A/N: I'm gonna try and update this more since it's kind of a big story.

Lancelot pointed his scal-sword at the fallen Patrat, daring it to get up and try to fight again. The rodent Pokemon made a frightened squeak before scurrying back into the grasses from which it came. Feeling satisified with his quick work, the Oshawott placed his scal-sword back on his stomach and turned towards me with an expectant look.

"Great job," I praised "Good thing you learned Focus Energy when you did, too. Now we actually have a chance against the Gym Leader." Lancelot smirked before sticking his chest out with his paws on his hips. "Hey, don't get cocky yet. You can gloat all you want when we defeat the town's Gym Leader."

Lancelot poked his lip out, as if he was saying "way to ruin my fun," but I shrugged it off and started to explore. We've been out in the Dreamyard since three, and it was close to five. I wanted to spend the rest of the day training before heading towards the Gym the following day so we could prepare. I knew that Striaton Gym has three Gym Leaders: Cilan, Chili and Cress. They were triplets who built a resturant into a Gym to keep the place up. The Gym Leader you would face depends on which starter you picked, so it was basically like a game of Rock, Papaer, Scissors. If you chose Snivy, you would go against Chili, who had a Fire type, and a type advantage over you. This applied for the other two as well, so it's best to know what you're up against.

Unfortunately, each brother had two Pokemon, and I only had one, so I would be at a severe disadvantage if I were the challenge them right now. But I couldn't find any Pokemon in these areas that I would want on my team; I should've caught a Lillipup and train it until it matched Lancelot's strength, but it's a common Pokemon that most trainers use, and I wanted to remain as unique as possible. So I might just have to challenge the Gym with just Lancelot, unless I find a Pokemon out here to stand up against Chili's Pansear.

I noticed Lancelot having a stare down with a wild Purrloin, and I decided to allow him to challenge it.

"Try a Tackle to provoke it," I ordered. Lancelot obeyed and charged at the Purrloin, who hissed and moved out of the way to dodge Lancelot's attack. The kitten then followed up with a Tackle of its own and charged at Lancelot.

"Let it come closer then soak it with Water Gun," I told him. Lancelot nodded and planted his feet into the ground and braced himself as Purrloin Tackled him, but Lancelot was strong, and he stood up against the kitten's attack. However, Purrloin seemed keen on what Lancelot and I were up to, and followed up with Fury Swipes. I opened my mouth to tell Lancelot to watch out, but he was one step ahead.

Lancelot had grabbed one of Purrloin's paws, throwing it off guard as to how the Oshawott was able to react so quickly to its strategy. Lancelot smirked before he fired a torrent of water on Purrloin, sending it to the ground in defeat. As Purrloin tried to get back to its feet, Lancelot snarled at it, causing it to yowl before running into the forest beyond the yard.

"Impressive," I appluaded as my Pokemon rubbed at one of its scars it obtained. "I think I gave you the perfect nickname!"

"Sha-wot!" Lancelot chuckled, causing me to giggle. Maybe I could get through this with just Lancelot after all...

. . .

Indigo grunted as he tried to follow Rufflet through the tall grass of the Dreamyard. They had already inspected at least a handful of female trainers that could possibly help Indigo, but none of them seemed to be the one he was looking for. Rufflet stated that he was being picky, and he retorted by simply saying that you can't tell if a female is pure or not just by how cute they were.

"Ok, we're almost at the last area where a trainer can go right now," Rufflet explained as he flew closer to the Scrafty "So if we don't find anyone there, we'll have to come back tomorrow."

"Fine," Indigo huffed "but I wouldn't mind taking a break. I'm getting tired..." Rufflet made a hum before he flew ahead a little just to get a better view of who might be in the area. He perched himself on a branch in one of the trees that was close to dying, with hardly any leaves on it. The bird Pokemon scanned the area until he spotted a female trainer resting up against one of the walls of the demolished Dream Factory with an Oshawott.

"Indigo! Look! Come look!" Rufflet called.

"What?" Indigo asked when he arrived, then paused when he looked in the direction Rufflet was pointing at. He saw the female training sitting against the wall, while feeding an Oran Berry to her Oshawott. Indigo has never seen a girl like that in his travels; the trainer was around his age - around seventeen - wearing all light blue clothes. Light blue top with the skirt to match, knee high red socks, light blue boots that came up a few inches below the socks, and a light blue hat with long blue cut gloves. Her skin was pale, but what made her stood out was her hair. Pale yellow and wavy, tumbling down her back and over her shoulders. Her hair was long; so long in fact, that it was touching the ground. Her eyes were oddly colored, being purple, but the uniqueness just added to her beauty.

It was almost like she was a princess form those old cartoon movies.

"Whoa," Indigo breathed, making Rufflet laugh.

"Told you," he teased "So, wanna try and talk to her?"

"Sure," Indigo replied airily, as if he was in some sort of trance. Rufflet made a face before he fluttered over to the Scrafty and pecked at his temple, making the Pokemon swat at him.

"Owch! That hurts!" he growled.

"Then stop ga-gaing over her and come on," the bird Pokemon groaned before flying over to the girl. Indigo, who was beginnign to have second thoughts, followed for a little bit until he reached the end of the tall grass, and decided to stay back and watch until the time was right.

Better let Rufflet soften her up before he made his appearance.

. . .

I took another bite of my Pecha Berry as Lancelot finished the last bit of his Oran Berry. I wanted to take a break from training before we finished up and go back to the Pokemon Center for tonight and get ready for the Gym Battle. I used another Potion to heal his scars he got from the Purrloin, and then gave him the Berry to give him back any energy he lost during training. He seemed fully energized now.

Still, without the training, the Dreamyard was a very relaxing place. It was beautiful even, in an eerie, mysterious kind of way. Only a few people knew what they were producing in the Dream Factory, or what caused its downfall, but I heard Munna and Musharna was involved. Whatever the case may be, the citizens on Striaton decided against rebuilding the factory and turned it into a little training ground for trainers, as well as another habitat for wild Pokemon to flourish.

I sighed dreamily as I laid my head back against one of the walls that was still standing. The air had cooled off a little due to the fact that it was close to the evening, making the Dreamyard feel even more mysterious, like there was this chill to the place. I could hear the cries of wild Pokemon in the grass and trees, as well as the fluttering wings of the bird Pokemon flying to and from the yard. I was at peace, and almost fell asleep in bliss had Lancelot not started to nudge at me.

"What's wrong?" I asked him, then paused when I noticed that he was frantically pointing at a Rufflet standing right in front of us. I couldn't help but to squeal at how cute the little bird was; I always wanted to see a Rufflet up close, but I heard that they were only found in certain areas far from here.

At first, I thought that maybe it was a wild Pokemon wanting a challenge, but it was just standing there, looking at me and Lancelot. I wanted to test something...I held out my hand towards the tiny bird and remained still. The Rufflet looked at my hand before it hopped onto my palm.

"Well hi there," I cooed at it while rubbing its left temple. Rufflet made a cooing sound back, and then I used my Pokedex to check on its overall health and stats. This Rufflet was a male, but it was previously own by another trainer who recently released it, but it had been trained a little, and it was close to Oshawott's level.

"Hey, Rufflet," I said "Lancelot and I are training for a Gym Battle, but I think I might not be ready since I only have one Pokemon..." Rufflet looked down at Lancelot, who smiled and waved back. "If you want, you could join our team and we could train together and win our first Gym Badge. But, it's totally up to you. If you don't want to, then that's okay, but maybe we could be friends."

Rufflet hopped off my palm and landed in front of Lancelot, and started making more cooing and chirping noises at him. Lancelot responded by making it's own sounds, as if they were talking. After a series of cute animal sounds, gestures and expression changes, Rufflet suddenly nodded and fluttered on to my leg and made a chirp at me.

"Do you wanna come with me?" I asked. Rufflet nodded with a smile, and I couldn't help but to grin as I took out a Pokeball and held it out towards him. Rufflet immediately pressed the middle button with his beak to activate the capture, causing the red beam to touch him and convert his body into digital energy before going into the ball itself. The light on the button flashed red for a few seconds before it stopped, letting me know I now own the Rufflet. My grin grew wider as I released Rufflet from its Pokeball, and it squawked at me happily before it fluttered onto my leg again.

"Rufflet," I said "I've been thinking about giving you a nickname. I wanna name you after a famous knight like Lancelot." Rufflet did some sort of happy dance and hopped on my leg some more. "Hehe, well, how 'bout I name you Gawain? He was one of the Knights of the Round Table in King Arthur's story." Rufflet - or Gawain - made a whistle before he started flying around my head with glee. Lancelot looked on with a bemused look while I laughed at the Pokemon enthusiasm. I just knew that Gawain was going to be a great addition to my team.

. . .

Indigo watched the scene while safely hidden in the tall grass. He was slightly peeved that Rufflet had momentarily forgotten about the task at hand to become the trainer's Pokemon. Still, he couldn't help but to be happy for Rufflet; after coming from a neglectful trainer, he didn't think the little bird would be so quick to be owned by another trainer. Or, perhaps it was because he asked the Oshawott what kind of trainer the girl was. Indigo had listened to their conversation, since he wanted to know what kind of trainer the girl was.

"Are you happy with this trainer?" Rufflet had asked the Oshawott "Is she nice?"

"But of course!" the Oshawott replied immediately. "She's the sweetest trainer I've ever met! But she also works hard, and since she works hard for me, it's only fair to work just as hard for her. She doesn't push me too hard, though; she knows my limits on the battlefield, but she seems to know that I have come from a bloodline of proud warriors. She knows what kind of potential I have."

"Have you been with her long?" Rufflet had asked.

"I only met her this morning," Oshawott replied "but our journey has been so fun so far! Until that professor came to the Reserve and took me to the lab, I had my doubts of meeting a stranger and go on a trip with them. But Aciri is different. Though she's a rookie and doesn't seem to know what she really wants, she still wants to enjoy herself and experiment. She's smart too; hardly needs her Pokedex or the tips some of the people usually give to other trainers. And, even though we've known each other for a couple of hours, she knows what kind of nature I have. She's more than my trainer; she's my friend. And I'll do anything in my power to protect her, because I know she'll do the same thing for me..."

It was at that moment when Rufflet decided to take another chance; he didn't want to admit it, but he had grown lonely after his other trainer abandoned him. He wanted to show that he could actually be someone and make his trainer proud, but no one would give him the time of day. But if what this Oshawott's words were true, then maybe he found the trainer he's bee looking for. He knew he was probably taking a risk, but he wanted to try once more. He allowed himself to be captured, and even gotten a nickname from her. He was going to be known as Gawain instead of a Rufflet, and that in itself made him incredibly happy.

Indigo would admit that the scene was touching, but there was something more important that they needed to do. He had to get Rufflet's attention so he could remind him of that. But he couldn't just walk out into the open at this state; he wasn't sure if that girl would want to capture him too or become hysterical if he tried to talk to her. Maybe if he found a rock or something to throw at him...

Back with the trio, Lancelot could do nothing but gawk at how overly excited Gawain was. He hasn't stopped going on about how he had a nickname now. Sure a nickname allowed the Pokemon to be unique amongst other trainers' Pokemon, but he shouldn't be that excited about it...right?

"Are you ever going to calm down?" the otter asked, getting slightly annoyed that the newcomer was getting his trainer's attention. "You're not the first to get a nickname, you know..."

"Oh but I can't help it!" Gawain squealed while fluttering still "My other trainer never gave me a nickname and she had me for two days and, and, and...I'm just so happy that I found a good trainer!"

"I'm glad you're happy, but you seriously -"

Rustle-rustle.

Lancelot whipped his scal-sword off his tummy and pointed it at the shrubs and growled.

"Who's there?" he demanded, making Indigo jump. "Show yourself!"

Gawain suddenly laughed nervously, causing Lancelot to raise one of his eyebrows at him. "Whoops...I forgot I was helping a friend." Aciri watched curiously as Gawain fluttered over to one of the patches of tall grass and began to squawk at it. Nothing happened for a few minutes, but then Aciri could see an orange and red Pokemon moving around in the grass. She could hear murmuring, and then noticed that Gawain made a face before pecking at whatever was in the grass, making it cry out and swat at the little bird Pokemon.

"The heck was that for?" Indigo hissed "That hurts more since I'm a Fighting type and you know that!"

"Well, stop hiding," Gawain said simply "Lancelot and Aciri know your back here, so best get it over with now."

"Forget it...I'm not moving." Lancelot, who had been watching the scene, grew irritated and decided to take matters into his own hands. He breathed in some air before spewing another torrent of water towards the grass. Gawain fluttered out of the way just in time, but Indigo wasn't as fortunate. A yelp could be heard from the grass, causing Aciri to stand up and attempt to peer into the grass. She didn't believe that was a Pokemon; it sounded too human-like...

"Alright, alright!" Indigo groaned. "I'll come out, just don't use Water Gun again..." He sighed as he pulled up his pelt and wove his way through thr tall grass until he eventually made his way into the clearing. Aciri stared at the Scrafty with a bewhildered look while Lancelot looked anxious and ready to defend his trainer if needed. Indigo noticed Lancelot's glare, and held his hands up.

"I'm harmless," he said quickly, making Aciri yelp as he fell backwards. It's bad enough that there's a Scrafty - of all Pokemon - here in this area, but a talking Scrafty? Unbelieveable!

"What the heck?" Aciri cried while Lancelot preapred to slice the Scrafty. "What are you? !"

"Wait a minute, please!" Indigo begged "I don't mean any harm!" Gawain, who was hanging back for the first few moments, decided to step in and perched himself on Indigo's crest again and chirped at Aciri.

"Is...is he your friend?" she asked. Both Indigo and Gawain nodded.

"I met him in the park of Straiton," Indigo began to explain calmly, making Aciri calm down a few notches and to cause Lancelot to come over to him and investigate. "His trainer couldn't handle the responsibility and released him near a Liepard, that almost killed him. He saw me near one of the ponds and he offered to help me after a brief conversation."

"Help you with what?" Aciri dared to ask. Indigo made a face, before he went into his pelt and took out his Trainer's Card and held it out towards Lancelot.

"Can you take this to her?" the Scrafty asked. Lancelot looked at the card before giving Indigo a look, and then took the card into his little paw and went back to his trainer to give it to her. Aciri was a little apprehensive, but took the card anyway to look at it. She saw the basic information; his name, his Pokemon roster and where he was born.

"Is this your trainer?" she asked, then raised an eyebrow when Indigo shook his head.

"Believe it or not," he sighed "that's me." He noticed that both Aciri and Lancelot wanted to say something, but a quick wave of his hand made him hush. "Now before you say anything, let me explain. I already told Rufflet -"

"My name's Gawain now," said Pokemon said matter-of-factly.

"I already told GAWAIN what's going on, so your Oshawott can ask him if you believe I'm lying." He waited for their replies, but they only nodded for him to continue. "Alright...I'll give you the shorter version..."

Several minutes later...

"...so now I've been a Scrafty for a few days, and I've been looking for a 'pure hearted' maiden since then." Aciri was reduced to sitting back on the ground as she listened the story. She found out that his name was indeed Indigo Blue (and she and Lancelot shared a laugh after finding that out) and that he was a trainer from Kanto who wanted to compete in Unova's League. She still found it outlandish that a Confagrigus could turn a human into a Pokemon by cursing them, but Pokemon have always been mysterious creatures. With them, just about anything was possible.

"So you need to go to the Celestial Tower with a girl with a pure heart," Aciri mused.

Indigo nodded. "Right."

"So what does that has to do with me?"

"You're the prettiest one," Gawain quipped, but luckily Aciri had no idea that he said that.

"You're the only one who hasn't really flipped out on me when I spoke," Indigo explained "All the other girls either scream, run away, get their Pokemon to attack me or all of the above. You're the only one who actually gave me a chance to explain myself, and I thought that...maybe you could help..."

Lancelot, who was mostly silent, crossed his arms and gave Indigo a look.

"You seem awfully suspicious..." he trailed "How do we know you're not trying to trick her?"

"Would Gawain be by my side if I was lying?" Indigo retorted, pointing at the Rufflet. "Heck, he was the only person who even listened to my problems! And if it had not been for me, he probably wouldn't have found a new trainer that would actually love and care for him!" Lancelot's expression softened just a little bit, but he kept an eye on Indigo.

"I still don't really trust you."

"Anyway," Aciri coughed, getting their attention "I would love to help, but I don't exactly believe I'm 'pure hearted'..."

Indigo, Gawain and even Lancelot blinked.

"What?"

"I don't think I'm pure," she repeated, shuffling her feet into the grass. "I...I'm not very fond of reptilian Pokemon so...my fear might hinder me form helping you."

"But everyone has fears," Gawain pointed out, but only Indigo and Lancelot could understand him. "Just because you're afraid of something doesn't meant that you're not pure. Fear is something everyone feels, no matter if they're human or Pokemon."

"Gawain has a point," Lancelot nodded.

"Both of your Pokemon are telling the truth," Indigo said "Just because you're afraid of something doesn't mean that you're not pure."

"Yeah but..."

"Hey! I suddenly got and idea!" Gawain suddenly said as he hopped off Indigo's crest and fluttered in front of him. "Why don't you kiss her?"

Indigo made a double take. "Wait, what?"

"Kiss her!" Gawain repeated while Lancelot gaped at them both. "I remember this story my trainer used to read about a Croagunk who was human, but then he kissed this girl, and he turned back into a human again! So, I was thinking that, if you want to find out if she's pure or not, you could kiss her to see what happens!"

"No!" Lancelot nearly yelled while standing in front of Aciri defensively. "I'm not going to have some strange Pokemon kiss my trainer! Out of the question! What if that little curse he has spreads and turns her into a Pokemon too?"

Aciri picked up Lancelot and patted him, instantly turning off his frantic chattering before she looked over at Indigo and Gawain.

"What happened? she asked.

"Well," Indigo scratched the back of his head "Gawain suggested that I should kiss you to see if you're pure, but your Oshawott -"

"That's Lancelot, to you."

"- doesn't like the idea...Anyway, I don't even think that'll work. I mean, you said you don't like reptile Pokemon so..."

"I made a vow to never kiss a Pokemon a long time ago," Aciri said quickly, while holding her hands up "...But..."

"'But'...?"

Aciri sighed heavily. "...That doesn't mean that I don't want to try and help. I know this kind of thing is only for fairy tales, but this is real. So, if I was in your shoes, I'd tried to find any way I could to change back..."

"Look, I don't wanna drag you into something. I just need you to -"

"Do you want me to help or not?" Aciri asked calmly, cutting him off. Indigo pressed his lips into a thin line while Aciri gave him a determined look. Lancelot was still on the defensive and Gawain was eager to see if his idea would work. Indigo was not the type of person to drag anyone - especially a stranger - into his problems, and he definitely didn't want to bring this poor girl into it. She had her whole life ahead of her and she could do whatever she wished in this world, not being held back by a talking Scrafty with a curse. Plus, that Oshawott of hers didn't seem to want him near her. But this could be his only chance at ever getting his body back.

"...Are you sure?" Indigo pressed. "'Cause your Oshawott may be right. What if my curse is contagious and ends up spreading to you?"

"At least we tried," Aciri shrugged. "And if it does spread, then we could just head to the Celestial Tower and see what we can do there." Indigo made a slight face while Gawain fluttered over to his trainer and nudged her leg.

"Come on, come on!" he urged "I wanna see if this works!"

"I'm blaming you if anything happens to her," Lancelot growled, and Gawain only shrugged.

"So, are we gonna do this or what?" Aciri asked "'Cause the faster we do this, the faster we can get going."

"Alright, alright," Indigo said "but don't rush me! I never kissed a girl before..."

Aciri shrugged. "I never kissed a guy either. So I think we'll be fine." There was an awkward silence between the two before Indigo aproached the trainer until he was a few inches away.

"Let's get this over with," he murmured "This...is kinda weird..." Aciri nodded, but didn't say anything. Lancelot hopped off of her lap while Gawain fluttered next to him as they watched the scene. Indigo had already closed his eyes and was puckering slightly, but Aciri had to steel herself before she could proceed.

It'll be quick...it'll be quick...it'll be quick...she chanted mentally before she squeezed her eyes shut propelled forward and kiss Indigo on his lips.

Before either of them could savor or hurl, a light surrounded them both, causing Lancelot and Gawain to shield there's as remnants of the curse began to fill the air. Numerous of Pokemon in the area scurried away in fear as the air around them shimmered, causing a slight wind to develop. It only lasted for a few seconds, and soon the light faded and the curse was gone. Lancelot and Gawain unshielded their eyes and looked back at the two, only for them to gape at them. Indigo felt the air had returned to normal as well, and opened his eyes to see what happened. He was disappointed to see that he was still a Scrafty, but that wasn't his main concern...

"Huh...well that was a dud," Aciri observed, seeing that Indigo was still the same, but got uncomfortable when she saw him gaping at her. "What? What are you staring at?"

"...Um..."

"I told you!" Lancelot suddenly exclaimed, startling them all, but mostly Aciri since she could actually understand what her Pokemon was saying. "I told you that was a bad idea! Now look at what you've done!"

"Hey-hey! Don't blame me!" Indigo protested as he pointed at Gawain. "He was the one who suggested it! I was just desperate enough to try it!"

"I thought it would work!" Gawain winced when Lancelot stared him down. "It always worked in that story! I thought it would happen again since both of them were cursed..."

"Wait..." Indigo asked "That story wouldn't happened to be 'The Princess and the Croagunk' would it?" Gawain nodded furiously.

"Yeah!" Indigo's palm made contact with his face.

"No wonder it didn't work!" he hissed. "You need a princess for that sort of thing!"

"Can someone please tell me what's going on?" Aciri whined "Like, how come I'm shorter and why I can hear Pokemon talking?" All three Pokemon winced.

"You should probably see for yourself..." Lancelot murmured. Aciri made a slight face, but looked down at her hand, only to freeze. Frantic, she looked all over her body to see that she was no longer a human, but a lizard with a mohawk, a hood and pants...

She was turned into a Scrafty.

E/N: Crappy ending, is crap.

Has anyone else noticed that FF is acting all weird? :/