Chapter 1

Vilden Forest

She had never been this far into the forest alone.

Now that she thought about it, she had never been by herself for such a long time.

She'd been walking for about twelve hours, trying to keep her mind out of what had happen. "The more I think about it, the worse I'll get," she thought to herself. "Just keep to myself, like nothing ever happened." There was a temporary rustling of leaves in the forest, causing her to frantically look around, but to no surprise, found nothing. It's... just the wind... She decided to keep her mind of it by pulling out her map. "I'm almost out, just a few more hours." While she put the map back, she kept peering around, as if someone was following her. While still staying paranoid, her emotions had calmed down a bit since the attack. But I can't leave my guard down. There's almost a guarantee that someone's going to look for me. She felt herself starting to stagger. "I really should rest soon," she realized, her legs now wobbling. She found a nearby tree and walked towards it. She piled up some leaves around her and started to rest. "Only for five minutes" She lied to herself, starting to droop her eyes.

She slipped into subconsciousness as she opened her eyes. She looked around and found herself on the outskirts of a village. She pushed herself up and started trudging along. She spotted a few rows of houses that seemed very familiar to her. "This couldn't be..." She started thinking as she slowly picked up her pace. She kept going faster and faster as she recognized more and more dens.

She came to a sudden stop as she stood outside her own house. Her eyes widened in fear as she started to frantically back away. "No. No no no no no... I can't be back here. I can't..." She started to hyperventilate. "How did I get back here... I'm hours away from here..." She started to breath harder as she started screaming. "GET ME OUT OF HERE. WHY AM I HERE? " She started to cry. She kept backing up still she tripped on something. She turned to look at what tripped her, and froze at was she saw. All of a sudden, there were soulless bodies of everyone she knew and loved littered all around her. "This... isn't real... I was gone by then... this is a dream... it has to be... this isn't real... this isn't real...its too real... but it can't be..." She repeated to herself. One of the bodies on the floor suddenly jumped up, clawing at her and pulling her down to the ground. "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT." It said. "YOU COULD OF PREVENTED THIS. YOUR IGNORANCE AND COWARDLINESS CAUSED ALL OF THIS." It yelled at her. 'YOU COULD OF SAVED US." She started trembling. "OUR BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS. YOU WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS." She squeezed her eyes shut, praying for this nightmare to end. "STOP! GET ME OUT! GET ME OUT! I CAN"T DEAL WITH THIS! I'M SORRY!" She screamed, waking up and yelling the last word out loud. She looked around and remember where she was. "It was... just a dream" She told herself, still shaking and blinking the tears out of her eyes.

It took her a entire hour to calm down and be able to move again.

She trudged along, attempting to distract her thoughts by admiring the beauty of the forest. She heard some bird Pokemon chirping, felt the sun shine down on her on the cloudy day, forming rays through the trees, noticed some lingering ferals, and a strange object under at tree. Wait... What is that... Her curiosity got the better of her as she spotted something off in the distance. "Or someone..." She hesitantly walked up to it, her mind racing with all the possibilities. "Could it be a ta- No, it couldn't be, they would've been attacking me by now. Could it be someone? Oh gods, were they abandoned in the forest? Is it unconscious? How old are they? Could they be... dead?". All these thoughts swirls around her head as she approached up towards it. She noticed that it seemed to be surrounded with leaves and soundly sleeping, as if nothing was wrong in sleeping in the forest during the day. She was filled with wonder and curiosity as she spoke and shook the creature.

"H-hello? Hello! Hellooooo?! Hey, are you okay? Awake? ...Alive?"

The creature on the floor slowly gained consciousness and grew confused as to why someone was calling out for him. He tried to remember where he was and if he had anything important today. However, as it slowly dawned onto him, he realized that he couldn't phantom a thought of his past.

"Why... can't I remember anything?" His mind started throbbing in confusion, still sluggish from recently waking up. With his eyes still closed, He tried to think back to the last thing he could, even as something as simple as drinking water, or going to sleep, or even his parents...

Nothing

No memories at all, whatsoever.

He couldn't even think of his own name

He didn't get the time to think over this, due to him suddenly getting pushed over on his back. He rubbed his eyes open and pushed himself up into a seating position. He looked around, ignoring the person behind him, and noticed, instead of a bed, he was surrounded by trees all around. He felt the neatly placed leaves under him, as opposed to a soft mattress. "How did I get here...?"

She gave a quick sigh of relief. "Thank Xerneas you're awake! I was worried that they would find you! Are you ok? It's really rude just to leave someone knocked out in the middle of the forest, especially nowadays. What's the last thing you remember? How badly were you beaten up? Where are you from? We don't get lots of you around this region. Are you from here? How a-"

"S-stop it, please! I d-d-don't know! I don't have any memory of anything! I can't remember anything! I-I'm really scared, my whole body feels weirdly, tingly, and I don't even remember my name, anything about me or my family!" He burst out, stuttering in fear and not giving a glance to the person next to him. He covered his face with his hands as he tried not to fully freak out.

"Oh, I'm sorry about that..." She paused for a moment. "Well, if you have amnesia, I can try to bring you to the town I'm heading towards, I heard that there are some good psychics there. And for the whole body "tingle thing"? My brother used to get that feeling a lot when he first evolved, he told me something about discharging? I thing you have to "ground your tail towards the ground", since that's how you guys work, right?

He stopped listening after a while. "Psychics? How 'I work'? Tail?"
Turning towards the individual, he tried calming down for a few seconds and started asking "Now, hold on a second, can I just ask w-"

He then noticed that the person next to him was an Eevee
"Everything ok?" The Eevee asked, tilting her head in confusion

"Y-y-you're... a Pokemon? A talking Pokemon? How is this possible! Pokemon can't talk!" Can they? It confused him as to why he was so upset and bewildered by this.

"That's kinda rude, isn't it? Anyways, look at you! You're talking perfectly normal for a Pikachu your age." Eevee said, defensively

A... Pikachu? "I'm not a Pikachu, I'm a... human!" Whatever that is

"Yeah sure, and I'm Mew. Go look at that pond right there, look at your tail, yellow fur, red electric pouches. Looks pretty Pikachu to me" She pointed out, gesturing towards the pond

While the Pikachu hesitated for a while, he eventually waddled towards the pond. He thought to himself: "What is a human, exactly? All I know is that I am one. But a Pikachu? That's the little electric mouse Pokemon. Why did it surprise me that the... Eevee spoke? Well, Pokemon aren't supposed to speak, right? Yeah, they just say their names repetitively. So how could I be one? How is she talking? How am I talking? How does m-". He interrupted his own thoughts by the strange figure that looked back to him in his reflection.

He really was a Pikachu.

How could this be happening?

Why was this happening?

"How is this possible? I'm... a Pokemon?" He couldn't believe it. He looked at his tail, felt his cheeks, looked at his lack of legs and two toes.

"It's Pokémon, first of all." She corrected as she walked back up to him. She then paused and thought for a moment. "And if it helps you at all, I think I believe you" She said nicely

"Y-you do?" He stuttered, surprisingly

"Yeah, of course! Humans are- well, were real, and we know about them, but there kinda used just for stories and legends. Like aliens, I guess you could say. Anyways, either some cruel psychic Pokémon is pranking you, you're just crazy, or you're telling the actual truth! 33% chance that something super interesting happens!" she said cheerfully.

He looked surprised. "Thanks, I guess. I guess... I'll go with you and see those psychics you were talking about. Thank you."

"Don't sweat it! We'll talk to them, and as long as you're not absolutely mental, We can both explore the town after!" She pitched in. "Now let's go before it gets dark"

Together, they started walking down the path together. Eevee silently led the way, while human Pikachu was having an ongoing battle inside his head.

"Why am I a Pokémon? How did I become a Pokémon? Am I dead? Is my family dead? Do I have a family? What did she mean by humans were real? Am I in the past? Future? Alternate Dimension? Am I an actual human?" All these thoughts and unanswered questions worried him. "I'll have to worry about that for later. For now, I can learn who I truly am, and live my life to the fullest here, figuring out about my past while I go through this world." This reassured him enough to start a conversation with the Eevee.

"So-" He broke the silence, "You said you had a brother who... evolved, right?"

"Yeah! Three brothers, two sisters-" She said, "and I'm the youngest. One of my brothers evolved into a Flareon, one into a Jolteon, and the other into an Umbreon. My sisters evolved into a Vaporeon and Glaceon."

"And what was it you said about, grounding, was it?"

"Oh right, it's a thing that you Pikachu's do. Well, as you should know, you recharge and generate all your electricity in your red checks, right? Well, after going to sleep and, well, literally recharging, sometimes you have to 'let go' and discharge some of your electricity out of your system to avoid... complications. What you guys do it just place your tail on the ground and use it as a grounding rod." She explained.

The Pikachu then looked back at his tail. He almost completely forgot about it. Now that the consciousness of his tail came back to him, he tried gaining control of it.

Then he fell flat on his face.

He tried standing back up and moving, but toppled over and met the same result. This went on for a while

"Ahahahaha! Oh, I love seeing this!" Eevee giggled. "This usually happens when Pokémon evolve with new tails, but I haven't seen it this bad!" She said, tearing up.

"Hey! Cut me some slack!" He protested, "I'm new to this body and my tail's really long and weirdly shaped!"

She kept laughing. "Here, let me help; you're doing it wrong. You're putting to much thought into the tail, and you're not supposed to. Just let it naturally balance you, and don't force it."

He listened to the advice and after 2 tries, he got back up.

"See? Not too hard!" She chirped, "Now, shift your body and set your tail to the ground"

He did just that, moving slightly forward while setting his tail down.

"That's great, now just, feel all the electricity that's flowing and coursing through your body. Now imagine all the extra electricity you have, that might make you feel unconformable, or 'tingly', as you said. Now, direct a small amount of that electricity towards your tail, down into the ground"

He closed his eyes and thought about it. He imagined the electricity flowing through his body, and he got ready to move it. He tried concentrating for a long time.

"Nothing's happening!" He cried.

"Keep tried, you should get the hang of it soon! I believe in you!" She responded.

He nodded and closed his eyes again, feeling determined. He imagined moving some of his electricity towards the ground, like the Eevee said. He felt some of the electricity starting to flow to his command, towards the rear end of his body. His cheeks started to spark. "Oh! Did you see that! My cheeks started sparking!" He said with his eyes suddenly wide open with amazement. He started rubbing his cheeks. The Eevee smiled

"Of course, I think that happens every time you use your electricity. Now, don't get distracted, keep going!" She cheered.

He nodded and closed his eyes again. He went back to the process, not getting distracted by his cheeks. After having the amount of electricity being released thought out, he released it through his tail. He felt some sparks from his tail going towards the ground, and after finishing, his cheeks stopped sparking.
"That... was super cool!" He said, with glee showing through his eyes.

"Just wait until you actual use it in battle. Now, lets go! The sun's setting!" She said, starting to walk again.

He followed behind her, feeling proud of his accomplishment. "Why does it matter if the sun set-"
Unfortunately, he didn't get to finish his question, because he was suddenly hit over the head, launched towards the Eevee

He gave a sharp cry as he fell onto the ground on his back. The Eevee noticed this and turned towards the attacker

"Ah, so you're one of the survivors from the village, huh?" A mysterious voice called out from the trees.

"Who are you? What do you want from us?" The Eevee yelled out.

"Straight to the point, huh? Well, I want everything you have! I'm sure you hid something hidden in your mane before you ran! The others sure did, and they had some good loot! Now, stand still," It grinned, charging up a Shadow Ball while staying hidden behind the tress.

"Pikachu, watch out!" The Eevee yelled, getting ready to fight.

The Pikachu still felt light headed from being hit from the head, but managed to get up. "What do I do?" He cried.

"You fight, obviously!" She yelled back, jumping out of the way of the Shadow Ball. "Get on all fours!" She added.

He did just that, getting on all fours. "This is my chance to use some electric moves!" He smiled at the thought. "But how?"

While he pondered on that, the Eevee started running towards the tree, dodging the Shadow Balls. She climbed up the tree, and once high enough, tried to tackle the Pokémon in the tree. However, once it was too late, realized who it was. A Gengar

She phased right through it, falling from the tall tree and landing on the ground, hard, on her snout. Before she could get back up, she was hit again by a Shadow Ball, and knocked right next to the Pikachu. She was barley conscious and very weak, but still able to fight.

Meanwhile, the Pikachu kept thinking. "Well, my attacks come from the cheeks, right? So I should direct the electricity towards my cheeks instead of my tail and let it go." He focused his energy and concentrated. He felt his cheeks charging up, zapping with power. As the Eevee fell right next to him, He jumped in the air as far as he could, feeling the electricity around his whole body, and sent it towards the tree with the Gengar. The electricity left his body, but didn't follow his plan he had thought out. Instead, got pulled to the closest thing next to him.

The Eevee.

"Hey!" She yelled, falling to the floor. A Shadow Ball then hit her, then once again she was tossed her towards the air and fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Ahahaha! What an idiot!" The Gengar laughed, jumping out the tree. "Truly, the worst Pokémon I have ever seen! Can't even control his own electricity!" He started walking closer to the Pikachu, with an eerie, wide open grin.

"G-get away from me!" He yelled, frozen in fear.

The Gengar got close enough, and without breaking a sweat, knocked him down on the ground, and got closer to his face

"Sorry, can't have witnesses," He said, starting to choke the Pikachu.

He suddenly was able to move, not being petrified anymore. He tried kicking and clawing the Gengar, but with no effect, as it just phased through him. He then started to see small black dots swirling around his eyes, as he stopped struggling to conserve oxygen.

"Such a shame too, There aren't much Pikachu's around here, you are pretty rare here. Maybe I can skin you and sell your meat at a high price" He grinned maliciously. Pikachu's eyes widened in fear, knowing he won't know how to stop him. The black dots were starting to get bigger. "This is how my story ends? Just as quick as it started?"

"I really wouldn't kill, ya know. But, seeing such a cute, little Eevee here unconscious? And alone in the forest? You know how rare female Eevee's are?" His grin got wider. "They sell real high on the market, along with exotic meats."

If it wasn't for his lack of oxygen, he would have felt like vomiting. He felt disgusted as to what the Gengar planned to do, as the black dots started clouding his whole vision. 'I can't let this happen! I can't die, and I can't let him do that to her! I have to fight back!" He focused all his energy, his electricity to his pouch. All the electricity he thought he had, no, all the electricity he could think of. All of the electricity that he thought was possible to fathom. The clouds started to darken and spark, swirling around them. He felt like his whole body surrounded with yellow light. The Gengar twitched and let go of him. "W-what are you doing, kid?" He cried, looking terrified at his new-found power. The Pikachu didn't say anything, as he took a quick gasp of air. He glared at the Gengar and started charging up his power. He sent out a blast of electricity towards the Gengar. Then, from the sky, another blast of lightning started heading towards the Gengar, on course to strike him at the same time.

"Ah fu-"

KABOOM

The lightning bolt struck him with immense force. Dust shot up and blinded everyone within the area. The lightning clouds above faded into nothingness as the dust settled. Where the Gengar once was now an unidentifiable black, roasted figurine. Pikachu's adrenaline started to die down. His body stopped sparking, and Pikachu started to feel light headed. He fell onto the ground, and looked towards the sky. He saw something that looked like a giant yellow bird, with spiky feathers. However, just as quickly as he saw it, it disappeared. After that, he looked back down at the ground towards the Eevee. "As least she's safe" He thought, starting to lose consciousness. The last thing he heard was a voice.

"Quickly, it came from over here!"

He then fell into the darkness.

Wow, first chapter done and uploaded. I try not to do author comments that much, so check my bio and go on my Deviant Art account for more.

Anyways, I plan to update once every 2 weeks year round. But let's be honest, I won't keep that streak up for too long. But I'll try. Once again, Deviantart for updates.

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Edits: Revised first few lines, made Gengar... a little less dark.