A small price to pay for friendship

"There's some advantages to a unbreakable bond between a trainer and his or her Pokemon... but it's a small price to pay for friendship..."

I loved Pokemon since I was a little kid, I even gotten Pokemon Diamond for my birthday today, I decided to play it, I choose Piplup because it was my favorite water type pokemon, I decided to catch my first Pokemon, and once I found one, it was a Eevee, I decided to battle it, but I don't want to make it faint, so I threw a Pokeball at it, once the pokeball clicked, I have finally caught my first pokemon! I decided to name it Fluff, since how fluffy Eevee is, but then... the screen turned black for 3 seconds, then, I was in a blank and white place, there was a Suicune in front of me, but... it seemed... odd... it's fur was gray, it had no pupils, their eyes were just pure white... "Uhhh... where am I?" I asked it a question, the Suicune responded with "I am here... to show... a childhood of a little girl with her very first pokemon..." then, a cutscene started, there was a little girl with short blond hair, blue eyes, and green shirt, her name was Sarah, she always wanted to be a pokemon master, "Mom! when I grow up! I want to be a pokemon master just like you!" The little girl said with a smile on her face, "You'll get there someday, my sweet little pumpkin..." her mom replied, patting her on the head, Sarah then went outside, later she found a injured Pichu, it was whimpering, it's left ear was half-torn off, it's stomach was scratched, and it felt cold and hungry, "Oh, poor little thing! don't worry... I'll take care of you!" Sarah said as she went up to the Pichu, she put bandages on the Pichu's left ear and it's stomach, fed it some oran berries, and gave it a blanket to keep it warm, then, the cutscene ended, I was still at the same place, with that strange looking Suicune, it looked at me with a blank look, I felt a bit uncomfortable, I realized that Piplup was also with me, it looked fine, so, I hugged it, "Look at you and your pokemon... such an unbreakable bond... but be careful... Maria... there's some advantages to that..." Suicune looked at me while saying that, I was confused, how did it know my name?! I wanted to know, but I just continued playing, "I'm going to show you another memory of that little girl's childhood" another cutscene started, "Mommy! look! my first pokemon!" Sarah cried as she showed her mother her Pichu, "Good job, sweetheart... maybe you'll fulfill your dream of becoming a pokemon master like me" she replied, Sarah then went outside to play with her Pichu, "Hey Pichu! lets play hide and seek! you'll hide, and I'll seek!" she said, Pichu then hid somewhere, once Sarah has counted to ten, she finds Pichu, once she found Pichu, she hugged it and said "Found you! now it's your turn!" Sarah then went to find a hiding spot while Pichu was counting to ten, Sarah hid in a bush, and once Pichu counted to ten, it found her, "Aw! you got me!" Sarah said with a happy tone, she hugged her Pichu and it hugged her back, "I love you so much Pichu" the cutscene ended, I was at my house, wait... I'm getting sudden deja vu... why did Suicune send me to my house...? I decided to check my party, Piplup and Fluffy were perfectly fine, but... Suicune appeared to be on my team... I didn't even catch it... how did it get on my team...? without answering the question that I asked, I went outside, there was a note on the ground, I picked it up and the note said "I know it's quite strange that I joined your team without catching me... but... I wanted to watch over you... make sure you take care of your pokemon... and maybe... I'll reward you... just like I did with that little girl named Sarah... - Kaina" so... the Suicune with gray fur and white eyes with no pupils was Kaina all along? wait... Kaina... was my mother... she sadly passed away due to murder... so that's why she was watching over me... her soul was in that Suicune... I tried not to cry realizing that the Suicune was my mother, later, a spirit of a young girl and her Pichu appeared in front of me, "Don't worry... we're both free from our misery now... me and my Pichu were playing in the road, not realizing a truck hit us, we both died in the hospital... but don't worry... we're both free now..." Sarah said, holding her Pichu, I cried as my best friend died, why... why my best friend that I met in kindergarden... why... "Don't be sad... we're here for you... me and my Pichu..." she then faded away, I checked my party again, this time, Piplup looked fine, but Fluffy has white eyes and it's fur was gray, just like that Suicune, I closed the game and went to sleep, one day, I woke up, I found a Suicune plushie, but with the gray fur and white eyes with no pupils, and it has a note on it too, I read the note and it said "There's some advantages to a unbreakable bond between a trainer and his or her Pokemon, but it's a small price to pay for friendship" I sighed and went back to sleep, knowing that my mother and my friend were both watching over me