The Big Switch
By a lot of people
Dessa's note: Ya know, as I'm re-reading this and getting it ready to upload, I realize how badly our writing styles mesh, and that some of our word usages are corny... maybe someday I'll completely re-write this (and the others) in my own style, to make it flow better... oh well, the story's still good. Also, part of the "backpack" scene is missing. I think it was part of what I deleted from the story, because it made no sense...
Chapter 6
Chan awoke to furious shaking.
Wake up! Myuu said. We're back in our own bodies and we need to escape!
Chan groaned as he tried to move.
"I'm too tired," he said dizzily.
"Doesn't matter anyway," a voice said. "You're not going anywhere. You can't escape me. Dessa has already learned that, Chan. Call your Myuu back into its pokeball."
Chan reluctantly obeyed the order when he felt a sharp pain in his head. Once he did what he was told, the pain went away.
"I have control of you," the man explained. "That's what I was trying to do when I attacked you earlier."
Chan opened his eyes. He saw a young man with dark hair.
"Who are you?" he asked weakly trying to sit up.
"Brandon Savid," the man replied after a moment of silence.
"Don't bother asking him what he wants, Chan. I already tried," Dessa said.
Chan looked around. He saw Sailor Pluto and Dessa on the other side of the cabin that they were in.
"Where are the others?" he asked.
"I don't know. I imagine they're probably waking up about now," Brandon said. "Of course without you, who knows how they'll find us."
"If you only wanted me and Dessa, why'd you switch the others' bodies too?"
"To create confusion and to hide my intentions."
Brandon was enjoying the questioning with Chan. Chan wasn't getting anywhere with it and it was tiring him out too.
"You need some more rest," Brandon told Chan. "I don't know why, but you haven't gotten a lot of rest lately. I would have thought that you would have collapsed from exhaustion by now."
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Meanwhile, the others were waking up.
"I feel dizzy," Satoshi complained.
"Hey, we're back in our own bodies!" Kasumi said with relief.
"Um.. we have a slight problem... Chan, Myuu, and Sailor Pluto are missing, as well as CA's Ponyta," Takeshi pointed out.
Vulpix and Pikachu were sniffing around the area put could find no trace of their missing companions.
"What happened?" Melissa asked.
"I don't know. We were following Dessa's trail and then all of the sudden we blacked out," Kasumi recalled.
"Well, that's informative," Angelica said. "I'm wondering how we passed out."
"Good question," Takeshi said nodding his head.
he group walked around aimlessly for a few minutes before stopping to argue over what had happened to their three companions and which path to take.
*******
As soon as everyone was able, Brandon ordered them on their feet. They began to walk through the forest, and the farther they got, the thicker it became. When they took a short break, Dessa approached Brandon.
"Please, tell us what this is all about."
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"Is that why you kidnapped me? Kidnapped us? Because you thought that we wouldn't believe you? You're talking to a girl who lived her life until she was 16 and then she found out that she was a Pokémon!! What is this all about?"
"A thousand years ago, around the same time as the destruction of the Moon Kingdom, the earth was almost destroyed as well. A device was built to save the earth, and it kept the Earth safe from similar occurrences. Somehow, that device was opened, and only the world's most powerful psychics stand even a little chance. Since you and Chan are at least related to Pokémon, you're stronger than even me, and since you are from the Moon also, I figured you'd be able to do it."
"Is that all? I thought it was something important." Chan laughed weakly.
"Dessa, you make jokes at the weirdest times," he grinned.
Dessa shrugged, "That wasn't a joke, Chan."
Chan laughed anyway. Brandon looked confused for a moment.
"But Chan is weaker than me," Dessa commented thoughtfully.
Brandon had a creepy smirk on his face that sent chills running down Chan's spine.
"I have an idea... and it will work," he said.
"Oh?" Dessa asked.
"Uh huh. But I'm not going to tell you just yet," Brandon said.
"Good. I don't think I want to know," Chan said.
"Chan!" Dessa scolded.
*******
Kasumi was chasing Melissa around trying to get her backpack back.
"Um, I though we were supposed to be looking for Chan, Pluto, and Dessa. Not to mention CA's Ponyta," Takeshi said as he stepped in between Kasumi and Melissa. "Give Kasumi back her backpack."
Melissa did, though reluctantly.
"Thank you. Now quit picking fights with each other. Melissa, did you see something?"
"Yeah," Melissa nodded. "There's hoof prints on the ground over here. Whoever did this must have used Ponyta to carry the unconscious bodies."
"I could have told you that!" Kasumi said.
The two girls growled at each other and were about to start fist fighting when Takeshi stepped in between them again.
"What is with you two?" he asked.
"Do we want to know?" Angelica asked.
"Probably not," Satoshi replied.
"Are they actually Ponyta's hoofprints?" CA asked.
Melissa looked at the prints once more and nodded. "Those are definitely Ponyta's."
"Wait until I get my hands around that guys neck," CA growled.
"I got an idea. Let's find them first and figure out why this guy is doing this before we ring anyone's neck," Takeshi said.
"Pika!" Pikachuu agreed.
The others nodded and the group set off following the hoof prints.
*******
Angelina was ahead of the group. Takeshi was in between Melissa and Kasumi trying to keep them from fighting, with Satoshi and the other pokémon trailing behind. Soon, she came to a fork in the path. She took the left one on a hunch and came across more Ponyta footprints. She followed them for awhile before looking back to ask Takeshi a question.
No one there.
"Guys?" she called. "Takeshi? Kasumi?"
No response. It was getting dark out now and she really didn't want to be in the woods by herself at night. Deciding that they would probably figure out their mistake she camped just off the path where she hoped that no bad guys would see her.
*******
Original # of parts: 4
Dessa's note: Ya know, as I'm re-reading this and getting it ready to upload, I realize how badly our writing styles mesh, and that some of our word usages are corny... maybe someday I'll completely re-write this (and the others) in my own style, to make it flow better... oh well, the story's still good. Also, part of the "backpack" scene is missing. I think it was part of what I deleted from the story, because it made no sense...
Chapter 6
Chan awoke to furious shaking.
Wake up! Myuu said. We're back in our own bodies and we need to escape!
Chan groaned as he tried to move.
"I'm too tired," he said dizzily.
"Doesn't matter anyway," a voice said. "You're not going anywhere. You can't escape me. Dessa has already learned that, Chan. Call your Myuu back into its pokeball."
Chan reluctantly obeyed the order when he felt a sharp pain in his head. Once he did what he was told, the pain went away.
"I have control of you," the man explained. "That's what I was trying to do when I attacked you earlier."
Chan opened his eyes. He saw a young man with dark hair.
"Who are you?" he asked weakly trying to sit up.
"Brandon Savid," the man replied after a moment of silence.
"Don't bother asking him what he wants, Chan. I already tried," Dessa said.
Chan looked around. He saw Sailor Pluto and Dessa on the other side of the cabin that they were in.
"Where are the others?" he asked.
"I don't know. I imagine they're probably waking up about now," Brandon said. "Of course without you, who knows how they'll find us."
"If you only wanted me and Dessa, why'd you switch the others' bodies too?"
"To create confusion and to hide my intentions."
Brandon was enjoying the questioning with Chan. Chan wasn't getting anywhere with it and it was tiring him out too.
"You need some more rest," Brandon told Chan. "I don't know why, but you haven't gotten a lot of rest lately. I would have thought that you would have collapsed from exhaustion by now."
*******
Meanwhile, the others were waking up.
"I feel dizzy," Satoshi complained.
"Hey, we're back in our own bodies!" Kasumi said with relief.
"Um.. we have a slight problem... Chan, Myuu, and Sailor Pluto are missing, as well as CA's Ponyta," Takeshi pointed out.
Vulpix and Pikachu were sniffing around the area put could find no trace of their missing companions.
"What happened?" Melissa asked.
"I don't know. We were following Dessa's trail and then all of the sudden we blacked out," Kasumi recalled.
"Well, that's informative," Angelica said. "I'm wondering how we passed out."
"Good question," Takeshi said nodding his head.
he group walked around aimlessly for a few minutes before stopping to argue over what had happened to their three companions and which path to take.
*******
As soon as everyone was able, Brandon ordered them on their feet. They began to walk through the forest, and the farther they got, the thicker it became. When they took a short break, Dessa approached Brandon.
"Please, tell us what this is all about."
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"Is that why you kidnapped me? Kidnapped us? Because you thought that we wouldn't believe you? You're talking to a girl who lived her life until she was 16 and then she found out that she was a Pokémon!! What is this all about?"
"A thousand years ago, around the same time as the destruction of the Moon Kingdom, the earth was almost destroyed as well. A device was built to save the earth, and it kept the Earth safe from similar occurrences. Somehow, that device was opened, and only the world's most powerful psychics stand even a little chance. Since you and Chan are at least related to Pokémon, you're stronger than even me, and since you are from the Moon also, I figured you'd be able to do it."
"Is that all? I thought it was something important." Chan laughed weakly.
"Dessa, you make jokes at the weirdest times," he grinned.
Dessa shrugged, "That wasn't a joke, Chan."
Chan laughed anyway. Brandon looked confused for a moment.
"But Chan is weaker than me," Dessa commented thoughtfully.
Brandon had a creepy smirk on his face that sent chills running down Chan's spine.
"I have an idea... and it will work," he said.
"Oh?" Dessa asked.
"Uh huh. But I'm not going to tell you just yet," Brandon said.
"Good. I don't think I want to know," Chan said.
"Chan!" Dessa scolded.
*******
Kasumi was chasing Melissa around trying to get her backpack back.
"Um, I though we were supposed to be looking for Chan, Pluto, and Dessa. Not to mention CA's Ponyta," Takeshi said as he stepped in between Kasumi and Melissa. "Give Kasumi back her backpack."
Melissa did, though reluctantly.
"Thank you. Now quit picking fights with each other. Melissa, did you see something?"
"Yeah," Melissa nodded. "There's hoof prints on the ground over here. Whoever did this must have used Ponyta to carry the unconscious bodies."
"I could have told you that!" Kasumi said.
The two girls growled at each other and were about to start fist fighting when Takeshi stepped in between them again.
"What is with you two?" he asked.
"Do we want to know?" Angelica asked.
"Probably not," Satoshi replied.
"Are they actually Ponyta's hoofprints?" CA asked.
Melissa looked at the prints once more and nodded. "Those are definitely Ponyta's."
"Wait until I get my hands around that guys neck," CA growled.
"I got an idea. Let's find them first and figure out why this guy is doing this before we ring anyone's neck," Takeshi said.
"Pika!" Pikachuu agreed.
The others nodded and the group set off following the hoof prints.
*******
Angelina was ahead of the group. Takeshi was in between Melissa and Kasumi trying to keep them from fighting, with Satoshi and the other pokémon trailing behind. Soon, she came to a fork in the path. She took the left one on a hunch and came across more Ponyta footprints. She followed them for awhile before looking back to ask Takeshi a question.
No one there.
"Guys?" she called. "Takeshi? Kasumi?"
No response. It was getting dark out now and she really didn't want to be in the woods by herself at night. Deciding that they would probably figure out their mistake she camped just off the path where she hoped that no bad guys would see her.
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Original # of parts: 4