Some things you may need to know.
"What are you thinking of?" People talking.
Things. People thoughts.
G'day. Legendary Pokémon or Celestial beings talking.
"Morning." Pokémon talking being understood when near people.
"Fire!" Attack or Pokémon's moves names.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or any other things that I may reference to.
Now to the story.
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A red figure dashed through the forest, its body structure bended over like a quadraped.
The rain bouncing on its red coat, ruining what could've been a beautiful and silky coat. It ducked under an oncoming branch, glancing behind at its tails, frowning at the mess they had become.
Its face held a female essence in it as it shook its head, focusing on the task at hand.
She knew the rain was only the beginning of what is to come, the sudden thunder beside her seemed to agree as she slowed to a halt.
A puddle of mud stood beneath the ledge, she sighed, knowing what she had to do.
She leapt into the puddle, letting out an audible 'Ew' as she marched through the mud.
The mud would be hard to wash away but she knew it'd be worth the trouble if she made it back to her village.
To warn them... of the oncoming storm.
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"Hey, Zeal," Ane said.
"Yes, Ane?"
"Why the heck is it raining?" he said, ducking under a low-hanging branch.
"I have no clue." Was her short response.
"Wasn't it just sunny earlier?" Ane said, pushing down an overgrown bush. "The sudden weather change don't seem possible, even if someone used Rain Dance or something, wouldn't there be clouds or something similar?"
"Maybe we're in another pocket dimension. Didn't brother said that there's like fifty of them here?" Quil said.
"That's true," Ane said as a nervous look dawned on him. "Hey, Zeal. Let's head back, I'm starting to think that this may not be a good idea."
"Yeah, if this really is another dimension. I don't want to know what kind; God, I hope it's not a zombie apocalypse type."
As the two continued to list out the things that they hoped they wouldn't encounter, they'd never seem to notice the slowly growing irritation of the black fox. "Would you two please shut up! We are not heading back after we've gone this far. Dear Arceus, I don't know how he's able to live with you two, you two are so damn annoying!"
Ane frowned at her, feeling a familiar emotion bubbling inside him. Harshly, he glared at the fox, traces of anger visible on his furrowed brows. "Well, excuse me! Little Missy! It's not our damn fault that we're like this, you may be fine with heading into dangerous unknown territory but we, humans, are not like that - or atleast the sane ones - we don't like heading towards someplace we have no damn clue about, we like to have a smidge of knowledge before heading somewhere." He beckoned his brother. "Come on, Quil. Let's not 'annoy' her anymore, I'm sure she would lo~ve that."
"Fine then! Leave, see if I care!" Zeal yelled before storming her way into the forest.
She didn't dare look behind her as she made her way to an open field of flowers. Slumping down onto the flowery ground, she let out a stressed sigh.
She sniffed the beautiful flowers, feeling herself calming down from the scent. As her mind blurred between the line of bliss and pleasure, she couldn't help but wonder why she'd acted that way. The rage, frustration and wrath felt like something was shoving them down her brain, she had never behaved like that before.
She sighed, knowing full well this was probably some sort of punishment from her previous pranks.
Her right ear flicked at a sudden sound as she felt herself getting agitated from the adrenaline that was slowly slipping into her bloodstream.
She stood on guard, steadying her breath as she braced herself for whatever was to come.
Right!
A brown figure ran across the wet grass, she couldn't get a proper view of what it was as the rain made it hard for her to see.
Some rustling behind her made her slide to the left, a stream of highly-pressurised water blasted her previous location.
She didn't have time to look at the damage the stream had caused as she was forced to dodge an oncoming brown missile.
The 'missile', on closer inspection, resembled more of a shell than anything.
Two smaller jets of water sprayed from the front of the shell, slowing down and softening its impact on one of the trees.
Zeal took a step forward before retracting her paw as the ground beneath her, shook. Water sprouted from the ground like a geyser, surrounding her in a circular shape.
"Protect!" She cried out. A dome-shaped energy field covered her as it took the full brunt of the pressurised water.
The energy field wavered a bit but it pressed on, only fading away once the attack ended.
She heaved a heavy sigh, panting as she tried to look through the fog that the water had created.
Unbeknownst to her, two pair of brown eyes stared at her in the fog and just as swiftly as it appeared, it vanished.
Zeal turned around, having felt something in the midst of the fog.
A glowing white claw emerged from the fog, Zeal didn't have time to respond as the claw collided with her.
The blow launched her into the air, but she quickly recovered and landed onto the muddy ground, the fog faded away as she finally got a proper look of her assailants.
The one in the front was a bipedal turtle, like the four behind it. However, unlike the others, it stood a foot taller than the others, its scales were a deeper shade of blue than its followers. Two pieces of fur were on both sides of its head, making it look like it had two big ears. On the end of its brown shell was its large and fluffy tail, it smirked at Zeal.
"You're a tough one," it said in a rough voice before it grinned at her. "But not strong enough."
The leader quickly opened its mouth as a huge jet of water erupted from its mouth, blasting the dark-type in the face.
Zeal felt the ground beneath her disappear, the force of the water jet launching her into the air.
Unfortunately for her, she had her momentum stopped by a tree. Pain rocked her body as she could feel herself slowly slipping into the darkness.
No. Not now, she thought. Zeal trembled as she stood up, her right eye shut tightly as she focused on her attackers.
The burning headache and her aching back left her vision blurry, making the bale of Squirtles and Wartortle look like blue blobs.
An aura of confidence flared from the group as they slowly made their way towards her.
Shuddering from both the cold of the rain and the beating she had taken, she opened her mouth, a familiar ball of dark energy slowly took form. "Sh-shadow B-ball..."
The last thing she heard before she fell were the pouring of the rain and surprised shouts.
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"Ah!" June winced, feeling the tiny droplets of the rain touching his tail. "Why in the wideness of the world is it raining?"
"Strange..." Evie said, looking into the sky. "The clouds don't seem to be made from a Rain Dance."
June groaned. "Don't tell me we're in another dimension or something."
"Seems like it," Evie said.
"Damn it, they could be anywhere." June cursed.
"Well, we can't just sit around and expect them to just come to us so quit your whining and start hacking, June," she said, cutting through the overgrown shrub.
June sighed. "Alright then," he said with a small smile, preparing to cut the flora with his claws.
He reared his arm back, thrusting it forward and slicing the branch off. "Man, these things are pretty powerful," he said, admiring the structure of his claw. "And off you g- Hey, Evie. Do you hear that?"
When no response came to him, he called out her name again. "Evie! Evie... Goddammit, I can't possibly have lost her already. Evie, dammit!"
"Ev-oof." Something came out of the bush, hitting him right in his abdomen and knocking the wind out of him as he and the 'something' fell to the ground. "What the?"
The thing that had tackled him was a small six-tailed red fox. June quickly identified it as a Vulpix.
The Vulpix was muddy and her coat was in a rather unpleasant mess. It was breathing rather slowly, its chest heaving up and down with each breath taken. It looked like it had better days.
"Hey, um, June. What's taking yo- Who the heck is that?" Evie said, stepping into the scene.
"I'm not sure, but it looks like it needs some medical attention."
"She, June. It's a she," Evie said with a deadpan stare.
"Right, whatever. No time for arguments, she needs help."
"Anything in that backpack of yours?" Evie asked.
"Not unless there's some sort of magical healing potion in there, I'm not sure anything is useful right now."
"Right, right. Hm... let me see." Evie trotted to the two, giving the multi-tailed fox a thorough look. She turned to June. "No need to worry, June. She's just exhausted, and from the looks of things, she'd either just ran a five-hour journey or fought in a taxing battle. A little rest is all she needs."
She turned around, ready to go through the little hole she had made in the flora. "Come on, we can't find them if we just stay here," she said before taking a glance behind her when she heard no responses from him. "June?"
The fire-type was currently trying to carry the multi-tailed fox, he lifted her onto his shoulder, spreading her weight over his body equally, allowing him to carry her easily. "What?" he said, having noticed the strange look from Evie. "We can't exactly leave her out in the open, can we? I mean, who knows what could be out here."
Plus, if we play our cards correctly, we might have ourselves a new partner, June thought gleefully. Not to mention, I could probably learn some fire-type moves from her.
Evie sighed. "Alright, but just to warn you. I won't be slowing down if you start to struggle."
"OK," June said in dismissal, not at all bothered with her.
Evie rolled her eyes at his laid-back reaction, forgoing the will to say something about his behaviour. "Just hurry up," she said in mild annoyance.
"Sure thing, ma'am," June replied with a cheeky grin.
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A fox with a strikingly beautiful golden coat sat on a crimson red chair with marvelous illustrations in golden coloring on it. Behind it, were nine fluffy tails, each tail ended in a tip of all the colors of the rainbow with the last two being a mixture of white and black.
Its stern gaze looking down on the bipedal and chubby pig in front of it. The orange pig had its head close to the ground, kneeling before the nine-tailed fox.
"My liege," the pig said.
"Yes, Plag? What is it that you wish to speak of?" The fox said in a regal accent.
"Our spies have reported some strange activities from the village of water, they've recently unleashed one of their elite troops out into the forest," Plag said.
"Interesting... tell me, Plag. What is it that they plan to do?"
"We'r-we're still not sure, my liege. But if the reports from last month is to believe, they may be trying to enslave some of the wanderers of this world."
The fox snarled. "That sniggering old buffoon! Daring to seize control and power once more? Haven't they learned their lesson after the brief war of the Storm?"
"It seems like they've gotten some power boost lately, my lord. As it seems like they've been getting stronger and stronger each day. Tensions have already risen between it and every village in the world, rumors say that they may have taken your daughter as well, my liege."
He growled, his mind started creating numerous ways to tear his claws into their throats.
"It may also explain the gradually increasing number of missing villagers lately," Plag said, not taking his eyes off of the multi-tailed fox.
He let out a primal growl before taking in some breaths to calm himself down. "Thank you for informing me about this, Plag. Tell your team that they are free to do whatever they want for the rest of the day."
"Thank you, my liege." Plag bowed once more before leaving the room.
He let out a exasperated sigh, standing up to begin his leave. The setting sun shone through the open windows, illuminating the wooden interior of the room with its diminishing light.
"Ms. Torb, please clear my schedule for tomorrow," he said to a black reptile that wore the skull of a Pokémon.
"Duly noted, emperor," she said, jotting down some notes on her checkboard. "Anything else you'd like me to write down?"
"No, that'll be fine," he said. "You may take your leave now, Ms. Torb. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Thank you, Lord Faktlar ." She bowed before quickly packing her things up as she headed for home.
Faktlar let out a heavy sigh, taking his time as he made his way towards his chamber.
Oh, my dear child. Where could you possibly be? Lost in the forest, waiting for someone to find you. He gazed at the darkening sky. The sun had already disappeared from the horizon as the moon slowly rose to the sky. Or already captured by those damn water-types to do their bidding.
He didn't know whether these rumors were true or not but going over the situation with the village of water, it would make sense if they'd started enslaving again. Their village being quickly overpopulated with low resources, he wouldn't be surprised if some of them started resorting to cannibalism.
He and their leader had a strained relationship, mostly due to something his ancestor had did, tensions were rising at a terrifying rate.
He grimaced at the idea of another world war coming soon, the last one had ended over a century ago, resulting in an unprecedented amount of deaths and destruction.
Hell, some of them were still recovering from that event. Curse his ancestor for casting his damn spell over them.
Faktlar pushed the door into his chamber before closing it with a silent sigh.
However, before he could even take a step forward, he suddenly felt a weight being pushed down onto his front, knocking him onto the cold wooden floor.
A familiar scent made its way into his nose. Looking up, he saw that the object that had tackled him was his beloved, Anjo.
She was a majestic being, a Ninetales like him, but unlike him, she had a glorious silver coat with her tails ending in many different shades of blue. Her gorgeous crimson eyes boring into his royal blues.
She nuzzled his cheek before giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. "How's your day been?" she asked in a cheery tune.
"It's been great, honey." He smiled. "How about you, sweetheart? Any luck on finding Pixels anywhere?"
She shook her head with a heavy sigh. "No, the search has been unsuccessful, dear. The rain had, unfortunately, ruined any tracks that we could find."
"Damn," he swore under his breath.
"It's alright, dear. We can figure out another way to track her down, it's only been a few days since she had disappeared so I doubt that she would be far from the village," Anjo said, patting her husband on the back.
Faktlar sighed. "Sweetie, h-have you heard about the rumors?"
"You mean the ones about our daughter and the villagers getting kidnapped by the water village?" Anjo asked before shaking her head at her husband. "Rumors shouldn't be taken seriously, Faktlar. They're just speculations, only fabricated from a tiny piece of truth and misinformation."
He sighed. "I know..." He glanced at the window behind her. "I'm just worried for her."
"Darling, I'm also worried for her, she's been missing for three days, almost four, and we don't even have a single clue of where she could be - or if she's even alive!" A nervous look slowly crawled upon her face. "Sh-she could b-be dea-"
"Woah, sweetheart. Let's not go down that road, Pixels is strong enough to handle any feral Pokémon out there... provided that she doesn't head into the deeper parts," he whispered the last bit as he nuzzled his wife. "Tell you what, tomorrow I'll get one of my most trusted men to substitute for me and I'll join you in the search party, I'm sure with both of us looking, we're bound to find her."
"You really think so?" She sniffled a bit, tears brimming from her eyes.
"Honey," he said, giving her a bright smile. "I know so."
Anjo smiled back, wiping away the tears that were threatening to spill.
"Now, come on. Let's go clean up and get some rest, something tells me that tomorrow's gonna be exceptional."
"Alright, dear."
X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-XA/N: Happy Halloween! Two chapters in a month; now that's a rare thing for me to do, heh heh.Got some writer's block for my other story so I thought why not pass the time with this, huh?Anyways, hope you enjoy and I'll see you all next time.