Chapter 5


Our journey to get to Pallet Town was a lot shorter than I had expected. Along the way, we met several Johto, and many of them also met the power of Kay’s punch. Since buizel didn’t live in Johto, they couldn’t know how to tell the difference. The poor souls. On one occasion, an azumarill who called himself Clive somehow knew she was a girl and tried hitting on her. Me and Bramble had to hold her back for 10 minutes as the azumarill ran for his life.

A few days after the Clive incident, we found a group of dragonites heading eastward. We asked if we could hitch a ride, because we were going east too. They gladly helped us, and it took us only a few hours to get to Pallet Town. I couldn’t thank them enough, but they said it was not trouble, except for the guy who took Kay, who had a sore neck from saying, “Hop on, little guy.”


We finally arrived at Pallet Town, and as I had expected, it was very small. After about 10 minutes of searching for Professor Oak’s lab, we finally found it. It was the largest building in the town.
“What do we need at this stinking place? Is it food? I’m hungry!!” Kay started to get impatient, which could sometimes end badly. But that didn’t matter now. I started thinking of what I should do, because a pokemon doesn’t just go into a building without a trainer. Would he call the police, or capture me and give me to a trainer, who I would have to battle for unwillingly for the rest of my life? I didn’t like those options, but I might just be thinking a little to negatively, which I seemed to do a lot. I only had one choice.


*Ding Dong* “Deliah, I just ate! I don’t need any of your leftover casserole.” Deliah? That’s Ash Ketchum’s mom. Does he exist too? I heard the footsteps coming closer, and hoped his reaction would be a good one. The door opened. He looked exactly as he did in the show“Or did you bring some of that delicious meatloaf....” his voice started trailing off, looking down at a typhlosion, a pikachu, and a buizel, all looking very different than their normal counterparts. “Er..are you three lost? Did your trainer abandon you?”
“HIM?! HE’S WHO WE CAME ALL THIS WAY FOR??!!” Kay was expecting someone more heroic looking, not an old scientist. Bramble tried to keep her calm, while I walked right past Oak and into his lab. I needed a pen and paper.
“Um, what exactly are you doing?” The Professor wasn’t exactly sure what to do. I found some paper, and started to write down the words, readable, but still messy. “I am a human.” Oak didn’t read what I just wrote, he was amazed at the fact a pokemon knew how to write.
“I don’t believe it! It’s a miracle!! A breakthrough in pokemon intelligence!! I must tell Professor Elm right away!!! He won’t want to miss this!!” I got frustrated that he didn’t care about what I had to say. I sent a stream of fire at him, singeing his lab coat. “What was that for?” I put the paper in his face. He read it carefully, and his eyes slowly widened in amazement.
“Um, what’s this supposed to mean? Is it some kind of joke?” He didn’t believe me. Figures. I didn’t want to tell him I came from a world without pokemon, and instead were just video games. I had to find an almost believable excuse. I started writing again. “I was wandering around Mt. Moon when a beam of light hit me, and I became a Typhlosion.” It was far from the truth, I just hoped it would be a passable excuse.
“Hmmm...Mt. Moon...there has been a lot of weird activity happening there lately, and people have been reported missing in that area...seems reasonable enough. But why would you come to me?” I thought that would be obvious. I wrote “Because you are an expert on pokemon, and could help change me back, right?”
“I’m sorry, but there’s nothing I can do to help your situation.” My heart sank. He was perhaps my only chance at regaining my humanity. “But, I know someone who MIGHT be able to help you. His name is Professor Rowan, and he specializes in studying pokemon evolution. And since that involves a pokemon’s DNA changing into a new species, he might be able to construct a machine that can make your’s human again, but the chances of it working properly are slim to none...”That was all I needed to hear. I jumped on Oak and started to lick his face(darn typhlosion instinct).



Sinnoh? How was I going to get there? “I can arrange a helicopter to take you to Altomare, and from there take another helicopter straight to Sandgem Town, where Professor Rowan lives.” That was much better. I turned to Bramble and Kay, who were both completely shocked after hearing my story. I decided to tell them the truth, because a scientist like Oak probably wouldn't believe me.
“So do you want to come to Sinnoh with me?”
“YEAH!” They said with perfect unison.  
“So, how about it?” I grabbed the pen again and wrote “I’ll do it, but only if these guys can come too.” It is very difficult to write without thumbs.
“Great! I’ll tell Professor Rowan you are coming, and arrange your rides.”


Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Pallet, two men in black suits were watching the three pokemon through binoculars. The one on the left was small, and the one on the right was tall and muscular. The taller one spoke.
“Why in the world would they go to Professor Oak’s lab? That doesn’t help us at all. If we break in, he’ll call the police and we’ll be busted for sure!”
“Yeah, but if we don’t get those pokemon back, who knows what Giovanni will do to us.” Replied the smaller one. They were stumped as to what they should do. “For now, we’ll just wait, and if they leave, we’ll follow them, and get them when they’re alone. If they stay in too long, we’ll go in and get real quick, and get out.”
“Fine with me.”
“Just you wait, clones. You’ll belong to Team Rocket again soon enough.”