This is the very first fanfiction I have posted on here, so I hope all of you enjoy it. I apologise if this chapter in particular is filled with errors, as I wrote this back in September 2018 and updated it over a period of a few weeks, but I hope it doesn't detract from this part of the story itself. It gets better overtime. :) Anyway, this covers the first chapter of the fanfiction. Any feedback or reviews are greatly appreciated. :)
...Where am I? What... is... this place?
"Muddddd..." Voices... I hear voices... Where are they coming from...?
"Mudddddd... Come and fulfill your destiny... Go out and seek a partner... A friend in need... Go out and make lifelong bonds... Save the world..."
What... Save the world? A partner? What are... these voices... telling me?
"Save the world... Save the world..."
There's that statement again... What... Does it mean? What does it... represent? So many questions, and yet little to no answers.
...Huh? What? My... my body shape... it's becoming... distorted! H-how?! I don't understand! It's becoming... it's becoming... Gwahhhh!
I look at myself in a distorted pile of water, my body shape changing... Becoming smaller... And smaller...
Wait... n-no way... I'm becoming... I'm becoming... a Pokémon?!
Mudd's Journey: Part One
"...Huh...?"
I opened my eyes to see a vast sky above me - small white clouds passing over an ever-expanding blue - and I look up seeing birds flying over. Or... at least I think they're birds? Either way... there's... something up there...
I sat up and looked around from where I was sitting. There were small trees around me and a rather small but wide pond near me. And in the distance... were some mountains.
"A mountain range? What in the world...?" I questioned to myself as I looked around in this new place I've never seen before.
I looked up. Again, that wide, vast blue sky stared back at me... begging me for some sort of... adventure?
"...Wait... That's right..." I remembered the voices I heard. Was that a... dream...?
I got up but stumbled. "Whooooaaaaaahhhhhh!" I fell over and rolled down to the pond where I saw my reflection. And there... staring right back at me...
"...That's... i-i-impossible... I really am a Pokémon?!" My voice shouted as it echoed throughout the clearing I was in. "How did... I get here?" I felt myself repeating that statement again and again in my head but it didn't even make any sense to me. When did I get here? Why was I summoned here? What is it about a... partner?
"I don't understand..." I sighed and looked at my reflection. Staring back at me was the reflection of a... Froakie.
I suppose I should introduce myself. My name is Mudd. I was a human that lived in the human world before I got summoned... to where I am now. I remember my past, which makes me... different to those who previously came here before me. At least that's what I think... Which I'm getting the impression of at least. I lived in what could be described as any other normal place, in a loving family and had loving friends. I enjoyed living in my world, but one day... something just changed. But it isn't a thing I'd like to talk about... Maybe in the future I'll reveal it but it'll be all in due time...
As for me, I still don't understand how on earth I managed to be summoned here. Or how I became... a Froakie?
"A Froakie?" I looked and tilted my head to the side. Why am I a Froakie? How did this happen? Yet again, so many questions... but little to no answers at all.
I looked behind me and I saw what looked like a town in the distance. "Maybe I could get help there? There... Wait, there could be humans!" I said to myself really excited. "But I guess I have to get used to this new form of mine!"
And so off I went, going over and traversing to the town in the distance but ahead of me was something I didn't know... Up ahead was a Mystery Dungeon.
"This place... What is this place?" I spoke to myself trying to make sense of the newly-found form I happened to be in and the new world I seemed to stumble upon.
I began recollecting the events that happened before I transformed into... a Froakie.
First of all, those voices. I kept on thinking to myself repeatedly but the event still didn't sink in. I felt really uncomfortable, not knowing where I was, where my friends and family were, or how I managed to find myself in this place. But those voices... They sounded like hopes... cries for help... but what I don't get is why me? Why am I significant?
I sighed, as questions were not going to get me anywhere as I had too little information to digest on how I found myself here.
Second of all, I'm now a Pokémon. How did I become a Froakie? When? Why? Back in my world, I remember going on an adventure with my Froakie as my starter and together we both travelled the world, defeating trainers and winning gym battles. But now... I've become one myself, and there's no sight of my starter anywhere.
Then there was this thing about a partner and "adventure" or whatever that meaned, and "save the world"... I don't know what that meant, and as far as I can see, everything's peaceful... So why...?
"HEEELLLLLPPPPPP!"
Out of nowhere, I heard a sudden cry for help. "Huh?! What?!" I gasped and looked around in panic trying to find out where the cry came from.
"HEEELLLLLPPPPPP!" The cry went again.
I looked forward, and up ahead was... A forest?
"Since when was there a forest?" I thought but the layout looked weird... Sort of like a dungeon... shrouded in... mystery...
I shook my head and concentrated on the task at hand. "Don't worry!" I shouted, "I'll save you!"
Without hesitation, I ran into the forest, not knowing of the dangers that lurked within. This would be the first time I would encounter a Mystery Dungeon, a terrifying foe, and a friend who I wouldn't expect that I would cherish forever... A true... partner...
"...What is... this place...?" I questioned to myself and I immediately knew that the cry for help lurked somewhere in the mounts of the surpassing trees as they loomed over the landscape and more specifically... myself.
There was a strewn and cobbled pathway that led through this maze of giants, and unbeknownst to me, there was danger further on. I was confident I was going to find this person in trouble. At least... it is a person... right?
"I don't know anymore..." I sighed as I continued onwards.
"...Don't know anymore? Are we losssssssttttt perhapssssssss?" A voice boomed behind me out of the blue. But now... why am I getting chills running down my spine?
"W-w-who s-said that?" I slowly turned around and there stood... a great big purple snake-like creature, with a terrifying pattern carved over its torso. It stood there, strewing away any courage I might have had, as it looked like another one of those giant trees but this time living and breathing in front of me.
"That would be me. Niccccceeee to meet you," the strange creature spoke chillingly and menacingly. This... Pokémon... I'm convinced this is a Pokémon but from the looks of it, I think... I take back what I said about this trip being safe. This is clearly an enemy.
"You s-s-poke?! ...Who are... you?" I asked, but with clarity, slowly starting to seep back my courage.
"Who am I? WHO am I? Yessssss... You'd make a good lunch foorrrrssss ssswwweeettt Arbok..." the creature said, opening its mouth and showing its fangs, clearly me being the receiving end of its prey.
"Arbok...?" I thought out loud, and Arbok menacingly cackled.
"Ha, pitiful, lookssssss how the wuss treatsssss the leader of Team Crussssherrrsssss!" He boasted, towering above me. I gulped. The adrenalin in my body kicked in - the "fight or flight" response being received in my brain, and it chose the latter. Maybe... I better...
"Ahhhhhhhhhh!" I ran as fast as I could. Not just for my life, but also for the person in need. Whoever this was, they were a force to be reckoned with.
"Where'sssss do you think you'resssss going? Gasssstro Acid!" he boomed and some sort of poisonous gunk unleashed from his mouth towards me. I dodged.
"W-what? I'm being attacked? What do I... what do I...? What-" I thought, but then...
"Water Pulse!" I bellowed and a beam of water shot from me straight at Arbok. "W-w-what did I just..." I thought, but only for a short time.
"GRAH! You inssssolent peassssant!" He remarked angrily as I made my getaway.
I continued running... and up ahead I found some sort of clearing.
"Huh?" I said and there...
"HELP!" The familiar voice shouted, and there, was a poor looking dinosaur like plant thing along with what I assumed to be one of Team Crushers' comrades. These guys were evil, no doubt about it.
"Huh huh huh, looks like you're at a loss this time Bulbasaur! You're not going to be able to get away from your inevitable fate!" said the cackling Pokémon, taking the form of a large pig with a large evil smirk on his face.
"G-g-get away from me Grumpig! I didn't d-d-do any-anything!" the Bulbasaur trembled, the poor thing looking absolutely terrified. When I saw this, I couldn't help but sympathise for him.
"Get away? Huh huh huh, you'd be easily mistaken if I let you do a thing like that. Arbok and me have unfinished business with you, and don't you 'I didn't do anything!' me because I know you're lying. Give us what we want, or we'll be happily taking your dream away from you!" Grumpig boomed and cackled, a evil smile being produced on his face.
I couldn't let Bulbasaur take any more of this. "Hey, leave him alone Glumpig!" I shouted, deliberately saying his name wrong to irritate him.
"Hah, who's this pest? Another insignificant swine? Well then, I'll be happily be getting rid of you too then! Just a simple Psybeam to the face, and you're down unconscious. And just for the record, NO ONE calls me Glumpig," the enemy profoundly stated, evil vibes being produced in the area.
"W-w-who are y-you...?" Bulbasaur asked, but I put one of my new Pokémon legs up to him.
"Now's not the time. Stay out of the way," I said protectively. Just then, Arbok arrived on the scene.
"There youuussss are you peassssnt! How DARE you attack me like that!" Arbok bellowed, trying to show his authority. I wasn't going to let these two troublemakers bully this poor soul.
"How dare you try and attack this innocent Pokémon! If you're not going to get out of here now, I'm not afraid to attack either of you!" I confidently retaliated back with words.
"Hehehehehe! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! YOU?! Asking for a fight? You never should have said that!" Grumpig danced, trying to intimidate me. Sure, at first they got the upper hand, but with what I've seen... this team of theirs is one made only for trouble.
"Bring it!" I shouted.
"Psybeam!"
"Gastro Acid!"
Both Pokémon lunged their attacks towards me, but I dodged out of the way.
"Water Pulse!"
I shot by beam of water towards Arbok, hitting him and making him angrier.
"GRRRR! Get him you fooool!"
"Psyshock!"
Grumpig shot beams of rock towards me and I protected myself using a nearby bush as cover.
"Bubble!" Another new... attack? Why does this sound so... familiar?
* Flashback *
"You ready Froakie?"
My buddy nodded, showing confidence on what he was doing.
"Use Bubble!"
The blue frog Pokémon tried his best, but try as he might, there was no succession.
"Come on buddy, I know you can do this! We can't beat him unless we put in the best effort we can! I believe in you bud!"
I gave confidence to him, showing how I fully believed in him as he was my partner, my buddy... and my friend.
Froakie looked at me a bit sad at first but nodded at what he needed to do.
"Now then, again, use Bubble!" I shouted.
This time, with enough confidence and motivation, Froakie did it and hit the target I put out for him.
"Yes! Well done!" I cheered. He cheered too, and I showed him his necessary affection.
* End Of Flashback *
"That's right..." I remembered. "Froakie..."
The grunt of Grumpig being hit shot be back to reality but both weren't ready to give up.
"Gwahhhh!"
"Grrrr, you IMBECCCCILE! We do our atttacccckkkssssssss together! You hearrrsssss me?" Arbok grunted with anger, as Grumpig slouched over to his side, almost like he was his right-hand man. Bulbasaur stood to the side, still trembling with fear. Don't worry Bulbasaur, I'm doing this to protect you.
"Okay boss!" Grumpig replied.
"Now!"
"Sludge Bomb!"
"Psybeam!"
The pair of thugs launched their attacks at me and, having none of this, I jumped up in the air.
"Water Pulse!" I shouted and I took aim at them both, hitting them square clean in the faces.
"Gahhh!"
"Grrr!"
"You might have won this time frog, but we're keeping our eyes on you!"
"Thisssss isn't the last time we meet Froakie, keep your eyessss peeled!"
Team Crushers angrily moved off and pursued back out of the forest.
"Phew..." I sighed with relief. "You're safe now, Bulbasaur."
"T-thank you," he said, running up to me and giving me a big hug.
"W-w-what are you...?" I started but before I know it, I got put into a gigantic bear hug by a very gleaming Bulbasaur.
"Thank you!" He said, gaining his confidence again. "My name is Bulbasaur, as you probably already guessed. I live in the town up ahead, Cherish Town. What's your name?"
He suddenly became energetic. "U-u-um... My name's not Froakie by the way, it's Mudd."
"Mudd? Very nice to meet you buddy!" He gleamed. "Come on, I'll show you the way to town!"
"W-w-wait!" I shouted, but I was already being dragged out of the forest, towards the town called Cherish Town, and await the adventures that were awaiting for me beyond... This... was my adventure. This... was my journey... To have found Bulbasaur... And save the Pokémon world...
(To be continued in Part 2...)
