Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon. Nintendo does, just so you know.
Prologue…
Cave of Shapes is a cave with a myth. Those that enter it can drink a liquid that would change them. Thousands of scientists tried to discover its effects, but one was more interested in its morphing properties. He found the secret, and began a long research, without anybody knowing about it. One night however, something went wrong.
Midnight, a man in a lab coat watched a liquid in a vial, which was put on a fire. He observed the properties of the matter, only taking some notes.
"150 degrees Celsius, still no steam or gas visible." He noted on a piece of paper. "Increasing heat with 10." He moved over to the vial, and turned a valve; causing the flame to get hotter.
"165 degrees, still no signs of any gas. Liquid likely consists of water and heat resistant matter."
He just put down the final word when someone broke open the door. He held some sort of weapon in his hand, pointed it against the mans head.
"Finally, we found you. My people have been looking for you for a while."
"What do you want?"
"I want you, the substance and the formula. If you refuse you shall find out what this thing can do."
He pressed the exhaust of the strange weapon onto the mans head. The man in the lab coat started to sweat, and without and delay he grabbed some papers and a cylinder marked "Test Substance."
A few weeks later…
A normal day for some, while others had concerns. Such as the head scientist of an unknown base. He had to test out a substance, which was had in a syringe in his right hand. He walked through a forest, his lab coat and weird glasses.
"I need to inject this liquid to test if it works. This forest is the perfect place to look, but there is no one around. What is that? I think I hear someone."
He looked over a rock, seeing two people sit on a bench. They enjoyed the bright sunlight, as did their Pokémon.
"I only have enough for one; the other will be a problem."
He grabbed an odd sphere from is pocket, which glowed brightly. He pressed a small button, and the sphere made an incredible loud noise.
He threw it over the rock, making both the two humans, as the Pokémon reach for their ears. The scientist jumped over the rock, and pressed the end of the needle against the mans arm. He felt a burning pain, but the sound was too much for him to be able to block the injection.
The scientist threw a Pokéball releasing an Abra, which teleported them away.
Before the Pokémon or the other human could move, the scientist was gone, leaving no clue of his destination. She searched the last spot she saw her boyfriend, but nothing remained but a charred grass. The Diglet of the girl dug the ground, finding nothing but dirt. She cried, but nobody but the Diglet and the Ditto heard the noise.
The Ditto however, grabbed the sphere and looked at it. The only thing that was on it was the button and a small note.
"Diglet! Look! It says: "If found, do not touch. Mail back to following address." That means something, doesn't it? Isn't mail something humans use to transport those wooden sheets?"
"Yeah, I saw my mistress once put a white sheet into another folded sheet. It had black stains all over!" The Diglet said. "We shout show it to her."
The rolled the ball over to the crying lady, who noticed it.
"What's this? This is the thing that made a noise. It has an address on it. Only a postal code. Maybe I can find the location on the internet."
At her house she found a small program that locates places using only the postcode. It showed it was a small place in the forest, which didn't surprise anyone.
"This is it." She said facing a small shed. "Weird. I expected something larger."
She turned the doorknob, which wasn't locked. Inside the shed was nothing but garbage, and a little note. "If no one is here, leave package."
"Odd. Where is the figure I saw?" She looked around, but the small shack had nothing but some tools and a desk. One of the drawers was clean, which she opened.
"What? A math formula. And several chemicals are noted down."
"What is she doing?" The Ditto asked.
"She seems to be reading some white sheet. I wonder what it says." The Diglet wondered.
"The title is really vague. "CoS mystery formula." What could that mean?"
Through the open door a character came, looking at the woman.
"That's none of your concern!" He pulled out a gun, which had a needle pointing out. "It's nap time for you."
He moved in spraying a small beam of green water into her eyes. The goo seemed to make her close her eyes. He shot some of it in the eyes of the Pokémon too.
"Sent in some assistance. Someone found out." He said through a small mike.
A few moments later some strong men walked in, picked up the sleeping bodies and left.
"I better hide this thing somewhere else." The man said. "Complete secrecy is required. This is not like that."
A few hours later, the female/Alice, awakened outside her house.
She was surprised to find herself there, so were Ditto and Diglet. They however play no role for now.
We focus on the other guy, Jones, who has problems of his own. He found himself inside a cage, which was placed inside a room, a room with many plants. A strange scent was floating around the place, soothing his mind and stopped him from questioning about his situation.
Out of the plants came a man with a white box, which he opened. Inside was a small cube, soft and brown. It was half the size of a fist, and looked edible. The man himself wore a brownish coat, made of fur. If that wasn't strange enough, he was the size of a child, not higher then four feet. He grabbed the cube and threw it at Jones, and walked away without watching him.
"Who are you?" Jones asked him.
No answer. He watched the vertically challenged man walk through the plants, suddenly realizing he was in a metal cage in a small forest. There was a ceiling, painted completely white, which gave an illusive effect of a sky.
Jones heard a door opening, which surprised him. The door closed with a metal bang, and then he noticed the walls that were visible over the plants were actually metal, painted with an odd paint that looked real. The small cube that lied affront of him smelled fresh and nice, attracting him to get closer. He picked the cube up, the smell got stronger. He tasted the small block, and then ate it whole.
Whatever was in the cube, it made him feel high. He couldn't feel anything, and everything around him didn't make any sense. He became confused and felt pain. His ears grown, his legs and arms shrunk. He grown a tail, and fur, and got a sudden urge to sunbathe. The transformation was mostly painless, due to the drugs that were applied in the small block.
Slowly he started to feel better, but felt different. Suddenly he heard a door open, and saw some men in black coats appear. One of them was a female scientist with a long pole, with a small spike at the end. She moved the pole through the bars of the cave and poked Jones, shocking him. The shocks paralyzed him, and the men in black moved through a door.
They picked him up and moved him away.
"Place him in research, we must find out if he is battle ready." The female scientist said.
A minute or ten Jones found himself in a glass tube, with several thin tubes attached to him body.
"Physical structure… 100... Mental State… Okay… Fighting abilities… 10... Transformation… 100... Pokémon Mind… 0. Complete transformation failure… suggestion: release in wild and recover for scans in two weeks." These sounds were heard inside the chamber Jones was in. One of the tubes was in the back of his neck, and injected a small amount of purple liquid. This made Jones KO, still able to think, but physical disabled to do anything.
Again men in black coats entered, on holding a vague switch. He pressed a button, and moved the switch and a large arm removed the glass tube and picked Jones up.
"You insured me this would be a success!" The female scientist said. "You promised me the formula would be waterproof this time!"
"I am terrible sorry." The voice was from the same man from the beginning. "But I didn't know the serum would decrease muscular strength, Lisa."
"I hope for your sake the boss will allow it this time, Jack. This might be your first failure, but you have worked long enough! Three weeks was your time limit. Just get the formula correct and you're free to go, easy deal. But if you don't you will have the worst time ever."
They left with Jones body, leaving the chamber empty.
A few moments later, somewhere far from the facility.
"Drop him here." Lisa said to the men in black. "Be sure to track him down in three weeks. He should be battle ready, wild and strong by then. Let's hope he forgets about him human time to, that could interfere with results."
They dropped a sack, and ran away.
"Quick! The medicine won't stop his sense of reality for any longer!"
Jones awoke shortly after, and managed to squirm himself out of the sack. He looked around, and was confused from the recent events. He couldn't remember anything from what happened between the tube and the sack.
"Where am I? What happened?" He tried to stand up, but he wasn't used to four legs. He looked in a small puddle of water, and saw a Leafeon. "Is that… me?"
He fell and cried from emotion, but he wasn't alone. A Ditto was near, his Ditto to be correct. He was "walking" with Diglet and Alice.
"Hear that Diglet? Sounds like someone in trouble."
"I hear it, we better go and see."
The two "ran" to the center of the sound, finding a Leafeon crying.
"Who are you, crying out here?" Ditto asked.
"Ditto!" Jones said with joy.
"A confirming answer one a not yes-no question? You are strange."
"I think he means you're a Ditto and he never seen one." Diglet said.
"Could be."
"This has to be a strange dream. I am different and I understand you?"
"Far from a dream. We are in a universe. That's WAY larger then a dream." Ditto explained.
"What is going on!?"
"Hm… you sound like… a mutated Pokémorph freak thingy! AAAAAAAAAAAH!" Diglet screamed.
"Diglet! What's going on here?" Alice appeared in the scene.
"Alice! I'm here!" Jones walked up to her, but she didn't understand.
"What does he want? Maybe I can catch it."
"You better don't! He's a mutated Pokémorph freak thingy!" Diglet shouted.
"Be quiet Ditto."
"What the heck is a mutated Pokémorph freak thingy anyway?" Ditto asked.
"You know a human that mutated and morphed into a freak!"
"He looks like every other Leafeon."
"But he remains an mPft!"
"Hm, he doesn't seem to be that mean. Jones told me that…
Flashback
"Alice, whenever you find a Pokémon willing to come with you, never use a normal Pokéball. Use my custom made Luxury Balls. They are trice as good as normal LB's, but even more relaxing for Pokémon."
End flashback.
And I should do that." She grabbed a silver ball, encased with jewels. She threw it at Jones, who by emotions wasn't paying attention at all.
The moment he was in the ball he felt like he was sleeping; calm and relaxed.
"Let's go home."
"OMG she got mPfthingy!" Ditto shouted.
"You bastard/maniac!" Diglet yelled.
"That sounds… familiar."
"I saw it on TV a lot. It's really more fun in real life."
"YEAH!"
"But it remains stupid if you go into the subject."
"Sure."
"Stop being confirming!"
"Okay…"
"ARGH!"
(AN: This is just because mPft ends with the character y.)
WOW! Over 2000 words, in a prologue! OMG longest thing I ever wrote… I think.
First actual chapter coming up soon.