1 Intertwine Dreams

1.1 The Seraph

How did it all start? I'm still unsure, we were all trying out a new product for our computers when it happened. Little did we know that our friends imagination was so powerful, he could reshape the face of the world as we knew it. I happened to be facing him in an online Poke-match when it happened.

Dan sent out his Growlithe and I sent out my Vulpix, it was a trademark thing, our group tended to send out whatever pokemon we played in some RPG across Menagerie. Well, we both entered our moves and my computer screen froze. I kinda just stared at it, hoping it would kick in and this was just some kind of bug. I growled to myself when it didn't. "Dan you dummy… some great new DSL connection…"

I kicked the machine and it sparked. I blinked again and poked it, it sparked again. "Okay… something is VERY wrong here. And I'm not refering to Zidane's disturbing pants either!" I looked away to grab my game cartridge out of the online module, and got thrown into my wall from an explosion. I wanted to scream but I went unconcious far too soon.

I had weird dreams, in it I saw Dan and some other girl, but oddly, I felt good about the both of them, no twinge of jealously like I usually did. Sure I made fun of Dan occasionally, kicked his butt in Magic all the time… but I liked him… I liked him a lot. The two seemed to be insode of a barrier, and then I turned as some mad scientist type cackled behind me. I saw a flame and a drop of water mix together, niether extinguishing the other… and then I woke.

My alarm rang and my MP3 played roared to life like every other morning of my life. The Japanese music I was so fond of filled the air of my room and I slowly opened my eyes.

kowareru hodo aishitemo sanbun no ichi mo tsutawaranai

junjou na kanjou wa karamawari I love you sae ienaideiru my heart

nagaku nemureani yoru ga kimi e to omoi

sore wa koi na n desu to sasayaku yo

tomedonaku katari nakeru yureru todou wa

binetsu majiri no tameiki e to kawaru

give me smile and shine days kimi no smile de

itetsuku yoru samusa no mo good koraerareru

kowareru hodo aishitemo san bun no ichi mo tsutawaranai

junjou na kanjou wa karamawari i love you sae ienaideiru my heart

mannatsu no ame no you ni kawaita suhada uruosu kimi no egao ga mabushikute

kyuu ni sumasanaide donna ni konnan de nankan na kabe mo koeru kara

dore dake kimi wo aishitara kono omoi todoku no darou

mitsumerareru to ienai kotoba ga chuu ni mau

hanarereba hanareru hodo itoshii hito da to kizuku

motomereba motomeru hodo ni setsunai kyori wo kanjiteru my heart



moshi mo kono ude de dakishime-aeta nara

dore dake kimi wo aishitara kono omoi todoku no darou

yume no naka de wa tashikani ieta hazu na noni

kowareru hodo aishetemo san bun no ichi mo tsutawaranai

junjou na kanjou wa karamawari I love you sae ienaideiru My Heart



I sighed and got up, walking into my bathroom and taking off my t- shirt I liked to use as a night gown, I liked it because it was a shirt Dan had lent me once. I looked up into the mirror and stared in shock. Okay, now I am a personal expert in mirror viewing of myself, and my first thought that ran across my mind was, "STRANGE GIRL IN MY BATHROOM!!!"

I bolted out of the door only to see her bolt with me. Now, I've seen some strange girls in my life, but one covered in pink fur and sporting six red tails is just crazy. That's when I peeked my head in and finally realised the girl was my own reflection. I walked in slowly and put a hand to my muzzle. Yep, it was mine all right.

Now this WAS an odd predicament, but I was surprisingly pleased. I felt quite normal, despite the fact that I was a Vulpix hybrid wearing nothing more than a crush's old t-shirt. I turned on the light to my bathroom and looked myself over, trying to get total control of my 6 bushy tails. I failed miserably at that ideal. I took out a bow I normally used for tying hair back and tied the rotten things together.

With that I looked at them satisfied and got ready for a shower. It would let me think, and shake off the feeling of morning dirtiness. Yep, living with fur would be quite tough. Why wasn't I reacting so crazily to my predicament? Eh, things happen, might as well learn to enjoy them. Besides, it had always been one of my dreams to be a hybrid. I had gotten right into it the first day Dan showed off his stories to me in school.

I finished my shower and got dressed, choosing my usual attire, and headed out the door. I loved the color black, and when I couldn't wear that I was in earth tones. So black drawstrings and a black turtle neck suited me quite well. As I was heading out of my room I heard the beeping from my computer indicating that someone entered the #Pokemon_RPG chat I hung out in. I rushed over my computer to see that everyone was joining back on.

Everyone was in a state of madness…



Tygerwind FireHybrid, what's going on?!

PokeBobVaporeon How'd this happen?

Scott What's going on? Can someone explain?

FireHybrid Guys, I have no clue was going on!

AuitzogChernobyl Guys, I'm in trouble over here!

The_Seraph What the hell is going on!

FireHybrid Everyone, shut up for a minute! One at a time! Auitzog, what's wrong?

AuitzogChernobyl Well, there are Pokemon all over the place!

FireHybrid I know that! Anything life-threatening or altering?

AuitzogChernobyl Yeah, I'm a Flareon!

FireHybrid A Flareon?!

AuitzogChernobyl That's what I just said! I'm a bit larger than Flareon usually are, and I can stand and walk on my hind legs. The paws on my forelegs are also more hand than paw, complete with opposable thumb, but aside from those oddities, I'm a Flareon, through and through!

FireHybrid O.K., just calm down! Look, all you have to do is concentrate on your human self. You'll shift right back!

AuitzogChernobyl I can't!

FireHybrid What?!

AuitzogChernobyl I already tried it. Nothing happens!



Oh no… AuitzogChernobyl was stuck as a Flareon? SO did that mean that there were more than just one type of hybrid? Did Dan's idea of locked down shifts exist here too? Okay… calm down… world turning to absolute shit… must calm… aww… who am I kidding… I read on.



FireHybrid AuitzogChernobyl…I really don't know what to say. Maybe there's something we can do to help you later. For

now…I guess you'll just have to deal with it.

Pokebobvaporeon Can we talk… NOW?!

FireHybrid Bob, please be patient. This is very confusing for all of us!

Pokebobvaporeon Baka! We "will" talk now, or else I'll rip out your intestines!

FireHybrid Geez, calm down! What's with all the threatening?!

Pokebobvaporeon Oh sorry… bit of dark-rage there.

FireHybrid Dark-rage?

Pokebobvaporeon Yeah, I'm part Houndoom now. So as a Fire/Dark type I get pissed easy.

FireHybrid Oh…well, try to stay calm. We're all trying to figure this out as well.

Tygerwind You don't have to tell me that.

FireHybrid Tyger, are you a Hybrid too?

Tygerwind Yeah, I'm a Persian Hybrid!

FireHybrid Great…Seraph! What about you?

The_Seraph I'm a Hybrid too. A Vulpix Hybrid.

FireHybrid Scott?

Scott Jolteon Hybrid.

FireHybrid Well, this is just fine…and I'm a Growlithe Hybrid, in case anyone cares.

AuitzogChernobyl What the hell is going on here!

* FireHybrid has been disconnected (Connection lost) *



I sat back and stared at the screen. I figured I had better go find Dan, I mean, he is a school friend, even if he doesn't know that I'm the Seraph. I slipped on my jacket and disconnected. I figured his crappy modem blew or something, I knew his computer was trash. Heh, imagine what he's think when he found out Serena, a weird artist-girl from school, was also the "poetic and interesting" girl he tlaked to online?

Maybe I had a chance with him after all.

As I headed out I heard my mother calling me from the kitchen, I sighed and went over to her. "Serena Vulpos-" Vulpos… so that was my new last name was it? I wondered what Dan's name had changed to. I smiled as she went on. "-just where do you think you are going?"

"I have to swing by the Pokemon Center mom---" Pokemon center??? Did I just say that??? Did I have Pokemon???

My mom quirked her eyebrow when I froze, "Anything else…? A boy perhaps?"

Well, somethings haven't changed, I wasn't allowed to even THINK of dating until I was 18, or I evolved. I sighed and nodded, "No boys mom, I just need to bring my Pokemon in for some check ups. I am supposed to go find some other trainer…" I lied, started to assume that most of the writers were indeed now trainers, and knowing Dan, he'd definatley be a trainer.

I hated lying to my mom, but she was way too over protective of me. I put a hand to my belt and felt the six Pokeballs there, something told me that two were missing their Pokemon at the moment. Suddenly, I began to realise memories were flooding my head, I knew more and more of this new life as I thought about it. I had 6 Pokemon, they were Espeon, Vulpix, Ferlagator, Bulbasaur, Pichu; who I never kept in a pokeball and that mean that the last one was…

"HAUNTER GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!!" I heard my sister scream from down the hall. I rolled my eyes, Haunter never quit at his own antics. I ran down the hall to her room, watching Jennifer, a flustered older sister, stomp out of her room in a towel growling. I silently called Haunter back into his ball and waited for my sister to finish yelling at me. "SERENA, THAT BRAT OF A POKEMON HAS TO LEARN TO STAY OUT OF MY ROOM! THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN A WEEK!"

"I know."

"WHY DON'T YOU PUNISH THAT THING OR AT LEAST TRAIN IT TO OBEY YOU."

"It's my friend."

"THEN WHY DON'T YOU ASK IT TO STAY OUT OF MY ROOM."

"I do."

"THEN WHY DOES IT KEEP HAPPENING?"

"I don't know." I started to cry… so maybe I was a wimp, maybe I didn't like it when Jennifer yelled at me. Maybe I just didn't like it when she was angry with me. She started to see this and sighed and pulled me into a hug.

"Just… try not to let it happen again okay?" She asked, looking down at me like she did any little kid. So… maybe I was little… immature because I haven't evolved yet. But I was happy with how I was, and… maybe I could stand being treated like a kid just a little longer.

I stepped outside with Pichu on my shoulder and breathed in the air. Outside, the world had turned crazy overnight. Pokemon were everywhere, this was some kind of crazy dream turned wild reality. They were being used for everything from building houses, to towing cars and regulating traffic. I sighed and fell flat in my face.

I had tripped over some rock or something. I sat up and brushed my fur, I blinked when I noticed I was glowing. This was rather odd, I felt something within me shift, and then I felt that change grow outwards. I gasped in surprise when I realised I was evolving, as it happened, I picked up the rock and looked at it, I was staring at a fire stone. My body changed as I evolved, well… naturally that was what was supposed to happen, but I ran inside as I realised I was getting bigger. I ran to my room and my siblings followed me, seeing my glow. Everyone watched as I changed, well, didn't matter much since the only ones in my house are my mother, my three sisters, and I.

I watched it myself in a mirror, the change went rather quick, and I could only see a dim outline in a bright light of the evolution. Adulthood… here I come.

The changes weren't THAT bad. For one thing I looked the part of a 17 year old now, more well developed and much better looking. I lost most of my cuteness to beauty, and I realized I would need a new wardrobe. My hair was wild now, well, more than before, and had gone a white-pink color that went well with my dark tan fur, my tails were pure pink, and I had gained three new ones. I found myself stroking them and cuddling them, I now knew why so many guys had been feeling my sisters' tails.

Jen hugged me from behind and smiled at me, "Awww! Serena's grown up on us!"

I just smiled, I had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and I finally got Chris' jokes as to me evolving into a Ninetailes sometime. If you're still reading this when I meet up with him, remind me to smack him around will you? I sat up slowly and mom put a robe around me, grinning. "Well, looks like someone is going to need new clothes soon!"



I'd say it took about an hour for me to borrow some of my sister's clothes before I decided to venture out again. I still needed to go down to the center before I went to find Dan. I knew where his house was, I had been going over there to hang out for years before this whole crazy event had happened. As I walked out towards the center I had noticed that the neighborhood had not changed all that much, except for a few new buildings and the animals all over had changed.

When I almost reached the center door a big hand caught me by the shoulder and I shuddered when I heard a voice say, "Seraph… BOO!"

I jumped and squeaked, turning to find what must have been the scariest face I have ever known. Justin TerBush, my good old buddy with a bad sense of quality in himself and maybe a little too much confidence. Still… he was one of my most trusted friends, not to mention one of the nicest guys I knew. "Umm… Hiya Vader."

If he had started breathing into a resporator we might have a large joke here, but not my Justin, he just grinned at the use of his nickname. Apparently anyone in close contact me still remembered. At this point my thoughts started wandering to what Star Wars must look like now. Justin nodded and grinned a little, "What are you up to?"

"On my way to meet FireHybrid, you?"

"Just heading out to check out the new shipment of Young Jedi cards that came in at the comic shop. Wanna check 'em out later?" Yep… same old, Star Wars obsessed Justin, even if he was a Rapidash hybrid now.

"Sure, maybe after dinner I'll pop up at your house."

"Right on."

I sighed as he headed off and walked into the center, Justin may be my friend, but even I feel that knowing the specs of every starship ever produced in all the Star Wars continum is a bit weird. But then again, who am I to call anything weird?