A/N This is my first story, so I hope you'll like it. It is the story of one person and two Pokemon with a sad past. This chapter is mainly just an introduction to the protagonists of the story and the beginning of their journey.

Chapter 1

Alexa is a young girl from the Alola Region. She lives in Hau'oliCity with her mother Cassandra, and the two couldn't be more alike. Both women have blond hair and blue eyes, and unfortunately, both have had struggles throughout their lives.

A few months after Alexa was born, her father had become deathly ill. No doctor could identify what was wrong with him. There was no sign of any disease or illness known, yet for some reason, his vitals were getting worse. On the day of Alexa's first birthday, her Father's illness became so overwhelming that he passed. Ever since then, Cassandra had been struggling to make ends meet. She had a decent job and tried to take as many hours as she tried to help out by getting a job to pay for her own needs. But no matter what, the two never seemed to have more money than they needed.

Alexa's life as a Pokemon trainer wasn't that great either. In the Alola region, when a child becomes eleven years old, they become eligible to participate in what is known as the island challenge, a custom unique to Alola. It is also at that age that those who participate in the island challenge choose their partner Pokemon, and in Alola, both trainer and Pokemon must choose each other as partners. When Alexa turned eleven years old, the first thing she did that day was go to Professor Kukui's lab and choose her Pokemon. However, it seemed that none of the Pokemon wanted to choose her. At first, she tried to choose Rowlet, the grass type starter, but it always turned its head so that it wasn't looking at her. Then, decided to try to choose Litten, the fire type, but that just got her burnt hair and a singed hat. When she moved on to Popplio, it was no different. The small water type seal just blew a large balloon in her face and purposely popped it, knocking her over.

Feeling sorry for Alexa, Professor Kukui said "Hey, ya know what? Not all Pokemon are the same. Sometimes even Pokemon of the same species react differently to certain things. So how's about every time a new Pokemon arrives here, I'll call you right away and you can come over and try to choose it as your partner. Sound good?"

Alexa immediately cheered up. "Yes! Thank you Professor!" she said.

"Your very welcome", Professor Kukui replied. After that day, every time the Professor got a new Pokemon, he called Alexa after her classes at the Pokemon school, and before work she would rush to the lab and attempt to choose the Pokemon as her partner. While the Professor was right that no Pokemon acted the same, the all ended up denying Alexa in the end. But she never gave up hope. She knew that one day, she would get a Pokemon and begin her island challenge.

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In Alola, there is a place known as Ten Carat Hill. Many pokemon call this place home, including Rockruff, Yungoos, Grubbin, Rattata, Pikipek, and Pikachu. Most of the pokemon that live in Ten Carat Hill live their lives happy and carefree. However, there were two pokemon who did not live very happy lives in Ten Carat Hill, a Kirlia named Lina and a Mimikyu named Spectra. In Alola, the pokemon belonging to the Ralts evolutionary line were never seen, and Lina was the only one of her kind living in Ten Carat Hill. As a result, she never did have many friends and often felt like an outsider. Not to mention, Lina had a particularly rare ability that allowed her to read the minds of both people and pokemon. Because of this, many of the pokemon in Ten Carat Hill feared her and didn't believe she could be trusted.

Spectra, however, was another story entirely. There were many horrible rumors about Mimikyu. That they attacked random pokemon with no just reason, that they laid curses on those they disliked, and worst of all, that they murdered innocent Pikachu and wore their skin as a cloak out of hatred and jealousy. Unfortunately for Spectra, the Pikachu living in Ten Carat Hill seemed to love to spread these rumors. If they knew he was in earshot, it was all the electric mice ever talked about. Because of these rumors, the pokemon in Ten Carat Hill hated and feared Spectra when he came to live there. All of them except for Lina. Yes, she was scared when he first appeared because of the rumors, but she decided not live in fear of someone she didn't even know. Over time, she began to despise how the other pokemon spoke of Spectra.

"And I thought they treated me like Muk", she thought every time she heard someone trashing Spectra. She wondered how anyone could be so cruel to someone without even getting to know them.

Eventually, Lina decided to start standing up for Spectra. Every time she heard another pokemon disrespecting him, Lina would give them one chance and ask them nicely to stop. If they refused, she would scare them by predicting false prophecies about them, or influencing their thoughts to torment them. This tactic usually ended up scaring the pokemon so bad that they wouldn't even think poorly of Spectra for days. It never lasted though. They always went back to bullying Spectra and spreading the rumors. Then, one day, Lina saw something that pushed her over the edge.

UPDATE NOTICE:Hey guys. So i figured it would be a good idea to merge chapters 1 and 2 since there wasn't really any need for them to be separate. Also, some of the chapters of the story may experience slight changes because i had to recover the documents, which is annoying.