"Don't do this. You don't know what will happen. This… This THING hasn't even been tested yet. You can't just-"
"Hey. Calm down. You know I can take care of myself. I can't just turn my back on them. I have to do this."
"But you don't realize the risks. It could be suicide."
"Heh. I'm not afraid. And I'm not going to die. Just do your job and come find me when the time comes. Got it. You're the only one I trust to bring me back."
*Sigh* "Fine. You're a real pain in the neck, you know that. If you weren't my best friend, I'd leave you for dead."
"Nice attitude. Now I gotta go. They're waiting. It's time. See you when this all is over." *Footsteps*
"Good luck. You're going to need it."
"Ugh." Your head hurts. What happened? You can't quite remember. Why does everything feel strange?
"Are you alright, stranger?" The voice sounds far away, as if listening to it through water.
Your eyes snap open, only to see a pair of glowing red eyes staring at you.
"GYAAAAAAAH" You scramble backwards, practically crawling, in a little distance, you notice the red eyes are set in a black and blue face. It's a riolu.
The pokemon closes its eyes and bursts out laughing. "Well then," it says. "Didn't mean to scare you there. Guess I should apologize, but it was kind of funny." It held out a paw. "Here. I'll help you up."
You stare at the paw in shock. "Did…. Did you just talk? A riolu that talks?!"
It cocks its head, staring at you strangely. The piercing eyes sends shivers down your spine. "Of course I can talk. You're talking too. All pokemon can talk."
Where was this pokemon getting their information from? You shake your head. "No they can't. At least… not English."
The Riolu shook its head. "English? Just how hard did you hit your head? I'm not talking English. If I was, you probably wouldn't understand me, and I'm not old enough to use telepathy yet." At this point, you don't know who's more confused, you or the Riolu. "Look," it continued. "You may be the first pikachu I've met, but I'm positive they don't speak English. Let me take you to Miltank and we'll see what we can do about that bump on your head."
One word stuck out from everything they said. Pikachu. "I'm not a pikachu!" You're practically shouting as you realize what they meant. "I'm a human!"
The riolu squinted and put a paw on its hip. "Oh come on. That joke isn't even funny. I may be a fighting type, but I'm not stupid. Or blind. I know a pokemon when I see one, and you're definitely a pikachu."
"No! Really I-" You hold up a hand… but it wasn't a hand. It was a yellow paw. That's strange. Your eyes follow the hand up your arm down to your body. You were completely yellow. "It can't be." You gasp, staring at your hands. You grab your face, only to feel a tingly feeling when your hands touched your cheeks. Could it really be electricity? There was only one way to know for sure.
Slowly, afraid of what you might see, you turn around to look at your back. Sure enough, it was just as you had feared. A large yellow tail in the shape of lightning. "GYAAAAAAAH!"
So what do you think? Any good? I've been told I'm bad with pokemon fan fiction because I don't treat the characters as pokemon, but so far I've run this one by two people and they both seemed to like it. Not sure if I'm going to regularly post chapters for this, or just work on it when I'm bored. Oh and this will not be a You x Your Partner kind of deal. You'll just be friends, but I still hope you'll enjoy being sucked into the pokemon world all over again in this story. ;)