Arlon racked his brain trying to remember what had happened next. He was too exausted to think straight. After about five minutes of thinking, Arlon gave up. He hid the journal in the panel in the wall and went to sleep. The plan was to try again tomorrow.
Arlon woke up abruptly after dreaming about nearly swallowing a strange yellow liquid he thought was poison. He then realized he was not in the shelter anymore. His eyes darted around for any sign of where he was when he saw it. There was a light fixture above his head.
"Am I home?" Arlon said to himself. He then looked at his body to see that he was human again. Except... when he looked behind him, he saw something that he could not believe. He still had a Snivy's tail! Just to be sure, Arlon touched it to find it was not an illusion. This could be trouble.
Arlon started to pace the floor when he realized what must of happened. Maybe that yellow liquid thing wasn't a dream. It was the only thing he could think of. Arlon was going to have to explain this to his family, but not now. So he decided to go under his blanket and go back to sleep.
Arlon awoke to his brother ruffling through his hair. "Timothy? That you?"
"Are you really back?" asked Timothy
"Yes but..."
"But what?"
"See for youself." Arlon took of the blanket to reveal his tail. Timothy froze for about a full minute before saying "Is it real?"
"What makes you think its not real?" said Arlon.
"Did you... were you in the Pokemon world?"
"Why else would I be like this?" Then they heard a noise coming from under the bed, followed by a faint "Oshawott." Arlon looked under the bed and his supisions were conformed when he saw Blake.
Blake then said, "Arlon, that you?" To Timothy it sounded like "Osha, Oshawott?"
"Yeah, that's me!" said Arlon. At least he could still understand him.
"What?" said Timothy. "You understand him? Do you know him too?"
"Arlon, it was freaky! Some humans came in the middle of the night and tried to make you drink this liquid, but i stopped them before they could get it in your mouth. Then the next thing I know, were back in the human world!" explained Blake.
"So it wasn't a dream, but how come you came with me and Xyantou was left behind?"
"Xyantou is here, I remember seeing him last night after we teleported. Question is, where is he now?"
"Timothy, this is Blake," Arlon said, grabbing him out from under the bed. Blake froze. He never realized that there was another human with him.
"I'm jealous," said Timothy, "I have always wanted to go to the Pokemon world."
"Did you?"
"Yes. I think we better tell the rest of the family about this..."
"Let's start with our sister first." Arlon started to go down the hallway when the door opened, and a figure stepped out. "Felicity?"
"A-Arlon?" said Felicity. "W-what happened to you?"
"Let's talk about that now." They went down stairs when Felicity said "Our parents have left for the night."
"Oh, they're finally letting you stay home alone?"
"Yeah." Arlon started to explain what had happened in the Pokemon world. Arlon was nearly to the part with Xyantou when Timothy randomly said "World of blocks!"
They all started to laugh. Arlon said "That's my brother, always making random references. Never gets old." Arlon had just finished the story when he heard a car engine. "Are they back? I want to explain this to them tomorrow." said Arlon, heading back upstairs. "I need to think how to word my story differently to them. Say nothing to them about me until tomorrow, okay?
They didn't argue. It was Arlon's experience, after all. "Come, Blake." They went into Arlon's room, where they stayed for the rest of the day. Arlon was talking with Blake about things in this world he didn't understand, because he apparently hadn't been to the human world in quite a while. Then he saw the moon outside, and crawled into bed with Blake in his arms. They almost instantly fell asleep.
