Mon In The Mirror (Guilmon TF)

I struggled to get up, my body felt like crap. I shouldn't have stayed up 'til three last night watching Digimon Tamers, I should've just went to bed. I couldn't deny myself the pleasure of watching through the show again, mainly because I loved it when I was a child. As the sunlight hit my eyelids, the regret became much more real. I hadn't gotten a lot of sleep last night, so naturally I wasn't going to be at my best today. As I became aware of my body, I felt extremely odd. I found that I was completely nude, something that I couldn't help but find strange. I never sleep in the nude, but that wasn't the weirdest part. My skin was dry and rough, it chafed as it rubbed against the inside of the bedsheets.

"Ungh..." I sighed in a voice that didn't sound like my usual deep tone. It sounded somewhat higher, almost like the voice of Guilmon from Digimon. I really watched that show too much last night, I was even beginning to sound like a Digimon! For some reason, I couldn't feel all of my fingers. It was as if I was missing a couple of digits, that had become replaced with large and strangely sharp claw-like appendages. I definitely watched too many cartoons before bed, this was obviously all in my head! However, I was beginning to get the feeling that this was real, as I took notice of something attached to my tail bone. It seemed to wriggle out from my backside, as if it was some sort of tail. My ears were much larger, and I could oddly enough wiggle them on command. My face had pushed out as if my head had strangely swelled while I slept last night, and I could see a large red muzzle in my field of vision.

This was no mid-morning daze, I had changed somehow! I took my clawed hands, and immediately threw off the bed-sheet. I moved my strange feeling body over to the foot of my bed. I had a mirror positioned there, and I wanted to see if my assumption was correct. I shimmied my rough bare behind towards the mirror, and my jaw immediately dropped in horror. What was staring back at me in the mirror was a real-life cartoon character! To my amazement, I had become a giant red lizard! My skin was covered with a strong coat of red scales, while my stomach was covered with white ones. The scales on my chest, shoulders, neck and other regions were black in color and they seemed to look like crests. The strangest part of my new body was my tail, which was covered in the same red scales that not dotted my body. My ears also looked rather peculiar, having an odd wing-like shape to them. With these strange new ears, I could pick up all kinds of new sounds.

This tail of mine seemed to whip in whatever direction it wanted to, I had no real control over it! It was a good thing I was sitting on my bed, or I might've knocked over something important with my constantly wriggling tail.  I open my muzzle, and took notice of my sharp fangs. They looked so sharp that I'm sure I could bite through anything with them! However, at this point I didn't want to try! Another thing I noticed was my eyes, they were rather large and lipid. My eyes still possessed their original coloring however, which is the only thing left that even closely resembles my former self.

I was stuck in this form, and I brought to much attention to myself, I'd be dissected! I continued to star at my reptilian mug in the mirror, for what seemed like an entire hour. Eventually, my shock turned into utter annoyance. I was annoyed by the fact that I trapped in a foreign body against my will, despite it being the body of one of my childhood heroes! I let out a sigh and told myself in Guilmon's garbled voice, "I really need to stop watching Digimon." My scaly nostrils flared, as I sat there feeling sorry for myself. I rubbed my paw against my scales, making sure not to accidentally scratch them with my claws while I did so. The scales were hard and rough, and even somewhat itchy. I'm a reptile now, and I had little idea of how the body of a reptile is supposed to work.

It was a good thing my parents are on vacation, and that it's the weekend, otherwise I'd have a lot of explaining to do! Right now, the most important thing was trying to figure out a cure. On Digimon Frontier, the main character was turned into a Digimon for an entire episode. The sad part of this dilemma is that I can't remember how the episode ended! I knew he returned to normal, but I hadn't watched that season in years! I was mainly watching the third season last night, I had no time to watch the other seasons. So now, I stood at an impasse and I was stuck. That's when I remembered something, the main character of Tamers used a Digivice in order to create Guilmon in the first place.

I'm a Guilmon at the moment, so maybe the reverse is true. If I used a Digivice, maybe I could reverse whatever transformed me. That's when I remembered that I still had my old D-3 Digivice toy from when I was a child. Sure, it was a toy, but what other choice did I have? If it couldn't change me back to normal, then what could? It was time for me to take action, as I shimmied my scaly behind across my bed-sheets. I hopped off the front of my bed and landed on my clawed feet, only to be immediately taken aback by a fact that I had overlooked. I was hunched over in an uncomfortable position, a posture that Guilmon was well-known for. This posture was rather uncomfortable, and I was afraid I'd develop some kind long-lasting back pain from it. I wandered over to a drawer where I kept old collectibles and trinkets, and moved my paw towards it. I knew it was going to be tough to open, due to my large bulky claws. I clamped my claws around the handle on the dresser's drawer and pulled as hard as I could. It was difficult to any proper leverage, and just when I thought I had a handle on it, one of my claws would slip.

It was getting to be a bit of a chore, this body was beginning to give me a migraine. I eventually managed to clamp my claws around the drawer, and with a good bit of leverage, I managed to successfully pry it open. "Yipee!" I exclaimed aloud, chuckling slightly at the excited sounding tone of my borrowed voice. The drawer was now open and immediately I dug my claws in there to find the Digivice. Luckily for me, the drawer wasn't that full and I eventually found the knickknack. I reached two of my claws into the drawer, and secured around the strap of the device. I hoisted the device upwards, and smiled as I found my prey. To my surprise, I found that the screen was already on and glowing blue! Impossible, I haven't used this thing in years, unless... Suddenly, everything began to make sense to me, I now knew what was going!

This device must've somehow reacted when I watched through Tamers again, and changed me into Guilmon! The question is, why? Whatever the case, I knew I had to change back right away! I held the device to eyelevel and sat my scaly rump down on the shag carpet. I pressed the tip of my claw onto a button, and immediately the glowing blue screen changed to read the words, "Go have some fun!" What fun is there to be had? I'm a cartoon freak show, and I'll probably be dissected because of it! "Don't mess with me!" I exclaimed in my rather innocent sounding voice, "Change me back this instant!"

The words on the device changed slightly to read, "C'mon, just go have some fun!" I couldn't believe it, I was in a dire situation and this useless trinket was playing games! I let our an angered yelp, as I tossed the device to the floor. I sat there for a few minutes, lamenting my lost humanity. After a while, I realized what I had to do. My only option was to do as the device said, and have some fun. The question is, what kind of fun can a goofy-looking raptor have? I looked over to my window, and immediately thought of something mischievous. I began to smile, with the goofy grin often associated with the creature I had become.

I wandered over to my window, and moved my Canada flag to the side. I was going to do what was once impossible, I was going to breath fire! I had seen Guilmon do it thousands of times on the show, and when I was a child I had dreamed of breathing fire. If I was going to be trapped like until this device was done messing with me, I should at least do something that no one has ever done before! Using my claws, I opened the latch on my window, and opened it up. My reptilian nostrils were greeted with all new smells, as the roaring wind brushed against my scales. I was honestly a little nervous about this breathing fire business! If I screwed up, then people might find out about my little transformation and I'd be dissected! Yet, there was a part of me that wanted to have fun, to rekindle that joy I had as a child.

As I shoved my head out the window, I decided to spring into action.  I spotted a red and white car parked down the street, one belonging to a guy who used to bully me in grade school, William Erickson! Do I even dare? Oh yes, I do indeed dare! I began hacking and coughing, trying my best to spit out a fireball. I was surprised that I hadn't gagged up a fireball yet, what was I doing wrong? Digimon in the show would always shout out the name of their attacks while they were fighting, maybe I had to do that as well. It was worth a shot, what was there to lose? I pointed my large lizard head towards William's car and took a deep breath. "Pyro Sphere!" I exclaimed at the top of my lungs, which caused something to well-up in my throat. Like a cat coughing up a hairball, I couldn't hold back the stem of fire that was erupting from my gut.

The fire harmlessly passed through my organs, and exited through my mouth. I watched from window excitedly, as my fireball crashed into William's car and blew it up. Luckily no one was on the street, or they might've been hit by falling debris! I began clapping my paws together excitedly, as I left the window-sill. I was now understand what's going on here, why the Digivice did this to me. Last night, I was watching through Tamers to get that level of fun I used to have as a child. However, no matter how many episodes I watched, I just couldn't get that thrill. Now, all of that has changed, I'm now experiencing that childlike wonder I had lost so many years ago! That's why the Digivice did this to me, it's helping me relive the joys and fantasies of my childhood!

I ran over to my bed, and sat down in front of my mirror. As I situated my scaly behind on the foot of the bed near the mirror, I took a few throat-clearing coughs. "Takatomon!" I exclaimed, while trying my best to match the voice and speech pattern of the original character. "Takatomon! Takatomon!" I continued to say the name of Guilmon's tamer from the show, trying my best to sound just like the lizard I now was! I was no longer annoyed, or angered by my new form. Instead, I was filled with joy over all the stuff that this new body could do. As I continued to practice my new weird speech pattern, my stomach began to rumble. I was undoubtedly hungry, after all I hadn't eaten anything today yet! I wasn't quite sure what lizards ate, though I recall Guilmon constantly eating bread on the show.

As luck would have it, there was a fresh loaf of bread in the kitchen, that I could scarf down at my leisure! I hopped off my bed, and began walking across the shag carpet on my claw-tipped foot-paws. Now, I didn't care about changing back, or even if I was caught in this new form. Earlier, I had been so fearful that I couldn't even properly enjoy the moment. Now, all of that has changed and I found myself enjoying every second of this new form. I walked up to the door, and used my claw to turn the knob. Once again, it was a bit cumbersome, but I didn't mind so much. I'm sure I'll change back later, for now I'll just enjoy my new form. As I was about to leave, I turned back towards to the toy and smiled. "Thank you." I whispered in Guilmon's voice, before heading down to the kitchen for a bite to eat.