Actually, for those of you who may not know, I'm supposed to be on a mini vacation. But my imagination won't go on one. I got the idea for this when I finished up a fake Pokémon, Houndark, the evolved form of Houndoom. Obviously by now readers should be familiar with Pokémon or they won't understand some of this stuff. Before I leave you to read the fic I just want to add two last things. First, this takes place five days after Double Whammy Parts 1 & 2. Second… I CHOOSE YOU HOUNDOUR!
It was a normal day in Happy Tree Town. Only a few days ago Flippy beat his PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and it feels like a heavy load was lifted off his shoulders… but not the whole thing. Only yesterday he discovered that he still "flips out", as the other tree friends put it, if he gets really angry or is in grave danger. 'Those jerks Shifty and Lifty had it coming to them' the bear thought to himself as he remembered when the two raccoons tried to rob him again, the only difference being that they had guns. Flippy was just taking a walk to forget about last night when he heard soft and sad sounding whimpers. He looked around and spotted what appeared to be a puppy, an odd looking puppy at that. He slowly walked up to it as it was injured and frightened and took a closer look. It had wolf like ears, a small tail, a pink heart shaped nose like other animals, ocean blue eyes that reminded Flippy of his own eyes, what appeared to be a skull design on its head, little protruding fangs, what appeared to be shackles on its ankles, and a red snout and belly. What really caught Flippy's attention was the rest of its coat. It was camo coloured, just like his clothes. "Hey little guy, are you lost?" Flippy calmly and softly spoke to the little dog, that just stared back and shivered occasionally looking away to lick its bleeding wounds. Not wanting to leave the helpless pooch he slowly reached out to the pup, which started sniffing his hand. Flippy picked the puppy up and carried it to a vet.
Unfortunately, as Flippy thought, Lumpy was the veterinarian. The moose looked over the pup that always growled at him but never at the bear. Lumpy was about to inspect the pooch's teeth when it did something unexpected; it let loose a small and weak stream of fire from its mouth. Seeing this Lumpy looked back to Flippy expecting him to flip out but he just stared at the pup which was shivering even more. Flippy thought that maybe petting the dog would calm it so he scratched it behind its ears. The strange dog looked back at Flippy before settling down. Lumpy checked everything about the odd pup and bandaged its cuts and what appeared to be bite wounds. "Do you know anything about a dog breed like this?" Flippy asked to the moose. Lumpy simply answered with "Nope". Deciding he should talk to someone with (a lot) more brains than the moose Flippy went to see Sniffles.
"Never heard of any dog that can breathe fire" was all the answer Flippy got from the anteater. Flippy was now at his home keeping an eye on the puppy that was currently sleeping in a little bed Flippy made for it from a basket, a pillow, and a red camo coloured blanket. The strange dog woke up but only moved its head to look back at its rescuer, licking its nose occasionally to show it's in better health. The war veteran thought about something for a few minutes before telling his new pooch "Torchy, I think I'll call you Torchy".
Three days later
The injured and scared little puppy quickly recovered and was no longer as timid as before. In fact, it was very friendly and social! Flippy only started the walk five minutes ago and already everyone was calling Torchy the "cutest thing to ever be found in Happy Tree Town". Flippy stopped the walk for a little to let Cub play with the odd dog, the green bear already noticing that Pop wasn't paying attention to his son as he was sitting on a nearby bench reading a newspaper. Eventually, even Flippy stopped paying attention. When he looked back he was horrified by what he saw. Cub was mutilated and blood was splattered all over the sidewalk… and Torchy. Torchy growled at a particular location in a menacing way. Flippy was shocked about its physical changes, ruffled fur, sharper teeth, innocent blue eyes turned evil and yellow, but what shocked Flippy the most was how familiar this change was. Torchy took one look at Flippy and calmed down, after it did it looked at the scenery before it and broke down and cried. Flippy didn't really want to admit it but he could relate to his little dog, but he has more control over his darker side. Flippy decided after that thought that instead of giving up the pooch he should help Torchy overcome his dark side. But first, he had to get as far away from Pop as possible before he notices what happened…
By now it should be obvious that Torchy is a Houndour, the Dark Pokémon. To be more accurate with the inspiration I finished drawing my fake Pokémon, Houndark, and decided to watch the episode Double Whammy, both parts, on YouTube. The idea formed afterwards. Review and you get to pet good Torchy, flamers will get thrown in an iron cage where evil Torchy will enjoy ripping them limb from limb.
