"Hello." - Human Speach/Untranslated Pokémon Speech
"Oddish!" - Translated Pokémon Speech
'How are you?' - Thoughts
"I'm perfectly fine." - Pokédex Speech
"That's wonderful to hear." - Telepathy
Prologue
My day had been pretty boring to start. I had woken up, taken a shower and gotten dressed in a simple outfit. Knee high black socks, dark blue slip on shoes with white bottoms. Black pants, red turtleneck, my glasses, and I even pulled on a little gold bracelet with a small charm made from a colorful marble. It reminded me a lot of a keystone, an item that allowed pokémon to mega evolve and was introduced in the sixth generation pokémon games. After I had dressed, I had breakfast, fed the animals, did a few chores, and even relaxed and listened to some music while I drew some.
It was a very nice day out so I had eventually ventured out of the house and took a long walk to the park. Being such a beautiful day, I wanted to walk around the lake and the park was almost picturesque today. A gentle breeze tugged the high reaching tree branches into a soft, swaying dance as leaves fluttered to the ground, spinning in complicated patterns until they reached the ground. The sky was a clear, friendly blue, save for a few, puffy white clouds that drifted across the sky lazily. The sun shone off the lake as the geese and ducks swam around, chirping merrily.
My feet thumped softly on the gravel path as I walked. I soon began to notice that nobody else was around and I stopped, looking around. While it was the beginning of fall, there would usually be at least one or two people here. Slowly, the gentle wind died and dark clouds seemed to come from nowhere. My heart started thumping heavily in my chest, the sound echoing in my ears. There was no rain or thunder. Just ominous, dark clouds pulling across the once friendly blue sky. There wasn't even wind. I looked around, noticing that the ducks and geese had vanished as well.
I turned on my heel and started running, hoping by some chance to get home before anything happened. Suddenly, the wind came back, though it was merciless and powerful as rain suddenly started up in a pounding harshness. I kept running, hoping to get to shelter when I suddenly slipped on the gravel path and I tumbled down a small, but steep grassy hill towards the lake.
I closed my eyes, just as I expected to hit the water. For a brief moment, I felt very cold, as though I was caught in a blizzard and I wore only light clothing. The feeling was accompanied by a strange floating feeling, though both sensations vanished after only a second. I suddenly felt dry, my clothing, skin, and hair, having not even a trace of moisture left. I felt warm too, the feeling of being under the sun when it wasn't hidden by clouds and there was soft, sweet smelling grass brushing my cheek. I opened my eyes and sat up, vision a bit blurry as my sight readjusted and I froze when I saw I was in a large, open field dotted distantly with some rocks and trees.
I hissed when I realized there was a sharp sting coming from my left calf and I pulled my leg up and pulled back my pant leg, wincing when I saw a large, bleeding friction burn. I tied back my pant leg, thankful it weren't torn or covered in blood.
I stood slowly stumbling slightly as I did so, "What in the world happened? And... Where am I?" I pulled my phone from my pocket and turned it on. There wasn't a phone signal however there was an internet signal. Still confused, I turned it off again and tucked it away before turning and limping off slowly.
I tripped and fell, yelping as my injured leg hit the ground. I looked to my feet, having felt one of my feet hit something small and hard and I searched for what I had tripped over only to see a spherical object looking like a type of pokéball I knew to be a safari ball. I picked it up, confirming my suspicions, 'But... Its heavier than what a toy should be...' I thought as I turned the cold object in my hand.
I tapped it, my long nails clacking against it's glossy surface, "These toys usually have a pull string on the bottom or an opening latch on their button so..." I checked the bottom. No string. I turned it around until I found its button before pressing it, very curious as to why it was so heavy.
The ball opened and I sqeaked as a bright, white light raced out, jagging to the ground and forming a small creature I knew very well. It was smaller than what I knew its recorded height to be, about eight inches shorter. Its body was round and dark blue with small, round blue feet. It had tall, bright green leaves atop its body and bright, ruby red eyes and a small mouth.
"Odd?" The little creature cooed, its tone questioning as it looked around. Its bright eyes landed on me, "Odd!" It chirped, tone cheerful before it caught sight of the injury on my leg, "Ish! Odd!" It squeaked before running off.
I reached my free hand after it in vain, "W-wait..." I muttered, voice trailing off, 'What in the world is going on?! Pokémon don't exist! Nor has Nintendo made any virtual reality games!' I was pulled from my somewhat panicked thoughts by the little plant-like creature coming back with about five large, yellow, pear shaped fruits in its leaves.
"Oddish! OddOdd!" It chirped, dropping all but one. The little creature placed the fruit into my hand with its surprisingly dexterous leaves and I dropped the ball at the sudden gesture. I was a little nervous to be so near this little creature that, while cute, could easily kill me. The little oddish set to work, quickly cutting apart three fruits and tossing away a large, dark seed.
"Oddish!" The pokémon chirped, looking at the fruit in my hand as it finished cutting up the fruits. It made a motion, as if telling me to eat it before it nudged my leg so it could get to my injury more easily.
I hissed as it laid the sliced fruit on the wound, pressing them down and soaking my leg in juice. I glanced at the fruit in my hand, trying to ignore the stinging from my leg as I did so. The fruit had a few orange spots on its skin and it took a moment before I recognized it.
'A sitrus berry? But... What does that mean? There's an oddish and sitrus berries here... But... That can't mean... Could I have somehow ended up in another world?' I thought as I bit into the fruit. I chewed it slowly, savoring the odd, but wonderful taste it had. It was an odd mix of sweet, bitter, and sour, while it had very dry skin.
I scrunched up my nose, much preferring something sweet right now. As I finished off the fruit, I glanced back the oddish only stare, a bit shocked to find the wound on my leg gone. The oddish was eating a remaining, uncut berry before it noticed I was watching. It tilted its head as I tossed the pit of my fruit and wiped the juice from my leg and pulled down my pant leg before I stood, a bit stunned find no pain at all.
I turned to leave, determined to get out of here when I was stopped, "Oddish!" I glanced back at the oddish only to see it holding up the pokéball for me. I raised a brow before taking the ball. The oddish bounced to my feet as I turned and started walking. The little pokémon easily kept up as it chirped out an odd little tune.
I turned the ball in my hand, just now noticing a little button on its bottom. It was tiny and easily blended in, making sense for me to miss it before. I pressed the button and the ball suddenly shrank, "Well that's usefull." I muttered glancing at the oddish briefly. I tucked the now shrunken ball into my pocket. Hopefully I'd find out what was going on here, and soon.
(A/N Hey all! This is a rewrite of my original Kanto Arc story. I wasn't happy with how it had been turning out. I felt as though it were moving to fast and that it wasn't written as I'd have liked. So I'm redoing it. I changed my starter from Larvitar to Oddish on account of deciding I'd wait until later to get that little pokémon. For now, I'm happy with how its going. Thanks for reading! Be sure to Favorite, Follow, and Review!)