*chapter one: Fantasy at the Lake*
Two boys ran along a lake. Not a special lake, but one that meant something to one of the boys. The first boy's name was Ed. Ed was wealthy. His father owned a large loaning company, and made millions per year. The second boy was called Lief, because of he easily-cracked skin. He was not wealthy and was an orphan. The two where best friends, and always had each other's back, until that day on the lake.
"Hurry up, Lief! You're never gonna catch me if you run like that!"
"Ed, I'm tired! Why are we even playing chase? Isn't that a bit childish?"
"Okay, okay. We'll stop if you can beat me to the other side of the lake."
I get up.
"Fine!"
I get up and run past Ed towards the edge of the lake.
"Oh no ya don't!"
He comes next to me.
Just a little more!
Suddenly, a golden hoop appears and swallows me and Ed!
"Ed!"
I try to grab him, but I can't, he soon disappears.
It feels like something is sucking on my head!
My past seems to fly be my eyes, until I lose consciousness."
Something is biting my hair.
"Get off me, bug, I'm not an actual leaf."
Why did I say that? Wait! Where am I! Was I sleeping?
I roll over and fall in a lake.
"Ah!"
I climb out of the water.
"Why is there a lake here?"
I stare in the ripples and see a Pokemon staring back.
"Oh a Pokemon! What type is it?" I ask myself.
The image reflect what I say.
I shake my head.
"I must be imagining things."
I rub my face... With a paw!"
"Ah!"
I fall on my back and look at myself.
"I'm a Pokemon!"
I fall on my feet, all four of them.
I walk the best I could.
"Alright, I'm a Pokemon. I was... Wait? I don't remember. Was I a human?"
I rub my head.
Why can't I remember anything? The only two things I'm sure of is... I was a human, and my name is a misspelling of the word leaf. How was it spelled? L E I F? L I E F?
"Lief! That's it!" I yell.
"Yes Leaf! Why is that good?"
A small water-otter came out from behind a tree.
"I like Leaves."
I stare at it.
"You're an oshawatt, right?"
It nods.
"My name is Wotter. Like otter, but with a w."
I nod.
"I have a weird name too, it's Lief. L I E F."
He chuckles.
"Well that's ironic. I'm a water type, and you're a grass type."
"I am?"
He gives me a "what?" Look.
"Never mind, you probably wouldn't believe me."
He shakes his head.
"I probably would, my mom says I'm gullible."
Okay, thanks for sharing.
I tell him.
"So you where a human, and now you're a Pokemon?"
I nod.
"And I don't remember anything but my name, and that I was a human."
He shrugs.
"Okay! Let's go tell people!"
"No! Others won't believe me!"
I feel hopeless.
He puts his hand on my shoulder.
"It's okay, I won't tell anyone."
I look at him.
"Thanks."
He goes quiet.
"Well, better show you where the village is."
He begins to walk off.
"Wait, what type of Pokemon am I?"
He looks at the top of my head.
"Oh, you're a Leafeon."
"There it is! Froa village, home sweet home!"
I'm still stumbling, trying to walk on four legs.
He turns around.
"No, no, here you walk with your hind legs bent."
I try loosening my back legs, and walking became easier.
"Thanks."
"No prob!"
We continue into the village. Pokemon staring at us.
"Wotter, why are they staring at us?"
"Huh? Oh yeah, you can call me Wot."
"Okay, Wot. Why are they staring at us?"
"Oh yeah, nobody's seen an Eevee in years. In fact, just a few weeks ago, a Flareon came out of nowhere, and he's become a celebrity. Yep, he's kinda spoiled, and a jerk, and nobody's seen an eevee in so long, they just expect them all to be just as bad."
"Hmm."
"Yep, but you're nice, right?"
"Um, I think so."
"Oh good, cause I need a pal."
I tilt my head.
"What do ya mean?"
He pauses.
"This is my house, hold on a second, I'm gonna ask my parents if you can stay until you get your memory back.
He goes inside.
After awhile, I start looking around. I find a pebble and start tossing it around.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see a few Pokemon down a alley.
I sneak around and listen to what they're saying.
"Listen, runt! Give me the money, so I can buy a sleep wand!"
"No! This is my money!"
A memory comes back to me. A small boy being beat for the small amount of cash he had saved for years. They left him unconscious, and took the money."
Anger boils in me.
That was me. I can't let this happen to another.
The bully was a graveler.
"One last chance, runt-"
"Hey! Get away from him!"
The small Minnico ran towards me.
"T-thanks!"
I smile.
"Don't mention it."
"No! You're gonna pay for that, leaf boy!"
He charges at me. Suddenly, I know attacks.
I dodge out of the way and use a random move.
Quick attack!
He doesn't even wince.
"Doncha know how to battle!?"
He hits me with a tackle.
It hurt, but I'm still in this!
I move my head and leer at him.
He lunges, and I dodge again.
I have only one move left: Grass knot!
I unsheathe the claws I didn't know I had and the grass grew and snapped right on him!
He fell down on the ground.
"Help me up, fools!" He yelled to his posse.
They grab him and carry him away.
"This isn't over!"
I come back into reality.
"Wait, did I just win that fight?"
Something hugs me from the back.
"Thank you!" The small squirrel Pokemon said.
I smile.
"No problem."
"That was a very brave thing you did."
I turn to the voice.
She was pink, and had curly ears.
"You helped that child, when she was being bullied by a Pokemon that was twice your level."
"Level? I don't know what that is?"
She tilts her head.
"Level is how powerful you are. You are level seven, he was level fourteen."
"Oh, I didn't know."
"Come with me."
I follow her to Wot's house.
"Is your name Lief?" She asks me.
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"Wot told me, and he asked if you could stay."
"Wait, you mean you are Wot's mom?!"
She smiles.
"Yes. I get that a lot."
She opens the door.
"Well, are you coming?"
"I can stay?"
"Of course."
Wot shows me around.
"And here is a Rotom, it tells the news."
I look at the strange Pokemon.
"Huh."
"Yeah, he sleeps most of the day, but we always get the news."
"What's that room for?"
"Oh yeah, that's my room."
I poke my head in.
"It's very red."
He walks in.
"Yeah, red's my favorite color."
"I see, is this where I'll stay?"
"Yep. There's no extra rooms, so you'll bunk with me!"
I notice a poster of Flareon on his wall.
He follows my gaze.
"Oh, yeah, I'm a big fan of Flareon. He's a genius! He found a way to bring back fossilized Pokemon!"
I keep staring at the poster.
"What happened to all the Eevees?"
He look at the poster.
"There where once a lot of them. I knew at least three. One day, all the eevees went into the forest and disappeared. You're the second Eeveelution to appear in years."
Strange.
Wot's mom calls us to dinner.
I sit next to Wot at the table.
"Good evening, family!" Said a deep voice coming through the door.
"Hello dad!" Wot yelled.
"Hello Wotter!"
The giant Samorott came into the dining room.
"Hello, who are you?"
"Dad this is Lief! He's staying here for awhile."
"Well then, welcome to our humble abode!"
I smile.
"Thank you, I'm very glad to be here."
He tilts his head.
"Wait a second... You're a Leafeon! I haven't seen one of you in five years! The Eevees are returning, happy day!"
Wot's mom sets the table with an array of delicious berries and bred.
I realize I'm famished and I eat as much as I could.
"So, your name is Lief?"
"Yes sir."
"Like, the plant?"
I shake my head.
"No, it's spelle F."
"Okay, Lief, where are you from?"
"Uh..."
"Dad, Lief has amnesia, and he can't remember most of his past."
Wot's mom stopped eating.
"Oh, poor dear, that must be terrifying! Tell us what you remember, maybe we can help you."
I'm not going to tell them I was human.
"Sorry, all I can remember is my name is Lief, and I used to live by humans."
Wot's dad spat out his drink.
"Humans!? I thought they where a myth!"
I shake my head.
"No, I remember that they have no fur, and are very intelligent, but they're defiantly real."
"Hmm, I'd like to know more later. Anyway, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Samorott, though most call me Sam."
"And I'm Audino, and my friends call me Audi."
I smile.
"Nice to meet you."
"Do you go to school, Lief?"
"Mom, he doesn't remember."
She blushes.
"Oh yeah, sorry. Rephrase, would you like to?"
I don't know hardly anything about where I am or anything Pokemon types.
"Yeah, I think I need to. I can't hardly remember anything."
"Well good. You hear that Wotter, Lief actually wants to go to school."
Wot frowns.
"I don't see why though, it's no fun!"
"Maybe you'll like it better with a friend?" Audino says.
"Mm, yeah, okay. Maybe it'll be more fun with Lief there."
I smile.
"Oh yeah! Lief, want to tell about your act of heroism today?"
I remember my fight.
"Okay. This rock Pokemon was picking on a Minnico, and I intervened."
She nods.
"Yep, I saw it all. Little Mini was being attacked for the little money she had, and Lief rushed in, and attacked Graveler, who is twice his level."
"Ooh, that's impressive." Sam says.
I nod.
"I attacked him, and at first, he seemed unhurt."
"That's because normal is not very effective on rock."
"What?! I didn't know that! Some types are more effective on others?"
"Yes. For instance Fire on grass, water on fire, and grass on water."
"So, is grass super effective on rock?"
"No, but Graveler is also a ground type, which grass is super effective on."
"There are multi types?!"
"Well, yes. Actually, they teach this at school, so you'll learn tomorrow."
A dark void opened up and I was floating in it.
"Ed..."
I'm shaken awake.
"Come on Lief! You where the one who wanted to go to school!"
"Ah! Sorry, I was having a weird dream."
"Oh, what was it about?"
"I'm not sure, it was black and... Ed."
"Ed? Who's that?"
"I'm not sure, the name sounds familiar, but I can't remember who he is."
"Well, I hope it'll come back."
"Wot, school starts in five minutes!" Audino yells.
"Aah, hurry!"
We rush downstairs and out the door.
"Where do we go?!"
"Down the path on the left!"
I run as fast as I could, which was surprisingly fast on all fours.
"Wait up, Lief!"
I slow down for Wot.
"Oh, I see it!"
We make a break for it and come through right before the bell.
"Yes! Victory!"
We run up to the class.
"Hello, I'm here!"
"Good morning, Wotter, and... A the new student!" Said Jigglypuff.
"Hi!" Wot says.
"Hi, I'm Lief."
"Hello Lief, I'm Jigglypuff, your teacher. This is your first day, right?"
I nod.
"Well then, since you're new, I'll let you choose where you sit."
I look around at everyone, until I locate Wot.
"I'll go sit by Wot."
I scoot the chair to the side, and sit next to Wot.
Jigglypuff came up to the front.
"Hello class."
"Hiiiiiii Miss Jigglypuff."
She nods.
"Well, as you can see, we have a new student. Lief, would you like to introduce yourself?"
I walk up front.
"Everyone this is Lief."
"Hiiiiiii, Lief."
"Uh, hi."
I go back to my seat and the lesson starts.
Goooong!
"Alright class, class has five minutes left, do what you want to do for five minutes."
Instantly the class broke up, doing different things. Three Pokemon came up to me.
"Hi Lief, I'm Teddy Teddusa!" Said the small bear Pokemon.
"I'm Lilly." Said the small puppy Pokemon.
"Hi I'm Chicorita! It's nice to meet you!"
I smile.
"Hi, I'm Lief. It's nice to meet you."
"Hi Lief. So are you new around here?"
"Hey Lief!"
Wot trips and falls on me.
"Oops, sorry."
"It's fine."
"Hi Wot."
The other three look at Wot.
"You two already know each other?"
I nod.
"Yep."
The three go quiet.
"Hey, Wot." Teddy says.
"Yeah?"
"I think I dropped a pen over there, could you go and get it?"
"Sure!"
Wot runs over to Teddy's desk.
"Um, Lief, how long have you known Wot?" He quickly asks me.
"Since yesterday."
Teddy nods.
"Okay, well Wot is the biggest screw up this village has ever seen. He once caused a food cart to fall off a cliff, leaving us rationing for two months."
I shrug.
"I don't really care about pasts. Wot was the first Pokemon I met, and even if he's a screw up, he's still a good friend."
"Wow, that was inspirational!" Lilly says.
"Yay! That makes me want to make more friends!"
Teddy tilts his head suspiciously.
"What do you mean, the first Pokemon you ever met?"
I feel my face getting red, even though they can't see it through my fur.
"Well, the actual truth is that-"
"I couldn't find the pen!" Wot interrupted.
Chicorita jumps up.
"Yay, Wot's back!"
He smiles.
"Did I do something?"
"Yeah! Lief says you're a good friend!"
He gives a big smile towards me.
"Really! That's awesome!"
He comes and puts his arm around me.
"Yep, well he's really nice too!"
"Alright alright, Lief was about to say something."
"Ooh about what?" Wot says.
"He said you where the first Pokemon he met. He was about to say why that was so."
"Oh that's easy, it's because he used to be-"
I shoot him a look, and he stops.
"Actually, he has amnesia and can't remember anything about his past. Except his name, of course."
The three go quiet.
"Oh that's terrible! You must be so scared!" Lilly yells.
I shake my head.
"Not really, I still remember things like how to speak, math, and general survival skills. I just can't remember anything else."
"Maybe that happened to all the eevees!" Chicorita yells.
"Huh, he's not an eevee." Teddy says.
"No, but he's a Leafeon!"
Some people look in my direction.
Goooong!
"Alright class, you're dismissed."
"Ooh, we should go by the lake!" Wot yells.
"Wait, we where just talking about Lief."
"Oh, well Lief doesn't remember much more."
"How do you know? He could remember more."
"W-well-"
"No, I don't. I wish I did, but I don't, I'm sorry."
They go quiet.
"Mm, okay! Let's go to the lake!" Chicorita says.
*end of chapter one*
