Note: Thoughts are in italics for now, and the only speech for now will be pokéspeak, and sorry in advance for the exposition wall, The character kinda is too busy trying to figure out what's going on to be polite or worry about this fics pacing.
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon, likely never will, and this applies for every chapter of this fic, so assume I don't from now on
Chapter 1: Why am I a Candle?
Uhhh... my heads hurts, what did I do last night? I think to myself as I lie on some hard floor I don't remember anything I did last night... As I think further, I realize I don't remember anything I did...
...EVER. Uh-oh. Great, do I have amnesia or something? At which point my brain chose to relay to me that the floor I was lying upon was made of stone, as well as rather bizarre information about the placement of my body that didn't seem to involve legs anywhere. Upon this realization, I open my eyes. What I saw was only further baffling, as I see a room that was clearly part of a cave. A cave with glowing crystals in the walls. What in the name of everything sacred is going on here? I hope those aren't radioactive or something... My train of thought is interrupted as I catch a look at a crystal set in the floor nearby. And my reflection in it. A reflection of a candle. With a purple flame floating right above it, and little yellow eyes. I rush up to the mirror-like crystal which in retrospect isn't glowing at all. It's just really reflective.
So... I inspect myself further, and come across a realization. I know exactly what I am. I'm a Pokemon. Specifically a Lit wick. I don't know *HOW* I know that, anymore than how I know I used to be human. In fact, I don't really know I used to be human, really I muse. I shake myself. No, that way madness lies I tell myself. Which of course raises the question of how sane I am, but I ignore that in favor of finding a way out. Which seems to be the large set of worn stone steps directly in front of me. I'll just be going that way.
At the foot of said steps, It hits me. How am I going to climb stairs without legs! In fact, how am I moving at all! In a moment, I work out that I seem to just sort of slither like a slug. And the stairs don't really seem to impede that. I ascend into another room, this one mostly similar, but with a hallway at the end. I head toward it, only to hear the most unpleasant screech I have ever heard. I look towards the source, and see a Zubat. I suppose that makes sense, considering I'm a Litwick and all. I think, and then the bat has it's fangs buried in me. It stings a little, but not as much as it by all rights should. I feel a bit of a sucking sensation, and then it lets go, seeming a bit puzzled. It must have used Leech Life, or wait, is it Absorb? and then it goes in for another run. Ouch, must stop it from doing that, don't I know Astonish or Ember or something? For lack of any better ideas, I wave about my nubby little arms and shout "Boo!", which while it only seems kind of embarrassing to me, causes the bat to skip a beat in it's flying and crash into a wall. Whatever works I guess...
Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to down the Zubat, and it quickly uses it's wings and those little antenna-leg things to fling itself back into the air. And of course, it tries to suck my nonexistent blood again. I shout again, causing it to bite down harder. Note to self, wait for things to not have part of you in it's mouth before trying to startle it! I think. Luckily, it seems to have passed out from the shock of my adorable little ghost impression. I regard it's unconscious body for a moment, and just leave the stupid thing there and go down the hallway.
After going through several twists and turns, deciding on a few branching paths randomly, I find another room. This one seems to be unoccupied, but for some reason has an apple sitting in a corner. Now, the question is, do I accept the random floor food? I think, Who knows how long it's been there? It seems to be enormous for an apple, but that's more likely because I'm smaller than I was as a human. I seem to view Litwick as a small pokémon. Eh, who cares anyways I decide, and start eating. I'm about halfway through, and pondering such questions as "Don't Litwick eat by draining the life-force from things?" and "How am I taking bites out of this apple when I don't seem to have teeth?" when a voice comes from behind me. "Oh Arceus! I didn't think there were Litwick in this dungeon!" and then suddenly feel a rather painful sting from behind.
"Gahh that hurts!" I shout on general principle and clutch the back of what would be my head.
"OH! You're not a feral!" I then hear from a similar direction as the blinding agony. I turn around to see what hit me, viewing a Gligar. I'm so sorry, I thought you were a feral! says the Gligar, who I am going to assume is a she considering the voice.
"Well, that's nice but I'm kinda hurting a bunch right now!" I respond with.
"Here, you're probably poisoned, let me get you some Pecha berries," she says as she unslings a bag from her back and starts rummaging around in it. "why are you in this dungeon anyways?" she asks, "It's not really often I see anyone in here."
"I don't know, I just woke up in here," I reply, "I seem to have some sort of amnesia."
"REALLY!" her face suddenly brightens.
"Why-" I start asking.
"That means I can go to the rescue guild and they'll reward me and I can ask to be on a team instead and-"
"Wait, What!" I manage to interject into the stream.
"Oh sorry, You wouldn't know, I-" she starts, "How about you give me whatever you were going for, and explain while guiding me out?" I interrupt again, feeling a bit faint.
"Oh yes! Sorry I got carried away." She then proceeds to hand me a pink fruit, "And you'll probably want an Oran too!" and she also pulls out a round blue one with her claw. I go ahead and eat both.
"So how do we get out of here?"
"Luckily for us, I found an Escape orb last week! So it can just warp us out!" She then pulls out a blue orb, grabs me, and everything goes blue for a second and I'm suddenly in a grassy clearing with a cave entrance.
"What just happened? Why do I feel like the assorted fruit I've had in the past hour now hates me?" I ask queasily.
"Oh! Sorry again! I forgot teleportation can feel like that to those who haven't done it before! I'm really messing this up, aren't I?"
"Yes."
"Well, Sorry for it all! I'm just so excited!" she practically screams.
"Why are you excited now?"
"Well, You know how you showed up in a mystery dungeon with no memories?"
"Why no, I've forgotten the only thing I remember ever happening to me." I drip sarcasm at her.
"No need to get testy!" She exclaims, "Anyways, several pokémon have shown up like that over the past few months, and recently the rescue guild has been offering rewards for bringing those who arrive that way, so they can figure out what happened to them!"
"The rescue guild?" I raise what would be an eyebrow if I didn't seem to be made entirely of wax.
"Oh! They are a group who put together teams to do things like rescue those who get lost in mystery dungeons, take down bandits, and find treasure!" She starts gushing, "I want to join, so I'm going to ask if I can join as my reward when I bring you in!"
"And they want me to see if they can figure out where I came from."
"Yes!"
"Alright, sounds like my best option." I decide after a bit. "Hey, I just realized I never asked your name." "Oh Yeah! You can call me Glide!"
"Glide, that's really your name?" I give her an aside glance.
"Yep! What's yours anyways?"
"I don't remember. I don't remember anything."
"That's weird," She looks contemplative.
"What?"
"All the others remembered their name. That's the only thing they remembered, but they remembered their name."
Author's note: Well that's this chapter, and sorry again for the wall of exposition, the character wrote himself a little and he seems to have acquired a habit of asking any questions that come to mind immediately. But Hey! Both main characters are developing personality already! (He's a cranky Litwick who asks questions a lot! She's a cheery Gligar that likes adventure! They fight crime! Or something!)