(Ness is seen lying unconscious in the middle of a forest, everything black.)

Ness (to himself): Ugh...everything's spinning...I can't see...

?: H-hey! Are you alright? Hey! W-wake up!

(Ness suddenly come to his senses to see a vague fox-like figure standing in front of him, worry filling her eyes.)

Ness: Ugh, I'm alright...wait a second. You're a Pokémon! How are you talking?!

?: Hm? Well, you're talking and you're a Pokémon!

Ness (to himself): Oh, that's right! I got turned into a Pokémon, so...I guess I can understand other Pokémon now?

?: You know you fell straight out of the sky, right?

Ness: Out of the sky...? I'm not entirely sure...The last thing I can remember is something calling for help, then everything went dark.

?: Oh! Did you notice it started raining while we were chatting?

(Ness suddenly begins to shiver because of the cold, his teeth chattering.)

?: Guess I'll have to use my trusty frying pan...(holds a frying pan over Ness)...as a drying pan!

(Ness laughs at the Pokémon's joke before suddenly remembering something: this Fennekin seemed to be the new friend Ness was going to meet on his adventure!)

Ness (uneasily): Um, might you be a starter, by any chance?

Fennekin (confused): Starter? What are you talking about? I'm a human, same as you.

Ness (shocked): Wait a sec! You're a regular girl?!

Fennekin: I think I forgot to introduce myself before. I'm Paula.

(Ness suddenly begins to sway as he tries to process whom he's just met. Paula looks at him with concern in her eyes.)

Paula: Uh, are you alright? You seem to be...about to faint.

Ness: Yeah, I'm alright. Just a bit...surprised, that's all. How did you end up here?

Paula (shrugging): I've been here for a couple hours, and I can't find a way back home. It's not like I know the move Teleport, anyways!

(Ness and Paula start to laugh at the other's jokes, and soon the two wind up in a conversation about their quests.)


Paula: Wow. So you're here trying to find a Pokémon who was calling for help in a dream you had?

Ness: The weird part is, I don't think it was a dream. I think that was actually reality, and that weird spring turned me into a Pokémon.

Paula: Well, we might as well get going. We aren't gonna get anywhere just navel gazing here!

(The two walk off into the setting sun.)


A/N: For the record, I've been wanting to do a crossover like this for a while. What better time than this?