**Gardevoir Awakening**

--- A strange, tingling sensation courses through your body, beginning at your fingers and toes, and you glance around in confusion. You'd been standing just outside your house, admiring the sunset, but suddenly everything seems to blur and distort around you. You feel your height start to change, as if you are being gently compressed. You watch in wide-eyed wonder as your arms elongate, becoming slender and green, your skin now smooth and verdant. You try to cry out, but all that escapes your lips is a soft, melodic "Gar..." Panic sets in as you realize your entire body is transforming. Your clothes meld into your skin, forming a flowing white gown that flares out and completely covers your legs, giving you the strange sensation of floating. The corners of your vision go green, and you realize your hair—now a leafy green—has grown long and is framing your now delicate, ethereal face. "What's happening to me?!" You try to scream, but only manage another gentle, "Garde...Gardevoir!" Your heart pounds as you look down to find your chest has changed, a red, horn-like blade protruding from your chest and another from your back. Your entire form has shrunk until you stand just over five feet tall, barely recognizing yourself. The world around you continues to blur until it suddenly snaps into a startlingly vivid landscape, familiar yet totally alien. Trees, more vibrant and alive than any you've seen, sway gently in the breeze as screech, chirps, and other sounds fill the lush world around you. You're no longer in the world you knew; this is the world of Pokémon. Desperate to hold onto your memories, you clasp your head and try to think of your past life, your family, your friends, and your work. For a brief moment, a flood of memories invades your mind, and you grasp onto a glimmer of who you were. But like sand through fingers, it slips away, replaced by new thoughts, new allegiances, new emotions. A deep-seated loyalty to a Trainer, an instinct to protect at all costs, and a serene understanding of the world around you permeate your consciousness. Memories of your human life fade away, leaving only your new identity as Gardevoir. Your senses expand; you feel the emotions of the Pokémon and people around you, the very fabric of time an open book to your mind. You try to speak again, to utter a word in English, to anchor yourself, but your tongue rebels. "Gardevoir…Voir…" The language that escapes you is no longer your own. Looking around, you feel an innate bond with the Pokémon surrounding you. It's as if they've always been there, part of you. As you move, you feel yourself float effortlessly just above the ground. You understand now—this is your life, your purpose. In the distance, you hear footsteps approach, and a young Trainer emerges from the forest. His eyes widen in surprise and admiration. "A Gardevoir?! Wow, you're beautiful!" You blink, absorbing his emotions, feeling his kindness and hope. An instinctive urge to protect him at any cost wells up within you, solidifying that this Trainer is someone worth placing your trust in. "Gardevoir," you reply, nodding serenely. There’s no confusion, no turmoil anymore. You are Gardevoir, a Pokémon fiercely loyal and graceful. The transformation is complete, irreversible, and you embrace it with an inner calm. Your human past is forgotten; only the present and future of Gardevoir remains. --- The world is different now, and so are you. As the Pokémon world unfolds in its timeless beauty around you, the memory of having been anything other than Gardevoir drifts away, absorbed into the serenity of your new life.