Twin Hearts - Chapter 3 - My Turn

My name is Noel Hill.

I'm a 14 year old student, living in the town Alto Verde, together with my family. I'm a twin, and my brother is Leon Hill. He's in the same grade as me.

We're pretty ordinary kids, except for one thing.

We can transform each other into Pokémon.

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"...bro? Hey... bro?"

The Eevee that, just a few minutes ago, was my twin brother, was huddled up in a shaking ball, eyes moist with fear. He was curled up with his tail hiding most of his body, his ears flat against his head. He looked about ready to cry.

"Bro, snap out of it..."

<I'm scared...>

"I'm scared too, bro... Hey, wait a minute." I stared at him. "...I just heard your voice... in my head..."

<Huh?> He raised his head. <You can... you can hear my thoughts?>
"Only the thoughts that you're directing at me, I think." I sighed in relief. "At least I can still understand you..."

<...I don't know what to do, sis. I mean, I'm an Eevee! A Pokémon! An actual Pokémon!>
"C-calm down, bro..." The shock was wearing off now, and while it was still really strange, I was coming round to the fact that, well, my brother just up and became a Pokémon. "W-we'll figure something out..."

Leon had gone back to curling up into his little ball, and now he had his paws on his head. <Ahh, what am I going to do...>
Now that I looked at him, he was... he really was very cute...

He looked so pitiful, so sad... I wanted to cheer him up and protect him... Now that I look back, I don't think I was thinking straight. Something about the absurdity of the situation...
In any case, the next thing I knew, I had picked Leon up, and was hugging him, gently running my hand down his back.

<W-wha- sis?>
"It's alright, it's alright... You'll be fine..." I found myself reassuring Leon while stroking his back, and for a few moments, he actually seemed to enjoy it... then he snapped back to reality and became indignant.

<H-hey! I'm not your pet- I'm not a Pokémon... or rather, I'm not supposed to be a Pokémon!> His face was slightly red as his outburst was accompanied with annoyed 'vees'.
"Oh... I'm sorry, I just thought I'd comfort you, since you were so worried..." I sighed. "Besides, you really are very cute..."
<...of course I'm worried, you cuddling me isn't going to help me much.> He wiggled out of my grip and landed on the floor, then turned to face me. <...besides, you're taking this way too lightly, how can you still have the mood to call me 'cute' and all...>

He stared up at me with a withering look. <You don't know what it's like... why don't you try being turned into a 'cute' Pokémon, see how you like it... ah.>

A look of worry had dawned on both our faces. At that moment, his paw had lit up, just like my hand did a few minutes ago.

<A-ah... not again...>
"W-wait... When my hand lit up just now, you transformed, so now that your hand- I mean paw, is lighting up..." I trailed off into silence as a strange, tingly feeling. "...oh no..."

Slowly, our gazes moved towards my arm.

It was covered in scales.

"A-Aah!" I cried out, as the scales started spreading. They were mostly a light green, with the occasional patch of darker green. My fingers... they changed much like how my brother's had changed, leaving me with a three-toed paw. What was different this time, however, was the claws. My nails had sharpened into short white claws.

The scales continued their spread, tingling as they went. I winced a little as they began to cover my face, my hair receding away into my scalp. When I opened my eyes and looked down again, my clothes had vanished, along with my glasses.

<Aah! I'm sorry!> Leon suddenly cried out, as my feet began to shrink into paws as well, similar to my hands.
"H-huh? What?!" I was in a bit of a panic, what with being turned into a Pokémon and all, so his sudden outburst startled me.
<I think... I think this might be my fault!> Leon was nearly beside himself in tears. <I didn't mean it literally, I didn't mean for this to happen...>
"G-get to the point, please!" I didn't have the frame of mind to listen to Leon fret around, as my arms and legs began to shorten, becoming a lot stubbier.

<I said something like 'why don't you try being a Pokémon', but I didn't mean for you to actually become one... aah...>
"W-wait, so you're saying that your thoughts accidentally started this... Oh no..." I thought back to earlier, what I was talking about just before Leon transformed...

"Aah! I'm sorry-" My speech was cut off by my mouth suddenly widening and my body suddenly feeling pressured on all sides. Trying to speak only resulted in Pokémon noises, so I tried directing my thoughts at Leon.

<I was talking about how it would've been nice to have a cute Pokémon... Oh no, I think I might be responsible for you becoming an Eevee...> My getting agitated didn't seem to help Leon, though, neither did it stop the gradual shrinking, as the ceiling began to drift further and further away. My ears felt like someone was tugging them, as they moved up the side of my head, becoming pointed.

As my own face reached the level of Leon's worried face, a huge tingling sensation struck my back, and I inadvertently cried out. It didn't hurt, but it felt really weird. Leon jumped, but once he saw my discomfort, he immediately moved in nearer and placed his paw on mine. I winced, as a huge bulb (huge for my tiny size, at least) grew out of my back, while a short stubby tail sprouted further down.

As the tingling sensation left my body, I shakily got up, and looked myself over. I turned and looked Leon in the eye, his paw still resting firmly on mine. It was unreal, the two of us once again at the same height, but the room being a so much bigger than us.

Oh man.

I had become a Bulbasaur.

What was happening to us?