Gabriel

As I walked around Violet City, holding an egg in my arms, I wondered what it would be like when it hatched. I was bent on not leaving until it did. It would be the first pokemon I saw in the city and I'd be able to add it to my party. "Hey!" Talon the Pidgey said as he popped out of his poke ball, scaring the heck out of me.

"Gah! Talon, you scared the heck out of me!"

"Sorry. Did the egg hatch yet? It's been like 3 hours. I want to leave!"

"Shhh…"

"What is it?" he asked in a hushed tone.

"Do you here that?" I asked. I heard some faint music.

"No." Talon said. "Now come on, this egg could just be a dud. We need to get to the next town before anyone of us dies!"

"I'm not surprised." I sang.

"What?" Talon asked.

"Not everything lasts…"

"What are you talking about?"

"I've lost so many lives I've stopped keeping track."

"Oh yeah! Your other journey!' Talon said realizing. "You talked yourself in!" he sang.

"I talked myself out! I get all worked up!"

"Then you let yourself down! Must've tried so very hard not to lose it!"

"I came up with a million excuses. I thought I thought of every possibility…" I zoned off for a bit.

"Hank?" Talon asked. "You okay?"

"And I know someday that it'll all turn out!" I continued to sing, now to the egg. "You'll make me work, so we can work to work it out," Talon was clapping along now. "And I promise you kid, that I give so much more than I get… I just haven't met you yet!"

"We might have to wait." Flint sang as he popped out of his poke ball. "We'll never give up!"

"I guess it's half timing…" I sang.

"And the other half's luck!" Talon concluded.

"Wherever we are… Whenever it's right," We all sang in unison. "You'll come out of that egg and into our life!"

"And I know that we can be so amazing!" I soloed. "And maybe your help is going to change me…"

"And now we can see every possibility…" We all sang. "And somehow we know that it'll all turn out. You'll make us work, so we can work to work this out, and we promise you kid, we give so much more than we get… we just haven't met you yet!"

"They say all's fair in love and war…" Talon and Flint sang. "But we won't need to fight it, we'll get it right and be united…" Suddenly we all stared at the egg, that seemed to be going crazy all of a sudden. The three of us looked each other and our minds innately clicked.

"And we know that we can be so amazing…" We all sang. "And maybe, your help is going to change me, and now we can see every single possibility…" The egg was going crazy and I thought I could here it trying to sing with us. "And someday we know that it'll all turn out…and we'll work to work it out…"

"Promise you kid…" I soloed again. "I'll give more than I get…" the egg cracked a bit. "Then I get…" another crack. "than I get…" Another.. "Than I get…." Suddenly the top of the egg broke off, and we could see a spiky head appearing.

"Oh you know that it'll all turn out!" We all sang as the pokemon started to hatch. "And you'll make us work, so we can work to work it out…"

"And I promise you kid…" I soloed. "To get so much more than I get…yeah… I just haven't met you yet!"

"We just haven't met you yet." Flint and Talon harmonized.

"Oh promise you kid, to give so much more than I get." I sang. "I said la, la, la, la, la, la… I just haven't met you yet."

Talon and Flint continued to harmonize with 'la's and I continued to sing. "Oh, oh, ohhh." The egg suddenly turned white and we knew it was almost done hatching. "I just haven't met you yet…" I finished up as Talon and Flint drifted the song off into oblivion.

When the egg's light finally faded, I was face to face with what I believed to be a Togepi, but something was a bit different about this one.

"Hey, Gabriel…" I said pulling out a poke ball. "Welcome to our world." I tried to return him but he expertly dodged out of the way.

"Hah! Missed!" He gloated.

"Guys, the baby Togepi is talking!" I informed Talon and Flint nervously.

"Well of course." Flint said. "He is your pokemon. It makes sense that you'd understand him."

"Guys-" Talon tried to say something but I cut him off.

"But, he's a baby! He's level 1! How can anyone understand him?"

"Well, maybe humans can't understand human babies, but pokemon babies are a different story."

"Guys!" Talon yelled getting our attention. "Gabe's running away!" He pointed urgently. I returned Flint and had Talon help me catch Gabriel.

"Where do you think you're going?" I asked.

"I'm not getting caught! Not while I've only just started living!" Gabriel was putting up a fight but I had him pinned down pretty well.

"Gabriel,"

"Who?"

"You! You're name is Gabriel. Now, you're going to come with us. We need your help!" Then Gabriel did something I didn't think a Togepi could do. He used Extrasensory, and lifted himself out of my arms and started walking back toward Cherrygrove.

"You want me?" Gabriel asked. "Come and get me!"

"Hank, I hear music again…" Talon said.

"But I'm warning you Hank…" Gabriel gloated. "One minute, I'm in National Park!" He sang as he jumped in front of a poster for National Park which was a park near Goldenrod City. "Then I'm down on Route 33!" He sang as he changed the poster to a picture of Route 33 with extrasensory.

"Get back here!" I said, not in the mood for another song,

"I said, from the Bow'ry to Poke. Marx," Gabriel sang. "There's a syncopated beat! I said whooo, whooo, whoo, whoo, whoo. I'm streetwise!" he sang as he walked by a tree that was about to fall on him.

"No!" I yelled.

"I can Improvise!" He sang as he used Extrasensory to dodge the tree. "I said, whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo."

"Two in one day…" Talon said, shaking his head at two musical numbers in one day.

"I'm street smart" Gabriel sang as he floated with ease past a barrage of wild pokemon. "I've got Violet City heart!" The pokemon all lunged for him, but he easily started dodging as he continued to sing. "Why should I worry? Why should I care? I may not have a dime, oh, but I got street savoir fare!"

"I'm really not in the mood for this…" I told Talon as we both ran after him onto route 29

"Why should I worry?" Gabriel sang in my face, annoying the crap out of me. "Why should I ca-are-are-are…. It's just a beebopulation, I got street savoir fare…"

"Get back here!" Talon snapped, diving to catch Gabriel, but he escaped again.

"The rhythm of the city…" Gabriel sang as we approached New Bark Town, "But once you get it down, you can own this town, you can wear the crowowown!"

"Gabriel! It's like, 6:00 pm now, people are eating dinner, be quiet!"

"Why should I worry?" He sang in my face obnoxiously. "Why should I care? I may not have a- woahhhhh!" He was lifted up higher and soon I saw that Lyra was holding him. She looked angry for a moment, and then fell to her knees.

"You didn't even say goodbye…" She said. That fact made me feel terrible, and the worst part is I had nothing to say in response.

"I'm sorry…" I said. "I'll stay here for a while if you want. I promise to let you know the next time I leave…"

"You better!" She said, a little angrily as I help her up. "What type of cute pokemon is this?" She asked, as she handed me a now sleeping Gabriel.

"That's a Togepi." I said. "They're actually really rare. It hatched from that Egg that professor Elm had, and since we're here, we might as well show him."

"Alright." Lyra said. "But afterward, you have to stay for the week!"

….

*Burned Tower, Ekreuteak City*

"This is the place?" Mew asked.

"Yes. It's the place. All three of them should be here, waiting."

"And what about their leader, the bird?" Mew asked.

"He's preparing to meet your trainer. Was the egg received?"

"It's well, and hatched." Mew replied.

"And what about the Pidgey? Did he cross over into Johto in one piece?"

"He did, so now what do we do?" Mew asked urgently.

"We let time pass."