Thunderstarry: I would like to say a big thank you to Emerald Milotic, hazza123 and nishant for reviewing my first chapter.
Sparky: THANK YOU!!!
Thunderstarry: I guess Sparky wanted to say thank you too... #sweatdrops#
Sparky: Anyway, on with the fic!
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Chapter 2: The Tail Begins
I opened my eyes.
I'd woken up by the side of a long stretch of water. Judging by the smell, it was seawater, and I suddenly felt the urge to swim, so I stood up, flicked my tail, and...wait a minute...tail?!?
No, I thought. That's impossible. I can't have a tail. Humans don't have tails. So...the Game Boy...FireRed...WHAT THE FREAKING HECK IS GOING ON HERE? I yelled the last sentence, but, to my utter amazement, not one word of English had left my mouth. No...I whispered as I tried to talk again, but the only sound I could make was "Mudkip!"
This isn't scientifically possible... I muttered as I walked in a circle, musing on my sudden transformation as I had been doing for the past half hour. Whoever heard of people turning into Pokémon just because of a random error? It makes no sense...and where am I anyway? This doesn't look like my back garden. So that means...
I trailed off as I noticed that someone was standing right behind me. He was wearing a purple top with black trousers, he had brown, spiky hair and he was wearing a yin yang pendant. Which could only mean one thing.
AHHH!!! Gary!!! Runawayrunawayrunawayrunawayrunaway... I yelled, before I accidentally collided with his Umbreon, who put a paw on my tail and stopped me from running any further. Nice try, kid he said, before picking me up round the middle with his jaws and carrying me back to Gary. I had never felt so humiliated in all my life.
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"Hmmm...I'm not sure, Gary. I'll try e-mailing Professor Birch. I've never seen one of these in Kanto before..." Professor Oak trailed off as he stared at me. I had a strong urge to squirt his face to see if he blinked, but I didn't know Water Gun, so I merely stared back.
"I bet it doesn't even know any attacks," scoffed Gary. A couple of seconds later, he staggered backwards with a facefull of ice. Professor Oak gaped in shock, and I wondered why I had only just discovered that I knew Ice Beam. The computer in the corner suddenly beeped, shaking us out of our thoughts, and the Professor checked his inbox.
"Birch says it's a Mudkip," Oak called out.
"Oh," said Gary. "I wondered why it kept yelling "Mudkip!" while I was carrying it down here."
Oak, Gary's Umbreon and I facefaulted.
"Gary, why don't you make yourself useful and use this National Pokédex to find out what attacks it knows" muttered Oak.
"Sure thing, Gramps," said Gary as he picked up the 'dex and pointed it at me. He quickly read the screen and said: "It knows Growl, Ice Beam, Waterfall and Surf. Who'd have known that such a pathetic looking Pokémon..." Gary couldn't finish his sentence as I'd just given him another facefull of ice. Oak sweatdropped.
"I really don't think you should keep that Mudkip, Gary. Why don't I give it to another trainer as a starter? I'm out of Squirtles."
"Fine. See if I care," muttered Gary as he stormed out of the lab, his Umbreon at his side.