I feel like I need to lighten up a little bit so this chapter is going to be a bit less depressing. I think I have an update schedule now. Its called updating whenever I have free time. I have lots of free time today conveniently. Huh its never occurred to me until now but I never described what Alexa looked like. I only just noticed because I was going to draw something to go along with it and I wanted to make sure what I was drawing matched up with the fanfic's description. It was then I noticed that no one knew what she looked like. I apologize. I guess I could leave it to your imaginations I think the proper thing to do here is give a proper description of what Alexa looks like now. I will go and fix the first chapter later on.

I imagined Alexa to have straight long, dark, reddish brown hair. Her eyes a blue and green mix, I guess that's aquamarine. I can't remember if I said this before or not but she wears glasses. Her skin is very pale but that is only because she spends a lot of time indoors. Also unlike most girls her age she is unnaturally tall. That's just a basic description. I'm sorry I know I am awful. I think I will hold off a week for the drawing though.

Time jump by the way, Alexa is at Professor Birch's lab:

When I walked into Professor Birch's lab I wasn't sure what I was going to see. I have never been I one so I didn't know what they were supposed to look like. As I walked in I was kind of nervous. It wasn't because I was afraid of the professor I just didn't know how he would react to seeing me. What if he didn't like me or worse didn't give me a pokedex like my mom said he would.

"Don't worry Alexa, everything will be fine", Leo said.

"Huh how did you know I was worried.", I replied shocked that he knew that.

"Remember I am a physic type pokemon Alexa. I can read your mind the sam way I can talk to you.", the ralts replied.

"I guess I forgot you can do that.", I told him suspicious of how much he knew about me.

"Well here goes nothing", I thought

As nervous as I was I opened the door to the lab and walked inside. It was very neat inside. From the looks of it everything had a place to be put. I could even see a stack of papers on the one desk. I assume it had data on pokemon on it.

"Hello, is anyone here.", I asked

Suddenly professor birch appeared out of nowhere. He seemed to be worried upset even by the looks of it. It probably wasn't the best time to bother him. In fact I bet I was the reason he was so upset.

I decided that it better come back later for safety. I wouldn't want to make the professor not like me after all. As I was walking out of the labs I saw Leo approaching the professor.

This made me worried because at least a billion things could go wrong in this instance. I turned around to grab him so we could leave but it was to late. The Professor Birch already saw him.

"What's a rare Pokémon like you doing out in the open like this?", Professor Birch asked.

"Oh, I came here with my trainer Alexa. She came here to get a pokedex Professor. She's a little shy though.", Leo replied confidently.

"L-leo why did you do that, the Professor b-birch seems to be a little occupied r-right now. S-so why don't we come back later.", I said nervously.

I know he only wants the best for me but I don't think now is the time to do that. I thought he was a physic pokemon. He should know that he is clearly upset and doesn't want us here. Unless Leo knows something I don't.

"You don't have to go Alexa. I was just looking for a pokemon that snuck off when it should have stayed here. I can get your pokedex before I continue looking for it though.", Professor Birch replied kindly.

" W-why don't I help you look for the lost pokemon? It's t-the least I can do since your being real nice to me.", I suggested.

"Thank you. I'm sure we will find her faster if we both look for her at the same time. The pokemon is a torchic. Here is a picture of one in case you haven't seen one before.", Professor Birch told me as he handed me a picture of the torchic.

I took a good look at the picture given to me. The pokemon looked like a baby bird except it didn't have wings yet. It's feathers were orange and it had a yellow collar of feathers. It actually looked kind of cute. I wonder why something so adorable would try to run away.

"Ok sir. I will try my best", I said with little confidence.

"I'm sure you will find her. A good place to start looking would be route 101.", he said.

I tried to look confident in myself as I walked out of the lab but I'm pretty sure I looked really uneasy. Then again when have I ever looked confident in myself.

Outside of the lab there were I am not joking only two other houses. Its hard to believe that this place is even considered a town with the amazing population of like 3 people. What made things worse is that they probably no one saw the torchic today so it was pointless to even ask.

" Why don't you got to route 101 and look for the torchic. The professor said to look there after all.", the ralts said.

"That was what I was going to do.", I replied slightly annoyed.

After my mini conversation with Leo I headed toward route 101. It didn't look to big. In fact I don't think there are many places a torchic could hide on this route even when you consider the fact that it was pretty tiny.

Just too make sure I looked through every piece on grass and at every nook and cranny it could possibly hide but it was nowhere to be found. So I double checked and I still couldn't find the torchic anywhere.

I was about to give up and tell Professor Birch I couldn't find the missing torchic I was supposed to find when from a distance I heard something yelling.

"Tor- Torchic", something yelled from a distance.

Suddenly I saw the torchic running down route 101. It seemed to be scared for whatever reason. I ran up to it to stop it.

"Don't be afraid little torchic. I'm gonna keep you safe.", I said in a conforting tone.

I then proceeded to pick up the torchic and comfort it trying to get it to calm down. I didn't understand why it was so afraid until I saw a poochyena running towards us.

Although I got to admit it didn't look to threatening I was kind of nervous because I wasn't sure what to do in a situation like this. I had never been in a battle before so.

I didn't really want to battle right now to be honest. If I had it my way I would just take the torchic back to the lab. However this poochyena seemed certain that it was going to fight me.

"Leo what do I do?", I asked.

"Don't worry leave the battling to me. Just tell me what to do during the battle and I will listen.", the Pokémon replied confidently.

"Yeah but what am I supposed to tell you to do? I don't know what moves you know.", I questioned.

"Oh right I guess you wouldn't know that yet. The moves I know are Growl, and Confusion.", Leo told me.

"Here goes nothing then. Leo use Confusion.", I yelled.

Just like that Leo created these pink rings and aimed them towards the poochyena. They hit them. They did a decent amount of damage but not enough to make it faint. Luckily for us the poochyena decided to run away.

"That was easier than I thought I would be, but I kind of feel guilty.", I said.

"Don't feel guilty Alexa. You did the right thing. You even made the torchic happy just look.", Leo said.

"You think so", I asked.

"Tor- torchic", said the torchic

"She says thank you for saving me.", Leo translated.

"Well your welcome. Now let's get you back to the lab you little cutey.", I replied.

Surprisingly a lot of time had passed during my search for the lost torchic. The sun was already starting to set. It's a good thing I found her before it got dark. I hurried back to the lab before it got any darker though.

"Professor Birch. Are you here? I found the missing torchic.", I shouted.

"Thank goodness I was starting to get worried that she was going to be lost forever.", Professor Birch replied.

"Here you go. Go on Torchic.", I said.

"Torchic", the torchic whined.

She then proceeded to grab my leg and started to cry.

"She says she doesn't want to leave Alexa.", Leo translated.

"T-t-torchic", the torchic sobbed.

"The torchic says please don't make me leave her Professor.", the ralts translated.

"Well I didn't know you got so attached to Alexa tochic. If it is alright with Alexa I guess I could let you stay with her.", The Professor replied.

" Are you sure. Won't you need her for starting trainers.", I asked.

"Don't worry about it. You can have this one. I have a feeling you two have a great bond already. Besides I can always find more of them.", Professor Birch reassured.

"Thank you so much sir. You have no idea what this means to me.", I replied gladly,

"Torchic?", the torchic asked.

"She asked if you are going to nickname her.", Leo said.

"Yeah, but what should I call you. How about ember?", I asked.

"Torchic", ember cheered.

"She really likes that name.", Leo responded.

That's it for this chapter. I can't wait to write the next one. Hopefully I will get to do it soon. I will work on that cover art though. It should be done when I upload my next chater.