Chapter 81 – Teacher’s Pet
Walter’s tour was nearing its end. The man had shown me nearly all of the school’s facilities and amenities. Thoroughly convincing me that if I ever had kids I’d be wanting them to get their primary education in this place. The only point of contention between the school’s practices and myself ...
2025-02-19 18:01:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 80 – Teachable Moment
“That was an amazing last performance! Not just singing you also had the choreography down pat!”
“Jiggly! Jiggly!”
Halfway through the first song Jaiden could no longer keep his composure humming along to the melodious tunes completely forgetting that I was sitting right next to hi...
2025-02-12 23:13:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 79 – Interlude Presenting a Letter
“Happy Birthday Zinnia!!”
“Gooon!” “Gooom!” “Seaa!”
Mommy walked inside the living room carrying my super special birthday cake with nine candles lit on top. Everyone I liked in the village was here to celebrate with me. Big sis Aster, Dray, Dray’s pare...
2025-01-31 12:40:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 78 – Meeting New Faces
The following day I awoke to the sounds of my dorm room neighbors waking up early. Rustboro city was packed, and the center’s crowded accommodations reflected that fact. We were forced to room with three other trainers partly because I didn’t have the foresight to book a single room in advance. I...
2025-01-26 12:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 77 – Rustboro City
Not having the same service available on my Xtransceiver was a large disappointment. Which necessitated me using the center’s computer to book a flight capable Pokémon. I’ve come to find out that trainers who own flight capable Pokémon can put up their partner’s services in a pokégear app called Pokér...
2025-01-09 20:54:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 76 – Settling Gym Affairs
“Egon! Breakfast’s ready!”
The nostalgic sound of Grandma calling me out of bed for breakfast confirmed for me on a deeper level that I was back home. The only thing that was missing was the sound of a younger sister watching cartoons on the big tv downstairs. The rest of my team was out and ...
2025-01-01 23:42:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 75 - Catching Up
Here I was, back home. The place where I spent most of my childhood. The house wasn’t as dreary looking compared to the last time we came here. My grandparents’ distress from having Zinnia taken away had started to wane and with the shop’s business booming they had little time to think about something ...
2024-12-26 22:13:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 74 – Fossil Party
The three of us made our way inside the hardened sand tower expecting to see a ground floor free of occupants due to the tower’s transitory nature but we came to find out that was not the case. The entire base floor was covered in shades of red and orange as the squatters who managed to sneak inside before us ...
2024-12-20 14:44:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 73 – Rocky Conclusion
With Mr. Moore leading the conversation we congregated into a circle to discuss our plan for dealing with an ancient, isolated Pokémon who had good reason to hate humans.
“I propose we capture and relocate Regirock into a more controlled environment for further study. Celadon University has m...
2024-12-11 00:34:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 72 – Stone Titan
“That’s… awful.”
“Indeed, a most unfortunate situation.”
“We have to save that Pokémon!!”
The reactions upon hearing that a Pokémon who had been helping humans got imprisoned for a span of most likely over a thousand years garnered much sympathy from...
2024-11-22 23:56:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 71 – Secret Message
The teleportation went off without a hitch and the three of us found ourselves overlooking the family farm of the battle loving Winstrate family. It was still early in the morning but not early enough to not see father Victor and grandmother Vicky already working the field. The grandmother was the f...
2024-11-15 23:52:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 70 - Sinking Feeling p2
Having Dinner with Juan was a nerve-wracking experience. I expected that at any time I would get accused of stealing gym secrets even though I was technically innocent. Juan and by extension Wallace were influential enough to have the rest of my circuit run become very tedious. Marlon had my compl...
2024-11-10 18:24:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 69 – Sinking Feeling
I woke up in my dorm room bed ready for another day. We went to bed early last night because training Solar Beam was near impossible without the sun’s rays being there for my Pokémon to absorb. Which also meant I had little excuse not to get up early to catch the early morning light. My smaller ...
2024-11-10 18:22:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 68 – Friendly Encounter
After finishing my phone calls with the professors, I saw Mr. Briney’s Pokémon fly by. Just the sight of the majestic Wingull drove me to spend some time observing her and likewise the little bird reciprocated my noble intentions by engaging in a game of tag with me across the ship’s deck, ...
2024-11-09 23:08:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 67 – Playtime Calls
“Just do it!”
“Birch is the Hoenn region’s most renowned professor, it’s only natural to get the jitters!”
Me and the team were relaxing on deck of the S.S. Tidal sunbathing, when I remembered the fact that Joshua the lab assistant gave us the Professor...
2024-10-27 20:47:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 66 – Mind your Manners
Both of the twins were up in their room after finishing dinner and brushing their teeth. Naturally, due to all the excitement of meeting Pokémon the two have never seen before it was a tad difficult to get them asleep. To pass the time I told them of my time at the academy near the Celestial Tow...
2024-10-19 08:49:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 65 – Sitting for Battle
“So, this is the Mossdeep City gym? Kind of swanky that they turned an old observatory into a battling facility.”
“Wy!”
After our shopping spree, where I managed to restock most of our dwindling supplies, we got to reserving a bunk room at a local Pokémon center. While there...
2024-10-11 22:49:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 64 – Old but New
The next day we woke up early to catch the morning ferry. Not wanting to wake up my Pokémon I quietly recalled them into their balls. The ferry was set to leave at seven AM one hour earlier than their usual waking time. As I was attempting to return Orin the ghost type hopped out of the way from the r...
2024-10-06 21:05:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 63 – Treating Ourselves
After beating Violet and earning ourselves a fourth Hoenn badge we opted to make our way back to the Lilycove city gym but not before Violet got a chance to interact with her now adoring fans. The woman was basking in the attention acting like a proud prinplup. Signing autographs and doing all s...
2024-09-30 19:58:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 62 – Weather Battle
It was the following morning after having ourselves a scrumptious breakfast at the Pokémon center, me and the team made our way towards the Lilycove city gym with the objective of earning our fourth Hoenn gym badge. I wasn’t expecting to have a difficult time even at the sixth badge level due to ...
2024-09-29 21:42:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 61 – Lilycove Superstar
“Is this your home? It looks like a Pokéblock store.”
“That’s because it is. We sell high quality Pokéblock for coordinators on the go.”
“Wait?! How can you afford to take the day off like this and to go to the beach with your daughter?”
“I make large batches ...
2024-09-11 19:43:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 60 – Promised Evolution
We were back at the castle. It was still a ways off before dinnertime and me and the team were spending our remaining time just laying about at the castle’s training grounds. After intense training sessions like that I usually spend the remainder of my free time grooming my Pokémon. Trimming ...
2024-09-05 13:24:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 59 – Ability Power
After successfully scheduling a reservation at the Lilycove city gym me and the gang resolved to make our way back to Mt. Pyre but before leaving we first had to make sure that Victini acclimated herself to a point of return. Teleporters have to at least spend some amount of time in places they inten...
2024-08-31 19:42:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 58 – Scared Straight
The first thing I did after earning myself the Feather badge was to have my Pokémon checked in at the Pokémon center. All of them took a severe walloping during their respective battles especially so in the case of little Orin. After picking up a tray and filling its empty holes with three of my ...
2024-08-27 14:13:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 57 - Feathery Showdown
After saying our goodbyes to the kecleon group and their fledgling new business me and Victini walked into the direction of the gym. Since we’d been here before I had no problem navigating Fortree City’s jungle of shoots and ladders. Victini floating behind me while invisible. It was still earl...
2024-08-14 15:57:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 56 – Training Blues
“What am I looking at?”
The diminutive blue figure seemed to be in a state of bliss as it was eating Victini’s very last custap berry with its earlike fingerless arms. I recognized the Pokémon, but I always figured the species could only be found on the elusive mirage island.
<... 2024-08-07 23:50:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 55 – Evolution Solution
“Waaaaah! Good morning, everyone! Best sleep ever!”
I was feeling great. Making it through the whole night without being victimized by Misdreavus left me enough time to enjoy a full night’s rest. Judging by the amount of sunlight falling in through the windowpanes I figured it was al...
2024-07-13 08:06:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 54 – Familial Antics
“Victini looks so normal… not what one would expect from a Legendary Pokémon. It’s also missing that distinct aura that puts one on edge when faced with a powerful being. However… Yes, I do sense the vastness of its aura. It's way beyond any ordinary Pokémon.”
“Vi! Vi!” ...
2024-06-28 15:08:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 53 – Warm Welcome
“Woooow! Her house is bigger than grandpa’s gym!”
Phoebe’s home was indeed of an impressive size being an ancient castle which could double as a defensible strategic asset during war times and has probably been used as such in ancient times. The mansion rested comfortably underneath a so...
2024-06-19 17:14:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 52 – Back Again Mt. Pyre
Xatu are an interesting species of Pokémon. Their precognitive abilities trumped those of any other psychic type. They had the ability to see past and future events with amazing clarity. Naturally all of them without a single exception completely refused to share any of their findings, not eve...
2024-06-14 11:22:42 +0000 UTC View Post