The first thing I hear after going through the light is the sound of trickling water, and then the waving leaves of what I assume to be trees, and the sound of...dragging? My sense of touch returns to me, and I realise someone is pulling me. I also feel wet and cold.

It is then that I remember to breath.

Instead of breaths, I cough loudly, removing water from my throat. "(...W-Water...? What, was I drowning?)" I ask myself mentally. How did I end up drowning? I was in my bed before I woke up in that dark space, so how would there be enough water to submerge my body? But then again, there was the sound of water and trees, so I must be outside now. So how did I get outside?

"Oh! Hey, can you hear me?" I hear someone call out as I shiver from the cold. It sounds like the voice that was coming from the huge ball of light. I begin to open my eyes, which, for some reason, seems difficult for me to do. My vision is blinded by a bright light, which was probably the sun, seeing I was outside. "Phew...You really had me worried there." The voice says again with a chuckle. It sounds like it belongs to someone the same age as me, just a little more playful then I would sound. My eyes adapt to the sunlight, and a figure comes into view.

I stare in disbelief as a Chimchar stands before me.

"Wha..." I try to say. But yet again, I find it hard to do so. Confusion gives me the energy to cry aloud. "W-What in the hell?!"

The first thing my body tells me to do is get out of the pond that I appeared to be lying in and away from the Chimchar. I do just that, and go scrambling in the opposite direction, only to trip over due to the lack of energy.

"(...W-What am I so weak...?)" I think to myself, only just managing to push myself off the ground. Whilst I do, I notice something different about my hands.

"Hey, what's up? I'm not gonna hurt you or any-" The Pokémon doesn't even have time to finish before I cry aloud at the top of my voice.

"W-WHAT?!" I had looked at my hands, which weren't made of human flesh, but two, long, dark green leaves. My body colour had changed to green and I now had an underbelly, like a snake. I even had a tail with a large leaf on the tip and short, stubby legs. "I've turned into a Snivy?!"

"H-hey! Calm down, OK?" The Chimchar tells me, as if he was trying to re-assure me. "Just tell me what's wrong. Maybe I can help out."

"OK, then..." I begin to say, trying to follow the Chimp Pokémon's advise. "First off, where am I? What is this place?"

"We're in the Setta Region. This is a mountain in the Emerald Woods. How come ya don't know that?" The Chimchar asks, confused towards my clueless nature.

"...Well first off, I've never heard of the Setta Region, so that doesn't help me very much..." I begin to tell him. "Second off, the reason I don't know this is because I've just woke up in this place with something I never knew existed in my face." I finish, saying the last three words more sternly than the rest of the sentence.

"...Something ya never knew existed? Oh, so you've probably never seen a Chimchar befo-" I cut him off before he is able to finish.

"No, I have seen a Chimchar before! It was a drawing on a sheet of paper! Pokémon aren't real in the human world!" I say aloud. I realise that I'm starting to panic a bit more.

"Whadya mean "the Human World"? Humans are only creature we hear 'bout in stories 'n all." Getting tired of having to break everything down to him, I just cut to the chase, hoping that he would acctually understand this.

"OK, just listen to me." I say, trying my hardest not to let my anger towards the Chimchar's clueless personality loose. "Before you woke my up, I was a regular, normal, human being. I had a normal (but crappy) life, but now I'm here. And I have to find a way back." I turn away from him and begin walking down a path to my right, hoping that there would be someone else to give me answers. But, yet again, I only manage a few feet before I go tumbling over my own feet. "(God DAMN! I'm not used to this damned body!)" I exclaim mentally. This day was just getting worse and worse.

"H-Hey! Ya can't just walk away like that!" The Chimchar calls out as I get onto my feet again and begin walking off.

"Watch me." I reply. There is a silence before the Chimchar speaks up again.

"...I-If ya go out there, you'll just wander into some predator's territory! That'll be the end'a ya!" I pause as he says this.

"(...Crap. He's right. I don't know how to fight, let alone run. In this body at least. If I get attacked by a predator or something, I'm dead...)"

"...Just come with me, OK? I live in a village nearby, and I'd be more than happy to let ya stay a while." He tells me. I look back at him as he says this. I didn't have anywhere to go, and I didn't know anything about this world. Chimchar would be able to help me out there. I guess it wouldn't hurt if I stayed with him for a while.

"...OK, I'll stay with you until I can find a way back to the human world." I tell him. "...To be honest, I'm quite surprised that you believe me, but I guess I'm not going to complain about that."

"Yeah...I'm findin' it sorta hard to believe to be honest." He says with a smirk. "But with all the weird thing in our world, it wouldn't be anythin' new. Besides, I've heard that there have been other humans here before. L-Like that one in Treasure Town, I think. Have you heard of him?"

"Wait, what?" I say suddenly after hearing this.

"I heard a story of some two guys who came to Treasure Town one day and formed an Exploration Team at the Guild there. One of them was apparently a human." I begins to tell me. "The team did a lot of great things. I think they even fought Dialga when he was super mad!"

"...Y-Yeah...I've heard of him..." Is all I manage to say. This Chimchar had literally just told me that the events that occur in the Explorer games from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon actually happened. If I was still in the human world, you might as well have told me that the world was flat.

"Anyway, should we get goin'? Or d'ya wanna stay here?" He asks me, jokingly.

"OK then. Let's get going." I reply, following after the Pokémon as he walked off to the path the opposite side from where I was going.

"So, what's ya name?" I asks me all of a sudden.

"Huh? Oh, m-my name is Edge." I answer.

"I'm Chase." He replies. "Pleased to meechya, Edge!"