Coming towards Marcus from further down the beach was a eel-like pokemon with a long tentacle-like, finned limb extending from its head. It's red eyes, brimming with anger, sharply contrasted it's dark blue body. As terrifying as it's mouth and it's sharp rows of teeth, the pokemon possessed clawed, paddle-like arms with yellow spots and yellow-and-red palms. However, the Eelektross also had, atop of it's head, a dripping wet green and red Tam o'Shanter rested, and beside him were a similarly colored red and green designed bagpipes... Also dripping wet. "You blasted git, I seen yah and that other fellow fighting; I was minden'my own and then you soaked me and my things!"

The Munchlax sat up and rubbed his head a little, staring at the Electric type in a slightly confused fashion, Marcus was still in a bit of a daze. "Uh, that kinda sucks, look, uh, can you just sorta leave, maybe? My head hurts."

The Eelektross's eye twitched. "Lad... Maybe yah don't get the message, unlike that other bloke," He gave a small glance around, looking over at the ocean and concluding that's where he had ended up after the attack. " I fight for me honor, glory and pride; all of which you wounded! And me bag-pipes... The hat, too!" The final form pokemon clenched his fin up into a fist as he looked up towards the blue sky as he grew more passionate with his words. "The point is..." the lights began to light up on his face a little, "You owe me one massive, heart felt appology'cause, far as I'm concerned, yer small enough to be prey..." A moment of silence passed, before the Electric type leaned forward, his tone shifting slightly as he did so. "Not that I wanna eat ya, of course. Eet's just that, yer fight ruined my day, and now I'm a bit peeved off boy, you understand?"

Marcus leaned back onto the palm of his hands and looked up at the rather intimidating floating eel pokemon, before blinking slowly and nodding his head a bit. "Yeah guy, I'm sorry for getting you all wet, like a Jigglypuff in a top hat."

The Eelektross let out a small laugh and his otherwise unnerving way about him was forgotten as he happily gave the Normal type a small punch on the shoulder. "I didn't much understand that, but it did giv'me a good chuckle, say, what's'yer name?"

Absent minded the Munchlax rubbed his shoulder and gave the Electric type a smile, but he was still in a bit of a daze from the fight. "It's Marcus! What about you?"

"Me'name? It be Loch!"

"You talk funny!"

Letting out a short little laugh, Loch nodded his head and made a grand gesture out towards the sea. "To you, I'may sound a wee different, but to me ye'be the one sound'en odd! I come from a region far off from this one, across many seas."

"Huh." The Munchlax rubbed his head once more, thinking that prospect over-an entirely different region he had probably never heard about! Did everyone talk funny like Loch? Did they all love christmas colors? Who was Tam? These questions and more ran through his mind about the new individual he was in contact with at the moment, and yet he only voiced one of them. "Well why are you here..?"

Loch frowned a little at that and was about to speak up, but he was interrupted by another voice, a quiet, almost timid voice that came from the calm ocean. "I-uh, excuse me, did one of your friends fall into the water? I-I think he's stuck..."

The two on the beach glanced over at the source of voice, and surprisingly enough, a Magikarp was partially exposed out of the water, not too far from them. His tan barbels could be seen, as well as his mouth and yellow three-peaked fin atop of his back, but that was about it, the other half of him was underneath the waters.

They stared at the Magikarp for a moment, not only was it odd to find a Magikarp in these parts, but the Splash-tastic species' usually lacked the ability to form complete sentences due to their normally lackluster intelligence. Loch managed to collect himself though and respond to the Water type after the initial surprise from being interrupted and being spoken to by a 'karp wore off. "I don't know'anyting about any bloke fall'en'to the water." The Electric type shifted his gaze to the Normal type beside him, knowing that he had been fighting a foe prior to all of this. "Yah'know anyting about that?"

Not even skipping a beat, the Munchlax nodded his head and let out a sigh, looking up towards the big blue sky with a frown. "Crazy mean guy, attacked me for no reason, total loon; I had to stop him and save the Skitty's, and yet, even when he was sinking like a rock, he was swearing that he was doing good, good for all of Undella..." Marcus crossed his arms and nodded his head with closed eyes, believing every word that he spouted out. "Tch, he got the drop on me but I showed him what for."

"You'were fight'en off some'git loonier than you?" Loch shook his head, before bowing it in mild shame. "Boy, I'd double'forgive yah if'ey could, I just got in'ye crossfire when'yah didn't mean noth'en by'et."

That actually made Marcus look over at the Eelektross with a big smile, and would've actually said something else on the matter, letting Loch know that the Munchlax forgave him for being unable to double forgive him for getting his stuff wet, but once more their banter was interrupted by the Water type, only this time it really wasn't due to the Magikarp interjecting or directly addressing them, he just mumbled a little too loud when they had paused. "So... This is... Undella..."

The Normal type blinked slightly and looked over at the Magikarp in surprise, a bit skeptical that the fish pokemon had actually just realized that this was Undella. "Woah, you didn't know that this place we're currently standing around is Undella?"

The Water type couldn't help but correct Marcus, some told him it was a bad habit that would eventually get him into some trouble, but in all honesty he couldn't help but talk. "..um... Yes, I didn't know this was Undella, but I'm not actually standing here, infact, you're the only one standing around right now."

It was true, a quick glance over to Loch revealed to the Munchlax that he was levitating off of the ground at the moment! It boggled Marcus' mind that his words had been false,that he had declared them standing around when in reality they were mainly floating around.

Oh how distraught the Normal type's face became at that, his hand flew to grab at his head and his eyes frantically zipped all around to look at his surroundings, and while he had a little episode off to the side, freaking out over this extreme revelation, the Eelektross beside him simply looked at himself and let out a small "Huh." before giving a small shrug of the fins, addressing the Magikarp himself. "Guess'yer right about that... Hmph, what'be a 'Karp like yerself doing out'er anyway?"

The Water type opened his mouth to say something and then closed it, before dipping his head under the water and looking at Loch through ocean... The fish pokemon seemed to finally realize what kind of pokemon he was talking to... The sharp teeth, the commanding stature, the broken up accent... Some alpha predator! The guy seemed friendly enough, but who knew? A sudden spur of the moment could happen and he could be dead! No more would the smart Magikarp be!

Loch though, seemed to notice this fear on the Magikarp's face and frowned-yet again it seemed like a smaller bloke was deciding that he was just some mindless monster from the depths of some dank cave just go about eating friendly folk who have half a mind to not wanting to be eaten. Letting out a small huff, the Electric type pushed aside his anguish towards being so misunderstood and put on a smile of sorts. "Aye, listen mate, I can see'et on yer face, plain as day: Yer afraid of me. Now yah got every right to be-but come on out of the water some, if I wanted tah eat'cha I woulda already... Meh name's Loch and the bloke to the side is Marcus!"

With a gesture of a fin, the Eelektross gestured towards the Munchlax... Whom was now currently curled up into a ball, repeating the number "nine" over and over again in a low whisper.

"Uh... Is he alright?"

"Ha, that boy?" The Electric type let out a small chuckle and shook his head. "He's missen a'few screws, but'e seems alright."

A small pause settled as the Magikarp seemed to bite his lower lip and glance back and forth between the two of them... Before nodding a little and coming back out of the water some more. "W-Well... Alright, it's nice to meet you Loch, and..." He squinted over towards the Munchlax, before continuing. "...Marcus... My name is Yowai."

"Ah, well met Yowai." Loch gave a nod of his head before tilting it to the side. "Now, excuse me for being blunt, but could'cha answer what I asked before? What yah be'doin all the way out'ere?"

"Oh, it's a long story, a-and you probably won't believe it..."

Loch made a grand gesture and smiled at the karp."Yowai, I got's a lot of time, and i'm all ears to hear'yer tale."

There was a brief moment of hesitation, a passage of time where nothing seemed to happen but second guessing... But Yowai overcame this, and decided to swallow the lump in his throat and begin his epic tale, his story of love, loss, and adventure that only a Magikarp like himself could undergo... "Well... Alright then. It all began about a few months ago, I was swimming out with my brother like any other day..."

. . .

. . .

Born without a name, the pokemon had to give himself one, and it was only fitting that he would name himself after the brightest star in the night sky...

Sirius had lived for a short time, but already he had a firm understanding on how this world and it's inhabitants worked. Why they did things, what they did, who they were; And for every waking moment that Sirius existed, he understood his purpose in life, why, what, and most importantly who. There was no interest in humans, they were lesser beings that could be ignored almost entirely, their presence and influence in matters was completely laughable-some had tried to imprison him during his small time on this world and they had completely failed, even upon using their tried and true, most powerful imprisoning orbs, Ultra Balls they had called them, the humans had been met with failure.

Humans so far proved to be nothing more than failures...

And yet, despite how he seen them...

It boggled Sirius' mind that these average everything meatbags had seemingly taken over the world, but it wasn't hard to understand how it had gotten to this point though, early down humans had formed bonds with some pokemon, and created the prison orbs that allowed them to slowly enslave and brainwash pokemon into working for them, to trusting and loving them... It was so ingrained into the culture that it was not questioned by anyone Sirius had met, be it human or a fellow pokemon.

But perhaps he could change that, he had tried using fairly peaceful methods up to this point, using his words, but it was clear that that wouldn't work at all, that the only way to change things would be to fight and destroy the society built upon enslavement of superior beings by demonstrating the superior power that pokemon possessed.

And boy, did he possess some amazing power.

Being a dominant reddish orange color, with a bluish-green face, and three bluish-green dots on his back arranged in a triangle, the tall figure could not be mistaken for anything other than a Deoxys. He simply stood there in his default form, but suddenly his purple, crystalline organ in his chest began to glow and he began to change.

Like the odd creature he was, Sirius began to visually and organically change his body, his entire form glowing a dull purple color as he did this. After a moment of his body compressing and contorting in odd ways, what remained of the Deoxys was a sleek black body with thin striation, his reddish-orange skin now covering only his head, hip joints, and the area around its crystal. The protrusions on his head pointed upward and the back of its head formed a long spike.

Had he a mouth to form one, the Psychic type would've gave one dark grin... In his speed form he'd be more than capable of zooming off to his first target in what he planned to be a long spree of chaotic destruction... With his speed and power, he'd be able to strike before any retaliation could be planned by the human scum... They wouldn't be capable of turning their slaves against him if he was quick enough after all.

"Wait."

The Deoxys froze for a moment, suddenly, behind him, there was the presence of a fellow Psychic type, a powerful one at that, of course not on his level of power, but something that was worth not ignoring.

Sirius was floating high up in the sky, an easy task for someone so strong as himself, but while he wasn't really hidden at the moment, he was hard to spot and futhermore, despite being in his thoughts, it would've been impossible for anyone to sneak up on him, even if they teleported he would've felt the energy from the move and would've been able to act accordingly.

Turning his whole form around, he looked at who had snuck up on him, curious as to their motives.. Reaching out to their mind, he spoke with his Psychic powers. "Are you here to stop me?"

"Yes."

"Do you believe you are strong enough to accomplish that?"

"No."

"Then why try?"

"Because, Sirius, you have better things to do than the pointless slaughter you're about to commit."

"...hm, what are you? You know my name, but I have not felt your powers attempt an invasion of my mind."

"What am I?" It was then, that the Celebi before him flashed a grin, and closed his eyes. "I'm from the future."

. . .

. . .

"..and to be honest, at that point, I wasn't surprised that he decided to stay behind, we parted our separate way's three days ago and here I am."

The entirety of Undella Bay was basked in the glow of the setting sun, with Marcus laying down on his stomach and Loch floating there with tears welled up in his eyes-the story had gone on for hours, and had captivated the two of them greatly, they had laughed and smiled and were utterly enthralled over the story, and when it was clear that it was over, Marcus outstretched his hands and began clapping madly before the 'Karp, with Loch finally letting loose the water works, scooping up Yowai and enveloping him in a tight hug, scaring the Water type at first but his fears were pushed aside as the Eelektross went about spilling his heart out to him. "Oi, ye'poor little fishy! That's got to be the most excit'n and sad tale I ever heard anyone ever tell in the 'istory ov ever!" He let go of the Magikarp and let him fall back into the water with a small splash, before the Electric type went about rubbing his eyes, still blubbering like a little kid. "Ahhh, you's a brave soul lad, noble and faithful to'the unfaithful, I believe'ery word'yah said!"

The Munchlax to the side stopped his clapping and hopped up onto his feet, and gave a curt nod to Yowai once he poked his head back out of the water. "Yeah man! That was a wicked story! I especially liked the part about how the number twelve was actually your twin brother, who traveled back in time to tell you the secret on how to become a true ceramic bottle of joy."

Giving him a blank stare, it took Yowai a moment to properly respond to that string of nonsense... "Uh.. That didn't happen."

"Oh, oh well, that was a great story anyways, you should write it down, and sell it to the human's! They'd love your epic quest through the watery lands, and would pay hundreds of dollars to see you painfully reenact it!" Marcus giggled and began skipping around Loch, the big softy finally having the tear streams slow down. "So, now we gonna eat yah Yowai, sorry about this but I'm getting hungry and I'm sure Loch is too!"

"Aye! We ain't gonna eat'em! He's are friend now!"

The comment caused some distress for Yowai, but Loch seemed to calm him down a little, though he gave Marcus an uncertain look.

"Oh! I was just joking! I'll just eat someone else!"

Loch floated over to the Magikarp and patted him on the head, giving a nod of his own. "Ye'best do that yah furry'ball o'nonsense, Yowai spilled his ol'life story to us, and boy, the grit e'has be admirable, I wouldn't let no'one even get near'em, an'if they try, then I'll just let'em know they got's to get through me first!"

"Wow, you'd do that for me..? Haha, thanks Loch, I barely know you and already you're so nice to me." The Water type gave a small smile and looked up at the Eelektross with some gratitude, it was refreshing to meet someone so kindhearted. "Thank you for listening to my story."

Before the Electric type could respond Marcus walked over to them and spoke up, a small frown on his face."No really though, am I the only one who's hungry?"

"Ye'be the only git' who's hungry Marcus, even after that whole story meh'stomach be as full as'a-" Cut off by the rumbling of his own stomach, Loch hung his head a little bit as the Magikarp beside him, chuckled a little. "...I'ght, maybe I'be a wee bit hungry.." He brought his head back up and stretched out a little, before levitating his way more inland. "It also be getting late, I'll see you two in the morn, same spot!"

The Magikarp was a bit taken back that Loch could just leave a conversation like that, and already make plans for what the three of them would do the next day-maybe he had a story of his own to tell..? Well, that seemed fair enough to the Water type, the Eelektross had listened to his story so Yowai figured he might as well do the same if that was the case... Though, with him leaving... It left Marcus alone with the 'Karp, and while he was sure the guy had been joking about eating him, he still had a nagging fear that the Normal type was not all there in the head, and could still eat him... After all, Loch said they were friends, not Marcus... Though he had agreed with him... Kinda...

A moment of silence passed as the Munchlax stared at him expectantly, before Yowai finally mustered up the courage to clear his throat and speak up. "Um.. Heh... We ARE friends too, right Marcus..?"

Not wasting any time to respond, Marcus nodded his head and waggled his finger. "We sure are!"

Suddenly, his body reacted to Metronome's effects, and the Normal type let out a small yelp, making Yowai swim back a little in surprise. Then, watching in horror, he could only observe with no sound as Marcus's hair seemed to retract into his body, revealing.. Red scales? Furthermore, his mouth began to change shape and have more pronounced lips.. And fins! His limbs effortlessly and suddenly seemed to go into his body with his hair and turn into fins! Actually, he was starting to look like a..

"MARCUS HOW ARE YOU A MAGIKARP?!"

It was true, the once Munchlax was now a fellow Water type, and splashed around on the beach for a moment before plopping into the water with the mystified(and terrified) Yowai. They stared at one another, the transformed Marcus and Yowai... They were both under water at this point, with Yowai's mouth agap and Marcus' eyes wandering all around him, taking in the new sights.

"HOW MARCUS HOW HOW HOW HOW."

Yowai stared at him intently, waiting for an answer... Ready to repeat himself a third time, but then, the other Magikarp gave a response: "I dunno, I don't think it's permanent though. How about we make the most of it?"

"I-what, no, that... How... You... But..." This was happening all so fast, and Yowai couldn't keep up with all of these sudden things that had just happened to him, he was being overloaded! His mind just couldn't comprehend the series of events transpired before him-! It didn't make any sense! But, Marcus seemed oddly relaxed, so Yowai figured, the best he could do was calm down and take a deep breath(or deep gulp as it were)... He took several breaths, before closing his eyes and giving a proper response to the fellow Magikarp. "Uh, alright, what do you wanna do..?"

"Let's eat!"

Well, at least he was the same guy, more or less.. The comment made Yowai laugh a little and caused him to shake his head, turning his entire body around, before starting to swim away, expecting Marcus to follow. "Uh, alright, c'mon, I'm sure we can find some food around here somewhere!"

They wouldn't get into too much trouble, right?