Chapter Ten- A Swellow Situation
One year later...
"Shiiiinx..."Shinx yawned.
"Oh do be quiet Shinx, you've done nothing but sleep all day!"I grumbled.
"Shi Shinx!"Shinx protested.
He'd probably said something like, But I'm tired. Pidgeot scolded Shinx half-heartedly, a fond look in her eyes. We'd done nothing but laze around for the past few days, and it was beginning to get to me. I had no gym battles coming up, and no real need to train my pokémon. I sighed and got up from where I had been sitting, stretching my arms and legs. Pidgeot looked over to me, standing up.
"I'm really bored guys, I'm going to explore."I told them.
Pidgeot nodded, and walked to my side. Shinx had fallen asleep again, I could hear him snoring quietly. I rolled my eyes and picked him up gently, making the decision to leave our makeshift camp without anyone watching it. As we walked through the forest, and while Shinx was still fast asleep in my arms, I talked to Pidgeot,
"Hey Pidgeot, do you remember the first day we met?"
"Pidge!"She chirped happily.
"D'you remember all those things I told you?"
"Pidgeot..."she chirped quietly, nodding.
"Oh, it's nothing, sorry, I'm blabbering on about myself,"I didn't want to concern her,"But look at you now, back then you were smaller than Shinx, and now, you're bigger than me."
"Pidgeot!"She screeched proudly.
I smiled, Good old Pidgeot, I thought, The best bird around. Shinx stirred in my arms after a while, looking up at me with tired yet loving amber eyes,
"Hey, buddy, long time no see."I greeted him teasingly, stroking his ear.
He grinned and hopped onto my shoulder, muzzling my face with his cheek. After walking a little further, I made the decision to head back to camp. When we neared the little clearing, I heard screeching and chirping. Pidgeot's feathers ruffled slightly, and as we reached the edge of the trees, she screeched angrily.
"Woah, what's u-"I was cut off by the sight before me.
A flock of Swellow were in the process of eating my lunch and my pokémon food. Anger boiled inside me, as I felt my stomach growl with hunger. Shinx and Pidgeot were angry too, I could tell. I ran at the Swellow and they retreated, leaving me to mourn my lunch,
"Oh Sandwich...why did you have to leave me like this? You were the one to satisfy my hunger, and now your...d-dead..."I shrunk to the floor and curled into a starving ball.
Shinx giggled at my reaction, but then realised that there were only a few crumbs of pokémon food left. He let out a mournful yowl, before joining me as a ball on the floor. Pidgeot, on the other hand, rolled her eyes and sent a Gust at us, blowing us across the floor,
"Pidge Pidgeot!"She yelled at us.
I looked up at her, beginning to feel faint from hunger, I was pretty sure I was drooling. Shinx looked at her in the same way, and we embraced each other in a weak, mournful way,
"You feel no pity for our losses...me and Shinx understand what its like...forgive me Pidgeot...but I might end up eating you."
Shinx nodded in agreement, and Pidgeot sighed, flying into a nearby tree, and re-emerging holding some apples. Apples... Food! I thought, jumping up from the floor and flinging my arms around her dramatically,
"Oh Pidgeot, you've saved me!"
"Geot..."She sighed, rolling her eyes.
"Shinx!"Shinx mewed thankfully.
"If I come across that flock of Swellow again...they're gonna regret ever messing with me..."I growled.
Pidgeot smiled at me, amusement in her eyes. My time in Hoenn had been somewhat disastrous, my food getting robbed, losing Gym battles left, right and centre, the prospect of leaving seemed to be the only thing keeping me going. I'd saved up my battle winnings and bought a ticket for a ferry travelling to Sinnoh, Sinnoh being a little far away for Pidgeot to carry me. I walked over to my bag and rummaged around for the ticket. My first search being unsuccessful, I emptied the bag of my pokéballs, pokédex, and various other items. The only things that were no longer in there were my sandwich, which I already knew about, of course, and the ferry ticket. The ferry ticket! My face turned a deep shade of red, my mouth produced a furious snarl, steam shot out of my ears. The Swellow...stole...my...ticket... I said inwardly.
"THOSE STUPID SWELLOW STOLE MY TICKET!"I yelled. Shinx and Pidgeot stood, staring shocked as I had a fit of rage, throwing logs and stones around, which would normally be way too heavy for me.
"AFTER THOSE SWELLOW!"I commanded, hopping onto Pidgeot.
"GEOT!"Pidgeot screeched, preparing to take off.
'Shi Shinx!"Shinx yelped, hopping onto Pidgeot just in time before we shot up into the sky to pursue the thieving bird pokémon.
The more rational side of me tried to persuade me that they were only pokémon, and they didn't know they were stealing an expensive ferry ticket, but the less rational side of me didn't listen. We were getting so close to the thieves that I could hear them screeching, and I prayed that they hadn't damaged the fragile piece of paper. Shinx clung onto me desperately, not wanting to get blown down into the trees below. I caught a glimpse of them through the trees, and ordered Pidgeot to dive. The three of us landed right in the middle of the flock, receiving confused looks from all around. Pidgeot scanned around the smaller birds as she began chirping to them, all except one of them looking intimidated by her. The bold male bird, that had rather tattered feathers, a smirk spread across his beak, stepped forward, revealing the unharmed ticket in one of his claws. If there wasn't a chance of getting arrested for cruelty towards pokémon, I would have marched right over and throttled him. Due to that drawback, I thought, I'll have Shinx fry him. Shinx hopped off my shoulder and growled, he must have sensed what I was thinking, because he was crouched in his favourite 'Let's battle!' stance.
"Swe low low?"Swellow chirped defiantly.
"Shinx!"Shinx snarled.
"Alright, I suppose we'll have to battle you for it."I told the Swellow, grinning inwardly. A nod from the Swellow confirmed this, and he handed the ticket to one of the other Swellow. He flew into the air, and started to use Ariel Ace. Great, I thought.
"Thunderbolt, Shinx."I said calmly.
Shinx shocked the pokémon with all of his might, knocking Swellow back into the unsuspecting crowd, who threw him back into battle. He didn't look too great. One or two more hits like that and we'll win my ticket back for sure, I'm not losing this battle, I thought, as I watched Shinx dodge a sloppy Wing Attack.
"Bite that bird Shinx."I instructed, surprised at the outcome of the attack.
Shinx had bitten Swellow's wing, making the bird land on the ground with a thud. I paused for a moment, seeing if Swellow got up. He lay on the ground, in pain, but not all together unable to battle. Pidgeot looked down at me, making a gesture with her wing that told me that I should stop the battle. The not so rational side of me said no straight away, but the rational side took over this time. Although I was still angry, I walked over to the Swellow and examined his bitten wing gently. He winced slightly, looking at me with worried eyes. I said nothing as I felt the fragile bones in his wing for breaks. None, but there was probably some nasty bruising.
"Pidgeot, fly back to camp and bring back a potion and some Oran berries please."
Pidgeot nodded and flew off, leaving me to deal with a rather disappointed Shinx. He protested angrily at my decision to stop the battle and help the thief, but I paid him no attention. Pidgeot came flying back with her talons full of potion and berries. I nodded my thanks and got to work straight away. Half an hour, and a few protests later, the Swellow was as good as new. Shinx wasn't very happy about it, but the Swellow certainly was. He retrieved the ticket from his friend and placed it into my hand.
"Swell."He chirped.
"Thank you Swellow!"I cried, flinging my arms around him.
"Low."He grumbled, breaking from my hug, blushing with embarrassment.
"Shi Shinx..."Shinx growled quietly. I reached over to Shinx and picked him up, stroking him. He wriggled for a bit but stopped when I started stroking his favourite spot behind the ears. We said a quick goodbye to the Swellow flock before flying back to camp. We stayed there for a few more days, before heading for the city for a Gym battle. I won, and got a whole lot of prize money, it was the best day I'd had since arriving in Hoenn. But the best day for me, would be leaving Hoenn.
A few weeks later...
"Come on Shinx, we're going to be late!"I screamed as Shinx trailed behind me."
"Shinx!"He screamed back, speeding up a bit.
"Look, I can see it!"I cried, pointing to a large ship,"It hasn't left, we're going to make it!"
I was running at full speed, excitement my fuel, I decided to pick up Shinx and carry him to the boat. We came to the ramp leading into the boat just in time, greeted by a rather plump man,"Ah, the last stragglers,"he said teasingly as I handed him my ticket for inspection, he handed it back with a wink,
"Go on, hope you have a nice trip to Sinnoh."I nodded my thanks and ran aboard, eager to find my quarters for the night.
Once I'd found it, I placed Shinx on the bed, where he lay down immediately. "Sorry buddy, I know it's late, it was the only ticket I could get at the time,"I sat beside him, brushing my fingers through his fur, yawning,"Ugh, I'm tired too, now that all the excitement has died down a bit, we should call it a night."I told him. He nodded eagerly, curling into a little ball. I got changed and curled up as well, falling asleep almost immediately. What adventures would Sinnoh have in store for me?
END OF CHAPTER TEN...
A/N Hey guys, this chapter is a little small, but don't worry, the next one is longer. It would appear that this is my first ever Author's Note :D Please R&R
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