Erin

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  After we finally got done shopping we took a couple hours to just walk around Celadon, enjoying the ambiance. It was a large city, sure, but the sheer amount of greenery and parks made it a very pleasant way to kill some time, unlike many of the cities I'd visited in my previous life. I enjoyed our walk, sure, but cities still made me… violently anxious would be the best way to describe it, I guess? I knew I would never snap, but the constant barrage of noise, and movement especially, always put me in… hunting mode, I guess? It was hard to describe, honestly. I was resigned to how my mind operated these days, but it was no wonder the majority of dragon species didn't do well in urban environments.

  Not to mention, the aura tinting my mind was that of a Tyrantrum, not only a prehistoric species with absolutely none of the generational adjustments due to proximity to humans like Applin, but also an Alpha Tyrantrum. One who had viewed humans as dangerous, tasty meals more than anything. Mom was a lot better these days, and didn't see humans as prey anymore, but… she would still eat them. Kind of like how some people with pet pigs in my previous life still ate bacon, I guess? It wasn't their pet, their family member…

  We ended our day with a stroll through the Gym's public gardens before they closed. The small, almost hot-house Alolan area was fascinating, and I was really starting to debate where I wanted to go after this Circuit. I mean, I had already given up on following my old 'path' perfectly, sure, and while Hoenn was one of my favorite regions, probably due to Emerald, honestly… Alola had been up there, too.

  Of course, I had kind of sworn to destroy that monster in Galar… I honestly wasn't sure if I would be allowed back in, though. The Preserve was a world-wide attraction for older trainers, but Galarian trainers made up the majority of its guests. Mom had probably produced more than a few grieving, furious parents, siblings, and friends in that region… Not to mention Raihan refused to give me any updates on the whole 'gigantic Legendary from space' issue coming up, aside from him and Looker 'doing what they could'...

  I was still kind of pissed about that. Yes, Rose was hugely influential, not to mention deeply embedded in the region's administration, industry, and many other things, but I knew the House of Lords would do something if presented with evidence. The main problem was… who would believe that Rose not only knew about an 'unknown' Legendary, one that caused the Darkest Day of legend and would again, but would also not just awaken it, but attempt to control it for power generation of all things? For a lack of power in a thousand years time? It would have to be some very damning evidence…

  Galar and my vengeance aside, if there was one region I had little interest in, it would be Unova. I didn't hate the region, but I liked every other region more… Totally not because I had spent my life on Earth in the region Unova was based off of, nooo… Although, that was just the New York area, technically? From what I'd looked up, Unova in this world was much larger, but there was still a vast continent that was more or less unsettled… Maybe it would be cool to visit?

  The Florges from last time was much happier these days, considering the gym had somehow managed to find a Whimsicott that just wanted to hang out and… breed. She was especially happy to see Leaf, and it had honestly been kind of funny the way she ran towards Leaf to say hello. Well, she floated very quickly, I guess, not ran…

  Not that most of the other guests had been all that happy to see a fae, even one under contract, zoom past them without warning…

  Considering our financial situation, for dinner we took advantage of the Pokemon Center's free meal of miso soup, baked veggies, and rice, while our teams grabbed frankly too much attention, as usual. Mom even had another fan that came to say hi… So did I, but I was ironically much less enthusiastic about it than the giant, literal man-eating Tyrantrum.

  I still let her gush over my team, and accepted some thanks for putting Team Rocket down, but I really wasn't a fan of having fans for killing Team Rocket… It felt like going up to roach exterminators and thanking them for their service like they had been in the military, or something… I mean, sure, I was literally traumatized by German cockroaches when I was a child and an adult, and I was very grateful to the company that fumigated our house when I was a child, but they were just doing a job…

  Leaf and Alex gave me some very pointed looks when I told them to head to the room by themselves, though, even after I told them I would just be in a conference room. They still left, but I knew I would have to have a talk with them after this… I needed to know, though. I'd rather not shoot myself in the foot or get blindsided…

  All Pokemon Centers had at least two small rooms simply to have meetings in, and this one was no exception. After reserving one for up to an hour in the lobby I entered, sighing heavily as I sat down in one of the cheap chairs. I wasn't really looking forward to this, but… maybe it wouldn't be too bad?

  "Dexter, can you send that text, please?" He nodded at me, completely serious for once. He could be serious, he just preferred to be a huge, sarcastic pain in my ass… Not that I could say much. I was kind of a… pest, sometimes. Maybe even a menace, one could possibly say…

  A few minutes later Dexter chimed loudly, and I nodded at him. The call connected, and I saw a sight that was honestly slightly strange these days.

  Mom was alone, no Meowstic on her shoulders, no Alfred at her side ready to serve, no Honey floating behind her, no Noodles hanging off her neck. She was in her room, because that was honestly the only place on the Ranch where she could get any privacy these days…

  She looked slightly worried, but not very badly… I hadn't told her why I wanted to have a private talk, but she knew that I hadn't exactly broken any laws or anything. Probably… I assume Dexter would tell her and Lance the moment I did, just so they could brace themselves if nothing else.

  Not that I was planning on it!

  "Hey mom. Having a good night so far?" She grew slightly more worried, probably because she could hear the reluctance in my voice.

  "Hi, dear… I am so far, yes. Is that about to change?" She was lightly smiling, but still with a slight nervous edge, and I didn't blame her.

  I awkwardly cleared my throat. I really didn't want to do this, but I needed to know…

  "Maybe? I mean, I'm not going to ruin it on purpose, but… I kind of, uhh, need to know… I mean…" She was giving me a very intent look now, and I sighed heavily.

  "I guess there's no great way to ask this, so… What's the, ah, situation with… Leaf's father? Also her grandparents…" Her face didn't fall or anything, but it did get a little tight as she braced herself. She gave out a sigh of her own before leaning back a little in her chair.

  "I was wondering when you would finally ask. I assume it's because you're heading to Saffron tomorrow?" I nodded, and she sighed again. She gave me a searching look for a moment before she barked out a single laugh.

  "Normally I'd tell you not to worry about running into them, but I guess it is out there that Lance and I are dating, and there's pictures… Well, you were an adult, even if you certainly aren't anymore…" I playfully glared at her and she smiled briefly before continuing.

  "Not that it matters, I guess… Sure, I can explain the… situation. Ever heard of a one night stand?" I winced, because I had kind of figured that might be the case. She nodded and continued.

  "Well, Anthony wasn't exactly the bad guy in that whole situation. We both knew it was nothing more than a brief fling, and I thought I understood that as well. A couple weeks after he left, though, I had missed something rather… important. Nine months later I gave birth to your sister, so… I got the better part of our little arrangement, in my opinion." I smiled a little, because yeah… mom was happy to be a parent, but…

  Her light smile grew a little tight as she continued.

  "My parents, however, didn't find the entire situation to be as… happy. At the time I was still living at home, saving up money from my dreary old sales job, and you can't exactly hide a pregnancy past a certain point. They aren't the most… progressive people, honestly. My parents aren't exactly filthy rich, but they aren't poor by any means, either. They didn't get to be successful through just luck, either…" She sighed heavily.

  "They wanted me to settle down, find a husband, be a homemaker when they found out, and they had more than a few candidates in mind, considering all of their well-connected friends in Saffron… It's not like my job was very high-paying, either, so it almost made good sense, too…" Now I was really wincing, because it was kind of predictable…

  "Well, when I refused to do that, to become an accessory to make themselves look better to their little peer-group instead of a single mother with a meager income, to date and marry some stranger just so they could get the heir to some mid-range business in their family… They didn't kick me out, of course. They wouldn't have let their pregnant daughter go to public housing. Not that public housing is bad, but it's not amazing, either. They did, however, set a deadline. Two years to either get promoted, or find a husband to settle down with. If not, I would have to find my own place… Instead, I got demoted, and soon after moved to Pallet Town to raise Leaf." Her expression brightened up a tiny bit.

  "Professor Oak… he doesn't exactly advertise it, but he tries to help out single parents like myself, and during a checkup Leaf's pediatrician at the time suggested I reach out to him. A month later, before the two years were even up, I was living in Pallet Town, paying very little a month to rent the house. I eventually bought it very cheaply, too…" Okay, I needed to do something nice for Professor Oak. He was generous, and donated a lot of his vast fortune, sure, and he helped out more people than just mom, but… still.

  Crap, I had a feeling I knew what the best gift I could give him would be… Loads and loads of my time to help him test aura…

  Mom sighed again, looking at me with tired eyes.

  "That's about it, honestly. My parents didn't approve of my staying single, moving away, or having such a low-paying job, so… We just drifted apart, really. There was no big fight, no disowning or anything of the sort, we just… stopped talking soon after I moved. They sent Leaf a birthday present when she was three, and that was the last I heard from them. They're alive, they have a bare-bones account on a few social media sites, but that's it… I don't hate them, and I guess I wouldn't mind getting to know them again, but I also have no desire to… initiate anything." She looked sad as she finished, and I took a few moments to think.

  So, that was much better than I had prepared myself to hear, honestly. Mom wasn't disowned, her parents weren't… raging assholes, just… very, very distant, I guess? A bit ambitious, too… Leaf's father was relatively expected, though. If he had been in the equation and died there would have been at least a few pictures on the wall full of them…

  I cleared my throat, a little uncomfortable with this whole conversation, but ignorance wasn't bliss… for some things.

  "So, what does… Leaf know about all of this?" Mom sighed, again, and looked down.

  "She knows about her father, and she knows she has grandparents in Saffron, but that's about it. They just… never come up, so she's never really asked me about them after she was young. She may have picked up on the fact that they don't get brought up, or have pictures on the walls, honestly." She looked back up, and her eyes were a little tight.

  "You're worried about running into them, or them running into her, now that I'm not so… anonymous anymore, and pictures of all of us are out there?" I nodded and she shrugged.

  "You can tell her about them, if you want. Well, her and Alex. I know that both of those girls are going to grill you about why you needed some time alone, anyway." I nodded, because they were…

  I gave her a small smile as I responded, though.

  "I mean, it sounds like a decent chance to talk about my own father, so I probably will." Her eyes widened a little, then grew concerned. I just shook my head.

  "Yeah, we've got some time, and it's not the most… complicated story… Want to hear about my old father? Or my old parents, I guess?" She nodded, and I settled back in my chair.

  I honestly didn't mind talking about him as much as I did my… old mom, really…

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  "Sooo, want to tell us what that was about, sis?"

  Leaf and Alex both looked very inquisitive. Also mildly worried, because I'd never gone off for a private call with mom before, so they probably assumed I had been talking to Looker or something like that.

  I shrugged as I plopped down on Cerberus. As I did I saw his front paws, and the two huge claws on each one, faintly shimmering. Very faintly, and I nudged him a little bit with my aura before he managed to damage the floor. He knew better than to train anything in Centers, even if he was excited… I'd rather not blow through the last of my money on repair costs…

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  I grinned internally as I plopped down, though.

  "It wasn't anything major, I just needed to know some sensitive information, some critical knowledge, so I made a call." They got nervous, as expected. What kind of sensitive information could 'Erin the Insane' need to know?

  "Would we know who you called?" Leaf sounded so nervous…

  "I mean, yeah? I just called mom…" Both of their faces were confused now, and I barked out a laugh at their expressions.

  "Well, I had a few questions to ask her, that's it… Some family questions." Alex looked slightly uncomfortable, but I smiled at her. "Alex, even if mom and Lance weren't dating, you're already family." Leaf nodded at a red-faced Alex with a smile before turning her puzzled face towards me again.

  "What kind of family questions? There's not exactly a lot of- oh." I nodded as she got quiet.

  "We don't have to talk, but I assume you've figured out what I asked by now." She nodded, hugging Tinkatink a little tighter. Tinkatink looked a little squeezed, but she didn't say anything…

  "My dad, I assume?" Alex looked a lot less confused now.

  "Yeah, but moms originally from Saffron, and we're going there tomorrow… I kinda needed to know her family situation, just in case we run into one of your… grandparents." Leaf didn't look upset, just… uncaring as she nodded.

  "Yeah, they… exist? That's all I know. Mom never talks about them, and they've never tried to reach out, so…" I cleared my throat uncomfortably.

  "So, she told me I could tell you two… Do you want to know the story?" Leaf nodded, Alex just listening.

  "So, basically, they didn't mind her having you, of course. They didn't enjoy her having a one night stand, though, and not being married. They really didn't like it when she refused to get set up with their rich friends' kids, and the final straw was her getting demoted. She wasn't kicked out, but she would have been eventually… I guess Professor Oak kind of helps single parents out? It's not advertised, but mom was advised to reach out, and that resulted in her living in Pallet Town very cheaply…" Leaf looked… not bad, honestly? She was hearing about strangers, really. Then her whole face lit up in a mischievous grin.

  "I'm not surprised about Professor Oak, actually. There's a lot of single parents in Pallet Town… I can see your thoughts, too, sis. You know he wouldn't want a gift, but he would enjoy-" I cut her off with my own grin.

  "A lot more aura tests, yeah… He might be able to do some fae tests with you, too?" Her face grew uncomfortable and we all laughed a little.

  It wasn't exactly surprising, of course. He was The Pokemon Professor, and had a voracious appetite for acquiring knowledge of everything, including subjects only barely related to Pokemon, or even not at all. He had an entire notebook full of observations from the memory sharing that night at the Ranch… I guess I could tell him some more things about my old world, too…

  Leaf cleared her throat a little, still looking slightly nervous about the prospect of tests…

  "So that was it? I guess you're worried about running into them?" I nodded.

  "Yeah, there's almost certainly no way they don't know about her and Lance dating, and there's plenty of pictures of all of us together. I wanted to be prepared in case two old people jumped in front of us in Saffron, or tried to talk to us after the Gym Battle, or something…" Leaf shrugged.

  "I mean, I guess I'll talk to them? Not exactly happy they weren't… supportive of mom, and never reached out to me, but I'll make my own judgments." I felt very proud of my sister at that point. That was some surprising maturity from a thirteen year old, one who was still kind of immature… Like her pranks… I guess I wasn't much better these days, honestly. Hell, Leaf might be more mature than me in some ways…

  Alex looked a little uncomfortable as she finally spoke up.

  "Well, you two know my situation, right?" We nodded. "Well, we may run into them if we ever go to Blackthorn City, I doubt they stayed in the Clan after being named Aerie Defenders…" I grinned a little at that. Hearing about that had made me much more inclined to like the rest of the Blackthorn Clan… Also much more inclined to never get on their bad side. It was a hilarious punishment, but kind of… cruel. To people I had absolutely no desire to be even slightly nice to, sure, still cruel.

  "I mean, they were never… kind. They were never mean, either, just distant and… there, I guess. Once I came out to them, though, they basically ignored me unless they were laying down how they required me to be…" She looked uncomfortable before perking up a little.

  "The rest of the Clan isn't that bad, or at least they weren't before they knew I was trans. Most were nice and friendly, even if they could be a little full of themselves. That kind of goes hand in hand with being Dragon Tamers, though. Lance is my… Lance now, and Claire was always supportive. Thanks to her I know Grandpa Grant is, too, but… That's about it? No big dramas for me, other than being me…"

  They both looked at me with curious eyes, and I sighed.

  "I can talk about them, but… it's your call, I guess?" They both nodded and I sighed again.

  "Okay, not the happiest subject… Well, you remember my… feelings about my mom during that concert, right? Well, from the time I was born until I was eight and she 'gave' me to my aunt she just kind of… not really ignored me, she loved me, but my mom was a huge addict." They winced and I rushed to continue.

  "She managed to mostly stop herself from continuing with the worst drugs while I was young, but I moved a lot as she would get a new job, get help from my grandma to get a house somewhere, and then lose it because she would start the hard stuff again. For a few years I just didn't see her and lived with my grandma, actually." I laughed a little sadly. Also a tiny bit bitterly…

  "I had a stepdad, too, even if they never got married. He was a worse addict than her, honestly, but he was a good guy. He cared a lot about her and me, and was one of the kindest people I ever met in my life… unless he was drunk, which he frequently was… If I had to call someone from my previous life 'dad', it would be him. My biological father…" They appeared to brace themselves and I smiled a little uneasily.

  "I mean, I literally never saw him. He… got into a violent argument with some people he was gambling with one night, when I was a month old. My old mom tried to downplay it, saying he was 'protecting' some lady, but I don't trust her not to have lied about that, or been misinformed. He apparently didn't mean to, but the guy he hit ended up dying…" Their eyes were huge now, and I rushed to finish.

  "He got caught by the police with the body in the trunk of his car, because that's what innocent people who made a mistake do, obviously, and went to prison for a while. My mom moved to live with my grandma, and that was it. Well, I talked to him one time when I was five, and he was probably still in prison now that I think about it… Years later, when I was maybe twenty five, I found out I had a younger half brother. He was kind of a… Well, ignoring his issues growing up where he did, around who he did, once he found me on social media he reached out and gave me my father's number. Not that I asked for it, but I guess he was trying to be a good… sibling. I called my dad, just to see what would happen." I sighed, ready to be done with this.

  "A lady picked up, and when I asked for him, said he wasn't there. She changed her tune immediately when I said I was his kid, and went to go get him. I assume he was in trouble with the police again, actually… I don't remember the conversation well, I was… kind of drunk, which was the only way I could make myself try and reach out…" I sighed heavily.

  "I'm glad he wasn't in my life. He may have been different when he was with my old mom for all I know, but by then he was a hateful, bitter man who just… disgusted me. If my mom was the kind of person I despised and still became, like an addict, he was everything I hated that I never let myself become. I may have been a thieving addict, sure, but I was never hateful, racist, sexist, homophobic… Pretty sure I let him ramble on for a bit before I told him to fuck off and blocked his number. That was… it…" Stabby didn't even look at me for that one, because Stabby had some tact…

  I hugged Cerberus' heads a little as I squeezed out the last of it.

  "I have no idea what happened to him after that. My mom died alone, half a continent away, from an overdose a few years before I had my heart attack. I… did not like her, yeah, but there were still some… good memories… It devastated my aunt, though. She felt guilty, because one addict was the most she could deal with, and that was me, so she kicked her out after one too many… incidents… My old moms death was one of the major wake-up calls for me to get sober, honestly…" I cleared my throat and looked back up at the two sad-looking girls. My two new sisters, my new family… Some of the human ones, at least.

  "Sorry, I figured this was the best time to get that out. I know Leaf was wondering… I'm not exactly… upset about my past anymore? I mean, guilty about my grandma and aunt, sure, but… I'm not beating myself up about it anymore, either." I wasn't, and it was a massive relief, but I would probably never forgive myself, either… I doubted I would ever get to the point where I believed I deserved to forgive myself, honestly...

  Thankfully that was the end of the family talks… I hadn't wanted to drag the mood down, but at least now I wouldn't react violently if two older people came rushing up to Leaf…

  Neither would her team… or our teams, actually. Leaf made friends with everyone, and our teams all liked her a lot… I didn't need Ahab coming out all full of ghostly rage if an old man rushed up to Leaf on the streets of Saffron…

  Even if it would be absolutely hilarious…

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  Patricia Greenwood

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  After talking with my daughter I just sat there for a few minutes, trying to gather my thoughts.

  Erin's old parents weren't a huge surprise, honestly. I'd already known most of her feelings towards her mother, so the rest… made sense. No, for once it wasn't my otherworldly daughter and her troubled past that weighed on my mind, at least not really.

  More than anything, I tried to gauge my own feelings about my parents.

  They hadn't been hateful like Erin's father, they weren't addicts like her old mother, they weren't as ambitious as Alex's old parents, either. They just… cared about appearances… and business acquaintances. They hadn't been happy with my old line of work, but they had only dropped the occasional hint to settle down before I got pregnant. 'Edith's son just got promoted, he's still single, remember him, isn't he handsome?' 'Arnold's son is still single, and doesn't he have such a nice house already? A bit large for one person, though…'

  After, though?

  Well, I wasn't… completely innocent in the whole situation. I had reacted rather… intensely when they had demanded I 'do something' about my pregnancy… I didn't judge those that did, but I had made the choice to have my child, and it wasn't their decision to make. Trying to guilt trip me into going out with one of their friends' sons had also been a bit far… It was their right to kick me out at any time, of course. I had been an adult, and it was their house.

  It was also my choice to curse them out like I had, to live out of a cheap hotel for a week while I had calmed down…

  I had been more than grateful to Leaf's pediatrician when he suggested I reach out to Professor Oak, and so very grateful when he had gotten back to me two weeks later, a plain, very affordable two-bedroom house ready for me in Pallet Town… I'd later found out that I wasn't at all unusual in Pallet. The town's population was fairly evenly split between single parents and older couples, because Professor Oak owned Pallet Town, controlled the development of it. There were still some empty houses throughout town that he owned, in fact… He didn't exactly have full control over who moved in, of course, he wasn't some medieval Lord, but… Leaf'd had plenty of children her age to grow up with.

  Of course, she had been one of the younger ones, and kept back when the age restriction went into effect, but still…

  I was friends with the man, sure, but he was more like a benevolent uncle to most of the town's population of single parents, me included. Not one that most people interacted with as frequently as I did these days, of course, but Professor Oak was beloved here for very good reasons…

  My parents? I hadn't lied to Erin when I told her I didn't hate them. I didn't. I didn't love them, either. Hearing snide comments over years had soured me on them before I ever got pregnant, and a month after I moved to Pallet Town I had realized that I had always been on edge around them. The sense of… freedom, of peace from being away from them was intense.

  They had also cared for me, comforted me, supported me for years before growing tired of my never-ending promises that a promotion was just around the corner. They had taught me to be strong and independent, to stick up for myself… even if I doubt they expected me to stick up for myself against them.

  I didn't hate them, didn't love them… I guess I cared about them in a vague 'they are my parents and tried their best' kind of way, but that was it. I hadn't wanted to sour Leaf's opinion of them, so they just… never got brought up. The same with Erin, because I knew how Erin would feel about them.

  If I was totally honest with myself, I was kind of hoping they did encounter them… My parents would inevitably screw up somehow, and I knew Dexter would record the following situation… Hell, it may not even be Erin, Leaf might snap on them! Especially if they dared to say anything about me. Alex probably wouldn't… Unless they said something about her…

  Arceus help them if they had somehow developed any nasty prejudices towards trans people in the past decade and said something… Dexter could stop Erin, but he couldn't stop their teams by himself… I highly doubted it, though. They had taught me not to judge people… Although they had certainly judged me plenty, of course…

  I really wished I had a certain… determination about how I felt about them, but I didn't. My feelings about them were very mixed, honestly the most complicated feelings I had…

  I shook my head a little, finally standing from my desk. I wouldn't do myself any good sitting here thinking about the past, or an uncertain future. I had no desire to reach out to them myself, so I didn't exactly have anything to do about the whole… situation anymore.

  To my vast surprise Alfred wasn't the one to meet me at the base of the stairs. Wukong was waiting there, meditating, and when he saw me he growled happily. He tapped his ear and pointed upstairs, looking questioning, and I knew he had heard my conversation with Erin. I just shrugged, though.

  "I'm fine, Wukong… I don't exactly want to reach out, but… you remember them, right?" He nodded, scowling.

  Wukong had not been a fan of my parents, and they had despised him during the few days I spent visiting on my Journey when I came back through Saffron. To be fair to him, they had started it, calling him dirty and mangy, and Wukong kept his fur very clean… Their comments on his 'stupidity' hadn't gone over very well at all… Of course, he may have escalated it with that bag of Growlithe dung he somehow managed to get into their bed…

  He opened his arms, and I gave him a brief hug on my way out back. The sun was setting, and I gathered quite the group of Pokemon who decided to join me on my short walk to our newest construction.

  I hadn't made it a priority, but the top of my garden hill now had some very nice benches, and the large gazebo next to the small pond, directly across from the still-small willow tree, took up quite a bit of the space up here. It was still the best place to watch the sun set, and I felt myself relax as Alfred quietly sat next to me, Lily and Noodles on my other side. The Meowstic couple had already been up here, but they gave me small smiles before going back to their… meditations? I knew they weren't exactly meditating like Wukong did, just… quietly stretching their minds, I guess?

  Whatever the next week brought, I knew my daughters could handle it. All three of them, because at this point it was kind of a foregone conclusion that Lance and I would eventually marry. We were both just kind of… enjoying the process for now, though. Neither of us'd had very good, or long, relationships before, so there was no need to rush a certain thing, or a mostly certain thing…

  I smiled as the sun almost fully set and the cloud of Zubat and Murkrow seemed to erupt from the woods. I was glad they were more comfortable now, glad that my Ranch was doing well, glad that my daughters were happy, just… grateful to be where I was in my life…

  The loud, screeching cry from behind me made every Pokemon jerk, and I grew worried for a few moments… Then I felt the male Meowstic's mind reach out. His mental voice was highly amused, actually…

  ""I hope you enjoy Skarmory cries, because there's going to be a few more smaller, high-er pitched ones from now on…""

  I looked at him in confusion for a moment before I laughed, smiling widely.

  Looks like the first generation of Ranch-born Pokemon had arrived… I couldn't wait to go up there tomorrow and see them! A tiny little Skarmory would be adorable!