Chapter 1
( a week earlier)
Nate
Nate wiped the sweat off of his brow and stared intently forward through the brush and leaves. The escaped miltank he had been following was sunning on a rock. The miltank look happily asleep unaware of the chaos it had caused in the city by escaping. Milk production fell and the police thought kidnapping. But Nate knew it had just ran off.
The sun shined harsh and bright another day in the paradise called mirage island. The island was small and the city took up most of it with the ruins being far off. Outside the city farmers lived nearby the city except Gus. Gus was an old man who lived secluded and whose farm had the best tasting Berries Nate has ever had.
"Alright miltank your fun is over" Nate murmured to himself as he strung his bow. A beautiful green bow made from the heartwood tree in the center of the city. On his back rested a quiver full of arrows divided into multiple sections for different types of arrows he had.
One section had arrows with rocks at the end to stun wild pokemon and scare them off. Another section had arrows with pokèballs at the ends of them. Those were his favorite ones and he had professor Alder at his pokélab in the city help him make them. He liked professor Alder who always had a good joke and a errand Nate could run for him.
Now the last section, Nate hated these. They practically gave off a malevolent aura. The last section had arrows with large arrowheads attached to the ends of them. Nate hated packing them but his mother made him.
"It's only for your own protection sweetie" she would insist. Nate made a personal vow to never use them however. The act of taking a life was too much for him to handle. He didnt think he would ever be able to do it.
Nate drew an arrow with the rock attached and notched it. Nate then set his loaded bow down and reached into his belt he always put on. He pulled out a fishnet that he bought from a sailor a few years back. He draped it over his left shoulder And picked up the now again. Feeling the smooth groves in it.
Nate drew back the now and felt the muscles go taunt in his back and carefully aimed for miltanks large stomach. Nate breathed in and blew out all of his air and released. The arrow flew through the air as the bang sang its beautiful "twang".
The arrow struck home hitting the dozing miltank right In the gut. The miltank fell back dazed and Nate ran forward.
The branches and leaves brushed against his olive skin and thorns dug in; but Nate kept running and once he breached the clearing quickly got to work. He threaded the netting around the stunned miltank until it was sufficiently netted. It's snout pressed up against the rope with a terrified expression on its face.
"Shhh girl, it's okay nobody's gonna hurt you." Nate whispered to her as he pet her softly. Scratching behind her pink furry ears. The miltank began to calm down and breath lighter. A cold wind picked up suddenly as a dark cloud passed over the sun. A sudden chill went down down nates spine and he looked up suddenly.
He scanned the suddenly ominous forest with his bright blue eyes searching. Looking past the leaves and past the branches. There appeared to be a set of glowing red eyes, ominous and terrifying. It felt like all his happiness just disappeared and all he could feel was ice and fear. Then Nate blinked and the eyes dissapointed and the feeling went away.
Nate not wanting to be in that forest a second longer picked up the entangled miltank and began walking out, groaning under it's immense weight. Nate walked quickly hearing the leaves crunch under his feet and looked back once more feeling that he was being watched
