Chapter 1: The Origin of a Kinship

"ughhhhhhh...Where am I? Have I...died?" The Pokemon, a Meowth, groggily said with a soft Brooklyn accent. He looked to his left. And the Mudkip sighed with relief as the Meowth tried to get the water and sand out of his lacerated ears.

"Thank Arceus, you woke up! I know you were injured very badly, so please, take it easy for now. As for me, my name is Muddy."; the Mewoth just groand back at him. Muddy continued to bandage the injured Meowth.

Still groggy, the injured Meowth was finally able to see and hear clearly after a while. He looked around to get a sende of his surroundings. He was laying down in a bed of straw, in a seemingly primitive room built into a cave. Or maybe a cliff-side, given that a gaping hole behind him gave a spectacular view of the ocean.

He also noticed something strange. A certain Mudkip was filling a glass with water, and speaking to himself in clear human language!

"Excuse me?" The Meowth questioned.

"Yes? I see you're finally starting to recover!" Muddy gleefully stated

"Well, how come you are speaking in a human language, kid? Don't pokemon speak in a language where they can only say their names?" The Meowth was clearly perplexed.

Muddy of course had an answer: "Of course! You're a Pokemon, too. A Meowth to be exact!" He ran to the Meowth with a playful stride. "I take it you are still trying to comprehend what happened to you."

And it was when the Meowth saw its tail for the first time when he had a revelation.

"WHAT?!"

Muddy looked at the confused cat in confusion. "What's the matter, Meowth?"

"Kid, I used to be a human! But I don't remember anything beyond that. Nor do I remember becoming a Meowth!" The Meowth was nervous and confused. He was talking to a pokemon (and understanding what he was saying), got turned into a Pokemon, and had zero memory of his life as a human. And of course, he couldn't do a fucking thing about it.

"Mudkip? Do you have a name?" Asked the Meowth.

"I take it you didn't get it the first time, my name is Muddy, what's yours?"

"Andrew"

"Andrew? That's a funny name! Almost like a human's name!"

Muddy giggled and rolled around on the floor a bit, in a childish sort of way.

"Muddy,I'm telling the truth! I was a human just a while ago, but all of a sudden I'm a Pokemon."

Well, that certainly made Muddy pay attention.

Confused, he retorted "Well then, you look like a normal Meowth in most every way though, are you sure you turned into a human?" Muddy of course had a hard time believing this. To him, nothing like this had ever happened before. He knew he had some questions to ask this Poke cat. And he knew for sure that some of them might never have answers. However, deep down inside, he knew he was telling the truth.

"Andrew, could you at least try to recall your memories for me?"