ILLUMINATING DARK SHADOWS
He awoke in a bright meadow. He sat up. Many pokémon were playing, some kids, others parents. He rubbed his eyes. "Good morning sweetheart." said a voice beside him. He turned around to see a Chansey smiling at him. "Hi." He said. She rubbed his forehead. "What is a little Riolu like yourself doing here?" He got up on his feet. "I… I just found this place at night. It was raining and I had nowhere to go, so I just slept here… I'm sorry if I disturbed anything…" The Chansey smiled. "It's alright. Why don't you go play with the other pokémon?" She said, gesturing to the flower meadow where a Torchic, Starly, Totodile and Bidoof were playing, surrounded by other grown pokémon. Riolu decided a bit of playing would do him good. He ran up to the young pokémon. The Torchic turned around to him. "Hi! Who are you?" She said cheerily. "My name is Riolu." He said to her. "We're playing tag. Want to join us?" She said. "Sure!" He spent a couple minutes playing tag with the other pokémon. It was a happy time, the wind blowing in his face, the flowers flying, the smell of honey in the air (Guess what town this is) and it was a fun game of tag. When suddenly…
"Hey, what's that?" said Totodile. "Golly, the wind is blowing really strong!" said Bidoof. The wind started to blow so strong that Starly's feathers were all blown back in his body. "What is happening?" He said. The sky slowly turned a scarlet red. The pokémon at this point started to panic. Some fled. The Chansey ran to the young pokémon. "Kids, this isn't safe! Please come with me!" Riolu followed along with the other pokémon. A bright red lightning flashed in the sky. Riolu jumped with fear. A dark shadow fell on Chansey and the pokémon with her. Riolu could only hear her and the pokémons' screams as the shadow engulfed them. Panicked, he ran the opposite way, away from the group. The shadow absorbed the pokémon like a UFO, the last thing he heard was their pained screams before the shadow lifted and there was nothing left. He ran as fast as he could, the shadows after him like spotlights. He could hear a creaky and thin voice behind him whisper. "Don't try to run away from me… I will find you… You… are… MINE!"
The only thing that lit his way through his escape in the forest was the red lightning that struck every now and then and lit the entire forest. Suddenly, Riolu stopped dead in his tracks as heavy rain fell on him. A dark figure hung in mid air in front of him. It was pointy and very scary. Red lightning struck again, lighting up the figure within a few mili seconds. It flashed white and purple, and its eyes were bright red. Riolu screamed. Even after the flash was gone, the creature's eyes glowed red. An eerie voice somehow made its way inside Riolu's head. "Hello, little one…" The creature started to float towards him. Rioli had nowhere to run. There was not enough time… As the creature laughed and stood upon Riolu, its eyes revealed a dark pupil inside its redness. Riolu's eyes were filled with complete panic and fear. "Your turn…" The creature spread its long, arm-like members. "To join my WORLD OF DARKNESS!" It shrieked. Suddenly, a white flash hit the creature.
Another figure envelopped in light jumped over Riolu and struck the dark creature. Riolu watched amused as the two beings fought. "Run!" The light being shouted to him before it was tackled by the dark creature to the floor. Riolu remained frozen, unable to move. The light being pushed the dark creature out of its way and picked up Riolu. "I SAID RUN!" It yelled, throwing Riolu away from the fight. Riolu then started to run. He ran through the trees, away from that horrific scene. He passed so many trees that he lost count. He crossed the river leading out of the meadow he was first in, and passed the scary-looking big building made out of grey rock. There was metal and a fire stove inside. He made it through the mountainous hill, until he entered the forest.
There, he stopped to take in air. He took a look at his surroundings. The forest had a dense fog and many more trees planted in than the ones he saw in the meadow. He approached what looked like a human sign. Thanks to his psychic abilities, he was able to read what was written in the stone tablet. "E…Eter… Eterna…For…est. Where time… flows… eterna…lly." He said out loud. So the humans call this place "Eterna Forest", huh? He kept walking. Everything seemed fine, until he passed an odd-looking human house at the end of the forest. It looked old and decayed. Its windows were purple and gloomy. It appeared to stare at him in the distance, as if he shouldn't have disturbed its slumber. A dark gas cloud flew out of the house and headed straight for him. Before Riolu could do anything, it struck him in the chest, probably a move. It knocked him out, and he fainted on the spot he was standing. The last thing he saw was a small human girl with a red bow on her head looking at him through the window.