I felt the cold wind rip at my face. I kept walking. There was only one thing in my mind. I had to find shelter. I needed to live.
I was an Absol. Our lives usually sucked, but mine was a bit worse than usual. For one, I was stranded on this snowy mountain. Two, I had an improperly healed broken leg. Three, I had caffeine induced insomnia.
Don't ask.
I continued to trudge. I would find shelter, I would not die. Those words were the only thing that was keeping me moving. I said those words step after step. I was too focused on that, I didn't notice the icy rock in front of me. One paw on it, and I was down.
No, I must keep moving.
I looked forward, hoping to see something in the distance. But all I saw was snow. Snow in every direction. I thought I saw a light, but that was impossible.
Wait, no it wasn't.
The light got closer, and the outline of a human appeared. It was a little girl. She was pulling a sled full of leaves. A lamp was in her hand. She came up next to me. "Are you okay?" I didn't understand. No humans come to our aid. They try to kill us.
She started running her hand over my back. She wasn't petting me; it was more like she was inspecting my spine. She picked up my front paw and started to pinch it lightly. She was inspecting me for broken bones. I was too tired to resist to her touch. I just laid there.
She came to my bad leg. "Oh no. This was healed wrong." She came face to face with me. Her eyes were a gorgeous blue. "I need to take you to my sister. You have to get on the sled. Your too heavy for me to pick up." I nodded. Summoning all my willpower, I stood up and staggered over to the sled. I collapsed onto it. She quickly picked it up and started to pull. It was incredibly slow, but the girl continued to pull. Her small boots dug into the snow. She was pulling with all of her strength. She was risking her life in this storm.
All to save me.
I saw more light in the distance. That must be the girl's house. She kept pulling. I saw the door open, and a pokemon came running out. It was a Hitmonchan. He came over to me and picked me up. Running by the girl, who broke into the run due to the decrease of her load, he carried me to the house.
The inside was warm. It was a wood cottage. A blazing fire, tended by a magby, was roaring in a fire place. A blue rug was in front of it. Hitmonchan laid me down there, and ran off to another room of the house. The girl ran after him.
I stared at the fire for a second. A Chansey came up and set something in front of me. It was an egg. I started to bite it. It tasted wonderful. I finished the egg. Unable to speak, I nodded my thanks to the chansey. It nodded back, then walked off.
"Please help it, sissy."
I turned my head slightly to see the girl that had helped me. She had taken her hood off, and I saw small blonde curls bounce around her head. An older girl, her sister most likely, was carrying a large bag of herbs. Her hair was a gold. Her eyes a beautiful brown.
"Oh dear, that leg is in bad shape." The older girl said. She ran to my side and started to rub the leg. She turned to me, pain in her eyes. "Forgive me." Without warning, she grabbed my leg with both hands and kicked it as hard as she could. I cried out in pain as I felt my leg break yet again.
"Sissy!" The little girl cried out. The Older one shook her head, tears in her eyes. She quickly grabbed some cloth and some fire wood. Carefully putting the pieces of wood next to my leg, she started to bind it with cloth. Without warning, she kicked my leg again. I cried out again as well. She had just set my leg. She rapped it the rest of the way.
Turning to the little girl, she beckoned her over. "Lilly, I want you to give it some poppy seeds. Not too many though. I need to go find Roserade." She walked away. Lilly quickly started to search trough the bag of herbs. Pulling out small seeds, she put them inside a bowl. Putting them, along with some water in front of me, she started to stroke my head.
I licked up some of the seeds. I then took a drink of water. "Don't worry," Lilly said. "Amanda went to get Roserade. After you finish the seeds, you need to sleep." I continued to eat the seeds. Amanda came back, a Roserade at her side. She knelt down next to me.
"I need to take a blood sample, okay?" I nodded weakly. She stuck a small needle into the back of my neck, then withdrew it. "You have insomnia. I didn't know that Absols could have that." She smiled at me. "Don't worry. You will go to sleep just fine." She turned to the Roserade. "Grasswhistle." The Pokemon nodded, then sat in front of me. She didn't have grass in her hand. How was she going to do it?
She put her red flowers to her mouth. Blowing on the peddles, a sweet song rang throughout the room. I was thankful for the song. I fell asleep, feeling peaceful and loved.