My New Life
Chapter 2
I woke up and opened my eyes groggily. I was laying down on what seemed to feel like grass. I looked around and noticed a shape not that far from me. I slowly got up and got a closer look at it. It was long and slender. It was white brown stripes, and had some fur that stood up near the end. It had two long claws on each end of its front legs, as well as its back legs. It was a Linoone. I thought to myself, How could a Linoone actually carry me here? I'm a Ghost Type, and this Linoone's a normal type. We shouldn't even be able to touch each other. And why would it bring me here anyways? Does it want to hurt me? I better get out of here before it wakes up. I looked around my surroundings, and noticed I was in a burrow. I saw a small tunnel going up and saw light coming from it. As I started floating towards it, I heard a voice say, "So, you're awake." I turned around, and saw the Linoone getting up, its blue eyes open and looking at me. I panicked, and quickly floated towards the exit. However, the Linoone was too quick, and easily blocked my escape. I floated towards the other end of the burrow, seeing I had nowhere to go. I started crying and floated down, landing on the grass spread over the dirt of the burrow. "Please don't hurt me! I don't know where I am or what happened to me! I'm just a little Gastly! Have mercy!"
The Linoone slowly walked up to me, and looked at me. It sniffed me, which surprised me a little. What it did next surprised me even more. It licked my cheek, like a mother would to her young. "I'm not going to hurt you, little one. I'm going to take care of you." I was speechless at this. According to how its voice sounded, it was a female adult. "W-why would a Normal type Pokemon want to take care of a Ghost type? How would that work?" "It'll work somehow. Besides, I lost my little ones recently, and when I saw you, I couldn't leave you out here. There are Dusclops in these parts." I gave her a funny look. "What's so bad about Dusclops?" She gave me a startled look. "I thought all Gastly knew. Dusclops eat will-o-wisps, and Gastly are among will-o-wisps on their menu, since they are so similar." My body turned white, since I was just a floating ball. The Linoone saw this and curled up around me. "Don't worry, little one. I'll keep you safe." "My name is Greg." The Linoone looked at me funny. "That's a strange name for a Gastly. But it's fine. Greg it is." She then went back to sleep, and as I started drifting to sleep, I felt safe around the Linoone.
For the next few weeks, my new mom taught me everything she could. Of course, being opposing types didn't exactly help much, but she taught me certain stuff. For one thing, I was able to learn how to use my attacks, since most of them were Ghost type moves. I had learned Lick, Night Shade, and Hypnosis. Of course, Hypnosis was the only attack that affected my mom, but it was fine. She also taught me things like tracking and knowing which berries and plants were useful. Basic survival stuff, but it was all very useful. Tracking could be really hard, especially footprints. I didn't have a Pokedex anymore, so I'd had to learn it by experience. All in all, it was one of the best times of my new life. Then one day, everything changed. My new mom was training me to improve my speed by running, having me try to keep up. I can honestly say it was a little hard since Linoone can get over 60 mph. Suddenly she stopped. As I caught up with her, she was looking at the ground. "What's wrong, Mom?" As I looked towards where she was facing, my face became panicked. "Is that a-" She nodded. "A Dusclops footprint. And it looks like it is pretty big. We better get out of here." We started to run back towards the burrow. When we got into a clearing, something suddenly hit Linoone, knocking her into a tree. "Mom!" She seemed knocked out, lying in front of the tree she was knocked into. I looked to see what had hurt her. I was instantly scared, as I saw a large Dusclops. It was larger than normal, around 6 feet in height. It looked like a mummy with a single eye. It had three teeth, and it had what looked like bandage ends on its back. It was eyeing me hungrily, and starting walking towards me. "Now that the Linoone's out of the way, I can have my feast."
I tried fighting back with a Lick attack, but it just grabbed me and threw me to the ground. When I tried to get back up, its hand glowed and it used Gravity. I could feel tons of pressure bearing down on me, as I was being forced to the floor. I felt like I was being compressed in a car compactor. The Dusclops chuckled and used Earthquake. Normally, I would just float above it and avoid it completely using my Levitate ability. However, since Gravity was in affect, it was forcing me to the ground. Thus, I got the full blast of the attack. Since I was a Poison type as well, I could only describe the sensation in four words: It hurt like hell. I was flung backwards and landed on the ground, to the brink of passing out. It walked up to me and grabbed me, lifting me up to its face. "Now, I shall devour you, succulent morsel." As it started to bring me closer and open its mouth, I closed my eyes and waited for my demise to come.