The Change

[shadow_lugia]

Oh look an OOC​

Legendaries are thought to be immortal. Most people believe they never get old or die.

This is not true.

Everyone must die... even legendaries.

However, if the legendaries were to truly die, the world would fall into chaos. No one would be left to guard it.

So, when a legendary begins to feel themselves dying, they "choose" another living creature to take over their role, be it a Pokemon or a human.

They open up a special connection between themselves and their chosen. Certain parts of their minds are transferred to the chosen. Memories, experience, attacks, and even habits of the species in general become part of the human's/Pokemon's mind. Eventually, even their bodies begin to change.

Recently, you have begun to feel different. You vaguely remember things that have not happened to you. You feel that you can do things that you know you cannot. And your own body has come to feel foreign, to both parts of you...

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Neria sat up as her alarm clock went off, flicking the switch off to turn off the obnoxious buzz. She stretched and yawned, blinking and rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. After a few moments, she got out of bed, walking down the hallway of her tiny apartment to the kitchen for some breakfast.

In the living room, she spotted Apollo, her Manectric, splayed out on the living room floor in a deep, peaceful slumber. She tried to sneak past him, but, just like always, she failed to be silent enough, and he jerked his head up. Seeing it was only his trainer, though, he laid back down and fell asleep again, almost instantly.

Lucky, Neria thought. Sometimes she really wished she were a Pokemon, able to sleep until whenever she wanted. But she was human, and had to get up early for most of the week to work.

Preparing herself a quick bowl of cereal, she sat down on the couch and flicked on the TV to watch the morning news. She only hardly listened, instead concentrating on her breakfast and Apollo, both of which she loved more than her television.

 

[Mai]

Eiffie groaned and looked up. The sun was shining brightly, and it was at its peak. Sleeping in late again? She criticized herself. For some reason she was getting tired much earlier. She didn't feel any different aside from that though, so it was probably her. She just had to get control of herself. She was wasting life, and she wasn't getting anything good for it, like actually feeling better when she woke. She wasn't any more awake or well rested than she would be if she slept reasonably. She would have to rest near a Hoothoot or something that could wake her up. She stood up and went to wander around. Walking and basking in the sun would do her some good.

((I think that she would be sleeping longer because Jirachi sleeps for a thousand years unless awakened by singing, and she's starting to sleep longer.))

 

[Storm Earth and Fire]

Light filtered through the shade of the tree and into Bermudo's eyes. Before that, thoug, he heard a shouting.

"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!"

He opened his eyes to see a familiar green ball standing in front of him.

"We're on a jounrey, remember?", Francisco asked loudly, "We got places to go, man!"

"Uh... where, Frank?", Bermudo groggily questioned.

"I dunno, I just got this feeling we're heading in the right direction.", the Natu answered.

"But... uh... where DOES the right direction lead?", the Lairon asked.

"That's a really good question. I wish I knew," Francisco answered, "In any case, we're away from that loser. Man, this is so much cooler."

"Yeah, I can be... the strongest now!", Bermudo heartily answered, before returning to his usual slow tone, "Wait... did you just... not answer my question? Where are we going?"

"That's irrelevant. We're going, period. Trust me, something good's gonna come. I can feel it.", Francisco replied, "But first, breakfast."

And he nimbly hopped up the tree and ate how he usually did, grabbing at shoots and dropping berries to the ground.

"This place sucks.", Bermudo complained, "No metal! No tasty water!"

"Where we're going, you won't have to worry.", Francisco reassured, "Well, I hope. But I have insight, man. Just trust me."

 

[Arylett Charnoa]

Walking, walking, walking... hrm.

Walking, walking, walking! Heh...

Walking, walking, walking... that's all her mind was thinking about. It was blank in this horrendously early morning. It only thought of which way her foot steps were taking her body. About the simple act of locomotion.

Although there wasn't much to look at that she hadn't already seen. She'd been to the Vermillion Harbor several times, seen all the sights, and they weren't really all too interesting. She was awake from the getgo and awake for a really long while... she supposed it was just excitement for going to the next region that made her unable to sleep much. Still, there wasn't much excitement so much as a dull luster in her dark eyes.

Stepping in her wake quite peppily, however, was her Arcanine. He seemed the complete opposite of his master, his trot quite energetic in comparison to the lethargic dark haired girl's zombie-like pace. She didn't seem to notice though. Pretty much everything that had nothing to do with her goal of continuing to walk escaped her droopy eyes' notice.

Drearily, she handed her ticket to the ticket master, who was looking it over... well, she figured she'd get some sleep on the ship.

 

[Wargle]

There was a lone figure in a cave. It was floating up and down in the air, looking as if it were asleep. It appeared to be a fox or a jackal. It was soon surrounded by a light blue aura and stop floating. It set it's hind paws on the ground and unfolded its arms. Two extentsions on the back of its head raised up and the creature open its eyes. It was a Lucario. Storm, the Lucario. She took a few steps inside the cave and glanced over the dead body of her last meal. A Pidgey lay on the ground beside her, heal-eaten. She sat down and finished it with a few hungry gulps, then drug the body outside of the cave to right beneath tree she caught it in. She began to bury the body, saying an ancient Lucario prayer as she did. "I give thanks to Rulala for the life of this pidgey, and for the meal of which it has provided me. May it live well in the Spirit Realm." Out of the corner of her eye, she thought she saw a figure move. When she turned, it was a Dusknoir, messenger of the Spirit World, guiding a Pidgey. The Pudgey turn his head to her, and she bowed to one knee. "Thank you" she muttered as they passed. The Pidgey just nodded its head and turned to follow its guide into the afterlife.

((Yeah. Storm's a devoted follower of the after life and Rulala is the Ancient Lucario guide of the Hunt and Harvest. Ancient religion tiem.))

 

[Kali the Flygon]

Spike arrived in Vermillion City, taking a cab from Cerulean, through Saffron and down to the ports. He had already purchased tickets for a luxury cruise liner to take him from Vermillion to the port town of Sunyshore in Sinnoh. He whispered to a pair of Pokeballs he held in his hands, taking them from his pockets. "Don't worry, guys..." he spoke to them. "I know you don't like it much in there, but I'll let you out as soon as we're on the ship."

His contract with the Cerulean City Gym was finally up, and while they had made clear their interest in keeping their 'star attraction,' Spike wanted to take an extended vacation, after which he intended to negotiate a new contract with the Gym. He wanted to visit the Sinnoh region for a little while, see all the new Pokemons there and participate in some contests in Hearthome City and in the Resort Area to the north, as well as get a chance to relax and surf on the beaches east of Pastoria, known as some of the most brutal and wild in the region.

Placing the balls back in his pockets, Spike headed up to the ticket counter. But it was then he started to feel it... it began with a simple headache. Groaning for a moment, he held his forehead with his hand, looking ahead. "Man, I've been getting this headache on and off for the last week... This relaxation time must be just what I need..." Paying more attention to the burning, throbbing sensation in his head, Spike barely saw where he was going, ending up bumping gently into the back of the young lady in front of him. This quickly snapped him back to reality. "Woah, I'm sorry there..." He couldn't quite place it, but she looked familiar somehow... Hmm, maybe she had battled at the Cerulean gym before? Her Arcanine nearby though was a rather intimidating sight, and he clutched one of his pokeballs in his left pocket, the one containing his Milotic, Tanya, while outwardly trying to look friendly. "Hey, have we met before? I'm Spike." He offered his right hand to her to shake while the ticket booth was looking over her ticket.

 

[Darksong]

Rose was already outside at this time in the morning. She was always out at this time, actually; her Bayleef tended to like the light at this time. It was sitting right next to her actually, the yellow sauropod-like Pokemon, letting the weak light shine on its face. The Bayleef smiled her usual smile that came across her face when she did this, and hummed just a little, which made Rose smile. She liked the sound of her humming Bayleef. Affectionately, she placed a hand on her Grass-type's back.

Normally, Rose was cold at this hour. Today, though, it seemed almost as if it were warmer, but Bayleef was still cuddling up in the same way. Weird... maybe Bayleef was just feeling different, or maybe it was her. But it wasn't a difference big enough to matter to Rose, and she just enjoyed the feeling of sitting on the sidewalk in the morning. She was liking it more than usual today... it just felt so much calmer for no apparent reason.

As the sun rose higher in the sky, Rose looked at her Pokemon as she looked at the Trainer. "You ready for a little bit of breakfast?" Rose asked just as her stomach growled. Bayleef grinned, nodding. Her red eyes were closed shut contentedly. They both stood up at approximately the same time and headed into the house by the water in Cherrygrove. Rose had some berries ready for Bayleef and perhaps some cereal or something for herself.

((EDIT: are we supposed to be taking a boat somewhere?))

 

[Flora]

Any other trainer would probably be woken up by an alarm clock, or possibly one of their Pokemon gently tapping them on the shoulder.

Mike? Oh, he was woken up, as usual, by his Mismagius playing the bass. With her mind. Mike was more than annoyed by this. "Andy, there's many ways of waking people up," he sighed. "Playing the bass is one of the more...not-well-accepted ways."

You only have yourself to blame~ Andy said telepathically as she smiled - or at least made some semblance of a smile. She was right; he was the one that wanted his Pokemon to be "well-rounded" or some random nonsense like that. Hence why Alex the Mudkip was so good at playing the drums. With his head.

Mike jumped out of bed, but not without noticing that he somehow learned to jump rather high. He was a bit bewildered by the discovery at first, but he simply shrugged it off, thinking that training Jay against him might have caused it.

Or that Andy was playing a trick on him. That theory might be more likely.

((so yeah Andy can talk telepathically. I figured since she was a ghost she could do that ^^;))

 

[Arylett Charnoa]

Huh... hrmmmgh hmm?

It took her a few moments to realize that a voice was attempting to penetrate the tired haze of her mind... it just sounded like another part of the scenery, just another person blarghing on... but wait... they were... blarghing on to... her, maybe?

She turned her hazy gaze up at the tall dude. At least, he was tall to her. Sort of intimidating, actually... she stuck a bit closer to her Arcanine who growled a bit and looked down suspiciously at the new man who had been talking to her. Apparently he seemed to think... they had met before? The girl pushed her mind as hard as she could, trying to get those slow gears within to mash and clash and MOVE. It was a failure, as she couldn't really remember anything. She was too tired to even really talk that intelligently.

"Uh... I don't... think so." Arylett furrowed her brow and just stared at his hand without taking it. It was a good excuse to avoid looking at his eyes.

 

[Kali the Flygon]

Spike looked down at her eyes, not seeming shy about it, but seemed a little disappointed when she didn't return the favor. He sighed a bit, and took his hand back, taking his ticket out. By now, the ticket booth would be about ready to give her ticket back and he was ready to give his to them. As he was holding his ticket out for the man, he asked, nonchalantly, "Have you ever been to Cerulean Gym?"

 

[Arylett Charnoa]

Tick tock, tick tock! Mind... won't you work faster?

Her mind didn't even answer from how dull and lethargic it felt. It was moving at a snail's pace, each new development was slipping past it. She vaguely noticed that the ticket guy talking to her, telling her that he was finished with her ticket. She reached a hand out to take the ticket slowly and unsteadily.

The girl rubbed her eyes a bit and let out a yawn, trying to shake off the tediousness.

"Yeah... I have. Got me a badge there..."

 

[Stormecho]

Strange how water was so important, even to a Fire-type Pokemon. It was an odd thing to be thinking, but she had little to do other than nibble the grass or stare off dreamily into the horizon, so Nephtys was thinking. She normally didn't bother with being introspective, as there were enough dangers to her herd to be forced to pay attention to her surroundings at all times, but it was surprisingly peaceful today. No predators, not that many would try to take such a strong herd on, no humans to chase away... There hadn't even been challenges to her position as herd leader. Strange, that, as the younger ones were always jostling for rank, always eager to have more. Too naiive to know what they had to give up, what they had to change once they became leader. All they saw was the power and respect. Not that there wasn't power or respect - but it was weighed with responsibility.

Responsibility that chafed right now, when it had no reason to.

Water - like the water around each region. She had never left Kanto... But she knew water was important, just as it was her bane. She needed to drink from it, no matter how careful she had to be of her flames at that moment. She wasn't sure why she kept thinking about it though - or why she was remembering her time in human lands, human cities, seeing the water filthy and tainted by their use. That wasn't right... something else to blame humans for, she supposed. She almost felt a... pull, towards the closest city. Vermillion, she guessed it was. That was... strange.

Turning as she heard hooves, she stared down at a somewhat smaller Rapidash. He reared up for a moment to touch her own broken horn with his unscathed one - the ritual opening before a challenge. A wild impulse gripped her, and she snorted as the other returned all four feet to the ground. "Nyran?"

The younger Rapidash flinched - he had been busy composing his challenge, she supposed. "Yes, herdleader?"

"I'm tired of this. You know what, you can be herdleader now. If it doesn't break you, then you're meant for it," she said nonchalantly, already turning and trotting away. As soon as she took a step, she was aware of how right it felt - odd, but maybe she had been waiting for this. The herd was somewhat scattered, seperated into small groups to feed and relax. By the time the older ones realized what was going on, she would be long gone. Picking up the pace, she felt the exhilaration at the burst of speed, knowing where she was going, despite the strangeness of returning to a human city. At least she could make an entrance...

((Feel free to randomly spot a Rapidash on the road or something. x3 I'm not sure where everyone is or where we're supposed to be going.))

 

[Wargle]

As Storm walked away from the tree and the spirits, she spotted a Rapidash on the road. Is it alone? she wondered, No, it doesn't appear to be. Or is it. I might follow it. She began to race after the Rapidash, knowing she could keep up the pace at this speed, near running, but not yet. She was behind the strange horse, and decided to flank it and talk to it. As she ran up alongside it, she noticed it was female. "Hello. I noticed you running on your own, and rapidash are normally herd animals. I also noticed you were feeling mixed feelings and I wondered if you were okay."

I wonder if the Rapidash will attack me?

 

[Mewtwo]

Flamara woke up to bright sunshine and stretched, suddenly freezing and looking at the alarm clock. CRAP CRAP CRAP IM LAAAAAAAATTE! she thought as she jumped out of bed, throwing on a random outfit that miracuously matched, brushing her hair and teeth so fast she was surprised that her hair and teeth didn't fall out. She pinned back her hair using her signature hair pin, and ran outside, where the bus was just leaving. "WAAAAIIIIT!!!" she yelled, but the bus didn't stop. She slumped down to the ground, not having a ride that day as her dad was, er, unavailable, and her mom was at work already. Wait... she thought, and called out Pirono, her shiny Raidash. How cool would it be to arrive on a shiny Rapidash?

"Pirono, assistance needed!" she said, her signature call. "Pirono, do you mind giving me a ride to school today? I missed the bus." Pirono made a Rapidash noise and nodded, nudging my hand. "Thanks, Pirono!" I said, giggling to myself. He lowered himself so that I could get on his back for the ride. I felt a shock of... a weird sensation, and Pirono seemed to feel it too. "You okay?" she asked, and he nodded. Pirono looked over to the left, so Flamara looked over there too, and there was another Rapidash and a Lucario. "Hey there. You lost? Do you even have a trainer?" she asked.

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Pirono was slumbering peacefully in his Pokéball when she heard Flamara, his trainer, say "Pirono, assistance needed!" He quickly woke up, knowing Flamara needed him for something. "Pirono, do you mind giving me a ride to school today? I missed the bus." Pirono knew basically what this "school" was; it was a place for trainers to learn information. "Sure!" Pirono said, knowing she wouldn't understand him, so he nodded and nudged her hand as a sign of affection. "Thanks, Pirono!" she said, giggling. Pirono lowered himself to let his trainer on, but when she was all the way on, he felt a... shock wave, it felt like. "You okay?" Flamara asked; she obviously felt it too. Pirono nodded, and looked to the left; there was another Rapidash, and a Lucario. He heard Flamara saying something to them, but he had other things to say. "Don't mind her; she's just concerned. I'm Pirono, and you are...?"

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Raiden woke up and walked over to his dresser, getting dressed and brushing out his hair. Today was the day; he was going to tell Flamara Lera he liked her. He made sure everything about him was perfect, and walked out the door to the bus, which arrived five minutes later. When the bus was down the street to Flamara's stop, she wasn't there. Raiden wondered if she was sick. That moment was short lived as he heard her yell "WAAAAIITT!". She must have missed the bus. He chuckled to himself. She'll be here later, he thought to himself. It just gives me time to think over what I'm, gonna say.

((EDIT: Postninja'd on the Rapidash thing. I'll edit to see you too.))

 

[Mad MOAI]

Lacuna had to be one of those early risers. Unless she for some reason went to bed late, she hated waking up late - even if it was ten minutes after seven. For this reason, she was already out and about in Olivine, taking a stroll near the seashore. She had heard that there was a town way out there on the ocean, but there wasn't really a way she could believe it. She just thought it would be fun to visit other places, and not some city that might not even exist. She thought it was fun just to live here, even if the boats in the marina were sometimes noisy. If she could go to another region, that would be fun, too -- but taking a boat would make it a long trip.

Lacuna was fond of going on boats, but she didn't do so often. Usually she just stayed home and took care of essentially random activities around the city. She tried to not annoy people while doing whatever she was doing at the time, and she didn't want to destroy the city or anything...

 

[Mai]

Eiffie wandered around, tiredly looking at the sun and waiting for it to give her energy. Then she turned and saw an odd sight; a lucario, rapidash, and human riding a rapidash were gathered. She decided to intrude on their meeting, perhaps she might meet some friends.

"Hello! Hello!" She called out as she ran, the sun was up and she was feeling great. She was feeling even perkier. Looks like it's going to be a really nice day!

 

[Storm Earth and Fire]

Francisco suddenly stopped.

"What's going on?", Bermudo asked.

"Look.", Francisco said indicating something in front of him. There were shapes, made out to be a group of Pokemon, but there was a human riding one of them, a Rapidash, "They're having a chat up there. How about we join them?"

"Oh come on, did you say we've got places to go? Things to... meet?", Bermudo questioned with a bit of exhaustion.

"Sure, but isn't it nice to meet other people along the way?", Francisco shot back, "Just be a bit more postive about this. Come on."

Francisco hopped up to the group, Bermudo slowly following.

"Good day. What brings you all together?", Francisco asked the group.

 

[Flareth]

Riku opened his eyes. He was in the air, flying. Clouds danced under him like the Kimono Girls of Johto. Riku tried to move but he couldn't.

Riku opened his eyes. He was still leaning up against the entrance to Diglett's Cave.

"That dream...felt so real." the Grovyle muttered.

He looked over to the port.

"A lot of people going to the port today." he said.

He edged closer to see if anything was going on.

 

[Barubu]

Max woke up to the sound of his Heracross and Sneasel training. His brother, Charley, was bellow him in the bottom bunk. Max felt it annoying that, at six feet tall, he still had to sleep in a bunk-bed with his nine-year-old little brother. A bunk bed that was only
5' 5"long. So, every night when Max went to bed, he had to decide whether to cover up his chest, or the bottom part of his legs. He started down the bunk-bed ladder, which collapsed sending him towards the ground. (Deoxys crashing to Earth, get it?) He went to wake his brother up, but realized that it was saturday. So, Max decided to let him sleep as long as he wanted. Instead, Max changed his clothes and headed towards the backyard where his pokémon liked to sleep. He opened the back door, only to confirm his suspicions. There were Heracross and sneasel, going at it. Of course, Honchkrow was flying through his hoops that Max had set up a few days ago. It seemed as if Sneasel was winning, until Heracross also took to the sky, preparing a Hyper Beam.

"Okay, that's enough for now," Max said. "I brought some food, and we're just going to relax until Charlie wakes up. Then we'll all head to Vermillion."

 

[Stormecho]

((I'm so popular. O_o))

Nephtys snorted as a Lucario began keeping pace with her. She was tempted to try and go faster, to outrun the stranger, but she had no real reason to at the moment. And to make it worse, her follower spoke to her, asking if she was alright. She was somewhat surprised to find that she was - she didn't feel guilty or bad for leaving her herd to fend for themselves. Prancing somewhat, she let the flames around her hooves increase, as much to remind the Lucario what she was speaking to as to improve her mood. "As it so happens, I have left my herd. Just now, really," she told the other. "And I am fi-" She broke off, scenting newcomers. Another Rapidash - a shiny - and a human on its back. She stamped, shifting her weight and lowering her head as she thought of what to do. She could attack - if the human decided to try and capture her she would have to fight anyways.

But at the same time, she thought she felt a... pull towards the human. Strange. There was another one, but it was fainter, and in a different direction. She tossed her head, staring the other Rapidash down. She had been a herdleader, and thus strong enough to take down most other Pokemon. "I am Nephtys," she said, snorting. An Espeon approached, followed by a Natu, Lairon and a Grovyle, and she rolled her eyes, stamping again. Were they breeding to all be approaching her this quickly?

"I am Nephtys," she repeated, glaring at them as if they had all come at the same time on purpose. "Since there's a human here, I might as well keep going..." Especially if the girl decided she wanted pair of Rapidash for some stupid reason. Tossing her head, she trotted a few steps forward, seeking to escape the crowd.

((I think I got everyone. Feel free to still pester her~))