Hey everyone, i'm back again :D
Max: we'd like to take a moment to thank our reviewers :3 We appreciate your feedback and suggestions :P
Skyla: so without further ado, here is Ch.5 of Change of Fate.
Max: disclaimer's in the first chapter ;3
Skyla sighed softly, resting her chin on her paws. Due to the excitement of the past two days, she hadn't had much free time to think. Now, relaxing at a local hot spring, it was all she could do. Her main concern was her current predicament. She had been human, and now she was a pokemon. So the question was, why? This circled her head over and over. Sure, she wondered how to get back, how to become human again, and wether her friends and family were worried or not, but it always boiled down to why. Why was she here? She huffed in her confusion as she drifted deeper into her thoughts. The girl was snapped back to reality when she felt someone nudge her side. Naturally, she jumped. She calmed down when she heard Max laughing, and realized she'd overreacted. She giggled a little and turned to him.
"What is it," she asked with a small giggle, "you nearly gave me a heart attack." The male grinned at her playfully before speaking. "We got another job. This time it's from Alakazam, so it's really important that we don't mess up." She nodded. Alakazam was their boss now, and doing well would be necassary. Max smiled, "We're going out to the shimmer desert, so pack water and be ready for sandstorms." She nodded again, then hurried back to the H.Q. to get ready. She packed plenty of water, a few berries, two reviver seeds, and a max elixir. She wanted to be certain that they'd make it through. She met up with max and they were on their way.
Skyla's first thoughts of shimmering desert were awe-filled. The gentle slopes of sun-bleached sand were broken here and there by palm trees of all things. The horizon wavered slightly with the heat, giving it an almost mystical quality. The eevee couldn't stop the small smile that worked its way up, and she sat for a moment to take in the beauty. She was shaken from her trance when Max nudged her, reminding her that they had work to do. Her thoughts when she was actually in the desert were very much the opposite of when she was looking at it. The sand burned the pads of her paws, the sun bore down relentlessly, pokemon would pop randomly out of the sand, and she couldn't shake the feeling that they were being followed. It felt like hours had passed when they finally reached a small village, marking their journey half done. They decided to rest here for the night and continue on in the morning. The locals, mainly sandshrew and sandslash, were hospitable, an older member letting the duo into her home to rest. When the next day dawned, the team bid their farewells and set out into the scorching heat once more. Once the town was out of sight, the feeling of being followed came back, and Skyla stopped dead. Max took one more step before it happened. Skyla yelped as she was grabbed by a pair of thorn covered arms, a dark laugh filling her ears. She was thrown into the air and caught painfully by an identical set of arms. She could see their attackers clearly now. A trio of cacturne had ambushed them, the scarecrow-like pokemon laughing cruelly as they tossed the evolution pokemon about. Skyla thought quick, and when she was thrown again she met her assailant with an iron tail to the face, causing it to miss her. She landed on her feet, using a quick attack to knock the cacturne's legs out from under it. This caused it to fall flat on its face, the other two's attention drawn from max. He immediately scratched the one holding him in the face and, once dropped, ran to skyla's side. The three dark/grass types slowly approached them, looking rather angry. Skyal took a low stance, ready to launch herself at the first one to attack. The one she'd hit ran forward, the spines on its arms glowing and getting longer. She jumped out of the way, nailing it with another iron tail. Its momentum carried it forward, and it was bet with a head-butt from Max. The cacturne collapsed, unconscious. The other two waverd, backing up a little. Then they both took in deep breaths, their chests swelling. When they exhaled, two lines of seeds flew quickly at skyla and Max. The two eevee separated, running in opposite directions to avoid the bullet seed attacks. Just when they thought it was over, a sandstorm whipped up. Skyla heard a shout, then the two cacturne cried out in pain. Shortly after, skyla's world went black
This has been our longest chapter yet :O
Max: only by about a hundred words, don't get so excited...
Skyla: thanks for putting up with us, and remember to review :3
Me:...Max, where's my sandwich?
Max: um...it's...*runs out of the room*
Me: GET BACK HERE!