Glitched Out

Treeko TF
Requested by RocketSkarmry

Daniel pushed the blue Pokemon Sapphire cartridge into his Gameboy Advance. He watched the intro and selected "New Game". He went through the "Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon!" scene quickly and had his character climb out of the moving truck, set his clock, and meet up with May. He went north of Littleroot to find the professor being attacked by a wild Poochyena. He opened the nearby bag and pulled out the Pokeball containing the Pokemon Mudkip. After easily defeating the opponent, he set out to battle May and her Treeko. But once it looked like he had won, the screen glitched out.

"What the f***?"

The music distorted with the graphics, and both eventually faded to static. Then it all cleared up, but it all looked different. He was back in the overworld, but it was a huge forest rather than a short path, and the player character had been replaced by a Treeko. The music had switched to the haunting Lavender Town theme. Daniel had no idea how this was possible, but something made him keep playing. He came across a treetop town inhabited by other forest Pokemon. Suddenly a swarm of Venipede came through and attacked. Unprepared for the fight, he just barely won. He went to a nearby inn to save and heal up. Then his game simply powered off.

"Okay, what the hell's going on here!?"

Suddenly Daniel's head hurt. His face stretched into a wide muzzle, absorbing his nose in the process. His tongue grew long and forked.

He tried to scream for help when he realized he could see his mouth an inches or two away from the rest of his face, but it just came out as "Treeekoooo!!" He clamped his hands over his mouth. Why did I just say treeko?

Then his eyes grew much larger and moved to the sides of his head. They turned yellow with reptilian slits for pupils. Two large crests grew out of the top of his head.

Please tell me this isn't what I think it is, he thought as he hastily ran to the bathroom to get a look in the mirror. His head looked just like a Treeko's, only he didn't have any scales and still had his hair and ears.

Then his hands felt hot. His thumbs shrank away and his pinkies and ring fingers drifted together. All attempts to pull then apart failed, and a swift *crack!* made them one digit.

"Tree!" The fingers merging really hurt.

His palms became much smaller and each finger grew longer. A small spike popped out of each finger, with the smallest tinge of pain and a tiny bit of blood, and his arms grew a bit longer and thinner. His body became rounded, making any visible muscle mass disappear. Daniel didn't feel any weaker, however. His legs also slimmed a little. His toes fused, lengthened, and spiked like his hands. (Don't think I'm lazy! I'm just better at transforming hands than feet.)

When Daniel felt a buildup of pressure on his spine, he braced himself. He knew what was coming. A bulky tail shot out, tearing a hole in the seat of his pants. When he looked at the new appendage, he smiled and it wagged. Then the horrifying truth came to Daniel: he wanted to be a Treeko. As much as he wanted to deny it, he just couldn't. Scales slid out from under his skin in chilly waves. He was primarily light green with a dark green tail and a red stomach and throat. Every single hair fell out and drifted to the ground. His ears shrank away.

Daniel looked back in the mirror, the pulled off his clothes to see his new body. It wasn't like he'd really need them anymore. He was unquestionably a Treeko in every possible way. He flicked out his tongue and 'tasted' the area. He left the lavatory, but the hallway wasn't the one in his home. It was totally wood, with several doorless entrances on the walls. He turned around and rather than a bathroom there was a small room with a leaf-bed and furniture carved from wood and stone. He explored a bit a found a desk. Behind it was...

"Virizion!?"

"Good morning, Mr. Daniel. How was your rest?"

Daniel realized that now he could understand poke-speak perfectly. "Uh, it was good. Unlike any other." He left the inn and read he sign that said the town's name: Mystic Leaf Village.

Virizion grinned darkly. "Another satisfied customer, I see... Hehehe..."