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"Did the God of Space just leave like that?"
Cynthia stood still, staring at the spot where Palkia had disappeared, mumbling to herself.
"Yup!"
Eevee nodded with a cheerful smile. "We owe him one this time! You better start training seriously from now on, Cynthia! Oh—and with this, you should be able to learn targeted teleportation, right?"
Thanks to this encounter, Cynthia's space-related abilities had taken a huge leap forward.
Mastering spatial powers would be much easier for her from now on.
"Exactly! I can feel it! It's like space suddenly became way more familiar to me! Hehe!"
Cynthia giggled happily.
"Told you!"
Eevee nodded. "Anyway, this turned out to be a lucky break! Now then, time to test my transformation! Cynthia, stand back a bit and keep an eye on me!"
"Mm-hmm! Be careful, Eevee!"
Cynthia nodded quickly, a mix of worry and anticipation in her eyes as she stepped to the edge of the training field and watched from afar.
"Animagus – Human Form!!"
On the other side, Eevee began casting the transformation spell he had carefully worked out.
His body was immediately enveloped in a bright white light, and then it began to change shape—slowly but surely.
It was painful, especially spiritually, but aside from that, the process went surprisingly smoothly.
A few seconds later, the light faded—and Eevee had successfully turned into a human.
"…What the hell?!"
"Why am I so tiny?!"
Eevee looked down at his small hands and feet and couldn't help but yell out in despair.
"Eh? …Huh?"
Cynthia walked over, wide-eyed with surprise when she saw Eevee's new form—a small little boy.
"Aww, you're really so tiny! What are you now, two or three years old?"
Eevee: "…"
Yeah, that was exactly the question he wanted to ask too!
"What kind of logic is this?! Shouldn't the age be based on my species' lifespan and maturity rate?! Why is it calculating based on human aging?!"
"I'm the Boss Baby now?"
Eevee howled in frustration.
None of this made any scientific or magical sense.
"Ahem! Eevee! Clothes! You need clothes!!"
At that moment, Cynthia stole a glance at the little naked toddler, blushed bright red, and quickly turned away.
"Oh, crap!"
Eevee snapped out of it, his baby face turning pink as he hurriedly conjured some clothes and shoes using his fantasy creation magic. After dressing, he called out to her, "Okay, you can turn around now!"
"Mm-hmm!"
Cynthia spun back around and her eyes lit up the moment she saw him.
"Whoa! You're so cute! Eevee!"
She couldn't resist anymore. Cynthia ran up, scooped him into her arms, and rubbed her cheek against his.
"Ehehe~ This feels nice too! Your skin is so soft and smooth! It's like I got myself a new little brother!"
Cynthia looked thrilled as she snuggled him.
Unfortunately, Eevee was feeling nothing but despair.
He thought once he became human, he'd finally be free to do great 'things'!
But nope—life smacked him down again.
What the heck could a three-year-old do?!
He still had like +10 years before he'd even hit puberty!
"Cynthia! Can't you see I'm clearly not happy right now?! Where's the sympathy?! Right now, I'm just hoping my human form grows at a normal pace... Otherwise, I might seriously lose my mind!"
"And stop calling me your little brother! I'm supposed to be your future boyfriend!"
Eevee waved his tiny arms, his tone filled with righteous indignation.
He'd worked so hard on this transformation just to end up like this?!
"Pfft… Boyfriend? Seriously? You're just a little bean and you're already thinking about stuff like that?"
Cynthia's face lit up with amusement as she teased him.
"Aww~ Should I get you some milk, cutie?"
Then she reached out and gave his chubby cheeks a playful squeeze.
She instantly fell in love with the squishy texture.
Eevee: "..."
"That's my face, not a stress toy! It hurts, okay?!"
He looked up at her with watery eyes, full of resentment.
"Ahaha… sorry, sorry~"
Cynthia laughed awkwardly and quickly let go.
"Well, whatever! You already admitted that you like me and said you'd always stay by my side! So from now on, I'm your boyfriend—deal with it!"
Eevee declared, full of confidence.
So what if he was small now? He'd grow!
Besides, Cynthia was only around twelve or thirteen herself—age-wise, it wasn't that much of a gap.
And hey, he could always research ways to accelerate his physical growth.
"Maybe I should go ask Apocalypse-bro, Gundam-bro, Uchiha, or Aizen for help... Sigh."
Eevee sighed inwardly.
He could already imagine the roasting he'd get when they found out. Everyone was definitely going to laugh their asses off.
His pathetic life didn't even begin.
"I never said I wanted to be your girlfriend though! Eevee, you're being sneaky!" Cynthia giggled. "You're just a little bean right now—talking about dating and all that? Wait till you grow up, okay? Hehe!"
She looked like she was having way too much fun with this.
"Sorry for being such a tiny bean, alright? Can you please put me down? Being carried around like this is seriously uncomfortable!"
Eevee grumbled, clearly annoyed.
Did she really see him as nothing more than a baby right now?
"Nope! I'm gonna go tell Grandma the good news!"
And with that, Cynthia took off running while hugging little Eevee tight, heading straight back up from the underground base.
It didn't take long before they found Professor Carolina, and Cynthia wasted no time showing the little baby off.
"Grandma, look! Eevee turned into a human! Isn't he just the cutest?!"
"Huh?" Professor Carolina blinked in surprise. "Cynthia? When did you get back? Weren't you just on the phone yesterday saying you were still in Kanto?"
"And what's this about Eevee turning into a human? And… who's this adorable little guy you're holding? Ooh~ So cute~~"
"Grandma, this IS Eevee! I told you—he transformed into a human!" Cynthia said seriously.
"Wait, what??"
Professor Carolina froze for a moment, then turned to stare at the small boy in Cynthia's arms whose expression utterly hopeless.
Eevee had even lost the light in his eyes.
"You're serious? A Pokémon… turned into a human?"
She had never heard of anything like that.
"It's true! Eevee, why don't you change back and show her?"
After a whole round of explaining—and some pleading from Cynthia—Eevee finally turned back into his original form to prove it. Only then did Professor Carolina finally believe them.
She was definitely curious enough to want to study it further, but to her credit, she didn't push. She just gave Eevee a basic check-up in his human form to make sure everything was functioning properly.
"A Pokémon turning into a real human? And not just some illusion—this is straight-up magical."
Even though everything had been explained, Professor Carolina still found it hard to wrap her head around.
"Oh come on, what's the big deal? Latias can turn into a human too," Eevee said, rolling his eyes.
"That's different," Professor Carolina replied with a chuckle. "I've heard about Latias, but she doesn't actually become human—she just takes on the appearance. She's still a Pokémon at her core."
"But you… your transformation goes all the way down to the genetic level."
"In human form, you're basically areal human."
"By the way—can you still use Pokémon abilities in your human form?" she asked, eyes lighting up with curiosity.
"Of course," Eevee nodded.
"Then—" Professor Carolina leaned in, clearly ready to ask something.
But Eevee cut her off immediately, catching on quick: "Don't even think about running experiments, alright?"
"Not only could it completely mess up the relationship between humans and Pokémon, it could seriously tip the balance that's been in place for who knows how long."
"Plus, I'm a special case. Even if other Pokémon could become human, there's no guarantee they'd still have access to their abilities."
"Well, except maybe for Psychic-types," he added thoughtfully.
Their powers were tied to mental energy after all—and humans could become psychics too.
"Good point," Professor Carolina nodded seriously. "This kind of thing really is like Pandora's Box. Best not to open it."
"I'll delete all the data right away."
"And from now on, neither of you should mention this to anyone."
"Oh, and just to be safe—I'll register you with an official human identity, Eevee. I'll put myself down as your guardian."
"That way you can live and move around as a human without raising suspicion."
As long as Eevee and Cynthia kept their mouths shut, no one would ever know. Even a genetic scan wouldn't raise any red flags while Eevee was in human form.
That was the real power of Animagus Transformation.
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