Curse of a Murkrow

Chapter 2

Hello peoples! I would like to thank Fuwa2 Kyara, Spirit of the Sky and Farla for reviewing the story. I know it's just three reviews but I'm getting there. I might have some proofreading to do but I'm getting there. I'll try to correct the story once I figure out what the problem is. Enjoy this chapter!

Recap from last chapter

I felt the heat and warmth of the water beginning to calm me but when I wanted to lift my leg, I couldn't. I felt that my legs were tied together then when I lift both my leg up, something surprised me and I yelled:

"WHAT THE HELL!"

End of Recap

Mizu's P.O.V

"I can't believe it! What's going on!" I thought as I panicked about the new appearance of my legs.

Now I know why I couldn't lift up my legs, my legs have turned into mermaid tails! (A/N: I know, it's a bit weird but just bare with me ok? Knew you won't be expecting this!)

"Mizu, is anything wrong?"

I gasped and turned to the door.

"Nothing mom!" I quickly replied.

"Then what was the yell we heard from outside?" she asked me.

"Uh………….the hot water was just on and it was hot so I screamed." I replied.

"Ok, but if you need help, don't hesitate to call me ok?" my mother said.

"Ok, whatever you say!" I said.

It was quiet and I heard her footsteps going down the stairs.

"Woah, that was close…" I whispered. "But what am I gonna do with these tails?"

I tried to get up but ended up falling in the tub.

"Man, what did I do to deserve this?" I thought as I tried to get out once again but this time, I wrapped a towel around me and dragged myself out of the tub. Once I got out, something surprised me, my tails vanished and my legs are back.

"Huh, how did that happen?" I said and put both my legs back in the water.

When both my legs were in the water, the mermaid fin replaced my legs.

"I see, they only appear when put my legs underwater……but does it have to be me?" I cried.

"But how did it happen?" I thought as I put my hand in my untied long black hair. I thought for a moment and suddenly, I knew what happened! "It's the grey Murkrow's fault! It must have been the curse that Ms. Lee was talking about."

I quickly got changed and went downstairs. I saw my mother cleaning up the table. I went to her and asked:

"Mom, if you saw a grey Murkrow at night and you get a curse, how do you break the curse?"

My mother looked at me with surprise and said:

"Well, if you really want to know, there's this orb called the Wishing Bell somewhere in the Arcturus Region so if you get it, it can break curses. But you have to ask for it to break your curse."

"Ok mom, thanks!" I quickly replied and ran upstairs.

"Your welcome I guess." she said and continued to work.

When I got upstairs, I quickly went to bed, wondering about how am I gonna get past my journey with this curse.

Next Day in Evo Town

"Mizu, you better wake up or you'll be late for getting your first pokemon!"

I groaned as I slid off my bed and walked to the washroom. I brushed my teeth and quickly changed. While I was running down the stairs, I stumbled on it and landed on the floor.

"Flare?"

I looked up and saw our family pet Flareon. It's another stage for an Eevee. It's orange and yellow fur has always been my mother's favourite. At night, she would snuggle close to Flareon because of his warmth and its fluffy fur. This is the only pokemon that we keep in our house.

"Hey Flareon, how are you boy?" I asked as I petted him.

"Flare, flareon!" Flareon replied.

I walked to the breakfast table and grabbed my backpack and some food. So finally, I'm off to my pokemon journey! I walked out the door and before I left the gate...

"Mizu, wait!"

I turned around to see my father holding a pokeball in his hands and running towards me.

"What's up dad?" I said while holding my hands on my hip.

"Here Mizu, take this Espeon that you used yesterday against the goons." he said while handing me the pokeball.

"But why dad?" I asked him.

"It's because we know that you will do your best to make us proud so we're giving you this Espeon as a gift and a good luck pokemon." he replied while giving me a hug.

"Uh...thanks dad." I said with a beat red face.

"Ok, so now go and get your first pokemon." he said while raising his fist to the sky.

"Yeah and I promise you that I'll do my best." I said and I turned around and left the center.

Prof. Maple's Lab

Once I got to the lab, I rung the doorbell and waited for her to open the door. When she did, Prof. Maple brought me to the same room where the three starter pokemon were. When I got there, I saw a boy around my height. He had a blue bandana around his head and his brown hair was sticking up. He wore a blue vest with a white shirt underneath. The boy had baggy dark blue pants with a white strip on the side.

"Mizu, I would like you to meet Taito Yui. He's starting his pokemon journey today so I'll let you two have a chat while I get ready your starter pokemon." Prof. Maple said.

"Yes Prof. Maple." both of us replied at the same time.

When she left, both of us took a seat. Before I got to the seat, he helped me pull the seat out and I sat down and he pushed the chair in for me.

"Thanks Taito, well, I'm Mizu Kunisaki. I chose an Eevee for a starter pokemon because my parents run a breeding center just down this street so I'm familiar with them." I said.

He was quiet for a bit and then he looked surprised

"Oh, so you're that Mizu Kunisaki that my parents told me about. Well, it seems that my parents work at the breeding center that your parents opened." he replied while smiling.

"Really? What a surprise. So what did you choose for your starter pokemon?" I asked him.

"I chose the same thing as you. I was thinking of choosing a Squirtle in the beginning but I always had an interest in Umbreon." he replied.

"I see, well, I got an Espeon as a gift from my parents before I left the breeding center." I said while taking out the pokeball from my belt.

"Wow, an Espeon. Do you mind if I take a look at it?" Taito asked me.

"Sure, why not. I choose you, Espeon!" I cried and I threw the pokeball in the air.

Espeon emerged from the pokeball in a white light and shook her head. She must be glad to let out of the pokeball. Taito walked towards Espeon and gently patted her head. Espeon sat down while letting Taito pet her. Looks like she really enjoys it.

"Wow, this Espeon is well breed. Your parents are really good at taking care of these pokemons. I really should get a chance to go there and take a look." he said.

"Well, once we come back from our journey, you can come and visit." I said while tossing the pokeball up and down.

"When you said 'we', does it mean we're traveling together?" Taito asked.

"Of course silly, you else would I be talking to?" I asked him with a hint of laughter.

"Yes, of course, I would be happy to travel with you." Taito said.

After we were done talking, Prof. Maple came in with 12 pokeballs and two pokedex.

"Ok, here are the items you need for catching pokemons." she said while handing out the pokeballs to us. "And the pokedex for collecting data on the pokemons you see."

She handed out the items we need and soon, we left the lab and on our way to become the best trainers in Evo Town!

Evo Forest

"Wow, how do expect us to get past this forest?" I whined.

"Don't worry, I have an idea!" he said. "I choose you, Eevee!"

Taito's Eevee came out of the pokeball and walked towards Taito and rubbed it's head on his leg.

"Aww, how cute, your Eevee already likes you." I said.

"Yeah, and I found out that Eevee's have a good hearing in forests, so I decided to use him." Taito said. "Ok Eevee, do your job."

Taito's Eevee raised his ears and stood quiet for a while. Then I decided to use my pokemon so I called:

"Go Eevee and Espeon!"

Both of my pokemon emerged from their pokeball and shook there head.

"Man, I'm so glad to be out of the pokeball."

I was shocked to hear a voice so I turned to Taito and asked:

"Did you say something Taito?"

He looked at me with confusion.

"Nope, why you ask?" he asked me.

"Well, I just heard someone said they are glad to be out of the pokeball." I replied.

"Um...Mizu, that was me."

I looked down at my pokemon and saw that my Eevee was talking to me, in English!

"What! Ok, I'm going crazy; I just imagined that my Eevee talked in English..." I said.

"It's because I did Mizu. I can talk in English." my Eevee replied.

Both I and Taito looked at my Eevee with shock and I said:

"How did that happen? Pokemon are not suppose to be able to talk!" I yelled.

"Look Mizu, let's talk about this later. First let's just find a way out of this forest." Eevee said.

"Alright, but how?" I asked them.

The plan Taito thought of was not working so well. I thought this was going to be a problem. When I turned around to look at my pokemons, I found out that Espeon was missing.

"Hey, where did Espeon go?" I asked Taito.

"Uh...I thought she was with you." Taito replied.

"Oh no, what happened to her?" I started to panic and run around.

Just then, I tripped on something and I saw that I was on top of my Espeon.

"Hey Espeon, where did you go?" I said as I got up from her.

She started talking to Eevee and after she was finished, Eevee turned to us and said:

"Well, it looks like Espeon found us a way out."

"Really, but how? This is forest to so big, she can't go around this whole forest so fast." I cried.

"She told us to follow her so I suggest you do or you'll never get out of this forest." Eevee said and ran to where Espeon is.

In a flash, Espeon ran ahead of us and waited for us to catch up. This, of course, surprised both me and Taito.

"But, how, what! What did your parents feed her? She's so fast!" Taito exclaimed.

"Nothing, the same food that they always feed them." I replied and caught up to Espeon.

While we were walking, a small, yellow pokemon with long ears came out of the bush and stared at us with sparks coming out of its cheeks.

"Oh wow, it's a Pikachu!" I squealed.

"Well, how about catching it? If you like it so much, just catch it." Taito said.

"Okay, get ready Pikachu because in a few minutes, you will be mine!"

Replying reviews:

Fuwa2 Kyara: Thank you so much! You're my first reviewer! I'll try to continue it! But it will be kind of funny if a pokemon did get her legs! XD Thanks for the encouragement!

Spirit of the Sky: I'm so happy! Thank you! I will definitely continue this story. Thanks for your encouragement too!

Farla: This is indeed a very long review of suggestions and I'll try to keep most of the points in mind. I'm not very good in grammar so I'm slightly behind the grade level of writing and proofreading but I will try to get it right the next time. And thanks for the suggestions.