Hello. Quick message from the author; I would like to say that this is the first work of fiction I've written in a rather long time but things should be fine! There won't be a schedule for uploading since I like to take my time with things such as writing but it shouldn't take an eternity either! Also I do not own Pokemon. With that out of the way, please enjoy the story!
Internal Mystery
Prologue Part 1
No More Worries
It was a very pleasant day in Shalour City; clear blue sky, warm weather and a bit of a refreshing breeze. Practically the perfect summer day for relaxation and what better thing to do than take advantage of this perfection! This was originally not Mat's plan. An ordinary, tall, blunette boy and pokemon trainer visiting Shalour City with one of his best friends he's met through his adventure, Channah. She's a little younger but a pokemon trainer with lots of experience and knowledge, she has blonde hair with a bit of it dyed green. Channah was convincingly beaten by Mat (who had only spent half as much time training as Channah had) the day they met. The boy's quick thinking and infrequent determination defeated the experienced Pokemon trainer and ever since then they have become bittersweet rivals and occasional partners.
Today was different though! A whole day without their Pokemon, battling or adventuring just to spend quality time with family and friends. Mat's cousin was visiting the Kalos region and he wanted to see him, with the intention to bring his friend Channah because she enjoys being around children. Which in turn, would hopefully make her forget about Mat's recent win against her that she can not get over.
The three of them decided to visit the beach area for a while to enjoy the cool ocean and have a blast! Unlike everyone else, the time was passing by slowly for Mat due to him usually acting like a slacking and snorlax; unmotivated and lazy on any casual day. Seeing his cousin should have been a blast but this time it was not cutting it. Instead he was lying on a towel, swimming trunks, a t-shirt and arms covering his eyes. His cousin was much younger and playing in the water with Channah, constantly encouraging Mat to enter the water. Eventually Channah grew tired of the boy's "smarty pants act" and marched over to him and started to yap at him to enter the water. He groaned and flipped over which only aggravated her even more. Mat's cousin was still belly-deep in the water, watching their close display of friendship until he witnessed a majestic Pokemon swim in the water further ahead. There were only supposed to be skrelp, horseas, claunchers, their evolved forms, relicants, wailmers, luvdiscs and tentacools. But whatever he had spotted was nothing comparable to those Pokemon. It was pale gold, serpent-like and like no other pokemon he's seen roam in the water from the few other regions he has visited. Without a second thought, his childish mind made him swim after the mysterious pokemon that dived deeper underwater further away. He kept swimming out towards sea, only to find the water getting deeper and darker.
In the meantime, Channah was giving Mat a painful lecture that hurt his ears every second that passed by. He eventually decided to flip over again so his head was no longer laying in the towel. He ignored Channah and looked around her to see his cousin. At that very moment he saw a second-long glimpse of his cousin swimming out towards sea before quickly submerging underwater as if some force pulled him. Mat's pupil's widened and without a second of hesitation he dashed towards the last known location of his cousin like a blur and on the other hand, Channah was confused for a second before giving chase. As Mat began to ran, he felt the warm sand and cold sea water for the first time that day. His desperate chase made his running a little sloppy but as he got deep enough into the water where it was waist-high, everything around him started to brighten before going blank.
"Is that all I can remember?"
A similar blue sky was filled with clouds on a warm day. A dewott was laying on a soft patch of grass in a very dense forest that seemed rather uninhabited and unharmed. The dewott laid there for what felt like an eternity, absorbing his new surroundings and trying to piece together what had happened to him. The difficult part for him was believing what was true; if he was human or if his memories were just dreams. It had felt like the moment he had opened his eyes in the patch of grass was his very first moment alive but at the same time he had memories of a completely different life. Those thoughts were the only things that came to mind whenever he tried remembering who he was. At least he had an idea of what his name might be, recollection of two other people's names and a small memory about each of them.
The dewott stood up quickly and naturally and then declared out loud, "I am Mat. These 'memories' of mine could not have been any dream, they feel too real and alive to be anything less. Especially the thoughts of my cousin..."
Too many mysteries clouded his mind but he shrugged them off. While standing up, Mat was able to get a better view of himself, he was blue with two sharp shells on each side. He then searched for a source of water to get a look of his face. It was not too long of a stroll before he found an opening in the forest with a nice pond. Mat looked over and got a good reflection of his new face.
"Guess I really am a dewott, huh." Mat told himself, examining his reflection.
Continuing to stare at himself, Mat found that his gaze was constantly drawn towards his scalchops on his side. Just by looking at them he could somehow figure out that they're used for the attack "razor shell" and he wondered if it were possible for him to use the move as well. Sure he was a pokemon now but was it as simple as swinging shells around, or was there something else to it? Mat grabbed both scalchops and held them in both hands. He gripped both shells in his hands, it felt oddly natural to him but something still felt off. This is how he imagined another dewott would do it though, plus he found it cool to carry and swing his scalchops in both hands for an attack. At first he was hesitant to swing them because it felt childish to him and he was a little embarrassed to just attack the air. What if someone watched him? The thought made him shiver, so he took a minute to look around the pond and at the circumference of the opening to make sure no one was around. He checked everything once more and then began swinging the shells. He felt silly and no sense of power came out of it but it was still kind of fun.
Nearly an hour passed and the day was still very young. Mat was sitting by the pond, wandering in his ocean of thoughts. Where was he? How did this all happen? Why did this occur? But for now Mat would have to put these questions on pause, his stomach growled and he felt the need to eat. While walking to the pond there did not seem to be anything edible anywhere, it was like an empty but peaceful forest.
"I'll take nap here. It feels too early in the morning for me to be awake." Mumbled Mat before lying down on a tree and falling asleep.
The sun was strong that afternoon. Mat woke up lying on the ground, a bit sore but it was easily tolerable for him. Walking was an issue with the pain of being hungry and after walking for several minutes straight there was no chance of finding his way back due to the forest being so dense with trees that make the scenery seem the same everywhere. A few hours passed by and Mat still had nothing to eat and wandered the forest slowly with his space-filled stomach. It looked like this forest did not have many areas where berries grew.
"C'mon, there must be something out here to at least have as a snack." Mat cried out loud.
At that moment, faraway he spotted something out of the ordinary. He paused, for a moment he was sure that he saw a yellow tail with two bumps at the end.
"T-That must be a pikachu!?" Shouted Mat, relieved to find someone at least.
He started to sprint to where he last saw the tail, with all his strength he cried out for help but no sound came out of him but he continued to clumsily run. For a second his feet were traversing grass and dirt but the next second he slipped and was suspended in mid-air. Before he knew it, the poor dewott he ran over a small cliff. Everything felt like it froze for a second: him falling, his scream and his surroundings as his eyes met with the pikachu's. His final thought before falling was that he was gonna have a bad time...
After a painful split second of something happening too quickly for him to understand, Mat found himself looking up towards the sky, his back on grass and a massive headache. Panic struck him for a split second and he bounced onto his feet instantly with pain all over him but he didn't bother to complain. He looked around and found the pikachu besides him, head planted into the ground and hopefully breathing. Mat could only feel like a fool for falling but he was hungry, desperate and now in lots of pain. He looked over and there was a basket knocked over with apples in them! He started to stagger towards the apple basket to grab a snack. He reached for the basket and found a few fresh apples to eat. He picked one and a grin grew on his face. Mat planned on eating it after he got a bit of rest from the fall. He grabbed the basket and turned his back to the pikachu. He started to slowly walk away but pain was stinging in his head as he was leaving. He looked back at the pikachu with her head planted into the ground, his eyes could not leave her pitiful sight.
"This is not right isn't it? But I, I... Can't believe I've gotta do this to myself." Mat whined, looking at the apple in his hand.
He placed the apple back into the basket and walked back. He placed the basket besides the pikachu as she slowly woke up.
Met offered the other pokemon some help, "here, let me help you up."
"Thank you very much for the help Mat! It was very kind of you to help me, not many Pokemon are as kind as you and would offer help. I'm sure any other stranger would simply snatch my basket of apples and leave without at least giving an apology!" said the pikachu full of enjoy.
Mat simply nodded with half his face turned away from her with guilt. Hungry and in pain, he somehow knew that he made the right decision.
The pikachu moved closer to Mat and introduced herself full of zeal, "please let me introduce myself, I'm Pam, a friendly pikachu out to help everyone!"
"Out to help?" Mat repeated.
"Y-Yes, is there something you need?" Asked Pam.
Mat paused for a second and then said, "yeah, is there a chance I could find a place to stay for a while?"
"Here we are, this is my home!" Pam said presenting her home while pointing upwards.
After a short walk through the forest they finally arrived. Mat looked upwards towards where Pan was pointing. The house was built atop a hill surrounded by a small population of trees, bushes and flowers. No road, gate or fence anywhere. It looked like a large round hut made of wood, with a second floor, two room extensions added to both sides and a round roof made of wood.
Mat stared at it for a moment and then complimented, "impressive place."
"Why thank you! I live here with two other of my friends though, I'll introduce them to you if you'd like!" Offered Pam.
They walked up the hill towards the front entrance.
Mat gestured for Pam to stop and said, "I'll get the door, you're still holding the basket when I'm the one who should be holding it."
"O-Oh, thank you. I left the door unlocked so you can just open it..." Said Pam.
As Mat reached for the doorknob and was supposed to turn it, the door had quickly swung open towards him! With the dewott's poor luck, he was flattened between the door and the house's wall. It flew back and he saw a figure running away and another chasing after it. Pam called out someone's name before coming to Mat's aid.
"Oww, why me?" Were his last words before falling unconscious again.
Somewhere else...
"Why is a dedenne playing around an entrance to a cave?" asked the colt pokemon to himself.
In the middle of a forest was a very young dedenne strolling aimlessly, humming some tune without any worries.
The small horse pokemon strolled up to the dedenne and asked, "excuse me but why are you all by yourself without someone like an adult? Especially someone as young as you are."
"Hi! My name is Danny, I'm just looking around, searching..." Replied Danny the dedenne. "Say, what pokemon are you? I've never seen anything like you before!"
"Oh, I'm a keldeo! But you can call me Kyle. Just a friendly pokemon out to help!" He replied proudly.
Danny's eyes sparkled with joy and so he asked, "hey, could you help me find my cousin and his friend?"
"Yeah, sure thing!" Said Kyle, enthusiastic to help.
