No, I am not either--you can't access the Elite Four to beat them up and take their lunch money, so...? No one can ever truly be Pokemon masters, I guess.

As for Apus over there, she is just the evolved form of your Swablu--an Altaria. She was the first egg I hatched when I came here.

[Yes, Pokemon come from eggs and it goes without saying that she could whoop Dave and Karkat in battle.]

We can't fly on our own anymore, John, it sucks. But flying on Apus has been nice!