Author's Note:

Hello readers and welcome back to Ace of Spades! I have decided to lengthen this out a bit, per the request of a friend.

Last chapter, our lovely protagonist became Sienna. What new things will develop this chapter?

To be clear, Garrett will be referred to as Sienna now.

Enjoy the new chapter!


Ace of Spades:


Sienna slowly began scanning the faces around the room, trying to ignore her situation. She really didn't want to think of her new gender, or her new tails, or her fur, or...

She shook her head to rid herself of those thoughts, instead taking close looks at the people in the tournament. The people looked like they ranged from young teens to 30-year olds. Hopefully one of the younger ones won. She didn't want to be owned by an older trainer. She looked at the last player in the tournament and gasped.

It was her rival Darren.

She immediately jumped up, growling at him, but she was forced back down by the evil lady's soft hands scratching her large new ears. Why was she so easy to calm with just a stroke? Was there something implanted in her?

The trainers were staring at her as the lady said, "Don't worry, I've got some stuff that I can give you after this tournament that will help keep her under control. She can be quite the feisty one."

One of the teenage girls raised her hand and asked, "What's her name?"

"Sienna, her name is Sienna," The lady replied, grinning. Meanwhile, Sienna was staring at her rival. He didn't look well. His normally styled hair was ruffled, his suit dirty. What had happened to him? She hadn't seen him in a few months, but surely things couldn't have gone that bad, right?

"So as I was saying," The lady began, "You all will be split into 4 groups of 5. You will play one group at a time, until we have a final four. Those four will play for the rights to Sienna, while the others will leave with nothing. The first group shall be Darren, Fole, Gary, June, and Liliana. The rest of you wait in the lobby."

As the hall cleared out, Sienna looked back at Darren, only to see him staring back. Her eyes widened and she felt something inside of her heat up. It felt like the heat sac she'd been told all Vulpixes have. She yelped as a tiny puff of fire escaped her mouth as she exhaled. She shuddered, not liking that she had just yelped. Humans didn't yelp.

She carefully looked back to Darren, noticing that it wasn't an intense look he was giving her. It was more of a look of mild interest. Like he didn't even want to be there. Or like he was thinking of something else...

She barely even noticed as the game began, caught up in her own thoughts. However, when she came back into focus, she saw that there were already two gone. It was Darren, one guy, and one girl. She began watching intently, actively rooting against her rival. She would rather be a magikarp than associate herself with Darren.

They'd been rivals ever since Darren had "accidentally" dropped his pet Goldeen into a river, sweeping his childhood friend away to the ocean. She'd never really forgiven him for that, and they'd nearly fought each other with fists numerous times. He especially annoyed Sienna because he was always a step ahead of her. Whenever she had captured a rare pokemon, he had three. Darren's rich parent's always sent him the newest gear, while Sienna had always been stuck with stuff from a few years back.

However, her hopes of him losing were dashed as he saw that Darren had won. He had a royal flush, that bastard. The guy had a two pair, and the girl only had a pair. Sienna felt heat rise in her body again. Well at least Darren hadn't won yet. He still needed to beat the other three winners.

She barely watched the others games, as she wasn't really interested in the preliminaries. She just wanted to see the finals. And soon, they came. The final four was announced by the lady, who screamed gleefully, "We have our final four! Darren from Celadon City!, Farrow from Cinnabar Island, Rader from Veridian City, and Zakariah from Pallet Town!"

Sienna was personally hoping for Farrow to win. She came from the only island in Kanto with a volcano and tons of fire-types. If anyone had to be her trainer, she'd want Farrow. Farrow was a very pretty girl in her late teens, with sandy blonde hair, tan skin, and fairly casual clothes. Rader was a big brute of a man, who looked to be in his late 30s, and was already balding, and Zakariah was a sharply dressed 20-something year old with dark hair and suit, but really pale skin. Then of course there was Darren. He was 15, the same as Sienna was before her transformation, and he just looked off, not to mention somewhat distant as well.

The game began, and Sienna began growing anxious. There was a good chance Darren was going to be her owner! He was a good poker player, even if he gambled a bit too much.

Surprisingly, Darren was going down pretty quick. He lost nearly all of his chips in the first few hands, and looked unfocused. However, he managed to hold on, as soon, Rader and Zakariah lost all of their chips, giving Farrow a commanding lead.

Sienna grinned. Maybe things were going to get better.

However, those thoughts were quickly dashed from her mind when Farrow made a string of bad decisions. First, she bet a large amount bluffing. Darren called her bluff and won back a ton of money. Then, Farrow unsuccessfully called Darren's bluff, giving him the majority of the chips. Then finally, she went all in with only a two pair, losing to a straight from Darren.

Sienna stared in shock. Darren had won. She was being signed over to her worst rival. Why did this have to happen to her?

The lady clapped, yelling, "We have a winner! Hold on a moment Darren! Let me get you some things to control your new feisty little Vulpix!" She quickly disappeared, leaving Sienna alone in the room with Darren. He glanced at her, making Sienna flinch. What was he going to do to her? He stood up and slowly walked over to her, an odd expression on his face. She closed her eyes as he stepped up to the cage, almost shaking in fear.

When she felt nothing touch her she opened her eyes to see something surprising. There were tears running down Darren's face. He was quiet, but tears came down his face anyways. She stared at him now, shocked. Where had this come from?

"Maybe my parents won't take my trainer stuff away, now that I've actually won something," He murmured softly, "Maybe they'll think I can actually do something good for once." Sienna didn't even try and resist as he tentatively reached forward and softly stroked her.

What was this? She'd always thought that Darren was an overconfident prick who got everything from his parents. Was that really true?

"You know I've lost almost all of my Pokemon to gambling, right? I gambled away my starter Squirtle. Now all I have is the family Zorua and you," Darren continued, sighing.

Maybe this would be okay? Maybe she could be happy like this? She hook her head. No, she had to escape.

Then the lady returned.

A/N:

And that's a wrap! Chapter Two is done!

Remember to R&R!