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The Change  

                It was a normal day in Mishiro Town, (Houen) and it was a coming to midnight, Matthew was still on his computer instant messaging his friend, it was one of those nights when his parents tell him to go to sleep before morning and he doesn’t listen. Well that night a few Team Rockets were camping near the town and were concocting a plan that could change the world.

                Matthew sat in his computer chair typing away on his keyboard. He had, messed up dark brown hair, dark blue eyes. He wore blue jeans and a red t-shirt what had his name on it in Japanese, and also wore a headband, he was stubborn usual lost his temper after a while. It was half-term so he was having a week off of school. And it was his birthday.

                Matthew got out of his chair and heard his father go down stairs, he was going to dive for his bed but wanted to know why his father was going downstairs so late, and he sneaked out of his room and followed his father trying not to make a sound.

                Matthew crept up behind his father and asked him what he was doing downstairs his father turned around and said, “Son… I knew you would find out one day… In that briefcase there’s a vial of formula what can transform a human into a pokémorph. The pokémorph it changes you into is unknown but as a scientist we are trying to figure out what species it is.”

                “Now go to your room, its way past midnight and do a little favor and take the briefcase with you and put it in your room, but be careful…” His father said while giving Matthew the briefcase, Matthew walked up stairs and hid the briefcase under his pillow one place nobody would look.

Meanwhile on the outskirts of Mishiro Town a gang of Team Rockets had camped ready for that next morning to concoct their plan, “OK, here’s the plan we break into the house at noon and steal the formula! If anything backfires we won’t get our pay and the boss will be furious…” The Team Rockets then went into there tents and got ready for the noon.

                The morning came and the suns rays shone through Matthew’s windows, slowly getting up he noticed it was nearly noon and had over slept, stretching his arms he got his clothes on and pulled out the briefcase from under his pillow, opening the briefcase he saw a vial with a yellow liquid in it.

                Looking at the vial he picked it up and thought, “Just this liquid and it can change a human into a Pokémorph wow… I wonder what it’s like been a Pokémorph…” He then put the vial back into the briefcase and slipped it under his bed and walked towards the stairs. Walking down the stairs Matthew went into the kitchen checking the clock it was about 5 minutes to noon and Matthew had no idea a gang of Team Rocket had planned to barge in snatch the formula and leave.

                There was a note from Matthew’s parents on the fridge it said, -Sorry, gone shopping, be back soon…- just then the grandfather clock’s bell started to clang it soon landed on the last clang and the front door flew across the hall and crashed into the fridge, with the door fell to bits he heard the a gang walk into the living room.

                He crept to the stairs and saw a Team Rocket Grunt guarding his front door he crept past him and slowly walked up the stairs just then the Grunt saw him and yelled, “HEY YOU! Stop, everyone I think he’s going to grab the formula and make a run for it!” He got his gun out and Matthew ran the Grunt tried to shoot Matthew but he missed Matthew by an inch, Matthew then ran into his room.

                Matthew then dived to his bed, pulling out the briefcase and thought, “I’ve got to save this vial of formula… I knew something like this would happen one day… I told father that he would like the first job I found for him I found out what he was good at but… He picked what his brother chose when he was his age… He chose to be a Scientist!” He then heard the footsteps of the Gang come upstairs he opened the briefcase and looked at the vial.

                 “What I am I going to do…Well, either way his work is going to be lost… but if I give them the vial who knows what they’ll do to it… If I drink it ill change… Maybe for the better or the worse it will not be a waste and they won’t get their grubby hands on it…” Matthew grabbed the vial and swallowed all the contents of the formula.

                As soon as he stood up the gang of Team Rocket cam into the room with their guns pointed at Matthew, the vial which contained the formula was empty and was in Matthew’s hand, the Team Rocket Grunt looked at the vial and yelled, “YOU DRANK THE FORMULA!? YOU FUCKING IDIOT! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT STUFF IS GOING TO DO TO YOU!?”

                “Yeah I know what the formula will do it will change me into a pokémorph… I will transform into a Poké… morph...” Matthew said.

                Matthew fell to the floor and began to heaver than usual. His cheeks started to turn pinkish, it took a few seconds for his cheeks to turn red, he screamed in pain as electricity shot through his body. He looked down at his hands as yellow fur started to grow from them, His fingers shortened both of his smallest fingers merged with the finger next to them making his fingers fatten slightly, they then formed to be more paw-like, his nails changed into small claws that he could retract. His ears started expanding and stretching outwards, his ears were now pointed at the end and some black fur grew on the tip. He then moved into a sat position and watched his legs shortened a little, yellow fur then grew on them, at the same time his feet started to change, his toes started to shorten and one merged together leaving him with only four toes, his feet started to lengthen and expand and then his feet gain some fatness. A sharp pain came from his back, a long lightening bolt shaped tale sprouted, ripping a hole in his shorts. His body heat started rise making him rip off his t-shirt he watched as yellow fur grew engulfing his body. His nose and jaw started to push outwards forming a short muzzle with a small black noise at the end, a few of his teeth then started to grow sharper, his tong then lengthened and widen, he looked familiar to that of a Pikachu now and was still in pain. Some of his muscles started to stretch and rip, fur still grew over his body and some brown fur started to grow on some parts of his body, the brown fur grew forming two brown strips on his back and a small amount at the base of his tail. The Pokémorph Transformation had completed.

                Matthew stood watching a few of the Team Rocket’s run off and then Matthew shot a stream of electricity from his hand, hitting the gun the Grunt dropped the gun what was now useless Matthew said, “Cool… I can use electric moves without getting hurt!” Matthew then ran at the Grunt and kicked him in the privates he leaned over and Matthew karate kicked him into the wall what knocked him unconscious.

                Matthew walked to his bed and plunked himself onto it for a while, Matthew turned his head and saw a bit of formula still left in the vial he picked it up and put the last remaining bit of formula under his telescope and linked it up to the pc.

                ~Welcome to Windows XP Home Edition~ Matthew then got hold of the computer mouse and double clicked on the Microscope program, he then recognized that a bit of saliva had mixed with the formula and it showed that the formula had merged with his DNA. “It’s incurable… and there’s no trace of the formula or the virus” He then drank the last bit of formula and took the vial to the bathroom.

                Washing the vial he walked back into his room greeted by a gun Matthew kicked the gun out the grunts hand and ran to the other end of his room, the Grunt grabbed the gun and pulled the trigger as a bullet came flying towards Matthew, Matthew raised his hands and swung them down with his hands fisted. Matthew made an invisible electric force field form around him and the bullet was deflected.

                Just then Matthew fell to the floor again and could feel his bones strengthening and moving slightly so did his insides and soon his skull reshaped a little. He got up from the floor and said, “Asshole, Team Rockets…”

                The Grunt then ran out of Matthew’s room and down the stairs, the grunt tripped and fell onto his back, he got up and staggered out of the front door and ran towards the camp, when the Grunt arrived at camp he was greeted by police officers.

                “What am I going to tell my parents…?” Matthew said while lying back down on his bed, “MATTHEW! ARE YOU OK!?” His parents said running up the stairs they entered and their jaws dropped, “Son you drank the formula why…?”

                “Some kind of Team raided the house they were looking for the formula… I drank it because I didn’t want anything bad to happen to this world… They would have used that formula for terrible things… I’m sorry…” Matthew said his father hugged his son and said, “Father, I’m not a child anymore I’ve grown up and I bet Team Rocket will come back and harm all of use…”

                “I should leave if I do stay I’m putting the family in danger… Sorry but has to be… Before you ask father theirs no cure… The formula merged with my DNA pattern altering it… The virus no longer exists…” Matthew said getting his bag from the cupboard he then said, “I could become a traveler, Team Rocket or any scientist won’t come after me if they can’t find me and they won’t come here again. You could send me letters and ill write some and send them back to you… What do you think everyone?” Matthew said walking over to Sparky and the Pikachu jumped onto Matthew’s head.

                Matthew’s father agreed and walked to Matthew’s computer and shut it down and unplugged it, his mother had gone downstairs and said, “Okay I’ve got to pack you food, a tent, pokéballs, potions, a Pokédex, a pokémon navigator, a Gameboy advanced when your bored, and loads of clothes!”

                “Aw, Man, Mothers off again!” Matthew said while walking downstairs.

                Soon Matthew was at the exit of the town, his backpack hung over his arm and his Pikachu laying on his front on Matthew’s head, “Time to go right Sparky… A journey into the, wide world!” Matthew said looking up to Sparky.

                Sparky nodded and said, “OKAY! LET’S GO!” Matthew could now understand pokémon, Matthew walked with his pikachu still on his head and they waved to Matthew’s parents, they were soon out of site and were heading for Kaina City the biggest boat port city.

                “Wait a minute… Hey Sparky, that’s my phrase!” Matthew yelled “Not any more isn’t ha-ha-ha!” Sparky said while laughing at the same time, Matthew chuckled and said, “Okay ill just think of one… hmm… OKAY! Do you like that?” Sparky nodded and they were off through the forest.

To be continued…

Date: 23/02/2003