Part 1 Here I am. This is me. There’s nowhere else on Earth I’d rather be. Well, you know Brian Adams’ song, maybe… I am still home, like always, seeking for a friend. I had another dream last night, as usual. I dreamt about other MissingNo! I’d like to have friends like me or maybe… A MATE! I’d like to have a partner. I remembered that I could see Abraham, the Alakazam, and ask him if he ever saw a MissingNo! When Jessie caught me, she taught me fly so I could go to Celadon easily! Here I go! *Minutes later* I finally arrived to Celadon city and walked over to the department store. I went to the story where Abraham was and he greeted me. “Hi Abraham, I said, I wanted to ask you I you ever saw a MissingNo and know where can I find one?” I was anxious to know the answer… Part 2 “Max, you’re lucky, said Abraham, you’re the only MissingNo in the whole world of Kanto, Johto and Orange Islands!” I couldn’t believe it. And he was smiling. My eyes began to water. “Why do you tell me that with an happy face, you know that I’m seeking for a friend and MissingNo might be the only pokemon breed that has a chance of being friends with me!” “Being unique must be privilege for you! Now, get out of my shop or my customers won’t want to go in!” That was so mean! I decided to go out of the shop because Abraham could easily attack me if I didn’t. I returned home with a sad feeling. I WAS THE ONLY MISSINGNO IN THE WORLD! I’LL NEVER FIND A FRIEND OR MATE! I was the saddest pokemon of the world. Until I heard this voice that sounded like a mermaid’s… “You look sad, mon ami, what’s going on?” I couldn’t believe it! A pokemon talked to me! It was a MissingNo! I knew that Abraham lied! How happy I was! I think that this MissingNo was French because it said “mon ami”, which means “my friend”. “I thought I was the only MissingNo in the world, I said with enthusiasm, but I was wrong! What’s your name?” “Désolée(sorry), the magnificent pokemon said, you’re the only MissingNo of the world, you’re unique, just like I am. I am a female ‘M. My name is Karine and I am française (French), as you can see. Enchantée (nice to meet you)!” I was a bit disappointed that she wasn’t a MissingNo, but how happy I was to find someone to talk with. “You look a lot like a MissingNo to me though.”, I added. “Peut-être (maybe), but I am not. Anyway, I was looking for you…” “Really? How come?” “Yes, I heard about the only MissingNo remaining dans le monde (in the world) by an Articuno named Athena.” “Not her!” Part 3 “Tu la connais? (You know her?)” “She pretended to be me friend, I said, angry at remembering these events, but used me to beat a Moltres so she could have its territory.” “Quoi? (What?) She did the same thing to me, but I had to beat a Zapdos and she changed me into a Mew with a Gameshark.” “Me too, but she changed me into a Mewtwo instead.” “Anyway, let’s forget about her and…” She had no time to finish her sentence that a bird attacked her. I’m sure you guessed who it was… “Yes, it’s me for my revenge”, said the cold-hearted Articuno. “We’re two against one, we’ll win, c’est sûr(for sure)!”, Karine replied Athena used a blizzard as cold as her heart on Karine who fainted. “NOOOO, Karine! You stupid bird!” “Your turn!” She was going to make me faint too, but someone threw rocks at her! I couldn’t believe my eyes! “Daddy! “, I said, delighted. “You like me after all!” “You’re my son, I love you no matter what, I abandoned you because other pokemon teased me and the things I said in the gym were false, I didn’t want to be teased by Giovanni’s other pokemon… I got away from him to get to you, my son, to be forgiven for the horrible things I’ve done. You were seeking for me and I dared to welcome you this way. I’ll change and I’ll live with you. I’ll protect you from anything and we’ll be like father and son. Is it ok with you?” “Sure. I forgive you, dad.”, I replied, smiling. “I knew you were very nice, the nicest ever. Your heart is pure, just like your mother’s. I’m proud of you, son.” “How cute!”, said Athena, sarcastically, as she recovered from the previous attack. She was going to use blizzard on my dad, but she missed and he made her go away with another Rock Slide! We won! Now that we had daddy with us, we could be protected from Athena! Part 4 Karine soon recovered. I was so happy to see that she was fine! “Bonjour, Monsieur! (Hi, sir!) I’m Karine, enchantée!” “Nice to meet you, I’m Richard. Max, I betcha this is your mate!” “Huh…”, I said nervously. “I am” “Huh?”, I said half-puzzled, half-happy. “Je t’aime(I love you), Max!”, said Karine with her pretty voice. “I love you too!” (I know a bit of French, as you noticed) How happy I was! I now had a mate and a father! I wanted to kiss Karine, but I didn’t had a mouth! “I’ll go to pokémart to get you some recovery, my dad said, I’ll be back soon!” I coughed! I began to feel very bad! I didn’t know what was going on! Karine looked at me, sad and panicking. “It’s Pokérus, my parents died from it! Oh, no!” Epilogue (narrator change to Richard) That day was terrible. I saw my son and his mate, dead! They both died from Pokérus, Karine told me before she died next to my son. I was terribly sad that my son died, I felt guilty he didn’t had a better father. At least, his mate really loved him… The last MissingNo is dead. The last ‘M is dead. All of this because of the other pokemon’s intolerance towards them.