A/N this fanfiction is for one of my old gaming buddies lazy Draco /XIII. He requested it from me so here it is. Also I do take requests as long as they are within reason. If you have a request I recommend you pm me. I will tell you for sure or not whether I can complete it.

I yawned as I packed my travel bag full of warm clothes. Today I was going to climb up the mountain to prove to my mom I was no longer a little kid. My mom had been trying to convince me to wait another year before going for my trainers license. Eventually she agreed that if I could spend one night alone in the mountains as my father had done at my age, then I could get my license.

Once I was sure my bag was packed I took is downstairs to fill the rest of its space with food. The early morning light was just filtering through when I had finished packing my bag completely. Throwing it over my shoulder I marched outside towards the town's edge. Pallet town was a small little place best known for the Professor's lab. My house was on the very edge and next door was my best friend Ash. His birthday had been last week and he got his first Pokèmon. Right afterwards he had left for his adventure not even stopping to say goodbye to me.

With a last long look at my house I left town heading for the mountains. It was early in the morning and dawn had just broke as I left. It took two hours for me to reach the base of the mountain where I stopped for a small snack and some water. Looking at the sky the day looked like it would be perfect for climbing and spending the night.

It wasn't until when I stopped for lunch halfway up the side when the first dark cloud came through and the temperature dropped significantly. I had to add extra layers of clothes the farther I climbed up. I had only put an extra sweatshirt, sweatpants, and a pair of thick wool gloves. By mid afternoon it was snowing and I had to find shelter. The snow began to pick up at a fast pace so much that I didn't see the cliff and slid down a wall of sheer rock.

I was saved by a ledge that was half way down the side landing directly in front of a wall cave. When I landed I heard a loud snap and my leg gave out completely. In the haze of pain I looked down grateful to see that there wasn't any bone sticking out of my leg. Using the wall I pulled myself to my feet and stumbled into the cave.

Almost as soon as I was in I tumbled right back out. In the cave was a massive Arcanine with a single egg barely visable through the fur. It looked up at me and growled angrily. That's when I noticed that it looked quite old and sickly. I said in a soft calm voice," It's okay. I'm not here to hurt you or the egg. I'm seeking shelter from the storm."

It lifted it head again looking me in the eyes like it was searching my soul. I held its gaze waiting for it to make its decision. If it chose to throw me out I would die before the storm passed. It seemed to find what it was looking for and turned away from me. I went in the cave noticing it was wide and we were facing directly into the wind. Even sheltered from the snow if we couldn't find a way to seal the entrance we would freeze before morning. Slowly but surely I began to pack snow in front of the entrance while balancing on my good leg.

As I made it higher I could no longer reach the top until I felt something warm go up under me and lift me higher up. Looking down I saw the Arcanine giving me a look that said," well aren't you going to put it up there?" I smiled and packed the snow at the top of the small wall. I could feel how thin the poor creature was every time I moved. Unlike most Arcanines this one had very little muscle left on it and was all fur no muscle or fat at all. This poor thing was dying. Once the wall was erected I slowly got off the Arcanine who went to lay next to the egg. Even with all of my extra clothes on I was freezing there was no possible way that the egg would survive without extra help.

I pulled off my outer jacket and slowly moved towards the egg. When I was only a few feet from it the Arcanine looked up at me and growled. I did a wrapping motion with the jacket and pointed to the egg. It was suspicious at first but allowed me close enough to wrap the egg in my jacket. I cautiously hugged the egg close to me in an effort to help keep it warm.

I was surprised when the Arcanine wrapped itself around me instead of ripping me to shreds. How it knew I would never intentionally harm a Pokèmon I didn't know. I was eternally grateful for the warmth the Arcanine gave off. Even dying the inner fire that every fire Pokèmon had hadn't died out. I said softly the warmth making me tired and my eyes were slowly closing," Thank you. We will make it out of this and you will get the help you need."

It nuzzled me softly pushing me back into the fur so that I lay with my back against it, and the warmth radiated through me. The next morning I woke to the warmth fading and sharp raspy breaths from the Arcanine. I immediately tried to get to my feet forgetting about my broken leg. The second I put pressure on the leg I felt the blood drain from my face as I crumpled to the ground in pain. The Arcanine looked at me sadly before nudging me with its nose to the entrance.

I shook my head and said," No I won't leave you. Come on you can make it." I pulled on its massive front paw trying to get it to stand up. Again it nudged me almost knocking me all the way to the floor. I slowly got to my feet carefully keeping the weight off my bad leg. The Arcanine looked at me sadly then looked at the egg. I knew it wanted me to take the egg with me. I picked up the egg heading towards the entrance before looking back at a raspy sound. The Arcanine had taken its last breath.

I looked sadly at its body before tearing down our wall. The sunlight blinded me for nearly a minute before I could take a good look around. It was directly on the cliffside while I was an experienced free climber I could not free climb with a broken leg.

I heard a voice not to far from the edge of the cliff about 30 feet above me," Ritchie! Are you out there? My name is Jack Walker I'm here to help you!" I yelled back," Over here! I'm on a ledge 30 feet down the side. My leg is broken and I have an egg so I can't climb back up."

A blonde haired man looked down the side of the cliff and said," Damn kid you weren't kidding. Besides the leg are you hurt anywhere else?" I shook my head and he walked away for a moment. When he came back he repelled down the side of the cliff. He gave the cave a once over immediately noticing the dead Arcanine.

Tilting his head he asked," What happened there?" I said saddened," I fell onto this ledge and it allowed me into the cave. It was guarding this egg and entrusted it to me. When it hatches it's going to be my first Pokemon." The look on Jack's face was priceless but he replied," So she died in the night then."

Before I could say different he hoisted me into his spare harness and told me to hold on. He supported my broken leg gingerly while slowly making his way up the side. After hours of slow travel due to my leg we finally made it back to Pallet Town where my mom got a doctor while Jack looked after me. The doctor set the bones in my leg and gave me a shot of pain killers. With that the world went black.