Hey, I'm Swagipede. I'm not necessarily new to FF, but I haven't been here in a while and I want a fresh start. Behold.
Chapter 1: Freedom is Sweet?
It was late afternoon. A Mega Beedrill dashed though trees in a lush and thick forest. He looked around and saw Deerling eating grass and sipping from a stream. A few starter birds flew in a mixed flock. A Pansage, Panpour, and Pansear ate berries in the shade of a bush. Beedrill was free.
His trainer and her rival had completed all they had hoped to accomplish in their lives as trainers, and set most of their Pokemon free rather than leave them to rest an eternity in the Box. They kept a few of their closest Pokemon, and went to settle down together, hoping to raise a new trainer to try and achieve something greater than they had.
Beedrill let one of his four arms stretch to the side, cutting down a few trees and shredding the bark on others. This was life. He picked up speed, and got a little careless. Pointing all his drills and his stinger directly forward, he plowed straight through a tree, and then another. He continued this until he struck a sleeping Trevenant in the back of his head. He was now stuck, and the Trevenant was pissed off for sure.
"Uhh... I don't suppose you could help me out here, could you?" Beedrill asked, knowing his request was in vain.
"HWAAAARRGH!" the Trevenant roared in both agony and rage. He threw himself to the ground to crush Beedrill, but that also caused him to go in deeper. Trevenant screamed in frustration and grabbed Beedrill, ripping him free. Beedrill still had some of Trevenant's ghostly essence dripping on his stingers, but he didn't mind.
"You should've done that first, dumbass!" Beedrill was already upset for being squashed. He quickly dashed to the side to avoid an oncoming attack by the enraged Trevenant. "Hey! I was trying not to hurt you, but now you're asking for it!" Beedrill charged the Trevenant, now aiming to end its life, or at least KO it.
It was now nighttime. Beedrill rested on the pile of logs that was once a Trevenant, and faced up at the sky. He was still excited about being free. He decided he would mess around where he was for a few hours, but he'd best move on and see what he finds. Hopefully not stupid ghost trees. Upon deciding what he would do, Beedrill closed his eyes and slept. It wasn't long before he was awoken by a rustling in the branches above him.
"Who's there?" Beedrill called out to the treetops. "I'll fuck you up, man. I mean it!"
He received no response, but he quickly raised his stingers to protect him as his stalker, an Escavalier, dived down out of the branches to attack. Beedrill knew him. He was his own rival of sort, once owned by Beedrill's trainer's rival. If he ever found out about Beedrill doing something, Escavalier had to try and do it better. He was the bane of Beedrill's existence, "the most annoying thing on the planet," and giving bug types a bad name.
"The fuck do you want Escavalier? We we're supposed to go our separate ways!"
"I was feeling lonely! I decided I'd pay a visit to my best friend!"
"Fuck off Escavalier. I have better stuff to do than kick your ass." Beedrill started to back off and turn away, his head still turned to watch Escavalier.
"Like what? You were just sleeping!".
Beedrill paused for a moment. "I thought I told you to fuck off!" he finally shouted. "How did you manage to find me anyway?"
"I got a Herdier to track your scent," replied Escavalier. "I used your old smoke ball, from back when you were a coward. And by the looks of it, old habits sure die hard!"
Beedrill snapped around quickly, and shortened the gap between them. "Now what do you mean by that, grub?"
"Sorry if I offended you," Escavalier started as he moved in closer so that their faces were inches away. "But I've never needed them. I never run from a fight, be it Magikarp or a legendary such as Reshiram."
"That mindset will get you killed in a minute, Escavalier."
Without much other warning, Beedrill pulled Escavalier into a sort of bear hug with his two lower arms, while sending his top right arm to strike the side of Escavalier's helmet. Escavalier blocked with one of his lances, and then struck his enemy with the side of the same lance. While Beedrill was stunned, Escavalier pulled him into one of his own bear hugs and performed a suplex, slamming Beedrill's head into the ground. Beedrill pushed him away with force, sending Escavalier crashing into a tree, upside down. Beedrill then charged him with a drill run. Escavalier parried that and reoriented himself, following up with a Double Edge and striking towards Beedrill's chest. Beedrill protected himself, and tried again with his drill run, this time scratching Escavalier's stolen helmet
They began to attack in a flurry of Twinneedles and blocks and parries, nobody seeming to get the upper hand. Finally they broke away, and Escavalier quickly attacked with another Double Edge. Beedrill wasn't quick enough to block. Beedrill's ectoskeletal shell cracked, but it was nothing rest couldn't heal in this world.
Beedrill withdrew a few yards, and got ready. Escavalier did the same. Beedrill was taking damage, and did not want to be humiliated. If he was going down, he was doing it in style, but he hoped it wouldn't come to that.
"You want to joust? Beedrill, you know that's my thing!" Escavalier boasted. " You marked yourself for death!"
"Shut the fuck up Escavalier! I don't want to hear another word from you, and after this, win or lose, I won't have to!"
"You sure got that right," Escavalier muttered to himself.
Without another word l, they both charged. There was no signal, but it was simultaneous. They sped towards each other as fast as they could. Mega Beedrill with all five of his stingers pointed forward, head tucked in. Escavalier with one of his lances in front. He thought he'd look stupid with both. Time seemed to slow down, although this barely lasted for a moment, and after what seemed like an eternity for the two of them, the finally met, an end to their feud.