Hey there!

Oh boy. It's been a while hasn't it? The last time I wrote a chapter in VolTale was…about 2-3 years ago? Ha-ha. Big yikes lol

Well, I guess it was to be expected, considering the Undertale craze was getting to its lower point. Even for me, who was a part of the Undertale Fandom later than most others.

Well, now I will be doing a story on one of my favorite game titles: Pokémon. Though, this won't be based on the anime, nor the main franchise games. No. This will be based on a fangame that is very near and dear to my heart. One that brought my love for Pokémon back many years ago. One that is - while still in development - is very near completion.

Pokémon Reborn

I guess you can say this is an OC story…? I mean, it's based on a Pokémon game, so the MCs tend to be OCs, right? At the very least, this person will not look like or be named after the MC characters in the game. In fact, the MC will look like me (or the image of me that I commissioned for).

But enough about that. Let's get on with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon. Pokémon is owned by Game Freak and is Published by Nintendo. Pokémon Reborn is a fangame created by Amethyst Liddell (she does not own Pokémon either lol). The only thing I "own" is my OC, because he's basically a younger me with a different name.

Chapter 1: Prologue

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Mysterious Voice"

Author Note/Detailed Info

R-E-B-O-R-N

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"Will call here. We got your boarding passes."

The ticket agent finally got all the passes printed out; All Aboard Reborn City printed at the top of them. "Another one for Reborn City, huh? They sure have been pushing that new league."

"Yep. Rumor has it that it's one of the toughest leagues around, and who am I to pass that challenge up," guy says, arms crossed with a smirk on his face. "You wouldn't happen to know anything more about it, would you?"

The agent scratches the back of his head and shrugs, "Hmm…not much…or at least probably nothing that you don't know already. Like I said, it's a newly made league, so much of the info on it doesn't reach a place like this. Although," he closes his eyes as he ponders on if he should continue. After a few seconds, he shrugs again, "from what I heard from the passing citizens and returning trainers that came from that region, the Pokémon are a bit different there. Though it's just a rumor. I haven't heard how or why they are different. You'll probably get that info from whoever the professor is from there."

The other guy nods while in a thinking pose while the agent finds what looks like the guys boarding pass, "Aha! I think I found it. Is this you?"

On the pass are two pictures, one a face photo and the other a bigger, upper-half picture. Both depict a black teenager with black hair, and dark brown eyes. The bigger one shows him wearing a dark blue zip-up hoodie designed after a certain Pokémon.

"Yep. That's me."

"Certainly looks like it." The agent nods and laughs, "I would be worried if it wasn't."

"Heh. Ditto."

"Alright, now I need your basic information," he puts the pass in a- 'Wait-Is that a typewriter? Those still exi-'

"So kid, what's your name?"

"A-," he scratches his head in thought and mild embarrassment, 'You know what? Questions for later. I should probably focus right now.' He looks back at the agent, "Shen. Shen Dawson."

"Shen…got it," he types his name on the typewriter, "and just to be safe, for Gender…"

"Male," Shen says with both eyebrows raised. 'Well, it is 20XX. Can't assume anymore, I guess. Especially in Customer Service.'

"Alright…give me one second. I can handle the rest of this." He finishes up typing the rest of the info on the ticket, train arrival, seat number, final destination, etc. "There all set!"

As he hands Shen the completed board pass, he looks around and whispers, "By the way, I forgot to mention" he looks around to make sure no one is listening, "Just between you, me and that ol' battered fence post, I heard Reborn City's kind of a dump."

"Wait. Seriously?" Shen was surprised to hear something like that. He's been through many regions prior to this, some better than others, but this is the first time someone descried a region like that. "It can't be that bad, can it?"

"From what I gathered, it's the reason why so many people left. Honestly, if it weren't for that league, I would question why so many trainers come to it in droves like I've been seeing. Sometimes I still do.

"Huh," Shen ponders in thought for a moment, then smiles determinedly, "Well, I'm the type of guy who has to see things for myself to believe. I guess I'll check that out."

"All power to ya kid." The agent shrugs with a smile and waves him off, "You best be off now. The train will be here any minute and it wouldn't do to miss it after all this."

"Got it." Shen pockets his boarding pass and grabs his backpack from the floor, "Take care!"

Just as Shen heads to the platform, the train arrived, conductors assisting the passengers. "Attention all passengers! Calling passengers for Train R750 to Grandview Station in Reborn City! Train R750 to Grandview Station in Reborn City!"

Shen boards on and starts looking around. The inside of the train car is different from the modern passenger trains. Red, wide cushioned seats big enough to be a loveseat facing across from one another (A/N: like the disability seats for Amtrak), rustic style wooden walls, and wooden floors given it a classic look.

"5D…5D…there you are," Shen takes his seat and notices a few people around him, 'Possibly other trainers…maybe they will be future rivals…?' All of them are in their own seats as well, a white-haired dark-skinned looking guy, black haired guy, girl with long, blonde hair past her shoulders, blonde, soft mohawk haired person, and another person with white hair reaching their shoulders.

"Attention passengers," the intercom above starts above us, "we will now be disembarking on a non-stop trip to Grandview Station. Please stay seated momentarily as the conductors pass by to make sure that you have your boarding passes."

After the passes have been checked, the train starts to move to our destination.

"Alright," Shen says with a big relaxed grin, "here we go."

R-E-B-O-R-N

A few hours later, the train is going through the sands of the Tourmaline Desert. Shen observes the outside, noticing the numerous train locomotives and cars across the desert. 'That's…strange. Did they just dump old trains there from Reborn City?'

He looks back inside, glancing around when from the corner of his eye he notices a new person speaking with the black-haired guy across the aisle. Long, silver-white (A/N: platinum?) hair that reaches her back, small hazel eyes on her face, wearing a white sleeveless blouse and black pants. She seemed to be finishing up her conversation with the other guy, the "-see you when we get into the city" being a good indication. She then stands and walks to the seat across from Shen, them now being face-to-face.

She smiles as she begins to speak, "All right, hello there!" She holds out her hand, "I'm Ame and I am the manager of the Reborn League."

"Ahh" he says as he stands from his seat. "Nice to meet you. I am Shen" he then shakes her hand and they both sit down in their respective seats.

"So, Shen," she begins to say, "you were looking to sign up for the league, correct?" He nods his head. "Great! We're finally just getting things off the ground again. Truth is after the incident a few years ago, the whole region was almost completely abandoned…even by the Pokémon."

"Seriously?" Shen says as he gives her an incredulous look. 'The guy said that the citizens there were leaving that region, but the Pokémon as well…? Looks like there is more truth to the rumors than I thought.'

"Yeah," Ame says while scratching the back of her head with an awkward smile. "Uh, but! Don't let that worry you!"

Shen laughs awkwardly at that. 'Isn't this where I should be worried the most' he sweatdrops as he thinks this. 'If its as bad as I've been hearing, forget training a Pokémon, even finding one to catch in the wild will be difficult.'

"Ahem" she coughs as she is trying to get rid of the awkward mood. "It might not be an ideal place, but the gym leaders are like nothing you've ever seen before and I think you'll find Reborn to be a region like no other too!"

At this, Shen smirked as he trembled in excitement. This is exactly what he came for – a challenge unlike any other. After getting into the Pokémon League in many regions, being a top contender in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and even winning in Sinnoh (the year before Tobias aka Mr. Darkrai and Latios, became champion), he felt things becoming too repetitive. Not the journey, being that all these regions were vastly different from one another and amazing in their own different ways, but the battles. That's why he left for Reborn, leaving his Pokémon to the professor. He wanted to start fresh, seeking that excitement that he had when he first started his journey.

"I'm coming back from some business out of town, so I figured I may as well introduce myself early and get a head start on everyone's registration" Ame says getting his attention. "With that out of the way, can I see your boarding ticket, please?"

"Of course." Shen pulls his ticket from his jacket pocket and hands it to her. She looks at the ticket and confirms the info is correct. "Alright, I got you down. We're almost to Grandview Station, so after we disembark, follow me to the Grand Hall. There I'll give you a starter Pokémon to really kick off your adventure in Reborn. Sound good?"

"Absolutely" Shen says and nods. 'It's almost time for my Reborn debut…it's funny really. In a way, I'm looking to be reborn as a trainer in this region. Interesting coincidence.'

"Good" she says looking to pull something out of her bag. "Then if you'll-"

Silence. She suddenly stops her words. Shen blinked at that. "Uhh…is something wrong…?" he asks, one eyebrow raised. She continues to stare at him, eyes wide in shock. Or at least that's what it looked like. But he realized a moment later that she wasn't staring at him, but behind him.

"Umm…" she continues looking in the same direction, a dark silhouette of a person floating in the seat behind Shen. He slowly looks back to see what had her staring like that, but right before the silhouette disappears, as if he was never there.

"…I don't like this…" He squints his eyes nervously, goosebumps on his arms. He definitely felt something behind him a just now. He looks around, keenly looking for who or what that was. Meanwhile, Ame was looking around for a completely different reason.

"Somethings now right…" she states in confusion, which gets Shen's attention. "Shouldn't we be decelerating already?"

"Eh?" His eyes widen at that statement. Before he could reply anything else, her eyes widen in shock and fear as she stands up and runs toward him, "Oh no – move!"

She immediately grabs him and pushes them out of the window. What immediately followed was an ear-splitting explosion, so loud it felt as if hard collision car crash occurred right next to his ears. He tightly shut his eyes and covered his ears in pain. Debris from wherever they were at fell on them. The Grandview Station – the final destination – collapsed on itself and was completely destroyed.

Silence followed once again, final bits of debris flying at random. Shen stays still lying on the ground in pain, barely conscious. 'W-What…' he thinks before he shuts his eyes.

He blacked out.

Quite the prologue, huh. Though I added a bit of things here and there just to put a bit of me into the story, the majority of this is based on the fangame canon. I…don't think I did too bad all things considered, considering this is the second story I wrote on this site.

Was it good? Do I suck? Let me know what you think about my writing style.

By the way, if this has got your attention and you are thinking of playing the game, then you can find it on the RebornEvo website (just add dot com to that name, I know how FanFiction feels about URLs lol). It's currently in its final(?) development which will have the Elite, Champion, and post-game.

Not sure when I'll be posting another chapter. Since I am doing both this and YouTube, along with my real-life job, my schedule may not be...consistent. Heck my YouTube Channel videos haven't been consistent lol

However, I have even more of an interest in writing this than I did when I started VolTale. So please bear with me. And with that, I'll see you in the next Chapter.

Chapter 1: 1790 Words (Excluding the Beginning and End A/N)

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