Chapter 5: Forbidden Reference
"Uuuungh! UUUUNNNGH! Come on you stupid-WAH!" I was cut off as my grip slipped and I fell face first in the dirt.
I picked myself up and glared at the ripe, juicy berry tauntingly hanging from the very thin branch, which I had been trying to pluck for a while now. "Know this, berry!" I declared. "You've made a grave enemy this day, but in the end, I shall be victorious!"
Matt happened to have been walking past and he gave me a half-lidded look. "Are you talking to a berry?"
"That's between me and the berry." I defended myself with crossed arms.
"Can you stop being weird?" Matt asked.
Lydia, who had been beside him, actually hit him this time, only to recoil her fist. "Ouch!" She exclaimed as she rubbed her sore claws.
"...I think I like this new armor." Matt said with a smile.
Lydia glared at him, then turned to Grace. "Can an Axew learn Brick Break?
"No, but they can learn Rock Smash." The Shiny replied.
"That'll do." Lydia smirked as Matt gulped nervously.
I walked away from my rival berry to rejoin Liz and Harrison. "You know, now that I think about it, this does kinda resemble the Mystery Dungeon games."
Harrison crossed his arms. "You know I don't like the spin-offs."
"Just saying." I shrugged. "I have all the Mystery Dungeons, literally, all six."
Harrison face-palmed. "I get it, why are you bringing it up with us?"
"Because Chris keeps glaring at me." I whispered, turning around to see the new Torchic giving me the evil eyes. "I swear, he's just waiting for someone to make a joke about it."
"So? What's his problem with that?" Liz asked.
"Beats me." I admitted.
SplitWorlds
Elsewhere in the forest, Vi and Sarah were walking through the thick shrubbery. "Awwww, I hope Elin's okay..." Sarah said sadly.
"Yeah, and I hope we see that Oshawott again." Vi nodded, when she thought of something. "Hey, you said you saw this Elin guy, right?"
"Yep, he was really nice." Sarah smiled. "I just don't want him to get lost or hurt or something like that..." Her head drooped sadly.
"Don't worry! We'll find him!" Vi said encouragingly.
Sarah instantly perked up. "Your right! I can't give up!" She then sat down. "But can we take a break? My feet huuuurt."
"Yeah, mine too." Vi admitted as they both sat down.
The two just sat against a tree for a minute before Vi began rubbing her head. "Mmm..."
"What's the matter Vi?" Sarah asked.
"Awww I think I've got a headache coming on." Vi pouted.
Sarah frowned. "Maybe we should go back to the camp."
"Nonono! I'm fine, it's just a little headache." Vi reassured her.
"Hmmm..." Sarah thought with puffed cheeks. "I'll have a look around, will you be okay on your own?"
"Sure, I'll be fine." Vi nodded, trying to suppress the growing headache.
Sarah walked a few feet away, trying to not stray too far when she suddenly bumped into something and fell flat on her butt. "Owowowowowow..."
"Arghhh...ah! Sarah! Are you okay?"
She looked up to be met with a familiar face. "L-Luke? What are you doing?"
"Uhh...looking for Elin?" He replied with his constant smile. "Sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going."
"Nonono! I bumped into you! It was my fault! Hahahaha!" She laughed nervously.
"Well, how about we look together?" Luke suggested.
"Oh, I'm sorry, but I'm looking with Vi. But you can come with us as well!"
"Great! Thanks so much!"
They hadn't walked for even a second when Sarah started clutching her stomach. "Mmm...I don't feel well..."
"Are you okay? Did you eat something funny?" Luke asked.
"I don't know...I don't...mmm..." She mumbled as she felt a weird pain in her ears that moved up to her head, where it then faded. "Oh, yay! I feel better now!" She turned to Luke to see him staring at her with wide eyes. "Hmm? What's up? Have I got something on my face?"
"Wow! That's cool!" Luke grinned. "Check out your ears!"
"Huh? My ears?" She touched either side of her head, only to find there was nothing there. "Eh? Where are they?
"Check your head."
Sarah reached up to her head to feel two large furry things on her head. "Eeeeeh!?" She shrieked. She frantically looked around and found a puddle to look into. She saw that there were now two large, furry, pink, cat-like ears on top of her head. "AHHHH! I have cat ears! I'm a neko!" She shrieked in shock.
"Your ears just moved up to the top of your head and grew all big and pink!" Luke exclaimed. "...Wait...are you shrinking?"
"Huh?" Sarah looked at herself to see that she was slowly growing smaller and smaller. "AHHHH! I AM! I AM! SOMEBODY HELP MEEEEE!"
"Hey! Don't worry!" Luke said. "I'm here! Besides, this is pretty cool!"
Sarah thought for a second, then nodded. "Okay, thanks Nya." Her eyes widened. "Wh-What!?" "N-Nya!?"
Luke's eyes widened as well. "Oh my god, your even sounding like a cat!"
Pink fur started growing on Sarah's skin, except for her stomach and face, where cream coloured fur was growing. She meowed in pain as she fell on her hands and knees, her arms and legs shrinking back into herselves until she had stubby little legs. Her body had also shrunk down so her new legs could carry her, but oddly her head stayed the same size, making it very disproportionate. A long thin tail suddenly grew out and a pink 'blob' of fur on the end, which grew three small hairs that had cream coloured small orbs on the ends. Her eyes seemed to squint more and more together, but, somehow her vision remained unchanged, and finally her teeth sharpened into small fangs.
Sarah wiggled her way out of her clothes. Luckily, her giant pink bow remained on her head. "Hey...I can't stand up!" "Nya...nyanya nya!"
Luke bent down to her. "Wow, your a Skitty, Sarah! That's so awesome!"
Sarah looked over her new self. "I am! That's so cool!" She cheered in pokespeak.
"Sorry, looks like I can't speak Skitty." Luke chuckled.
Sarah then happened to notice her new tail. "Huh? What's that?" She made a leap for it, but obviously it moved away. "Hey! Come back here!" She then began chasing her own tail in circles frantically.
Luke burst out laughing at the adorable sight. "It's your own tail, but okay!" Sarah momentarily stopped to look at him as he then held out his arms. "Can I pick you up?"
Sarah looked up at him, but eventually crawled into his arms as he picked her up. "Your so furry!" Luke exclaimed jokingly.
The Skitty however, was still only interested in her tail, flicking at it with her paws whenever it came close to her. 'Why am I so interested in this?...Oh well!'
Luke chuckled and began scratching her behind her ears. "Hey!" Sarah said in Skittyese. "What are you...mmm...that feels nice..." She purred in content.
Luke smiled. "This is pretty cool! Your like the main character from Explorers of Sky!"
SplitWorlds
"What was that?" Chris spoke up suddenly.
"What are you talking about?" Liz asked.
"Shush!" He said, raising a wing. "...Someone made a Mystery Dungeon joke."
"How can you tell?" Latias asked.
"I just can." He enforced sternly.
"He might be right, I've got two a short ways away. One's a Skitty, the other should be turning soon." Grace confirmed.
"Right then, I have to go and kick his or her ass." Chris declared. "Anyone want to come and watch?"
I raised a...ugh...stub. "I'm only coming with you to stop you killing them."
"In that case I'd better come too." Harrison sighed.
"Whatever." Chris shrugged, then turning to Janine. "Janine, can you stay here?"
"...O...Okay..." She mumbled.
"I'll protect her." Grace reassured him.
"Thanks." He nodded as he turned and dashed off.
"Hey! Wait up!" Both me and Harrison yelled as we chased after him.
SplitWorlds
Luke was sitting down and rubbing Sarah's head as she held onto her tail, completely content and purring softly.
And then Chris showed up. "Hey!" "Tor!"
Sarah's ears perked up. "Huh?...Hey! I can understand you as well!" She beamed.
"Good for you. Now, which one of you made the Mystery Dungeon joke?"
"Huh?"
Harrison then rushed out, panting and exhausted. "Huff...don't run so...huff...fast!" He wheezed.
"Now a Torchic and a...is that REALLY a Munchlax?" Luke asked.
"Hey!" "Munch!" Harrison said in an offended tone.
"Sorry, didn't mean to hurt your feelings." He chuckled.
"Excuse me!" Chris yelled. "Can SOMEBODY answer my question!? Which one of you made the Mystery Dungeon joke?"
"Err...me?" Luke said as he raised his hand. "...Wait...did I just understand yo-"
"AHHHH!" Chris yelled as she chased him in circles, forcing him to run.
"What are you doing!?" Harrison shouted.
"Trying to kick his ass! If he could stop running!" Chris shouted.
"Hey! Leave Luke alone!" Sarah said. "And stop running in circles! Your making me diiizzyyyy- It's my tail again! I'll get it this time!" And so the pointless circle chase began once again.
"Overreacting much!?" Luke shouted sarcastically.
"NO!" Chris argued, but then he suddenly stopped. "Great, he's growing fur."
Everyone stopped at this and looked at him. It was true, dark grey hair was growing over most of his body, whilst black fur grew around his eyes, on his hands and on his feet. "I'm turning into a pokemon too!?...OMG this is so AWESOME! Wonder which one I am?"
He suddenly fell down on all fours as his bones painfully reconstructed themselves into paws and front+hind legs. A big fluffy dark grey tail grew out and swayed left to right as he started shrinking.
"Let's do a voice test." "Pooch pooch Poochyena!"
"Poochyena huh? Cool!" "Poochyena ena? Pooch!"
His ears moved to the top of his head and became pointed as his eyes grew larger. Then his mouth grew out into a muzzle and his teeth sharpened into fangs, now a full-fledged Poochyena.
He shook his new shaggy fur and looked around. "Alright! Let's test myself out!" He began running around in circles wildly, followed by Sarah who could not resist. He then proceeded to bash his head against a tree to test his strength.
"...He's gone mad." Chris deduced.
"Hey! I bet I can climb even higher now!" So he once again climbed up a tree, with the same result as last time. "...Yes! I made it to the first branch! Victory!"
"Yaaaay!" Sarah cheered.
Chris and Harrison looked at each other. "...You explain things to them, I say they've gone insane." Chris argued.
Harrison facepalmed. "Fine...wait...wasn't Elin following us?"
Both Sarah and Lucas stopped. "...Elin?" They said together.
"Like I said, YOU explain." Chris emphasized.
SplitWorlds
Vi, meanwhile, was still sitting by herself, with her headache slowly getting worse.
'What is taking Sarah so long?' She thought just before the headache picked up again. 'Owwwww...why won't this headache settle down?' She was so busy massaging her forehead she didn't notice how pale her skin was becoming.
'Why am I feeling like this?' She continued to think over the pain in her head. 'I felt fine this morning, and now I have a headache and I don't feel well...'
She clutched her head in pain as the headache only continued to get worse. "Owwww..." She moaned from the pain. It hurt so much, she was really starting to get scared now, something was VERY wrong with her. Then it felt like two...things pushed their way up out of her head! She had to bite into her fingers to stop the whole forest hearing her scream. Quickly after these new things on her head had sprouted the pain subsided.
Vi wiped away her tears from the ordeal, she was glad no-one was here to see that. For a minute she just sat there, not really knowing what to do, she was completely terrified of these strange alien appendages growing out of her head. Gently she reached up and touched the one at the front of her head.
It felt...hard, like a horn, but it was very thin, and she could still feel her touch on it. She looked up as far as her eyes would let her to see a thin, pink horn. "A-a horn?" She said in confusion, she then happened to notice her pale arm. "Wha-? What's up with my skin?" Just what was going on here?
Suddenly her arms lurched and her fingers shrunk into her hand until she only had two left. As she stood up she went all wobbly as her skin around her legs seeemed to be stretching out into a more...veil-like structure, she awkwardly wobbled on these weird new feet as she started shrinking.
"This is so weird!" "Ralts ralt Ralts!"
She raised her hands to her mouth in shock. 'Wait...I'm turning into a Ralts! Wooow! That's so cool! I'm gonna be an actual, real-life pokemon just like that Oshawott!' She tried to dance with joy but almost tripped over her feet again.
Her hair suddenly began turning emerald green, well, all except for her pink highlight. "Yay! I get to keep my highlight!" Vi cheered in her new language. Her new hair fell over her eyes in a bowl cut, and she had to keep squinting as her eyes grew and grew and turned a bright and shining red. 'This new hair's gonna get in the way...' She thought with a pout. '...But...why exactly am I turning into a Ralts?'
And then darkness.
"Huh?" "Ral?" She said as she moved her head to see if she could find light, but to no avail. "Oh...OH MY GOD I'VE GONE BLIND!" "Ral...RAL RALTS RAL RALT RALTS!" She began running in a panic, feeling her self trip over her own feet and bump into things. 'Hm? Wait...' She felt around her head to find cloth covering it. 'Phew, my hat's just on my head.' She sighed with relief internally, she tried to pull it off only to find that it was stuck. 'Huh? Nngghh! Nggggghhhhh! What's going...ah! My horns are stuck!' She once again began running around aimlessly. "HEEEEEELP!" "RAAAAAALT!"
SplitWorlds
I was officially annoyed, After Chris and Harrison had took off I had gotten COMPLETELY lost, and I was worrying about running into any campers who might try and disect me or something like that.
"HEEEEEELP!" "RAAAAAALT!"
'Woah! What the heck was that!?' I thought to myself. 'Sounds like someone got turned into a Ralts, I'd better go help her out.' It sounded like a girl anyway, high-pitched, but I'd come to expect that now.
I ran into a small clearing where I saw a familiar pile of clothes laying on the ground. 'These belong to that girl who picked me up, Vi.' I thought. A muffled cry made me turn my head to see her cap flailing and moving around frantically, bumping into trees and falling over. Underneath the hat I could definitely see a pair of white gowned legs and two white arms flailing around.
I carefully walked over to her. "Hey hey hey, calm down."
She turned her hatted head towards me. "Huh? Wait, your that Oshawott aren't you? I can understand you now! Well, we're still just saying our names but I can really understand you!...Umm...can you help me with this? I think my horns are stuck."
"Uhhh..." I wasn't sure how I was gonna do this with NO FINGERS!...But she obviously needed help. "Okay, I'll give it a shot, hold still." I grabbed the bridge of the cap on either side and pulled as hard as I possibly could, like when pulling that berry. Until it finally came off and I landed flat on my back.
"I'm free!" The Ralts exclaimed as she tried to do a little dance but just stumbled over her new feet. "Whoops! That's gonna take some getting used to." She giggled.
I stood back up. "Are you alright?"
She turned to me, flicking her hair in the process so that I could see a pink highlight, giving me more evidence. "Yep! Are-oh wait, hold on." She lifted her thin hands and parted her emerald bowlcut to reveal two big eyes with red irises. "That's better! Are you the Oshawott from before?"
"Yes, I am! And your Vi right? The girl who protected me, right?"
"You remember my name!" She did a little jump of joy. "I AM Vi! Thanks for the help with the hat! It would have been even more difficult if I had worn my Charizard hat!" A Charizard hat? Cool! She then looked like she was thinking for a second, then let her hair drop over her face as she crossed her arms behind her back. "I suppose it was pretty silly, getting stuck in a hat..."
"It was nothing, really." I assured her, I guess I should tell her the truth. "I'm Elin, Elin Ray. It's nice to meet you properly Vi!"
She parted her hair with her hands to look at me with wide eyes. "Elin? The guy who went missing Elin? So you got turned into a pokemon too!...Sorry for making you seem like a pervert."
"It's...fine." I chuckled nervously. "Listen, I might be a bit lost, but can you come with me? I can explain everything to you on the way."
"Sure!" She nodded, "If you can tell me what's going on." So we turned and started walking.
THUD!
I turned back to see Vi lying face down in the dirt. "Are you alright!?" I said as I ran up to her.
She stood up and lowered her head, I thought I could see her blushing behind her hair. "It's...kind of hard to walk with these new feet." She admitted.
I had to admit, walking around with feet that looked like they had waded through cement would be pretty tough. "Do you need a hand?"
"Thanks!" Vi smiled as I helped her up and we walked slowly, her taking baby steps.
Our slow pace meant I could explain what I knew fairly fast, that also meant it got awkward pretty quickly, the fact that I had no clue where to go didn't help at all. So I attempted to break the ice. "Your name's Vivianna Song, right?" I asked.
"Hm-hm." She mumbled with a nod.
"It almost sounds like it was made to be a song or something!"
She giggled. "Yeah, I get told that a lot. Okay then, what could Elin Ray be on?"
I was stumped on that. "Er...well...um...maybe...a line of ketchup?" She burst out laughing at that. 'That one was pretty stupid...' But I just started laughing too.
"Hey!" Vi said as she skipped along. "You being happy makes me feel all warm! Ralts' can feel emotions right? I can do that too! I'm so cooool!" She did a small dance, completely ignoring the fact that she was struggling a moment ago. "And! Aaaaaaand!...I'm a Psychic and Fairy type! Do you know what that means?" She parted her hair to look at me with a smile.
I just shrugged. "No, what?"
"That I AM THE DRAGON SLAYER!" She declared pointing skyward, her sudden outburst making me jump back in fright.
"What the hell!?" We both froze in our tracks as Chris, Harrison, a Skitty and a Poochyena ran in front of us. "Another one!? What's going on here!?" Chris asked angrily.
"Ahhh! Did I do something wrong!?" Vi asked in a panic.
"No no, nothing like that." I told her. "This is Chris, Harrison...and two other people I don't know. Everyone, this is Vivianna Song."
"You can give me a nickname if you want!" She called out.
"Vi!" The Skitty cried as she ran up to the Ralts. "It's me! Sarah!"
"Sarah! Wow, your a Skitty!" They both laughed.
Sarah then turned to me. "And your Elin, right? Harrison told me, I'm glad your okay!"
I nodded. "Thanks for worrying about me."
The Poochyena then stepped forward. "Hey Elin! I'm Luke! Check me out!" Just by him running around frantically I could tell it was Luke.
"Where the hell were you!?" Chris asked me.
"I got lost after I tried to catch up to you two!" I explained.
"Let's all just head back to the statue." Harrison sighed. "Luckily I remember the way." So we all filed up and started walking, Chris, Harrison and Luke at the front, me, Vi and Sarah at the back.
"This is just like a Mystery Dungeon game!" Vi squealed as Chris glared back at us. "Elin, your like my partner or something!"
"I know right?" I replied ignoring Chris' evil eye. Wait, I was the partner?
"I wouldn't talk about MD around meanie over there." Sarah said, tilting her head towards Chris. "He doesn't like it at all." She puffed her cheeks out to show her disappointment.
"What!? Who doesn't like the Mystery Dungeon games?" Vi asked.
"Harrison doesn't." I said plainly, pointing at the skinny Munchlax.
"WHAT!?...Well I really like them!" She defended the spin-off.
"Me too! It's funny actually, I chose to be an Oshawott in Gates to Infinity." I thought aloud.
"It must be destiny or something!" Sarah declared as we laughed together.
Meanwhile I suspect Chris wass trying to supressa building Ember.
Chapter! Sorry this one is so short! But next time we're gonna get on with some training on how to fight like a pokemon! Yay progress!
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