Kjolmar shook his head at Olli's question. "It does that all the time. I don't think it's trying to be rebellious or something, it seems rather pleased with me most of the time. I guess it just wants to do it's own will and doesn't fully understand it's not a wild pokemon anymore." Kjolmar got a flashback of Emolga's behavior in the past, when it's disobedience caused him to lose a gym battle. Only minutes later, it had hugged Kjolmar for feeding it. "I don't fully understand it myself but I believe it will grow more dependable over time. Well, I definitely hope so."

While moving along, Kjolmar asked Olli a question that was burning on his lips. "Are you going to catch a Kalos pokemon too, Olli? Or are you fine with your team as it is for now?"

"I hope your right" Olli replied.

Kjolmar asked him whether he wanted to catch any pokemon. Olli had a different state of mind when catching pokemon. "I only catch pokemon that speak out to me, that seem like they were meant for no one else." He said to Kjolmar. "You see, when I caught Eevee, I knew I had a bond with it due to its unusual cresent symbol. That symbol is used alot back in my hometown in Sinnoh." He explained. "I wait for pokemon to find me, if you get me" He said shrugging as he thought he sounded silly.

Olli's holocaster which he had brought from Luminose before meeting Kjolmar started beeping. He had a new message. "That stone that professor Sycamore gave you is mine Olli. I will take it from you. This is your warning. C." Said the Holocaster, the voice was female but the image was shadowed and blurry. Olli knew who it was, he didnt know why or what the stone Sycamore gave him did but he wasn't prepared to let her get it. That was only trouble waiting to happen.

Kjolmar nodded at Olli's explanation of Lunar's symbol. "I have never been to Sinnoh, so I must admit that I lack the knowledge of your hometown. What is it like? Isn't it too cold there? Mine lies in Unova and mostly has businessmen and skyscrapers. We also have a beautiful harbor, in fact, that's where I first met Gyarados. Well, it was still a Magikarp back then, but it evolved on my tenth birthday. Talk about a strong starter pokemon to begin your journey with, right? I don't know how it got there in the first place, Magikarp are not exactly a common sight in Unova. I guess fate was smiling upon me."

When Olli's holocauster showed a message of a mysterious female, Kjolmar looked a bit worried. "What was that all about? Who is this C. person and why does she claim that stone is hers?"

Olli quickly put the holocaster away noticing that Kjolmar had clocked on. He turned to his new friend and forced a smile. "Her name is Cynthia, and shes bad news, I dont know why she wants this stone but she wont get it." He turned away sighing. "Cynthia is my sister. She is the Sinnoh leauge champion and has always made sure she was better than me." He shivered at the thought of her. He shook it off and carried on walking towards Camphrier Town. He turned back to Kjolmar "Come on buddy, let's go. Gyms are waiting." He yelled.

"The Sinnoh Champion is your sister?" Kjolmar was taken by surprise so much that he had to readjust his glasses. "That sounds like quite the challenge to compete with. The closest thing to a famous relative that I got, is uncle George. Or as most people know him, Don George."

While Olli walked ahead, a rustle in nearby bushes caught Kjolmar's attention. He stared at it but the rustle stopped. When Olli reminded him of the gym battles, Kjolmar shook it off and joined Olli in entering Camphrier Town. "Can we rest here for a bit before we continue? I think my pokemon are rather hungry. Come to think about it, Gyarados is always hungry."

Not far from Camphrier, Charlotte was hiding in the shadows.
She watched her Spritzee lure a Skiddo towards them.
"Get ready, Tangela." she whispered to another pokemon that was hiding in the shadows with her, while Spritzee and Skiddo came closer.
All of a sudden she noticed Olli and Kjolmar walk towards Camphrier, not far from them.
"Not them again... On the other hand, they might prove themselves quite useful."
She retreated both Tangela and Spritzee to their pokeballs, leaving Skiddo look around with a certain confusion.
"Riolu, come on out."
"Okay Riolu, I'm going to introduce you to two trainers but you have to pretend to be cute and innocent, can you do that?"
The Riolu stubbornly looked the other way.
"Oh come on, it's not that hard, Spritzee and I do it all the time!"
Riolu sighed, jumped in to Chalotte's arms, widened its eyes to make it look cuter and smiled.
"That should work." Charlotte said and started running towards Camphrier.
"Olli! Kjolmar! Is that you? Look! Look! My egg hatched in an adorable Riolu!"

Kjolmar had been daydreaming a bit about Gyarados' past as a Magikarp. "Say Olli, which pokemon was your starter? I bet it's Chimchar, isn't it?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice called out to them. It was Charlotte, the girl they had met earlier in Santalune. She came running with a baby-pokemon in her arms, yelling something about the egg being hatched. Kjolmar laughed and waved as she approached. "Good to see you, Charlotte! A Riolu, huh? It's really cute but I bet he will grow to be a tough fighter one day!"

Kjolmar remembered something. "Hey Charlotte, guess what! Olli and I both have an Eevee. Maybe later on, they can play with Espeon?"

Charlotte felt nervous. How was she going to tell them that she traded Espeon away just like that?
"Uh, yeah. Maybe later on."
She tried to laugh but she figured changing the subject would be a good idea.
"Anyway, I know I said I didn't want to battle, but I think I would like to train Riolu."
"Like you said, he might grow up to be a tough fighter one day."

Kjolmar's holocauster went off and he quickly answered it. A young blonde woman appeared. "Kjolmar! You're in Kalos! Are you anywhere near Lumiose City?"

The smile on Kjolmar's face quickly faded. "Wow-wow, slow down Bianca! What happened to hi, how have you been? And I just came from Lumiose, I'm about to enter Camphrier Town now. If this is about meeting professor Sycamore, I'm way ahead of you."

Suddenly an Emboar showed up and tried to get Kjolmar's attention. He giggled. "Hello there, Emboar. It's nice to see you. Take good care of Bianca, will you?"

Bianca seemed to become impatient. "No, this is not about meeting prof- Ugh. Kjol, you have to go back there and find detective Looker's Bureau. He won't be there but you'll find a picture hidden behind a painting on the wall. It is of most importance that you get that picture and deliver it to Korrina, the gym leader of Shalour City."

Kjolmar sighed. "Bianca, I don't really have time to-" But Bianca interrupted him before he could go on. "Kjolmar... The picture is of Mewtwo... And it looks as if... Well, we don't know how it's possible, but it looks as if... Mewtwo evolved..." Kjolmar gasped at the shocking discovery.

He turned to Olli and Charlotte with a rather serious facial expression. "Did you hear that? What do you say guys, shall we head back to Looker's office and investigate this matter? Bianca wouldn't have called if it wasn't important."

Olli looked down at the floor when Kjolmar mentioned Cynthia. Olli hated living under the shadow of his sister, everyone made her out to be a hero. If they only knew. He shook it off and made his way to Kjolmar who was sitting down preparing food for his pokemon. "Yeah my starter was Chimchar. He's been with me since the begining, Prof. Rowan gave chimchar to me when i started out. I caught Absol a couple of days later after he saved me and Chimchar." Olli came to a halt in his speech when he saw Charlotte appear with a Riolu. Not only had he not seen Charlotte since his gym battle but her egg had hatched into a Riolu. "Wow, thats so cool charlotte. I have a Lucari.... Had a Lucario" His face turned.

Olli was intruiged by the news brought forward on Kjolmar's Holocaster. Mewtwo could evolve, probably just a painting though, not real evidence behind it. "I will come Kjolmar. I have seen pictures before of unknown forms of pokemon. Back in my hometown of Celestic town, there is a ruin with drawings from ancient times. Some of these pictures depict evolved pokemon forms that dont exist. There's even an Absol and Lucario that look different but i've never seen them in real life anywhere. I'd be intereasted to compare this painting." He realised he had forgot to tell his new companions about his job. "This is right down my street, you see I study pokemon mythology, thats one of the main reasons I travel." He smiled with happiness that he could share this.

An evolved Mewtwo? Fake or real? Either case, definitely worth investigating.
The only problem was that detective Looker knew about her, but he wouldn't be around according to that Bianca girl.
While they walked back to Lumiose city, Kjolmar and Olli seemed to exchange some background information about themselves.
Charlotte couldn't do that, obviously, as it would expose her.
But... they'd find it strange if she remained silent, so she'd have to think of something.
Perhaps she could fake an interest in their backgrounds.
"What did you mean, you hàd a Lucario, Olli? By the way, it's so cool that you study pokemon mythology."
They walked back in to Lumiose.
Of course she knew where Looker's office was, she had been avoiding it earlier.
"So, where does this Lacker guy work? North boulevard?"

Kjolmar had been wondering the same thing about Olli's mention of a Lucario. He hadn't questioned it out loud but when Charlotte did, he listened carefully to his reply.

When they entered Lumiose again, Kjolmar tried to remember if he had read anything about Looker's bureau. "Hmh, hang on." He dialed Bianca's number on the holocauster but it took a while before she answered. When she did, everything around her seemed to be rather chaotic. And was that furniture on fire?

"Now is not a good time, Kjolmar. Emboar got a little overexited again and set everything on fire. The problem is that we currently don't have any water types around so we have a hard time putting out the fire manually. Why is it that you called? Make it quick!" Kjolmar frowned. If Gyarados had been there at the lab, he'd easily put the fire out. But there was no way that he'd transfer his precious Gyarados.

"Ehr, well, do you happen to know where in Lumiose that Looker's office is located?" Bianca seemed furious. "Seriously, couldn't you ask some locals? I'm trying to prevent this place from burning to the ground! Anyway, it's between North boulevard and Rouge Plaza. Now don't call me again for a few hours unless it's important!" Her image faded instantly, she had clearly turned the device off in frustration.

Kjolmar shrugged and blushed. "I guess she has a point." He started walking north. "Hey, can't we ride a Gogoat to save some time?"

Charlotte glared at the burning furniture on the holocauster.
She could certainly use an Emboar like that.
Perhaps she should go to Unova and try to get her hands on it.
When Kjolmar mentioned a Gogoat, she wanted that too.
There were so many pokemon she wanted to claim.
They'd all have to fight Riolu tho, to make it stronger and evolve.
First she'd have to seperate Olli and Kjolmar for a short moment.
Their bond had increased and it would be impossible to trick them both at the same time.
"Guys... There is something I have to do at South boulevard, but I'm afraid to go alone."
She doubted for a second.
"But that picture is important too. Olli, would you mind getting it while Kjolmar accompanies me south?"
It was a bold move, but it should work.
"We can meet at the route 5 exit in 1 hour, okay?"

Kjolmar agreed. "Be safe, Olli." He had indeed gotten a lot closer to his friend over the past few days. Their pokemon seemed to bond strongly as well.

One hour later, Kjolmar waited at the route 5 exit. When Olli arrived, Kjolmar seemed glad to see his friend. "Do you have the picture? Oh my, Olli, you never guessed what happened! I made a pokemon trade with Charlotte. The Pancham I caught earlier, well, it seemed to be extremely competitive towards Charlotte's Riolu and it wanted to go with them. Riolu likes training too, so Pancham can train a lot every day. In return, her Spritzee wanted to come with me. It's adorable."

He paused for a second. "Charlotte isn't coming, however. She said she had business to take care of elsewhere but she didn't say what is was about. Is it just me, or is she starting to be more and more mysterious? She mumbled something about catching an Emboar tho. Have you ever seen an Emboar in the wild?" Kjolmar laughed.

"Speaking of... Bianca's Emboar set the lab on fire - again! I sent Panpour over there to help out with putting the fires out."

He put his hand on Olli's shoulder. "Let's go! But can I see that picture first? I'm so curious!"

Olli didn't take notice or even try and answer the questions raised about his Lucario. It hurt him alot to think about. He had become close to Kjolmar over the past week but he still didn't feel comfortable admitting to his failures as a trainer. He felt down as he walked towards Luminose City, barely listening to the conversation Kjolmar was having with Charlotte. He realised they had stopped in the street and he finally turned shaking off his feeling. Charlotte had asked him to go find the Looker Beauru for a painting that Kjolmar needed, whilst Kjolmar went with her. "Thats fine by me, Dont worry I will meet you in an hour." He said as he walked off. This gave him time to calm down and collect his thoughts.

As he walked with his head down round the tall streets of Kalos, he started to hear small pattering footsteps behind him. He turned quickly to see that Lunar behind him. WHAT!. He glared at the Eevee that seemed to be ecstatic about the fact it managed to break free of its pokeball. Olli smiled at the sight of Lunar, the marking on its head hardley visible in the day. He picked her up and put him on his shoulder.

He finally arrived at the Looker Bureau and walked inside. As mentioned it seemed to be empty of anyone. A small office like room with various sheets of paper scattered around the desk and walls. Olli looked around to find the painting on the desk, an envelope covering a majority of the picture laid on top that read To Kjolmar. He put the Letter in his bad and then picked up the painting.. It was amazing, Olli had seen pictures of mewtwo before, from studying myths in Kanto but here, it looked different. His tail came from the back of his head with a cresent coming round the front. Olli wrapped the picture up and carried it out of the Looker Bureau.

As he started to walk back towards the route 5 gate, he heard a little girl from close by, where about he could not make out. "Olli, I've been looking for you." He continued to look until finally he felt a tug from behind him. He turned to see Persephone, his younger sister, His eyes widened, "'Seph what are you doing here?" He asked still in shock. "I came here with Grandma and Cynthia, on the train. Today is the day Cynthia moves to the Kalos region to take on the its Gym and leauges." She frowned. Persephone was the only person left in Sinnoh who truly believed Olli's story. She had stayed loyal to her brother through multiple calls on his holocaster. They were close. "Me and Grandma are going home later today, back to Sinnoh. We just came to see Cynthia off. I wanted to bring this though..." She pulled out a black box that was tied with light blue ribbon. "This is for you. I wished in the well at home that I could see you today so I could give you this." She handed over the box and Olli stared. This was so quick, his smile widened. He hugged his sister and thanked her before convicing her she best run back to Grandma. Olli put the present in his bag and carried on to the Route 5 gate, with the painting in hand. He finally saw Kjolmar again waiting for him. Charlotte always seemed to disappear while Olli was gone. He shrugged and Unwrapped the painting showing it off to Kjolmar. "Here, look how amazing it is." He said handing it to his friend. Then Olli remembered. "Oh This is for you...." He pulled the letter addressed to Kjolmar out of his bag and handed that to him too. "That was on the top of the painting when I found it."

"Wow, that really does look a lot like Mewtwo." Kjolmar gasped and rubbed his eyes, he almost couldn't believe it.

When Olli handed Kjolmar the letter, he looked surprised. It looked like Bianca's handwriting. Quickly he opened the letter and read it out loud so Olli could hear.

Dear Kjolmar,
Take this painting to Korrina, the gym leader of Shalour city. She'll definitely have some answers about it but she won't give them up easily. I am guessing a gym battle could prove you worthy. The only problem is that she requires you to have at least two other gym badges in order to battle her. As you already have the Bug badge, you should aim for the Cliff badge next. It's the reward for defeating Grant of Cyllage city. I might as well give you the heads up: Grant uses the rock-type, so you'd be best of with a fight-, ground- or steel-type. But it's up to you really. Whatever you do, using a flying-type is pointless. Good luck!
Love, B.

Kjolmar looked at his belt with pokeballs and then to Olli. "Neither of us has a fight-, ground- or steel-type with us. I suppose that tactic is out of the picture. If only Charlotte would still be here, her Riolu could've made a difference. Then again, perhaps it was too inexperienced to battle in the first place." If only he knew...

"I'm rather limited with my options, considering Emolga and Aerodactyl are both flying types." He thought hard and seemed to get an idea.

Kjolmar took out his map of the Kalos region. "Alright, this way to Cyllage city! We'll think of something."

While the duo made their way, everything seemed quiet and calm for once. But what they didn't notice was that a pokemon was chasing them and it ran rather fast. As it came closer, you could hear it getting more and more exited. Despite it remaining rather silent, it had somehow drawn Kjolmar's attention. "Turn around." Kjolmar heard in his head, as if someone was speaking to him through psychic powers. Kjolmar wasn't sure why exactly, but he had the sudden urge to turn around. And just as he did, the chaser Jumped straight in to his arms. Kjolmar's facial expression revealed that he knew this pokemon, a Squirtle. "Whaaaaaaaaat?!?! Coop, how did you get here?!?! How did you ever get all the way to Kalos by yourself?!?!"

Coop, the Squirtle didn't seem to let go of hugging Kjolmar tightly. Apparently the Squirtle was his and it had gone through insane lengths to get back to his trainer. "Seriously, how- Oh, never mind that. It is so good to see you! This is my new friend Olli. Olli, meet Coop." Squirtle handed Kjolmar a note and then reached his hand out towards Olli in order to shake his.

Sorry, there was no stopping him so I gave him my approval.
Good luck, you two! It's clear that you should never be separated again!
- T.

Many hugs later, the gang realized they had to get going. Kjolmar still had Squirtle's pokeball as he always carried it with him, but he decided to let him walk freely for a while. He couldn't help but ponder about the voice in his head earlier. Squirtle didn't have psychic powers, so who had been talking to him? "Guess what, Coop? I have caught my very first Kalos region pokemon, a Spritzee. I bet you are eager to see your old pals Aerodactyl and Emolga too. Olli, do you happen to know if there are any open spaces nearby so we can let our pokemon all come out for a few hours?"

Olli continued to carry on towards Cyllage with Kjolmar. They talked about their tactics for the next gym, Olli didnt have a type advantage in this gym unlike the first. He only had Fire, Dark and Normal types. All of which are going to be useless type match-ups against Rock. Olli had to think of something soon. All of a sudden Kjolmar turned without saying a word to find a squirtle that jumped onto him, it was clear they had met before. Olli shook the squirtles tiny hand and laughed. "Hey Coop. Im Olli...." He paused to reach for his pokeballs and release his pokemon. "...and this is Lunar, Diana and Chimchar." His pokemon smiled, Lunar seemed to be looking for Prince, Chimchar danced around the squirtle, putting on a show with fire, meanwhile Diana, stayed clam and vigilante at Olli's side, the same as everytime she came out.

"I think there's a town close by called Camphrier Town. I think we should stop off there for a bit to rest and resupply. I realised I dont have any pokeball's to catch pokemon with yet. I forgot to restock." He chuckled. He then remembered the present. From Persephone. He pulled it out of his bag. the box was so beautifully wrapped. He opened it carefully and inside sat a pokeball with a note on top. He read the note first.

"I believe you Olli. This is why I am giving you this present, in hope it might help you. His name is Athene and hes very playful. I love you big bro' x"

He threw the pokeball up and out appeared a Zorua. However Olli had seen a Zorua and this looked different. The normally red tip at the top of his head was blue instead, just like the colours that it was wrapped in. The Zorua smiled at Olli and jumped over to him. Olli bent down and started stroking his newly acquired buddy. "Hey athene, I'm Olli." He said semi laughing. Athene jumped up and down like he recognized the name. The Zorua then transformed almost instantaneously into what looked like Persephone. "I need you to help my brother Olli, Athene." The image of his sister said mimicking her voice too. The image then changed back to Zorua. Olli forgot about Zorua and Zoroarks ability to transform their appearance. "Thats a neat trick, Athene." he said getting up.

He turned to see what in the distance looked like a small village. "Come on guys, we cant be that far." He said making his way forward.

Upon entering Camphrier Town, Kjolmar noticed how Squirtle and Chimchar seemed to get along perfectly.

"I might as well let everyone out for some fresh air." he said while throwing two pokeballs up. Litwick immediately took off without waiting for anyone. Spritzee circled around Kjolmar, not exactly eager to leave his side. Aerodactyl flew high up and made a few circles in high air to stretch his wings.

He took another look at Squirtle and Chimchar. "I think those two want to be friends."

Spritzee seemed to have changed her mind and she wandered off, following Litwick. "Don't get yourselves in trouble!" Kjolmar yelled after them.

-removed- Sorry, my post was horrible, I'll return later on when I have more time.

Kjolmar sat down near Olli's pokemon. "I know a great story." he started, after which Coop the Squirtle immediately pulled Chimchar along and sat down next to Kjolmar. Coop loved Kjolmar's stories, despite the fact that he usually got so wrapped up in them that he forgets they aren't real.

"Once upon a time, there was a region without humans. It was ruled by six pokemon. First Bulbasaur and Chikorita had taken the power. Then came Squirtle and Totodile, who had a lot of other views than their partners. But they managed to cooperate despite their differences. Eventually Charmander and Cindaquil joined them, wanting them to listen more to the other pokemon. It wasn't always easy getting along, but the six of them tried their best."

Coop cheered as he heard that there was a Squirtle involved in the story. It was as if he was cheering for the Squirtle to be the winner of the story, regardless of the plot. Kjolmar smiled and continued.

"But an evil Koffing tried to destroy the six and rule over the region. The six had to combine all their powers in order to stop Koffing and it brought them closer together as a team."

Coop made an angry fist, as if he wanted to fight the Koffing from the story.

"While Koffing was no match for the six, a new threat arrived. Emolga had shown up and disagreed with how the six ran things. It had gotten in a fight with Cindaquil in particular. The problem was that unlike Koffing, Emolga didn't appear to be that aggressive but prefered to convince the other pokemon of the region to criticize the six. And it worked, the pokemon were devided: some agreed with Emolga, others saw it as a manipulator. It even devided the six. While Charmander, Chikorita and Totodile stayed loyal to Cindaquil (who had become Emolga's main target); both Bulbasaur and Squirtle were starting to doubt if they should team up with Emolga. Not because they liked Emolga, far from it, but because they noticed how many of the other pokemon seemed to agree with it."

Coop jumped up and mumbled something with a lot of energy. Kjolmar laughed and said: "Calm down, Coop, Squirtle and Bulbasaur won't become the villains."

"Anyway, then at some point, a Litleo showed up. Litleo was determined to bring Emolga down but also didn't agree with the original six. Litleo tried-"

Suddenly the story got interrupted by Aerodactyl screeching extremely loud. Kjolmar looked up in the air. "What is it, Aerodactyl?" Another loud screech. Kjolmar frowned. "Something must be wrong with Litwick or Spritzee, I'll go check it out!" He started running in the direction that Litwick and Spritzee had taken off, with Aerodactyl flying in the same direction high above him.

He bumped in to a man having his Garchomp ready to fight Spritzee and Litwick. Upon a closer look, it was the same villain that tried to steal Kjolmar's pokemon earlier. He was no longer wearing his Team Plasma suit, hinting that he had left the team. "Vlad! You again!" Kjolmar shouted. Vlad laughed loudly. "You honestly thought I wouldn't come back? Garchomp, use Dragon Rage!"

Litwick vanished in order to dodge the attack but Spritzee was hit straight on. Kjolmar was worried but when the attack was over, he saw how Spritzee was unharmed. "Right, fairy types have an advantage over dragon types." Vlad, on the other hand, didn't seem to know that yet and was upset with his failed attack. "Spritzee, use Fairy Wind on Garchomp!" Not only did it hit Garchomp, it also hit Vlad, making both of them fly away in the distance. (Quite similar to the Team Rocket trio in the anime, for that matter.)

"Come on guys, let's finally relax. But ehm, stay close to me this time, okay?"