I woke early the next morning to a very chilling surprise. It had begun to snow outside my outcropping. It already looked pretty bad, and it was getting steadily worse. I sighed, knowing I wouldn't be going anywhere today. I was able to look up over the edge, to where the ground leveled out about twenty feet up. I wouldn't probably make it up there, especially given that I could hardly see.
"Well Furry old buddy, it looks like we're stuck here again. You hungry?" Furry nodded sleepily, just uncurling himself from his slumber. I rummaged around in his bag, finally finding a Cheri Berry for my Pokémon. Furry snatched it and gobbled it up hungrily, giving the customary affectionate nuzzle to me. I grabbed myself a quick snack, then hunkered in with Furry, the latter curled around me comfortably to conserve body heat. The time passed slowly, but the snow was falling quicker and quicker. Before we knew it there were whiteout conditions outside, and we were both already starting to shiver. I was barely able to make a fire, much less sustain it. It was looking bad for us, when an unexpected warmth came to me. I felt an overwhelming sense of relief, followed by drowsiness.
"I shouldn't be... falling... asleep..." I dozed off, the thought of my certain death by hypothermia wiped away by overwhelming calm.
When I woke up early next morning, I was astounded by what I saw. There were clawed footprints right next to me, and the snow that had been accumulating in our area was gone. The same footprints in the rocky dust around me were visible. but barely, in the snow just outside. I found a few white pieces of fur on my coat, which I had brought in case of wintry travel. It was easy to tell they weren't Furry's, as he was a tanner color. I stashed them in my pocket, stashed my gear, and set off, Furry hopping in my pack.
After a quick stretch, I was able to scale the hill to the plateau area I had seen with relative ease. I looked around, and I had to say, I was astonished. More of the paw prints traced around the area, as if pacing. My watch read 7 am, but it was incredibly dark. I didn't think I was up nearly that high, if that was possible, so I guessed maybe a Pokémon around here was emitting some kind of an aura, or maybe there was a nest of them in the mountainside... or something. I couldn't begin to say how off I was. I wasn't even beginning to scratch the surface of the true nature of what was going on here.