From: Goola2u <goola2u@aol.comREMOVE> Subject: [PW!] [Island] Shard's Transformation Date: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 5:50 PM Shard woke up running, so to speak. Last thing he remembered, he was slumbering peacefully, dreaming of a time when he could walk without fear. Next think he knew, he was running from Sabrina. The chase, or what of if Shard was "there" for, was brief. A Geodude got underfoot, and Shard tripped. Sabrina laughed as Shard fell, and was above him before he could get up. "So, Shard," she grinned, "you lose the chase yet again. I pronounce now your fate: to find yourself where you weren't, changed from yourself, but still yourself!" "What kin of double-talk is that?" Shard tried to snap. It came out as a tremble, though. "You'll see..." Sabrin laughed evilly, and Shard found himself hit by a tremendous force. --- Shard woke up, on a starange island, feeling a dull pain on his right forearm. He looked down, and saw a differen-looking person, with a green Paras attached to his arm. He heard "Seasons of Wither" (by Aerosmith) being sung, but it stopped, and he then heard Banshee's voice. "Well, it's about time." "Wha... what happened?" asked a very confused Shard. "Sabrina transmutated you, so you look different, and warped us here. Your face stayed the same, but the rest of you is different." "Am I a Transmetal?" asked a VERY distracted Shard. Banshee's answer was given in the form of a Doubleslap. Shard got up, but that caused the pain in his arm to grow stronger. "Alright, bugeyes," he growled at the Paras that was still sucking his blood, "off." The parasitic pokemon ignored him. "You hear me, mushroom head? I said OFF!" he shouted, hitting the Paras with a rock. The bloodsucker still clung to his arm. "Banshee, will you do me a favor?" asked Shard. "No, I will NOT carry that stupid Lickizooka of yours," griped the Jigglypuff. "DO SOMETHING ABOTU THIS STUPID OVERGROWN FLEA!" shouted Shard. Banshee walked up to Shard, hit the Paras with the stone hammer he always seems to pull out of nowhere, and walked away. "Thank you, Banshee. Pokeball, GO!" said Shard, holding a pokeball up to his arm. He looked at his new pokemon, then at his arm. "Ooh, this'll take a while to heal," he winced. "I think I'll name this little guy Gangreen. Time to go see where I am..." Suddenly, a piercing shout sounded from further down the shore. "You're not going ANYWHERE, pal!" shouted Jenny. "You're under arrest for pokemon poaching!" "I plead extenuating circumstances, I think this pokemon is fair enough compensation for what it did to my arm!" Shard shouted. "If you don't ease up, officer, I..." Shardraised his right arm with a fist, but dropped it as he winced in pain. "Ooh, on second though, I demand an additional pokemon. A Chansey, perhaps." Jenny was about to say something but was interrupted as Joy pushed past her. "Island medic! Ooh, that's a nasty wound..." Joy observed. Shard wincedas he said all sorts of things about his new pokemon, none of them very nice. "Chansey, GO!" shouted Joy, as a popcorn-yellow Chansey popped out of the pokeball in Joy's hand. "Softboiled should take care of it, Chansey," instructed Joy, "but use Minimize on it just in case." Shard felt the wound boiling a bit, then it cooled of, then shrank. Joy put a baind-aid over what was remaining. "That ought to keep it from becoming infected, and it'll heal within a few days. Good job, Chansey," smiled Joy. "Why's he yellow?" asked Shard. "And why was that Paras green?" "This is Pokemon Island," said Jenny and Joy in unison. "Home of rare and exotic pokemon," continued Joy. "And a safe heven for them," added Jenny, "where catching pokemon is FORBIDDEN!!!" "Okay, okay," said Shard. "You don't have to shout." As joy wandered off to find and heal the other injured, Jenny glared at Shard. "NOW you're under... Oh, never mind, you're off on extenuating circumstances." Shard breathed a sigh of relief as Jenny walked off. Then it hit him. "Changed?" He looked into a pool of water. His face was the same, but the rest of him had changed. His glasses were gone, his hair was lime green, and he was no longer as out-of shape as he had been. His Pokedex ID photo had even changed. But the Pokedex's built-in scanners had read him s NEGATIVE for M-Block. He had never felt happier! He was almost happy enough to kiss that dang Paras! "Today is a day for change, Banshee," began Shard. "Oh no, it's starting," griped the Jigglypuff. "I'd been toying with the idea of joining Team Rocket, and I think today, I WILL!" shouted Shard, looking towards a large building in the center of the island. He stareted towards it, sure that a new path had opened up to him. TBC... (Maria, can you pick up from here?) Shard Fields, who notes the irony of his former companion now being ATR, and Shard joining Team Rocket