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Chapter 1: A Messed Up Start

I awoke. When I opened my eyes, it seemed that I was in a forest of some sort. Where the hell am I? It took a while for my eyes to adjust to the bright light, but when they did I saw a limp body of a black, dog-like creature with a small mane, four red tipped legs, a small tail, with a flame shaped tuff with a red tip on its head and blue eyes. It looked menacing, but also cute at the same time. Wait, what did I just say!?

I shook it. "Hello?"

I shook it again. "Hello?"

"Oh no . . . no no no . . . are you dead?" First thing I see in a random forest is a dead body, great . . .

It started stirring, oh good, "Ohhh, I have such a headache . . ." it said in a feminine voice. "Ummm, hi?"

"AHHHHH!" It yelled in my face while scrambling away. After it regained its breath, it said "Arceus, the first thing I see is a Riolu a foot away from my face . . . how wonderful . . ."

"What? Arceus? Riolu? What the hell are those?"

"Worst. Joke. Ever." She stated in an unamused tone

"What do you mean?"

"Don't tell me you're serious."

"Well, I guess I am"

"Look, just go to that pond over there and look at your reflection in the water." I did, and when I got there I was more shocked then waking up next to an unconscious body. I was a small blue coyote-like humanoid with a black mask that was apparently a part of me on my eyes, an appendage on each side of my head, a yellow neck, black feet and chest, and small metallic bumps on the back of my paws. Oh, and I had a tail too.

Wait, I had a tail? I had a tail?! "AAHHHHHH!" I think I yelled about 10 times louder than the person I woke up next to.

I turned around to look at my tail, but when I did it went back to where I was looking. I tried to look at it again, but it did the same thing. This went on for a few minutes until the dog-thing told me to stop.

"Hey, while we're here why not tell me your name?"

My name?

"Oh yeah, my name . . . is . . . um . . . Nova." I stated with an uncertain tone.

"Well Nova, it was nice to meet you about 5 minutes ago, by the way, I'm Pulse. So, where do you think we ar-" She suddenly stopped with an expression that said 'someone is watching'.

After what seemed like hours, the bushes started to rustle. Instinctively, I turned my head toward them. What came out was . . . just weird.

It looked like a bug on two legs and scythes where his hands should be. "Whoa! A Riolu and a Zorua! Here?!"

"Yes, we are here." Pulse said sarcastically. "But," I started to ask, "Why are you here?"

"Well, my village is a little ways from here and I like to take walks. When I heard voices, I decided to investigate. Then this happened."

"Okay, then . . . can we go see this village of yours?" Pulse asked.

"Sure, this way." He told us. "My brother is the mayor."

We followed him into the forest. What could possibly go wrong?