Hello fellow readers! I was actually not planning to update this already, but I found a good place to cut, so I thought an update already could be nice. This chapter will introduce some of the characters in the story. I hope you'll enjoy it!

Edit: I forgot to thank SuperDaikenki, Traveling Master and FrancisTheUnconsciousSnivy for reviewing! Thanks a lot! And thanks to other people who favorited and followed it too!

Disclaimer. I don't own Pokémon...

In the darkness of nighttime, the moon's shimmering reflection of light could be seen on a lake, which was located in an opening in the middle of a large forest. Oxygen bubbles were clearly visible though the transparency of the lake as they were floating up to the surface, and the water-Pokémons could sometimes also be seen on the surface enjoying the chilling breeze and temperature. The wind was gusting in a small scale, which didn't seem to disturb the Pidgeys, Pidgeottos and other flying-types that were sleeping in the warmth of their nests, which could be found on many trees.

Underneath one of the trees that were closer to the lake, was a faint glow of blue. If someone did a closer examination of the glow, the person would notice it takes forms of different sizes of rings. And if that individual did an even closer inspection of the glowing creature, one would notice it's golden eyes scanning the near by area for any lurking dangers. The dim light it was radiating was strong enough to illuminate a small area around it, which revealed two silhouettes of other Pokémons. A smaller feline form lay in a nearby proximity of the Umbreon. Only the red parts of the being's fur were noticeable in the faint light that was emitted. It was carelessly snoozing in its sleep, but knowing the ones around him, he was probably safe from the dangers around. Leaning up against the tree that they were sleeping under with its arms crossed, was another dark colored body. The shape of the body could be mistaken for a big ice-cream cone with small arms and wavy extensions in the back of its neck, but that was hardly perceptible in the darkness of the tree's shadow. Some of the bug-type's body features were visible though. A golden four-tipped star could be seen on its dark-gray forehead with 2 golden stripes in each side that were perpendicular to each other.

The Umbreon was still lying awake keeping an eye on potential threats. Tonight was his turn to be on the look out. This was of course not a problem for him. Umbreons aren't called the Moonlight Pokémons for nothing; this was almost better than sleep itself. And this was not a big burden for him plus he could essentially take the shift every night, but the others insisted that he should have some sleep, which of course was important. Everyone's body needs some rest, even if they don't need it as much as others. But why did he even need to keep an eye out for dangers? Well, they were in an open area, so they are vulnerable from ambushes. But also they were on the road, travelling though new places; in this case, a forest, that was far away from the safety of their own home.

They were currently on their way to Righteous City, the divine metropolis blessed by Arceus himself. That is at least what other traveling people are saying.

According to their father, it was rated one of the most safety cities on the world. But both of them could agree on that even if it was true it was probably dangerous anyway. Every big city has their good and bad citizens. Even if most of them were congregations of Arceus, other groups of worshippers are almost bound to exist close. Which groups wouldn't want to capture a city like this and make it the city of the god of their own? Different hostilities are undoubtedly forming in the outer area of the city, but nothing big has happened… yet.

'Living in these cities must be a nightmare, yet, a dream at the same time…' wondered Luna. If all those rumors were true, you're in risk of danger 24/7. But how did these cities keep a good reputation with all this fuss?

Luna's father told them different things about cities. One of the most notable was the surprising peaceful environment in the city. Crowds of people walking in close proximity were common, unlike the wild where everyone unfamiliar was a potential enemy. It was also possible get countless kinds of food in cities. Their dad would sometimes bring some samples back, which was quite tasty. Luna would normally eat berries, and sometimes meat from other Pokémons, which their parents brought back for them. They did not hunt themselves because their parents wanted to spare them from killing others as much as they could.

To acquire food or the many other curious things that city had to offer; a currency was needed; something that was apparently called Poké. It was obtainable by working for others or many other ways.
But the most fascinating was the invention of technology. It was very known for cities to have this. This allowed the existence of artificial structures and many other absorbing things. One of the most visible inventions was the invention of artificial light, which technically was "visible" itself. The light, which these things radiated, increased the visibility of the nearby area greatly. This creation was spread everywhere in the cities. They were outside, inside and a lot of other places; namely, everywhere. But they were also recognized for their famous structures! A city would not be one without its buildings and maybe even skyscrapers, no? They were invented to be places were in inhabitants live or work. Their father said that these constructions would make their cave look very inferior.

Luna was excited to see a city for the first time his live, even if it was dangerous. But he's thoughts were interrupted when he heard a sudden cry of fear from his side. He's eyes glowed white reflexively as he sent a telekinetic force in the direction of the scream.

"Hey watch it! HEY! It's just me! Ahh-" shouted a voice so desperately that it abandoned all its masculinity.

He turned his to the side and sweatdropped when he saw the amusing scene; the Accelgor was holding its hands over the Zorua's mouth, while a crater could be seen behind them.

'What's with the crater…' wondered the Umbreon, 'Must've been Axel's Focus Blast, and with the deflection of my Psychic, it probably only missed Zila with inches…'

"Axel, you can release Zila now…" said the Umbreon.

The instant the bug released him, the Zorua started to shout again. "What the hell?! Why're you guys always so paranoid?! There's no-"

"There's no need to shout Zila… you've probably awakened every Pokémon in the forrest…"

The Accelgor and Umbreon facepalmed, as the Zorua laughed sheepishly when he saw the flock of scared Pidgeys fly away from their nest, while other smaller creatures were running around in intense panic.

"Heh heh… oops… sorry…" said Zila embarrassedly.

"It's fine, but you should have a more reasonable consideration next you emit such a high frequency; we're not in need of attention right now. Predators could be circling around us right now waiting for the accurate time to strike us," explained Axel as he quickly turned his head around to scan the area for any dangers before turning his head back to face the Zorua.

"High frequency?! Are you saying my voice sounds girlish?!" Zila shouted almost too loud again. Luna laughed at that. "Don't laugh you're the one with the female name!"

"Luna is a man's name! Our mom named me that!", shouted Luna back. The Zorua chuckled. "You're the one screaming like one, and possibly attracting the enemies!"

"Yeah, I hate when that happens," said Zila sarcastically, "Ugh… you and Axel are just too paranoid…" Zila groaned. The small protests were from the Umbreon were ignored, "Even if they are around us right now, we could probably take them all!"

"I'm flattered by your confidence in our abilities, but you shouldn't act overconfident. Even if the Pokémons in the whole forest combined were intellectually and physically inferior to us, we're still ought to act cautious and smart. And by high frequency I meant your scream," Axel explained.

"Oh… Sigh… dad really rubbed off on you guys, huh?"

"You can never be too careful," chuckled Luna, "Why did you scream anyway, Zila?"

The Zorua seemed very embarrassed by that question as he flushed bright red, "I had… a nightmare."

Luna was about that laugh hysterically, but knew better than to do that. Even Axel seemed a bit amused by this, "Oh… what was it about?"

"I… I don't really feel like talking about it…"

Luna was a bit worried. It wasn't like Zila to fear a thing such as a nightmare, and he's even dark-type! 'I wonder what it was about…' thought Luna, but dismissed it again, 'He'll tell us when he is ready'

"Since we're all awake, we should continue traveling. We will possibly arrive earlier than then expected if we do so," reasoned Axel.

"Aww, I wanted to sleep a bit more," Zila complained.

"You sleep an awfully lot for a dark-type, Zila. I agree with Axel; we should get going. You can rest when we arrive to Righteous City. According to the gossips, it should be very comfortable sleeping there," chuckled Luna.

"Then what are we waiting for! I can't wait to taste the food either!" shouted the Zorua excitedly, "Let's get going!"

Author's note:

As you probably noticed; I'm going to make up my own cities, towns etc. I hope the introduction of my OCs weren't confusing. I'm going to explain a bit more about their background next chapter. The OC form is probably going to be placed there as well. Please don't expect next update to be as fast...

Please review and thanks for reading!