A Hero's Journey, Ch. 2: A Pokemon battle and Santalune Forest!
"Wait Logan! You're going to be my opponent in a Pokémon battling debut!" Shauna exclaimed.
Logan smiled, turned to his Froakie and said,
"Well Froakie, are you ready for this bud?" He asked his partner.
"Froakie!" He replied enthusiastically.
"Then let's do this!"
"Alright Kinniekens!" Shauna said, already having a nickname for her Fenniken. "Let's show him what we've got and win this with style!"
"Fenniken!" She in called in reply.
"By the way," Trevor began. "If you point your Pokédex at a Pokémon you own, it will show its level, gender, type, moves, etc.. It's a very useful function they just recently added."
"Oh really? Well that's convenient!" Logan said.
"Before you two start, you'll need a judge for a battle, so I'll do it," Trevor said.
"Oh, ok. That's fine with me," Logan said. "Shauna?"
"Yeah, it's fine with me too." She answered.
Logan then pointed his Pokédex at Froakie and Shauna followed suit.
"Froakie, type, water, level, 5, gender, male, moves known, pound, leer, and bubble." Said a monotonous female voice.
Fenniken, type, fire, level, 5, gender, female, moves known, scratch, ember, and tail whip."
Logan quickly went over what he wanted to do in his mind, but Shauna was too excited to wait.
"Come oonnn, Logan, let's start allready!" She said.
"Alright, alright, I was ready anyways. Okay Froakie, use pound, and when you get close, use leer!" Logan shouted.
At almost blinding speed, Froakie had started his assault.
"Kinniekens, use dodge!" Shauna said, but she couldn't dodge Froakie's incredible speed.
Giving Kinniekens a menacing stare, which unsettled her, causing her to lower her guard, Froakie swung back his arm and made contact with her, sending her flying.
"Are you okay, Kinniekens?!" Shauna asked worriedly.
"Fenniken," she replied with a wince, but got back on her feet, determined to keep going.
"Okay then, it's our turn now! Kinniekens, use ember! " Shauna commanded.
"Froakie, put it out with bubble!" Logan ordered, and Froakie swiftly shot the watery barrage from his mouth at the weak but white hot flames that came his way.
"Okay buddy! Good job, now let's finish this! Use leer while using bubble! Go!"
Froakie did as his trainer asked executing his wishes flawlessly. Once again, Kinniekens couldn't move out of the way quick enough, and was hit head on by the super effective water-type move.
Kinniekens tried to stand, but she fell down, and didn't get back up.
"Kinniekens is unable to battle!" Trevor shouted. "That means the winner is Logan and Froakie!"
"Woo-hoo, yeah!" Logan shouted. "Awesome job Froakie, you were great bud!"
"Froakie!" He shouted and jumped into Logan's arms.
"Wow, dude, that battle strategy was amazing! The way your Froakie flawlessly executed his moves, it was just like a dancer!" Tierno exclaimed.
"I have to agree. The use of leer while using pound and bubble was a brilliant technique, and also putting out Kinnieken's ember attack with bubble, what a combo!" Trevor added.
"I'm sad I lost, but I also can't help but also feel excited about how awesome you were Logan!" Shauna squealed. She walked over to Kinniekens and gave her some berries and a potion. "We may have lost, but you still did great, Kinniekens!" Shauna said as she embraced her.
"Fenniken," she replied back lovingly.
"That was really awesome Logan. You're going to be a really great trainer, I know it!" Shauna said to him.
"Thanks you guys," he said gratefully. "It really wasn't that amazing. Besides, it's the Pokémon, not the trainer," he said smiling at Froakie, who beamed back at him.
"But still, a Pokémon is only as strong and courageous as their trainer," Serena said.
"I guess," Logan said. "Okay, now let's go to Santalune Forest!"
"Oh no you don't, you think I'm going to let you and Shauna have all the fun?" Serena asked. "No way, Logan. Your next opponent is me!"
"Oh, I guess you're pretty intent on this so I'll accept your challenge!" Logan said. "Trevor, can you be the judge?"
"Sure. Don't forget to look at Chespin's information on your Pokédex Serena." He said
"Oh I did that while Logan andShauna were battling. That way he can't have the advantage of knowing Chespin's moves."
"Smart." Trevor replied. "Logan, are you ready then?
"Yep!"
"And are you, Serena?" Trevor asked her as well.
"Let's rock and roll," she said.
"Ok, Froakie, use pound!" Logan shouted,
"Chespin, use growl!"
Chespin made a low growl that unnerved Froakie for a second, and even though pound made contact, I didn't do as much damage as it should have.
"Use leer, but don't do anything else!" Froakie did what Logan commanded, but everyone wondered why he hadn't ordered him to attack.
Serena took advantage of this and said "Okay, Chespin, tackle, and then when you get close, use vine whip!"
"A grass type move will be supereffective against Froakie!" Tierno said.
Chespin had almost reached Froakie when all of the sudden Logan exclaimed, "Okay, now! Use leer once again then pound when he gets close!"
Chespin still managed to tackle Froakie to the ground, but he still successfully carried out Logan's orders before Chespin could use vine whip.
"You okay Froak?" He asked.
"Froakie!" He replied determinedly.
"Chespin, you alright?" Serena asked her partner as well.
"Ches-pin..." He answered, struggling to get back up.
"Let's finish this buddy!" Logan said to Froakie. "Use your leer and bubble combination once more!"
"Once again, while staring intimidatingly at the already weakened Chespin, he let loose the barrage of bubbles.
It hit Chespin straight in the chest, and though as a grass type, he was resistant to water type attacks, he couldn't with stand the blow, and he fell to the ground.
"Chespin is unable to battle! That means Logan and Froakie are the winners once again!" Trevor announced.
"Awesome job partner! You were great!" Logan said to Froakie.
"Froak! Froak- Froakie!" He said.
"You were awesome too, Chespin," said Serena.
"I'll heal your Pokémon, guys, I still have some berries and potions," said Shauna.
"Thanks Shaunie," said Serena as she began to heal Chespin and Froakie. "We should actually all go down to the shop and get some potions and other stuff we might need for the journey," she added.
"Excuse me," a lady sitting a few feet away from them said. "Did you say you needed potions?"
Logan and Serena exchanged puzzled glances.
"Yes ma'am we did," Logan answered.
"And you are all Pokémon trainers, correct?" She added.
"Well we're just starting out, but yes we are." Logan answered again.
"Oh that's perfect!" She said brightly! "Come with me!"
Confused, the five friends followed the lady until she led them into a store. She then proceeded to give them all 10 potions each for free.
"Thank you for giving us these potions miss, but may I ask why?" Said Trevor.
"We give free potions to any starting trainers, as well as other discounted items!" She replied. "It makes them remember us so that they'll always come back and shop here!"
"Oh, well that's smart," Tierno said.
"Speaking of discounts, since trainers need pokéballs to catch Pokémon, we'll cut the price half for all of you!" She finished, beaming at them all.
"W-wow, t-thank you!" Shauna said.
"No problem," she replied with a smile.
It was pretty convenient that Professor Sycamore had started them all out with 500 pokédollars, which was the money system that all trainers used and was transferred via Pokédexes when one trainer beats another. They all browsed around the shop for a bit buying supplies for the journey ahead. Trevor and Tierno were in charge of the food and drinks while Serena and Shauna were buying the pokéballs and extra potions as well as paralyze heals, burn heals, etc. Logan bought two large tents that could hold up to five people, as well as multiple sleeping bags and a tarp in case of rain.
"Has everyone got the things they need?" Trevor asked as he and Tierno bagged up the last of the items try had bought.
"We're good over here." Came Serena's voice.
"I think I've got everything," Logan said.
"Ok , well let's get started then!" Trevor said enthusiastically.
They thanked the nice lady and walked outside. As they reached the fountain Logan felt as though he had forgotten something. When they reached the bridge towards Avance Trail and Santalune Forest, he remembered.
"Crap! I forgot to give this letter to my parents! You guys go on ahead, I'll catch up!" He said as he sprinted away.
"Wait! We have to give ours to our parents, too!" Called Shauna to him as her and Serena chased after him.
Logan arrived at his house, panting. He could have sworn he heard someone calling his name after him, but he thought he just imagined it, and kept going. He cautiously opened the door and saw his mom and dad sitting on the couch watching t.v.. They noticed he walked in and his mom turned around and said
"Logan? Why are you back so quick? Did you guys cancel your plans?"
"Actually," he began, "Professor Sycamore wanted me to give this to you guys," said Logan, cautiously handing them the letter.
His dad opened it and both he and his mom began to read it. Logan worriedly watched as his parents read the letter, getting more and more afraid that they would say no.
"So! A Pokémon journey?" His dad queried. "I assume this means you have a Pokémon with you?"
"Yeah, I do," Logan said. "He's really awesome and I really want to go so please don't say no!" He said very quickly.
"Well Logan," His mom began. "Do you want to go? This is a big responsibility and it could be really dangerous, even with your friends."
"Yes! Yes more than anything!" He happily said.
"Well, then I guess the answer is yes!" Said his dad. "But knowing you, we probably couldn't have stopped you anyways."
"Thank you guys so much!" Shouted Logan, pulling both his parents into a hug.
"What kind of parents would we be if we didn't let you have a Christmas present?" Grace asked, as they returned his hug.
He ran up stairs to pack up all his things and then ran back down the stairs once he had finished.
"Well everyone is waiting on me, so I better get going!" Logan eagerly said. He said goodbye to his parents and Fletchling, and ran out the door, only to be tackled by something very large and heavy.
"RYHORN!" Yelled the large grey Pokémon as he landed on top of Logan.
"Thanks Ryhorn, but you're crushing me buddy!" He wheezed out from under the extremely heavy Ryhorn.
He finally got off of Logan after about thirty seconds, but as Logan started to leave his driveway, he heard his door open and his parents stepped outside.
"Wait, Logan!" Said Grace. "We just wanted you to know that we love you, and we're so proud of you.
"Thanks guys, I love you, too," he said and gave them one last hug before he dashed away.
"Be careful!" His mom called to him as he made his way to Vanville path. "And be sure to call us often! Don't forget to brush your teeth! And don't-"
"Grace," interrupted his dad, "He's gone, sweetie."
"Yeah, I know," she said, trying to hold back tears. "He so grown up know! I can't believe it!" She said, stifling a sob.
"You know, I remember when I became a Pokémon trainer." Began his dad. "Those were the best times of my life, so I know it'll be the same for him. That's how we met remember?" He asked, pulling his wife close.
"Yes," she said starting to giggle. "How could I forget? You saw me at one of my races, and you snuck in to the track when I was practicing one day, the Ryhorn ran you over. It was love at first sight," she said.
"I swear I can still feel that," he replied, rubbing his shoulder. " I just hope he finds someone as special to him as you are to me," as he pulled her in closer for a kiss.
"Oh I think someone has already found him," Grace said with a smile.
"Really? Who?" He asked.
"Can't you tell? His little friend Shauna adores him! I could see it in her eyes!" Grace said to her husband as though it were obvious.
"Really? I can't tell." He said scratching his head.
"And neither can he," she replied with a sigh. "He gets his obliviousness from you, you know?"
"What?! I am not oblivious!"
Grace looked at him and raised her eyebrows. "You say you aren't oblivious, but yet you couldn't see a gigantic Ryhorn coming at you at 40 miles per hour?"
"You have a point." He replied. "But I I didn't, you may not have ever noticed me, because you are just as oblivious at times!"
Grace rolled her eyes at him and returned inside.
"It's true!" He called, walking back in after her and shutting the door behind him.
On his way back towards Aquacorde, he nearly rammed into Shauna and Serena, who were running (more like wheezing) the other way.
"What are you guys doing here?" Asked Logan.
"Couldn't you hear us calling your name? We tried to catch up to you but you were to fast! We have to deliver our letters too!" Said Serena, who was clutching at her side.
'I though I heard someone,' Logan thought to himself.
"This, time, you're waiting in us!" Shauna said, coughing.
"Okay, fine," Logan said. "I'll be right here when you get back."
"You better!" Serena said threw tingly as the pair entered back into Vanville.
Logan kept pacing around the spot where he stood anxiously. He just couldn't keep his excitement in. He had wanted to go on a Pokémon journey more than anything since he was little.
"I can't believe it!" He said to himself. "I'm finally going on a Pokémon journey! And with all my best friends, too!"
When he moves to Vanville, he never though anything this amazing would ever happen to him. He continued to jump around on the spot and kept checking his watch. It seemed like it had been ages (though it was actually more like 15 minutes) when Shauna and Serena had returned. They quickly checked their bags to make sure the had everything before they left, and when they were sure they did, they went back down the path towards Aquacorde.
When they arrived back in Aquacorde, the saw Trevor and Tierno waiting for them at the fountain. Tierno had been practicing dance moves and Trevor was reading a book.
"Oh, you're back!" Trevor said to them, looking up from his book. "Is everyone ready now?" He asked.
After everyone had nodded their heads, they headed down the bridge towards Avance Trail.
"Okay!" Serena began. "Before we get started, here are some pokéballs and some extra potions," she said, pulling out ten pokéballs for each of them and Shauna pulled out a few all spread out around the area in front of Santalune to try and train a little bit and catch some Pokemon before they actually entered the Forest. Logan had managed to level up his Froakie to level 8 (according to Logan's Pokedex).
Logan was walking around looking for Pokémon when all of the sudden, a Fletchling came hopping in front of him.
"Well hello," Logan said to it.
"Fletch! Fletchling!" It replied with a friendly tone.
The Fletchling then started hopping towards Logan, and much to Logan's surprise, it jumped onto his shoulder, then started pecking at his ears.
"S-s-s-stop, that *haha* tickles!" He said as the Fletchling continued pecking at its ears.
"Do you want to come with me too?" He asked the Fletchling.
"Fletchling!" It cried, then leapt down to where Logan's pokéballs were, then pecked at one of them. It then opened up, and the Fletchling was teleported inside. Logan felt it wobble three times, then he heard a click.
"Well, that was easier than I thought it would be." Logan said, laughing to himself. After that had happened he also raised his newly caught Fletchling up to level 8 as well.
Later on, while training, they discovered Tierno's partner Pokémon was a Corpfish, who didn't seem to understand the concept of dancing that Tierno was trying to concept of dancing that Tierno was trying to teach it, much to his dismay, and Trevor's Pokémon was a Pikachu, who tended to wander off when ever Trevor tried to explain things to it. Logan even battled a very determined youngster named Austin with a Zigzagoon, but Logan easily beat him. He felt bad after looking at the kids dissapointed face, so he gace him some pokeballs and potions, then helped him train his Zigzagoon and catch some more Pokémon. After about an hour, they decided to finally enter the forest. When they entered, everyone seemed to have caught their breath all at the same moment.
They were greeted by an extremely large tree , with rows and rows more on either side of it. It was also teeming with life. There were all kinds of Pokémon, like Pikachus, Caterpies, Weedles, more Fletchling and Bunnelbies, Scatterbugs, Zigzagoons and even some Pidgies too. Logan also could've sworn he saw a group of Panpuor, Pansage, and Pansier in the was also no shortage of trainers either, and Logan wanted to battle them all. They all started laughing and running in different directions, whooping and cheering that they were finally on their journey.
"THIS! IS! THE! BEST! DAY! EVER!" Logan shouted as he was running through the grass. All around, people started turning their head at the five friends, but they still went on celebrating. After a a few minutes, they all came back in a group huddle, then fell back, side-to-side, laughing on the grass. They let out all of their Pokémon, who all ran off to go and play.
"This is so awesome!" Shauna said from next to Logan.
"Yeah. I don't think I could be any happier right now!" Tierno said from the far left.
"Me either," said Trevor on the other side of Logan."I think we all agree on that," Serena said laughing on his far right. "But in all seriousness, how big is this forest? I mean, I know we should be enjoying the moment, but how long will it take us to get to the end?" She asked.
Logan leaned up on his elbows and looked through the forest, but all he saw for miles were trees and trees and trees.
"A day? Maybe even two?" Logan suggested. "To be honest, it's actually probably more, especially since we're training and catching. So maybe some time late afternoon tomorrow." He started to lie back down when he saw something big moving in the tall grass about 50 feet away from them.
"Whoa, wait, did you guys see that?!" He exclaimed, causing them all to jump. "I think I saw something over there-" he turned to point in the direction where he saw it, but nothing was there.
"I don't see anything," Serena said looking over at were he pointed."It was probably nothing."
"Y-yeah, nothing,' Logan said to himself, laying back down. His friends started talking again, but he tuned them out. 'What was that thing?'He thought to himself. 'I definitely saw something, but it was too big to be any of the Pokémon native that live here.' He had a strange feeling he had seen the shape before, but he couldn't remember where. He was beginning to become very worried when all the sudden he felt an arm shaking his shoulder.
"Logan, are you okay?" asked Shauna, who was looking at the expression on his face worriedly.
"Oh, yeah. Yeah I'm fine." He lied. He hated doing it but he hated people worrying about him more. "I was just thinking to myself, that's all, no need to worry," he said.
"Oh, Well okay, if you say so." She replied, but Logan could hear the skepticism in her voice.
Froakie was sitting in the grass, watching all of his Pokémon friends play and eat berries. Fletchling flew up to a tree and then started knocking down berries for everyone. Pikachu and Corpfish were catching them, then putting them into a pile, while Kinniekens was letting them fall to the ground, then she would push them into the pile with here nose. Chespin, however, was working in a pattern were he would catch one in his mouth and eat it, then catch one and put it in the pile.
"One for me, one for the pile... One for me, one for the pile... Two for me, two for the pile..."
"Chespin!" Shouted Kinniekens. "Stop eating all of the berries!"
"I don't know what you're talking about," he replied as he caught yet another berry in his mouth.
Kinniekens used ember on Chespin, which lit his tail on fire, after which he ran around screaming.
"OWOWOWOWOWOW HOTHOTHOTHOTHTOT!"
He ran around for a while until when he ran by Froakie, Froakie put it put with bubble.
"T- thanks *huff-huff* Froaks," said Chespin. "Froaks?" He asked waving his hands in front if his face, but Froakie's eyes were narrowed into slits, deep in thought.
They all got closer to him, and Fletchling flew down from the tree to get a closer look. They all got really close to him, but he didn't show any signs of noticing them.
"Froakie?" Kinniekens nervously began. "A-are you okay? You're really starting to worry us. Why aren't you playing with us or helping getting berries?"
Froakie slowly opened his eyes, and to their surprise, they looked sad.
"Something's bothering Logan, so something's bothering me," he began. "I don't know how, but I can feel it. It's like I have some sort of connection to his emotions. I don't know what, but I know something is bothering him."
They all exchanged worried looks, all except for Chespin, who began grinning broadly.
"I know just what you need then!" He said as he walked over to the large pile of berries. He took a couple and then offered one to Froakie.
"Here! Take this! Food always makes me feel better!"
Froakie looked at the berry very seriously, but Chespin moved it closer to his face. He sighed, then he took it and started to eat it. He couldn't help but to start smiling; it was the most delicious berry he had ever eaten.
"See! Food always helps!" Chespin stated rather matter-of-factly. "Don't worry about it so much, I'm sure Logan wouldn't want you to!"
Froakie thought about it for a moment before saying
"Yeah, I guess you're right. He would probably upset if he knew I wasn't having fun because I was worrying about him. So what are we waiting for? Let's dig in!" He finished, the dived into the pile of berries.
"Hey, no fair, I wanted to do that!" Chespin groaned, and ran in after him.
They all joined in on the feast, leaping into the pile one after the other. They started to have a diving contest to see who could do the best stunt before landing in the pile. Kinniekens did a graceful leap which she turned into a front flip which they gave a 7/10. Pikachu ran forward and did a flip onto his tail, then he bounced off of it into the pile, which received an 8/10. Corpfish ran forward as though he was starting to do something, but stopped suddenly as he realized he couldn't really do anything.
"Uh, I don't think I can really do anything..."
"Maybe you can do a cartwheel? You can easily use your claws." Fletchling suggested.
"But now that you said it, it won't be as cool because you already know what I'm doing!"
"No, go ahead, we won't be biased, we promise," said Pikachu, and everyone else nodded in confirmation.
"Well okay, here I go!" He said enthusiastically.
He began to scuttle forward, then he turned and used his claws to do a cartwheel, which actually, he preformed pretty well, and received an 8/10.
"If Tierno saw that, he would be so proud," Fletchling said.
Chespin got the lowest score, receiving a 6/10 when he did a belly flop into the berries, squashing some of them, and when he got up, he had several in his mouth, causing them all to laugh.
Froakie went next. He did an extremely cool combination of a corkscrew and an arial, which he landed perfectly into the pile, and was rewarded a 10/10. It ultimately ended up being a tie between him and Fletchling, after Fletchling flew up to a tree,then flipped backwards and dived down, spinning rapidly as he went, and he received a 10/10 as well. They all jumped back in to the pile and started devouring the berries once again, having the time of their lives.
After about an hour of laying there, the five friends got up and stretched.
"Well, we better get a move on." Trevor said."We don't want to lay here forever and nothing! We've got Pokémon to catch and trainers to battle!"
"I want to catch a female Pikachu!" Squeaked Shauna. "I think it's soooo cute how their tails are shaped like hearts!"
"Yeah, and I want to find a Pansage!" added Tierno.
"I would like a Panpour," Serena stated.
"A Pansier would be a superb addition to my team!" Piped Trevor.
"Then what are we waiting for? Logan asked let's go!" He said, and ran off to find his two Pokémon.
When they had all reached their Pokémon, they found them lying in a dogpile on top of Chespin, who seemed to be hoarding berries from them.
"Alright alright, knock it off everyone, we have to get a move on," said Logan, picking up Froakie and putting him on his shoulder, then he whistled for Fletchling to fly up on his other one. The rest of them proceeded to get their Pokémon off of the suffocating Chespin, who was still trying to shove the last of the berries into his mouth. Tierno actually struggled to get Corpfish off of Chespin, but he made an attempt to grab onto his tail with his claws. He kept snapping until, he met a target.
"CCHHHHHEEEEEEESSSSSSPPPPPIIIIIIIIINNNNNN!"
All the guys instinctively crossed their legs as Corpfish clamped down on something a bit more sensitive than his tail.
"Ooh, that's gotta' hurt," Tierno winced.
"I think for his sake, I'll return him into his pokéball..." said Serena.
Chespin was still clutching the area where Corpfish had done the the deed when the red light enveloped him and returned him into his pokéball. They all started going in different directions, but stayed generally close to each other. Logan thought about what all of his friends had said about the Pokémon they had wanted. He remembered seeing the Unova monkey trio earlier but he hadn't seen a female Pikachu yet, but then again, they hadn't really done that much exploring since they entered the forest.
'Maybe I can find all of them and catch them as a Christmas present..' His thoughts were interrupted yet again by someone lightly tapping his shoulder as he started walking towards a large patch of tall grass.
"W-wait, Lil' L! Let's walk together, I- I have a feeling if w-we walk together, something exciting might happen!" Shauna said.
"Oh. Ok, sure Shauna!" He replied.
They walked around for a while, Logan trained Froakie and Fletchling to level 10, and he caught a few more Pokémon, but that was just to fill up his Pokédex rather. He battled two more youngsters and a lass, while Shauna silently watched in awe as he did all of this. She healed his Pokémon whenever she thought they looked a little tired, which Logan was very thankful for.
'Wow.' She thought to herself, as he took on two twin trainers at once, and he was winning, too.
'He's such a good trainer. He's also really handsome, and strong, and nice, and loving. Plus he has a six pack,' she added, remembering what had happened earlier today. 'How could he ever notice someone so lame as me?' She looked at the ground, feeling down as she remembered how hard she had fallen for him since the first time she saw him.
"Shauna?" Came his voice, snapping her back into reality.
"Are you ok? You look upset."
"O-oh, yeah," she quickly replied, smiling brightly at him. "I was just thinking to myself while you were battling, that's all!"
"Oh, ok. I though you may have been upset or something." He sighed with relief.
"Oh, haha, no. I'm fine, I just get distracted easily!"
"I know the feeling," Logan replied, referring to his ADHD. "We should actually find the others, it's starting to et dark and those clouds don't look friendly," he said, looking up at the sky, and he was right. The clouds were very low and grey, signaling that there was probably going to be a downpour very soon.
They started walking to look for the others when Logan broke the awkward silence.
"Hey Shaunie?"
She jumped because he had surprised her, but also because he had called her by her nickname, which she took as a good sign.
"Yeah Lil' L?" She asked, smiling widely at him.
"That's actually what I was about to ask you about. Why do you want to call me Lil' L? I'm definitely not little."
"Oh," she began. "Well, I-I don't know. I guess I just think it's kinda c-cute, especially since you're not little."
"Cute? What do you mea-"
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU TIERNO!"
"I swear I didn't mean to!"
"I DON'T CARE! I WAS SO FREAKING CLOSE TO CATCHING THAT PIDGY, AND THEN YOU COME BLUNDERING ALONG DANCING AND SCARE IT AWAY!"
"I already said I'm sorry! And with you shouting, you'll definitely never catch one now!"
The shade of crimson red she turned showed that she was livid with anger as she began pelting berries and acorns at him.
"Ow! Ow! Hey! Stop it Serena! Ow!"
Trevor was on the ground snorting with laughter, which caused Logan to start laughing as well. Shauna was silently thankful for the distraction caused by Serena's yelling that let her escape having to answer Logan's question.
BOOM!
An extremely loud clap of thunder made them all stop what they were doing as multiple heavy raindrops began falling.
"We need to set up the tents now!" Logan said as he got them from the big bag where they kept all of the stuff that was too large to fit in their backpacks.
The rain had started to fall extremely heavy, and Logan made Shauna and Serena stand under a tree while he Trevor and Tierno were pitching the tents. Logan looked up at the pitch-black sky and realized it wasn't going to get any better. He didn't want to think about if anyone was out there in the dark, cold, wet, and scared.
"Trevor, Tierno! You two go and try to find anyone else out there who doesn't have any shelter and bring them back here!" He shouted through the very heavy rain, tossing them a flashlight.
"We're on it!" Shored Tierno as he and Trevor trudged off into the dark.
Logan continued to work on the tents, when he noticed Shauna was shivering very violently; she had forgot a jacket. He ran over to her and pulled off his hoodie, giving it to her.
"Here, take this, it'll keep you warm," he said to her walking away.
"Logan!" She called to him, "I'm fine, you need it more, you're the one out in the rain!"
"I'm fine, I have more in my bag anyways, and I'm not worried about me, neither should you. Now please, put it on, Shauna, I can tell you're freezing."
She knew he was right, so she put it on. She was somewhat reluctant, but also very happy, and she took it as a good sign, since he had clearly put it out he cared more about her than he did himself.
Logan was becoming increasingly drenched, an it had been what seemed like almost an hour before Trevor and Tierno returned with about 15 people.
"These were all the people we could find!" Trevor shouted to Logan. "What are we going to do, these tents only hold like 5 people!"
"You'll just have to bunch up, I'll just sleep outside, I may even have to make some makeshift shelters if need be," he called back.
"Logan, no! You've worked enough!" Screamed Serena. "We can all find a way to squeeze in, but you don't need to do that! You're not staying out here either, or you'll get hypothermia!"
"Yes, I do. I don't care what happens to me, as long as everyone else is okay," replied in a firm tone, ending the discussion.
He picked up a very large fallen branch and leaned it against a tree. He then started to get smaller branches and leaning them on either side of the branch, making a half pyramid. His friends all tried to protest, but he ignored them, continuing anyways. He got Shauna to get Kinniekens to start a fire with what little dry wood there was left and made a miniature version of the shelter he was working on and shielded the fire with it. He laid a tarp over the shelter, which could now fit 3 people, and put some sleeping bags in it. All the people Trevor and Tierno found thanked them, and, most of them being cold and wet, went straight to bed.
"Logan, I'm sure we can make room in one of the tents, you don't have to sleep it here." Said Trevor.
"Guys, I will be fine," he replied as he pulled out one of his favorite soccer team's hoodless windbreaker and put it on. "Stop worrying about me, and go to bed. I'm not really that tired anyways."
It took him about another ten minutes if convincing them he would be okay before they finally retired for the night. He leaned up against a tree and sat down, sighing, because in truth, he was actually exhausted. Besides the fact and wanted to make sure everyone else was safe, warm, and dry, he had stayed outside because he didn't want to keep anyone up, because he really didn't want to go to sleep. He thought about that nightmare he kept having every night, and he didn't want to repeat it.
"Froakie?" Asked a voice out of nowhere, causing Logan to jump.
"Froakie, don't do that! You scared me bud!"
"Froak, Froak- Froak Froakie." He replied, and Logan could detect worry in his voice.
"Fletch, Fletch-Fletchlng!" came Fletchling's voice from his other side, seemingly agreeing with Froakie.
"Now don't you guys go and get worried about me too. I'm fine, but you two need to sleep. I'm just- I'm just gonna..." Logan had dozed off mid sentance.
"Fletchling, I'm really worried about him," said Froakie.
"Yeah, me too. There's something bothering him, but I don't know what, and we can't really ask him."
"I know. But, I think it might be more than one thing..." He replied, looking at his sleeping trainer's face. "He seemed really stressed out once it had started raining, and when everyone was asleep, it seemed like he was intentionally trying to stay awake."
"Do you think you might know why if he is?"
"No, but I'm going to figure it out, I can promise you that, friend. Now we should listen to him and get some sleep."
*yawn* "Okay. I'm really tired anyways, so I won't argue there," Fletchling replied as they both climbed on to Logan and fell asleep.
Logan was walking in a wide open valley. There was nothing but grass in sight.
"Hello?" He called, but no one answered.
Realizing he must be the only one there for a while, he started walking. After a while he saw the outline of a forest in the distance.
"Maybe there's someone or something there?" He said to himself as he started to walk faster towards it. He kept walking until he was at the edge of the forest and stopped.
"Hello? Is anyone there? Hello?" He called again, but again, there came no answer.
But then he saw it. About fifty feet away. A large dark figure was slinking in the shadows.
"Hey! Hey, over here!" He said to it, but it must have heard him and started running deeper into the forest.
"Hey! Hey wait up!" He yelled and started to run after it.
He chased the shadowy figure on and on, going deeper and deeper into the forest, trying to get it to stop until suddenly he found himself in a giant clearing, but there was no sign of the figure he had been chasing.
'Must be in the center of a forest,' he thought.
He walked around the clearing for a bit until seemingly out of thin air, two enormous objects appeared in the clearing. One was a giant white tree, and the other a large black cocoon.
"What in the world.." he said as he leaned forward for a closer look, but then, the forest surrounding him was on fire.
"What?! What's happening!" He screamed as the flames spread ever on.
He looked back at the tree and the cocoon and saw they were trapped in giant machines that seemed to be sucking the energy from them. Logan fell to his knees and grabbed the side of his head with both hands.
"What, WHAT IS HAPPENING!?"
He woke with a start, and noticed his breathing was very rapid and shallow. I was extremely dark and it was still raining pretty hard. He rain his gingers through his soaked hair, and took a deep breath.
"It-it was just the nightmare, it wasn't real," he told himself, but he almost didn't even believe it, "It seemed so real..."
He looked down and saw Froakie and Fletchling fast asleep on his lap.
"At least they're okay," he said in the darkness. He listened and heard the faint sounds of everyone sleeping around him.
"And I didn't wake anyone up. Even better."
"I wouldn't be so sure about that," came a very sarcastic voice to his left.
He looked up and saw Serena standing there, arms folded, and looking very concerned. She was holding two blankets.
"Serena? What are you doing? Why aren't you asleep?" He asked.
"Because I woke up. Then I decided to bring a blanket out to you, but when I came out here, you were breathing really fast and you looked like you were in distress, but you were asleep."
"Oh, yeah, i-i-it was just a nightmare, that's all." He replied.
"No, it wasn't." She said sternly. "I heard what you said. It may have been a nightmare, but it must have been a pretty realistic one, and I'm going to go ahead and assume this wasn't the first time either?"
"N-no. It wasn't."
"How long?"
"Look Serena I really appreciate it but it's late and you should go back to-"
"I said how long."
"You don't need to worry about me!" He half screamed.
"She cried herself to sleep, you know," Serena said, giving Logan a serious stare.
"What?" He asked her, feeling very puzzled.
"Shauna. She cried herself to sleep worrying about you. You have no idea how upset she was," she replied.
"Why was she upset? She doesn't need to worry about you, none of you do."
"But we will, because we're your friends, Logan. She was so scared something bad was going to happen to you. She cried for you for I don't know how long."
"Look, I know, you're all worried about me, but for the last time, you don't need to. I'm fine, now please go back to sleep, you need rest for tomorrow."
"Logan, I don't care, and I'm not asking you again. How. Long." she replied very firmly.
Knowing he couldn't avoid answering her any longer, he saw he had no other choice.
"Ever since I moved to Kalos."
"What?!" Why didn't you tell anyone, Logan, this could be serious!"
"Or, it could just be a nightmare, that's all."
"It's not just a nightmare, and you know it. So you're going to tell me about it." She said, sitting down next to him and handing him a blanket.
"What? No! You don't need to worry about me!"
"Yes, I do Logan. You're like a brother to me, and you're going to tell me."
"And you're like a sister to me, but even the closest siblings don't tell each other everything," he retorted.
"But you are going to tell me," she said in a tone which told him he better start talking or he would regret it.
"I don't really have a choice do I?" He sighed.
"Nope." She said shortly as she leaned her head in his shoulder. "And that blanket was meant for you," she added, as he was carefully wrapping it around Froakie and Fletchling.
"Doesn't matter," he said, and then he began telling her about his nightmare.
Little did he know, a little ways away, the same shadowy figure from his dream was watching him, hidden in the darkness.
A/N: And so ends the second chapter, I know it was very dialogue heavy compared to the first chapter, but i felt that it was necessary for this specific chapter. The next one will be the Christmas chapter, but I don't have a set date for releasing it, and I don't know how long it will be. I have had some problems were when i copy and paste the story, then submit it to my documents, it adds a bunch of weird information-type stuff after every sentence, which was very annoying to get rid of. But, for now, this chapter has been published with (hopefully) no problems. Until the nest one, God bless and see ya later!