This is based on the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl games, with influences from the anime. (And maybe from Pokémon Platinum once I get that...) It does not take place in the same continuity as the anime; think of it as an alternate universe fic.

Reviews are always welcome.

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In the mountains high above Sinnoh and atop Mt. Coronet two pokémon looked across the region, watching over it, each growling in turn as if conversing. Before long the blue one took a step forwards, it's head crest glowing before a blast of dark blue lightning shot out from it, the sound of thunder echoing miles around.

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"I hate to say it Professor, but I don't think there's anything on the other side either." A girl sighed as she looked over the lake outside of Twinleaf Town; her slim frame clad in sleeveless black dress with a pink bottom with a white tank top under it, pink boots on her feet with black, knee high socks visible, a white beanie with a pink symbol on her head covering shoulder length blue hair..

"Maybe I was mistaken then..." A man with white hair and a moustache replied, crossing his arms, his own body in black dress pants, brown shoes, a white button up shirt and blue vest and a black tie tucked under it. "I'm sure something was different than it was before, but... Well I suppose it's enough to have seen the lake." He added with a sigh, slinging the trench coat that he held under his arm over his shoulder. "Alright Dawn, let's go."

"Professor, how are you enjoying things back in Sinnoh?" The girl asked as she began to pack up the man's briefcase. "After being away for four years it has to be exciting again."

"Hm... There is one thing I will say." The man said, smiling as he spotted a little brown creature poking its head out of the grass, looking at him. "There are many rare kinds of pokémon in Sinnoh. The region will serve us very well for us to study.

"Oh, it's an Eevee..." The girl said as she spotted the small, brown furred pokémon, smiling at it. "It's sooo cute! Too bad I don't have a pokéball with me..."

"Eevees are very rare, aren't they?" The man said with a chuckle. "Well I'm sure we'll find you... What is that?" He asked, looking skywards, both the girl and the creature looking up as a streak of deep blue zigzagged about the sky.

"Is that... a... pokémon of some sort Professor Rowan?" Dawn asked, watching the streak intensely.

"If it is then I have never heard of one like this in my life!" Rowan replied as the streak came closer. "Good lord! It's heading this way!" He exclaimed just as the streak flew behind them, only to turn about and slam into the ground, right next to the Eevee the energies about it pouring into the creature.

"VEE!" The tiny creature cried out, it's body rapidly changing colours from red to yellow over to blue, to black, a lighter blue, green and purple then back to red to repeat the pattern, it's fur becoming a strobe of rainbow colours. The streak that had slammed next to it glowed for a few moments before dissipating, leaving a human form, void of clothing. In turn the Eevee stopped changing colours, it's fur becoming less and less brown before settling on a silver hue.

"It's a boy!" Dawn cried out, rushing over to the boy's side. He appeared to be near her age with short brown hair, eyes opening to reveal the blue orbs before closing again. She looked him over for a moment, eyes turning down his body before rushing away, her face flushing. 'Stupid, stupid... This is NOT the time to let curiosity get the best of you.'

"My god, it's a person!" Rowan let out as he took his coat from under his arm and covered the young man's body before turning to the small pokémon. "And the Eevee... its colouring changed..."

"That... energy had to have something to do with it..." Dawn mused as she picked the creature up, a moan exiting its mouth as she cradled it in her arms. "Poor guy..." She mused as the Professor picked the boy up in his own arms. "I hope he's not hurt bad..."

"Come on Dawn, we can't dolly here..." Rowan said as he began to walk away from the lake. "We need to get them to my lab, the boy and the Eevee. I'm sure that whatever was behind this a pokémon of some sort was involved!"

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"Who is he...?" Dawn mused idly as she sat outside an examination room at the lab, a doctor and the local Nurse Joy inside with Rowan as they looked over the two patients. It seemed weird to her that a boy would be slammed into the ground by some... force. The same force that made that Eevee's coat change colours before settling on the silverfish fur that seemed to shine. What was that? What caused it? And more importantly; who WAS he? Her head turned to see Rowan walk out, wiping at his forehead. "Professor, are they alright?"

He didn't answer right away, walking over to a water cooler across from the room, taking a cup and filling it. A moment later he drank it all in one swig, holding the cup in his hand. "Sorry, just collecting my thoughts." He finally said.

"Something's wrong?" Dawn asked as she stood up.

"I'm not sure..." He replied. "The young man is fine. He seems quite healthy and, amazingly, has no injuries. By all appearances he's just asleep."

"Asleep?" Dawn parroted as Rowan filled the cup again.

"The doctor had no better way to put it." He replied. "It's the Eevee that worries me. It's genetic make up has been... altered."

"You mean the energy from... whatever that was is making it evolve?" Dawn asked as Rowan sipped at his water.

"No, no..." He began, stroking his chin. "An Eevee's genetic code is unstable by nature; it's why they can evolve into seven different pokémon we know of while most others only evolve into one other. There are others who can evolve into two or three other pokémon like Tyrogue, but even that is less than half of what an Eevee can evolve to." He paused for a moment to finish his water before continuing. "But this Eevee's genetic code has been altered, possibly explaining the change in fur coloration. It's... stabilized. It's genetic code isn't irregular anymore. It hasn't evolved at ALL and yet it's genetic code has evolved into... something that IS an Eevee but ISN'T an Eevee."

"It's an Eevee, but it's not an Eevee?" Dawn said, more to herself than the professor. "That... doesn't make ANY sense. What... what will it do to the Eevee?"

"There is no way to know for sure..." Rowan said, tossing the cup into a bin. "For now we have to wake until the young man wakes up. He's our best possible source of information."

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"Ee..." A tiny voice let out as the fox-like creature woke up, shaking it head as it stood up. Looking about it saw it was on a human bed of some sort, another bed containing a male human. Curious it jumped down to the floor, walking across the room to jump up onto the other bed, walking onto the person's chest to look at it's face. "Eevee?" It let out as it sat on his chest, head tilted one way. A moment later it laid back down with a yawn before going back to sleep.

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"Ugh... what the hell hit me...?" The young man said as his hand reached out to his head, waking up to a sore body. Rubbing his head softly he tried to massage the headache that throbbed in his skull. He idly heard someone, a girl, call out but his ears were filled with a ringing sound. As he sat up he felt a weight fall off his chest, a soft bark of sound that punched past the ringing. The girl he heard turned to him, setting her hands on his shoulder, easing him back down. He opened his eyes, looking up at a cute girl with worried blue eyes. Her lips moved as she spoke but it wasn't until the deafening ringing stopped that he heard her properly.

"... ed to lay back. You've been out for over a day."

"...what...?" He managed before she shook her head.

"I said 'you shouldn't get up, you need to lay back.'" She said softly, stroking his hair. "My name is Dawn."

"...J-jay." He let out as an older man came into the room.

"Ah, he is up!" The man said happily as he walked over. "You gave us quite the fright young man."

"Eevee!" Jay heard, his eyes widening as he looked down into something that was far too cute for it's own good. "Vee! Eevee!" It chirped out happily.

"...What is that?" He asked is a strangely calm voice.

"An Eevee of course." Dawn said, giving it a pat on the head, the furry thing leaning up to the pat.

"...A what?"

"Eevee." Dawn repeated. "An Eevee! You know! It's a rare kind of pokémon!" She said, tossing up her hands as she spoke.

"Po-kay-wha?" Jay said as he sat up with a groan.

"How can you not know what a pokémon is?" Dawn asked, dumbfounded as Rowan rubbed his chin.

"I wonder..." He began. "Dawn, let me." He said as Jay turned his head to him. "My name is Professor Rowan; I want to ask you some questions that may clear something up for me." He began. "Oh, Dawn if you could keep quiet while he answers please. First, what is your name?"

"Jay. Jay Snares." The young man replied.

"What was the city of your birth?" The elder man asked.

"...Terrace." Jay replied as Dawn mouthed his response, looking confused.

"Which region do you live in?"

"Region?" Jay asked, raising an eyebrow. "Do you mean... province?"

"If it's the closest match."

"British Columbia."

"Hmm... Do you keep a pet?"

"A cat."

"What sort?"

"American Short Tail."

"Hmm... Off the top of your head, name the largest competitive sport you can think off."

"Probably... Soccer."

"...This is beyond what I thought..." Rowan sighed as he began to pace. "And you claim not to know what a pokémon is, right?" He asked, pulling out a small object from his belt, round and painted half red, half white with a button on it.

"Never heard of such a thing."

"Then let me show you another pokémon." He said pressing a button on the object as it expanded to the size of a baseball as Jay's eyes widened. "Munchlax, I choose you!" He call out tossing the ball to the ground as it split open, a burst of energy flying out and forming into a short, two foot tall blue and tan furred bear like creature.

"Munchlax!" It cried out as Jay rolled off the bed, knocking the Eevee to the ground before he landed on shaky feet.

"THE HELL IS THAT!?" He exclaimed pointing at it. "And... how did you shove it into a BASEBALL!?"

"It's as bad as I feared..." The Professor sighed as Dawn looked back and forth between Jay and Rowan. "What I am about to say may sound almost unfathomable, but it is the only thing that can possibly explain this..."

"Explain... what Professor?" Dawn asked, as the Eevee jumped back on the bed, shaking itself out.

"Jay... Right before you lost consciousness... What was the LAST thing to happen?" Rowan asked.

"I-I don't know." He said, eyeing the two pokémon in the room. "One moment I was walking home the next... I heard thunder and something... blue hit me..."

"Dark blue?"

"Yeah..."

"That blue thunder slammed into you and brought you to Lake Verity, outside of Twinleaf Town and in front of us, affecting that Eevee." Rowan began, pointing to the little fox pokémon. "I believe... That blue... power... Reached outside of OUR dimension, grabbed you, and brought you back. I think you're not in your world anymore..."

"W-what...?" Jay let out, almost in a squeak, grabbing onto the bed. "Th-that's crazy!"

"Is it?" Rowan asked as he pointed at his Munchlax. "Your world didn't have pokémon in it. Ours does. It's... It's the only explanation we have." Silence reigned as the young man's eyes turned down cast, looking at the bed. A moment later Rowan sighed. "Come along Dawn, Munchlax. We need to let him come to terms with this." He said, guiding the two to the door. "We put some clothes into the dresser for you; you came here with nothing, literally." A moment later it was just him and the Eevee.

"Vee...?" It let out, walking over to the man, pawing at his hand. "Eevee?"

"Not... my world?" He let out, walking around the bed before sitting down, his mind in a daze. "I... I'm stuck here? My... family? I..." He let out as the Eevee jumped onto his lap, standing on it's back paws, front ones on his chest as it licked at his chin. Idly he reached out to pet it's back. "...What am I doing to do...?" He said, tears coming a moment later, sobs following.

All as the Eevee nuzzled him, offering what comfort it could.

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"Oh my..." Dawn said, resisting the urge to bite her nails to calm her nerves. "Another world... Are you sure?" She asked as the Professor recalled Munchlax.

"Can you think of any other excuse?" Rowan sighed as he sat at his desk. "He comes from a town and 'province' unheard of, he speaks of his pet as a breed rather than a species, and he has never in his life seen a pokémon until now... What other explanation is there?"

"Oh, he must be feeling horrible..." She said softly. "Separated from his whole world... His family... his friends..." Yet on the other side of things she couldn't imagine what a world would be like without pokémon in it. She couldn't live in such a world, not without her Piplup. 'But still... it must be so hard on him...'

"Nothing we can do about that..." Rowan sighed. "We have no idea if this was caused by a pokémon as I believe or some attempt at a new technology. And even if we DID know, there's no guarantee we can send him back. For now we must offer support and friendship to him. He seems to be about your age, Dawn, perhaps you could befriend him. Let him know he's not alone. I know it may push back both the pokédex project and your contest dreams, but-"

"But nothing." Dawn said, shaking her head. "It can wait awhile longer. He needs friends about now..."

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"My god, the hell am I going to do...?" Jay asked as Eevee hopped down to the floor before he stood up. The little creature cried out as it pawed at a dresser before he looked down and saw his nude state. "...Yeah, guess getting dressed would be a first step."

The clothing in it was a little larger than his size, but the boxers fit, the gray sweatpants had a tie to make it fit snugly and the white t-shirt was just a little baggy. Sighing he looked over himself before turning to the pokémon. "Now what?" He asked before his stomach growled. Almost as if answering him the Eevee's stomach answered with it's own growl. "Never mind..." I let out, opening the door. "Let's hope the food here isn't as weird as the wildlife..." He mused as the Eevee trotted along next to him. "And let's just hope nothing ELSE weird happens..." He mused before a loud explosion sounded, the building rocking slightly. "...I just HAD to say it, didn't I?"

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Author's Note: That's all for the first chapter. Be sure to tell me what you liked or didn't like about the fic thus far.

The Eevee coloration is based on a shiny Eevee in Diamond and Pearl and can be seen at Bulbapedia, a pokémon wiki.