Transformation: New Dawn

Training.

A/N: HI everyone! I'm so glad you all liked that this is one of the few stories that got published DURING the login glitch crisis…now if only I could get more people into the story itself…. Well, at least some of my fans read it. (Swack16 and Nalthren, I'm especially thankful for.)

Once again, thank you to TurtlesandMonkeys, and it is HER series, not mine…. (Oh wait that's for the disclaimers...XD)

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon, Nintendo does. I also do not won the Transformation universe created by TurtlesandMonkeys, I'm only borrowing with permission. Sarah and John belong to Swack16. MEE-YAA!

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Cindy and Sarah were walking through the road in the daylight, their paws carrying them forward. Cindy was already accustomed to walking of four legs, but she still misses riding her bike or even walking for that matter. The things I used to do when I was human…

Cindy sighed. Sarah noticed her and saw the long face on Cindy and knew something was nagging at her.

"Something on your mind?" Sarah asked. Cindy looked up. "Oh? No, its nothing."

She shook her head. Sarah didn't give up.

"Nobody looks like that over nothing. Come on, what's wrong?"

Cindy stopped and looked down. "It's just…I was remembering the things I used to do when I was human…."

Sarah sat in front of her. "And? How long have you been a pokemon now?"

Cindy sighed and closed her eyes. "I really don't know. It feels like forever since I remember when I was last human. I can't remember what it felt like to stand up tall, when I had hair that didn't burn, when I actually used my hands before I had paws, even simple things like clothes…."

"You mean you feel…um, exposed?" Sarah asked.

"What bothers me is not that I am but rather that I don't seem to mind anymore." Cindy looked down.

"I feel it slipping away as if all that life was nothing but a dream…" Cindy's eyes grew worried.

Sarah looked to the side then began to walk forward again. Cindy followed on her four paws.

"I'm guessing it was your Quilava that attacked you, right?"

She heard Cindy stop. Sarah turned and saw Cindy there, holding her head in her hands and starting to sniffle.

"Oh…I'm sorry I didn't mean to-"

"It's all right…its all right…." Cindy said while rubbing her eyes.

Sarah was going to walk to Cindy to comfort her when she smelled something. Sarah stood on alert and hunched down, her fur crackling a bit. Cindy looked around at hearing Sarah growl. It felt like someone else was there. Sarah sniffed the air.

Cindy shook the last of her tears and grew worried at Sarah's sudden alertness. "What's wrong?"

"We are not alone." Sarah growled, not taking her eyes away from the surrounding scenery. Cindy sniffed the air and could smell it to. It was a smell like honey…

"Bzzzzzdreeeeeee."

Out of the bushes a Beedrill came, its wings buzzing fast as it reached one dagger like drill back and struck Sarah, catching the Luxray off guard as she flew back, a cry of surprise and anger emanating from her. She arched her back and twisted her body as she flew through the air and landed on her paws, rebounded, and jumped back at the Beedrill. It flew out of the way and Sarah sailed past it. She landed on the ground and growled at her insect opponent.

"Hey, what was that for!?" She angrily cried at the Beedrill.

"Beedrill! Poison sting!" A young voice called out. Cindy looked around for the source of the voice. The Beedrill nodded and began to soar a little higher and bent its abdomen forward as it charged at Sarah, its stinger poised. Sarah hunched, her tail whipping behind her, teeth bared.

"Sarah, watch out!" Cindy called out. Sarah then bounded to the left when the Beedrill was a few inches away and its stinger plowed into the ground, the bug bending in recoil. Sarah then stood on her front paws as she bended her back legs and kicked the Beedrill, the bugs body bending before it got sent off the ground. It flapped its wings rapidly and got into an upright flying position.

"Beedrill, try Twin needle!" Cindy looked and saw a boy with dark blue hair and a yellow headband across his forehead standing behind the bushes, his eyes sparkling with the determination of a trainer. The Beedrill nodded and flapped its wings as its twin drills began to shine as it was focusing energy into them. Sarah was charging up as her opponent sailed in with its twin needles at the ready. She was about to unleash when the Beedrill unexpectedly changed direction and was behind her all of a sudden. Her energy bolts his nothing as she unloaded and then she cried out when she felt the Beedrill's twin needle attack strike her back. She was being pushed forward as strike after strike came upon her, the bug's needles moving so fast it reminded Cindy vaguely of a sewing machines needle.

"Sarah!" She called out. The boy heard a new cry and looked around when his eyes fell on Cindy.

"A Quilava?"

Sarah then opened her eyes sharply. They better not go for Cindy! She then roared out and spun to face the Beedrill and unleashed a massive discharge attack, the volts illuminating the area and catching the Beedrill full force. The bug fell to the ground, sizzling while Sarah fell as her back legs collapsed, panting exhaustedly.

"Beedrill!" The boy called out. He stepped into the clearing and picked up his blacked bug ,only its eyes looked normal as it gave him a sweet gaze and he knew it was ok, cooked, but ok.

"Beedrill, return." He recalled his bug into a Pokeball. Sarah then weakly stood up and glared at him.

"Back off." She growled.

The boy took a step back. "Dang, this Luxray is tougher than it looks. Maybe it was a bad idea to sneak attack it…"He took a step back as Sarah glared at him. "You think?" She growled in poke speak, not that the boy could understand her. Cindy observed the boy more closely. She looked at his poke belt, scarcely any Pokeballs on it. He looked around 9 or 10, he obviously is a fresh trainer. His eyes were wide and nervous.

Cindy ran over to Sarah. "Sarah, let him go. He probably doesn't know what he's doing. He's scared now."

The boy then cocked his head curiously at this Quilava that was apparently telling the Luxray not to attack him. "Uh...I'm sorry that I-uh…." He stuttered while taking a step back.

"Aki! Where are you?" Another voice called. The boy turned around. "Uh oh, I'm in for it now. Coming!" He shot a final look at Cindy and Sarah before running off in the direction the voice came from.

Sarah still stared down his direction. "Hmph, little brat. What business did he have attacking us?" Cindy walked over to her, her gaze also fixed on where he left. "Maybe he thought he could capture us."

Sarah shot an angry look at his direction before turning. "But I already have one. John is the only trainer for me! Hmph." She stopped and looked at Cindy. "Oh, and you too."

Cindy didn't seem to mind the comment. "Anyways, this shows that we have to be more careful. We probably seem like targets for trainers like him."

Sarah rolled her eyes. "What kind of trainer goes looking for pokemon at a time like this?"

Cindy looked up as she thought about it. "Um, maybe he doesn't know about the virus. Either that or he's incredibly gutsy...or not very bright."

Sarah snorted. "I'll go with stupid." She began to walk down the road again while Cindy began to follow. "Anyway, I could have used some help out there."

Cindy then stopped and began to twiddle her fore paws. "well actually…I don't know any attacks…"

Sarah stopped and dropped her jaw. "Are you serious?"

Cindy nodded embarrassedly. Sarah sighed. "Well, looks like you're gonna have to learn. I may be good, but I won't always come through when it comes to saving you. You need to learn to fight for yourself."

Cindy listened to Sarah's words and heeded her message. She's right…what if I'm in trouble and she isn't there to help me…or if she gets captured because I can't do anything about it…

Cindy's flames ruffles with determination. "All right, I'll do it." She then looked to Sarah with a naïve look. "Um, but who's going to teach me?"

Sarah raised her head up. "Well, seeing as I'm your only friend, guess it's going to have to be me."

Cindy cocked her head to the side. "Um, no offense, but your and electric type and I'm a fire type…will it be the same?" Sarah rolled her eyes with a lighthearted smile. "Fire-type, electric-type, all-the-same-to-me-type. It doesn't matter. Come on, let's find us a place to lay low and train."

Cindy reluctantly nodded and followed the Luxray deeper into the forest.

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"Ok, first off, when you need to attack, you just concentrate deep within and your body will know what to do."

Cindy was sitting down and watching Sarah stand on a stump while she took in everything the pokemon told her. After all, what better way to learn how to attack than from a pokemon?

"Ok, sounds easy, but how do I know what attack to use?"

"As we grow, certain instincts come to us and we just go with it. It's probably what you humans call learning an attack. Whenever a trainer gives us an order, it's usually connected to a move in our instincts. You're a Quilava …do you remember what moves a Quilava has?"

Cindy but her head on her paw and began to think, a very cute gesture coming from a Quilava. "Um, let me see…leer, tackle, ember, smokescreen…"

Sarah got off the stump. "ok let's start with something simple. Tackle is so easy, even a young Shinx can do it." She stood her ground. "Ok, now come at me and tackle me."

Cindy twiddled her paws. "I don't know…what if I hurt you?"

Sarah only shook the comment off. "Don't worry about me, now just tackle."

Cindy got up on her paws and stared at Sarah, a hesitant look on her face. Her flames then ruffled up and she began to run with her eyes closed. She jumped in the air…and missed Sarah completely and landed hard on the ground. "Oomph!" Cindy grunted as a cloud of dust billowed around her. Sarah shook her head. "This is gonna be tougher than I thought."

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"Ok, this time for sure!" Cindy began to run and at the last second swerved away from the Luxray. She hit empty ground again. Sarah groaned to the sky. She should have hit me by accident at least once!

Cindy continued jumping at Sarah but she kept missing. She was panting after her last attempt failed. Sarah slapped her own face with her paw. "Ok, take a break."

Cindy was panting. "I'm sorry, I just don't want to hit you. I'm afraid I'll hurt you."

Sarah turned her head to the side with a cocky smile. "I've been through a lot worse than a tackle before…" She sighed, as if she were reliving past battles, John appearing in most of those memories. Cindy remembered too, when John fought Akira and Sarah pulled a risky maneuver on the Arcanine Akira sent out. I wonder how Akira's been…

"Ok break time's up. I think we'll come back to the tackle later. I think you should try using a special attack."

Cindy gulped. "O-on you?"

Sarah laughed. "Not on me silly! You're too scared to attack me anyway. No, you're gonna torch that rock over there." She gestured to it with her head. Cindy nodded and got on all fours.

"Remember, concentrate hard on the attack you want to use, and let it go."

Cindy nodded and closed her eyes in concentration. Special attack…concentrate hard on what I want to do…

She could feel something building up inside her. It's working! She began to concentrate harder and felt something building up I her throat. Sarah was watching in anticipation. Cindy opened her eyes and then released the force inside her…

And out came a billow of black smoke. Sarah began to cough while Cindy put her paws to her mouth in surprise. "Oops, I used smoke screen instead!"

"That's okay…at least it came from you…" Sarah coughed. The smoke cleared. "Might be useful incase we need to escape anyway."

Cindy nodded and got down on all fours again. "What are you doing?" Sarah asked. Cindy closed her eyes. "I'm gonna try it again…" She began to concentrate again. Ok, concentrate harder on what I want…

The flames on her back and head began to intensify as they began to burn faster and brighter. Cindy opened her mouth…

…and an even thicker plume of smoke erupted form her mouth. Sarah closed her eyes and began to cough as her eyes stung. Even Cindy began to cough form her own smoke. Oh damn it, I thought I would get it that time!

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"Aki, get over here. Mom's looking for you!"

An 9-year old girl was crossing her arms as her 10-year old brother came back. She had blue hair like him too. "I'm sorry Nauru, Beedrill and I saw a Luxray and thought we could capture it…"

A mature voice but gentle sounded behind him.

"That's not always a smart thing to do. It could have belonged to someone else already or it could have had this dangerous virus."

Aki turned around. "Big brother! You're back!"

A 16-year-old boy with the same blue hair laughed in a smile too. "Hi little brother. Are you taking care of Beedrill?"

Nauru crossed her arms. " I heard that it got hurt when he was battling with it."

Aki bowed before his older brother. "I'm sorry Kyle. I was just trying to show you that I wanna be a good trainer just like you."

Kyle only laughed. 'It's ok, I know you'll be. Still It's not safe with this virus running around…"

"Yeah, you don't want to get turned into a pokemon, do you?" Nauru chided with her finger. Aki pushed it way. "Leave me alone. I'll be careful."

Kyle smiled. "I bet you are. Now lets get back to mom before she thinks she'll have to call the HDC for us ok?"

Both of the little kids laughed and went back. Kyle looked at them run along and sighed. That boy worries me sometimes…but he'll be ok.

He looked to the sky taking on tinges of orange and pink. The sun's setting down and it'll be night soon…

He got his bag and began to follow his brother and sister. He stopped when he thought he saw a Vulpix in the bushes. He brought out his own Pokeball for defense but saw it scurry off into the woods. Those eyes…it looked different some how…

"Kyle, you coming?" Nauru asked.

"Ok, I'm coming." He looked to see if the Vulpix was still there , but it was gone. He shrugged and went back with his family.

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"It will be getting dark soon." Sarah looked to the sky. Cindy was panting as she stared at the rock, a mocking laugh inside her head as she stared it down. Come on, I can feel it getting closer I just gotta….

Sarah walked beside her Quilava friend. "It's ok, we can try this again tomorrow." Cindy still stared the rock down and closed he eyes as she began to concentrate harder again. Her flames rustled with determination again and she could feel the energy again. Almost got it…burning…fire…attack…

She thought of herself and all the accomplishments she did when she was a young trainer starting out. Think about all I was…

She had thoughts on her friends. Umi, Maku, Lina…Quilava…

Her chest felt warmer and the back of her throat too…

Think about all I could be…

She had a small image in her head, when she hugged John for luck.

John…

Cindy then threw her head back and opened her mouth, an intense heat rushing out her throat and exploding outward into a concentrated stream of fire. The flamethrower struck the rock, scorching it. Cindy panted and her eyes widened as she saw the charred surface on the rock. …I did it!

Cindy jumped up excitedly. "I did it! Yeah! I did it!" Sarah smiled at her celebrating friend. "Wow Cindy, that was pretty good. Maybe your fiftieth try, but you didn't give up. Good job." She patted her back. Cindy smiled. "Thanks Sarah, you believed in me."

"Anytime."

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The little Vulpix was running, running away from the human that might have been a threat to it. It could have bitten the human to nullify the threat, but this small part in it told it to run instead, as if it couldn't think of biting anyone else.

The inner voice soon died down and the Vulpix stopped and saw night take hold. It looked up at the stars with curiosity then began to feel vulnerable in the open part of the woods. It slinked to a bush and hid in there. There was no mother Ninetales to protect it, so the Vulpix had to learn to fend for itself.

It yawned, curled up and began to go to sleep. It was sleeping on its stomach with its head resting on its arms.

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Cindy and Sarah were next to a bundle of fire that Cindy conjured all by herself. "You're getting good at this." Sarah said. "You would make a pokemon trainer proud to have you."

Cindy was lying on her back and stared at the sky. "Thanks…Sarah?"

The Luxray looked up. "Hmm?"

"Will we make it? Humans I mean."

Sarah shrugged. "I don't know…I try not to think about things like that."

Cindy sighed. "Lina, Umi, Maku, John, stay safe where ever you are."

She turned on her side and began to close her eyes. "Good night Sarah."

The Luxray stretched too. "Good night Cindy."

Then the two drifted off to sleep.

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"..Duo…Duo…duo…" The Doduo was still limping across the forest, the other head totally unconscious, the remaining one struggling to stay awake. The drugs began to take effect and the bird collapsed.

"Duo…" An image of a girl flashed before it…

Ci…Cindy…

Then the Doduo blacked out.

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A/n: I loved writing this little training scene between Sarah and Cindy. I thought it was important to see how Cindy would go around learning attacks. Sometimes people have a natural talent for it, and others have to focus to get it right. That's the way I see it. Also new Characters where introduced, Aki, Nauru, and his big brother Kyle. Also, that little Vulpix has significance…

Well I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Please review. Jonseycat, out! MEE-YAA!