After inhaling the cloud, Todd began to feel the same tingling in his hands and feet that Mae-Mae did. Fur began to sprout and grow all over him, but this time, it was purple. As his shoes ripped, he also felt his ears become bigger and more monkey-like, as they also sprouted fur. He noticed a tuft of hair springing out of his already wild hair, but when he tried to put the tuft down, it would just spring back up again. The fur had reached his waist and chest, and was about to cover his stomach and neck.
During all of this, he noticed a tail had sprouted from his behind just like Mae-Mae, but at the end of it was a hand. Todd knew for sure that he was becoming an Aipom now, as his neck was covered with fur, and the fur began to overtake his head. At the end of it, he shrunk and his bone structure readjusted, turning him into an Aipom.
"Woah...So this is what it's like to be a Pokemon..." said Todd. "I actually kind of like it. How about you, Mae-Mae?" asked Todd. "I'm not very used to it. It could take a long time to get used to being a female fire cat," replied Mae-Mae, who had just left her male life as Matthew.
The gas cloud reemerged, and this time, it headed for Seth. Seth inhaled it, and his transformation began, except this time, he was covered in white wax. "Why am I covered in wax?!" shouted Seth. His hair also turned into wax and covered one of his eyes. His eyes turned from brown to yellow as a fire emerged from the top of his head, and tiny hands sprouted from his head. The rest of his body melted, leaving only the head and the tiny hands left. He then shrunk into his clothes, which were burned by the fire. He was now a Litwick.
"Okay, why am I a candle?" asked Seth, obviously not happy with the change. "That's a Litwick," answered Todd. "Thanks for the info, but I'm not a big fan of being a Pokemon," said Seth.
Since no one else was in the area but Mae-Mae, Todd, and Seth, the gas cloud had nowhere to go and no one to infect, so it stayed in Seth's nose. The 3 of them decided to go to sleep. While Mae-Mae and Seth had to sleep on the cold and hard ground with their only night-light being the moon, Todd found out he could wrap himself in his tail to make a blanket and use his giant hand as a pillow. So, the trio went to sleep, Todd obviously going to sleep first.
Meanwhile, the other kids were going to sleep after watching the ball drop, including Sam and Leah. Little did the popular kids know that Sam and Leah were correct all along, and that Mae-Mae, Todd, and Seth had fallen victim to the cloud.