"Silently, the hunter stalks it's prey. Sneaking quietly along, making sure to keep a watchful eye for trouble. Of course, the prey, whom is hiding in plain sight, is unaware of the impending assault. Carelessly living it's life, Mr. Prey minds his own business. The Hunter, on the contrary, is preparing itself for the pounce. In a matter of seconds, the pitiful..."
"Eh... Seth," Calvin looked up at the tiny face. "What are you doing up there talking to yourself?"
"THE POUNCE!" Seth shrieked, plummeting towards Calvin. With a crumble and tumble, Calvin stood no match for the falling 11 year old.
"How do you let this happen more than once?!" Seth asked, shriveling up with uncontrollable giggles.
"How do you still find it funny after the eighth time?" Calvin questioned, smiling as he dusted himself off.
"HAS IT BEEN EIGHT?!" Seth wailed now, tears pooling in his blue eyes.
"How did you get on top of the stones anyway?" Calvin pointed towards the famous rocks of Geosenge Town.
"It's in my blood!" Seth boasted, slamming his chest with his fist.
"We're brothers, fudge-nut." Calvin stated, sweat dropping.
"Yeah... I think you lost the trait somehow." Seth smiled his toothy grin.
"Let's go home." Calvin said rustling Seth's unkempt red hair.
"Alrighty!" Seth quickly agreed. "But don't tell Grandma about the whole climbing on top of the stones thing! You know how she flips out..." Seth added with a shudder.
"I won't." Calvin promised.
"Then let's GO!" Seth said with a burst of unparalleled speed.
"W-Wait up!" Calvin shouted, wind blowing his brown hair around his face.
"So, why don't you just go and challenge the league right now?" Seth asked, panting from his sprint.
"First of all, the tournament has a date you know. Secondly, all of my badges' acceptance dates expired. They're only good for one year." Calvin explained, clutching at his side, trying to breathe in the precious oxygen.
"Lame. Why didn't you challenge them last year, dummy?"
"Because," Calvin paused, glaring at Seth. "I had to save you from being eaten. I was right at the registration desk too..." Calvin looked down, remembering his grand adventure he had gone on not so long ago.
"Sorry about that... You know how those Wailord are though. Hungry!" Seth scratched his head, feeling somewhat bad about ruining his brother's chances at competing.
"It's fine. Besides, I wouldn't have won anyway. Delphox was injured the day before. I wouldn't have been able to do a thing without her."
"Where are they now? Your team, I mean."
"Uncle Reese is using them. He needed some support for his expedition." Calvin sighed, looking up at the night sky. He's up there. Lucky duck. I wonder what it's like on the moon...
"Uncle Reese is a dork. Can't even catch his own Pokemon!"
"Well, he's a busy guy. Sometimes it-" Calvin was suddenly cut off by a loud, high pitched scream coming from ahead.
"What was that?!" Calvin said, holding his ears.
"GRANDMA!" Seth was off, bolting to their house which was on top of a nearby hill.
"Seth, wait!" Calvin tried to keep up, but his fourteen year-old legs, for some reason, weren't as quick as the eleven year-old's. However, what he saw ahead appalled him to the core.
Holy crap. Our house! It's... Burning! Calvin sprinted up the hill as fast as he could, his legs pumped with adrenaline. Flames danced on his home's roof, smoke reaching high into the sky. Seth pounded on the front door, coughing.
"Grandma, please..." Tears pooled in his eyes as he banged on the door.
"Seth! MOVE!" He barely had time to move before Calvin slammed into the door with all his might. Seth ran in, only to be barraged by smoke.
"Grandma, answer!" Calvin yelled, trying to see through the fire and smoke.
As Seth raced through the rooms desperately searching, Calvin paused in the kitchen. Something had caught his eye. What the... Holy shit! The oven! "SETH! GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!"
"Not until I find-" He started.
"GET OUT OF THE DAMN HOUSE. NOW!" Calvin ran, jumping and ducking over and under flames. Fire stung his heels as the heat surrounded him. With a final ounce of courage, Calvin ran directly through the flames and out the door. Ripping off his jacket which was burning brightly, Calvin collapsed, losing his lunch. After emptying his stomach, Calvin realized Seth was nowhere to be seen.
"S... Seth!" Calvin sputtered, tasting his mouth.
As if on cue, his house erupted into a fireball with a deafening explosion. Calvin shielded himself, chunks of wood firing into his arms. He screeched, the pain unbearable. "SETH!" Tears streamed from his blue eyes, pooling around him. "S... Seth... Grandma..."
Calvin looked up, seeing something he never expected to see. A tall, dark man with a handlebar mustache hovered over his house. He had a grey jumpsuit with contraptions on his feet that allowed him to hover. In his hands, was the lifeless, unmoving body of Seth.
"What... are you doing?" Calvin asked, wiping his nose.
"Oh yes... You'll be a fine specimen." The man said, his voice deep and scratchy.
"W-Wait, don't-"
"If you want to see him again, face me at the League." He flew away, boy in hand, and laughed. "Oh yes. He'll be an... interesting... specimen indeed."
OKAY! So, I wrote that kind of fast just to get it on here! Anyways, I hope you enjoyed :) Be sure to tell me how I can improve, or just your thoughts in general.
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1. Who was the mysterious man?
2. What does he want with Seth?
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