Make sure to read the prologue before you read this, of course!
Hi, my name is Ericka, a 15 year old female, and a basic gaming addict like some other teens. I play games from the likes of Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Pokemon, Splatoon, the list goes on and on. Almost all the time you see me playing video games, unless I'm with some friends or family members. However, I had no clue my life was about to turn dramatically. Read for yourself.
I found myself waking up on a nice summer day, feeling good after a sleep. I walk over to the door, probably half asleep, and open it to reveal my mother walking in the hallway. "Morning, Ericka! Enjoying the summer break?" She asked nicely. The first ever day of summer break from the tyranny called school. I'm basically free from textbooks for two months, which is relief to me. "Yeah, sure am all right!" I replied eagerly.
I got my clothes all together and took a quick shower before heading downstairs for breakfast. I grabbed a cereal box, poured it in with milk, and then sat down for breakfast.
About five minutes after I begin eating my breakfast, my phone goes off with a text from my friend Josh. "Hiya, Ericka! Ready to begin the summer holidays? I'm inviting some friends over for a night at mine. Wanna come over?" He had asked. "Yeah, sure sounds like fun! I'll be over there soon." I reply with pride. "Awesome, then I'll see ya soon then. Also, gaming party going off during the time." He then said. "Really? Now I really wanna come now." I replied excitedly.
Later at about three in the afternoon I head off to Josh's house. Fifteen minutes later, I'm there, ready to roll.
I walk over to the door as a tall and very attractive lady opens it. "Oh, hi Ericka. I guess Josh invited you over too, is that so?" Said Josh's sister Maddie. "Yep, sure did." I exclaimed to her. "Well, come in then. He and the rest should be upstairs at the current moment." Maddie replied. And I nodded and went on up.
I walked up into his room, or his "den" in his opinion, and from there I found three of my personal best friends. Josh, a tall boy with red spiky hair, Maria, a chilled girl with long blonde hair, and Max, a chubby-ish boy with weird black hair.
"Hey Ericka!" Maria called out. "Hi guys!" I said as I moved my eyes to the TV screen. The three watching and playing Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U. Josh was fighting as Lucario, a sort of Egyptian blue creature that was said to be a pokemon. Facing Josh was MAx, who was playing as King Dedede, a joly looking king hailing from Planet Popstar. Me and Maria were watching from the bed. "Go, Lucario!" I called out. "Do it, Dedede!" Maria said, as the two of us giggled. "We know we can hear you from back there!" Josh said in a joking tone while not turning his head.
I did my chance to play too. I played as Sonic the Hedgehog, a blue hedgehog running at the speeds of light. Maria joined in playing as Zero Suit Samus, a woman in a blue jumpsuit. All of played one another, until Josh recieved a unexpected text message on his phone. "Sorry guys, I'm gonna have to leave for a bit. See ya soon." He said with a odd look on his face. All of us understood, but me and Maria exchanged worried looks on our faces. "Are you gonna think he'll be OK?" I asked. "I think he's gonna be fine." Maria replied to me. We then decided to play for more time.
Over an hour later of playing, Josh still hadn't came back. I then begun to worry about him a little, and Maria and Max paused the game. None of us had known where he was at the moment. I got off the bed. "I'll go ahead and find him." I said. Maria and Max were kinda worried that he was gone for such a long time.
"Josh?" I looked around, but only found his mom. "Hi Mrs Smith, do you know where Josh is?" I asked her. "The last time I saw him he was with all of you. Did he go somewhere?" She asked. "No, he said he was off to do something, which I'm not sure what it was." I replied reluctantly.
I kept on trying to find Josh around the house, calling his name. "Josh!" I called. Then I heard a faint voice from a nearby room. I put my ear to the wall to hear what was going on. "So you're meant to go tonight?" I hear Maddie say. "That is what Ms Cresslestia said to me. Everybody I invited is involved with this is what she said to me" Josh had said. "Wow, that's some odds. I know anybody can be involved, but never did I think they would a part of it." Maria said in suprise. Then Josh was in a bit of panic. "Woah, I've been gone for way too long. I'd best check with the gang." Josh said. "Ok, but don't be to subtle about it." Maria said.
I ran quickly to the other room to avoid eavesdropping. The door then opened and I turned to see Josh. "About time I found you." I said. Josh looked fairly afraid that I was there in the room, maybe because of what he and Maddie were talking about. "Oh, hey Ericka. What are you doing here?" He asked. "I was worried where you were so I came looking for you." I replied back. "Oh, sorry about that. We should head back now." He said as he lead the way back.
We headed up to Josh's room and Max and Maria looked at us. "Where have you been, Josh?" Maria asked. "Oh, I was talking with a friend. She was in a new school and told me about it." Josh said. "Hmm, I know he was talking about us, but I don't understand why we're supposed to go tonight." I pondered. "Well, it is getting late, we should probably sleep now." said Josh while yawning. Even though it looked fake, Maria agreed. "Yeah, I could use some sleep now." she said. "Yeah, same here!" Max agreed. "Well, alright then." I said nervously.
Everybody got their sleeping bags and pillows out, and soon enough we were asleep. However, I wasn't easily getting to sleep. I tried to stay awake to see what Josh was up to.
I laid there awake for about an hour just thinking of the possibilities, but then I hear Josh get up. I close my eyes pretending to sleep. Then I hear him knock on the door to his sister's room. He and his sister entered the room as Maddie looked at her brother shocked. "This is your idea for this?" She asked. "I'm afraid so. Mrs Cresslestia knews my plan and was OK with it." He said. I then see Max, who was asleep, being picked up by Josh and Maddie. "Well, we'd better make this fast." Maddie said. They then carried Max out of the door. "What do I do now? What was my friend doing with us?" I thought to myself. I then felt myself drooping off to sleep. "No...I need... to stay... awake...".
I came awake inside an office of sort. "Josh, I understand the concept of bringing them here, but this seems a bit too far!" said a womanly voice. "I'm trying to do my part for you." Josh had said to the woman he was with. "Doing your part is by taking friends hostage?!" the woman jokingly said. I then got up and tried to look around, though they had not known I was awake. I then hear something. "Well, well, I see somebody is awake now." the woman said, but this woman wasn't exactly a human at all, she was a Pokemon, a Cresselia. "W-W-Wha?" I said, practically speechless. I just froze in the spot I was in.
Josh then looked at me as I was in shock. "Who are you and what is this place?" I asked at last. "I am Mrs Cresslestia. I am pleasured to meet you." she smiled, as I just stood there confused and having trouble processing what was happening here. A living pokemon was in front of me, and my friend was taking me hostage. "This place is called Pokehuman High, and this is a place for pokemon students." said Mrs Cresslestia. "Wait, what does this have to do with me?" I said in confusion. Josh then got up from his chair. "I'll show you what a Pokehuman is meant to be." he said. He pulled out a bracelet that was hidden under his sleeve and twisted it, which glowed blue which enveloped him. "Aaghhh!" He grunted, as he begun to transform into a pokemon. Soon the light evaporated and revealed a Lucario. "Woah, that's..." I said. "Cool, huh? This bracelet is able to make me transform like this." Josh said. Looking at my friend as a Lucario was really odd, and it really was a lot to take in. I then looked back at Mrs Cresslestia. "Josh has told me a lot about you, Ericka. Pokemon fan, are you?" She asked. "Yes I am, but I still do not understand things. Why am I here?" I asked back. "You and your pals were chosen for this school. Our school does take talented humans and gives them the ability to transform to pokemon." She explained. "Talented? Not sure if I'm meant to be like that." I said. I was just unsure what to do at this point. "Ericka, this is a school to train strong pokehumans, are you interested to join us?" Mrs Cresslestia asked. I looked at Josh as a Lucario, and it did feel like it had some more emotion than in human. He really wanted me to join, and even though I had no full trust in him, I decided. "I guess I can join, if needed." I said.
"Great, but let me explain something. You cannot let anybody know about this school. Not even your parents." Mrs Cresslestia explained. "Then how will I be able to attend?" I asked. "Tell them that you are attending a summer camp with me." Josh said. I then looked around, thinking where Maria and Max, but they explained things to them as well, and they said yes and returned to Josh's house for cover. "We can admit you to school tomorrow. But for now, tell your mother you're heading to summer camp before arrival." Mrs Cresslestia said. "Sure thing!" I said back as we left.
Josh returned back to his human self and got back to the house before anybody could suspect we left. From there, everybody had slept for the rest of the night. In the morning, I texted my mom at breakfast along with Josh, Maria and Max, and that we were going to a summer camp."Alright then. Where are you going?" She asked me. "It was some place Josh told me about, not 100% sure what it was exactly." I replied back. "Ok, well have a good time, sweetie. I'll miss you." my mom said.
Josh then lead me, Maria and Max through a secret tunnel that was underneath his house. There was a gap below that we had to crawl through, and we barely managed to fit. Inside the tunnel there was plenty of room. Josh then turned back into his Lucario form. "Say Josh, what is it like being a Lucario in the first place?" Maria asked. "Pretty sweet. While I'm a Lucario, I feel lots of aura energy flowing within my body. That energy plus the added power makes me really strong." Josh said passionately. "You're gonna find out soon when you get your pokemon powers too." He then continued. "How does it work? Why do you become a Lucario and not something like a Charmander or Pikachu?" I asked. "Not entirely sure. I never really chose what to become, but Mrs Cresslestia said it had to do with personality and spirit." Josh explained. "So why does it say that your Lucario through that?" I asked. "Again, not sure. But it really does fit me." Josh replied back.
We then arrived at the end of the tunnel, and inside was the high school. We walked along the school for a few minutes. "Here we are." Josh said. A room displaying the words "TF Labs". "This is where you get the transformations. Come on in." Josh then said. So we entered with no second thoughts.
"Hmm, is that you Josh?" Asked a yellow creature with a spoon and a mustache. "Of course, Mr Lahni. Good to see you." Josh said as the two shook paws. "The pleasure's mine, of course." The Kadabra smiled and then looked at us. "So we have some new pokehumans joining, do we?" He asked. "Yes. Meet Ericka, Maria and Max, some good friends of mine." Josh introduced. "Pleasured to see you. Now, no delay, let us start. Who wants to go first?" Asked Mr Lahni. All of us looked at one another, all unsure who wanted to try first. "I guess I'll go." Maria said. "Very well Maria. Step onto the green circle there, and then you'll get a bracelet for your transformation. Maria walked over to the circle and then four beams hit her, seemingly scanning her. Soon a bracelet appeared in front of her, glowing a purple aura. "Put that bracelet on, and then twist it to see the transformation." Mr Lahni explained. "Well... ok then" Maria said with nervousness. She put the bracelet on her right wrist and then twisted it, and soon a purple aura surrounded her. Her shadow shrunk to a big cat shape "Woah..." Maria turned into a cat with lilac fur with a long thin tail, split in two at the end. She had purple whiskers under her ears and a red gem on her forehead. "You've become and Espeon, Maria." Josh said. Maria looked at her new form. "It's so weird... but also pretty cool too!" Maria said, smiling.
"OK, I'll got next!" Max said, knowing what he had to do, and walked over and onto the circle he went. The four beams now hit him, and then afterwards a yellow and orange bracelet came in front of him. Max put it on and twisted it, wrapping him in a orange light. "What the..." Max said as he also shrunk to only taller than Maria. He was an orange rat with a white belly and a long black tail with a thunderbolt on its end, with large brown and yellow ears. "Raichu, nice indeed." Mr Lahni said. "Pretty awesome. Though the tail does feel pretty weird at first." Josh said. "You'll get used to it after some time." Josh replied.
Then it came to me. "Guess I'm up." I said. As I kept moving towards the circle, my footsteps felt heavier than before. I managed to get to the circle, and then the four beams scanned me. I then saw a red bracelet come in my view. I put it on, and then swallowed all my nervousness and twisted the bracelet. "Here we go" I said as I was covered in a red light. My hands became white paws and my shirt looked like a white and red blouse, though that was fur. My jeans turned black with fur, and my legs turned into fur. A red, fluffy tail extended out from behind and a stick was put in it. My ears extended out to the top of my head, pointy and yellow, with red fur coming out from the inside. My nose and mouth extended a bit from my face and white fur formed around it, my nose now round and red. Lastly my eyes grew a tiny bit as white whiskers gre from my cheeks. I then saw the others as they saw my new form. "A Braixen, nice!" Josh said. I looked all over as I embraced the new form. It was really odd. I had a tail, but my senses did feel stronger, and a burst of fiery power was emitting in me. I was speechless. "This is... wow, I don't what to say." I said. "Well, now we can have Mrs Cresslestia sign you up." Josh said, as we waved goodbye to Mr Lahni.
Josh lead us to Mrs Cresslestia's office and walked in, revealing her at her desk. "I see everything went well with the transformations you got." She said while smiling. I could not help but look at me, Maria and Max thinking that all of us were actual pokemon. "Now, I do know that you are all good friends, but all of you will be assigned to different rooms." Mrs Cresslestia said to us three. She handed out rooms with a letter and a number, as well as class times. The times were as follows: Breakfast, Item Training, Gym, Lunch, History, Battles, Science. "So, are we meant to here there pretty quickly?" I asked. "Yes. After situation, you are to meet in the gym for your initial moveset.
I walked through the hallways to room G13. I walked in with a backpack and looked around. The room had a bunk bed, an extra bed, a desk with a computer, and a TV, with a Nintendo Wii U hooked up to it.
I hear someone in the corner digging for something under the bunk beds. "Where did I leave it?" The guy asked to himself. "Uh, hey there." I said. The pokemon cam out from under the bunks, and what came out was a purple monkey with a long tail with an extra hand on the end. "Oh, hi. Are you a new roommate?" The aipom walked to me. "Hi there." I said. "Hey. Name's Jacob, but you can call me Jake if you want to." He said. "Ericka. Moved in today." I said. Jake then looked over my new form. "So, you got Braixen, huh? Cool! Man, can you believe what I had to go through when I transformed." Jake said, pointing to his tail and giggling slightly. Suddenly, a white figure appeared behind me, it had green-hair like fur with pink horns, coming from what looked like a bathroom. "Ugh, what is it this time, Jake?" asked the kirlia. "Rose, this is our new roommate." said Jake. The kirlia then looked at me. "Oh, well I did hear that we were getting a roommate soon, but today, didn't think it. Nice to meet you, I'm Rose." Rose introduced. "I'm Ericka, new around here, which I'm sure you knew." I said. "Well, bunks are taken, so hopefully you don't mind the other bed." Rose said. "Not at all." I said, placing my backpack next to it. "I would like to chat, but I need to find the gym, and quick. Do you guys know where it is, by any chance?" I asked my roommates. "The gym is down the hall, then a left at the corner." Rose said. "Ok, thanks!" I said as I sped off.
A few minutes later, I was in the gym. Everybody else was there, including Josh. There was another pokemon there, almost human-like to me. "You must be Ericka the Braixen, correct. Coach Ken's the name, don't forget that." said the machoke. Maria was in front of some wooden dummies. "Now Maria, since your recieved your tranformation first, you will have your moveset first. Go ahead and try." said Coach Ken. Maria didn't really know what her moves were. "Sometimes we pokehumans know moves. Just give it a shot." instructed Coach Ken. Maria went ahead and tried it out. By then end she had learnt her moves in Confusion, Dig, Shadow Ball and Swift. "Alright, good work Maria. Max, your up next." said Coach Ken as Maria went into the stands with me and Josh while Max went onto the battlefield.
Max then attempted to try and do a moveset, keeping calm with every move he tried. He first managed to pull of a Thunderbolt and a Spark. He also then managed to get Dig, like with Maria, and Ice Punch. Max was extremely impressed with how good his moveset was for a start, and took a bow in his honour. "Well, that's that for you Max. Ericka, let's see what you can do." said Coack Ken as me and Max switched places on the battlefield.
I went in front of the dummies. "Man, this is gonna be tough. I just have to try." I thought as then I begun. I raced to one of the dummies and hit it simply, denting it, which meant I had scratch. I tried putting some sort of thought into it, and then a blue square appeared, meaning I learnt Light Screen. I tried a fire type attack, and took out my tail and shot an Ember attack at a dummy, slightly burning it. I then thought harder and shot beams directly at the dummies, which was Psybeam. "Well, not too bad Ericka. I guess you guys are good to go. Classes begin tomorrow as usual. Hope to see you there, and remember to come here anytime to train if necessary." Coach Ken announced as some others came in for their own movesets.
Me, Maria, Max and Josh walked out of the gym. "Geez, everybody else had good movesets when they begun, I may be having trouble here." I thought. Everybody else knew what they had to do, and that was get some movesets for extra things. "Well, movesets are learned over a period of time. I have learned three moves over some time here, so it isn't easy as it seems. But don't worry, you're gonna be fine." Josh said, making me feel a bit better. "By the way, the day isn't over. Wanna come to my room for some extra gaming fun? There are plenty to play." asked Josh. Max wanted to come, but me and Maria felt better exploring the place. "Suit yourselves, see ya!" Josh said as he and Max left to his room, whereas me and Maria left to explore the school a bit more.
We walked past a big pool. I did recognize that there were humans mixed in with pokemon. "Hey, look. Why are there many people mixed in with pokemon in the pool?" I asked. "Some of them in their pokemon form could be weak to water and, like you, they would take damage." Maria said. "That is true." I replied. A few people looked at us outside, but not for too long. We then continued down the hallway. "How are you finding the school thus far, Maria?" I asked to my Espeon friend. "Very different than normal. And not to mention I have to walk on all fours. Good thing our parents don't know about it!" said Maria, and thinking about it, I think I'd die them seeing me like this. I did think about things and now I think that Josh was right about this being really cool.
Maria and I then passed by sign that said "Shopping Plaza" and I wanted to try. Me and Maria decided to browse the stores just for fun.
We found ourselves in another section of the mall. There was an item shop, video game store, clothing store, toys, electronics, the list went on and on. Me and Maria were amazed by all the stores in such a place. There were clothes that changed due to the transformation, as such as other displayed things for sale. We then walked into an the item shop, that was being run by a Kecleon. "Hello, may I help you with finding anything?" the Keldeon asked. "Nope just here to browse, thanks." I replied. There were many different potions and medicine. Maria was interested in the incenses, but in the end she felt like she was done. "Ready to go." Maria said to me.
As we were exiting the mall, many more pokemon were roaming around the halls. There was a tiny bunny that was walking down the halls and stopped near us. "Oh, hey Maria!" said the Buneary. "Jillian! I'd like to introduce you to Ericka, one of my besties. Ericka, this is my roommate Jillian." Maria said to the two of us. "It's nice to meet you, Ericka. Braixen? That's such a cool pokemon!" Jillian said. "Yeah. I gotta admit I like Buneary also." I said. Jillian blushed and put her paws on her face, it was really cute. "Hey Maria, me and Jim are heading to the pool. Coming?" asked Jillian. "Yep, sure are. Wanna come too Ericka?" Maria asked to me. "Nah, I'm beat. I need to relax for a bit. I said. Then me and Maria parted as I walked back to my room.
As I got back to G13, I found a gigantic mess under Jake's bed. "Uhhhh..." I said as I walked in. "Found it." said Jake as he pulled a Nintendo 3DS from his hand. I wondered and then talked. "How much stuff is under that bed of yours, Jake?" I asked in an odd tone. "Too much for me to even say!" Jake replied, and without a secondary thought on my mind, I turned into a human and listened to some music on my ipod. I then thought about so many things. "High school. Pokemon are somehow a thing around here, and I'm one of them. It feels weird for some reason I am unsure about. I am a huge Pokemon fan, but I never thought it would be real life. And I do wonder what it is about. There have to be reasons why they turn some of us kids into Pokemon in the first place, right?" I thought to myself for a while as then I went off to sleep after.
There's chapter one. This is a REALLY long one compared to other stories, but I'm very certain with the work I am doing it will be possible to pull this off, until I get to the chapter limit, and then the real thinking comes into play. But for now, I'll see you on chapter two for more!