Idol Power (134) Trapped

It was after school everyone was getting things from their lockers, then I heard someone behind me “Ahem, excuse me…I know I’m new but…would you please go on a date with me!” the guy behind me said, he was so confident. Everyone was chuckling “Huh, what’s so funny?”

I took a deep sigh, and turned around, the guy was tall and muscular probably why he was so confident. “Look dude…I’m a guy.”

“What?!” he exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone around us broke out in laughter “Haha looks like Travis the Trap strikes again.” I hate that nickname.

“No you’re kidding right?”

“No I’m truly a guy.”

“Gah!” he screamed and ran away hands on his head like he was trying to comprehend how someone like me could possibly be a guy, I don’t blame him after all I curse these damn looks too.

I walked down the hallway, I hated these looks of mine, I had the unfortunate luck of getting my mom’s looks but my dad’s gender. It’s not like I want to look like this either because I’m a guy, and I’ve tried so many things to look manly. I’ve tried growing a beard but any facial hair refuses to grow, I tried gaining muscle but no matter how hard I work out I don’t gain any, I even tried getting fat so guys who don’t know I’m a guy would stop hitting on me but my metabolism works so fast that I can’t even gain 5 extra pounds. I’ve also tried wearing baggy clothes, but that doesn’t cover my feminine face or my higher pitch voice, I guess I should count my blessing I don’t have breasts, although that just makes people think I’m flat chested.

I exited the school and my only friend Alexis was waiting for me “Hey Travis.”

“Hey”

“Oh I know that look. Someone hit on you again.” She said as we started walking.

“…”

“You know that haircut isn’t helping things.”

“I know that but that stupid stylist thought I was a girl, so when I told her to give me short hair, she gave me a damn pixie cut!”

“Why not have her fix it?”

“She was new and was having trouble with the manager already so I didn’t want to cause trouble for her.” I said as I pulled out a candy bar and began eating it.

“Man you’re so lucky.”

“What do you mean?”

“Any girl would kill to have a metabolism like yours, you eat like ten times a day and gain nothing. You get to keep that nice slender body without even working at it. Even I’m jealous.”

“I don’t know whether to take the complement or be insulted.”

“Oh just take the complement will ya.” We came to an intersection, Alexis lived on this street while I had quite a few more to go. “Well see ya tomorrow.”

“Yeah, see ya.” I said and we went our separate ways.

A few streets down and I saw an old man, he was wearing a cloak and a top hat, and he was holding his side, looked like he was in pain. He hobbled and almost fell over, I walked over to him I couldn’t let him go on like this.

“Damn, should’ve waited longer.” I heard him grumble.

“Excuse me sir.” I said, he looked over his shoulder revealing his crooked nose “Do you need some help?” I asked.

He was surprised at first but gave a toothy grin, “Why yes, could you help me over to that alley over there?” he said pointing to a distant alley.

“Uh…are you sure?”

“Oh yes, that’s where I need to go.”

“Um…okay then.” I said, and had him sling his arm over my shoulder.

We were just about at the alley when the old man spoke “You’re such a nice young lady helping an old man like me.”

“Actually I’m a boy.”

He seemed surprised at first but then laughed “Oh I’m sorry, a young man then, so what is your name?”

“Travis”

We got to the alley and I heard the man mumble something but it sounded like gibberish. I helped the man against the wall and looked around the alley…there was nothing here, it was just an average alley. “Um sir, are you sure…Gah!”

The man suddenly picked me up with one arm, but he was keeping one arm to his side, and he looked like he was in pain.

“Someone help!”

“It’s pointless to scream, I put an area of silence around us, meaning the only one that can hear you is me.” He then used the hand holding his side to pull out something, it was a wooden carving it looked like a sparkling sphere.

“Is…is that!?” I screamed as I struggled.

“Yes…I’m going to turn you into a Pokemon. After doing a little research I know how to control the transformation of this type now. You really should be wary of helping strangers. After hearing you say you were a boy, I know the perfect new form for you. You are going to provide me with so much chaos Hahaha!” he held his hand up and muttered some gibberish “Munoitcurtsbo” and a semi-transparent black sphere appeared around the carving. He then placed it against my head.

When he did I heard a deep male voice say “You have been chosen.” The old man then tossed me like it was nothing deeper into the alley. But then he immediately grabbed his side and started coughing, apparently he wasn’t feigning an injury.

I got up “Why!? Why are you doing this?!”

“I don’t expect a pathetic insect like you to understand, although in a few minutes you’ll reach the level of a rat. So really you should be thanking me for upgrading you life, not everyone gets to go from an insect to a rat.”

“What? Are you calling me an insect!?”

“Yes, foolish mortals like yourselves are but insects! And other Pokemon I would put on the level of rats! he yelled, this man was completely insane.

I kept darting my eyes around looking for some way to escape, but that mans strength was incredible even with an injury, would I even get away, I spent too much time thinking about this. My skin started to feel tingly, I looked down at my arms and saw they were turning green, I then looked down at my chest and saw white. Pain hit my arms and hands, my biceps got even skinnier, while my forearms flattened out, then I lost my middle and pinky fingers, while the rest of my fingers got shorter. Pain hit my legs and feet, I took a step forward and realized I stepped out of my shoe, the ends of my legs were like points, not feet. Pain then hit my hips, I could feel something growing, rubbing against my legs, wanting to jet out, eventually my pants gave way, ripping apart, I looked down and saw fluttering, white, clothe like skin, it looked like a dress. I then screamed in pain as a red spike burst through my chest, and back.

“What!?” I exclaimed “No No No No! I recognize this it’s Gardevoir! Voir Gardevoir! Voir? Voir!?” I could only say Gardevoir now.

I could now feel my face start to change, I lost my nose and I felt my ears shrink with new spikes taking their place. I felt my hair grow and reshape, I reached up to feel it, it felt solid like a helmet. Next I felt my body get crushed a little, I shrank quite a few inches and my waist thinned out quite a bit. My eyes burned as my mind started to fill with information, how to use my psychic abilities, how to use my moves, basic instincts all followed by Gardevoir.

“No! You! Look what you did to me!” I yelled in anger.

“Hehe well I’m sure I’ve gathered all I’d get from that.” He said outloud to himself ignoring me.

“Damn you!” I yelled, using my new knowledge I used Magical Leaf.

“Whoa there!” he said side stepping “It seems I better Gah!” he yelled in pain, he looked back, and saw the leaves lodged in his back.

“Magical Leaf doesn’t miss! Now take this!” I yelled and used Magical Leaf again. But he sank into the ground, and the leaves went straight down only embedding themselves in the concrete, guess it only doesn’t miss if there isn’t something blocking it. “How did he do that!? I can’t believe this!” after a few seconds my eyes went wide realizing that something horrible might've happened “Am I a…” I felt around down there and sighed a breathe of relief “Still a guy. But now this is even worse, now it’s like I’m a friggin cross dresser!”

After quite a few minutes I finally calmed down, and slowly made my way home. There weren’t a lot of Pokemon where I lived so I got a lot of stares, which wouldn’t be so bad if I couldn’t hear their thoughts, I had trouble turning it off. Some comments were hateful, others mostly little kids called me pretty, but they all thought I was a girl.

I got home and when my parents answered they were really surprised, I explained the whole situation to them. We of course went to the police and gave the description of the man, but when I told them about him sinking into the ground, the officer gave me a stare like I was crazy, but then wrote it down anyway. I got registered, and then begged my parents to let me get home schooled, but they told me no, that I had to finish this year and I can try home schooling next year.

So today I’m wearing a large hoody with the hood up, but sadly I couldn’t find pants that I could put over my dress hips, I could hear my mom’s joke in her thoughts that I could just wear a dress, but she didn’t say it. At school when I walked over I heard everyone’s thoughts, no one realized it was me.

“Hey Alexis.” I said with telepathy behind her.

“Oh hey Tra…” she said as she turned around and went wide eyed “Travis is that you!” she exclaimed in a whisper.

“Yeah.” I replied sadly.

“But how?”

“Some crazy old guy yesterday did this to me…I swear that is the last time I help someone.”

“Are you a…you know?”

“No I’m still a guy.”

Then I heard someone’s thoughts behind me…I could tell it was the huge nerd Jerry. “Yes it really is a Gardevoir, I wonder which girl was transformed, or with luck she’s new.” I heard him approach “Hello my dear, would you happen to want to become my Pokemon Waifu?”

“Jerry it’s me Travis!” I yelled in his mind.

“Huh…Travis? As in Travis the Trap Travis?” He asked then I could hear his mind “Wow he looks even more like a girl now. Wait I’ve heard some people end up getting gender swapped, maybe he is a she.”

Before he could even ask I yelled using telepathy “I’m still a guy Jerry now beat it!”

Jerry then walked away in defeat, Alexis giggled a bit “It’s not funny!” I exclaimed, and my eyes were starting to water, “This is the worst!”

Alexis noticed my tears “Maybe you’re really manly as a Gardevoir, and we just can’t see it. Maybe you’ll meet a nice girl Gardevoir and she will look at you and think look at that hunk. So please don’t cry.”

I wiped my eyes “You think so?”

“Anything is possible.”

School began and even first period was horrible, I entered class and my teacher re-introduced me so everyone knew my new form. As I walked to my desk I heard everyone’s mean and disgusting thoughts, girls hated me, guys wanted to know if my gender swapped. I just put my head down, all I know is when I see that old man again, I’m going to kill him!