2 Awakening

Darkness…

A vast expanse of black.

It seems like I've been here for a long time. Days? Months? Or even Years? I don't know how much time has passed.

I couldn't move, couldn't feel, couldn't do anything. It felt like I was stuck in muddy water. I thought that I had died but I'm still living. Well… living is a stretch. It's more like I'm in limbo.

Time passed even more. Eventually, a small light shined. I didn't know what it was but I thought of it as hope. Maybe it would bring me out of this hell… or it would do nothing.

I watched as the puny light grow and grow. The light ultimately engulfed me, much like the darkness did when I died.

I woke up to find myself in a forest. I looked around and noticed that I seem to be a baby for my viewpoint was quite low. The towering trees made it seem I was insignificant. I suddenly noticed words at the corner of my eyesight.

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Name: Leon

Species: Venipede

Type: Bug/Poison

Level: 5 (Baby)

Mutation: 0%

Moves: Defence Curl, Rollout, Poison Sting

Innate Moves: Karate Chop, Low Sweep, Strength

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"Venipede?!" I yelled trying to look for some way to look at my reflection. "Isn't Venipede a Pokemon? Why am I a Venepede now? I don't believe this!"

I found a small pond and looked into it. I saw two, yellow, beady eyes staring back at me. I also saw that I had two dark purple antennas sticking out of my head. "I'm really a pokemon?!" I shouted in disbelief. Even though I was a pokemon fan, I didn't actually want to become one. If I would choose, I would rather be a trainer than a pokemon.

I was in a state of shock for a long time until I heard my stomach growl. I was hungry. I didn't even know what Venipedes ate. I looked around me to find a lot of other bug Pokemon. There were Caterpies drinking from the lake, Silcoons hanging from trees, and my own kind, Venipedes scurrying around.

I then saw a particular Venipede crawling up to an unsuspecting Caterpie drinking water. The Venipede was preparing to attack the Caterpie. It used Poison Sting, shooting a thin spike from its mouth. The Caterpie noticed it too and tried to dodge. The Caterpie shot out string from its mouth, hitting a tree. It tried swinging away from the attack but it was too late.

The Poison Sting hit the Caterpie, penetrating its torso. The Caterpie wiggled in pain as it started to turn a little purple from the poison. The Venipede then went in for the kill. It ruthlessly bit the Caterpie by its neck, decapitating the poor Pokemon.

The other Pokemon watched this happen as if it was normal. Well, it is normal I thought, since this is the Pokemon world. I've awakened here for some hours and finally excepted the fact that I reincarnated as a Pokemon.

I looked back at the profile-like words at the corner of my sight. I looked through it carefully. I saw the mutation percentage and wondered what it was. It definitely wasn't a part of any Pokemon series or any games.

I also noticed that I had some Innate Moves. "Why do I have them?" I questioned myself. I knew the moves I had were the typical moveset of a Venipede at Level 5. I pondered for a while and came to the conclusion that maybe I learned it because of me learning Karate or Taekwondo in my last life.

I came back to reality after accepting my theories. I still felt hungry but I felt that I needed to rest cause I was getting tired. I found a big stone and dug in front of it. Digging a hole big enough to fit me took some time, however. I wanted to use the stone as a cover for me while I slept. I was worried a Venipede would kill me in my sleep like the Caterpie before.

I felt drowsiness take over after I got into the hole while covering it with the stone. I felt my thoughts fade away and I fell asleep.