Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon in anyway shape or form, all rights are reserved to Nintendo.
A/N: Hey everybody new chapter out, I would like to thank everyone for reviews and reading this story it does mean a lot, now I read in reviews that there were some spelling mistakes and grammar issues, I know there will always be stuff that I miss when going over the story so I'm sorry about that hopefully in time it will be perfect but until then enjoy.
Mark and I walk into Professor Oak's Lab, I haven't been back here since my father died, just the very thought made me want to walk right out, but there is no time to think about the past right now, as I have a big problem to talk about with the good Professor.
Mark and I waited at the front room of the lab for the Professor to show up, we waited half an hour until he walked in giving us a wave and a smile.
"Hello you two, sorry it took me so long to get here but I had problems with some Cubone that wouldn't let me near them for a study, but I solved the problem... sort of" Oak sheepishly said staring at Mark and I, but he soon became serious as he remembered why we are here, "I heard about what happened to you two days ago Sora, are you ok?".
"I'm fine Professor, I was wondering if I could talk to you, alone" I asked. Mark raised an eyebrow and started to stare at me thinking why alone, "Mark is that ok with you?" I went on saying.
"Er... Sure, I got a few errands to do anyway, I will be back later today, ok?" Mark replied.
"Ok" I said as Mark waved goodbye to me and the Professor and headed out, "Professor, is there somewhere private we can talk?" before I even got here I was planning on telling the Professor about what is happening to me but not where others can walk in and see me.
"Sure Sora, follow me" Oak guided me me down the hall, we passed many rooms and the way, most of which were testing rooms and others small medical bays just in case something happened, at the end of the hall was another room this one we went into, it had monitors and computer equipment all over the place with other machines around but I have no knowledge of what they do, the room itself was big if it wasn't for all the stuff inside. Oak stopped in front of a desk and turned to face me, "So you want to talk about what happened the other day?".
"Yes" I said nervously, "What do you know about Team Horizon?" I thought I would open up with this, if he didn't know who they were then no harm done but if he did then I want to know who they are. The Professor looked in shock at how I knew this name.
"Were these the people that attacked you?" Oak slowly said leaning against the desk.
"Yeah they said that they were looking for you, they also said they were your friends" I Thought back to that day, "I knew they were lying and I knew they were up to no good so I tried to stop them, and with the help of Tom we did drive them off" the professor closed his eyes for a minute to think, he soon looked at me with a depressing look.
"I'm sorry Sora, I didn't mean for you to get hurt in this nonsense" Oak said, leaving me confused.
"You mean you know who they are?" I asked.
"Yes" Oak got off the desk and walked around the room, "It was years ago but I know them, they wanted my help in their research in turning humans in Pokemon so they can get their hands on rare and powerful Pokemon for their own needs" Oak said, but he lost me at human Pokemon, with those words alone made my heart sink, "I didn't know it then, they told me they were trying to cure some kind of Pokemon disease and asked me for samples of DNA testing that I was working on, it took me a year to find out what they were up to and I soon broke off contact with them, with out my help there research would be put back years, if they were coming for me now it must mean they wanted something" Oak said nervously and turned to look at me but all he found was a scared kid fearing for his life.
"Professor... I..." I stopped, 'I can't do this!' I thought, I'm so scared right now that I can't even talk, 'These people did something to me that turned me into a Pokemon and they might be looking for me as I speak'.
"You ok Sora, was it my story, I'm sorry I do ramble on sometimes?" Oak walked up to me and put his hand on my shoulder, "They won't be coming after you anymore, don't worry everything will be fine" but he doesn't know what happen to me when we were fighting, but if I want to get back to normal I'm going to need the Professor's help.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that Professor" I said, he gave me a look that almost stopped me from showing him but I forced myself to, I unzipped up jacket and took it off, the Professor looked at me with wide eyes, I could of died right then that look is something that I never wanted to see again, he was just staring at my long black pointed ears and my bushy tail.
"Sora... what is this, I don't understand?" Oak seems even more confused than I did back home.
I swallowed and breathed in deeply, "When... when I was fighting those Team Horizon guys, one of them got really mad and pulled out a syringe... then stabbed me and injected me with some kind of liquid I started to cry knowing that my life is never going to be the same, Oak just didn't know what to say, he has never been in a situation like this before, he just looked at me with a concerned look, "And now I look like this".
"It's ok Sora, we will find a cure, everything will be okay" Oak said, I couldn't stop crying but I manage to look at him, "But they will be after you soon enough, they won't let there first test subject run off" I just looked at him thinking if he is trying to cheer me up or make me even more scared.
"But if they came for you then wouldn't that mean that this was meant for you?" I Manage to say under my salty tears.
"Yes if you didn't try and stop them then I would be what you are right now and not you" Oak just looked away, thinking, "You can't stay, they will find you here and once word of this gets out I'm afraid you will have more than just Team Horizon after you, Team Rocket might take an interest in this, you will need to leave Pallet tonight".
His words just shocked me, "Leave Pallet, but my whole life has been here, I only left to go into the forest and that's it and you want me to leave for good!" I was starting to be more angry than shocked, "What about Mark and Marry how am I going to tell them what's going on, and what about Tom..." I stop myself from saying anymore, how was I going to tell my best friend, my brother, that I was going to turn into a Pokemon, that I'm going to leave home and never be able to see him again, "I don't think I can do it..." I started to cry even more when I thought about it.
"I'm sorry Sora but this is how it must be" I looked at him, I manage to stop myself crying just so I could hear the Professor talk to me, "I'm going to leave soon as well" he said, I just looked at him, didn't he say that he was going to work on a cure for me, "I'm going to head over to Cinnabar Island and work in the lab there, Team Horizon will be looking for me as well and I wouldn't be able to help you if Team Horizon get me" he was right, if he was going to help me then he will need to go into hiding, "Sora I will need to take some samples from you so I can study them when I go".
"You mean like blood?" I said nervously.
"Hair and skin samples as well, maybe some fur samples as well" Oak said, fur samples, now that really did make me feel sad, "And judging by your ears and tail you seem to be an Umbreon" he finished saying while walking to get some syringes for the samples and returned.
"An Umbreon, Never heard of it".
"Well it is kind of a rare Pokemon in the wild and around people, it's an evolution of Eevee, I'm trying to think of why you are turning into one out of all the different types out there" the Professor said while drawing blood from my arm.
"Ouch!" I yelped in pain, my ears went back and my tail started to wave around the place when that needle took some blood and left my arm, it is clear that the Professor only knows how to work with Pokemon.
"Sorry" he said, going around behind me to try and get some fur samples from my tail but it was moving to fast for him to get anything, "Er... Sora can you control that thing so I can get some fur".
"Um... I can try" I stood there trying to calm down, trying to let everything go, trying to think of a good time, I opened my eyes and looked behind me to see my tail still waving behind me furiously, I sighed and tried again this time I thought about Tom and I playing with our Pokemon in the backyard, having a good time and training them to be there best, it was one of the best times I can remember, soon enough my ears perked back up and my tail slowed down long enough for the Professor to get some fur, "Ouch!" again I get hurt by this man, this is not my day.
"There I'm all set with the samples, now take this", Oak went to the other side of the room and grabbed an object from the table and returned, "This is a Pokegear, it will help you stay in contact with me and others when your not in a city, here let me give you my number".
"Thanks Professor" I said pocketing the Gear, "But what about Mark and Marry, what am I going to tell them".
"Don't worry I will talk to them for you".
"But what do I do after I leave?" I asked, I have so much more questions to ask that I think I'm getting on the Professor's nerves.
"Go on an Pokemon journey, this way you won't be in one spot for too long, oh that reminds me" the Professor walked out of the room and returned shortly with 10 Pokeballs and two 2 Pokedex's, "Here these are for you" he handed me the balls and Pokedex's.
"Um... Professor, why is there another set?" I was confused why the Professor has two when there is only one of me.
"I want you to give the rest to your friend Tom, I was going to do it but now I don't think I will have the time" Oak explained.
"Ok, thank you Professor, for everything" I ran up to him and gave him a hug, the Professor returned in kind. A few hours later Mark was back to pick me up, I put my jacket back on and made sure it hid my ears and tail as I made my way to Mark.
"Did everything go well Sora?" Mark asked.
"Yeah everything is fine" I just smiled at Mark and he smiled back, we both waved good bye to the Professor as we walked back home.
Deep in the mountains where Team Horizon base is located.
"Sir you got a call coming in, its from the two you sent to get Professor Oak" the voice said on the intercom.
"Put it through" He asked, he pressed a button on his desk and a monitor came down from the ceiling and stopped just above the desk, a picture of two men lit up on screen looking rather nervous, "So was you mission a success?".
"Um... well you see Kerr, we kind of ran into some trouble when we got into Pallet" one of the men responded.
"What sort of trouble?" Kerr asked starting to tap his fingers on the table, making the two men a little jumpy.
"Well we ran into this boy and one thing let to another... he got injected instead of the Professor" one of the man explained while trying to hide behind his friend. Kerr put his head in his hands and shook his head in disappointment.
"Where is the boy now?" Kerr asked as the two men looked at each other.
"Well sir... He got away".
"Idiots, you have any idea how long it took to make that virus and you inject it into a kid and let him get away!" Kerr was fuming at the two idiots on the other side of the call.
"Sir he did have a strong Pokemon and..." He was cut short.
"I don't care, you two manage to screw up 10 Years of work in a single week!" Kerr screamed.
"Well sir he is still out there and he does have the virus in him" The men calmly said. Kerr calmed down when he heard this.
"Yes this is true, it's not the Professor but it will do, you two return back here, I'm going to send out people that can actually do their jobs" Kerr said.
"Yes sir!" The two men said as they hang up.
"Hmm... This might get interesting" He said leaning back into his chair.
Mark and I returned home, we didn't talk the whole time we were walking back it was too quiet for my liking, but I think he just thought not to drag on the subject any further, might of been for the best I was getting sick of the story that ended my life. As soon as I stepped inside I went straight to my room to think things over and to start packing, when I walked in I saw Tom lying on my bed.
"Hey Tom whats up?" I asked.
"Just making sure that your ok, I mean I don't want my best friend passing out on me" Tom said with a chuckle in his voice, but I didn't follow along with him cause I know that I could pass out again in pain like last night, "Sora, you ok?".
"What... oh yeah I'm fine don't worry, I have just been thinking a lot lately" I replied.
"And why couldn't you think like that when your doing your homework" Tom said trying to cheer me up, it was working I chuckled a little when I heard that.
"Thanks Tom I needed that" I said.
"No problem, anytime you need me I'm here for you, just go easy" Tom got up from my bed and started to walk out, "Remember we're brothers" and with that statment he left my room.
'Oh tom why do you always seem to make things hard' I thought, he cares a lot about me and I care for him and his family, but I just can't stay here I will be putting them all in danger. 'How will I tell them I'm leaving, that they will never see me again at least not the human me'. Human me, this really hits hard knowing that your life is turned upside down and it will never be the same again, I can't believe that I'm going to turn into an Umbreon, I can't believe I woke up this morning to find I have a bushy tail and long pointy black ears, everything I now know is going to slip away from me. I started to cry while I sat on my bed thinking about how I'm going to live out the rest of me life.
It is now 6:00pm and I haven't even started to pack yet, I was just sitting there thinking, but I stopped crying ages ago.
"Sora can you come down here" I head Mark call my name from down stairs, 'I wonder what this is about, maybe dinner' I thought, I got up from my bed and walked into the living room where I saw Mark, Marry, Tom and Eevee standing around, they looked concerned and saw that I have been crying.
"Sora are you ok, have you been crying?" Marry said.
"No I'm fine, just been sleeping" I lied. Mark and Marry looked at each other they know that I'm lying well I guess thats there job they are parents after all.
"Are you sure?" Mark asked I just nodded in reply, "Well Professor Oak called not to long ago" Mark said, my heart stopped, the Professor told them I am leaving, I just hope he didn't tell them why, "He told us everything you talked about today" 'Crap' I thought.
"He... he did, why?" I asked, I knew that Oak was going to talk to them about me leaving I didn't know he was going to tell them everything.
"He was concerned for you and so he told us everything, we're still not quite sure what's going on" Mark went on saying, "Sora... what really happened that day?". I didn't know what to do, I was hoping to not tell them so I could protect them but I guess they have right to know for looking after me for my whole life.
I sighed and took a deep breath, "These two men from some team called Horizon came looking for the Professor... they told me that they were friends of his but I know a lot of Oaks friends that come through town and they didn't match up... they demanded that I tell them where he was but I wouldn't... we got into a Pokemon fight and Charmander manage to win but not before getting stunned" I stopped for a bit to catch my breath, I looked around the room everyone was listening carefully to my story, they must of already heard this from Tom before but not all of it, "Then they wanted to teach me a lesson so we got into a fight without Pokemon and I landed some hits but that just pissed one of them off, he then... he then pulled out a syringe and stabbed me in the stomach and injected me with some kind of liquid..." I stopped, I was about to cry over this story again, I looked up and everyone seemed horrified at what they were hearing Tom more so since I hid this from him, "That's when Tom found me and saved me".
"Sora, what do you mean by injected, injected you with what!?" Mark demanded that I tell him everything.
"I don't know what it was, but..." I thought about it and there is no way that I can hid this anymore, I unzipped my jacket and took it off, as soon as I did my ears bounced back up and my tail started waving side to side. The whole family was shocked with jaws dropped, I just stood there looking at them then I put my head down in shame, my ears laid back and my tail went down.
"Those are fake, they're fake right, mum please tell me they're fake" Tom kept saying, turning around he only saw his mum crying in Marks arms.
"I'm...I'm sorry" I said trying to keep my tears from showing, "I didn't want any of this to happen, I didn't want to worry you about this but now that's too late, but I must leave tonight so I don't put you in danger".
"What your leaving, you can't leave your my best friend, my brother" Tom cried out, "If you leaving then I'm coming to!".
"No you can't Tom it's too dangerous" I said, "You will only get hurt".
"I don't care I'm..." Tom tried to complain but got cut off.
"Oh Sora!" Marry said, she ran to me and started to hug me until I couldn't breath, "I'm so sorry, this shouldn't happen to you not after everything you've been through!" my tail went from side to side at her touch but stopped soon after, Marry only made it harder for me to leave, but all I wanted to do now is cry and hug her back.
"Professor Oak gave me some Pokeballs and a Pokedex for my trip" Tom was surprised to hear this, "He also gave me a Pokegear so I can keep in touch" Marry soon stopped hugging me and backed off a bit.
"Mum I want to join Sora, he has been my friend for as long as I could remember and I'm not going to let him do this by himself" Tom said while punching the air with enthusiasm, I stopped crying and looked at him, he seemed so pumped about this but he can't come he still has a life here, I don't.
"Tom you always wanted to go on a Pokemon journey but you always waited, are you sure about this?" Mark asked.
"I'm sure" Tom replied.
"Wait, Tom you can't come with me, it will be too dangerous and if you get hurt... I don't know what I would do" I told him trying to keep from crying, again.
"Sora you can't stop me from joining you so you might as well suck it up" Tom yelled out, I'm surprised that he wants to help so bad, even after seeing how I look, maybe he just feels sorry for me.
"Ouch!" I yelped out, I turned around and saw the Eevee bit my tail to see if it was real, she got a really big surprise when I reacted to the pain, so did everyone else when they heard me yelp.
"Eevee, don't do that" Tom told her off. "Eev" she said back with a sad look on her face.
"Well I need to go pack but I think I will leave in the morning instead now" I told everyone, with that I headed back to my room leaving everyone like they were going to have a mental breakdown. No one bothered me for the rest of the night while I packed and went to bed.
In the morning I made sure I have everything packed in my bag, I borrowed one of Mark's sleeping bag so I can use it when I leave. Once I was ready I put my backpack on and headed into the living room. In there waited Mark, Marry, Tom and Eevee, I saw that Tom had packed and ready to leave with me, he also borrowed a sleeping bag for the trip.
"I packed you a week's worth of food" Said Marry as she handed me a heavy bag full of food.
"Thank you" I was about to grabbed when Tom reached for it.
"I will take it" he said as he strap it on to his bag.
"I got something for you Tom" I reached into my pockets and pulled out a Pokedex and 5 Pokeballs and handed them to him.
"Really this is for me, neat!" Tom yelled out as he looked at his new Pokedex, seeing him happy made everyone perk up a little bit.
"You ready to go Tom?" I asked.
"You bet" He replied as he put away his Pokeballs and Pokedex. I started to put my hood on so I could hid my ears when Mark stopped me before I tighten the hood.
"Sora, you shouldn't be scared by what you look like, just be yourself and you will be fine" he said as he took my hood off and let my ears bounce up making the left one twitch, he then unzipped my jacket and pulled my tail out from underneath it and it swayed from side to side.
"Thank you" I said and gave him a hug, then I turned to Tom and he nodded at me and we left the house with Eevee in tow, turning back to wave goodbye to Mark and Marry before we set off the road.
A/N: Working on this story, I have found out that there is a lot of talking, I'm going to try and expand and make it have slightly more action in it and this will be seen in Chapter 6.
Chapters 4 & 5 I have already finished and they are my longest yet, I will try my best to make them slightly longer but enjoy those two Chapters when they are released.