My body won´t listen to me. My eyes are closed, I want them to open! My energy has drained, I feel really cold and wet... At least I´m lying underneath a tree. I have the creature next to me to thank for that... I can tell he´s near me. I know he is. I know he´s a "he", and that he helped me to get here. I know he is probably even more exhausted than I am, and yet he managed to drag me all the way here. I hope no one else sees the two of us, being alive and all that. If they come back... we´re both done for. I know for a fact that neither one of us deserves all this violence.

I finally pulled myself together. I can see, move and stand. Just a little more rest, and I can fly as well. The grey creature is now asleep. He looks really peaceful... I wonder where he comes from. He has such an unusual appearance... Grey fur, black thighs and a yellow zigzag pattern on his belly. He has some sort of yellow collar, that makes me think of blazing fire, only with a different colour. He has sharp claws on hands and feet, a black mask on his face and pointy ears.

Judging from what I´ve seen from this creature, I think he somehow learned how to control lightning. This is a unique ability, even for creatures of the same type. He can use the power of electricity to imbue his claws and feet with energy to give them a power boost. He can also jump really high and far, using gravity to its advantage to give more oomph to his attacks. He can split himself into a team of ten to inflict damage from all sides, he can shoot electrically charged projectiles, he can dash with the speed of lightning to make it seem like he´s teleporting... there´s no doubt in my mind that his sheer skill in battle techniques enabled him to survive the relentless attacks from an entire army... even including a flipping huge dragon!

I can´t help but wonder, though... Why did the ´army´ attack him in the first place? And how did he end up here in the first place? Well, when I think about it... I might have an idea about why he got attacked. The huge green dragon ordered everyone (including me) to put an end to him. Yes... Rayquaza ordered me and everyone else to end him. It seemed unfair. Why would a group of about five hundred members group up on a single creature? He would have been dead by now if it weren´t for the benevolent spirits that clearly did not regard him as... evil or something. Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf saved his life. They put a large barrier around him and healed him when he needed it the most. The aggressors obviously now made an enemy of the three helping their target, and they, too, got knocked out. What happened after that was utterly frightening...

I remember it all so fondly. The three spirits were lying around the area that was turned into a battlefield. The creature saw it and... snapped. He emitted a force field of dark energy that repelled literally everything except the spirits away from him, and immediately after that he unleashed the most terrifying attack I had ever seen. The dark force field grew in size, was now crackling with electricity. As the barrier expanded more quickly, it began to look more like an explosion.

Everything in the blast radius, Including Rayquaza and the very ground on which the creature stood was... destroyed. What´s left now is a huge crater without any signs of life. Outside the blast radius you could see the amount of damage everyone that was in it must have suffered. Rayquaza was unconscious, smaller and bigger Pokémon were helplessly knocked out by the force. That little grey creature also knocked himself out. I only barely managed to avoid damage from the move myself.

What compelled me to help him even after this explosion, were his intentions. He did not use that attack to kill everyone. He did so to protect the only ones that tried to help him... the spirits. I don´t know where the spirits are now, but I think they survived the ordeal. As for the creature... he woke up quickly after fainting and was in agony. He held his head with both hands, and was screaming for help. "Make it stop! PLEASE!" I rushed towards him, but before I was near him he screamed in pain and fear... and gave me a frightening look. His appearance changed. Now black thunderbolts were coming from underneath his eyes, to make it seem like he tried to cry his anger out. He was coming for me, but he was distracted by a Weavile that had ganged up some of its friends to come and beat the creature down. They probably were about to take revenge on what the creature destroyed. They didn´t stand a chance...

I took the opportunity to hide somewhere safe, so the creature wouldn´t see me. I saw him easily taking on about 20 gang members, when I noticed Rayquaza taking off. He was heading for his home: the Sky Tower, probably to recover its strength. The creature saw him fleeing, and literally tossed the gang aside to rush towards the dragon. He took a leap that brought him on Rayquaza´s back. I followed him, still keeping a safe distance. Rayquaza got penetrated by lightning bolts dropping from the clouds (which was weird, as I´ve never seen any clouds around Rayquaza), got struck by the creature´s volatile slashes and fell down like a brick. I hid behind a tree to keep an eye on him... But I stepped on a branch and he noticed me.

I flew as fast as I could, away from him, but he was too fast. I couldn´t escape his wrath, even though I could fly and he couldn't. He made an electric leash out of thin air and grabbed me with it (while airborne!). He flung me against a tree, and he fell down too. I tried to get away before he stood up, but I couldn´t fly anymore. He slashed at me, threw electric bolts at me and got me down on the ground... He was about to land the final blow... but he got hit in the back and knocked out by a rock launcher. Rhyperior saved me. I noticed the thunderbolts under the creature´s mask disappeared and the yellow collar shrinking. Rhyperior wanted to finish him. He stood right beside him and raised his arm to hammer him to death.

Somehow, I just couldn´t let that happen... I used my psychic powers to stop Rhyperior´s arm in it´s tracks and throw him against a tree, which knocked him out. Then his friends came... dozens of them. I tried to protect the creature with my life... I made a wall of fire that served as a barrier, but they roughed me up. I am very lucky they did not intend to put an end to me, and probably thought the creature was already dead. We were now both still alive... The next thing I remember is the Creature dragging me towards the tree in the rain... Good thing he did, because the rain would have eventually killed me. He´s still sleeping. I should try to get some food... for both me and him.

X-X

I feel weak and broken. My head hurts, and my limbs are heavy. I can stand up, but everything just hurts. I hate it to be like this. I must look like a wreck... My legs are shaking under the weight of my upper body and I am covered in scars... What the heck happened to me!?

I am now standing by a tree. I remember dragging an animal here... it´s gone now. It was probably confused and scared. I hope it´s okay... I´m glad for it that the weather cleared up. It´s bright out now... I must have been asleep for a few hours. It did not help me to recover, apparently. I need to find something to eat...

X-X

"Okay, that should be enough for now".

I picked up the basket which Leavanny made for me that is now filled with delicious berries. Now to bring it back to the creature... I wonder if he´s still asleep. I guess he must be, after all, he went through a lot. I just hope he doesn´t just leave on its own, as there are still creatures out there that want him gone. As I approach the tree, a sense of dread befalls me. Something is about to happen... Or maybe I am just sensing his fear. I can see he´s awake, and he sees me. Poor thing...

"N-no... they´ve found me already... Wait a second, that is the animal from yesterday... it came back! "

The creature grabbed the tree behind him, in a futile attempt to hide. He did not realise that the animal before him, walking towards him, is only trying to help. He went behind the tree and sat down, hiding his face in his claws. His entire face is turning wet and tense. His entire body is shaking and didn't seem to notice the animal was now standing right next to him.

The creature looked up and got startled of the animal. He flinched and pounced away a few metres and fell down on his backside. He turned away and tried to run from the animal, but his legs were still heavy.

"N-no no no... get a-away f-from me..."

"Don´t be scared, I´m not going to hurt you."

"No more... P-Please... I can´t... take it..."

"Please clam down... I want to help you..."

The creature turned his face to me, still shaking. The thunderbolts are back...

I dropped the basket of berries and slowly stepped backwards. The creature stood up and raised its hands in a threatening position. He is actually crying now as well... I need to calm him down, before he does something to me.

"Get... away... from me..."

"No, please! I don´t want to hurt you... I´m just trying to-"

"GET AWAY FROM ME!"

"I-I just want to help... I j-just want to be friends..."

"Friends..."

The creature heard what I said and stopped coming closer. He is now slowly stepping backwards, as if he has spotted a dangerous animal. And I thought I was the prey here...

"F-F-Friends..."

The thunderbolts disappeared. He sat down and started to cry loudly. Tears began to well up in my eyes as well... I went up to him and sat down before him. He was clearly not himself back then... His fear and anger consumed him and took over his body... But I was lucky to reach him underneath all the hatred...

"I'm sorry..."

He repeated it many times. He regrets scaring me... but I don't think that's the only reason why he is crying. I'm not even sure if he knows what he's been through. I grabbed him by the shoulders and guided him back to the tree and sat down next to him. He is till shaking heavily, as if he's chilling to death. His arms are resting on the ground and his legs are clumsily spread on the floor.

"Here. Have some food... You need to eat."

He looked at the berries, and then to me. His expression was full of guilt and sorrow.

"Go on... it´s all for you. Please eat up."

He looked at me again, looking like he's asking my permission to go ahead. I nodded and then he looked at the berry. His arms won't move and he's grunting softly. It looks like this creature reached his very limit, not being able to lift his arms. I picked up a berry and held it in front of his mouth. He was careful not to bite in my fingers and began to eat the berry.

"Th-thank you..."

It took me a while to feed him. When he finally finished eating some berries he dropped his head down to the ground and fell asleep, powerless to the exhaustion. I will stand guard over him while he's asleep.

The creature is now tossing and turning in his sleep. Obviously he´s having a nightmare. No surprise there, I figured he would have bad dreams after what he´d gone through... He´s muttering things in his sleep that I can´t understand. I wonder where he learned how to speak in my language. Maybe he has grown up with the same kind of language... I should ask him when he wakes up.

"..."