Tiny Woods, 3018:

"..y….c..r.!..ou..e…out..o.d..or…few minutes!" said a familiar voice.

Richard had no idea what happened. One moment ago, he was falling in a portal. The next thing he knew, he was in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by a bunch of Pokemon, while a talking Pikachu is trying to wake him up.

Wait, a talking Pikachu?

That woke Richard up as quickly as Sonic the Hedgehog, if he was turned into a Cyndaquil. "Y-You can talk?" Richard asked the Pikachu.

"Well, not really," explained the Pikachu, "But you and our other friends… well…"

That was enough to reveal the Pikachu's identity to Richard. Well, to be honest, Ash's Pikachu's identity.

"Y-You're Ash's Pikachu, right?" Richard realized out loud.

"Yes, but that's not important." Pikachu proceeded to take his new human friend over to the lake. Or if I'm gonna be more specific, his new former human friend.

Because what Richard saw in his reflection was NOT a human being. It was more of a blue jackal, with black fur that resembled a mask. He did, however, retain his human eyes and hair.

"I'M A RIOLU?!" screamed Richard. He heard about people becoming Pokemon from all those stories his parents told him when he was young, but never thought it could happen to him. Needless to say, he was screaming at the top of his lungs, until a voice said, "BE QUIET! I'M RECOVERING FROM A MIGRAINE!"

"Thomas, we don't get migraines," said another voice.

"Really? Because it sure feels like it, Percy!" grumbled Thomas.

Richard and Pikachu looked over to see two Minun lying down on the ground, one of them being a shiny. Both Minun had white eyes and black pupils, as opposed to black eyes and white pupils. What's more, they weren't even trying to get up.

"Thomas, I hope someone gets Rocky soon," said the shiny Minun, apparently named Percy.

"Or Judy and Jerome," replied Thomas.

"Excuse me?" asked Richard.

Thomas and Percy looked for the source of the voice, but their eyes could only travel so far.

"What are you talking about?"

"We can't get up on our own, whoever you are," said Thomas, "so could you find Rocky or the Breakdown Train?"

Pikachu looked dumbfounded. "Um, you do realize you can pick yourselves up, right?"

Thomas and Percy didn't believe Pikachu, until the two who were standing picked up our Minun duo. This shocked Thomas and Percy, and no, that was not an electricity pun. However, they weren't only shocked at who they were talking to, but how they could pick up two tank engines.

"H-How can you pick up two tank engines, as if they were just toy trains?" wondered Percy, "Because we're tank en- BUST MY BUFFERS, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!" he cried. He noticed the former E2 Class tank engine had changed into something with arms… and legs.

Thomas looked over to his best friend. "Percy, what are you talking abo- FIZZLING FIREBOXES!" he shrieked. What happened to him also happened to his best friend, but they were both unaware of their own changes.

"I don't know why you're staring at me, but you're… uh, well, I dunno!" complained Percy.

"I don't know why you're staring at me either! You're some sort of…" Thomas began.

"You know what? You both should look at your bodies," Pikachu chimed in.

Thomas and Percy simply looked down with their eyes, for they didn't think they could move their heads. But Richard and Pikachu pulled the Sudrian Pokemon's arms up to their faces.

Thomas and Percy screamed at the top of their lungs, awakening Ash. He found out he was a Pokemon and freaked out, awakening Serena. This cycle repeated until everyone was awake, and they found out what Pokemon they were.

Ash was a Pikachu with his human hair, eyes, and cap.

Serena was a Fennekin with her human hair, eyes, and hat.

Mario was a Chimchar with his mustache, human eyes, and red cap.

And Luigi was a Treeko with his mustache, human eyes, and green cap.

Everyone who was a Pokemon before remained the way they were, and they were amazed as to what happened to their trainers. After all, almost none of the humans were turned into Pokemon before.

"Oh well," said Ash. "I'll just have to get used to it again, until I return back to normal."

"What do you mean, used to it again?" asked Braixen.

"Well, back in Johto, my friends and I met this Pokewitch named Lily. A spell backfired and turned me into a Pikachu," the human-turned-Pikachu explained.

Pikachu nodded and sighed in agreement. He thought it was the best 24 hours of his life, but who knows? Maybe Ash's current time as a Pikachu will be even better, as he could understand other Pokemon.

"Uh, what's he doing?" asked Mario, who was staring at Richard. The human-turned-Riolu was focusing on Ash, while keeping his eyes closed. The trainers and their Pokemon explained to the Bros. that he was reading Ash's Aura.

Richard's eyes opened wide, as he said, "I-I think Ash is an Aura Guardian."

Lucario was confused. "If he IS an Aura Guardian, why did he turn into a Pikachu?" But then she remembered what Ash said about becoming a Pikachu before. So she put it all together and said, "Never mind."

Our heroes walked along the forest path, looking for civilization. There wasn't any noise, besides the sounds of nature, until Ash said, "Hey Pikachu, could you teach me some electric attacks?"

Pikachu shrugged, "I don't see why not. Thunderbolt would be a nice move to teach you first."

But before the former Pokemon trainer's training could begin, the ground opened up underneath everyone, causing them to plummet to their possible doom.

Except it wasn't. It was the beginning of an adventure.