Here, have chapter two. This story will switch between the four different protagonists, except the last two sharing a chapter. (Longer A/N at the end)

EDIT: This is now chapter one. I decided for the pace this story would be moving at four characters would be too many for me to write.

"Mum! Come on its starting!" Krissy yelled from her spot on the soft blue couch. Her eyes were locked on the screen as the last advertisement finished and the screen faded into the intro scene for their favourite comedy show.

"Coming!" Her mother replied, followed by the sound of her mother loudly rushing down the carpeted stair-case and plopping down next to her.

Krissy and her mother both loved each other more than anything else, and shared so many similar traits. It almost made the fact that she had no father meaningless because her mum easily covered both positions. Krissy didn't care about not knowing who 'her old man' was, she had a best friend and a doting parent to fill the empty space. She didn't even care about not having a pokemon. Sure she loved them, but she wasn't some little kid begging for a pet Pikachu. If she had to get anything it would be something more exotic anyway, like a Gabite, or maybe even something from another region. Why limit herself to Alola pokemon only? A Ninetales from Kanto would be pretty cool! The only thing she ever needed pokemon for was art. Particularly the feline-like pokemon or the dragon types, although she didn't mind the occasional brightly coloured flying type. It was always fun to paint one of their feathers.

They continued watching until the show was over, then they ate a nice big meal of delicious cheesy spaghetti, chattering excitedly about the day's events and what had happened in their show.

"It's time to go to bed now sweetie. You need all your strength for vaccinations tomorrow"

Krissy shivered. "Mum! Don't remind me!" She absolutely hated getting the needle. Just the mere thought of it sent chills creeping up her spine and caused her skin to prickle with goosebumps.

"Sorry."

Krissy just sighed and turned to go up the stairs. Enjoying the carpet that cushioned her feet as she opened the door to her room. She was greeted with a cascade of pastel rainbow, mainly pinks, yellows and minty blue. She quickly changed into her pyjamas, which featured a sleeping Swablu. Getting into bed she closed her eyes, trying to block out her thoughts until eventually, she reached the sleep she needed.

~o0o~

Krissy woke to the sun shining brightly through the wispy white curtains, piercing her blue eyes as she opened them slowly. She closed them quickly, not wanting to wake up and get out of her cosy little bed. After an uncountable amount of minutes, she heard a small click and an agonizingly repetitive beeping noise as her alarm fired off. Doing the job it had been set to do every morning, though a little too late considering that she had already woken up. Krissy lifted her arm and pushed down firmly on the button to make it stop before reluctantly getting out of bed and changing into some proper clothes, jeggings with a few pastel heart patches on the left knee matched with a white shirt featuring a Comfey sitting on a couch and the words. "This couch is so Comfey!" She knew it was a stupid joke, but she had a weakness for silly shirts, those and plush toys always sucked her money away.

Krissy walked sleepily over to the bathroom and plugged in the hair straightener, flicking it on at the power-point, causing a red light to appear. Krissy then turned on the tap and splashed some water on her face. She found it refreshing and it helped to wake her up a little. She then pat her face dry with her towel, allowing the white cloth to absorb all of the water. The hair straightener light changed over to green, proudly displaying that it was ready for use. Krissy picked it up and because to flatten her messy fringe, calming down the crazy curls in her hair until the changed to a slightly neater wave. It would take too long to make it straight so she just left it like that, adding a colourful heart clip to her hair in order to keep the remaining messy parts out of her face and putting the straightener away in the cupboard again.

The fifteen year old began jumping down the stairs, oblivious to the needle that awaited her later that day.

"Morning Mum!" She greeted the curly-haired blonde.

She grabbed some bread, butter and cheese, flicking on the sandwich toaster and proceeded to make her breakfast- a toasted cheese sandwich. When it was complete she let it cool down before sitting on the timber bar stool at their kitchen bench to eat. As she ate she checked her notifications on her phone, there was a recent one from her best friend, Tiffany.

Good Morning! It read.

Krissy quickly typed back.

Hey! Gm to you to :3

She turned back to her meal until she heard the phone buzz.

Is it okay if I come over at 12? Dad's a bit off today.

Krissy sighed. It was more like every day. Tiffany's father was a single parent too, but he didn't deal with it as well has Krissy's mum did.

Sure. Should be back by then. Gtg! She replied as she began to finish.

Bye Tiffany responded.

Krissy then put her plate in the sink.

"Tiffany's coming over at 12" She told her mum.

Her mum smiled sympathetically. "That should be fine sweetie! I'll be in the car ok?"

Krissy squeaked faintly in remembrance of this morning's events. "Ok Mum" She responded fearfully.

Krissy went back upstairs to get her socks, she chose a silly pair that made it look like Magikarp were eating her legs, she swiftly slipped them onto her feet and loudly thumped back down the stairs, grabbing her sneakers and walking over to the car. She opened the door and slid into the passenger seat.

They drove in silence, allowing Krissy to sit worriedly, her stomach felt all fluttery and there was a queasiness in her throat as she sat, awaiting her fear. The car pulled up at a cheerful looking doctor. It was just a normal house, nothing special, apart from the sign outside that read "Doctor Ellis Yates" with a picture of a happy Audino underneath.

Krissy was shivering slightly as she opened the door. Even though it was a perfectly warm day, the sun shining onto her faintly tanned skin. Her mother led her to the door, the look on her face for a flash of a second. It was so fearful, so regretful. Krissy's eyes didn't miss that small moment as her mother looked away from her daughter. For that piercing instant where she saw a face that she had seen so many times on her mother and never knew why, become more intense than it had ever before. This was going to be bad.

They walked along the short, vegetation surrounded path. It seemed to take forever, step after step. But in reality it didn't even last a minute. Krissy finally reached the steps, only three, three long, agonizing steps up to the warm timber door. She reached towards the handle and wrapped her fingers around the silver metal, as eerie as an Alolan Persians piercing glare. It seemed to take all her strength to pull down on the weak handle and push the door open, a blast of freezing air conditioner met her senseless skin that was already prickled with thousands of goose bumps.

"Ah Krissy! We were wondering when you'd turn up" The sickly sweet voice of Dr. Ellis met her ears, followed by a greeting from Apricot the Audino. It felt like there were millions of tiny Araquanid creeping down her back, starting from her ears until they reached the end of her spine.

"Nice to see you Dr" Krissy's mother replied, Krissy just waved timidly, wishing that they would just do it already. It seemed like there was something more to this. The way the spoke made it seem like something more than just a tiny little vaccination.

The fifteen year old was led to a small room in the back. It had no windows. On the desk there was an array of 3 different needles sitting next to a computer, but the screen was black. Clearly, she was not the only one getting an injection today. There was also a long, low lying table. Though it wasn't too low. Enough that you could climb onto it, but not that a doctor couldn't reach you. Next to it was a lower, pokemon sized one, which was strange because this was a human doctor. They both had a pillow laying on one end, or in the smaller table's case, half of it due to the pillow being the same size on each. Ellis gestured to a chair for Krissy to sit in while her mother took one near the door.

The chair felt hard and uncomfortable, even though it was cushioned. There was just something extremely wrong with the whole situation. It felt strange and unnatural, like there was something about this she didn't know.

"I'll just get your needle ready" Dr Ellis said, her eyes scanning along the table until she reached one. It seemed to contain a pale purple liquid, with hints of red and indigo. The mere sight of it seemed strange, out of ordinary, but Krissy was to frozen in fear to protest.

"Hold your arm still ok?"

Krissy nodded. In the corner of her eye she could see her mum, ocean blue eyes squeezed shut and an unidentifiable expression painted across her normally cheerful face. Krissy quickly looked in the other direction, her blonde hair bouncing along with the movement.

The needle slowly was lifted and made its way over to her arm, the light glinted off the glass vile, teasing her. As it was placed at her arm. She closed her eyes in preparation as she felt the metal tip pierce her skin. The purple liquid seeped into her body, she could feel it. How much colder it was compared to her blood, how it was slightly thicker and artificial. The needle slowly slid out of her until finally she could feel pointed silver imposter leave her upper fore-arm. She opened her eyes to see the empty, now useless object be mercilessly thrown into the bin. A hint of satisfaction glowed in her eyes at the sight of the item that caused her pain being treated so harshly. A small bandage was placed over the tiny puncture wounds, the doctor's cold fingers carefully placing the sticky circle onto her bare skin.

"You should be all good to go. I'll just give your mother the papers and whatnot, feel free to go sit in the waiting room."

Krissy nodded. She stood up and walked out of the room, relieved to finally leave that torturous little cage.

The waiting room was slightly larger, a long row of cushioned, black chairs covered to of the walls. It was nearly empty apart from three people. One was a tall man wearing a long dark brown coat buttoned up the front. He had hair almost the same shade of brown as his jacket and wore circular black sunglasses that hid his eyes completely. The man seemed very grumpy and bored. Krissy was a lot more interested in the two twins. They both had black hair that went down to just above their shoulders, pale skin and blue eyes. One of them was a girl, who was wearing a white shirt and black jeans. The boy was wearing the opposite, a black shirt and white jeans. The two had a mischievous look about them, both giggling quietly to each other until the man gave them a piercing glare that silenced the two. They seemed around 14 years old and were both a little on the shorter side. Krissy didn't really feel up to conversation though, so she just sat and waited until her mother was finished.

~o0o~

"Bye Ms Aloviana!" Ellis smiled. "And you too Krissy"

"Oh, please. I've told you to call me Anne" Krissy's mum replied as they left the small building.

Krissy's mother unlocked the car and drove her home in silence. When they finally arrived and entered the house it was around 11:40am. Tiffany should be over soon Krissy thought with a smile. The two best friends were nearly inseparable, but for now she needed something to pass the time, so she sat upstairs and begun to draw a picture. The first pokemon that popped into her mind was an Eevee, so she worked with that idea to create a drawing of an Eevee leaping downwards, the 8 evolutions all spread out in front, each at a slightly different angle so that if you drew a line going along each of their noses you would get a curve. It was kind of hard to paint with less mobility in her vaccinated arm, but she managed. Krissy began painting them with water colour paints, but just as she was about to finish the Leafeon's tail she heard a series of beeps ringing out from downstairs in a silly tune she recognized as the door-bell. A smile spread across her face and she placed her brush on a piece of paper towel, rushing downstairs to greet Tiffany. Her friend already had a key to the house. She was considered a second daughter and often came here to escape her father's anger. The two girls were basically sisters.

When the door opened she saw a smiling, freckled face smiling back at her. Tiffany had curly, dark brown hair that was messily tied into a pony tail and a colourful pair of glasses rimmed her hazel eyes. Her friend wore a bright pink shirt with a flower pattern and short, denim shorts.

"Hey Kris!" Tiffany greeted in her high pitched voice.

"Hey!" Krissy smiled back, giving her friend a hug as she stepped inside. "Sooo, whatcha' wanna do?"

"There was this art show that's gonna be on T.V soon…" The brunette began.

"Sounds cool. Let's watch that." Krissy replied.

Tiffany walked over to the T.V and plopped herself on the couch. Krissy went into the kitchen, which was just behind.

"Pasta?" She asked.

Tiffany just nodded as she reached towards the remote.

Krissy began to boil some water. "Vaccinations today were pretty weird. It felt like there was something different about it"

"Really? Sure it wasn't just you being a scaredy meowth?"

"Hey! I am NOT a scaredy meowth!" Krissy protested angrily.

"Yeah yeah, whatever you say," Tiffany rolled her eyes, obviously not agreeing.

Krissy just huffed and pouted as she put the pasta in the water. Setting a timer for 10 minutes, she walked over to the couch and plopped herself down.

"So, where's it at?" She asked.

"Oh, well… umm…" Tiffany fumbled for words until she began explaining, then they settled and watched the T.V show together.

~o0o~

It was unfortunately time for Tiffany to go home. Krissy always hated this part, it felt so wrong. Just sending her best friend straight back into a nightmare. That wasn't what friends did. And to top it off, she had a bit of a headache around where her ears where, and it was slowly getting worse. Krissy mum was standing beside her giving Tiffany a fake smile. Everyone always pretended to be cheerful in this part, no one really wanted to be the one to ruin it. Tiffany's forced, happy expression looked like it had been slapped on her face by some random stranger rather than been born from a joyful experience. Krissy felt her headache getting worse by the second. She lifted her hand up to her ear, it felt really warm. Warmer than it should be.

"Well, it was nice to be over" Tiffany thanked. Her voice seemed muffled and faint, as though it was spoken from a distance or heard underwater. But she just smiled and waved goodbye.

As soon as the door was closed a sudden ringing shot through Krissy's hearing and an agonizing pain filled her ears. She saw her mother's mouth moving and just barely heard a few snippets of what she was saying.

"….Arceus…..never...pain…sorry…..child….Sit…..couch….live…..promise…"

Krissy was guided towards the couch where she sat. The girl felt the pain move upwards along her head until it reached two sides at the top. It then slowly spread, growing upwards into somewhere she shouldn't be able to feel. Some part of her body that wasn't hers. This wasn't right! This wasn't right! Her mind screamed from the torture and how unnatural the situation was. This isn't right! This isn't right! This isn't right! It was the only thing she could think. The simple sentence repeated in her thoughts over and over again, until her hearing slowly began to return. It seemed a lot sharper than it had been before. As she began to return too normal Krissy finally noticed her mother's arms around her.

Krissy raised her hand to wear her ear was. Where her ear should be. All she found was smooth, bare skin sitting underneath her hair. Panicking she frantically moved her hand around in attempt to find her ear, and felt something fluffy when she moved it upwards. And she could feel her hand touching it. That fluffy thing was part of her body! How? It was impossible. Krissy desperately pulled herself out of her mother's grasp and dashed over to the mirror upstairs. In the reflection, she saw herself. And she saw two, long, lilac furred ears atop her head that did not belong to her. Krissy's mother's reflection appeared behind her. The woman's face was red and coated in tears. Krissy saw the ears in the reflection twitch towards the sound of three words being spoken.

"I'm so sorry"

So basically, I have to explain my version of this world a little now. It's mostly based off of the games, since I have the most experiences there but there will be some ideas from the anime. The islands are a bit larger than in the games because I mean, Melemele literally just has your house, a school, a tiny city full of shops and a place already full of NPC's. There has to be more space on there for people to actually live. Because, a whole village isn't two or three houses plus a farm. BTW Word count for this chapter was 2968, which I think is a new record for me idk. Anyway yay. Also I'm going to put a stupid word of the day thing at the end of every chapter now.

Word of the Day:
Defenestrate

It's basically just the action of throwing someone out of a window.

Now I gotta go do homework or my teachers will defenestrate me.