A/N: I think I can do a lot better, with a lot of these chapters… So that's exactly what I'll do! Do better!
Chapter 2: HumanThe very next morning…
"Walter… Walter - please wake up!" I begged my new friend.
Groaning he rose up from his bed, rubbing his eyes.
He looked up at me, "I had the most weird dream…I was a Pokemon…"
I didn't find it weird at all; instead I dragged him out of his bed.
"Okay… okay," he mumbled.
"Hey kids, you should both have showers," Walter's mom said from behind the door.
"All right mom" Walter replied with a yawn.
"I have some clothes that Silata can wear since she only has those dirty ones here." His mother continued, "Thank you mom!" Walter called back in an irritated tone.
Walter opened the door, and motioned for me to follow; I stepped out into the hall and was startled as the Minun rushed past.
"Relax its just Mika" Walter said with a laugh as he walked further down the hall.
We stopped at another door, and Walter pushed it open. "Mom says it's polite to let girls go first, so I guess you get to have the first shower." He said looking at the floor.
I looked into the room, it was white everywhere; white floor, roof, walls. I stood there confused.
"What's the matter?" Walter asked, placing his hand on my shoulder gently.
"N-Nothing."
"Well go on, there's towels and soap already in there"
What did they want me to do in this white room exactly? There was a slapping sound from behind me as Walter hit his forehead with the palm of his hand.
"You don't even know what we mean do you?" he asked looking me straight in the eyes, his eyes were a startling deep shade of blue… a sapphire blue you could say.
I shook my head, and looked down at the floor.
"Erf… I guess I better show you then…" he said before pushing me into the white room.
He shut and locked the door behind us before sitting Mika the Minun on a bench.
"Okay... um, this is kinda awkward for me" Walter said, his cheeks went deep red hue.
"Why is it awkward?" I asked curiously.
"I-erm… well to shower, you need to… uh… undress…" he ended in almost a whisper, gesturing at me.
"Oh… you mean take these off?" I said, tugging at the loose fur that covered my torso.
Walters face went an even deeper shade of red, which brought up a mental image of my real body - Walter slowly nodded.
I started to pull the 'clothing' that covered my torso off, but Walter shrieked.
"Uh-Uh… um, I can't look…" he said, turning away.
I shrugged and took the rest of my clothes off. Walter fumbled around with one hand covering his eyes and the other flailing about like a Magikarp out of water.
"Why are you covering your eyes?" I asked.
"You're a girl!" he hissed as his knee hit the corner of the bench.
"So?"
"So – so - Just get in the shower," he said, his hand was pointing to a box in the corner of the room.
I obediently walked inside, and Walter followed as best he could.
"Now there should be two silver spheres on the wall, one of them has a red ring on it the other has a blue ring on it." He explained.
I looked at the walls and spotted what he was talking about, "Okay Walter, I found them"
"Now turn them to the left until the water is comfortable, you can use that white block sitting on a gray ledge to wash yourself in the water." He continued.
I turned the spheres and water spilled over my body from another silver object above me. I kept turning them until the water was warm.
I spotted the white block called soap and picked it up in my hand, it was slippery when I put it under the water and it dropped out of my hand and onto the floor. I leaned over and retrieved the soap from the floor.
Walter started to talk again, "This is going to be a long day…"
"Why do you say that?" I asked him, rubbing the soap on my arms. A large bubble formed in the hollow of my elbow, it glittered prettily.
I giggled and popped the bubble, and then I continued to wash myself.
"I'm going to have to teach you how to be human so no one asks too many questions…" he said after a few moments of silence.
"Are you done?" he asked suddenly. "Um, yeah" I answered, quite uncertainly.
"Okay wrap that towel around you, please make sure you cover y-your upper chest"
I stepped out of the shower; with the towel wrapped around my body coming up to my arms.
Walter peeked out from under his hand, and sighed in relief. He walked over to the door and unlocked it; pushing it open he let me pass out into the hall.
"Mom should have some clothes for you, she's probably at the dining table reading" Walter said before shutting the door.
I walked back down the hallway, into the dining area where Walter's mom sat at the table.
She put her book down and turned to me, "Ah you're finished, come on" She got up and walked into a room just inside the start of the hallway.
"Here you go honey, they should fit you nicely. I'll wash your clothes for you," she said as she handed some clothes to me.
I waited until Walter's mom shut the door until I dressed myself once more, the clothes weren't as tight fitting as my old ones; but they were still comfortable.
There was a cry from down the hall, "MOM!"
The adult laughed and walked back out into the hallway, I watched as she went into another doorway closing the door behind her.
I made my way down to the white room and walked in. Walter shrieked again, "SILATA!"
"What?" I asked innocently, looking at Walter who had only just managed to whip a towel on before I entered.
"Oh, never mind…" He said as he walked past me, Mika giggled from his perch on Walter's shoulder.
"Oh Walter, you know how I feel about Mika and water. What if he shocks you?" Walter's mom said as she poked her head out of the doorway.
"Come off it, he won't do that and besides I'm going to dry him after I'm dressed."
I waited for what seemed like an eternity, but finally Walter walked out of his room dressed in an emerald green shirt and dark blue shorts.
He ran his hands through his unruly black hair before pulling his cap on.
"Silata and I are going outside," he said as we passed his mother.
"Okay, be good you two" she said waving us away.
Walter shut the door behind us and sighed, "I never want to do that in my lifetime ever again!"
I followed him down to the path; I realized that the town was so much different at day.
"Come on, we're going back to Meta Lake. Maybe there's something there, and if not I need a place to think anyway." Walter said interrupting my thoughts.
We followed the path out into the woods, and traveled up a less beaten track to Meta Lake - the place where all my troubles had started.
Walter walked over to a tree and sat, pulling his cap down over his eyes.
Mika chased after a Pikachu that had ran up and tagged him, I was left standing there not knowing what to do.
I watched the other Pokemon, wishing that I were normal. I sat there for an hour before Walter cried out in triumph.
"The Morphosis Tower! I was told that at the top there is a way to change your body. It's a long shot but at least it's a start." He explained to me.
I looked up at the Transfiguspire that he was pointing to. It was high, and I had never thought of it being hollow.
"But how do we get across to it?" I asked, eyeing the water.
"I'm sure that one of the water Pokemon that live here will help ferry us across if we ask nicely." He replied enthusiastically.
Getting up I brushed the dust off my legs and turned to watch Walter rush over to a sunbathing Wartortle.
After a moment of waving his arms around and speaking to the Pokemon it slid off its rock and into the cool water.
I walked over to the waters edge, and watched as Walter ran out into the water, clutching the Wartortle for support he swam across. When Walter was on the other side the Wartortle came back and waited for me, I reluctantly waded out and swam with the Tortoise Pokemon.
Walter pulled me out, and asked the Wartortle to ferry Mika over. It turned and went back for Mika, quickly returning with the mouse Pokemon and swam away.
Walter turned and started to run his hands along the smooth surface of the spire. As his hands passed over a slightly lighter colored stone, it glowed a vivid aqua. There was a grinding noise and the wall opened up revealing an inky darkness within.
"Are you sure we should do this?" I asked Walter.
"Yup, if it works you can get your old body back and if not at least we tried."
As Walter stepped over the Threshold he cried out, kneeling on the ground he became still, his face hidden by the darkness and his cap.
I shook him, and Mika hopped up and down. Finally he shook his head, and moaned.
"Someone's coming…" he turned and gazed at the sky…
