A mysterious voice drifted through utter silence.

"Are you a boy or a girl?" It chanted.
"I'm a Girl." I said.
"A friend is being bullied. What will you do?"
"Attack the bully from behind." I replied, my head throbbing.
"A wallet lies on the road. Do you pick it up?"
"Yes."
"Do you hand it to the police?"
"No."
"You like a friend. How do you tell him/her?" The voice had a captivating tone.
"I Don't."
"You see an enemy approach. Your heart tells you to fight, but your instinct says run. What do you do?"
"Run."

Well I guess it's decided. You appear to be the sassy type. Occasionally rude to people, your heart is true. Even though you keep your feelings locked and carry a sense of pride, in your heart you feel for your friends around you. In times of danger you would rather save your own skin. You also look out for personal gain. A sassy person like you should be…

…The Pokémon Snivy! Enter the world of Pokémon, O brave one. Carry out your final task.

My eyelids fluttered open as emerald green light dappled my face through the boughs of an overbearing tree. I tried to remember past events, but none came to mind. Suddenly I realized with a jolt that I could remember absolutely nothing. I could recollect what a Pokémon was, but I couldn't remember the last time I had seen one. In fact, the only things I was sure of were that I was a human named Sera and I was a girl. I looked around and contemplated my surroundings. Walls were scattered about, half broken and in ruins. They were covered with strange hieroglyphs. Suddenly, the sound of a twig breaking rent the silence. I turned my head to see a mighty deer like Pokémon that I somehow knew was called Sawsbuck. It ambled off into the distance. I tried standing up, but felt dizzy and hit the ground with a soft thud. I felt different, like I was in another body. I strained to search my body for an explanation to my excruciating pains, when I let out a gasp. I was a Pokémon!

I heard grass rustling, and my heightened instincts found me in a crouched position. I swayed my three pronged leafy tail, the limb like appendages on my serpentine body ready to make a run for it. The grass parted as a small pig like Pokémon I recollected to be Tepig waddled over, followed by the majestic Sawsbuck.

"Excuse me? Are you alright?" It said. Or rather he said, I corrected, as I tried to remind myself of my current condition. I nodded, for that was the natural answer to the question. In fact, I was far from alright.

I asked him if he knew anything about what was going on. "Er… I Don't know what you mean…. WHAT? A Human? But you look like a Pokémon from all sides!" finding it hard to disagree with his sound logic, I asked him where we were.
"

Er… I don't know… I was just strolling in the woods when Sawsbuck told me there was an injured Pokémon… He couldn't very well have rescued you as the townsfolk do not accept him anymore after the… the um incident…"
"We are in the Living Ruins… the remnants of an ancient temple that has now been overgrown with weeds… I could guide you back, Tepig!" He said amiably.

Sensing it was time to leave, I slithered over Tepig and we left the clearing. As we progressed through the Living Ruins, the Ruins went by as the trees grew thicker together. A voice inside my head started to instruct me. It told me about this place being called a "Dungeon". I learned about poke, the currency used by Pokémon, and enemies, that were other Pokémon who showed up in a dungeon to train in battle. The voice also kept saying "Use 'A' to attack or 'X' to open the menu and select a move", whatever that meant. Soon the broken walls were all gone, and the trees were thin, and it was a comparatively cheerful place.
"This is where we should part ways, I suppose." Sawsbuck eyed the edge of a clearing in the forest wistfully, and with a jolt, bounded back into the forest. As we emerged from the forest into the clearing, I saw a huge tree in the center of the clearing. It was several feet tall and almost equally wide. It was accompanied by three slightly smaller trees that surrounded it.

All three trees were riddled with wooden rope bridges and platforms traversing branches. There were platforms that moved up and down by weight and pathways that interwove the canopy. Scattered among them were several tree houses with little windows. Atop the longest branch of the central tree was a platform laid across that slanted down to the other tree. Several stalls were scattered across it, giving the impression of a bazaar. There were a few homes on the ground level too. A stream ran along the periphery of the clearing. Several Pokémon resided in the houses, the bazaar place and were also bathing in the stream.

"This is Canopi Town." Tepig pointed to a rope bridge that was one of three that disappeared into the forest. "There's three more clearings like this. It's a nice place."

I agreed. The way the civilization was weaved into nature made my Pokémon nature soar. I rolled in the grass and then stood up, embarrassed. Tepig smiled and waddled off in the direction of the forest. He took me to another clearing with five trees at the center. Atop one of them was a small hut isolated from the rest, with a winding pathway leading up to it. "That's where I live!"

After we travelled up to his house, I asked him if he'd ever heard of humans becoming Pokémon.

"No. I've never heard of it… but Gothitelle should know more. She's one of the Town's Five Elders, the others being Stoutland , Simisage, Simipour and Simisear. Also, they say she knows a lot about every Pokémon by looking at the stars. The problem is, she is rarely here."

After I recounted all I could remember, we discussed a few more possibilities. Finally, the topic was exhausted. Tepig offered me a hut nearby his for the time being. I happily agreed. Then he blushed as he "popped the question".

"The town school is not far off from here. I've studied there all my life. Finally I have a chance to assemble a scout team that protects Pokémon and helps those in need. Would you like to be my partner?"

I couldn't have denied I was embarrassed, but I accepted, thinking about the several positives. This way I could learn more about the town and being a Pokémon in general. He explained that a scout team responded to people's pleas for rescue that were trapped in various dungeons. The scout teams of Canopi Town were under the leadership of Stoutland at the Canopi School. We made our way to a third clearing with four trees in the center, one of which had several platforms with little Pokémon seated on tree stumps listening avidly to older Pokémon. I saw a huge wooden platform three steps off the ground with a small counter behind which an Audino flashed a wide smile. A notice board hung nearby with several café tables and chairs. A small wooden door opened into the trunk of the tree.

"This is the lounge for all the teams. The board depicts the day's job offers. That's Audino who can hit you with a heal pulse now and then. She also makes extraordinary juices out of ordinary ingredients like oran berries. Behind that door is Herdier's office. He organized the teams when Stoutland's not around, which he rarely is, being busy with town council meetings with the other elders."
Tepig caught me off guard when he asked me what name to give our team. The voice inside me said PokeScouts, but I deleted it with 'B' and told him we should be called Blazing Leaf. We signed our team up with herdier who gave us a few tips along with a Scout team badge, Explorer's Kit and a Tool Box. I was overjoyed. We looked up a rescue job in Living Ruins from a Minccino and accepted it.

As we moved through the dungeon we encountered several Pokémon who we battled. We came across a Pokémon called Breloom.
"That Was Some Battle, Wasn't It?! Let's Do It Again! Can I Join Your Team Guys?!" After calming him down, we negotiated terms. Breloom said he would live nearby to the town and arrive at the lounge whenever we wanted him on a mission.

We finally reached the location where Mincinno was trapped between two branches of a tree. We freed her using Breloom's Headbutt on the tree trunk. She tumbled down and landed softly on the ground. "Oh, Thanks a bunch! I'll meet you at the lounge!" We used our brand new Scout Badge to warp her from the Living Ruins and decided to carry on. We reached the end of the dungeon, the spot where had mysteriously tumbled into this world. I pondered over my situation a bit more. There was nothing significant in the ruins. As we were about to turn back, I asked tepig what Sawsbuck had done.
"A few weeks back was our annual harvest of Apples, Oran Berries and the likes. We left the harvest one more night and when the harvest festival dawned we were welcomed with empty fields. Hoof prints were observed all over the patches. That lousy vullaby said he saw Sawsbuck the previous night destroying the fields in a rage. Sawsbuck denied it. The Elders were furious and after a discussion, banished Sawsbuck from Canopi."

I pondered this revelation as we made our way back to Canopi Town. We were received by Minccino at the Lounge. She rewarded us with Poke and a Reviver Seed. My body felt all fuzzy and the joy of helping a Pokémon in danger made me feel good. We retired to our huts and as I saw the moon shining above the forest in all its glory, the hay bed warmly welcomed me from a tiring day.