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Ash ran and ran through the woods. It seemed like Emily's Uncle, Apollo, was right in conditioning the four of them to be physically fit before they began their journeys… even if he tended to go a bit overboard at times.

The teen jinked to the right to avoid a blast of pressured air from hitting him.

'I'm glad to see you are at least capable of this much!' Ash turned to his right to see Spearow keeping up with relative ease. 'However, it is not enough! You too must be strong enough to be worthy of my vassal!'

"Spearow, I keep telling you—" Ash then noticed that the flying type was winding up more speed to perform Aerial Ace. The teen slid to the ground to avoid being tackled by the warrior flying type.

When Ash got back up, he heard something above him and quickly ducked under before Riolu could pounce on his head.

'You're actually not bad at this training stuff.' Riolu began as he stood back up from his attack.

Ash dusted himself off a bit after rolling from the ground. "Like I said, my friend's Uncle was adamant in teaching every one of us self defense lessons. I guess he was right trying to drill it in us for the past three years."

It was then the young teen felt something strange he had never felt before. His head felt a little more chilly than usual. As he reached for his head, he had found his cap was gone and away from his head.

Before he could look for it, Spearow flew to his shoulder with the very cap he lost that was being held in her beak. Ash smiled and took it from her. 'Acceptable, but not good enough! Your very presence should win battles alone!' The flying type boldly declared.

"That's… ambitious," Ash began as he put his cap back on. "But we really should focus on you two. Thanks to the gear Team instinct gave us, we know that the nearest Gym, Pewter City, is a rock type gym. While Riolu has a clear advantage, Spearow is actually in a disadvantage."

'Pssha!' Fearow declared as she threw a wing out. 'Any disadvantage can be overcome!'

"That's the spirit! It's also why I've been having us play tag a lot while heading towards Pewter City. It's to help our practice our speed and mobility in unfamiliar areas." The teen explained. "Considering our move pool is still limited, I'm hoping we can capitalize on our speed and mobility in our upcoming gym battle."

"You obviously put a lot of thought into that."

That new voice surprised the three as they looked to their right. There was a young woman with long, dull purple hair that fell just above her waist and had some of the fiercest crimson eyes anyone could ever see. Her get up was somewhat weird as well; it was some kind of long sleeved, red and black t-shirt that reached below her waist. She wore black pants and long red boots.

Needless to say, she looked dangerous.

"Oh hi! I didn't see you there. I'm Ash and these are my Pokémon."

… To everyone not Ash Ketchum and his Pokémon.

The woman walked up to the teen with an unreadable look on her face before pointing to the young man's bag pack. "If you don't mind me asking, do you have something in your bag? Something special in it?"

The teen tilted his head at the question. "I guess? I mean a lot of my stuff is pretty special to me."

"No I mean…" The woman seemed to think for a moment. "Do you have something that seems unnatural?"

"Unnatural?" Ash repeated before he started to think. After a second, he realized what could fit that description and instantly fished for the Rainbow Feather he was given. "You mean this?" He said as he picked the object that seemed to radiate living colors.

The purple haired woman's gaze seemed to laser in on the object. "Yes. That. Where did you get it?"

Ash, not noticing the tone of the woman, honestly answered her. "I found it after seeing a legendary Pokémon. I don't know which one though." It was then the young teen looked up at her. "But how did you know about it?"

For the longest of seconds, the woman seemed to silently stare at Ash. Yet she did answer. "Forgive me if I sounded rude. My name is Sabrina and to answer your question as to how I knew what you were carrying, I simply sensed it."

That second to the last word had caught Ash's attention. "Sensed it? You mean like Riolu here?"

"No," Sabrina gave a brief glance at the blue fighting type that waved and smiled at her. "I have different means of sensing than a Riolu or Lucario."

"What is it?"

It was kind of odd. Most people were either afraid or interested in her enough to think they could use her for their own plans, yet this trainer and his Pokémon…. She could tell they were somewhat slow, but at the same time the way they greeted her… it was different.

Sabrina's crimson eyes glowed. As it did, branches from the trees all gathered towards her. Ash and his Pokémon watched as like a dozen branches all got crushed together into a solid wooden ball that fell into Sabrina's hand.

"It's psychic powers. These are the powers that allowed me to sense that feather." The light of her eyes died down as she then dropped the wooden ball into the ground. With how it didn't even bounce, it showed how dense the small object actually was.

Sabrina noticed the look on all three faces after she had used her power. That was the look she was more accustomed too.

"Hey that power looks familiar. Yeah! It was one of the powers those weird robbed guys used!" The psychic user blinked as she saw that the boy and his Pokémon weren't as afraid as she thought they would be. In fact she really did not expect that reaction.

But the psychic user was caught off guard by not only his emotion, but what specifically the boy said in that declaration. This young trainer had seen others with powers similar to hers?

"Are you one of them?" Ash's voice brought the older woman back to reality as she noticed him looking at her.

"I do not even know who you are referencing, let alone claim to be a part of them." Sabrina said before stepping forward. "However, if I may? I would like to see into your memories."

"Whoa, what!? You can do that!?" Ash looked in surprise. Despite seeing super powers just yesterday and a few seconds ago, he was honestly surprised to see them again so soon.

"It usually requires an open mind," Granted she had a feeling Ash already fitted that criteria to a T. Then she began to remove one of her gloves. "If you allow me to place a hand on your head, I can peer into your memories and see what you saw. I would like to see who exactly you are referencing when you said you've seen powers like mine."

Ash seemed to pause for a second before seemingly thinking. "Okay."

It was like she was talking to a puppet. Sabrina placed her hand on Ash's forehead—odd, it was strangely warm and comforting to her cold hands.

"Now just close your eyes and just think about those times." This was definitely different from all the times where… she had to be a little more forceful to gain things she needed.

And then—

PalletTownUnuckyEventsTentothirteenProfessorOakThreeYearsRioluSpearowFearowLegendaryEatingBugsViridianCitySparkTeamInstinctTeamMysticMaryHackersSuperpowers—

Sabrina quickly removed her hand from the boy's forehead. That was completely different than before. It was like… she saw a brief flash of his entire life instead of just a memory. Why? She knew her powers were great and that the boy was putting up no defense, but why did she access his entire life when she only needed that memory!?

"Are you alright?" The sound of a genuinely worried voice made Sabrina look back.

"I-I'm fine." She had never experienced something like that before. What was that?! And… did… did a piece of her psychic powers stay with the boy? Now that she had her senses back, some of her power was still lingering in the boy as if she had never let go. It was a very, very tiny fraction of her power, and the boy surely looked like he didn't even know psychic powers existed in humans before this moment, let alone plan to steal her powers—after all, she was reading the current thoughts of the boy and he showed no sign of ulterior motives. So why was it now there?

"I saw who you were talking about. I must say that I've never seen them before." The psychic woman decided to answer the strange boy that certainly piqued her interest. "But yes, one of them had Psychic powers, just ones I'm not aware off." That was something irksome to say the least. In the brief flashes, the mysterious person could teleport short distances and create telekinetic energy blades on whim. Sabrina had yet to even attempt psychic skills of that reality bending power, so how could he do it easily when it was obvious his raw psychic power was clearly not strong enough? Something was off about those men.

"So you don't know them either, but then again Leader Spark told me that they were going to handle it, so it should be fine."

Ah yes, when Sabrina peered into the boy's mind, she had found out he was affiliated with the three Viridian Gyms. Her associate expressed how they set him back somewhat, and with how she currently stood that meant they were also a liability to her own goals.

"So how did you gain your powers?"

Again, the young boy's voice brought Sabrina out of her thoughts. The question was honest, but it caught her slightly off guard.

"I was born with them." Sabrina flatly answered with not a single trace of emotion, it was more like she was going through the motions rather than earnestly answering the boy. "I nurtured them over time until I could do the actions you see now."

The psychic could not understand why there was a strange look in his ey—was this boy excited? "Oooh! Ooh! Do you think I could do that? Having super powers is cool!"

She was about to say no until she realized the lingering fraction of her power inside the young boy started fluctuating. "I can check."

Again she motioned the boy close and again Ash did not even seem to question her. How easy would it have been that someone of her caliber could reach in to this young teen's mind and make him do whatever she wanted, make him turn against all he knew and not even question it. Yet… there was something in the back of her mind that was against that for a reason she could not explain. Why?

Her hand was on his warm forehead again and this time she tried to see if she could take back that lingering power. However, to her surprise, it kept avoiding her. It was as if it liked Ash more than her? Impossible, it was her power and powers did not have feelings. Yet the more she tried, she could feel the separated power… manifesting, anchoring more into the young child's essence. How bizarre was this? She had never seen or even fathomed this kind of thing could happen yet here it was.

Sabrina let go. She figured it was more effort than it was worth. "I don't know." She answered. "It's hard to say."

Yet for the first time in a while, she smiled. "However, if you don't mind me asking that I may accompany you for a while? I will have much clearer answer as time passes."

"Really? That sounds cool!"

Spearow threw her wing out. 'Now while this was all fascinating and such, do we not have a battlefield to enter into!?'

Ash instantly remembered what he was doing before he had met Sabrina. "Oh right! The Pewter City Gym!" At that, the Trainer and his Pokémon started to run ahead. A few steps forward, and then the boy halted. "Are you coming, Sabrina?"

The young boy may have stopped, but what he didn't know was that he had stopped right in front of a slope that was about to give way. Correction: that just gave way.

"AAAHHH!?"

'Ash!' Both of his Pokémon cried out before diving after him.

Sabrina stared hard at the scene and heard the sound of others still screaming. "… There is a chance I may regret this decision."

"So, you can understand Pokémon as well?" Ash asked as they made their way in front of the Pewter City Gym.

"I do, but my conversations aren't usually as… lively as your Pokémon obviously are." Now that she thought about it. Not once has the Riolu shown an ounce of distrust towards her. Granted she knew enough about aura to form a psychic barrier to prevent even their kind from sensing her, but it seemed like the Riolu was just as trusting and just as naïve as his trainer.

"Oh hey, there it is!" Ash pointed over to the elaborate building that he was heading towards.

As he, Sabrina, and his Pokémon entered, the young teen shouted out loud, "Hello!? I'm Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town and I would like to challenge the Gym please!"

No sooner than he said this, a young man no older than Ash stepped out. "I am the current Gym Leader of this place, Forrest Slate! I accept your challenge! How many badges do you have, challenger?"

"This is my first one!" Ash quickly answered.

However, Sabrina blinked in surprise when she saw the young man. "Forrest Slate? I was under the impression that the gym leader of Pewter City was Brock Slate."

"That is my older brother; he went into medical school to become a doctor around two years ago." The young man explained. "I'm to replace him unless he wishes to return."

Sabrina said no more but was a little surprised she didn't know about that. Granted there were not many people willing to share current events with her due to… a large amount of reasons.

Forrest led Ash towards the battle field of the gym which was filled with rocky terrain. Sabrina simply sat in the stands with curiosity at how the young teen and the young gym leader would go battle.

From the opposite end of the battle field, Forrest declared, "This will be a two on two singles match! The first to lose is the one with no useable Pokémon, agreed?"

Ash nodded in response, gripping the Poké Ball in his hand tightly.

"Then begin!" The Pewter City Gym leader began as he threw out his own Pokémon, "Go Geodude!"

"Go, Riolu!" Ash threw the sphere as his own starter took the stage.

The battle had begun.

Forrest was first to command his Pokémon to use Stone Edge, causing the ground beneath the fighting type to shoot up a giant rock. Riolu bent backward into several back flips to avoid all the rocks attempting to hit beneath him then jumped into the air.

As the fighting type was in the air, he and Ash instantly noticed that there was a hole in the ground where Geodude was originally. Riolu acted quickly and went into scanning mode. However, as soon as he closed his eyes, something shot out of the rocks with unbelievable speed. Geodude was already charging his fist with amazing power and then slammed his empowered fist to knock Riolu into the ground.

"Riolu!" Ash cried out before instantly recognizing that the move the rock and ground type just used was Mega Punch. The challenger clicked his teeth. Geodude was faster than he let on!

"Geodude, again!" Forrest cried out as the dual type quickly slammed his hands on the ground, firing another Stone Edge.

However, Ash knew avoiding the attack would not work. He instantly linked his commands to Riolu and the fighting type got back up and in a burst of speed from Quick Attack, avoided the rocks from hitting him again. Yet something was different this time: while Riolu was zipping around, he suddenly jumped, stopped channeling Quick Attack, and reclined his fist back mid air.

With his eyes closed, he punched forward, unleashing a powerful Vaccum Wave that was so fast that it speared through two Stone Edge rocks and squarely hit Geodude before he could enter underground and made him skip as if he was a flat stone thrown at a lake.

"Now, press the offensive!" Ash cried out as Riolu quickly dashed with Quick Attack again to close the distance between them.

"Geodude, Stone Edge in front of you!" Forrest knew that letting a fighting type in close quarters was going to be an absolute disaster. While that long range Vaccum Wave that hit behind two rocks took him by surprise, it didn't stop him from changing the flow of the battle.

The dual type quickly recovered and slammed one of his hands on the ground, creating a pseudo wall between him and the Riolu. Yet the fighting type only ran faster as he saw the hastily constructed wall meant to deter him.

The fighting type reclined his fist then dropped the Quick Attack, instead of stopping, he slid on the ground as his right palm started gathering a lot of aura. The fighting type unleashed the charged up Force Palm into the rocks and the impact cracked all the walls and made the fake wall shatter like glass with the intense energy. However, Geodude was seen already rushing with a right hand Mega Punch attack on the fighting type no sooner than he broke the wall.

The Mega Punch connected—no. In the last second, Riolu ducked to the right, raised his free left palm and slammed another Force Palm in to the face of the rock type. There was a noticeable sting from the direct hit, but it seemed like Geodude recovered faster than before and grabbed Riolu's left wrist with his own left hand and smiled.

In a sudden movement, Geodude whipped Riolu like a rag doll to the other side and shot out another Mega Punch as soon as the fighting type was thrown down. However, Riolu quickly rolled before the attack could connect, but the impact of the blow made Riolu be launched somewhat further away from the Geodude once more.

"Don't let him get out of close quarters, Riolu!" Ash cried out as the fighting type dashed towards Geodude with another Quick Attack.

"Geodude, Defense Curl!" The Pewter Gym leader commanded as Geodude put his hands over his face and heightened his defenses before Riolu could come in with a Force Palm.

"Keep it up!" Ash cried out for the fighting type to keep up the offensive and lock the defending Pokémon into Defense Curl.

Sabrina watched the two Pokémon continue to battle for a while and thought to herself: the two were putting up a rather hot-blooded battle. In fact, she had to give credit to the new gym leader, he was definitely no slouch if this really was his Pokémon for the No-Badge limit. Not to mention, she never knew that Ash had linked with the fighting type, capable of allowing him commands without words and practically being able to give and receive orders much faster than sound.

Yet it seemed like Ash was about to win—hmm? That was a curious energy coming from the rock type.

Riolu, with one mighty push, was able to break through Geodude's defenses and make the rock Pokémon drop his guard down from a staggering blow. The fighting type didn't waste time and went straight for the knock out move. However, a bright shining light came from Geodude—which momentarily made Riolu and everyone stop what they were doing and shield their eyes.

As the light died down, Riolu felt a shadow casted over him and quickly looked up—only to get decked by a powerful Mega Punch. The fighting type twisted mid air, then landed on his foot paws with a slide before shaking his head and looking up. His view was a little shaky but then as he focused, everyone saw what had transpired.

Geodude evolved into Graveler.

'Hahha!' The Graveler flexed with a mighty shout. 'Now this is more like it!' He said as he really tested his two extra arms around.

Forrest looked up to Ash. "I'm sorry to say that the battle cannot be cancelled now. The battle will have to continue."

"What are you saying!? This is great! Riolu, can you still battle?!"

The fighting type responded to his trainer by stomping one foot forward and then tensing into a fighting position. His answer was clear.

"I see," Forrest pointed over to Riolu. "Graveler, use Rock Blast!"

The evolved Pokémon used all of its arms to start forming chunks of rocks in his hands before throwing them at the fighting type with the speed of a machine gun. Riolu quickly started dodging all the rocks coming his way by use of Quick Attack while Ash was trying to figure out a new strategy.

It was not fast enough as Graveler momentarily stopped using Rock Blast and then started using Stone Edge. But something was off, it looked like the evolved Pokémon was being a little more sloppy in his usage of Stone Edge since Riolu was dodging each one much easier.

Sabrina narrowed her eyes at the move, already figuring out what the gym leader was doing. Ash eventually figured it out too late as the emanation Pokémon dodged another Stone Edge. The attacks were boxing Riolu in! The fighting type was now surrounded by rocks in every direction and he was a sitting duck!

'This is the end!' The Graveler cried out as he then summoned rocks in his hand and fired a rapid amount of Rock Blasts.

Riolu stood his ground and then heard an order from Ash. The fighting type reclined both of his fists and then punched the air like never before.

The rocks coming his way were suddenly broken as it seemed like Riolu was firing Vacuum Wave after Vacuum Wave.

"Your pace is much faster now, Graveler, keep it up!" Forrest cried out.

Ash heard this order and also knew that Riolu couldn't match the frequency of Graveler's attacks. Instead, it another came to the young teen's head and they were going to risk it in this move.

Riolu heard the order and started slowing down his attacks. The frequency of the Rock Blasts were outpacing the Vacuum Waves. Then in one motion, Riolu stopped and put both his palms together behind him.

Sabrina noticed the glow on both of the young Pokémon's hands as more and more Rock Blasts came right towards him.

"Now!" After hearing Ash's scream, Riolu then punched the air with both his fists out that were powered up with Aura. The result of this action caused two large, fist-shape blows of air to speed past all the incoming rocks, break through them, and Blast Graveler off the ground and bounce like a thrown ball.

The evolved Pokémon tried to get up… but then fell back down with his eyes looking dizzy. This signaled the first knockout went to Ash.

"Whoo hoo! Great Job, Riolu!" The teen cried out and gave a thumbs up to the panting fighting type.

Sabrina was rather impressed. She had never really witness Aura first hand, but it appears the rumors of it allowing to increase the power of certain moves was not exaggerated.

Forrest recalled the Graveler back into his Poké Ball. "Well done. But you still have one more Pokémon left to defeat!" The Gym Leader brought another Poké Ball and threw it out. As soon as he did a massive figure landed on the field and caused the entire battlefield, including the stands, to shake.

Onix appeared in the field and roared mightily before lowering his gaze back down to Riolu who was understandably starting to sweat from a hard battle with Graveler.

"Will you change your Pokémon?" Forrest asked his challenger. Ash looked to Riolu who gave one nod before facing the giant land snake.

Ash shook his head and Forrest took in that answer. "Then we will continue the battle! Sandstorm!"

Onix swiped his tail and instantly a storm brewed inside the battle field.

It would have completely reduced the vision of any normal opponent, but Riolu could actually see more with his eyes closed. Instantly, the fighting type jumped to the side when he felt Onyx's tail coming in to swat him into the ground.

Ash heard the sounds of battling and linked to Riolu to fire back Vacuum Waves at the opponent. However, because of the ragging sand storm, most of the fast attacks were greatly weakened and at most seemed to be gusts of wind hitting on Onyx.

"Onix, Screech!"

The might rock type unleashed a high pitched scream towards the fighting type. The little emanation Pokémon could only clamp his ears as he was caught in the powerful scream. Even Ash had to cover his ears to somehow mitigate the loud sound.

Forrest saw his chance. "Onix, use Dragonbreath!"

A mystic fire gathered inside Onix's mouth as he then fired it on to the downed fighting type. The result of the attack caused an explosion that instantly dissipated the sandstorm, but as the smoke died down, Riolu was out cold.

Ash gritted his teeth as he then recalled his partner back in to his Poké ball. This meant that there was one Pokémon left on both side. Spearow seemed to have a disadvantage from the start, but there was a chance that Ash thought they could pull.

As the teen threw out Spearow's Poké ball, the fierce bird came out and saw her opponent. A grin spread across her face as she declared, 'Aha! A worthy opponent for my first battle! Prepare to fall to the daughter of the Chieftain!'

'Listen, kid, I don't do falling.' The Onix returned.

Forrest seemed oblivious to the brief talk before ordering another Sandstorm. Spearow, hearing Ash's order, quickly used Agility to speed out of the way.

Eventually, nearly all the battlefield was covered in a sand storm. Sabrina had to make a small barrier for her not to get hit by sand. Yet she was somewhat thankful that the gym leader was obviously experienced enough to not touch the bleachers, so there was that. However, she could no longer see what was inside the storm and had to rely mostly on her own powers.

What she sensed was rather curious.

Inside the storm, Spearow seemed to have trouble trying to fly. However, it was only momentary as she soon got used to the sand storm by ridding the flow of the wind rather than go against it.

Onix saw his opponent and quickly fired Screech. However, Spearow sped up again to avoid being caught in the worst of the scream.

And then, the large snake like Pokémon fired a Dragonbreath. As he did, Spearow avoided the attack again with relative ease. The powerful flames seemed to ignite the area causing another explosion that cut the sandstorm short.

However, Ash smiled after the attack.

As the dust started to settle, Onix noticed something coming out of the smoke—to the surprise of Forrest and Onix, it was another Onix!?

The other Onix—that looked completely see through—started to inhale then unleash a powerful Dragonbreath right at the opposing rock snake.

Onix staggered from the attack, lost balance, and fell down.

'Ha!' Fearow's voice came from above. 'For someone who does not fall, you do a pretty good job of it!'

Forrest seemed to understand as the see-through Onix started to disappear. "Your Spearow knew Mirror Move?" It was an attack that copies the last known move of the opponent. He surely wasn't expecting that from the flying type.

"Yep! It was a pretty cool move when we first practiced it, so we thought we'd bring out for this battle!" Ash said as he pointed once more. "Spearow again! Mirror Move!"

Spearow, in one mighty gust of wind, summoned another phantom of Onix with mystic fire gathering in his breath.

"Oh no you don't! Onix, return fire!" The gym leader quickly cried out as the rock type Pokémon fired his own Dragonbreath at his opponent. The two attacks clashed before exploding again. However, the force of the blast threw Spearow off balance and made her start to fall.

Onyx capitalized on this and made his tail start glowing. The young teen and Sabrina noticed that it was the move, Iron Tail. He swung his massive tail like a whip as it glowed like a search light. He then swatted Spearow into the ground.

"Spearow!" The young teen cried out in worry at the direct hit from the Pokémon almost fifty times the size and around a hundred times heavier.

The dust settled, and Spearow was seen trying to get back up, but obviously in her last reserves from such a clean hit.

"Finish it, Onix, Iron Tail!" Forrest cried out as the Onix started to gather energy in his tail once more.

Spearow twitched in pain for a second in trying to escape, meaning that the attack was now closing in on her faster than before—

"You can do it, Spearow! Show him what you're made off!"

Ash's sudden shout of encouragement made the flying type regain her pride. She was not going to lose like this!

With a burst of speed, Spearow avoided the Iron Tail with Agility. Then started flying right for the face of Onix!

"Onix, Dragonbreath!"
"Spearow, Mirror Move!"

The two young boys cried out at nearly the same time. Because the last move used was Iron Tail before Onix was about to use Dragonbreath, a ghost image of Onix appeared with his tail where Spearow was speeding. The Iron Tail ghost and Dragonbreath started to clash. Due to Spearow's damage, she twitched again and made the phantom with the steel type energy get somewhat overwhelmed by the dragon energy.

Spearow glared at the attack trying to consume her, and then with a powerful cry, exerted so much force that in one instant—

BOOM!

She had pierced through the attack like a real spear and caused an explosion near Onix's face.

The flying type circled back quickly to Ash's side of the field as they watched the smoke obscure Onix's face… then they watched him fall into the ground. With the smoke lifting, Onix was down for the count.

"W-We did it! Great job, Spearow!" Ash jumped out for joy as he ran towards his Pokémon. The proud flying type huffed, but quickly landed on the trainer's shoulder.

'Ha that was nothing—ack!' The flying type flinched when trying to huff her chest with pride.

Forrest recalled the Onix and walked up to Ash. "Well done, challenger. You've earned this: the Boulder Badge." He said as he showed the proof of victory to the young boy.

Ash smiled elatedly as he grabbed it and shot it up to the sky with his hand. "Whoo, we did—ahh! Spearow!"

Unfortunately for the boy, he happened to shoot up his hand that was connected to the shoulder Spearow was using. This meant that the flying type instantly lost balance and fell to the floor, and stayed there because she was practically running on fumes. Ash hurriedly scooped up the flying type and ran for the Pokémon Center.

"Um Ash?!" Forrest called out, instantly stopping the panicking teen and making him look at the gym leader point in the opposite direction. "The Pokémon Center is that way."

"O-Oh thanks!" Ash then ran frantically in the opposite direction.

Sabrina sighed. However, she did notice that when Ash received his first badge… there was a sudden spike of psychic energy she could sense in the boy that she didn't before. Was he gaining powers?

There was a ring coming from one of her pockets. This made the older woman stand up and leave the gym as well.

When she went out, she made sure no one was nearby before picking up a phone and answering it.

"The Stars are blind my love." She said impassionately as soon as the call was answered.

"They will learn to crawl, under oceans above." The voice from behind the phone responded with equal amounts of monotone. With that done, the voice asked, "So, Bellelba, how goes the mission?"

"I'm here in Pewter City. And I'm en route to the Museum in a bit." She frowned hard. "I still don't know why I'm being reduced to reconnaissance of simple rocks."

"For 'simple rocks' as you call them, seem to be making our other lesser agents disappear without a trace."

Sabrina looked across town towards where the Museum of Pewter City and focused her power in that direction. There was a faint but familiar power she could feel emanating from the area she didn't notice until she made the effort to do so.

But why was it familiar—

{"You mean this?" He said as he picked the object that seemed to radiate living colors.}

"I will do this for you and be on my way." She hung up the phone and then found herself looking towards the Pokémon Center.

It was odd. First she happened to sense a mysterious power coming from the Viridian Forrest and found Ash, who had somehow interested her with his strange existence and strange feather. Now, she was sensing something of similar energy coming from the Museum?

There was a possibility that this wasn't a coincidence.

+Author Notes+

Weird how one of the most normal chapters so far is a plain, old gym battle?

Anyway, say hello to Sabrina! I've got some plans with her in this story and here's one of them: I'm planning to make her Ash' traveling companion!

Now with her along, it kinda pushes some potential of Ash being able to use Psychic powers due to strange circumstances. Some of you thought that Ash would use Aura, and at first I wanted to. But at the same time, it would have made the story waaaayyy too predictable and I can't have that! Still, from what fics I read that give Ash super powers, they usually give him Pokémon that match him sometimes like a Ralts or such if he's psychic and a Riolu for Aura.

I'm not really going to count stories that give him both powers.

I wanted to switch that a bit and gave him a Riolu… for being a psychic. I think it has some fun potential.

Anyway, please review, favorite, and follow this story, thank you!