Chapter 1

Separation

I might not the best at writing, but I am open to feedback!

Many Absol's are grey, some even red. Except for me…

From the day I hatched, everyone stared at me. They couldn't believe if my colouring was natural or not. Many where scared of me and others tried avoiding contact. But my parents didn't care what colour I was, they loved me none the less.

I wandered over to a pool of water, it was clear and tranquil, only moving when the breeze blew over it. I looked down to see my reflection. I stared at it, and it stared back. My colouring is similar to those born red, but not quite. I was slightly darker than them. My eyes were also different, normally they would be red or blue… mine where purple.

I began thinking to myself. Why was I coloured like this? Will I always be this way? I stared at my reflection a little longer…

A weird sensation broke my concentration, never had I felt something like this before. My vision suddenly faded to black.

Light soon pierced through, showing me what looked like a village. Probably the one my parents had said to stay away from. The once blue sky was now covered by dark grey clouds, the wind blowing strong and snowflakes coming down hard. A loud crack broke through the sound of the wind, and rumbling soon followed after. An avalanche headed right for the village. My vision then faded away again.

When reality came back, I looked up. Clouds slowly began covering up the sky, the wind whistled as it began to pick up and snow began to slowly fall to the ground. I thought about what I had just seen, could it have been a sign? is that village at risk?

After some time I finally decided that I would head to the village, despite what my parents said, and try to warn them of the pending danger.

Some time had passed and I covered some distance before I could see a faint light in the distance. As I moved closer it became clear, I had come across the village. By this time the weather had worsened, it began to darken, the snow falling in larger amounts and the wind blowing stronger, whistling as it travelled through the mountainous terrain. One of the people stopped and pointed towards me.

"Over there!" it shouted. The rest of them turned towards me.

"That's not a good sign." stated another.

"Quick! We must scare it away!"

They advanced towards me at a rapid pace, instinctively I ran, the villagers following not far behind me. Whilst I ran I happened to bumped into my parents, who had come searching for me.

"Where were you? We were both worried about you." Snapped my mother.

"You know you shouldn't run off like that." Added my father.

I turned to see the light of the villagers come closer and closer.

"I think we should get out of here." I replied.

My parents looked to see the villagers coming, their faces turned to shock.

We turned and ran.

The snow and wind intensified to a white blur, the wind howling so loud that you couldn't hear yourself think. I turned to see if we were still being chased, but I only saw white and when I turned back, white still.

I was alone…

There was refuge from the storm, a small dark cave in the side of the mountain. I entered, shook the snow off me and lied down on the cold stone floor. What happened to my parents? Are they ok? Too much was going through my mind. Before I could go to sleep I felt a rumble in the distance, did the avalanche I saw in my vision just occur? I had tried to help them, but now I'm not sure I helped at all. My stomach sank.

It was long before I eventually closed my eyes and manage to fall asleep.

When I awoke the storm had cleared, and with that I exited the cave and got a bearing on my surroundings. I had never explored this far, and I had no idea where I was exactly. The mountains were silent, all I could hear was my breathing. After the storm, everything was now covered in a thick layer of snow, making any landmarks unidentifiable. Eventually I gathered my strength and begun walking, hopefully towards my home.

I felt like I made little progress. A lone tree caught my eye. Its bare and grey branches stood out on the white background. The mountain path lay beyond the tree. Feelings of hope came to me. I passed by the tree when suddenly a voice talked to me.

"Hey there pretty boy, you know you can't pass here unless you pay up."

I turned away and tried to ignore the voice.

"Didn't you hear me?"

A pink Weavile landed in front of me followed by two other Sneasel that landed either side of me.

"You got to pay if you want to pass through." he demanded.

"And what would that be?" I asked.

"Hehe, only 10 berries." He chuckled. "And you also won't get beaten up by us."

My heart began beating faster, I wondered what to do. I did not have any berries. Neither was I good at fighting.

"I... I don't have any on me" I answered nervously.

"Well… that's quite unfortunate isn't it?" He gave a big grin and signalled to one of the others. I turned around only for one of them to hit me with a cold, hard jab to the side, which had enough force to knock me some distance.

"Well are you going to fight back?" He remarked.

The pain from the strike was harsh and it also managed to wind me. But I got back on my feet and looked around for a way of escape.

"Heh, this one is such a weakling, just look at how pathetic he is." Him and the others laughed at me.

I spotted some rocks which I could scale to get away, but it looked very risky. Either way I had to take my chances if it meant survival. I jumped from rock to rock, my attackers followed behind me.

"You're not escaping us that easy!" His loud voice echoed off the mountain side.

Eventually I made my up to the ledge, unfortunately my footing begun to slip. I attempted to grip the rocks, but the snow made it too slippery and I fell off. All sound had disappeared, my heart beat was all I could hear, everything seemed to slow down. Until I hit the ground with a muffled thump and rebounded. I didn't stop there, I continued down the side, unable to control myself.

What seemed like an eternity, the tumbling and tossing finally came to a stop, and when it did, all I saw was a black figure coming towards me. Before the world faded into darkness.