I do not own Pokémon, but there are OC's that I do own. As far as I know, I also own the concept of the Poké Virus. However, I am not sure who thought up of the idea of Poké Morphs. It's widely held, I guess. Anyways, enjoy. I'll try to put as much of my thoughts as I can into this story. I have a really good feeling about it. I was actually going to hold off a little longer on uploading this, but the feeling I had about this was so good I could not wait any longer!

Chapter 1: Hiding

There I was, sitting in our hideout. Oh, I am Hyron. After an incident several years ago, I had been an Eevee Poké Morph. My ears were long, like that of an Eevee. I also had a long Eevee tail that I would often cuddle with whenever I was frightened or nervous. I had friends who were Poké Morphs. There was Eddie, a pure human. He had volunteered to help us out a bit. He hated Team Plasma. There was Sakura. She was half Vulpix. The hair on top of her head was dark red and curled, like a Vulpix. She also has six crimson red tails. These were the two of my friends who were present with me at the time. There were others in our group. Others in hiding.

"We can't let Ghetsis find us," Sakura reminded us. She knew she didn't have to say it. Avoiding Team Plasma was second (maybe third) nature to us now. Other teams such as Team Rocket had joined up with them under Ghetsis' supreme rule. Several years ago, Team Galactic had created a thing called the Poké Virus. It was tested out on a Trainer named Dawn, who had grown a Pachirisu tail and matching ears. Then, there was some sort of accident and an international outbreak of the stuff. More than half of the world's population was affected.

"Seems legit, but you don't need to tell us 78 times," Eddie claimed firmly. "When are the others getting back?"

"Well, Ziggy and Leon should be back any minute," I recalled and informed softly. Ziggy was a Zigzagoon Morph. Ziggy wasn't his real name, though. We just called him that. Leon was Shinx Morph. He was a nice guy. He always saw the brighter side of things. In our day-to-day situation, that was a quality we needed.

"They better be here soon. I have to go soon. I'm supposed to fly some small cargo to the Sevii Islands tonight," Eddie informed Sakura and I. "And what about everyone else?"

"Hyron and I aren't the only Poké Morphs here. Ralph is here," Sakura reminded him. Ralph was a Sceptile Morph. He was a tough Poké Morph and Trainer. What? We may have been half Pokémon, but we were Trainers as well.

"Hey, all," Ash greeted. He was on a journey until…it happened. Since then, he had been a Pikachu Morph, which included having Pikachu ears and a lightning bolt tail, as well as two brown stripes on his back that you couldn't see unless he took off his shirt. And his girlfriend, Misty, was a Marill Morph. She had a rubbery Marill tail and round Marill ears. Ash had a Pikachu of his own that was perched on his shoulder. Misty held her Azurill in her arms. She was a Gym Leader in Cerulean City before the Poké Virus incident.

"Hey, Ash. Hi, Misty," I greeted them. I liked them. They have been so nice to me since we met.

"I think it's going to rain," Misty claimed. Sakura let out a groan. She did not like rainy days. "Where are the others?"

"Ziggy and Leon are probably fooling around again," Eddie sighed. "Did you guys hear that I have an important flight tonight?"

"Really? Where to?" Ash asked.

"The Sevii Islands."

"Wow. I hear that there is a lot there. I would have loved to go there."

"It's too bad that those islands are Team Plasma territory. And Prima tried so hard to protect it…" Misty trailed off. Prima, also known as Lorelei, was once an Elite Four member for the Kanto and Johto regions (since they share a league), but retired the position to live on Four Island, the island where she grew up. Team Plasma took the island and its surrounding islands by force, overpowered Prima, and she disappeared. As for other members of any Elite Four, I can only wonder what happened to them. I know Karen, a Dark-type specialist, became an Umbreon Morph. I think Bruno remained unaffected, but hid in the mountains anyway. One event had changed the entire world…

"Eddie, what are you carrying to the Sevii Islands?" I suddenly asked.

"It's confidential. I don't even know," Eddie sighed.

Ralph came downstairs. He had a leafy tail like a Sceptile. He also had the leafed wrists of one. He greeted, "Hello, everyone." His greeting wasn't a warm and fuzzy greeting. Just an acknowledgement. "Are Ziggy and Leon back yet?"

Just then, Ziggy darted in and dashed around the room. His hair was a zigzag pattern of brown and white. He had a matching tail, too. Leon followed him in. He had the large ears of a Shinx and the tail of one, too. His eyes were glowing yellow like one. Ziggy had a burlap sack full of stuff that he had collected randomly from the streets. He took out a hubcap and begged Ralph, "Can we put this on the wall? Please!"

"No! I'm sick of you asking me to put your junk on the wall!" Ralph snapped. "I was hoping that your Pickup ability would come in handy!"

Something in Ziggy's bag caught my eye. I reached into it and pulled out a berry. It was an Oran Berry. I asked, "Ziggy, where did you find this?"

"Outside the city! I found all sorts of fruit and berries! And this sign!" Ziggy showed me his bag, and then pulled out a sign stating that the Saffron Gym was closed. It had been closed for a while. All the Gyms had been closed, which was why Ash had to stop his journey. The Battle Frontier had suffered the same restrictions. Some of the Frontier Brains were Poké Morphs. I think Anabel, the Brain of the Battle Tower, was an Espeon Morph. There were others, too. After sheltering Anabel, Spenser, head of the Battle Palace, had to flee his area.

"You weren't supposed to take the sign," Eddie sighed.

"That's what I tried to tell him!" Leon claimed. "He wouldn't listen! But at least we found some more food."

"We didn't have a problem with food supply," Ralph claimed bitterly.

"It…it is better to have extra," I claimed in a small voice. I held my fluffy tail in my palms, just in case he would yell at me. But he never did. Instead, he spared me a glance and a smile. He must have seen my point. I released my tail and smiled back.

"What else did you find?" Ralph asked Ziggy. Ziggy took out a first aid kit. Ralph suddenly looked pleased. "There we go! Something incredibly useful! Great job, Ziggy!"

"I should go soon," Eddie announced. "I have to pilot a plane for a long trip and if I want to have some inside information, I don't want to peeve off the horrible dictatorship that is Team Plasma."

"Good luck," Sakura wished him. Eddie saluted to us and snuck out the door after making sure no one saw him.

"I wonder what he's carrying," Leon wondered as he sat down next to me. It must have been important. Sakura scooted over to the other side of me.

"Let's go steal it!" Ziggy suggested hyperactively.

"You'd have to be insane. We'd be busted as Poké Morphs, and we'd get Eddie in trouble," Ash tried to reason with him.

"Even Ash isn't that reckless," Misty added. Ash glared at her, to which she responded, "Oh, you know I love you."

"Yeah, I do," Ash shrugged and gave her a hug. Pikachu made a face, which made Azurill snicker.

Sakura, Leon, and I got up. Everyone went about to do their business. I took a shower and washed my tail thoroughly. I got out, dried off, got dressed, cleaned my long ears, and went back downstairs.

"Did the water feel nice?" Ralph asked when he saw my. I nodded. I shook out whatever water remained in my hair and fur. Ziggy was trying to hang his hubcap on the wall. He and Leon were definitely the youngest. Sakura and I were just a couple years younger than Ash, Misty, and Ralph.

We all gathered at our round table, which was big enough to hold the seven of us. We all took our seats. Ziggy looked very excited to eat. Ralph looked at us with a grim expression on his face. He said, "Before we start eating, I have some bad news. Hyron, you may want to grab your tail for this." He paused. Everyone looked nervous. As Ralph guessed, I did want to cuddle with my Eevee tail. And so I did. He went on, "Last night, five Poké Morphs were murdered. Brutally murdered. This crud with Team Plasma has gone too far!"

"Who died?" Sakura asked.

"I think they all were Bug-type Morphs," Ralph answered. Just then, there was a knock on our door. The Sceptile Morph muttered, "Who could that be?" When Ralph opened the door, his grumpiness faded. It was our old friend and fellow Poké Morph, Damoré. He was an Absol Morph. He had long white hair and a dark horn growing out the side of his head. He also had the blade-like tail of an Absol. He usually concealed his horn with a hood. Ralph welcomed Damoré in.

"Sorry if I interrupted anything," Damoré apologized.

"Eh, nothing important," Ralph shrugged.

"Hi, Damoré!" Leon greeted excitedly. He stood on his chair and waved to him. I told him to get down and that if he was not careful, he would break his head. He took my word for it and got down.

"So, this is your crew? Yeah, I think I remember you all. Uh…Ash, Misty, Sakura, Hyron, Leon, and…Ziggy?" Damoré guessed.

"Yes!" Ziggy exclaimed.

"Wasn't there some pure human helping you out from behind enemy lines?" Damoré asked openly.

"He must mean Eddie," Sakura guessed.

"Eddie had to go to the Sevii Islands," I stated. Damoré nodded, acknowledging the fact that I said to him.

Damoré walked over to me and rubbed a hand on my head. He said to Ralph, "It looks like you have a decent group here, Ralph." I smiled, happy to have some affection and acknowledgment like this.

"Yeah," Ralph nodded. "We're a smart bunch. That's why we haven't been caught."

"Knock on wood. Team Plasma is getting more oppressive," Damoré informed us. I shuddered. Team Plasma was awful. Ghetsis was, as Eddie had always said, a ruthless dictator. Everything was his or it was destroyed. Damoré continued, "They destroyed the Pewter Museum. I'm sure you all heard about that."

"Yeah. It happened last month," Sakura recalled, playing with one of her six tails.

"That was just to set an example," Damoré continued. Every time I hear about them or something they did, the sky seems grayer. Misty and Ash looked the most horrified. They had a friend from Pewter City. While they knew he was alright, they could not help but worry. Just about every city and town in Kanto was a shadow of what it once was. Kanto was a shadow of its former self. All the regions were like this. Because some Pokémon Rangers were affected by the Poké Virus, Chairperson Erma and Professor Hastings had to shut down the Pokémon Ranger Union. It was either that or the Rangers who were affected get executed. The whole world was under Ghetsis' cruel, crushing fingers. They would go all out even if they were facing a small child like Ziggy or Leon, or even a smaller child. They had frozen most of the Unova region. They terrorized the rest of the regions.

"What can we do about Team Plasma?" Leon asked. I gave him a sad smile. If he saw hope, the rest of us could, too. This was why everyone needs an optimist.

"Whatever we can, I guess," Ralph shrugged. He scanned all of our faces.

"Ralph, how long do we have to keep hiding?" Ziggy suddenly blurted out. Ralph had a look on his face that said he was thinking it over. Then, his face turned from thoughtful to angry and he slammed his Sceptile tail against the wall.

"Ugh! I hate Team Plasma!" he shouted. Damoré and Ash grabbed his shoulders and shook him, bringing him back to his senses. He looked towards Ziggy and Leon. They looked frightened, so he said to them, "Sorry for scaring you. It's just…Team Plasma is ruining everyone's lives."

My long ears drooped. He was right. But that was already an accomplished topic long ago. Everyone else's reaction to Ralph's words was similar to mine. They were sad and accepting of the fact. Even Leon and Ziggy looked bummed out. Sakura let her head rest in her palms. Ash smiled as if he had come up with some sort of idea. "Who wants to watch a movie?"

"A movie?" Misty repeated.

"Yeah! So we can get our minds off of things! Remember my buddy Luke from Unova?"

"Didn't he want to be some sort of movie producer?" I asked.

"Yeah. He even let me be in a couple of his movies. It was awesome! I heard that he had an amazing career working at Pokéstar Studios!"

"Ooh! That sounds exciting!" Ziggy said in awe. His zigzag pattern tail was wagging.

"Yeah, but Team Plasma closed Pokéstar Studios unless they want to make a documentary about themselves and their research and the mess that they've made of the world," Ralph muttered.

"Ralph, don't think like that. We'll figure something out," Misty tried to reassure.

"Misty is right," Leon agreed.

"We can't let them keep bullying Poké Morphs," Sakura added.

"What can we do?!" Ralph snapped at them. They all shrank away.

"Actually, there may be someone who can help. Two people even. The ones chosen by Zekrom and Reshiram. Zekrom and Reshiram should be able to stand up to Kyurem, which Ghetsis is controlling. But it's risky. Ghetsis still has the DNA Splicers. He could fuse one of them with Kyurem," Damoré reminded us. "We have more than just the people in this room. I think that we should get in contact with N, wherever he is. He'd be one of the biggest helps right now."

"Hey, guys, do you think that the Splicers could be used as another method of creating Poké Morphs?" Sakura asked.

"The DNA Splicers are really meant for Kyurem, but I'm guessing that as soon as the idea crosses Ghetsis' mind, some poor Pokémon and some poor human somewhere will be the first to find out," Damoré answered her. "Ghetsis and his researchers sure treat us Poké Morphs like guinea pigs."

"It's an awful thing. His Shadow Triad kind of scares me. They're so mysterious, eerie, and their abilities are inhuman," I claimed. The Shadow Triad really did scare me. "Don't they have some sort of history that compels them to be ever-loyal to Ghetsis?" Damoré nodded to me. So I continued to question. "How did they meet him, then?"

"To be honest, Hyron, no one really knows. He supposedly saved them, but that's all anyone truly knows about their history with Ghetsis. That's all anyone may ever know. They're a secretive bunch. And to think that the Seven Sages have split up. Rood is still loyal to N, but Zinzolin is with Ghetsis all the way."

"Hey, Damoré…how do you know so much about Team Plasma?"

"Well, Hyron, my home region is Unova. I grew up in Lacunosa Town, which was right by the Giant Chasm where Kyurem slept. Everyone in Unova knows the history of Team Plasma. Everyone else knows a good part of it."

"And the other teams like Team Rocket, Team Galactic, and that old man who ran the Pokémon Pinchers; they all joined Team Plasma, branching off of it," Ralph added. Chills ran down my spine and up my tail. The thought of all of those bad guys in unity was a very scary thought. They were bad enough separate.

"I think it would help if we got in contact with the ex-Rangers," Ash spoke up. My ears perked up. Ash and Misty had told us so many amazing things about their Ranger friends.

"And some of the other ex-Gym Leaders," Misty added. She used to be a Gym Leader back when the Gyms still ran legally.

"Well, we ought to call them up soon," Ralph said to them. He had officially approved of getting in contact with some of the others who despised Team Plasma and their domination of the world.

"Something just occurred to me. Where did you say Eddie was again?" Damoré asked.

"He was running cargo to the Sevii Islands, but he was never told what the cargo was," I reminded him.

"Hmm…" Damoré had a look on his face that told us he was thinking very hard about that cargo.

"Indeed," Sakura agreed playfully and teasingly. I smiled and held back snickers. She always had a way to make me laugh, or at least crack a smile.