A large, beefy hand slammed into the locker next to me. "Hey, guurrrl," he said, milking the second word.

I growled at him angrily. "My name is July!" I barked at the idiot.

"And my name is Jason. Are we done with the introductions?" he said tauntingly.

I wish I had a Pokémon so I could hurt him so bad... But unfortunately, I had followed my father's foolish footsteps and hadn't gotten a Pokémon.

"Well, PokéGirl. I don't believe you've met my new friend." His dark blue eyes had evil prominent in them.

I hated when he called me "PokéGirl". So what if I was addicted to Pokémon?

A slender, pale boy with wiry, yet strong muscles stepped out from behind the completely huge form of the bully in front of me.

The new boy leaned close to me, and our noses were only a couple inches apart. His arms framed my head on the black metal lockers. His eyes were an electric blue, and his hair was hanging in slightly wavy locks that were the darkest... blue.

"Hey," he said. His voice was quiet. "Meet me at 7 outside the school," he whispered. "You're an idiot," he said, loud enough for the meaty 8th grader in front of me to hear.

By Arceus, what did he want me for at seven o'clock?

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My forever-on-her-phone 17-year-old sister dropped me off at the school without asking why I was there.

But if she did ask, I didn't even know, so I couldn't have answered.

I saw him sitting in the courtyard. He was swirling some water around that was coming from a nearby fountain. His back was almost pushed up completely against the iron fence. His dark hair shined in the moonlight, lighter blue streaks permeating the pure dark blue on his head.

I walked up to him. "What do you want?"

He looked up and smiled. That's when I noticed that his eyes had turned a deep purple, and his skin was slowly turning blue.

"What?" I said, stumbling backwards.

He pulled out a pistol and shot at me.

A small needle exploded out of the barrel and slid into the skin on my arm. It didn't hurt at all.

The boy's hair was fluffing outwards and turning white. A fin was coming from the part of his hair and two more were coming out of his ears, replacing them.

Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in the the top of my head, and an identical pain in my tailbone. My eyes got bigger, and my body became more sleek. My skin became more tan, but not by much.

I felt long and furry ears? extend from my head, then my human ears disappeared!

I felt the same thing grow from my butt, and it felt like a tail.

Then the night seemed as if I were in daylight.

In front of me stood a Vaporeon, whose tail was still extending, the mermaid-like appendage flaring out at the end.

Then it all went black.

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I woke up in a strange room. I whipped my head up, whacking the blue-haired boy in the forehead.

"Ow!" he exclaimed, stumbling back. A bruise was already forming on his forehead. "What was that for?"

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" I said. I tried to sit up, but I got dizzy and slammed back down.

"You're more headstrong than I thought," he said jokingly, getting up.

I just groaned in response, clutching my forehead.

"Are you okay?" he asked, suddenly concerned. He leaned over me.

The smell of the ocean overpowered me as soon as he got within a foot.

His face was only a matter of inches away from mine. "I'm serious, are you okay?"

I felt my face burn as we got closer. "Yeah. Why are you getting so close?"

His face turned crimson. "I- uh, erm... Are you okay?" he stopped leaning closer and leaned back.

I was amused at his embarrassment. I chuckled mischeviously.

Then a sharp pain stabbed my head, all of a sudden. My hands flew up to my forehead to try and help the pain to cease, but to no avail.

"Holy Arceus, are you okay?!" he exclaimed, leaning closer to inspect my head.

My vision blurred.

"Here, eat this," he said kindly, holding a blue, oval berry.

"Why?" I moaned.

"It's an Oran Berry. It'll make you feel better."

I ate it, and my vision cleared. But my head still hurt...

"Feel better?" He sat down on a chair next to the bed I was on.

"Nu," I groaned, feeling pathetic.

His face showed disappointment. "I wonder," he said quietly.

The throbbing pain in my head kept up.

"I know!" he said, snapping his fingers.

"Hmmm?" I grunted.

He turned into a Vaporeon, his eyes slanting and growing. He used a small Hydro Pump to cool me off.

I screamed bloody murder. "THAT MADE IT WORSE!" I writhed in pain, twisting the white sheets below me.

He stopped abruptly. "Oh my Arceus, are you okay?"

I was still twisting and screaming in pain when it all went black.