Shades POV
After killing the Seviper, I felt much better. Once he had threatened to kill me, something clicked inside of me ,and I didn't care about my ethics or others. I only wanted to survive. I had to kill to survive in this place, and that's what a Dark type did. (I figured out I was a dark type because I was able to use Dark Pulse)
I started to train. My first few nights of fighting were the worst, because the other wild Pokemon wouldn't even take me seriously, so I was forced to fight in The Pit. The Pit was an awful place, with danger at every corner. There were nightly events in their main arena, where either two or six Pokemon were forced to a match to the death. I was scared, but I knew that until I got more powerful, I wouldn't be able to participate in clean matches with high-ranked enemies. My first match was the worst experience of my life. My opponent was a Houndoom named Devil, and he was a monster. As we walked down the long pathway to the arena, he kept snarling at me, and everyone seemed really tense around us. I probably should've taken this as a sign that something bad was going to happen.
When we finally entered the arena, everyone was jeering and laughing at me, because I was nearly 20 levels behind Devil. I just looked directly ahead of me and smirked. A Psyduck waddled out onto the arena and waved his hands in the air, to silence the crowd. He checked to make sure none of us had any illegal weapons or items, then promptly started the match.
I had no idea what I was in for.
The second the Psyduck started the match, I was thrown back by a crushing force, and slammed into the wall. The crowd roared in delight as Devil appeared a few inches away from my face with his teeth bared. I looked up in shock, but bounced off the wall as quickly as I could, right before a Flamethrower licked at my heels, covering the area I was in not 3 seconds ago in flames. I was still watching him when he suddenly rocketed towards me again, this time with a Bite already preparing to attack. I twisted out of the way and he slammed into the ground. When I finally landed, he was spitting dirt out of his maw, and he was not happy. I had made him look like a fool, and he hadn't been able to take me out yet.
The crowd was slowly changing sides. At first I was the newbie that Devil was going to destroy in a flash, but I had survived for over a minute, and no one had done this before.
Devil looked at me with fire in his eyes, and growled "You're dead now kid."
He lept towards me again, but I was ready for him now. I corkscrewed to the side, but instead of running away, I thrust my paw towards his exposed stomach, and unsheathed my claws. The reaction was enormous. Devil yelled out in pain, and he slammed into the ground with blood trickling out of his side.
Everyone looked at me and gasped, then looked back towards Devil. I walked over to him and put my paw on his head, claiming my rightful pace as the winner.
"He's done ref." I said with no emotion in my voice.
"So? Finish him, kid. I wanna get the next match going, so hurry it up." the Psyduck said, obviously annoyed.
"What? He's close to fainting, theres no way he could even fight back, just end the match now." I said, with a sinking feeling in my stomach.
'Kid, to end a match, one of youse has to die, so just finish him, NOW HURRY IT UP!" the Psyduck said.
The audience swiveled their eyes to me, waiting for me to kill him. I looked at Devil once more, and spun away in disgust.
"Then I quit, I'm not going to murder a helpless enemy." I said with a cold voice.
Behind me, I heard a voice cough, and say "Bad choice, kid."
There was a brilliant lash of light, and I spun around in horror. I had seen enough of my trainer's battles to know what was happening, but I had never faced an opponent like this before. The Houndoom had slipped a Houndoomite from his mouth, and he had Mega Evolved!
I backed away slowly, this time truly afraid.
"HA HA HA! You thought I was done, didn't you, you little prick?" Devil said with malice lacing his voice.
"HEY! YOU CAN"T HAVE A MEGA STONE, DEVIL! THAT MEANS YOU FORFEIT THE MATCH FOR HAVING ILLEGAL ITEMS!" the Psyduck said fearfully.
"Oh shut up, you idiot." Devil said, tossing a fireball at the Psyduck, who took it right to the face.
The crowd, who had been frozen for a while, screamed in panic as they saw the ref fall to the ground, burnt to a crisp.
"Y-you KILLED HIM!" I yelled at the Houndoom. "WHY WOULD YOU KILL HIM?"
"Because I can, you wimp." Devil called back, sniggering. "And...YOU'RE NEXT!"
I gasped in horror, and tried to run towards the exit, but Devil had taken a huge boost to his stats, and now he was worlds faster than me.
"Oh no you don't, I'm going to rip you apart for being a smarts and messing with me in our earlier fight!" he snarled, baring his rows of blood-stained fangs to me. He grabbed me by my scruff and threw me against the wall, putting a large crack into it.
I grunted in pain, but shakily stood up again, and looked Devil in the eyes. His eyes met mine, and he smirked.
"So you're not gonna go down easy, are you? Thats fine, I'll enjoy crushing you, even if it takes me hours." he yelled, full of bloodlust.
I started to run away again, but this time when he charged, I used a Quick Attack to rocket away, ten come back and hit him with my head in his leg. But since he was Mega Evolved, my attack barely even scratched him! Instead, he grabbed me again, and shoved me down to the ground, then clamped his paw around my neck.
"Looks like this is it, kid. It's a shame, you could've been a great adversary. Too bad you're absolutely useless in battle." he chuckled.
And that was it. I snapped. I felt something happen inside of me, I felt the blood pumping through my veins, and I looked at Devil with pure hatred. Time seemed to slow down, and I felt myself moving extremely fast in this slow world. I slid out from Devil's grip, jumping as high as I could into the air. He recoiled and tried to follow me with his eyes, but I was too fast. The entire crowd silent, and I ricocheted off of the sids of the arena, gathering more and more speed. Right when I felt too tired to continue, the whole clearing exploded in green light, and I was surrounded by a green aura, my rings glowing as bright as day!
Everyone gasped, wondering why the hell my rings changed from blue to green. I had no idea either, but I suddenly gained even more speed. I felt like a blur traveling throughout the arena, and I felt something burning in my throat. Some instinct in me made me turn my mouth towards Devil as I sped towards him, moving faster than I ever had before, and some type of Dark Type energy exploded from my mouth in a circular shape, before making contact onto Devils chest and exploding.
I floated down to the earth, panting slightly. Devil's body laid in a crumpled heap across the arena, and all eyes were on me. After I had opened up my heart so he could survive, only to have him betray me, I was done with trust for a bit. With my green rings still glowing, I opened my eyes, which had turned a blood red, and said coldly,
"So, who's next."
I gained quite a reputation overnight and leveled up almost 30 times. Everyone wanted to challenge me, trying to claim power in the forest. I won every single fight. I also got a new arsenal from all the leveling up. Dark Pulse, Shadow Ball, Crunch, and Confuse Ray were all on my move set now, and I was unstoppable. After another week, I was a level 60, and I was the most feared Pokemon in the area, which I had learned was called "Shadow Forest"
Shines POV
After Team Plasma left, I walked back to my destroyed village and tried to find anyone I knew. All I found were destroyed buildings and crushed eggs. I sat there for a full week, and ate only plants. As an Espeon, my energy was in full bloom during the day, but it waned at night. Finally, Team Plasma came back, and I went and hid in the only place I knew I could, Shadow Forest.
I slipped into the forest just as Team Plasma came back, and I was a mess. My whole family was gone, and my life was ruined. I just wanted it all to end. I just kept walking and walking until pretty soon, I was lost. I hadn't realized how far I had gone until I was there. Then, he showed up.
