{"sf1_id":447410,"sf2_id":"7ejw4y4m","title":"Chapter Three - Try To Understand","author":"Dallas Adoraslash","words":2307,"posted_at":"2012-10-08T21:21:00.000Z","tags":["Fanfiction","Pikachu","Pokemon"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/447410-chapter-three-try-to-understand","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/7ejw4y4m","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/05/ef/05ef539c-8ba2-42bc-b5f3-c8dc3becbc99","description":"#3 of Part One - Life Through The Eyes Of A Former Human","content":"There were two doors. One on the outside, then one on the inside with a space inbetween them. Sighing, I realized that this would be harder than I previously thought. The knob was way too high for me to reach.  \n  \nMaybe if I jumped I could reach it.  \n  \nCrouching down, I prepared myself for the jump. If I was going to do this, I had to jump high. With all my strength, I pushed hard with my feet, bolting upward and springing into the air. Soaring past the knob, then over it, I looked down with my eyes wide, then out of instinct, I began twisting around and thrashing about in the air, attempting to twist around so I can land safely on all fours, only to end up landing on my back. With a grunt, I stood up.  \n  \n\"Okay, so I can jump a LOT higher than I thought... Great...\" I said sarcastically. \"What's the deal with THAT!? I could jump like... Five inches, or maybe a foot high as a human, but now that I'm a much smaller Pikachu I can jump freaking ten yards into the air? What's THAT all about!?\" I yelled at myself.  \n  \nPacing in front of the door, I began searching for a way inside. I had this weird urge to scratch on the door, but something else drew me against that urge, and I just stood there, staring at the door, wondering what to do.\n\n\u0026nbsp;I stood there staring at the door for about ten minutes, before I realized it wasn't actually closed, and there was a small opening in the side. Slipping my paws into it, I tugged hard and watched as I pulled open the door. Stepping inside, I let go of the door, only to have it slam shut behind me and trap me inbetween the two doors. Instinctively, I began clawing at the door that lead into the house, whining as I looked around myself, searching for a way out. After about a minute, the door opened and I bolted inside.  \n  \n\"Whoa!\" Ben yelled as he looked at me. \"What do you think you're doing little guy?\" He laughed as he looked down at me.  \n  \n\"BEN!\" I shouted. \"I was in the woods last night and I got attacked! Two Pikachu were in my lap and I was petting them, then they just struck me with thunderbolts! I blacked out and woke up in a lot of pain, then it got really hot and... and... And then I woke up like this, so I ran all the way here and now I'm inside so HELP ME!\" I blurted out, gasping for air.  \n  \nBy now, Kevin was standing in the doorway. \"Talkative little guy, huh?\" He said with a smile. \"Maybe he wants to tell us something?\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\"NO SHIT!\" I\u0026nbsp; yelled, flailing my paws in the air.  \n  \n\"I guess so...\" Ben said with a shrug, looking down at me. \"I don't understand Pikachu language, so you're going to have to act it out or something.\" He said as he shut the door.  \n  \nFrustrated, I grabbed both of my ears and began tugging on them. \"I'M SPEAKING ENGLISH! WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!?\" I yelled.  \n  \n\"Whoa, no need to yell.\" He said as he kneeled down in front of me.  \n  \n\"Well, when you make up STUPID excuses because you don't want to listen to me, I-\"  \n  \nThen a thought crossed my mind. Maybe they're telling the truth. Did I lose the ability to speak English? After all, I AM a Pikachu now. Maybe I can only speak in Pikachu, which I think is English because... I'm a Pokemon now...  \n  \n\"Ugh... Sorry... I think...\" I said as I looked up at him. \"Anyway, I was walking in the woods...\" I said as I pointed to myself, then took two fingers on my right paw and walked them over the palm of my left paw.  \n  \n\"You were walking?\" He asked.  \n  \nNodding, I continued. \"In the woods.\" I said as I pointed to the backyard.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\"In the backyard...\" He said, smiling.  \n  \n\"No. In the woods.\" I said as I waved my paw, motioning that it was farther back than the yard.  \n  \n\"The woods?\" He asked.  \n  \nQuickly, I nodded. \"I was walking in the woods last night, and I got attacked.\" I said as I pointed to myself, then clapped my paws together and squeezed and wiggled them, as if they were fighting.  \n  \n'And you mated with a female?\" He asked.  \n  \n\"NO!\" I yelled as I raised my paws up into the air, growling. \"I got ATTACKED!\" I yelled as I swiped my left paw through the air, then punched with my right.  \n  \n\"Oh you got in a fight...\" Ben said, laughing.  \n  \nNodding, I continued. \"Then I passed out.\" I said as I pointed to myself, then made a face and fell backwards, eyes closed and tongue hanging out.  \n  \n\"YOU DIED!\" Kevin shouted out.  \n  \nSlapping myself in the face, I sighed. \"No you idiot! I fainted!\" I said as I sat up, growling. \"Do you REALLY think I'd be here if I DIED?\"  \n  \n\"You fainted?\" Ben asked.  \n  \n\"THANK YOU! YES!\" I said, nodding and removing my paw from my face as I groaned.  \n  \n\"And you came here because you're hurt, and you need to recover before you go back into the woods!\" Ben said with a smile as he stood up. \"I'd be happy to keep you for a couple days while you recover.\" He said as he smiled at me.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\"NO!\" I yelled. \"Err, I mean yes!\" I said as I nodded. At least it'll buy me time to explain what I mean, right?  \n  \n\"Sure thing!\" Ben said, smiling. \"Just don't piss on the rug or anything like that... We have a litter box you can do that in... Why? Well because we picked up a female just last night, so we have all the supplies we need for a Pikachu to stay here.\" He said with a smile. \"Brian's not getting back for another week, so you can stay in his room. He won't mind.\"  \n  \n\"Gee, thanks... I leave for a week and you just give my room away to a Pikachu that randomly walks in...\" I said in an annoyed tone. \"And what do you mean you picked up a..\" I stopped as I remembered... We were supposed to adopt this Pikachu we ordered from that Pokemon Center place... I forgot what her name was, but I knew she was scheduled to be picked up yesterday, and I wasn't here for it. Great.  \n  \n\"She's upstairs somewhere. Maybe you should go up and meet her, talk to her, whatever you do with a female.\" He said, grinning. \"Just don't mate or anything like that. We're not ready for Pichu yet...\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;Sighing, I began making my way toward the stairs. Walking up the stairs, I used the same method as I did with the stairs outside. When I got to the top, I began my walk down the hall. My sensitive hearing picked up on noise in my room as I passed by it. Walking back, I could see a yellow heart shaped tail poking out from underneath my bed. The sound I was hearing sounded to me like chewing, but what would she be eating under there?  \n  \nTaking a step inside, I tried my best to be as quiet as possible, as not to startle her.  \n  \nBut wouldn't sneaking up on her startle her anyway?  \n  \nShrugging, I quietly walked right up to my bed. A sweet, fruity scent greeted my nose, and I wasn't sure if it was her, or something under the bed. Apparently, she heard me sniffing the air, because I saw her head turn to look at me, then turn back toward whatever was under there, as she went back to eating.  \n  \nFiguring she didn't see me, even though I knew she had, I got down on all fours and sniffed her tail. Indeed it did smell fruity, lemony to be exact, but it wasn't what I smelled before. What I smelled before smelled edible... Not like she didn't, but that's not the point. Her tail twitched a little as I sniffed it, and I let out a soft giggle. When it came to a rest a little to the right, I leaned my head down and gave it a second sniff. I giggled as it twitched, then she moved it again. To the left this time. My own tail was wagging slowly. I didn't know how I was moving it, but I knew I was happy.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;A grin spread across my muzzle as I got an idea. Reaching out with my left paw, I placed my paw ontop of her tail, then watched as she jerked it to the right. Instinctively, I pounced on it. I felt her trying to move it, then felt her pull it free and turn around. Staring at me, she flashed me a confused glance. \"What are you doing?\" She asked.  \n  \nNervously, I stood there and scratched my right ear. \"Ummm... I was just... Playing with your tail.\" I said with a smile.  \n  \n\"You're funny.\" She said, giggling.  \n  \nBlushing, I looked past her as my attention focused on the thing she'd been eating.  \n  \n\"My name's Electra, what's yours?\" I heard her ask me.  \n  \n\"Well... My name is... Is...\" Trying to remember my name, I made a weird face. \"I'm not sure what my name is... I don't think I have one...\" I said to her as my ears lowered to the sides, a sign of sadness.  \n  \nDid I really forget my name? How could I forget my own name?  \n  \nClosing my eyes tightly, I attempted to retrieve my name from the jumbled up pile of things in my mind that I no longer recognized, and therefore forgot about completely. Apparently, my name was one of them. I wasn't aware that I was forgetting all of the human things that a Pikachu wasn't familiar with. All I knew was that I didn't remember what the place a human lived in was called, and now I forgot my human name. It never occurred to me that I'd lose a lot of human things while I was a Pikachu. The only thing I was focused on was trying to explain to Ben what had happened to me, and that would be very difficult. He wouldn't know I was missing, because before I left, I had told him not to worry about me, that I'd be back in about a week or two, maybe even longer, so he wouldn't expect me to be missing for another three weeks or so. I also couldn't speak in his \"Language\" anymore apparently, so talking to him was out of the picture. Maybe I could still read? I could go to the computer, get his attention, then type out what I wanted to say. Yeah, that had to work!  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\"Hello?\" Electra said as she waved her paw in my face.  \n  \n\"Oh!\" I said as I jumped a little. \"Sorry, I was... daydreaming...\" I said as I scratched my right ear nervously.  \n  \n\"Oh, well look what I found!\" She said as she turned around and faced the thing she'd been eating when I found her.  \n  \nSmiling at her, I crawled underneath the bed until I was right up next to her, gazing down at a pile of gummy worms. \"Oh, you found... Err... Um...\" I searched around in my mind for the correct name of the gummy treats.  \n  \n\"Fruity worms!\" She giggled. \"We can share them.\"  \n  \nSmiling, I looked down at them. \"Yeah...\" I said as I instinctively reached over with my right paw and snatched up one of the sweet smelling gummies. Stuffing half of it into my mouth, I greedily chomped down on it. It tasted wonderful! It was fruity and gooey, while at the same time it had another flavor to it. I couldn't place my paw on the other flavor, but I knew I liked it. Swallowing it down, I reached for another.  \n  \nThese things were good!  \n  \nEventually, we both finished off the pile. We both crawled out from underneath the bed, and I found myself licking my right paw, apparently getting the taste of the gummies off of it, but my mind screamed at me that I was simply cleaning it off.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;Forcing myself to stop, I jerked my paw away from my mouth. Feeling a tired and weak feeling flow through my body, I opened my mouth and let out a loud yawn. Electra looked at me as I did so, and she began to giggle.  \n  \n\"Tired?\" She asked.  \n  \nNodding, I looked up at the bed. Taking into account how high I'd jumped earlier, I used only a little of my strength to propel myself into the air as I jumped up onto the bed. Electra hopped up onto the bed also, and I lost my balance as the mattress shifted underneath me, becoming uneven, I fell flat on my face and bounced a bit. Standing up on all fours, I giggled.  \n  \n\"I really have to work on my balance...\" I said out loud.  \n  \nElectra let out a small giggle. \"Yes, you do.\" She said as she nudged my right side with her nose. Giggling, I crawled over to the pillows and flopped down ontop of one. With another big yawn, I spread myself out on it, taking up a lot of room, for a Pikachu at least.  \n  \nElectra lay down next to me, and I smiled at her. As I began to doze off, my last words were \"You're cute.\" I blurted them out without thinking, as I usually say random things when I'm half awake.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\"You're kind of cute too...\" I heard her say to me, right before I dozed off.  \n  \n\n* * *\nEND Chapter Three\n* * *\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Part One - Life Through The Eyes Of A Former Human","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/447407-chapter-two-a-change-for-the-better.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/447411-chapter-four-my-first-day-alone.json"}}