Pokemon Extra Episode 2 - As Green Grass Grows!
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Chapter 7 - The Snake of Many Colors
Pikachu

It was completely black out except for the lights shining from the Pokemon Center onto the grassy hills that surrounded it. I began by leading the group to the forest where we saw the Scolipede. As I retraced our steps when Unfezant and I followed the grass Pokemon earlier, Unfezant was flying high above for a better view. Scraggy was on her back since the two can search together, and he was still really tired to walk.

We dared not to shout; we could awaken some of the forest Pokemon. This risked us getting attacked. When we reached the Scolipede's nest, I told the others to stay back. I climbed up the giant tree.

I could hear some soft humming as I walked through the tree. When I reached the center, I saw the large body of Momma Scolipede, as I heard Snivy call her. She was serving some kind of berry juice to three injured Deerling and a Sawsbuck. They were covered in burn marks, and they cautiously turned their heads toward me.

"Why, hello there, Pikachu. You come again?" asked the elderly bug Pokemon.

"Yes. I was wondering if you know where Snivy could have gone... or maybe any of the Pokemon here know."

"Ah. Well, there are a few Pokemon resting in the upstairs room. Perhaps you could ask them if they'd seen her anytime." I said a quick thanks, and ran up a branch. The upstairs room smelled like fever. There were five forest Pokemon lying on grass mats. All of them were sleeping except for a Whirlipede on my far right. I walked up to him quietly.

"Hey, I'm just here to ask you a question. Before you came here, have you seen a female Snivy wandering around anywhere?" The Whirlipede glared at me.

"Yeah? And what if I did?" he snorted.

"Great! My friends and I have been looking for her. Care to tell me where?"

"Yes." Whirlipede spat.

"Hunh, what a grump. C'mon, tell me where you saw her!"

"No."

"Why aren't you telling me?"

"It's simple. I'm just protecting that girl from stalkers like you."

"Ugh! We're not stalking her! We're looking for her!"

"Give me the reason why you were looking for her."

I sighed in annoyance. "See, Snivy ran away today because of an incident she caused three days ago. My trainer and friends are waiting for me right now near the tree. I need to know where she is."

"You shouldn't force her back on the team. She left willingly."

I groaned. "Just tell me where she IS!" I rose my voice on the last word. I heard a Pokemon behind me shuffle.

"Whirlipede, just tell him. Don't be so stubborn with strangers, especially when they're desperate," said the Swadloon. "Oh, and you should be quiet, Pikachu. Pokemon are resting here."

"Ugh, if you're that persistent... I last saw her an hour ago running from this girl trainer and her Tepig. Heh, she was quite a noob. She must've been one of those new trainers. Anyway, Snivy was by the nearby river. Don't ask me where that is. Go away and give the Pokemon silence. They need rest," Whirlipede ended with a grunt.

"Thanks..." I said grumpily. I headed back down to ask Momma where the river was. She happily gave me directions, and I left to meet up with my friends. Unfezant volunteered to look around for a river with Oshawott, Scraggy returned to his Pokeball to sleep. She came back three minutes later to lead us, still keeping a fair distance away from me. No one seemed to notice our stinginess with each other, but I bet they'll realize it eventually.

When we arrived at the river, I lied on Boldore since I was tired for being up for such a long time. I could hardly keep my eyes open, even on the way to the river. I ended up falling asleep. I completely forgot the reason why we were here in the first place.

Unfezant

Oshawott was rambling on and on about what could happen to Snivy. He was currently standing up on my back, somehow able to keep his balance steady while I flew.

"I doubt she would kill any wild Pokemon, Oshawott," I replied to him with obvious aggravation.

"Maybe not, but she probably lost her mind or something, at least! After all, the reason why she ran away was probably because she didn't want to hurt anymore of US!"

"That could be true," I confessed. "But, like I said before, she didn't mean to do that to Emolga... I still have to figure out why she did in the first place or what caused her to lash out like that."

"EXACTLY! We don't know if she'll do it again! It might even be more likely for her to do it to others since no one's with her to stop it from happening!"

"Oshawott, calm down and help me look. Your annoying assumptions are distracting both of us." He seemed to shut up for a while. He probably wasn't helping look, but at least I could concentrate. About half a mile away, I could see some light from a small bare space in the forest on the other side of the river. "Hey, Oshawott, do you see that light over there in the forest?"

"Yeah. I doubt Snivy would be there, though. She would try staying away from fire... WAIT! What if she's in trouble and BURNING TO DEATH BECAUSE SHE ANGERED A WILD SIMISEAR?!" Oshawott screamed. "We have to go save her, Unfezant! Go faster! We might be able to rescue her in time! COME ON! Stomp on the pedal, bird!"

"I do have a name, you know, and it isn't 'bird'. Shut up and keep looking." I did my best to hide the growl in my voice. I wanted to drop this otter so much right now. I groaned quietly to myself.

I bet the next to get on my nerves will be Pignite. It's just a matter of time, now. Before heading down to tell the others, I did a few cycles around the group in case I see anything anywhere else. The light was the only odd thing I could see. I swooped down to show Ash.

"Hey, Unfezant. Find anything?" I nodded and pointed across the river. "Great, let's hurry and check it out. Thanks a lot." Ash returned Boldore while holding Pikachu in his arms. I took advantage of this moment to bump Oshawott off my back. Before he could say anything to me, I dashed back into the air. I was certainly in no mood to talk to anyone.


Everyone, out of breath from running so far continually, hid in the bushes and crept quietly toward the light. I wasn't expecting to see a tent with a burning campfire. It was obvious that someone was camping here. We shouldn't creep the camper or campers out by uninvitingly letting ourselves into the camp area. We stayed in the bushes, waiting for someone to come out of the small tan tent. Unfortunately, I saw no one come out before accidentally falling asleep in my spot.

I woke up when I felt something itch my face. I struggled to open my eyes and realized that I was sleeping in a bush. Leavanny and Pignite were asleep on either side of me. I lifted my head up. I suddenly realized the reason why we were here. The small campside in front was busy; three Pokemon were busy making sandwiches out of different colored berries. The Herdier was gathering, the Simisage was putting the food together, and a small white Pokemon with a long white flag attached to its bottom and a yellow bell structure on its head was using psychic powers to cut the fruit and bread.

So, those Pokemon were the ones camping here? I guess hanging around was for nothing...

Pignite woke up and carelessly yawned loudly. I panicked when the three glanced our way. I had to shush the pig by covering his mouth with a wing. That still didn't help. The Herdier was already onto us; he was sniffing toward our hiding place. I ducked low.

I stopped breathing when he started speaking. "Hey, whoever's there, come out!" he growled.

I quietly prodded Ash with my free wing. He slowly sat up, but I held him down, worried that he might be seen.

"Unfezant, what are you-" He stopped abruptly when he saw the dog glaring at us.

"So, we have spies, eh? Let's see who we have here. A male human and seven Pokemon. Huh. I see. A Pokemon trainer, here, watching us? May I ask WHY?"

"Uh, well, you see-"

"No, I don't see. Besides, spying or stalking is wrong for any reason... that's one of my philosophies."

"Look, we aren't here to listen to your philosophies. We were actually looking for someone," I continued. "Have you seen a Snivy wandering around here?"

Herdier was silently staring at me, his emotion between angry and worry. "So you're the ones. How could you have abandoned your friend like that?"

"We didn't abandon her! She abandoned US!" I threatingly expanded my wings. I felt my trainer's hands grab both of them.

"Unfezant, you know better than to get mad. Look, we're really sorry we we're invading your privacy, but we really need to know where Snivy is. Have you seen her?" My trainer said.

"Fine. But don't bother talking to Snivy. She hasn't even said anything ever since she joined our team. Let me tell you, she quite a firecracker when it comes to battling."

"Hey, Snivy doesn't belong to your team! She belongs to ours!"

"Hey, don't get so worked up! We had no idea she was yours! After all, my trainer was able to catch her. You'll have to either trade or somehow convince her to give Snivy back. She's always wanted to collect all the starter Pokemon. You can come in, I guess." Herdier walked back to Simisage. Pikachu ran to meet up with them. I let the others go first before me to keep a good distance from Pikachu.

The Simisage and white Pokemon stared at us curiously. "Who are they, Herdier?" asked the grass Pokemon. "Our trainer never invited them! Do they want to battle?" Pikachu shook his head.

"No, we came to get Snivy." The green and white Pokemon snickered.

"No way! Snivy is in our team, so we can't just give her to you for free! Hey, I'll go get our trainer. Chimeco, can you help make the sandwiches?" Chimeco nodded, creating a soothing chiming sound.

A moment later after Simisage went in the tent, he came out with a teenage girl, about fifteen, with brown hair. She held a sick, blue finned Pokemon in her arms. It had strange orange spikes coming from its cheeks. When she saw Ash, she gave him an aggravated look.

"Who are you?" She asked sharply.

"Hi, I'm Ash." He pointed to Pikachu. "This is my buddy, Pikachu."

"What is your business here?"

"You see, we were looking for my Snivy, and I wanted to know if you had her."

"Oh, so you're her trainer..."

"So you know where she is?!"

"Be quiet, I'll go get Snivy." She leisurely went back into the tent. Ash made a huge smile and pumped his right arm.

When the girl came out again, she was holding a Snivy with a bandage wrapped around her arm. Snivy appeared to have a somewhat blank expression; her eyes had a grayish tint to them. Snivy didn't even try to look at us. She looked straight at the girl.

"So, this is your Snivy, eh? Well, I'm not giving her back easily. When I found her, she seemed quite distressed. I doubt she'd wanna go back, whatever you did to her."

"No! We didn't do anything! Hey, Snivy, remember us?" Snivy didn't move or blink.

"Hey, Snivy! It's me, Oshawott! Please come back! We're all worried about you! And, Snivy, I-..." Snivy moved her eyes to Oshawott, but didn't look at anything else.

Ash tried again. "C'mon! We know you didn't mean to do that to Emolga! We just want you back with us as your old self! We can have tons more fun battling, again!" Snivy still didn't move, except for a slight cringe.

"See? Snivy doesn't want to go back with you! She's MY Pokemon!" the girl spat. I snarled in anger. I flew into her face.

"HEY, THIS IS OUR FRIEND, OK? OUR FRIEND, OUR TEAMMATE!" I screeched. I successfully scared her. Causing her to drop Snivy. Snivy landed gracefully as always and looked at me.

"Unfezant, calm down! C'mon, return." My vision turned bright red, and I was sent into my Pokeball.

Whoops, my bad. I said sarcastically in my head. I rolled my eyes.

Snivy

My friends are here, again. Why do they still want me after how I acted? Oh well, we'll see what happens. After all, I doubt I'll do anything good again. I'm just danger to anyone. Who knows when I'll snap again? I listened intently to the shouting between my two trainers.

"THAT IS MY SNIVY! I CAUGHT HER!" the girl screamed.

"HEY, I CAUGHT HER TOO! Heck, I CAUGHT HER BEFORE YOU!" Ash shouted back.

"WELL, SHE'S MY POKEMON, NOW! SHE CAN BE CALLED INTO MY POKEBALL, NOT YOURS!" This went on three more times before Pikachu and Oshawott walked up to me. I was immediately shocked when Oshawott threw his arms around me.

Gosh, Oshawott! Not now... I felt my eyes clear up. I stared, shocked, at the blue Pokemon.

"PLEASE, SNIVY! PLEASE come back to our team! We all love you! We need you back! I don't know what we can do without you!" I felt a strange warming sensation in my cheeks after he said that.

Does he really mean that? I mean, I almost caused the expiration of one of the team member's lives! I don't deserve any love after what I did!

"Snivy, we like you just the way you are. You shouldn't be scared that you might hurt any of us, again. I mean, there are ways to fix that. Plus, being crazy like before just isn't what you need to do. If you do that, it's kinda hard to see you the same... actually, it's really hard," Pikachu explained.

Hmph! So what was Momma's problem, huh? Why did she make me act like that if it doesn't do anything except cause trouble?

Oshawott let go and gripped his scalchop. "Snivy, please be your normal self, again! I want the Snivy I love back!" Oshawott paused for a moment. "I-I mean-!" Oshawott blushed real hard. Heh. Something about this otter entertained me. "N-no, that's not what I meant!" He waved his arms in disapproval.

"Oh, is that right, Oshawott?" Pikachu chortled.

"P-Pikachu!" Oshawott squeaked desperately. I listened to them with sudden and happy interest. I don't know, I just felt a bit more... uh, what's the word? Something like... joyful, when I saw them...

Pikachu

Oh, hohoho! This is RICH! I giggled playfully.

"P-Pikachu, just stop! S-stop teasing me! Please don't tell anyone else what I said, PLEASE!" the otter begged. I patted his left shoulder and rolled my eyes. I looked back at Snivy. I saw something I haven't seen for the longest time: a natural, joyful grin. What's more, I heard a light giggle from the grass Pokemon's mouth.

"Oh, Oshawott, it's ok, I understand," Snivy finally said. Oshawott grinned thankfully. But that playful happy time broke when Ash shouted again.

"YES, WE'LL SETTLE THIS WITH A POKEMON BATTLE!"


Whoahoho! Things are finally turning around! Will Ash win the battle and get Snivy back, or will the brown haired girl steal their hopes away? Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion!

End of Chapter Seven.

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Edited 5/8/13