The Change

[Mewtwo]

Flamara watched as more Pokémon arrived, and the other Rapidash left. "Take care!" she yelled toward the other Rapidash, sincerely hoping it would find wherever it was going. She felt another shock wave, stronger this time. "Come on, Pirono, I'm gonna be late!" Flamara yelled as her shiny Rapidash took off toward school.

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"You're late." the teacher said as Flamara walked into class. "Sorry..." Flamara sighed as she took her seat. A note flew over to her from diagonally behind her. She opened it.

Late again, huh? it said.

Yeah... she wrote and flung it behind her.

Well, do you wanna have lunch with me? Flamara looked behind her to see Raiden pretending to listen, blushing a little. God, he was so cute.

Yeah, sounds great. she said, tossing it behind her again.

Meet you at your locker before lunch then! he wrote back. Flamara smiled.

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"Nephtys, huh?" Pirono said back to the Rapisash. He felt a strange... pull, and he wasn't sure why.

"Since there's a human here, I might as well keep going..." Mephtys said before leaving. "Really, she only cares for other Pokémon..." Pirono sighed.

"Come on, Pirono, I'm gonna be late!" he heard Flamara yell, so he took off running toward her school before being called back.
((I would type Raiden's POV, but it's less exciting and I have no time; I have a check-up to go to XD))

 

[Mai]

"Why leave so soon because of humans, Nephtys? Want to talk?" Eiffie asked. She was in a good mood, and the rapidash seemed nice.

"I'm Eiffie. Maybe we could be friends." The espeon said. She didn't have many friends that weren't eeveelutions.

"To start off, what's wrong with humans? They aren't that bad, as long as they aren't trying to catch you. Have you had a bad experience with them? They can be kind of mean..." Eiffie rambled, hapy and contented.

 

[Lili]

"Seldon, wait up!"

"Kid, stop following me! I've told you a million times before, go back to the Daycare! They'll take good care of you there. I just need to get back into the wild, where I belong."

"But you know my parents!"

"Knew! I knew your parents. They died a long time ago, remember? Anyway, stop bugging me," the Sudowoodo said angrily. Seldon didn't want to deal with this brat anymore. The small Piplup came racing towards him, making Seldon wonder how something could waddle so fast. "Don't leave me, Seldon! I don't know how to get back!" the chick cheeped, putting his stubby arms around Seldon. Suddenly little Zacharias Junior was pushed back, falling onto the dusty trail.

"Listen, Zacharias. If you try to follow me one more time, I'll attack you. I'm tired of your crap." As the Sudowoodo turned around again, Zacharias sopke up. "Don't go," he whimpered.

Suddenly he turned around again, Flailing aimlessly in an attempt to scare the Piplup. It worked, causing the penguin-resembling hatchling to scream. He stopped for a second, looking down at the now-crying baby Pokemon. As he turned around, he felt a slight regret leaving him there.

It took Zacharias a good ten minutes to stop crying and realize that he was alone along the trail. Looking around, he got up and waddled over to a stone formation, only to sit down and lean next to it and break out crying again.

 

[Mad MOAI]

Lacuna truthfully did want to explore new places. And being in Olivine, it was obvious she had a boat pass ... but as she stuck her hand in her pocket and pulled out the slip of paper, she realized that she couldn't remember the last time she used it, even though she could remember last night. She had experienced one of her oddest dreams...

She remembered not the location, but a silhouette of a man she had never seen before. She felt connected to him, but also felt that they were supposed to be enemies ... the strange whirl had confused her.

But it was just a dream. Not like it meant anything. She also remembered dreaming about a Luxray with wings who quickly had his wings disintegrated and quickly fallen and died. But that was more random. She felt cooped up here in THIS city, so why not visit another one? The boat might have a leaving time soon ... and she didn't really care where it was going, as long as it got her and her five Pokemon out of here and to somewhere they hadn't been before.

She found herself sauntering absently towards the port, hoping for a nice ferry ride or something.

 

[Wargle]

The rapidash left, and mroe arrived. A human on a shiny Rapidash was there, but the duo soon left. An Espeon, Natu, and a Lairon were left. The Espeon was talking to the leaving Rapidash, which left Storm with a Natu and a Lairon. One had two types that she weak to. And the Lairon might not trust her because Lairon are weak to just about every attack a Lucario can preform. Great. She thought. I wonder if I can sacrifice the Natu to Fehraloe? Fehraloe was the Lucario god of Present Life. Lucario are supposed to make monthly sacrifices to him. Her last one was a standard Mareep sacrifice. She had made it two weeks ago but surely another one, a Natu wouldn't hurt?

Nah. she decided, I always did kind of like them. Storm always had a small fondness for the hopping tennis balls. So she decided to spare its life. Like she would sacrifice it here anyway. The Espeon might try to retaliate.

"What are you all doing here?" she decided to ask.

 

[Darksong]

As Rose and her Bayleef finished their breakfast of cereal and berries respectively, the former noticed that it was getting noticeably lighter outside. She smiled, wondering if Bayleef would like to see the ocean up close. She walked to the door and then beckoned to the cream-colored Grass type, inviting her to come out to the beach. Bayleef nodded quickly, prancing after her trainer.

The duo headed out to the shore, where the beach was smooth and trees grew just on the water a little to the north. The tide was gentle here, so her Pokemon probably wouldn't be startled by too much moving water. The two sat on the shore just out of reach of the waves, watching wistfully. Rose sifted damp sand through her hands over and over. It felt so weird and good at the same time... it almost felt like a Ditto, maybe. She had never actually touched one, but she knew that it was squishy... like the sand. Her hands were getting dirty, but if she washed them off in the surf, then they would feel dry because of the salt...

Lost in thought, she didn't notice her Bayleef nudging her with her tail as she tried to drink the water. Rose immediately looked towards the Grass-type Pokemon, her hand flying towards her shoulder. "Don't do that, it's salt water!" she warned.

Bayleef looked up at her Trainer and smiled, blushing with embarrassment a little bit. Rose merely shrugged, remembering that she was used to being by the pond up north; that was usually where they went to walk. The beach, however, was new to Bayleef, and so was the idea of briny salt water.

 

[Mad MOAI]

Lacuna entered the port building, wondering whether she would have to choose which ship she would board. Of course, that was the standard, but it was hard to tell what was standard and what wasn't in this world. She was expecting only a couple of ships available, and that was what she got. As she stepped up to the counter, the clerk shook his head slowly. She flipped her ship pass around towards the clerk, staring purposefully at him.

"Which ship are you planning to board?" he asked with slight exasperation. (Lacuna guessed that he had to say this to every single customer he came across during his business hours at the counter.

"Whichever one has snacks on it," she replied curtly. "And that loops back here shortly."

The clerk seemed confused, and he held up a forefinger as if he had just obtained an idea. "There's one that goes to Kanto and back... it loops around the southern shore of Johto, too."

She nodded slowly and slipped the pass back into her hip pocket. "When does it leave? Soon?"

Still looking slightly perplexed, the clerk nodded and stepped aside, allowing Lacuna to pass onto the ship. It wasn't huge, but it was fine for her. She was surprised that there was one that she could actually board, but hopefully the ride wouldn't be too long. Maybe she would meet somebody on it.

 

[Thorne]

((Argh why am I late))

Neil took his eyes away from his book and glanced at the clock, he was getting hungry, but the fridge was mostly empty. He thought for a while, he was staying home because he felt sick today, walking down to the store and getting something would hardy kill him. He put down his book on the small table next to the sofa and stood up, stretching a bit. He picked up his wallet on the way out, and began walking down the street, music playing in his earphones.

Neil hadn't felt well for some time now. Or rather, he hadn't felt like himself. It bothered him immensely,. He had always been very bound to what was familiar, and recently he had been far more worried and stressed than usually. He could also swear that his skin glittered at times.

He didn't like it.

((So yeah I'm kinda lost if someone feels like meeting Neil than go ahead))

 

[Storm Earth and Fire]

"What brings us here?", Francisco echoed to the Lucario, most of the others having left, "You know, I wish I knew. I really do, but instead, I don't. All I can say is, we're on a journey looking for... well... I don't know. Something tells me there's something great awaiting us at the end, but I don't know what. Not that there's anything wrong with simply wandering."

"When's that gonna be anyway? We've been walking for ages...", Bermudo asked.

"No," Francisco answered, "It's only been 2 and a half days."

 

[Flareth]

Riku smirked a bit at Francisco and Bermudo. He glanced around.

"Looks like one of the humans entered the boat place." Riku said, noticing one missing from the pile of humans and Pokemon, "It's odd.....so many people crowding around this city. It's like we were all called here."

He laughed.

"Yeah right....why would we be?" he snickered.

 

[Mai]

"Huh? Why am I here? Well, I was walking around and I saw you guys. I just thought I should go meet you." Eiffie said, almost forgetting about the rapidash.

"I mean, it's nice to meet new people, right?" The espeon said, looking at the small crowd. It would be great if all of these people become my friends.

 

[Storm Earth and Fire]

"Exactly why I hopped over here when I saw a group congregating.", Francisco told the Espeon, "Nothing more pleasant than meeting new people on a journey. Except maybe a nice tree, I like trees. But that's me."

"I'm hungry...", Bermudo said.

"Look, I'm sure we can find something nice for you to eat in a bit.", Francisco told him, "Actually, that might be hard considering what you eat... Just hang tight. Ah, but getting back... Why would we be called together? I dunno as well, like I said earlier, me and my buddy here are searching for an unknown thing... Oh, but I talk of meeting new people but forget you don't know our names. My name is Francisco, but just Frank is fine. And this guy here is Bermudo, my companion. My brother-in-arms."

"Umm... Nice to meet you, I guess...", Bermudo said, clearly tiring of the small talk.

 

[wolftamer9]

"AAAH!" Neure said as he jerked his head up from the table. "Di- did you see any of that?" he asked, looking at an inanimate radio. the radio turned orange and grew eyes. "There were flashes, but they didn't last long. why?" it asked, in an electric voice.
"I just had some sort of nightmare," Neure said. "I was trapped in some kind of virtual world, and someone was trying to stop me from escaping."

"What do you suppose that means?" asked Rotom.
"I don't think there's any literal meaning. I think it's just one of those nightmares where there's something trying to get you and there's no way to escape or stop it."
"I thought you didn't have nightmares," Rotom said.
"I thought so, too," Neure said. "I hope it doesn't happen again. that would ruin everything."

He took the sensors off his head and went to the computer. he opened up the recording. for a while, it just said no signal, but suddenly there was a screech and a pair of white eyes and a toothy grin, and then nothing again. Neure jumped at the sight of it.
"I remember there being more of it than this," he said, "I wonder what's wrong with the translating software."

 

[Mewtwo]

((I have no idea how much time has passed since my charries left for school. When it's around noon, tell me, because I have no other things to post besides that.))

 

[Kali the Flygon]

As Spike handed in his ticket, waiting for it to be observed and stamped, he looked down at the girl's badge from the Cerulean Gym. "Ah, well, that's nice. I've been working at the Gym for the last few years. Maybe I saw you when you were battling. There aren't really that many people who manage to beat our leader each year." He took the stamped ticket back, though, and walked forward toward the ship's loading dock. "Well, I'm on my way to Sunyshore, in Sinnoh. Is that where you're going too?" He asked the girl, but suddenly he started to hear something odd. As he started looking back, he noticed several Pokemon starting to run free in the city. "What the... what's going on back there..." The humans around them seemed to be keeping their distance, but Spike didn't want to take any chances that someone could get hurt. He sighed, and took out his pokeball from his left pocket, opening it.

A large Milotic, maybe 30 feet long, soon sat still on the dock, with her tail resting off in the water. Spike looked up at her, speaking to her while pointing to the wild Pokemon nearby. "Tanya, can you call out to them? Tell them they need to go home, that the city is no place for them."

The sea serpent nodded, and suddenly began to sing, in a beautiful, haunting, enchanting melody. Her song was like her version of Hypnosis, and she could use it to attempt to reach out to others on a subconscious level.

 

[shadow_lugia]

((Mewtwo (and pretty much everyone else), feel free to time skip if it's just you by yourself. It's probably more convenient, as timelines can be kind of fuzzy without anything around to relate them too. By the way, do you think humans should be able to talk to Pokemon normally here? Haven't done that yet, since I don't know your opinions.))

Rubal kept his sharp eyes on his Lanturn opponent, ready to respond to any command his trainer may give him or any threat that it could pose.

"Okay, Lanturn, use Water Gun!"

That was the other trainer, taking advantage of Rubal's weakness. The Sandslash was already sore from the repeated exposure to water, and he could only hope the same was true for the Lanturn after his own attacks.

"Try to dodge it with Rollout, Rubal!" His own trainer's command, ordered in the split second between his rival's and the Lanturn's action. Rubal immediately curled into a ball, his sharp spikes forming a spiky protection. The Lanturn released a spout of water from its mouth, brushing the tips of Rubal's spikes as he fortunately rolled out of the way in time. Using a small bump by the riverbank as a ramp, he launched himself into the air, coming down hard on the electric fish's head. He bounced off of the rubbery, moist skin as it squealed in pain from his spikes, landing on the other side of the river. He made a u-turn around the other trainer, once again bouncing off the Lanturn's head as he ordered another Water Gun. The increased momentum bounced him higher, and cut the Lanturn deeper.

"Okay, that's good, Rubal. Just keep it up, and don't let it hit you!" his trainer, Logan, shouted as he made another u-turn around him, aiming once again at his foe.

What does he think I'm gonna do? Let myself get hit on purpose? Rubal thought as he bounced off the bump again, aiming at the Lanturn. He flew even higher this time, the jump harder to control. He almost fell into the water, but managed to just barely hit his mark. He rolled back around for a fourth, even stronger attack, which he was almost sure would knock the Lanturn out.

He jumped off the riverbank, getting him high into the air. Rubal thought that it almost felt like his idea of flying, the air rushing through his spikes, like an artificial wind.

With this thought, he slipped into a daydream by mistake. He would love to fly, to spread his wings and lift himself into the sky. He wouldn't have any trouble with reaching high places anymore. Hey, he could even use flight in battle, to transport his trainer, to impress anyone he came across... the possibilities were endless.

He failed to notice that the Lanturn had finally noticed his pattern, and managed to hit him dead-on with a Water Gun, knocking Rubal back and yanking him out of his fantasy. He landed with a splash in the water, which frightened him for a moment, as he couldn't swim. He then realized how shallow the water was, and stood up, letting the water wash around his feet.

Not waiting for an order from his trainer, he unleashed a Slash, letting his claws create two parallel gashes in the Lanturn's skin. It wailed in pain, before finally giving up, letting itself relax in the stream.

A red beam of light shot over Rubal's head, absorbing his defeated foe into its Great Ball. Its trainer shook Logan's hand, jumping across the stream to do so. It made Rubal realize that, despite being unusually large for a Sandslash, he was still pretty small. This river, which had required a flying leap for him to cross, was easily jumped by even young humans. It was slightly humiliating to him.

After the other trainer left, Logan walked up to Rubal and patted his head. "That was a good battle, Rubal. I thought you were going to lose for a second, but I guess you have really good reflexes. You didn't even need an order for that last attack."

As he continued to babble on, Rubal thought, Duh. How does he think wild Pokemon even battle? but then shook the thought off. His trainer was young, even if he was older than Rubal himself, and still learning these kinds of things.

 

[Darksong]

((OK then I'll go ahead and post this.))

Rose slipped her socks and shoes off carefully, thinking the water looked rather inviting. She dipped her feet into the water, sitting so that the waves could just barely lap at them. She pushed on the ground behind herself to stand up, watching as the water surged and then receded again, repeatedly. It was almost like a sunrise and sunset but a miniature version; Rose was mystified by this, as she knew that the water was pushed by the moon. It was almost as if they were endlessly intertwined...

Her reverie was shattered by a noise in the distance. Curious, she looked off to the horizon to see a small shape that seemed to be slowly
approaching... a ship? But why? She hadn't heard many before that had passed by, even from the dock in this city. Out of curiosity, she stood there watching, and soon noticed out of the corner of her eye that Bayleef was also watching intently. "Sound interesting?" Rose asked absently, and Bayleef nodded.

Rose glanced at her Pokemon, and then slipped her socks back on (which was a bit of a difficulty since her feet were wet) and hastily put her shoes on. She and Bayleef began heading towards the dock, determined to board it. Rose knew that she had some money in her bag, and it could probably cover the fare to ride it.

 

[Lili]

(('Kay))

It had taken what seemed like forever for Zacharias to finally get to Snowpoint. He remembered drudging through tall grass, climbing up a mountain, and hopping through snow as he hid in the cargo bay of the ship that he found. Something inside of him had been calling for him to leave Sinnoh, and go to an older region. He felt like he belonged there, or that he really was there half of the time. He remembered having dreams of an island and volcanoes-

The ship lurched forward, sending him flying into the box in front of him. They had taken off, and were apparently heading towards the Kanto region. To occupy himself for the trip, he knocked off the top of one of the crates in the bay, peering inside.

Sweet Moltres.

A crate full of packaged Poffins and various berries lay out in front of him, leaving the Penguin Pokemon speechless. He quickly dove into it headfirst, mouth wide open, gorging himself on the treats. He didn't notice the hours flying by as he ate, nor when the boat lurched to a halt at a smooth beach with some trees.

 

[Mad MOAI]

Lacuna took a look out the window of the ship. They were indeed approaching the halfway point of the mini-cruise. That had been a good cinnamon roll.

The dock of Cherrygrove was in sight. There was a Trainer on the beach, but Lacuna didn't find it too odd, since it could be any random person who decided to be there today. She would probably say hi as she left the boat.

She wasn't thinking about much else before she noticed that the boat was beginning to slow down. She was definitely near the shore now - and even so, before she knew it, there was a small bump, and the boat hit the dock. Probably to let on more passengers...

Lacuna stepped out onto the deck and shouted to the Trainer with the Bayleef. She waved while calling, "Hi there!" It was kind of a random thing to do, but that didn't matter TOO much, right...?

 

[Anomaly 54]

Hound jumped from the ledge and began running. Since he had left his trainer, several packs of hound-like Pokémon had chased him. First the Electrike and Manetric, then Shinx, Luxio and Luxuray, now Growlithe. I hate my life. He continued running, occasionally jumping to avoid another ThunderFang in the backside. He kept going, and seemed to be getting faster and faster. Suddenly, he began seeing the sky over somewhere, he wasn't sure where, but he could see towns below, passing at amazing speeds. Suddenly, he was warped back into reality as he slammed into a Rapidash. A weird one with grey flames. "Ouch" He shook his head, then stepped back and looked around. While his ability allowed him to absorb energy from fire attacks, he was still weak to many other moves. "Er...hello, everyone. Hound's my name, Fire's my game"