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It was a normal evening, spending the time with my mom and sister and having lunch with them, after a bit we left to our own rooms and I decided to play some games. After some time, I started to feel some annoyance in my back, around my arms and I just shrugged it of and decided to do some stretches thinking nothing more of it, that was a mistake, my body felt like it was on fire and I fell to the ground, I have never had a seizure but I think this feel to like one, then it stopped, I do not know how long it lasted, it felt like hours but I am sure it must have been a couple of minutes.
I don’t know why but I felt bigger and I tried to stand up but when I put my hands to support me, I didn’t see a hand, what I saw instead was some sort of claw and that made me jump to my feet but I quickly found myself out of balance and I fell back to the ground, when I was falling, I sort of expected it to hurt but it didn’t, I instead heard like a hard ‘thunk’ and that surprised me and I started to look around. That was when I noticed something or to be more precise, my body, I had like six arms or claws, it was confusing, the tips are black the rest of my ‘arms’ are what I can only guess of what you will get if you combine grey with a teal color but that was for only four of apparently six ‘arms’ because there are also two large ones that are in fact grey and covered with what seems to be a shell of the same color of the smaller ‘arms’.
“What is this? What is happening? This can’t actually be real?”
Those were the questions that were repeating themself im my mind
“Where is the mirror? I need a mirror”. I got up to look for a mirror and that is when I noticed how big I am, if I had to guess I would say I am about 2 meters tall and I used to be at most 1,5 meters, so now I’m nearly touching the ceiling with my head or back or whatever, I needed to make my way to the bathroom but then I found myself in a peculiar situation, I am too big to even go through the door of my room.
“Are you shitting me?”. I guess a top part of my head was hitting the top part of the door so I couldn't go through normally, in my stupor of the situation I managed to think clearly that I could just go grab my phone and look at myself, "I am an idiot", so I went to my night stand to grab my phone but I found myself in another situation.
I can't interact with my phone because it won't register my 'claws' and they will scratch and just break the screen. I remember a little trick that if I cover one of my 'claws' with some sort of cloth like from a shirt my phone can detect it, and I did just that and it worked so I opened the camera and put it in selfie to look at myself. I am shocked that what is looking back at me is a Golisopod from the pokemon games and anime.
"W-what the? What the fuck is this!?". I screamed in a combination of emotions raging from distress, shock, fear, confusion and disbelief. My scream must have alerted my mom and sister because seconds later I heard screaming.
"Dios mío, what happened to me!?". I heard that scream from my mom's room.
"Ma, Nat! What is this!?". That scream came from my sister.
"Maes, you ok!? I can't leave my room, I'm too big for the door!". I screamed at them so they could hear me but the response I got from my mom was.
"Ai, Natalia, don't scream, you hurt my ears". My mom actually sounded like it hurt her, was my scream actually that loud or was it something else? I needed to know.
"Sorry ma but you ok?" I asked her again but more quietly this time, and speaking of quietly, I haven't heard my sister since her loud panicked scream a bit ago. I should check on her the moment I figure out a way to get out of my room.
"No Natalia, I'm not ok, I don't know what happened to me and what was that about you can't leave your room and being too big?". My mom asked me from a distance but from the sound of her voice I could tell she was coming to me.
"Come to me I think it can be easier that way". I don't know what to tell her, this situation is just…beyond anything I know but now I need to get ready for what could happen now.
"Mira Nata-". My mom cut herself off from what she was going to say but instead of the woman I was expecting to see, I instead see a Gliscor on it's short legs and their tail standing up, if you count the tail in this moment they are as tall as me but that's not important, who I can only guess is my mom is more important.
"Ma, is that you?". I had to ask, while I am 80% sure this Gliscor is mom, I still had to ask.
"Yes, I am Valentina but you". My now confirmed mom points at me with a pincer. "What are you and where is my daughter?". My mom sounded really worried about me but I guess it kinda hurts not being recognized by my own mother.
"It is me, Ma, your daughter Natalia, I know I look like a monster but it is actually me". I tell my mom that this is me and I'm sure she is actually believing it because there are tears forming in her eyes and she comes to hug me.
"Oh it is you mi bebé, my little girl it is you, are you ok? How do you feel? Did it hurt?". My sends me fast questions that I am capable of answering and I do just that, answer honestly.
"Yes ma, I am ok, I do feel fine and...it did hurt, I felt it when this happened and it hurt a lot". I tell her how I felt and feel and it seems that it affected her greatly.
"Oh I'm so sorry that you had to go through that, I was taking a nap so I didn't feel a thing". My mom sounded so sorry that I was awake during this weird transformation and that she was asleep during it, this is why I love my mom. She cares for me and my sister deeply, my sister, oh shit.
"Ma, we need to check on Ashley". I can't believe I forgot her, my sister Ashley who is sometimes called Ash for short, is my older sister by two years. She gets annoyed from time to time when I call her Ash because she knows I call her that after Ash Kechum from Pokemon but other times she is cool, I need to check on with my mom now but I need to figure out how to get out of my room first.
"Oh si mija, let's go see what is going on with your sister, I heard her screaming for us”. She started to waddle her way out of my room to go see Ashley but I had to stop her because again, I am too big for the door.
“Um, mom, I said earlier that I am too big for the door, I can’t go through with you”. I told my mom and she then looked at the door then at me, her face made a close expression of both concern and understanding.
“I see I see, ok, do you think that you could twist yourself and crawl out like let’s say if the wall was the floor, could you come out that way?”. She asked me this question and now that I think about it, I guess I could get out like that so it is worth a shot.
“Ok, let’s see if I can”. With that I tried doing what she said and it was working and I managed to get out. Now we can go check on Ashley and see if she is ok, I am worried about her.
“You got out, let’s go check on your sis-”. My mom was interrupted by a Croagunk with fat tears coming down their face, I had the feeling that I knew who they were.
“Mom, Nat, is that you?”. I was right, they are my sister and by the look on her eyes I could tell she was afraid even though she is visibly crying, I need to comfort her but my mom beat me to her.
“Oh mija, it is me, your mom, please don’t be afraid, can I give you a hug?”. Seeing her daughter like that was taking a large toll on my mom but fortunately Ash believed her and ran at her and gave a tight hug. I am relieved to see them like that even if my sister is sad and afraid of what is going on, I want to join in that hug.
“Ash, it’s me, Nat”. I told her who I am and I hope she believes me, she looks up at me with eyes filled with fear and uncertainty and I understand that, because I have the body of a Golisopod, which is very intimidating in itself.
“Nat, is that you?”. She asks me with a voice filled with confusion and hope and I confirm to her that it is me. I want to hug her alongside our mom and tell that we are fine.
“Yes, it is me Ash”. I see the closest thing to a smile on her face and she extends one of her arms in a way to invite me into the hug. I of course accept, so I lower myself to their height and hug them the best I can, I feel some tears fall down my face when I embrace them.
“We are still together, this is a change for better or worse, but we are still together”. Hearing my mom say that set me off and started crying like my sister, I couldn’t contain my tears anymore. No one knows what will happen in the future but like my mom said, this is a change for better or worse.