Nero's Familiars

Nero has gotten a fair number of familiars, most of them being the pokemon he befriended on his journey. He has passed a few of their contracts onto his other friends, but a good number of them he is still contracted to. He is capable of calling on any of them at any time.

Direct Familiars
Willow is Nero's first and perhaps most versitile familiar. Being a Will-o-the-Wisp she can change her shape and size at will to surround an area or fit through the smallest cracks.

Shared Familiars
Though familiars can only be contracted to one person at a time, Nero "shares" a familiar with Crystal. Snow is contracted to Crystal, but imprinted on both her and Nero when he was born and sees them as his parents. He will listen to both Nero and Crystal's commands, and they both care for him something like a child.

Pokemon
Nero has a good number of Pokemon as his familiars. Before confronting Ghetsis, he released all of them from their Poke Balls with the option of following him or returning to the wild. About half of them chose to return to he wild after helping him, but the rest still follow him willingly, years after having left their home world. Interestingly, since they left their home world they all appear in human form by default and cannot return to their Pokemon forms. However, these forms aren't exactly completely "human" and often have features that distinguish them from normal humans, such as naturally impossible hair shapes (such as Aloe's hair being straight until it curls tightly at the bottom, while two bunches at the top extend upward resembling her former head-crest) or other unusual features. Notably, as humans, the clothing that seems to be modeled on their former bodies can come off, though they say it's an odd feeling like "stepping out of your skin". However, in "exchange" for these forms they gave up all of their former powers but gained the ability to use human magic.

Note: "Gifted Pokemon" Only refer to Pokemon that weren't registered to Nero's Trainer ID, as they were given by another registered trainer rather than a breeder or as an egg.