A Helping Hand (Absol TF) [TRADE]
My side of a trade with amberthewolfkit (DA) who had requested a story kinda based on an RP we did way back when, where she contracted Pokerus from helping an injured Pokemon. I had fun revisiting that idea, it was actually a Pokerus story on my docket for a while I never actually made. Hopefully enjoy!
Pokerus is a virus that usually infects Pokemon, making them sick. Some trainers would use this to their advantage when training to make them improve faster. However it would become a very different story. A new form of the Pokerus virus began to surface. This one could be contracted by humans and worse, it was fatal. Luckily no case ever proved fatal, as the virus alters the DNA of a human to a Pokemon's, transforming them into one. The virus is highly contagious, and someone infected with it is contagious for 1 week. After that, everything about a former human is Pokemon, and there's no way to tell they were ever human.
There were many controversies from the outbreak. Ranging from the infamous Crescent Town fall and the oddity of Pokerus Prevention and it's sudden disappearance. These days almost everyone would stay away from Pokemon. There were a handful of former trainers and Gym Leaders who had made a very unique way in order to keep on battling and training. It seemed to work, even after a small little incident involving the champion and a few others. It went under a small re-model to prevent other potentially infected Pokemon from entering.
However for Amber is was too hard to let go of Pokemon. She just loved them. The outbreak was of course a concern as it was with everyone, but she did her best to not let it affect her judgment of Pokemon, and still petted the small, more domestic ones. She couldn't let the infection get in her way of her love for the little creatures. Amber still volunteered at Pokemon Centers despite the fact some of the nurses even quit. She hated seeing sick Pokemon, Pokerus or otherwise. Amber currently resided in Viridian City, only a little ways off from the Viridian Forest.
Due to the outbreak, the forest was closed off, and visitors had to go through a tunnel that was sealed to avoid any Pokemon infected someone trying to get to Pewter City. While working, she was asked if she could travel there to inform it's Pokemon Center they need to transfer some Pokemon over to them as they were getting a bit crowded. Amber happily agreed and made her way through the tunnel. It was clear, and one could see the Pokemon in their natural habitat. There was a large sealed door that could be opened to feed the Pokemon safely.
Amber was the only one going through the tunnel, and she noticed something. A Skitty, with a rather nasty looking gash on it's leg. It was lying on it's side crying out, seemingly in a lot of pain. Amber couldn't take it. Skitty wasn't even a Kanto native! It was in unfamiliar terrain and hurt! She couldn't not help it. There were some potions and bandages in Amber's bag, and it could help ease the pain for the poor Skitty. Pokerus hadn't even come close to Viridian, and the forest was rather safe so infection wouldn't be an issue.
Amber looked around and made sure no one was approaching her to try and stop her. Once she was sure the coast was clear, Amber opened up the door and quickly closed it behind her, making sure no one would notice it was opened. She quickly made her way over to the Skitty, who was panting quite heavily. Amber looked down at it with a frown.
"It's okay...I'm going to help you." Amber said scratching behind the Skitty's ears, which seemed to make it happy. She stopped to pull out the potion and held out the Skitty's injured arm and sprayed it. The Skitty let out a cry of pain but tried it's best to hold it.
"I know it burns but it's the only way you'll feel better..." Amber instructs, pulling out the bandages as she starts patch up the gash.
After a few moments Amber's handiwork was done and the Skitty sat on it's hind legs looking happily up at Amber.
"Thank you miss!" the Skitty said up to Amber.
"Don't mention it!" Amber replied happily and started walking away. It took a moment but once Amber realized what had happened she stopped dead in her tracks.
"Did you just talk?" she asked both confused and frightened.
"Yeah, I talk!" the Skitty replied. The more scary part that the Skitty wasn't speaking English, but Amber understood every word.
"That means...oh no..." Amber said to herself looking down at her arms, already starting to see white fur growing on them.
The transformation was almost instant. White fur engulfed the woman's body quickly. At her neck, much fur grew and became a proud mane. Amber's bone structure radically changed and since it was so fast, she let out a very loud cry of pain. Amber's fingers merge together to leave three digits behind, of which became hard and sharp to became claws. Amber's feet followed behind shortly afterward. Amber's body then took on a digitigrade stance, quite forcefully and painfully so. Where the digitigrade was pronounced two blue spikes formed that matched the colors of her new claws.
Amber's body was becoming more smaller to match new proportions for her quadrupedal body. A sharp looking blue tail shot out from behind her and swayed a bit idly. The skin on her face took on a dark blue tone as her face pushed out into a small muzzle, her nose becoming small and black at the tip. Her eyes become blood red as a her hair went into one white bang. A patch of blue skin showed on Amber's forehead while her ears became lost in fur. Lastly a blue sheathe looking appendage formed on from the side of Amber's head, finalizing the transformation.
"So....tight!" Amber shouted at as her body was far too big for her clothes, and it was barely holding on by the seams.
"Let me help!" the Skitty said, clawing at the clothes to tear them off, allowing Amber a steady stream of air.
"Thanks..." Amber replied with a weak smile, glad to actually breath. She realized what Pokemon she had become, consider she could only say "Absol" no matter how hard she tried, and yet it was understood by her and the Skitty.
"What happened to you?" the Skitty asked curiously.
"It appears you were infected with Pokerus...if it infects a human we become Pokemon so we can live." Amber explained.
"Oh...we don't have that where I'm from..." the Skitty replied.
"Where did you come from?" Amber questioned a bit confused.
"Hoenn, unless it had something to do with that Murkrow that showed up and infected a bunch of Pokemon in the forest. I was caught and brought here in a Pokeball." she replies.
"How long have you been here?" Amber asked.
"Just a few days." Skitty answered.
"That would explain it..." Amber sighed.
"So what will you do now?" the Skitty asked curiously. "Now that you're an Absol...sorry about that..." she added sadly.
"It's not your fault." Amber said with a small smile. "Besides I need someone to show me how to be a Pokemon, think you can help me?"
"Of course I can! I know a place with awesome berries! Follow me!" the Skitty said happily, already starting to walk off.
"Hey, wait up!" Amber said with a small giggle.