It was a chilly Saturday morning in Sinnoh. "A nice day for a hike!" I thought to myself. I am no hiker, but I have always wanted to explore the mystical mountain of Mt. Coronet. Maybe it was the urban legend that Arceus made dwelling there, or because I do enjoy peace and quiet away from other people. Eh, since I was 16, I had plenty of time to do it. Why not now?

Because I lived in Eterna city, right next to Mt. Coronet, I always saw egotistical trainers try to climb to the top, boasting of their exploits. Every time this happened, I would chuckle to myself, knowing that shortly, they would come down with their head hanging, either because they got beaten, or they couldn't find Arceus. What did they expect with a level 60 machoke? To beat and enslave God?

I grabbed some jeans and chucked on a black shirt, straightened my white hair, chucked some sunglasses over my blue eyes and headed for the mountain myself. I was always curious about what was on or inside of the mountain, and as I stepped inside the cool, dark and peaceful cave, I relaxed and suddenly felt at ease. I never realized how much I enjoyed being in the dark… it was just so relaxing, felt normal to me when standing in the scorching sun felt uncomfortable and uneasy. That's also why I always wore sunglasses.

As I was walking along the cave, I could hear Pokemon cry out around me. "Golbat!" Yelled a Pokemon, and tried to tackle me. "Ugh!" I exclaimed and tripped. Annoyed, I grabbed it by the wing and flung it off of me. I had no intention to hurt or kill it. To my surprise, as I grabbed the startled bat, something pulsed in my hands… As if water came out of them; black, cold water which took the shape of a ball with a purple hue and swarmed the golbat. The next thing I new, the bat was asleep in my hands, snoring peacefully. "Huh." I thought out loud, as I examined the sleeping golbat. The liquid, or whatever, that had come out of my hand was no longer there. Maybe the golbat tried to use a move on me and failed?

I gently laid the bat against the cool cave rock and sprayed some repel on myself, which I had hoped to avoid having to do. Seriously, it smells fetid! Suddenly, as I was about to resume my voyage to the top, someone yelled behind me and scared me shitless. "HEY YOU! LETS BATTLE"

"Holy shit dude, you didn't have to yell like that! Also, I am not a Pokemon trainer, I am just enjoying my Saturday by exploring this cave…Do you mind?" I remarked.

"Oh yeah? Then which of your Pokemon used dark void on that golbat?" He replied with a smirk. "I saw you attack him, and I scanned it with my pokedex! You used dark void!"

"Dark void? You mean the move that only Darkrai has?" I laughed. "Do you really think-" As I was talking, I turned back to face him, only to see his eyes widen in shock.

"Oh my god, you caught darkrai?" He cried.

I had two choices at this point. Tell him the truth that I did not have darkrai, or make him piss off by telling him I did. "Yes, I did, so if you don't scram, you will be sorry." I commanded as menacingly as possible. In the blink of an eye, he was gone. "That's what I fuckin' thought..." I muttered to myself, and brushed off the conversation we just had.

I continued my ascent climbing through the dimly lit cave. I had always heard people talk about how others would get lost inside, but I could see as clear as day! After going through a couple narrow corridors and sneaking around puddles, I begun to ponder what has really happened just then. "Why did that happen? Did I do that? Why did that kid say I used dark void? What I did to the golbat… did I dark void him? Was the -" I was cut off as a sudden bright light astonished me. The temperature also declined rapidly, and soon I found myself out in a snowy cliffside which rolled down into the bustling Eterna city. Despite not liking the bright light, I liked it up here. It was cool and peaceful. As the day ended, I looked down and enjoyed the beautiful sunset over the city. I decided that I was going to stay here for a while. Not that it mattered; it was a weekend and I did not have anyone to worry about me… I didn't have parents...

As I broke out into thought, relaxing in a patch of snowy grass on the hilltop, I heard some rustling. At first, I did not take notice, but I started to smell something. Sniffing in the air, I could make out the musty smell of female fur? Why was I smelling fur? Why did I think female immediately? All of a sudden, a startling sound came from behind me. "AAABSOL!" Suddenly, the wind was knocked out of me and I felt something sharp around my sides, but it was just there… And then it sank in. What felt like millions of knives cut into my body as I screamed in pain. It was like sharp fangs crunched into me from all sides. That absol had used bite. I never realized just how powerful or how painful a Pokemon attack actually was until now, when I was writhing in pain with blood pouring out from my abdomen. I tried to call out for help, for anyone, but no one was there besides a very pissed off absol. I started to lose conscious and I was losing blood rapidly. The absol trotted over next to me, getting ready to attack again. This was it, I thought. What a shit way to die. I closed my eyes and readied myself for the worst. However, I did not feel anything. I opened my eyes to see the absol scanning up and down my body curiously, sniffing me all around. It no longer looked angry or tried to kill me. The sharp pain in my sides brought me back to reality and I yelped in pain. Yelped? Why did I yelp like that? It sounded so unnatural!

The absol also took note of that and was a little startled too. "Absol." It pondered, still walking around me. Because of how much blood I was losing, I started to get a headache and almost threw up. "Absol…" It said, and leaned down next to my wound. "S-stop…" I barely mumbled and with the last of my effort, I lifted my hand in an attempt to push it away. It put a paw on my hand and pushed it down. So much for that. I lay helpless, as the absol observed my wound, and without warning, licked my would. "Aah!" I yelled in pain. Why is it licking my blood? Is it like a vampire? What the hell? I thought, as the absol kept licking at it. My abdomen felt a little hot, and then when the absol stood up, the wound had completely disappeared. It still stung like a bitch, and I was in no mood to get up. After healing my other side too, it opened its mouth wide, as if it was going to bite me again. "Shit…" I thought, but instead it gently picked me up in its mouth and trotted off.

I did not know where the hell it was planning on taking me, but I was in no mood to follow. With the last of my strength, I twisted out of its grip. "Absol." It said, with a snicker, as if to tell me I was not going anywhere. That was true, I wasn't going anywhere, but I sure as hell wasn't going to wherever it was taking me without a fight! I slowly crawled to the cave exit, and the absol followed behind me. I lifted an arm to swat it off, but instead the same thing that happened to the Golbat happened again; some liquid came out from my hand and leaped to the absol. It looked surprised, then fell unconscious with a "sooooolllllll"

I crawled as fast as I could to the cave exit. After what felt like forever, I was so close, and I felt my hand touch the cold stone. I might actually be able to escape! As I tried to heave myself into the cave, I felt a furry paw against my calf, and suddenly I was dragged out of the cave. "No, no, no, FUCK" I screamed in frustration, and my sides tensed up and stung. Though I could only protest, this intent absol did not let me go. Finally, I gave up. I have no idea what it where it wanted to take me, but I was about to find out. It lifted me on top of its back and leapt skillfully from rock to rock. If I tried to escape, I'd fall to my death. Finally, it dumped me against a smaller boulder, and bound me with some weird white fabric. "Absol" it said to me, as though it was saying "Wait here." After struggling with the stuff that bound me, I gave up and fell asleep, tired, uncomfortable and hurt.

Hello everyone, my name is Akartoshi. I hope you enjoy this fanfiction, as it sure was fun to write. I will get a new chapter out every week if possible, so stay tuned! Please review and give it a favorite if you enjoyed it, as well as some feedback on what I should improve. It keeps me motivated knowing I am not just writing for myself. Also, if you guys have good Absol names, tell me some because I have no idea what to call the other characters LOL.

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