Prompt: Instead of a complete rookie, the hero is stumbled upon by an experienced rescue/explorer/whatever team.
Emily was lying flat on the ground, her whole body feeling completely different. She felt freed although her arms and legs were sore.
"Wait... Legs?" She wiggled her feet under her body. "Arms?" Her little nubs waved on the dirt below her. In her excitement she suddenly lifted off into the air as panic then took hold, making her flutter in every direction like a confused moth. "WINGS?"
She flew up above the treeline to see the city filled with other human turned pokemon, trying to make the world go back to normal. "If I can just..." she thought as she tried to fly towards the city, but in her unfamiliar situation she instead started hurtling towards the forest again, straight towards a large tree. "HEEEEEEELP!"
Her prayers were heard as she saw a red blur move towards her, wrapping its arms around the confused girl, taking them both down for a safe landing.
"Can you stop squirming?" her savior asked her.
"It's these wings. I-I don't know how!" she responded, clear panic in her voice.
"Just relax." A three fingered hand was placed on her head.
"Talon, that you?" came from the bushes as a lucario stumbled out of the bushes.
"Yeah, just catching a vivillon that doesn't know how their body works." Emily was turned around like she was some sort of toy to be shown off, her wings free still fluttering a bit. "Kinda reminded me of you back then." the now named Talon said as she laughed.
The lucario's eyes glowed blue for a bit, as he got a shocked yet understanding expression. "She should, cause that's a human."
"Oh, that is interesting. First time we get a mission where we go to a world where a human has turned into pokemon." Talon turned Emily around, and Emily could finally see the face of her savior. A blaziken. "Ready to be put down?"
Emily just nodded and was slowly lowered, Talon letting her go as the tip of her feet touched the ground. Emily was amazed that she could stand like that. "Wait a minute..." It just dawned on her. "What do you mean about that?"
"About what?" the lucario asked.
"What you just said, because it sounded to me that you two weren't human and that can't be right. That would make you a 'Frenzy' and they don't want anything to do with us 'Pretenders'."
"Okay, now I have some questions." Talon said.
"I am honestly more stunned by the fact that you didn't inquire about me saying 'going to a world'." the lucario followed.
"That would be my second question." Emily answered.
"Okay, let us start from the beginning of our story, then you can start on yours." the lucario suggested. Emily nodded.
"So, first of all, my name is Talon and this is Spike." Talon gestured to her blue partner. "We are part of the Exploration Team called Amaguriken and we have come here from this place we call 'The Nexus'."
Emily listened to how Spike was a human from a horrible future who lost his memories and turned into a Riolu during his first trip back in time. How they saved the world twice before getting summoned to The Nexus and about their missions there about traveling to other worlds to fight creatures they called Specters.
In return Emily introduced herself and how a strange portal appeared three weeks ago and over the course of three days it expanded itself before hitting the world with a pulse that had sent seemingly everyone on the planet into a two week coma in which they slowly turned into pokemon and changed the world landscape. Then she mentioned how she fainted while spelunking in the forest as a way to get acclimated with her body before she fainted.
"Guess that was when I evolved." she finished. "Honestly, I am rather impressed with how far I managed to get."
Spike tapped his shoulder before dropping a fist into his palm. "Well, how about this? You help us while we help you."
"What?"
"The ghosts which you talked about are a dead-on description of our Spectres. So maybe you can help us try to locate them and kick them out of this world, after we help you get accustomed to your body so you won't crashland into a tree." Spike was ready for action.
"Uhm... How can you help me with that? None of you have wings." Spike just laughed at Emily.
"Don't underestimate the power of the Aura." he chuckled as he flared up.
"I think you mean the Force." Emily snarked.
"Okay, now I really need to know what this 'Star Wars' is. First Axelia and Blazewind, then Twine, Miriam and now you." Talon spoke up.
"I have the movies at home if you wanna watch them." Emily suggested.
"That would be great, but for now, sit still." Spike said as he placed his glowing hand on Emily's head.
AN: So, here are Talon and Spike in their Nexus variation. Honestly, I could almost just make this canon to their own thing, BUT I REFUSE!
Also, little trivia for people who have not seen this on reddit: This prompt was literally the one after the previous chapter's. Rare that these actually happen.