Pokemon Holiday Specials!
*I do not own Pokemon
*I only own the story
You have probably noticed that I'm not writing as much anymore. I didn't have any interest in writing stories lately because I've been caught up with loving My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. (Yes, I am now a pegasister :) ) Please don't put any bad comments about that. It's not a bad show if you watch it. :P My avatar shows my OC. Her name's Brush Flight.
Christmas 2012 Part 1
Oshawott
Ah. Nothing is better than a nice cup of hot cocoa after a day in the snow. The warming goodness and the rich flavor of the chocolate calms my body as it flows slowly down my esophagus...
The day can't be more perfect than this. I wrapped the big blanket on the chair next to me around my delightfully cold body, delightful as in me being able to be all snuggly and warm in my blanket. I reached out again to take a sip of the delicious hot cocoa-
BAM! The cup jumped into my face- wait, what? How can a cup move on its own? Suddenly, my blanket began to nudge me. Wha-
"Hey, Oshawott! C'mon! Everyone's waiting for you!" I heard a familiar voice in the mug.
"WHAAA! Talking MUG!" I screamed. Soon after, I felt something hit me really hard on my side. I opened my eyes and realized that it was all a dream. I sat up, rubbed my side, then looked around.
"Took you long enough. We have to go! Snivy, Leavanny, and Scraggy are freezing up in here!" the orange pig yelled in my face.
"Oh... right." My friends and I were in an ice covered cave. How did we get here? Oh, I remember...
Flashback
My friends and I were sent out of our pokeballs by Ash. We all looked at our trainer curiously.
"Now, don't wander too far. We're going to have dinner soon. Iris and Cilan are out getting food and medicine from the forest's mart. We weren't able to get to the next town in time. Go ahead and run around. Might as well do something rather than sitting in your boring pokeballs," my trainer told us all. He gave each of us a scarf.
"You'll need these. It's snowy out there. Make sure to watch for ice!" He bent down to Pikachu. "Take care of everyone. Make sure you keep an eye on 'em."
"You can count on me!" Pikachu replied. He did the pose like that- ugh- penguin Pokemon.
Ash walked away. Pikachu told us to gather around a big gray rock. He jumped on top of it.
"What would you all like to do first? We could build snowmen, snowforts, have a snowball fight, or go sledding. What should we do?"
"I'd rather just take a nap or something. This cold is making me drowsy," Palpitoad mumbled.
"Eh? A Drowsy- oh, ok. Go ahead," Pikachu replied. Palpitoad walked to a tree and began snoozing under a drooping branch.
"I want to make a snowman!" cried Scraggy.
"Ok. We'll do that first! C'mon, start rolling the balls!" Pikachu jumped down and began to pack the fresh snow.
I ran over to the trees to grab some branches and stones. Snivy and Leavanny helped place the snowballs on top of each other. Scraggy made the balls rounder. Pignite began making the forts since we were all doing the snowman.
The two grass types placed the last stone onto the face... We all looked up at our snowman. Something was still missing... Pignite came forward and wrapped his scarf around the snowman's neck. He wouldn't really need it.
"Wait! Use these dead leaves to make it a hat!" I told Leavanny. He began making the hat with professional craftsmanship... or so it seemed.
After a minute or so, he placed the crown on the snowman's head... We looked at it in joy.
"Hi, Mr. Snowman! We're going to make forts now! You can watch our snowball fight if you want," I said playfully. We went back over to where Pignite began the forts.
"Ok, let's choose teams. I'll go with Leavanny and Scraggy," Pikachu said. "The rest of you will go against us."
"Sweet! You're on, Pikachu!" Pignite yelled back. After a brief high paw session, we ran over to work on our forts.
Pignite volunteered to make the fort. Snivy made the snowballs. I thought of our team name while I helped Pignite.
(Let's see... The Elemental Snow Trio? The Snowy Starter Three? The PSO Snow Fighter Squad? Eh, not that... I know! The Triple Snowball Warriors!)
"Hey, guys, what about the Triple Snowball Warriors?" I made a huge grin. They looked at me awkwardly.
"Um, nice... I guess..." Pignite said back.
"Eh. Maybe... *20% cooler..." Snivy said. I figured she'd fly off into ponyland.
(Oh wait, she has no wings. Wait, how do I even know about that?)
"Then what do you two think it should be?"
"Something like... the Elemental Snow Trio perhaps?" Pignite suggested.
"I... guess. It's a lot better than the Triple Snowball Warriors. No suggestions from me," said Snivy.
"Oh, that's what I was going to choose next." We went right back to work.
Finally, both sides were finished, and we were all ready to begin our battle.
"Let's THROW!" Pikachu yelled in as if in the beginning of a war.
Snowballs flew. Snowballs hit. Snowballs missed. Snowballs curved. A snowball smacked me right in the face.
I quickly got up and threw my own at my attacker. It... completely missed.
WHAM! The snowball curved and hit something in a tree.
"Grrrrrowl..."
"WAAAH! What was that?" screamed Scraggy. We all looked in the direction of the sound.
A big, massive Pokemon jumped from the tree. It was one I've never seen before.
"It's a Primeape! RUUUUUUN!" cried Pikachu. We all followed his order and ran into the forest.
We ran and ran. We ran past rocks and trees, Cubchoo and Vanillite. We ran off a...
"CLIFF!" Pikachu yelled as we tumbled down the steep rock.
"Snivy!" I yelled.
"I'm alright! Just keep in sight of each other!" she yelled. She and Leavanny used their Vine Whips to keep everyone together. I fell and tumbled into a giant roc-
..."Oshawott..."
..."Hey, Oshawott..."
"OSHAWOOOOOTT!" I wrenched my eyes open.
"Oh, you're awake. Hurry; Pikachu and Pignite are gone," Leavanny told me. I jumped up and looked around.
We were under a crooked tree next to the giant hill we fell down. Snivy stepped towards the hill and said,
"C'mon, we have to find the others." The three of us followed Snivy.
"Pikachuuuu!"
"Pigniiiiite!"
"Pikachuuuuuuu!"
"Pigniiiiiiite!"
We went on like this for at least twenty minutes. A blizzard had started, and the other three with me began to grow icicles. I felt a slight bit of coldness, but not too much.
"Oshawott, please take over..." Snivy mumbled to me. I nodded, then she hugged Scraggy to warm him up.
"We gotta get to shelter. This cold isn't good for any of you, not to mention the blizzard," I told them. I began heading towards the large rock hill. I stepped inside and-
"WHO DARES TO ENTER MY TERRITORYYYYYYY?" I heard an angry voice yell at me. I fell down on my back in shock.
"RUUUUN!" I screamed. I started toward the exit only to be surrounded by a gang of three Beartic.
"We're not letting you go ANYWHERE. Anything that enters our home never leaves! You could be of use to us on our dinner rock, anyway," said the biggest Beartic. I concluded that he was the leader of the pack.
The bear on my right took a giant swipe at me with a swift Ice Punch. I felt the powerful blow and the ice freezing up my right arm and the front of my body.
(Darn! They froze my scalchop.) I crawled slowly to the back wall in fear. The largest Beartic charged at Snivy and Scraggy with his own Ice Punch. Just in time, a large rocket of fire engulfed the Beartic leader.
"Are you all ok?" I heard Pikachu ask loudly. He and Pignite ran over to join us.
"Glad you're all ok. Let's hurry! Thunderbolt!" Pikachu sent out the ray at the giant bears then motioned his paw toward the entrance of the cave. We all ran as fast as we could.
When we were at least a quarter of a mile away from the cave, the furious bears finally quit following.
"Pant. Pant. Pant. Let's- pant. find a- pant. place for- pant. tonight," Pikachu gasped. Everyone nodded then followed his lead toward a small, icy cave.
"Brr! This place is cold! Everywhere is cold! I would even be grateful to be hit by a Flamethrower right now!" Leavanny complained.
"Heh, I agree a bit," Snivy said, shivering. She still held a tight hug on Scraggy.
"C-can't P-Pi-Pign-nite m-mak-ke a c-amp-p f-fire?" Scraggy studdered in the frigid air.
"Well, if I make a fire in here, it's going to flood with all this ice around us! I guess we'll just have to go without," Pignite sighed. I walked over to Snivy and Scraggy. I removed my scarf and wrapped it around their shivering bodies.
"Oh, thanks, Oshawott. You really don't have to-" Snivy started, but I cut her off.
"Naw, don't worry 'bout me. I'm a water type. I can get along easier than you two." Snivy smiled at me then walked Scraggy to a corner in the cave. They settled down then dozed off.
(Hee hee hee! I'm sure I can do it at this rate! Servine better bug off! Oh wait, he's a grass type. So what? Snivy is mine!)
"Um, you ok, Oshawott? You're staring off into space."
"Oh! Yeah, I'm fine! No need to worry!" I replied softly to Pikachu who had wrapped his tail around his feet.
"Ok. Well, I'm exhausted. I should sleep now; you should, too. We're going to have a big day tomorrow." I nodded and waddled over to Leavanny to sleep next to him.
(Ah... sleep at last...) I closed my eyes and began to sleep peacefully, lying on Leavanny's shoulder.
End
(Sigh. Time to get up...) My body was freezing. I could hardly move my right arm.
(Right, I got hit by a Beartic last night.)
"Hey," Snivy walked over to me. "thanks for your scarf. You better take it back; you look like you're about to freeze." She handed me the scarf, still smelling like her grassy scent. I blushed as she wrapped it around me.
"Uh, you're welcome," I answered as I snapped back to reality.
"Come on, we shouldn't worry our trainer and his friends anymore," Pikachu crossed his arms and started tapping the floor with his foot. We rushed over to him with our stiff legs.
Out in the snowy rocky hills, our every footstep sunk into the fresh, deep snow. We were all freezing already except Pignite. The clouds covering the sun made this morning worse. Every step we trod forward, our feet slide across the crytallized powder which stung them.
(This is going to be a long day.) I shifted my right arm then began rubbing it with my left.
Pikachu
(I'm freezing. It's freezing. We're all freezing. I don't think the grass types or Scraggy can stand the cold much longer.)
"Scraggy, let me carry you. Pignite and Oshawott, carry Leavanny and Snivy, please. I don't want them to freeze." Scraggy ran over to me, clinging onto his "pants" stiffly. I picked him up and placed him on my head. Pignite held Leavanny on his neck and Oshawott held Snivy in his arms.
"What about you, Pikachu? You look like you're freezing, too," Pignite asked with worry in his voice.
"I'd rather protect my friends than being helpless. Besides, electric types aren't weak to ice."
"That's true, but I think I should still take the lead. You've done enough for us already. Hop on my head."
"No, I'm not giving up yet. Ash gave me the job to keep you all safe, but I failed. The least I can do is get you out of this mess."
"Pikachu, stop being stubborn. How are you supposed to do that if you can barely even stay on your feet?"
"Because you are my friends. Your hearts and love to me and the whole gang keep me going. Thanks for the help; I appreciate it. But I still need to do my job, too." I faced away from the others and moved on forward.
(If can do my job. My feet are killing me. Still, I should keep to my word. They're all counting on me, now. I can't let them down.) I pulled my scarf up to cover my mouth.
Pignite
(He does have a point. Still, he shouldn't work too hard. Well, I guess I can't do anything about that. I should let Pikachu do what he wants to do. After all, he is the leader... but still...) I followed wherever he went even though I don't know where we're going. Oshawott kept looking down at Snivy. He seemed to be walking steadily enough with an extra load on his back- I mean... arms? It's interesting because he was walking a lot slower earlier.
(Heh heh. I guess Snivy must be the reason. It's like a prince with his fair maiden.)
After about an hour, Pikachu had already climbed onto my head. Oshawott had started tripping a bit, so I carried him, too. With everyone holding onto me, we went even slower since we took a break every ten minutes or so.
We finally found the rock we tumbled down yesterday. I had asked everyone to stay on their own feet when we climbed. We tried going up the shorter but steeper side. We tried going up the longer and less steep side, too. The rocks hurt our feet after treading along the snow, so we tumbled down when we got only halfway.
"Now how are we getting up?" Scraggy had asked in a whiney voice.
"Hmm... Snivy, Leavanny, do you think you can try to get up with your Vine Whips?" Pikachu suggested.
"We can try," Snivy replied back. Both of the grass types sent out their vines. They kept moving them around for some reason.
"We can't find a branch or rock to grab onto," Leavanny sighed as they both retracted their vines.
"Ok. Oshawott, I need you to use Aqua Jet to get up there."
"Ok, Pikachu."
"When you're up, look for something Leavanny and Snivy can hold onto." Oshawott saluted then prepared to launch. His water rocket slid up across the rock face. He had reached the top and left us down here.
"I really wish Torterra was here," Pikachu muttered quietly.
"Who's Torderra?" I had asked him.
"Oh, Torterra, you mean. He's just an old friend of mine. You wouldn't know him."
After eight minutes we began to worry.
"What is taking that otter so long? Ok, I'll be right back. Pignite, watch the others for me," Pikachu told me. He used Quick Attack while grabbing onto tiny ledges to give him boosts. Once again, we were left at the bottom of the cliff.
"Hey, guys, you can send your vines up now!" Pikachu shouted. The grass types shot their vines up then gripped whatever was up there. Scraggy and I climbed up then the three of us pulled the two Pokemon on the ground up to us with their vines.
"So where's Oshawott?" I asked Pikachu.
"I don't know, but his footprints are in the snow." Pikachu led us along a trail of rectangle shaped dents in the snow.
The footprints led us to a patch of blue flowers of some sort. It was very clear that Oshawott had pulled some out, but what was he doing?
Oshawott
"No, I didn't know this was your home. Please let me go! My friends are waiting for me!"
"I was told by one of my own friends that there was an Oshawott, Snivy, Scraggy, Pignite, and a few others walking around this part of the forest. I believe you're the Oshawott. They also told me that the Beartic a bit farther away from the cliff had been intruded by such a group. So, where are your friends?" the giant Pokemon said in a very deep voice. It had a slightly angry tone to it.
"I-I don't know! They're probably at the bottom of the cliff still!"
"Then I guess they'd be better off without a Pokemon that ditched them at the bottom of a cliff, wouldn't you say?"
"No! I didn't ditch them!"
"Then why were you so far away from the cliff picking flowers, eh?"
"They were supposed to be a gift for- for Christmas!"
"Christmas, you say? For who?"
"For my- my... I mean, for this special Pokemon."
"I guess I can let you go. Christmas is supposed to be a happy time of the year, isn't it? I have enough for my meal, anyway. Heh heh heh heh."
"You- you monster! Let the innocent Pokemon go! They didn't do anything!"
"Oh, they didn't, did they? Then what was with them wandering about in my territory?"
"I-" I look up at the black eyed beast. "They were probably exploring! Besides- um... you should mark your territory borders so this won't happen anymore!"
"If I did that, how do I get my fill of munchies?"
"You- sick crocodile... monster... Hydro Pump!" I blasted the water straight in his face.
"GAAAAAH! You're dead meat NOW!" His big red snout snapped at me with sharp yellow teeth. I panicked and began to run toward the entrance of the cave. I tripped when my foot slipped on some ice. I turn around and see his giant mouth barely touching my nose.
(Hoo, boy! He really needs to brush! Whoof... oh, gosh. That stinks!)
"You wouldn't really eat other Pokemon, would you?" He stopped moving towards me then began blinking at me with shocked eyes.
"WHAT? Wh- why in the world would I do that?"
"You pretty much told me that not catching Pokemon in your territory wouldn't give you anything to eat!"
"I did, but why are saying I'd eat Pokemon?"
"Because you- wait, then what did you mean?"
"I make the Pokemon that wander into my territory gather fruit for me in return for trespassing. Of course I let them go eventually."
"O-oh..."
"Well, go ahead and leave, now! Don't forget the flowers. Next time, ask before you pick my snow flowers, ok?"
"Um, ok... thanks?"
"Yeah."
"Oh, and... um, Merry Christmas..."
"Yeah, you, too." The giant reptile turned around and almost wacked me in the face with his tail. He started towards the back of his cave.
(Wha- what in the- wh- why... what in the world...) I leave the cave in confusion. I see a group of Pokemon hanging around the same flower patch that I was caught at.
(Heh, better warn them.)
End of Part 1. Part 2 will be up on Friday. Sorry, I moved the date again! This one will be for sure. :) Have yourselves a Merry Little Christmas!
*Rainbow Dash quote in MLP
Pikachu913 out.