Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece; that belongs to Eiichiro Oda. I did not make Pokémon, that was done by Game Freak.

A/N: Here's It's Not a Devil Fruit, Revamped. Yes, my past readers, it is required to restart from the beginning. I ended up doing some major changes. One is that the story changes from 1st Person to 3rd Person in a few chapters. There is an in-story reason for this.

The battle mechanics are all based around Pokémon battles, specifically Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl with some elements from the Fangame Pokémon Reborn (which I did not help make). I'll try to explain it in the story, but there's only so much I can do or explain now.

Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, favourited, and/or followed in the past. I hope you will still enjoy this story, although it is alright if you don't. It's your opinion and your tastes.

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Chapter 1: There are Voices in my Head

Waking up in a place you know you didn't fall asleep in is terrifying. I know for certain that I didn't fall asleep on the beach of a small island if one could even call it that. It was more of a strip of sand in the sea. Sort of like the one in Pirates of the Caribbean: Worlds End, where they had traded Will for Jack.

'I couldn't be there, right?' I think as I look at the size of the strip and go to compare it to my memories. It proved needless, but even then, it was clearly much smaller.

Do not worry; we are not in that world. This world seems to be covered mostly by the ocean. However, it still has pirates.

A world mostly covered by ocean and has pirates. If I had not been reading a volume of that series yesterday then it may have taken me longer to answer, but as I had, it was easily my first guess. Not to mention the fact that I don't know many worlds that are covered by the ocean. The weather is far too calm for me to assume it's Kamino.

"Oh, so we're in One Piece?" I said aloud as I looked for any items of interest. There was none.

That is the most likely possibility. However, I would wait until something distinctive of that world comes along though. There is no need to make baseless assumptions.

Then it occurs to me that I am alone. There is clearly no one else on this strip of sand. 'How is it that I am talking with someone yet there is no one present?'

I am speaking to you in your head.

"WHAT? Okay, that is strange… am I going crazy? I'm going crazy, aren't I?" I stare at my hands. Five fingers on each hand, the birthmark on the left thumb, and accumulated scars were all there. They were normal. Looking at them didn't reveal anything, but I don't know why I was expecting them to. I stop staring at them but I am now uncomfortably aware of them.

No, you are not 'going crazy', Aliahra. You are still sane, although that might actually be debatable.

'So, in other words, staring at my hands as if they held the answers to my pending sanity, reduces the likelihood of actually being sane. Good to know.' I roll my eyes at myself. The deep voice remained silent at my thought. 'Do you hear everything I think?'

Yes.

'Goodbye privacy. Miss you, I shall.' I sigh and almost flop into the sand. It is only the words of Anakin Skywalker that remind me not to. After all, there is no shower on this sandbank to wash the rough, coarse grains that get everywhere off.

You… do not seem bothered by it?

"I will be eventually. I'm still half-convinced I'm sleeping." I pause. "Although considering I actually said that out loud, I am now doubting that I am asleep. Shiftry." I groan into my arms.

Did you just use a Pokémon's name as a curse word?

"Yes. I don't want to get my mouth washed out with soap." I look around cautiously, there are no signs of life nearby. "I know Mum will somehow find out I cursed. Not risking it."

I stand and futilely try to brush some of the sand off my shorts. I'm not in my pyjamas. Nice. I pause and reconsider my clothes. Knee-length denim shorts, a plain white singlet top, my school shoes with the soft socks (not looking forward to the weeks of sand there), but most importantly… I rip the jumper off and hold it in the air, examining the long lost black men's jumper with the grey inside the hood.

"Jumpy! You're as beautiful as the day I lost you." I immediately put it back on and almost cry at the strangeness that is a black jumper being cold. I can almost feel an intense stare coming from inside me. 'What? I loved this jumper. Never could find a good replacement.'

I am not judging. Just… learning. You are stranger than I expected you to be. I should have expected it though. Considering… well.

"Considering what?" I raise an eyebrow at nothing. 'Note to self, train the left eyebrow to do the same.' I release my eyebrow from raising itself at nothing. "You know, I don't really think that I should even be trusting a strange voice in my head."

I am trustworthy. Also, there is more than one voice in your head. All six of us are here.

"Wait, so there are more of you?" I facepalm. "Also, words speak louder than actions. Wait, no, it's actually 'actions speak louder than words'. Sorry for the mix-up." With nothing else to do, I start walking around the sand island.

… It's kinda boring. There really is nothing in sight, nothing to do. There's not even any seaweed or shells near the water's edge, which is kind of weird. I'm literally trapped on an island, in another world, with voices in my head. If this is real, it's going to suck. After making a full track around the sandbar, I stop and admit defeat. There's nothing else to do but…

"What the hell, talking to you will be more enjoyable than this. Who are you guys anyway? I don't know but I think it would be nice to know your names." I ask, aloud because I couldn't be bothered to just think. Though it also made a sound that was different from the soft crashing of waves on the beach.

It was really quiet. No signs of other life, not even any seagulls. Even if it's just a voice in my head, the sound (even if it is sort of imagined) helped calm me. Though what they said was not very calming!

I am Giratina, you had caught me in the Distortion World, remember? It is strange to be able to communicate with you, but it is nice. The others are currently sleeping, but Zhaleh is likely to wake up soon. We are surrounded by his element.

I stare at nothing in shock. After all, there's nothing around of note to stare at. Although I am only able to register what the deep voice, Giratina, was saying because it was in my head. Or ear? Because that's where one can hear or are they speaking in thoughts? I have Giratina and apparently Zhaleh in my head. If that's true then I'm likely to have Terra, Darcy, Nico and Niran in my head as well.

I have my entire party from Pokémon Platinum in my head. Damn, I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I mean, they're my most recent team, but they're from Platinum, which was Gen 4. So, it's old and lacking in some aspects.

Not to mention I never finished the game. I don't like having to use HM Slaves, never had to use one before anyway. Not to mention, my first challenge run. Only allowed to have six Pokémon. It was fun to play through so much of the game with less than a full team. The main games get kind of easy after you get some experience and knowledge playing them.

Although, I also had a new game to play so… ya know how it goes. Pokémon Diamond was my first ever game and I had just played Pearl before Platinum so I already knew the story and some of the Pokémon I was using.

Sinnoh really did lack fire-types. This was why I planned for my Brilliant Diamond team to have Infernape for a change, even though I would miss having Piplup since it was my first ever Pokémon. I was also planning on trying out some Pokemon I've never done a playthrough with before, such as Togekiss for my flying type and Octillery for my water type. I was also going to try out Lopunny. The only Pokemon that I had used before were going to be Roserade and Dialga, and even then, I had only used the latter way back in my first ever game of Pokémon from over a decade ago.

I was really looking forward to using them. But considering current circumstances, getting to use them looks to be very unlikely.

Ignoring the team that'll now never be, I guess I should do a quick self-refresher on who are the Pokémon in my Platinum Team. In order of 'capture', they are:

Terra the Torterra. He was my starter Pokémon and stated as a little finicky (whatever that means). Like most of my party, he has a name that suggests that he could be of the opposite gender. Trust me, this trend was not intentional. Also, yes, the name could have been so much cooler. It's cute though, so I'm not changing it.

Aww, he was so cute as a Turtwig. I wish I could have gotten to Hearthome city and therefore Amity Square in time to walk around with him as a Turtwig. Still, getting to walk around the square with my starter was nice for a change. Amity Square was annoyingly specific about which Pokemon were allowed to walk around with you. Cuteness is subjective, dimwards!

… Damnit, now I wish I could have walked around it with Giratina. That would have been absolutely hilarious!

I would have liked to see the Park Personnel try to say no. Giratina pipes up, reminding me that they can hear my every thought. Indeed I can. Continue.

Ahem, right. I do need to stay on track.

Darcy is a Lucario. I got him from my Pokémon Pearl game, and then I traded him over so I wouldn't have the same team, aka no Luxray again. I had never used one before too, same with Torterra. So it was a nice change. Also, I traded him in so I can follow my accidental trend and always have a traded Pokémon in my main party. He's supposedly laidback and he likes to fight. He's my second fastest Pokémon.

He's also named after a person I know in real life who was in turn named after Mr Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. This never had any effect on Darcy's imagined character, because frankly, the Nature and Personality given to him was already matched up with the person he was named after. I am going to stop thinking about Darcy's namesake for my emotional health right now.

Although speaking of Pokemon who have namesakes.

Next on the list is Nico, which is short for Nico Robin. She is my only female Pokémon and is a Staraptor. She's relaxed and mischievous, in addition to being my third fastest Pokémon. Staraptor is probably my favourite Flying-type to date, although Corviknight has gotten up there too. I've had one in all of my Gen 4 games. I still couldn't avoid having one on my team, although all the others were male. Small difference? Nah, I'm just weak for my favourite bird Pokémon.

She's also surprisingly beefy in the physical defence stat. When everyone was at level 50 or 51, she was third in my team for Defence. Which, considering that aside from Terra and Gira, they were all glass cannons – meaning low defence stats but high attack stats – shouldn't be as much a surprise. The surprise comes in with the numbers. Gira and Terra were 148 and 147 respectively, while Nico was 122. The next number was 101.

Speaking of defences, the last two Pokémon, Darcy and this next one, both had 96.

This next one is Niran, who is my Rapidash. He's my fastest Pokémon and has a female name which means Eternal Flames. So, I don't care it's the wrong gender, the meaning is awesome! Unlike my other two Rapidashes in my Pearl and Diamond games, he isn't my traded Pokémon. He's said to be energetic and that he loves to boast. I've also imagined that he tends to react without thinking.

He is, undisputedly, my fastest Pokémon. This is more impressive than Nico's surprisingly great defence considering that the majority of my party are fast. Judging by the Base Stat Totals of each of my Party member's Pokémon Species, then in comparison to all Pokémon, four of them are supposed to have excellent speed stats.

Only two of them can be considered slow, and they are Terra and Zhaleh.

Zhaleh is my Vaporeon. He was a nice surprise; I didn't expect to get an Eevee at Hearthome City. Now, he's probably my strongest Pokémon when you have them face off with each other. Which I did in Pokémon Battle Revolution. If the AI gets him, I've practically lost. He's said to be relaxed and strong-willed. Kind of befitting of my 'strongest'. But he's probably my strongest because he's my best tank.

Water has the least weakness of the three starter Types. Only Grass and Electric are super-effective against them. While a 101 defence is not especially bad; on the team, his Special Defence stat of 125 is second only to Giratina's of 135. I like to think that Zhaleh would be pissed that Giratina has one more Hit Point (or HP stat) than him. I find it hilarious myself that the difference is so small.

One thing that I should state, is that in all this stat talk, it is all while Giratina is in their more defensive Altered Forme. Not their more offensively buff Origin Forme. Not to mention, but they are a legendary Pokémon. High stats are just the expectation for them.

Giratina is, obviously, Giratina, since Legendaries are already one of a kind; I usually never give any of them nicknames. Although I do shorten Giratina's name to Gira sometimes. It's not official though. They are bold and highly curious, and even though they are a Legendary Pokémon, I often see them as my weakest Pokémon.

They're just not as diverse in their Move set. To be fair, I've had them the shortest. I'm more used to using the others to defeat any opponent I come across. I have a much better feel for how the rest of my team battles than I do for Giratina. Giving them Thunderbolt has made them a lot more used and useful, but I know there is more I could do to make them feel more useful on the team.

Back in Generation 4, there weren't any reusable TMs. That makes it a lot harder to get the best move sets for all of my Pokémon.

You will not have to worry about that. It will take me some time to find and acquire some Technical Machines. I would only be able to make a specific machine crossover into this world in certain areas. I can already see that Shadow Ball is quite far away. Giratina says.

"Wait… why would that be a problem?" I freeze. Some realisations were finally dawning on me now that my latest distraction was gone, and I am now forced to wonder about the bad.

'I have no food or water. No money, no valid credentials, heck, I'm in a different dimension. I wouldn't have any anyway. I'm on a deserted barren Island thing, no other landmasses are visible, and I have my Pokémon in my head. Is that last point Good or Bad? I need a silver lining here.'

Well, I'd say good. I get to talk with my trainer, after all. I couldn't do that before. A voice says. Wow, how can a voice sound like clear, clean water? It's really pretty. Can a voice be pretty? Isn't that a visual adjective? Does it apply to the situation?

I'm going to stop you there. Now if I sound like water, shouldn't that be a good enough point to guess who I am, Trainer? They, or well, he asks.

"Zhaleh, right? Gira did say you were the closest to waking up earlier. I like your voice." I state.

Huh, so you aren't completely scatterbrained. Smirks the liquid voice of my Vaporeon. I was worried there, Trainer. And thanks. Anyway, can we go into the water? I want to show you something, a proper silver lining to the situation.

Well, judging by the utter lack of questions, some beings were briefed before they were transported to another world. I mentally sigh and brush the indignity away.

Because of the fact that I somehow trust my Pokémon, I do as he asked. Although it could also be because there was absolutely nothing else that I can do in this situation.

Taking off my shoes and socks first but keeping a hold of them, I wade into the water until it is about knee height, no need to get my shorts wet yet. It takes a while, there isn't a sudden drop off anywhere while walking. The sand is surprisingly silky and the water has a pleasant temperature.

Okay, please don't freak out. Zhaleh says as my only warning.

Quite frankly, it wasn't a very good warning since he proceeds to freak me out by making my body change. I fall into the ocean, suddenly a lot smaller. It is definitely no longer human in shape now. Even though I can see nothing, I can feel that I have no arms but four legs now. It feels so weird!

I try to look down at myself, but I can only see a distortion in the water, sort of like those invisibility cloaks in Halo but better. There isn't even a shadow on the sand just below. I'm unsure if I could be sound even if you're really looking for it. I also notice that I am still breathing, and my eyes aren't stinging from the saltwater.

"Cool, huh." I feel my mouth move to hear Zhaleh's voice come out of it. It sounds exactly the same underwater as it did in my head. I take a moment to wonder if it's the same above water too. Neither Zhaleh nor Gira answer, so it seems that my thoughts remain private when it's not technically my body that's running about.

'So awesome.' I just deliberately think back, making it feel as though I'm speaking but without taking control of Zhaleh's vocal cords. 'You could have given me some time to process your warning though.'

Zhaleh just laughs at me before I feel the body that I'm in start to move, regardless of my lack of any will to do so, and I'm speeding through the sea. The ocean floor that was once right below me dropped far below. Suddenly, I leap out of the water, over a wave and I catch sight of my reflection before I splash back into the water and continue swimming on with no destination in mind.

I look like a Vaporeon. A real-life Vaporeon. This is indeed Zhaleh's body. I could guess who was in control of my - Our? His? - actions now. No need to really debate the pronoun right now. Something infinitely more important is happening. Simply…

'Woohoo! Again Zhaleh!' Enjoying this.

We swim for a few minutes in which I make a few important discoveries.

I have absolutely no control over the movements of this body. Zhaleh listens when I tell him to head in a direction or to unleash an attack. Surf creates what I may tentatively term a miniature tsunami while on the ocean.

'Hey, how high does a wave have to be to be classified a tsunami?' I ask. With no way to access the internet, I only hope that having a Pokémon deity, one that's as old as time and space themselves, means something.

I am almost offended. Gira says with a voice full of mirth. A tsunami is caused by a displacement of water which is not… actually, it is what is happening here, is it not? Apologies, melding the rules between our worlds to influence how reality reacts to us has created differences that I have not expected.

The ten-meter-tall wave that stretched far into the distance on either side of us slowly starts to wind down into a calm sea surface after a few seconds. Zhaleh stuck his head out of the water to let us look around. There really was no trace of it left.

Fascinating. It seems that I have installed a maximum of six-second duration to our moves. I see I need to be careful in what changes I make to reality and logic.

'Well, chicken nuggets Giratina!' I mentally scream.

Someone just casually commenting on how they're rewriting reality and logic itself is very taxing. Especially when you're being affected and are witnessing such casual displays of power.

I have no idea how to word what it makes me feel. Dear God… oh, right. Giratina is a god. How can one react to a fictional deity suddenly becoming very real? It's becoming so much that I think I've circled back around to being calm. Or in denial. Being in denial is nice.

Did you just use chicken nuggets as a curse word? Zhaleh does not seem as bothered by the fact that Giratina was apparently bending reality as I am.

Then again, he grew up in a world where Giratina is a god. He knew to expect it. Oh my goodness, I'm glad that I don't have to breathe right now.

'Well, I'm not using a Pokémon's name as a curse word.' I say, sounding much calmer than I feel or expected to sound.

She used Shiftry as shi- I mentally screech. -efore. Really Aliahra?

I try to give them a mental stare down. Gira sighs but accepts. Zhaleh just laughs and keeps on swimming while this goes on.

… I am very glad Giratina loves me. Also, I'm glad Zhaleh's conscious. He really is the one out of everyone I'd turn to should Giratina be the enemy Pokémon.

Then Giratina hums. I could feel the dread rising. I think we have a problem. Gira pipes up.

'What is it?' I ask as the possibilities cross my mind. 'Wait; please tell me this is not permanent! As cool as it would be to be a Vaporeon, I want to be able to live in civilisation as well. I like eating chocolate and being six feet tall!'

Don't worry, we can change back easily. Zhaleh reassures me. But I can tell what Gira means, I don't have access to Ice Beam, Shadow Ball or Brine.

… Never mind. I'll have to hope Darcy's Steel typing will help resist Giratina's attacks long enough to take them down. No wait, actually, I have a full team of five if I didn't have Giratina. I'll be fine.

Nor do I remember Thunderbolt or Shadow Claw. In addition, everyone, besides myself, is level 10. I am merely reduced to Level 45 right now.

'What?' I blink. The plan I just came up with was dashed instantly. Five level tens will do nothing against a Level 45 Legendary. Especially without good move sets.

But that wasn't the only thing making me confused.

I didn't have Zhaleh before level ten. In fact, he would have still been an Eevee at the time, and unable to learn Surf. Not to mention but I didn't capture Giratina at 45, nor Niran at 10 for that matter too. It should be impossible.

Unless something like Common Candies from Pokémon Reborn – which is just a Fangame – were used, de-levelling Pokémon is just not possible. At least I could take the fact that it was impossible to de-evolve to calm me down.

'How is this possible?' I ask because Giratina did not sound surprised by this change of events.

I don't know why or how this happened, but I think I can answer one thing. I evolved due to the use of the Water Stone. Zhaleh brings up. My evolution doesn't require battle experience like everyone else. Even Darcy, who requires a specific level of friendship to evolve, also needed to level up.

'Oh no.' I thought exclusively to myself. Neither of them has explicitly said it yet, but I have a dreadful feeling about the rest of my Pokémon.

Technically, Darcy unlevelled the level that evolved him. He would need to regain what he has lost. Gira agrees. I do not know whether he will evolve at Level 11 or at Level 23 like last time. Un-evolving is not an occurrence that has ever happened before. Also yes, the remainders of our party have all returned to their first stage of evolution.

So, in other words, besides Giratina, who doesn't evolve, and Zhaleh, who evolves due to a Water Stone causing an Eevee's adaptive molecular structure to transform into a more aquatic form whose cell structure is very similar to water, my team are all in their first stage evolutions.

My Torterra is now a Turtwig, my Lucario a Riolu, my Staraptor a Starly, and my Rapidash now a Ponyta again.

I take the fact that at least one of my Pokemon is still fully evolved and that my Legendary is still pretty powerful to be the silver lining and force myself to move on.

I have company since I'm not alone in my head anymore. This means I have to socially interact, especially since this is about a situation that involves me pretty heavily.

I mentally nod in consideration. Not having a head really is weird, but I'm kind of getting the sensation now. 'I'm honestly hoping that Darcy will evolve at 11, that'll make it much easier for everyone. Hopefully, I won't have to go through his rebellious traded phase again. I don't have any way to get Gym Badges, do I?'

It isn't any voice I heard before who answers me. It's heavy, thick, and full of intent. I feel like it knows every part of me, even parts I don't know about me.

Nah, but doncha worry Aliahra. Ah already know ya achieved da eight badges. You'll get no problems from me. Ah won't fall short when it matters. The new voice who I am quickly told is Darcy's claims.

Shut up Darcy, it's not my fault! Zhaleh proves that he is apparently the sort to not take insults. So much for being claimed as relaxed. Or perhaps being strong-willed in this case means he's not one to take insults lying down.

You're our Water-type, yet ya won't learn Waterfall so we could reach the end, Princess. Darcy further ignites the fight.

Do not call me 'Princess' and I'm a Special Attacker you Brute! My weakest stat is my Attack! We're really powering through the sea now, fuelled mostly by Zhaleh's anger.

I should probably step in. Giratina's gaze is somehow directed at me. As if saying that this is my problem. Which in their mind, almost certainly is considering I'm their trainer. That one woman in Hearthome saying that being a Pokémon Trainer is like being a mum and dad to your Pokémon really wasn't lying.

'Well, that's not true.' I think. 'I mean, Zhaleh is actually my second slowest Pokémon and his real lowest stat is speed. I wish the lowest was actually his Attack, it's useless on a Vaporeon with their species' impressive Sp. Attack.'

I mentally back away when I feel one dark and one icy stare each bore into me.

Just because I'm their parent in one woman's eyes, does not mean I'm a good one. I've never actually had to parent before. I'm too young to be a parent!

Case in point: the problem they're arguing over here is my fault. I just think it's too hard to have Zhaleh switch Brine for Waterfall then go to a Move Reminder afterwards. Not to mention again, but I had a new game. I didn't have to play if I didn't want to. More interesting things were available.

I heard that. You should be more careful with your thoughts. Giratina says.

'Don't tell the others then.' I just direct at them.

You are not even going to apologise? Gira says, monotonous as ever.

I mentally shrug. 'Okay. I am sorry. Still, you won't tell the others, right? And I can still hear Darcy and Zhaleh arguing so I know they didn't hear, they'd have reacted otherwise.'

Hmph, fine. Just promise you will not cast us aside again. This time, they did sound a little aggressive. Understandable really.

'Well, you are all in my head. I don't think I actually can.' I mentally laugh. It's weird being a passenger in another's body. Everything's done mentally and yet that feels physical.

I'M A TURTWIG! NOOOO! And wait, how do I use Earthquake, Strength and Giga Drain again? And why can I remember how to use Withdraw, Tackle and Absorb… I really don't need to guess the owner, although I am surprised at his volume considering his nature is supposed to be Quiet. I guess I shouldn't assume their personalities. Although I am curious as to how a voice can sound gruff and… almost weak?

'Nice to see you are awake Terra.' I quickly cheer at him.

Oh, hi Aliahra! Uh, do you know why I'm like this? Also, where are you? Oh my Arceus, am I going crazy?!

Several voices, some old and some new, laugh.

As I said to Aliahra when she reacted like you. No, you are not 'going crazy', Terra. You are still sane, although that might actually be debatable regarding our Trainer. Gira reassures him.

Aww, but watching him panic was hilarious. Came a female's voice. Definitely Nico's. She sounds like air, the brush of a feather and the lit of a song. I mean, she's a bird so it makes sense.

Nico is so right there! Oh Arceus, I don't think I've ever laughed so hard in my life. The process of elimination just supported my guess at that voice's owner. I mean, Niran is the only one left. I'm glad my oldest brother speaks faster than normal. Makes it a lot easier to keep up with my Ponyta's almost blurred, run-on speech.

Slow down when you talk, Hothead. Otherwise, no one will be able to understand you. Zhaleh drones. I get a glimpse of the sky as he rolled his eyes.

I smile. It seems the team is together again. It's been a while, but I did miss them. Then I frown, remembering. Terra remembered his old moves and not the ones he had at Lv 51. I think that was his level when I stopped playing.

I know Tackle, Withdraw, Absorb and Razor Leaf. And why can't you remember my old Level? Terra asks. I panic and react. Reaching for the most plausible excuse.

'Umm… my short-term memory sucks sometimes. Not proud of it.' I imply a sheepish smile and an imagined one-shoulder shrug. It's not even a lie, my short-term memory does tend to suck.

Ah've got Quick Attack, Detect, Foresight and Drain Punch. Which is strange since wasn't this da level when ya made da mistake with my moves?

I affirm Darcy's observation. It's not my fault the move summary of Feint lied to me. It lied by omission when it didn't state that the move only hits if the opponent uses a move like Protect or Detect. Although this brings up the question:

'What moves does everyone know?' Giratina and Zhaleh didn't say what moves they now have after all.

I have Quick Attack, Fly, Wing Attack, and Growl. Not too bad if I say so, got two from my old set. Nico hums. Now Quick Attack can deal some respectable damage again. I can feel the judging stare. Right, don't keep it forever then. I'll need to consider other Normal-type moves later.

Got Poison Jab, Ember, Quick Attack and Tail Whip. I like that I have Poison Jab, but I miss Flamethrower already. Ember's not as good at burning things. Niran whines, with a very audible pout. Apparently, my fire horse might just be a pyromaniac.

"Don't worry, I'm used to fire duty," Zhaleh tells me with a sense of long-suffering. "I've got Surf, Sand Attack, Helping Hand and Tackle. Why do I have only one good move?! I can't even use two of them! I liked Ice Beam, can I have it back please?" Stage of Acceptance: Bargaining. At least we have skipped Anger, or is he already burnt out from the fight with Darcy.

'Ha, burnt out, water.' I can feel five unimpressed stares. 'I'll be quiet.'

I thought it was good. The stares turn on Niran. I'll be quiet.

I resolve on hugging the fire horse as soon as it becomes possible. Which is potentially never but it needs to be done if ever possible.

Giratina hums in disbelieving acceptance. I remember Ominous Wind, Dragon Claw, Shadow Force and Scary Face. I have a feeling you will not be able to transform into me until everyone else reaches my level though. It would be too dangerous.

I shrug at Gira's warning. How transforming into a ghost dragon deity… never mind, I can see the problem. It honestly doesn't bother me right now, unless we need to fight against an opponent that is beyond the rest of my Pokémon. I can't exactly do the old age trick of Potion spamming. Or the dirty tricks such as doing six Double Teams.

Never done that last one, but it could have been entertaining to try at least once.

'It doesn't matter. We'd be way overpowered if we had you at 35 Levels higher than the rest of them, Giratina.' I assure them. 'Okay, it seems like everyone has a move from their old level, excluding Darcy. I can't remember which levels you can change a move, nor can I remember exactly which levels you all evolve at. So, I'm going in blind here. Zhaleh, any sight of land?' We have been swimming for quite a while now.

No, but I am getting tired. Nico, can we switch at my next jump? He confesses.

Sure, just give me a second. Says the bird.

We leap clean out of the water and I can feel my body shift. Then I am gaining height, soaring well above the waves. My, or I guess Nico's, reflection affirms I am a Starly. Internally I coo, she's so fluffy! I couldn't just not find her adorable.

Another Pokémon that Amity Square was rude to not let me walk around with!

She smiled with a beak. I don't know how. It should biologically be impossible. But Nico accomplished it. I want to hug her. Imaginary tears stream down imaginary cheeks with the knowledge that I can't.

As soon as I can hug any of my Pokémon, I am. It'll be best if it's a group hug, with everyone involved, but I'll take what I can get.

Coming up Next: Fight of Passage

All chapters will be a minimum of 5000 words. If the ending of this chapter is slightly awkward, it is because what was the first chapter, kept getting bigger and bigger until it became big enough for two chapters. So, I decided to split it.

Until I don't have any more pre-prepared chapters (as of the time of posting, I have about 8 and a half) I will always be posting on what is the first of the month for me in Australia. On my profile, I keep a record of how many prewritten chapters I have. I tend to update it after I write a new chunk of any of my stories.