I always had a mediocre life. I was your typical child in your average middle class family. Had a decent roof over my head, three meals a day, celebrated different occasions at home or school with no issues. My grades were fairly average at high C, low B normally. This went all the way through high school where I found my enjoyment over Pokémon. The world was just so fascinating to me from the various regions of the world and law to the hundreds of the cute, weird, and powerful creatures.

For probably my favourites, all the eeveelutions, quite a large amount of Unova and Kalos was pretty good. Tyranitar was dope along with a fair amount earlier pokemon generations. Articuno and rayquaza were probably my favourite. Practically all the mega evolutions were dope. Just thinking about this brought a smile to my face.

As I left school, I worked your average job as a manual labourer, moving from company to company, town to town, even state to state once or twice. After a few years of this, I managed to find a stable job at a warehouse in Cairns, settle down with a woman who I just proposed to. Now I’m sitting here at a pub celebrating with my mates while she celebrates with her girlfriends at home.

“Oi ya daft cunt, are ya listening at all?” Was the slightly tipsy voice said beside me. Looking over, Reggie was waving a hand at me. “You more drunk than us or something? You’re the driver.”

“No, I was just thinking how I got here, to have decent friends, a good home, a great fiancé.” I said, getting boos from the four in attendance.

“Well now ya just ruined the mood being all sappy and sober.” Jaden said from across the table.

“It’s probably time to head off.” Henry added. “The misses is gonna start worrying. Reggie, help me cary Frank.”

From the floor, he responds. “Wwhhat are you ta-talking bout, I’m fiiine.” Reggie and Henry both pick up the drunk guy and carry him to the backseat of my car.

We headed off going a pre-set root and being as late as it was, I’m pulled over for a breath test which passes easily.

Frank was the first as he not only needed help to walk, he needed to climb some stairs so it worked well him being first. Reggie and Henry were next as they lived in the same street. Jaden was last as he was on the route out of town I needed to travel to go home.

I never liked driving in the dark, to much jumps out the bush for my liking.

Last time I was out this late, a bloody roo jumped out into the highway just far enough ahead that I didn’t crash into him.

Driving up the range, in my rear-view mirror, a clearly drunk driver is swearing back and forth so I decided to pull off at a lookout and let him past. It wasn’t a second, my car jolted as a large crash sounded out and I see the world fall down around me.

My life flashing before myself as it had in the bar as I’m falling down the cliff edge. Seconds became minutes as time slowed and there was nothing I could do but hope the car lands okay.

The rock covered ground slowly approaches as my car spins before it finally hits.

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My eyes open to grey.

I’m, I’m alive?

Looking around, it’s quite dark but its like I can still see.

I can feel sore along my left side while lying on my right. Trying to reach for it, my arm feels like its on my chest. Both of them do. Even my legs, what is going on? Looking down, in almost clarity despite the darkness, I can see my bod.., no, not my body. I try to move away only for the thing im looking at to as well.

This cant be real. That’s it, I died. This is a dream. Is this what happens, im stuck in a dream?

Biting my lip, I can feel pain and the pain im feeling wouldn’t be there.

Looking around the darkness, everything looks grey and dark still but there is something shining far off in a corner. Looking back at myself, I am all black except on my upper parts of my arm and leg. No, with how it looks, they are both legs.

So I’m a quadruped? I say alone to myself. Okay, back to my legs. I have two blue markings on the upper parts of my legs. They seem to be, glowing? I noticed a third glow further along and then I mentally noticed another limb back their which could only be a tail unless I’m mutated or something. It had a blue ring round it. Twisting my head around, I could see the injury on my side but what I thought would be a smallish cut was instead a large scar across my side going from my underside to my back.

I had a feeling that this scar across my ski-no that’s fur. Anyway, the scar feels like it was very recent, and looks like a large piece of, maybe metal did it.

Wait, this is from the accident. I did die. So, this is heaven. Maybe hell? Purgatory?

Looking around one last time, I don’t see anything really other than stone, so I try standing which to my surprise came naturally. Like I had been walking like this since birth. So that’s, uh, nice. Walking towards the light, I hear a slight splash and look down to see a small puddle of water. Looking into it, is something starring back. It wasn’t my normal reflection, but it couldn’t have been anything but me.

What was starring back through the reflection was an umbreon with a blue marking on its forehead and two different eye colours.

This cant be real. I walk back, slam my head into the floor. Walk back, and that same face is starring back with the same expression I’m feeling. Lets try that again. I repeat smacking my head into the wall this time and go back. The same face stares at me.

I’m a pokemon? I died in a car accident; and became a pokemon. I must sound crazy. Wait, I’m speaking aren’t I.

Listening carefully, I notice a very subtle but noticeable tell-tale thing about pokemon. I’m just saying variations of the word umbreon with a few other noises. Looking at the water, I suddenly realise how thirsty I am and drink the puddle up which was a surprising amount of water. After that, I just kinda sat there for a bit.

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After sitting for a what felt like days, I noticed I was quite hungry. So despite me just wanting to sit here and figure what it happening, I knew I had to go find food.

I got up and walked towards the light and rounded the corner to see into a forest. And I just sat there starring at a pair of fletchlings. To the side of them was a zizagoon and pidgey.

One conclusion came to my mind at that point. I really am in a world of pokemon.

You were asleep for quite a while. The likely male zizagoon said. We found you collapsed just south of here with that nasty scar so we brought you here.

Indeed indeed. One of the fletchlings said with a female tone before the other continued. Are you hungry? We have berries.

Thank you, I am quite hungry. I said to the generous group. After eating a couple of oran berries, I felt not only full but better overall. Thank you, I think I’ll head to where you found me to see if I can figure out what happen.

The pidgey pointed me in the right direction and said I will know when I found it. So I headed off in a new world, with a new life, a few regrets, and new possibilities.