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Once isn't enough

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The humming immediately caught his attention. The boy smiled and walked in the direction it was coming from. He was pretty sure who it was already from the voice, but what gave it out even more was the position. He didn't know anyone else who would walk through a forest and hum to themselves. Sure, it could be a stranger, but he believed he was right.

He walked towards the bush the sounds were coming from, before he walked around it. When he saw the red hair and the hat, he knew that he was right with his assumption.

"Hey there Lily!"

He said, stopping behind her. She looked around at him and smiled, nodding a bit.

"Oh, hey there Ash! What brings you here?"

She asked, before turning back to the bush, picking up the blossoms. She was a magician. Actually, that was pretty much everything Ash knew about her. She collected ingredients and did her crazy spells. She couldn't help it but chuckle, remembering that one time he and his friends collected ingredients for her. She said she came up with a spell to make humans understand the Pokémon language. But when she used that spell on Ash, it had rather unexpected effects. Instead of just understanding the Pokémon language, the spell went overboard and turned him into an actual Pokémon, into a Pikachu to be exact. He has never experienced anything half as weird as that was, luckily, the spell was repelled afterwards.

"Oh, I was just walking through here when I heard you, so I decided to stop by." He said and sat on the ground. "How about you? Coming up with another spell?"

"Oh I see-" She said and put the blossoms into her pouch. "And yep. I am trying to figure out what I did wrong with that spell I used on you. You remember, right?"

She asked, smirking a little.

"Well of course I do, I'll hardly ever forget that!" He said and laughed, shaking his head. "Just make sure it actually works the next time you use it on someone, who knows what will happen? Being a Pikachu once was more than enough for me." He said, waving his hand dismissively.

Log, don't be silly, it wasn't that bad!" She said and snickered. "But yeah, I'll be more careful the next time, if that makes you happier." She smiled and sat on the ground next to him.

"Sure. Hey Lily, do you have anything to drink?" He asked, as he was really thirsty. He forgot his own water at home, but when he found out, he was too lazy to go back home to get it.

"Yeah, sure." She took a bottle and gave it to him. "Here you go."

"Thanks."

He quickly opened the bottle and put it to his lips. He drank almost half of the contents before he realized how odd the water tasted. He stopped himself and looked at the bottle, before looking back up at Lily.

"What's in there? It tastes nothing like water."

He said, a little bit confused. He closed the bottle and handed it back to her. She took it in her hands and took a deep breath before opening it.

Could I have given him a potion by mistake?

She opened the bottle and sniffed, only to look back on Ash with shock in her eyes.

How is this possible? It was supposed to be water! Did I confuse the bottles when I got out? Oh no...

"Um.. Lily? What is going on? What was in that bottle?"

She sighed and shook her head, knowing exactly what was in there. It was a Potion to change people into Pokémon. She was working on it for quite a while already, since when that spell caused Ash to change into one. It intrigued her and she decided to make a potion for just that purpose, but she didn't have a chance to test it on anybody so far. And now Ash did it for her. She was actually relieved that he did, because what would happen if she drank it herself? Who would undo the effects then? She would be stuck as a Pokémon forever!

"Hm, it was... It was a tea."

She lied and smiled widely, anticipating the changes. She didn't want him to freak out and run off, so she rather lied about the contents of that bottle. It'll be better if he doesn't know, at least she'll see how well the potion works.

  "A tea, huh?"

Ash mumbled and rubbed his head.

"That was some weird tea I'm telling you, I feel all funny after drinking it!"

Lily's eyes brightened a little with excitement, she was eager to know all the details.

"Really? How are you feeling?"

Ash blinked and stared at her a bit, before he rubbed his belly.

"Jeez, what are you so excited about? It was just a tea, right?"

"But of course!" Lily nodded enthusiastically. "Just tell me how you feel, perhaps I'll know what is going on."

She added, luring the information out of him.

This is so exciting!What is going to happen next? How fast will the change be? And most importantly, what will he change into? Will it even work? Oh, so many questions!

"Well..." He sighed, scratching his head again. "I feel an odd tingling in my body... I also feel like something is moving inside me... Like, turning around, shifting... It's really weird, I don't know how to describe it."

"Amazing!" Lily clasped her hands together and scooted a bit closer. "I mean- Most odd! How about your body? Any changes visible?"

"What... What do you mean?" Ash asked, getting more suspicious with each word that came out of her mouth. He rubbed his belly once more as it tingled more than the other parts of the body and stopped.

Just why is my belly hairy?

  He looked down, all confused, and gasped when he saw that his belly was covered in soft black fur. But his belly soon wasn't the only thing that was covered with fur. The fur was quickly spreading down onto his legs. The color of the fur changed to a nice blue color, until it reached his knees and turned black again.

Soon, his whole legs were covered with the warm and fuzzy fur and it started spreading up from his chest as well. His whole chest stayed black and his arms and hands got the same shade of blue as his legs had.

He looked at his now furry body, but save for the fur, there was no difference in its structure.

"Lily! What.. What is going on?! What was in the bottle?!"

He repeated with a hint of panic in his voice, his eyes widened a bit from the shock, as he still examined the fur covering him. It was soft to the touch and warm. That was all very nice, but how can he go around with all that fur on him?!

Lily just stared at him with her eyes full of nothing but excitement, almost bouncing up and down on that one spot in front of him.

"That's not important Ash! This is fantastic!"

She almost squealed out as she got up and walked around him, touching his fur herself, looking at him from various angles.

"This isn't fantastic at all! Get that fur off me!"

He snapped back at her, taking a step back from her.

"Why is it that every time I encounter you, something bad happens to me?"

He continued muttering, pacing back and forth in front of her, gazing down on all the fur. He opened his mouth again to mutter some more comments about how annoying it was, but he was interrupted by Lily.

"Oh my! It's growing again!"

Did she squeal out and before Ash could even complain, she was right in front of him again, looking at his chest so close that it was becoming pretty irritating.

What is growing?! Why is she staring on my chest?! Is something growing on it?!

His mind was full of chaotic questions, confused. He backed off from her again and looked down, but the chest stayed the same, covered with black fur. What was growing then? Only when his neck started tingling and the sensation slowly spread up onto his face, he realized what she meant. The fur! It was spreading again!

  "Oh man! Make it stop! Make it stop!"

He yelled, covering his face. He was getting pretty desperate now. Having his body covered in fur was bad enough, but this was still somehow manageable and he could at least hide most of it. But this!

"I can't even go anywhere now, with face like that! It's all furry and.... Weird!"

He complained again and looked at Lily, pretty much mad at her by now. How can she just stand there and be all excited about that?! And... She even giggles now?!

"Hey! What is so funny! I don't find anything about this funny at all!"

He yelled at her, but she only laughed even more.

"Your face...!"

  Was all she got out of herself and gasped, still laughing at him.  She rubbed her eyes to get rid of the tears that got into her eyes from all the amusement, before she tried again.

"Your face... It's all blue, with a black strip over your eyes! The fur on our neck is all yellow, like a collar was there or something! It's just so funny, you're all colorful!"

Ash just stared at her, piercing her with his gaze.

"That's... That's not funny at all!"

He growled out at her and took a step forward, only to yelp and fall down into the grass.

What? Why did I fall?

He thought and looked at his legs, gasping a bit and groaning.

"Oh man!"

He whined again as he watched his shoes being torn apart by his feet that were growing wider and larger, changing shape into paws, which looked pretty much like the ones of a dog. He sighed and groaned, fearing what might come next.

So the fur wasn't the only change, great... Now I'll change into... who knows what! It's terrible anyways!

"Amazing! Truly amazing! Now the shape changes to-"

Lily started to talk to herself, completely ignoring all his complaints and the fact that he was flailing and rolling around on the ground. She just watched him with interest, watching as something started to grow out of his lower back, soon shaping up into a fluffy tail, sporting that stunning blue color he had on the various places of his body.

He didn't notice the new part of himself at all, he just continued his flailing and rolling around, as if that would help him to make the changes at least stop, as eve he knew that reversing them all by himself now was impossible.

Lily was carefully observing him, taking note of all the changes. His hips got a little wider, but that was probably just the effect of the fluffy fur. There were, however, way more apparent changes than that. His hands soon shifted into paws similar to the ones on his legs, again looking like the ones of a dog. That included everything, even those pink paw pads on his palms and fingers.

  When Ash suddenly yelled and started twitching franticly, mainly from the odd feeling and confusion than anything, as there was no pain connected with the changes, things got interesting.

Or at least for Lily they were, as she got to watch his head change shape and that in many ways. Firstly, a snout formed instead of his mouth and nose, causing him to look more and more like a relative to the canine species, other than the odd coloring and body structure, he was still a Pokémon after all.

  When the general shape of his head stopped shifting, two pointy bumps formed on the top of his head, resembling something in between ears of a wolf and spikes, only that they were covered by that same blue fur. Other pair of ears grew however, this time looking like the ones of a regular dog. They were covered with black fur and were hanging down, almost as long as his head was.

At that moment, Ash finally stopped struggling, feeling that his body grew calm as usual again. He just lay there with his eyes closed for a moment, before he opened them again and stared at Lily.

"Marvelous!"

She shouted again, as she saw that his irises were now all red and wide. He got up, rather clumsily and stared at himself.

"Marvelous, huh?"

He muttered, examining his body. He noticed that he had white bumps on his wrists. He looked down at his body and thought. All these parts reminded him of one Pokémon... Which one it was...? Lily was first to remember though.

"You changed into a Riolu!"

She announced and grinned at him, patting his head. He just sighed and stayed there, figuring that if he had any chance of becoming his old self again, it was only through the very woman that had made him like this: Lily, the woman that managed to turn him into a Pokémon for the second time. She also made him back human the previous time, so he hoped she would do again this time too.

But if she really does and how soon, he didn't know. And he didn't dare to ask. He just stood there all still, afraid what might happen to him if he moved. Maybe he would change into something Different? It was better not to think about it.
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