Gengar Thomas and Stephan- The Multiverse's Ghosts with the Most

by Dimension Distorter

You know how the saying goes. "With great power comes great irresponsibility"...What? Wait, that's wrong? "Responsibility"? Do we look like Spider-Man to you? No offense to him but we're badass ghosts doing things that would make heroes want to throw us in jail! And we LIKE it too! Besides, being a badass irresponsible ghost is kickass! That isn't going to change, dammit!

1. Chapter 1

Dimension Distorter: I shouldn't be doing this. I've got shit I've got to write that people are waiting for. What the FUCK am I doing writing a crazy out-the-ass story like this one with one of my best friends? Having fun? …..Yeah, I think that's what I'm doing! Having TONS of fun writing a story that, honestly, was created on pure whim and doesn't have any real necessity but holds a LOT of important places in the hearts of me and my good friend, Omniarch!

Inverse Junior- Gigantophis Form: Howdidilydodaday ladies and gents; this is your humble Omniarch speaking, though with my recent name change on FFN I thought it best to use my new username instead. I'm now called Inverse Junior- Gigantophis Form, but just call me Junior for short, hehe! I know what you're all probably thinking; Omniarch and Dimension Distorter collab… oh no! But trust me when I say this story is the absolute God shit!

Fuck, I'm having a blast writing this, and I can't tell you all how much fun it is to be writing my first official collab with my friend Dimension Distorter; my best friend forever in all of the ZOF Realm at that. I know I've already got a fuck ton on my plate story-wise, but I'd be remiss if I didn't try my hand at something a little less… traditional in an omnipotent sense but still very much busted out the ass! Peace ya'll, I do so very much hope you all enjoy this and the chapters to come! Back to you DD!

Dimension Distorter: Huh. Didn't even notice you changed your FFN name. Nevermind that, he's right. This is unconventional, both for him AND for me. While I'm currently writing a Pokemon self-insert story where my alter-ego is the son of Arceus and eventually gains more and more Pokemon powers this is a more….realistic...sense? I mean, realistic in terms of 'what would we do if we were granted with such awesome powers'? It's a question a lot of people ask themselves. In this story, "Junior" and I are going to be exploring that full-heartedly with the #1 BestGhostType, being Gengar. What can we do? What WILL we do? How far will we be willing to toss away our morality to do some things and how will all of these changes affect us as people.

When you wake up and you're given the potential to be a god, that REALLY shows character. Not in the sense of Junior's stories where you're a god-above-god but in the sense of, if you were given some basic powers that could continue to grow stronger and stronger. It's funny how things like that turn out. You can either evolve or devolve as a person and we aim to 100% explore that. So...enjoy reading about our stupid, awesome, and morally ambiguous EXPLOITS!

Oh, and know this before you read. The things we do in this story...yes, if we had Gengar powers, we'd do them. It's veeeeery important you remember this because even though this is chapter one, you'll be seeing just how fucking insane some of our choices are. We ain't evil or nothing. Not gonna kill someone but...I mean, there IS still a line between what a person will and won't do. But I've rambled enough. My guy, you have anything to add before this Author Note is finished?

Junior: Nah, I think you have us covered mate; so I'll let you handle the disclaimers and what not. Oh, I'd like to dedicate this story, or rather my parts of it… to you, my readers, and my other friends! Hope you all enjoy cuz I sure did!

Chapter 1: Extra-dimensional Visitors and Payless Smut

(Thomas)

Man, where even to begin with this. I guess I'll start by saying that paradigm shifts are truly wondrous things; they can hit you when you least expect it… with alterations that can either turn your whole world upside down or completely remake it anew. In cases like that; you usually have two choices… you can either gripe and complain about the cards fate has dealt you, or you can master the hand you're given rather than bitch about the one's someone else was provided instead. Me, I've always believed in the idea of making the best of my situation; if I couldn't become an OIB2 Counterpart in my present-day life… I'd write about them instead.

As a creative author, I was quite infamous for writing Godlike characters on fanfiction dot net; at least to the select few people that actually paid attention. All and all, I was happy with the way I dealt with the situations life threw my way; because even if this was the closest I'd get to ever living that sort of life for real… it would be enough. Hell, I'm honestly pretty sure I wouldn't be too cut up about it if I got a slightly less omnipotent superpower to work with as well; cuz superpowers are superpowers, right? If I didn't immediately get all of the power I wanted; I'd just have to make the most of whatever I did get… which was honestly fine by me.

By now, you're all probably wondering who in the fuck I am; well, I'll tell ya… my name is Thomas James Currie, aged 27, born on October 24th in 1991. I grew up in a small hickstown named Terrace Bay, and then moved to the city of Thunder Bay at age 17 where I would continue to live for another 10-years up until now in the present day. I'm your average autistic, forever child who stands at 6'5" tall and just under 400 lbs… yeah, I'm working on losing that, trust me.

But more to the point; I was also your average wish-fulfilling author who lived and loved vicariously through his stories and characters, and who wrote for fun. I'm told I'm a decent-looking chap, but don't let that fool ya; my biggest thing I have going for me is my larger-than-life personality and infectious enthusiasm, at least in my not so humble opinion.

You must be asking yourselves why I would bother telling you all this, am I right? Well, let's just say that life was about to throw a wicked curveball my way and to a very good friend of mine as well… the kind of curveball no one could ever anticipate and which is literally life-changing on the ultimate scale. I'm talking Federal Government levels of hush-hush, top secret kinda shit; the kind that made military leaders shit themselves and political officials want to try and control ya.

But more on that later; right now, I had just gotten off the computer for the night to go to bed after a long night of chatting it up with my closest friend in all of the freaking ZOF Realm; please give a warm round of applause to Stephan Stedmire everyone! Seriously though, that dude was da bomb-diggity; ain't nobody on Earth as cool as him in my eyes. It was about 4 AM in the morning; cuz we both had stayed up all night going back and forth on a recent idea of ours regarding a certain Ghost-type Pokemon you all might know as Gengar. Funny how the most in depth conversations can spawn from such a small detail as the thought of a Ghost-type Pokemon being able to learn Mega Drain in the recently released Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu.

Long story short, it was late by time we finally got done talking; like absurdly so, and even I had my limits. I was fucking dead tired; like the kind of tired where your eyes are slightly bloodshot and shit. So, I was all too happy to retire for the night and continue this chat with my BFF in the morning; climbing into my bed and passing out almost the second my head hit the pillow. Little did I know that both Stephan and I would suddenly find ourselves in a shared dreamscape that night, and that there would be someone waiting for us when we found ourselves in dreamland.

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(Stephan)

Jesus, that conversation spiraled into something crazy. I gave a bit of a yawn as I was done going over all of the...unreal and unfair shit the number 1 best Ghost-type Pokemon, in my opinion anyway, was capable of. I mean, I ALWAYS knew Gengar and his line were on total bullshit. It's the reason why I always had one in all of my Pokemon games, either in my main team or a back-up one. Usually the latter but in my new Let's Go Pikachu, he was for sure in my main team!

To be fair, I aimed to get one myself but, eh….unlike Thomas, who...what I am just gonna say pure magic, got the game before I did! I mean, shit, I got my Switch first! Yet he got one AND the game at the same time on Christmas! I was still glad for him though. Very much so, in fact. As much as we both live, breath, and shit Pokemon, I always had a slight inkling that he loved them, about 2% more than I did. I'm not broken up about that considering, by default, we love Pokemon at about 120% percent already to 2 more to his total wasn't jarring to me.

Back on topic, I was getting the hang of things still and I tried to catch-combo Ghastly for a great Gengar later...until the bitch ran away and I learned the hard way that, that was one of the few ways to break a catch chain. I didn't mean to complain to Thomas but I couldn't help it but express how upset I was. I was willing to just forget about getting a Gengar and wait to do so late game. Tell me, why the hell this loveable goof just went and chained Ghastly until he traded me a damn Haunter which then evolved into an AMAZING Gengar!?

It was one of the many, MANY things he did for me in the various Pokemon games we played that I don't know if I can ever properly repay him back for those things. I mean, how can I? He's just...a fucking natural when it comes to anything Pokemon. I mean, I always thought I was great but he's always the one teaching ME things. Shit that not even Serebii teaches me and I'm on there nearly religiously. He taught me the importance of Natures, using other Pokemon, and using various teams. Granted, I taught him a few things too but I'm not sure if those were just as significant due to the fact that he knows more facts but I'm okay with that. To be honest, it's been jarring for me multiple times. All these strategies I try to make to beat him, such as in the Sun and Moon games, both variants including Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, and yet he's planned 4 more strategies ahead.

Our win to loss ratio is….less than even but it's not horrible. He beats me the most, sure, and he uses Legendary Pokemon in ways that I know I never could. And it's not that I never tried too but they're just so...complicated to me. Their powers are just so above anything I'm used too, they have crazy transformations most of the time, or they have crazy signature moves. No, I work best with my feet on the ground with the normal Pokemon...like Gengar. Heh, see how I got back on topic? Ahem, anyway…

After he got me that Gengar, which, mind you, was Lv. 30. A whole 12 levels under my strongest Pokemon and then he caught up in no time. Hell, nearly surpass them! Another thing he taught me, traded Pokemon grow faster. And I was sure experiencing it. Gengar is clutch...and I'm honestly surprised that he's never given as much love as I would want him to be in most media, such as the anime. There have been multiple instances of Gengar and sure, Agatha's main Pokemon is Gengar but how much do we see of her when not playing the games, watching Pokemon Generations, or reading the Manga? Just a few episodes at most.

And I hated how, in Kanto, Ash had a potential personification...erm...Pokesonification of true destruction in his pocket when he went up against Sabrina. Even back then, all those years ago, Gengar was my ghost baby before I even knew a whole lot about Pokemon. And yes Haunter stays with Sabrina too...what? Make her laugh? Why? She no longer needs him to do that! She's back to normal and her damn family is back together so why would Haunter stay? I don't even think Ash HAS a single Ghost-type in his entire ROSTER of Pokemon. And he passes up on the only one that is the realest-of-real ghosts?

No way. Thomas and I were discussing so MUCH about how Gengar is, goddamn...in terms of normal Pokemon...he must be in the Top 3 in terms of powers and abilities! Top 3 because there's gotta be some others up there that can put the hurt on the planet if used right...right? Oh, and Gengar has the #1 spot, just so you know, hehe. Biased, sure, but, hey, he'll slap the fuck outta Alakazam...and he's one of my fav PSYCHIC-types. All of the moves a Gengar has, Alakazam wishes. Hell, even Smeargle wishes. What's that? Sketch? Dude, that's the problem. He has to use SKETCH to copy moves. Gengar has his shit ready. What if, you had a Smeargle with nothing but Sketch, ready to copy moves and after it used it once, "Gengar, use Disable!" Now Smeargle only has one viable move to use because it can't Sketch for the next few terms...and that's game terms!

And Let's Go is even worse thanks to those whole AV shit. I still don't understand the mechanic of it myself but they can make Pokemon go Plus Ultra if they're maxed out from what I understand. And if I had to pick a single Pokemon to have the powers of that wasn't a Legendary...it'd be Gengar. I mean, like I said, he's got, at least, over 100 moves he can use. Yeah, I'm exaggerating. More like over 70 but with shit like Metronome or Mimic, he's got ALL of the moves! If that isn't enough, he does LEGIT ghost shit! He once pulled Ash's and Pikachu's souls out of their bodies, you know? Kanto.

What other Ghost-type does THAT in the anime? As I recall, none. He can enlarge or change his body, turn literally invisible, possess people, phase through solid matter, EAT HIS FACE! He can EAT HIS FACE! And then slap that shit back on and laugh! Yes, Haunter did it but that only means Gengar can do it too! Hell, in a comic, I saw a Haunter get split in half and then literally push the two halves together...and that was after getting hit by a super effective Psycho Cut so Gengar's got THAT shit down too.

Honestly, just take the whole Pokemon battling thing out of the equation and...Gengar is a ghost god. I mean, not automatically, of course, but this is what Thomas and I were talking about. Highly random but I said that Gengar would be a cool power to have and he agreed, then we proceeded to SHIT on all things fiction with his moves, body types, and a lot of other things. Since Gengar is 99% ghost, he can, as far I we theorize, handle punishments in ways next to all flesh and/or blood Pokemon can't, not considering Legendaries. Such as potential infinite stat boosts. How can you suffer muscle tearing from too much power running through your body if you technically have NO muscle to speak of?

Add to the fact that Thomas and I are power-nuts, where we mix fanfiction, theories, and our current knowledge of Pokemon together and you have two of the strongest beings the multiverse will ever KNOW! I mean...you know...if we were the Gengar and not just training Gengar. Training one would be cool but I know we'd both get much MORE enjoyment out of having the power ourselves instead of just being powerful Trainers. I always wondered how the Trainers in Thomas' stories always felt. I mean, they have Pokemon that are basically gods but take them away and they're just...normal humans. But not us. We'd have all the power we'd ever need.

I'm amazed at how gung-ho were were on this. If I had a choice between the powers of my Second Chosen persona, Rey Takashi, or having the limitless potential of a Gengar...I think I'd be tempted to say Gengar. Hell, I'd be fine with literally either but at least with the latter, I'm given a single form to learn to master and improve upon. Jesus, Gengar even surpasses my want for having specific powers, such as controlling Dust, having Chakra from Naruto or Ki from Dragon Ball Z. I'd even be content to have this if I couldn't have Omnifarious Shapeshifting or my own Omnitrix. I mean, why not? And after showing Thomas some, erm, highly suggestive pics of Gengar, the type I think we'd be where we'd be chubby but not fat, have decent height for the species to have appropriate legs and arms, and not just be walking balls, we'd be some sexy ghosts too. Gengar is a pretty hot Pokemon in my opinion and I know there are Pokephiliac females in the Pokemon world who would say the same.

Anyway….I've rambled and explained way too long. I've got class in the morning and I've stayed up for too long. Ugh...I hate math but, hey, it's my only class of the day and after that, I can come back home, get on Let's Go, and play with Gengar again!

Did I mention how strong he was getting? I did? Okay, just, making sure is all.

#Number1Ghost.

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(Thomas)

Dumbledore once said that in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own; that let us swim in the deepest oceans, or glide over the highest clouds. I had always had a somewhat… romanticized viewpoint of the prospect of dreams and I loved interpreting them as well in my spare time. But, interpreting the dream I was having now… was simply not an option. I was falling… falling, and falling, and falling seemingly without end; a swirl of spiraling colors and vortexes spinning around me as my dream self was all but forcefully pulled along for the wildest ride of my life.

I reminded myself that this was just a dream and wasn't really happening; even as my heart pounded like crazy in my chest and threatened to send me into full-blown panic mode. I was enough of a lucid dreamer to separate my unchanging reality from the vastly more malleable nature of the dreamscape… for the most part anyways. However, I discovered I wasn't alone in this bizarre dream of mine; for the figure of someone else I vaguely recognized was being pulled along with me… but I was too disoriented by all the colors to make out who it was.

We both reached the bottom of whatever this place was… sinking down beneath the surface of what appeared to be pure molten skittles, almost as though we were placed in some kind of subterranean world, but somehow I doubted that. When we both reached the bottom; we came out the other side of some kind of barrier or rift and landed unceremoniously on some form of surface that felt entirely too realistic even for me. The pain of our harsh landing, as well as feeling of the strange, sweet-smelling grass beneath our noses was so convincingly realistic that I was sure my body must've fallen off my bed back in the waking world.

"Ow, what in the actual fuck? This is one of the weirder dreams I've had in a long, long time, and trust me… that's saying something. Where am I anyways?" I asked as I willed my dream self to stand up; surprised by how quickly my astral body or whatever it was responded to my mental command. I was pretty sure I could never control my dreamscape as effectively as I was now; not even when I was a child. In fact, that ability had only grown more diminished as I got older and became more 'grounded in reality'.

As soon as I stood up my jaw dropped as I got a good look around me; my surroundings were astonishingly vivid, and more to the point… they were completely alien. I'm pretty sure Earth wasn't supposed to have a pair of rainbow suns that filled up half the sky; nor did I think it had anything remotely resembling the field of impossibly colored Viola flowers I was standing amidst. My jaw dropped and my eyes widened in instant recognition… I was on Wooconey, or a representation of it anyways; one more true to how I imagined it than I could ever actually visualize.

Holy shit! This was some straight up true lucid dreaming on my part I think; not the weak-ass variant I utilized for most of my life, but the fully-fledged kind that tapped into parts of the sleeping human brain as though you were wide awake… the kind that blended the malleability of dreams almost flawlessly with the material world. I knew it wasn't actually the real deal, but the fact I could conjure up such a convincing replica in my own head… that was some seriously trippy shit!

I took several moments to recover from my understandable shock and remember I wasn't alone in this situation; for somebody else had been dragged along with me to wherever… this was. I looked to and fro for whoever my tagalong had been, and my eyes widened again as I saw my old buddy Stephan lying face-down in the grass groaning slightly; clearly having not landed quite as nicely or as comfortably as I did. I briefly considered the idea that this wasn't the real Stephan was also an extension of my imagination like this place was, but considering everything that was happening… I was willing to suspend disbelief at this point as I ran over to help him up.

"Dude, is that really you or… actually; maybe don't answer that." I said as I offered him a hand. If this was really him, and we were in some kinda weird dream nexus or shared dreamscape; then I was honestly curious what he saw when he looked at this place. Dreams were funny that way; it could look like a completely different world to him compared to how I saw it… even if we were technically here together that didn't mean we had to see this place the same way.

Stephan grumbled and stirred a bit, feeling the shaking. He lightly rose a hand and swatted at Thomas, not wanting to be 'woken up' as it were but it wasn't as simple as his sleep-addled mind might think it was. "Just...stooop. Whatever...dream this is, just...gimme some minutes or...something…" He definitely had the same idea of this being a dream but it didn't seem like he was acknowledging the voice that was being spoken to him..or he couldn't remember at this time.

I grew a deadpan look as he stubbornly refused to wake up from his sleeping WITHIN the fucking dreamscape… talk about sleeping within sleeping, or maybe dreams within dreams. Ha! Well, he was going to be disappointed; cuz I kept poking and prodding at him with a cheeky grin on my face… knowing from all our years of friendship how much he hated being woken up prematurely, but I had to milk this opportunity for all it was worth. So, I decided to be the douche for once; cuz how could I not? "Hey dude… I don't know what you're seeing right now, but I'm seeing Wooconey, like a full-on legit version of it. Probably the Herptile God version based on how I imagined it to be. But anyways…" I decided to employ another method that I was sure would work; if what I knew about Stephan was correct and factual that is.

"Oh my God… DUDE! Is that a fucking female Typhlosion getting ready to fuck you?!" I screamed with such convincingly over-the-top enthusiasm that you'd have to be fucking Sherlock Holmes to deduce I was 100 percent acting.

Stephan's eyes shot up and he gasped loudly. Shooting up to his hands and knees, he slapped grogginess in the face and looked around the highly bizzare world that they found themselves in. Well, he kinda noticed but his mind was on something else. "WHERE!? WHERE IS SHE!? WHERE!?" He stood up and moved around Thomas. "MOVE, DREAM THOMAS!" He didn't really succeed in pushing him due to his bigger stature but he did make him fall on his butt since he was already kneeling close to the ground.

Thomas did his best to hold in his laughter when Stephan tried and failed to spot a female Typhlosion with amazing curves and a nice ass...or ANY Typhlosion for that matter. He stopped after he realized he was duped. "Oh...COME ON! Work with me dream! Can't I at least dream of fucking something I actually WANT to fuck!?" He then turned to look at the 'dream' version of Thomas, not realizing that logic and non-logic weren't as at-adds as they usually should be.

"You! Dream Thomas! Why would you say that if there isn't anything here!? I know my subconscious knows how much I would give up to pound a female Typh but...really!? And why am I even dreaming about Thomas anyway!" He put on a thinking face. "I mean, we were talking for a while I guess...but STILL! JERK!"

I sweatdropped sheepishly while offering him a coy smile. "Hehe, sorry bout that dude… you weren't waking up, and this situation is kinda bizarre anyhow. But what do mean when you call me Dream Thomas dude? Hate to break to ya but this is my dream, not yours… hehehe. Granted, it's also possible that this is both of ours as well. I think we're in some kind of dreamscape nexus dude; though I'm not really sure how to be honest." I replied to him in a manner as only I could. I hoped my use of the kinds of words that went over his head would help convince Stephan that I wasn't just a figment or representation of his subconscious mind. Admittedly, I was always pretty good at rolling with the punches or just going with the flow when things got crazy, but even for me this was a bit much.

"Also, are you seeing what I'm seeing dude? Fucking twin rainbow suns, sweet-smelling grass, and an endless field of Viola flowers. This place is trippier than Wonderland, which is what I was going for. Details like this are exactly how I imagined the HG version of the planet Wooconey to be in my original story… however, I was never this good at conjuring an actual, proper image of it in my head. I'm starting to think there's a greater power at work here."

Stephan took all of this information in with a quizzical look on his face. A mix of surprised, confusion, and thoughtfulness. Obviously, he was going to refute that this Thomas that was speaking to him was the dream and not him...but then he went off to talk about a shared-dreamscape. But...well, hmm...it's not impossible. Stephan always thought that the Dream Realm was the only method their universe had for interacting with the unnatural. The metaphysical and even connect them to parallel versions of whoever was dreaming. Yet the Dream Realm was such a loose and fluid...force...that, he assumed, their minds could not properly comprehend being sent there. Hence why they drift about in the dreams aimlessly, forget their dreams, or can't control what happens in their dreams. But..was he really connecting with Thomas?

"I...I have to admit, this IS...mad trippy." He looked at his hands and clenched them into fists a few times. He did a few experimental hops from one foot to the other. "I mean, I never had this kind of physical awareness in a dream. And...nothing has ever been so clear. At least, not that I can remember." He then kneeled down and pulled some strands of grass before taking a whiff of them. His eyes widened as Thomas was right! It was sweet smelling! Like...cotton candy and Jolly Ranchers. Weird combo but not a bad one. "Holy, fuck! You're right! It smells sweet!"

Dropping the grass, he then took in all of his surroundings, sighting everything Thomas did after arriving here. The beauty of this...he couldn't say world, could he? He was in a dream so...it was possible this 'area' could go on forever. "This is...if...if you ARE somehow MY Thomas...then you know that I always said I could never picture the images you crop up for your story locations. And yet...I mean…" Woocooney. He always thought that was a strange name for a planet but it was alien on top of being magic. And, honestly, the word had some kind of hidden...mysticism that he never placed. Now he could...and it was placed through the sight of the 'world', not the word alone.

"How...how is all of this even happening now?" He asked, both to Thomas and to no one.

I shrugged with more nonchalance than I probably should've been feeling. "I'm… just as confused as you are dude, but I ain't complaining either. This place is gorgeous! It's every bit as beautiful as I… hoped it would be." I smiled ultra-luminously at that.

"Indeed, which is why I chose it for you both when I decided to bring us all here; so I could meet you." A voice suddenly interjected pervasively throughout every corridor of our minds… startling Stephan and I as a new person appeared in front of us where a second ago there had been none. Correction, make that two people… both of whom made my jaw drop to cartoon-like proportions.

We were staring at a version of myself and… holy FUCK! Waist-length pink hair, heterochromal, heart-shaped eyes, and a body that would make world beauty pageant winners beside themselves with jealousy. I swallowed a lump that had formed in my throat; recognizing the spiraling galaxy insignia they both sported and the other version of me as…

"Hey you two, please forgive my abrupt summons." Neo Thomas greeted us kindly as the pink-haired bombshell smirked at him.

"Okay then Merlina." She snorted with amusement, before catching mine and Stephan's eyes and offering us both a kind smile.

"So… um… is any of this sinking in with you Stephan? Cuz for once… I'm actually lost on what's happening." I asked my buddy for clarification. This dream just kept getting freakier and freakier.

Stephan narrowed his eyes and slightly turned his head. Not in an untrusting manner but one that screamed nothing but confusion at the situation. "Uuhhhh….yyyyyeeees? Noooo? Maybe-soo? I...don't usually dream of your...clone? Hell, I don't dream about you...but...I mean, if you ARE you then, I don't know what the fuck. And the girl is... I think she's lost on me very exceptionally. But I'm happy to know it's not just me this time, not getting it."

I smiled at him… glad we had yet another commonality to share between us, before I turned my attention back to my clone and who could only be the OC Aiyanna from my Self-Insert story Thomas IBIB… who I had yet to fucking debut, I might add. Damn, she looked amazing… at least in my eyes.

"So, you wanna tell them or should I?" The surprisingly convincing representation of my Neo Self asked his pink-haired Soulmate.

"And take away from your opportunity to break it to these guys?! Ha! But you were doing so well." She quipped, and he shrugged before turning back to us with a grin.

"Make no mistake you two; this is no ordinary dreamscape I've pulled you both inside of. And what you see standing before you is a very real version of myself and Aiyanna; given the malleability of most dreamscapes, we thought it would be best to make our presence known here instead… in a place where we could bring the two of you along without making an unnecessarily large-scaled impact on your Earth." Neo Thomas started his explanation.

"I did make sure to mention to him that you two would be less inclined to believe him based on the fact that dreams are so malleable, but he was certain he could get through to you guys." Aiyanna added her two cents worth; effectively completing her mate's sentences as Stephan and I threatened to have our brains overloaded. Man, writing all of this was nothing compared to experiencing it in such a realistic manner… my brain was actually hurting… my brain never hurt so that was quite an achievement on their part.

"So…" I urged them both to keep talking; wanting to make sure we got to the crux of the matter before I gave my senses some long overdue time to decompress. Being autistic gave me a distinct advantage over Stephan in most cases since I was chronically in a state of sensory overload and thus accustomed to it… but even I was having trouble keeping up with this so far.

"So, the reason I brought you both here today… is I, no we… overheard your invigorating conversation regarding Gengar and your various theories about how powerful you both could make yourselves be if given such a form. And we've decided that… well… we want to make that chance conversation of yours more than just words. We're here now… to make you both the offer to become Gengar, and sorry my counterpart… but I don't mean an OIB2 tier member of that species. Just a regular old Gengar." Neo Thomas finally got to the crux of the matter.

O_O Was probably how mine and Stephan's faces looked right about now, or at least mine was… looking over at Stephan to confirm this on his end would've taken more brain power than I could've mustered at the present time.

OoO Is what Stephan's face was. Noooo, way! Was this REALLY real!? IT sounded real. It felt real….but was it REALLY real!? Dreams always had highly FANTASTIC ways of disappointing him in his youth. Like, when he had his first Nintendo DS stolen and wanted it back so bad he dreamed he did...only to wake up and realize he didn't. Same for when he lost a game he loved so much. And...he thinks there was one about the Tooth Fairy but, eh...he wasn't sure if that was real or if he was making shit up. But he DOES remember he learned the hard-way she wasn't real in their universe. When you don't tell your parents you hid a tooth under the bed, it won't become a quarter overnight.

But this right here? How could he cope with this!? This was THE Neo Thomas! At least, he honestly HOPED it was because if it was...this was his and Thomas's chance! Chance for REAL, legit, powers! Powers that they could both enjoy! But coping on the possibility of this actually happening? How could he? His brain didn't know what to do! How should he act to this news!? What should he say!?

"G-G-Geeeen, Gen!"

Fucking….wow. Okay, that was...wow. He had to slap himself in the face for that one. "I...I don't know. I can't cope with this properly so...I just fucking make Gengar sounds!" Yeah, that's what you do in front of gods.

Neo Thomas and Aiyanna exchanged an adoring smile; sensing our obvious confusion and our lack of desire to be conned. Like Stephan, I wanted so badly to believe this was all real to… but I didn't want to be swindled or taken for a ride either. It made me flashback to that movie I watched called the Polar Express… Fuck I loved that movie; ahem, my point is that the main protagonist was a kid who thought and felt the same as we both did. Wanting to believe in the impossible but not wanting to be taken advantage of when it seemed like our years of faith would finally be rewarded… only to be dealt a cold slap in the face by our boring reality. Okay, maybe I was bit more bitter about that than I thought I was.

"I know you both don't have much of any reason to believe us right now, and you don't want to be lied to either, but I can personally guarantee you'll both be very, very happy when you wake up tomorrow morning." Neo Thomas reassured us as Aiyanna giggled in an all-knowing tone; clearly knowing something we didn't. Despite my best efforts, my desire to believe in the impossible was winning out against my hard-boiled skepticism and hatred for being conned; was it really that much worse if I woke up tomorrow in the same boring life compared to all the other times I'd been disappointed? What was one more disappointment really?

"The gambler's folly." Aiyanna giggled in response to my thoughts, making my eyes widen as they studied her features. She didn't wait for me to respond and carried on talking. "What do you two have to lose by betting on tomorrow morning being different? If you're both already so used to disappointment… then that's the worst that'll come of all this. But, by not accepting our offer… that's the only time you'd be guaranteeing you WILL wake up tomorrow morning with disappointment aching in your hearts, am I right?

Sometimes, you've gotta take a leap of faith first… the trust part comes later. If you let your lifetime of disappointments stop you from trying to seize an opportunity such as this; you may end up in a place where you're never able to take a chance with anything and are never brave enough to take the plunge in order to change your lives. Nothing starts until you take action boys. Besides, what else could we take away from you two at this point that you've not already felt before?" She offered us both an impossibly sweet smile; with anime-style closed eyes and everything.

"I...hmm...guess that makes sense…" Stephan said to himself. Honestly, there was no problem with just saying 'yes' and hoping they just pop into Gengar the next morning. In a weird way...they're get more out of saying 'yes' and getting nothing compared to saying 'no' and rejecting what could potentially be something. It's a very weird wire to walk on...but this all seems so damn fluid. Never had his senses have been so alert, so, normal in a dream. The things he heard, felt, hell, he's feeling like he's piloting his own body and not piggy-backing behind someone else's mind.

Especially that one time where...he shivers internally. No way would he want to experience that again from the perspective of someone else. In the end...he just decided to trust these two. Whether they were false or real, they were giving them both a deal either way and even if this happened to be a dream deal, he was a guy who made a wish at 11:11 PM and AM whenever possible for the honor of becoming a Mew. He must've made that same wish at the same time, at least 27 times and he's still going strong. But this is immediate and in the now. He will gladly say 'yes', context or no.

"Well...I don't know about you Thomas but, even if this isn't real...wanting this is the best option. I'd rather say 'yes' and potentially be a Gengar! I mean, all the shit we imagined for this Pokemon, dude!"

I smiled at him in accordance. "My sentiments exactly mate… better to bet on all this being real and bear the disappointment than bet on it not being real and letting this opportunity pass us by potentially. I can't let disappointment stop me from taking that leap man, and I'm glad you feel the same way. I guess we're in this together then…" I chuckled, and with that decided I was just about to say yes as well before Neo Thomas cleared his throat.

"Before you two give us your answer; I feel I should give you both a little more context. You'll both start out as basically the same as a level 1 Gengar, a hatchling essentially. You'll be able to train and work your way up from there as you go on, and unlike the games there will be no caps to your level, AVs or EVs, the number of moves you both can learn and use in a battle, nor will there be any caps on shit like your Power Points for your moves. Basically, the more you train with them the higher their power, accuracy, and Power Points will become, and unlike SMD there won't be a cap on how high those values can go either; so you can have OHKO moves with perfect accuracy, or moves that can be used 9999 times or more before you run out of PP for them. So, essentially… you'll be able to increase the base power of all your moves as well." Neo Thomas explained to us as I nodded comprehendingly; understanding the basics of how that all works IRL.

"Using a Giga Drain attack that has 120 or even 240 Base Power in game terms would not be beyond you guy's reach." Aiyanna added, and my eyes widened as I whistled appreciatively. Damn, that was one powerful Giga Drain.

"On top of that, the both of you will be able to use a small portion of your Gengar powers while in your human forms to… around… hmm…" Neo Thomas paused thoughtfully as he turned to Aiyanna for help on how much to Nerf us in our human forms.

"Maybe 1/10th of Gengar's Base Form strength?" She suggested helpfully, and he nodded… I guess they both felt as though that was a good enough differential.

"1/10th works; so assuming you guys grow strong enough in your Gengar forms… you'll still be capable of doing some serious damage in your human guises as well. Oh, and… a portal will be provided for you to the Pokemon World as well when you two feel you're ready to go there. Bear in mind that you won't be able to return to your world again until you both grow strong enough to access other dimensions on your own; so be sure to take care of whatever needs taking care of in your world first and foremost. Bear in mind you two; this is an experiment on my part to see if you're really able to get as much out of all this as you yammered on about last night.

Should you prove to be worth the hype in this form; I may consider… upgrading you both with a whole sleuth of other powers as well in the distant future. So, be sure to make the most of your situations, and above all… have fun. If you two prove formidable as Gengar; I may consider giving you both other powers as well. And yes my counterpart, that does in fact mean you might have some OIB or even OIB2 tier powers in your future at some point… but not for a long-ass time, ya hear me? You guys made a good case last night about how you can get so much out of becoming Gengar… so here's your opportunity to prove it to me that your big talk was more than just words!" Neo Thomas grinned challengingly at us, but not in an unfriendly manner.

"You'll both have centuries to prove him wrong; Gengar live an exceptionally long time. I'm pretty sure that episode of X and Y with the ghost mansion touched on that. The human ghost was over 200-years-old in that episode, and from what he said I think Gengar and the other two were with him that whole time." Aiyanna giggled sweetly, and I was not ashamed to admit I blushed like a fire engine in response to her melodious voice.

At that point, a big smile broke on Stephan's face and he couldn't help but cover his mouth from his giggle fits. All of that...sounded so unreal. Like, he's heard TONS of unreal things before and it even experiencing it right now. But there is a massive difference when you, yourself, are libel to become the unreal. Like how Barry always says he's the Impossible, as if it's a title and not a word in of itself. He has no idea what a Gengar at Lv.1 in a real world term would mean but as far as he knows, that's stronger than normal human! And all of the potential shit that comes after if they worked hard and do all the things they would attempt to do?

He looked at Thomas. "Dude...no, this is real. It HAS to be! That was WAY too fucking detailed for it to be a dream!" He ran his hands into his hair and took a deep breath, making a grunting noise in his throat and covered his eyes. This was so surreal that he was barely controlling his body. "This is REALLY happening, isn't it!? I mean...to US!? I mean...THIS specific version of us on top of that! Like, holy FUCK, dude! I'm feeling like Barry Allen except I know what's about to happen before the lightning hits me and all that!"

I nodded briskly in agreement. "OH FUCK MAN! I know what ya mean! So, even knowing all that you two; our answer hasn't changed. Hell, if anything… I'd say you've given us more proof to believe this is all really happening! HELL YEAH!" I screamed my dream self hoarse as Aiyanna and my Neo Self shared a laugh at our enthusiastic response.

"Then I guess the only thing left for us to do is to wish you both the best of luck… we'll take our leave for right now, but we'll be monitoring your progress… very closely. Aiyanna here was particularly stoked to share this power with you guys." Neo Thomas smiled while indicating his Unquantifiable Soulmate. She blushed at his words but didn't deny the truth of them.

"But he's the one who decided to take the plunge and approach you guys in the end; I just… helped convince him, that's all." She sheepishly murmured, looking embarrassed at being put on the spot like that.

I couldn't help but smile at her; glad to know she and my Neo Self got along as well IRL as I always imagined them to in my stories. "Well… I guess we're done here then?" I finally said, and both Aiyanna and my Neo Self nodded in sync as Stephan and I were promptly returned to our respective, individual dreamscapes… unable to feel the abrupt, overtly obvious changes overcoming our Earthly bodies in the material world but about to have a very… REAL awakening.

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(Stephan)

I...didn't wake up as I normally did. Usually when I did, there were some similar, repeated factors that aided in it, especially here at college. I'd either wake up to my alarm, I'd wake up to sun making my room bright, even though the blinds are all over the window, or, I'd wake up at half-mast. Yeah, the last one is the weirdest but it's happened to me more than 20 times in counting so I can say that it's something I'm used to having once I'm out of dream land. And, I guess sleeping naked doesn't help that either. But...it's winter now, so, naked is more like, half naked. I just don't wear pants or boxers to sleep when it's winter. Gotta keep my heat.

Anyway, how I woke up was...amazing. And I don't mean I was energized...I think, but I just wasn't tired in any way. I felt my brain kick-start into action and then...I opened my eyes. Simple as that. I blinked and looked at my dark ceiling, which I could barely make out. I don't even think the sun has fully come up yet. And because of that, the rest of my room was dark. Looking at the time on the microwave on the right of my bed, sitting on my mini fridge, it read 6:00 AM.

"Jesus Christ. That's a whole hour and 45 minutes early. Yet I'm not tired?" I mumble to myself. Seeing my room this dark, I'd wanna just crawl back in bed and sleep until my alarm goes off and I wanna slap my phone. But...not this time. This time, my mind was alert...because something hit me. Very hard. It pounded at the forefront of my mind and it made me gasp in surprise.

"T-That's right," I exclaimed but in a whisper as to not wake up any of my roommates, "the dream! Shit, did that happen!? I mean...it felt and sounded like it did but...I mean, the whole Gengar thing…" I was tempted to turn on my light and look at myself but I was...kinda scared too. I mean, I was ready to be dissapointed but….that was the first time I ever put my heart and soul into wanting something out of a dream.

Yeah, I've been disappointed by them before but this was something else. I felt like this HAD to be real else I might go into a mild depression if it wasn't. Dreamscapes, Woocooney, Neo Thomas, Aiyanna, MY Thomas, it burned my brain. I'd never forget any of it.

"I should send a message to him on Discord. He must still be asleep but once he reads it later, I'll know if it was real or not. He HAD to have the same dream at the same time as me else that wasn't a thing." I grabbed my laptop from my microwave, I leave it on top of there to use it in bed when I'm lazy, and flipped up the top screen. I turned it on and then pressed my short digits to the…..key...board?

Short...short black-colored digits…..

Um….

Wait….

"GAH!" The laptop fell from my bed as I jumped back, back hitting the wall. I threw my hands, paws, whatever! Hands over my mouth, which felt LARGER, to shut myself the hell up! Dammit, I made a decent amount of noise there and my laptop fell in a way that it forcefully closed itself! My heart was pumping in my chest...I think!? I couldn't take the suspense and just went all 'FUCK IT!' I climbed out my bed (dear GOD, was I SHORTER!?) and ran over to where my light switch was. I noticed that I had to reach a bit to hit it...and once I did, I looked down, getting a full view of my body!

My pudgy, black, short, fuzzy,...FUCK! Am I 4'0 ft tall!? 4'11!? AM I A….

"Gen...gar…? Me? Really?"

It...it all slowly hit. Like...that drug that you just try for the first time and once it settles, you see Superman flying around in a ballerina outfit, fighting crime with the Powerpuff Girls. Yeah, it was THAT strong of a drug. My mind was like a fucking grandfather clock. The coocoo didn't happen but the wind-up was close. Oh, SHIT, the wind-up was going to explode from me and not in a sexy way! I just stared down at myself...my NEW self. Should I scream? COULD I scream in good conscious, knowing that I'd force-wake at least my buddy, Matt, next-door?

"No...no, don't scream. Don't scream. Don't scream!" FUCK, I'm getting louder! I hyperventilated and ran to my bed, dodging my laptop and grabbing my pillow. With as much force as possible, I damn near swallowed that bitch as I let loose all of my happiness, surprise, partial fright, and 100% elation into it. It got to the point that I jumped up and kicked my legs in the air...and I didn't come down. SHIT, I WAS FLOATING!? This just enhanced my screaming as I was doing the most insane running-man in the air, spinning like I was a mouse on a wheel.

Eventually, I hit the ceiling, lightly bumping against it. I curled my NOW total of 6 toes and bit my pillow. I turned my head and did my best to regulate my breathing...wait, DO I HAVE to breath!? I'm a ghost right!? THAT DREAM WAS REAL! ALL OF IT WAS! I dropped my pillow and began to pace.

"Ohfuckohfuckohfuck! Shhhh!" I shushed myself, like that'd do something, as I kept pacing around. "Okay...okay, relax. Nothing...nothing to piss off your housemates about...you just turned into a fucking Ghost-type over night, is all! No...shut up. Shut…..up! Shut up! Stop getting loud...okay….relax. Relax. So...so….t-the Ultra-Verse….it's real. The….T Triple O is fucking real. Me having these POWERS is...it's real….what the fuck am I pacing on!?"

I looked down...no...I looked up. Wait...why is my bed up? Wait, why is EVERYTHING up!? I...am I pacing on the ceiling!? GOD! YEEEES!

Can I orgasm now, please?

I felt my grin split my face...could it do that now? Like...literally? I mean, I can just put it back together, right? I didn't know but...I didn't care. I just...floated...down. I floated because, now, I chose to and not out of reflex...yet I stayed hovering in the middle of my room. This...this was the best feeling ever. My brain..it calmed down but my happiness...the elation it...it was so euphoric.

"This...this is it. Hehehehaha~ Thiiiiiiis is iiiiiiit~ What I've been waiting 22 years for~ Not...specifically buuuut…" I drifted around my room like a kid who lost his balloon, like flipping in the process as I just let my body wander, my grin eating all of the shit that was ever shat.

"I...I don't even know what...I said I'd message Thomas but...fuck." I giggled and flipped rightside up, looking at the time on my microwave. Fucking...I spent 15 minutes just...just...what would this even be? Not nerding out. I guess just so fucking mad happy that this is a thing to me? I mean, bullshit, I was walking on the ceiling! Like I was in a cartoon! How HOT is THAT!?

"Wait," I jerked my head up, "I don't have to send a message to him! If this happened to me..it happened to him too!" I grinned and rubbed my hands together...I then looked at them. Wow...having 6 fingers is...strange. I mean, I can get used to it but I like having thumbs. Then….light bulb. "Wait, we both agreed our bodies can conform however we wanted right? So..Lv.1 or not, a ghost is a ghost. And a ghost Pokemon is something else." I focused on my hands, visualizing what I wanted out of my hands...and in a few seconds, 4 more digits just...popped from my hands painlessly. Like...with a literal fucking POP.

Ghost humor. Hehehe. Good call, Neo Thomas.

Now, I was sporting the full ensemble. Two thumbs and four fingers on each hand, giving me back my usual ten. "Now I flip-people off and do the whole finger-fucking-a-hole gesture...with some style to it~"

After I was done looking at my new hands...which I noticed were lightly clawed (goes to show that the anime didn't do much in regard to detail), I knew...KNEW, I had to look at the rest of my body! Was I canon looking? Was I that sexier version I showed Thomas beckoning SOME Pokemon/person to bed with those rose petals!? Please let me be the latter version!

I flew, God...won't get tired of that, to my door and reached for the handle...until I phased through it and then the door by accident, making me yelp and tumble on the ground outside. I huffed and pushed myself up to my hands. Looking behind me, I grumbled again and pulled my right foot through the rest of the door.

"Phasing….got it. Need to get it handled." I said lowly, Matt's door literally just a fucking foot right next to mine. God, I hope he sleeps deep. "Anyway…" I floated up and went to our shared bathroom. Closing the door (I had to think about NOT phasing to touch it) I turned on the light and got a good look at myself...and grinned.

"Yes!" I exclaimed to myself with a double fist pump. It was the latter version of Gengar, like I hoped, drawn by one of my fav artists, Haychel. His version of Gengar was to first, make sure that Gengar didn't look like a fucking ball with stubby arms and legs. No, I had belly but it was that kind that girls would call cute and would be willing to lay their heads on as a pillow. My legs and arms had legit definition to them and actually looked viable enough to punch or kick a bitch. I felt my body..and felt fur on myself.

"Yeeees~ Just like I wanted." Feeling my two big ears, I felt some strands of fur coming from them that I plucked and played with. I turned around and shook my new short tail. I'm not scared to say it's cute to look at but my new spines were badass! A feature I always loved about Gengar, like they had badass hair...heh, well, for me, it was badass hair. And it wasn't shaggy or super thin or anything. Just enough to notice it's fur but not long enough to pay it too much mind at first glance.

I floated back to face my front and flexed my arms, amazed that my muscle definition actually had definition! I then made a few more suggestive poses at myself...and I can say with pride that I was turning myself on. "Maaaan, who is that Gengar there in the mirror~? Me~? Heh, well, of course it is~! No more boring human body for me~!" I pressed my hands against the glass. "You, yes, you, sir, are going to get so much fucking ass they'll mistake you for a donkey. You hear? Steph the Gengar, Ass Destroyer, Cunt Killer, Mouth Blaster, all of the fucking dirty nicknames you can come up with."

I...have NEVER ONCE said any of these phrases in my life and I can't imagine why I'm saying them now. Oh, wait...that's right. I'm a sexy Pokemon at the moment...and as far as real-world interpretation compared to animated looks go, I'd still smash myself if I could. But...while I'm making up all of these names, I...I had to do what counts.

I backed up and looked at my crotch in the mirror. I mean...I was arousing myself anyway but...where do the bits go?

"One of the biggest Pokemon questions...my shaft and balls. I...know I got 'em. Hell, I think I can feel 'em still but...I sure as hell don't see 'em," I wondered to myself before I backed up so I was floating again...and then proceeded to reach my right arm down (just so you know, a canon Gengar's arms are so short, I doubt they could jerk it even if they wanted to), and began to fondle myself.

In an instant I bit my lower lip, closed my eyes, and I think I could feel my face heating up. That...doesn't usually feel that good! I mean...I'm not even doing anything yet. Not really. But, hot damn, do I feel pretty sensitive where it matters. I leaned back in the air and curled my toes from the sensation before I forced myself to remember...this was an experiment! Don't get lost in the sensations! With a huff, I looked down to see exactly what was happening and thank God for the mirror to help me see in another perspective.

So...apparently, my new genitals worked similar to that of an animals with a sheath in some ways...but also not. Once I got aroused, it would seem my sack actually got larger and then proceeded to drop from my body while my shaft was the same in a way. Apparently Pokemon, even Gengar, had their important parts hidden inside their bodies and even more so behind fur, scales, skin (on some mons) or whatever like that. And yet, I was a Gengar that was packing some heat to him and I still had my foreskin on top of that? It was just black now with the head being the usual pink-purple color. Even my tailhole was the same in this regard.

"Damn...maybe Thomas was onto something about the various 'ology's that make up a Pokemon. I'm gonna chalk up hiding their dicks and such as 'magic'. Strange magic but...magic...in a way...aaaand, I'm now hard." I deadpanned at my cock before I gave a grin. "Better test out this new body some more." I opened my mouth and let out my very large and long tongue before I began to do everything guy's dream of once they hit puberty.

I love this fucking body.

Much later...I'm back in my room, highly satisfied by what I just did to give myself pleasure and, since I was no longer horny, my crotch was featureless like before. But now, I laid in bed...having picked up my laptop, as I wondered what to do. "Ugggh, this ain't fair~ Why...today of all days!? I don't wanna go to math! I wanna stay home and play with my powers...and myself some more~! My Autofaltio as a Gengar is just...damn!" And considering I've had blowjobs before, I know what I'm talking about. Even my seed tasted pretty good for some reason. Something I always chalked up for Grass-types to have.

"Dammit..I...I can't skip, though. Bullshit. If only I didn't have college in general….and can I turn back to human?" I floated up and then sat myself on the ground. Well...stood and then thought about me being human. I hope this wasn't too flashy or anything, else it'd be hard to transform if I wanted to be discreet about it. I was surprised that, in a quick burst of black/purple energy that rushed over my form, I was back to normal...aaaand, still pants less.

"Note to self...whatever you had on or lack wearing before changing...doesn't change." I grabbed my boxers and some pants...and then a second pair of pants. Hey, fuck the snow. "Never change...while naked...unless on purpose."

I'm glad I took this time to myself to get used to this as much as I could. Honestly, it's still crazy how this all just happened to me but...I won't complain. Fine, I'll go to math...but BET that Thomas and I will have WORDS to say once he wakes up!

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(Thomas)

The very next day, I awoke at my usual time of the crack of 11 AM… and very quickly realized two things. One, was the fact that I had the worse case of morning wood I could ever remember having thanks to that LSD-tier dream last night with Aiyanna and my Neo Self. The second… was that I was floating above my bed. Hmm, I feel like that second one should've been more surreal than I was probably expressing… but I was still caught in that awkward nexus point between dreams and the waking world; being groggy as fuck had a bit of a delayed effect on my inevitable oncoming storm of a reaction.

My eyes widened as my everything came crashing down and hit me all at once; literally like a car that was on cruise control at 100 miles an hour only to stop dead when a tractor trailer hit it. "HOLY FUCK NUGGETS!" I screamed at the top of my lungs; unaware and uncaring of the thought that my mom and sister might hear me… before my body seemed to remember that it wasn't supposed to be able to defy the laws of physics so readily, and promptly delivered me back to my bed with a tumultuous thud.

Okay then… well… that happened. My mind reeled with the implications of what this could mean as I reached a hand over my mouth to stifle my growing scream… only for my entire being to hit the pause button as I got a semi good look at my impossibly smaller hand compared to what I was accustomed to. Reaching beside me to turn on my bedside lamp and illuminate my bedroom properly; I was gifted to the sight of a bioluminescent green hand with… THREE non-opposable appendages?! Um, what the fuck happened to my thumb and my pinky?! Did they just randomly decide to skip class for the day?! I was very much certain I'd be bleeding all the fuck over my bed if I had somehow managed to bite off two of my digits during the nighttime.

"Okay, calm down Thomas… breathe, BREATHE! Don't have an anxiety attack now! Okay… hyperventilating it is then!" I proceeded to lose control of my breathing as my heart-rate shot way, way up and my toes curled and my fists clenched as tight as I could possibly hold them. I rhythmically tensed and untensed my fingers; balling them into a fist and back again over and over as I pushed my imaginary stress ball to the breaking point… it did nothing! I was going to die of a panic attack in my own bedroom at 11 AM in the morning…

Hey, wait a minute! My super fast breathing halted suddenly as rationality and my own considerably well-endowed brain caught up to my initial reaction. I began to look at this in a more shrewd, calculating manner; connecting the dots and establishing a causal nexus in my own mind as I flashed back to the dream I just had and intertwined that event to what was happening to me now in the real world. This… couldn't be some random, coincidental sequencing of events… not if everything I'd just dreamed about had been an actual thing.

"OH GOD… if that dream was real… THEN…" Panic gave way to nirvana-levels of elation as my grin almost literally split my face and I literally jumped off my bed and proceeded to halt in my tracks as I realized I was floating above the messy floor to my bedroom. My eyes widened, suspending disbelief entirely as that was all the proof I needed basically… but I had to know for sure!

"Fuck, I need a mirror!" I screamed; knowing my mom and sister were at work right now as I turned my phone alarm off. Sorry mom, but feeding the dog and putting her out on schedule was the last thing on my mind right now; not that I'd neglect my chores… just that for once there was something bigger going on right now. Living in the basement had all kinds of perks, but one of them was definitely not having the closest bathroom being on the floor above me. I was still tripping out big-time from the fact that I was floating in my own bedroom… and the fact that I was still floating as well. My brain instantly began to wonder if I was better off like this or walking? Also, if I walked… would I have to will myself tangible so I didn't phase right through the fucking floor and take an impromptu trip to the Earth's molten core? Damn… that was probably a one-way trip to; cuz ghost or not… 2000 degree molten magma was not something that was easily survivable.

Oh God, I was honestly not going to risk it right now; especially when I seemed to be doing the levitation thing so well now. Granted, I was clumsy and awkward, and I had to will myself constantly to stay a certain degree above ground due to being freaked out at the prospect of floating away into orbit like a fucking helium balloon. Just because Gengar didn't typically do it didn't mean I was able to afford the luxury of complacency… I wasn't born and raised as a Gengar naturally; so fuck only knows how clumsy I might've been in the body of one. I seriously doubt the minus 200 Celsius vacuum of space was anymore survivable than the magma… hell, probably less survivable in all honesty. Most creatures had more tolerance to the heat than they did the cold… especially extreme cold.

And so, I proceed to literally… LITERALLY walk on air across my room and out my open door into the adjacent basement kitchen and rec room area; before I approached the stairs leading up to the main floor. I paused a moment as my foot dangled precariously over the first step; still not really sure if I should put my foot down… especially given how easy this floating was for me now. I literally felt like how I did in my dreams; where I did nothing but float aimlessly all the time… only now, I actually had the ability to direct it, aim it… maybe even full-on control it.

If I had this much control over my floating after mere minutes of waking up in my Gengar body… then who was to say I could step onto the first stair as well? Did I or did I not fall down onto my bed solidly and with sufficient force when I first realized I was floating? Clearly, there was a way for me to go full-on tangible, and I bet it had to do with willing myself to do so much like how I was willing myself not to float away into the abyss never to be seen again.

"Okay, clearly there's a method to this madness." I snorted to myself; an action that accentuated my surprisingly well-proportioned features. There was just enough sunlight coming through the window above the basement kitchen's sink that I was not completely blind, but while I knew I looked different, and could instantly tell I FELT different; trust but verified as they say. I meant what I said before about not wanting to be conned, and right now I needed a mirror and reasonable light.

First things first however, I needed to figure out how to take my first step on solid ground; figuring this was just like my dreams where I had to will something to happen in order for it to have a chance of doing so. It would be an exaggeration to say I was a true lucid dreamer, but I did have some measure of control over myself in my dreamscape even now. So, doubtlessly that same principle applied here; I'd have to will myself to go tangible if I wanted to become so.

Taking a deep breath, I lowered my right foot down with excruciating slothfulness; ensuring I still had one foot in the air in case I started to sink through the step, but also not about to let my fear of taking a magma bath stop me from making this damn foot hit the fucking stair. I breathed a sigh of relief when my foot reached the stair and didn't pass through it; giving me just enough stability in my form and state of mind to place the other foot down and begin my walk up the stairs.

My eyes widened when I saw I didn't have to duck my head under the roof when taking that first step; I was definitely shorter… about 4-feet-tall or so even. Okay, I'll admit… that right there was seriously trippy. As far as I knew, it was against our current understanding of physics for a human being to undergo such a drastic size alteration literally overnight. More and more the final vestiges of my lingering doubt and skepticism began to fade.

"Jesus H Christ! I can't believe this is happening to me! God, if it's what I think it is! I need to Facetime that bitch Stephan pronto! Fuck school man! This is legitimately life-changing!" I shouted aloud to myself. I then realized another thing… if this was happening to me then it had to be tripping him the hell out as well! Oh God! We'd have loads to talk about!

I opened my mouth as my most uncontrollable fit of giggles ever in my life started emanating from my mouth; only for an impossibly oversized tongue to protrude from said mouth as my mouth likewise stretched to physically impossible proportions. I stopped dead as my eyes contracted at the massive oral organ literally hanging down on the floor just above where I was stepping; unable to do anything but stand there at the next to top step and stare at this COMPLETE absurdity. DA FUQ?!

"Ubb… How bo I get bis ba in?!" I mumbled almost unintelligible; before I simply willed it to happen and made use of the muscles inside my tongue as well… relieved beyond measure when my literally glowing, multicolored tongue flew back inside my mouth like a roll of film. Goddamn, the fucking thing looked like I'd been eating nothing but skittles all day and then chased it down with some bioluminescent algae and some liquid crystal for a drink.

With that setback taken care of; I opened the door that was at the top of the stairs; being mindful of the fact that I had to will myself tangible in order to touch it as I made it to the top floor and picked up my pace. The bathroom was on my immediate right leading through the laundry room; so I threw open the door, got the light on, and was surprised when I had to stand on my tippy toes to get a proper look at myself in the mirror. But, when I did…

"HOLY FUCK! YESSSSSSSSSSSS! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!" I literally whooped with glee as loud as I could; knowing that no one was home right now certainly helped with being able to let loose. My cat Sparrow was fast asleep on the cat tower in the laundry room behind me, and was startled awake with a loud hiss as she got a good look at the strange creature that was intruding in her home.

I ignored her for the time-being as I examined my body; which was surprisingly leaner and less ball-like in design than that of the average Gengar, but with a small, somewhat portly belly that made me chuckle. My skin was impossibly smooth… like I'm talking literally frictionless; making me feel like I was on the ecstasy drug as I felt myself all over… the textural sensory overload feeling incredible! There was absolutely no hair on my body; because unlike Rey, A.K.A. Stephan… I didn't much care for having hair or fur… so this suited me just fine. My eyes were red and my body was colored rainbow in a similar manner to Alolan Muk; with all the individual colors glowing as though I had an actual bioluminescent aura or some shit. Damn, I looked good… and I couldn't wait to see more of what this body could do.

I suddenly realized I wasn't completely alone in this house, and could hear the click-clacking of doggy paws on the kitchen floor as Piper our Shih Tzu came to investigate like the 'guard dog' she was. Mom jokingly referred to her as a killer attack Shih Tzu, but the second she got a good look at the inhuman creature that was burglarizing her home; all hell broke loose as she started to bark at me in that fearful, semi-aggressive manner that indicated she was alerting everyone to my presence here.

I stopped screaming with joy in that moment as I spun around and grinned at Piper; a very Gengar-like grin I might add. That did it as she bolted from me with pretty much absolute terror; the barking ceasing altogether as I sighed. That had been kinda funny, but kinda sad at the same time… that poor dog was like fucking Courage from that tv show. It was probably a good idea if the animals and I got along while I was in this form; especially if I was going to be staying here until I got my shit sorted out.

First things first, mom and my sister Beez usually got off work at 5 PM; so that left me just under 6-hours to get enough of a handle on my newfound abilities to turn back into my human form so as not to freak out more than just our pets. Sparrow was more curious than afraid now as she was actually a really friendly cat; though she was also just fascinated by anything new and which she didn't understand. She was currently craning her head outward slightly from her little cat tower in order to get a closer look at me, and I chuckled; reaching over one of my still faintly glowing green hands and petting her on the head like I knew she liked. I somehow managed to use my three fingers to scratch behind her ears and rub her rump as well, and within seconds she was purring to my ministrations as I smiled.

"Damn, these fingers are absolutely useless; how do Gengar even make use of them?!" I sighed as I remembered my conversation with Stephan last night that had somehow lead to all this… remembering us talking about how a Gengar's body was vastly more malleable than a human's as I examined my hands that were scratching Sparrow's back. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if she could recognize me now based on the way I was petting her; cats were extraordinarily clever that way. It also helped that I had the same exact voice; as their sense of hearing was incredible as well… though maybe not quite in the same league as Piper's.

A part of me was curious if I could talk to animals now, but I wasn't sure that was something a Gengar could do; maybe if I grew strong enough with my abilities. For now at least, I was hoping my voice would be enough to convince Piper that I was really me; of course, if I was able to return to my human form like Neo Thomas promised… then it wouldn't really matter in the end. Goddammit! I still couldn't believe this was happening! I was actually surprised I was handling this as well as I was, but I just felt so amazing… no more aches and pains that often accompanied my human form. Hell, I didn't even itch anywhere; nor did I feel tired either physically or mentally. Still, scratching my cat with three-fucking fingers was a bit too weird for me; so I decided to do something about that.

'If Gengar's body is so malleable… then this shouldn't be too much of a stretch, right?' I thought to myself as I closed my eyes and concentrated… literally feeling an additional two digits on each hand sprouting like some fucking garden. My eyes instantly shot open as I saw a proper thumb and fourth finger on both my hands; examining them with elation as I drummed them against each other and wiggled each of them independently of each other. Whew, now that already felt even better than I was already feeling. And fuck was it ever easy to; I'd have to make sure to explore more of what this body could do… but right now I had a terrified Shih Tzu to console.

I found her on the back of the couch by the baby's playing room window; looking up at me with fear in her eyes as I adopted as comforting a smile as I could in this form. "Hey pooky, it's me… it's just me, okay?" I whispered soothingly to her; keeping my distance for now as my voice seemed to register with her. She recognized it as mine, but still wasn't able to understand that I was me; so I sighed and began to concentrate once again… conjuring an image of my proper human self once more and willing my body to return to it once again. Almost immediately, my height increased as did my girth, but the weird thing was I didn't feel weighed down by my 400 pounds like I usually did… in fact, I felt like how I did at age 17 when I was 220 lbs and in the best shape of my life.

I still looked the same as I did now, but it was like my appearance and my actual physical fitness weren't on the same page. I flashed back to when I watched the live action Fat Albert movie, and how he managed to kick ass in a foot race much to the chagrin of the laws of physics; that was literally me right now… except it was more like my morbid obesity was nothing but an illusion now… so that certain family members wouldn't question how I lost all of it literally overnight. I felt absolutely incredible; even in my human form… I was literally back at the peak of my physical fitness without even having to do much of anything, and I wasn't about to look this gift horse in the mouth or take my newfound fitness for granted.

Piper's tail slowly started to wag as I now looked and sounded instantly recognizable to her, and I slowly made my over to her as I continued to doggy-talk with her. "It's okay Pooky, it's just me ya silly!" I chuckled as I leaned over the couch and began to pet her; earning myself a proper tail wag from her now as I smiled and continued to talk to her even though she couldn't really understand me.

"Something wonderful happened to me last night Piper! And I may end up spending long nights out and about and not coming back until morning or something; so I'll need you and the cats to watch the house while I'm gone, k?" I chuckled teasingly as Piper lied herself back down and went to sleep; seemingly at ease with the fact that I was me again. I realized that for my pets' peace of mind; I'd probably have to find somewhere else to figure this shit out. I could work on shit in the basement, but I wanted something a little more open-spaced to try out my new shit, and I wanted to see how far I could push this body of mine out there in the cold winter wasteland that was Northern Ontario to.

I was also planning on seeing if I was able to meet up with Stephan somehow, and not just online, but in person. It was too bad I couldn't learn Teleport without first learning how to master Metronome; which would probably require training in the Pokemon World itself… but crossing borders between nations and bypassing national security was a simple matter when you were a Ghost-type that could go completely invisible and intangible as well. I always found it stupid that some people thought that bullets and guns could actually kill a Pokemon; bitch please… fucking Bullet Seed! Not to mention all manner of other projectile-based moves as well as abilities like fucking Bulletproof itself.

That aside however, I needed to call Stephan first and foremost; to hell with DMing him like usual… this required a more face-to-face convo. I'd already figured out enough regarding my powers for now to be content for a little while; though the second I got off the phone with Stephan the first thing I was doing was learning how to do that slide-on-the-floor-flat-as-a-pancake maneuver Agatha's Gengar had pulled during its battle with Ash's Pikachu… as I had always wanted to fucking do that for some reason. Running back to the basement faster and with more stamina than I'd had in over a decade; I was already speed-dialling Stephan on my phone's FaceTime app before I could even register the fuck that I wasn't even winded.

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(Stephan)

It was somewhere past 11 AM right now, and I have been...Jesus. How do I describe it properly? Well, after waking up as a Gengar, losing my mind in the personal space of my room, seeing what my mouth can do, and then wishing that my college got bombed so that I wouldn't have to go to class (not really, I love my college), I decided to go to class anyway. I can't afford to just drop my school and social life when I, as far as I know, don't have the means or knowhow to properly, you know, drop them without making a big fuss with my friends or family.

Neo Thomas said there was a portal to the Pokemon world that was ready but...there was no way I felt like I wanted to jump at the choice to go through it, for if Thomas and I did, there was no way we could come back the same way. We'd have to gain the power to do that on our own and I wasn't leaving this planet behind. This universe, even. I still had shit to do, people to meet, places to go, and I can't abandon my family or friends for an unspecified amount of even then, Neo Thomas said we're the equivalent of Gengar at Lv.1...which says quite a lot.

If I had to put the anime-verse in game-terms, the conventional Pokemon Trainer is around mid-20s to mid 30s with their Pokemon. But that's just a guesstimate as experience trumps numbers in this regard. Look at Ash's Pikachu. Misty's Gyarados Mega Evolved and yet he still slapped it around and then finished it off with a Gigavolt Havoc right after, WHILE Gyarados' Water-type moves were powered up by Rain Dance.

Besides, it's not like I know any moves myself, which leads into what I was doing right now. After I got out of class, had breakfast (and...it would seem my appetite grew...a bit. I had 5 trays of breakfast from the lunchroom and people were staring at me), and walked...jogged, back home, I threw off my coats, jackets, took off my second pair of pants, and then transformed into my glorious, sexy, new black-furred body. Being this way was like a drug, like I said before. Only with a different context this time around.

Just to be on the safe-side, I had my usual clothes consisting of grey boots, joggers, hoodie, and black jacket on before I changed. In case I had the urge to leave and then change or change right here, I'd still be clothed. So, there I was, sitting….levitating in an Indian Position in the air. My mini flatscreen was in front of me, my PS4 was on, and I was playing a playlist of highly badass, epic scores of instrumental music, 'Two Steps From Hell'. Something a penpal from Australia got me into and it was helping me concentrate, like it always did whenever I needed to be in a zone. Like, when I'm writing or drawing.

This time, I was meditating. Meditating wasn't anything new to me and especially not in the format I was doing it, erm, sans the Gengar part. But I always did it with the intention of unlocking some smidgen of spiritual energy inside of me. I was fully sure that it was possible and it wasn't something that could be forced or rushed. I just had to keep at it for however long it took, even if that took months...or years. But this was different.

I was a magical, spectral being with superpowers that I could understand from an outside perspective but scarcely comprehend from a 1st person point-of-view. I was aiming to feel….something. Anything. Ghostly energy, I guess, however that shit felt like. Meanwhile, my palms were close together, in a similar fashion like when Gohan taught Videl how to unlock her Ki so she could learn to fly, and I was attempting to bring out this power. I wasn't expecting anything serious like a 'Shadow Ball' or, hell, even 'Night Shade' But I knew that I could summon wisps of my new powers if I did my best.

So...I was like this for 30 minutes. Levitating, meditating, letting the awesome vibes of music reach into my being. Heh, I was a Gengar vibing to music. I wonder if my Second Chosen persona, Rey, wondered if this was how HIS Gengar, Nightmare, felt. He WAS specifically made..or was it written? Well, either way, he exists out in the multiverse somewhere and he's a Gengar who knows his music, from Ludwig to EDM, from Classical to Punk Rock. Maybe, one day, I'll get to meet him.

I was broken from my meditation when a familiar ring from my iPod snapped me out of it. I opened my eyes and looked to the device, seeing as the only person who could understand what I was going through, was calling me. Heh, of course, he wanted to wasn't really something that could be spoken about in a message. I looked at my hands to see my progress...a big Gengar-like smile spread over my face as I saw purple and black wisps of power in a small cyclone twirl in my palms.

"Yeeeees~", I hissed in a pleasured fashion, not dissimilar to when I sucked myself earlier that day. Hey, I'm making energy form in my HANDS! You all would act the same if you could as well. Anyway, pulling that energy back into my being, I pressed the ''X' button on my PS4 controller to pause the music and drifted over to my iPod….handling it with care since the screen was kinda...um..well...look, Apple devices are frail, okay? Who cares if the screen was halfway off the damn thing!?

I answered the call, being greeted by Thomas who had a smile on his face that was much bigger than anything I had ever seen. I gave him my Gengar of a smile, seeing his eyes blast open at my new and amazing body.

"Heeeeey, buddy! Anything new goin' on!?" I asked.

Thomas grinned back just as wide. "Ya better believe it! Nice new look you're sporting there man!" He shouted back with all of his usual boisterousness when excited. Forgoing words in the next moment, he closed his eyes and concentrated on the Gengar form he'd seen in the mirror; before me, I saw a change overtake him as he shrunk and his clothes disappeared… only to be replaced with frictionless, multicolored, luminous skin as a red-eyed, skittles-colored Gengar looked back at me through my iPod screen. There was a maddening, shit-eating grin on his face that would've made the Cheshire Cat green with envy.

"OH MY GOD DUDE! Just… LOOK AT ME!" Thomas screamed at him, literally screamed to. "I'm gorgeous~!" He added in a sing-song; his grin almost literally splitting his face in that moment.

My eyes widened as I got a good look at my friend's new form. He was...VERY colorful. Well, Thomas DID say in our conversation that's what he wanted to be, a rainbow Gengar, but personally, I didn't understand the appeal of wanting to look like he got slapped with an assload of paint. Well...until now that is.

Red, blue, yellow, green, purple, a lighter blue...from top to bottom! He was glowing a little bit and from what I could see, his tongue was the same as his body! I couldn't help but laugh, not at him, but just how much it seemed to...work, for Thomas.

"Sweet, GOD, no way, dude! You LEGIT, look like a box of Lucky Charms! HahahAHAHAHA! Buuuut, heeey! It's...not that bad, the more I see it." I rubbed my chin and nodded. "Yeeeeah….I'd fuck it."

Thomas cackled in response. "Hahahaha! I'm glad you approve! And damn… I love Lucky Charms!" He exclaimed excitedly before he adopted a more serious expression. "Okay, so I worked out how to return to human form, and a couple of other things as well, but we've still got an assload of things we need to plan for and look forward to as well. Obviously, we can't just drop off the face of the Earth without giving our loved ones a bit of warning ahead of time.

So, eventually… we're gonna have to explain the situation to them cuz we're not Zenith or Supreme Omnidonae who can just snap their fingers and modify memories and shit. Also, dude… did you notice that our human forms are literally us as we were at our peak physical conditions?! I'm like I was when I was 17 but I still 'LOOK' like I'm just shy of 400 lbs. I sure as fuck don't feel that way anymore though! I feel amazing actually… like I could run a mile without issue!" He yammered somewhat lengthily as his excitement and elation built to a crescendo.

I tilted my head at Thomas' last statement. Yes, I was about to agree with him 100% after he said we can't just...cease to exist. And I'm sure not gonna give my family something else to cry over, now that I got done with a whole year's worth of emotional baggage...but really? He's in his peak but just 'LOOKS' like he isn't?

"Well..um, I can't really say anything about the second one. I mean...honestly, I never once felt like I wasn't at the peak of my body and I didn't check my normal self in the mirror, only my Gengar one. I guess, I did jog home all the way from breakfast, though, and that's definitely not a short walk." He scratched his chin and looked up at nothing, as I thought to myself. "Were our human bodies seriously enhanced just by becoming basic weaker-than-average Gengar? I think I'm going to have to experiment with this." I look at him. "We have a big exercise center here. I can't exactly take a run with all the same snow but I can head over there and try out your theory for certain."

Thomas chuckled and offered him a big, green thumb up. "Sounds awesome dude, in the meantime I'm gonna continue experimenting with this body as well, and maybe figure out a way we could meet up in person. It shouldn't be too hard really… distance doesn't mean as much when you're a ghost." He snickered before he decided to say goodbye and hang up for now. He knew he and I would be talking again real soon, but right now he had too much to do and too much he wanted to work on.

I grinned and I sat my iPod back down and nodded in agreement. Dude was right. There are things we still have to learn, test, and experiment with. I wish I was able to tell him about my tests for controlling ghost energy but I know he'd figure to do something like that on his own time. But I had to do a bunch of things. Fully practice going intangible, going invisible, making other things that I touch both states of that as well (yes, this means I'm more-than-likely going to be stealing shit), and seeing what my body can resist.

"Can I make it so that cold passes through me, like wind-chill and snow? If I could, will that mean I can't feel cold? Same as with heat or hot water? And if I get wet, can I go intangible and make the water drop from my body?" I grinned at the possibilities. "Nothing says I can't...and I watched EVERY episode of Danny Phantom. I may not know how to use moves yet but I can sure as hell learn to be an awesome ghost."

Thomas is also right on something. We need to meet up...but we need to specify how and when to do that. I have an idea so I'll work on explaining that to him later. Oh, yeah, I have to see if I need to sleep when I'm in my Gengar body...because I have a sneaking suspicion that I'll be pulling constant all-nighters. Damn! I buy Pokemon Let's Go...and yet I think I'm gonna forgo playing it for a while because, well, why PLAY Pokemon when you ARE the Pokemon!?

I punched a fist into my palm. "Okay! Time for tests!" Thankfully, I was still the only one in the house so I didn't care when I floated outside my door into the bathroom, practicing going invisible and intangible. As I did this, I wondered when and how I was going to tell some of my closest friends, Jonta'e and B'Liahl. I mean, we promised each other that if either of us got powers, we'd tell the others and I still wanted to do that...but I also couldn't. I mean, I could, nothing was stopping me, but I couldn't.

Reason being...was because of the factor that was a MASSIVE curveball Neo Thomas threw in. The portal. I know for a fact that, eventually, Thomas and I were going to leave for the Pokemon world. Which version, I don't know but I hoped it was the anime so we and other Pokemon (mainly other Pokemon) wouldn't be locked at a certain strength. Yes, Neo Thomas said Thomas' and mines power is capable of growing to be unreachable but that would mean if the Pokemon we trained and battled against could keep improving, then we'd be stuck Training ourselves. Not to mention, I'd have to tell Jonta'e and B'Liahl it'd be a one-way trip with the two of us being the only way we could come back.

Sure, it sounds fun...but that's how it is. You dream about going to a world in your fantasies and then...what happens if you miss everything back home? Or, at least, the people? And what if that world was going to drop awesome shit in the future you'd be missing out on?

And what would I tell Jakey? Oh, um...Jakob is another friend of mine (pen pal in Colorado and I call him Jakey) but at this point, it's not hard for me to say he's my boyfriend. He's just as into Pokemon as much as us...but he also shares a good deal of my sexual attributes too. Heh, I mean, he'd never match mine...but I couldn't ask for someone as a perfect candidate to be my mate. I'd have to tell him….but I wouldn't wanna leave him for years at a time either.

No...no, I won't just ditch. I'll let my family, friends...and him know what's what but ONLY after Thomas and I have done a good basic course of training here on Earth. That could take months...maybe nearly a year. Perfect time to break the ice eventually but I don't wanna spring something like that at the last minute. I hope….honestly, I do hope, that this all works out...somehow. Hey, at the very least, if this works out with me and Thomas and we gain all the powers we said we would, I could give my friends and boyfriend powers too! Least that way, they wouldn't be left out on all the fun anymore. Oh, and I should do something nice for my sister's as well. I think Crystal will explode like a Voltorb if I'm not around for her to talk too.

"Maybe Neo Thomas enhanced our phones so we can stay in contact across universes?"

That'd sure be fucking convenient! Anyway, after about 30 minutes of practice, I had intangibility and invisibility down pat! I guess it was just instinct for a Ghost-type to know those tricks. I was about to then check my human form to see if there were any visual changes, like Thomas said...until I heard my phone give an alert from my room. So, I floated back in.

To my surprise, a text message from an unknown number suddenly bleeped on my phone. 'It would indeed, wouldn't it? Consider it done my young ghostly friend, and enjoy using your phone across dimensions. NT.'

…..

"Wow...he IS watching us, huh?"

…..My eyes opened up more.

"Oh, SHIT! Wait...were you watching me suck my dick!? You perv!" I grabbed the phone and growled with a huff. I then placed it back down and blushed a tiny bit. I mean, I could feel my cheeks getting hotter but...I was 98%...I think 99% sure I didn't have blood in this body.

"I mean….not that I care or anything! H-Having other people watch is hot and...and I'm a Ghost-type so...that shit shouldn't alarm me either!"

Tch, yeah. In the Second Chosen universe, that's true.

"So...so if you're gonna watch then…" I blushed more...and called myself crazy. I was talking to my phone. Ugh...Neo Thomas was making this a very strange and awesome day for me. Like, in that order from when I woke up.

Strange, Awesome, Strange, a bit sexy, Awesome, and then back to Strange.

Dr. Strange-levels of it for these past 2 minutes.

I cleared my throat and shook my head, grabbing my phone. "Okay, well...since you DO seem to be listening up...can ya'...make it so whatever devices we DO bring...they have infinite charge? Oh, and can't be broken...AND still connect to Earth's internet? I mean...I still do have a Gengar in Let's Go to show off and...I mean, I can make time for THAT too, when I'm winding down from training myself."

The response was immediate. 'I suppose those are reasonable enough requests my young friend; consider it done as well. Oh, btw… I arranged for censoring on your more… private and intimate moments; so I didn't see anything there. However, because it was censored I knew what you were doing. Anyways, enjoy your new powers, and be sure to make the most of your time here on Earth as well before you decide to travel abroad. You'll only get one chance to get everything sorted out here before you make way for the Pokemon world; so be sure that you don't leave anything unsaid between yourself and your loved ones. Of course, since your phone will be able to contact them all anyways… it's a less substantial issue. NT… and PS; Aiyanna says hello as well. Ugh, and Nia, and Sephie, and Sadie as well… sheesh… I hate texting.'

If this was an animated-based world, I would've sweatdropped if I could. Ghost or not, I wasn't powerful enough to break physics….yet.

"Then...well, use your abilities to think what you wanna text and it should show up on screen. Ease those fingers, my guy." I then noticed that the battery button on my phone, right next to it, gained the infinity symbol. Holy shit, already? Well, I'm sure not gonna complain. Looking at my other devices, mainly my two laptops, they gained the same symbol, making their charge plugs obsolete. Guess he was sprucing up anything and everything just in case I decided to take it. Hell, I learn how to hide my shit in my body and you can trust I'll be taking my gear!

Then my iPod was coated in a small white light...same as my phone...and next thing I know, fuck they were fixed! Like...just FIXED! The cracks on my phone weren't cracked and my iPod looked fresh out the store! The screen wasn't hanging off or anything!

"DUUUUUDE! YEEEEES!" I gave a large, Gengar-grin again as I looked my devices, good as new! Hell, WORKED like new too. I looked around for something and nodded when I found a used-fork that I ate ramen with the other day. I put my phone under it, holding the metal in a reverse drip and stabbed at it as hard as possible.

Holy shit...the tips were bent! Like...when Sabrina bends spoons with her psychic power, like THAT! But the phone had no scratch! I grinned and looked at the fork. "That's is so….wow. I gotta tell Thomas...no. His Neo self will do it." I put the fork down and held up my phone and iPod, having re-fallen in love with them.

Okay...now how will I carry them around?

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I shrugged and placed them both on my stomach, wondering if this shit was really gonna work. My mouth hung open a bit as they seemed into merge into my being and then...gone. Like they weren't there. Looking at my belly, I then looked at my other devices and grinned. I grabbed my 3DS and did the same thing.

"NOOOO WAAAAY! Hammerspace belly!?" Then my big laptop...then my small laptop...then my Switch…..then my drawing pad…..I just fell out and laughed my ass off after that!

WHAT ARE OUR NEW BODIES MADE OUT OF!?

"FUCKING YEEEEEEES!" I flailed my arms and legs around, just in utter disbelief! Why has that NOT EVER been shown in the anime!? Gengar are fucking floating, battling, carrying cases! I didn't even feel the WEIGHT of the shit I just put into myself! Still grinning, I floated up and reached a hand into my stomach...and proceeded to pull out everything in the same order I put it all in. There were no weird goo, no coldness, they weren't even crushed or anything! They were the same condition as they went in!

Hell, my damn 3DS was still in rest mode! After I put my shit back in their proper places I sat in my chair for the first time in this body, shaking my head and still chuckling. Running my hands down my face I just could not even…!

"Just, woooow! You gotta be fuckinng KIDDING me!"

Wait until I tell Thomas he can use HIMSELF to store food and his other shit! Well, not like I know if we can store food in our Belly Dimensions but I don't see why we can't! Now I'm just wondering if this is what a Gengar is naturally capable of or if Neo Thomas gave us some unspoken upgrades. I'm hoping it's the former because that would just make this Pokemon even more badass than it already was! I mean, I know I can put food-stuffs in there on sheer principal. I'm just wondering if shit stays in suspended animation when it enters. Like, if I put bread in there and then took it out a month later, would it not be molded? Would it feel, look, and taste the same as the day it went in? And how much can our Belly Dimensions fit?

"Well...this whole experience IS supposed to be trial and error for us, right? I guess I'll test that over a period of time while doing more immediate training afterwards." I reached into my main-jacket pocket and pulled out an apple. I usually swipe two or three of these from the school cafeteria so I can have something to snack on later. "Hope this works out later." I then reached into my stomach and shoved the food...wherever the hell I shoved it into.

That done, I cupped my chin and thought aloud to myself. "Alright, I learned earlier that my appetite, as a human at least, has got larger. I definitely felt like I ate half my weight during breakfast earlier but I'm probably exaggerating. And I'm learning how to control my ghostly powers, even if it's just a little bit. I've got floating down and I'm getting the hang of invisibility and intangibility. I guess...as far as I know, all I have to test now is the stamina and strength of my human body."

Like I told Thomas, I was going to see if his theory about us being at the definition of human peak meant something besides just 'feeling' like it. So, I grabbed my jacket and boots, turned back into a human through a small rush of black-purple energy, and then got dressed. I mean, I fully intended to fly over there! Don't get me wrong! But it's cold outside, for one, and I'm not going to have people looking at me in my human form, wondering why I'm dressed like it's summer outside.

After I got clothed, I changed back to...hey, was Thomas' transformation different from mines? I didn't really think about it much but...hmm. I'll have to see him do it again later. Anyway, back to my new Pokemon body, I looked out the blinds of my room's window. Seeing that the coast was clear, I turned invisible first and then intangible before flying out the window into the outside. I heard the winter wind whistling and it was snowing quite a bit...however...I still felt warm! And I don't mean because of my fur, but I just couldn't feel the cold or the snow.

They were BOTH passing through me!

"Whoa! Me being intangible means that the cold just phases through!? Ha! It's like it's a white Spring out here!" I gave a bit of a laugh, no one was outside on my street walking past to hear disembodied voices, and then I flew up higher, going over the parking lot and over the trees!

MAN! What a RUSH! FLYING! Legit, FLYING! I wish I could talk to my younger self, the one who dreamed of doing this and reassure him that he was someday, for SURE, going to! I did a few loops, some barrel rolls, even drifted lazily in the air as I watched cars and people walk by, tethered by gravity. Well, gravity can suck my dick! I ALWAYS hated it! My face was splitting with that Gengar grin and I just gazed at everything below me, cutting through all paths and over buildings, as if I was using the ultimate cheat code to get through towns without taking roads, turns, or cutting through the buildings. I looked up and saw the destination I was headed to in my field of vision. Damn...kinda hated that this was gonna be over in a bit but hell, this was only the first of many amazing things to happen to me...to US! I'll get to fly a whole BUNCH later on!

I hope Thomas is having as much fun as I am!

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(Thomas)

Oh my fucking God, I was having so MUCH FUN! By time 2 PM rolled around… I was already able to get down on learning how to float, fly, turn intangible AND invisible, and was presently going on a fly through the city of Thunder Bay where I lived. Apparently, when one went intangible they were unaffected by the cold to; I could already think of the possibilities there regarding Ice-type attacks as well. Granted, it'd do jack shit against Sheer Cold or any other absolute zero inducement, but it was definitely something. Of course, all I would have to do in cases like those is keep avoiding… learning to dodge an incoming strike effectively would come in real handy.

"OH FUCK YES!" I screamed as I flew higher and faster… attempting to see where my limits were as I found myself going a little bit too high for my tastes when I saw that I was looking down on the rooftops of houses. Swallowing nervously as my lifelong fear of heights kicked in, I brought it back down a little bit; though if things went to plan… that fear wouldn't be hanging around for much longer.

Fuck though, just the exhilaration of flying above the busy intersections and watching cars drive under me was too incalculable for me to measure; it was like how I flew all the time when dreaming, but better because it wasn't like trying to fly through a sky made of maple syrup. I was completely unbound by the laws of gravity, and while I wasn't going at supersonic speeds or anything; I was keeping pace with the cars at a cruising speed, which was good enough for me.

I still had several hours before mom and Beezer were due back, and in that time frame I had already managed to make it as far as the Intercity Shopping Center. I knew it was potentially risky going to a place as crowded as that was; even while invisible and intangible, but I just couldn't bring myself to care. There was too much to see, too many women to grope invisibly and with selective intangibility, and all of that fun stuff!

Seeing a car going by with a couple of kids in the backseat about grade 7 and 8; I made sure to maintain my intangibility as I floated down beside the cars… making a gutsy move as I lowered myself to just above ground-level and turned visible for just a split-second as the kid in the left-side passenger seat looked out the window. His eyes immediately widened when he saw a multicolored Gengar floating alongside their car, and I winked at him and turned back invisible before anyone else saw, but hey… even if anyone else did see; who would believe them?

Remaining invisible for the remainder of my trip; I found myself at my favorite shopping mall in all of the city; passing through walls like some fucking Action Replay cheat code made flesh, as I saw a couple of stores I didn't care for fly past me. I was a man on a mission, and I about to do something that I knew Rey would probably get a kick out of but which was challenging my sense of morality a great deal.

But hey, I'd shoplifted and what not before; just usually for food and not for something I wanted as opposed to needed. At least now there wasn't really a way for me to get caught; so I passed through another wall just as my red eyes zeroed in on a gorgeous brunette working the tills in the Payless Shoesource store. Deciding to halt my initial plans for the time being; I gained a perverted gleam in my eye as I opted to fulfill a longtime fantasy of mine of what I would do if I ever got these kinds of powers.

Floating down to her from behind and making absolutely certain that I was still invisible; I steeled my nerves and willed my hands to transition from fully intangible to one-way tangible… meaning I could touch her but she couldn't touch me. With that taken care of, I reached my properly proportioned green arms around her amazing body from behind and took my first ever grope… grabbing her breasts in each one of my hands as her body immediately tensed and her eyes widened slightly.

Looking around her frantically to try and find the culprit; she bent down behind the counter slightly so nobody could see her and adjusted her bra just as I pulled my hands away and waited for her to stand back up. Once she did, my hands were back on her again as she literally eeped like in those Anime cartoons… no doubt wondering just what in the fuck was going on! I could tell she felt like she was going mad on some level, and felt myself get hard as I squeezed and fondled her boobs as gently and as rhythmically as I could… feeling her teats harden in spite of her best efforts to figure out why her body was experiencing random phantom gropings and spikes of arousal.

I licked my lips with my multicolored, semi-glowing tongue as I couldn't believe what I was doing! My God, I'd probably get arrested for this if I was ever caught! The beauty of it though was that there was no way I could be. I mean, okay… maybe this wasn't nice for me to be doing, but I doubt many guys out there wouldn't do this sort of shit if they could. Besides, based on the pheromones I could smell coming off her; there was a primal part of her brain that was enjoying this on some level.

I continued to tease her relentlessly as she started to huff; she was probably just grateful that there wasn't any customers around at this time, but damn… I was starting to get horribly aroused by this. I'd never had the opportunity to touch a woman's parts before, and was still very much a virgin. Now though, I had a damn sexy brunette bent over with steadily spiking arousal behind a counter as I groped her through her shirt… finding the fact that she was still clothed remarkably arousing. Sometimes, it was honestly better to conceal than to reveal IMO.

Deciding to take it further; I grew an evil Gengar smile as my tongue started slowly protruding from my mouth; snaking its way down to her nether-regions and gaining the same selective intangibility as my hands. Passing through her shorts was easy, as well as her panties, and when I did enter her for the first time; my eyes popped open at the sweet taste as she literally twitched and squirmed at my ministrations. She had a hand over her mouth now to keep from crying out in pleasure as I couldn't believe how far I had taken this; fuck, this would be horribly awkward for her to explain if anyone saw her.

With that stray thought cast aside; I began licking my tongue along her clit… while my hands continued with their groping of her breasts… feeling every gyration and paroxysm of her body as she was now both holding both hands over her mouth and biting her tongue. And even then, she was still screaming like a person does through a pillow, but to my delight… they weren't screams of terror or agony, but rather pleasure and arousal now. No doubt she'd be wondering afterwards how the fuck this happened, but for now… I had her where I wanted her, and I was going to milk it for all I was worth. Besides, it'd be even crueler NOT to bring her to the finish line at this point. Fuck, I'd be whacking it for weeks off of this.

My tongue was barely penetrating her by this point; hyper-focusing on her clitoris instead as I knew that was the one surefire way to bring a female to completion, well… that or her G-Spot… though I wasn't sure I trusted in my ability to nail her there when I had no experience. That said, my erection was growing painfully hard now; so, if I didn't do something about that as well I was going to fucking lose my shit. Deciding that mutual pleasure was fine at this point since she wasn't calling for help; I decided to take the plunge… slowly, ever so slowly inching my multicolored phallus which was now protruding from its sheath… towards her still-clothed anus.

Now three parts of my body were selectively intangible, and her eyes widened yet again when I finally buried myself to the hilt in her tail-hole through her fucking shorts… and HOLY FUCK! Wow! Ugh, damn… she was tight, and her body was flush and warm… gripping my multicolored Gengar dick with just the right amount of pressure as I removed my tongue from her vagina for a quick sec to give our joined nether-regions a quick lick to grease us both up a bit… providing added lubrication. Before she could even think to cry out in protest at my tongue leaving her unattended; I was already back to working her as hard and as fast as I could… my lack of experience made up for by my explosive passion as I started myself at a slow and steady grind.

She was crouched down behind the desk now where no one could see her, and was involuntarily thrusting her hips against my tongue as I continued to eat her out, grind her ass from behind, and tweak her nipples now to… all without having to remove a single article of her clothing. I closed my eyes and moaned aloud with bliss; not caring if she heard me at this point even as I picked up the pace… both with my drilling of her ass and my tongue-fucking of her cunt.

Jesus fuck! This felt absolutely heavenly for my first time, and I was going all out to; pounding away at her on both ends for all I was worth as her tailhole continued to practically swallow my dick. In and out, in and out, in and out again… the tempo of our fucking was making us both see stars as I gave a whoop of glee as silently as I could manage in my current lust-crazed state.

"Oh my God… I'm going to cum!" I heard her whisper-scream through her hands, and my grin grew large enough to nearly split my face as I picked up the pace on both our ends. Lowering my mouth to her ear, I decided to let her know she wasn't completely crazy.

"Me to… cum with me~." I sing-sang as I bored into her even faster now… my balls slapping against her buttcheeks and throbbing with painfully intense orgasmic convulsions as my tongue moved as fast as it could now to… licking at her delectable folds for all I was worth as my body heaved and my dick began to throb much more powerfully as her folds began to spill out delicious love juices much more copiously now. God-fucking-dammit, I was so CLOSE… So close to my first partner-induced orgasm!

Her tailhole gave a slight squeeze in tandem with her body as she shot her head upwards and immediately moved to cover her mouth… masking her scream as she started climaxing in what had to be the most satisfying orgasm she'd ever had. Ironically, it was her anus squeezing me in response to her climax that brought my own end about, and with a cry that seemed to pierce the heavens; I unloaded the mother-load of all cum-shots deep within her asshole.

Multicolored, semi bioluminescent cum exploded from my dick inside of her… looking like some sort of radioactive, liquified skittles as we both came together. And fuck almighty, this was undoubtedly the most magical orgasm of my entire existence to; my balls were throbbing so hard that they hurt a little, and my penis wasn't far behind it either as I released around 5 spurts of cum that spilled out from her asshole and onto her shorts… staining it like a multicolored popsicle would.

Waves upon waves of sensual orgasmic pleasure rippled through my body as I finally pulled out of her and floated back a safe distance, but not before I used my tongue to clean up the cum-stain on her shorts and her own ejaculatory fluids as well… erasing all traces of evidence from our ghostly romp as she continued to half-kneel and half-stand there in total, post-orgasmic ecstasy. Damn, I was almost tempted to ask her if she wanted to go again; now that she knew I was something that exists, but for now… I should probably make myself scarce before she recovers enough of her wits to ask what the fuck happened. Granted, it might've been interesting to see what happened if I stuck around; maybe she'd even insist I take responsibility for what I just did or some shit and punish me. Okay, I'll stop being a pervert… for now at least.

Somehow, while there was some people milling about outside the store; none of them came into this particular store, and there wasn't any windows or security cameras or anything… so yeah… that happened bitches. She seemed to recover enough of her senses to stand up once again; eyes darting to and fro for any sign of whatever the fuck I was and wherever she could possibly see me. As I got ready to fly on out of there and just let this be a random ghost-story she could tell people; I saw her getting out a notepad and a pen and scribbling down what appeared to be her name, number, and home address… leaving it on the desk and turning her back on where I was floating.

"If you ever wanna do that again… look me up; cuz that was… incredible." She hesitantly breathed while flushing with embarrassment… her voice just barely above a whisper as I couldn't believe my luck. Damn, I thought she'd be pissed or something, but apparently… some girls liked a good time just as much as guys did.

Without giving her a verbal response, I swiped the piece of paper of the desk and prepared to float outside of the door once again when she spoke up a second time. "I have a friend who likes that kinda stuff to… she's blonde, and I think you'll like her as well." She added, though it was clear she wasn't expecting me to reply. With that said, I gave her a goodbye kiss via my tongue on her cheek and was gone in the next second to resume my initial objective. EB Games would find itself inexplicably short on one copy each of Let's Go Eevee and the Pokeball Plus, and little did I know that the random fuck fest I just participated in would not be the last time I saw this girl either.

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(Stephan)

So...it seems that Thomas was onto something when he said that our human bodies were ALSO changed, due to our incredible transformations. I was currently at my school's exercise building and on the treadmill. I've been running on this fucking thing for 2 hours. Straight. No rests. I mean, I wasn't going my fastest, just at what people would consider a jog but still...2 HOURS?

A person who is trying to run marathons usually have to try for 20 to 30 minutes at the very least! That in of itself should add to a total of 2 to 4 miles of running. I was pushing 20 miles and was NOW feeling a bit winded, as sweat ran down my head. People around me, mainly the people who worked there, were amazed that I was still running since I got there. People came and people went but I wasn't finished. I kept running for an extra 30 minutes before I turned off the machine and held the bars, getting my breath.

"Jesus...huff….damn!" I grabbed a towel and wiped the sweat from my face and head. Now THIS was a discovery worth taking into consideration. If out normal bodies could output this kind of energy as Lv.1 Gengar, by technicality of course, then what would happen if we continued to grow stronger? If he got stronger as humans, would that translate to our Gengar bodies and vice-versa? A guy came over to me, someone who was also exercising but I've seen him leave to get food and he came back.

"Yo. have you been running this entire time?" He asked with me interest.

"Uh, yeah? I didn't mean too to be honest., I guess I just had energy to burn off today."

He shook his head and said, "Oh, dude, don't be modest about that shit. You know, I'm actually on the track and field team and was looking for some new recruiters. You ever thought about running? Maybe put all of that energy to something useful."

I blinked and thought a bit. Shit, this was something else. I mean, I'm only part of a few clubs here but I never thought about doing something as extreme as Track. Maybe in the past I did. I have to say, with my new abilities the offer was tempting.

"Eh, I don't know. I mean, I'm a senior now so I don't know how that would transfer over to Track and Field. I mean, I'm going to summer school but…"

"It's fine," he said, "maybe you can't get the full experience but you could still make use of it. Just think about it is all. I'll be here everyday at around this time. If you wanna join, you know where to find me."

"Thanks. I'll keep it in mind." I then left the room and looked for a secluded place to transform back into my glorious Gengar-self again. I flexed my hand into a fist and sighed in phantom pleasure. "Man, this will never stop being so cool." Turning invisible and intangible, I rose up through the ceiling of the building and was out into the cold...which, once again, was passing through my intangible form.

"Soooo….cheating with my powers got me to nail an opportunity like that? Wonder if I can make use of it in some way...or maybe other things?" I thought a bit before I snapped my fingers, a large grin on my face. "Oh! Something a WHOLE lot more immediate though! Since I'm a ghost, it's time to steal shit!"

And stealing, I was ready to do! First, the petty things! Flying back into the building but easily staying out of sight, I was floating in front of a beverage verder. "Oh, no~ I'm out of money and yet I'm sooooo thirsty~ Hehehehahaha!" I stuck my head THROUGH the front of the machine and looked at all of the selections. Ice Tea, Water, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Pepsi, etc. "Let's see...what do I want after that long run? Eenie meenie miney…"

And then my hands were just bringing soda after soda into my Hammerspace Belly. Oh, yeah, these were mine and mine alone! Stupid super expensive vending machines! I could get these same things for so much less at corner stores and the Dollar Tree! Making sure I had about half of the damn beverage amount in my body, I then left the building again, a Dr. Pepper in hand, invisible and intangible with me.

"Okay. Petty stealing done. Now for the shit that matters! Man, I really have to tell Thomas about the cheat-code that it our infinite inner-space bodies...least, I think they're infinite." So, flying in the air, I looked down at all of the stupid cars backed up in traffic and the unfortunate souls walking in this cold. Man, I really did feel for them...but I didn't feel for too long. Not my fault I was lucky enough to catch the sights of a UV God version of Thomas and given the power to fly. And let me say, flying was MUCH faster than driving. I didn't have to follow rode directions and just had to cut over buildings.

I found myself in Game Exchange, still drinking my pop. As usual, the place was filled with people and the employees all seemed to be having a good time. There was always a nice 'free' atmosphere in here compared to Gamestop. Landing on the ground, I casually walked through people, making them all get a few shivers as I did so. Oh, yeah...Gengar can drop the temperature of a room by 10 degrees. Guess the same thing happens when I walk through people.

"Okay...now what did I always want but couldn't' get? Some...PS4 shit, for sure. Oh, and some Switch shit. Lots of games, maybe some accessories….aw, fuck it. I'll just go on a shopping spree!" Even though I was speaking out loud, no one seemed to hear me. Must've been because I was still intangible. Did my very WORDS pass through their eardrums? "Wait...it's like my words aren't passing through the very AIR! If they don't pass through their, they aren't making sound! HA! Ghost HAX strikes again!"

I tilt my head up and call out in the very small store. "HEY, WORLD, I'VE GOT AN 11-INCH DICK! FIGHT ME!"

No response. Like I didn't say anything. Downing the rest of my drink, I decided to be a little shit and shove the bottle into the wall since I didn't see a trash can. Hey, it'd take some kinda fucking random act of destruction for someone to find that thing. But I wasn't putting that thing in my body. What do I look like, a Muk? So, with my little black hands, I was plucking away and putting them in my belly!

The Pokeball Plus, a new PS4, Smash Ultimate, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, extra Joycons (those shits are $80 dollars as a pair! FUCK!), a new PS4 controller, and a couple of games I wanted but could never get. Not enough stolen to be noticed but juuuuust enough for people to know something happened. Awww….fuck it. I shrug and put the PS4 back in place. Didn't want to be THAT extreme in this small store. They got a business to run after all. But Wal-Mart is a different story.

I always did want a larger flatscreen. I then cup my chin….could that fit in my belly?

"How the fuck would I do that? Hmmm…" I continued to think as I made my way there, ready to get more shit and then head back home to tell Thomas about more new discoveries I made. Next time, I'm taking my phone with me so we can talk on the go.

(10 Minutes later)

"Okay, flatscreen...it's you...and it's me." I look up at the TV in it's large box. I was being careful about how I went about this because I first walked into the security room and found that the location I was currently in was a tiiiiny blindspot to the cameras around the whole store. But it was one of 2 and I had to wait until people weren't around before I could do anything.

"Wait….BRAIN BLAST! Can't Gengar GROW to like, giant size of some shit!? Like, legit change our bodies however we want!?" Still invisible and intangible, I could still see myself, which was awesome. I just looked see-through is all from my perspective. With a single thought I GREW! BIG! I was 12 feet tall and got a MUCH better view of everything around me and was now bigger than the box! "Oh, HELL, YEAH!" I grabbed the box and then...put it in ma' belly! I then shrunk back to normal and screamed "WE ARE HAX INCARNATE!"

And fuck it, I'll snag me two new laptops and a desktop as well. I'm going to trick out my room at school with shit! Hell, if I'm staying over the summer, I might as well have the best gear around me! And since all tech Thomas and I get will have infinite wi-fi in ALL universes with infinite battery, on TOP of being indestructible, they'll work anywhere at any time. Later, I was back home, unpacking drinks, food, and technology from the safe that was my amorphous form. I pick up my phone and call Thomas.

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(Thomas)

"Just take those old records off the shelf, I sit and listen to em by myself~! Today's music ain't got the same soul~! I like that old time rock and roll~!" I sang loudly and boisterously, having quickly deduced that I could be as loud as I want and even fucking sing while robbing ATM machines and no one would hear me or see me. I was now the proud owner of over 100 thousand dollars in ATM machine money that I had plucked directly from the machines themselves, and steadily increasing my earnings by the hour.

Storing that money and all of the other shit I'd pilfered during my sudden bout of sheer kleptomania in my fucking BELLY DIMENSION was without a doubt the highlight of my day! I could afford a really nice car or even a house if I felt so inclined, and genuinely considered using my… ahem, questionable earnings to set up a secret base or something. Because why stop at Let's Go Eevee and a Pokeball Plus? I had managed to procure yet more Pokeball Plus's for more Mew's on my game; an extra Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Gamecube, and all kinds of other systems and games… all from local pawn-shops and other such stores. Walmart would no doubt notice it was short on a fuck ton of stuff, but I couldn't bring myself to care. You'd be amazed how easy it was for me to turn off my sense of morality when I knew I wouldn't be caught. And… just to be a fucking troll; I walked into Walmart after the fact in my human form and bought myself a brand new bicycle and a new 2DS XL with the money I had… procured.

After I had received a message from my Neo Counterpart saying any technology I had would have flawless indestructibility and unlimited data/connectivity anywhere and at any time period in the ZOF Realm; I went all out with obtaining as much technology as I could get my hands on, and fucking got off on it something awful! It wasn't as intoxicating as the sex with my first ever fuck buddy, but it was definitely up there.

Finally, after looking at my phone and noticing it was high time for me to hightail it home, I decided to leave my new items in my belly even while in Human Form, because why the fuck not?! I could take it out and play with it all later; when I knew it was safe for me to do so and when I knew that mom wouldn't catch me with all this new stuff. No doubt she would hugely disapprove, but while I did love her and all I just couldn't bring myself to give a shit. I had just gotten away with fucking a girl in public as a bloody ghost! Of course I was going to feel invincible at least on some level. I planned on enjoying that feeling as much as I could; because while I was untouchable here the same could not be said in the world of Pokemon… well, not until Stephan and I trained our asses off anyways.

I got home just in time and phased through the floor into my room in the basement; just as Mom pulled into the garage and my phone started going off to indicate I was getting another call from you-know-who. It was like I never even left the house! My grin a mile wide and adrenaline coursing through my veins as I resumed my human form; (Fuck, I can't believe I could do that and still have my belly dimension) I answered the phone to talk to Stephan just as my mom walked through the door and heard me answering my smart phone.

"Hey there dude~! You won't believe the shit I got up to today~!" I whisper-shouted at him, ensuring mom couldn't overhear us but thankfully she was already parking it in the living room the floor above us.

Stephan, who was still a Gengar, grinned at me. "Oh, dude, I can imagine! I'm guessing you did a bit of steeeealing, good sir~? Ohm, you naughty boy, Thomas~! Hehehe~"

"Fuck yes, and also… I got laid~!" I literally sang with delight as I announced this. "I ghost-fucked the hell out of a really hot brunette; got her number and everything afterwards and she said she has a blonde friend who's into that shit as well! So I thought you might appreciate a nice hot blonde to have fun with as you please! Fuck, I'm so beyond psyched man! Also, I bet I can top your stealing spree!" I laughed and laughed as I produced a fucking colossal wad of cash from within my belly space and flashed it to him; all while in my fucking HUMAN FORM!

"WHAT THE ALL KINDS OF FUCK, MY DUDE!? NO WAY!" Stephan screamed, no doubt I was the one who won our unofficial contest of ghost-fuckery! Which, dare I say, was literal in my opinion! "How the FUCK did you managed to….you fucked a hot girl invisible and she was down for MORE!? With a FRIEND!? And where the FUCK did you get all the money from!? AND HOW DID YOU DO THAT WITHOUT TRANSFORMING!?"

I literally had to will myself intangible in order to prevent mom from overhearing us. "Remember what Neo Thomas said… about us having about 10 percent of our natural Gengar powers while in our human forms? Well… I guess that applies to belly dimension as well, and 10 percent or not; an infinite belly space is an infinite belly space! As for where I got the money… hehehehehehe, I got it from every motherfucking ATM machine I could find to rob outright in the city! I'm honestly thinking of purchasing some giant house or something to set up as a base of operations for us on this Earth, but to do that I'd have to be really careful as such large-scaled thefts no doubt already left a huge trace. And yeah, that part with the girl was honestly fucking batshit insane to me to! More so the fact that she was down for more afterwards! I still can't believe my luck; if I didn't know any better… I'd say I have Meta Luck powers!"

Stephan's Gengar eyes got cartoonishly wide. "Why didn't I think of that!? I'm over here taking flat-screens from Wal-Mart, food and some video games but I didn't even THINK about stealing from ATM's! I should've been doing that shit! I'd have the money to INSTANTLY pay off my student loans!" He rubbed his hands through the fur between his ears, making it look as if he had ruffled hair, since, unlike my smooth, hairless body, he was chalk full of fur. "Crap….AND you got an invisi-fuck! You did so much more than I did!"

He sighed but shook his head. "Man, I wasn't thinking that outside the box. I'm glad one of us was! That means I don't HAVE to be Gengar for the belly dimension and I can still do ghost shit like fly around and all that. Oh, but I did do a few things you might not have done. I managed to channel some Ghost-type energy earlier and I think that we don't have to rely on moves specifically to use special powers. And I managed to run for 2 hours and only felt winded right after. I think our human and Gengar bodies are complimentary. When one gets stronger, the other gets stronger too."

My eyes widened at this revelation. "Holy fuck dude! We can do so much this! I mean, if we both grow strong enough in our human form then we'd be able to kick it up into overdrive with our Gengar forms if the situation calls for it! And say what?! You managed to get some Ghost-type energy going already?! Damn, I didn't do that yet! So far, I've got most of the basic Ghostly superpowers down, but nothing that Ghost-type Pokemon can do! I think that I'll start working on that tomorrow; maybe you could teach me how to do some of that meditation you always go on about! I'm not really sure how well I'd do with that cuz… autistic brain, but I can at least try! Hell, it might be easier now that I'm more than human to!

Oh fuck! OH GOD! OH FUCK! OH GOD! It's already past 5 PM and I'm not even remotely tired! I have a feeling you and I are gonna be pulling a lot of all-nighters! Also, did you figure out how we might go about meeting each other in person?! My mom is home right now, so I'm gonna have to get creative; though usually if I tell her I'm going for a walk she doesn't protest. So I'll start using the excuse that I'm trying to get back into shape to cover my… time out on the town; muahahahaha!" I cackled while steeping my fingers together in a faux menacing tone.

Stephan grew a big smile on his face, which might as well be his default expression at this point, like any other Gengar. Though, since he was the mirror image of the pic he drew for the both of us, he looked a bit more appealing. Our smiles, no matter how large weren't like, 1/3rd of our bodies compared to normal Gengar.

"Yeah, I can teach you to do it. Actually, you don't specifically have to meditate. You have to try and Zen. It's the thing you do when you're on a tangent and you aren't thinking about what you're doing until you realize you're doing it. The real-life version of Ultra Instinct. I just traditionally meditated but you could do next to anything. Go for a jog, think about powers, listen to music, that kind of shit. I listened to instrumental music and meditated and I Zen'd.

Allllllso…! Dude, I don't think we need to sleep. I mean, I don't know how well that transfers to our human bodies but I know Ghost-types don't need to sleep. They just do it 'cause sleeping feels nice but I never heard of a ghost suffering from sleep deprivation. I think we can fly all through the night to meet each other if we wanted. I mean, you have all the time in the Omniverse and I, sad it may sound, still have to make time. Powers or no powers, I'm still in school and still have momentary responsibilities." He gained a thoughtful expression on his face. "Maybe….maybe I can somehow use my powers to cheat in math? No idea how I'm going to…." he then blinked and his smiled exploded again. "OH! I can make cheat sheets and turn them invisible! I'd be the only one who could see them, even if the teacher is looking at me!"

"Sounds like a plan mate! I've always been better at figuring this shit out as I go along anyways, so power to ya. We'll figure out what we need for now and work our way from there; also, I'm gonna start heading down to your location right now under the guise of a walk. Mom and Beezer will likely question where I've gone, but I'm a thinking this might be the beginnings of me planting suggestions in their mind that something is up. I don't wanna worry them unnecessarily of course, but I figure if I lay a few breadcrumbs here and there that they'll eventually start to get the hint and ask the right questions.

Besides, right now… my desire to see you in person honestly outweighs my human life; not that I don't love my family, but call me selfish for wanting to come see your ass for a bit. I bet if I push myself, I could make it there in decent time; especially if I fly over the whole of Lake Superior instead of taking the long road around. Fuck dude, I could also use that time to train a little bit; maybe see if my intangibility can hold up against a ton of water from the world's largest freshwater lake." I giggled excitedly, having always had dreams of flying over that damn lake to get to the US for some bizarre reason, and now I'd finally have the power to do that for real. My dreams were annoying with how they seemed to insistently portray the lake as something way smaller than what it was; taking me seconds to fly over the whole damn thing, but I'm sure the real deal would be far grander to see and float over. Plus, I could subtract so much time if I did that as opposed to going the highway route; not to mention I'd be even harder to track going this unconventional route. Ohh, fuck man… I couldn't wait!

Stephan, understanding friend he was, nodded. "I had a small experiment with something like that myself today. Flew over roads and buildings to massively subtract time to get to where I wanted to go and I'm surprised how much flying at even a slower speed than a car can get you to your location MUCH faster since you aren't limited to winding roads, speed limits, and the like. Hell, if you want, I can try and meet you halfway or I can just stay put here. I mean...you said that girl you fucked had a friend, right~?"

"Hehe, that I did my man~! You're more than welcome to meet me halfway and we can fly up to Canada together. We'll have to schedule it for when you have a weekend off or something so that we can disappear and reappear unnoticed. Saturday works for me because even though Mom and Beez are usually home I can skate by on the whole 'going for a walk around my big loop' excuse and they'll never even know I was gone anywhere else. That walk takes me at least an hour and a half to complete, but I could easily drag that time out because… as you said; I've got all the time in the world, and I can easily spin a story about where I've been for the past few hours.

I don't like having to lie to my mom and sister, but I'll do what I must for now and hope they won't kill me later. I'll show you some of the stuff I er… borrowed from the ATMs and stores when we meet, hehe. So, on any Saturday or weekend you think you could get away from your school without your roommates being any the wiser about where you've been. And then, I'll contact my girl and tell her to hook us up with her and her friend for some sexy time! HEHEHEHEHEHEHE~!"

Stephan, this time, bit his lower lip to keep himself composed. "Dude, let's do it this Saturday. THIS Saturday! I want so MUCH of what we're doing right now! I wanna see you, I wanna travel MORE than this small area around my school, wanna fuck bitches and get money, too! Let's DOOOOO this!"

"YEAH! THAT'S THE SPIRIT MAN! THIS SATURDAY IT IS~! WHOOOOOOOO~!" I screamed in response, my words intangible enough so that only Stephan could hear me. Fuck, I couldn't wait to get the ball rolling, and I wasn't planning on wasting my time either leading up to this Saturday. I was going to be balls-to-the-wall with my powers and learning how to use them… maybe find some more bitches for us to fuck while I was at it. I wouldn't mind getting it on with a nice carrot top; as that was the closest our world could get to having a legit pinkette.

"OH, YEAH! HEY, DID YOU LEARN ABOUT HOW INTANGIBLE WORDS DON'T PASS THROUGH AIR!?" Stephan yelled at me, floating around now. I nodded like a fucking bobble-head, too over-saturated with over excitement to manage much of a coherent response at this point.

"Yeah, I did… but I haven't really given much thought on what we could do with that as of yet. I was a bit preoccupied with so much of everything else! Still, I'll wager that shit is dead useful somehow!" I finally managed, my voice coming out as a hyperactive squeak… making me flush with embarrassment slightly as I cleared my throat.

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Junior: Hey, thanks for reading ya'll; I hope you enjoyed this as much as we enjoyed writing it. Be sure to drop us a review and tell us how we did! Oh, and no need to fret; we're not Gengar's so the shit we pulled in this chapter has not happened here on our Earth, or has it? Hehehehe. I'll let you all chew that one over. Take it away now DD! ;)

Dimension Distorter: See? Morally ambiguous. Hey, I was surprised when he fucked that girl too! You guys ain't the only ones but it was FANTASTIC to me! I honestly wish I thought of doing something like that but I was testing my powers and shit. You know, boring stuff. I HAVE to meet this friend of hers! Seriously though, I hope you guys enjoyed this TOTAL power trip. And yes, THIS is how you write a power trip the right way. You EXPRESS the crazy power you get and the cooky shit you can do, especially if the powers are something as reaching as a Gengar.

Oh, and to MY readers who don't know shit about the Ultra-Verse and all that, check out Junior's stories. They're nothing BUT that. Basically, the Ultra-Verse is somewhere that slaps Superboy and Superman Prime, Doomsday, Lucifer, fucking GOD himself, all of those guys as if they were knatts. Powers that shit out more powers and beings that are beyond our notion of, well, "being". The UV is intimidating as hell so it's NOT for the faint of heart but you'll get a TON more context with Junior's stories. I suggest checking them out. Anyway, I'm done with the speaking.

As per usual on all of my stories...Rest in pieces, bitches.

Ghost boys, OUT!