(PMD/Anime) Together in This New World

Serena had no idea how long she had been asleep for. She felt like she had a dull headache and was going to ask someone to bring her some medicine. Her eyes fluttered open for a second before she closed them tight as bright sunlight flooded her eyes. Had she stayed up so long that it was noon? With that thought, Serena wondered if this was delaying the gang but, then she remembered if Serena were waking up now, then it would be another hour before Ash would.



Serena remembered what had happened last night. Both Ash and her falling asleep at the same time and everything else. A part of her wondered why she hadn't been woken up by Bonnie, Clemont, or one of the various pokemon like Pikachu.Oh well, she thought if they did she would just have an even worse headache.
She was confused at what she was hearing. To her, it sounded like the sounds of a running river. While the group had set up camp near a small creek there was no way that the sound of it would be this loud. She would've gotten up but she had no energy to investigate.
She had no way to describe how she felt Serena's body could almost be described as being completely alien to her. One time in school, she remembered learning about how the body would fight diseases, and that was the best way to describe it except she was the disease. Serena chalked this up to just hopefully being really bad food poisoning.



With how sick I feel I'm sure the others would understand. Serena thought to herself.



While she should've gone back to her tent Serena felt too weak to even get up and walk the short distance. Instead, she was content to just lay on the warm ground. The way she was laying down caused the sun to shine on her eyes so Serena decided to roll over. Rolling over to her right Serena was surprised when she felt herself begin to fall. A second later Serena was greeted with a splash of cold water all over her face.
Opening her eyes in surprise Serena looked as she seemed to have fallen into a small puddle of water. With how cold it felt a jolt went right through Serena's body. Some of the water went up into Serena's mouth and inside it, all felt slimy and dirty. In response, Serena began to cough and spit the disgusting water back into the puddle.



"What the, there wasn't a puddle like that when I went to sleep," Serena said to herself as she began to look around.



Upon inspection, Serena realized there was nothing around here that was familiar. No tents, no campfire, and not even the log she had sat on when she watched the clouds. The biggest difference she saw was the river that was not too far from her. Serena was shocked, where was she and how did she get here?
One thing that was getting on her nerves was the strange feeling Serena felt on her face. Wanting to see what was on her face, Serena gazed back into the puddle she had fallen into. Looking into it, Serena was confused. Staring back at her was the face of a fennekin, it's fur was wet and looked to be slightly dirty. Perplexed, Serena tilted her head to the side and watched the fennekin do the same as her. With one last test, Serena closed a single eye, and the fennekin did the same, the fennekin was mirroring her every move.



Serena sat there as she took in the fact that the fennekin was perfectly copying every move she made. With this revelation, Serena could only come to a single conclusion. She tried to lift her arms up but they were still asleep. Looking down at her body, Serena was met with the yellow fur of a fennekin's paws and legs, Serena had become a fennekin.
With the revelation that Serena had seemingly become a pokemon, she didn't know how to react. Right now, too many questions were going through her head that it overwhelmed her.



How did I become a pokemon, where am I then, what are the others gonna do, are the others gonna even know that it's me? Serena began to hyperventilate away from the puddle.



Backing away Serena instantly fell and onto her back, with her body not meant to walk on two legs. Looking up Serena saw her four legs and a bushy tail that seemed to taunt her with the fact that she was a pokemon. She struggled but managed to get back onto her feet, now Serena had no idea where to go or what to do.
The feeling of being sick seemed to quickly fade thankfully, but was that why she felt so horrible? Her body warning Serena that something was wrong and she needed to do something? Serena couldn't dwell on that, she had been transformed into a pokemon and dumped in the middle of nature.
Serena knew she had to find somebody that could help her out before night, otherwise, she didn't know what might happen. The first thing she needed to do was get used to walking around on all fours if she was going to get anywhere at all. Taking her first step Serena extended her front left paw out and took a step. With that done she needed to make her next move, but she had no idea what that was.



How come I spent so much time with Fennekin and Eevee and I don't even know how they walked? Oh well, I guess trial and error will suffice. Serena thought to herself.



With a guess Serena brought her front right paw forward, instantly she knew that wasn't right as she just did a stretch as Eevee did. Pulling it back before she fell, Serena tried her back left leg. While she did set it forward it didn't feel right to Serena and stepped back. Now that there was only one leg left, she used her back right leg.
It was then that Serena realized she hadn't even taken half of a step, and that she needed to move two more legs if she just wanted to take a full step. Guessing, Serena moved her front right leg forward and then her back left leg. Serena was scared she was going to fall on her face, but instead, she looked around to realize she had made her first step.
Serena felt a little proud of herself for taking her first step but knew she needed to keep practicing if she wanted to get far. So for the next few minutes, Serena began to pace in circles, getting used to walking on all fours, although she was getting better she did trip a few times. This practice was beginning to make her forget all of her worries. Stopping for a quick break Serena had realization come across her.



Depending on how long I'm stuck as a pokemon, maybe I can evolve into a braixen and then I can walk on two legs again. Hopefully, I'm not a pokemon for that long though. Serena thought.


She was about to practice how to start running when Serena heard a splash from the river. Turning she saw a blue pokemon laying on the bank, about to be dragged away by the current. Serena didn't want to disturb the pokemon but that's when she noticed something. Sitting on its head was the familiar hat that Ash Ketchum had worn in Kalos.
Serena began to walk over to the blue pokemon, it looked asleep but it might have answers to what was going on, or where she was. As she got closer she recognized the pokemon to be a riolu. She was about to drag the pokemon up, but it suddenly fell back into the river and began to drift down it with the flow.



Ash's hat sat on the riverbank still, and Serena placed it away from the river to come back for it. Now, she chased after the drifting riolu, not wanting to lose them. Serena didn't realize it, but she was running after the riolu, most likely because of instinct. Finding a good spot where she could reach out to the riolu Serena waited in anticipation.
As the riolu approached, Serena stretched out trying to grab them with a bite. She managed to bite onto the riolu's arm, however, it still didn't wake up. Serena began to tug and try to bring the riolu into shore, but instead, she was starting to get pulled by it. The water splashing on her caused an icy feeling to overtake Serena's body. If she fell into the river Serena had no idea if she would be alright now that she was a fire type.



Nearly losing her footing Serena tugged back hard at the riolu and found herself dragging it onto the shore. The force of it was so much that Serena found herself falling back onto the sand. Taking in deep breaths to regain her energy, Serena heard a groaning noise coming from the riolu.
Sitting up, Serena saw the riolu rubbing its eyes, and a moment later the riolu began to cough from the water it must've taken in. As it finished coughing, Serena heard a voice.



"Owww, my head hurts, and why am I so cold?" A familiar voice said.



The voice sounded exactly like Ash's, Serena connected the fact that the riolu had Ash's voice and his hat. To make sure Serena took a few steps towards the recovering riolu.



"Ash?" Serena asked the riolu who was still rubbing their eyes.



"Huh, oh Serena it's you, sorry but I don't feel too good, and I also feel wet and cold." The riolu responded.



Serena was overjoyed seeing that the riolu confirmed itself as Ash. It brought her comfort that she at least had him. She figured it would be best to explain everything to him now, lest he falls back asleep.



"Uh, Ash, I think you may want to open your eyes and look around," Serena said a little sheepishly.



Reluctantly Ash opened his eyes as Serena suggested. Instantly he saw a wet fennekin standing above him and to his left he saw a running river. Ash seemed to appear calm but Serena figured he didn't see anything wrong with a fennekin standing above him. After a few seconds, Ash realized and asked a question.



"Hey, Serena, when did you find a new fennekin? He asked.


"Ash, I'm the fennekin," Serena answered, not wanting to beat around the bush but also not wanting the riolu to be overloaded with information.



It took Ash a moment to realize Serena's voice was coming from the fennekin. When he did Ash's eyes widened a little as he pulled his arms up. Instead of a hand with five fingers, he instead had a paw with three digits. Ash sat there stunned as he wiggled the digits mesmerized by them. Finally, he broke the silence with a question.



"Serena, did you and the others come across a person named Lily?" Was all he asked.



"Lily, who's she and what she would have to do with this?" Serena responded curiously.



Serena was surprised to see Ash was taking this in all so well. She thought that Ash would've panicked. Ash spent the next few minutes explaining Lily the witch who had transformed Ash into a pikachu when he was traveling in the Johto region. However, Serena said that after she had gone to sleep stargazing with him she woke up here.



"So, it wasn't Lily then I have no idea who could've done this." Ash looked around him. "And this place doesn't look familiar to me."



While she wished Ash had some answers, Serena couldn't deny that it was comforting that he was here with her. For now, the two were on their own together until they could find their friends.



Ash rubbed the top of his furry head before realizing his hat was gone.



"Uh, Serena do know if my hat is anywhere around here?" Ash asked.



"Oh yeah I do it's just this way that is if you're able to walk, Serena said.


Looking down Ash pushed himself up before turning to look at his new riolu body, it was still damp from the river and there was some sand on his back. Ash shook his body almost like a dog to get the sand and water off of him before turning to Serena.



"Yeah, so what are we waiting for?"



It was at this moment that Serena realized that Ash had the virtue of being a pokemon that could walk on two legs, she was a little jealous but hid it. She led Ash to the bank that she had initially found him and sitting on the grass not too far away. Ash picked it up and placed it on his head. Surprisingly it was a perfect fit as it even accounted for Ash's shrunken size and new head shape.



"Wow, a perfect fit," Ash said as he felt a little more whole with the hat on. "Oh, Serena I see your hat over there in that bush." Ash pointed to some brush.



Serena was surprised that her hat had been placed in the bushes and quickly went over to grab it. Like Ash's, it seemed to accommodate her new form. There was just a single problem, Serena was having a hard time putting it on, she tried using her forelegs and then her mouth but she couldn't get it on right. After a minute of struggling, Ash came up to Serena, he grabbed the hat and placed it on her head, making sure it was right.



"There you go, I saw you were having a little trouble putting it on," Ash said with a smile on his face.



Serena did her best to hide a blush, both of embarrassment and because of Ash helping her out with her hat felt so cute. Speaking of cute she had failed to realize until now how adorable Ash looked as a pokemon.



"Hey Ash, you know you look pretty adorable for a riolu." Serena tried to flirt.



Ash, blind to love as always didn't get the hint but did respond.



"Oh, uh thanks, you look cute." Ash said.


Thankfully Ash turned around to look for any ideas on what to do as Serena sat there with a huge blush on her face. Looking with Ash for what to do next, Serena noticed something in the distance. A dirt path that could potentially lead the two to civilization. There they could find some help or contact their friends.



"Ash, look there seems to be a path we can go on," Serena told Ash as she already made way for it.



Ash followed after her as the two got on the dirt path they had to decide which way to go. One way seemed to lead deeper into nature, the other one instead would lead them down a hill and in the distance the duo saw what looked to be a small town. Serena and Ash looked at each other before nodding and began to walk down the path side by side.