The Viridian Forest. A massive forest of huge trees so large that rarely does the light breach the forest floor. It is a home to many bug and flying type pokemon attracting novice trainers and bug catchers from miles around. It is a relatively safe area with a clear path bridging the gap between Viridian and Pewter City as expected of a common walking path of young trainers. It is considered almost a rite of passage for beginning trainers to travel through this forest in the search of a gym battle with the Pewter City Gym leader. However, if one were to stray from the path they would find incredible danger in the form of large and violently territorial swarms of Beedrill. Rookie trainer Alice Joy was currently in the process of becoming intimately familiar with this danger.
A young pink haired girl of around 15 was running through the forest at full speed. The only sounds were the cracking of branches and her labored breathing, as well as an ominous buzzing that seemed to get louder and louder no matter how fast she ran. Gasping and choking on sobs she ran on, heedless of the scrapes and bruises she was gathering from the whipping branches half blinded by sheer terror.
'I don't want to die!'
That was the only thought in her head as she barreled deeper into the forest, anything to escape what was chasing her. She had just started her journey! She had finally gathered the courage to follow her dream and try to achieve something for herself. After all that she was going to be cut short right at the beginning of her journey?
'I don't wanna die! Please let me live please please plea-'
Her hysteria was cut short as the inevitable happened and she tripped. The world seemed to slow as she fell down. This was it? This is how it ends? Vaguely she could here that terrible buzzing sound again. It sounded closer than ever. Time resumed as she fell to the ground, tumbling harshly down an unseen dip and rolling through some bushes into a clearing. Alice lay there stunned and breathless unable to move despite so desperately needing too. She blinked her eyes open groaning in pain as she stared blearily into the dim light that just barely managed to penetrate the canopy. The buzzing was now more of a rumble. Slowly she struggled to her knees. She felt tears stream down her face as she stared as her pursuers finally caught up to her revealed themselves breaking into the valley and revealing a swarm of angry Beedrill. There was nothing she could do. She was just a beginning trainer, her pokemon were injured and so was she. This was how it ended? She closed her eyes one last time and choked back a sob as she head the Beedrill let out a victorious buzz and rushed towards her. She clenched her fists and prepared for pain.
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….
5 seconds. 10. Where was the pain?
Slowly, cautiously, she opened her eyes. Barely a squint. And then her eyes flew open wide in shock as what she was seeing finally processed. The entire swarm of over 20 Beedrill were being held at bay by a translucent yellow force field.
'Barrier?' Her thought was slow and muddled, warring between hope and disbelief. 'But where did it come from?' She cast her gaze around the small clearing looking for the source of the psychic type move that had saved her life and finally noticed that she was not alone. She felt her eyes widen as she looked upon the other person in the clearing. The one that had just saved her life. She was tall, probably at least 5'9'' and had long dark brown hair styled in dreadlocks. Her vision started to fade before she could get a closer look. The adrenaline was finally wearing off now that she was safe; the stress from the terror and the fall finally took its toll on her body and she slumped to the side; the last things she heard was the voice of her savior, a voice rough with disuse but not unpleasant to listen to.
"Nix. Kinkou, attack."