A/n; sorry for the looong delay on this chapter, life got really busy. On another note, I will be playing omega ruby alongside this story, so wherever I am in the game is where I will be writing to in each chapter.

"Plain speech"

"poke speech"

Chapter 1; Of birthdays, heartaches, and a new friend.

Brendan's PoV. Feb 19th 7:30 Am UST.

A month and a half passed since our trip to Alola ended, and I have to say that I really hate moving. I knew that we had to get packing, but I thought we would ease into it. But no, we have to get everything packed now! At least that seems to be the mentality that my parents have right now. As I open my eyes and mentally prepare myself for the packing spree that will surely last until nine this evening, I look to the calendar and see that it's the 19th. The only thought that my groggy brain can form is 'My last birthday in Unova is really goanna suck, isn't it?' I rolled out of bed and started to get dressed.

When my mom called up "Honey can you come down? Breakfast is ready!" I sighed and braced myself for another long and tedious day. When I got downstairs however, I was pleasantly surprised. A buffet of all my favorite breakfast foods; French toast, sausages, bacon, eggs over easy, Nutella covered pancakes, and o.j. and coffee! My mom saw me and said:

"happy birthday pumpkin!"

"thanks mom! You think you made enough?" I jokingly asked.

"of course, I did! Well… maybe not, you four and your father eat like starving munchlax." She chuckled.

At that at raised my eyebrow in confusion. "Us four?"

"yes, Cheren, Hilbert, and Bianca are coming over silly! It is your birthday after all."

"Does that mean we don't have to pack today?" I asked with hope creeping into my voice.

"Of Course not! The only rooms left are the kitchen, which I am not packing till the last week we're here, and our side of the room, which we will do ourselves." My mom replied happily.

"You are the best mother ever." I said with a dead serious look on my face.

"I know." She smirked. "go wash up, and wake your father, tell him to do the same, they'll be here in 20."

"On it" I said as I charged up the stairs.

A little thing to note, my parents and I are living in the house they bought when they first moved in together. The master (and only) bedroom was massive and so was the walk in closet, which was the size of a bedroom. So, when my parents had me, they sectioned off the master bedroom into four rooms. The walk-in A.k.a. my room, the bathroom, a sort of upstairs living room, and their room. They figured it would be cheaper than buying a new house, especially as my dad's meager salary from working as a league official did not bring in tons of money.

I poked my head in and told my dad "put some pants on, the rest of the impidimps as you've so kindly dubbed us, will be over in less than 20 minutes."

"Drat, nearly made it through the move without the bringers of chaos coming around!" my father joked.

"ah you love us." I retorted.

"No, thou bringst death and destruction to mine fragile psyche whenever thou four gather in one place!" my father over dramatically soliloquized.

"how long did take you to come up with that one?"

"long enough to do your mom! Burn!" my dad shouted.

"hey! Knock it off!" mom cried from downstairs

"wow that must've been pretty fast, I didn't even hear a moan through the paper thin walls here! Double burn!" I retorted.

"BOTH OF YOU KNOCK IT OFF!" mom angrily called "Arceus, you're both children!"

"sorry mom/ love!" my father and I called. If there's one lesson we've learned, it's don't poke the ursaring.

"go get your shower in" my dad said.

"yup, going now."


Time skip 10:30 pm UST Feb 19th

The party had been great, we watched movies, played games, ate a ton of junk food and caffeine, and I opened my presents. My parents each gave us an album with photos of us taken over the years, and a Pokémon box transfer system, already linked to my account and the Hoenn p.c. system. Bianca got me a set of evolution stones she had saved up for, Hilbert got me a bunch of rare pokéballs his uncle Kurt made, and Cheren ever the pragmatist got me a Pokémon food maker and a map of the Hoenn region. I was walking my friends home when I decided it was now or never.

"hey guys you two go on ahead; Bianca, can I talk to you, alone?"

"oh, um ok, let's go to the outlook." She nervously responded.

We walked down to the beach that everyone in town called the outlook.

"What's up Brendan?"

I sighed but pushed forward.

"Bianca, I wanted to tell you sooner, but I kept getting too nervous, and… and…BiancaIhaveahugecrushonyou." I sputtered out.

"Could you repeat that a little slower Bren? I didn't understand that." She asked.

I sighed again, feeling like I was sweating buckets.

"Bianca, I have a huge crush on you!" I finally cried out.

There was silence…not a good sign.

"Bren I…that's…that's really sweet..." she started.

"there's a but" a sighed in defeat. "who's the lucky guy?" I tried to not tear up.

"Brendan…there's no guy…I'm lesbian" she said.

"ah…lucky them. wait. WAIT WHAT!?" I shouted. "How'd I miss that!?"

"Quiet down you'll attract a wild Pokémon!" She whispered. "and in your defense, you were blinded by my charms. Also, you also have like zero gay-dar." She comforted me.

"Yeah… so what now?"

"I imagine you need some time to process this" she said.

"…Yeah, I'd appreciate that."

"m'kay, see you later?"

"yes, See you later."

She walked away and then I fell to my knees and started to cry. I couldn't quite help it. It felt like the girl I had been crushing on since I was eight, had just shattered a part of me. Eventually I felt a hand on my back. I turned and saw Hilbert looking down and frowning sympathetically.

"h-how much d-did you hear?" I choked out.

"Everything dude… I'm so sorry."

"I feel so stupid." I then punched myself in the knee.

"One, don't do that, you'll hurt yourself. Two, don't feel bad, she was amazing at hiding it."

"But I…"

"None of that now, let's get you home."

I was downcast all the way back to my house. I was barely holding together. When we got there, I turned and said:

"thanks man" I said pulling together "you know you're like a brother to me, right?"

"yeah, I know" he said. "Hey, there'll be plenty of hot girls in Hoenn, and at least one of them's gotta be straight!" he said.

"Shut up you ass." I cracked with a sad smirk on my face.

"You said I was your brother"

"You're both." I smiled. "see you tomorrow?"

"Absolutely." He chuckled.

I walked in shut the door behind me, locked the door, took my shoes off, the headed up to my room. I walked in then shut the door behind me, and sat at my desk, head on my folded arms. I flipped over a picture frame containing of photo of Bianca, Hilbert, Cheren, and I, unable to look at even a photo of her. My dad suddenly walked in and saw me moping.

"So… I take it you told her and got rejected?"

"Go away please." I moaned.

"Alright, but if you want to talk, just let me know." And with that he walked out of my room, shutting the door behind him.


I honestly don't know how long I cried. The only reason I stopped was because I passed out at some point. I awoke to some sort of glowing and a cracking noise. I saw that I had been tucked into bed at some point and as I sat up while rubbing the drowsiness from my eyes, I saw something amazing! Next to my desk, there was a nest I made for my eggs for when they hatched, the incubators next to the nest. I saw the egg in the first incubator, shaking and cracking and glowing! I quickly thrashed and fell out of bed, then scrambled to flick the light on and move the egg to the nest. After a minute of cracking and shaking, the eggshell split in two, revealing an adorable Axew, but it's coloring was unusual. Its scales were pure white, and its eyes, tusks and neck ruff were all blood red. It slowly shook the top half of the shell from its head and peered up at me. At that moment I looked over and saw that it was 11:59, one last birthday gift.

"hey little one," I said softly. "Aren't you just the coolest little dragon type, yes you are, yes you are!" I cooed.

The Axew waddled over and sat down in my lap snuggling me. I looked down at the little guy, yes it was male, and my worries melted away.

"hey little one, I want to go on a journey and become really strong alongside my Pokémon, would you want to join me?" I asked.

"Yes papa!"

I nearly jumped out of my skin! "Who even said that?" I mumbled in confusion.

"I did" the voice chimed again. I looked down and saw that it seemed to be my Axew who had spoken.

"Ok either I'm going crazy, I'm just that tired, or you just spoke." I murmured.

"I spoke, I spoke!" I saw my Axew open his mouth as I heard the words.

Too emotionally drained, I sighed, and decided to deal with this later. "Well, I can't keep calling you Little one, how would you like a name?" I asked.

"Yes, please papa!" he cheered.

"well parts of you are blood red. Hmm. How about Sanguine? San for short?"

"Sa, San, Sanguine. Yes papa! I like." My newly dubbed Sanguine chirped.

"Ok, Sanguine it is, sleep tight little buddy!"

Sanguine yawned, and I patted his head. "Night Papa." He mumbled.

I laid down, holding my new partner in my arms. Too tired to do anything but lay there, snuggle with San, and slowly drift asleep.


Johanna's PoV.

I walked out of my section of the room, and sighed as I saw that Brendan's light was on again. I hated seeing my little boy so heartbroken. I know it is a part of life, but it still hurt to see my baby so distraught. I walked in preparing to carry him over to his bed again, but what I saw surprised me. I saw Brendan laying on the floor, snuggling a really off colored Axew. I also saw that an eggshell was in the nest Brendan made and an incubator was empty. I smiled. Put a blanket over the two, and quietly turned the light off and shut the door. It seemed like everything was going to be ok. Though I might want to have Norman take a picture of the Axew and send it to his parents, just to make sure the poor thing was healthy.


A/n:

Aaaaand scene. Ok so Brendan has a new partner, and a new ability. Next time is the move to Littleroot, and we all know what that means, May and Professor birch! Before anyone asks, I know in the anime Norman's wife is named Caroline, but I am keeping Caroline as May's mother, so she is professor birch's wife. I just liked the name Johanna, so there you have it. On another note, the only Pokémon I plan to put on Brendan's battling team, from the egg Pokémon that is, is Sanguine. I am also changing the Pokémon options that will hatch from the eggs.

1) Swinub

2) Toxel

3) Feebas

4) Zorua

Till next time (it'll be much sooner I promise), stay safe, stay healthy, and I bid you Adieu.

Brendan's pokemon:

Sanguine (Axew), level 1 male, moves; Scratch, leer, Iron tail.

Egg (undetermined)

Egg (undetermined)