Ep 1: Green Eyes

I rush to Zappy’s house. Yes, we all have houses. Seems a bit weird, doesn’t it? Usually, Pokémon don’t have houses, but sometimes we have to defy the laws. I open the door to see Zappy inside pacing back and forth. She wanted me for some reason, but she didn’t tell me why.

“What’s going on?” I ask.

“I need your help!” she says.

“For what?”

“It’s Spider.”

Spider is Zappy’s boyfriend. He’s a Luxio. He got his name because he could stick to any surface using his claws for a long time. I wish I had claws, but you can’t change what you already have. Unless you can change into a completely different Pokémon. I wonder if you can do that. “What happened to him?” I ask.

“He went out to go somewhere with Wave. He was only supposed to be gone for a little bit, but it’s been about a half hour and he isn’t back yet!”

I never thought Spider would be late for anything. That’s not like him. And since Wave is only with one other person, he’s bound to have gotten lonely real fast. Maybe something did happen to them. “Ok,” I say. “I’ll find them for you.”

“Thanks so much!” A big smile went across Zappy’s face.

I smile as well. Her smiles were always infectious to me. I hover out of the house and went to search for them. To be honest, they could be anywhere. Zappy didn’t even tell me where they last were. I was able to find them near the beach. Their backs are turned away from me.

“Hey, Spider! Hey, Wave!” I say.

They don’t respond. Weird. Usually, Wave is the first one to say anything when he hears someone.

“Spider? Wave? Are you ok?” I slowly creep closer to them.

Spider’s head quickly turns to me. I jump back. It felt like something from a horror movie. I got chills thinking about it. But something seems… off. I tilt my head, confused. His eyes are green. I’ve never seen that before. My eyes turn pink from anger and purple because of stress. But green? My eyes have never turned green. At least, I don’t recall a time when they have. And to add to that, he’s not even talking to me. What is going on?

“Are you ok, Spider?” I repeat. I’m worried for him.

Spider slowly walks up to me. His face is expressionless. Then Wave turns around as well, his eyes are also green. Both their faces have no expression. I back up, not knowing what to do. Then they start running toward me.

Now I’m really scared. I try to outrun them, but they’re catching up to me. I don’t know what it is that made them this fast, but I bet it’s whatever’s going on with them. I turn my head around to see how close they are to me. It’s not long until they reach me. Spider tries to lunge at me, but he misses and lands with a face full of sand. I chuckle at him. I turn my head back and see Zappy’s house ahead and I smile. I know Zappy will help me. I try to open the door. It’s locked. So I try knocking—hard. She answers the door and lets me in.

“What’s going on out there?” Zappy asks.

“Spider and Wave… they’re trying to get me…” I say, out of breath.

“What do you mean?” She looks out the front window to see Spider and Wave outside. They’re still running to the house. “Why are their eyes green?”

“I don’t know,” I say. “I’ve never seen that before.”

Zappy is startled when she hears Spider trying to knock down the door. “Well, we better put something in front of the door so they won’t get in.”

I nod and start to look for something. There’s nothing big enough that will block the door. Nothing that I can carry. I turn around. Zappy is still looking out the window. “Everything ok over there?”

Zappy looks like she might cry her eyes out. But that changes in an instant when Wave breaks the window. Zappy screams. I never heard such a girly scream from Zappy before, but there’s a first time for everything.

Wave climbs through the window and tries to attack Zappy. But when he does, his eyes turn back to normal. He blinks a few times and looks around. “Where am I?” he asks Zappy.

Zappy is too shocked to say anything.

I look outside to see Spider’s eyes back to normal as well. How is this happening?

“I think those green eyes had something to do with it,” Spider says.

“Wait, Spider, how did his eyes become green?” I ask.

“I have no idea. It just seemed to have happened. And I guess it spread to me.”

“How?”

“He did touch me after his eyes turned green and I think mine turned green after that. Maybe it spreads by contact like a virus infection would.”

That would make sense. But I still don’t know how this whole thing happened in the first place. Is someone controlling them? I don’t know if it would be Shadow doing this, but with her, you can’t doubt anything. Plus, she could go back to her evil ways at any minute. Maybe this is her betrayal. But let’s not jump to conclusions right away.

“I have to talk to Shadow about this,” I say to them.

“But Shadow stopped doing evil things months ago!” Zappy protests. “How could it be her?”

“I’m not saying it’s her, but I just want to make sure.” I hover out of the house to find her. I turn around to look at Spider and Wave. “You guys should rest up here for a little bit.”

They nod and try to find the bedroom. I turn to Zappy. “And don’t worry,” I begin. “I’ll replace your window for you.”

Zappy smiles. “Thanks, but I think I got it covered.”

I smile at her and head outside. If this is Shadow’s fault, then she’s been faking being good for the last three months.

Please don’t let it be her that’s causing this.