Chapter 5: Mike's Childhood

Mike entered the quiet Pokemon Center in tears. Nurse Joy saw him crying in a corner and decided to give him a private room to sleep in. When Mike entered the room, there was a small bed in the corner with a tiny nightstand with a lamp. Mike decided to sit on the bed and think about the past 16 years of his life. Mike was born Michael John Hatterton. He was born in a hospital in the snowy Ikerlight City, in northern Hammerton. His father was never in his life.

3 years before Mike was born, his father, Ryan had lost his job at the bank for a false accusation of him stealing money. His reputation was ruined and he could not get a job due to his accusation. He had no choice and to join Team Boom as a grunt, and was eventually promoted to Admin but died in the riots they caused 2 months before Mike was born. Mike was singlehandedly raised by his mother, when he was 4 years old, he was enrolled in Pokemon Trainer School in Gaston Town. Mike wasn't the brightest student in the class but he still understood the basic stuff a Pokemon trainer needs to know. When he was 14 years old he graduated and took a year off to prepare to be a Pokemon trainer.

When Mike was 5 years old, his mother bought him a pet Eevee for his birthday, 10 months later, Eevee was being a bit too careless and got hit by a car and died right in front of Mike's eyes. That incident has traumatized Mike ever since. When Mike was 9 years old, his mother decided to date a man named Edward.

Mike disliked Edward because he would always harass and abuse his mother, One day his mother stood up and got the police to arrest Edward, but what traumatizes him the most is when Mike tried to save his mother from Edward, Edward sent out his Marowak and slashed his stomach with Marowak's bone. Mike has the permanent scar where Marowak hit him. Mike was constantly bullied for his family situation at school and had severe depression, but in his teen years, Mike learned that he shouldn't care about other people's opinions and that he was a strong man. Mike eventually fell asleep, but at 4:00 AM, Nurse Joy came and woke up Mike immediately to show him an important video.