To Be All I Can Be Epilogue By: EmeraldDragon It's been many years sense I left council island. I'll be turning 19 next month. I returned the pokemon to the gym leaders; in return they gave me gym leader statues and my own gym. I chose to situate it between Blackthorn and Newbark town. I named it the Extreme Gym after the type of pokemon I use; Fire, Ice, Thunder, Psychic, and Solar. My main team consists of Blue eyes (who now and Arcanine), Articorn, Espeon, Thundar, Daystar, and Hades. Volcanine doesn't fight on my gym team. I decided this because an Arcanine is tough enough, and she is even tougher. I still use her when I spare battle with other gym leaders, one of the elite 4, or my father. However she hasn't been doing any battling lately, because she has just had her first litter. She had four pups, Blue eyes is their father. First there's Rusty. He is red-brown with red markings, a white mane and tail, and blue eyes. Next there's Red. He's also red-brown but has black stripes, tan mane and tail, and blue eyes. The third pup is Midnight. She's black with black markings, a tan mane and tail, and red eyes. Finally, the forth pup and my favorite Runt. Runt is smaller then the rest of the pups. She is blood red with black markings, a white mane and tail, and red eyes. I don't think I'll ever part with any of these pups. Shadowulf returned to me about two months after leaving the island. He told me that he sot out the councils and pleaded the Griphon's case to them. They agreed to reconsider and now Nightstrike is the beast of the air. Shadowulf took the place of his Grandmother and is the first trained pokemon to sit on any council. Articorn has been many times a sire. I took him with me to see Laura Laramie and he picked out a beautiful Rapidash as a mate. Sense then I have had three other Rapidash come into my position. I have a pasture behind my gym with about 20-horse pokemon in it. Many of his foals have gone to be beginning pokemon in both Newbark and Pallet. His sister, who is now a Zefire, chose not to have children. Espeon is now in her prime. She has had about 5 litters, all from different sires. Like all my pokemon she chose her mates herself in accordance with her own standards. Some of her pups have stayed with me; some have gone to be beginning pokemon. Thundar is ready to be a father, unfortunately thundars are rare and hard to come by. I'm closing my gym next month and he is going to see if he can find a mate willing to come back with him. Daystar has grown tremendously sense I got her. She grew 40ft in length making her 52ft long. She accompanied Shadowulf to a meeting and a week after they returned she laid a clutch of 10 eggs. They are in the incubator now and they should hatch with in the next few weeks. I have a waiting list of trainers to own one of these that is about 20ft long, and they are just the ones that made it past the first two cuts. I don't part with my babies easily. Hades has had two litters of pups and all but two have gone to be beginning pokemon. Both litters have come from the same male. I rescued him from the rocket killed by Nightstrike. Sense I had the gym built here the town of Elements has sprung up around me. There is, of course, a pokecenter and a pokemart, but there are also specialty shops and many homes. The mountain shelters the town so we have very nice weather for the most part. I still have all the pokemon from my journey and they all live, breed, and grow on the gym grounds. I have a personal relationship with each but between their number and my busy schedule I need help caring for them. To do this I have about 7 junior trainers and 4 interns. The interns are pokemon trainer hopefuls whose families don't have the money to send them to Newbark to take the required classes and test. Being an intern is less expensive but much harder. I require that all my pokemon be fed by 7:00 so their food will be well digested when the gym opens at 9:00, I take care of my gym team Volcanine and Shadowulf myself. This means that they must get up about 5:30. Next all the mothers and expecting mothers must be checked along with each of their babies. Then the gym must be cleaned. After the gym opens they sit on the sidelines and study both from their handbooks and the battle. Between battles they clean the gym. At the end of the week I test them over the things they studied, and after they pass all 8 tests I send them to Newbark for their final exam. Junior trainers are trainers that stop to train under me before continuing on their journeys. They come and go as they please as long as they let me know. The junior trainers schedule is much the same as the interns except they battle trainers during the day. Phillip is now the leader of the Goldenrod gym and we are engaged to be married. I chose to keep the name Moon Star. I find it mush less daunting to trainers. Only the other Gymleaders and elite 4 know my given name. The press still thinks I'm lost in the wilderness. It's 15 till 9 now. I have a battle right off the bat, so I had better go. I hope to see you some time. Bye.