Attention readers! OC submission is ALMOST OVER! Sorry, but I can only use so many... So, if you have an OC, let me know quick, before you lose your chance forever!
Anyway, I've been accepting a lot of OCs, and I have a rule I'd like to make right here and now. Okay, not a rule, but keep this in mind; Sometimes, people don't give me enough info on their OC, and sometimes they want to hook them up with characters I already am hooking up with others. So, please get an account on this site, so I can PM you back and let you know if I need anything else regarding your OCs, okay? It'll make things a lot easier for me, so thanks for hearing me out.
As stated above, OC submission is almost over! Treecko? Vulpix? Zubat? Lickitung? Lapras? Dratini? Maybe it's shiny, maybe it's suffering from mange? Lemme know! If you have an OC that you want to submit, than let me know! See chapter 1 for details!
Anyway, today's special thanks goes to KittyKat8888.
On with the story!
The sun began to slip through Aero's eyelids, as the Mawile awakened to the world. Aero groaned as she rose from the clump of soft grass she had been sleeping in, stretching her still half asleep arms and giving a large yawn. She scratched the back of her head as she stretched her back, finally aware of the world once more, despite slightly craving more sleep. With one last sigh, she began to search for breakfast.
Two steps later, she stepped on something furry.
Violet the Meowth gave a startled and pained cry, leaping up in the air, startling Aero, who fell over and gave a startled shriek.
The Meowth began hopping, clutching her bruised tail and angrily shouting, "Who's the wise guy who-!" She paused when she realized who she was talking to. "Oh, it's you," she said, still wincing from the pain.
"Yeah, it's me," Aero said, folding her arms. "Why were you sleeping right next to me?" she demanded.
"What... Well, who said that this clump of grass is yours?" demanded Violet.
"I was here first!" Aero said, raising her fist.
"Yeah, right!" Violet replied.
"You were probably lonely and wanted to sleep near someone!" Aero said.
"Was not!" Violet said, baring her claws.
"Was to!" Aero replied, her second mouth readying her fangs.
"Was not!" Violet shot back.
"Was to!" Aero growled, raising her fists.
"WAS NOT!" Violet shouted.
"QUIET!" a third squeaky voice said.
A bolt of lighting struck both of the arguing Pokemon, shocking the two of them. After a second, the two fell over, their bodies slightly singed.
"Oww..." Aero muttered, as Violet sprang to her feet, growling.
"Dang it, Lily!" the Meowth snapped. "What did I tell you about zapping me?"
A giggle came from the trees. "I can't remember!" a voice said.
"Well, come on down," Violet snarled. "Let me refresh your memory."
"Hmm, no, I'm good!" the voice replied. A blue shape moved through the tree, too fast for Aero and Violet to make out.
Violet growled and ran at the tree, jumping into it and chasing after the blurr, shouting, "Get back here you little brat!"
"Nyah, nyah, nyah! You can't catch me!" the voice replied.
The trees shook and lost leaves, as cream and blue colored blurs of motion shot through the branches, one after the other, too fast for Aero, still reeling from the zap from before, to keep track of.
Until a blue squirell landed on her head that is.
"Still can't get me!" the Pachirisu shouted to the angry Violet, who was jumping down from the tree to continue chasing her. She shook her tail and then leaped back into the trees, laughing wildly.
Violet's face was full of rage as she gave chase once more after the squirrel. "Get back here Lily!"
"Make me!" Lily replied, shaking her tail again as she leaped from tree to tree again, leaving Violet in the dust.
"Could someone please tell me what's going on?" Aero moaned as the two continued to chase each other around.
Neither listened as they continued to chase each other around the Mawile, shouting and screaming loudly.
"Hold still, brat!"
"Well, don't be mad at me! You're the ones who were yelling too loud!"
"Hey-!" Aero tried to say as the two continued to swirl around her. "Just... just stop and... Argh, quiet!" she shouted.
Neither listened to her. Both continued to swirl around each other, Violet growling and Lily laughing. Aero got fed up in a few minutes and decided it would be better for her sanity if she were to walk off.
And so, she did.
The loud rapping on the door hadn't ceased for two minutes. The sound came more frequently, louder, and with muffled shouts on the other side. Inside the burrow, an angry sigh hissed as a pair of bright tired eyes, opened.
So much for sleeping in.
Knock knock knock.
Sighing, Echo the Ninetails pulled herself off the pile of dried grass she used for a nest and shook her tales whislt streatching, giving a large yawn.
Knock knock knock.
An angry growl came from the vixen's throat as she slowly walked to the door of her burrow. "I'm coming, I'm coming!" she shouted angrily. "And there had better not be a dent on my door! I only just set it up!"
The Ninetails throw open the door, only to feel her anger melt away into worry. "Oh my... Shade!" she yelled flinging the door open.
With a thankful grunt, Kiara the Persian pushed the wounded Houndoom in, followed by a worried and frantic Gizmo. Shade managed a weak grin as he struggled to stand. "Heya, Echo. How's it going?"
"What in the name of all that is right in the world happened to you!" Echo shouted as she and Kiara helped the wounded dog onto her mat.
"He got into a fight yesterday," Kiara said. He got beaten up pretty bad. He said he was fine, but the idiot got himself poisoned!"
"Poisoned? And you didn't tell anyone?" Echo shouted, smashing one of her many tails on the back of the Houndoom's head, angrily. "What's the matter with you? You could have died and left Gizmo all alone! What were you doing that got you poisoned?"
"Just a little fight!" Shade said. "Nothing too awful, just some dumb snake..."
"Snake?" Echo angrily repeated.
"To be specific, an Arbok," Kiara muttered.
That dropped the ball.
"AN ARBOK?" Echo shouted, smacking the dog again. "What is the matter with you, you big, stupid idiot! Out of all the boneheaded, stupid, moronic escapades you gotten into, you decided to break your own stupidity record by fighting a snake that could easily kill and eat you?"
"It's not too bad," Shade muttered. "I just need a Pecha berry and I'll leave you alone, alright?"
"No, not alright!" Echo said, blowing a flame onto the torch that lit her burrow up so she could get a better look at him. "How can I help you when I know that in a few weeks, maybe less, you're going to get yourself killed all over again! What will happen to Gizmo if one day Kiara drags you in here and I can't do anything? What will happen then you under-sensitive little-!"
A loud sniffling whine cut her off. She turned to see Gizmo, burying his face in Kiara's fur while he cried.
"Oh, Gizmo," Echo said with a whisk of her tail. "No, no, it's okay! Your brother is going to be just fine. No silly snake bite is going to keep him down."
"Are... are you sure?" sobbed Gizmo.
"I'm positive!" Echo said. "It's okay, I'm just kind of grumpy. I don't blame Shade for this at all." She paused, and then said quickly, "I blame Kiara," before getting to work on Shade's wounds.
Kiara's eyes widened. "Excuse me?"
"Yeah, I blame you," Echo said, as she pulled a Pecha berry and some leaves to use and bandages. "You're the woman who lives with him. You're supposed to be the sensible one! Look at all the pain you've caused him!"
"Hey!" Kiara said, baring her claws. "Don't you try to put the blame on me, Echo!"
"Well, it's someones fault!" shouted Echo as she shoved the Pecha berry into Shade's mouth before getting to work on his bite-marks. "You should be ashamed of yourself!"
"Hey!" Shade shouted. "Knock it off, both of you!" The sudden outburst silenced the others. "Look, I was the one who got into the fight, okay? No reason for you two to be killing each other over it. Cool off before you scare Gizmo."
The two women stared at each other with slight contempt before Echo sighed and got back to her work.
Gizmo ran up to his brother as Echo continued her work. "Are you going to be okay, bro?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm going to be perfect," Shade stated, grinning. "Just don't cry again, huh? You look like a girl when you do."
Echo raised and eyebrow at the comment and tightly - very tightly - tied the leaf around the wound on his leg, earning a groan from the dog.
"Okay, no more crying!" Gizmo said. "And next time that snake shows up, you'll teach him a lesson!"
"Dang right I will," Shade replied, using his paw to ruffle his little brother's fur.
"Well, glad to see your optimistic about getting your tail handed to you," Kiara chuckled.
"Ha ha, very funny," Shade said, sighing as Echo finished wrapping the bandages.
"All right," the Ninetails said. "You're all wrapped up."
"Great!" Shade said, getting up.
"Oh no you don't!" Echo said. "You are staying here until I can take those bandages off! I don't want you to run off and get killed when someone tries to kill you because of your wounds, got it?"
"Hey!" Kiara said. "We can go anywhere we-!"
"Kiara," moaned Shade. "Look, as much as I hate to admit it, she's right. No way I can take care of you two like this."
"Hey!" Kiara protested. "I can take care of myself you egotistical mutt! Why do we have to-!"
"Can we have gummies?" asked Gizmo, staring at Echo with bright eyes.
"Of course," Echo replied.
"Let's stay!" the pup shouted as he ran into Echo's storeroom, followed by the laughing fox.
Kiara sighed. "Guess I'm out-voted then."
"Seems that way," Shade said, before shouting, "Hey, save some of those for me!" standing up and limping to the storeroom.
Kiara sighed and followed.
Aero sighed for about the fifth time today as she walked through the berry patches, picking through the small fruits and chewing them gently as she sat beneath a tree. Today had started out rather badly, and she was beginning to feel tired again already, so an Oran berry is just what she needed. Sadly, with no berries of her own, she was forced to hunt them down.
A sudden bell rang in her head.
"That Wingull!" she shouted angrily, jumping to her feet and pulling out the map that was kept in her second jaw. "Oh, if I ever get my hands on him!" she growled, as she examined the useless map again. "I traded so much food for that thing! All wasted on that stupid bird!" She growled and banged her head against the tree. "I am such an idiot!"
Her only answer was the breeze.
Aero sat down and rubbed her head. "Oh, if only I had found the treasure. I'd be able to get off this stupid island. Maybe get a nice house on a hill..." She pouted angrily. "It's not fair!"
"Hey, get back here, runt!" she heard a voice growl, a short distance away.
"L-leave me alone! Help!" shouted a second, very familiarr voice.
Aero stood up, raising an eyebrow. Could it be...? "Cotton?" she mused.
"She's getting away!" shouted the voice again. "Stop her!"
True to Aero's ears, Cotton the Ratatta burst into the clearing, a panicked expression on her face. "Don't let them get me! Don't let them get me!" she begged, terrified.
Aero stuttered. "Who? What? When? Why...?"
"I smell her! Over there!" the angry female shouted again. Aero saw the tall grass beginning to rustle.
Aero's eyes widened. She tossed her map away and opened her second jaw, shouting, "Jump in!"
Cotton was paralyzed on the spot.
Aero groaned. "Just trust me!" she hissed as the rustles grew closer.
With a gulp and a wince, Cotton complied, jumping into the open maw. Aero, very carefully, shut it and twisted around, assuming a casual position. She tried to remain calm when three Growlithe jumped out the grass, sniffing and growling as they searched for, very likely, Cotton.
"You there!" the leader, a female, angrily growled. "We're looking for a puny Ratatta! Have you seen it?"
Aero tried to think of a good excuse as fast as she could, but instead of lying, all she did was burp, before patting her stomach and giving the now-disturbed Growlithe a grin.
The dog Pokemon all backed away, frightened expressions on their features. "Uh, we'll leave you to... well, you know," the female said, before bolting away.
Aero chuckled. "Work every time," she snickered before letting Cotton out of her jaws.
"Are they gone?" the terrified Ratatta whispered.
"They're gone," Aero said. "Don't worry, I got rid of them."
"Oh," Cotton said quietly. "Thank you."
"You can thank me by telling me what those dogs wanted with..." She paused, a sudden frantic thought popping in her head. "My map!" she shrieked. "Where's my map?"
"What map?" asked Cotton.
"My treasure map!" Aero said, frantically. "I was using it to find treasure! I must have dropped it when I heard you yelling for help!" She began to tear through the bushes, hoping to find the the worn piece of precious paper. "I was going to be rich with that! It's not fair!"
Cotton began to sniff about for the map (it was the least she could do) while Aero ran about, searching for the key to her future.
"Wait!" shouted Cotton, raising her tail. "Look!"
In a large clump of grass, there was a burrow in the earth. And, at the entrance, one could make out the shape of a square piece of paper.
"That's it!" Aero shouted as she and Cotton bolted to the burrow. But before she could take the paper, a purple tail landed on it,, and Aero found herself staring into an angry pair of brown eyes.
Aero gasped and Cotton screamed. It was the Arbok from yesterday! The one who had been Bonehead's friend!
Both fell to the ground, shaking in fear as the snake loomed over them. An irate look was on his face as he glared at them. "You too again," he hissed. "What do you want? Why do you people insist on tormenting me!"
"W... we didn't know you lived here," Aero squeaked.
"Well now you do," Venom said, as he picked the map up with his tail. "What's this thing?"
"That?" asked Aero. "Oh, nothing really, just a map to... uh, the secret Mawile playground... thing."
Venom's eyes scanned the map, interest appearing in his pupils. "This is... a treasure map?" he hissed. "Where did a could of twerps like you get a treasure map?"
"Hey!" the now very annoyed Aero said, trying to snatch the map away. "It's none of your business!"
"It is if it landed in my burrow," Venom replied, raising his tail to keep it out of Aero's reach. "I recognize that plain... and that waterfall... can't say I ever saw that rock formation though..." He paused, then said, "How much do you want for it?"
"It's not for sale!" Aero shouted. "Now give it back!"
"With some good treasure, I could pay for enough food to last me forever," Venom mused. "Or buy a nicer spot for my burrow... and build a wall around it!"
"No!" Aero shouted. "It's going to buy me a trip to the mainland and my new house!"
"Um, could it buy me a smaller house?" Cotton muttered.
Aero shrugged. "I guess," she said, before returning to the argument. "I paid for it, and it's mine! Give back or I'll bite you!"
Venom glanced at the young woman, but mainly at the set of jaws that lay on the back of her head. Those looked painful... and, to make matters worse, she was a steel type; she took no damage against poison types like him. He knew Dig, but could he beat her? Was it worth it? Could he take on her without getting hurt himself? That, and that stupid feeling in his gut was acting up; the one that told him he was doing something wrong.
"Alright," he said, trying to retain his dignity. "How about we make a deal? I'll come with you and lend you my aid, and in return, I get a cut of whatever is in that cave. That seem fair?"
"Who said I needed your help?" Aero shot back.
"I've lived on this island my whole life," Venom retorted. "I know this island better than anyone. Someone like me would be vital to your hunt. So, what do you say?" he asked, giving the map back to the Steel-type. "Do we have a deal?"
Aero frowned. Yes, she had a immunity to poison types, but could the snake be trusted? Sure, Bonehead had said he was trustworthy, but she only met the Cubone yesterday! However, she didn't know the island as well as the snake, if he was telling the truth. Besides, she could handle herself if he tried anything tricky...
With a serious and suspicious face, she said, "Deal... but don't try anything on me! I'm not some stupid kid!"
Venom sighed. "I never said you were," he said, slithering back into his tunnel. "But if I'm going on a trip, I'm going prepared."
When the snake was out of sight, Cotton whispered, "Are you crazy?"
"No," Aero replied, shaking her head. "I can take care of myself, and it's my map. Besides, if I just hunted for it myself, he could follow me and take the treasure for himself."
"What are you two babbling about?" Venom said, slithering out of his hole with a bag tied around his coils. "If you have the map, let's go!"
"Uh, right," Aero said. "Let's go! You coming Cotton?"
"Me? On some crazy treasure hunt? Uh-uh!" the Ratatta said, shaking her purple head rapidly.
"Suit yourself," Aero said, walking off, keeping one eye on the snake.
"Yeah," Cotton said as the two began to walk farther away. "Fine," she muttered sadly.
A sudden sound startled her; a Growlithe howling.
Cotton paled. "Hey!" she shouted at the two treasure hunters. "Wait for me!"
"You? Fight an ARBOK? Yeah, right!"
Violet rubbed her head angrily. "Yes, I did! It was huge, and had fangs, and these glowing eyes, and-!"
Lily was rolling on the ground laughing. "That's the tallest tale you've ever made up! You couldn't fight an Ekans! You couldn't fight a
"Could so!" Violet shouted. She was angry after the long chase she had been giving the still not tired squirrel. "I saved an innocent family!"
"Sure you did," Lily said, snickering. "Well, you saved me from a boring morning, that's for sure!"
Violet glared at her childhood friend (sort of) and punched her in the arm. "If you don't have anything nice to say..." she began.
"Hey, you're the one threatening me!" Lily said, jumping up and running around the cat, giggling.
Violet stood up and began to walk off.
"Aww, where are you going?" Lily said, running alongside the cat. "Did I make you sad?"
"What do you think?" Violet snarled.
"Don't cry," Lily said, a slight tinge of remorse in her still jovial tone. "Come on, I'm just teasing you! Hey, if you want to explore so bad, why not find some old cave and tear it apart? Maybe you could find some old relic or something."
"'Maybe you could find some old relic or something'," Violet repeated, mocking the light tones of Lily's voice.
"Well, I'm just saying!" Lily retorted.
"Well don't!" Violet said.
"Aw, don't be so sour!" Lily said. "Come on, it's not like we haven't done this before!"
Lily spoke the truth; she and Violet had known each other for as long as they could remember. "Well," Violet said, "that doesn't mean you should just zap me whenever you want!"
"Fine," Lily replied. "Don't be so touchy; you'd do the same to me if you had electricity coursing through your powerful, agile body!"
Violet didn't say anything. She was beginning to miss the others from last night. Sure she didn't know them, but at least they didn't zap her.
"Hey, you know what I heard, Ms. Great Explorer?" asked Lily.
"What?" groaned Violet.
"That there's an amazing treasure on this island!" Lily said. "I heard that its in the grassy plains!"
"Sure you did," Violet said sarcastically.
"I did!" Lily said. "Come on! At least go and try to find it! If you found it..."
"Then I'd be recognized as a great explorer?" Violet asked, rolling her eyes.
"Yeah! Come on!" the Pachirisu shouted, grabbing her sort-of friend's hand. "Let's go see it!"
Before Violet could protest, she was whisked off by her friend. Off to find a treasure...
If they could survive that is...
OC submission is still open! I'm using all submitted OCs! The next part is going to focus on party 2, and then after that, we get to see how the treausre hunting is going and how Bessie and Bonehead are.
