It was morning, and the sun glared through the house's windows. Things were peaceful once again, until 9:04 am.
Sleeping on the couch in the living room was a small Vulpix. She was sleeping quietly, but slowly started to open here eyes. Everything seemed fuzzy to her. Where am I? she though. Slowly new smells started to enter her nose. Cherrim brand air freshener, pancakes being cooked in the kitchen, and clean fresh air from the open window above her.
However, what she did notice was that everything seemed so big, that it surprised her; she also noticed that there was something blocking here view. No matter where she looked, it was still there. She tried to stand upright, but was forced onto all fours. She stared at her hands, but they weren't hands. They were red paws. Her heart started beating at a rapid rate. She tried rubbing her face against the sofa, but the strange object kept getting in the way. It was a muzzle. Her tails then started to tense up. Tails? She turned around the best she could, and was shocked to find six brown tails. She screamed, "AHHHHH! HELP!!!", but it came out as "VULLLL! VULLL!!!". Peace was broken.
A Pikachu then walked into the room. The Vulpix recognized him; he was Ash's Pikachu. It turned towards the kitchen and said, "Ash, she's awake!"
That only freaked her out even more. "AHHH! You're talking! What happened to me!?"
Ash then entered the room. He approached the scared Vulpix, and kneeled so that their heads would be level. "Mom?"
She collapsed and fainted.
After15 minutes, she finally woke up, to be surrounded by people she recognized: Ash, Misty, and her husband, who was still a Ninetales.
"Where am I, and what happened to me?"
They then had to explain everything from beginning to end for her, all the way from when Ash's father visited, to when she turned into a Vulpix because of Team Rocket's transformation syrum.
"Mom," Ash said in a quiet voice, "Try turning back to normal. Think about before, when you were human."
The Vulpix closed her eyes, but nothing happened.
"Concentrate, mom. You need to focus."
The Vulpix tried even harder, and then opened her eyes and started crying.
Ash's father then walked up to the sorrowful Pokemon.
He nuzzled her. "It's okay Delilah, because no matter what you do, I won't willingly return to human form. It's better this way for the both of us."
She nodded, but tears still kept flowing from her eyes.
Ash opened the gym, and lost some battles that day. He was distracted.
In the house, Delilah tried to get used to her new form, and the kits chose to help her with things like running properly, tracking scents, and picking things up with her mouth.
During dinner, nobody said a single word. Delilah slept with her husband that night. However, when she finally fell asleep, the sheets were already wet with tears.
Yes, I know this chapter was short. Anyways, I had to get this one over with before I started the rest of the story. Anyways, to those who are wondering, the transformation syrum was still experimental, so Delilah is stuck as a Vulpix (for now, anyways). You probably won't be seeing Team Rocket again for the rest of this story. The next chapter will have to do with the Waterflowers. They might not be directly involved with the Team Rocket attacks, but they will still do anything to get Ash away from their daughter. (Probably try something else to ruin Ash's reputation.)
