémon, the one that calls itself Zapdos, replied:

"Why? Why shouldn't I? I saved your life when you were just a baby, and don't you forget it!"

The boy, angered by it's reaction, spoke:

"You keep me as your slave, you keep me away from others, even other Pokémon! I just want to be free! I want to be Human!"

"You want the impossible!"

"It would be possible without you in my way!"

The creature slammed its foot into the floor. Sparks roared overhead. An electric field of anger.

"Fine! Stay here!"

The boy, confused by its actions, sat down on a tree stump. Alone, as he so often felt. Zapdos returned, with an egg with distinctive brown markings in its beak.

"This is an Eevee egg, I found it abandoned by Viridian City, take it, look after it."

The Pokémon flung it towards the boy, who caught it, before remarking:

"You are welcome to look after it here, but when it hatches, you must leave Kanto, start a journey elsewhere. You have the potential to change the world, but you do not want to get stronger under my guidance? Find someone else to lead you."

The boy looked down in awe. The egg, however small, could have the biggest impact on his life. The start of a new start. The beginning.

9 months later, the boy, now 8, held a newly hatched Eevee in his arms at the Vermillion City port. Zapdos kept an eye out for an opening, before giving the all-clear. The boy ran, darting between boxes before he made his way into the hold of a ship. He ran to one end, hiding in between containers of Pokémon food. He did not know where he was heading, but he knew this was the start. The boy gave one last electronic message to Zapdos, before his new life began. Finally, after all the boxes had been packed away, the voyage begun, before his life became enshrouded in darkness once again.

I woke up covered in sweat. It was the same nightmare i had been experiencing for the last month. I looked over to the clock, only to see I would have at least 3 hours before I needed to get up.

"You were dreaming about me again, weren't you?"

Zapdos. It knew. It always knew. I decided to ignore it, I didn't need it to become over protective and then scold my actions again.

"You ignoring me again? Hmm, you never told me region you arrived in, how about telling me now?"

I stayed silent. It can't know. It can't ruin my life.

"That was 6 years ago. You were always bad at keeping quiet. This bond we have confirms it. Your heart screams wonderful about things about the Alola region. Alola, huh? I guess I might have to check up on you once in a while, eh?"

Cursing, I shut off the connection between me and it. I should of never of allowed it to even stay that long talking to me. It could be a fatal mistake. Angry, I got up, got dressed, and stormed out of the humid restaurant. I needed some fresh air.

After my short break outside, I returned to the restaurant, only to find Mallow hot and flustered, running around the place.

"Mallow? What are you doing?"

She stopped at the first syllable. Turning around, she glared at me and stormed over.

"JUST WHAT ON EARTH DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? LEAVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? LEAVING EEVEE ON HER OWN IN MY RESTAURANT? WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOU AND NONE OF US KNEW? I'D HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EEVEE!"

Clearly, Mallow was angry and wasn't going to let this down. The best course of action would to probably apologise and move on. If only she'd move on.

"WHAT? YOU JUST WANT TO APOLOGISE AND MOVE ON? OH TOBY! I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'VE JUST DONE!"

Mallow screamed into my face. Eevee yelled out in concern, but Steenie reassured her.

"YOU DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE? NO? WELL OF COURSE YOU WOULDN'T, YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN HURT BEFORE, HAVE YOU? I LOST MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS 4! ALL SHE LEFT ME WAS STEENIE! I CAN'T GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN!"

That comment stung. How could she even assume that nothing bad had ever happened to me?
"I lost both my parents when I was a year old. I saw nobody, knew nothing till I was 7. I left at 8, to start a new life all by myself. I have nightmares every night about it." I spoke softly, my my words were trembling with anger. "And you assume I've never been hurt?"

Eevee could sense the danger here, and so could Mallow.

"I'm sorry, but you can't just run off like that." Mallow replied apologetically.

"Right, and you can't just accuse people of things you have no idea about!" I snarled, before me and Eevee made our way out of Mallow's restaurant and across the beaten track towards the Pokemon school. I felt just as angry and alone as I had back in Kanto. And worse, I was tearing up every chance of friendship I could with any of these people.