I don't own Pokémon.
This is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this fanfiction are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Hello! Satoru Taiyo here! I'm here with a new story, and I'm going to try my best on this one! I hope you enjoy it. This is technically a redo and rewrite of Welcome to a world called Earth, but starring the same character with a name change. Warning for some language.
I just wanted you to know, this is inspired by 2 FanFiction's(mostly the latter one) I've read. I really like Pokémon stories that take place in our own world.
The First one I read about 8 years ago. It's a dead fic, but it's cool nonetheless. "Switched Identities" is its name, by Roleplay4life. It's about a girl from Nebraska named Christine who is turned into a Mewtwo one morning. It takes place in the real world too! However, there's only one of each Pokémon in the world. It takes place in 2006, if I remember.
The second one is "30 Percent" by Jackboy0815. It's about a boy from Pennsylvania named Jack. One morning he is transformed into an Umbreon along with 30 percent(hence the story title) of the human population of earth in 2019. It's very interesting, so you should read both of these if you like this.
This story also takes place in a setting with multiple stories called the PercentVerse Created back on June 6th of 2020. If this story interests you, Please give the others a read! There is also a Discord server too! And here's an infinite invite: SBubUd8mJj
Sorry if it doesn't work.
Enjoy!
Part 1: Advent of the Elements.
Chapter 1: The tale of having many tails
August 21st, 2019.
It was just a regular Wednesday morning, or so I thought as I opened my eyes. This bliss wouldn't last..
I heard the alarm clock go off. The radio started to play; I had forgotten to turn it off last night. I wasn't doing much work outside today and now I've woken up early.
I didn't realize how close I was to the edge of my bed as I went to reach for the nightstand to slam the off button. I felt thrown off as I noticed that my vision was clearer than I remembered. I wear glasses and my right eye absolutely sucks, resulting in me having a thick slab of a glass lense on my glasses While the other one is thin.
I also thought it was weird that my nose wasn't stuffy--I was a bit sick at the moment… But that didn't matter because I just wanted to go back to sleep.
"Ahh!" I fell off my bed. I blinked, confused. 'What the… why's everything so much bigger?' I went to stand up, but I immediately fell onto my butt. I yelped in pain when I landed, feeling as if I twisted my leg and squeezed it at the same time, but several times at once.
But it wasn't my leg that was twisted though. "Argh! Shit, that hurts so much." I rolled onto my front, which alleviated the pain. When I noticed that I had paws instead of hands, I nearly screamed.
I pulled out of my shirt, as it was too big on me now. 'No, no, no. What's happening to me? I'm dreaming, right? Yeah, that's it, I've got to be dreaming.'.
I attempted to stand but I couldn't, something happened to the shape of my legs. I was forced on all fours.
I saw myself in the mirror, yet it wasn't exactly me. I was a literal Ninetales, covered in tan hair, or should I say fur. My eyes were red. What I had sat on was a tail… no, two.. no.. nine of them!
I was absolutely bewildered about all of this; I looked completely different than I did when I fell asleep last night. I saw in my closet mirror, I was a Ninetales!
What happened to me? Holy crap, oh god oh shit.. No, I gotta pull myself together! C'mon Joule, pull yourself together!
Then, I heard a scream.
"Ahhh! What happened to me?!...". My mother's voice rang from across the hall, it was loud although still muffled by walls. … Did the same thing happen to her? Is Mom a Ninetales too?... god I'm so worried, I don't have a clue what's causing this, but I need to make sure my mother is ok!
"Mom!". I screamed at the top of my lungs.
"Joule? Is that you?!". I heard scratching, like a dog with doors.
"Yeah! Mom! Something happened to me!".
I heard my mother scrabble some more until she spoke again.
"Joule, can you get my door open?.."
I nosed my door open, as I hadn't shut it, and wobbled down the hallway to the last door, facing away from my room, the walls were a pale slate color, and no lights were on. At least it was morning so it wasn't too hard to see.
"I'm here! Mom!". I swiftly lost my balance as I tapped on the door with my… paw… I guess that's what I have now, no hands. I hit the floor with a thud.
"Joule, I'm on the other side of the door, I can't open the door". Mom was fumbling with the doorknob. I got back up and put my hands, paws.. on the doorknob, at least I could reach it, Ninetales is like.. over 3 feet tall?
Pushing down on the doorknob, I flew forwards with it as I locked eyes with a creature. It was a..black dog, or fox looking creature that had light blue rings on its forehead and legs, ears and tail too!
"M..Mom?". My mother was an Umbreon, and a shiny one to boot...
"Joule?.. you're.. we're.. weird animals?". The Umbreon struggled to stand on all fours, as she stared at me.
"Yeah… I guess so.. Mom. We're Pokémon".
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"So… what you're telling me is that we're video game animals?". Mom was very confused.
"Yeah… you're an Umbreon, and I'm a Ninetales ". I really didn't know how I should feel, Pokémon is one of my most favorite things, so I should be happy or even excited. Yeah it exists now, as I am a Ninetales. But should I be scared? What's gonna happen when other people find out?
"An Umb-what? I'm an Umbree..on?". My mother pointed at me, I looked into her eyes. She was definitely worried, she obviously expected me to know what's going on the moment I said Pokémon.
"U-M-B-R-E-O-N, Umbreon, that's what you are". I spelled it out for her.
"Ok. Umbreon. Why?".
"I don't know, I'm just as confused as you". I shook my head. I walked out of the room, back into the hallway. What am I supposed to do?.. we're Pokémon for some reason, I don't know if this is a dream or not, and what'll happen when someone finds us? Will we be experimented on?... that would suck. But the government would probably be freaked out by fictional animals suddenly existing.
"Mom, I don't know what to do…". I, a 19 year old man, am scared. I want to just lay down, and so I did. I just walked into my room and laid down on the carpeted floor.
I looked up at the dresser, it was a mahogany color, on it was a computer tower which Didn't work at the moment, I haven't been able to use it because it was a gift from a late relative And everyone had forgotten the password.
Next to the dresser was a desk which had an early 2000s tube TV on it, I liked watching VHS cassettes. I could see to my right, as I wanted to lay on my bed under the blankets, my bed was on stands almost like a bunk bed, covered in blankets.
A few Pokémon plushies, a blue kepi(a hat worn by soldiers in the 1800s, mainly French army and the Union and Confederate armies of the USA during the American Civil War) were on the end of the bed. and a few books and video game systems scattered along the foot of it. I sat there looking around for several minutes, before getting bored, and I decided to find something to do.
I nosed my favorite hat off my desk so I could attempt to wear it. I tried to get the almost Mohawk-like hair on my head to ponytail through the back of the hat, but the ears were uncomfortable from getting flattened, I had to use my teeth to loosen the back, and it wasn't a SnapBack. At least it fits on my head. Using paws instead of hands kinda sucks. But I guess I can live as a Ninetales, maybe.
"Hey Joule! I can't get a signal, I think the power in the whole area is down!". My train of thought was interrupted. Mom must be attempting to use her phone. I heard her paw nails clacking on the floor, as she went into the kitchen. "I don't see any lights at the neighbors houses!". She exclaimed.
The nearest neighbors were like 10 minute walks away and could be seen in the distance.
I went out, balancing my hat on my head. "Power must've went out in the whole area, and the food in the fridge must be going bad now…, hey, maybe.. I'll go outside to find a better signal, and I'll try and call Pearl". Pearl is my younger sister, she's 17 and goes to school in the nearby town. I hope she's ok
"Ok, I'm gonna walk up the road to call Pearl, I'll be back soon". I packed my phone and a stylus into my bag and looked at mom one more time before walking to the door.
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With my tan shoulder bag slung over my neck and my phone inside, I stepped outside. My bag was a light tand color with a red circle and white cross, basically a WWI British medic bag.
It was incredibly hard to get the front door open, but I managed it. It wasn't very sunny today, and it looked like it would rain soon, so I decided I would speed up. I'd find a connection and attempt to call my sister. At the end of the slanted driveway was a gravel road, potholes here and there.
The rocks were rather uncomfortable and my new… paw pads, it felt weird describing myself with foreign limbs and such. Saying "my paw pads, my tails", confused my brain until it realized it was a Pokémon now.
As I trudged up another road where I was sure I'd get a connection, my phone blared an alarm all of a sudden. This was when I first noted the time as I looked at it, using my mouth, nose, and paws to move it over my bag. It was 9:16 AM. The beeping startled me, I wondered if anyone else heard it?
Then I saw the notification…
AN UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENON IS IN PROGRESS. ALL CITIZENS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE, THE TELEPHONE IS TO BE KEPT OPEN FOR EMERGENCY USE.
"What… oh my.. god…". An emergency? What happened? Does it have to do with me and mom becoming a Pokémon?
There was a second notification sent about 30 minutes after the first one;
A NATIONAL EMERGENCY IS IN PROGRESS. MANY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN CHANGED INTO CREATURES OF UNKNOWN SPECIES. DO NOT PANIC. REPEAT, DO NOT PANIC. ALL CITIZENS, REMAIN IN YOUR HOMES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. MARTIAL LAW IS IN EFFECT, DO NOT INTERFERE WITH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN YOUR AREA.
"Wait a m.. minute…". I felt my heart jump, cold washing over me. I saw notifications from my sister. Pearl. She was worried and said she couldn't contact mom. Using my stylus which I inserted in my mouth, I put in my password, and turned off using my password to unlock. I didn't want to have to deal with that every time I opened it.
I pressed the call button and waited about.. maybe 20 seconds if I was correct. I was relieved when I found a familiar voice enter my ears. It was Pearl.
"Joule! Are you ok?".
-End Chapter-