Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Linked Souls

CHAPTER 2: HOMESICK SWEET HOMESICK

*Jesse once again slowly wakes up, this time in a bed, with no wildlife noises in the background and feeling comfortable and at ease. He looks straight up to see a wooden ceiling, similar to the one he had back at his own home, so similar in fact that Jesse forgot all about the day prior and stayed in bed, waiting for his alarm to go off, but not falling back asleep as he was no longer tired. Realising something was wrong, Jesse sat up in bed and panic immediately sat back in as he realised he was still in this foreign world. He wasn't sleeping on a bed, it was more similar to a nest that birds lay in. He looked at his hands and they were still white. He was still a Ralts. This time however, he did not scream, but simply jumped out of bed to explore his surroundings.*

Jesse: "Where am- *Gasp*"

*Jesse, having forgotten that his voice had changed also, was startled by the sound of his own voice, but quickly got over it*

Jesse: "Okay Jesse, this is me now, I sound like this now so I need to stop freaking out so I can figure it out."

*Jesse looked at his hands once more after removing them from his mouth. Instead of being repulsed by the change, he was instead intrigued. He began feeling other parts of his new body to figure out his new shape. Jesse noticed immediately that his sense of touch was much more sensitive and that he could feel even the most microscopic of fluff left on his own face from the hay nest he slept in last night*

Jesse: "This feels really, really weird. I feel like an alien."

*Jesse started to get too curious about himself. He started to feel around his hair and noticed there were two spikes on his head, one on the back and one on the front. Instead of being alarmed by this, he was now fascinated. The spikes felt hard and dense, similar to bone and unlike the rest of his body, however it felt extremely sensitive to touch.*

Jesse: "These are cool. I guess since I'm a Pokémon I must use these to attack. I think that's how it works right?"

*Jesse looked directly at one of the walls and had an idea. He stepped back a few paces and pointed his head towards the wall. He then clenched his teeth together and proceeded to run towards the wall. Not making it very far before tripping up on the very same fluffy appendage on his feet that he tripped over when he first became a Ralts and although his head did make contact with the wall before he fell to the floor, he rebounded back from the wall and landed flat on his face.*

Jesse: "Owww ow aaahahahhh! Gee that hurts more than anything!"

"GRRMRFRFRFMMF"

Jesse: "What on earth was that noise. It sounded pretty scary."

Gubo: "Oh that? That's ju-"

Jesse: "AAAAHHH!"

*Jesse, after having the life scared out of him by the sudden appearance of Gubo from seemingly nowhere, released another growling screech that echoed all throughout the house. Once again, without realising it. Gubo, standing there, took the growl without even flinching once.*

Gubo: "I know I snuck up on you but you do know you can just tell me off for it instead of using Growl on me."

Jesse: "What the HELL do you think YOU ARE DOING in MY ROOM?!?"

Gubo: "Oh! Easy. I just slipped through the floorboards and climbed the wall up the moment I heard you bang your head."

Jesse: "..."

Gubo: "And about that noise, that was probably my Grandpa growling too! Ah uh but not the move Growl, I think he was actually just growling at us to tell us to be quiet."