Chapter two: the gift's secrets

Hi! Sorry for the long wait, I had school, homework and I simply didn't have time to update. But it's the holiday's this week, so hopefully I'll be able to post a few chapters. I don't think it's necessary to have a disclaimer every chapter. Maybe now and again, but as people start on chapter 1, not somewhere in the middle, they'll all see the disclaimer.

Max's head was spinning. A psychic message from Arceus, who was in some place far away really was confusing for him. And then there was that crystal pendant/ necklace thing on the floor. Arceus said it was to help him, so he slipped it around his neck, the crystal lying over his shirt. And then he got his next shock. Because as soon as he put it on, the forest exploded into sound, with voices from every direction, even above him, reached his ears. And what's more, they were all talking in plain English. Giving a loud yell of shock, he threw himself to the floor, believing he was under attack.

"What was that?" asked a voice coming from a small bush on the other side of the clearing.

"Better check it out. Stay here" replied another.

"Mew! Wake up!" hissed Max, shaking her violently.

"Hmmm? What's that?" she replied. Her voice sounded different- somehow sharper than usual. Max was about to consider this when the shrub from before shook, and he threw himself to the floor, rearing an imminent attack. Cautiously, he raised his head just in time to see… a Pidgey emerge.

"Wh-what?!" Max gaped at the bird pokemon, now completely confused.

"Oh, it's just that human boy. Mew'll take care of it." Human? And the next thing to hit him was the fact that the Pidgey had spoken. In plain english. Which pokemon couldn't do, at least not to his knowledge. Still struggling with this new fact, he caught snippets of conversation from the over voices in the forest.

"And what's more, I learned hyper fang"

"So that silly young Rattata got-"

"So, how's the wing?"

After this small barrage, he came to a conclusion of sorts.

"So... either I can understand pokemon all of a sudden… or I've gone completely crazy." Deciding that the latter probably wasn't the solution, his next question was simply 'How?' The answer to this came rather quickly. In a flash of inspiration, he removed the pendant. Immediately, all the voices disappeared and were replaced with the normal sounds of the forest, such as the rustling leaves and the cries of the forest pokemon. He slipped the pendant back on, and the voices returned.

"So it translates…" he mused "I wonder if it's 2-way?" he turned to the Pidgey and said quite cheerfully: "Hi there! How are you today?" the Pidgey froze. Turning slowly it stared at him. A voice from the same bush as before shook again, as the other voice, which probably belonged to a second Pidgey, reasoned Max, asked

"What's the matter? Come on!"

The Pidgey in front of him replied, keeping its eyes on max at all times. "That human spoke!"

"So?"

"Dude, he spoke in fluent Pidgey!"

"Yeah, right. I'm outa here!" a Pidgey burst from the bush, beating its wings furiously as it gained altitude. The first Pidgey hopped onto Max's shoulder and stared at him. Max looked back, and took in every available detail about this pokemon. It's shape, the colours, the patterns in the plumage. Unnoticed by either of the two, the crystal began to glow bright blue, shone for a few seconds before the glow disappeared, as quickly as it had appeared. He closed his eyes, and imagined himself as a Pidgey, flying through the skies. He missed what happened next.

Mew had seen all of the events so far, she was surprised, but she had pieced it all together quite quickly. The next event, however, was plain shocking. Max began to glow. The light was white, quite similar to the light emitted at evolution. The Pidgey rushed away to a nearby tree and turned to watch as Max began to shrink, his shape twisting and warping, before consolidating itself into a tiny form on the ground. The light dissipated and Mew rubbed her eyes in disbelief. Contrary to all the laws of nature, Max had appeared to have evolved into a Pidgey.

Quite the turn of events, isn't it? I hope you've enjoyed reading this fanfic. I'll hopefully put up chapter three soon, so be patient! Oh, and don't forget to review!