Chapter 1: Danger

"Wake up wake up wake up! Please hurry and wake up!" A frantic voice cries as I regain consciousness. I keep my eyes closed though. Something feels off about this. Things begin to come clear though. In fact, it's obvious what's wrong.

The person speaking isn't Sis. And my legs feel off, but that's beside the point. What on earth is going on?

"Arceus," The person swears under its breath. This confuses me even more. Why would a Pokémon fan want to wake me up? I don't like where this is going.

"Come on come on come on!" the voice shouts once more, shaking my shoulder furiously. This scares me even more, so I remain silent.

The shacking stops suddenly. "I can tell that you're conscious, so can you please get up? Your life is sort of on the line here."

With that, I jump up instantly. I try to land on my feet, but I can't hold the position long enough. I yelp and fall back down.

The first thing I can see is gray landscape. Lots of gray landscape. In fact, it just looks depressing. It seems familiar, and that fills me with a sense of dread.

"Um, use all four appendages. Not just the two hind ones," The voice tells me. The advice registers, the pieces starting to click together in my head. I don't like this one bit. I turn around to address the voice, hoping my suspicions aren't correct.

The voice was apparently a pikachu, confirming my suspicions. It's a he, according to his tail, but his coloring is slightly off. He's not a shiny sprite, but he has a very noticeable trait.

It's the eyes. Just pupils and irises. Red irises that is. And those red irises are looking directly at me.

"AHHHH…hhhh?" I begin to scream, but try (and fail) to transition to confusion when I realize I shouldn't be screaming at the first Pokémon I meet. Explaining I'm human is not something I want to do.

The pikachu's ear twitches as his head tilts. "Ahhhh?" he replies back, seemingly even more confused than I am. Well, that was unexpected.

I quickly come up with an excuse. "Um, sorry! The uh…eye color caught me off guard!" I blurt out. In truth, that excuse sounded more believable in my head, which had less stuttering.

The pikachu mutters under his breath in response. "Uh, sorry. I didn't quite catch that." I say in the most polite voice I can. After all, I need to figure out what's up with this place, and why I'm here.

"I said 'Of course. Everyone always looks at the eye color,' human." He responds, a noticeable bitterness in his voice. I guess that was a touchy topic or something. And he just called me human, didn't he? Oh great.

I hear a distant sound. I can't quite make out what it is though. "Arceus! I'm running out of time here!" The pikachu shouts, his voice frantic and nervous. He picks up something black from the stone gray ground and shoves it at me. I realize it is a cloth of some sorts.

"Hold this. Please trust me here. I don't have much time left before he comes!" The mouse instructs me. Reality just begins to register in my head besides fright, and questions pour into my mind.

"Wait a minute. Who are you, and how do you know I'm human?!" I shout furiously. I instinctively try to stand up on my feet, but fall back down again.

"I'll answer later. Just trust me on this, okay?" He replies. "Try to hide or something before he…"

"CONVERSING WITH THE HUMAN ENEMY, I SEE!" The pikachu is interrupted, his ears drooping and shoulders tensing at the sound of the voice. I freeze as well. I turn to the other voice, registering the fact that the scenery isn't just gray.

I'm actually sitting in a field of grass wide out in the open (besides a few giant rocks). It actually would have been considered nice if not for the grayness of it all. The fact that the wind hasn't blown yet makes it even more eerie. Just beyond the field is a small dip. It's apparently a small hill. Not of overly noticeable size or anything like that.

I can see a dreary forest beyond the grass, seemingly almost haunted with its bland color scheme. Beyond that are even more fields like this one. In fact, they seem almost identical. Beyond the fields the scenery begins to vary.

To the left are what I believe to be coastal areas, with a fair share of caves that stretch to the center of my vision. Beyond those caves the area appears to split, with widespread deserts on the left (I believe there is a volcanic island further left), and caves on the right. I think I even see a floating tower beyond the cave areas, however it seems nearly in ruins. If it's a tower, it looks like a chunk of it is missing from the top.

To the right, the background is more simplistic. The caves lead to mountains near the center of my vision, and there are forest areas further left. Far to the right, I think I can see another island, but I can't tell what it is.

I process the scenery. The mountains, deserts, islands, forests, caves, and fields. A chill crawls up my spine. The land feels familiar, as if I've only walked through it at a different angle. It could easily be a layout for one of those Pokémon games I've played.

Is this the only familiar scene? Are there landscapes similar to other games? If so, will there be something like those separate islands in that super game. I just hope my memory doesn't get erased if any time travel is involved. That wouldn't be swell for the health, or the chances of success if things play out like the explorers games.

The ground shakes under my feet. I hug the leather thing as if it were a pillow out of fright. I quickly loosen my grip when I realize how that won't help. My eyes widen as the shouting Pokémon comes into view.

It's an aggron, and a large one at that. "YOU HAVE SOME EXPLAINING TO DO LACKEY!" He shouts, clearly pissed. This won't end well.

Day one, and I'm already screwed!