I´m moving slower. The rock in which I´ve been sitting is getting very hot. The rock is crumbling apart, I can feel it. Maybe I´m finally landing...
The rock came to sudden standstill. I have landed somewhere... finally. I am still trapped inside, though. I hear a faint sound outside... a constant and familiar sound. Is it raining...? If it were rain, it would explain the occasional ´BOOM´ I hear around me. The weather has taken a violent turn... maybe it has to do something with the crash?
I heard a really big boom now. This one lit up my rock. I guess I got hit by lightning. I feel like I´m being recharged, and I noticed the rock is breaking down. My lungs filled with fresh air for the first time in a while, it made me cough a few times. I am now free... My eyes opened, but I can´t see anything. There´s smoke everywhere. Suddenly my entire body shook. My senses are alerting me that something´s coming!
I jumped backwards to dodge a dragon pulse. The smoke cleared and the weather did too. A huge green dragon was charging up another dragon pulse. I dodged it one more time and started to run. The dragon let out a big shout, that caused a lot of other animals to chase me! He riled up everyone against me... I need to get out of here!
Several hundreds of animals are after me, the green dragon sticking out above of them. What have I done wrong...!? For a split second I didn´t notice what was happening in front of me. A vine instantly grew out of the ground and dug in again two inches away. My foot got stuck in it. The vine broke, but I lost my balance and fell. Having rolled away for a few seconds, I stood up and looked around me. I´m surrounded...
Fire, water, mud, sonic waves, balls of energy and shadow were shot at me. Some of them moved closer for attacks. I ducked, leaped and ran to make an effort to dodge the attacks, but I eventually got hit. I slid a few yards away, but continued to stand. I had to fight back to survive...
I used everything in my might to fight back. I made the thunder clouds come back, and used them to zap my enemies. Thunderbolts were striking all over the place. Some of them hit the dragon. A large land-shark-like animal jumped at me to take me down with its arms that looked like scythes. He was about three times my size... I used my claws to hold its arms and used them to launch me towards its middle. I used my both feet to kick it in the stomach, and let thunderbolts drop down on him. I deflected multiple balls of energy back to their senders, and stayed away from those that couldn´t attack from a distance.
Eventually I got worn out from the battle. I lost my focus and that nearly killed me. A big red animal shot a fire bomb out of its arms and sent me flying. While airborne, another animal double slashed me out of the air and launched me to the ground. The green dragon launched another dragon pulse, that hit me while down. I was sent flying again and crashed a few dozen yards away from there. I felt faint. I tried to get up, but My vision blurred and my arms were shaking. I thought I was done for...
Three floating things came out of nowhere and made a barrier around me. Two of them were now keeping up the force field and the third one turned to me. I couldn´t move, but I´m glad I couldn´t. They were helping me, and if I had full energy I would have attacked them out of fear. The third thing had a green light in its arms, and he used it on me. Apparently, this was some sort of healing pulse, as it made me feel energised again. I stood up like I got startled, and looked at the thing that helped me. In the background, I saw the force field fading away, and the other two getting attacked. I jumped forward and let loose a blast of thunder. The animals were repelled, but now they were after all four of us.
We fought like there was no tomorrow. I assumed there wasn´t going to be a way for me to get out of this alive, but I´d hate to have the other three get killed because they tried to help me. I kept fighting, but soon the other three were thrown on the ground. I ran towards them, but the dragon launched a pulse from behind. I saw it too late to dodge... but the thing with the purple hair quickly sped into the line of fire. It was a full-on hit... He was lying on the ground. I could practically feel its pain... I felt angry. Furious. Afraid.
This was the time. This attack will probably kill me, and some of the attackers as well. I don´t care anymore. HERE GOES NOTHING!
"GRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUGGHHHH!"
The creature suddenly stood up, and immediately broke down. The thunderbolts underneath his eyes came back and its eyes were turning red.
"*gasp* Wha- ? Where...? N-no... *gasp* N-no more... PLEASE! MAKE... IT... STOP! IT HURTS! NOO! SHUT UP! GET AWAY FROM ME! HELP!"
The creature suddenly woke up from its nightmare, and is now in agony! I have never seen one panicking so much... but I need to calm it down, fast! I went to the river nearby, and used my psychic powers to get water. The creature was right behind me now, It hit me on the head! The water fell all over me, It hurt... but I need to try again...! I gathered the water, and threw it at the creature´s face. A wicked thunderbolt dropped from the sky and struck right before my feet. I flinched and fell in the river... This is bad...
"Huh-what? Where am I? My face is wet... why is it suddenly raining?"
"HELP!"
The animal is calling for help? What have I done...! I need to get it out of the water... I jumped in the river and brought him to the riverbed. I climbed out myself now and brought him further away from the river and dismissed the rain. This isn´t good... it´s not breathing... I need to get the water out of him... I just didn´t know what was wrong with me, But I punched it in the stomach. It seemed to do the trick...
I coughed and threw the water out of me. In my instincts I stood up and ran in circles, using my fire attacks to warm me back up. That was a close call... That creature nearly killed me again... but then again, he got me out of the water and punched me back from unconsciousness. It´s weird... He nearly killed me, but also saved me at the same time!
"Why did you do that!? You almost killed me!"
"W-What!? It was... me!? N-no... s-s-sorry..."
He seems legitimately confused. He wasn´t himself when he hit me. Deep down I knew that, and yet I was angry at him... Now I feel guilty for making him cry again...
"No... I am sorry... I shouldn´t have said that... You weren´t yourself..."
"I-I didn´t mean to hurt you! Please believe me..."
"I believe you. You woke up from a nightmare, you know. And when you did, you cried for help... I went to splash you with water... but lightning knocked me into the river."
"N-nightmare... so that was what happened... I dreamed..."
We went back to the tree to take it easy and just... talk. He seems to be feeling better from sleeping, despite his nightmare. I just hope he won´t do it again...
"Are you okay? Are you feeling better now that you´ve slept?"
"Yes, better. Thanks for caring about me... I feel so stupid for attacking you..."
"Don´t worry about it... you weren´t yourself..."
"I don´t want it to happen again..."
"Don´t worry. You just need some time before you are fully recovered... when that happens, your nightmares will also go away."
"Really?"
"Yes, I´m sure of it."
He doesn´t seem convinced. Neither am I. In fact, I´m pretty sure it will happen again.
"Let´s change the subject for now... do you have a name?"
"I don´t know..."
"So you don´t remember your name... that´s too bad... Is that all you can´t remember?"
"No... I don´t know who I am, where I am, where I came from..."
"Darn... I´m sorry for you... to lose you memory like that... It must have been rough."
"And you? Do you have a name?"
"Oh... yes. It´s Victini."
***TWO DAYS LATER***
We have found our way out of the forest, and found ourselves to be on a big open plain. There was not even a cloud in the sky and a soft breeze was blowing. I picked up a ball made of wood, one that the Patrat around this area must have made. I looked at the ball and then to the grey pokemon. It´s kind of inconvenient not knowing his name.
"So... you don't remember your name at all, huh?"
"No... It really bothers me..."
"Well... we could always make up a name."
"Huh? Is it that easy?"
"You could make it that easy."
Victini sat down on a large rock, thinking of a new name for the grey Pokémon. He figured it would be easier to call him by his own name and not ´Grey creature´. Victini sat there for a few moments and finally had an idea.
"Zennox."
The grey creature looked at Victini. He was very surprised to hear about this name, as it sounded kind of familiar. He liked the name, and nodded at Victini.
"I like that name!"
"Okay. From now on you shall be known as Zennox!"
"Fine by me."
The surroundings were quiet. Zennox kicked a small rock around, while heavily breathing in the air around him. He is probably bored, since he has absolutely no friends to play with. He seemed very young to Victini, almost juvenile. That gave him an idea.
He looked at the shape of the ball he found earlier. The ball has a perfect round shape and seems to be made to play fetch games. He had seen several Pokémon play this kind of game, such as Poochyena. Patrats made these balls as a means of merchandise, to trade for food. He had no Idea where this ball came from, but he might as well use it. He looked at the vast sea of grass before him, and threw the ball in that direction, as far as he could. Zennox saw this, and his reaction was unique.
Zennox immediately took a sprint after the ball. He normally walks on two feet, but now also uses his arms to dash towards the ball. His expression is playful, yet concentrated. He was moving at such a speed that made grabbing the ball very difficult. It went something like this: Dash, Grab, Fail, turn around, repeat. It took several minutes for Zennox to catch it.
After he caught the ball he intuitively raced back to Victini, and gave the ball back. Zennox didn´t seem very amused, although Victini had a hard time not laughing at him. Victini couldn´t help it and threw the ball again. Zennox fell for his scheme, and once again went after the ball, without saying anything. When he finally came back with the ball, he gave Victini a serious and exhausted look.
"Please, don´t ever do that again..."
Victini was giggling and put the ball away in the leaf basket. Zennox was really relieved he did so, and threw himself into the soft grass. He was exhausted from running around. It was a different kind of exhausted than before, though. At least he could still move his muscles without having to use all of his energy. Victini´s belly was rumbling.
"What is that sound?"
"Ehm... that was me. I should probably eat something."
"Yeah, I´m kind of hungry too."
They went back into the forest together. Zennox was carrying around the leaf basket, with still the wooden ball inside. He was looking at this ball continuously, without looking away. He even bumped into trees several times, not being able to control his sight.
Victini was gathering Oran berries. He did so by shaking the branches with psychic power, causing the berries to fall. He was picking up the fallen berries, when he startled from the ground suddenly shaking. Something big was coming close...
Victini grabbed Zennox by the arm and hid him in the bushes. Zennox held on to the basket, but the wooden ball fell out. Victini hushed Zennox and told him to look.
A big, orange-brown Pokémon with a mighty appearance was stomping towards them. Victini recognised this Pokémon: Rhyperior. Another Pokémon was near him, that he´d never seen before. This flying Pokémon had craws as hands, a weird-looking tail with a big blob and a stinger at the end, pointing directly to the ground, and had bat-like wings. Zennox was softly trembling besides him, holding his mouth with both hands. He was obviously frightened. Rhyperior began to talk.
"Are you sure they were here, Gliscor?"
"I´m sure of it. They were playing ball around here several minutes ago. They should be here somewhere... that creature with his companion."
"That Victini did a real number on me. Shame on the other Pokémon not to take him down. And that creature also haven't seen the last of me!"
Victini and Zennox were pretty well hidden. There were several bushes around them, and multiple trees also blocked direct eyesight from the two fearsome Pokémon. Victini decided not to move until they left.
"Huh? What´s this?"
Rhyperior picked up the small wooden ball Zennox was playing with earlier.
"That´s the creature´s toy ball... I told you they were close!"
"Hmf. Whatever."
Rhyperior carelessly threw the ball away behind him. Before the ball even hit the ground, Zennox dashed and successfully caught the ball. He stood there for a split second, astonished of his success, and then burst into a gleeful shout.
"YES! Did you see that Victini? I caught it!"
For Zennox, the entire world froze. Rhyperior and Gliscor were both surprised to see Zennox standing right behind them, and in the background, Victini slapped himself on the forehead out of disbelief. Zennox realised he had done something really stupid.
"There you are, you little brat!"
Rhyperior immediately used his giant and heavy arms to try to hit Zennox full on the head. Zennox managed to dodge these attacks, until Gliscor started slashing at him as well!
"Help!"
Victini rushed out of the bushes to help Zennox.
"Hey! Stop it!"
Gliscor went after Victini and circled around him. Victini tried to focus his psychic powers to bring him down, but Gliscor was moving too fast. While he was distracted, Rhyperior used his arms to launch a powerful Rock Wrecker against Victini, which immediately knocked him out. Zennox got scared and rushed towards Victini to help. However, not paying attention to Rhyperior, he got hit in the back of his head by the mighty arm and got knocked out as well.
"Finally... we get the chance to properly punish the damn creature for what he´s done."
"What about Victini?"
"Leave him be. I´ve had my revenge. He can stay here."
"Okay then. The usual place?"
"Yes. I´ll drag him to Mount Kortus and in the meantime You´ll get the Garchomp gang for a beat-up. I´ll meet you there with your reward."
Gliscor flew away with the winds towards the mountain, Rhyperior walking steadily towards the place where he stashed his treasure for the payment. Zennox was helplessly knocked out and unable to move.