Idol Power (89) Knowing What It's Like (Request)

I looked at my dad’s eyes in the rear view mirror, he glanced at me and he was not happy. It was understandable I continuously got in fights, I guess I was a little hot under the collar, when anyone starts messing with me I go off on them. So my parents were called and had a chat with the principle, needless to say this whole car ride has been uncomfortable.

We got home and my dad went to my room. “Dad” I yelled running after him. He was unplugging all my game systems and my television. “What are you doing!?”

“I’m taking this stuff away, you’re grounded.” He stated firmly, I knew he wasn’t going to budge but I had to try.

“That’s not fair, I never start the fights, the other kids do!” I yelled.

“I don’t care who starts it! Do you understand how lucky you are that the principle hasn’t expelled you! Five fights! Five in the past month! So I’m taking this stuff for the next five months!” He stated louder this time, he was trying hard not to yell, as he picked my games up in his arms.

“You can’t do this!” I yelled.

“Zack this is for your own good.” My mom said calmly looking at me from down the hall “You’ll get your stuff back, so long as you’re good.”

“The way you just rush into everything without thinking is bad anyway. Maybe without these games you’ll think before you act.” My dad said firmly. I punched the wall in anger “Hey do you want to make it six months!”

“Screw you!” I yelled and ran out of the house, I heard my parents calling for me to come back but I just ran, I was done talking for now.

I ran all the way to the woods by my house, I just needed to calm down after that heated argument. The air was brisk and cold so I was able to cool down pretty quickly but I was still angry. More at myself than anything, I shouldn’t  have run, my parents were right to punish me, but I didn’t want to be punished so I acted up. After an hour I decided I should head back and apologize hopefully my punishment will still only be five months.

As I headed back I heard some strange noises off in the distance, I was a little curious so I went off the path and slowly made my way to the noises. The brown leaves crunched underneath my feet and after a few minutes of walking I was on the edge of a clearing, there were two Pokemon talking or more like arguing with each other. One seemed like a ticked off Sceptile while the other seemed to be a laid back Greninja, I was curious and didn’t want to interrupt so I knelt down behind a knocked over tree.

“Sceptile! Scept Sceptile!” the Sceptile said trying to grab something that the Greninja was throwing up in the air and catching over and over.

“Gren, Greninja Gren, Ninja Greninja.” The Greninja said continuing to catch the object.

“Sceptile! Sceptile Tile!” the Sceptile was really angry pointing at the Greninja.
The Greninja put his hands up defensively “Gren Gren! Greninja Gren.” The Sceptile seemed to calm down.

I could now tell what was in the Greninja’s hand, it was one of those Pokemon transformation carvings. That was really cool, to be honest I was curious what it would be like to be a Pokemon, to have tremendous power and be really cool looking. I don’t think the two have seen me yet and if I take off at a full sprint towards them I could probably grab the carving and see what it’s like to be a Pokemon myself. After a minute I decided to go after the carving, I couldn’t wait to see what kind of Pokemon I would be. I took a dash for the carving, I was already in front of the two Pokemon by the time they looked at me.

I reached out and grabbed the carving pulling it out from the Greninja’s webbed fingers. When I grabbed it I heard a deep male voice say “You have been chosen.” Just like the transformees say.

I looked at the carving it was a pillar with a carving of fire on top, I could even see four letters written vertically on the pillar part, it was written like the Pokemon Unowns, but it looked like it said fire. “Fire? Sweet I’ll be a fire type!” this was actually exciting I was hoping it will be something really good. I then looked at the two Pokemon both were stunned with their mouths agape, they obviously couldn’t believe what just happened.

The Sceptile snapped out of it and stomped towards me snatching the carving from my hand and then he stuck his reptilian finger in my face “Scept Sceptile! Tile Scept Sceptile!” he yelled.

I just looked at him “You do realize I can’t understand you right?”

The Sceptile face palmed while the Greninja laughed.

It was now that the itchiness started, I started scratching everywhere really hard, especially my arms. I rolled up my sleeve and saw beige fur growing all over my arms and hands, but then they started to hurt and I noticed my arms got shorter and my hands and fingers got smaller. I still felt itchy this time it was more towards my rear that’s when I looked back and saw long spiky black fur poking out from the bottom of my jacket. My legs and hips started to hurt, my stance got wider ripping my pants revealing my beige colored front, and my legs got shorter and moved upon the sides of my waist. Then my feet began to hurt, as they got skinnier, meanwhile my big and pinky toes shrank away as the remaining ones got longer.

“Why does it have to hurt so Phlosion!?” I yelled, looking at the two Pokemon face palm, as my throat began to burn “Ty Phlosion!” I tried yelling “My throat” but I could only speak Pokemon now, at least I knew what I was becoming.

My hearing disappeared for a few seconds, while I felt my ears become pointed and move further up on my head. When my hearing came back however it was filled with crunching noises due to my skull reshaping, as my neck thickened restraining my head movement a bit. It really hurt as my eyes moved to the side of my head and my nose and mouth fused and stretched into a short snout. I felt my teeth reform becoming sharper, it was so painful that instinctively I shot flames out the back of my neck catching my jacket on fire, which I quickly pulled off of me. My mind then filled with all things I would need to know as a Typhlosion, like how to move in my new body, how to use my moves, basic instincts.

Finally the pain was gone and I could feel so much power, I lifted my head and spewed a flamethrower into the air. It felt so cool and amazing being a Typhlosion was awesome.

“Hey watch it!” I heard someone yell, it was the Sceptile. “We’re in the middle of the woods, do you want to start a forest fire?” he had a point.

“Sorry this just feels so amazing!” I exclaimed.

“I know right!?” the Greninja exclaimed in enjoyment “But this party pooper doesn’t see it that way.” He pointed to the Sceptile.

“Lets see you try to go through life with a five foot tail and see if you still like it.” The Sceptile rebutted “And you what were you thinking grabbing the carving, you obviously know what it is!?”

“I couldn’t help myself, I wanted to see what it was like to be a Pokemon!”

“You do realize you’re stuck like that right?” the Sceptile asked. My heart skipped a beat and I didn’t answer, I actually hadn’t thought about that “You’re kidding.” The Sceptile face palmed knowing my answer from the reaction.

“Seriously?!” the Greninja asked, surprised by my reaction as well.

“I guess I didn’t think about that part.” I said embarrassed.

“Well you’re one of us now! My name’s Alex.” Said the Greninja.

“I’m Thomas.” The Sceptile sighed.

“I’m Zack.” I introduced myself. “So what were you guys doing with a fire carving anyway, you both seem like you’ve been this way for a while?”

“We actually just happened upon it as we trained.” Alex said.

“We were trying to figure out what to do with it before you showed up.” Thomas said “I wanted to take it to the police, like you’re supposed to.” He said the last part sternly, obviously directed at Alex.

“I wanted to hold on to it for a bit. Even suggested we use it on our families.” Alex said.

“Which we are not doing!” Thomas yelled. “I’m taking this to the police station.” He said gripping onto the carving tightly “You should come too, since you need to register.”

“Yeah you’re right.” I sighed. I took a step forward and fell over, that’s when I realized if I wanted to walk I would have to either waddle or walk on all fours. As much as I hated it, I chose all fours since it was faster, and it felt easier too.

We arrived at the police station and all the police officers stopped what they were doing and looked at us, I guess it was odd to have three Pokemon of different types walk in at the same time. Thomas put the carving on the front desk, and then wrote an explanation that he and Alex were already registered and what happened with me, good thing too because my paws weren’t really meant for holding a pencil. Thomas was even kind enough to help me fill out the paper work, Alex said he would’ve helped too but his fingers weren’t the best for writing.

After the paperwork was finished Thomas and Alex left but said that if I ever want to train they always meet at that same spot. I had to wait while my parents were called and I was not looking forward to that. My mom came through the door and immediately hugged me crying and apologizing profusely, my dad looked at me with his arms crossed, but then came over and hugged me as well.

When we got in the car my dad gave me a stern look “This changes nothing, you still can’t have your games back for three months.” I was a little confused because I could’ve sworn it was five last time.

So that was a few days ago, and I’ve been dealing with teasing from my fellow classmates, but now all I have to do is stand on my hind legs and let my fire flare out and they back down real quick. I also have fun going to the woods after school to train with Thomas and Alex, after all I’m only grounded from video games besides my dad would be glad I at least have something to do. The only problem I have is the fact that if I want to move fast, I have to walk on four legs, and holding stuff with my small fingers is hard too, but I wanted to know what it’s like to be a Pokemon, now I know.