Kuki's eyes darted open. She stared idly at the wall beside her, breathing soundlessly through her mouth. She moved around in the soft confines on her blanket as the rest of her systems went online.

Kuki recognized the wall in front of her; it was the wall of her room in the lighthouse, but as she lifted her head, she soon felt like something was different.

"Mew?" she called out groggily, turning over on her bed, but there was no answer. All she on her other side was the bathroom door and the hunchback television sitting on a counter next to it. She noticed that something was off about them too, like they've grown twice bigger or something.

Mew hasn't come home yet?

Kuki raised her arm to rub her eye, but she went stiff while doing so. Looking down, her eyes widened when she found a blue paw instead of her normal human appendage. A quick inspection of her body revealed to her that she had changed beyond recognition.

Where she remembered having legs were two long, almost rabbit-like hind paws, and when she turned her head around her rear, she saw a new appendage in the form of a tail sticking out of her. She couldn't help but whimper when the tail twisted and turned to her whims.

Kuki let out a high pitched shriek, her eyes darting around as she struggled to find solace. She quickly crawled out of the bed, only to fall face flat on the carpet below. Kuki sprang up, wheezing as she shut her eyes and held her head.

THIS IS A DREAM, THIS IS A DREAM! I HAVE NOT BEEN TURNED INTO A POKÉMON, I'M STILL ME, I'M STILL ME!

Upon opening her eyes, she was perplexed to find herself in a human form again, wearing the same pink dress she was wearing before the last time she slept.

Kuki stretched her arms forward, a smile quickly forming on her face. "I'm still me! I guess I really was just—" One look to her left showed her just how wrong she was.

Sitting on the ground next to her was the same blue tail from before, and she could still feel it attached to her body with every slight motion oh her back. Her mouth fell agape, and her body started shaking uncontrollably. She held her head but instantly let go when she felt two unfamiliar outgrowths on it.

Springing up to her feet, Kuki took a long hard look at her reflection in a mirror. She looked the same on the surface, yet a lot was remarkably different. The most glaring change was that her hair had turned from a brunette to a pale blue, and her eyes had donned slit-like pupils that were contracting and expanding as she leaned closer. She touched the top of her head, feeling the peculiar cat-like ears on her head, which resembled Mew's. They were real. They were a part of her.

"W-w-w-what is happening to me?!" Kuki yelled at her reflection. She backed away from the mirror, taking slow steps backwards until she backed herself against the wall. She covered her mouth with her hands and slid down, tears welling up in her eyes.

I have become… I have become some kind of monster! Did this happen because I was turning blue?

Kuki's eyes glinted. She finally noticed the absence of the chest pain she'd grown accustomed to in the past several months, and she hadn't coughed once since she woke up. It was a small observation, one that didn't distract her much from her then current plight.

Kuki eyed the hunchback television. While still whimpering, she rushed to it on all fours, shakily starting it up and shoving a VHS tape into the cassette player. She stared at the screen as a cartoon movie called 'The Lotus Prince and the Wishing Tower' started playing.

Kuki crawled a few inches back and watched the movie attentively. It was her favorite, and the only one she's actually ever watched. Mew always played it for her when she was upset, and it helped ease her down every time.

The plot of the movie was straightforward. A young lost prince seeks a bell tower which granted wishes to anyone who reached the top. At the end of the movie, the prince was fighting the evil incredulous swordsman on top of the tower. Both characters struggled as swords clashed, each trying to outdo the other in reaching the bell. Against all odds, the prince triumphed. The prince reached the bell upon his victory, where a fairy awaited him, then he wished for his kingdom to be rid of a calamitous famine that engulfed it. He later returned home as a hero, and everyone lived happily ever after.

The ending had always been Kuki's favorite part; it usually filled her with hope. However, the movie only had the opposite effect, and she found herself feeling even more depressed.

Kuki turned off the television as the credits rolled, sniffling as she wiped the remains of the tears on her face. She buried her head in her arms and continued to cry.

Kuki raised her hand momentarily, and glanced at her tail. The way it kept on moving around by itself was starting to get on her nerves, though she noticed something strange about the new appendage.

Is it just me, but does my… tail look just like Mew's? Maybe she knows what really happened to me. I'll ask her when she comes back.

"Huh?" Kuki was taken aback when tears started streaming down her face all of a sudden at the mere thought of Mew. She tried to wipe them off, but the tears just kept cascading down her cheeks. A tinge of pain bothered her deep down in her heart. She clenched her chest hard, wondering why she was feeling that way.

Kuki padded backwards, stopping as her back met the side of her bed. She gazed up at the wall, sniffling and wiping her face every few seconds.

"Mew… Please hurry and come home. I don't know what to do…"

Out of options, Kuki decided to take a step outside to hopefully cool her head off. She wasn't exactly able to think straight with her vision blurred and face heating up from all the crying.

A flock of wingulls scampered away at the sight of her when she opened the door, some of them cautiously eying her unusual form. She paid no heed to them; too under the weather to care about a flock of birds. She could've sworn she heard them gossiping about her, but she brushed it off as her imagination.

As she walked down the stairs outside the lighthouse, the salty smell of the surrounding oceans filled up her nostrils. She raised her face and inhaled deeply, though she found it odd that she never sensed the salty odor that strongly before. She wondered if her new body altered her smelling ability. Great. One more thing to be anxious about.

Her's gaze fell on the bench she remembered sleeping on last time. She rubbed her palm against the surface, feeling the friction of the woodwork against her.

Another thought came across her, one she hadn't realized before.

How did I get back in the lighthouse last night? Did she come back and carry me back to my room, or did I walk back there in my sleep?

She rested her head on her palms as she settled on the bench. So many questions swirled in the abyss that was her mind, and yet she could not get any of those answers until Mew returned… whenever she does.

What will Mew think of me if she sees me like this? That I've become a mixed imitation of her form?

Kuki felt so lost. There was nothing she could ever fear more than being rejected by her foster mother. The thought of it happening sent a cold shiver down her spine. She then took a trip down memory lane, recalling something Mew had told her back when her illness was still in its early stages.

It doesn't matter if you change color, grow a second head, or turn into a yellow Rattata. No matter what you look like, Kuki will always be Kuki to me, so, don't worry about a thing.

For the first time since she woke up, a smile found its way across her face. Of course, Mew would always love her no matter what. Kuki exhaled a relieved breath, feeling a bit better. Mew would help her figure things out.

***A***

Some hours after she was finished crying, Kuki sat down to eat some of the snacks leftover from the previous day. As she gorged down on some cream crackers, she kept staring at an orange juice box, pondering something over in her mind.

Since I'm kind of like her now, does that mean that I can carry stuff with my mind too?

Kuki swallowed down her mouthful of crackers and set off to experiment. She reached her arm out at the juice box and furrowed her brows.

Come to me juice box! Obey me! Come, I tell you! Come!

She tensed her face so much that she looked like she was about to pop. She lowered her arm, heaving a long sigh.

Aww, it isn't working. And here I thought I could lift a juice box with my mi—

Kuki shrieked when something slapped against her face. The object fell down her laps, and when she looked, she saw the juice box just lying there, its edges bent from the impact.

I did it! I CAN lift a juice box with my mind!...

Kuki raised the juice box in her palms. But how did I do it? She caressed her cheek where it met her face. I'll probably figure it out later. She brushed it off and popped the juice with a straw before drinking its contents.

Kuki later placed a rubber ball a short distance from her and sat across it. She focused her eyes on it and exhaled.

Alright, I've got this. I can do it, I can lift the ball, with my mind!

Kuki spent a few minutes staring hard at the ball, contracting her fingers as she concentrated every thought on making the ball move… but nothing happened.

Kuki dropped her arms and groaned, eying the rubber ball that seemed to mock her failed attempts. "Why isn't this working?! It worked with the juice box. Maybe the ball is dark type." She shook her head, dismissing the thought. "No, I have to do this, so I can impress her when she gets back!"

She huffed and raised her arms forward once more. Her eyes burned with more determination. She closed her eyes and pushed all other thoughts and distractions away. She perhaps did it too well, as she realized her mind felt much too calm at that moment.

I can feel it! Something is definitely rising! Something is—

Kuki let out a pained cry when her head bonked against a surface. She pried her eyes open to find herself looking at the ceiling face to face. She made the mistake of looking down afterwards, seeing the ground way below her… then she dropped.

Kuki lifted her head groaning after falling, rubbing the tip of her nose which scraped the ground during her descent. Her fall ached a lot less than she expected. Maybe she was sturdier in her new form? Hard to say.

"Ow… I don't get it… How did I make myself float and not the stupid ball?" Kuki sat up, grunting as she frowned. "None of this makes any flipping sense!" She sighed, glancing at the ball again. "At least I know I can fly now."

Still, Kuki reasoned that whatever it was she'd turned into, it made her feel so amazing. She looked at the ceiling, then around her room. Her new eyes could pick up even the most subtle of color hues around her, seeing all new colors dancing in her vision. The longer she looked at a certain spot, the more her eyes seemed to zoom in and discern the smallest of details on it. It gave a new meaning to seeing the world in a new light.

Kuki raised the ball in her fingers, glaring at it as she puffed her cheeks. "I won't lose to you, Mr Ball. I'll make you float whether you want to or not, just wait!"

An idea surfaced in the crevices of her mind. If she threw the ball up, could she stop it from falling? It seemed like a good idea, since trying to move the ball while it's inert hadn't yielded any desired results.

While standing in one spot, Kuki hurled the ball upwards, waiting for the moment gravity began pulling it down. In that moment, Kuki threw her arms up, closing her eyes as she uttered, "Stop!"

It fell.

"Again!" Kuki said, tossing the ball a second time, concentrating even more on it.

Again, it fell.

"One more time!"

The rubber ball still disobeyed. It landed on her head, bounced off and rolled to her bedside. Kuki groaned, reaching her arm out to it weakly. She closed her eyes and let out a defeated sigh.

Why won't this work alread—

She pried her eyes open when she felt something meet her palm forcefully. Much to her amazement, she'd retrieved the ball with her psychic abilities unknowingly, just like with the juice box earlier.

"But how?! I don't get this!" Kuki impulsively threw the ball at the wall and sat. "Stupid ball!" she seethed.

Kuki sat alone, basking in the silence of her room as she pondered what exactly she wasn't doing right. Mew made it look so easy…

Kuki's eyes lit up when she recalled another conversation she once had with Mew about how she used her telekinesis.

It was when she had been younger. Mew had taken her out of the lighthouse for the very first time to some berry fields out somewhere. Kuki didn't question Mew on who owned the fields; she just stuck close by the berry basket as she was told.

At the time, Kuki observed as Mew plucked loads of berries off their stalks without even touching them, homing them into the basket as she collected them.

"Mami," Kuki called, it was how she used to refer to Mew in the past. "How do you do that?"

'Hmm?' Mew swirled around tilting her head, some berries floating around her as they halted their movements. 'How do I do what, Kuki?'

"You make stuff move with your head. I want to do that too!"

'Oh, you mean this?' Mew asked, hovering to her with a berry in tow. 'I could try teaching you.' Mew's eyes moved to the side. 'But I don't know if you can, since you're human.' When Mew saw Kuki's eyes lowering, she piped up. 'But I'm sure you can do it! Come, i'll teach you.'

Kuki beamed up, throwing her arms in the air. "Yay! Mami, teach me, teach me!"

Mew quickly covered the girl's mouth, cautiously looking around as she said, 'Keep your voice down, or the humans will come!' she whispered.

Kuki nodded her head. "Sorry, Mami."

Mew told her to get up, making her take a crouching pose with her arms stretched forward. While adjusting her head to face one of the berries. 'Now, I want you to focus your mind on the berry, and try to be calm. Don't try to force it to move, but think of yourself as one with it.'

"Okay," Kuki said, nodding while focusing her eyes on the oran berry. "I am one with the berry, I am one with the berry." Kuki's eyes gleamed when the berry steadily lifted from the ground, tiny sand grains breaking off the skin as it went higher. "I did it, Mami, I did it!"

'Yay! I knew you had it in you!' Mew said, flipping in the air playfully.

Back in the present, Kuki's mind remained on those memories. She recalled how Mew confessed that she was actually the one who lifted the berry for her. Kuki also remembered being upset about it, but Mew cheered her up with The Lotus Prince movie as always.

Kuki raised her face at the ball, which sat mockingly in front of the bathroom door.

Become one with the berry… become one with the ball.

Kuki gulped down as she steadily raised her arms forward. She huffed and focused her eyes on the ball, ignoring everything else surrounding her. "I'm one with the ball, and the ball is one with me."

Kuki's eyes lit up when the ball fidgeted in place. She pressed on further, repeating her chant to herself. She bit her lip anxiously as a blue outline flickered on and off around the ball.

Finally, she raised her arm, and the ball lifted accordingly. A wide smile spread across her face, and she didn't even notice the faint glow surrounding her irises. Kuki imagined the ball coming closer, and it obeyed, floating gently till it was just a few five inches away.

Kuki pulled her other arm back and started waving her palm sideways. Surely enough, the ball started rotating sideways to her motions while still remaining on air. At that moment, Kuki felt a river of joy pour down on her.

I'm doing it.. I'm actually doing it! Okay, stay calm. Let me see if I can do it without my hands now.

The moment she dropped her arms, the ball fell to the ground, and she lost control over it. Kuki furrowed her eyes and groaned. "I guess I'm not quite there yet…"

Kuki levitated the ball again with her arms, guiding it around the room for some minutes. The giddiness she'd been feeling still hadn't left her, because to her, she was already making enough progress to call the day a success. However, the young girl was still striving for more.

What else can I lift? Can I lift the carpet, or my bed or even… water?!

A second after that thought, Kuki rushed the bathroom and filled a cup with water. She Left the door hanging open as she trotted to the middle of the room, the water sloshing about as she placed it on the ground.

Kuki took a few steps back and stretched her arms out. Her aim was to try and raise the water within without moving the cup. An ambitious goal so early perhaps, but her caretaker had taught her to always challenge her own capabilities.

The water rippled and the cup shook as she concentrated her mind on it. Her ears exhumed heat as she focused every muscle in her arms to making the water move, all the while telling herself the water was one with her mind and body.

After what seemed like an eternity, water slowly overflowed from the cup to form a blocky, cylindrical transparent pillar, dancing wobbly as Kuki strained to maintain the water's form. Taking a deep breath, she raised her arms higher and the water slowly followed, leaving the cup completely.

Then stood the girl, spectrally controlling a bubble of water over the ground. Wonder filled her eyes as light sparkled through the water. By tweaking her fingers, she was able to slightly mold the shape of the water to resemble a fish, then an apple and then a shoe.

Her arms began hurting from being raised too long, so she carefully lowered the water bubble back into the cup and dropped down on her back with a sigh. She stared up at the ceiling, thinking of all the things she could do. Could she transform into other Pokémon? Could she turn invisible? She'd already flown once, so she knows she at least has that ability.

Kuki yawned as she closed her eyes. She'd tired herself out, she can try out other new tricks later.

Her eyes then shot open, and her heart started pounding in her chest. A sudden chill of heaviness invaded the room, and could hear something ringing in her ears. Kuki sat up quickly and stared up at the staircase.

Someone… was waiting outside.


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