Hi everyone. This here is a fanfic I wrote back in 2000 and I thought I'd might post it here a few chapters at a time. So if anything in this story seems outdated, it's based off the old Red and Blue Pokemon games. But I still hope you enjoy it and Pokemon is the property of Nintendo and Game Freak.
The Incredible Poke-Odyssey
By Cullen Pittman
Chapter 1
A Whole Familiar, Yet New World
13 year old Cameron Fusterman was lying on his bed playing Pokemon on his Game Boy. He was right at the end of the whole game where he was battling Gary, the smart-mouthed opponent who kept appearing throughout the game wanting to challenge him. Gary had released his final Pokemon, a Venusaur. Cameron pushed the button and released his Ninetales. He ordered it to use its fire blast attack which finished off Venusaur making him the winner and finishing the game. Cameron watched with delight as Professor Oak came up to Cameron's character congratulating him on becoming the new Pokemon champion. Cameron smiled as his six best Pokemon were getting inducted in the Pokemon Hall of fame. They were Blastoise, Golbat, Farfetch'd, Machoke, Ninetales, and Exeggutor. And finally his name appeared saying that he caught exactly 104 Pokemon. Then the credits started to roll on his Game Boy.
"Wow, I can't believe that I've finally completed the entire game", said Cameron proudly. "I guess all there is to do now is to start the game again and try going after Mewtwo." But then Cameron looked at his digital clock. "Which will be later", he said as he turned off his Game Boy, "Right now it's time for what got me into this game."
Cameron quickly turned on the TV so he could watch his favorite cartoon,
which happened to be Pokemon. Cameron loved watching the adventures of Ash Ketchum, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu. They all seemed like best friends and Cameron secretly wished that he could just jump into the TV and join them on their adventures. "Like that could ever happen", he thought while smirking. "If I did that, I'd have a broken TV in my room along with glass stuck in my head which I could show my grandkids. Oh well." He thought as he continued watching Pokemon.
In todays episode, Ash and his friends came across a traveling circus that appeared in his home town known as Pallet. The ringmaster Stella had a problem with a Mr. Mime that just lied around eating potato chips and never performed for her. Brock volunteered Ash to dress up like a Mr. Mime so the show could go on. When it was time for the show to begin, the evil members of Team Rocket burst into the big top and kidnapped Ash with a net thinking he was a valuable Pokemon. Then they sailed off in their Meowth shaped balloon. Ash's friends were about to go and save him until Ash's mom came up and told them not to worry about it. She told them that once Team Rocket finds out they had Ash instead of a Mr. Mime, they'll probably let him go. Misty, Brock, Stella, and Pikachu suddenly agreed and they all went off to have lunch at Mrs. Ketchum's house.
Cameron couldn't believe what he just saw. Ash's so-called friends got him into this mess and they went off to have lunch with his mother without feeling the slightest bit guilty. "I guess Ash doesn't have true friends or a kind and caring mother", thought a disappointed Cameron. He was waiting to see what happens next when all of a sudden, the cable went out.
"NO!!!" shouted Cameron, "You can't do this to me! I have to see what happens to Ash!!!" He then remembered his pocket TV which ran on battery power. He yanked it out of his bedside table drawer and clicked it on.
Only it wouldn't turn on.
"I don't believe this!" he grumbled, "The batteries must be dead!" Cameron scrounged around his room for some good batteries but couldn't find any. He then looked at his Game Boy, opened up the hatch, took out the batteries and placed them in his pocket TV.
"Ash would be proud of me", thought Cameron has he was about to click on the TV and find out what happened to Ash. Little did Cameron knew was that he was going to find out in a most unusual, no make that twisted way!
Just then, a bolt of lightning shot out of the tiny screen shocking Cameron like crazy. He screamed as everything went black. He then found himself floating in a black world of nothingness. Just then a pack of Pikachu started to dance around him in a circle singing a delightful melodies of pika-pikas.
"This can't be happening", said Cameron who was confused but yet delighted. Just then a flock of Spearows flew by chasing away all the Pikachu. Cameron shut his eyes waiting to be pecked to death, but didn't feel a thing. He opened his eyes and saw that the Spearows were flying right through him like they were illusions. Cameron turned around and saw the Pikachu and Spearows flying off into the darkness.
"Totally weird", said Cameron. Just then a giant computerized flashing bird started to fly up to him. "Porygon!!!" cried Cameron, "From the banned seizure episode of Pokemon!" he quickly shut his eyes again so his brain would be safe from this bizzare blinking bird. After a minute, he peeked to make sure Porygon was gone and it was. Cameron was now surrounded by a pack of Gastlies, Haunters, and Gengars, the ghost versions of Pokemon. Cameron watched in fear as the ghosts flew around him making scary faces and spooky noises. Then one of the Haunters opened its huge mouth and Cameron got sucked in it like a huge black hole.
"NOOOOO!" cried Cameron as he entered Haunter's scary mouth. He then found himself falling through a smog filled sky about to land on top of a strange looking building. Luckily someone had the sunroof up so he wouldn't smash through any broken glass and was even luckier that he landed on a nice soft bed. "I guess those Lucky Charms for breakfast and for lunch really paid off", thought Cameron as he rubbed his head from that traumatizing experience.
He found his glasses lying next to him. He put them on and discovered he had cartoon hands. He sat up and looked at the front mirror and discovered that he was a drawn anime-style kid. His blonde hair all shaggy, big green eyeballs, and a mouth that can get really large sometimes, just like people in anime.
"This can't be happening to me", thought Cameron, "This all must be a dream. Yeah! I think I'll lie back down on this imaginary bed and I'll wake up soon." He laid back down when all of a sudden, he heard someone mumbling, "GET OF ME YOU LITTLE RUNT!"
Cameron quickly got up and felt something furry on his back. He brought it up close to his face and discovered it was an angry cat with a gold charm on its head.
"MEOWTH?" asked Cameron. The cat only replied by slashing its claws against Cameron's nose. Cameron screamed as he dropped Meowth on the floor.
"You could've at least have the consideration to drop me on the bed when I slash you", grumbled Meowth as he got up on his hind legs.
"What's all the racket in here?" called out a familiar woman's voice.
"Meowth, are you having another nightmare where you wake up and discover you're wearing cat's pajamas?" asked a familiar guy's voice.
Cameron had finished rubbing his nose and discovered that he was looking directly at Jessie and James, the two famous villains from Team Rocket. Jessie was wearing blue pajamas while James was wearing a pink nightgown with curlers in his hair. "Yes, you're definitely Jessie and James", said Cameron.
"That's Queen Jessie to you twerp!" said an angry Jessie.
"And King James to you", said James. "The royal emblem on my lovely frilly nightgown should tell you that I'm a mighty King!"
"Well then prepared to get crowned again!", sighed Jessie as she conked James on the back of his head.
"Wow", said Cameron, "I can't believe I'm staring at the real Team Rocket!"
"Yes", smiled Jessie, "I know it's a small insignificant honor for a peasant boy like you to talk, let alone gaze at the beautiful me. Which reminds me. Meowth, why have you let this plain-clothed urchin into your room? He might infest you and all of us with cooties!"
"Hey, this brat just appeared on my bed while I was dozing", protested Meowth. "He tried to use me as a pillow. Can you imagine the nerve? That's not how you treat a royal Pokemon monarch!"
"You're a king too?" asked Cameron who didn't look like he believed Meowth.
"You don't believe me?" said an even angrier Meowth, "I oughta shred you into kitty litter and dump you into my box. I believe the chef is cooking chili tomorrow!"
"I'm in trouble", whispered a nervous Cameron.
"TROUBLE?!" said Jessie and James while shaking.
"Oh no", grumbled Meowth, "You had to get them started!"
Jessie: "Prepare for trouble!"
James: "And make it double!"
Cameron knew what they were about to say because he had heard them say their corny motto in almost every episode he watched.
Jessie: "To protect the world from devastation!"
James: "To unite all peoples within our nation!"
Jessie: "To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
James: "To extend our reach to the stars above!"
Jessie: "Queen Jessie!"
James: "King James!"
Jessie: "Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"
James: "Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Royal Meowth, that's right!" said a tired Meowth.
It always annoyed Cameron when they kept saying that motto on TV. Real life seemed to be worse.
"Hey, why aren't you saying the Rocketville pledge of allegiance with us?!" shouted Jessie.
"Rocketville?!" gasped Cameron trying to stifle a laugh. Like these three bunglers could start up their own town let alone be rulers of it.
"This is complete blasphemy!" shouted James. "Do you like playing with fire little boy?! I remember that I used to play with fire all the time when I was younger. Then my parents took away my cigarette lighter at the tender age of three. Oh those painful memories!!!"
"Hey, I know why this kid is here!" said Meowth, "I bet he's a spy from those stinking rebels."
"Yes, that's probably it", Jessie smiled evily.
"Oh goody!" giggled James, "Our very first caught spy! Does this mean we can finally use our interrogation room?!"
"But of course!" smiled Jessie as she pulled a Pokeball out of her pajama shirt pocket.
"Arbok, wrap him up!" commanded Jessie. Cameron looked in fright at the huge purple cobra that pounced on him and wrapped him up in its strong coils.
Cameron then found himself in a room still wrapped in Arbok's coils. A huge ceiling light shined over him while Arbok was wearing sunglasses. Jessie, James, and Meowth were huddled over Cameron staring at him with threatening eyes.
"What's your name and your age?" demanded Jessie.
"I'm Cameron Fusterman and I'm 13", said Cameron nervously.
"Where are you from and what's your job occupation?" demanded Meowth.
"I'm from Trenton, New Jersey and I'm a student", said Cameron.
"What's a six letter word that starts with U meaning paradise?" demanded James.
"Utopia?" said Cameron now puzzled.
"Perfect", smiled James as he wrote Utopia in his TV Guide crossword puzzle. "Thank you. I've been trying to figure that one out for months."
"Can we get back to more intelligent things please?!" shouted Jessie as she bopped James on the head.
"Utopia sure is heavenly", said a dazed James.
"And now for the 64 million dollar question", smiled Meowth. "Where is the secret location of the rebels' camp?"
"I, I, I don't know of any rebels", said a frightened Cameron. "The last thing I remember was watching the Pokemon show on TV and found myself ending up in your world!"
Jessie, James, and Meowth looked at the boy funny and then looked at each other. "He won't tell us a thing! These rebels sure train their spies good", said James, "Weird, but good."
"We'll get this twerp to talk", sneered Meowth, "Arbok, put the squeeze on 'em!"
Arbok was about to tighten its grip on Cameron until Jessie called out, "No wait Arbok. There are a lot of other fun ways to get little boys to talk."
"You're right Jess", smiled Meowth. "We can paint him banana yellow and throw him into a cage of starving Primeapes!"
"Or we can do like the Princess and the Pea and make our 1000 pound Snorlax the Princess and you know who can be the pea!" snickered James.
"No this has to be memorable for our very first interrogation", said Jessie. "But I can't think of one right now with these bags under my eyes. Let's all go back to bed and we'll deal with this twerp in the morning."
"Me too", yawned James, "I'm missing my beauty sleep."
"You wouldn't get enough beauty sleep if you got pricked by a spinning wheel and slept for a hundred years!" said Meowth.
"At least I don't leave milk stains on my sheets every night!" said James. Cameron laughed a little inside. These three were definitely the infamous Team Rocket.
"Enough of this bickering!" shouted Jessie. "James, come to bed! Meowth, you and Arbok take young Mr. Fusterman to our darkest, dankest, dungeon!"
"Oh all right!" grumbled Meowth as he opened the door and left the room while Arbok slithered along behind him still holding on to Cameron.
Meowth opened up a cell located at the bottom of their palace. Arbok ejected Cameron out of its coils and he landed face down onto the hard black stone floor.
"I hope you enjoy your probably short stay here", said Meowth as he shut the cell door, "Tomorrow for breakfast we'll be bringing you pancakes, sausage, and chocolate milk."
"Really?" asked Cameron.
"Why are you looking so surprised?" asked Meowth.
"I thought they only served bread and water in dungeons", said Cameron.
"You mean there are people out there that sadistic they'd do that to their prisoners?" asked a shocked Meowth. "I like it! Just think how bigger our royal treasury would become. You're gonna get nothing but bread and water tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion kid! Heh heh heh heh!", and he and Arbok left.
Cameron was sitting on his cot pinching himself trying to wake up from this nightmare but with no luck. He also tried slapping himself. He was even tempted to scoop out some of the dirty water from the nearby toilet and splash himself awake, but he wouldn't dare to that. Not even in a dream.
"I can't believe that I ever wished to be in this world", sighed Cameron, "No actually I wished that I could be with Ash, Misty, and Brock so technically my wish didn't really come true!" He reached into his pocket and found a bag of corn chips he was planning on eating later.
"I guess this'll be my last decent meal", sighed Cameron as he opened up the bag. Some of the chips were crushed because of Arbok, but most of them looked okay. As he calmly listened to the sound of his munching, he heard another sound as well. Something was digging its way through the stone floor. Cameron backed up into a corner in fear. Soon a small hole was made and the thing that made it crawled out. It was a rodent with armor that looked like sand.
"Hey, you're a Sandshrew aren't you?" said Cameron.
"Sandshrew!" said the rodent as it crawled around sniffing for food. It then eyed Cameron's corn chip bag and approached him.
"Do you like corn chips?" asked Cameron as he handed a big ripe chip to Sandshrew. Sandshrew took the chip with its claws and munched on it happily.
"Shrew!" it said gratefully.
"Your welcome", said Cameron who had figured out what Sandshrew said. He then sat down on the floor and took out another chip. Sandshrew jumped into Cameron's lap and ate that one as well. Cameron smiled as he fed his new friend half his chips and ate the other half himself. Sandshrew then licked Cameron's face while he laughed and forgot about the trouble that was in store for him in the morning.
"Can you understand me little Sandshrew?" asked Cameron hoping that all Pokemon could understand the human language.
"Shrew?" asked Sandshrew.
"I'm being held prisoner by these really bad people and I have to get out of here. Can you please help me escape?" he asked Sandshrew. Sandshrew just jumped out of Cameron's lap and crawled back down into the hole it made. Cameron looked down at the small hole and found Sandshrew gone.
"I guess he only stuck around just to get free chips", sighed a disappointed Cameron.
An hour later, Cameron was lying in his cot unable to sleep. He was now sure that this was not a dream. But it seemed like a nightmare to him. Just then, the floor started to crumble and Cameron found himself lying in a big dirty pit. He stood up and brushed the dirt off of himself and found Sandshrew smiling at him. And behind the rodent was a huge tunnel.
"Did you dig that tunnel for me?" asked Cameron while a tear appeared in his eye.
"Shrew", replied the happy Sandshrew.
"Thank you my friend", said Cameron as he patted Sandshrew.
"What's going on here?" screamed Meowth as he, Jessie and James were looking at the huge hole in the cell that was supposed to contain their prisoner.
"Uh oh, time to blast off", said Cameron as he and Sandshrew ran through the tunnel.
"He's gone!" cried James, "And I had the thumb screws smoothly sanded just for him!"
"Not for long", shouted Jessie as she pulled out a Pokeball. "Go Lickitung!" Out of the ball popped a strange pink turtle like creature.
"Lickitung!" commanded Jessie, "Use that tongue of yours to track down our tasty tormentee!" Lickitung quickly stuck out its long tongue that was twice as long as its body and tasted around the huge tunnel.
Cameron was running through the dark tunnel with Sandshrew running beside him. He suddenly saw a light that would probably lead them to freedom. Just then Cameron tripped for something moist had grabbed his ankle. He turned around and saw a long tongue dragging him back to where he escaped. Sandshrew quickly slashed Lickitung's tongue causing it to yelp and to let go of Cameron. It then felt Sandshrew's sandy body and used its tongue to bind the poor mouse dragging it away.
"Oh no you don't!" yelled Cameron as he picked up a rock and threw it right in the middle of Lickitung's tongue. It yelped again causing Sandshrew to fly out of its grip and to land in Cameron's arms.
"Shrew!" said Sandshrew gratefully.
"Hey I couldn't let my bud get done in by tastebuds", smiled Cameron as he ran up to the light while holding Sandshrew. Sandshrew just made a soft moan from hearing Cameron's bad pun.
Lickitung had dragged its poor damaged tongue back in holding it in pain. Jessie leapt into the pit applying some bandages to her Pokemon's bruised tongue.
"You know Jess, you treat your Arbok and Lickitung better than you treat me!" snarled Meowth.
"That's because they're not royalty like you are you pampered puffball!" grumbled Jessie.
"How about if I cut back on my late night caviar snacks?" said Meowth.
"There's no time for this royal rambling!" said a panicked James, "We've gotta get that brat back before he reports back to those rebels!" He quickly ran over to the nearest intercom and made an announcement. "Attention all you lowly rockets", he shouted, "There's a boy about to escape from our palace. Surround every inch of the entire area and keep your eyes on the ground. That's where he'll most likely pop up!"
Cameron and Sandshrew finally emerged from the ground and into the animated outside world. When he turned around, he finally saw the outside of the palace. It was a huge pyramid with a Meowth shaped head on top. "That'll probably give me nightmares for years", thought Cameron, "If I don't wake up from this one!"
Just then, he heard some voices call out, "Hold it right there punk! There's no way you're escaping!" Cameron saw a couple of thugs dressed in black rocket uniforms holding guns running right towards him. Sandshrew quickly jumped in front of Cameron and sprayed sand out of its mouth and into the thugs' eyes causing them both to yell, drop their weapons, and rub their eyes."
"I'm blind! I'm blind!" screamed the first thug. "Now there goes my dreams of being a cartoonist!"
"Keep your eyes closed and wait for the tears to wash it all out!" said the second thug. And that's what they did unaware that their prisoners were long gone.
Cameron and Sandshrew were running as fast as they can through the town. It looked a lot like Ash's hometown of Pallet, except there was no grass on the ground, no leaves on the trees and the sky was covered with smog. They suddenly came across a huge sign that said, WELCOME TO PALLET TOWN. Only the words Pallet Town were crossed out and replaced with Rocketville. Cameron continued reading it. "WELCOME TO ROCKETVILLE. WHERE NOBODY GETS IN AND NOBODY GETS OUT, SO YOU CAN'T REALLY BE WELCOMED HERE! HA HA HA!" Cameron and Sandshrew left the sign and ran down the hill. There they came across a huge glowing wall.
"This wall looks like someone could pass right through it", said Cameron as he was about to touch it. Sandshrew jumped right in front of him shouting, "SHREW! SANDSHREW! SHREW!"
"What's wrong?" asked Cameron, "Is there something bad about this wall?" Sandshrew picked up a nearby twig and threw it at the wall. The twig suddenly got fried and then it disappeared.
"That wall is pure electricity!" gasped Cameron, "Thank you Sandshrew. Now I see what that sign meant when it said nobody gets in or out. Which means were stuck here." Suddenly they heard some loud barking. An orange and white dog with black stripes was charging at the two about to put the bite on them.
"A Growlithe!" cried Cameron. Sandshrew quickly rolled itself into a ball and launched itself into the dog's mouth. Cameron covered his eyes fearing it would be the last of his new friend. He opened his eyes slowly and saw the Growlithe about to chomp down on the curled up rodent. But Sandshrew had a strong armored body causing all of Growlithe's teeth to break. It howled in pain as it spit Sandshrew out onto the ground. Cameron picked up the slobbery Sandshrew and got away from the wall at full speed.
Cameron was running through the town still carrying Sandshrew trying to find some way out of this mess or at least someone who could help him. But then he came across a dead end. There were about six rocket thugs surrounding him looking very mean and tough.
"Time to go night-night kid!" said one of the thugs as he threw out a Pokeball. "Weepinbell, I choose you!" Out popped a plant that looked like a yellow bugle with leaves.
"Weepinbell, sleep powder now!" ordered the thug. Weepinbell leapt into the air and sprayed some strange kind of pollen all over Cameron and Sandshrew causing them both to become very sleepy and to fall down onto the ground. While the thugs were happily gloating at the two sleepy victims, a periscope popped out of a nearby manhole cover.
"What shall we do with 'em? Have 'em both put to sleep?" laughed one thug.
"News flash Einstein", said another. "What do they look like to you?"
"Let's just take 'em back to our most gracious majesties", said the leader.
"Not so fast you rocks in the head rockets!" called out a familiar girl's voice.
"It's those darn rebels!" shouted a thug.
"Vulpix, use your fire spin now!" commanded another familiar voice. A small red fox with six tails shot a tornado of fire around three of the thugs trapping them. A half-awake Cameron watched as the forms of the other thugs got beaten by a pack of familiar Pokemon shapes. He looked up some more and saw the forms of two very familiar figures. One had her hair done in a pigtall on the left side and the other had spiky hair.
"It's you two!" smiled Cameron as he went into a deep sleep.
TO BE CONTINUED
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Well, there's the first chapter. What do you think of it so far? Please let me know.
The Incredible Poke-Odyssey
By Cullen Pittman
Chapter 1
A Whole Familiar, Yet New World
13 year old Cameron Fusterman was lying on his bed playing Pokemon on his Game Boy. He was right at the end of the whole game where he was battling Gary, the smart-mouthed opponent who kept appearing throughout the game wanting to challenge him. Gary had released his final Pokemon, a Venusaur. Cameron pushed the button and released his Ninetales. He ordered it to use its fire blast attack which finished off Venusaur making him the winner and finishing the game. Cameron watched with delight as Professor Oak came up to Cameron's character congratulating him on becoming the new Pokemon champion. Cameron smiled as his six best Pokemon were getting inducted in the Pokemon Hall of fame. They were Blastoise, Golbat, Farfetch'd, Machoke, Ninetales, and Exeggutor. And finally his name appeared saying that he caught exactly 104 Pokemon. Then the credits started to roll on his Game Boy.
"Wow, I can't believe that I've finally completed the entire game", said Cameron proudly. "I guess all there is to do now is to start the game again and try going after Mewtwo." But then Cameron looked at his digital clock. "Which will be later", he said as he turned off his Game Boy, "Right now it's time for what got me into this game."
Cameron quickly turned on the TV so he could watch his favorite cartoon,
which happened to be Pokemon. Cameron loved watching the adventures of Ash Ketchum, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu. They all seemed like best friends and Cameron secretly wished that he could just jump into the TV and join them on their adventures. "Like that could ever happen", he thought while smirking. "If I did that, I'd have a broken TV in my room along with glass stuck in my head which I could show my grandkids. Oh well." He thought as he continued watching Pokemon.
In todays episode, Ash and his friends came across a traveling circus that appeared in his home town known as Pallet. The ringmaster Stella had a problem with a Mr. Mime that just lied around eating potato chips and never performed for her. Brock volunteered Ash to dress up like a Mr. Mime so the show could go on. When it was time for the show to begin, the evil members of Team Rocket burst into the big top and kidnapped Ash with a net thinking he was a valuable Pokemon. Then they sailed off in their Meowth shaped balloon. Ash's friends were about to go and save him until Ash's mom came up and told them not to worry about it. She told them that once Team Rocket finds out they had Ash instead of a Mr. Mime, they'll probably let him go. Misty, Brock, Stella, and Pikachu suddenly agreed and they all went off to have lunch at Mrs. Ketchum's house.
Cameron couldn't believe what he just saw. Ash's so-called friends got him into this mess and they went off to have lunch with his mother without feeling the slightest bit guilty. "I guess Ash doesn't have true friends or a kind and caring mother", thought a disappointed Cameron. He was waiting to see what happens next when all of a sudden, the cable went out.
"NO!!!" shouted Cameron, "You can't do this to me! I have to see what happens to Ash!!!" He then remembered his pocket TV which ran on battery power. He yanked it out of his bedside table drawer and clicked it on.
Only it wouldn't turn on.
"I don't believe this!" he grumbled, "The batteries must be dead!" Cameron scrounged around his room for some good batteries but couldn't find any. He then looked at his Game Boy, opened up the hatch, took out the batteries and placed them in his pocket TV.
"Ash would be proud of me", thought Cameron has he was about to click on the TV and find out what happened to Ash. Little did Cameron knew was that he was going to find out in a most unusual, no make that twisted way!
Just then, a bolt of lightning shot out of the tiny screen shocking Cameron like crazy. He screamed as everything went black. He then found himself floating in a black world of nothingness. Just then a pack of Pikachu started to dance around him in a circle singing a delightful melodies of pika-pikas.
"This can't be happening", said Cameron who was confused but yet delighted. Just then a flock of Spearows flew by chasing away all the Pikachu. Cameron shut his eyes waiting to be pecked to death, but didn't feel a thing. He opened his eyes and saw that the Spearows were flying right through him like they were illusions. Cameron turned around and saw the Pikachu and Spearows flying off into the darkness.
"Totally weird", said Cameron. Just then a giant computerized flashing bird started to fly up to him. "Porygon!!!" cried Cameron, "From the banned seizure episode of Pokemon!" he quickly shut his eyes again so his brain would be safe from this bizzare blinking bird. After a minute, he peeked to make sure Porygon was gone and it was. Cameron was now surrounded by a pack of Gastlies, Haunters, and Gengars, the ghost versions of Pokemon. Cameron watched in fear as the ghosts flew around him making scary faces and spooky noises. Then one of the Haunters opened its huge mouth and Cameron got sucked in it like a huge black hole.
"NOOOOO!" cried Cameron as he entered Haunter's scary mouth. He then found himself falling through a smog filled sky about to land on top of a strange looking building. Luckily someone had the sunroof up so he wouldn't smash through any broken glass and was even luckier that he landed on a nice soft bed. "I guess those Lucky Charms for breakfast and for lunch really paid off", thought Cameron as he rubbed his head from that traumatizing experience.
He found his glasses lying next to him. He put them on and discovered he had cartoon hands. He sat up and looked at the front mirror and discovered that he was a drawn anime-style kid. His blonde hair all shaggy, big green eyeballs, and a mouth that can get really large sometimes, just like people in anime.
"This can't be happening to me", thought Cameron, "This all must be a dream. Yeah! I think I'll lie back down on this imaginary bed and I'll wake up soon." He laid back down when all of a sudden, he heard someone mumbling, "GET OF ME YOU LITTLE RUNT!"
Cameron quickly got up and felt something furry on his back. He brought it up close to his face and discovered it was an angry cat with a gold charm on its head.
"MEOWTH?" asked Cameron. The cat only replied by slashing its claws against Cameron's nose. Cameron screamed as he dropped Meowth on the floor.
"You could've at least have the consideration to drop me on the bed when I slash you", grumbled Meowth as he got up on his hind legs.
"What's all the racket in here?" called out a familiar woman's voice.
"Meowth, are you having another nightmare where you wake up and discover you're wearing cat's pajamas?" asked a familiar guy's voice.
Cameron had finished rubbing his nose and discovered that he was looking directly at Jessie and James, the two famous villains from Team Rocket. Jessie was wearing blue pajamas while James was wearing a pink nightgown with curlers in his hair. "Yes, you're definitely Jessie and James", said Cameron.
"That's Queen Jessie to you twerp!" said an angry Jessie.
"And King James to you", said James. "The royal emblem on my lovely frilly nightgown should tell you that I'm a mighty King!"
"Well then prepared to get crowned again!", sighed Jessie as she conked James on the back of his head.
"Wow", said Cameron, "I can't believe I'm staring at the real Team Rocket!"
"Yes", smiled Jessie, "I know it's a small insignificant honor for a peasant boy like you to talk, let alone gaze at the beautiful me. Which reminds me. Meowth, why have you let this plain-clothed urchin into your room? He might infest you and all of us with cooties!"
"Hey, this brat just appeared on my bed while I was dozing", protested Meowth. "He tried to use me as a pillow. Can you imagine the nerve? That's not how you treat a royal Pokemon monarch!"
"You're a king too?" asked Cameron who didn't look like he believed Meowth.
"You don't believe me?" said an even angrier Meowth, "I oughta shred you into kitty litter and dump you into my box. I believe the chef is cooking chili tomorrow!"
"I'm in trouble", whispered a nervous Cameron.
"TROUBLE?!" said Jessie and James while shaking.
"Oh no", grumbled Meowth, "You had to get them started!"
Jessie: "Prepare for trouble!"
James: "And make it double!"
Cameron knew what they were about to say because he had heard them say their corny motto in almost every episode he watched.
Jessie: "To protect the world from devastation!"
James: "To unite all peoples within our nation!"
Jessie: "To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
James: "To extend our reach to the stars above!"
Jessie: "Queen Jessie!"
James: "King James!"
Jessie: "Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"
James: "Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Royal Meowth, that's right!" said a tired Meowth.
It always annoyed Cameron when they kept saying that motto on TV. Real life seemed to be worse.
"Hey, why aren't you saying the Rocketville pledge of allegiance with us?!" shouted Jessie.
"Rocketville?!" gasped Cameron trying to stifle a laugh. Like these three bunglers could start up their own town let alone be rulers of it.
"This is complete blasphemy!" shouted James. "Do you like playing with fire little boy?! I remember that I used to play with fire all the time when I was younger. Then my parents took away my cigarette lighter at the tender age of three. Oh those painful memories!!!"
"Hey, I know why this kid is here!" said Meowth, "I bet he's a spy from those stinking rebels."
"Yes, that's probably it", Jessie smiled evily.
"Oh goody!" giggled James, "Our very first caught spy! Does this mean we can finally use our interrogation room?!"
"But of course!" smiled Jessie as she pulled a Pokeball out of her pajama shirt pocket.
"Arbok, wrap him up!" commanded Jessie. Cameron looked in fright at the huge purple cobra that pounced on him and wrapped him up in its strong coils.
Cameron then found himself in a room still wrapped in Arbok's coils. A huge ceiling light shined over him while Arbok was wearing sunglasses. Jessie, James, and Meowth were huddled over Cameron staring at him with threatening eyes.
"What's your name and your age?" demanded Jessie.
"I'm Cameron Fusterman and I'm 13", said Cameron nervously.
"Where are you from and what's your job occupation?" demanded Meowth.
"I'm from Trenton, New Jersey and I'm a student", said Cameron.
"What's a six letter word that starts with U meaning paradise?" demanded James.
"Utopia?" said Cameron now puzzled.
"Perfect", smiled James as he wrote Utopia in his TV Guide crossword puzzle. "Thank you. I've been trying to figure that one out for months."
"Can we get back to more intelligent things please?!" shouted Jessie as she bopped James on the head.
"Utopia sure is heavenly", said a dazed James.
"And now for the 64 million dollar question", smiled Meowth. "Where is the secret location of the rebels' camp?"
"I, I, I don't know of any rebels", said a frightened Cameron. "The last thing I remember was watching the Pokemon show on TV and found myself ending up in your world!"
Jessie, James, and Meowth looked at the boy funny and then looked at each other. "He won't tell us a thing! These rebels sure train their spies good", said James, "Weird, but good."
"We'll get this twerp to talk", sneered Meowth, "Arbok, put the squeeze on 'em!"
Arbok was about to tighten its grip on Cameron until Jessie called out, "No wait Arbok. There are a lot of other fun ways to get little boys to talk."
"You're right Jess", smiled Meowth. "We can paint him banana yellow and throw him into a cage of starving Primeapes!"
"Or we can do like the Princess and the Pea and make our 1000 pound Snorlax the Princess and you know who can be the pea!" snickered James.
"No this has to be memorable for our very first interrogation", said Jessie. "But I can't think of one right now with these bags under my eyes. Let's all go back to bed and we'll deal with this twerp in the morning."
"Me too", yawned James, "I'm missing my beauty sleep."
"You wouldn't get enough beauty sleep if you got pricked by a spinning wheel and slept for a hundred years!" said Meowth.
"At least I don't leave milk stains on my sheets every night!" said James. Cameron laughed a little inside. These three were definitely the infamous Team Rocket.
"Enough of this bickering!" shouted Jessie. "James, come to bed! Meowth, you and Arbok take young Mr. Fusterman to our darkest, dankest, dungeon!"
"Oh all right!" grumbled Meowth as he opened the door and left the room while Arbok slithered along behind him still holding on to Cameron.
Meowth opened up a cell located at the bottom of their palace. Arbok ejected Cameron out of its coils and he landed face down onto the hard black stone floor.
"I hope you enjoy your probably short stay here", said Meowth as he shut the cell door, "Tomorrow for breakfast we'll be bringing you pancakes, sausage, and chocolate milk."
"Really?" asked Cameron.
"Why are you looking so surprised?" asked Meowth.
"I thought they only served bread and water in dungeons", said Cameron.
"You mean there are people out there that sadistic they'd do that to their prisoners?" asked a shocked Meowth. "I like it! Just think how bigger our royal treasury would become. You're gonna get nothing but bread and water tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion kid! Heh heh heh heh!", and he and Arbok left.
Cameron was sitting on his cot pinching himself trying to wake up from this nightmare but with no luck. He also tried slapping himself. He was even tempted to scoop out some of the dirty water from the nearby toilet and splash himself awake, but he wouldn't dare to that. Not even in a dream.
"I can't believe that I ever wished to be in this world", sighed Cameron, "No actually I wished that I could be with Ash, Misty, and Brock so technically my wish didn't really come true!" He reached into his pocket and found a bag of corn chips he was planning on eating later.
"I guess this'll be my last decent meal", sighed Cameron as he opened up the bag. Some of the chips were crushed because of Arbok, but most of them looked okay. As he calmly listened to the sound of his munching, he heard another sound as well. Something was digging its way through the stone floor. Cameron backed up into a corner in fear. Soon a small hole was made and the thing that made it crawled out. It was a rodent with armor that looked like sand.
"Hey, you're a Sandshrew aren't you?" said Cameron.
"Sandshrew!" said the rodent as it crawled around sniffing for food. It then eyed Cameron's corn chip bag and approached him.
"Do you like corn chips?" asked Cameron as he handed a big ripe chip to Sandshrew. Sandshrew took the chip with its claws and munched on it happily.
"Shrew!" it said gratefully.
"Your welcome", said Cameron who had figured out what Sandshrew said. He then sat down on the floor and took out another chip. Sandshrew jumped into Cameron's lap and ate that one as well. Cameron smiled as he fed his new friend half his chips and ate the other half himself. Sandshrew then licked Cameron's face while he laughed and forgot about the trouble that was in store for him in the morning.
"Can you understand me little Sandshrew?" asked Cameron hoping that all Pokemon could understand the human language.
"Shrew?" asked Sandshrew.
"I'm being held prisoner by these really bad people and I have to get out of here. Can you please help me escape?" he asked Sandshrew. Sandshrew just jumped out of Cameron's lap and crawled back down into the hole it made. Cameron looked down at the small hole and found Sandshrew gone.
"I guess he only stuck around just to get free chips", sighed a disappointed Cameron.
An hour later, Cameron was lying in his cot unable to sleep. He was now sure that this was not a dream. But it seemed like a nightmare to him. Just then, the floor started to crumble and Cameron found himself lying in a big dirty pit. He stood up and brushed the dirt off of himself and found Sandshrew smiling at him. And behind the rodent was a huge tunnel.
"Did you dig that tunnel for me?" asked Cameron while a tear appeared in his eye.
"Shrew", replied the happy Sandshrew.
"Thank you my friend", said Cameron as he patted Sandshrew.
"What's going on here?" screamed Meowth as he, Jessie and James were looking at the huge hole in the cell that was supposed to contain their prisoner.
"Uh oh, time to blast off", said Cameron as he and Sandshrew ran through the tunnel.
"He's gone!" cried James, "And I had the thumb screws smoothly sanded just for him!"
"Not for long", shouted Jessie as she pulled out a Pokeball. "Go Lickitung!" Out of the ball popped a strange pink turtle like creature.
"Lickitung!" commanded Jessie, "Use that tongue of yours to track down our tasty tormentee!" Lickitung quickly stuck out its long tongue that was twice as long as its body and tasted around the huge tunnel.
Cameron was running through the dark tunnel with Sandshrew running beside him. He suddenly saw a light that would probably lead them to freedom. Just then Cameron tripped for something moist had grabbed his ankle. He turned around and saw a long tongue dragging him back to where he escaped. Sandshrew quickly slashed Lickitung's tongue causing it to yelp and to let go of Cameron. It then felt Sandshrew's sandy body and used its tongue to bind the poor mouse dragging it away.
"Oh no you don't!" yelled Cameron as he picked up a rock and threw it right in the middle of Lickitung's tongue. It yelped again causing Sandshrew to fly out of its grip and to land in Cameron's arms.
"Shrew!" said Sandshrew gratefully.
"Hey I couldn't let my bud get done in by tastebuds", smiled Cameron as he ran up to the light while holding Sandshrew. Sandshrew just made a soft moan from hearing Cameron's bad pun.
Lickitung had dragged its poor damaged tongue back in holding it in pain. Jessie leapt into the pit applying some bandages to her Pokemon's bruised tongue.
"You know Jess, you treat your Arbok and Lickitung better than you treat me!" snarled Meowth.
"That's because they're not royalty like you are you pampered puffball!" grumbled Jessie.
"How about if I cut back on my late night caviar snacks?" said Meowth.
"There's no time for this royal rambling!" said a panicked James, "We've gotta get that brat back before he reports back to those rebels!" He quickly ran over to the nearest intercom and made an announcement. "Attention all you lowly rockets", he shouted, "There's a boy about to escape from our palace. Surround every inch of the entire area and keep your eyes on the ground. That's where he'll most likely pop up!"
Cameron and Sandshrew finally emerged from the ground and into the animated outside world. When he turned around, he finally saw the outside of the palace. It was a huge pyramid with a Meowth shaped head on top. "That'll probably give me nightmares for years", thought Cameron, "If I don't wake up from this one!"
Just then, he heard some voices call out, "Hold it right there punk! There's no way you're escaping!" Cameron saw a couple of thugs dressed in black rocket uniforms holding guns running right towards him. Sandshrew quickly jumped in front of Cameron and sprayed sand out of its mouth and into the thugs' eyes causing them both to yell, drop their weapons, and rub their eyes."
"I'm blind! I'm blind!" screamed the first thug. "Now there goes my dreams of being a cartoonist!"
"Keep your eyes closed and wait for the tears to wash it all out!" said the second thug. And that's what they did unaware that their prisoners were long gone.
Cameron and Sandshrew were running as fast as they can through the town. It looked a lot like Ash's hometown of Pallet, except there was no grass on the ground, no leaves on the trees and the sky was covered with smog. They suddenly came across a huge sign that said, WELCOME TO PALLET TOWN. Only the words Pallet Town were crossed out and replaced with Rocketville. Cameron continued reading it. "WELCOME TO ROCKETVILLE. WHERE NOBODY GETS IN AND NOBODY GETS OUT, SO YOU CAN'T REALLY BE WELCOMED HERE! HA HA HA!" Cameron and Sandshrew left the sign and ran down the hill. There they came across a huge glowing wall.
"This wall looks like someone could pass right through it", said Cameron as he was about to touch it. Sandshrew jumped right in front of him shouting, "SHREW! SANDSHREW! SHREW!"
"What's wrong?" asked Cameron, "Is there something bad about this wall?" Sandshrew picked up a nearby twig and threw it at the wall. The twig suddenly got fried and then it disappeared.
"That wall is pure electricity!" gasped Cameron, "Thank you Sandshrew. Now I see what that sign meant when it said nobody gets in or out. Which means were stuck here." Suddenly they heard some loud barking. An orange and white dog with black stripes was charging at the two about to put the bite on them.
"A Growlithe!" cried Cameron. Sandshrew quickly rolled itself into a ball and launched itself into the dog's mouth. Cameron covered his eyes fearing it would be the last of his new friend. He opened his eyes slowly and saw the Growlithe about to chomp down on the curled up rodent. But Sandshrew had a strong armored body causing all of Growlithe's teeth to break. It howled in pain as it spit Sandshrew out onto the ground. Cameron picked up the slobbery Sandshrew and got away from the wall at full speed.
Cameron was running through the town still carrying Sandshrew trying to find some way out of this mess or at least someone who could help him. But then he came across a dead end. There were about six rocket thugs surrounding him looking very mean and tough.
"Time to go night-night kid!" said one of the thugs as he threw out a Pokeball. "Weepinbell, I choose you!" Out popped a plant that looked like a yellow bugle with leaves.
"Weepinbell, sleep powder now!" ordered the thug. Weepinbell leapt into the air and sprayed some strange kind of pollen all over Cameron and Sandshrew causing them both to become very sleepy and to fall down onto the ground. While the thugs were happily gloating at the two sleepy victims, a periscope popped out of a nearby manhole cover.
"What shall we do with 'em? Have 'em both put to sleep?" laughed one thug.
"News flash Einstein", said another. "What do they look like to you?"
"Let's just take 'em back to our most gracious majesties", said the leader.
"Not so fast you rocks in the head rockets!" called out a familiar girl's voice.
"It's those darn rebels!" shouted a thug.
"Vulpix, use your fire spin now!" commanded another familiar voice. A small red fox with six tails shot a tornado of fire around three of the thugs trapping them. A half-awake Cameron watched as the forms of the other thugs got beaten by a pack of familiar Pokemon shapes. He looked up some more and saw the forms of two very familiar figures. One had her hair done in a pigtall on the left side and the other had spiky hair.
"It's you two!" smiled Cameron as he went into a deep sleep.
TO BE CONTINUED
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Well, there's the first chapter. What do you think of it so far? Please let me know.
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Its really good I cant see many mistakes right now but its Great :3