Chapter 1: Injuries

Before I start off, Zoroark, a friend of mine, won't read my stories anymore. He finds transformation wrong. I'm changing one of the main characters, though.

Ugh... My head...Pounding...

I felt waves of pain go through my body, although my head, right arm and left foot hurt the most. I moved slightly, and I groaned in pain as the pain spiked.

"Wait, did you hear that?" I heard a voice say. It was like a boy's voice.

"Yeah, it sounds like he's waking up..." Another voice said. It sounded like a girl's voice.

I opened my eyes to see two Pokemon standing in front of me, a Pikachu, and a Snivy.

"Err… Are you feeling alright?" The Snivy asked.

Wait, what the... Did... Did that Snivy just talk?

I instantly jumped to my feet from hearing a Snivy talk, and also at the fact that I UNDERSTOOD what it said, but collapsed due to my foot.

"Whoa, don't panic! We aren't here to hurt you... Just be careful though, you were hurt badly..." The Pikachu said.

Quite honestly, I was panicking.

"You were all alone on the path, in the rain, and hurt badly. We couldn't leave you there, you were unconscious and bleeding badly... That's why we put these bandages on you..." The Snivy explained, then he pointed at me with a vine-like arm.

I was skeptical, but raised an arm to my head, but shuffled back when I saw a white limb. I quickly shuffled back in shock.

What the?! This isn't my arm!

"Don't move so much, it'll start hurting again. Are you feeling alright?" the Snivy asked. It then leaned towards the Pikachu.

"Is this how all Oshawotts act?" The Snivy whispered to the Pikachu, but I heard what it said.

"What?! No, I'm a human!" I quickly replied. The Snivy and Pikachu looked surprised at my response.

"Really? But you look like an Oshawott to me." The Snivy replied.

I grabbed one of my arms with a fingerless arm, and I ended up "pinching", the end curled up slightly around the other arm tightly, but I still was in the same place I was before pinching.

Not a dream... Although I think I'm already going through enough pain.

"Like I said, you look like a normal Oshawott to me. But changing the subject for a bit... What is your name?" The Snivy asked.

I paused. What's my name? Umm...

I think... Luke? No... Liam? Err... Something with an L...

The two Pokemon looked at each other with a worried look.
"You don't know your own name?" the Pikachu questioned.
"I don't know, I can't remember it... I..." I trailed off, realizing something.

Who... Am I?

I've also realized other questions, also.

What... Am I? Where is this place?

"I... I don't know. I only remember that I... WAS a human." I sadly told said Pokemon.

Both Pokemon had a shocked look on their faces.
"You... Used to be a human?" The Pikachu asked. I nodded.
"And... You can't remember anything?" The Snivy asked. I glumly nodded again.

Both Pokemon were quiet for a minute, but then the Pikachu smiled.
"Maybe you can come with us for the time being, you might remember more things later!" The Pikachu suggested.

I don't really... Have anywhere else to go... But she may be right; I could remember more about myself later...

I smiled and looked at the Pikachu, nodding.

"Great! I'm sure this will help you, and traveling with more Pokemon will be fun!" the Pikachu happily chanted.
"Err... Crystal likes making friends with other Pokemon. And speaking of names, my name is Sam." the Snivy explained, and then introduced.
"She's very cheerful, Sam." I said, trying to stand up, but fell on my backside, due to my foot.

"Don't move! Just please, rest up for now, ok?" Crystal told me. Strangely, I felt myself drifting off, weak from my efforts.
"We'll let you sleep for now. Like Crystal said, just rest for now, ok?" Sam suggested. I slowly nodded as I layed against the grass bed, and closed my eyes.

Very soon, I was asleep.

Me and Sam were in another room to let Lucas sleep.

"Do you really think he used to be a human?" Sam asked. All I did was nod in response. Sam looked shocked at this.
"But... How... How could you believe something like that?" He asked, trying to find the words he wanted to say.

"Before the... Event..." I was saddened a bit by memories but kept my head up.
"My parents told me stories about humans when I was little. I've heard stories from them about lots of humans, like this human who 'breeds" Pokemon, or a human who battled other humans with their Pokemon." I explained.

"Well... if you believe that ... Then I'll believe it, too." Sam , yawning a bit after.

"Well, we should be going to sleep now, since it's getting dark. Should we show him around the town once we wake up?" I asked.

"I think it'll be... WAIT!" He added, but exclaimed at the end.

I looked at him in curiosity. "What is it?"

"We were going to meet someone in Leaf Town about buying some land! Remember?"

I froze; we were sending mail and receiving mail about someone selling a large amount of land for a low price; Sam and I were thinking on starting a team, so we needed to get our own place. We put our money together to buy a bit of land, which was going to be tommorow. Right now, we're in Swanna's Inn.

"You have the P?" I asked Sam. He nodded in response.

"Thank Arceus... I'm getting sleepy now, I think we should go to sleep now." I suggested. Sam nodded in response. We went to the other room, and went on our grass beds.

"Good night, Sam." I slowly said, closing my eyes.

"You too, Crystal..." He replied.

Soon, we were both asleep.

Time Lapse: To Very Early Morning (Still Dark)

Ugh... Something hurts... My head...

My head hurts. Nothing much else to say, since my head is throbbing.

I opened my eyes, looking around. Instead of seeing my room, I saw a wooden room, but built out of different types of wood. Light wood for the roof, darker wood for the walls, and the wood in the middle on the floor.

Crap. I'm still in this world of Pokemon. Not that I'm complaining...

I slowly stood up, then reached up to my head to feel some sort of fabric on me. Not really knowing the fabric, I started feeling around my head until I reached a bump on my head. It wasn't round, and it felt flat and had a smooth point on the top of it. I then pulled my arm back, looking at my arm. It was a white limb, that easily bent.

Before, when I was human, when I grabbed something, I think my fingers wrapped around the object. When I did that same action (or something like it, as I felt like it had lost some limbs but got some new ones) in my current state, the white limb curled up slightly.

Looking down, I saw my torso... And a shell?!

I was weirded out quite a bit. Despite knowing what an Oshawott looked like, I felt strange actually seeing and having the shell on myself.

Looking down a bit more, I've also noticed that I have flipper-like feet. Each foot had three toes, but were close together so much you could basically only see lines. My left foot was also bandaged, but it didn't hurt.

I guess it healed...

Looking at the shell again, I grabbed it with my left hand, (I'm left handed and my right arm is broken) and pulled it. The shell came off much easier than I expected. Then I looked at it. The shell looked like a scallop shell, but instead of multiple lines running across it, there was just two.

I swung the Scalchop around, and it was smooth. Not too light, not too heavy, as if it was made for me.

After having a bit of fun swinging it around, I stopped, and thought about putting it back. I tried simply pressing it back on my belly, and it worked fine. It stayed there, in place.

I was feeling restless for some reason, so I started walking to the door. Strangely, walking there was easy.

I stared at the door; I wasn't too sure who built this place, but I wasn't about to complain. I opened the door to find out I'm in some sort of hallway, along with some stairs. I walked towards the stairs, hearing the patting of my feet emit against the floor. I soon started slowly and carefully descend down the stairs, on my toes, so I don't fall down or wake anyone up.

I arrived at another floor; there was a counter, a couple of tables, and a fountain with running water.

I'm not gonna ask how that works...

I walked up to the fountain, and looking at the water, I've stared at my reflection.

What I saw, was an Oshawott's face, but part of my head was bandaged just above my eyes, so I could see. I've accidentally left my mouth open, but I've noticed I have fangs. In the reflection, I have black eyes, a big, brown nose, and three freckles on each side of my face. I've also noticed on top of my head, are two small, pointed ears.

I sighed. "I really did turn into an Oshawott..." I said, staring at the reflection. My reflection...

"What do you mean, 'Turned into an Oshawott'?" A voice asked behind me.

"Ahh!" I panicked, and turned around, but stumbled. "Ack..." I moaned as I shuffled against the fountain. I saw a large, white-feathered bird in front of me.

"Oh, my apologies for frightening you!" The bird apologized. I got up, rubbing my bandaged arm and shaking my head slowly. "It's fine... I just don't know how I didn't notice you." I replied.

"I'm also unsure, but my name's Swanna." Said person introduced herself. I figured she's a lady.

"I can't remember my name, sorry for that..." I introduced, rubbing the back of my head.

"Seeing your injuries, I can see why..." She faded near the end.

"Wait a minute... Are you that Pokemon that those two brought in?" Swanna asked. I sort of tilted my head in curiosity.

"This isn't their house... Is it?" I asked. She shook her head in response.

"No, this is an inn. You're in Post Town." Swanna notified.

"Post Town?" She nodded.

"Yes, Post Town. Anyways, why were you brought in, injured? And my apologies for listening in, but what do you mean by, "Turned into an Oshawott"?" Swanna asked.

I froze. I didn't realize she was there when I was looking at myself through the fountain, but I guess it was inevitable.

"Err… It might seem unbelievable…" I said.

"Don't worry… I've heard quite a bit of unbelievable stories." Swanna assured.

"Alright then… To start off… I'm… I'm actually a human." I stated. Swanna was surprised at what I've just said.

"You're not a Pokemon from the start? You look exactly like an Oshawott." She replied.

"I know that… I've turned into one."

"Alright. Please, continue."

"Well… Yesterday, when I was human, I-" I was interrupted by Swanna.

"Yesterday?" Swanna repeated. I nodded.

"Yes, yesterday. I was walking to my home. But it started raining hard. I then wanted to get back home quickly, and there's a forest between me and my house, so I started walking through the forest." I explained.

"It was raining hard? Now that I think of it, there was heavy rainfall yesterday…" Swanna said.

"I'm not too sure if that's a coincidence… Anyways, As I stomped through said forest, a Mightyena tackled me to the ground, and some more Mightyena joined it. I tried fighting back, but things… Looked grim. They nearly killed me…" I continued yet again, the tone getting a bit darker near the end.

"You've must've gone into their land... Thank goodness that you're healing up. But please, continue. I don't believe it would end there…" Swanna assumed.

"You're right, it goes on. As I was beat up by the Mightyena, some random portal opened up behind me, and I fell into said portal."

"A portal? That doesn't seem very believable…" Swanna mentioned.

Now that I think of it, that actually does seem like a stretch…

"Anyways… As I was falling through, I was seeing lots of colours. I also was feeling a bit different, but I didn't notice. But the colours disappeared, and I saw clouds. I fell through them, and I saw the land of mountains, lakes, and a dirt path. But then I collapsed against the ground… That's all I can remember…" I finished.

"It seems like you've been through quite some pain, considering you're here, talking to me, instead of…" Swanna mentioned again, but stopped near the end.

"Yeah, it certainly did hurt. Although how did I survive falling from the sky and smashing against the ground?" I asked.

"I'm unsure on how you managed to survive, but nevertheless, you did." Swanna replied.

I then heard footsteps, and then I saw Sam and Crystal walking down the stairs, who looked shocked to see that I was already up.

"Oshawott? You're up early…" Sam said. He seemed a bit tired, still.

"I've... Just gotten an early start?" I replied.

"Well, you did go to sleep early." Crystal added.

"Well, we should get going now, otherwise the place might've been bought by someone else." Sam suggested. Crystal nodded, and she gave some gold coins to Swanna.

They started walking towards the door, and I followed them outside.

I apologize for my Hiatus. I've been busy with school, and playing video games. Now I'm starting to write! And I'm more inspired to write this! And as for Shadowed Darkness, I'm sort of in a nutshell, so that might take a bit, but I'll get it out as soon as I can.

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