Ahh, love at first sight. The perfect way to start off a sappy fanfic.
Or not…
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Kestin hated those moments.
Those moments where he felt like everyone was against him.
Those moments where he was stuck between a zangoose and a seviper with nowhere to run.
Those moments where Aaron had finally caught up to him and was about to punch him in the fa…
The mach punch caught him in the soft part of his underbelly, sending him into a neighboring persim berry tree, taking off a large portion of his HP. A persim berry knocked him on the head, adding insult and injury… to injury.
Aaron stood over him, a look of triumph on his face. He picked up the little eevee before he could run and landed another punch into his stomach. Kestin groaned.
"Not so tough now, huh, ya' little freak? That'll teach you to steal from my private stash!"
Kestin just kept his eyes shut and groaned again. Aaron was an Ursaring, a large one at that. He was about five years older than everyone in the forest, and about twice their level, which meant he had squatting rights to pretty much the entire forest.
Of course, that didn't stop little mon's like Kestin from trying to not die of starvation stealing from his rightful collection.
Kestin shrugged. "Well, not all of us can afford not to eat for a week, or wait for Taylor to get back with whatever he stole from the humans this time."
Another punch. Kestin groaned. Aaron glared at him menacingly.
"Listen to me, tough guy. If this happens again, I don't care what your friends think of me. You're dead meat, freak"
Why did they always bring up the f…
Aaron punched him again. Mercifully, he blacked out.
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Rose growled inwardly at the sunlight.
She enjoyed sunlight, of course. Gave everything a nice glow. Kept her fear of the dark at bay for a while. Made her feel more powerful.
Of course, unlike the humans, she actually got more powerful off of sunlight.
However, after about fifteen minutes walking in the dark shade of the trees, the sunlight just seemed … intrusive. Unnecessary. Annoying.
Rose trudged on regardless. If she was going to get to the forest by sunset, she would have to keep going.
Do you seriously think they'll accept you?, a nagging voice in her head said. You really don't think they'll just shove you out like the others?
Shut up, she thought. Let's just reserve judgement until we actually get to th…
Suddenly, a random wooper came out of nowhere.
"HI!", the wooper yelled.
Rose jumped back, startled. The wooper grinned wider.
"Woops, did I startle you? SORRY! My name is Wes!"
The wooper started dancing around. Rose was hyperventilating from the shock of meeting the wooper. Wes looked closer at her.
"A growlithe, huh? Well, we don't have one of you guys, yet! C'MON IN!"
The wooper somehow grabbed her paw and dragged her forward.
Suddenly, they were in a clearing. Wes immediately ran off with a "be-right-back-gotta-go-check-on-something!". Rose stood up and dusted herself off. She looked around. They were standing in a large clearing, surrounded on all sides by large berry trees. A venonat and a petilil were off arguing in the middle of the clearing.
"Well, it's not my fault that he went and got himself offed by Aaron!"
"Just HELP ME OVER HERE, GRACE!"
The venonat and Wes were standing over what seemed to be a prone figure on the floor. All four pokemon looked about her age, fifteen years or so. The venonat seemed worried about the fainted pokemon, while the petilil, or "Grace", seemed to be aloof. Wes looked very worried about the fainted pokemon, making small distressed sounds.
The venonat stood up, finally noticing Rose standing there. "Oh. Hey there." She put her paw out and Rose shook it.
"I'm Leyla. Her over there" She pointed at the petilil. "is Grace. You've met Wes, of course. And this is Kestin."
Rose stopped dead in her tracks. The prone 'mon was definitely an eevee. Same ears, same paws. Heck, even her nose smelled an eevee in front of her.
But there was something wrong with his fur. It was the wrong color.
Author's Note: Pokemon names in this fanfiction are not capitalized. You wouldn't say "Look at that Fox!", or "I'll take the Tuna". Same with berries.