"Lillian?" Timber Mightyena calls.
"Yeah?" Lillian Mightyena responds.
Timber smiles. Just knowing Lillian is still there brings her comfort. It was just the other day that she had woken up to find that Lillian had run away. Lillian's disappearance had resulted in a mad dash to Sinnoh and up a snowy mountain.
"You never did tell me... How did you wind up on Mount Coronet?" Timber asks.
Lillian winces and looks away. The memory pains her greatly. She remains silent.
"Lillian?" Timber asks.
Lillian doesn't respond.
"Please tell me... I'm your sister... I want to know..." Timber says.
"It hurts, Timber! I was deceived, okay? But maybe I was just foolish... I thought I knew what was happening, but I never really did!" Lillian says, "He left me on my own... He didn't keep his promise to me!"
"I'm so sorry..." Timber says, pressing herself against her sister.
"I wanted to be important... I wanted to be good enough... That Raikou promised me he'd teach me everything if I followed him..." Lillian says.
Fraizer sits nearby, listening in to the conversation. A Skitty shows up and sits beside him.
"Hello!" Skitty says.
"Oh! Who are you?" Fraizer asks.
"My name is Laura! What's yours?" Skitty asks.
"I'm Fraizer!" Fraizer says.
"Nice to meet you, Fraizer!" Laura says, "I want to play! Want to play?"
"I was listening to my pack-mates speak, actually..." Fraizer says.
"Oh... They're adults though... Why listen in to adult conversation when you can play like the kid you are?" Laura asks.
"You have a point," Fraizer says, "Okay, let's play!"
Fraizer and Laura take to running around the field. Laura leads and Fraizer follows, leaping over Nincada and other Pokémon that are trying to mind their own business.
"Tag!" Fraizer cries out, gently biting Laura's tail before running off.
"Ooh! I'll get you!" Laura cries out, laughing.
The running continues with Fraizer in the lead now and Laura on his tail. Eventually, Fraizer becomes tired and the still energetic Laura leaps on him, smashing his face into the ground.
"Ah! I got you!" Laura mews.
"Oh! That hurts!" Fraizer yelps.
Laura gets off of Fraizer.
"Fraizer?" Laura asks.
"Yeah?" Fraizer responds.
"Can we be friends? I mean... I know... I'm a cat and you're a dog...but I really want to be your friend! You're a lot of fun!" Laura says.
"Aw, of course I'll be your friend!" Fraizer says, wagging his floofy tail.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Laura mews, leaping around like crazy.
"Careful... You might hurt yourself by jumping around like that!" Fraizer says, chuckling.
"I... I'm so excited! I think I'm about to burst!" Laura squeals.
A burst of purple liquid squirts out of nowhere and soaks Fraizer.
"Uh oh..." Laura says, suddenly realizing her mistake.
"W-What have you done to me...? Ugh... I don't feel so good..." Fraizer moans.
"I accidentally used Toxic!" Laura cries out, "I didn't mean to! Honestly!"
"I need... I need..." Fraizer moans as he staggers dizzily.
Every step he takes makes him feel worse. Eventually, he just lays down and curls up, whimpering.
"Fraizer!" Laura cries, running up to him again.
"Help..." Fraizer whispers.
"SOMEBODY HELP!" Laura yells.
Lillian and Timber both come running.
"Oh my goodness! My baby!" Timber wails.
"What's happened to him?!" Lillian asks, "Point me to who did this! I'll rip them to shreds!"
Laura steps back nervously. She gulps loudly.
"YOU!" Lillian snarls.
"EIYEEEEEEE!" Laura squeals and runs off.
Lillian dashes after her, leaving Timber behind with Fraizer.
"Poor boy... You look so ill..." Timber whispers, gently nuzzling Fraizer.
"It hurts..." Fraizer moans.
"Pecha berry... I need a Pecha berry to cure you..." Timber says.
Fraizer continues moaning and groaning in pain so Timber runs off to fetch a Pecha berry. Luckily, there are plenty of Pecha berries nearby so she takes one. PineCone emerges from the woods at that moment.
"Oh hey, Timber!" PineCone says.
Timber sets the Pecha berry down a moment.
"Fraizer got poisoned by a Skitty..." Timber says.
"Say what?! That's not a move Skitty usually has!" PineCone says.
"I know...but it happened..." Timber says.
"Is he alone?" PineCone asks.
"Yeah... Lillian ran off after the Skitty," Timber says.
"You better get back to him quick! A poisoned Poochyena is an easy target for trainers!" PineCone says.
"Right... See you later," Timber says and picks her Pecha berry up again.
She returns to Fraizer and feeds him the berry. Just as he recovers, still weakened from the effects, Lillian returns.
"Hah! I taught that cat a lesson!" Lillian says, licking her lips.
"Please help me!" Laura cries out.
"What?! What'd you do to her?!" Fraizer asks.
Lillian smirks and prods her belly.
"I decided to have her as a snack as punishment!" Lillian says.
"She didn't mean to poison me! Please spit her up!" Fraizer begs.
"No way!" Lillian says.
Laura paws helplessly at Lillian's belly, wanting to get free.
"Nobody messes with Fraizer and gets away with it!" Lillian says.
"I can take care of myself! Now let her go!" Fraizer yells, shaking in exhaustion.
"Fine. I'll cut you a deal. I will let the Skitty go, but not right now," Lillian says.
"Fine... Be like that... You better not hurt her, though!" Fraizer snorts.
"She deserves it..." Lillian mutters.
Though, to please Fraizer, Lillian makes sure to go easy on Laura ad allows her to go free. The frightened kitten runs and runs, not wanting to be anywhere near the Mightyenas again.
The End!