Blink...one...two...three. On the third count; she tried to brush off her fuzzy vision, her head was pounding like it was being drilled into with a jackhammer and then some. "Oww..." soft whimpers left her throat, though they sounded more squeaky then normal. But she chocked it up to being very dehydrated and tired from the electric-blast. She had a quick look around, there was something different though to how she remember route 1. She had remembered a dirty mud path with loads of trees, that had been set ablaze the night prior. Now, all she could see was luscious greenery and forestry for miles around. Nah, it must just have been her mind playing tricks on her. She was still asleep...right?

Getting up, she felt something odd but couldn't place her finger on it. Leaving the oddity behind, she walked over to a nearby river that ran through the forest. Brilliant blue, sparkling like a thousand diamonds in the sunlight. And it was cold to the touch, wetting her mouth and soothing her raspy throat. Not once did she bother to look at her reflection in the crystal water, until she lifted her head up from her drink. Now unable to avoid the look into the reflective river below, she gasped in absolute horror. She was covered in brown fur from head to...foot, or was it paw? Whatever was the concept she could use. Judging by the cute elongated ears and light cream ruff around her neck, she was suddenly an Eevee. But how!?

Alright, relax. Her brain tried to tell her, but it prevented the built-up freak out. "I'm, I'm...I'm an Eevee! B-but how, how?!" her voice stuttered and only left her with a larger migraine, so she laid down and placed her soft brown paws on her head. A look of confusion and paranoia broke onto her face, she was an Eevee right? They were one of the weakest Pokemon until they evolved, rarely found in the wild due to their predators. She wouldn't be able to fight back if one of said predators came after her, now would she? She could be killed, without being able to go on her long-awaited journey. Wait...journey? 'Pokemon' journey, where was her Pokemon! A soft whimper, not even a call left her lips properly. "Delta?..."

She was now even more frightened, she may not have her Pokemon on her. She would be in more trouble with predators without Delta, that was a guarantee. Luck was upon her though, as a small red and white sphere plopped from under her ruff. Was the fur like a storage place for Eevees or something...and how did a poke ball fit within it anyway. Oh well, questions could be asked much later. Reaching over, she tapped the poke ball with her paw and out popped the familiar orange lizard that was her starter. Short breathes of relief left her as she breathed out a short statement, smiling. "Thank goodness, your here..."

"Wait, who are you?" Delta's voice left her lips, surprising Lucia. She hadn't expected the Pokemon to suddenly be able to speak. "You don't look like my trainer, so why do you have my poke ball?"

"Delta!" she yelled, trying to catch the fire type's attention. Once the Charmander's blue eyes were glazing at her, she continued in a slow and unsure voice. "I know I don't look like myself, but you know me. The one who gave you that nicknamed, your trainer. I, somehow, got switched with an Eevee or something. Apparently, after I returned you, things got even worse and I then saw a bolt of Pokemon created lightning that knocked me out. Then I woke and I was like this."

"I suppose your right...no one else should know that name, but what about the Eevee you apparently swapped with. Shouldn't they be in your human body about now?"

"Right...and if I'm correct, then my body's injured from the blast. Delta! That Eevee could be confused as to why it's hurt, be scared or even just be unconscious without a clue as to what happened."

The lizard sighed, going over and putting her scaly hand onto Lucia's head in attempt to relax her. "Look, we'll get back to your body. You gotta be likely in Viridian City, right? That's your hometown and the nearest place to where we were when you blacked out. If we can get back there, then we may be able to switch you and Eevee back."

"But how do we get there, I don't even know where we are right now!"

That was a fair point to make, neither of them had any clue as to where they were or how to even get to Viridian City. All they knew was that they were in a forest, but it didn't look like Viridian Forest so that could be crossed off the list. Suddenly a splash of water caught Delta's attention and she looked up stream, there was a couple of stage-one Pokemon hanging around the river a few meters away. Smiling, she turned to her 'trainer' and grinned. "We could ask those lot, see if they know where we are."

Without a word, Lucia nodded and followed the Charmander to the group. At a closer distance, figuring out what the four Pokemon were wasn't the hard part. There was a male Nidoran, a Staryu and a Gastly. The last was a bit of a oddity, a baby Kangaskhan. Most Kangaskhan joeys stay near there mothers at all times, never leaving their side. But here, one was, without the mother Kangaskhan in sight. Shaking her head, she decided to call the little Kangaskhan 'Kanga Jr' for short to help her mind click to the concept.

"Hello!" Delta's high-pitched voice ran over the fields, catching the attention of the playing Pokemon. They all looked over, before grinning. A new play-mate was their collective thought, as they ran over to Delta and Lucia.

Kanga Jr was quick to ask a question, her soft voice ringing above the chatters. "Are you here to play with us?"

Feeling a bit downhearted, Lucia frowned. These kids only wanted to play, but they couldn't do that at the end of the day. "No, sorry..." she whispered, before building some confidence to ask her question. "Do any of you four know where we are?"

"Uh, I think we're in a forest nearby to Saffron City..." Nidoran said, looking a little unsure himself. "I think I remember our moms talking about it. Ain't that right, you two?" turning his head to Kanga Jr and Gastly, the two nodded in agreement - well, the best a ball could nod anyway. "Why'd you wanna know anyway?"

"Well..." Being unsure, her voice drifted off. How was she supposed to explain this. "...I guess, I wanna go home?..."

"Oh where ya live?" asked Gastly, his voice filled with intrigue and a bit of spooky-fun.

"Viridian City...I suppose, with mine and Delta here's trainer?..." her voice was still unsure, but she came up with a good excuse. Delta nodded, going along with the plan. Telling the whole truth would be a bit chaos.

"Hmm, we could help you get back!" Staryu's voice pitched in, it's gem flashing as it spoke. It seemed rather genuine with it's offer to help, especially with the next thing it said. "But, first. We should all introduce ourselves! I'm Sirius, and I go by the pronoun 'they' so you know."

Delta whispered into her trainer's ear. "Staryu don't have genders...so most of the time, they like to go for the gender-neutral option of 'they'. So some even give themselves preferred genders, but this one obviously doesn't," she then looked up and continued to speak. "My name is Delta, my trainer give me the nickname."

Nidoran hopped into the conversation next, grinning all the way. There was this aura of pride around him, like he wanted to be on top of the world or something along that train of thought. "I'm Spike! Though if you wish, you could call me 'King'."

"Nah...lets not do that," Kanga Jr's giggly voice spoke in, before turning to Delta and Lucia. Her face was graced with a brilliant smile as she introduced herself. "My name happens to be Princess, I'd rather you didn't ask why," her voice ended off with a rather salty glare, like she hated the name or something. It was hard to tell with just the saltiness of her expression, but she was soon smiling again regardless. "So, what about you, Eevee?"

Now all eyes were on Lucia, her voice was dry and she didn't even know what to say. Her actual name wasn't Pokemon-like at all, but could she think of a name that would fit an Eevee? "...M-My name is...Ribbon," she said after a bit of stuttering, a name coming to her rather quickly after a bit. The name originated from a piece of pink ribbon that she had tied into a bow around her neck, she could only assume that the Eevee she had swapped with owned the ribbon.

"Nice to meet you, Ribbon," Spike said, he seemed to be the leader of the group and was always the first one to speak besides the few times that Princess would speak. "We should head to inform our moms, gang..." he said, turning to the other 3 Pokemon. "Lets regroup in the morning right here, try to stay safe."

"Alright!" came the unison cry of the little Pokemon, they were all ready to head off to get some rest and everything. They wanted an adventure and here was their excuse to go on one. Scurrying off, they left Delta and 'Ribbon' to their own devices. Both Pokemon were quite confused, but there was relief too. They had other Pokemon to head them get back home.

"Well, it's a bit weird," Delta said with a smile as she walked back to the tree that Lucia had woke up against. "We should get some rest, follow their example. We've got a long way before we can arrive back in Viridian City, and traveling with stage-one Pokemon probably isn't the safest option, so we'd be limited to how much we can go per day."

"I...just want to get back to my body..." whimpered Lucia, laying down next to her starter. "When I think of how the actual 'Ribbon' must feel...my heart just clenches. She must be so scared if she knows what's going on..." a safe frown appeared on a lips, as a tear rolled down her brown fur. "...Enough about that. Your right, We should get some sleep.."

A soft nod was all she could from Delta, before she could hear soft snoring from the lizard-like Pokemon. She still had her starter's poke ball near her, but she choose against touching it for too long. All she did was wrap it back into the ruff around her neck, so that she wouldn't lose the red and white sphere. Resting her head down, she thought for a bit longer about the Eevee. But it didn't take long before sleep took her into it's embrace and sent her rocking down the river to dream land.