They both had a race there, in which was a race that Crystal won. Jordan, however, purposely lost and faked tripping about two times as he wanted Crystal to win. "Congrats." Jordan said, standing up as he hugged Crystal. Crystal hugged back, smiling as the two had a moment of peace. At least, a minute as the moment was ruined by a familiar laughter to Crystal. "Oh no..." Jordan heard her say as he looked behind him, seeing the Oshawott and Eevee from a day or two ago. "Well well, looks like we were right. He is your boyfriend Crystal." Sky, the Oshawott, chuckled as the Eevee followed in. Jordan was already tired of these guys picking on poor Crystal. "Would you two seriously just shut up and leave us alone?" Jordan spoke up, growling at the bullies, who only laughed. "What are you going to do about it, freak?" Gregg, the Eevee, muttered. "What did you call me...?" Jordan, fist clenched, asked. "You heard him, idiot. He called you 'freak.' " Sky, arms crossed, said as Gregg approached Jordan. "Yeah, I know you're supposed to be a Riolu, but Riolu's aren't that tall nor do they have spikes. Or green eyes." Gregg pointed out, smiling tauntly hoping to provoke the soon-to-snap Jordan. "So what?" A feminine and sweet yet sassy voice asked. The four turned their heads to see a female Buneary wearing a cute blue bowtie around her neck. "It makes him a lot more unique than you two." She smirked. Behind her stood a male Spinda wearing a black bandana around his neck, a male Pichu with a gold necklace and goggles on his forehead and finally a female Pansage with a flower necklace stood. Seeing as they were outnumbered, the two bullies simply walked in the school.
Crystal turned her head to the four, smiling. "Thanks guys!" She thanked them, before looking back at Jordan. "Guys, this is Jordan. Jordan, meet Impert, Gir, Xavier and finally Luse." Crystal said kindly, introducing her other friends to Jordan. Xavier looked at Jordan amazed. "Woah...Are you really a Riolu?" He asked, examing Jordan all around. "Yes...?" Jordan responded, not really sure as to what to say. "Dude. That is awesome..." The Pichu, with a calm tone, sat down, smiling. Jordan could tell that Xavier was a laid-back type of guy. Well, Pokemon. Impert, the Buneary who stood up against Sky and Gregg, approached Jordan smiling. "Thanks for the help." Jordan thanked her, smiling. "Oh it was nothing. Just ignore those two. They're just a bunch of attention seekers." Impert said, before she blushed a small pink as she soon continued with "But if you need someone to protect you, you know where to find me." Impert said this with a small wink, making Jordan blushed. "O...Kay...?" He responded silently. Crystal, hearing Impert said this, crossed her arms blushing. "Why am I suddenly feeling this burning anger?" She thought to herself, instantly changing the subject with "Hey Jordan, we don't want to be late for now do we?" She said, dragging Jordan inside making Gir and Luse chuckle as Impert smiled.
Crystal led Jordan to their class, which was history. Surprisingly, every other kid Jordan had met so far was in his class. Sadly, that included Gregg and Sky but he was going to follow Impert's advice and ignore them. The teacher, who was a male Gothitelle, walked into the room holding a book. "Welcome my wonderful students." He said in a cheerful yet calm voice, opening his book. "Before we start our lesson, we have a new student with us today. If you would kindly come up to the board and introduce yourself to the class." The teacher smiled at Jordan kindly. Jordan stood up and walked over to the board and wrote down his name. "My name is Jordan. I hope to make friends here and..." He goes silent, trying to think of something else to say. "And I like sweet tea." He said, walking back to his seat. There was a bit of laughter in the class, mostly from Sky and Gregg unsurprisingly, as Jordan sat beside Crystal. "Well...That went great." Jordan thought to himself as the teacher clapped his hands, silencing everyone. "Okay everyone, today we'll be going over the history of Pokemon and humans." Jordan heard everyone groan, even Crystal groaned. "We learn about this every year!" Gregg groaned annoyed. The teacher only smiled and opened up his large book. "Humans helped shape the society of Pokemon today kiddies. Now turn your books to page 576 and we shall begin the lesson."
About an hour and a half passed, as everyone was about asleep when the bell began to rang. Everyone ran out of the room happily as Jordan walked out of the room with Crystal. "Well that was very, very boring." Jordan said as he wiped a bit of drool off his chin. "So what's the next class?" He asked Crystal, who looked on her schedule. "Next up is Biology!" Jordan nods, smiling as he wondered if Biology in the Pokemon world was the same as the human world. Well, I guess that's one thing to remember than nothing at all. Soon enough, the two went to their next class, where they see a female Lopunny sitting at the desk wearing a cute nurse hat. "Welcome all to Biology! Now today, we'll be learning about evolution." Guess that answers Jordan's question. "Now, who can tell me what evolution is?" Crystal raised her paw. "Yes Crystal?" Crystal smiled and looked at Jordan. "Is it when a mommy Pokemon and a daddy Pokemon love each other very much...?" The Lopunny scratched the back of her head, blushing. "I'm afraid it's not that kind of 'evolution' dear. You'll learn about that when you're older." Impert raised her paw. "Yes Impert darling?" Impert blushed. "Mom..." She muttered before answering her question. "It is a state of every Pokemon's life where they change and mature." The Lopunny clapped her paws. "Correct as always."
A few classes later such as Math and Reading, it was time to go home where Jordan and Crystal are walking back home. "Hey Crystal, I had one of those weird dreams again." Jordan confessed to Crysral, who looked at him. "What happened in it?" Before Jordan could tell her, Impert and the other three Pokemon walked up behind them. "Hey guys, mind if we hang with you two?" Gir asked. Before Jordan could answer his question, Crystal butted in with a firm "No. Me and Jordan are having a private conversation." before dragging Jordan to a large cliff. The view looked so...so...beautiful! The way the sun was beaming down onto the village was so beautiful, plus add in the cool breeze blowing on the two's fur felt relaxing. Crystal walked over to the edge, sitting at the end as Jordan sat beside her. "Wow...We're so high up." Jordan said, looking down at the ground. "Yeah. About 50 feet actually." Crystal responds cutely. Wagging her tail, she looks at Jordan. "So what was that dream?" She asked, curious. "That figure appeared again. It said I apparently can transform into other Pokemon now. And something about my key that I can't remember." Crystal's eyes widen with joy. "That sounds awesome! Try it!" She said, jumping up and down. "Try what?" Jordan asked, confused but worried about her safty. "Try transforming into...into a Fennekin like me!" Crystal said, still bouncing like a happy child on Christmas morning.
"Oh." Jordan nods as he closed his eyes, focusing on the thought of a Fennekin. "Or how about a Charizard? Or any fire type?" Crystal spoke to Jordan, throwing his focus on it. "Hold on...I'm feeling tingly..." Jordan clenched his fists, his body felt warm. "Ah...ah..." Jordan suddenly lets out a small sneeze. "Aw. That was a big let down." Crystal, disappointed, plopped down on the edge again. Jordan was about to say something, when suddenly the ground under Crystal began to crumble. "Crystal, watch-" Jordan was too late to warn his friend, as the ground under her breaks off, sending Crystal screaming as she began to fall. Jordan's jaw dropped, eyes filling with tears before he, without thinking, jumped off the edge after Crystal. "No...This can't be happening!" Jordan thought to himself as he and Crystal plummet to the ground. "Is this how we die? I can't what an idiot I am, jumping off the edge. But...I can't live in this world without her!" Jordan said as he neared her. Crystal looked at him shocked. "Jordan, what are-" Jordan hugged her. "Friends stick together..." Jordan said to her, smiling as tears ran down his face as the two continued to fall. "Even in death..." Jordan closed his eyes, Crystal doing the same waiting for their demise. "...No. I can't just give up!" Jordan suddenly began to felt hot. Jordan's fur began to become more like scales, turning bright orange. "Ah..." Jordan panted as his paws began to change into orange three-fingered claws, his arms becoming much more thin and orange as Crystal noticed Jordan's grip was tighter. Jordan's ears began to sink back into his skull as his tail began to largen at the start, thinning at the end looking similar to a reptilian's tail. Jordan began panting hard as his belly began to swell massively, providing comfort for Crystal as two bumped appeared on Jordan's back. In an instant, large teal and orange dragon wings as his head restructured to look similar's to a Charizard. Jordan flicked his tail, igniting a small flame at the tip as just as they nearly hit the hard ground, Jordan began to fly back up, hugging Crystal. Flying back to the top, Crystal opened her eyes to see the unfamiliar Charizard holding her. She at first thought it was someone else, but the green eyes plus the key around his neck made her realized that this Charizard was Jordan. Jordan reached the top, setting Crystal down as he lays on his back, panting.
"Wow...You were telling the truth..." Crystal said in awe, rubbing Jordan's belly. Jordan smiled a small bit, as the belly rub felt really nice. "Yeah..." Jordan nods, his voice sounding more rough as his friend gave him a nice belly rub. "H-How long are you going to keep this up?" Jordan, blushing, asked as Crystal layed on his large belly, rubbing it. "As long as you want. This is pretty much your reward." Crystal was joking when she said this, but this did felt like a well deserved reward Jordan liked. "Maybe for about five minutes more..." Jordan lets out a small purr, Crystal doing what he wanted. After that, the two begin to walk home, Crystal mostly riding on Jordan's back. "Why not just fly?" She asked him. "Eh, I'm afraid of crashing into a tree or something of the sorts, plus I'm tired." Jordan looked at her, smiling. Soon, they arrived back to their home and Jordan transformed back into a Riolu, still giving Crystal a piggy back ride. "Weird, my dad isn't home yet. He's probably just out of town." Crystal said, petting Jordan's head. Jordan, wagging his tail, walked into the house and upstairs to their room. "Can you turn into the Charizard again? You felt a lot warmer in that form so it'd help us both." Jordan nods and does as she asked, laying next to her, the two falling asleep instantly. Jordan begin to have at first a seemingly normal dream, in which he and Crystal were having a small tea party. That was until the moon began to rise, and Jordan felt like his body was on fire. As Crystal asked him what was wrong, he blacked out. A few 'hours' later Jordan woke up, stomach hurting as his paws, body and mouth was coated in a dark red liquid. Jordan began to breathe in and out, panicking as tears began to swell.
They were secretly being watched by two figures, one being Ryan and the other being a shadowy figure. "Those two are the ones the boss wants us to kill, right?" Ryan nodded his head to the figure. "But now it seems like the Riolu can transform into other Pokemon. What now?" The figure asked, a bit worried. "What now? What now?" Ryan mocked, looking back at him. "What now nothing. The plan's still the same. It's our job to watch them tonight to study them..." The figure nods it's head as the two went back to stalking them.
[End of Ch. 4]