Trainer Name: Alice
Location: Cerulean City


Aster (30/30)
[Ivysaur, Male]		 ??? (0/30)
[Tyrunt, Male]		 Jedi (0/30)
[Braixen, Female]
Citrus (0/30)
[Butterfree, Male]		 Memento (0/30)
[Mawile, Female]		 Plume (30/30)
[Archen, Female]

Egg: (P15;30/30)
Partner Pokemon: Paprika [Pichu, Female] (25/25), Abra [Male] (10/10)
Items: Pokeball (x11), Potions (x4), Premier Ball (x2), Lemonade (x2)
Points: 5 (+21)

Alice breathed heavily after the ordeal with the "boogie monster". She was locked out of the house now, so she kept going, walking through the next door. This time she was outside. A slightly older Max played alone, until bullies began taunting him. His powers... Alice thought. His own father did this to him, and how he suffers for it.

Alice watched with dismay as the children called Max an animal. Painfully, it reminded her of her own childhood. She had been picked on for spending so much time with Pokemon. In the end, she had begun to act like an animal herself. Alice tried to connect the two memories... the boogie monster and the bullies... Were these the foremost memories in shadow Max's mind? Was he reliving these moments as she was? Could these be the horrible memories that had been used to turn him into a monster?

" One day I am going to grow up big and strong...and you wont be anything but a loser." Max said.

Alice felt a surge of pride as Max stood up for himself. She had never been strong enough to do that as a child. The other children merely laughed and shoved and kicked him before running off. As Max picked up his broken toy, Alice could see tears in his eyes. She felt her own eyes well up.

Whenever she felt rejected, she had always found comfort in the presence of Pokemon. She reached into her pocket, retrieving a Pokeball. Her Ivysaur appeared in a flash of red. Alice wasn't sure if Aster was really here with her or not, but he looked real enough. "Aster, come with me," Alice said as she slowly approached the little boy.

Aster walked up to Max and nuzzled gently into his side. The Ivysaur picked up a small chunk of wood with his vines and began to carve at it, using his vines and sharp leaves from his bulb.

"You will be strong one day, Max," Alice said, kneeling down next to him. She knew she couldn't change old memories, but maybe if she could make shadow Max remember it a little bit differently... "But you'll also be good and kind. One day this will be long in the past. Don't let these memories control you. Remember that you are loved, Max."

Aster presented a crudely-carved Bulbasaur to the little boy, trying to cheer him up.

((hopefully I'm doing this right xD))