Evan walked down the forest path. He was thinking about his last victory, and how his family cheered him on for defeating his hometown's gym leader! He was only allowed to leave on a journey if he could accomplish that task, and now here he was, traveling in the great outdoors! His thoughts were soon interrupted when he heard a bush rustle from behind him.
"Huh? Who's there?!"
He turned around swiftly, one hand grasping a ball from his belt as he faced the would-be attacker. The bush continued to shake and leaves fell from the stems, only for a Zigzagoon to pop his head out, an odd-looking necklace in his mouth.
"Woah, cool! A zigzagoon! And he's holding something, too!"
The normal type smiled as he walked up fearlessly to the trainer, his tail wagging left and right, raising his head to offer the item. Evan bent down on his knees as he stroke a hand along the Pokemon's back.
"Is this for me?" Evan asked, and grabbed the necklace.
Zigzagoon nodded, while Evan chuckled and pulled it over his head to put it on. The Pokemon then raised his head again, a weird golden object still left in his mouth.
"Oh? What else have you got?" Evan grabbed the weirdly shaped object and wiped the saliva off his shirt before twirling it in his fingers.
"Zigzagoon!" Zack shouted, though Evan was obviously unable to understand.
"Looks like they fit. Am I supposed to connect them?" Evan asked as he blinked down at Zack.
"Zag zigzag!" The 'mon replied. Evan laughed and patted his head.
"Alright then!"
The trainer squeezed the two parts together. The click of the amulet being assembled echoed in Evan's ears, and a dim, golden aura began to emanated from the spherical amulet.
"W-what's going on?!" He shouted. He began to rapidly shrink and grown brown and white fur everywhere. "Help... Vee... " he begged the Zigzagoon as his form shrunk into the folds of his clothes.
"Zig? Zi would I do that?". Upon understanding him, the trainer's eyes opened wide. And in that moment all his pain, all that light just stopped.
" I... can hear you!" He said as his head popped out from the shirt, two pointy brown ears flicking up in the air.
"Of course you can! You have ears, you know! " Zack the Zigzagoon replied. "And you're coming with me! "
"Wait, what?!" Zack then bit Evan by the ear and whisked him away.
Zack dragged the new human based Eevee back to the hideaway. The Eevee's crieD and struggled, asking where he was being taken too until he saw for himself. Groups of different pokemon lined up in rows. Swellow, Linoone, Mightyena and much much more.
Evan squirmed, his ear now bleeding from Zack's grip until he was finally dragged to the center of the clearing and tossed inside a wooden cage.
"Today! We offer this sacrifice to you, mother of nature! " A nearby Lilligant announced.
"What?!" Evan shouted in disbelief. Motivated by fear he began to continuously headbutt the thick wooden bars that caged him.
"We hope you smile down upon us and grant us a bountiful harvest this year!" A Timburr came by with arms full of firewood and placed them strategically around the cage.
"No! You can't do this!" Evan pleaded. No one listened.
"To mother nature!" Lilligant shouted.
"To mother nature!" The crowd repeated in unison. A charmander and simisear walked up to opposite ends of the cage and pile of wood.
"Help me!" Evan cried out one last time. The two fire Pokémon set the wood on fire first with their attacks. Smoke filled the air. Evan ran around in circles before trying to headbutt the cage again. Soon the thick smoke made him cough repeatedly before he fell over. The last thing he saw was Zack smiling and getting pats for his capture before Evan felt the flames reaching out and burning his fur before passing out.