Darkness...after my eyelids closed...all I saw was darkness...until I felt my body hit the soft fabric of a pillow and a blanket.
The teen forced her heavy and tired eye lids to open up as she realized she needed to wake up. Rubbing her eyes to focus her eyesight, Cienna was met with a boyish blue wall of a room with boxes and three suitcases scattered around the floor. Quickly noting that she was laying down on a blue coloured futon, Cienna scrambled back up with a gasp and almost yelled in utter surprise when she saw who was sleeping beside her.
"W-W-what...," noting the jet black hair with the shade of violet as the sun directed its rays on the sleeping teen. Pale flushed lips slightly open as the sleeping male breathed softly in his sleep with eyes closed shut-his skin was a slightly darker shade of colour than Cienna's sandy peach skin but the soft rays of the sun allowed his skin to look fair. However what caught Cienna's attention was that the male teen has his hands slightly wrapped around her waist.
"Ohh~ your awake~ don't mind me~3 just pretend I am not here..ohohoho..," Snapping her attention to the sudden familiar voice on a soft looking blue coloured bed, her eyes met with dark chocolate orbs hidden behind by thin black rimmed glasses which belonged to a familiar looking Indian girl.
"A-Anna..?..," the brown eyed girl blinked in surprise at Cienna and she hummed. What the girl said next surprised Cienna as Anna proclaims she has never met her before.
"Huh...how do ya know my name? Are you by any chance...a stalker..!?..," Gasping, the tall Indian girl scooted further back on the edge of the bed with the thick yet fluffy looking blanket held up in front of her which acted as a shield.
"W-Wai-NO! It's me Cienna! How could you have forgotten your Best friend and mistake her into a st-stalker..?," As she proclaims to be Anna's best friend, the taller teen wore a confused look then snickered in amusement.
"You? Cienna? Now that's a good one..Cienna isn't a boy...heck she doesn't have...yellow eyes...," Cienna's heart sank as soon as she heard those words and instantly shuffles up to the nearest mirror and gaped at herself...or...
himself...
Expecting 'her' usual boring self, Cienna saw an unidentifiable male teen. The teen's hair was a messy shaggy ebony coloured hair that almost reached his shoulders with his bangs parted in three ways which rested on his forehead. Cienna's dark brown eyes were now replaced with yellow cat like eyes which disturbed her or him greatly as he or she proceeds to pat on her chest.
"I...I look like a boy...and my breasts...disappeared...now I'm flatter than ever...no wonder I felt something weird between my th-thighs...gulps," Looking back at Anna, Cienna stood up and proceeds to look at himself and quickly notes that he doesn't look like a Filipino anymore.
"Are..Are you really...Cienna..? I mean seriously though...how is this possi-," before Anna could finish, the door of the room creaked open and in entered a curly brown haired woman. The woman wore a black tank top and green pants along with her green sweater wrapped around her waist.
"Oh? How rare of you children to wake up early...and here I thought you're all just irresponsible brats...I guess not~," The woman chuckles in a heartily manner at the two confused teens.
Please someone tell me this woman is just a cosplayer...
"Ooh~ what a nice lady~ I like her~," Anna whispers to Cienna whom was too busy gaping at the eerily familiar woman until he felt something tiny hop onto his lap. Looking down to see what it was, Cienna instantly shouted in both excitement and disbelief at the tiny little bird which strangely reminded him of a Fletchling.
"SHUT THE FU- UP!," hands aggressively shot up beside Cienna which hit him directly on the chin, causing him to topple over on the floor and hit his head on the desk behind him. The owner of the hand instantly regained from his small outburst and proceeds to look down at the teen he just hit.
"...," the formerly shouting teen looked at his 'victim' and muttered a quick sorry but froze as soon as he felt a dark aura creeping upon the room. Slowly turning his head at the curly headed woman who's now currently angry, he gulped as she spoke in a pissed off tone.
"...I suggest you three brats leave the house and cool your heads...and make sure to greet the neighbors~," With her mood going in a 360 turn, the woman walked out of the room with the orange coloured bird flew after her.
"We...better change...since we are wearing pajamas...," Anna suggested with a hum as she slid off the bed and to the drawers to look for clothes.
Wait..change..? T-that would mean I have to strip down and I Wo-would see it...
Scrambling down the steps and to the kitchen, all three teens looked at each other while Cienna hastily grabs a lone piece of loaf then sticks it in his mouth. Acting as if nothing happened, the formerly female teen politely bid farewell to his 'mother'. Cienna then grabs the entire loaf of bread and a bottle of water in his hand as he gestures to his tall best friend to open the door for him.
Looking back at Cienna, the now male teen wore a simple white t-shirt and blue baggy jeans with his bangs tied up in a fountain like manner. Behind the boy was Anna with her black rimmed glasses on and was wearing a green shirt and blue jeans while the other teen, Aleksey, wore a blue and white jacket and brown jean, his white rimmed glasses' lenses started to turn dark in response to the sunlight.
As the door opened, Cienna chewed on the loaf and hands the others pieces of the loaf evenly. The boy however choked on his loaf and fails the urge to spit it out on the clean gravel. In front of the teen were two European looking girls, the taller one has her dirty blonde hair tied up in a high pony tail. An aura of prim and proper noble oozed out of her while her shorter companion, whom has a darker but still a light skin tone, large green eyes which fitted well with her peppy personality and bright pink clothing.
"Hello! I'm so happy to meet Serena's new neighbours, I'm Shauna by the way..but if you want to you can call me Shaunie! All my friends call me Shaunie and-and you know! You three can be my new friends! Oh also-," before the chestnut haired girl could continue her ramble, the taller girl places a hand on her friend's shoulder and smiles calmly to the three whom were utterly confused.
"I apologize for my friend's manners..but do forgive her..Shauna is a sweet girl..," the blonde girl dipped her head in apology, ignoring Shauna's loud hey! What surprised her was that the boy with the interesting (?) hairstyle and the darkest green for eyes hidden by stylishly rimmed glasses smiled politely and shook his head.
"We don't mind at all..and there's no need to apologize miss?-," a giggle from the elegant teen and a clenching fist from a certain raven haired teen "Oh no...drop the miss, makes me feel older..just call me Serena..and you three are..?," Anna decides to step up and mocked bowed as she mimicked her favorite anime character Sebastian Michaelis' killer smile.
"Greetings to you, I am Anna..a pleasure to meet such wonderful ladies...," she answers with a smooth calm tone, Cienna smacked her shoulder lightly to prevent her from going butler mode any further-which caused Anna to snort from trying to hold in her laughter.
"My prissy friend here would be Cienna...don't get intimidated by his outer appearance though...his a sweet doll..," earning another harder smack, this time on her back from Cienna caused Anna to erupt in laughter and clutches on her sides while Cienna sighs then quietly looks at the two and places on a poker face as he dips his head.
"As she said..the name's Cienna..," his voice became quieter and quieter with each words, he decided to scoot further back as hundreds of thoughts went through his paranoid head.
This...must...be...a...dream...ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? This cannot be true...those two cannot be true...m-maybe they're just cosplayers! Y-yeah! But...t-that wouldn't explain my gender change...what is going on...?!
"Hey hey! Are you okay there? You look really pale Ciennana! May I call you that! It's much more cuter that way~ ehehe," The raven haired teen snapped out of his thoughts as soon as the shorter girl, Shauna, pops up right in front of him. With a strained smile, he shook his head as he felt his stomach churn and clench nervously.
"Oh, I-I'm fine-nothing to worry!...and my complexion has always been pale," Shauna coos in envy as she flocks around the raven haired and then gasps as she realizes something.
"Oh how could I've forgotten? Serenaaaa~ why did you not remind me~!," Both Anna and Aleksey blinked at Shauna curiously but Cienna however was dreading that what he think they might say might happen and it seems that fate hated him and decided to make things harder for his paranoid brain.
"I apologize for that Shauna...I got really engrossed in the conversation that I have forgotten...you see...you three are very lucky that the professor has chosen you to become one of the chosen children...," as Serena explained, Anna intervenes with raised eyebrows.
"Chosen..? What do you mean by that Serena..?," Before the dirty blonde could answer her question, Shauna jumps in with both of her hands up high and announced excitedly.
"WE'RE ALL GETTING OUR FIRST POKEMOONNNN!,"
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"S-Serena...I think I broke them...! W-what do I do! They're frozen stiff!,"
Cienna breaths shakily as cold sweat slowly slides down his skin at Shauna's revelation. His hands were clenched tightly with his mouth clamped shut as his lips quivered. The teen was confused, lost..but..there was one feeling that bubbled inside of him...excitement...? it confused him greatly.
"Are you kidding with me..? You two are joking...r-right...?," Anna asked in both hesitation and expectation as she clearly remembers her best friend's 'change' in appearance. Her heart dropped as Serena frowned slightly and shook her head slowly.
"Of course not, why would we joke around..? After all we wouldn't want to give out a bad impression to our new neighbors..," Cienna opens his mouth to retaliate but quickly shuts his lips as his eyes lands on a rocky looking 'pile' laid on top of a large carpet.
Cienna's breath hitched as the pile of rocks began to shift and sharp yet tired red eyes opened slowly. Both equally strange coloured eyes gazed at each other for a moment until the red eyed creature closes its eye lid once again.
It's...real...
Cienna's lips trembled open as he spoke in a shaken voice.
"I...believe them...," Anna looked at him in disbelief while Aleksey raised an eyebrow and replies in a calm yet impatient tone.
"I doubt what they said were real...how can creatures from a TV series suddenly become...real..?," Cienna, forgetting the fact that the male in front of him was his crush spoke darkly.
"Suck it up, if you were in my situation then you would understand," his voice dripped with venom as he stood up in his full height which rivalled Aleksey's. Aleksey was taken aback by the sudden aggressiveness but stood firmly as he returned an equally dark look. Anna, whom felt that it was enough-separated the two boys by standing In front of them as a dark aura oozes out of her.
"Now now, boys...better calm down before I shove my fists down your throat...," Cienna pales at the sudden threat coming from the taller girl and instantly back away while Aleksey, understanding that fighting wouldn't solve anything hesitantly steps back and looks away.
"We're...thankful you believed us Cienna...thank you...though...if you do truly believe me and Shauna, will you meet us at Aquacorde town..?," Serena asked hopefully while Shauna looked at Serena then at the tense group worriedly, both girls smiled widely as Cienna nodded his head and smiles in reply.
"Thank you so much again Cienna...I do hope we'll see you all soon! Adieu," Serena waves goodbye with a relieved smile on her lips while Shauna instantly recovers and waves excitedly and skips after her taller friend.
"...well..Cienna...you've got some explaining to do..," Anna spoke to Cienna whom blinked and sighed tiredly. Both Anna and Aleksey looked at him expectantly while Cienna tries not to shrink down from their intense gazes.
"A-Aye...,"
"So..you're telling me...that your game suck us right inside..? You're kidding right..?," Asked a disbelieved Aleksey whom was trying hard not to explode.
"I said I think it sucked us in...I'm not entirely sure okay..? Besides...see that pile of rocks right over there..?," Cienna points at where the 'pile' once again and Anna hummed in response to the teen.
"Now that you've pointed it out...I'm curious...why is there a pile of rocks in front of our..no wait..Mrs. Grace's home..?," her question was then answered as the rocky 'pile' shook and it yawned sleepily causing Anna to gape in surprise and Aleksey to unknowingly step back cautiously.
"...is that...what...is it r-real...?," Anna asked in a panicked voice as she points at the formerly 'pile of rocks'. Cienna proceeds to walk up to the creature and gently caresses it's smooth yet rocky crest and nods his head as he received a content growl from the creature.
"I believe so..I saw it's eyes open up earlier...and I could feel it stare down at me...," Aleksey narrows his eyes and also walked near the creature then proceeds to crouch down in front of it.
"What if it's only a robot...who knows..technology this days are pretty advanced...," the teen murmurs calmly but his eyes narrowed when Cienna clicks his tongue in irritation. He looks up at him with a glare which Cienna returns with a weak but firm poker face.
"Boys...what did I tell you earlier...," Anna rose her eyebrow at the two which stopped the two from fighting any further, Cienna then proceeds to look at the creature then at the other two teens.
"What do you two say..? Shall we go and meet them..?,"
Still unsure of the decision the three made, Cienna walked to the edge of the house's property and held onto the brick fence to balance himself as he peeked out curiously. Seeing civilians walking and greeting each other, Cienna gathered enough courage and stepped out only to be surprised as a little girl greeted him.
"He-hello..," he greets back and waved awkwardly at the little girl whom was now walking away happily, knowing that she made friends with the new neighbors. Looking at the other two teens behind him Cienna opens his mouth then closed it, and opens it up again as he asks in uncertainty.
"S-shall we go..?," he stuttered out as he gestures for the large wooden gate that separated the town from the outside world. Anna merely shrugged and walks past him then turns around with a reassuring smile on her face.
"C'mon Cienna, it was you whom convinced us! I trust that what you said was true!," her smile morphed into a grin as Cienna smiled back, Cienna then looked around him then paused as Aleksey pats his shoulder lightly.
"No turning back now," he murmurs calmly as his frown turns into a smirk at Cienna's angered face. Cienna took his words as a challenge and then ran up to the two with confidence.
"Indeed, there is no turning back now...The only way to find out is to see it with our own eyes..," with the two of his hands up, Cienna used a bit of his strength to push open the wooden door, he caught his breath as the familiar scenery from his Pokemon game was now in front of him.
"Just like the game...it's so...it's so alike...," he murmurs in awe as he hears the chirps of the nearby Fletchlings which either flew by or watched them afar on a branch.
"...y'know...I may have a really bad memory...but I kinda remember this too...," Anna replied back in agreement as her fingers brushed against the healthy growing greenery. Cienna nods his head back as he turns around with an excited grin which took back Aleksey whom has not seen the teen even smile like that ever since they've woken up.
Cienna still remembered the time when he allowed Anna to play on his newly bought Pokemon X, a separate version of his Pokemon Y. Stifling back a laugh, the memory of Anna nicknaming her Pokemon after Kuroshitsuji characters was still clear inside his head. Taking a deep breath to gather himself, Cienna spoke confidently.
"Whatever this world throws at us...we will throw it right back at 'em 10x worse..!," The raven haired proceeds to run ahead of the two and into a French themed town. With tall elegant street lamps, nearby cafe's with a dozen of circle tables outside and friendly looking people scattered around-everything looked perfectly normal, until strange flying creatures flew over the town which caught the three's attentions.
"Heeyyy! Ciennana! Anna~! Aleksey! Right over here!," Shauna's cheerful shout diverted their attention from the flying creatures and to a table where 4 people sat. Shauna was standing up waving cheerfully at the three as the group approached the table. A large boy with a black buzz cut hairstyle, black t-shirt with an image of an ice cream and light orange shorts grinned widely at the three.
"Shauna's description of you three is so spot on! Nice to meet another fellow new trainers!," this large boy was very friendly as he pats on a chair, gesturing for one of the three to sit, reluctantly Aleksey decides to step up and sat between the large teen and a short red headed boy. The boy's orange hair was styled in a bowl cut and wore white sleeved grey/green shirt and dark grey pants on looked up shyly from his fiddling fingers then quickly looked down with an embarrassed blush as he was caught staring.
"C'mon and sit everyone! Sit sit! Cienna, Anna and Aleksey-meet Tierno! His got sick dance moves~! If you need any dance advice just ask him!," the large boy named Tierno waved in delight at the three teens then proceeds to sling his hand over the quiet orange haired kid. From hearing Tierno's talent, Aleksey rose an eyebrow and looked at Tierno with interest while Cienna sat beside Shauna followed by Anna whom dragged a chair from another table with her.
"And this is Trevor! His very smart and knowledgeable about Pokemon, so don't be afraid to ask any advice-," "T-Tierno! You know I can perfectly I-introduce myself!," Trevor huffed as he gently pushed off Trieno's hands and dipped his head politely. Anna silently squealed at how adorable the red head was which followed up by Cienna's silent agreement.
"A pleasure to meet you three and just as Tierno said If you need help just ask m-me a-and isn't this very exciting? Getting our very own Pokemon and setting out in an adventure..,"
"Speaking of Pokemon...Tierno do you have them~?," Shauna asked in excitement as she looked at him with her large sparkling emerald eyes. Serena only laughed at the hyperactive girl then looked up with a smile.
"I would love to meet my partner too Tierno, may we get them now?," she asks politely but with excitement visible in her grey orbs.
"P-Pokemon..? Partners?," Aleksey asked nervously as Tierno took out a cylinder shaped object. Serena looks up with raised eyebrows and Cienna looked at Aleksey with narrowed cat like eyes.
"We're you not listening earlier?," Cienna hissed at him but as he realized what he just did, he quickly recovers and perfectly hid his embarrassment with an unreadable poker face.
"Oh! I have something to tell one of you three~! Which one of you here is the son of Mrs. Grace?," Cienna raised his hands unsurely and Tierno grinned as he points at the quiet teen.
"Since we currently have only three Pokemon to hand out...the Professor decided that Grace's kid should get the Pokemon first and the other two will receive theirs in Santalune City!," Anna sulked in disappointment at the large boy's news and Aleksey merely shrugged.
"That's fine by me, I can wait," he said calmly but his fisted hands showed his disappointment, Cienna merely blinked and unsurely points at himself.
"Wait, me?,"
[[EXTRA! Gender Change Troubles]]
Inside a large white tiled bathroom was Cienna who stood in front of the mirror with his eyes shut tightly, unable to take off his clothes without his eyesight the teen stumbled all over the floor and slipped on a soap which was followed by a surprised yelp.
"That's it! Ya need help changing!," Anna's voice shouted from the outside and suddenly, the jet black haired teen whom introduced himself as Aleksey was pushed inside the bathroom.
"Uh...Wh-wha-," before he could finish, Cienna froze and kicked him out. The teen yelled loudly as he locked the door.
"No! I can do it myself perfectly! I don't need help!,"
Especially from Aleksey..!...that would be too awkward with my crush trying to help me..!
[[This chapter has been merged with other chaps]]
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