The silver and white Pokémon shuddered as he staggered out of the water and back onto the skeptical, he gulped as he leaned over the water, peering at his reflection. He snatched himself away from his reflection, wide-eyed as he nonchalantly stared off into the distance at confirming his appearance. Yep, I definitely an Eevee; and a shiny one at that…but w-what happened? Why am I Pokémon? Wh—
Shhh…
The shiny Eevee's long ears shot straight up as he froze, startled; he daintily lifted up one of his hind legs as he turned around to see what he'd stepped on and sunk into the sand. My glasses…
The shiny Eevee smiled as he pawed his glasses closer toward him like a precious treasure and carefully inspected them; well, as carefully as his new set of paws would allow him to considering he didn't have thumbs. He noticed that they were significantly cleaner with the black frame glistening even in the fading sunlight and the glass lenses sparkling immaculately clear like new. From what he could see there were no cracks or scratches…but how was he going to get them on his face? The Eevee gripped the side of his glasses in his mouth…
"AHAHAHA!"
"Give it back you bastards!"
The Eevee looked up from his glasses to see a Koffing and Zubat quickly approaching him. The Koffing streaked by, cackling merrily whilst the Zubat, who was clearly his companion as he joined him in his laughter, wildly flapped his wings and kept pace with the Koffing. "Heh-heh-heh—whoops!"
The silver and white Pokémon cried out as the side of his head was struck with an odd and large stone fragment that the Zubat dropped.
…crack.
He cringed at the pain pulsating through his skull in rapid waves and gently rubbed the aching spot, already feeling a huge knot coming on. The shiny Eevee briefly checked the underside of his paw for blood as he drew it away from his head and looked at the odd rock, forgetting his injury as it became a dull throb. "What is this?" He mused aloud.
The Zubat made a sharp u-turn when he realized what he'd dropped and quickly snatched it up, carelessly flicking sand in the Eevee's face in his haste to get out of reach of a scruffy-looking and dusky gray Pokémon with deep obsidian coloration on its face, paws, inner ears, and underbelly. The Dark Pokémon's garnet irises blazed in anger as it suddenly sprinted past, roughly shouldering him out of the way. The Eevee was knocked off balance and fell onto the shore, splashing and spluttering as he tried to stand up…but failing as he was still unused to his four legs. "Hey, watch it!"
The Poochyena continued running, unfazed by the Eevee's angered call as he adamantly chased after the Koffing and Zubat, leaping up high into the air and viciously snapping at them with his stark white fangs and barking out threats of grotesque violence. All three of them disappeared into large cave; with their taunting laughter and furious snarls eventually echoing away.
"Hey….are you okay?"
The Eevee padded out of the water and quickly shook himself dry like a Growlithe; unconsciously showering whoever was beside him in a flurry of sparkling drops of water. The Eevee suddenly yelped in surprise when the exact same Krabby from before clenched its claw tightly onto his tail and the shiny Pokémon turned to look at it incredulously.
Evil beware…the revenge of the Krabby…
"Hey, stop that!"
The Krabby was suddenly stunned off of the Eevee when it received a weak ThunderShock and hobbled off into the ocean, weakly snapping its claws and muttering in defeat. When the Eevee noticed who was beside him he bristled in surprise. "Oh, sorry about that! I didn't notice you…"
"It's alright…" The speaker nonchalantly wiped away few lone drops that slid down her short, bright yellow fur. She flicked her long, black tipped ears nervously as she addressed him and glanced around a bit; as if expecting a ferocious Ursaring or something to suddenly charge out of the bushes. She quickly brushed away a few drops of water that ran down her brown striped back with her tail. "Are you okay?" She repeated.
"Yeah, I'm fine." The Eevee murmured as he wiped away a few remaining bits of sand from his eyes. "But when I catch up to those guys I'll be even better…"
The female Pikachu froze for a moment, startled at the fact that the Eevee planned to pursue them. So she tried to change the subject. "I've never seen you around here before…and rarely anyone with your color." The female Pikachu chuckled; her demeanor friendly even though she regarded him with caution. "Where are you from Eevee?"
The Eevee stared at the female Pikachu, confused for a moment before remembering that he actually was an Eevee now. "Umm…I doubt you know where this is but…when I was a human I came from Saffron City."
The Pikachu stared at him blankly for a few moments, tilting her head to the side in confusion. She blinked twice at him, "When you were human? But you look like a normal Eevee to me. A shiny one but, normal nonetheless…"
"Yeah I uh, realized that when I woke up…" The Eevee muttered.
"Do you know how you became a Pokémon?" The Pikachu asked.
"No…I remember getting on the S.S. Aqua in Vermillion. Because I was going to become a trainer after I reached Olivine City. There was a storm…but after that…it's all meshed up and blurry." The Eevee murmured, furrowing his brow as he attempted to scan his brain for any other details. Not that they would help at the moment…
The Pikachu slightly narrowed her eyes as she scrunched up her face, still wearing a confused expression at mention of cities and storms and whatever the hell and S. Aqua was. She quickly dismissed it however. "All right then…well, anyway, I'm Light. What's your name?" She asked.
"Zachary." The Eevee answered simply.
"Ok…Zachary." The Pikachu murmured, encoding his name into her memory. She opened her mouth to ask another question when an odd and gleaming object behind Zach caught her eye. "What's that?"
Zach followed her eye and gaped in horror when he saw that the frame of his glasses was dented and the right lens inside it was cracked. He pawed his glasses closer to him as an angry and forlorn growl rumbled in his throat. "My glasses…"
The taunting laughter and calls of the Koffing and Zubat suddenly echoed in Zach's keen ears, and from the way Light froze and flicked her own, she'd heard them too. Light noticed Zach's silver and white fur fluff out as the fur on the nape of his neck bristled sharply all the way to the end of his back. He cast an irritable glance over his shoulder at the cave as Light carefully inspected his broken glasses. She held them curiously in her small yellow paws as she held them up to the light and squeezed one of her eyes shut. "These really mean a lot to you huh?"
Zach did not hear her question as he made a dash for the cave. Light froze and nervously clutched Zach's glasses to her chest. "Wait a sec! Where are you going? You aren't seriously going after them are you?"
Zach skidded to halt, scattering sand as he turned to look back at Light. "Yeah…I want to make that Zubat and Koffing pay for what they did…or at least apologize. And I don't know what that Poochyena's deal is but he looked like he could use some help. Are you coming?"
Light's ears flattened against her head as she slightly began to shake, looking as if the very idea was appallingly terrifying. She narrowed her eyes apologetically as she slowly shook her head and glanced at Zach's glasses in her paws, remembering how important they were to him.
"No, Light, wait!" Zach cried, starting a few paces after her when he realized what she was thinking but the quick Electric Pokémon had already gripped his glasses in her teeth and sprinted away and out of sight as she disappeared onto an unexplored path leading away from the beach. Zach sighed, I'll just have to go after her later…I need to go find that Poochyena first. Zach shuddered as he padded up to the mouth of the cave; a bit doubtful at the sudden decision he was making. His ears twitched when he heard the strangled and frustrated barks of the Poochyena, then, his resolve made, promptly ventured into the mysterious Beach Cave…
The ground beneath Zach's paws was soft and dense as he padded throughout the Beach Cave. He wanted to be as discreet as possible as he explored, avoiding lone agitated Pokémon or minor altercations. Zach was alerted only occasionally by the sudden smells his now keen senses picked up, like thick-scent of salt in the air or the dry and lightly bitter smelling mud or fleeting loud drips of water as they fell upon a small body of water or gathered in a deep pool. He wasn't surprised that this cave was home to a plethora of Water-type Pokémon seeing as it was oddly welcoming and comfortable and an ideal habitat despite the small diversity.
The Beach Cave had wide floors oddly enough like a maze. It was fun to explore but Zach always was relieved when he found floors with access to a deeper part of the cave after he'd seen no sight of the Zubat and Koffing. After a short while Zach had reached the end of the cave, realizing this when he walked upon a wide floor bearing large bright burgundy reefs with tufts of algae; it smelled kind of musty but the clean scent of the water and a small opening in the very back of the small clearing brought fresh air and dulled it down considerably.
As Zach padded forward onto the small clearing his eyes widened slightly in surprise when he spotted the Poochyena; and from the looks of it the Dark Pokémon had cornered the Koffing and Zubat. Zach trotted toward them at a slow pace…
"Uh oh…"
"Well, well…End of the road it seems."
Dun Dun Dun! Well, anyone whose played the game knows that there's gonna be a fight! Whoo-hoo! Finally some action! Anyways, thanks for reading! And review please!
~Graywind