I look solemnly down at Umbreon, still remembering, when a the door behind me opens and in walks the boy from the Gym. I whirl around and glare at him.
"What do you want?" I ask, and he holds his hands up in a gesture of peace.
"I've been kicked out of the Gym. They didn't like my secret," he says, and releases a Murkrow from a pokéball. "Being a Psychic Gym, they knew how easily I could defeat each of them, and they sent me away. So I followed you. Nice place you've got here. Are those WILD Pokémon?" He asks, gaping at the Houndoom and Houndour.
I glance at Umbreon. "We can trust him, Keya. He is one of those that you've found so many of already...those that care." I nod, and a cracking sound directs my attention to the last egg in the nest of the Houndoom. It is hatching.
The boy, Brian his name, moves closer, and the Houndoom start to growl. "He's a friend," I say quickly, and they stop growling. I, too, move closer to watch the egg hatch.
A small head appears, and the Houndour's little eyes open and look straight at Brian. Houndour hatches the rest of the way and slowly steps toward Brian, licking him with her tiny pink tongue. The female Houndoom nods to me, and I touch Brian gently on the shoulder.
"Brian," I say, and he looks at me. "Houndour has imprinted you as her parent. She's yours, whether you want her or not." Brian nods and picks up Houndour. "With two Dark Pokémon, they will not let you back into the Gym."
"I know," he says. "That's why I've decided to stay with you." We both smile, and Umbreon nods approvingly.
"He'll make a good partner, Keya. You'll see." I nod in agreement. Suddenly the phone on the nearby table rings.
"Hello," I say, and my eyes go wide with shock. "Yes, of course, I'll come! I'll leave as soon as I can!" I say, and hang up the phone. I turn to face Brian and Umbreon.
"There's trouble in Blackthorn City. We've gotta go now!" I call my Pokémon from the woods and look at them. A Houndoom, the original Houndour I rescued from Jason. Murkrow, whom I found abandoned near Violet City. Sneasel, one I caught myself. Umbreon, of course. Larvitar, which will someday evolve into the Rock/Dark Pokémon Tyranitar. And Pidgeot, the former Pidgey that had been my first companion ever.
"Ready, Keya?" Umbreon asks, and I answer by opening the door. Brian, Umbreon and I set out for Blackthorn City, none of us exactly sure what awaited us there. I glanced over at Brian, carrying Houndour, and smiled.
Blackthorn was the residence of one of my 'helpers', a girl named Asheya. I could only hope the news she had was not as serious as I feared.
Together we set off into the setting sun, as scarlet as the day I became the Glowing One.
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The next story, if anyone who reads this wants me to write it, will be called "Blackthorn-The True Trouble". See ya in my next fic!! ~The Darkness Master
"What do you want?" I ask, and he holds his hands up in a gesture of peace.
"I've been kicked out of the Gym. They didn't like my secret," he says, and releases a Murkrow from a pokéball. "Being a Psychic Gym, they knew how easily I could defeat each of them, and they sent me away. So I followed you. Nice place you've got here. Are those WILD Pokémon?" He asks, gaping at the Houndoom and Houndour.
I glance at Umbreon. "We can trust him, Keya. He is one of those that you've found so many of already...those that care." I nod, and a cracking sound directs my attention to the last egg in the nest of the Houndoom. It is hatching.
The boy, Brian his name, moves closer, and the Houndoom start to growl. "He's a friend," I say quickly, and they stop growling. I, too, move closer to watch the egg hatch.
A small head appears, and the Houndour's little eyes open and look straight at Brian. Houndour hatches the rest of the way and slowly steps toward Brian, licking him with her tiny pink tongue. The female Houndoom nods to me, and I touch Brian gently on the shoulder.
"Brian," I say, and he looks at me. "Houndour has imprinted you as her parent. She's yours, whether you want her or not." Brian nods and picks up Houndour. "With two Dark Pokémon, they will not let you back into the Gym."
"I know," he says. "That's why I've decided to stay with you." We both smile, and Umbreon nods approvingly.
"He'll make a good partner, Keya. You'll see." I nod in agreement. Suddenly the phone on the nearby table rings.
"Hello," I say, and my eyes go wide with shock. "Yes, of course, I'll come! I'll leave as soon as I can!" I say, and hang up the phone. I turn to face Brian and Umbreon.
"There's trouble in Blackthorn City. We've gotta go now!" I call my Pokémon from the woods and look at them. A Houndoom, the original Houndour I rescued from Jason. Murkrow, whom I found abandoned near Violet City. Sneasel, one I caught myself. Umbreon, of course. Larvitar, which will someday evolve into the Rock/Dark Pokémon Tyranitar. And Pidgeot, the former Pidgey that had been my first companion ever.
"Ready, Keya?" Umbreon asks, and I answer by opening the door. Brian, Umbreon and I set out for Blackthorn City, none of us exactly sure what awaited us there. I glanced over at Brian, carrying Houndour, and smiled.
Blackthorn was the residence of one of my 'helpers', a girl named Asheya. I could only hope the news she had was not as serious as I feared.
Together we set off into the setting sun, as scarlet as the day I became the Glowing One.
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The next story, if anyone who reads this wants me to write it, will be called "Blackthorn-The True Trouble". See ya in my next fic!! ~The Darkness Master