All there was around me was darkness. I couldn't see anything, but I could hear a party going on outside, a very morbid part at that. Riolu and I had sat in the darkness for probably an hour or two in our cages in silence. 'I can't believe I fell for that. Riolu was right, illusions are hard to see through.'
Riolu broke the silence, "I'm sorry, we got upset at each other before we started this mission. It's probably why I didn't hear anyone sneak up behind me, I was too caught up in our argument."
"It's my fault too," I admitted, "I shouldn't have used my ability to cause you harm. It got you upset and that's part of the reason we're here." I put my nose into my paws and closed my eyes. Tears started to roll down my cheeks.
"Please don't cry. Look, we really need to come up with a way to get out, and that's not going to happen if you're crying. I might have an idea." I had looked up to see what Riolu was doing. He was pulling at the bars of his cage, trying to get one loose I guessed.
"Okay, you're a fighting type, but you're not a strong fighting type. I highly doubt you'll be able to break on of the bars." I commented. The second I laid down again, I heard a snap from Riolu's direction. 'You have got to be kidding me, this guy is ridiculous.'
"What were you saying about me not being strong enough?" he taunted. He slipped through the bars and walked over to me with a laid back pace. 'He just has to show off, doesn't he?'
"So, apologize for earlier and then I'll get you out." he offered.
"I already apologized, you idiot!" I yelled a little too loud. Voices were stirring outside the room we were locked in. "Riolu, hide." I commanded.
Light from the door hit the room illuminating everything. Riolu had dived for the cover of the shadows just quick enough and wasn't caught. I made an illusion of him sitting in his cage with the bar still intact. A Scragy entered the room.
"Nothin' is screwy here, ya idiot," it yelled into the hallway. "You're just hearing things."
I sighed as he exited the room and let the illusion fall. The door opened again and Scragy looked around. 'Shoot, this isn't good.'
Scragy looked around panicked and began to shout, "The blue one got loose, I have no idea where he is! Call Zoroark and Weavile." Riolu jumped out from the shadows and knocked Scragy to the ground, he was out cold the second he hit.
Riolu took the keys from Scragy's hand and unlocked my cage. "I'm sorry about wanting to make you apologize a second time, that was rude."
I huffed, "Yeah it was, but that doesn't really matter right now. We have to get out of here." I used illusion to turn us into two Scragys. "You go out there and knock out the other guard, then we'll find the way out."
Riolu nodded and exited the room. He said a few words to the other guard, then I heard him fall to the ground. Riolu looked back inside at me and nodded for me to follow.
"You're good at this." I complemented. We walked down the hallway as casual as possible. A few other Pokemon passed, but didn't pay us any attention.
"Yeah, I've done it before. Before Gabite, or Zoroark, found me, I was constantly getting in trouble and had to get myself out." he replied. "This really isn't anything new to me. I just made you get upset again so the guards would hear."
We came to a door and Riolu opened the door with the keys we stole from Scragy. We wandered up the caves until we were outside.
I started laughing hysterically, "Ahaha, we're not going to die, we made it!"
A strong hand gripped my paw, "Come on, we need to get moving," it was Riolu, "They're after us, we must keep going."
It was day time before we stopped moving, the whole night had passed. 'This is just over-kill on the whole running away thing.'
Riolu finally stopped and found a cave for us, but I was too tired to even make it there. I just collapsed in the middle of the forest. I could hear footsteps and just assumed it was Riolu, boy was I wrong.
"Woah, a shiny Pokemon!" a voice exclaimed. "I better catch it while it's weak!"
The word 'catch' made me perk up. 'A human,' I realized. I tried to run away, but I felt something hit me and I dissolved. It was a weird feeling, like I was squeezing through a hole that was too small. The warmth of the energy I became filled me. It was kinda cozy inside wherever I was, so I didn't struggle against the pull.
"Alright, I caught a shiny Zorua!" the human exclaimed, what an obnoxious person. He walked around for a little bit longer then stopped again. I looked around to see where we were. I saw the opening to the cave that Riolu went it. He rushed out and charged the trainer. Another ball hit Riolu and he was caught.
"Some fighting type," I said out loud. I figured no one could hear me so there was no harm.
"Some dark type," Riolu responded. 'Of course he can hear me.'
"Well, at least we won't be hunted by anyone this way." I said, I was trying to look on the bright side of things.
"It's so cramped and tiny in here, I want out." Riolu said. I looked out and saw on of the balls on the trainer's belt wiggling, it was Riolu.
"Whatever, at least we can get big and strong this way, and no one will dare hurt us then." I said. 'This is going to be a long life.'
Well, it was a long life indeed. Rilou and I trained hard under our new trainer, John. When we went to battle others, our opponents would gawk at me. I was scared of them at first, but later realized why. Trainers, unlike Pokemon, thought shiny Pokemon were something to be held with high regard. Everyone wanted us.
I evolved, and so did Riolu. We kept training until we were at the top. We sat up there for a long time, we were undefeated for months, of course, the rest of our team helped with that. I was still the star of the show because of my color. Sometimes, it's great to be a shiny.
