Munchlax woke up to a bunch of light. Like, a whole bunch. More than he had ever seen before!

  And there was a new two-legs who was poking him, but she gave him a snack so he focused on that instead. Plus, she had pink hair, which he thought was pretty.

  The snack was pretty nice. So, she was pretty nice.

  Munchlax giggled happily.

  Then, a giant monster waddled into the room, pushing the two-legs out of the way and grabbing him.

  “Oh you poor, poor thing! You tiny, little baby! You have been through so much!” She exclaimed, hugging him and petting him — and giving him a snack she pulled out of a pouch on her stomach.

  It was the best thing MunchMunch had ever tasted. He actually started leaking water again, except this time it wasn’t because a monster had hurt him.

  He checked his tummy to see if he had a magic pouch there too — and was sad when he couldn’t find one. He forgot about his sadness as he took another bite though!

  “Thanks, big monster!” He chirped around his soft-boiled egg snack.

  She froze. “Monster?”

  Munch Munch nodded happily. “Yep!” He pointed to himself and then to her. “Monster!” And then he held his paw up to show how she was so much bigger than he was “Big!”

  “Oh honey…you really were just born - weren’t you? I’m a Chansey, and we are called Pokemon,” she explained.

  “Pokemon?” MunchMunch asked, sad to find his snack was finished. It was ok though, he took out his most favorite thing and took a bite, squealing in happiness.

  She nodded. “Tell me what happened?”

  Munchlax thought for a moment. “I punched the wall, and then I was in a place. I had never seen things before! It was scary. But I found my favorite thing!” He held up his Leftovers for Chansey to see. She patted him on the head - which felt good, but not as good as when his two-legs did it.

  “That sounds terrible, must have been a stroke of luck to have Leftovers there - that is a pretty rare item,” she commented.

  MunchMunch nodded. He had no idea what most of those words meant, but they sounded right!

  “So, what happened next?” She asked, handing him a new egg from her magic pouch. MunchMunch gasped, almost dropping his most favorite thing - but he didn’t, because he would never do that! And grabbed the egg.

  “Thanks!” He chirped. “Well then, a mean monst…Pokemon came and bit me. He told me I had to give him my special snack! But I couldn’t, I had to keep it safe. And then he came back to hurt me again, but then Mama Gastly came and beat him up!”

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  “Mama…Gastly?” Chansey said, sounding bemused. “Never heard a Gastly called that before.”

  “Yep, she was so nice! And she kept me safe! Then my two-legs came and made some funny noises. I don’t know what they meant, but then Mama Gastly asked if I wanted to get strong. I said no!” He exclaimed.

  “No?” Chansey asked.

  “Yep - I don’t know what strong means, but it sounded scary the way she said it. But then she asked if I wanted lots of food - and I did! All I had to do was let the two-legs put me in a ball!”

  Chansey froze at that. “What.” She said flatly. She seemed really scary for some reason. “Stay here.” She commanded, sticking another egg in Munchlax’s lap - which he happily grabbed, before stepping out of the room.

  MunchMunch watched through the glass as Chansey went up to his two-legs and started waving her arms around. It looked like they might be talking - well it looked more like Chansey was talking, but Munch Munch couldn’t hear anything.

  Then the two-legs with pink hair came, and Chansey started moving even more. MunchMunch could even hear her a little now! He giggled and took another bite of his egg snack — and of his most favorite yummiest snack because it had a bite back now, and kept watching, kicking his feet over the edge of the table.

  His two-legs looked at him through the glass with big eyes - MunchMunch thought it was probably how his eyes looked with the scary Pokemon was coming back to bite him again.

  Then Mama Gastly popped out of nowhere! MunchMunch squealed in surprise, before taking another munch of his snack. He double checked to see if his favorite thing had another bite yet, but it didn’t. That was ok, he would check again soon!

  Then Mama Gastly got right up next to Chansey and they talked - MunchMunch could see Mama Gastly’s mouth moving. Chansey got quieter, and then stopped moving her arms around so much. She even started nodding. MunchMunch’s two-legs looked less scared too. Then, Chansey turned and came back in the room, closing the door behind her.

  “Hi!” MunchMunch chirped, accidentally dropping some crumbs. It almost made him cry, but then his most favorite thing had a new bite for him, and he forgot about the wasted crumbs.

  “Sorry dear, I was afraid the trainer out there had tricked you into becoming his Pokemon. Sadly, too many trainers do that. I think we have it cleared up, but if you want we can get you released and taken back home if you don’t feel safe. I don’t even know how a Munchlax ended up in Johto…probably something to do with Team Rocket over in Slowpoke Well.”

  Again, MunchMunch didn’t understand most of the words, but he knew he wasn’t tricked. “Nope,” he laughed, “Mama Gastly promised me lots of food - and I’ve already gotten tons of yummy food from you and your pink-haired two-legs! I wasn’t tricked! Your food is super yummy too, it’s the bestest thing I have ever tasted! But I still like how warm my most favorite thing makes me feel,” he finished seriously.

  “OH! You are just the sweetest little thing,” Chansey exclaimed, scooping him up and hugging him. “Well, you are all healed up, so we can take you back to your trainer now!”

  That made MunchMunch feel warm inside too - like when he at his most bestest snack, but the feeling was in his chest instead! It was nice to know his name.

  She waddled out the door and set him down. MunchMunch sat down and stared at his Trainer. He still didn’t know how to walk, but rolling had worked last time, so he didn’t see any reason to change it! His trainer made that funny noise that didn’t sound mean again, and the two-legs with pink hair did, too.

  His Trainer said some things, but the only thing MunchMunch understood was “Munchlax” - because that was him! And then his Trainer pet him, which felt just as good as last time.

  MunchMunch looked over to see Mama Gastly hiding in a shadow. She winked at him, and MunchMunch smiled back

  This was much better than the scary place he first woke up in. He liked his Trainer and Mama Gastly - he wanted to see more things with them. The first thing they showed him was super cool and he even got yummy food!

  MunchMunch couldn’t wait for more.