Switcharoo Pokemon Warriors
Misty and Ash, apprentices of Riverclan
Ash's POV~
"Wha?" I wake up and stretch my legs, all four of them… Four? One, two hind and two front. That's not right. Black sleek fur was all over my body. I even have a long bushy tail. "What's going on?" I get up instantly on all fours and search round frantically. Reeds were everywhere and water surrounded me like an island.
"would you stop moving." A dark brown cat like creature called to me. It talked! Is it using telepathy? No, I'm probably just a Pokemon. Just like the time I was that pikachu. Now that was fun.
"Are you even listening to me?" he yelled again. "for starclan's sake, can you stop moving around? It's not even sunhigh yet." He grumbled then buried his head under the reeds. I looked around to find me, him and one other cat in the little moss house thing I guess.
"Aquapaw, Ravenpaw, you're on the dawn patrol." Another one entered and called us. The tan girl cat opened her eyes to show beautiful aqua eyes. Now I know why they call her aqua.
"What the?" She looked around frantically like I had then settled down. I walked over to her.
"Don't worry, I'm as confused as you are." I smiled at her. She looked at me then away and walked out. I followed her into this clearing. It was almost like a swamp.
"Wow." I say. Cat's were everywhere also. Big and little, scrawny and buff, light colored and dark. I wonder what kind of Pokemon they are. Where's Pikachu?
"Were you two born yesterday? Get over here." he called. We ran over to him to a slightly shallow stream. "Come on, we don't have all day." He jumped into the water with grace and swam to the other side. Aqua followed him. Then all there was left was me. I jumped into the water with a splash soaking them again then floppily swam to the other side.
"umm… Sorry?" I said sheepishly. Aqua giggled at me then followed the tom.
"This is your first time to do a real patrol isn't it? Since it has only been a week." He asked us. "We'll start at the horse place then continue on from there." He stated.
"Do you know what he's talking about?" aqua asked me. He, I know that voice.
"Nope." I replied. Where was that voice from? AH!! It hit me like Misty's hammer. Ouch.
"Hey, Aqua, is it ok if I call you mist?"
She stopped suddenly then looked at me fiercely "Who are you? And how do you know that name?" She pushed me back a little.
"It's me… Ash."
"Ash!" she looked at me with disbelief, then just figured.
"Hey! Is one of you going to scent this area or is it just going to be me." The cat called
"umm, Coming." Misty called.
"Mist, do you know what's going on?" I ask as we walked.
"not a clue."
"Hey, Ravenpaw, Scent right here. It's a good place and it won't be hard to miss, those Windclan probably will miss it just for the fun. When I get my claws on them-"
"Yeah.." how do you scent…. Oh … I get it. I brought my leg up and well… you think know the rest.
"That was sick." Misty said disgusted.
"It's scenting." I replied. "I think… actually I don't know."
"I don't care what it's called. It's just gross."
"What ever." We continued walking the entire, umm, border he called it and we returned to camp.
"Whoa, I'm exhausted." I slumped down onto some reeds. Misty sat next to me.
"Why don't you get some fish, you guys look exhausted." The same cat called to use as he grabbed a fish off a pile.
"Raw fish?" Misty asked?
"Good enough for me." I said and grabbed a big one for the two of us.
"um.. Thanks, I guess." I took a bite first and looked at her with satisfaction.
"It's great!"
"Fine, scoot over for me." She took a bite and came with the same satisfaction I had. "This is good." We continued eating until It was all gone.
"That was good."
"Ditto that." She said. We discarded the leftovers in this very stink place and went to a nice spot where some other cats were laying. We lied down next to them and watched as they groomed each other.
"I think I heard them call it sharing tongues."
"Cool, I guess. Do you want me to do it to you?" I asked. She slightly jumped back.
"Uhh, no thanks. I-I just want to bask in the sun a little." She laid her down on the warm rocks. "this is almost just like sun tanning. Too bad I'm already tan."
"Hey, Aquapaw, Ravenpaw." A call came from the other cat this morning. He came over and sat next to us. "what's going on?" he asked as he groomed himself.
"nothing." I replied.
"tanning." Misty replied.
"umm.. Ok." he said as he looked at Misty.
"Nettlepaw, your on patrol." the same gray cat earlier called.
"Coming, Mintfur. I can't last one moment in the sun without being interrupted. Where are all the other apprentices when you need them. Mallowpaw, Pebblepaw, Copperpaw, Robinpaw, Minnopaw, Sneezepaw,.. Where in Starclan's name is everyone?"
"Why does he keep calling Starclan?"
"beats me. I wonder who all those cats were that he was talking about. Who are they or where are they?"
"Wait, are we a Pokemon? I don't know.""Ash, we aren't Pokemon." She clarified to me with slight irritation that I haven't figured that out yet. "We're cats."
"Oh." I watched as Cats walked around the camp busy with something or just playing around. Soon a ginger-white cat came up to us followed by mottled gray she-cat.
"We thought you'd you guys would like to train with me and Dapplenose a little. You too look like lazy scraps of fur." He said to us.
"OK. I got up." But we aren't Pokemon, so how are we going to train?
"Come on, Aquapaw." The she-cat called her up. "We'll work on your pounce. Pouncetail is a real puma when it comes to that stuff.
"Why do you think my mother named me Pouncekit?" He looked back at her.
She looked at him with warm eyes then swatted him on the ear playfully. "Whatever you big furball. You still aren't good when it comes to dodging. I think your apprentice is better at that than you." She meowed. "Looks like the apprentice needs to help the Mentor. Let's go, Aquapaw." She used her tail to summon her and went out of camp with Misty behind her.
"Come Ravenpaw, we'll show them we're strong." He said with determination.
"Yeah!" I said with equal determination. Me and my Mentor… Wow that seems odd to call him that, walked out of camp.
N/A this part isn't accurate, if you know, please tell me. We went to this littler island that had large rocks sticking out from the sides. "Here's the training grounds." Pouncetail told me as we swam to it. My fur tugged at me as I tried to swim through the current.
"Ugh, I had to have long fur." I mumbled.
"You get use to it." Dapplenose called to us as we entered.
"let's start by assessing your agility." Dapplenose flew at me like a flygon. I stood there in fright then was knocked down.
"Humph, maybe you need some more common senses. You stood there like a dead mouse waiting to be eaten." She scolded as I stood up ashamed.
"He wasn't ready." Misty tried to defend me.
"No opponent will wait for you. They will go head on." Pouncetail jumped at Misty with surprise on his side. But Misty was fast , she sidestep then raked his side with claws sheathed.
"Graceful." he commented. "Looks like your apprentice has it. Ravenpaw," He called. "Attack me." Now I'm ready. I got my hunches up then jumped up and went at him, but he went to the side and pushed me.
"Ow." I said a I tumbled over.
"Don't be so predictable." The ginger tom stated.
"When you brought your hunches up, it told me you would jump." He revealed to me. "Try something that I won't expect." I growled in frustration. I brought my hunches up again then pelted forward. When he side step I push my hind legs on the sand and tried to pelt myself in the direction he moved. I tackled him enough to knock the wind out of him, but he was too strong and over powered me.
"Better. But brute force is not going to work to someone who is bigger and stronger." He lifted me to my paws. "With your size right now, it would be good to be speedy and clever."
"Isn't that how you use to train like that with pika-" I looked at her quickly "I mean… nothing."
"Let's do you now, Aquapaw." Dapplenose got a good distance away then waited for her attack. Misty ran forward then jumped over her. Dapplenose turned, but was swiped on the head.
"Was that good?" She asked shyly. Good? It was-
"Brilliant." Her mentor praised her.
"Well, now that we know where you are, I think we should get back to camp." Pouncetail swam back to the larger island and we followed behind.
"This is so much fun." I told Misty.
"Just like a Pokemon battle." She replied. It is! The exhilaration and strategy is just like a battle.
"Let's grab some food and-" I was cut off by a sleek spotted fur she-cat. Her fur was spotted like a leopard.
"I know you two just had battle practice, but could you two go on a hunting patrol?" She asked calmly, but with great command.
"Su- Yes." I said.
"Thank you."
"Who was she?" I asked Misty
"did you hit your head or something?" Nettlepaw came to me with a fish between his teeth. "She's leopardstar." He waited for us to reply. "Don't you know?" … "She's the clan leader. Riverclan! Our clan of swift and clever nesses!" he said with dignity. We looked at him then started walking to the exit.
"I'll go this way and see what I can find." I twitched my tail as a sign of goodbye then went off in another direction. I hunted for a while. I found a couple shrews and voles, but most of them escaped. I came back with a vole and two shrews.
"hi Mist." I said between the tails.
"Hey." She said cheerfully with two large fish in her jaws.
"Wow, Great job." I smiled.
"Thanks, and you won't believe it. I put my tail in the water and caught them." She waved her tail at me. "I can't believe how useful they are." We walked into camp and dropped it on the pile.
"Hey, Ravenpaw." A croaky voice called to me. "Could you get us a vole."
"Umm, sure." I looked at the three old cats. They must be too old to get it themselves. I grabbed three voles and went to them.
"Thanks kiddo." She said as they started eating. I went back to Misty to find a black and white furred cat talking to her about something with elders.
"-Elders must eat before apprentices and Warriors. Oh Hi Ravenpaw."
"Hey." I said as I grabbed a little vole for myself and Misty. "let's go back to the den Mist."
"Mist? Is that some pet name?" he scoffed. "Come on Aquapaw."
"Sorry Ash, but he kinda asked me first. I'll take the vole." She said sadly then lightly grabbed the vole from my mouth. I could feel her breath on my whiskers. She nodded to me and went with him. What's this feeling? A rage of how Misty went off with… I don't even know who he is!
'They're just friends, I'm not jealous." I comforted myself. I walked over to my bed and ate the Vole with uncertainty. I can't eat anymore. I discarded the bones and whatever was left and went back to the reed nest. We still don't know what's going on. I looked up at the tree canopy. How am I a cat? What is this place? How was I sent here? The questions went around my head until it lulled me to sleep.
