Chapter 1: Darkness Rising
It was storming that day. The day where the Monster returned. An Absol was racing through the snow, leaving big footprints as he ran as fast as he could. The Absol was completely covered, the white snow blending with his already snowy white fur. His black scythe was turning white, too. He had been in the devastatingly cold blizzard for so long.
A large wall of complete blackness was expanding behind the Absol as he ran toward Snowville. Snowville was one of the most peaceful places imaginable: nice snow year round, a minimal amount of crimes, and plenty of friendly Pokémon. The Absol finally arrived at the gates.
He was greeted by a Flareon who looked at him funny.
"What's wrong, Sol?" the Flareon asked the Absol, whose name was Sol.
Sol was panting. "It's happening again! The disaster all over! The Monster is back! Darkness will consume Snowville!" he shouted frantically.
"Oh no…" muttered Flareon. "This is bad."
"We need help immediately, Flare. We have to warn Snowville," Sol said seriously. The Flareon, Flare, nodded. They went and got their friends, Ice the Weavile and Quill the Quilava.
Quill was doing part-time training to become a guard of Snowville like Flare. The two Fire Pokémon were best friends, and they were good guards since most Pokémon around the area were Ice-type.
Ice the Weavile was your average Snowville citizen. He was good, friendly, and participated a lot in of Snowville things, making many friends. But Ice's best friend remained Sol, who was in a way like the Snowville messenger because he carried so many messages back and forth. Unfortunately, the Monster was a bad one.
"You're serious?" Ice said, shocked. Flare and Quill were sitting in the corner of Ice's house. Sol had told the mayor and was back. All the citizens were to go into their houses and lock everything. The four friends were all staying at Ice's house for the time being.
"This is obviously not a good sign. Long ago, a hero banished the Monster from taking over our region. Nobody knows who that hero was to this day. It's not like a hero with superpowers comes around every day. We need someone to save us. That's not an easy task. I hope that we can do it," Quill said. He was always the calm one in a situation, and rarely got frustrated.
"I know that. But finding a hero where? We have no clues whatsoever. Snowville is probably doomed," Flare said, frowning deeply. Sol had a hopeless look on his face.
Ice was startled when he heard shouts of help outside. "I thought everyone was in their houses!" Ice said.
"Everyone should have been in their houses," Sol said darkly. "We need to save them."
"You're right, Sol. And I plan on doing just that," Ice said with a heroic expression on his face. And then he opened the door.