Hey, again sorry for not posting in so long. Anyway enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 3
A new life dawns
Raven awoke with a start, sweat dripped from his head as he calmed himself down. "What a horrid dream." Raven said then he noticed the sound of voices outside the door.
"This is so strange…" The first voice said
"I know, but we got to stay calm," a slightly deeper voice replied.
"Yes I know. It's just hard when things like that happen in front of you," the first voice said.
Raven began to panic, these voices didn't belong to anyone he knew. He reached to pull the covers off when he stopped dead. His entire arm was covered in soft purple fur and his hands had been replaced with a two clawed paw. Fear coerced through Raven as he looked over himself, his body was covered with this strange fur, from the top of his head, down to the start of his tail. Wait… Tail?! Raven's Face lit up with shock at the three feathers that made a small tail on his rear. "W...What is happening?!" Were the only words that Raven could muster.
Raven heard an eary creek, surprised he looked up to see the intruder, but all he saw was Saul walking in.
"Oh, good you're awake," Saul said, causing Raven to take a double take. "Dagan he's awake!"
"D...Did, you just speak?"
"Yes! I did." Saul replied a little annoyed.
"B...B...But how is that possible?"
"Look at yourself! You're Pokémon just like I am!"
"Saul, give him a break," Dagan said as he walked in. "He just transformed, rather unexpectedly I might add, so don't be too hard on him."
"Fine brother," Saul replied submissively.
"What is going on?!" Raven asked fear in his voice.
"Well…" Dagan began. "How do we explain this?"
"You can start with why am I a Sneasel." Raven said, a little annoyed that they didn't just tell him.
"Ha! He's just as impatient as I am," Saul proclaimed.
"I'm sure I would be too if I changed suddenly like he did," Dagan retorted.
"Hey, stop talking like I'm not here," Raven said.
"Sorry, brotherly disputes," Dagan explained. "Anyway when you fell asleep last night Saul and I were downstairs talking, about what we could do to help you, when we heard a scream of pain. Well, neither one of us knew what was going on so we ran up stairs and saw you writhing in pain as your new fur began sprouting all over your body. We, um… aren't sure what happened to your clothes, they kind of... turned into your fur as you changed."
"Anyway after the fur came we got really scared, then you began to shrink till you became the height you are now," Saul finished.
"Oh and before we forget we had to bar the door because the neighbors began banging on it trying to get you to stop screaming," Dagan added.
"Yeah I had to lie on your face to get you to shut up."
"That explains all this brown fur in my mouth," Raven said wiping off his tongue. "But why did I change?"
"Good question," Dagan said as Saul bursts out laughing.
"Is something funny?" Raven asked irritably
"You two sitting here wondering why you changed when it's obvious," Saul stated smugly.
"Oh really? Well if it's so obvious then why don't you enlighten us?" Dagan said.
"Well, you see you both wished for something yesterday. Raven, you wished to start a new life, and Dagan, you wished to be able to help Raven. This transformation answered both wishes," Saul explained.
"Gosh Darn it you're right," Raven said in realization.
"Yeah, I know I am," Saul said, a little self satisfied.
"Do you have to be so stuck up?" Dagan said, exasperated.
"Yes," Came the reply.
"Is this normal?" Raven asked.
"Unfortunately, yes," Dagan said in reply.
"Wow…" Was all Raven could say.
"I don't see a problem with it," Saul said in defense.
"Yeah, I know that's part of the problem," Dagan said.
"Ahem, as much as I would like to see how this plays out, shouldn't we decide what to do next?" Raven interjected.
"Right we can't stay here for long. This place will be a war camp before too long, and we don't want patrols or enlisting agents finding us. Dagan said.
"How do you know those will come about?" Saul asked.
"I read in my spare time, unlike you," Dagan said.
"That's because all the books around here are as boring as they come," Saul said.
"Says you." Dagan retorted.
"Um… guys, let's get back to the task at hand," Raven said, trying to redirect the conversation.
"Yeah I guess we should…" Dagan said.
"So we can't stay here and we don't have a tent or anything for outdoor travel." Raven said.
"We don't need a tent," Saul said. "We're Pokémon."
"That doesn't make me want one any less," Raven said.
"Well, too bad. We don't have one and we will need to leave soon," Saul said evenly.
"He has a point," Dagan said.
"Yeah, yeah," Raven said.
"I say we leave tonight after we get something to eat," Dagan said as his stomach growled.
"We might find something in the pantry," Raven suggested.
"Why go rummaging through the pantry? You left the food bag open by our dishes. Let's just eat that," Saul said.
"Eat Pokémon food?" Raven shuddered at the thought of eating Pokémon food.
"Relax, you're a Pokémon now. Other than wild Pokémon, it's what you eat," Saul tried to reassure him but only succeeded in making him vomit.
"Jeez, you don't have to vomit. It's the truth," Saul said, not understanding Raven's reaction at all.
"Eating wild Pokémon? As in raw?" Raven said in disbelief.
"Yeah, so?" Saul replied.
"Raw?! I love meat but, raw? That's just nasty," Raven said.
"Saul, remember he's not as used to the idea as us two," Dagan said, coming to Raven's defense.
"That makes no difference in my mind," Saul said.
"Well, that's because you can't for the life of you think about how another feels," Dagan retorted.
"Look can we just move on from this topic?" Raven asked while clutching his stomach. With that the conversation switched to what was to be done now that Raven was a Pokémon. Eventually, the decision was made that they must leave the next day and make for Mount Silver, and eventually go to Viridian Forest in the hopes of paying their respects to Ravens father.
"Well then, with all that of the way, let's get something to eat," Saul said after all was said and done.
"Yes, let's," Raven agreed as his stomach rumbled like a volcano.
"Ha-ha. I'll go get my food dish," Dagan laughed.
"Food dish? So I guess I have to get used to eating off the floor," Raven said regretfully as Dagan went off to get his food dish.
"It's not so bad," Saul said with a smirk at Raven's disgusted face.
"Oh, really? I'll let you know if I agree," Raven replied, disgust still on his face.
At that moment, Dagan arrived back in the room, his full food dish in his mouth. "What are you two going on about?" Was what he asked after he set the dish down.
"Food stuffs," Saul replied.
"Well, here are the food stuffs, so dig in!" Dagan said, and started to eat the little balls of Pokémon food. Saul joined him but Raven looked on a strange conflict being warred in his mind. "Hey, Raven what's wrong?" Dagan asked, seeing the strange look on Raven's face.
Raven looked down at the food, as his mind raced. Why did the food smell so good? Why did he suddenly want to eat it when he wouldn't touch the stuff when he was human? And what was this strange feeling besides his hunger that made him want to grab the food and eat it? His mind was racing for what felt like an eternity before he noticed that he was now eating. "What just happened? What was that feeling?" Was all that Raven could stammer out.
"What are you talking about? You just took a little bit to start eating," was Saul's reply. Raven looked down as he became lost in thought. What was that? Do I have Pokémon instincts? Is my mind more Pokémon than human now? Were the questions that ran through his mind. The questions were still racing about when Raven fell asleep later.
