A/N: This is a collab with Torinfinitive.

Night.

There was always something Pika always loved about the night.

Let it be the twilight sparkling in the lake, the trees flowing through the nighttime breeze, or maybe the moon shining over the land in it's glistening fullness, he didn't know what he absolutely adored about it..

No, the peace. That's what it was. The calm and serenity of midnight always brought silence to the land. Night was the time when everyone wanted peace and quiet. Here, Pika would never have to worry about anything bothering him. At least.. that's what he thought.

Time was passing quick, and soon it would be sunrise. Pika wasn't really a observant guy, so he didn't notice how much time had passed until he saw the early-riser Pokemon getting up.

"Oh, is it that time already?" Pika quickly wolfed down the oran berry he was snacking on, slinging his bag onto his shoulder. "Better get back."

"I've never been out this late... Goliath will kill me when I get back."

"Actually, no, he wouldn't give a care in the world if I just disappeared one day..." Pika whimpered, "I wish we would get along better.."

Pika trekked along the dirt path that lined along the hillside. He had traveled this route more times than he could count, and getting lost was the least of his worries.

He was getting more tired as he hiked back home, so he took a short rest. He had nothing to do the next day other than sleep, so why couldn't he take his time? He laid on the ground, stargazing into the twinkling sky lined with silvery glowing specks. He wished he could stay here forever in tranquility, staring at the gleaming dots that lined the darkness. He thought maybe he could pick a favorite star amongst the billions of them there were.

He decided on the one that felt the most appealing to his eyes; the biggest one he could see, right under the Big Dipper.

He stared at it. "Ooh," he mused, "it's growing?"

His observations were right. It was growing bigger, the light emanating from it lighting up the sky just a bit more. And it kept getting bigger, and bigger.. and bigger..

and.. bigger? "Wait, it's getting CLOSER?!"

There was no doubt, the white dot was not a star, it was a meteor that was plunging to Earth! Pika had no time to think; he had to get out of there! He quickly got up and tried to drag his little mouse feet out of there but the meteor caught up to them, impacting the earth with intense speed and a loud blast, launching Pika tailfirst into a tree.

"AGH!" Pika let out a scream as he felt an immense pain in his tail, trying not to pass out. It felt like his tail had been broken into two...

After a few minutes of falling in and out of consciousness, Pika managed to stand up, struggling to maintain his balance.

Pika looked back at his tail, and he saw that there was a big crack in it. He nearly passed out again before he caught himself. "I'm not dying here.." he mumbled, walking to the site where the meteor crashed, which was a huge smoking crater. Panting heavily, he walked through the thick smoke that smelled of ash and burning wood, only to run into a glowing, transparent stone. He wiped his eyes with his paws to get a closer look, and sure enough, it was a piece of the meteor.

When he observed it a bit further, it looked like a piece of shattered glass with a radiant rainbow-colored sphere in it. When the dizziness wore off, he put the unusual rock into his pack. "My tail was cracked because of you. You better make it up to me, rock.."

He leaned down, weeping. "My tail is cracked! H-how am I supposed to get a girl now?"

After a minute of incessant crying, he managed to get up and start hiking again.

"Daniel's an explorer.. he'll know what to do!"

Pikachu held his tail.

"And maybe he can help patch up my tail..." he said with a sniffle.

"How will Goliath react? Maybe.. maybe he'll have some sympathy for me.."

He scoffed. "No, he'd just rip off my tail entirely and say 'oh, there now be happy..' "

With another sniffle, he paced down the path, wanting to get home as soon as he could.