PokeStuff

Chapter One: The Meadow

The first thing Argo did when he woke was sneeze. Damn allergies. He grumbled nonsense to himself- he had been having a nice dream, but then he had to go and wake up.

He sat up abruptly.

This was not his bedroom. This was a small meadow in a forest.

This... what...

Argo groaned. Was he hallucinating? Because Pokemon definitely didn't exist.

There was no other explanation for how three Pokemon were curled up at his feet asleep.

None.

He groaned again, dropping his head into his hands. How the hell did this even happen to him?

"Holy mother of fudgesicles! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?"

Argo's head snapped up. The Shinx was standing up, fur bristling and ears flattened against it's skull. Small crackles of electricity danced up and down it's front legs. It's voice had woken up the other two, who could also talk?

Definitely hallucinating, Argo thought. How else would his friend Navi be a Shinx?

"I am a small, green plant. I am a small, green PLANT!"

And Edge be a Budew.

"Wings? Bird? CAW! Cool."

Or Bart be a Starly. Only Bart would take being an animal in stride.

"Edge? Bart?"

The three Pokemon were no in a small triangle, seemingly not having noticed Argo. He watched with growing incredulity.

"Navi? What the hell- you're a blue cat!"
"Well you're a Budew!"
"Shinx. She's a Shinx-"
"BART YOU ARE A STARLY."
"Well I knew that, Navi."
"Why are we Pokemon?!"

"I still think I'm hallucinating." Argo announced.  All of them jumped.

"... Argo?" The Budew - Edge - spoke. He nodded.

"Hallucinating? So we're having a shared hallucination? Isn't that supposed to be impossible?" The Shinx that was Navi sat back on her haunches, electricity disappearing.

Argo shrugged.

"It's easier to believe than we somehow were transported to the world of Pokemon."

Silence. The Starly - definitely Bart - fluttered his wings anxiously.

"How would that work?" Edge asked.

Argo stood with a shrug, brushing dirt off of his pants. All of the Pokemon's eyes widened.

"Argo, you look cool!" Bart exclaimed. Argo looked down at himself- oh, those weren't his pajamas. He had a dark red-brown trench coat on over semi-fancy business like clothes- a white button down shirt and gray slacks. He reached up to his head, pulling off a red-brown fedora type hat that matched his trench coat.

Not his pajamas, but very cool looking either way.

"This just got weirder." Argo decided. Navi nodded, face scrunched up in an expression that looked out-of-place on a cat's face.

"You look like the PI from Pokemon Pearl..."

Bart fluttered again.

"Oh, the new Gambler sprite! You're right, he does look like that."

Argo put the hat back on and stared down at his friends. They were Pokemon, and he wasn't.

What even. He couldn't help but feel a little cheated. What kind of Pokemon would he be? Hopefully something cool, like a Charizard. Or even a Charmander. Not a normal Pokemon like Starly- no offense to Bart, who loved the things. Something about a flock of death.

"So what now?" Edge asked. Nobody answered.

"Maybe we should just.. follow the storyline? Whichever one we're currently sharing, anyways."

Navi nodded.

"I mean, when is the next time we're gonna be POKEMON for Cheezit's sake? I agree with Bart! TO THE STORYLINE!"

She shouted the last part and jumped to her feet, striking what should have been a semi-impressive stance, until she stumbled and fell on her face. Argo laughed along with Bart while Edge snorted.

"Calm down.. Hmm.. Argo, lead us." She half-commanded. Argo shrugged, picking her up.

So when Budew blush it turns them an odd purple color. Edge struggled in his arms.

"Stop it. You've got shorter legs than Navi and Bart can fly." As he spoke Bart flapped up unsteadily and landed on Argo's hat. "Or everyone can hitch a ride on me. That works too." He looked down at Navi, who was giving him wide and pleading eyes. He shifted Edge to one arm and picked Navi up, who promptly climbed up onto his shoulder.

"Now we go!" She called again.

Argo set off, feeling odd. He was in 'gambling' attire and was carrying a Budew while a Starly rode on his head and a Shinx rode on his shoulder. All of this screamed 'drugs' to him. Just a little.