Another new story. I'm sorry, I'll start working on Human Emotions and Lion King 3: Dethroned again after this. I promise, the next thing you'll see from me is a chapter for one of these three stories, I just couldn't wait to post this. Enjoy! :D
A taillow was perched on a rock, enjoying the warm light beating down on the field. Grass surrounded the rock, but the taillow had done a once over before it had stopped on the rock, determining it to be safe. He ruffled his feathers, unaware of paws moving silently towards him.
An electrike watched the taillow seriously. The canine Pokémon kept low to the ground as it advanced. When the distance had been closed significantly, the electric dog crouched. However, the taillow noticed the spiky tufts of fur that stood up on an electrike's rear. As the dog pounced, the small bird Pokémon launched itself into the air, flying away to safety.
The electrike flipped over, and landed with a thud.
"I see you still can't hunt," a voice called out boastfully. The electrike shook her head and rolled over, getting to her feet with a growl.
"Oh be quiet, Darkcloud, we're not all like you," the electrike barked.
"If you took my advice, Thunderpaw, you WOULD be like me," the Manectric growled.
"Stupid big brother...Listen, your fur being differently coloured than anyone else's doesn't make you a superstar," she retorted. Her brother always acted like such a big shot, just because he was different.
"Maybe not, but my hunting and fighting abilities do," he taunted.
"Just wait until I evolve! I'll beat you so badly, you'll never make fun of me again!" Thunderpaw snapped. Darkcloud yawned.
"I doubt that...I'm better than most of the other manectrics in our pack already," he pointed out. The smaller dog rolled her eyes. "Besides, where are your friends?" he asked.
"Well, let's see...Two of them have dark fur so they're probably staying out of this heat...The other has dark stripes, so I don't think I'm going to see him out here," Thunderpaw replied.
"You know, that's one thing you've got over me. Stupid dark fur...Gets so hot," Darkcloud panted. "I'm going back...Too hot..." he turned and walked away. Thunderpaw chuckled; it paid to be a lighter colour. However, after a short while the electrike left the field. She trotted off to a cavern at the base of a mountain, creeping inside. Cool air greeted her. Several manectrics were lying on their sides, some asleep, some just enjoying the cool rock. Darkcloud was one of the few just enjoying the cold.
A few minutes later, a poochyena rushed into the cave, tripping over her front paws. She tumbled into Thunderpaw, which stopped her but knocked the electrike down. The green dog got up.
"Sorry Thunderpaw, didn't see you there!" the poochyena yelped, shaking her head as she got up.
"You never see me or anyone else, Nightblitz," the electrike sighed. However, her friend didn't seem to be paying attention. As usual, Thunderpaw knew, the poochyena's eyes were watching Darkcloud. For whatever reason, the small dog Pokémon had a thing for her brother. The dark manectric was completely oblivious, much to Nightblitz's dismay, and Thunderpaw's delight.
"I wish your brother would notice me..." the poochyena whispered.
"I don't see why you even like him..." Thunderpaw trailed off.
"Duh, if you saw anything attractive in him, that'd be icky. He's your brother. You're not supposed to see why I like him," Nightblitz explained.
"You know...You're pretty bad at explaining things...But I get what you're saying, I guess," the electrike informed her friend. "Let's go outside," she added. Nightblitz nodded, and the two headed out of the cavern. They went further up the mountain, racing each other. They leapt into each other's paths a couple of times, laughing. Out of another cave, a houndour stepped out. He looked at them curiously.
"What are you two doing this time?" he asked. Thunderpaw stood still, while Nightblitz giggled lowly.
"Oh, hey Blackblaze," Nightblitz said, nudging her electric friend. Thunderpaw shook her head, embarrassed. Blackblaze just smirked, and trotted off. The electrike just sighed.
"Blackblaze is cute..." she swooned. Nightblitz rolled her eyes.
"Oh please. Even a raticate is cuter than Blackblaze!" the poochyena exclaimed. Thunderpaw swatted the smaller canine, not unkindly.
"Well, I like him," she told her friend.
"Though I don't know why," Nightblitz replied. The two girls continued to argue. While they were arguing, they didn't notice an orange puppy Pokémon jump up onto a rock beside them. The growlithe stretched himself out.
"Hey guys! How's it hanging?" the growlithe, Firefur, called out. The two girl dogs turned towards him.
"Oh, hey Firefur. We're fine," Thunderpaw answered coolly. The orange dog jumped down from the rock, landing in front of the two females.
"We should go hang or something," he voiced, and the three trotted away, back down the mountain.
"I was trying to hunt today...I scared it off though," Thunderpaw huffed.
"The butt fur gave you away again, huh?" Firefur asked knowingly. The electric pokemon's fur bristled.
"Yes..." she admitted. "Then Darkcloud came and taunted me. He's such a jerk sometimes!" she added.
"Excuse me, no he isn't!" Nightblitz exclaimed, defending the special manectric. The poochyena's two friends just snorted. The three all ended up just lying around the base of the mountain for a while.
The packs all got along. They didn't really care that they were somewhat almost on top of each other for territory; each pack had a specific section of the grasslands around the mountain for themselves. They'd agreed to live peacefully, and the leaders enjoyed each other's company from time to time. It made it easier when a Mightyena wanted to mate with a Houndoom or Manectric, or vice versa. Everyone was fairly relaxed. Nearby, in the grasslands and not actually on the mountain, was a pack of Arcanines and Growlithes. They'd managed to get on the good sides of the pack leaders, and could visit whenever they wished.
Curiously, though, none of the packs even knew what was higher up on the mountain; no one ever bothered going up there. Why would they, when they had ideal caverns for homes and allies so close? Their lives were all great without going up higher.
A few weeks later, the manectrics and electrikes were just relaxing inside their cavern. Even Thunderpaw was staying in, sort of sleepy. Most were asleep. However, all were awake and sitting up when the ground beneath them began to rumble. They jumped to their feet, all alarmed. A group of Marowaks stomped into the cavern.
"What are you doing? Get out!" the Alpha manectric barked. A marowak stepped forward.
"We're taking over, so move your furry butts outta here!" the marowak snarled viciously. The manectric's eyes narrowed with rage.
"Make us!" he snapped. The marowak immediately swung the bone club in his hand. The dog Pokémon jumped back, avoiding the swing. As he jumped forward to attack, the ground Pokémon swung the bone again powerfully. It slammed into the manectric's shoulder, sending him crashing into the cave wall. He shook it off and rose again, only to crumble to the floor as the marowak smashed him in the head.
Raising the bone for the finishing blow, the marowak grinned. There was a single loud roar as Darkcloud leapt at the ground type, knocking him against the wall and causing him to drop the bone. He got to his feet angrily and turned towards the dark manectric.
Every strand of fur was standing on Darkcloud's body. Before the marowak could get his club from where it had fallen, the electric dog jumped upon him. With sharp claws and good precision, Darkcloud deeply scratched at the marowak's eyes. With a roar the marowak threw him off, and the manectric landed on his feet. Every other Pokémon in the cave was watching anxiously.
"I won't lose to you," Darkcloud spat fiercely. "You should get the hell out!" he swore. The marowak didn't respond, he just grabbed his bone club and rushed at the manectric. Darkcloud gracefully leapt to the side of the attack, and headbutted the marowak away. The ground type let out a loud growl, signalling the others to attack.
The other marowaks rushed to attack, but the electrikes and manectrics moved swiftly to help the alpha, and then out of the cave. Even Darkcloud decided to abandon the fight, leaping onto the Marowak leader's head and jumped away, ploughing the ground type into the rock floor. The ground type growled, but none of the marowaks pursued the fleeing manectric pack.
The pack ran out onto their specific area of the grasslands. They all panted. Thunderpaw moved to her brother's side.
"Are you okay?" she asked, a little worried.
"You know I didn't get hit," he murmured, looking at his sister from the corner of his eye. The electrike nuzzled her brother warmly. Darkcloud stayed motionless, watching to see if any marowaks would bother chasing them. Sparkfang, the pack leader, was shaking off the pain of the blow to his head. He kept telling everyone he was fine, but no one seemed to want to listen to him.
With a growl, he moved to Darkcloud's other side.
"Thanks," he said to the dark manectric. The other nodded. Sparkfang let out a loud yawn, and lay down in the tall grass. He shortly fell asleep.
As the sun was setting, a poochyena and growlithe made their way through the grass towards the electric dog Pokémon pack.
"We heard about the marowaks driving you out of your cave! Is everyone okay?" Nightblitz and Firefur shouted, somewhat panicky.
"Relax guys. Everyone's fine, thanks to Darkcloud," Thunderpaw reassured. Her two friends calmed down.
"Well, that's good. I was so worried there'd be more trouble..." Nightblitz admitted. Sparkfang overheard.
"I'm sorry to say this isn't all the trouble," he commented. The three smaller dogs looked up at him.
"What do you mean, Sparkfang?" Thunderpaw asked. "How much more trouble could there be?"
"Well, for a start, there's no shelter out here, and there were just our hunting grounds. Also, this will more than likely stir up some distress between the Mightyena and Houndoom packs. Relations between the two weren't exactly very good, but we managed to hold them together. With us off the mountain...Something might escalate..." Sparkfang explained.
Suddenly, a very cross looking Darkcloud walked over.
"Don't worry these three with those problems," he growled. "Older ones like you should be worrying about this and trying to come up with a solution," he added.
Sparkfang nodded apologetically. "I'm sorry...You're very much correct, Darkcloud. Except for that old comment!" he ended with a slight growl. The two manectric walked away, returning taunts.
The three pups lay down in the tall grass together.
"There's just got to be something we can do..." Thunderpaw said.
"Look, don't worry about it. You'll all be fine, and you'll find a new home very soon," Firefur tried to reassure the electrike.
The electrike's eyes lit up with an idea. "Why can't my pack just move higher up on the mountain? We'll still be on the mountain to hold the other packs together, and we'll have a home again!" she exclaimed.
"That's a great idea! Maybe we should go up there tomorrow, you know, check it out...See if we can't find a good cave for your pack!" Nightblitz enthused. Firefur nodded, agreeing with the two females.
"Then it's settled. Tomorrow we head up the mountain," Thunderpaw confirmed. Nightblitz and Firefur nodded, before heading home. Thunderpaw soon found Darkcloud lying down, and she joined him, falling asleep shortly.
Yeah...Going up the mountain? Not going to be such a great idea. That's all I'm going to say on that though! So far I really like Darkcloud and Thunderpaw and Nightblitz. I guess Firefur is okay, I just don't really like growlithes but he was a character idea and I decided to use him.
Enjoy, don't forget to review please! :D