"Ah...ah..." Professor Oak stumbled back. "This...is a dream!" The six Pok�mon turned to him. Mewtwo grinned.
"Afraid, little human?", he asked. Professor Oak tried to caught himself.
"You...you are...." "I am Mewtwo!" "You...can speak?" "Of course I can. So, we agree that Sephia will be our trainer. Now give us the permission or I'll blast your house into thousand pieces!"
"Mewtwo!", shouted Sephia. "Be nice!"
The psychic Pok�mon sighed disappointed. "Ok, ok. But it would be funny."
Professor Oak went to the three birds, wanting to get away from Mewtwo. "And you are the three gods of the sky..." Carefully, he raised a hand and tried to pet Articuno. The bird looked at him. "May I?", the professor asked.
'Yes, ok.', the bird answered. "Huh? I can't understand you", the professor said.
"It's ok", translated Sephia. Professor Oak nodded. "Thank you", he said and touched the soft blue feathers. "Wow. What a graceful Pok�mon!", the professor whispered. Articuno smiled. He started to like this human.
Prof. Oak felt that someone watched him and looked down. Suicune stood next to him. The professor sat down. "And you are Suicune, right?" "Yes, that's my name." The professor gasped. "You can speak, too?", he asked impressed. The water Pok�mon nodded. "Will you give Sephia her permission?", she asked. "Of course, if you agree. Huh?" He looked up. Mew, who was watching him, flew behind Sephia. Prof. Oak stood up. "And who are you?", he asked, trying to look behind Sephia.
"This is Mew", Sephia said smiling. "She is very shy."
"THE Mew?", the professor asked. "O well. I shouldn't be surprised, I guess. I have to get a glass of water. Please follow me, I'll give you your license."
He turned around and walked back into the hall. Sephia and her friends followed him. He opened another door on the left side and it revealed a hallway. Prof. Oak opened a small door at the side and stepped in a room with a little table, chairs around it and many bookshelves. "Please sit down!", he said. Sephia and Mewtwo followed his words and sat down, the other Pok�mon stood behind them. Prof. Oak sat down, too.
Suddenly, Mew flew up and started nuzzling the professor.
"Huh?!", the professor shouted surprised and looked at the small pink Pok�mon. The others were confused until Sephia started smiling.
"I think Mew wants a cookie!", she said and pointed to a box of cookies on the table. The birds started giggling and Mewtwo shook his head in disbelieve.
"I guess Mew would work for Giovanni if he would offer her some cookies", he mumbled. The professor laughed.
"Of course you can have a cookie. Eat everything you want!"
'Thank you thank you thank you!', the small Pok�mon squeaked and flew to the cookies. The professor watched her, happy to see more of the rare Pok�mon. Finally, he stood up. "Please wait. I'll get your license now." He hurried out of the room and came back with a camera. "Please smile!", he ordered and took a photo from Sephia. Then he ran out again and came back with a small red machine. "This is your Pok�dex. It's also something like a passport, it shows that you are a registered trainer. So, everyone agrees that Sephia will be a trainer?" All Pok�mon nodded. "Good, here is your Pok�dex!" He handed Sephia the machine and she put it in the bag.
"Prof. Oak, can you tell me something about the attacks of my Pok�mon?", she asked.
"Of course I can. I can tell you their level and something about their strength and defence, too. Please follow me."
They walked through the hallway again when Sephia spotted that someone was missing. She sighed. "Would someone go back and get our small cookie-lover?", she asked. Everyone turned around and looked for Mew, but the small Pok�mon was missing.
"Ok, I'll go!", Mewtwo said and ran back. A few seconds later, he came back, holding Mew on her tail. The small Pok�mon had wrapped her arms around the cookie-box, unwilling to lose the cookies. All started laughing and Sephia grabbed Mew.
"I'm sorry, Prof. Oak", she said, trying to take the cookies from her friend.
'No! No!', squeaked Mew and the professor laughed.
"Oh, it's ok Mew, you can keep all of them if you want."
Mew started nuzzling him again and he petted her.
"Thank you, professor", Sephia said when they walked on.
"It's ok. I don't see a Mew every day. Her behaviour is interesting for me."
Mewtwo stopped and a ball of energy appeared in his hands. "A scientist? Then die!", he screamed. All Pok�mon tried to hold him back.
"Mewtwo! Stay calm!", Sephia yelled in panic. Prof. Oak was hiding behind a corner, afraid. Finally, the energy ball disappeared and Mewtwo breathed deep. The other Pok�mon sighed and loosed their grip. Suicune walked to the professor.
"It's ok now. You see, Mewtwo was produced by some scientists who wanted to make some tests with him, not caring about his feelings. He hates humans and especially scientists because of that."
Slowly, Prof. Oak walked towards Mewtwo. The psychic Pok�mon gave him a look full of hate.
"I can understand you, Mewtwo, but I'm not a scientist like this people who created you. You have seen the field, the woods and the mountains outside. They are all part of my house. Trainers can just have six Pok�mon with them, when they catch more, they are send to me. All these Pok�mon can live in this area like they were free, they are not in cages. Of course, I have a lab and we will go there now so I can test you. But I just do things like that because I want to understand the Pok�mon better. I want to know how they think about humans and how they live in freedom."
Mewtwo growled. "Yes, and because of this you give them drugs and they have to run in circles so you can see how fast they are. And if they won't do it, you'll give them an electric shock, right?"
"No no no!", the professor said shocked. "I would never hurt a Pok�mon! Please, follow me, I'll show you everything." He walked through the hallway, sweating. Finally, they reached a bigger door and the professor opened it with a key. They stepped into a big lab. Mewtwo looked around and stepped to a table with some cables in it. "Lemme guess, with this thing, you read the mind of the Pok�mon while they are screaming in pain when the electric waves crash their brains?", he asked.
"No! You're right, it's something like a mind reader, but it won't hurt. Beside that, it's one of the tests I want to do with you", the professor said with a low voice.
"NEVER!", yelled Mewtwo and the professor stumbled back in fear. Suicune stepped to Mewtwo.
"Ok, I'll test it. If it hurts, I'll tell you and you can blast him", she said. Mewtwo nodded slowly and Sephia petted him. Prof. Oak went to the table and put the cables on Suicunes head. Then, he stepped to a large computer and pushed a button.
"Ok, done!", he said.
"Huh? I felt nothing!", Suicune said confused. The professor smiled.
"You see, I told you that it won't hurt."
"So what was it for?", Sephia asked.
"Ok, lemme see." Prof. Oak pushed another button. "Suicunes attacks are: Water gun, Bite, Roar and Gust."
"Cool!", Sephia said surprised. "And what can the attacks do? I know the Water gun already, but what's with the others?"
"Just what they sound like. With Roar, you can scare wild Pok�mon so that they run away, with Bite Suicune can bite the enemy and with Gust she can create a blowing wind. I'm surprised that she has Gust, normally it's an attack for flying Pok�mon. When her level increases, she will learn more attacks. But she can always have just for of them, so you have to decide if she should forget an old one for the new attack."
"Wow. Why just four attacks?", Sephia asked.
"That's one of the secrets I want to solve."
Sephia turned to Mewtwo. "You see, he is a very nice scientist. He helps Pok�mon and humans to understand each other better."
Mewtwo growled something. Suddenly, Mew sat down on the table.
'What about me?!', she asked and Sephia smiled.
"Mew wants to know her attacks", Sephia translated.
'I wanna know them, too!', shouted Articuno and the other birds nodded.
"Ok!", the professor said and put the cables from Suicune to Mew. He used the computer again. "Mew has: Psychic, Reflect, Metronome and Recover. Psychic is a strong psychic attack, Reflect is something like a barrier, Metronome causes a random attack and Recover heals wounds."
"Wow, you are strong, Mew!", Sephia said smiling. The little Pok�mon nodded happily.
Next was Articuno. "Ice Beam, Fly, Peck, and Double Team. Ice Beam is an ice attack and it can freeze the opponent, Fly is a flying attack and Articuno can avoid attacks with it. Peck is the weakest flying attack and Double Team makes it harder to hit Articuno."
Articuno nodded and jumped of the table. Zapdos sat down and Prof. Oak repeated the process.
"Ok, here we have Drill Peck, Thundershock, Thunderwave and Thunderbolt. Drill Peck is a good flying attack and the others are electric attacks. Thunderwave just paralyses the opponent, the other two hurt and may paralyse. Thunderbolt is stronger than Thundershock."
Now it was Moltres turn.
"Peck, Fire Spin, Flamethrower and Agility. Fire Spin and Flamethrower may burn and Fire Spin also traps the opponent. Agility makes Moltres faster."
Sephia nodded and turned to Mewtwo. "Come on, Mewtwo. It won't hurt." Mewtwo growled again and sat down. Carefully, the professor put the cables in the right place. This time, he went to the computer very fast.
"Ok, Mewtwo has Psychic, Recover, Psybeam and Reflect. Psybeam is just another psychic attack, but weaker than Psychic."
He turned the computer off and handed Sephia a small book. "Here are all attacks listed again. In this book you can find out something about the different types, too."
"Huh?", asked Sephia confused.
"Well, Suicune is a water Pok�mon. She can defeat fire, stone and ground Pok�mon easily and she may have problems with grass, dragon and other water Pok�mon. Of course, if you battle a fire Pok�mon which is on level 60 and Suicune has level 30, it's nearly impossible to win. Everything depends on the level, too."
"Ah...", Sephia said, now totally confused. Prof. Oak laughed.
"Read the book!" he said. Then, he went to another machine. "This machine can test your attack and defence skill as well as your special attack and defence", he explained.
"What's the difference between attack and special attack?", Suicune asked.
"Well a 'special attack' is an attack which is not physically, for example your Water gun or Moltres Fire Spin. And Fly is a normal attack, it's physically. This means your Water gun depends on your special attack and Articunos Fly on his normal attack skill. The defence is nearly the same. If you have a high special defence, you won't get hurt by a special attack very much. Of course, if you are weak against the type, you'll get more damage. With normal defence it's the same. It's a little bit difficult, but you'll understand it when you are battling."
"Ah....ok...", answered Suicune. Prof. Oak smiled and took out some helmets with a cable in it. He gave them to the Pok�mon. "Just wear them and I can see your skills. It won't hurt."
The Pok�mon put them on.
"I'm sure I look like an idiot!", Mewtwo growled and Sephia laughed.
"The others don't look better!", she said.
'I can't see anything!', Mew squeaked under the helmet. Sephia laughed even more. The helmet was bigger than Mew and just Mews tail was seen under it.
"Just stay there, Mew!", Sephia giggled.
"I'm ready!", Prof. Oak shouted and took the helmets. He handed Sephia a paper with the skills. She looked at them. "Is this good?", she asked.
"Oh yes, they are good. Look, there is the level. The skills will increase with the level, too", the professor explained.
'What's my level?', Zapdos asked.
"Ok, Zapdos is on level 53, Moltres on 51, Articuno on 54, Suicune on 45, Mew on 68 and Mewtwo on 75!", Sephia read.
Professor Oak shook his head in disbelieve. "With these levels, you could beat the Elite Four!", he said.
"Really? Cool!", Sephia shouted. "We want to win a badge now!" The Pok�mon nodded.
"Yes, but you also have to train your Pok�mon. Of course, the best training are battles with other Pok�mon. For now, it's kinda late. Don't you want to stay here for the night? I have many rooms here and I'll order some food."
The thought of food reminded Sephia that they hadn't eaten something since the breakfast.
"That's very nice, professor. We accept."
The professor smiled and walked out of the lab, followed by the team. Sephia turned to her friends.
"From now on, we are a registered team. Tomorrow, we'll start our journey and we'll show the world how good we are!" She yawned. "But first, let's eat something and sleep a little bit."
To be continued...
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