Disclaimer: Yes, I can't own Pokemon.
Hey guys! I'm back! Lol. I'm sorry that I said in the previous chapter that I'll update one more time before I go to vacation. Sorry! Got too busy with packing. Anyways, school is starting again so once more, slow updates. And then I was really exhausted and slept through the first few days I got back.
I made this chapter longer than I intended to apologize my lateness.
Enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 35:
"How much further?" Lucas asked in a very tired voice. It was already late afternoon, almost night time. The hazy red sun was streaming out the last bit of rays through the sky. The moon and a few stars were already out, giving off a pale light on the dirt road that the three travelers were on.
"Stop complaining," Damion snapped as he followed Dawn's lead. She didn't want to walk all the way back to Floaroma Town, and insisted that they find lodge as fast as possible before nightfall comes. There was no luck yet and Dawn was getting more and more irritated. "We'll get there soon." Lucas shrugged his shoulders as he continued to drag his feet. His energy was running out and he just wanted to collapse and sleep on the road, but he figured nobody else would want that. Suddenly, Lucas came to a complete halt and remained still even though Damion and Dawn were already about ten feet away.
"What are you doing?!" Damion yelled, exasperated, "Get moving!"
"Lucas! Please!" Dawn yelled as well.
"Do you guys hear something?" Lucas called back, asking a totally irrelevant question. Damion stopped and pause to listen for a moment. Then he heard it.
Rustle, rustle, swish, swish... What was that noise?
Suddenly, a large shadowy looking oval came out of the tall grasses and slammed at Lucas. The surprised boy knocked back and fell to the ground. Before Damion could respond, the large orange torpedo came charging at Dawn and him. "Ahhhh!" Damion got slammed head on and feel to the ground. The strange shadow jumped back in a fighting position. Damion dimly got up and noticed a strange looking weasel Pokemon, looking pumped and smirking.
"A Buizel!" Dawn gasped as she took out her Pokedex. "A Water Pokemon who usually thinks highly of its strength."
"Oh, so you think you're better than me huh?!" Damion yelled, completely furious of Buizel's "I'm – so – much – better – than – you" look. "I'll take you on anytime! Go Monferno!" The fire Pokemon jumped out of its Pokeball. Monferno flexed its fist as it stared down on the Buizel. Together both had a silent showdown.
"Uh, Damion," Dawn remarked, breaking the silence, "Did you forget that fire is weak against water?" It took a second for the realization to sink in.
"Oh," Damion grimaced, "damn." There really wasn't anything else to say.
Buizel immediately set out a Water Gun attack at the fire Pokemon. Monferno quickly jumped out of the way and sent out an Ember attack which pitifully missed as Buizel easily dodge it.
"What the heck?!" Damion gasped. He thought Monferno's attack was pretty fast.
"Buizel is also known for its speed," Dawn also said, as she continued to read her Pokedex. "In rain, Buizel's speed becomes two times faster."
"Oh, gee, thanks for telling me that now," Damion said sarcastically. He turned back his attention to the battle. Monferno is doing a decent job of dodging and attack, but then again so is Buizel. After about five minutes of this charade and Monferno still hasn't land a decent attack on Buizel. Buizel grinned at Monferno's and Damion's frustration.
To tick them off even further, Buizel stuck out its tongue at the two. "Buleh!" Immediately, sparks could been seen from Damion's eyes.
"Oh, now you're making me mad. I'm going to capture you and make your life miserable! Monferno use Mach Punch!" Monferno slammed its fist into Buizel's cheek, causing the Pokemon to slam to the ground. "Now we're even."
Buizel got back up and growled angrily, but Monferno sent another Mach Punch to send it back to the ground. This time, Buizel didn't get up.
"Now to punish you!" Damion threw one of the Pokeball he had at Buizel. The Pokeball rolled several times before finally surrendering. "Yes! Now I can torture him as much as possible!"
Dawn just stared strangely at Damion's happy and hungry face. Looking over, Dawn noticed that Lucas was still on the ground. "Lucas!" Dawn hurried over and crouched next to him. Dawn wondered if that Buizel caused Lucas to be knocked unconscious. "Lucas, say something!"
"Zzzzzzzzzzz....."
...
It was already night time and the moon was giving off a soft glow across the field. There was a light breeze that rustled the tall grass. Despite the peaceful-looking night, there was quite an angry voice that can be heard from miles around.
"And don't you ever fall asleep again. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!" Damion yelled behind his shoulder. Despite his happy capture, Lucas had once again, brought Damion great anger.
"Yes sir," Lucas mumbled, rubbing his throat... again. Dawn looked back at the two boys before shaking her head, her temper rising very quickly. She was in no mood to act as the peacemaker. She was tired and wanted to go to bed already. The two were not helping at all and were complaining to stop for the night.
"Hold on a moment." Dawn stopped in front of a very large immense forest. It was so thick that Dawn couldn't even see where the path led to. This is bad. Dawn couldn't believe such a place exist. She actually felt a bit scared. She decided that it was best to camp out at the edge of the forest for the night and continue on in the morning.
Dawn noticed a sign next to the forest that read – "The Eterna Forest – Be Cautious. Especially after Dark." Yup, definitely camping now.
"We're... we're not going in there are we?" Damion asked. There was a shaky tremble in his voice. Dawn turned around and saw Damion stare quite apprehensively at the forest.
"What's the matter? Scared?" Dawn asked, raising an eyebrow. Damion turned red and sputtered. "Of course not!" As if to prove this, he rushed into the forest before Dawn could say a word.
"Damion! STOP! We're camping for the night!" Dawn yelled, but the forest gave back no respond. "I'm going to kill him when I find him!" Dawn rushed into the forest, the darkness swallowing her up.
Lucas paused a moment and stared high up into the treetops. He had a bad feeling about this, but after that sleep attack earlier, he doubt Damion and Dawn would be happy if he stayed behind. But it look so scary in there...
Grugggghle.... Lucas jumped at the noise and started to panic until he realized that it was his stomach. He remembered that he hadn't eaten since breakfast and was so hungry now.
Maybe I can find food in the forest. With that thought, Lucas skipped happily down the trail. Floating about thirty meters above was a little strange looking balloon who suddenly dropped down to the ground and followed Lucas into the dark forest.
...
"I said I was sorry!" Damion said for the twentieth time, but Dawn ignored him. After managing to find Damion, who, unsurprisingly, got lost, Dawn herself couldn't figure out how to get out of this forest. The darkness made everything so hard to see since the thick branches of the trees blocked the moonlight. Dawn felt that she was even going around in circles.
"I asked you a simple question and you had to charge in. Are you that stupid?!"
"I said I was sorry!" Damion repeated again for 21 times now
"We need to find Lucas," Dawn groaned, "I think he got lost while trying to follow me."
"Hi guys!" A head popped out of one of the bushes.
"AHHHHH!" Damion and Dawn yelled.
"A ghost!" Damion gasped, "We're going to die!"
"Damion are you okay?" The head asked with great concern. Dawn squinted for a moment and realize that it was Lucas with his Muchlax next to him. Both were covered with some viscous looking stuff on their hand and around their mouth.
"Oh, Damion its just Lucas. You don't need to be scared." Dawn remarked.
"I'm not SCARED! Just surprise that's all," Damion retorted back and quickly changed the subject, "Anyways, what're you eating?"
"Honey!" Lucas said happily as he licked his mouth, "Muchlax helped me find them." Muchlax responded by yawning, revealing a sticky mouth. Damion couldn't help but drool a bit.
"Wait, how did you get a bunch of honey?" Dawn asked, confused.
"Oh, I got some from this hive," Lucas explained. Before Dawn could figure out what he meant by that, there was a large buzzing sound coming from behind. Suddenly, a large swarm of Combee and Beedrill appeared, all looking very, very, angry.
"In fact," Lucas continued calmly, as Dawn and Damion looked horrified at the swarm, "I'm trying to escape from them right now and I just bumped into you."
"You should've told us that earlier!" Dawn and Damion immediately ran away, with Lucas and Muchlax trailing behind. The swarm followed them, buzzing fiercely and not losing speed.
"Move, move, move!" Dawn yelled at Lucas who was still moving too slow. Suddenly, Beedrill and Combee were already right over Damion's and Dawn's head. The wild Pokemon started to sting the defenseless trainers.
"Okay, that's it!" Damion groaned, "Monferno, Flame Wheel!" A huge flash of fire appeared. The Pokemon immediately recoiled at the attack and flew away in a great hurry.
"Phew, that was close," Dawn sighed.
"I'm going to kill Lucas! Where is that guy?!" Damion looked back, but there was nobody there. "Oh, great we lost him again!"
...
Lucas had run off in the other direction, hoping to move the bug Pokemon away from his friends. But now that he did, Lucas didn't really know how to get rid of them.
"Chansey! Sing now!" There was a lulling beautiful music filling the air. Lucas stopped in his track, spell bound by the sound. In fact so were the bug Pokemon after him. The music was so calming, so peaceful, so... The next thing Lucas knew, he was on the ground, being shaken awake by a strange looking girl with a Chansey next to her.
"Good you're awake." Lucas looked up to see the 26 year old girl with long thick green braided hair that went to her waist. She was wearing a light green jacket over her dress that was brown as a tree's bark from her shoulder to the waist and spread out in a dark green color. Her brown boots were covered heavily with dust. On her shoulders was a small brown backpack. "I must say, I never though this attack would work on people as well.
Lucas yawned and blinked several times before getting up. "Thanks for your help... um..."
"Cheryl," the girl helped, "Its embarrassing, but I got lost here. I came to this forest to collect some Honey, though I must say you did a pretty good job of it."
"Yeah, well I was hungry," Lucas explained, "Muchlax helped me find something to eat." He nodded to the still sleeping Pokemon who was snoring quite loudly.
"Well, perhaps we should stick together," Cheryl said, "You're lost too huh?"
"I was traveling with my friends," Lucas said, "We got separated."
"In that case," Cheryl said, smiling kindly, "Let's both try to get out of here and maybe we'll find your friends." Lucas thought for a moment. The lady was pretty nice as to help him and it would be easier to find his friend if he was with a partner.
"That's sounds like a good idea."
...
"Now we're even more lost," Dawn groaned. Damion looked glumly at the darkness. He wanted to get out of here fast too, but that didn't seem possible. Plus, he felt totally tired and wanted to sleep. "Wait did you see that?" Dawn asked, pointing somewhere down the forest.
Damion squinted and was about to say no until he too saw it.
"Lights!" Damion gasped. He and Dawn ran down, until the lights suddenly gotten brighter and brighter. They came across a clearing and saw a large mansion in front of them.
"Oh my gosh! There is a house here!" Dawn couldn't believe her luck. Damion grinned too, until he realize that there was something wrong with this house. The gate was swinging, large vines growing around it. The garden in front of the house was obviously untended for who know how long and the house had obviously been broken down.
"Dawn," Damion said, "I think its best we keep moving."
"Damion," Dawn said angrily, "I'm tired, I'm hungry, I just been chased by some wild Pokemon. We're going to stay at this house for a while before I lose my temper again. Besides, its just a house. What could go wrong?" With that she marched down he gravel path that led to the door. Damion gulped, and slowly followed her. In one of the windows a shadowy figure was watching the two trainers.
Author's Notes
Pleasant things are happening now. lol.
Okay, again, I'm really busy and when I got back from vacation, I was like OMG! So many emails!
I'm afraid I'll have to skip all the names of the people who review, but thank you all who reviewed.
I can't say when the next update is, but please be patient. This story will not die unless I write it down so anyone can read it.
Now I must go back and catch up on my work. Don't you just love school? XP
-JapanDreamer