Fox's Glory

Chapter 2

"Thanks!" The Vulpix blushed and kneaded the dirt with her paws. "Thanks for helping me there. I don't think I would have been able to beat those two."

The Pidgey laughed. "Yeah, I don't think it was fair there was only one of you and two of them. Not a fair battle, if you ask me." She grinned.

"What's your name?" The Vulpix asked shyly. The Pidgey cocked her head and smiled gently. Taking talons off Theif's back, she settled down on the sandy ground.

"No need to be so shy! I'm Glory. How about you?" Glory asked kindly. The Vulpix sighed. She really had no reason to be shy, really. She had just been saved from this Pidgey. She could at least be polite enough to reply to her savior's kind conversations.

"My name is Fox." The Vulpix said, with renewed confidence. "I was just taking a walk when those two attacked me. I shouldn't have been so distracted. But I was taking a walk because I felt lonely, all the time, because I have no companion, no friends, and really no goal. I had always just lived in the forest every day, with no purposes to fulfill, except to fetch more grass to keep my den in shape."

Fox realized she had been rambling and quickly stopped when she saw Glory, who had been listening intently, her eyes wide and her talons nervously scratching at the ground. "Can I ask you something?"
the Pidgey requested. "I have no purpose either. I like to battle, I mean, but... well- I've always wanted to... erm- well, I bet you would've heard of it..." Glory had begun to stammer nervously. "I might as well um... Have you heard of the Gym Challenge?"

Fox shook her head. "No, I haven't. I'm afraid that if you live in the forest, you don't hear much about the sorts of things that occur in the cities."
Glory gave a little sigh. "Well, in every city there is a Gym. Every city represents a Pokemon type, and all pokemon that live in that city are that type. For example, Goldenflash City is the electric type city. It's Gym Leader, Charge, is an Amphoros.
Anyway, you have to start the Gym Challenge with a team, most likely as a team of two. Every city you go to, you challenge the Gym. You have a chance to recruit one of the Gym Trainers to your team. If you battle every Gym and gather one pokemon for each type, your team will grow exceptionally strong and advantaged, and you will eventually reach the Pokemon League."

As Glory explained, Fox could tell that she had quite a lot of street smarts. She knew a lot about the cities, it was obvious she lived among them.
"So... I was wondering... would you be willing to be my companion? To make a team with me and do the challenge?" Glory asked quickly.

Fox gaped at her in shock. She had not expected that. Was she really about to leave her quiet life in the forest for an adventurous challenge? To travel from city to city, battling? This was an enormous request, and maybe she would rather live in the forest, doing nothing but surviving. Would she give up that life to join Glory's team?
The Pidgey's large, beautiful brown eyes were wide in begging, with the light of adventure in her life gleaming just behind them, and that was enough to remind Fox that there was no question what her decision would be.

"Oh please, I've wanted to do this my whole life! Please, Fox!" Glory wailed.
"Huh?" Fox asked. "Of course I will! You don't have to beg, Glory!"
The Pidgey grinned, tears of joy spilling out of her brown eyes. "I swear, you won't regret it! A little adventure is exactly what I think you need!"

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