Chapter 5

They finished eating, paid the tab, and then walked back into town. They walked around for a little bit longer until Jacob remembered what Ema and him talked about the previous night. 'I mean, it couldn't hurt that bad right?' Jacob thought to himself. "Hey guys, why don't we go down Route 40 and see what the dig site my mother was working on was like?"

"Sure! That sounds like fun." Din exclaimed.

"As long as you can handle it, if not I'm pulling you out of it." Ema replied.

"Alright, let's go." Jacob said. He lead they ground through the lightly bushed path of Route 40. They never had an encounter surprisingly as they reached the edge of a massive hole that lead to the top of a platform in the ground which led the way to a closed door. They climbed down the side slowly until they reached the platform and began walking towards the door. As they approached, purple waves began pulsing towards the door until all the runes were filled with a purple light when they reached the door.

"That's strange." Ema said.

"Very." Jaocb replied. He then reached his hand out to the door nervously and the light on the door became brighter than what it had been before. Jacob touched the door and a massive clicking sound occurred which was accompanied by the lights on the door pulsing before fading again, leaving deep brown cracks between the ancient runes. The door then opened and the three walked inside. The door closed behind them with a click and the three stepped into a long hallway with pillars lining the walls. The pillars were marked with runes of various images of pokemon and were glowing a feint purple glow. "Ok…this is weird. My mom never mentioned something like this. Din and Ema could only nod as the corridor continued onward. They rounded a few corners, but it never seemed like they were making any progress what so ever.

"This is taking a while. I thought we would've reached something by now." Ema said.

"And?" Jacob replied in a surprisingly cold tone. "We press on." Ema looked at him in surprise from his tone. After another hour or so they started becoming tired.

"Can we please rest a little? My feet hurt." Din whined a little.

"So what? If you can't handle walking then stay here." Jacob said in the same cold tone. Din's ears dropped and a tear began to form in her eye.

"What the hell Jacob? She's just a kid!" Ema spoke up in defense. Jacob brushed her off and they continued on. 'What has gotten into him?' She thought. The trio continued walking down the long corridor, the lights on the pillars becoming brighter by the second. "We need to take a break."

"And why's that? You two should be fine." Jacob replied. Ema looked at him in surprise again.

"We're tired and thirsty; may we please have something to drink?" Din asked. Jacob didn't answer and turned back to the way ahead. She dropped her ears again and began sniffling. "Did-Did I do something wrong?"

"No you didn't, I think this place is doing something to him…I don't know what though." Ema replied. Din looked up to the Umbreon standing next to her and hugged Ema's neck.

"We're here!" They both heard Jacob yell from a few feet ahead of them. He then put his hand on the door before them and it pulsed again like the previous one and opened for him. The three walked into the next room and the door shut behind them. The room contained a massive pillar in the center with crystal formations at the top. The pillar was marked with ancient runes and was glowing purple. As the group walked closer to the pillar, the crystals on the top began glowing a bright purple/pink.

"Uh…Is it supposed to do that?" Ema asked. Jacob ignored her and walked closer. "Hey! I asked you a question!" She was ignored again as Jacob slowly reached his hand towards the pillar like he saw the old man do in his dream. All Ema and Din could do was watch as Jacob was bombarded by purple/pink lightning. His body jerked and strained from the electric shock and se fell on his back after the pillar stopped glowing. "JACOB!" Both pokemon were standing around him, trying anything they could to wake him up. Din found a pulse on his neck and both breathed a sigh of relief. At least he was alive. They sat down beside him and waited for their human friend to wake up from the shock he recived.

"Will…will he be ok?" Din asked.

"I-I don't know Din. This-This has never happened before." Ema replied. After a minute or so, their answer became very apparent. They started hearing cracks in Jacob's bones and his body began changing, his clothes faded into his skin, his skin itself became a purple/pink color, and he began getting smaller. Ema covered Din's eyes as the transformation process unfolded. Jacob's face became more round, he started growing a tail, his legs became similar to those of a rabbit/dog, and his hands converted into paws with three fingers. The transformation process soon finished and what used to be a human boy was replaced by an unconscious Mew, who was lying in front of them. Ema and Din's jaws hit the floor and they circled the Mew.

"H-how…what…why…?" They both asked in unison.

"This is so weird!" Din exclaimed.

"How do you think I feel?" Ema asked as they watched the Mew. The Mew began stirring after a few more minutes and slowly it opened its eyes to reveal their icy blue tone like Jacob's eyes. The Mew rubbed its head a little before fixing to sit up. When it did however, it yelled in surprise.

"OK WHAT THE HELL IS GONG ON?!" The Mew yelled.

"You don't know?" Ema asked behind the Mew. The Mew turned around to see her tower nearly two feet above it. "You just turned into a pokemon."

"Ema, why are you so big?" The Mew asked. "Wh-what happened?"

"Well you guided us in here, snapped at us repeatedly and touched that pillar behind you before transforming into a pokemon." Ema replied.

"What do you mean I snapped at you? The last thing I remember was walking in the front door before I blacked out." Jacob said. "I-I'm sorry i-if I snapped at you two."

"You mean that?" Din asked. Jacob nods and then she swept him up in a hug. "I forgive you." Jacob hugged her back and then he felt a small drop of water fall on his shoulder. Din was sniffling a little and then Ema started nuzzling his back.

"So, you're a Mew now?" Ema asked.

"I-I guess…But what does that mean for us now?" Jacob asked. Din then set him down on the ground. Jacob then looked over himself.

"I mean…I-I don't know. Can you morph back?" Ema asked.

"I-I don't know…" Jaocb said looking away in embarrassment.

"Would you at least try?" Din asked. Jacob sighed and looked at his paws. He then closed his eyes and concentrated on his old human self. Din and Ema watched as dust began swirling around Jacob and the dust cloud grew taller. Eventually the dust cloud faded and Jacob stood before his two pokemon in his human form with clothes returned to him. "That was so cool!"

"Don't get to excited for that Din, that…," Jacob puts his hand on his forehead, "Takes a lot out of me."

"I bet it does." Ema said. Jacob then hunched over a little from exhaustion. He then hobbled to the door, which opened without effort.

"You guys want o go home?" Jacob asked. Both pokemon nod and they being their trek back, this time taking breaks when needed. They eventually made it back to the exit and climbed out of the ruin with the moon looming over them. The crescent moon didn't offer too much light, but it was enough for them to make it back to Larpse without too many problems. The trio arrived at their house and all three decided to go to bed while foregoing anything regarding them getting ready for the night's sleep.

The next morning for a Jacob came as a surprise when he realized he was neither in a cold sweat nor feeling much pain. Din was already out the bed as her usual routine with Ema being the only one in the room with him when he woke up. "This is good." Ema said.

"What is?" Jacob asked.

"The fact that you're not sweating." Ema replied. She then hopped off the bed and went out of the room to find where Din went. When she walked into the living-room, she saw Din sitting on the couch fiddling with the remote to try and turn the TV on. "What are you doing?"

"Trying to turn on the magic box." Din replied. Ema giggled a little. "What?"

"It's called a television Din." Ema replied. Din looked at her and then back at the TV.

"It's still magic though." She said in a pouting manner. Ema chuckled and showed her what button turned the TV on. Within in the span of a few seconds, the sudden turning on of the TV made Jacob run into the room only to find Din and Ema were sitting on the couch.

"What?" Ema asked.

"I-I was just curious who turned on the TV." Jacob answered. He then went back to the bathroom to put on his shirt and came back to cook them some biscuits. He made them each a plate of two; put some butter inside of them, and brought the food over to the two pokemon on the couch. The three ate their food in peace before they decided to leave the house again to go buy some necessities for the house.

They arrived at the store and started grabbing things like food, toothpaste, etc. "So when are we going do another gym?" Din asked as Jacob grabbed some shampoo from the shelf. Jacob sighed a little and then shrugged.

"I thought you liked that experience." Ema said.

"I mean I did, but now that I'm a…you know what…I don't know what is next." He replied in a hushed tone so people wouldn't think he was talking to himself.

"What does being a Mew change?" Ema asked.

"The fact of how every pokemon would see me. They might just forfeit because I'm a legendary or something." Jacob replied.

"That's not true." Din stated. "If anything, this makes you one of the coolest people ever. I'm sure they would want to give it their all to try and prove their worth to you."

"Really?" Jacob pondered.

"I actually would agree with her on this Jacob." Ema told him.

"I guess that settles it then, what gym would you would like to go to next?" He asked, this time earning a glare from another shopper who was just behind Jacob.

"Crazy kid." The shopper murmured.

"Why not the one near that city we went to a few months back?" Ema suggested. Din's eyes widened.

"Ooooo, can we? Can we? I promise I'll be good!" Din said in eagerness.

"Sure, I think we would have enough money for the train tickets." Jacob said and just like that Din yipped and hugged his leg out of happiness.

"When do we pack?" Ema asked.

"We can pack when we get back to the house." Jacob replied as he grabbed a black and red duffle bag. Ema gave him a questioning 'are you serious?' glare. "What?"

"Nothing, just you're obsession with black and red." Ema said.

"What's wrong with that?" Jacob asked.

"It makes me thing you're trying to make a statement or something." She replied.

"Well maybe when you're the one shopping, you can buy the clothes and bags." He teased back. Ema lightly smacked his leg with her paw, which caused Jacob to chuckle. After they grabbed a few more items, they went to the cashier to pay for their things.

"Will this be everything sir?" She asked.

"Yea…oh hold on," Jacob puts two candy bars for Ema and Din on the counter, "Now that's everything." He replied. The cashier then began to scan his items.

"So you like to keep your pokemon out in the open?" She asked as she rang up the duffle bag.

"Hm? Oh, yeah. I think it's better like this." Jacob replied.

"Well just be careful, some trainers might think they are wild and want to capture them." She told him.

"They won't get the chance while I'm with them." Jacob said in a semi-heroic manner with earned him eye-rolls from both Din and Ema.

"That's good to know." The lady said. She then pressed some buttons to count up the total. "That will be 10,000P." Jacob took out his wallet and counted from the 50,000P his dad sent him the other day.

"Here you go ma'am." Jacob said. He handed the lady the notes and she put them in the cash register. The receipt printed and she handed it to him.

"Thank you for shopping with us, have a good day." She said.

"You too." Jacob said. He then put his bags into his duffle bag and they walked home. Jacob then opened the back yard door for Din and Ema, but Din was the only one to outside and run around. He unzipped his bag and put up his groceries and took the bag to his room.

"Hey Jacob." Ema called out.

"Yeah Ema?" Jacob asked. Ema was about to ask him a question but then blushed in embarrassment after realizing where it was leading to.

"N-Nevermind." She said trying to change the subject. "I-I found it." She then tried grabbing a cereal box to prove her story to him when he came over to her.

"Oh, ok…" Jacob said not noticing her slightly red face and eye movements. 'Oh fuck, what is wrong with me?' Ema thought as he walked away again. 'I-I c-can't help it…' Ema was lost in a trance until Din came back inside after a few minutes.

"Are you ok?" She asked.

"Wh-what? Oh, oh I'm fine…" Ema replied nervously. Din tilted her head in confusion but didn't ask any more of it. Ema quickly got over it just as Jacob came back and set his duffle bag on the table. He then opened his laptop to check the train departure times. He found a train that would be setting out for Conhargon City later that afternoon and booked some tickets for it.

"So I got us a ride to Conhargon, but it won't be for another few hours, what do you guys want to do?" Jacob asked.

"How far is the train away?" Din asked.

"It's a ten minute walk down Route 39 so we have the time to kill." Jacob replied. "Hey Ema you want me to fix you a bowl of that?" Ema looked at him confused until she remembered her cereal box cover story.

"Oh, uh…no I-I'll be fine, thanks." She said before shaking her head. Jacob tilted his head a little but nodded.

"Can I watch TV?" Din asked.

"Sure, just remember cartoons only." Jacob replied turning it on for her. Din nodded and sat on the couch while Jacob and Ema decided to talk. "What's wrong Ema?"

"Nothing, was just a little nervous…for the trip…" She replied not wanting to think on her previous thoughts.

"Is that all?" He asked leaning on the counter next to her. She nods. "Ok, but if there's anything else, let me know." Jacob then scratches under her chin, earning a murr from her.

After a few hours, Jacob grabbed his phone and keys to the house, they three stepped outside of the house and Jacob locked it before they set out on Route 39. They were stopped a few times by Rattatas that wanted to battle them, but Din and Ema quickly put a stop to them. The times they did encounter and Eevee though, they let them through after letting Ema talk to them seeing that she is with Jacob by choice.

Eventually, they reached the station. They got to the platform and saw the train they would be riding was a bullet style train. It was a sleeker design and had 8 passenger cars hooked onto the main engine. Jacob paid for the tickets and the three boarded the train. Din was about to run through the cars in childish excitement, but was soon stopped by Jacob and Ema so Din didn't get in trouble. They sat down in a window seat, with Din facing the window and Ema sitting on Jacob's lap. After a few more minutes, a loud horn could be heard and the train lurched forward. Din eagerly looked outside as she saw the train depart the station and watched as the train slowly picked up speed. "Attention passengers, our next stop will be Conhargon City. Please fasten your seat belts and get comfortable for the next few hours. Thank you." An announcer said over the train speakers. 'Conhargon here we come.'