Chapter 1

It's hard to know the difference between what you do and what you have to do when you don't know what you're supposed to do. The reason I say this is because, being an orphan and living in a Pokemon orphanage all my life, I never knew my origins. I didn't know that I was actually a beast. That I murdered for food. And that I was born with sharp teeth and claws for good reason. I was living a lie that my foster parents told me. I did not realize until I finally became a Feraligatr that this was a fact. It wasn't easy dealing with this new change in life either.

But anyways, I've wasted enough time. I'm Dezin. I was rescued by Jason and Tania, the two owners of the orphanage I lived in. Supposedly they found my egg by itself in the forest with my parents nowhere to be found. They decided to leave my egg there but the next day they saw my egg in the exact same place it was the day before. Again my parents weren't there. The two waited near my egg all day to see if my parents would come back. They never did. I was abandoned by my own parents and to this day I've never seen them.. Jason and Tania took my egg to their orphanage to later raise me as a kind, tame, and domesticated Feraligatr. But this changed when I found my true self.

It began on a cloudy day in the spring. Me and my friend Kalem, who was a Typhlosion were staring out the window at the clouds. Strange, I know, a water type with a fire type being friends. It wasn't easy when we first met but ever since we've been great friends, which makes me regret what I did to him... Anyways, we were watching the clouds excitedly. We enjoyed being in the rain. For obvious reasons, I liked the rain, but Kalem, being a fire type, really liked the rain. The only problem was that it reduced his stamina. But he could survive being out in really heavy rain, just not doing any major physical activity.

-"I wonder how much it will rain." I said.

-"A lot hopefully," Kalem replied, "Its more fun when it rains a lot."

-"You think so? I thought that was your least favorite time to be outside. Doesn't it make you more tired than average rain?"

-"Yea but its worth it. The rain just makes me feel free."

-"True. Just be careful though."

We waited about fifteen minutes until it finally started to rain. It wasn't that heavy, but it was heavier than it usually is. Me and Kalem finally went outside to the back of the orphanage which led to a forest. The forest wasn't really dense at all, which made it fun and relaxing to be in. There was also a nice river with large rocks on the side that we liked to climb and then hike on for a while, it was also a very rigorous hike. It was very uneven, required you to climb a lot, and it was long. But it was fun, even if there was at least a fifteen foot drop into the river to our side. We went down the path we usually go through to get to the river. We didn't have to worry about trainers since the portion of the forest that was split by the river we were in was owned by the orphanage, which ment they couldn't come here and try to capture us. We were pretty excited to get to the river that we raced each other to it. I won of course since Kalem did lose his breath a lot sooner. When we started climbing the rocks, Kalem was still exhausted.

-"Do you wanna take it easy for a bit?" I asked.

-"N-no...I'm fine...l-lets keep going." He replied.

-"...Ok. But if you want to take a break, we can. Just tell me."

He wasn't acting normal. Usually we'd sit for a while when he gets like that, but for whatever reason he seemed more determined to go on. Maybe he wanted to see how far he could push it. I don't know. I should have stopped him though.

Not much later he was really starting to fall behind. I asked him again if he wanted to take a break. But he was persistent and told me that he could keep going, this time very out of breath, and he was really struggling. A few minutes later, Kalem had finally collapsed. I turned around just in time to see him fall into the river, barely hitting his head on a rock.

-"Oh shit!" I said.

I quickly jumped into the river to save Kalem. I grabbed his arm and pulled him to shore. We were now in dangerous territory since this was were trainers were aloud to be. I remembered that there was a bridge nearby that I use to cross the river. I checked Kalem and he seemed ok. He was still breathing, his heart was beating but slowly, and he still had his fire, though it was small and dying out. The only major injury he had was on his head where he had hit the rock. He had a large gash on the side of his head, and he was bleeding badly.

-"Fuck I better hurry." I said.

I rushed to the bridge which was actually a lot closer than I thought. The whole time I was rushing back to the orphanage carrying Kalem, I felt strange. Smelling the blood that was now all over my right arm and part of my body, and seeing it made me feel like i needed something. It didn't make me feel queasy, it gave me the feeling of wanting to eat something. I don't know why since all I ever ate was Poffins, berries, and other types of food Pokemon usually eat. I didn't know why smelling the blood of another Pokemon made me hungry. I never had the thought of eating someone. Maybe this was why Jason and Tania avoided having me and a couple other Pokemon around when there was a medical emergency that had blood.

I finally made it to the orphanage and I rushed to Tania who was with some of the Pokemon outside.

-"Oh my god, Dezin what happened?!" She asked.

-"We were hiking...Kalem was too tired but didn't want to stop...he fell into the river and hit his head...he really needs help right now!" I said.

-"Don't worry I got it," she grabbed her walkie-talkie and spoke into it, "I need medical attention on the field ASAP. It's and emergency."

She put her radio down and keeled down to Kalem and looked at me.

-"Don't worry, we'll take care of Kalem, go get yourself cleaned up." She said.

I tried to hurry to the bathroom but i didn't want to attract more attention than I already had by running. Other Pokemon were already staring at me since I was covered in blood. When I made it to the bathroom I looked at myself. Half red, the smell of pennies filling the room. I looked at my bloody hand for a bit. And I couldn't help but tasting it.

That night I couldn't sleep. Not because the events "scarred my mind" or whatever. But because I had the urge to sink my teeth into something. Into someone. Kalem only got minor concussion from the accident, nothing severe. I looked over to his bed across the room he was lying there with bandages on his head. I looked at him a little more and kept thinking about the way his blood tasted.

-Author's Note-

Alright so, this is the end of Ch.1. More to come soon. This is my first story so please give feedback it will really really help for future stories and even the second chapter. But anyways I hope you guys like it so far. See ya.