New Animal Kingdom

By Atlantica Stitch

Newest Pokemon

Flashback

Riku sat at the controls, watching the radar carefully. Sora was next to her. He spotted the world. "There!" It was a rocky field covered in volcanoes and caves. A boy with black-brown hair and emerald eyes walked up next to him. He wore a brown t-shirt with the Nobody symbol, jeans and black sneakers. He wore a silver hoop earring in his right ear.

"Not much to look at." Nevarx remarked.

"Neither was the Valley." Riku pointed out. Suddenly the Gummi Ship lurched. Roxas and Riku barely grabbed their chairs in time.

"Riku! What'd you do?" Nevarx demanded, climbing off the floor.

"Nothing! We must've hit a dead spot, all controls are jammed!" Riku said, pressing a few buttons. "Nothing's working! Prepare for impact!" Nevarx's eyes turned Heartless gold, and his pupils became cat-like slits. He put his hands to the Gummi Ship wall.

"I got it! Hold on!" he cried. Sora heard Kuritu's mental scream, saw a bright flash of white light and felt something fuzzy climb up his arms, then knew no more.

End of Flashback

Sora moaned and opened his eyes. A cat-like white face with a jagged red stripe under the eye was goggling at him. "YAH!" he jumped backwards, but his limbs felt stumpy and disfigured. The thing chuckled.

"Easy, I only attack Sevipers…or Arnold if I get my claws on him." He added under his breath. Sora cocked his head in confusion.

"Hey, Zach is that other Eevee awake yet?" called a female voice.

"Eevee?" Sora mumbled, forcing himself into a dog-like sitting position, finding it the most comfortable he could manage.

"Oh yeah! So um…what are you called on your planet?" the thing asked. Sora stiffened, then turned and noticed the still smoking remains of the Gummi Ship.

"Uh…human." He said. The cat-thing laughed.

"Yeah right!" he snorted. "Well," he chuckled. "I don't think I've ever seen a Human with four legs and fur."

"What?" Sora looked at his hand-err, paw.

"Zach!" the voice whined. The thing raced up the side of the crater, leaving Sora alone. Apparently there had been a spring under the ground where they had crashed, as there was a small, muddy puddle. He looked in. His face was brown, furry and fox-like, with long brown ears. His neck was covered in a lush white mane. Sora let out a frustrated groan.

"I can't go anywhere as a HUMAN!" he cried quietly. Zach poked his head down the crater.

"C'mon! You're friends are asking for you!" he called.

"My friends? They're ok?" Sora smiled, and ran, with difficulty, up the side of the crater. Sora saw Zach sitting with a dog-like white creature with a white beret with a scythe protruding from it. Around her were 3 creatures, and a Heartless. There was a second Eevee, with sapphire eyes. Next was a cat/weasel like creature with one pink ear, long claws and three pink feathers in place of a tail and emerald eyes. It had a silver hoop earring in its right ear. Third was a cat/dog/fox creature with short black fur, with gold rings on various parts of his body with aquamarine eyes. The last thing sat up.

"Sora? That you?"

"Riku?" Sora stared.

"What are we?" Riku asked, examining a paw.

"Pokemon. At least here." Zach said. "I'm a Zangoose, Snow here's an Absol." He turned to Snow. "Say, where's Ruki?"

"Getting the mail." Snow said. She seemed to be drifting off, her voice dreamy.

"Oh yeah! I know about Pokemon!" Nevarx said, sitting up. Sora, Roxas and Riku looked at him. He looked embarrassed. A…friend of mine…is obsessed with them."

"So, will you help us explain?" Zach said. Nevarx nodded, and the three launched into the history of Pokemon.

I have NOT seen Lucario and the Mysery of Mew, I have NOT played Pokemon Rescue Team YET. Don't get on my case.