It's a long road

Over the past week I have had several revelations both mundane and supernatural. The mundane one seemed so not important when compared to my other problems.

Apparently the only reason I got a separate room without a roommate was because the orphanage figured out that I was on the richer side of the spectrum. With my parents leaving me everything, they tried to improve my trust in them which would have been an easy task if I was just a normal 13 year old.

I had realized the fact that I am able to use the moves of the pokemon in my team. Only the currently chosen moves of my current team can be used. That means that I can use about 24 moves at a given time. The only way to change my moves is by sleeping and going back into my Pokemon Dream World or PDW for short.

For all the power that I had, I also had a problem with control. If you were to look at my power or 'stats' in pokemon terms, it was quite low. My moves in turn was also weaker in comparison. Unfortunately I saw a jump in my base stats when I beat the first gym.

I had to keep conscious control since I tend to use moves when my emotions spike. This became a problem when I unconsciously used ember and melted a spoon. Thankfully no one saw that and I quickly cleaned it up. I had decided to get my powers in control before I tried the next gym.

***

It took a while but I could keep my powers from activating every time I got angry. Going through puberty was mostly okay. The only problem was my emotions which were tough to control which lead me into making rash decisions. The number of times I got pissed at the matron and the other kids when they interrupted me is immeasurable.

Even through all the distractions I learnt to use the moves properly. I even discovered some other effects of the various moves.

Moves like harden gave a greenish tint to my skin and the more I used the move the more green it became. A few moves had harmless effects but I quickly learnt that some of them will be bad. Poison powder and stun spore both came from my skin. This lead to my skin becoming very itchy and painful. I believe moves that are not very compatible with me would have adverse side effects.

I believe now is the perfect time to get my second badge.

***

I arrived at the water gym and made my way to the battle area. I noticed Misty standing there so I quickly made my way into the position. I have noticed that while my Dream World is realistic (or as realistic pokemon can be) most of the people and pokemon behave automated. They give tasks if they have quests or just straight up ignore me.

It's like they were programmed and they work by giving certain prompts. Upon standing opposite to her I release my pokemon nidoran on to the platform. The rules were strict from the games. We took turns using the moves and there was a limit of four. If we are lucky the move misses, if we are not then it hits. Everything goes according to the games.

The match proceeded as I expected. I did not use my charmeleon but I had no need to. The match soon ended and Misty handed me the badge along with the money. As soon as the badge was placed in the case a surge of power washed through me and I woke up.

My powers had increased and I tested it out. I had managed to get a piece of wood and placed it below my bed. It had lots of scratch marks, one of the weaker moves. The deepest was only about a cm but now my fingers went an inch deep. It might not seem like much but if I were to use it on a person it would be much deeper and would surely kill.

That is if I did not use other more insidious moves. After I get a few more pokemon with the moves I want, I could in theory get +6 in all stats given time before battle and give -6 to my enemy. This would pretty much overpower the enemy. I had tried it on a rat once and it worked like a charm.

After using tail whip (which summoned an ethereal tail until the move ended) continuously, I had managed to reduce the stats by so much that a simple flick separated the head and killed it. It was gruesome but gave me even more ideas.

***

I was adopted into a family a month ago. They wanted a child but the mother was unwilling to get pregnant. When I asked her why she said, "I am at the most important stage in my career. It will take the next five years of hard work but me and Adam always wanted a child. So we decided to adopt you. Don't worry, I have plenty of experience taking care of my siblings."

I never managed to connect with my new family since they were so very different. The mother Selene was overseas most of the time attending various events during work.

My father Adam was the one who took care of me. He worked as a professor at an institute close by. I spent more time in the neighbor's house during day time. The paperwork for school would be complete in a few days time and I had until then to maximize my efforts and training. Once school starts most of my time would be wasted.

***

The next few months exhausted me. Ever since I attended school I had little time to practice. Luckily I had managed to improve my powers through gym battles. I had defeated all my gyms except the last one. This led to my powers increasing by a large amount. I could have increased it further but I wasn't able to since I have personally felt the overload.

After trying to speed run I had beaten two gyms in the span of two sleeping nights. That's when the pain started. If I had to guess, my previous power up was still getting assimilated in my body and introducing more power caused it to overload.

Since then I have taken anywhere between 15-20 days between each gym to allow my body get used to the power. By my estimate I would complete the region within the next month or two. There is a huge chance of there being a massive power up once I beat the elite four and the rival champion.