Survival of the fittest.
I blinked. I blinked again. Yet, no matter how many times I blinked the scene before me didn't change. I was suddenly standing in a forest I didn't recognize, made up of trees I had never seen in any kind of book. And it was silent, so very silent.
I looked around, still in shock from suddenly finding myself someplace else. I would most likely have stood there for quite a while longer if it wasn't for the fact that I suddenly remembered what the last thing I heard was.
"Caesar!!!"
Just like that, I was free from my shock. Unfortunately, it was also what made me realize what this meant. I was alone. Tears were a natural reaction, crying and loudly proclaiming my sadness would have been appropriate at this stage. However, I was usually a very collected individual and knew I would in no way benefit from proclaiming where to find me. I was after all in an unknown forest, most likely full of a big variety of creatures, redoubtably a few of them carnivorous and aggressive. That was a good enough reason for me to forcefully shut up, something I found rather easy as I always kept silent anyway.
I was still shedding tears and I was still completely overwhelmed with emotions. I think it was all a completely normal reaction from a child of nine years of age, even one who is far more mature than others in his age group. So I cried to myself in silence, an eventual sniff here and there, but mostly I was completely quiet. I don't know for how long I actually cried, but once I was done I noticed it was far darker than it had been when I found myself in the forest. It had somehow become nighttime as I was crying, without me noticing.
Still feeling sorry for myself I looked around. If it was night I would have to find a place to sleep. I began moving around, carefully as to not make too much noise and attract any animal out for a snack. The energy spent on me crying and the hunger that I had now noticed didn't help me in the least to try and find a place to sleep. However, I did eventually find a place. It was a hollowed-out tree. The hollow inside the tree starting a bit up from the ground, ideal as to keep me from the cold ground and the cold morning dew that would undoubtedly come.
As I got myself ready to sleep, ignoring the pain in my stomach. Eventually, I was able to find rest, by crying myself to sleep. Hugging my tail close to me as some kind of warning bell rang in my head. I ignored it telling myself I'd deal with it in the morning.
I awoke by the pain in my stomach returning and forcing me out of the dream world. Groaning silently to myself I got up. The sun had yet to rise and I would have loved to sleep a few more hours, but the pain was too much and I was now wide awake. So I decided that I rather satisfy my stomach before I try and sleep again. As I got up and got out of my little tree I suddenly smelled something sweet. Sniffing the air and looking around I soon managed to find the source. I found a bush full of sweet-smelling berries.
Carefully evaluating the berries, I found no recollection of seeing anything in books or pictures that would describe them. Simply, they were red berries. Carefully I first sniffed them and carefully analyzed the smell, Unable to determine if there was anything that would be a sign of alarm I went on with my analysis. I carefully put the berry to my lips, afterward I waited for for a while. As I wasn't feeling bad or anything I now tried licking the berry. Once again I waited. After not having any negative effects or urges to puke, I deemed it was alright for one final test. I took a careful bite of the berry and tasted it properly in my mouth without swallowing. And once again waited. After a long time, I decided it was safe to swallow, the berries seemed to be alright to eat. I had devoured all berries present in an instant. The sweet berries only filled me up partially, but it was good enough to keep me going.
Leaving the now empty bush behind I continued my search for food, while at the same time making sure I knew where I was in relation to my tree. That's when I noticed something strange, the world around me seemed to be far clearer than before, colors more vibrant and textures more... cartoonish? I was confused, it all seemed to be so surreal, it was all different.
As I was still searching for food I came to realize I had yet to run into any animals, something that seemed impossible for a forest. As well as keeping my eyes open for food, I now kept them open for any wildlife or any signs that there was any around. I soon found a clue.
Walking around I finally stumbled upon a sign of civilization, I found a trail. It was overgrown and old, but it had still been used earlier, if the hoof marks were anything to go by that is.
I might not have any experience tracking, but by improvising I concluded that the dried mud was at least a day old, meaning someone passed here as late as yesterday on a horse or a donkey. This meant that there could be civilization at least a day ride by horse or donkey from here. But as I looked closer I noticed that the hoof print was somewhat odd. For one, It didn't look like the ones I had seen in pictures, another difference was possibly one of my bigger mistakes, I realized these hoof prints didn't have any horseshoes, signifying it most likely belonged to a wild horse. Something that would mean I might waste a whole day and come up with nothing but a wild horse.
Before I could complain about my luck I was once again reminded of my hunger by my stomach. Something I knew quite well I had to fix.
Returning to my scavenging hunt for food. I tried not to think about my family as it would only distract me and make me all emotional, but the thoughts just kept on returning and I eventually broke down again, crying my heart out while trying to keep myself quiet by reminding myself that there could be predators nearby.
I stopped as I heard a low growl. At first, I thought it might have been my own stomach once again complaining, but a second growl made me rethink my assessment. The sound wasn't coming from me, but from behind me. Slowly turning around I looked behind me. I was met completely green eyes. I was being snuck upon by a wolf made out of wood. And it now knew it had been discovered.
As soon as it knew it had been seen the wolf pounced towards me. In complete and utter panic I threw my hands up towards it and prepared for my inevitable death. It didn't come.
As I raised my arms I felt a weird feeling my cheeks and a combination of words came to mind: Thunder wave.
"Thunder Wave!" I shouted out loud. And as I did the feeling in my cheeks disappeared and electricity filled the air around me and the wooden mutt. I was scared, and so was the wooden wolf by the looks of it. It had frozen stiff and seemed to be shaking slightly. Not looking back I ran for it as the wolf wasn't moving.
Coming to a stop I made sure the wolf hadn't followed me, to my relief it hadn't. To my biggest horror, I realized I no longer knew where I was. I had run around and dodged trees left and right with a sudden agility I didn't posses earlier. That was also the moment it hit me, I had just used thunder wave, a paralyzing move, used by Pokémon!
The sudden realization hit me as I remembered the fact that I had a tail. I had discovered it earlier back in the hollow tree, but completely forgotten as I had simply been too tired to care. Quickly looking myself over, I noticed my change in physique, checking my cheeks, I felt a difference in them that made circles. I guessed it would be the famous Pikachu cheeks now. And then it came to my head, I slowly started by checking if I had Pikachu ears, I had. At this point, I freaked out. This simply couldn't be happening.
But it was, I had already confirmed it to myself by sleeping in this world. The only other explanation I could find would be the berries I ate, in case they contained something that cause hallucinations, something I doubted as I was felt completely normal and wasn't constantly seeing things out of the ordinary since eating the berries. No, this was all somehow real and I had somehow turned into a human/Pikachu hybrid. And... I was okay with it. I now had powers, I was cute and I was now more likely to come out of this alive.
Besides, Pikachu was always my favorite Pokémon.
With the sudden revelation, it was now impossible to disregard my tail and ears. They kept moving, be it on their own or on my command. It took some getting used to, but now that I was constantly aware of them I realized how much of a change I had gone through. As my Pikachu ears had become real, my human ears had simply vanished, it was weird touching the side of the head finding nothing at all. My senses had all improved, making it easier for me to see my surroundings, to feel them was also something I had to get used to as my tail apparently worked somewhat like a radar or something. It allowed me to sense my surroundings.
With my improved senses and new bodily control, I decided it would best to retreat back to an area I knew, meaning I would have to go back to where I had come from, to where the wooden wolf had been. But the whole thing became far less scary as I remembered I now had Pokémon moves to rely on. I was almost looking forward to another confrontation with the wolf, only so I could try my new moves out.
I also came to think of something else, not all moves that Pokémon used were attacks, this meant they could be used for other things as well! Wanting to try my small idea out I thought: "Agility!" With a sudden boost in speed, I was now traveling at a much faster pace than earlier as every step felt lighter and every push with my feet gave off far more power than it used to. I was now practically flying through the forest if compared to before. And as I enjoyed my new speed limit I didn't realize I had already passed the clearing where I had met the wolf, I just kept on running as the adrenaline continued.
Zecora was worried. Just yesterday an unnatural lightning strike had been spotted deeper within the Everfree, not that it was unusual for the weather in the forest to sometimes create lightning storms on its own, but because the lightning was the only one, the sky had been spotless and there wasn't a single cloud that could have produced such a bolt. And yet, it had happened.
But this was currently not what was bothering her, what was bothering her was the fact that the berries Zecora was going to pick today had all been eaten. Of course, berries were always eaten by wild animals, they had to eat after all. But not these berries, these berries were special as they were the main ingredient to Zecora's monster reeking brew. These berries were something that most creatures in the Everfree found disgusting and would never eat any of them. And yet there they were, all eaten. Not a single berry remaining. To think there would suddenly be a creature in the Everfree, able to eat something every other creature loathed. It was not a comforting thought as she would now have to watch out for another creature in these woods. And this one, she couldn't repel with her monster reeking brew.
Hopefully, she wouldn't run into it anytime soon.
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It actually seems pretty good so far- I'll keep an eye on this one.
Not bad. It could use a bit of work on sentence structure, and the protagonist does seem a bit too smart and mature for even an especially smart and mature nine year old, but nothing too bad. I'll see where you take this. I'm interested in seeing what reason the mysterious lady had for sending him to Equestria as a pikaperson.
Can't wait for it to continue.
It strains belief a bit that the main character is only nine years old, but his situation will mean he'll have to become significantly more observant. That's not mutually exclusive with being nine, but a nine year old civilian raised in a comfortable non-woods environment would go through a transition period. I felt that the attempt made here was decent; where he was unobservant crying for hours on end until he had no more tears to shed, and only then started to notice things.
I'm rather curious if he will go further changes, and exactly how much time he'll spend alone before being discovered. His cloths will eventually fall apart after awhile, being no better than rags. And hygiene will also be an issue after a bit too.
MOAR!!
It feels like an older version of him his telling a story instead of the kids PoV
6014334 ditto
6015889 He was clothed in yellow clothes and bought a pair of Pikachu ears.
ok, this is awesome! keep up the amazing work!
This seems to be going very well.
Only thing I want to point out is that you don't need to enlarge the move names. It's slightly distracting in my opinion. Keep the color change though. Keep it the way it is if you want to, you don't really need to listen to me.
You have my full and undivided attention. Please continue.
Awesome~
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Thanks. I really like to see people appreciate my work.
I like it so far.
Only wondering why you have only one character tag. Are you going to add others, as the story progresses? Zecora for example?
6059092 Yes, I'm going to add them as the story progresses. Also, the reason I have yet to add Zecora is because I'm currently not sure how much of "screen time" she will have and how important she will be in this story. But that will of course change and I might, or might not add her tag.
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I can understand that. Heck, in my latest story, the same happened to me! Didn't plan a big part for Sweetie Belle, but somehow she became a big part herself, with her reactions in my story! This completely changed or at least delayed the way the story was bound to turn out!
Anyway, I'm thrilled to see how things will play out.
6059160 Heh, reminds me of what happened to the CMC in my other story "Hooves of ice". I had no intention to involve them at first. But during a crosover with FrostTheWolf he made them appear, and then stuff just escalated from there. Now they are a major part of the whole.
I see this and think:
6078191 I really like how I get to see so much awesome content ever since I began visiting Fimfiction.net
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I am very much enjoying this. Can't wait for more.
oh my god . . . HE'S SO F-ING CUTE
MAOR!!!!!
Hmm. Interesting story, I'll be tracking this. How old is he though? The prologue made it sound like he was very young but the monologue here suggests he's older.
Never mind, I guess I wasn't paying attention when you said he was 9.
6085295 Physically he is 9 years old. Mentally... I have no idea.
A insanly smart bundle of cute joined ranks with the Displaced? Me gusta mucho! I am eager to see this will play out.
6085398 way to keep the data of the MC dude cX
With how the following words after that are, i suggest it be "I'd rather"
As nothing is really suggesting something happens with the wording in the rest of the sentence, it should only be "I got myself ready to sleep"
Its a U, not a u in the middle of a sentence with nothing suggesting it is named or the start of the sentence with how it is worded
Not completely sure if your saying it was definitely different, but if your not suggesting that, it should be "as if it was all different."
Not sure if this is grammatically correct or not, but i have a weird OCD feeling about it.
There should not be a .
It should be Thunder Wave because it is named
I think it should be "that sudden revelation,"
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I think it should be "idea out,"
I think it should be "boost in speed,"
Also i am a grammar nazi that points out mistakes in stories he finds interesting if you couldn't tell
This is going to be a good story, I can tell.
6096313 Thank you.
As much as I want to read your other stories, this one has my attention now.
Given the MC's new diet, does that mean he's going to learn Bad Breath(against Everfree forest monsters anyway)?
6144967 To answer your question: Caesar is able to use any and all moves a Pikachu can learn/have/use without cheating. (Or according to the website I use to look up Pokémon moves anyway.)
Also, I have already written the next chapter, but things have gone south both for me and one of my pre-readers lately. And my second one hasn't answered me back yet. It's possible I might resort to trying to do it all myself and upload it without having anyone else having a look at it to detect anything I miss.
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so Pokémon speech barrier?
interesting, I was certainly captivated by the first chapter, though I find the child's personal thoughts to feel a tad robotic.
Read the first couple chapters way back when you first published the story. Definitely glad to finally start reading this in full, from what I've read so far its gonna be good.
Will you tempt Fate? (Y/N)
Answer: (Y)
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