Author's Note

The following oneshot does not fit into Newverse canon.

To Silverstream...

How are you doing?

We've been having a hard time dealing with these Pokémon for the past week. I remember on that first day, some metal bird called a Skarmory nearly tore up most of Harmonising Heights. Even after Arkyus Arceus made his announcement, Auntie Novo still doesn't trust them, though Skystar keeps trying to convince her otherwise.

It's not all bad news, though...

I made a friend. His name is Michael, and he's an Eevee, which is some sort of fluffy brown thing with the ears of a rabbit, the face of a cat, and the bushy tail of a fox. I bet you'd love him. He saved us from that Skarmory. He's sitting next to me as I'm writing this letter, and he told me how to spell "Arceus". I asked him if he knows what Arceus looks like, but all he knew was that some of the stories said he had "a thousand arms". He said that most humans - what he used to be - didn't know that Arceus was real until now.

I suppose I should explain how I can understand him. You see, the evening after Arceus made his announcement, Skystar came to talk to me in private. She told me she had a plan to get Auntie Novo to trust the Pokémon: get them to talk to her. So after spending the next day or so studying translation spells, she was finally able to cast one on Michael. The first thing he told us was to stop calling him "Fluffykins". Skystar cast the spell on another Pokémon, a Whismur, who she called "Mimi". Unlike Michael, Mimi didn't mind her new name. She wanted to cast it on every Pokémon she came across... until Auntie Novo found out and she got grounded. Have you been able to talk to Pokémon yet?

Michael used to feel lonely whenever I went to Seaquestria, but now he has Mimi for company. Still, I sometimes notice him staring at the sea longingly.

I wonder how the School of Friendship is doing? Will they start having Pokémon students?

- Terramar