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Chapter 1: flame meets humans
Ok, I know many of you reading are confused as to why I'm 15 when I was WAY older before. Apparently, I didn't actually age during my adventure. My machine gets its energy from the person holding it. When it gets power, it teleports itself and whatever is holding it. If it gets an external power surge, it will separate from the subjects, and possibly separate the subjects from each other. When the lightning struck, it activated a hidden feature I didn't know about: the ability to time travel. I couldn't figure out how to reactivate this feature, but it has a side effect: you don't age in that time frame. Of course, you also have a specific timeframe before your transported back…if you teleported with the device. But that's another story, the day after a reunited was a Monday. I had pressed return to origin, but it had malfunctioned and fell short. Instead of taking me to the second week of summer, it took me to two weeks before summer ends, and I went into a coma from energy loss. It was the last week of summer vacation, and it was Monday now. The doctors called saying someone was looking for me, so I went there straight away. I was lead to a room that had a higher heat than normal, in fact, I was sweating just standing there. "He has a high fever, and won't let anyone go near him. He's too hot to touch and he freaks out if you go near him with gloves. He refuses to eat and freaks out if you bring water close to him. Good luck waking him." The nurse said as I approached him. The nurse was still talking, but I wasn't listening. There was a boy, about my age. He had green hair with red tips, and a red suit that seemed fire resistant. His skin was too hot for me to touch, so I gently shook his arm. "Huh?" the boy said groggily, as he opened his eyes. I recognized the voice as Flame, and realized my machine had worked. "Welcome back to the world of the living" I said jokingly. "You came! I was worried I wouldn't be able to escape this weird place!" he said. He started coughing, but I knew he wasn't sick. I got a glass of water "here Flame" I said, bringing it closer "you kidding? I'll drown!" he said. Well, at least he wasn't freaking out "maybe as a pikmin, but as a human you need this to survive, now drink" I said. He looked at me skeptically, then hesitantly took the cup. After a second, he took a sip. He looked at the water, and then he chugged the rest of the glass. I chuckled "bring a pitcher please, I have a feeling he'll want a lot" I said. A nurse brought a pitcher and Flame drunk to his content. I couldn't get him to eat beef, so I got him soup instead. Soon enough, his temperature had dropped to a normal fever, and the nurse confirmed it "he should still stay until his fever clears" the nurse said "his fever wont clear, this is normal for him" I said, trying to help Flame get used to his new body. I had to convince him to look at himself before he would drink, but it wasn't hard to convince him once he realized he was human. "But his temperature is at 104! That could give him heat stroke!" the nurse said "Flame has a higher than average body temperature, and he's probably still a bit sick. I'd say he's about…99 based on normal" I said. "Fine, but he needs a place to stay" the nurse said. After a bit of convincing, my dad said he and the other former pikmin could stay with us, as long as there were only 7 right now, which there were. When Flame stepped outside, he immediately started complaining that he was cold, even though it was 90 degrees out. I told him he'd need to get used to it and we went home. He could feel the heat coming from the stove, and immediately went over. I meanwhile got to work trying to make sleep wear that he would be comfortable in. May tried everything I made on, but said the material was too scratchy, anything comfortable was too short. I finally made a full red suit out of wool, and May said it was perfect, but when we got Flame, he said it was too soft. "What do you mean too soft?" may asked "how can something be too soft?" "Relax, you have to remember he's new to being human" I said "you don't like softness?" I asked him "no, it feels weird" Flame said. I handed him one of the others, but he had the same complaint May did. "You sure you won't wear the wool?" I asked him "why don't I just wear this?" he asked back. He had a point, but it would become filthy. "Hmm…Alex, you could make a more comfortable suit for sleeping with this material, couldn't you?" May asked. She was right, I could. After trying to find just the right material, Flame put it on and said it was perfect. We then went to have dinner. "Steak for you and May, and soup for Flame, since he's not used to teeth yet" mom said as she put down some food (I won't say my mom's name right now, maybe latter). We started eating, but after one spoonful, Flame said he didn't want any "you have to eat Flame, you don't have photosynthesis anymore" mom said "it's too cold" Flame replied. I guess mom had thought he would want something to cool his fever. She heated it up, and I realized how bad Flames table manners were when he ended up with half of it on his shirt (I had made a separate shirt and pants so he could put it on easier). Me and May couldn't help laughing as my mom took Flame to clean up, maybe we'd try mashed potatoes for the others, at least only their faces would need washing with that. "Ok, bed time!" mom said when Flame came out. I hadn't noticed before how tiered Flame looked, I guess it was because he was usually in bed by now. I showed him his bed, and after failing to convince him to sleep in it, ended up with him on the floor. I took the bottom bunk instead (there were 4 bunk beds, enough for me and the 7 pikmin). "Good night Flame" I said, but I knew he was already asleep. I rolled over and fell asleep quickly, glad to finally be home.
And that's some of Flame! Each pikmin will be in a similar fashion, clumsy and uncivilized. The series is going to describe how each pikmin learns to adapt to each environment, this story is school based. Remember: I love criticism of all kinds, reviews encourage me, and I love input. Thanks for reading, bye for now!