This chapter was written by Umberon44.
It was probably when his umbreon snapped the tree that the whole mess had started. It may not have been the best place to be practising Dark Pulse, especially with the wild pokemon so close, but after thinking for all of two seconds, he'd done it anyway. After being surprised by the toppled tree, and the intimidating glares of countless wild pokemon, well, that was when things went bad. Mnemonic had done a good job of defending him as he sprinted away from the flashmob, but after a couple of nasty looking paras scratches, tripping over one too many sticks, and running into a couple of trees, he decided he needed to shake tail a little bit faster before one of the pokemon landed a lucky hit on him or Nic. One pokeball later, his charizard had sent a wave of flame at their pursuers and he was free to inspect his wounds from the safety of the sky. But that wasn't the last of his troubles. He may have gotten a little too distracted by one infected scratch, so he barely noticed the pidgeotto flock screeching violently on their way towards him. That gave the lot of them a few more wounds than they really should have gotten. But hey, Nic got away cleanly and Paleo... well, Paleo wasn't one to mess with. He was a giant, flying, fire breathing lizard, after all. They had landed in front of a darkened cave, and he got down off Leo's back to sit by the entrance. The one infected wound would need to be dealt with as soon as possible, and his pokemon's wounds would too. He retrieved a few potions from his bag, along with a couple antibacterial creams and began treating their injuries.
Of course, the bad luck didn't end there. Something had driven the zubat out of the cave system below, right out the entrance they were all resting by. The bat pokemon screeched and flapped blindly as they fled whatever had scared them out of the safety of the caves. They spooked Leo, too. Of course they did. The charizard drew himself up and roared at the swarm, creating even more havoc as the blind pokemon began flying in whatever direction they thought was away, battering the two pokemon and the human alike. Samuel considered now the time to take refuge from the zubat maelstrom in the cave entrance, at least until his flailing charizard decided to fall into the cave and bring them along too. He, Leo, and Nic all rolled into the darkness of the cave, until he hit a large rocky outcrop. Ow. Rubbing his ribs, he stood up and squinted. Nope. Not nearly enough light. That was bad. Leo's tail should have been acting as a torch. After a few barks from Nic that guided him to the umbreon, Samuel released his luxray. The huge cat pokemon had perfect night vision, and the pokemon did indeed know where Leo had fallen. The charizard had rolled backwards under a ledge, quite a few feet down. His wing appeared to be twisted. Samuel left the two pokemon on top of the ledge and carefully climbed down, holding Leo's pokeball. At the bottom, he felt around until he could sit against his dragon's back, and tapped the pokeball to its nose. The red light temporarily blinded him, but he managed to climb back up successfully. Nic took his place in his lap as he sat back again against the cave wall, with Kanaya's nose resting on his shoulder. With a sigh, he realises that a nice day's training at Mount Moon backfired. A lot. And he was lost. Great. He released his two other pokemon, Sanguine and Dusk, and decided to take a nap. Why not. The lucario took a meditative pose beside him, and the dewott lay against Kan's stomach. The six descended into sleep while the gentle sound of their breathing quietly echoed through the caves.
AN: So, readers, this is PixelateUmberon's first collaboration. Or at least, the first collaboration we've put up here. Hopefully this first chapter wasn't too blocky and flowed decently. Feel free to review, of course. Anyway, I really hope you all enjoy this story, and Pixelate's turn is up next, so be pumped for that!
To all those wondering, as well- the lowercase pokemon titles are intentional. I do believe (at least in this story) that since pokemon are a common creature in this universe that they shouldn't be capitalised. We don't capitalise the titles of animals like sheep or cows, nor do we capitalise the word 'animals,' hence lowercase 'pokemon.'
